Ok, so someone sent me a package overseas, and I'm in Germany. DHL made the first attempt to deliver it today but I wasn't home, and won't be tomorrow as well because I had to go to my parents.
and I never lost the 2 delivery attempts, and idk if they will store it somewhere where I can just go and grab it later or if it will be sent back to the sender
does anyone knows if there is a chance of it being sent back or if it will be stored somewhere where I can go and grab it?

I am trying to plan. I want to move and live in Nevada, however I want to work in California. Are any of the nurses here employed at / have worked at hospitals near the Nevada-california border? Any hospitals I should absolutely avoid? Let me know :)

Does anyone else have a serious problem with the people who enabled your spouses' infidelity? How do you deal with it?
My WS has a senior-level job. As a result, multiple people are beholden to him, including employees and third parties whose accounts he controls. WS dabbled in infidelity before, but these people supercharged it.
WS met more than one AP while out with people like this. Nearly all turned a blind eye, and a few actively encouraged what what was happening. They did this in all different kinds of ways -- listening to ridiculous complaints about me or our relationship and regurgitating them back, participating in dinners where APs were present, etc.
How pathetic. It's also not lost on me that WS appears to have sought out these people to witness his activities because it was obvious they would not complain about what was going on.

THERE IS HOPE. Hello everyone, I have a personal experience to share that may sound unbelievable to some. Recently, I have been using raw bone marrow as a cream and have achieved impressive results.
I purchase raw beef bone marrow from the grocery store and apply a small amount onto the inner foreskin, frenulum, and head of my penis. I then fold the outer foreskin and cover it with a skin cone, allowing the stem cells from the bone marrow to be absorbed by the inner parts of the penis.
Although bone marrow has a slight butter-like scent, it contains an abundance of stem cells that are vital to the body. I have noticed a 20% increase in size of my frenulum remnant, which suggests that it has absorbed the stem cells and updated itself.
Additionally, I have experienced fast healing and no more stretch marks. What's even more fascinating is that I have been able to grow new skin without the need for tugging.
I encourage you to try it for yourself and see the benefits. Please let me know if you have any question. I have been experimenting this for only 2 weeks .
I'm going to sleep now, I will be answering questions tomorrow

I had just gotten off and parked my cart in front of the electric carts by the hallway that goes to the break room. The cart had my groceries I just bought and all my work stuff was in it as well.
I walked into the break room for 2 minutes max, came back and my cart was...gone.
I had no idea where it went so I walked around looking for it but didn't find it. Finally, I got an MIC to look at the security camera footage. It showed an older man with glasses enter the store and walk by my cart, out of view of the camera. Then the cart gets pulled out of view.
Me and the MIC were all over the store looking for the guy and my cart. We never found the guy but the MIC found my cart sitting somewhere. All my stuff was still there.

Does anybody know if VT sizing is same as real dunks? I tried 44 Eu dunks from nike store and they fit me super tight, but I always buy everything 44 from nike. I probably have to size up but would like your opinion

I'm in a state with no friends or family, just my cat that has been part of my life since I was 13 years old. I'm 31 now. Her vet will be coming to my place soon. I am very happy to have the luxury of a peaceful passing at home. But this is the longest day of my life. I can't eat, I can't sleep. Just laying here with her waiting. I don't know a life without her, and I certainly don't know how to cope with this kind of pain. This is unbearable.

I’m looking for aged (maybe 100 years old) sourdough starter in the Madison area. I’m West side near west towne mall, but I would be willing to travel a little farther (30 mins) to pickup. Please pm me the cost, age, and what side of town you live on! Thank you :D

Hello everyone! I'd like to share something that I hope will interest you all. I developed this app because I am not that good at networking, so I thought that having a place where I can save info about my contacts and chats could be very useful.
I hope you like it, feel free to give me feedback (it would really help me with the next steps).
Networking is essential for personal and professional growth. But managing and nurturing real-life relationships can be challenging. That's why I created GYN (Grow Your Network), an app to manage your real-life network. With GYN, you can add contacts, associate keywords, store favors, and chats, set reminders, and see statistics about your network.
Here is the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyn
Some features:
- Add the birthdays of your contacts and receive a notification on their special day
- Associate keywords to each person to represent key information/concepts. Examples: architect, computer science, hiking
- Store the favors you exchanged with a contact. Keep a good balance between favors in credit and debt.
- Store the chats that you had with a contact. Save who started the conversation, the rate and duration, and some keywords.
- Set up a notification to remind you to text someone or do something with a contact.
- See statistics about a contact and your network

Friends,
First, I understand that this is a ridiculous request, but I really enjoy doing these silly things for my kids.
Last year, i took my wife and two daughters (4yo & 3yo) to Barcelona and Seville for two weeks. My oldest was enamored with a store called ALE-HOP that sells trinkets. We purchased her a Unicorn notebook that she has used up, and she continues to talk about the poopy-pen that I refused to buy her.
Well, this week, my oldest lost her second tooth, and I put a €20 that I'd had in my wallet under her pillow. I told her the Tooth Fairy left her the Euro that was from Spain, and that it was enough to buy a Unicorn notebook and poopy-pen. Turns out Ale-Hop.org does not ship to the USA.
I am hoping someone would be kind enough to purchase the following items for my daughters and ship them AT MY EXPENSE. I have Paypal and Venmo. I'm sure we can think of other ways to pay as well. I will absolutely pay up front and consume all the risk and financial obligation ahead of time.
https://www.ale-hop.org/es/libreta-peluda-unicornio-multicolor-1252006 https://www.ale-hop.org/es/libreta-peluda-unicornio-17x22cm-9950309 https://www.ale-hop.org/es/boligrafo-caca-cara-boing-9349406 https://www.ale-hop.org/es/boligrafo-inodoro-caca-9349404
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Feel free to make fun of me, or message me.

Hi everybody,
I currently work for a place that is 30 miles each way from my house. In the mornings, that is around 40-45 minutes of driving. In the afternoons, it can also be about 45 minutes if I choose to work out after work near my office, or closer to an hour, sometimes up to 1:15 if I decide to head straight home (I have a gym membership in both parts of town).
Currently, I work from home one day per week, but we are migrating to 2 days per week work from home next week. I recently got a verbal offer from a similar place that is about 8 miles away from my house, rather than 30. However, there are no work from home days. The new place has given me a verbal offer, but I am waiting for the written offer.
Based on salary range, it could pay anywhere between 4-20k more than my current job. They mentioned when they offered me the job verbally that there will be room for negotiation most likely once I get an offer from HR. I do like where I currently work and I've had multiple jobs before with bad environments, so I am anxious about leaving a good situation. I do enjoy working from home when I get to do it, but I also hate the 30 mile major city commutes and more pay is always nice.
My mindset right now is if they offer me close to the top of the range, it's a no brainer and I do it. But, for a closer salary (which would still be an increase), I am not sure. My current employer also mentioned "possible" pay bumps in October in the order of 20% but said they wouldn't know until May if that's happening.
Both jobs are in government fyi so benefits/security is similar (current job is state, potential new job is local)
What would y'all do?

Hi all, I'm trying to get klipper running on my CR-6 max and I've tried everything I can think of and it's still failing on the 3rd layer.
So far I've tried:
Rotation distance of the z axis - it's perfect at 8 I have a set of 123 blocks for calibration and when I request 25.4mm the 1 inch block fits perfectly underneath.
Calibrated the extruder - it was over extruding a bit so after a little while when I request 50mm of filament it extrudes 50mm
Played with a few slicer settings, I was using prusa slicer so I tried super slicer to see if that made a difference and nothing. I then tried to slow the print down to see if speed was an issue and of course no. Tried lowering extrusion width and nothing
Then I calibrated the strain gauge, which if anyone has done it's a terrible process.
Then I looked at the bed mesh, realized I had fade on starting at layer 1 and ending layer 10 so I took that out and tried again. Nothing.
Then I screwed all the bed screws down all the way and leveled the bed from there. It's a 400x400 and it's now within .08mm variance so I think it's as close to perfect as it's ever been.
Then is said f it and went back to marlin and have perfect prints.
I have to be missing something... I'll post my printer file if anyone smarter than me can take a look.
Printer file:

!CR-6 Max

printer_size: 400x400x400

version: 3.4

This file contains pin mappings for the Creality CR-6 SE

with a V4.5.3 board.

To use this config, during "make menuconfig" select the STM32F103

with a "28KiB bootloader" and serial (on USART1 PA10/PA9)

Flash this firmware on the MCU by copying "out/klipper.bin" to an SD

card and turning the printer on with the card inserted. The firmware

filename must end in ".bin" and must not match the last filename

that was flashed.

The machine itself includes a small router that can run a Klipper

frontend. You don't need to buy a single-board computer.

See docs/Config_Reference.md for a description of parameters.

fluidd set

[virtual_sdcard] path: /home/orangepi/printer_1_data/gcodes
[display_status]
[pause_resume]
[gcode_macro PAUSE] description: Pause the actual running print rename_existing: PAUSE_BASE

change this if you need more or less extrusion

variable_extrude: 1.0 gcode: ##### read E from pause macro ##### {% set E = printer["gcode_macro PAUSE"].extrudefloat %} ##### set park positon for x and y ##### # default is your max posion from your printer.cfg {% set x_park = printer.toolhead.axis_maximum.xfloat - 5.0 %} {% set y_park = printer.toolhead.axis_maximum.yfloat - 5.0 %} ##### calculate save lift position ##### {% set max_z = printer.toolhead.axis_maximum.zfloat %} {% set act_z = printer.toolhead.position.zfloat %} {% if act_z < (max_z - 2.0) %} {% set z_safe = 2.0 %} {% else %} {% set z_safe = max_z - act_z %} {% endif %} ##### end of definitions ##### PAUSE_BASE G91 {% if printer.extruder.can_extrudelower == 'true' %} G1 E-{E} F2100 {% else %} {action_respond_info("Extruder not hot enough")} {% endif %} {% if "xyz" in printer.toolhead.homed_axes %} G1 Z{z_safe} F900 G90 G1 X{x_park} Y{y_park} F6000 {% else %} {action_respond_info("Printer not homed")} {% endif %}
[idle_timeout] gcode: {% if printer.pause_resume.is_paused %} M117 Idle, turning off hotend SET_HEATER_TEMPERATURE HEATER=extruder TARGET=0 {% else %} TURN_OFF_HEATERS M84 {% endif %} timeout: 28800 [gcode_macro RESUME] description: Resume the actual running print rename_existing: RESUME_BASE gcode: ##### read E from pause macro ##### {% set E = printer["gcode_macro PAUSE"].extrudefloat %} #### get VELOCITY parameter if specified #### {% if 'VELOCITY' in paramsupper %} {% set get_params = ('VELOCITY=' + params.VELOCITY) %} {%else %} {% set get_params = "" %} {% endif %} ##### end of definitions ##### {% if printer.extruder.can_extrudelower == 'true' %} G91 G1 E{E} F2100 {% else %} {action_respond_info("Extruder not hot enough")} {% endif %} RESUME_BASE {get_params}
[gcode_macro CANCEL_PRINT] description: Cancel the actual running print rename_existing: CANCEL_PRINT_BASE gcode: TURN_OFF_HEATERS {% if "xyz" in printer.toolhead.homed_axes %} G91 G1 Z4.5 F300 G90 {% else %} {action_respond_info("Printer not homed")} {% endif %} G28 X Y {% set y_park = printer.toolhead.axis_maximum.yfloat - 5.0 %} G1 Y{y_park} F2000 M84 CANCEL_PRINT_BASE
[stepper_x] step_pin: PB8 dir_pin: !PB7 enable_pin: !PC3 rotation_distance: 40 microsteps: 16 endstop_pin: PC4 position_min: -5 position_endstop: -5 position_max: 405 homing_speed: 80
[stepper_y] step_pin: PB6 dir_pin: PB5 enable_pin: !PC3 rotation_distance: 40 microsteps: 16 endstop_pin: PC5 position_min: -2 position_endstop: -2 position_max: 405 homing_speed: 80
[stepper_z] step_pin: PB4 dir_pin: !PB3 enable_pin: !PC3 rotation_distance: 8 microsteps: 16 endstop_pin: probe:z_virtual_endstop position_min: -1.5 position_max: 405 homing_speed: 2 second_homing_speed: 1 homing_retract_dist: 2.0
[extruder] max_extrude_only_distance: 1000.0 step_pin: PC2 dir_pin: !PB9 enable_pin: !PC3 rotation_distance: 7.854739 microsteps: 16 nozzle_diameter: 0.600 filament_diameter: 1.750 heater_pin: PB14 sensor_type: EPCOS 100K B57560G104F sensor_pin: PB1 pressure_advance = .05

control: pid

tuned for stock hardware with 200 degree Celsius target

pid_kp = 22.692

pid_ki = 1.104

pid_kd = 116.580

min_temp: 0 max_temp: 265
[heater_bed] heater_pin: PB13 sensor_type: EPCOS 100K B57560G104F sensor_pin: PB0 control: pid

tuned for stock hardware with 50 degree Celsius target

pid_kp = 67.350 pid_ki = 1.754 pid_kd = 646.562 min_temp: 0 max_temp: 130
[fan] pin: PB15 kick_start_time: 1.0

set heater fan runnig with temperature over 60;

[heater_fan my_nozzle_fan] pin: PD2 max_power: 1.0 shutdown_speed : 0 heater:extruder heater_temp : 60 fan_speed : 1.0
[mcu] serial: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-1a86_USB_Serial-if00-port0 restart_method: command
[probe] pin: PA4 x_offset: 0.0 y_offset: 0.0

z_offset: 0.2

speed: 1 lift_speed: 5 samples_tolerance: 0.05 samples_tolerance_retries: 2 samples: 3
[filament_switch_sensor filament_sensor] pause_on_runout: true switch_pin: ^!PA7
[static_digital_output daughterboard_communication] pins: !PA5
[bed_mesh] speed: 120 mesh_min: 15,15 #need to handle head distance with bl_touch mesh_max: 385,385 #max probe range probe_count: 6,6 mesh_pps: 2, 3 algorithm: bicubic bicubic_tension: 0.2
[safe_z_home] home_xy_position:200,200 speed: 100 z_hop: 5 z_hop_speed: 3

[mcu rpi]

serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

[adxl345]

cs_pin: rpi:None

spi_speed: 2000000

spi_bus: spidev2.0

#[resonance_tester] #accel_chip: adxl345 #accel_per_hz: 70 #probe_points: 200,200,20

[input_shaper]

shaper_type_x = 2hump_ei

shaper_freq_x = 81.8

shaper_type_y = mzv

shaper_freq_y = 38.0

[output_pin led] pin: PA6
[printer] kinematics: cartesian max_velocity: 500 max_accel: 5000 max_z_velocity: 10 max_z_accel: 1000 square_corner_velocity: 5.0
[gcode_macro LED_ON] gcode: SET_PIN PIN=led VALUE=1
[gcode_macro LED_OFF] gcode: SET_PIN PIN=led VALUE=0
[gcode_macro START_PRINT] gcode: {% set BED_TEMP = params.BED_TEMPdefault(75)float %} {% set EXTRUDER_TEMP = params.EXTRUDER_TEMPdefault(195)float %} # Start bed heating (but don't wait for it) M140 S{BED_TEMP} # Use absolute coordinates G90 # Reset the G-Code Z offset (adjust Z offset if needed) SET_GCODE_OFFSET Z=-0.580 # Home the printer G28 # Move the nozzle near the bed G1 Z5 F3000 # Move the nozzle very close to the bed G1 Z0.15 F300 # Wait for bed to reach temperature M190 S{BED_TEMP} # Set and wait for nozzle to reach temperature M109 S{EXTRUDER_TEMP} G29
[gcode_macro M600]
gcode:

{% set X = params.Xdefault(50)float %} {% set Y = params.Ydefault(0)float %} {% set Z = params.Zdefault(10)float %} SAVE_GCODE_STATE NAME=M600_state PAUSE G91 G1 E-.8 F2700 G1 Z{Z} G90 G1 X{X} Y{Y} F3000 G91 G1 E-50 F1000 SET_IDLE_TIMEOUT TIMEOUT=7200 RESTORE_GCODE_STATE NAME=M600_state 

[include timelapse.cfg]

[gcode_macro G29] #界面中增加G29指令

gcode:

G28

bed_mesh_calibrate

G1 X0 Y0 Z10 F4200

[gcode_arcs]

resolution: 1.0

*# <---------------------- SAVE_CONFIG --------------------

*# DO NOT EDIT THIS BLOCK OR BELOW. The contents are auto-generated.

*

*# [bed_mesh default]

*# version = 1

*# points =

*# -0.117500, -0.105000, -0.182500, -0.217500, -0.125000, -0.072500

*# -0.065000, -0.087500, -0.105000, -0.087500, -0.050000, -0.042500

*# 0.005000, -0.050000, -0.082500, -0.072500, 0.002500, 0.015000

*# -0.017500, -0.045000, -0.107500, -0.075000, -0.017500, 0.007500

*# 0.025000, -0.027500, -0.027500, -0.072500, -0.075000, 0.032500

*# 0.032500, 0.025000, -0.050000, -0.037500, -0.015000, -0.005000

*# tension = 0.2

*# min_x = 15.0

*# algo = lagrange

*# y_count = 6

*# mesh_y_pps = 2

*# min_y = 15.0

*# x_count = 6

*# max_y = 385.0

*# mesh_x_pps = 2

*# max_x = 385.0

*

*# [input_shaper]

*# shaper_type_x = 2hump_ei

*# shaper_freq_x = 55.0

*# shaper_type_y = mzv

*# shaper_freq_y = 34.2

*

*# [extruder]

*# control = pid

*# pid_kp = 26.402

*# pid_ki = 1.408

*# pid_kd = 123.761

*

*# [probe]

*# z_offset = -0.580

Hi all,
I'm a male in my 30s and a software developer which makes it even more frustrating as my job is to stare at a screen for the last 15 years.
So over the last few weeks my eyes have really been bothering me. Basic symptoms:

• Red eyes (fluctuates but actually seems the least in the morning which is odd)
• Very dry on waking (particularly one eye)
• Eyelashes all over the place (blepharitis supposedly)
• Sensitivity to light
• Slightly swollen/puffy eyelids
• Just tired eyes (haven't been sleeping well lately)

I was told it's due to dry eye / blepharitis but I did not go to a dry eye specialist and was diagnosed by "regular" Ophthalmologists - although one of them did seem to take a tear sample or something and pretty confidently say MGD and Bleph.
I'm in NYC but it doesn't seem so easy to find a "dry eye specialist" with normal availability.
I've been trying the "classic" things in the meantime but they really don't seem to make much of a difference. I'm not even totally convinced my issues are from that as (side thread) I am also a glaucoma suspect but I was assured by 2 Ophthalmologists and an Optometrist that my eye pressure is thankfully nowhere near anywhere that would cause any of those symptoms.
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Using the computer really makes it worse. And I'm talking using it for like half an hour - not 10 hours a day like I normally would. I also noticed I've definitely been grinding/clenching my teeth more (even during the day) so I kind of wonder if all that tension is bugging my eyes as well.
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I've been given bacterial ointment for the blepharitis (without great instructions on how to apply it), and told to use warm compresses and drops frequently.
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So I've tried at this point:

• Lid scrubs
• The bacterial ointment for a week so far
• Lots of different drops (System Complete PF seems to somewhat help - particularly if I tilt my head back I can feel the drop getting to the "top" of my eye) - most I ever did was maybe 4x a day. Even though I try the PF drops I think it's kind of nuts to use them every hour
• Warm compress (microwaveable mask) that just makes my eyes red afterwards so not sure if it's helping or making it worse - only been trying it for a few days
• Computer breaks - but again - I can't just stare at a wall all day
• Always had blue light filter apps on phone/computer
• Omega 3 supplements (2x a day)
• Splashing cold water on my face - this actually feels pretty nice

I'm honestly not even sure what I'm looking for - I think mainly:

1. Does this all sound like dryeye/bleph
2. What else can I be trying? It's really been "flaring" for a month only but it feels like so much longer. I've had dry eyes before but not like this - this is really affecting my ability to work a full workday on the computer (and then time for Reddit at the end :) ).

So I'm going to write a fic with an HSCP Assassin in training getting saved(Or rather forced to by the villains/vigilante's if that route is the one I go down) by someone. Either a hero, a villain, or a vigilante. After they attempt the assassination on one of the three.
Why? someone will probably ask well for two of the three options it is a mixture of pity and seeing he could still help people(Part of the reason why the assassination goes wrong is because the MC hesitates to kill the hero/vigilante because they help people. If it is a villain he simply is spared because he can be used. So I'm wondering who the MC's savior should be.
They would be the one who mentors the MC into the side of either good, evil, or whatever the fuck their goal is.
Their quirk is:
Quirk: Force Nature
Quirk abilities: The User Can Change(or rather force) Certain Things they can touch. If They Make Any Sound When Breathing/Walking then they can stop the noise by touching their body beforehand. They Can Also Put This On Anything Their Touching (Example: If you're holding a gun, and shoot it but wanted to make it make no sound when it shoots, there would be no sound) or if you wanna make yourself invisible, you can make it so you're invisible to everyone else except you. Although this'd be extremely tough to do. He an also change the trajectory of projectiles if he is able to touch them. Or soften the impact of a punch
This is great for assassinations because they could make themselves have no smell, no sound and etc and just kill the victim while not being visible.
Quirk limitations and weaknesses: The user has to be touching whatever they want to change with all five fingers. Also they cannot just make people stop breathing. The rules for the quirk are as follows. 1) The user cannot instantly kill with it. 2) The user cannot heal with the quirk(like they can't just change the wound to be healed. There has to be something to work with... Although with training healing can be possible) . The quirk changes the way things happen within something or someone. Or outside of them. Wounds cannot be healed. And 3) The user cannot change over three things at once. For example they can make a gunshot quiet, themselves completely quiet, and there to be no smell. But they cannot add invisibility to that list. Also flight isn't an option
Quirk classification: Class 5 quirk. Bordering on class 6 with the potential to become class 6 once awakened.
So they are very powerful but they have limitations on what they can do(until the long awaited quirk awakening sometime near the end of the fic because I want to see my MC fucking destroy his enemies with touch alone)
Sorry for the walls of text. I figured context for their quirk would be useful. Someone kindly gave me the quirk idea from the MHA oc discord and I really love it. I

Hello, can anyone explain moons to me like I am a 5 year old ?
I see that I collected a few of them in my vault... How do we collect them ? Just by posting here, really ?
Are they a crypto currency ? Are they worth anything ?
If so, can we sell them ? Like, can we move them on to an exchange and trade them ? Or, can we store them in a personnal wallet like we do with other crypto currencies ?
Most importantly, why the hype ? What is the use case anyway and why one would be willing to pay for them ?
So many questions.
Thank you.

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I know that many of you might have seen this question pop up multiple times, so I apologise for adding to it! I just wanted to give some context, to see if any answers would differ.
I am currently completing a Free Bootcamp about Web Development, and I am really enjoying it. It is tough, and sometimes I have Imposter Syndrome, but I really want to enjoy this process and gain the skills, so I can confidently say "I am a Software Developer, specialising in Web Development".
My interest in this Bootcamp, and programming as a whole, has made me question myself about going to University for Computer Science. I have had a look at places near me, and what I will be learning, and I like the look of it, excluding one thing: Maths!
I was never really good at Maths in high school, I passed barley, and I was in the lower sets. This makes me concerned about going into Computer Science. My mind tells me, "You can learn maths, just like you're learning web development now. You can learn anything if you have the determination and grit" My question to you guys is, is this a realistic thought? Or maybe, I should be more realistic and focus on things that don't really require maths? Should I wait a couple of years? Should I learn the basics at home?
Apologies for such long paragraphs! I want to give you as much context as I can! I would be so happy if anyone read this and gave me advice. If not, then that is 100% okay. If I have missed anything that you would like to know, if you would like any more context or if you think this is confusing for people to understand, then please let me know or ask any questions!
Thank you for reading, Phoebe :)

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Writer's note: Short sections with updates about all kinds of people. And Vickers faces his greatest threat ever.
Enjoy.
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"So the last round is a four person free for all?" James asked as he saw the tournament finale.
"Yes." Amina said. "Once you've been struck seven times you'll be locked out of the fight and you'll be immobilized and shielded until it's over. Here's what's going to happen."
"So we're really not going to talk about the centaur in the room?" James asked.
"James focus." Amina said, ignoring his quip. "You, myself, and this Raend fellow are going to team up against the Glag."
"Okay so it as A... Glag?" James asked. "Glag isn't its name."
"It's both." Amina said simply. "That's neither here nor there. We need to work together to defeat the Glag or else we'll all be defeated within the first minute of the fight."
James's eyebrows furrowed at that. He looked over at the spot where the Glag(?) was standing in the corner of the room. Once again it seemed to be staring straight ahead with its mouth agape and drooling out the slurry of stone and saliva.
"That thing?" He asked. "You sure?"
"Okay." Amina said with her hands in front of her face in a prayer position as she took a deep breath. "James, that thing is a sentient variation of an earth elemental. It's faster than it looks. It's.... well... it's not SMARTER than it looks. But it is much more clever than you're probably giving it credit for. Besides which, remember what the devices on out chests are designed to signal for?"
James looked down at the small brass and crystal device. "Yeah. Hits." He said.
She poked his forehead with a finger. "Hits that would be lethal in a real fight." She reminded him. "Which for you and me means basically anything anyone in this tournament can throw at us. Now. Tell me. What's lethal for an elemental made of stone?"
"Oh." He said once he thought of the question for a moment.
"Yeah." She said. Then she made a face and her hand moved to her stomach.
James quickly looked around to see if anyone was watching, and when he saw the one other humanoid fighter in the room, presumably Raend, was busy reading a book, he turned to Amina and moved to provide her a bit of cover.
"You okay?" He asked.
Amina took several deep breaths and steeled herself a bit. "Yes. Though morning sickness is an incredibly inaccurate term."
"Need some water or something?" He asked. Then he thought of the hit she'd taken at the end of her fight with Gorna. "Say, maybe this wasn't a good idea. Having you in this tournament."
"Not a chance." She said as she spit a bit of saliva out into the nearby spittoon. "Besides. There's no way you win against that thing with only two people."
"Seriously?" James asked. "We are talking about that guy right?" He reiterated with a thumb over his shoulder as the two of them approached Raend.
Glag continued staring passively at the rack of spears that was in front of him.
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Vickers had just finished talking to the owner of the building that the letter had specified, the same one he had been converted in, when he heard a familiar armored gait approaching. He folded the letter from the council and put it in his back pocket, and was walking around the wagon with the silver barbed mesh that would line the rooms for Five and Driscoll when he ran into the owner of the familiar stride pattern.
"Well. Looks like we get to-" His voice trailed off as he looked at the unexpected arrival. Then he looked up higher. "You're not Atrafar." He said with a cocked eyebrow. The hand that had just put the letter away slid up his back until it was resting on his pistol. He'd had to break off and then file down the trigger guard to be able to use it again.
"No. No I'm not." The massive, grey and white muzzled, werewolf in Outer Light armor said with a cocked eyebrow of its own.
"The council sent you?" Vickers asked. "You're overseeing the conversion?"
The wolf looked down at his armor for a moment. "Looks that way." He said. "I assume that you're Chief Anthony Vickers?"
"Yeah." The SEAL answered as the large wolf began to slowly look him up and down.
After a few moments of awkward silence the newcomer spoke up again. "Night brothers are rare. You're smaller than she makes you sound." He said as he approached the wagon and casually lifted one of the silver mesh bundles with his gauntleted hand.
Vickers donned a confused expression. "Than who makes me sound?"
"My daughter." The wolf said as it carefully walked into the building with the bundle, grabbing one of the tool bags from the side of the wagon with his empty hand. "Atrafar. I'm Outer Light Commander De'Lius Dauntless. Retired. Though I've been recalled for the next few days." He said as he disappeared into the door. "Let's get to work."
Vickers tried to bite his lip, forgetting that his new facial structure didn't exactly allow that particular expression. "Fuck." He said under his breath.
He reached over to one of the remaining bundles on the wagon and tried to lift it. It took a bit of effort, and he wasn't able to one hand it like the Commander had. But eventually he got it onto his shoulder and went inside as well.
"Fuck fuck fuuuuuuck." He said as he went inside.
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Werner slowly emerged from the third and final slumber to the sight of the healing ward's ceiling.
"There she is." Said the voice of Margaret Choi. "How are you Ambassador? Are you with us?"
Werner felt the back of the bed raising a bit, putting her into a slanted seated position.
"Yeah." She said before breaking into a yawn. "How did it go?"
"Well that really depends on you." Nurse Choi said. "As far as everything on our side is concerned the procedure went off without a hitch. How do you feel?"
She thought about it for a moment. "I fell okay I guess." Then a slightly more pressing issue presented itself. "I need to pee really badly."
"Well that's good." Nurse Choi replied. "I only removed your catheter about an hour ago. So that'll be a good chance to make sure that part went well. Though I'm sure it did. Come on and stand up."
Werner did as instructed and saw the Minotaur, Shrend, standing off to the side and looking at her charts. "Healer Farstorm." She greeted him.
"Welcome back Ambassador." Shrend said with a warm smile. "Things went well. Please follow Mrs. Choi and she'll get you where you need to go."
Ten minutes later, and much more relieved, she was back in the room and undergoing tests. They ran her through a familiar gamut of motor skill, walking stability, and various cognitive tests. Nurse Choi compared the results to the records that Earth had sent over for them.
By the time they were done it was nearly night again, and Werner was hovering on the border of breaking out into tears.
"Well Ambassador." Shrend said as he and Nurse Choi looked over the results and comparisons. "I don't want to count my drakes before they hatch. But if these results mean what Mrs. Choi says they do, then I think it's been a success. I really need to work on understanding English so I can read these more easily." He joked.
"I haven't scored that well since I was in my twenties." Werner said as she fought to keep her eyes dry.
"Well hopefully it stays that way for a long time." Nurse Choi said as she placed a hand on Werner's shoulder. The other hand grabbed a towel and handed it to her. "It's okay to be happy." She whispered softly.
Werner took the advice and let herself cry for a bit. The Nurse rubbed her back a little as she slowly got herself back under control and wiped her face.
"Thank you so much." She said between sobbing bouts.
"Oh. No need for that." Shrend said. "Healing and helping people is what we do. Now let's see about getting you back to your quarters and we'll have you back tomorrow for a bit more testing."
"Okay." She said as she let the nurse help her back to her feet.
She didn't stumble, or misstep at all in the ten or so minutes it took to get back. And by the time she got there she felt like she was floating.
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"You want to do what?" King Farrick asked.
"I've been ordered to restart testing on transmittal of living specimens to Earth from Petravus your majesty." Col. Muhammed said flatly. "We've set up a pressure chamber that can handle that particular issue and help them depressurize. Plus we have reason to believe that our world has become magically saturated enough that even a Petravian citizen should be able to survive the trip. Though, obviously we'll be starting with Earth citizens."
She pressed a button and a series of windows appeared on his screen, showing videos of people performing feats of strength and speed similar to what some of the Earth people in the castle were capable of now. Some of the videos showed people performing magical spells, though they were all simply, fire and wind attacks, moving earth, summoning light. Some of them showed people accidentally dealing with the carnage that some of that resulted in. There was a news segment, with Petravian subtitles put in place for him, talking about something called an "Influencer" dying after they attempted to fly over something called the Grand Canyon.
"I had assumed as much." He said after a few minutes of watching the curious footage. No matter how many times he saw them, videos amazed him. "I take it that you intend to have the Ambassador send over a few of the people we released."
"That's the long term goal." She admitted openly. "For now we intend to start with small wildlife. Rats or something equivalent. We're not looking to risk any human, or humanoid, life just yet."
"Hmm. Fair enough." He concurred. "You might be happy to know that my healers say that Ambassador Werner has emerged from her final rejuvenation session and all signs point toward a healthy recovery."
The Colonel smiled, and for the first time King Farrick thought it might have been a genuine one.
"That's excellent news." She said. "If the therapy proves fully successful, or hell even partially, that will revolutionize the medical field on our world. Did Nurse Choi take notes?"
"Extensive ones." The King said. "As did our chief healer."
"I look forward to reading them. Whenever you're willing to send them."
The King leaned forward a bit, knowing that he was at an advantage in this exchange
"Tell me." He said as he continued watching the footage that was rapidly changing on his screen. "What kind of magical trouble are the people over there causing?"

Spoiler tag is mostly there for minor spoiler stuff. Just wanted to share my thoughts on the game and help others to see if this game could be for them.
I bought Innocence R for my Vita and then patched it with English subtitles. You could also just straight up download the game onto a PC as well. I really didn’t notice any issues with the translation though I will say that the manner of speech didn’t always match the characters. For instance, formal/uptight characters throwing around casual terms like “you guys” when speaking to the party or modern slang like Spada saying “Hella”. Briefly took me out of the moments, but nothing major. Overall, I think the fan translation is really good and I’m so happy I got to enjoy this game thanks to the people over at Life Bottle Productions!
Tales of Innocence R is short. In my initial play through, I completed the game in 40 hours. That’s going on blind/no guides and treasure hunting every map for chests and near the end game scouring the map for side quests/secrets. In my new game+, I will likely complete it in 30 hours. A speedy gamer could probably do 25. This game was originally created for the DS, so it does make sense that they wouldn’t want to have it be too long and to make more sense for “on the go” play. I didn’t mind it being short because the combat isn’t too complex and is initiated with random encounter battles. Innocence R therefore didn’t overstay it’s welcome.
One of the only problems with the game being a bit short is that the story doesn’t get fleshed out as much as I would have liked. And if you don’t rest at Inns, you miss out on a ton of back story that helps the overall story too. I didn’t realize that so many story skits were locked behind staying at Inns until later in the game, so I spent around half an hour “catching up” later in the game when I realized this. Overall, the story is decent, but falls flat at the end making a lot of what happened seem unnecessary outside of character growth for the main two party members.
Speaking of the cast, they were fun for the most part. Ruca is a tropey pushover character who apologizes for everything even when it doesn’t make sense to apologize. Illia is irritating and mean and I replaced her with another healer the moment I could do so. Her relationship with Ruca is forced due to their past lives and though out the entire game it never developed much. Spada is the loyal bratty bro and his character doesn’t change much. Angie could have been a super interesting character, but they really didn’t do much with her. I thought they might dive into how she was a guy in her past life, but they addressed it once, she says her past life was basically like a dream and it didn’t effect who she is today much, and then they move on. This sort of conflicts with the rest of the story though as every characters motivations are based on their past lives. Anyway, I still liked Angie, but it bothered me how much they talked about her weight and then they didn’t even make her character model any larger than anyone else. Ricardo’s character was also super interesting as he was an enemy to Ruca’s past self. Hermie was pretty funny as the child character, yet also very motherly due to being the mother of Ruca’s past self. All of these characters sort of had “built in” character traits due to being reincarnations of “demons” in the past. However, one of the fun aspects initially, was how different their current incarnations are than their past selves. Ruca being the timid, shy character as opposed to Asura, the war general. Illia being a mean tomboy as opposed to Inanna, the prim and proper beauty. Spada being a bratty delinquent, as opposed to a noble sentient sword. …and then we get Angie, a wise priestess as opposed to… a wise strategist. And Ricardo who used to wield a scythe, but now… only likes guns. And Hermie who is a motherly kid, but use to just be a mother… It’s like they just stopped going with their theme of being an individual and not being tied down to who people think you are or what you use to be.
We aren’t done with characters yet however. There are two more shoehorned in for what was suppose to be the triverse trilogy. We have Kongwei who is a sorcerer from another world and QQ, a warrior from another world. Their part in the overall story is minimal due to their own separate story that takes place in a post game dungeon and was suppose to continue in “future reimaginings”.
There is a story about many warring nations and these reincarnated people with special powers being being used as weapons, but this is mostly put on the back burner while the party tries to discover what went wrong in the past to get us to the point where we are today. This allows for some character development to happen, but at the expense of an impending doom to sort of get forgotten about. Not a lot of tension going on in the story and this brings us to what I think is the weakest part of Innocence R. The villains. I just finished the game and I’m having a hard time remembering the names of the major villains that I fought. There was Cerberus, who use to guard the ultimate super power weapon that everyone is after. Chitose, the love-scorned women who never caught Asura’s gaze. Some army general guy who is power hungry. And then Hasta who is a blood lust insane guy who use to be a sentient spear. Probably the most fleshed out villain. And then Mattheus, maybe the weakest main villain in the series. She has an interesting plot twist to her, but we don’t get a lot of time with her and she has the cookie cutter Tales villain trope of “every sucks, so let’s just blow the world up”. Thankfully, most of these villains weren’t a pain to beat in combat.

My boyfriend and I have been dating for about 2 years now. The start of our relationship was rocky to say the least, as he lied about past relationships (such has who he dated and for how long) and other small things (such as where he was that day). There were also some issues with his girl friends, who expressed that they wanted to be with him, being shocked that we were dating and not knowing that we were even 6+ months in. He stated that our relationship never really came up. After me expressing that it wasn't fair for me to be in a relationship where I felt a little hidden, he said he couldn't lose me and would step up. He truly worked on it, and realized he's always felt the need to lie about things here and there since his childhood hoping to not look badly to others. I can say that he seems to have changed which I'm endlessly proud of him for, and is open about things more than ever. He said he would never hide me again and wanted us for life. We are each other's rock and have truly gotten each other through the worst of times. There's a lot that I'm not perfect at, but I really believe that I am not my boyfriend's mother, so I never asked for his location or anything to that degree even after the lying. Felt like a breach of privacy.
His ex, who he lied to me about because he was concerned their breakup was too close to the start of our relationship and she had moved states to live near him, texted him early in our relationship looking for closure. During this conversation, he didn't mention he was in a relationship. I understand this would be a lot to ask, but I really wished he would have, given him hiding me before and that I mentioned him when I had an ex reach out to me just before we were officially dating. I expressed that I was thankful he told me she reached out, but that I did wish he mentioned we were together. And that if they spoke again, I'd really appreciate it if he mentioned he has someone now. He said he didn't think to say it because he didn't want to hurt her feelings. Eventually, he texted her that he was in a relationship and it was best they didn't talk. For some reason I still felt hurt, I didn't want his ex to feel bad but it also made me feel strange. He said that he blocked her.
That was over a year ago. In the meantime, there was one hiccup of his brother's SO mentioning how much everyone loved his ex, and how wonderful she was when I was first meeting the family. I wasn't sure how to respond, so I tried to do it with grace and say I've only heard great things. It somewhat made me feel as if I was being compared to her, but I did my best to power through and know that I am a good match for him too, and do my best to connect with his family. To be honest though, at times I felt like I was a ghost of his ex because of those comments, but I tried not to think about it. We still have conversations about lying, and trust. Last week, his ex texted him about a wedding that they were both invited to. I thought that she was blocked, but I trust with his new phone that didn't roll over. She asked to call, and he let me know that they were going to talk. I was so proud of him for looping me in, and really thankful. After the call and us talking about how it went, I asked if he mentioned our relationship. He didn't. I hate to say that it hurt and I was angry, but I was. I didn't understand how after the lying at the start of our relationship, and the inadvertently hiding me from other people because "I just didn't come up", he wouldn't want to just mention it, even if it was only to ease my mind. I try so hard to understand his point of view on things but I'm really struggling on this one.
At this point, this has caused so many fights. He's apologized, but it still unfortunately doesn't feel solved. I feel insecure about his ex, and part of me sometimes can't help but wonder if there is something more I'm not seeing. I don't usually care about exes or past relationships, but given the lying, at the start I feel on guard. I just want to know if the start of this relationship triggered some trust issues I have and that he is not in the wrong, or if I do have a valid reason to be concerned. I'm having trouble listening to my gut on this one, so any advice is extremely appreciated. Thanks!