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Good Morning, Mr. Uoka (2/3)
2023.06.05 04:05 OceansCarraway Good Morning, Mr. Uoka (2/3)
It was hard work pushing papers down the long bench. Mr. Uoka found himself drinking tea and eating nutrient scnes with countless other bureaucrats. Suddenly, however, he found himself suddenly eating scones with Mr. Hay Rekk, and didn't quite know what to say. all of his imagined witty barbs and urbane comments disappeared when what remained of the man looked down on him, sneering through his photoreceptors. 'Hatarti.'
'It's-well-'
'Come into the damn conference room.'
Mr. Uoka practically tripped over himself to follow. Rekk kicked a number of people out of the conference room, stuffed a cipher secretary into a chair, and then began. 'Harati. We're fucked. You're fucked. I'm fucked. And I don't even have a penis or a butthole, that's how fucked we area. Nearly five billion...fucking...insane. Your trade bloc going down the drain. You think you can help. Make it quick, or I'll make it happen somehow.'
'Thank you, Chancellor. I...um. Well...this is a very complicated situation, as you well know, of course-'
Rekk sagged. 'Uoka.'
'Yes, sir.'
'I know. I know how your fucking kind talk-'
'Are-are you saying that I am lesser because I am a-?!'
'Stelliberal? Yeah. Fuck you, lib.'
'...oh.'
'Short words. Give your point. We don't have much time.'
'Yes. Rekk—we need market development. Not maket-lead or centric—development of the market itself. Not just the places-'
'Cashification. Specialization. Less farmers.'
'Yes-precisely. No more barter. More goods moving through markets. Less subsistence.'
'Wagies, then. Townies, or urban poor.'
'I support urbanization, sir.'
'Don't call me sir.'
'Ok. Urbanization. Towns cannot grow the requisite numbers to break out into proper cosmopolitanism.'
'What if we can get them commuting?'
'A good idea, if done, sir!'
'I'm gonna do it. The cities are getting cargo and people rail. Fancy people rail. Good people rail. Make them get around and keep mixing.'
'Wonderful! Perhaps they might have sports leagues-'
'Only if they have riot divisions.' 'Tragic, sirr-Chancellor.'
'Rekk. Liberal.'
‘What about local commuting, to bind the cities and townies into one greater mass?’
‘I’m working on it. Gonna do freight lines out, and if they don’t attack the trains, then we’ll move on maybe getting some of them on them. Cargo stakeholders first, then maybe passengers. That might take a generation, but I’m going to make it happen.’
'You should accelerate cashification.'
'I'm trying. Right now, we’re slowly doing money storage. Making local banks. Moving money still needs to be figured out. I can't fucking even let them consider paper, they'll go nuts.'
'Armored cars and trains, local banks being able to do deposit transfers? That kind of thing?'
'Armored trains are rolling out now. Banks are gonna get fucking permitted at some point. Their majesties want strong basic regulations. It'll go slow, but the problem is how heavy that shit is.'
'Yes, indeed. Perhaps one can make the coins self-lighten?'
'Good idea, lemme write that down.'
'Here is a white paper, chancellor.'
'Got it. Next. Fusion.'
'Yes. Fusion. Civil fusion. The power of a star. Will they get electricity?'
'Everything is electric for the clones already. Fixed the web, too. For the peasants? Fuck no. We're gonna dole out miracles slowly so they don't melt down street lamps to make into weapons. Biggest one is atmospheric nitrogen fixing. We'll give em superstitious fertilizer, not some crap. Use lightning banks. We're also gonna light up all the cities, and electrify all public buildings and entertainment areas. The towns are gonna have a slow drip of things, very slow. Elite exposure first, gauge fuckery. If they act up, beat them smart.'
'There's no personal incentive right now to electrify, Rekk. Outside of the workplace, are you trying to generate mass demand?'
'Yeah.' Rekk looked pensive. 'Get the kids. Get the house managers…err…wives. That’s what they’re called. Make work-life easier.'
'Perhaps you might offer rental machinery, to ease the-'
'...you have another white paper?'
'Indeed, Chancellor.'
'Give it. What else?'
'Well, there is the Shining Lord's legacy of...advanced sciences.'
Rekk sighed. 'Yeah. Fuckers. Peasants...we were wrong. Couldn't see. They'd been made weak many years ago, before we were made. Broken people. Lost their chances. Their wants. Their selves. You speak about consumers. Buyers. Wanters. Needers. These people can't want or need anything that the Golden Ones said was bad.' 'They can act on their own.'
'Yeah. Everything Kweens did is stuff they'd do on their own. Build them up comfortably. Make them feel better. Safer. Not terrified. You seen them.'
Mr. Uoka had. 'They need to be able to want again. Or to recognize that they have needs.'
'Yeah. No more fear. No more pain. No empty bellies, or sick ones.'
'They need healthcare.'
Rekk tried to sneer. 'Working on that. Real busy. You think I got a headshrinker?'
‘I think it would help.’
‘I got drugs. Why don’t you take some?’
Mr. Uoka reminded the Chancellor that he was a liontaur, and that clone drugs wouldn’t work on him. Chancellor Rekk reminded the consultant that he had tried clone drugs and that they’d worked. Both stared at each other for a moment before moving on.
‘Healthcare, Rekk. Healthcare. They need it. On all worlds’
‘The Sunforgelands are unfucking themselves.’
‘I’ve watched them begin to separate from Kabria and develop their own identity. Of course, they will not be one for quite some time. If peasant marketisation truly fails, then they will be the obvious backstop.’
‘Yeah. But I’m not counting on them. We’re gonna use fusion electricity here to make a lot of drugs for the cities. Really pump them up. Introduction will take a while. The cities will export them to the townies.’
‘But why will the townies even go to the cities?’
‘Unno. It’ll be easy. Maybe get some money. Maybe come back and work for more money and clout. Farming will keep getting easier, so less people for less farms.’
‘Will you truly make an effort to make powered farming equipment common again, Rekk? Or will you be defeated by someone being afraid of tractors?’
‘We won’t. But we will make fuel at home. And we will figure out which of the fucked up mosses and weird foxes won’t be killing people. Seeds-’
‘The biotechnology of the Shining Lords persists. But how much does it, truly?’
‘Enough for us to gather it up and use it, though. Against them. We will use their seeds, and their bugs, and their birds, and we will force them to give us honey and nectar and grain. And we’ll keep em in hives and tree trunks and in farmlands and in those fucking makeshift swamps. And we’ll eat em. Tear the head off and suck out the guts until the little legs kick, kick, kick…’ Rekk seemed to be having more fun thinking about torturing the old animals of the Shining Lords than anything else.
‘...do they have…sufficient nutritional value?’
‘Yes. Taste like shit.’
Mr. Uoka considered saying that if the clones thought something tasted like shit, it truly did, but he kept that thought to himself.
‘How much will you be allowing them to see?’
‘All of it, cause fuck em. Let’s scare 'em straight.’
‘...that is an unusual motivation, Rekk. But I admire your commitment.’
‘Yeah, yeah. We’ll knock in some gardens with nice plants that make medicines and antibodies and stuff, and we’ll give em nutritional supplements-’
‘And birth control.’
‘Yeah, good point. Don’t want too many of them. Abortions should be cheap, fast, and easy.’
‘And birth control, Chancellor.’
‘You mean like for-before they screw?’
‘Yes. It will lead to a significant amount of independence for women–I don’t think the Shining Lords allowed anything beyond the gender binary, did they–and break up some of the core cycles of reproduction with an Epistocided people.’
‘Put the paper on the table.’
Mr. Uoka obliged.
‘They’ll shit their pants, Haraati-’
‘Hatari.’
‘And we’ll make em clean up the shit, and dry it, and use it for fucking manure. I will drag these dense ass motherfuckers-literally half the goddamn time-to decency, whether they like it or not. They’ll farm the land, and they’ll pay taxes, and they’ll buy regional, and they’ll fucking like it. And if they cause problems, Mr. Uoka, I’m going to-’
‘To show them some fucking compassion. They’re scared children. That’s what they are deep down.’
‘No, we’re going to give the fuckers the baton and ten years fixing hedgerows with powered equipment.’
‘During the riots, I took shelter in a building with some clone functionaries–Happies, a few Biggies or specials. A number of peasants…I’m not sure, must have been about 60…broke in. They were going to burn the place down around us, and I was scared. They were ignoring commands, and we were prepared to shoot them, and then–well–I didn’t want to shoot them. So I roared. And threw a chair. They all fled. Not a shot fired. They were that easily scared off. You don’t have to beat them. You don’t need to be harsh all the time. Spare them, Rekk. I’m not asking for absolution, but don’t be like your makers. They’ll be better if they can relax comfortably; they’ve tasted a bit of safety with all of the turmoil. Let them keep eating.’
‘...target the stunting, huh?’
‘Above all else. The Shining Leeches enslaved-’
Rekk cut off Mr. Uoka with peels of laughter. He enjoyed the multifaceted implications of that insult: weaknesses, dependency on others, ineffectiveness, false bravado–and the chance to cut the stress. Eventually, he got back on topic.
‘...they used biology to enslave ourselves. We use biology to free ourselves. But this doesn’t cover the magic.’
‘It’s degraded a lot over time, right? And her majesty is satisfying the demands of many of the laws. So there should be no problem.’
‘I hope so. There’s…big changes coming. Stuff I can’t reveal to you. Yeah, the investors will like it. But it’s going to be big, Hattie.’
‘What is it?’ Mr. Uoka overlooked his name being messed up again.
‘The beginning of the end.’
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'It's-well-'
'Come into the damn conference room.'
Mr. Uoka practically tripped over himself to follow. Rekk kicked a number of people out of the conference room, stuffed a cipher secretary into a chair, and then began. 'Harati. We're fucked. You're fucked. I'm fucked. And I don't even have a penis or a butthole, that's how fucked we area. Nearly five billion...fucking...insane. Your trade bloc going down the drain. You think you can help. Make it quick, or I'll make it happen somehow.'
'Thank you, Chancellor. I...um. Well...this is a very complicated situation, as you well know, of course-'
Rekk sagged. 'Uoka.'
'Yes, sir.'
'I know. I know how your fucking kind talk-'
'Are-are you saying that I am lesser because I am a-?!'
'Stelliberal? Yeah. Fuck you, lib.'
'...oh.'
'Short words. Give your point. We don't have much time.'
'Yes. Rekk—we need market development. Not maket-lead or centric—development of the market itself. Not just the places-'
'Cashification. Specialization. Less farmers.'
'Yes-precisely. No more barter. More goods moving through markets. Less subsistence.'
'Wagies, then. Townies, or urban poor.'
'I support urbanization, sir.'
'Don't call me sir.'
'Ok. Urbanization. Towns cannot grow the requisite numbers to break out into proper cosmopolitanism.'
'What if we can get them commuting?'
'A good idea, if done, sir!'
'I'm gonna do it. The cities are getting cargo and people rail. Fancy people rail. Good people rail. Make them get around and keep mixing.'
'Wonderful! Perhaps they might have sports leagues-'
'Only if they have riot divisions.' 'Tragic, sirr-Chancellor.'
'Rekk. Liberal.'
‘What about local commuting, to bind the cities and townies into one greater mass?’
‘I’m working on it. Gonna do freight lines out, and if they don’t attack the trains, then we’ll move on maybe getting some of them on them. Cargo stakeholders first, then maybe passengers. That might take a generation, but I’m going to make it happen.’
'You should accelerate cashification.'
'I'm trying. Right now, we’re slowly doing money storage. Making local banks. Moving money still needs to be figured out. I can't fucking even let them consider paper, they'll go nuts.'
'Armored cars and trains, local banks being able to do deposit transfers? That kind of thing?'
'Armored trains are rolling out now. Banks are gonna get fucking permitted at some point. Their majesties want strong basic regulations. It'll go slow, but the problem is how heavy that shit is.'
'Yes, indeed. Perhaps one can make the coins self-lighten?'
'Good idea, lemme write that down.'
'Here is a white paper, chancellor.'
'Got it. Next. Fusion.'
'Yes. Fusion. Civil fusion. The power of a star. Will they get electricity?'
'Everything is electric for the clones already. Fixed the web, too. For the peasants? Fuck no. We're gonna dole out miracles slowly so they don't melt down street lamps to make into weapons. Biggest one is atmospheric nitrogen fixing. We'll give em superstitious fertilizer, not some crap. Use lightning banks. We're also gonna light up all the cities, and electrify all public buildings and entertainment areas. The towns are gonna have a slow drip of things, very slow. Elite exposure first, gauge fuckery. If they act up, beat them smart.'
'There's no personal incentive right now to electrify, Rekk. Outside of the workplace, are you trying to generate mass demand?'
'Yeah.' Rekk looked pensive. 'Get the kids. Get the house managers…err…wives. That’s what they’re called. Make work-life easier.'
'Perhaps you might offer rental machinery, to ease the-'
'...you have another white paper?'
'Indeed, Chancellor.'
'Give it. What else?'
'Well, there is the Shining Lord's legacy of...advanced sciences.'
Rekk sighed. 'Yeah. Fuckers. Peasants...we were wrong. Couldn't see. They'd been made weak many years ago, before we were made. Broken people. Lost their chances. Their wants. Their selves. You speak about consumers. Buyers. Wanters. Needers. These people can't want or need anything that the Golden Ones said was bad.' 'They can act on their own.'
'Yeah. Everything Kweens did is stuff they'd do on their own. Build them up comfortably. Make them feel better. Safer. Not terrified. You seen them.'
Mr. Uoka had. 'They need to be able to want again. Or to recognize that they have needs.'
'Yeah. No more fear. No more pain. No empty bellies, or sick ones.'
'They need healthcare.'
Rekk tried to sneer. 'Working on that. Real busy. You think I got a headshrinker?'
‘I think it would help.’
‘I got drugs. Why don’t you take some?’
Mr. Uoka reminded the Chancellor that he was a liontaur, and that clone drugs wouldn’t work on him. Chancellor Rekk reminded the consultant that he had tried clone drugs and that they’d worked. Both stared at each other for a moment before moving on.
‘Healthcare, Rekk. Healthcare. They need it. On all worlds’
‘The Sunforgelands are unfucking themselves.’
‘I’ve watched them begin to separate from Kabria and develop their own identity. Of course, they will not be one for quite some time. If peasant marketisation truly fails, then they will be the obvious backstop.’
‘Yeah. But I’m not counting on them. We’re gonna use fusion electricity here to make a lot of drugs for the cities. Really pump them up. Introduction will take a while. The cities will export them to the townies.’
‘But why will the townies even go to the cities?’
‘Unno. It’ll be easy. Maybe get some money. Maybe come back and work for more money and clout. Farming will keep getting easier, so less people for less farms.’
‘Will you truly make an effort to make powered farming equipment common again, Rekk? Or will you be defeated by someone being afraid of tractors?’
‘We won’t. But we will make fuel at home. And we will figure out which of the fucked up mosses and weird foxes won’t be killing people. Seeds-’
‘The biotechnology of the Shining Lords persists. But how much does it, truly?’
‘Enough for us to gather it up and use it, though. Against them. We will use their seeds, and their bugs, and their birds, and we will force them to give us honey and nectar and grain. And we’ll keep em in hives and tree trunks and in farmlands and in those fucking makeshift swamps. And we’ll eat em. Tear the head off and suck out the guts until the little legs kick, kick, kick…’ Rekk seemed to be having more fun thinking about torturing the old animals of the Shining Lords than anything else.
‘...do they have…sufficient nutritional value?’
‘Yes. Taste like shit.’
Mr. Uoka considered saying that if the clones thought something tasted like shit, it truly did, but he kept that thought to himself.
‘How much will you be allowing them to see?’
‘All of it, cause fuck em. Let’s scare 'em straight.’
‘...that is an unusual motivation, Rekk. But I admire your commitment.’
‘Yeah, yeah. We’ll knock in some gardens with nice plants that make medicines and antibodies and stuff, and we’ll give em nutritional supplements-’
‘And birth control.’
‘Yeah, good point. Don’t want too many of them. Abortions should be cheap, fast, and easy.’
‘And birth control, Chancellor.’
‘You mean like for-before they screw?’
‘Yes. It will lead to a significant amount of independence for women–I don’t think the Shining Lords allowed anything beyond the gender binary, did they–and break up some of the core cycles of reproduction with an Epistocided people.’
‘Put the paper on the table.’
Mr. Uoka obliged.
‘They’ll shit their pants, Haraati-’
‘Hatari.’
‘And we’ll make em clean up the shit, and dry it, and use it for fucking manure. I will drag these dense ass motherfuckers-literally half the goddamn time-to decency, whether they like it or not. They’ll farm the land, and they’ll pay taxes, and they’ll buy regional, and they’ll fucking like it. And if they cause problems, Mr. Uoka, I’m going to-’
‘To show them some fucking compassion. They’re scared children. That’s what they are deep down.’
‘No, we’re going to give the fuckers the baton and ten years fixing hedgerows with powered equipment.’
‘During the riots, I took shelter in a building with some clone functionaries–Happies, a few Biggies or specials. A number of peasants…I’m not sure, must have been about 60…broke in. They were going to burn the place down around us, and I was scared. They were ignoring commands, and we were prepared to shoot them, and then–well–I didn’t want to shoot them. So I roared. And threw a chair. They all fled. Not a shot fired. They were that easily scared off. You don’t have to beat them. You don’t need to be harsh all the time. Spare them, Rekk. I’m not asking for absolution, but don’t be like your makers. They’ll be better if they can relax comfortably; they’ve tasted a bit of safety with all of the turmoil. Let them keep eating.’
‘...target the stunting, huh?’
‘Above all else. The Shining Leeches enslaved-’
Rekk cut off Mr. Uoka with peels of laughter. He enjoyed the multifaceted implications of that insult: weaknesses, dependency on others, ineffectiveness, false bravado–and the chance to cut the stress. Eventually, he got back on topic.
‘...they used biology to enslave ourselves. We use biology to free ourselves. But this doesn’t cover the magic.’
‘It’s degraded a lot over time, right? And her majesty is satisfying the demands of many of the laws. So there should be no problem.’
‘I hope so. There’s…big changes coming. Stuff I can’t reveal to you. Yeah, the investors will like it. But it’s going to be big, Hattie.’
‘What is it?’ Mr. Uoka overlooked his name being messed up again.
‘The beginning of the end.’
2023.06.05 03:14 Namitaiko Free Oc Drawings [[[OPEN]]]
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Before asking me to draw your OC please read: 1. It will be in anime style(unless you have a reference photo I’ll see if I can) 2. Anyone who requests 2 characters will be half bodied to equal one 3. If you feel bad l'm doing this for free I would love an art trade! 4. If you do want me to do more for you and pay me you can do that as well, though l'd die.
Must send me reference pictures of what you want. Along with photos answer these: 1. Facial expression 2. Color of skin, eyes, hair, and clothes 3. Hairstyle, bangs? What type? 4. What age do they look? 5. What type of clothes? 6. Any weapons? 7. Type of body pose 8. Any tattoos? Scars? Beauty marks? Freckles? Magic signs?
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Before asking me to draw your OC please read: 1. It will be in anime style(unless you have a reference photo I’ll see if I can) 2. Anyone who requests 2 characters will be half bodied to equal one 3. If you feel bad l'm doing this for free I would love an art trade! 4. If you do want me to do more for you and pay me you can do that as well, though l'd die.
Must send me reference pictures of what you want. Along with photos answer these: 1. Facial expression 2. Color of skin, eyes, hair, and clothes 3. Hairstyle, bangs? What type? 4. What age do they look? 5. What type of clothes? 6. Any weapons? 7. Type of body pose 8. Any tattoos? Scars? Beauty marks? Freckles? Magic signs?
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2023.06.04 23:46 JulianSkies Blackriver Cases - Season 5 “Exotic Pets” - Episode 2 “Night’s Touch”
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Season 5 “Exotic Pets”
Episode 2 “Night’s Touch”
He stares at her as Keya’s voice starts to slowly grow louder “I know you have people who can deal with this. This is supposed to be a priority line, as well!” her tone was still flatter than it should be, it was loud but lacked inflection giving it a false impression of cold anger.
“We have arranged previous protocols for similar situations”
“You can’t possibly be so unwise as to not be ready for nonstandard behavior”
“Please find someone with authority or at least knowledge of the situation”
“Yes I am the-”
“I am very much aware of the limitations of our deal, I am asking about a similar but new situation”
“The chief of an exterminator precinct is calling you because an endangered exotic animal requires some form of acceptable solution. I am calling you despite a clear lack of protocols in this specific situation. I am calling you because I have no real solutions and if there’s one species, one government left in this brahking galaxy that CARES it’s you so please, please give me something, ANYTHING” it was disturbing, incredibly so, to watch her inflection just waver and shift like that.
“Very well, I will put you on speakers” finally a reprieve from hearing a one-sided conversation, Keya sets down her holopad in the table at the center of the couches. Santos comes closer, still with one of the hensa snugly stuck inside his shirt while Orran slowly walks over to look, but he doesn’t sit, still holding the female protectively.
In the screen is another human, she is dressed in a very plain black suit with a necktie that’s been loosened and her short hair is disheveled. Clearly, Keya’s conversation had managed to stress her out. The dark-skinned woman scans her light blue eyes through the three visible people across from the call, her direct sight quickly stopping on the small beast in Orran’s grasp “They’re like tiny panthers” she says, softly
After a few more moments she continues “Alright, call me Janice. As I’ve told your boss” she says, presumably trying to aim her gaze at Santos, which isn’t quite possible through a video call “We might have a good solution. But that’s a maybe on the good solution, depends on if I can call on people here. And we have an okay solution, but that depends on what you’re willing to do, Mister…”
At that, the yotul recognizes it’s his turn to speak “Orran, my name is Orran”
“Mister Orran. So, here are the two possible solutions. The worst of them is to simply arrange a transfer for them to Leirn, but that is not an optimal solution. Not only would it take time, as we don’t currently have the logistic means to expedite transport in official vessels and we do not have the funds to find a quick and safe civilian willing to make the trip, we currently have no ongoing deals with the planetary government regarding fauna returns”
“I’m sure I could find a good transport to get there, ma’am.” Orran interrupts “I got them here, I can get them back if I need to”
“That might be true” the woman on the video continues, waving dismissively as she visibly slumps down on the seat “But we still have no official deals with their government regarding wildlife rescues. We have ongoing negotiations but nothing concrete, so in order to get your little fuzzballs over there we’d need to divert personnel we do not have available at the moment to secure a proper location, hopefully a wildlife shelter or similar”
“I could-” Orran tries but he’s interrupted
“Yes, you could go and uproot the entirety of your life again for the sake of those. Which is what we’d ask of you in this case, the best we could do for this worst-case scenario is some bureaucratic facilitation for your travel.” then she moves closer to the camera and puts her elbows on, presumably, the desk and rests her chin on her hands “But we might have a better solution”
“You better not be about to rope this man into some weird quasi-legal scheme” Santos interrupts “Your track record has been real spotty when dealing with anything at this scale”
Janice sighs, rubbing her eyes as she pulls a holopad off from the side “Yes, yes I know. You would fucking know wouldn’t you, Mr. Exterminator. But no, no, the plan is to take advantage of an ongoing research project to find far safer shelter right here on Venlil Prime.” she returns to her slacked pose as she brings her pad up with her, sharing her attention between the two “There’s a variety of projects researching the possible introduction of new species to this planet to increase the resilience of the biomes near the core of the habitable zone, an offshoot of the Cradle restoration research, as well as a bit of a hare-brained little project researching the feasibility of shipboard pets to increase soldier morale” she offers a hand to the camera “We can have your hensa housed in the facilities of any of such projects. This way we don’t need to redirect any voidborne assets, which as you know are all completely committed to the ongoing war, and you don’t need to give up your life here, Mr. Orran”
Santos turns to watch the yotul, who now has a contemplative look. It was always weird when he realized he could read alien expressions that well, a closed eye with the head slightly tilted the same direction and both ears flat towards the same direction read the exact same way as a human looking upwards in thought, apparently he’d grown accustomed to them very much. “And what would being housed here require, and how would they be treated”
Janice takes a deep breath, and can be seen pulling a second holopad from somewhere offscreen “IF I can make this work, and this is an if because it depends on finding a receptive project lead, for now they’d just be housed in the animal shelters those projects have for their studies. Currently the studies are only observational in how they relate to local species, with periodic medical checkups, being held in a few biome-isolation facilities. Should they prove suitable for the goals, and hell that depends on the projects being feasible to begin with, then they’ll be added to acclimated breeding programs.”
Orran looks down at the heavy female on his arms, then looks back at the screen “And should they not be?”
Janice grins “That’s the trick. At that point the UN will have taken over responsibility for them, and now they have an endangered species on hand and a million and one laws on how to treat them. So they’ll be forced to keep them in a wildlife shelter until they can be safely relocated to their natural environment. Which is something that will likely only happen after the end of the war given how bureaucracy works” then she looks down at the holopads and types something down in one of them “And if the war takes longer than that to end, I don’t think any of us will be around to worry anymore, so”
“Isn’t that a bit pessimistic” Santos adds with a raised eyebrow
“You would be, sitting here in this chair” she retorts
He looks at Orran, ultimately the choice is his, given it’s both his little creatures and his life in the line. The yotul spends a few moments thinking “Then please see what you can do. How long until we have an answer?”
“Hah!” Janice exclaims triumphantly, startling all three “I wouldn’t be in this job if I couldn’t multitask this well. I already have an answer, seems like the local fauna reintroduction project has shown interest. Can’t have only one pestkiller species in the same niche, it seems they want to have some competition to keep populations controlled or something” she still has a wide smile when she directly addresses Orran “If that project pans out, your kitties’ descendants will wind up in a competitive space with ours. But that’s for multiple generations from now, it seems. Currently, those two would wind up in an observation shelter to see how they interact with a population of voidpins as well as how they interact with terran cats. Is that acceptable or should I try to find another project?”
At that Orran laughs lightly “Ooh, nightside? That’d be perfect, most hensa are twilight creatures but nightweavers are nocturnal, that’d be the best for them” he gently caresses the feline in his arms “Hear that Lodestar? You get to have some darkness again”
Janice nods on the screen “Alright, then… Let’s see… Oh, oooh that’s convenient” she is tapping at the holopad “How much time do you need to prepare them for a trip? Would you like to come along for the handoff? CnT Freight -that’s an unfortunate name- seems to have a pickup of carbon in the next town over for us, we can have someone take advantage of the trip and come pick your kitties up”
Santos tilts his head to the side “Carbon? That might be over in Long Cliff if I remember the surrounding towns correctly. That’s almost a two hour trip”
Janice nods “Yep. I’ve sent a message to that project’s lead, they’ll get someone in our already-scheduled resource pickup trip and they’ll meet up with you. But we’re working with already existing schedules so… They should be over there in, let’s see… Fifteen hours or so” she takes a deep breath “So if that’ll be all? I got more calls in the queue”
“This will be enough” Keya’s voice is still weird
And with that the other human unceremoniously ends the call “That’ll be around three claws, Orran” Santos offers “I hope you don’t mind if we wait over here?”
The yotul is surprised, taking a step back “W-wait here? Why?”
Santos sighs “Three things. You already panicked once, and fled an entire planet over it” he gives Orran a side glance, which now that he thinks about it wouldn’t read the same for an alien would it? “Don’t want to risk you panicking again and messing yourself up”
Orran looks sheepish for a moment “Second, I want to have a look outside for some things. This place was the location of something very suspicious a few paws ago and this is the only chance I have to properly look for evidence around here” he gives the yotul a shrug “None of it is your fault, to clarify. I just want to figure out where that nixa came from”
And finally, he stands up and grabs Keya by the shoulders “And third, this woman did not sleep and is five seconds away from a mental breakdown” he lifts her off the ground with great effort, takes a couple of steps to the side and forcibly shoves her into the largest couch “And I want her to try to get a full rest before we need to deal with the delivery, because we will invariably be involved”
Despite the annoyed position of her ears and thrashing tail, Keya doesn’t move from the position she’s been put into “Santos, I’m fine”
“No you’re not, you started screaming an hour into your sleep cycle and never went back to bed. Try to get some sleep, I’ll be here” he turns over to Orran “Yes, I’m taking a bit of advantage of your situation, I’m sorry.”
If the yotul had eyebrows, he’d be raising one of them right now “I take it this isn’t a normal situation. If that’s why you need to stay around it’s fine.” he takes a deep breath “Turns out I owe her, apparently, so consider yourselves guests”
And so they waited. It did not take long for Keya to fall asleep, meanwhile Santos sat down on the couch and started fiddling with his holopad. It wasn't a random distraction, however, as he was reviewing the calls on Orran’s little project. Maybe it was just human pareidolia speaking, but something about the calls had been nagging him. It did eat at him doing this to Orran, however. The man was already stressed out enough as it was, and here he was taking complete advantage of what is essentially a hostage situation so his boss could sneak some sleep during a work shift.
As the hours passed he'd periodically get pulled out of his work as he watched Orran come and go, doing whatever his job was. Turns out an agriculturalist’s job also involves a lot of paperwork, it seems, for the man at some point had three holopads out doing who knows what, presumably data comparison. Himself, he eventually found what his instinct had been nagging him about. All of the calls on those little beasts, aside from the very first, were not made from within Blackriver. If his understanding of comms-codes in this planet was right, and if he wasn’t just seeing patterns where they did not exist, those anonymous calls were all from a number in a nearby town. But before he could start making more connections he heard something he was hoping not to hear. He hears Keya’s breath quickening.
He quickly sets down his pad and, after a bit of effort, manages to dislodge the two alien felines that had decided his lap was the correct place for a nap. Then he heads over to Keya and kneels down beside her, causing Orran to focus on him. “Don’t do anything, Orran” he instructs
“What? What’s going on?” he sounds worried, as he should be
“I was hoping she’d wake up to a normal nightmare but it seems like it’s a bad one again” he stares at his boss, whose breathing is getting faster and faster. She opens her mouth and starts making a noise.
Orran steps closer “Shouldn’t you wake her up?”
It’s now that Keya starts screaming, familiar screams of fear “No, not yet. Wake her up too early and she’s going to be in a state of panic for multiple claws.” Keya’s screams start getting worse as she grabs at the couch and digs her claws in, her legs and tail thrashing wildly as if she were running. And suddenly her creaming stops with a choked noise as she brings her hands up to her chest.
Orran takes a step back as the next stage of Keya’s nightmare makes itself manifest in her noises, a choked scream that brought a chill down his spine, a scream that was eerily reminiscent of the sounds he’d heard in an ‘instructional’ video about the greys a long time ago. “Wake her up too late and she’s not going to have any of her emotions left” the human comments, as the venlil frantically claws at her own chest.
She screams for just a little while longer, until Santos forcibly puts his hand over her chest “Boss, I’m here” he says with an authoritative voice “The only predator in this room is me, listen to my voice” he puts pressure in her chest “You’re alive, listen to me” he lowers his body closer to her “Wake up and listen”
The distressed hensa had been staring up at the venlil from the ground, emitting a low, bassy growl all this time in a sign of worry. But when Keya sits up suddenly they both run back behind Orran “I… Am awake” she says mechanically.
Santos sighs, stares at her for a while, then stands up and offers his hand. Keya ignores him and stands up, looking around the house “Cold bastard woke up this time, eh?”
Santos and Orran watch as Keya ignores the question as she looks around, eyes seemingly staring off into the distance. She finally stops “Yes” and then turns her entire body towards a small desk near the front door, and turns her head to face it.
Santos raises an eyebrow at her motion, and he notices Orran’s tail started lightly thumping on the floor and his body was shaking slightly. He’d seen people getting unnerved at the cold bastard, but he had the feeling that if he were a human right now he’d be sweating bullets. He follows the direction Keya is facing, that was such a blatantly human motion she had performed it was obvious what she intended, and sees something.
“Haven’t seen a proper paper letter in a long, long time” he comments a technical lie, a few seconds after Orran had moved to pick up said letter from the desk and shove it into a drawer. But he had already seen what Keya wanted him to.
“Y-yeah I’m… Still fond of some traditional things” the man says, still looking nervous.
He takes a deep breath. He’d already seen it, in the letter, the mark of three crossed leaves. “Alright… Me and Keya are going to go outside to check something. And when we come back, you’re going to tell me the truth, right?” he stares directly at Orran
“What do you-”
“AFTER we’re back” he interrupts “Because this is either nothing worth worrying about, or you were saved from death by the power of ignorance” but he doesn’t let Orran answer as he and Keya step out into the yard.
He looks around at the yard, already predicting this would be a difficult mission. A physical letter with a familiar symbol, Orran mentioned he had a way to bring his felines to this planet and could use it as a way out, those were carnivores as far as he knew so he had to get food somewhere, and the man had those kept in here since before humanity’s first contact so it wasn’t some cloned meat he was using.
Keya grabs his shoulder and turns him towards the shed, every house in this place has the same general structure, including the shed in the backyard. The two of them start heading over there and study it. Those are wooden windows, closed, barring any sight from the inside and the front door had a lock in it, but it was slightly ajar. He looks at Keya, who seems to not notice his stare, and then gently opens the door.
The light from the outside streams in, and the sight is somewhat heart wrenching. This was, at some point, pretty much a cat house. There were shelves along the walls with nothing in them for them animals to walk about, wooden towers and other acrobatic toys, there were plastic toys scattered around and most tellingly some bowls on the ground. He kneels beside the bowls, there’s a tiny scattering of kibble indicating which ones were likely kibble and which ones were likely water, but they were marked with the same signs as the rest of the toys and furniture, deep marks of a nixa’s claws.
“Here” Keya’s toneless voice calls him out, and as he arrives he finds the proof of what he expected. There’s a rather crude metal box sitting there, full of scratch marks and bloodstains, inspecting it closer he finds tufts of dark fur and… Fabric.
Before he can inspect closer Keya hands him something- A plastic bag “Always prepared aren’t you?” he kneels closer to look at it, it’s definitely fabric, torn fabric in fact, with a fragment of the nixa’s claw attached to it. Gingerly he puts it in the plastic bag, looking at it.
“It is not good for my mental health, but it is useful in situations like those” Keya offers, before turning to the door to leave.
Santos stands up and takes a deep breath. Those calls all came from outside, and everything’s starting to make sense. He speeds up to move ahead of Keya as they enter Orran’s house, to find the yotul sitting on a couch, seemingly staring at something but in truth his eyes were distant in thought. “Alright, Orran. The first question, where did you get food for your hensa?”
Orran nearly jumps out of his skin, before turning an eye to Santos “I… I have an offworld contact. They, uhm… They can get some stuff shipped from Leirn for me”
Santos nods, and sits beside the man. Keya, on the other hand, walks behind him and simply looms over, causing the agriculturalist to shrink “Next question. Who brought you here?”
“It… It was the same people”
He crosses his arms “I’m going to take a wild guess and say that your hensa have suddenly decided that they don’t want to leave the house anymore since a few days, I mean, paws ago, right?”
At that Orran gasps “How did you know?”
He leans back on the couch “Your little ones saved your life, just so you know. Whoever it is you’ve got your trip, and the food from… You still owe them, right? And they’re the kind that comes collect” he’s looking at the ceiling right now
“C-collect? What do you mean?” he can see Orran trembling in his periphery
“Fifty seven of the calls on your hensa were from outside town” he turns his head slightly to give Orran a side-eyed stare “And we figured out where whoever it was dropped a very angry and very hungry nightside predator a few paws ago. You know, at the same point in time where I can only imagine your little friends stopped going to their playground out back”
“Wait” Orran seems frozen “That… That was because…”
Santos shrugs “I don’t know who they are. I doubt they’d like it if you talked, so i’m not asking. I’m just going to ask, how much do you owe them?”
The yotul looks down “Five hundred and twelve thousand credits… But I’ve been paying, I swear-” he grabs at Santos’ arm
“Chill out” he takes a deep breath “None of us are related to them in any way, before you get the wrong impression”
“It should be doable” Keya has brought up her datapad, causing the other two to look up at her “It is possible that I can organize a donation drive able to reach the nearby towns. Coupled with a secondary source I have available it is plausible acquire the amount of credits to clear his debt”
Orran stands up quickly in surprise “Y-you’d do that for-”
“Those people have shown themselves capable of causing serious collateral in their attempts at punishment and have shown to be a threat to the safety of the town.” she continues with a toneless voice “You, also, are part of this town. A group capable of smuggling contraband across planets is not a group we are capable of protecting the town from, therefore, the only measure left is appeasement.” she explains like it was a lecture, causing Orran’s ears to droop.
“The condition of this aid is as follows. You will hand over that letter, as I recognize it is their method of contacting you. You will, also, follow the humans to wherever the delivery will take place and you will only return to this town once I have contacted you to do so and you have paid your debts.” she turns her head sideways to direct one of her eyes at the yotul, he takes a step back cowering from the icy stare in a way Santos could never cause “If they make any further attempts at you, they will not endanger this town”
Santos sighs “Yeah, that looks like a wise choice” he pats Orran gently on the shoulder “I know the cold bastard is a lot but that’s a good plan. We’ll help you out, get your kitties a safe new home and nobody gets hurt”
To say the mood in the residence was soured by the experience was an understatement. And yet they were forced to wait even further in the collective company, Santos gently trying to coax some unrelated small talk out of Orran for the sake of the man’s sanity while he could not keep himself from continually building up more and more stress as he watched Keya silently stare down at her datapad nearly motionless.
Ultimately, Santos breaks the stress spiral by convincing the yotul to prepare for the trip. The lack of clothing articles, he noticed, made packing very much easier than it would be for a human. But a few cleaning articles, the remaining kibble for the hensa, a carrier cage that was uncleverly hidden under the bed and a few more moments spent preparing some travel snacks and there’s a knock on the front door.
Who’s behind the door is a distressingly short little Nevok, sent as the person to pick up the hensa. It took a bit of convincing, but under the cold gaze of Keya the woman eventually relents to allow Orran to accompany his animals, just to facilitate the handoff and to ensure the team’s knowledge of them is correct.
Santos and Keya see the two off, but as they return to the car that had been waiting for them for hours, she stops him. She opens the driver’s seat and points him there, takes the back seat herself and immediately brings out her datapad. Santos looks at the strange car, bites down his lower lip in thought and sighs. There’s no use discussing with the cold bastard.
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[Excerpt from the social site Bleat]
#BadParents - A thread for bad parents with unruly pups
[email protected] - Hey guys, I need some help. The guests’ kids brought some weird candy home, what do I do
[email protected] - What kinna candy, is it tasty?
[email protected] - Does it smell funny?
[email protected] - Try it, it’s real good. I think I know what it is. Your kids are gunna get real loud about it.
[email protected] - hay guys, one of the neighbors broke some of the other guys’ toys and now he has to pay it back. But i’m kinda broke, you know how dad is, so I can’t help out. Can we get a pot rolling here?
[email protected] - Oh dear, think I can just give one of my toys up to make up for it? It wouldn’t be a bother.
[email protected] - I can help out, i’d ask my pups to help out too but they haven’t been listening to me for a while.
[email protected] - Same deal but at least I can get something going, I think the guests here would be up to help.
[email protected] - Oh, oh, I think I can get my pups to help, i’ll help out too. They’ve been trying to do good!
[email protected] - Me and the pups can help out too, they’ve been behaving a lot since last time.
[email protected] - Sorry guys, gotta sit out of this one. You know why.
[email protected] - It’s fine, it’s fine. Only help if you can. And no need, [email protected], just help out with the pot.
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What? Did you thinking smuggling a pair of little predators off a planet currently ongoing purge across the stars and keeping carnivores fed in a planet where the mere mention of that kind of food could get you killed was possible without the aid of people you don't want to cross?
Sometimes you do what you have to do.
This is the end (mostly) of the "Exotic Pets" season! Thankfully our little hensa get a proper home, and maybe their descendants might help save a planet. This isn't the last adventure involving a pet, however, but the next season "Fighting Fire" might not end quite as peacefully.
Also I know I got zero schedule, never pretended i'd ever have I know myself. But don't expect anything next week, life sure is hard.
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Season 5 “Exotic Pets”
Episode 2 “Night’s Touch”
He stares at her as Keya’s voice starts to slowly grow louder “I know you have people who can deal with this. This is supposed to be a priority line, as well!” her tone was still flatter than it should be, it was loud but lacked inflection giving it a false impression of cold anger.
“We have arranged previous protocols for similar situations”
“You can’t possibly be so unwise as to not be ready for nonstandard behavior”
“Please find someone with authority or at least knowledge of the situation”
“Yes I am the-”
“I am very much aware of the limitations of our deal, I am asking about a similar but new situation”
“The chief of an exterminator precinct is calling you because an endangered exotic animal requires some form of acceptable solution. I am calling you despite a clear lack of protocols in this specific situation. I am calling you because I have no real solutions and if there’s one species, one government left in this brahking galaxy that CARES it’s you so please, please give me something, ANYTHING” it was disturbing, incredibly so, to watch her inflection just waver and shift like that.
“Very well, I will put you on speakers” finally a reprieve from hearing a one-sided conversation, Keya sets down her holopad in the table at the center of the couches. Santos comes closer, still with one of the hensa snugly stuck inside his shirt while Orran slowly walks over to look, but he doesn’t sit, still holding the female protectively.
In the screen is another human, she is dressed in a very plain black suit with a necktie that’s been loosened and her short hair is disheveled. Clearly, Keya’s conversation had managed to stress her out. The dark-skinned woman scans her light blue eyes through the three visible people across from the call, her direct sight quickly stopping on the small beast in Orran’s grasp “They’re like tiny panthers” she says, softly
After a few more moments she continues “Alright, call me Janice. As I’ve told your boss” she says, presumably trying to aim her gaze at Santos, which isn’t quite possible through a video call “We might have a good solution. But that’s a maybe on the good solution, depends on if I can call on people here. And we have an okay solution, but that depends on what you’re willing to do, Mister…”
At that, the yotul recognizes it’s his turn to speak “Orran, my name is Orran”
“Mister Orran. So, here are the two possible solutions. The worst of them is to simply arrange a transfer for them to Leirn, but that is not an optimal solution. Not only would it take time, as we don’t currently have the logistic means to expedite transport in official vessels and we do not have the funds to find a quick and safe civilian willing to make the trip, we currently have no ongoing deals with the planetary government regarding fauna returns”
“I’m sure I could find a good transport to get there, ma’am.” Orran interrupts “I got them here, I can get them back if I need to”
“That might be true” the woman on the video continues, waving dismissively as she visibly slumps down on the seat “But we still have no official deals with their government regarding wildlife rescues. We have ongoing negotiations but nothing concrete, so in order to get your little fuzzballs over there we’d need to divert personnel we do not have available at the moment to secure a proper location, hopefully a wildlife shelter or similar”
“I could-” Orran tries but he’s interrupted
“Yes, you could go and uproot the entirety of your life again for the sake of those. Which is what we’d ask of you in this case, the best we could do for this worst-case scenario is some bureaucratic facilitation for your travel.” then she moves closer to the camera and puts her elbows on, presumably, the desk and rests her chin on her hands “But we might have a better solution”
“You better not be about to rope this man into some weird quasi-legal scheme” Santos interrupts “Your track record has been real spotty when dealing with anything at this scale”
Janice sighs, rubbing her eyes as she pulls a holopad off from the side “Yes, yes I know. You would fucking know wouldn’t you, Mr. Exterminator. But no, no, the plan is to take advantage of an ongoing research project to find far safer shelter right here on Venlil Prime.” she returns to her slacked pose as she brings her pad up with her, sharing her attention between the two “There’s a variety of projects researching the possible introduction of new species to this planet to increase the resilience of the biomes near the core of the habitable zone, an offshoot of the Cradle restoration research, as well as a bit of a hare-brained little project researching the feasibility of shipboard pets to increase soldier morale” she offers a hand to the camera “We can have your hensa housed in the facilities of any of such projects. This way we don’t need to redirect any voidborne assets, which as you know are all completely committed to the ongoing war, and you don’t need to give up your life here, Mr. Orran”
Santos turns to watch the yotul, who now has a contemplative look. It was always weird when he realized he could read alien expressions that well, a closed eye with the head slightly tilted the same direction and both ears flat towards the same direction read the exact same way as a human looking upwards in thought, apparently he’d grown accustomed to them very much. “And what would being housed here require, and how would they be treated”
Janice takes a deep breath, and can be seen pulling a second holopad from somewhere offscreen “IF I can make this work, and this is an if because it depends on finding a receptive project lead, for now they’d just be housed in the animal shelters those projects have for their studies. Currently the studies are only observational in how they relate to local species, with periodic medical checkups, being held in a few biome-isolation facilities. Should they prove suitable for the goals, and hell that depends on the projects being feasible to begin with, then they’ll be added to acclimated breeding programs.”
Orran looks down at the heavy female on his arms, then looks back at the screen “And should they not be?”
Janice grins “That’s the trick. At that point the UN will have taken over responsibility for them, and now they have an endangered species on hand and a million and one laws on how to treat them. So they’ll be forced to keep them in a wildlife shelter until they can be safely relocated to their natural environment. Which is something that will likely only happen after the end of the war given how bureaucracy works” then she looks down at the holopads and types something down in one of them “And if the war takes longer than that to end, I don’t think any of us will be around to worry anymore, so”
“Isn’t that a bit pessimistic” Santos adds with a raised eyebrow
“You would be, sitting here in this chair” she retorts
He looks at Orran, ultimately the choice is his, given it’s both his little creatures and his life in the line. The yotul spends a few moments thinking “Then please see what you can do. How long until we have an answer?”
“Hah!” Janice exclaims triumphantly, startling all three “I wouldn’t be in this job if I couldn’t multitask this well. I already have an answer, seems like the local fauna reintroduction project has shown interest. Can’t have only one pestkiller species in the same niche, it seems they want to have some competition to keep populations controlled or something” she still has a wide smile when she directly addresses Orran “If that project pans out, your kitties’ descendants will wind up in a competitive space with ours. But that’s for multiple generations from now, it seems. Currently, those two would wind up in an observation shelter to see how they interact with a population of voidpins as well as how they interact with terran cats. Is that acceptable or should I try to find another project?”
At that Orran laughs lightly “Ooh, nightside? That’d be perfect, most hensa are twilight creatures but nightweavers are nocturnal, that’d be the best for them” he gently caresses the feline in his arms “Hear that Lodestar? You get to have some darkness again”
Janice nods on the screen “Alright, then… Let’s see… Oh, oooh that’s convenient” she is tapping at the holopad “How much time do you need to prepare them for a trip? Would you like to come along for the handoff? CnT Freight -that’s an unfortunate name- seems to have a pickup of carbon in the next town over for us, we can have someone take advantage of the trip and come pick your kitties up”
Santos tilts his head to the side “Carbon? That might be over in Long Cliff if I remember the surrounding towns correctly. That’s almost a two hour trip”
Janice nods “Yep. I’ve sent a message to that project’s lead, they’ll get someone in our already-scheduled resource pickup trip and they’ll meet up with you. But we’re working with already existing schedules so… They should be over there in, let’s see… Fifteen hours or so” she takes a deep breath “So if that’ll be all? I got more calls in the queue”
“This will be enough” Keya’s voice is still weird
And with that the other human unceremoniously ends the call “That’ll be around three claws, Orran” Santos offers “I hope you don’t mind if we wait over here?”
The yotul is surprised, taking a step back “W-wait here? Why?”
Santos sighs “Three things. You already panicked once, and fled an entire planet over it” he gives Orran a side glance, which now that he thinks about it wouldn’t read the same for an alien would it? “Don’t want to risk you panicking again and messing yourself up”
Orran looks sheepish for a moment “Second, I want to have a look outside for some things. This place was the location of something very suspicious a few paws ago and this is the only chance I have to properly look for evidence around here” he gives the yotul a shrug “None of it is your fault, to clarify. I just want to figure out where that nixa came from”
And finally, he stands up and grabs Keya by the shoulders “And third, this woman did not sleep and is five seconds away from a mental breakdown” he lifts her off the ground with great effort, takes a couple of steps to the side and forcibly shoves her into the largest couch “And I want her to try to get a full rest before we need to deal with the delivery, because we will invariably be involved”
Despite the annoyed position of her ears and thrashing tail, Keya doesn’t move from the position she’s been put into “Santos, I’m fine”
“No you’re not, you started screaming an hour into your sleep cycle and never went back to bed. Try to get some sleep, I’ll be here” he turns over to Orran “Yes, I’m taking a bit of advantage of your situation, I’m sorry.”
If the yotul had eyebrows, he’d be raising one of them right now “I take it this isn’t a normal situation. If that’s why you need to stay around it’s fine.” he takes a deep breath “Turns out I owe her, apparently, so consider yourselves guests”
And so they waited. It did not take long for Keya to fall asleep, meanwhile Santos sat down on the couch and started fiddling with his holopad. It wasn't a random distraction, however, as he was reviewing the calls on Orran’s little project. Maybe it was just human pareidolia speaking, but something about the calls had been nagging him. It did eat at him doing this to Orran, however. The man was already stressed out enough as it was, and here he was taking complete advantage of what is essentially a hostage situation so his boss could sneak some sleep during a work shift.
As the hours passed he'd periodically get pulled out of his work as he watched Orran come and go, doing whatever his job was. Turns out an agriculturalist’s job also involves a lot of paperwork, it seems, for the man at some point had three holopads out doing who knows what, presumably data comparison. Himself, he eventually found what his instinct had been nagging him about. All of the calls on those little beasts, aside from the very first, were not made from within Blackriver. If his understanding of comms-codes in this planet was right, and if he wasn’t just seeing patterns where they did not exist, those anonymous calls were all from a number in a nearby town. But before he could start making more connections he heard something he was hoping not to hear. He hears Keya’s breath quickening.
He quickly sets down his pad and, after a bit of effort, manages to dislodge the two alien felines that had decided his lap was the correct place for a nap. Then he heads over to Keya and kneels down beside her, causing Orran to focus on him. “Don’t do anything, Orran” he instructs
“What? What’s going on?” he sounds worried, as he should be
“I was hoping she’d wake up to a normal nightmare but it seems like it’s a bad one again” he stares at his boss, whose breathing is getting faster and faster. She opens her mouth and starts making a noise.
Orran steps closer “Shouldn’t you wake her up?”
It’s now that Keya starts screaming, familiar screams of fear “No, not yet. Wake her up too early and she’s going to be in a state of panic for multiple claws.” Keya’s screams start getting worse as she grabs at the couch and digs her claws in, her legs and tail thrashing wildly as if she were running. And suddenly her creaming stops with a choked noise as she brings her hands up to her chest.
Orran takes a step back as the next stage of Keya’s nightmare makes itself manifest in her noises, a choked scream that brought a chill down his spine, a scream that was eerily reminiscent of the sounds he’d heard in an ‘instructional’ video about the greys a long time ago. “Wake her up too late and she’s not going to have any of her emotions left” the human comments, as the venlil frantically claws at her own chest.
She screams for just a little while longer, until Santos forcibly puts his hand over her chest “Boss, I’m here” he says with an authoritative voice “The only predator in this room is me, listen to my voice” he puts pressure in her chest “You’re alive, listen to me” he lowers his body closer to her “Wake up and listen”
The distressed hensa had been staring up at the venlil from the ground, emitting a low, bassy growl all this time in a sign of worry. But when Keya sits up suddenly they both run back behind Orran “I… Am awake” she says mechanically.
Santos sighs, stares at her for a while, then stands up and offers his hand. Keya ignores him and stands up, looking around the house “Cold bastard woke up this time, eh?”
Santos and Orran watch as Keya ignores the question as she looks around, eyes seemingly staring off into the distance. She finally stops “Yes” and then turns her entire body towards a small desk near the front door, and turns her head to face it.
Santos raises an eyebrow at her motion, and he notices Orran’s tail started lightly thumping on the floor and his body was shaking slightly. He’d seen people getting unnerved at the cold bastard, but he had the feeling that if he were a human right now he’d be sweating bullets. He follows the direction Keya is facing, that was such a blatantly human motion she had performed it was obvious what she intended, and sees something.
“Haven’t seen a proper paper letter in a long, long time” he comments a technical lie, a few seconds after Orran had moved to pick up said letter from the desk and shove it into a drawer. But he had already seen what Keya wanted him to.
“Y-yeah I’m… Still fond of some traditional things” the man says, still looking nervous.
He takes a deep breath. He’d already seen it, in the letter, the mark of three crossed leaves. “Alright… Me and Keya are going to go outside to check something. And when we come back, you’re going to tell me the truth, right?” he stares directly at Orran
“What do you-”
“AFTER we’re back” he interrupts “Because this is either nothing worth worrying about, or you were saved from death by the power of ignorance” but he doesn’t let Orran answer as he and Keya step out into the yard.
He looks around at the yard, already predicting this would be a difficult mission. A physical letter with a familiar symbol, Orran mentioned he had a way to bring his felines to this planet and could use it as a way out, those were carnivores as far as he knew so he had to get food somewhere, and the man had those kept in here since before humanity’s first contact so it wasn’t some cloned meat he was using.
Keya grabs his shoulder and turns him towards the shed, every house in this place has the same general structure, including the shed in the backyard. The two of them start heading over there and study it. Those are wooden windows, closed, barring any sight from the inside and the front door had a lock in it, but it was slightly ajar. He looks at Keya, who seems to not notice his stare, and then gently opens the door.
The light from the outside streams in, and the sight is somewhat heart wrenching. This was, at some point, pretty much a cat house. There were shelves along the walls with nothing in them for them animals to walk about, wooden towers and other acrobatic toys, there were plastic toys scattered around and most tellingly some bowls on the ground. He kneels beside the bowls, there’s a tiny scattering of kibble indicating which ones were likely kibble and which ones were likely water, but they were marked with the same signs as the rest of the toys and furniture, deep marks of a nixa’s claws.
“Here” Keya’s toneless voice calls him out, and as he arrives he finds the proof of what he expected. There’s a rather crude metal box sitting there, full of scratch marks and bloodstains, inspecting it closer he finds tufts of dark fur and… Fabric.
Before he can inspect closer Keya hands him something- A plastic bag “Always prepared aren’t you?” he kneels closer to look at it, it’s definitely fabric, torn fabric in fact, with a fragment of the nixa’s claw attached to it. Gingerly he puts it in the plastic bag, looking at it.
“It is not good for my mental health, but it is useful in situations like those” Keya offers, before turning to the door to leave.
Santos stands up and takes a deep breath. Those calls all came from outside, and everything’s starting to make sense. He speeds up to move ahead of Keya as they enter Orran’s house, to find the yotul sitting on a couch, seemingly staring at something but in truth his eyes were distant in thought. “Alright, Orran. The first question, where did you get food for your hensa?”
Orran nearly jumps out of his skin, before turning an eye to Santos “I… I have an offworld contact. They, uhm… They can get some stuff shipped from Leirn for me”
Santos nods, and sits beside the man. Keya, on the other hand, walks behind him and simply looms over, causing the agriculturalist to shrink “Next question. Who brought you here?”
“It… It was the same people”
He crosses his arms “I’m going to take a wild guess and say that your hensa have suddenly decided that they don’t want to leave the house anymore since a few days, I mean, paws ago, right?”
At that Orran gasps “How did you know?”
He leans back on the couch “Your little ones saved your life, just so you know. Whoever it is you’ve got your trip, and the food from… You still owe them, right? And they’re the kind that comes collect” he’s looking at the ceiling right now
“C-collect? What do you mean?” he can see Orran trembling in his periphery
“Fifty seven of the calls on your hensa were from outside town” he turns his head slightly to give Orran a side-eyed stare “And we figured out where whoever it was dropped a very angry and very hungry nightside predator a few paws ago. You know, at the same point in time where I can only imagine your little friends stopped going to their playground out back”
“Wait” Orran seems frozen “That… That was because…”
Santos shrugs “I don’t know who they are. I doubt they’d like it if you talked, so i’m not asking. I’m just going to ask, how much do you owe them?”
The yotul looks down “Five hundred and twelve thousand credits… But I’ve been paying, I swear-” he grabs at Santos’ arm
“Chill out” he takes a deep breath “None of us are related to them in any way, before you get the wrong impression”
“It should be doable” Keya has brought up her datapad, causing the other two to look up at her “It is possible that I can organize a donation drive able to reach the nearby towns. Coupled with a secondary source I have available it is plausible acquire the amount of credits to clear his debt”
Orran stands up quickly in surprise “Y-you’d do that for-”
“Those people have shown themselves capable of causing serious collateral in their attempts at punishment and have shown to be a threat to the safety of the town.” she continues with a toneless voice “You, also, are part of this town. A group capable of smuggling contraband across planets is not a group we are capable of protecting the town from, therefore, the only measure left is appeasement.” she explains like it was a lecture, causing Orran’s ears to droop.
“The condition of this aid is as follows. You will hand over that letter, as I recognize it is their method of contacting you. You will, also, follow the humans to wherever the delivery will take place and you will only return to this town once I have contacted you to do so and you have paid your debts.” she turns her head sideways to direct one of her eyes at the yotul, he takes a step back cowering from the icy stare in a way Santos could never cause “If they make any further attempts at you, they will not endanger this town”
Santos sighs “Yeah, that looks like a wise choice” he pats Orran gently on the shoulder “I know the cold bastard is a lot but that’s a good plan. We’ll help you out, get your kitties a safe new home and nobody gets hurt”
To say the mood in the residence was soured by the experience was an understatement. And yet they were forced to wait even further in the collective company, Santos gently trying to coax some unrelated small talk out of Orran for the sake of the man’s sanity while he could not keep himself from continually building up more and more stress as he watched Keya silently stare down at her datapad nearly motionless.
Ultimately, Santos breaks the stress spiral by convincing the yotul to prepare for the trip. The lack of clothing articles, he noticed, made packing very much easier than it would be for a human. But a few cleaning articles, the remaining kibble for the hensa, a carrier cage that was uncleverly hidden under the bed and a few more moments spent preparing some travel snacks and there’s a knock on the front door.
Who’s behind the door is a distressingly short little Nevok, sent as the person to pick up the hensa. It took a bit of convincing, but under the cold gaze of Keya the woman eventually relents to allow Orran to accompany his animals, just to facilitate the handoff and to ensure the team’s knowledge of them is correct.
Santos and Keya see the two off, but as they return to the car that had been waiting for them for hours, she stops him. She opens the driver’s seat and points him there, takes the back seat herself and immediately brings out her datapad. Santos looks at the strange car, bites down his lower lip in thought and sighs. There’s no use discussing with the cold bastard.
-^-
[Excerpt from the social site Bleat]
#BadParents - A thread for bad parents with unruly pups
[email protected] - Hey guys, I need some help. The guests’ kids brought some weird candy home, what do I do
[email protected] - What kinna candy, is it tasty?
[email protected] - Does it smell funny?
[email protected] - Try it, it’s real good. I think I know what it is. Your kids are gunna get real loud about it.
[email protected] - hay guys, one of the neighbors broke some of the other guys’ toys and now he has to pay it back. But i’m kinda broke, you know how dad is, so I can’t help out. Can we get a pot rolling here?
[email protected] - Oh dear, think I can just give one of my toys up to make up for it? It wouldn’t be a bother.
[email protected] - I can help out, i’d ask my pups to help out too but they haven’t been listening to me for a while.
[email protected] - Same deal but at least I can get something going, I think the guests here would be up to help.
[email protected] - Oh, oh, I think I can get my pups to help, i’ll help out too. They’ve been trying to do good!
[email protected] - Me and the pups can help out too, they’ve been behaving a lot since last time.
[email protected] - Sorry guys, gotta sit out of this one. You know why.
[email protected] - It’s fine, it’s fine. Only help if you can. And no need, [email protected], just help out with the pot.
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What? Did you thinking smuggling a pair of little predators off a planet currently ongoing purge across the stars and keeping carnivores fed in a planet where the mere mention of that kind of food could get you killed was possible without the aid of people you don't want to cross?
Sometimes you do what you have to do.
This is the end (mostly) of the "Exotic Pets" season! Thankfully our little hensa get a proper home, and maybe their descendants might help save a planet. This isn't the last adventure involving a pet, however, but the next season "Fighting Fire" might not end quite as peacefully.
Also I know I got zero schedule, never pretended i'd ever have I know myself. But don't expect anything next week, life sure is hard.
2023.06.04 23:32 seriousname32 I hope I'm allowed to post this. A sad but ultimately happy story from my local rescue.
 | The photo comments aren't totally up to date. We lost 4 puppies from the plastic bag and had 3 survivors. Mama dog in the cave lost 3 puppies and she took on the 3 survivors from the plastic bag. Super mum!!!! Mum and all babies, seen by vet and doing very well under the care of Paws Patas Animal Shelter Spain. submitted by seriousname32 to velvethippos [link] [comments] |
2023.06.04 19:53 BuccosBot The Pirates defeated the Cardinals by a score of 2-1 - Sun, Jun 04 @ 11:35 AM EDT
Cardinals @ Pirates - Sun, Jun 04
Game Status: Final - Score: 2-1 Pirates
Links & Info
| Cardinals Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edman - CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .319 | .443 |
| 2 | Goldschmidt - 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .296 | .396 | .511 |
| 3 | Gorman - 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .270 | .357 | .551 |
| 4 | Arenado - 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .314 | .438 |
| 5 | Yepez - RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .283 | .381 |
| a-Donovan - LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .340 | .374 | |
| 6 | DeJong - SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .326 | .487 |
| 7 | Baker - DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
| 1-Mercado - PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .357 | .444 | |
| 8 | Walker - RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .259 | .308 | .365 |
| 9 | Knizner - C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .232 | .259 | .476 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| Cardinals |
|---|
| a-Grounded out for Yepez in the 8th. 1-Ran for Baker in the 9th. |
| BATTING: 2B: Edman (12, Hill). HR: Knizner (5, 7th inning off Hill, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Baker 2; Edman 3; Knizner 4. RBI: Knizner (12). 2-out RBI: Knizner. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Arenado; Yepez; Knizner. Team RISP: 0-for-6. Team LOB: 8. |
| Pirates Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcano - SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .325 | .457 |
| 2 | Reynolds, B - DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 | .336 | .488 |
| 3 | Suwinski - LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .236 | .351 | .490 |
| 4 | Santana - 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .234 | .327 | .362 |
| 5 | Hayes - 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 | .290 | .395 |
| 6 | Bae - CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .325 | .363 |
| 7 | Castro, R - 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .263 | .363 | .416 |
| 8 | Palacios, J - RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .353 | .467 |
| a-Joe - RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .341 | .479 | |
| 9 | Hedges - C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .240 | .221 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| Pirates |
|---|
| a-Flied out for Palacios, J in the 6th. |
| BATTING: 2B: Hedges (4, Mikolas). TB: Bae 2; Hayes 3; Hedges 3; Reynolds, B 2; Suwinski. RBI: Bae 2 (14). 2-out RBI: Bae 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Suwinski; Castro, R 5; Reynolds, B. Team RISP: 2-for-9. Team LOB: 9. |
| Cardinals Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikolas (L, 4-2) | 5.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 91-61 | 3.74 |
| Cabrera, G | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-9 | 4.37 |
| Hicks, J | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20-13 | 4.07 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Pirates Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill (W, 5-5) | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 96-62 | 4.41 |
| Moreta (H, 3) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-3 | 1.67 |
| Ramirez, Y (H, 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-7 | 1.29 |
| Bednar (S, 13) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-9 | 1.13 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Game Info |
|---|
| HBP: Arenado (by Hill). |
| Pitches-strikes: Mikolas 91-61; Cabrera, G 16-9; Hicks, J 20-13; Hill 96-62; Moreta 5-3; Ramirez, Y 12-7; Bednar 11-9. |
| Groundouts-flyouts: Mikolas 5-2; Cabrera, G 1-4; Hicks, J 1-0; Hill 5-3; Moreta 0-0; Ramirez, Y 2-1; Bednar 0-2. |
| Batters faced: Mikolas 25; Cabrera, G 5; Hicks, J 5; Hill 28; Moreta 1; Ramirez, Y 3; Bednar 4. |
| Inherited runners-scored: Moreta 1-0. |
| Umpires: HP: Jacob Metz. 1B: Tripp Gibson. 2B: Mark Carlson. 3B: Brennan Miller. |
| Weather: 73 degrees, Partly Cloudy. |
| Wind: 9 mph, In From CF. |
| First pitch: 11:37 AM. |
| T: 2:14. |
| Att: 22,947. |
| Venue: PNC Park. |
| June 4, 2023 |
| Inning | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bottom 1 | Ji Hwan Bae singles on a line drive to center fielder Tommy Edman. Bryan Reynolds scores. Jack Suwinski scores. Ke'Bryan Hayes to 3rd. | 2-0 PIT |
| Top 7 | Andrew Knizner homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. | 2-1 PIT |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Pirates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
Decisions
- Winner: Rich Hill (5-5, 4.41)
- Loser: Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.74)
- Save: David Bednar (13, 1.13)
Division Scoreboard
MIL 5 @ CIN 0 - Top 5, 1 OutCHC @ SD 05:30 PM EDT
Next Pirates Game: Mon, Jun 05, 07:05 PM EDT vs. Athletics (1 day)
Last Updated: 06/04/2023 02:53:31 PM EDT
2023.06.04 19:52 bravo_delta_bot Cardinals Afternoon 6/4
| Linescore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Pirates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
FINAL: 2-1 Pirates
Decisions- Pirates Winning Pitcher: Rich Hill (W, 5-5)
- Cardinals Losing Pitcher: Miles Mikolas (L, 4-2)
- Save: David Bednar (S, 13)
Highlights
- Pirates: Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, June 4 vs Cardinals
- Cardinals: Bullpen availability for St. Louis, June 4 vs Pirates
- Pirates: Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, June 4 vs Cardinals
- Cardinals: Fielding alignment for St. Louis, June 4 vs Pirates
- Cardinals: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Pirates - June 4, 2023
- Pirates: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Pirates - June 4, 2023
- Cardinals: An animated look at Andrew Knizner's home run
- Cardinals: Breaking down Miles Mikolas's pitches
- Cardinals: Miles Mikolas's outing against the Pirates
- Cardinals: The distance behind Andrew Knizner's home run
- Pirates: Breaking down Rich Hill's pitches
- Pirates: Rich Hill's outing against the Cardinals
- Pirates: Ji Hwan Bae's two-run knock
- Cardinals: Luken Baker's first career hit
- Cardinals: Andrew Knizner's solo homer (5)
- Cardinals: Mikolas K's Marcano in the 1st
- Pirates: Rich Hill's six strikeouts
- Pirates: Ke'Bryan Hayes' three-hit game
- Pirates: Pirates secure a 2-1 win
- Cardinals: Tommy Edman's stellar catch
2023.06.04 15:35 BuccosBot Game Thread: Cardinals @ Pirates - Sun, Jun 04 @ 11:35 AM EDT
Cardinals @ Pirates - Sun, Jun 04
Game Status: Final - Score: 2-1 Pirates
Links & Info
- Current conditions at PNC Park: 73°F - Partly Cloudy - Wind 9 mph, In From CF
- TV: National: Peacock
- Radio: Cardinals: Cardinals Radio Network, KMOX 1120 AM/98.7 FM, Pirates: KDKA-FM 93.7
- MLB Gameday
- Game Graphs
- Savant Gamefeed
| Cardinals Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edman - CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .319 | .443 |
| 2 | Goldschmidt - 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .296 | .396 | .511 |
| 3 | Gorman - 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .270 | .357 | .551 |
| 4 | Arenado - 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .314 | .438 |
| 5 | Yepez - RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .283 | .381 |
| a-Donovan - LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .340 | .374 | |
| 6 | DeJong - SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .326 | .487 |
| 7 | Baker - DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
| 1-Mercado - PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .357 | .444 | |
| 8 | Walker - RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .259 | .308 | .365 |
| 9 | Knizner - C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .232 | .259 | .476 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| Cardinals |
|---|
| a-Grounded out for Yepez in the 8th. 1-Ran for Baker in the 9th. |
| BATTING: 2B: Edman (12, Hill). HR: Knizner (5, 7th inning off Hill, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Baker 2; Edman 3; Knizner 4. RBI: Knizner (12). 2-out RBI: Knizner. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Arenado; Yepez; Knizner. Team RISP: 0-for-6. Team LOB: 8. |
| Pirates Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcano - SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .325 | .457 |
| 2 | Reynolds, B - DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 | .336 | .488 |
| 3 | Suwinski - LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .236 | .351 | .490 |
| 4 | Santana - 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .234 | .327 | .362 |
| 5 | Hayes - 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 | .290 | .395 |
| 6 | Bae - CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .325 | .363 |
| 7 | Castro, R - 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .263 | .363 | .416 |
| 8 | Palacios, J - RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .353 | .467 |
| a-Joe - RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .341 | .479 | |
| 9 | Hedges - C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .240 | .221 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| Pirates |
|---|
| a-Flied out for Palacios, J in the 6th. |
| BATTING: 2B: Hedges (4, Mikolas). TB: Bae 2; Hayes 3; Hedges 3; Reynolds, B 2; Suwinski. RBI: Bae 2 (14). 2-out RBI: Bae 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Suwinski; Castro, R 5; Reynolds, B. Team RISP: 2-for-9. Team LOB: 9. |
| Cardinals Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikolas (L, 4-2) | 5.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 91-61 | 3.74 |
| Cabrera, G | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-9 | 4.37 |
| Hicks, J | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20-13 | 4.07 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Pirates Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill (W, 5-5) | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 96-62 | 4.41 |
| Moreta (H, 3) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-3 | 1.67 |
| Ramirez, Y (H, 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-7 | 1.29 |
| Bednar (S, 13) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-9 | 1.13 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Game Info |
|---|
| HBP: Arenado (by Hill). |
| Pitches-strikes: Mikolas 91-61; Cabrera, G 16-9; Hicks, J 20-13; Hill 96-62; Moreta 5-3; Ramirez, Y 12-7; Bednar 11-9. |
| Groundouts-flyouts: Mikolas 5-2; Cabrera, G 1-4; Hicks, J 1-0; Hill 5-3; Moreta 0-0; Ramirez, Y 2-1; Bednar 0-2. |
| Batters faced: Mikolas 25; Cabrera, G 5; Hicks, J 5; Hill 28; Moreta 1; Ramirez, Y 3; Bednar 4. |
| Inherited runners-scored: Moreta 1-0. |
| Umpires: HP: Jacob Metz. 1B: Tripp Gibson. 2B: Mark Carlson. 3B: Brennan Miller. |
| Weather: 73 degrees, Partly Cloudy. |
| Wind: 9 mph, In From CF. |
| First pitch: 11:37 AM. |
| T: 2:14. |
| Att: 22,947. |
| Venue: PNC Park. |
| June 4, 2023 |
| Inning | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bottom 1 | Ji Hwan Bae singles on a line drive to center fielder Tommy Edman. Bryan Reynolds scores. Jack Suwinski scores. Ke'Bryan Hayes to 3rd. | 2-0 PIT |
| Top 7 | Andrew Knizner homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. | 2-1 PIT |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Pirates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
Decisions
- Winner: Rich Hill (5-5, 4.41)
- Loser: Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.74)
- Save: David Bednar (13, 1.13)
Division Scoreboard
MIL 5 @ CIN 1 - FinalCHC 7 @ SD 1 - Final
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Celeste Trippie Bri Trishyland Tru Kait Urfavbellabby Ur69baby Uwucatxoxo Valeria Vidal Vanessa.rhd Vanessa Sierra Vega Thompson Vero Gold Veronica Zolotova Vismara Martina Vyvan Le Wettmelons Whoahannahjo Whosbonnieandclyde Xailormoon Xenon Xlucy ofje 3rf Yasmine Lopez Yololary YourSuggerBaby Yoya Grey Yummy Kimmy Yur Aular Zayla Skye Zipoz Zusje Addison Rae Faith Ordway Emily Ratajkowsk Emma Chamberlain Dixie D'Amelio Madison Beer Erin Gilfoy danielle bregoli2023.06.04 05:04 ProposalEcstatic3944 Crazy for K9s Knoxville Tennessee- Fosters Needed
 | Bonnie didn’t even get off her cot when I went up to her cage, she just looked up at me and looked away 📷 she’s deteriorating in the shelter and needs a foster asap. 📷 submitted by ProposalEcstatic3944 to rescuedogs [link] [comments] kraig is a huge babbby, butt wiggles and rubbing up against the cage when I went up to him! he’s big headed with a medium built body lol don’t let the photo full you. Lol Draco called me from across the hall 📷 he’s super friendly, needs a bit of training when it comes to jumping and pulling on the leash; but he’s all kisses and just wants to wrap you in hugs! *im patiently waiting for info to come in to post about the mommas and 2 only animal homes- but these 3 are also on my list, and seen them posted on YW website!! 📷 and decided to post them as well, more info to come!* Krazy For K9’s Rescue, Inc https://preview.redd.it/kzavxq063x3b1.jpg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d38ab8621a81cc5534d6d69fe8f210aaeefeeb15 https://preview.redd.it/v1b5rp063x3b1.jpg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1dade8b40e20e058bf4cf8f76a626ae9ea07702 https://preview.redd.it/d83iocf03x3b1.jpg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7952177ad0d9389f10f9db76db6a76c060590b31 |
2023.06.04 04:33 Munchulax [US][Selling] Miscellaneous volumes for sale
Hi, I am trying to clear out some miscellaneous volumes I no longer need! I've added several volumes that weren't in my last post.
Prices don't include shipping, but after $50, I'll take $5 off shipping. Please feel free to make offers, especially if you are bundling many volumes! Thank you!
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/8PU1fiL I tried my best to photograph any noticeable defects.
Additional photos for the books that are horizontal in the current timestamp photo (from a previous post): https://imgur.com/a/XnEwqnU
submitted by Munchulax to mangaswap [link] [comments]
Prices don't include shipping, but after $50, I'll take $5 off shipping. Please feel free to make offers, especially if you are bundling many volumes! Thank you!
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/8PU1fiL I tried my best to photograph any noticeable defects.
Additional photos for the books that are horizontal in the current timestamp photo (from a previous post): https://imgur.com/a/XnEwqnU
| Volume | Price | Condition | Condition Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Centimeters Per Second | $7.50 | G3 | |
| Adachi and Shimamura Manga 1 | $6.00 | G4 | Crease on front cover, scratch on back cover |
| After the Rain 1 | $6.00 | G3 | |
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons 1-3 | $14.00 | G4 | |
| Bakemonogatari, Part 2 : Monster Tale | Free | G1 | Severe water damage |
| Bakemonogatari, Part 3 : Monster Tale | Free | G1 | Water damage |
| Barakamon 18+1 | $8.00 | G4 | Imperfect cover |
| Chio’s School Road 1 | $4.00 | G2 | Spine impact damage |
| Flying Witch 1 | $5.00 | G3 | |
| Gakuen Polizi 1 | $5.00 | G3 | Yellowing, sticker on back |
| Hakumei and Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods 8 | $8.00 | G4 | |
| Hanamonogatari | $5.00 | G3 | |
| $6.00 | G4 | Back cover has slight crease, wouldn't show up in photo | |
| $6.00 | G5 | ||
| $6.00 | G4 | Front cover has slight crease | |
| I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 1 | $5.50 | G4 | |
| Inukami! Omnibus 2 | $7.00 | G3 | |
| Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles 1 | $5.50 | G4 | |
| Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible 3 | $6.00 | G4 | Dent on back cover |
| Laid-Back Camp 1 | $6.50 | G4 | |
| Laid-Back Camp 1 | $6.50 | G4 | |
| $7.00 | G5 | ||
| Mamotte Shugogetten 2 | $6.50 | G4 | |
| Mamotte Shugogetten 4 | $5.00 | G4 | |
| My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected 7.5 | $7.50 | G4 | Spine tear |
| Otorimonogatari | $5.00 | G3 | |
| Pokémon Adventures Collector's Edition 2 | $8.00 | G4 | Back cover creased |
| Prince Freya 1 | $5.50 | G4 | |
| Ran and the Gray World 7 | $6.00 | G3 | Front cover creased |
| Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie 1 | $6.50 | G4 | |
| Suspension: Kubitsuri High School | $6.00 | G3 | |
| The Way of the Househusband 5 | $6.50 | G4 | Scratch on back cover |
| Toilet-bound Hanako-kun 1 | $6.00 | G4 | |
| W Juliet 1-3 | $15.00 | G3 | |
| Attack on Titan 25 & 26, My Hero Academia 11 & 21, One-Punch Man 16 | $4.50 ea or $20 for all 5 | G3-G4 |
2023.06.04 04:13 Seastarstiletto The Chicago train cat is now up for adoption!
 | If you’re familiar with the L-riding cat and fell in love with him, you’re in luck! He was brought to the shelter by the stop in Oak Park! His name is Ellis (in honor of his love for the L) and he is ready to find his new stationary home! submitted by Seastarstiletto to chicago [link] [comments] Check him out at the Animal Care League website! |
2023.06.04 02:25 BabyStormpa Human Cockfighting League
Float like a butterfly, sting like a penis. That's the long and short of it. I'm Max Reilly, and I run the human cock fighting league.
The game is simple. It's the best of five rounds, the fighter with the most hits wins. But, the fans are really here to see a knockout.
(And the winner is... Chub Norris!)
[Cheering]
Chub has been the reigning H.C.F.L. champ, three years running. That's one more tool belt for the trophy case. He's gotten so good, the other fighters, they don't have a choice but to play dirty.
(Keep it below the waist! That's your first warning!)
(Hey, hey, hey! Hands behind your back. Members only!)
Cock fighting isn't just some kind of pissing contest. It's an acceptance of one's full humanity. Exposing our most private parts and enduring excruciating pain. And believe it or not, a lot of our fans are vegans. Although we aren't exactly a legal operation, we are ethical. Human cock fighting provides the same kind of excitement that any animal fighting would provide. But, in a consensual, cruelty-free package.
(That's my dick tonight!)
That's why animal rights groups and local shelters are our biggest sponsors. We're putting the "human" back in "humane."
Most men are insecure about the size of their schlong. But, here at the H.C.F.L., we celebrate all shapes and sizes. So we created four different weight classes: knob, cock, dong and chode. No matter what size you are, if you want to battle with the pros, you gotta to train like a pro. You practice how you play: hard. But a good training day just.. it goes to waste without proper recovery. And, in accordance with H.C.F.L. regulations, every fighter has to weigh in before every fight.
For our uncircumcised fighters, we enforce the "don't be whack, pull it back" motto. At the end of the day, we need everything to be fair and square.
After a match, if I spot an erection lasting more than four hours, I know someone's been doping. That's an automatic suspension. On the flip side, sometimes fighters get performance anxiety, and that's where good coaching comes in.
(I need you to focus, you have to get that dick up! You have to get that dick hard! Who's the big boy? Who's the big boy?)
(I'm a big boy, I-I'm a big strong boy.)
(Say it again.)
(I'm a big strong boy!)
(AGAIN!)
(I'M A BIG STRONG BOY!)
(AGAIN!!!)
(I'M A BIG. STRONG. BOY!!!)
(GET IN THERE!)
Human cock fighting isn't just a sport, it's a community, a community of people who are a cut above the rest.
submitted by BabyStormpa to copypasta [link] [comments]
The game is simple. It's the best of five rounds, the fighter with the most hits wins. But, the fans are really here to see a knockout.
(And the winner is... Chub Norris!)
[Cheering]
Chub has been the reigning H.C.F.L. champ, three years running. That's one more tool belt for the trophy case. He's gotten so good, the other fighters, they don't have a choice but to play dirty.
(Keep it below the waist! That's your first warning!)
(Hey, hey, hey! Hands behind your back. Members only!)
Cock fighting isn't just some kind of pissing contest. It's an acceptance of one's full humanity. Exposing our most private parts and enduring excruciating pain. And believe it or not, a lot of our fans are vegans. Although we aren't exactly a legal operation, we are ethical. Human cock fighting provides the same kind of excitement that any animal fighting would provide. But, in a consensual, cruelty-free package.
(That's my dick tonight!)
That's why animal rights groups and local shelters are our biggest sponsors. We're putting the "human" back in "humane."
Most men are insecure about the size of their schlong. But, here at the H.C.F.L., we celebrate all shapes and sizes. So we created four different weight classes: knob, cock, dong and chode. No matter what size you are, if you want to battle with the pros, you gotta to train like a pro. You practice how you play: hard. But a good training day just.. it goes to waste without proper recovery. And, in accordance with H.C.F.L. regulations, every fighter has to weigh in before every fight.
For our uncircumcised fighters, we enforce the "don't be whack, pull it back" motto. At the end of the day, we need everything to be fair and square.
After a match, if I spot an erection lasting more than four hours, I know someone's been doping. That's an automatic suspension. On the flip side, sometimes fighters get performance anxiety, and that's where good coaching comes in.
(I need you to focus, you have to get that dick up! You have to get that dick hard! Who's the big boy? Who's the big boy?)
(I'm a big boy, I-I'm a big strong boy.)
(Say it again.)
(I'm a big strong boy!)
(AGAIN!)
(I'M A BIG STRONG BOY!)
(AGAIN!!!)
(I'M A BIG. STRONG. BOY!!!)
(GET IN THERE!)
Human cock fighting isn't just a sport, it's a community, a community of people who are a cut above the rest.
2023.06.04 02:04 ProposalEcstatic3944 Knoxville TN- Crazy for K'9s Needs Knoxville Foster for Peterbilt
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=254766883891230&set=a.190551980312721&type=3
Meet Peterbilt!
Handsome GIANT BOY! He’s showing signs of shelter deterioration, also possibly needs his hip checked out. People are mistaken this big 103# Teddy Bear as aggressive when walking by him bc he’s confused and unsure of new people but give him a treat and immediately gains all his trust 📷📷
We are looking for a EDUCATED on mastiff breeds FOSTER while we have a trainer evaluate him, and a vet looked at him. He would need to be in a home with no kids, no other animals- until we can properly test him & evaluate him.
Just look at that face📷 he’s been through war, let’s be his refuge 📷📷
📷 #LetsFreePeterBuilt 📷
📷Foster needing to be located in the Knoxville area 📷 Foster MUST be educated with the mastiff breed and can handle 103 lbs physically 📷 📷 No Kids, No other animals 📷 all supplies will be covered by the rescue
📷 even if it’s a temp foster until we can properly test him & evaluate medically, we just don’t want to take any chances bc of his size- 📷IN THE SAME BREATHE📷 I think he just needs out of the shelter because everyone loves him and he loves everyone that he knows and has paid their dues with 📷treats 📷📷
Anyone up to help us help this baby?
submitted by ProposalEcstatic3944 to rescuedogs [link] [comments]
Meet Peterbilt!
Handsome GIANT BOY! He’s showing signs of shelter deterioration, also possibly needs his hip checked out. People are mistaken this big 103# Teddy Bear as aggressive when walking by him bc he’s confused and unsure of new people but give him a treat and immediately gains all his trust 📷📷
We are looking for a EDUCATED on mastiff breeds FOSTER while we have a trainer evaluate him, and a vet looked at him. He would need to be in a home with no kids, no other animals- until we can properly test him & evaluate him.
Just look at that face📷 he’s been through war, let’s be his refuge 📷📷
📷 #LetsFreePeterBuilt 📷
📷Foster needing to be located in the Knoxville area 📷 Foster MUST be educated with the mastiff breed and can handle 103 lbs physically 📷 📷 No Kids, No other animals 📷 all supplies will be covered by the rescue
📷 even if it’s a temp foster until we can properly test him & evaluate medically, we just don’t want to take any chances bc of his size- 📷IN THE SAME BREATHE📷 I think he just needs out of the shelter because everyone loves him and he loves everyone that he knows and has paid their dues with 📷treats 📷📷
Anyone up to help us help this baby?
2023.06.04 01:38 bravo_delta_bot Cardinals After Dark 6/3
| Linescore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
FINAL: 4-3 Pirates
Decisions- Pirates Winning Pitcher: Dauri Moreta (W, 3-1)
- Cardinals Losing Pitcher: Jordan Montgomery (L, 2-7)
- Save: David Bednar (S, 12)
Highlights
- Pirates: Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, June 3 vs Cardinals
- Cardinals: Bullpen availability for St. Louis, June 3 vs Pirates
- Pirates: Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, June 3 vs Cardinals
- Cardinals: Fielding alignment for St. Louis, June 3 vs Pirates
- Cardinals: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Pirates - June 3, 2023
- Pirates: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Pirates - June 3, 2023
- Cardinals: A deep dive into Nolan Gorman's home run
- Cardinals: An animated look at Willson Contreras's home run
- Cardinals: Breaking down Jordan Montgomery's pitches
- Cardinals: Jordan Montgomery's outing against the Pirates
- Cardinals: Nolan Gorman: Home Run Statcast Analysis
- Cardinals: The distance behind Willson Contreras's home run
- Pirates: Measuring the stats on Ke'Bryan Hayes' home run
- Cardinals: Contreras' solo homer (6)
- Pirates: Ortiz fans Arenado
- Pirates: Ke'Bryan Hayes' solo homer (4)
- Pirates: Connor Joe's two-run double
- Pirates: Carlos Santana's RBI single
- Cardinals: Ke'Bryan Hayes called out on strikes.
- Cardinals: Montgomery fans 5
- Cardinals: Nolan Gorman's two-run homer (14)
- Pirates: David Bednar records final out
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New Releases 3 June
Kindle Unlimited- The Sinner's Penance (Pursuit of Love) by K.C Carmine - 262 pages - https://a.co/d/3cPb0qo - (contemporary, mafia, instalust, hurt/comfort, priest kink, D/s, flagellation, wax play, "blasphemous use of religious artifacts")
- The Date Mistake by Joelle Lynne - 316 pages - https://a.co/d/6T0diMT - (contemporary, fake dating, boss/employee, age gap, forced proximity, sexual awakening, only one bed)
- Counting Fireflies (On Thin Ice #1) by Anna Katmore - 253 pages - https://a.co/d/3rAn1fO - (contemporary, new adult, farms/ranches (horses), sexuality awakening, ends with a traumatic event, see sequel below)
- Splintered North (On Thin Ice #2) by Anna Katmore - 169 pages - https://a.co/d/9wxwvKT - (contemporary, new adult, farms/ranches (horses), vague spoilers for book 1: trauma, healing, hurt/comfort )
No new releases.
Other
- The Golden-Haired Boy by Scarlet Blackwell - 69 pages - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-golden-haired-boy-2 - (historical (around WWI), paranormal, vampires, vampire x human, hurt/comfort, no sex)
- Scandalous Lies by Adam Carpenter - 205 pages - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/scandalous-lies-4 - (contemporary, mystery, abducted at birth, family feud, hidden identity, ends with a cliffhanger)
- Haydon Cliff Box Set by Shawn Lane - 250 pages - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/haydon-cliff-box-set - (7 novellas previously released individually (some couples get multiple books), contemporary, law enforcement (police/detectives))
Other Queer Romance
Kindle Unlimited- Abby and Violet (Yuri Light Novel) by Jasa (Author), Hakuyaid (Illustrator) - 180 pages - https://a.co/d/fNl9BHl - (FF, graphic novel, YA, contemporary, opposites attract, introvert/extravert)
No new releases.
Other
- Demon Hunters of Kitty Cat Café by Davina Lee - 132 pages - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/demon-hunters-of-kitty-cat-cafe - (FF, paranormal/fantasy AU, action/adventure, set in Neo-Tokyo, supernatural abilities, demon hunters, cat cafe (not the animal kind))
Audiobooks
No new releases.Free At Time of Posting (may be location-specific)
- Rabi and Matthew by L.A. Witt - 208 pages - https://a.co/d/1yP1ZEH - (contemporary, Romeo & Juliet retelling (but with a HEA), family feud: Democrat vs Republican, Muslim vs Christian)
- Royals (Bodyguards #2) by J. V. Speyer - 268 pages - https://a.co/d/gtRbDNy - (contemporary, MC gains custody of a child, bodyguard x professosecret royal, forced proximity, opposites attract, can be read as a standalone)
- Mammoth Drop: Murder, Mammoths, and Mimosas (Kea Wright Mysteries #3) by R. J. Corgan - 235 pages - https://a.co/d/g5qGDKx - (contemporary, murder mystery, queer fic (not romance, just fun fic), gay campground, can be read as a standalone)
- Bar None (Hoppy Hare #1) by Tia Fielding - 182 pages - https://a.co/d/iGO340b - (contemporary, friends-to-lovers, longstanding crush, 3x divorced MC, business owner MCs, low angst, found family)
- Saving Rhys by Fel Fern - 105 pages - https://a.co/d/iB1kRPf - (omegaverse, contemporary, father's best friend, age gap, forbidden romance, mpreg)
- Gettin' Lucky in Kentucky (Bluegrass Boys #1) by Shane Morton - 164 pages - https://a.co/d/fHpsDNc - (contemporary, new adult, small town, dislike-to-lovers, opposites attract, college tutor x quarterback, sexuality awakening)
- The Last Nanny In Manhattan (Nannies of New York #1) by K. Sterling - 316 pages - https://a.co/d/czq3Bop - (contemporary, nanny x windowed father of triplets, age gap, lingerie, D/s undertones (?))
- Black Swans: A love story by Al Whitmann - 386 pages - https://a.co/d/eUcTnvf - (historical (1968), Australian soldiers in South Vietnam, slow burn, HEA/HFN unconfirmed)
- The Ghost in the Hall by KM Avery - pages - https://a.co/d/cRCtPbQ - (paranormal, post-pandemic setting (not COVID), mystery, orc x medium, ghosts, hurt/comfort)
- The Right Words (Right and Wrong #1) by Lane Hayes - 252 pages - https://a.co/d/9Ml49RT - (contemporary, famous soccer player x interior designer, closeted MC)
- Broken Sidewalks by D. K. Sutton - 306 pages - https://a.co/d/3So8GcY - (contemporary, girlfriend's brother, sexuality awakening/acceptance, closeted, religious MC, HEA)
2023.06.03 04:11 bravo_delta_bot Cardinals After Dark 6/2
| Linescore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
FINAL: 7-5 Pirates
Decisions- Pirates Winning Pitcher: Yohan Ramirez (W, 1-0)
- Cardinals Losing Pitcher: Giovanny Gallegos (L, 1-3)(BS, 2)
- Save: David Bednar (S, 11)
Highlights
- Pirates: Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, June 2 vs Cardinals
- Cardinals: Bullpen availability for St. Louis, June 2 vs Pirates
- Cardinals: Fielding alignment for St. Louis, June 2 vs Pirates
- Pirates: Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, June 2 vs Cardinals
- Cardinals: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Pirates - June 2, 2023
- Pirates: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Pirates - June 2, 2023
- Cardinals: A deep dive into Brendan Donovan's home run
- Cardinals: An animated look at Nolan Arenado's home run
- Cardinals: Breaking down Jack Flaherty's pitches
- Cardinals: Jack Flaherty's outing against the Pirates
- Cardinals: Measuring the stats on Nolan Arenado's home run
- Cardinals: The distance behind Brendan Donovan's home run
- Pirates: An animated look at Josh Palacios's home run
- Pirates: Breaking down Josh Palacios's home run
- Pirates: Breaking down Roansy Contreras's pitches
- Pirates: Ke'Bryan Hayes's home run through bat tracking data
- Pirates: Measuring the stats on Ke'Bryan Hayes's home run
- Cardinals: Donovan's two-run homer (6)
- Cardinals: Nolan Gorman's RBI knock
- Cardinals: Arenado's two-run homer (10)
- Pirates: Roansy Contreras's six K outing
- Pirates: Jack Suwinski's running grab
- Pirates: Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI single
- Cardinals: Jordan Walker's single in the 4th
- Cardinals: Jack Flaherty's six strikeouts
- Pirates: Santana's two-run GR double
- Pirates: Hayes' three-run homer (3)
- Pirates: Palacios's 1st career homer (1)
- Pirates: Pirates complete a comeback win
- Pirates: Pirates' six run 7th inning
- Pirates: Hayes, Palacios go back-to-back
- Pirates: Hayes on his go-ahead homer
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2023.06.03 00:17 CloudsKeepPassing Ill draw you a picture :)
Hi everyone, my name is Felix and im from the Bronx, NYC. I’m just looking for texting friends, preferably through discord.
I like cooking, healthy eating, clean and whole food / plant based eating, nature, science, working out, philosophy, animals, tv shows, movies, art, writing poetry, writing stories, novella style roleplaying, paranormal, space, and cryptozoology.
Big plus if you are interested in nyc history or are a vegan, but not required lol. I have been told im naturally paternal, even for being 19, so if that appeals to you, let me know.
Im looking for someone who would be interested in a text based online friendship. Just someone to share stuff with - or talk about interests, on a daily basis.
Full disclosure: I have autism and struggle with IRL connections but i am most comfortable with text friendships. I love to connect with people but find it very hard to do in traditional irl situations.
if it matters, though I am not necessarily looking for NSFW stuff, and would prefer an intellectual connection more than anything. But if you are curious, I am a switch verse with a dom bottom lean - but a true verse / switch. I am open minded, to put it politely, lol.
Similar to me? Total opposites? Doesn’t matter, im friendly and kind and would just like someone I can build a friendship with.
That said, your gender and sexual identity don’t matter to me, just looking for cool and interesting people who want to have a potential long term online friend. I am a nice guy and I enjoy being nice to people. I would like to form a deep connection with someone over time
As my post promised, I love to draw - though im no artist - and id love to draw you anything you’d like as a token of my friendship and sincerity. Just lower your expectations lol, I am not a great artist, just someone enjoys doing things to make others smile.
l would describe myself as kind, gentle, open minded and friendly.
If you at all feel interested, please reach out! I am latino / asian mixed so please be POC friendly, and willing to connect with all kinds of people. Again, Im looking for friendship before anything else. Don’t expect consistent photos with me, but i can show you at least what i look like if we build a friendship.
Take care, Felix
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I like cooking, healthy eating, clean and whole food / plant based eating, nature, science, working out, philosophy, animals, tv shows, movies, art, writing poetry, writing stories, novella style roleplaying, paranormal, space, and cryptozoology.
Big plus if you are interested in nyc history or are a vegan, but not required lol. I have been told im naturally paternal, even for being 19, so if that appeals to you, let me know.
Im looking for someone who would be interested in a text based online friendship. Just someone to share stuff with - or talk about interests, on a daily basis.
Full disclosure: I have autism and struggle with IRL connections but i am most comfortable with text friendships. I love to connect with people but find it very hard to do in traditional irl situations.
if it matters, though I am not necessarily looking for NSFW stuff, and would prefer an intellectual connection more than anything. But if you are curious, I am a switch verse with a dom bottom lean - but a true verse / switch. I am open minded, to put it politely, lol.
Similar to me? Total opposites? Doesn’t matter, im friendly and kind and would just like someone I can build a friendship with.
That said, your gender and sexual identity don’t matter to me, just looking for cool and interesting people who want to have a potential long term online friend. I am a nice guy and I enjoy being nice to people. I would like to form a deep connection with someone over time
As my post promised, I love to draw - though im no artist - and id love to draw you anything you’d like as a token of my friendship and sincerity. Just lower your expectations lol, I am not a great artist, just someone enjoys doing things to make others smile.
l would describe myself as kind, gentle, open minded and friendly.
If you at all feel interested, please reach out! I am latino / asian mixed so please be POC friendly, and willing to connect with all kinds of people. Again, Im looking for friendship before anything else. Don’t expect consistent photos with me, but i can show you at least what i look like if we build a friendship.
Take care, Felix
2023.06.02 20:45 SelfReliantSchool [TX] [H] 150+ Graphic Novels & TPBs [W] PayPal (buy 2 get 1 free!)
Various graphic novels and trade paperbacks. All are in great shape unless noted. A picture link is after most of them; I'm still taking photos, so if there's one you're interested let me know, and I'll get a pic of it. This weekend (June 2-4) I'm doing buy 2, get 1 free! (Lowest priced one would be free) Shipping based on weight and zip code.
100 Greatest Marvels of All Time: #13-10 - $2 - https://imgur.com/rNewcTM
100 Greatest Marvels of All Time: #17-14 - $2 (sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/2FnhlPE
100 Greatest Marvels of All Time: #9-6 - $2 (sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/z4E5O4V
30 Days of Night - $3 - $3 - https://imgur.com/CJB1GGQ
Amazing Spider-Man: 24/7 - $6 - https://imgur.com/jT9twsa
Amazing Spider-Man: American Son - $6 - https://imgur.com/HmIiOgP
Amazing Spider-Man: Animal Magnetism - $6 - https://imgur.com/3lnIZLk
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection Vol. 1 - $40 - https://imgur.com/A3clBf8
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection Vol. 2 - $35 - https://imgur.com/di9xX6T
Amazing Spider-Man: Death And Dating - $6 - https://imgur.com/L1adKnF
Amazing Spider-Man: Died In Your Arms Tonight - $7 - https://imgur.com/00QFmdN
Amazing Spider-Man: Happy Birthday - $3 (wrinkled) - https://imgur.com/nwIh2DW
Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Past - $7 - https://imgur.com/4GboUoP
Amazing Spider-Man: Skin Deep - $5 - https://imgur.com/7U7RTCB
Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter - $3 - https://imgur.com/cOwEGNm
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 1 Electro & Sandman (HC) - $8 - https://imgur.com/0jb6cfx
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 3 Vulture & Morbius (HC) - $8 - https://imgur.com/xTPStET
Amazing Spider-Man: Unintended Consequences - $5 - https://imgur.com/0nPH7Yp
Angel: After The Fall Vol. 1 - $10 (HC) -
Avengers / Defenders War - $3 -
BatGirl New 52 Vol. 1: The Darkest Reflection - $6 - https://imgur.com/KOH1m5W
Batman Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth - $9 - https://imgur.com/RCvzrmS
Batman New 52 Vol. 1 The Court of Owls - $7 - https://imgur.com/JLHQVgn
Batman New 52 Vol. 10: Epilogue - $5 (HC, price sticker) - https://imgur.com/upqdfYt
Batman New 52 Vol. 8: Superheavy - $7 (HC) - https://imgur.com/4BHcXXK
Batman White Knight - $10 - https://imgur.com/DQZIqJk
Batman Year One - $6 - https://imgur.com/RabKR4H
Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1 & 2 (sold as set) - $20 - https://imgur.com/3cwlOD7 https://imgur.com/p22J3S3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - $8 - https://imgur.com/IWPpn2q
Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition - $9 (HC) - https://imgur.com/UhkEiHZ
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther? - $5 - https://imgur.com/teJvWTj
Black The Birth of Evil Book 1 - $2 -
Black Widow: Kiss or Kill - $4 - https://imgur.com/qJ3I97S
Black Widow: Last Days - $5 - https://imgur.com/eRNhfGG
Black Widow: The Tightly Tangled Web - $7 - https://imgur.com/V2BqYaV
Buck Rogers Vol. 1: Future Shock - $3 -
Camelot 3000 Deluxe Edition - $8 (HC, ex-library, 2 stickers on DJ) - https://imgur.com/avwuHtK
Captain America Corps - $5 - https://imgur.com/QWrw958
Captain America: Man & Wolf - $15 -
Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America - $7 -
Captain America: The Trial of Captain America - $8 -
Carnage: The One That Got Away - $4 - https://imgur.com/1Xj46Mx
Civil War - $5 (minor water damage) - https://imgur.com/rm72NpD
Civil War: Fantastic Four - $5 - https://imgur.com/OI9yDOE
Daredevil and The Punisher: Child's Play - $6 - https://imgur.com/HlirjI9
Deadpool Vol. 1 - $10 (HC, dj has minor wrinkles) - https://imgur.com/Uy822b6
Death of Superman - $5 - https://imgur.com/s5PIffB
Deathlok: The Demolisher - $4 - https://imgur.com/hQQyVEc
Dracula: The Company of Monsters Vol. 1-3 (set of 3) - $7 -
Earth 2 Vol. 1 The Gathering - $4 - https://imgur.com/zNVON2s
Empire of the Dead - $4 - https://imgur.com/eXh325C
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 - $14 - https://imgur.com/qAucQxB
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 - $14 - https://imgur.com/dlwcuze
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 - $14 - https://imgur.com/7WxTIXA
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 - $14 - https://imgur.com/Sni33aq
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 - $14 - https://imgur.com/8Kc9xuZ
Essential Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 - $14 - https://imgur.com/DtiqSuv
Essential Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 - $14 - https://imgur.com/ONsWarr
Ex Machina Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days - $3 -
Fanboys vs. Zombies 1-5 (set of 5) - $10 -
Fantastic Four Ultimate Collection Book 1 - $8 - https://imgur.com/PejerKZ
Farscape Uncharted Tales: D'Argo's Lament - $3 (HC) - *--
Farscape Uncharted Tales: D'Argo's Quest - $3 - https://imgur.com/Vzx8vSC
Farscape: Strange Detractors - $3 (HC) - https://imgur.com/xmF0rh6
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Derailed - $5 - https://imgur.com/Fd8qzp2
Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told - $5 - https://imgur.com/L7JGeXD
Green Lantern: Traitor - $4 - https://imgur.com/bTYYNGo
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Piper - $3 -
Gwandanaland #2369 - Skywald's Nightmare Vol. 1 - $10 - https://imgur.com/CRBb3tf
Gwandanaland Monster Series 17 Classic Castle of Frankenstein Vol. 7 - $6 - https://imgur.com/E0vqv4O
Harleen - $15 (HC) - https://imgur.com/Xijtmvx
Harvey Horrors Witches Tales Vol. 3 - $6 - https://imgur.com/HZbVLfm
Harvey Horrors Witches Tales Vol. 4 - $6 - https://imgur.com/yiMXuD3
Heroes Vol. 1 - $5 (HC) - https://imgur.com/eY9T9Gw
Heroes Vol. 2 - $5 (HC) - https://imgur.com/pgN8mkX
Incorruptible Vol. 1 - $2 -
Incorruptible Vol. 2 - $2 -
Infinity Gauntlet - $15 - https://imgur.com/BESwkQA
Injustice Gods Among Us Vol. 1 (HC) - $5 - https://imgur.com/YCQHhYB
Injustice Gods Among Us Vol. 2 (HC) - $5 - https://imgur.com/wLeuCMl
Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 - $15 (HC, still shrinkwrapped) - https://imgur.com/eKkLcpp
John Woo's 7 Brothers Omnibus Vol. 1 - $4 - https://imgur.com/4qhb001
Lazarus Vol. 1 - $2 -
Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 3 Jim Aparo (HC) - $15 (HC) - https://imgur.com/M5VRtek
Low Vol 1: The Delerium of Hope - $4 (tear in cover and first few pages) -
Marvel 1602 - $8 - https://imgur.com/FPZn0gb
Marvel Zombies - $5 - https://imgur.com/MVFHFOf
Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol - $4 (HC) - https://imgur.com/P1ngbBU
Marvel Zombies: Battleworld - $3 - https://imgur.com/xutylJL
Marvels - $5 - https://imgur.com/IBxSFim
Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice Vol. 1 - $3 -
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol. 2 - $4 -
Planet of the Apes Vol. 1: The Long War - $3 -
Planet of the Apes Vol. 3: Cataclysm - $3 -
Planet of the Apes Vol. 4: The Half Man - $3 - /
Prelude to Infinite Crisis - $3 (price sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/yoQhEbW
Raise The Dead - $5 (HC) - https://imgur.com/PGBblng
Red Hulk: Planet Red Hulk - $8 -
Red Hulk: Scorched Earth - $8 -
She Hulks: Hunt for the Intelligencia - $5 - https://imgur.com/UsseE8N
Snowpiercer: The Escape - $5 - https://imgur.com/1UsrgyO
Spawn Book 1 - $5 -
Speed Racer: Official 30th Anniversary Guide - $3 - https://imgur.com/4bHISfx
Spider-Man The Next Chapter vol. 1 - $10 - https://imgur.com/jrtwlV6
Spider-Man: The Other Evolve or Die - $10 - https://imgur.com/KtMBkb4
Spread Vol. 1: No Hope - $4 -
Star Wars Vol. 1: Skywalker Strikes - $5 - https://imgur.com/CFELhgG
Star Wars Vol. 4: Last Flight of the Harbinger - $5 - https://imgur.com/CPJ3CfX
Superman: Speeding Bullets - $4 (shelf wear) - https://imgur.com/39T04DV
The Curse of Dracula - $3 -
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 - $6 -
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 - $4 -
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 - $4 -
The Life Eaters - $4 (HC) -
The Magdalena Vol. 1 - $2 -
The Magdalena Vol. 2 - $2 -
The Magdalena: Blood Divine - $2 -
The Thing Classic Vol. 1 - $9 - https://imgur.com/lBxq8do
The Twilight Zone Vol. 1: The Way Out - $3 -
The Twilight Zone Vol. 2: The Way In - $3 -
The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed - $3 -
The Waking - $2 -
The Waking: Dreams End - $2 -
The Walking Dead Compendium Two - $15 - https://imgur.com/8TvZthy
Tom Corbett Space Cadet Vol. 1 (HC) - $10 (HC) - https://imgur.com/fVNVPEq
Tom Corbett Space Cadet Vol. 2 (HC) - $10 (HC) - https://imgur.com/yuEMMk9
Trick 'r Treat: Days of the Dead - $3 - /-+
Tron: Original Movie Adaptation - $10 -
Ultimate Annuals Vol. 2 - $3 (price sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/o92IX6W
Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates: Death of Spider-Man - $6 - https://imgur.com/acGohIA
Ultimate Comics Avengers: Blade vs. The Avengers - $4 - https://imgur.com/jpmYEKN
Ultimate Comics Hawkeye - $3 (price sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/Nkm46nD
Ultimate Comics Thor - $3 - https://imgur.com/rScJJqO
Ultimate Galactus Vol. 1 - 3 (set of 3) - $10 - https://imgur.com/B9nrZYl
Ultimate Spiderman 1: Power and Responsibility - $5 (some edge wear) - https://imgur.com/sX539fM
Ultimate Spiderman 10: Hollywood - $8 - https://imgur.com/aAQou85
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 12: Hard Lessons - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 14: Phoenix? - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 16: Cable - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 2: Return to Weapon X - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 7: Blockbuster - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 8: New Mutants - $3 -
Ultimates 2 Vol. 1: Gods & Monsters - $2 (price sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/GPuQe8D
Wolverine: Blood Debt - $3 - https://imgur.com/nezZNAX
Wolverine: Logan - $4 (wrinkle on top edge) - https://imgur.com/JyFHIzI
Wolverine: Old Man Logan - $6 - https://imgur.com/96xOeki
Wolverine: Origins & Endings - $6 - https://imgur.com/2GzKdLW
Wolverine: The Reckoning - $10 - https://imgur.com/fOsgqlQ
Wytches Vol. 1 - $5 - https://imgur.com/rJ1ZEo2
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100 Greatest Marvels of All Time: #13-10 - $2 - https://imgur.com/rNewcTM
100 Greatest Marvels of All Time: #17-14 - $2 (sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/2FnhlPE
100 Greatest Marvels of All Time: #9-6 - $2 (sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/z4E5O4V
30 Days of Night - $3 - $3 - https://imgur.com/CJB1GGQ
Amazing Spider-Man: 24/7 - $6 - https://imgur.com/jT9twsa
Amazing Spider-Man: American Son - $6 - https://imgur.com/HmIiOgP
Amazing Spider-Man: Animal Magnetism - $6 - https://imgur.com/3lnIZLk
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection Vol. 1 - $40 - https://imgur.com/A3clBf8
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection Vol. 2 - $35 - https://imgur.com/di9xX6T
Amazing Spider-Man: Death And Dating - $6 - https://imgur.com/L1adKnF
Amazing Spider-Man: Died In Your Arms Tonight - $7 - https://imgur.com/00QFmdN
Amazing Spider-Man: Happy Birthday - $3 (wrinkled) - https://imgur.com/nwIh2DW
Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Past - $7 - https://imgur.com/4GboUoP
Amazing Spider-Man: Skin Deep - $5 - https://imgur.com/7U7RTCB
Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter - $3 - https://imgur.com/cOwEGNm
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 1 Electro & Sandman (HC) - $8 - https://imgur.com/0jb6cfx
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 3 Vulture & Morbius (HC) - $8 - https://imgur.com/xTPStET
Amazing Spider-Man: Unintended Consequences - $5 - https://imgur.com/0nPH7Yp
Angel: After The Fall Vol. 1 - $10 (HC) -
Avengers / Defenders War - $3 -
BatGirl New 52 Vol. 1: The Darkest Reflection - $6 - https://imgur.com/KOH1m5W
Batman Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth - $9 - https://imgur.com/RCvzrmS
Batman New 52 Vol. 1 The Court of Owls - $7 - https://imgur.com/JLHQVgn
Batman New 52 Vol. 10: Epilogue - $5 (HC, price sticker) - https://imgur.com/upqdfYt
Batman New 52 Vol. 8: Superheavy - $7 (HC) - https://imgur.com/4BHcXXK
Batman White Knight - $10 - https://imgur.com/DQZIqJk
Batman Year One - $6 - https://imgur.com/RabKR4H
Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1 & 2 (sold as set) - $20 - https://imgur.com/3cwlOD7 https://imgur.com/p22J3S3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - $8 - https://imgur.com/IWPpn2q
Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition - $9 (HC) - https://imgur.com/UhkEiHZ
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther? - $5 - https://imgur.com/teJvWTj
Black The Birth of Evil Book 1 - $2 -
Black Widow: Kiss or Kill - $4 - https://imgur.com/qJ3I97S
Black Widow: Last Days - $5 - https://imgur.com/eRNhfGG
Black Widow: The Tightly Tangled Web - $7 - https://imgur.com/V2BqYaV
Buck Rogers Vol. 1: Future Shock - $3 -
Camelot 3000 Deluxe Edition - $8 (HC, ex-library, 2 stickers on DJ) - https://imgur.com/avwuHtK
Captain America Corps - $5 - https://imgur.com/QWrw958
Captain America: Man & Wolf - $15 -
Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America - $7 -
Captain America: The Trial of Captain America - $8 -
Carnage: The One That Got Away - $4 - https://imgur.com/1Xj46Mx
Civil War - $5 (minor water damage) - https://imgur.com/rm72NpD
Civil War: Fantastic Four - $5 - https://imgur.com/OI9yDOE
Daredevil and The Punisher: Child's Play - $6 - https://imgur.com/HlirjI9
Deadpool Vol. 1 - $10 (HC, dj has minor wrinkles) - https://imgur.com/Uy822b6
Death of Superman - $5 - https://imgur.com/s5PIffB
Deathlok: The Demolisher - $4 - https://imgur.com/hQQyVEc
Dracula: The Company of Monsters Vol. 1-3 (set of 3) - $7 -
Earth 2 Vol. 1 The Gathering - $4 - https://imgur.com/zNVON2s
Empire of the Dead - $4 - https://imgur.com/eXh325C
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 - $14 - https://imgur.com/qAucQxB
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 - $14 - https://imgur.com/dlwcuze
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 - $14 - https://imgur.com/7WxTIXA
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 - $14 - https://imgur.com/Sni33aq
Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 - $14 - https://imgur.com/8Kc9xuZ
Essential Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 - $14 - https://imgur.com/DtiqSuv
Essential Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 - $14 - https://imgur.com/ONsWarr
Ex Machina Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days - $3 -
Fanboys vs. Zombies 1-5 (set of 5) - $10 -
Fantastic Four Ultimate Collection Book 1 - $8 - https://imgur.com/PejerKZ
Farscape Uncharted Tales: D'Argo's Lament - $3 (HC) - *--
Farscape Uncharted Tales: D'Argo's Quest - $3 - https://imgur.com/Vzx8vSC
Farscape: Strange Detractors - $3 (HC) - https://imgur.com/xmF0rh6
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Derailed - $5 - https://imgur.com/Fd8qzp2
Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told - $5 - https://imgur.com/L7JGeXD
Green Lantern: Traitor - $4 - https://imgur.com/bTYYNGo
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Piper - $3 -
Gwandanaland #2369 - Skywald's Nightmare Vol. 1 - $10 - https://imgur.com/CRBb3tf
Gwandanaland Monster Series 17 Classic Castle of Frankenstein Vol. 7 - $6 - https://imgur.com/E0vqv4O
Harleen - $15 (HC) - https://imgur.com/Xijtmvx
Harvey Horrors Witches Tales Vol. 3 - $6 - https://imgur.com/HZbVLfm
Harvey Horrors Witches Tales Vol. 4 - $6 - https://imgur.com/yiMXuD3
Heroes Vol. 1 - $5 (HC) - https://imgur.com/eY9T9Gw
Heroes Vol. 2 - $5 (HC) - https://imgur.com/pgN8mkX
Incorruptible Vol. 1 - $2 -
Incorruptible Vol. 2 - $2 -
Infinity Gauntlet - $15 - https://imgur.com/BESwkQA
Injustice Gods Among Us Vol. 1 (HC) - $5 - https://imgur.com/YCQHhYB
Injustice Gods Among Us Vol. 2 (HC) - $5 - https://imgur.com/wLeuCMl
Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 - $15 (HC, still shrinkwrapped) - https://imgur.com/eKkLcpp
John Woo's 7 Brothers Omnibus Vol. 1 - $4 - https://imgur.com/4qhb001
Lazarus Vol. 1 - $2 -
Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 3 Jim Aparo (HC) - $15 (HC) - https://imgur.com/M5VRtek
Low Vol 1: The Delerium of Hope - $4 (tear in cover and first few pages) -
Marvel 1602 - $8 - https://imgur.com/FPZn0gb
Marvel Zombies - $5 - https://imgur.com/MVFHFOf
Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol - $4 (HC) - https://imgur.com/P1ngbBU
Marvel Zombies: Battleworld - $3 - https://imgur.com/xutylJL
Marvels - $5 - https://imgur.com/IBxSFim
Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice Vol. 1 - $3 -
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol. 2 - $4 -
Planet of the Apes Vol. 1: The Long War - $3 -
Planet of the Apes Vol. 3: Cataclysm - $3 -
Planet of the Apes Vol. 4: The Half Man - $3 - /
Prelude to Infinite Crisis - $3 (price sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/yoQhEbW
Raise The Dead - $5 (HC) - https://imgur.com/PGBblng
Red Hulk: Planet Red Hulk - $8 -
Red Hulk: Scorched Earth - $8 -
She Hulks: Hunt for the Intelligencia - $5 - https://imgur.com/UsseE8N
Snowpiercer: The Escape - $5 - https://imgur.com/1UsrgyO
Spawn Book 1 - $5 -
Speed Racer: Official 30th Anniversary Guide - $3 - https://imgur.com/4bHISfx
Spider-Man The Next Chapter vol. 1 - $10 - https://imgur.com/jrtwlV6
Spider-Man: The Other Evolve or Die - $10 - https://imgur.com/KtMBkb4
Spread Vol. 1: No Hope - $4 -
Star Wars Vol. 1: Skywalker Strikes - $5 - https://imgur.com/CFELhgG
Star Wars Vol. 4: Last Flight of the Harbinger - $5 - https://imgur.com/CPJ3CfX
Superman: Speeding Bullets - $4 (shelf wear) - https://imgur.com/39T04DV
The Curse of Dracula - $3 -
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 - $6 -
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 - $4 -
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 - $4 -
The Life Eaters - $4 (HC) -
The Magdalena Vol. 1 - $2 -
The Magdalena Vol. 2 - $2 -
The Magdalena: Blood Divine - $2 -
The Thing Classic Vol. 1 - $9 - https://imgur.com/lBxq8do
The Twilight Zone Vol. 1: The Way Out - $3 -
The Twilight Zone Vol. 2: The Way In - $3 -
The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed - $3 -
The Waking - $2 -
The Waking: Dreams End - $2 -
The Walking Dead Compendium Two - $15 - https://imgur.com/8TvZthy
Tom Corbett Space Cadet Vol. 1 (HC) - $10 (HC) - https://imgur.com/fVNVPEq
Tom Corbett Space Cadet Vol. 2 (HC) - $10 (HC) - https://imgur.com/yuEMMk9
Trick 'r Treat: Days of the Dead - $3 - /-+
Tron: Original Movie Adaptation - $10 -
Ultimate Annuals Vol. 2 - $3 (price sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/o92IX6W
Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates: Death of Spider-Man - $6 - https://imgur.com/acGohIA
Ultimate Comics Avengers: Blade vs. The Avengers - $4 - https://imgur.com/jpmYEKN
Ultimate Comics Hawkeye - $3 (price sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/Nkm46nD
Ultimate Comics Thor - $3 - https://imgur.com/rScJJqO
Ultimate Galactus Vol. 1 - 3 (set of 3) - $10 - https://imgur.com/B9nrZYl
Ultimate Spiderman 1: Power and Responsibility - $5 (some edge wear) - https://imgur.com/sX539fM
Ultimate Spiderman 10: Hollywood - $8 - https://imgur.com/aAQou85
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 12: Hard Lessons - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 14: Phoenix? - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 16: Cable - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 2: Return to Weapon X - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 7: Blockbuster - $3 -
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 8: New Mutants - $3 -
Ultimates 2 Vol. 1: Gods & Monsters - $2 (price sticker on cover) - https://imgur.com/GPuQe8D
Wolverine: Blood Debt - $3 - https://imgur.com/nezZNAX
Wolverine: Logan - $4 (wrinkle on top edge) - https://imgur.com/JyFHIzI
Wolverine: Old Man Logan - $6 - https://imgur.com/96xOeki
Wolverine: Origins & Endings - $6 - https://imgur.com/2GzKdLW
Wolverine: The Reckoning - $10 - https://imgur.com/fOsgqlQ
Wytches Vol. 1 - $5 - https://imgur.com/rJ1ZEo2
2023.06.02 19:43 tulpacat1 To Kill a Predator, Chapter 22
Hi everyone.
To Kill a Predator is a work of fan fiction set in the Nature of Predators universe originally created by SpacePaladin15 whose Patreon you should subscribe to.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Depiction does not equal endorsement.
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Memory transcription subject: Jarkim, Unemployed Krakotl
Date [standardized human time]: November 30th, 2136
If they were following standard procedure, they’d be storing munitions separate from personnel and weapons. In guild offices there were hermetically sealed rooms for it, ensuring any stray fires would be snuffed out as soon as they devoured all the oxygen.
In a place like this, my bet was one of the sheds or root cellars. I had sent Russo and Mosun to handle the garage and workers’ quarters.
Of course it was possible they hadn’t got enough fuel, ammo, and explosives to prosecute their campaign. Possible, but unlikely. The attack on the shelter hadn’t been the actions of a group running on fumes.
Honestly, if I were in their position I’d hole up here too. A large farm makes sense. They’d have phosphorous, ammonium nitrate, local stores of benzene or fuel oils, ipsom grain to make into powder, even the septic tanks if you’re really desperate… there’s more ways to create fire bombs at your average farm than I can be bothered to count.
I ran the math in my head. I didn’t like the result I got: the Liberators probably had enough fire to turn every human in the district into ash several times over, and they might still have enough left over for everyone who voted for Tarva too.
I approached the first shed with Slavik. It was one of the simple above-ground ones. Unlikely target to bear fruit, in my mind, but it was the closest. “I’ll go in first. You watch out with the rifle.”
They nodded at me, grimly.
The door opened and I rushed into the darkness.
“It’ll be the fourth.”
“Why’s that?”
“Four’s a lucky number.”
“No it’s not.”
“Sure it is. If you have to count past it, you have to use a second paw.”
The first shed had been empty but for tools. The second had held spare parts for their generators. The third had led to a root cellar full of sun-dried and salted fruit, and some jars of preserves.
Lucky number four was a steel door surrounded by concrete inset into the ground, and as soon as it was wrenched open the stench of chemicals assaulted me. Even Slavik coughed with distaste, and they didn’t have a nose.
“Well Slavik, turns out you were right.”
“That… does not taste lucky.”
“It doesn’t, does it. Alright, let’s go.”
I moved in. Slavik was right behind me. We headed into the gloom, slowly waiting for our eyes to adjust. Slavik muttered a bit before turning on the light attached to their rifle. They swiveled their entire torso back and forth, eyes focused on the rifle sights.
Industrial tanks of chemicals stood like forlorn monsters in the dark, the threadbare light by the rifle’s muzzle casting ugly and stark shadows.
“Never should’ve come here.”
I froze. The voice was coming from behind me… and to the left.
There was a second Venlil, lunging out from behind one of the tanks with a breaching tool held in both paws. He struck Slavik’s gun, and I heard the weapon hit the stone floor somewhere in the dark. With a second swing he caught Slavik across the head, and they went down hard.
I lunged at him, talons grasping for purchase in the short Exterminator-cut fur of the assailant. I got a good digging grip and pulled him back, raking grooves in his shoulders in the process and sending the crowbar clattering into the shadows.
I recognized him as Vilrak, and he screamed with anger and pain and managed to strike me in the eye with his elbow. I reeled back, squawking, when his paw struck me in the stomach. Pain blossomed and spread like fire. His claws were outstretched, and dug in under the feathers and tore skin.
In response I lashed out with a talon, tearing bloody gouges in his snout. Venlil snouts are sturdy and solid bone, and I did little actual damage. It was still enough to send him back with a yelp.
We both caught our breaths, blood dripping from claw and talon alike.
Slavik was on the ground. They weren’t moving.
“Vilrak, it’s over… Stand down.”
His voice was filled with loathing. “…Jarkim. So Karta failed to get rid of you, you traitorous piece of-”
I interjected immediately. “What you’re doing here isn’t going to work.”
“Oh, but it is. We’re going to bring Venlil Prime back to sanity, and back into the Federation.”
“There’s no going back. The Interview, the humans, the proof that even the Arxur can be bargained with after they returned their Venlil cattle… The galaxy’s a different place than it was just a cycle ago.”
“So what?”
I plead with him to turn from his path. When he realized and accepted the situation, he’d do the right thing. Just like I had. “We’re going to have to learn to live in the new world. One that doesn’t need us. We believed our job was necessary… We were only acting on… On the information we had, the information we were given. But we were wrong. Listen to me, Vilrak. There’s another path here. We can reform the Exterminators. We can make it into something better, something that serves the community.”
He straightened up and lashed his tail at me, turning and walking away. One eye was locked on me the entire time. “Oh you stupid, sanctimonious fuck. You’re the only one who ever believed any of that predshit.”
I paused. “…What?”
He walked slowly. I followed, staying at a careful distance. “Being an Exterminator was the perfect job. We had respect. We had power, Jarkim! You’re the only one who didn’t seem to realize that! Oh, you useless damn joke of a Krakotl… You turned your beak and curled your talons every time you had to pull the trigger, and always made sure the PDs came in without a fight. The rest of us loved it!”
I felt sick. I had never liked Vilrak, but this was… Like Vikar, and Renak, and Luarik, and Karta, and… Not unprecedented. But hearing it put in such stark terms…
“I always hated rolling out with you, because you’re too insufferably straight-laced. The rest of the guys understood the opportunities. But not you, oh no. As soon as you get in the van the fun stops. No taking money to make PD cases go away, no letting off steam with the rods and some drunk, no sharing cuties collared in the back of the van…”
My talons itched to tear out his evil fucking throat. But more than that, I wanted to tear down the entire system I had been complicit in. I had looked the other way, made sure to not ask awkward questions I didn’t want the answers to. And that made me one link in the chain. The facilities, the prosecutors, the assessors, they were all working with the Exterminators. Everyone knew that we were the only way they’d stay safe, the firebreak between the civilians and the predators. So they let us do whatever we wanted.
“Vilrak… It’s not going to stay that way anymore. It can’t. It mustn’t. The winds are changing. If everyone’s as… sick and twisted as you, and the Exterminators can’t be reformed? Then we’ll be abolished instead.”
“That’s right, because the humans are fucking it all up! They did more for Venlilkind in one paw than we Exterminators have done since we joined the Federation, just by sharing food with the greys! And now everyone knows it!”
“Exactly. There’s no going back.”
“Yeah, well. It’s worth a shot.”
When he turned to face me again he was holding a flamethrower, the tank under one arm and the nozzle under the other. In the darkness I only realized he was firing when it spewed incendiary death in a wide arc.
I had to gracelessly take flight, leaping back and thrashing with my wings to get behind one of the chemical tanks in time. I ended up smashing into the wall for my trouble, and I felt something in my wing snap.
But seeing the burning trail where I had stood a blink of an eye beforehand, it was still a worthwhile trade-off.
Other than what little light the fires gave off, and the light from the open door, the room was dark. The flashlight on Slavik’s gun had gone out.
I slowly crept around the tank… step by step. Listening for the Venlil’s footsteps, and hearing nothing.
I heard the sound of the tank shifting nearby, and froze in place. I held my breath.
He was speaking from just a couple of wingspans away, in the dark. “You’re not the first predator I’ve had to hunt. And you’re not gonna be the last.”
There was a click as the flamethrower’s ignition line turned on.
A line of fire spewed from the muzzle, sending me scrambling for cover again. I needn’t have bothered, he wasn’t aiming at me.
With the second line of burning fuel gel, he created a ‘V’ shape against the wall. He was simply boxing me in, cutting off my escape. Standard procedure when dealing with poor-visibility terrain.
Now all he had to do was hose the enclosed area, and that would be it.
I felt panic slowly begin to flood my brain, and forced it down. I couldn’t let myself become an animal. He knew how to burn animals.
Gotta get out of here, or I’m kindling.
With only one working wing, I was rapidly running out of options. When Vilrak spewed another gout of flame, my options dwindled further. I took flight, my one wing fluttering as I twisted my body in a desperate attempt to get above the flames and the equally dangerous super-heated air right above them. I felt the oppressive heat and could imagine my feathers curl and blacken as I made my desperate lunge over the fire-wall.
My talons scraped the stone loudly upon my rough landing, and I ended up falling prone. I yelled out as I landed on my bad wing again.
Starting to rise slowly, far too slowly, I heard Vilrak whistle out a laugh from nearby. I saw his shadowed form looming out of the dark, lit from the side by the growing flames. The flamethrower’s ignition line clicking on. Faced straight at me.
There was a bright, sudden light. And a scream.
Vilrak reeled back. So did I, good wing raised in a meaningless gesture of defense. I couldn’t see anything, blinded by Slavik’s flashlight. I heard a shout. “Jarkim, get down!”
I laid myself prone on the ground without hesitation.
KRAK-Ow
Superheated plasma flew overhead, sizzling the air and filling the enclosed space with the rank stench of ozone.
The shot impacted Vilrak’s fuel tank. The ensuing breach sent burning fuel and bits of hot metal all over the cellar, and threw him back into the wall. With my head down I could do nothing but flinch and hope.
A searing lance of pain impacted my leg, making me squawk out. A glance down showed a piece of jagged metal the size of a wing feather sticking out of my thigh.
Blinking the spots out of my eyes and coughing from the smoke filling the room, I saw Slavik holding the plasma rifle. It was aimed at the prone Exterminator, who was already screaming and crawling. His legs were on fire, and looked shredded from shrapnel. The flames were eagerly eating their way up his short-cut fur, already spreading up over his back and sides. His voice was a high-pitched, babbling shriek.
All that confidence, bravado, and gleeful sadism had vanished the instant it was his turn. And I wasn’t a good enough person to not take some vindictive joy in that.
“Not the flames not the flames please not the flames!! No no no nono please please not the flames!! Help meeeeee!!!”
KRAK-Ow
The second shot took him in the face. I looked away sharply, not interested in seeing the results.
“C’mon, you useless lump. Move your ass before it’s cooked.” Slavik grabbed me by my good wing, dragged me out of the burning cellar like a sack of grain, and closed the door behind us.
The fire would eat through all the oxygen long before it burst any of the chemical tanks. Even so, Slavik didn’t stop dragging me until we were a good distance away and we could both collapse in a panting heap on the ground.
Slavik’s head was leaking orange blood into their wool from the hit, and an ugly lump was already forming on their head. They looked at me darkly. “…That was mercy. I’m not going to let myself become the kind of person who’d have let him burn.”
I felt jolts of pain searing through my body each time I coughed. “Khakh, Khahhk… Y-You just saved my life. You don’t have to justify yourself to me.”
They looked down at their weapon in silence for a while, before speaking so quietly that I barely heard it. “You’re not the one I’m trying to convince.”
After a long silence, I tried my arm and grimaced. My leg refused to even bend now that the adrenaline was flushing out, and I didn’t want to take the metal out in case it was sitting in an artery. I didn’t even want to know what my feathers looked like. “…Wing’s busted. L-Leg too. I’m no good like this. Khahhk… I’ll head back, you try to link up with the other team.”
Slavik shouldered the rifle, and lifted me up. “After I get you back to Hanya.”
The trek back was awkward, and slow. I was left to hop and cling to Slavik as they half-dragged me along. I hoped the other team was having more success.
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Memory transcription subject: Martin Russo, Human Refugee
Date [standardized human time]: November 30th, 2136
I raise my hand to Mosun. Three. Two. One.
The door opens. Mosun lunges in low, I sweep in high.
Nothing greets us but silence. We sweep the ground floor of the main house slowly, room by room. I move my aim back and forth like a metronome as I seek targets. My eyes dart around from place to place. Those saccades the Venlil are so afraid of.
The place shows clear signs of being lived in. Very recently. There are still-damp dishes in the kitchen.
The living room is an even bigger tell. On the table there’s a map of the whole district, and another of the town. Addresses are circled in different colors. I might not have recognized the map so quickly, except I’ve also been studying up for my own campaign.
As we search the place it appears that nobody’s home. They seem to have removed all the signs of the original inhabitants. I see pale reverse-shadows on the wall where once hung pictures or pieces of art.
I tap Mosun’s shoulder. He looks at me, and I point up, then down, and give a shrug. Upstairs or basement first?
As Mosun considers the question, we hear a scream. I freeze stock still, and Mosun’s eyes go wide. It’s from upstairs.
I brave a soft voice. “…Is that…”
Another scream. A word carries through the drawn out, inelegant blubbering. “Mhh-aaa-aahhhahhhu-hurttii-hi-hiiinnnn!!” My blood feels ice cold, and my stomach drops out.
Jesus Christ it’s my name. She’s screaming my name.
I’m acutely aware my tongue is dry.
Another scream, this time just a shrill sound of pain.
I’m running up the stairs. My grip on the gun is so tight it hurts. For a few seconds my thoughts don’t form words, just the panicked urge to rush to my beloved friend. To help and defend her.
Upstairs there are four rooms. Two on the left, one on the right, and one in the far back. The only one that matters is the one with the noise.
I rush to the door and almost wrench it open right away, but pause.
Stay frosty.
Mosun almost runs into me in his haste to keep up.
I turn and look at him. His furious face mirrors mine. I cringe as another shout comes from the room right beside us.
He nods grimly and grabs the door handle. We both take a couple of deep, steadying breaths.
I raise my hand to Mosun. Three. Two. One.
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Memory transcription subject: Jarkim, Unemployed Krakotl
Date [standardized human time]: November 30th, 2136
If they were following standard procedure, they’d be storing munitions separate from personnel and weapons. In guild offices there were hermetically sealed rooms for it, ensuring any stray fires would be snuffed out as soon as they devoured all the oxygen.
In a place like this, my bet was one of the sheds or root cellars. I had sent Russo and Mosun to handle the garage and workers’ quarters.
Of course it was possible they hadn’t got enough fuel, ammo, and explosives to prosecute their campaign. Possible, but unlikely. The attack on the shelter hadn’t been the actions of a group running on fumes.
Honestly, if I were in their position I’d hole up here too. A large farm makes sense. They’d have phosphorous, ammonium nitrate, local stores of benzene or fuel oils, ipsom grain to make into powder, even the septic tanks if you’re really desperate… there’s more ways to create fire bombs at your average farm than I can be bothered to count.
I ran the math in my head. I didn’t like the result I got: the Liberators probably had enough fire to turn every human in the district into ash several times over, and they might still have enough left over for everyone who voted for Tarva too.
I approached the first shed with Slavik. It was one of the simple above-ground ones. Unlikely target to bear fruit, in my mind, but it was the closest. “I’ll go in first. You watch out with the rifle.”
They nodded at me, grimly.
The door opened and I rushed into the darkness.
“It’ll be the fourth.”
“Why’s that?”
“Four’s a lucky number.”
“No it’s not.”
“Sure it is. If you have to count past it, you have to use a second paw.”
The first shed had been empty but for tools. The second had held spare parts for their generators. The third had led to a root cellar full of sun-dried and salted fruit, and some jars of preserves.
Lucky number four was a steel door surrounded by concrete inset into the ground, and as soon as it was wrenched open the stench of chemicals assaulted me. Even Slavik coughed with distaste, and they didn’t have a nose.
“Well Slavik, turns out you were right.”
“That… does not taste lucky.”
“It doesn’t, does it. Alright, let’s go.”
I moved in. Slavik was right behind me. We headed into the gloom, slowly waiting for our eyes to adjust. Slavik muttered a bit before turning on the light attached to their rifle. They swiveled their entire torso back and forth, eyes focused on the rifle sights.
Industrial tanks of chemicals stood like forlorn monsters in the dark, the threadbare light by the rifle’s muzzle casting ugly and stark shadows.
“Never should’ve come here.”
I froze. The voice was coming from behind me… and to the left.
There was a second Venlil, lunging out from behind one of the tanks with a breaching tool held in both paws. He struck Slavik’s gun, and I heard the weapon hit the stone floor somewhere in the dark. With a second swing he caught Slavik across the head, and they went down hard.
I lunged at him, talons grasping for purchase in the short Exterminator-cut fur of the assailant. I got a good digging grip and pulled him back, raking grooves in his shoulders in the process and sending the crowbar clattering into the shadows.
I recognized him as Vilrak, and he screamed with anger and pain and managed to strike me in the eye with his elbow. I reeled back, squawking, when his paw struck me in the stomach. Pain blossomed and spread like fire. His claws were outstretched, and dug in under the feathers and tore skin.
In response I lashed out with a talon, tearing bloody gouges in his snout. Venlil snouts are sturdy and solid bone, and I did little actual damage. It was still enough to send him back with a yelp.
We both caught our breaths, blood dripping from claw and talon alike.
Slavik was on the ground. They weren’t moving.
“Vilrak, it’s over… Stand down.”
His voice was filled with loathing. “…Jarkim. So Karta failed to get rid of you, you traitorous piece of-”
I interjected immediately. “What you’re doing here isn’t going to work.”
“Oh, but it is. We’re going to bring Venlil Prime back to sanity, and back into the Federation.”
“There’s no going back. The Interview, the humans, the proof that even the Arxur can be bargained with after they returned their Venlil cattle… The galaxy’s a different place than it was just a cycle ago.”
“So what?”
I plead with him to turn from his path. When he realized and accepted the situation, he’d do the right thing. Just like I had. “We’re going to have to learn to live in the new world. One that doesn’t need us. We believed our job was necessary… We were only acting on… On the information we had, the information we were given. But we were wrong. Listen to me, Vilrak. There’s another path here. We can reform the Exterminators. We can make it into something better, something that serves the community.”
He straightened up and lashed his tail at me, turning and walking away. One eye was locked on me the entire time. “Oh you stupid, sanctimonious fuck. You’re the only one who ever believed any of that predshit.”
I paused. “…What?”
He walked slowly. I followed, staying at a careful distance. “Being an Exterminator was the perfect job. We had respect. We had power, Jarkim! You’re the only one who didn’t seem to realize that! Oh, you useless damn joke of a Krakotl… You turned your beak and curled your talons every time you had to pull the trigger, and always made sure the PDs came in without a fight. The rest of us loved it!”
I felt sick. I had never liked Vilrak, but this was… Like Vikar, and Renak, and Luarik, and Karta, and… Not unprecedented. But hearing it put in such stark terms…
“I always hated rolling out with you, because you’re too insufferably straight-laced. The rest of the guys understood the opportunities. But not you, oh no. As soon as you get in the van the fun stops. No taking money to make PD cases go away, no letting off steam with the rods and some drunk, no sharing cuties collared in the back of the van…”
My talons itched to tear out his evil fucking throat. But more than that, I wanted to tear down the entire system I had been complicit in. I had looked the other way, made sure to not ask awkward questions I didn’t want the answers to. And that made me one link in the chain. The facilities, the prosecutors, the assessors, they were all working with the Exterminators. Everyone knew that we were the only way they’d stay safe, the firebreak between the civilians and the predators. So they let us do whatever we wanted.
“Vilrak… It’s not going to stay that way anymore. It can’t. It mustn’t. The winds are changing. If everyone’s as… sick and twisted as you, and the Exterminators can’t be reformed? Then we’ll be abolished instead.”
“That’s right, because the humans are fucking it all up! They did more for Venlilkind in one paw than we Exterminators have done since we joined the Federation, just by sharing food with the greys! And now everyone knows it!”
“Exactly. There’s no going back.”
“Yeah, well. It’s worth a shot.”
When he turned to face me again he was holding a flamethrower, the tank under one arm and the nozzle under the other. In the darkness I only realized he was firing when it spewed incendiary death in a wide arc.
I had to gracelessly take flight, leaping back and thrashing with my wings to get behind one of the chemical tanks in time. I ended up smashing into the wall for my trouble, and I felt something in my wing snap.
But seeing the burning trail where I had stood a blink of an eye beforehand, it was still a worthwhile trade-off.
Other than what little light the fires gave off, and the light from the open door, the room was dark. The flashlight on Slavik’s gun had gone out.
I slowly crept around the tank… step by step. Listening for the Venlil’s footsteps, and hearing nothing.
I heard the sound of the tank shifting nearby, and froze in place. I held my breath.
He was speaking from just a couple of wingspans away, in the dark. “You’re not the first predator I’ve had to hunt. And you’re not gonna be the last.”
There was a click as the flamethrower’s ignition line turned on.
A line of fire spewed from the muzzle, sending me scrambling for cover again. I needn’t have bothered, he wasn’t aiming at me.
With the second line of burning fuel gel, he created a ‘V’ shape against the wall. He was simply boxing me in, cutting off my escape. Standard procedure when dealing with poor-visibility terrain.
Now all he had to do was hose the enclosed area, and that would be it.
I felt panic slowly begin to flood my brain, and forced it down. I couldn’t let myself become an animal. He knew how to burn animals.
Gotta get out of here, or I’m kindling.
With only one working wing, I was rapidly running out of options. When Vilrak spewed another gout of flame, my options dwindled further. I took flight, my one wing fluttering as I twisted my body in a desperate attempt to get above the flames and the equally dangerous super-heated air right above them. I felt the oppressive heat and could imagine my feathers curl and blacken as I made my desperate lunge over the fire-wall.
My talons scraped the stone loudly upon my rough landing, and I ended up falling prone. I yelled out as I landed on my bad wing again.
Starting to rise slowly, far too slowly, I heard Vilrak whistle out a laugh from nearby. I saw his shadowed form looming out of the dark, lit from the side by the growing flames. The flamethrower’s ignition line clicking on. Faced straight at me.
There was a bright, sudden light. And a scream.
Vilrak reeled back. So did I, good wing raised in a meaningless gesture of defense. I couldn’t see anything, blinded by Slavik’s flashlight. I heard a shout. “Jarkim, get down!”
I laid myself prone on the ground without hesitation.
KRAK-Ow
Superheated plasma flew overhead, sizzling the air and filling the enclosed space with the rank stench of ozone.
The shot impacted Vilrak’s fuel tank. The ensuing breach sent burning fuel and bits of hot metal all over the cellar, and threw him back into the wall. With my head down I could do nothing but flinch and hope.
A searing lance of pain impacted my leg, making me squawk out. A glance down showed a piece of jagged metal the size of a wing feather sticking out of my thigh.
Blinking the spots out of my eyes and coughing from the smoke filling the room, I saw Slavik holding the plasma rifle. It was aimed at the prone Exterminator, who was already screaming and crawling. His legs were on fire, and looked shredded from shrapnel. The flames were eagerly eating their way up his short-cut fur, already spreading up over his back and sides. His voice was a high-pitched, babbling shriek.
All that confidence, bravado, and gleeful sadism had vanished the instant it was his turn. And I wasn’t a good enough person to not take some vindictive joy in that.
“Not the flames not the flames please not the flames!! No no no nono please please not the flames!! Help meeeeee!!!”
KRAK-Ow
The second shot took him in the face. I looked away sharply, not interested in seeing the results.
“C’mon, you useless lump. Move your ass before it’s cooked.” Slavik grabbed me by my good wing, dragged me out of the burning cellar like a sack of grain, and closed the door behind us.
The fire would eat through all the oxygen long before it burst any of the chemical tanks. Even so, Slavik didn’t stop dragging me until we were a good distance away and we could both collapse in a panting heap on the ground.
Slavik’s head was leaking orange blood into their wool from the hit, and an ugly lump was already forming on their head. They looked at me darkly. “…That was mercy. I’m not going to let myself become the kind of person who’d have let him burn.”
I felt jolts of pain searing through my body each time I coughed. “Khakh, Khahhk… Y-You just saved my life. You don’t have to justify yourself to me.”
They looked down at their weapon in silence for a while, before speaking so quietly that I barely heard it. “You’re not the one I’m trying to convince.”
After a long silence, I tried my arm and grimaced. My leg refused to even bend now that the adrenaline was flushing out, and I didn’t want to take the metal out in case it was sitting in an artery. I didn’t even want to know what my feathers looked like. “…Wing’s busted. L-Leg too. I’m no good like this. Khahhk… I’ll head back, you try to link up with the other team.”
Slavik shouldered the rifle, and lifted me up. “After I get you back to Hanya.”
The trek back was awkward, and slow. I was left to hop and cling to Slavik as they half-dragged me along. I hoped the other team was having more success.
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Memory transcription subject: Martin Russo, Human Refugee
Date [standardized human time]: November 30th, 2136
I raise my hand to Mosun. Three. Two. One.
The door opens. Mosun lunges in low, I sweep in high.
Nothing greets us but silence. We sweep the ground floor of the main house slowly, room by room. I move my aim back and forth like a metronome as I seek targets. My eyes dart around from place to place. Those saccades the Venlil are so afraid of.
The place shows clear signs of being lived in. Very recently. There are still-damp dishes in the kitchen.
The living room is an even bigger tell. On the table there’s a map of the whole district, and another of the town. Addresses are circled in different colors. I might not have recognized the map so quickly, except I’ve also been studying up for my own campaign.
As we search the place it appears that nobody’s home. They seem to have removed all the signs of the original inhabitants. I see pale reverse-shadows on the wall where once hung pictures or pieces of art.
I tap Mosun’s shoulder. He looks at me, and I point up, then down, and give a shrug. Upstairs or basement first?
As Mosun considers the question, we hear a scream. I freeze stock still, and Mosun’s eyes go wide. It’s from upstairs.
I brave a soft voice. “…Is that…”
Another scream. A word carries through the drawn out, inelegant blubbering. “Mhh-aaa-aahhhahhhu-hurttii-hi-hiiinnnn!!” My blood feels ice cold, and my stomach drops out.
Jesus Christ it’s my name. She’s screaming my name.
I’m acutely aware my tongue is dry.
Another scream, this time just a shrill sound of pain.
I’m running up the stairs. My grip on the gun is so tight it hurts. For a few seconds my thoughts don’t form words, just the panicked urge to rush to my beloved friend. To help and defend her.
Upstairs there are four rooms. Two on the left, one on the right, and one in the far back. The only one that matters is the one with the noise.
I rush to the door and almost wrench it open right away, but pause.
Stay frosty.
Mosun almost runs into me in his haste to keep up.
I turn and look at him. His furious face mirrors mine. I cringe as another shout comes from the room right beside us.
He nods grimly and grabs the door handle. We both take a couple of deep, steadying breaths.
I raise my hand to Mosun. Three. Two. One.
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2023.06.02 17:47 Swimming-Toe-8050 AITA for still holding on to what my parents did to the past?
I (26f) grew up in a very controlling environment. It was so bad that I wasn't able to have friends, and on most days I struggle to stand up for myself. I had a choice on pretty much nothing and it was almost bordering on abusive.
I think the best way to explain it is by just giving some examples of what happened.
When I got into a very traumatic event that she knew about, I wasn't able to talk to my best friend about it and seek comfort because she already told him her version of events through my account, and I couldn't tell him twice.
That's just some of the things they put me through. Because of all that, I wasn't able to get forward very successfully in life. I barely got my degree. I wasn't allowed to socialize, so I had very few friends and lots of social anxiety. I wasn't able to get a good paying job, so I can't afford a place of my own unlike my friends. I'm mentally and socially behind my peers.
When I was 25, I had a major breakdown that made them start getting more lax on me. I threatened to kill myself if they didn't change their ways. My mom relinquished control of my social media and started letting me go out whenever I want to. They actually started changing so we can fix our relationship.
Despite that, it still hurts. I get flashbacks of what I went through from the most random shit. Last night, I saw a video of the dance I used to do and had another breakdown.
My mom thinks I should let go of the past because she's changed. I explained that even if she's changed, it still hurts. She says that I'm making much ado about nothing because the past can't be changed, but she's trying to make it up to me. She also reminds me that she did so much to take care of me as a baby, including having to pull my own shit out because I couldn't poop normally. I'm being ungrateful for remembering only the bad times and not the good times.
I've always felt that my best friend, who was the only person to comfort me whenever everything was happening, was the only one I had on my side. She reminds me that she, as my mother, is really the only person on my side because she's the only one who stayed this long and sacrificed so much for me.
Am I the asshole for still holding her sins against her? Or am I being a problematic person for clinging to the past and not being able to move forward?
My mom keeps telling me that I should be stronger than that, that the mind is a powerful thing that can break past the pain, but I'm just refusing to move on.
EDIT: I can't go non contact yet because I still live with her and sleep in the same room as her. She's beside me as I type this. This is because I don't have enough savings yet to move out (her controlling didn't allow me to earn or hold down a job, and I've given up opportunities because she didn't allow me to take them). But the moment I have enough saved, I'm out. I don't want to go to a shelter either or go on government support because I recognize that other people have bigger problems than me and I'm still more privileged than a lot of other people. It feels wrong to take funding and space away from people who actually need it more. I don't think I'd be able to sleep at night if I knew someone else with bigger problems was suffering because I took their spot.
Update: I just want to clarify this so that everyone gets the full story. I still sleep in the same room as my mom because the spare room that I can move into is still a mess (it turned into a storage room over the years), and I'm still in the process of cleaning it out and turning it into an inhabitable space for myself. Ever since I threatened to kill myself, my parents have allowed me to drive and get my license, allowed me to get a job, allowed me to go out, and even allowed me to party.
Additional question: She's been begging me to go to therapy for a year now. Should I accept it? I'm worried that accepting their offer to pay for my therapy and possible medication ties me down more to them. I also feel most of my issues will disappear if I just move out.
Addendum: the situation for therapy, if I accept is: I go to a therapist of my choosing at my own schedule, and they will pay for it.
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I think the best way to explain it is by just giving some examples of what happened.
- My mother would read and monitor all my messages until I was 24. There were times when she would even call me while I was at class to get mad at me over something that one of my friends said on chat. She would yell at me because a friend would tell me a secret of theirs (usually involving their intimate life) that she disapproved of.
When I got into a very traumatic event that she knew about, I wasn't able to talk to my best friend about it and seek comfort because she already told him her version of events through my account, and I couldn't tell him twice.
- She would post pictures of me without my consent on my personal page, with captions that I myself would have never thought of or dreamed of writing. Think the most boomer level shit like "they said I'm SOOOOO tall!" (Who the fuck says that?!) . Whenever I confronted her and asked her to stop, she would say I'm suffocating her and being ungrateful. She knew I wanted to be a star, and she said I could never be a star because of how I was reacting to her posting pictures of me that I did not like (they were unflattering and very grainy). It got to the point where I was being made fun of at school because of such bad photos and bad captions, but she did not stop. When I told her about the bullying, she would just say that I was making up stories or to just not mind them. People genuinely thought that I was the person she made me out to be on social media, cringe captions and all, and of course nobody wanted to associate with me because "I" was so cringey, stuck up, and judgemental.
- When I was in elementary school, we were asked to write a report on any country of our choice. I was heavy into Egyptian culture at the time, and I was excited to write a report on Egypt. She refused to let me do it and demanded I write it on France. I tried to stand up for myself by doing it on Egypt anyway, but she made a report on France and made me turn it in. She even talked to the teachers after to be sure I gave the France report and not the Egypt report. When I was asked to write an on the spot essay a few weeks later, I made it on Egypt, not France. She got mad at me for that.
- She insisted that I stay within campus grounds at all times when I was in college. She would call me at random times to be sure I was not going elsewhere, and demand video call. Sometimes, she'd call in class. Several times, she called during exams. She would then get mad at me for not picking it up and making her call security. When I told her I was having exams, she would get mad at me for getting mad at her because she did not know (even if I told her???).
- If I wasn't picking up calls, she would call campus security to look for me and would not stop until they found me. There have been lots of situations where security got involved and bothered, but really I was just sleeping or taking an exam. It got to the point that I was always anxious and paranoid about my every move.
- I wasn't allowed to be in study sessions. I took a very difficult course in college, and so I needed help. Sometimes my classmates would hold study groups in preparation for midterms or finals. These groups would last past 12 MN, since classes sometimes end at 6 pm or even 8 pm.lIf she found out I was in this group and not in my dorm, she would call me, yell at me, and get security involved until I was back in my dorm, the exam be damned. Her reason for never letting me go out was because I took a difficult course and needed to focus, but she didn't let me get the help I needed for that course either.
- I had to give up the sport I loved to be a dancer. I had a sport I was taking up behind her back. Without going into too much detail, she considered it too masculine. But I was good at it. I was so good that they wanted to train me to enter the National Team and compete internationally. She pulled me out of the team and made me join a dance group I hated. I eventually got a leadership role in that group, and managed to get us a public performance. On the first public performance, I was starting to accept being a dancer. I was starting to feel happy in that field. While I was on cloud 9 on success, she pulled me aside and told me to quit the group because she was unhappy with the performance.
- Let's talk about that leadership role. For once, I though I had some control and power in a group. I tried hard to be a good leader. However, she would take control of the social media accounts and post things without my consent on to the social media accounts of the group. Other members were upset (rightfully so), and when I asked her to stop, she would say that the other members were terrible, didn't know what they were doing, and too young to know any better. She was older so what she was doing was right.
- You may ask where my father is in all of this. Whenever my mom and I would fight, I would raise my voice on purpose so my dad in the next room would hear me. I wanted him to save me. He never came. I thought it was because he was hard of hearing, but he admitted years later that he knew what was happening, but wanted me to face my own battles. I was a child. How do you expect an 8 year old to stand up to her mother?
That's just some of the things they put me through. Because of all that, I wasn't able to get forward very successfully in life. I barely got my degree. I wasn't allowed to socialize, so I had very few friends and lots of social anxiety. I wasn't able to get a good paying job, so I can't afford a place of my own unlike my friends. I'm mentally and socially behind my peers.
When I was 25, I had a major breakdown that made them start getting more lax on me. I threatened to kill myself if they didn't change their ways. My mom relinquished control of my social media and started letting me go out whenever I want to. They actually started changing so we can fix our relationship.
Despite that, it still hurts. I get flashbacks of what I went through from the most random shit. Last night, I saw a video of the dance I used to do and had another breakdown.
My mom thinks I should let go of the past because she's changed. I explained that even if she's changed, it still hurts. She says that I'm making much ado about nothing because the past can't be changed, but she's trying to make it up to me. She also reminds me that she did so much to take care of me as a baby, including having to pull my own shit out because I couldn't poop normally. I'm being ungrateful for remembering only the bad times and not the good times.
I've always felt that my best friend, who was the only person to comfort me whenever everything was happening, was the only one I had on my side. She reminds me that she, as my mother, is really the only person on my side because she's the only one who stayed this long and sacrificed so much for me.
Am I the asshole for still holding her sins against her? Or am I being a problematic person for clinging to the past and not being able to move forward?
My mom keeps telling me that I should be stronger than that, that the mind is a powerful thing that can break past the pain, but I'm just refusing to move on.
EDIT: I can't go non contact yet because I still live with her and sleep in the same room as her. She's beside me as I type this. This is because I don't have enough savings yet to move out (her controlling didn't allow me to earn or hold down a job, and I've given up opportunities because she didn't allow me to take them). But the moment I have enough saved, I'm out. I don't want to go to a shelter either or go on government support because I recognize that other people have bigger problems than me and I'm still more privileged than a lot of other people. It feels wrong to take funding and space away from people who actually need it more. I don't think I'd be able to sleep at night if I knew someone else with bigger problems was suffering because I took their spot.
Update: I just want to clarify this so that everyone gets the full story. I still sleep in the same room as my mom because the spare room that I can move into is still a mess (it turned into a storage room over the years), and I'm still in the process of cleaning it out and turning it into an inhabitable space for myself. Ever since I threatened to kill myself, my parents have allowed me to drive and get my license, allowed me to get a job, allowed me to go out, and even allowed me to party.
Additional question: She's been begging me to go to therapy for a year now. Should I accept it? I'm worried that accepting their offer to pay for my therapy and possible medication ties me down more to them. I also feel most of my issues will disappear if I just move out.
Addendum: the situation for therapy, if I accept is: I go to a therapist of my choosing at my own schedule, and they will pay for it.