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Queen never cry 💜

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it's kinda funny that while isolde is indeed in a Bad place rn, she also jumped to a time when psychiatry has made almost a century of advancement so, i know it's not that simple, but unironically? this is the best chance she's ever gotten of getting better

congrats isolde, you don't have to pick between electroshock therapy and lobotomy anymore!!

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that one trend on twitter ft. regulux

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Knowing our Arcanists 7: Charlie

Welcome to entry seven of my series: "Knowing our Arcanists"! This is a series in which I introduce and tell the stories of our fellow characters in Reverse: 1999. For our final character for this week, we have: Charlie!

Its my anxious queen who carried me in 1.0. Gosh her design needs a small reboot but I love her anyway because she can at least slay in it. Lets get started.

Charlie is an English arcanist from the 1650's, born on April 23rd. Her arcane skill is in relation to making brief illusions, which is fueled by her love for drama and acting.

She's a very anxious yet a daring person, who takes on the mantle of her grandfather William Shakespeare. Being a direct descendant, she was very much destined for a life full of drama, but she did not expect it to be like where she is now.

There was a troupe named the "King's Men," an acting company who was very much well known in the country as well as all of Europe at the time. First led by William, the company acted for many years until it was forced to officially close in 1640s, when the Puritans in Parliament gained control and forced the closure of theatre.

The English civil war led to the death of the king and the love for theatre, but the King's Men remained determined, shifting to become an outlaw troupe known as "The People's Men."

Prior to its outlawing, Charlie had not known her origins nor about the troupe, and did not want to take part in it until she was forced to join. Learning that the troupe planned to fight Cromwell, she made 13 attempts to run away before eventually giving up and reluctantly deciding to join them. She continued to hate it until one rehearsal where one of the actors fell ill and chose her to substitute for him.

She entered that stage full of nervousness, but by the end she received thunderous applause and cheering. She didn't anticipate such outcome, nor the fact that she was genuinely happy for the first time in her life. This is what allowed her to unlock her potential as an arcanist and a Shakespeare.

After the outlawing of plays and the dismissal of the actors, the current People's Men remained on the run for months or perhaps years, hosting illegal performances for those who request, and will make their run once they are seen.

Many of these requests needed to usually be decided by Charlie, but on some occasions, The Fool needs to try to convince her.

One such case was when they had gone to a town named "Autonoma" to perform for a secret festival. While I can't exactly remember much, this was one of the moments where the troupe had been close to being caught by the knights, but Charlie decided to keep the show going by making her defense against them by performing a trick with her skill.

When that trick failed and she was about to be caught, her troupe and the townspeople backed her up, and they drove the knights away. They celebrated the victory with the troupe's performance.

To think, Charlie's a very anxious and yet a very brave girl. While her anxiety causes her to have a great deal of self-doubt, her insecurities can be briefly burned away by her fiery passion and her unwavering resolve to put on a show. She'll forget how much she really hates herself in such moment.

But she also wishes to return home and lead a simple life as a farmer, taking her time to instead just read her grandfather's plays rather than perform them. But alas, her fate had other plans, and she can't exactly run away now. But would she really want to in the first place if this entire thing made her happy?

Charlie also greatly cares for her troupe, and wishes to do the best with them no matter what, but she can't shake off her gripes with them. She even hates the costume that she wears, curses them in her notes at times, and enjoys the days off that she gets.

However, her dedication to acting cannot be dismissed by her nor by others, so she'll keep going by her heart even if her mind refuses. She'll refuse to give up on the crew that refused to give up on her.

For what it's worth, she simply needs to be motivated enough to continuously ignite that passion, and follow by her hope that her performance and her illusions can also fill the joy and love in people's admiration in theatre. Maybe someday, through this, she'll find the confidence to love herself and what she's able to do as well.

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Knowing our Arcanists 6: Bkornblume

Welcome to entry six of my series: "Knowing our Arcanists"! This is a series in which I introduce and tell the stories of our fellow characters in Reverse: 1999. Today's character is: Bkornblume!

Bkorn's got a funny nickname, since its just a mash-up of blue and kornblume. (cornflower) However, she's got quite the short yet nice story, so I'll at the very least make it worth. Lets get started.

Bkornblume is a German arcanist born in the 1980's, born on February 9th. While I have no direct understanding of her arcane skill, I can at distinct that her skill involves sound, and is able to hear smaller sounds (like whispers) that are usually left unheard in the bigger melody.

She's a spy who works under the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, known in English as the Minister of Security, or more commonly known as the "Stasi." They were the state security and secret police of East Germany, who placed eyes everywhere in the former state.

East Germany has been known for its oppressive rule and its insistence for uniformity. The Stasi were meant to maintain state authority at the time but it was notoriously known as being one of the most oppressive police states, overlooking the lives of the state's civilians with intense surveillance, torture, and intimidation.

Most will conform, some will not. Of course, Bkornblume was not one of the people who wanted to immerse in her part of the role in this era. She's merely a listener who does her job as one.

Bkornblume grew up in Berlin, becoming part of the Stasi and is well-known for her arcane skill. She doesn't enjoy this job very much, but she also does to some degree as she's a good listener. She'll leave a bit of unheard commentary about everything she'll hear.

Her daily life tends to be just her listening and transcribing, but it can be said that she enjoys distracting herself and tends to delay her travels to work to take in the scenery. She's also spied on too. But she feels that she would be more uncomfortable if there weren't any eyes on her.

At one point, she had purchased her scarf (and the elk brooch that came with it) in a shop that was closing down. While not remembering the price, it costed a month's salary "and a funny joke which was rarely heard in East Berlin."

Bkornblume is a conformed and optimistic individual. However, she holds a quiet rebellion in her heart, dreaming of a world where everyone can practice freedom of speech. But with a colourful dream far away because of the dull walls around her, she'll only ever do the little things that she could do in her job. Calling for help, making that commentary, but especially endlessly writing. Even then, she's aware that she can't change everything in one go, so she'll try step by step as she speaks out for others.

It can't be denied that Bkornblume spent most of her time "alone," but she enjoys having those eyes on her. She would have wondered if she were dead if not. Like I said earlier, she's greatly optimistic in everything she does, and even believes that she's some sort of "undiscovered radio host." She wishes to become one in the future to comfort others in late nights. Bkornblume hopes that she's at the very least observed and acknowledged.

She's also a greatly mundane and relaxed person, enjoying the simplicity of life and even interacting with simple "contraband" that never really seems to be harmful, like flowers.

Bkornblume finds admiration in the pieces of wildlife that bloomed from old cracks, identifying them time to time such as cornflowers and chrysanthemums. She'll always find some in the most niche places and will share where to find them.

The cornflowers—kornblume in German—are why she took up her current nickname, as she had wanted to distinguish herself from the "countless other unfeeling names" like SCH KA/#.

She empathizes with others greatly and wishes to help them directly, but she can never cross the monitor to take action now can she? She'll shift around the stories of other people in her reports, and no beneficiary ever thinks twice about it as her reports are detailed and easily convincing. Her kindness reaches quite far despite her ways of wanting to express it being a little unethical.

She'll hear anything and everything meant to be hidden away, but hopes for a free world and will choose to grant peace and freedom to the innocent and defiant against such oppressive control.

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Knowing our Arcanists 4: Dikke

Welcome to entry four of my series: "Knowing our Arcanists"! This is a series in which I introduce and tell the stories of our fellow characters in Reverse: 1999. For today's character we have: Dikke!

Ah one of the first characters hit by the yuri-beam that became very popular in the fandom for her being easily paired with other characters. Her character is pretty interesting, as being one of the vessels of justice and one of the oldest characters in the game. Just wish that her kit was as powerful as her canon, anyway lets get started!

Lady Dikke is a European arcanist coming from the middle ages, born on October 10th. She is the current magistrate and Supreme Chief of the Special Court, and is a very eccentric person who carries out justice in unconventional ways.

Her arcane skill involves an ancient Babylonian soul, who resides in the flaming sword "Justice" and is often depicted as a spiritual claw looming over Dikke's shoulder. While ferocious, it has been her guiding spirit when it comes to doing her job. She states that its sentient, being easily swayed by what it thinks is an injustice. Whether it'd be an action or some believed meaningless rumors, it will respond accordingly.

It can be assumed that this soul is likely based off of Babylonian King Hammurabi, as he is the creator of the law code that ultimately became the law code for others. The code, named after him, is one of the earliest, longest, and best-preserved legal texts made in the ancient Near East.

We don't know too much about Dikke as herself prior to her work, but when she grew older, she first became a chancellor in the (Medieval) Inquisition. Its power started to grow in Europe to carry out cases and trials in place of the secular courts, and when Dikke became bishop, it grew more powerful, gradually prevailing control over the courts and laws across the region.

The Inquisition also had some degree of control on handling the cases of arcanists, both innocent and guilty. While being viewed as cruel and abusive by some, it can't be doubted that it held a special place in the arcanum world. Dikke usually carried out some of these trials herself, providing justice for the guilty and giving mercy for those innocent.

Some time after the Black Death pandemic, Dikke visited one of the villages to investigate the death of a member of a church, conducting a long investigation that seemed unconventional but fully efficient to be able to reach a conclusion.

She found that all the townspeople (including the church) were guilty, as multiple factors led to the death of the church member and the case was silenced further before her arrival. However she carried out no punishment.

At some point, she went to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pamiers in France, and became a magistrate and Supreme Chief of the Special Court there. During this time, she became in charge of conducting retrials of temporal court cases, to prevent wrongful convictions.

She used this to her advantage, as her control of this aspect led to many innocent arcanists to be saved from the witch hunts carried out by humans.

Dikke can be described as a very straightforward and active character, always making it a point to be fair and to be truthful. She never really lies, and continuously works towards carrying out the justice that guides her in every step she makes. Dikke is very insistent on it, and is often reluctant when it comes to accepting a position of power due to its connection with greed.

Despite these, she's not a stone cold person. She'll occasionally have a drink, make a humorous jab about the corrupt and the guilty, and enjoys quiet nights when the day ends with her goals fulfilled.

Dikke's belief in justice aligns with her layered empathy, but she is in no way to consider making an exception. She even tells herself that if she were to carry out an injustice that she too must deserve punishment. No guilty person can escape the blade of justice, neither will the wealthy and the powerful. Dikke will make sure of that.

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Knowing our Arcanists 3: Lilya

Welcome to entry three of my series: "Knowing our Arcanists"! This is a series in which I introduce and tell the stories of our fellow characters in Reverse: 1999. Today our character is: Lilya!

Hilariously enough, I think that I was introduced to Lilya with the small fuss surrounding her representation as a character who was born during Soviet-era Russia. But I really found joy in her character despite being mainly known for her brash drunkard personality. However, lets get started.

Lilya is an arcanist born in Moscow, Russia during the era of the Soviet Union, somewhere in the late 20th century. While having no clear age listed in Global, she is infamously known for being labeled as being 17 years old in CN. That aside, I'm also not sure of what her arcane skill exactly is, but she's known to be as one of the greatest broom pilots produced by the Zeno Armaments Engineering and Technology Academy.

She's a very straightforward, prideful, and aggressive person. Notably a drunkard and a rule-breaker, she's a seasoned soldier and undoubtedly very skilled at what she can do as a pilot. Even does her best to upkeep her broom Su-01ве.

Have I mentioned that she's an alcohol enthusiast and will be found drinking most of the time? She started drinking at an early age which is somewhat hilarious in nature, but also a bit strange of her to be drinking so young. It becomes an integral part of her character. A flaw at best, but it can't really be taken from her now.

Lilya has always had a passion for flying growing up. She was one of the arcanists picked and sent to the eastern-dominated Zeno Academy, and trained relentlessly there throughout her years. She was well known to be a troublemaker, but an efficient broom pilot. Being one of the best of the best, she was given her broom at a young age as well, and touched upon her potential. Lilya became famous for her insane speeds, and slowly became more involved as an important unit. Eventually, she became a cadet in Zeno's Air Force Reserves, beginning to board on aircrafts at 14.

One of her first few missions led her to war-torn Juhalerat, a city in Central Asia, where she provided support for Lieutenant Bertholt, who was secretly tasked to retrieve confidential documents taken from the academy. To everyone else's knowledge, they were carrying out a rescue mission. This would be one of the first instances where she was heavily involved in war and artillery, as her mission has led to multiple gunfights and her first encounters with real death in front of her.

In the aftermath, she was interrogated for the events due to one of the surviving soldiers in that unit turning himself in for arrest, atoning for the death of another unit and a friend they made in that time. (despite his innocence)

The next event had Lilya involved in SPDM, where she and other pilots took care of the manus-produced olitiaus that were making trouble around the building as a means to attempt taking some children from the Foundation, and was also one of the last few obstacles that faced the breakaway kids from leaving the school. (yet as we know, she failed to do so)

She continued to train in Zeno, eventually graduating as "Graduate of the Year." She rose to her current position as a lieutenant and was greatly rewarded for such. She became such an exceptional individual that she had become an inspiration for cadets and low-ranking soldiers alike.

One of her most notable feats (or incidents) was when she intercepted a reconnaissance plane over the Barents Sea by herself. Its likely that this is based off of the story of the Sukhoi Su-27—named "Red 36"— intercepting a Norwegian Lockheed P-3 Orion over the Barents Sea, making collision with it after 3 passes. If that were the case, it would likely be why Lilya also nicknames her broom as the "Red 38" despite it being labeled as "Red 36." But that won't be delved into as of now.

Prior to the present, Lilya had accepted an unnamed position in the Foundation's headquarters, rarely sent out for missions but has been found to be drinking or training in Laplace often. She becomes involved again as she becomes an important character in Chapter 4, 5, and 7. In Chapter 4, she accepts Vertin's request to aid her newfound friends and also took her out of her coma in the Laplace Rehab Center, while in Chapter 5 she fought against the gorgon in the Aegean Sea in efforts to protect APPLe II before it was inevitably sunk. Lastly in Chapter 7, she brought home Apeiron's scroll back to Laplace amidst the oncoming "Storm."

While I already mentioned her brute personality, she's also capable of being insightful and caring. She puts a bit of care to those she considers as friends, and will make efforts to look after or spend time with them if she ever feels she could. For example, her relationship with Vertin from when they first met slowly grew into a close friendship; as Vertin gives Lilya some good alcohol she can find, and Lilya gives Vertin exclusive free flights on her broom. (and will also offer a drink)

To conclude, Lilya is a soldier familiar with the nature of war and makes effort into serving her duties as a soldier and pilot on the field. Don't let either her brashness or her ability to care fool you. Lilya is the Goddess of Victory after all, and she's not afraid to utilize her arsenal and her broom's artillery to pick a fight.

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Knowing our Arcanists 2: Eternity

Welcome to entry two of my series: "Knowing our Arcanists"! This is a series in which I introduce and tell the stories of our fellow characters in Reverse: 1999, and next up is: Eternity!

Eternity was my first main DPS in the game and she had always been intriguing as she has quite the vague story even as a 1.0 character. As such, a lot of this write up is mainly an interpretation of my own. Now, lets get started.

Eternity, born Winnifred, is an American arcanist coming from Exeter, Rhode Island,USA. Born on December 25th, she currently holds a very interesting arcane skill: immortality maintained via connection to aquatic creatures. She has a large connection to the ocean and its animals, and she maintains her immortality by the consumption of sea animals and blue blood. At the same time, she's known to be able to tame sea creatures and manipulate water (or blue blood) to lull one's mind into placidity.

Half of this makes the idea that she is a vampire, which isn't wrong, however she's not exactly one, per se. Since vampires in this game are more known to be associated with the Infected. (which she isn't)

While we don't know much about her childhood, her story starts out early into her adulthood, when she left her candy business in Exeter to avoid being hunted down by the townspeople. Eternity was 'accused' of being a vampire as young people were dying left and right due to an unknown disease—later found to be tuberculosis—whilst Eternity herself thrived without struggle.

Upon leaving, she started out a new arcanum shop business, which sold various items that has a quite range of uses; they may be functional but they're also a bit unconventional. (she currently has a feud with the Foundation about an invisibility cloak and was known to have sold transfigured frogs lmao) This made her an efficient arcane craftsman and businesswoman over time.

Eternity is a very social person, being popular amongst people across the US in all the eras of the 20th Century. Yet, to keep a low profile, Eternity makes efforts to ensure that her identity as an immortal is never revealed. Never making too close of connections, moving from place to place, dismissing people's assumptions about her familiarity. She rose to popularity in the 40s as a socialite between various soldiers (before they were sent off to WWII), then between the 60s to 70s as an actor and TV host, and then in the 90s again as an information broker.

However, she is also a very simple person, never attending late night balls nor staying up past 10 pm. She ends her nights by sitting down and watching The Night Show with a glass of milk. She has a love for talk shows like that, and even wishes to be a guest on it.

Eternity's kindness, transparency, and insightfulness is also known among people who indeed attempt to get close to her. Such one case is of Brian Finn, one of the few people that Eternity made consistent contact with over the course of their lifetime. He left an impression on her as a courageous and unshaken person who never abandoned his ideals over time, even to his deathbed. As such, she rewarded him with a calming and peaceful end.

While continuously growing to be alone as an immortal, Eternity always try to catch up to the latest things to fill that space; tries her best to avoid growing too attached to material things as they're slowly eroded by time. But loneliness can't be escaped, nor can she do anything more to change it. So instead, she remains cordial and involved; always tying up the loose ends, and ensuring to maintain the tranquility in her current life.

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Knowing our Arcanists 1: Sonetto

Welcome to the first entry of this new series: "Knowing our Arcanists"! This is a series in which I introduce and tell the stories of our fellow characters in Reverse: 1999, and of course we will start with the game's featured character: Sonetto!

Sonetto is one of the first characters that we meet in this game, and I really love her as a character. I found her origins to be one of the most vague and one that I really wish that it could be further explored in a future patch. However, we make do with what we know about her in the story and in the game. That aside, lets get started.

Sonetto is an arcanist with an Italian lineage. Her arcane skill is being able to visualize and materialize poetry, and she practices it by reading them and painting what she can see. Despite being reserved, she is an innately curious person, sometimes subtly deviating from her path to satiate her curiosity. She may be grateful for being raised under the Foundation's roof, but she hopes that she's able to continue exploring the world on her own.

Driven by her desires and passions as an arcanist, she strives for peace among mankind, and works hard to be able to help everyone around her. She serves as a model investigator in the St. Pavlov Foundation.

Being born without family, Sonetto was taken into the Foundation at a very young age. And during this time, she worked intensely to perform amazingly as a student, and has always been known to be one of the best amongst her peers. With SPDM's teachings, she was a model student and future investigator.

She was very well-loved by instructors and students alike in the school, and she kept working hard to upkeep her performance over the years. Most of her curiosity had been pushed down to adhere to her teachings, but is sometimes rooted out because of a fellow classmate of hers: Vertin. As they were deskmates, Vertin was known to have attempted to create closure with Sonetto by bringing the things that made the former (and the latter) curious, such as stones, frogs, and toffees.

However, due to Sonetto's attempts to repress such desires, she stopped Vertin from bringing her anything "not allowed in the school." It didn't stop the two of them being together, but it created an emotional rift despite them turning to each other for help.

In her later years in SPDM, Sonetto's status as a top student and dedication to the Foundation remained unchanged, continuing to work hard to be able to graduate. However, she continued to be attentive to her classmates and friends, simply wanting them to be safe and happy above all else. Even when faced with the choice of having to bring the breakaway students back into the shelter, with the choice of joining Vertin and them, she could only let them be. It was too much of a risk. Whether she did or never knew what happened to them and what became of Vertin (before the prologue) is up to interpretation.

She eventually graduated, and naturally rose the ranks within the Foundation and became a squad leader in an investigation team. After what happened in the prologue, she was promoted to work alongside the Timekeeper, and neither of them left each other's side since.

Sonetto's curiosity starts coming to light again as she starts finding her own interests, where she reads and answers newspapers during the mornings and scrapbooks articles that she found interesting. She takes guidance from other poets to further expand her knowledge and practice. Sonetto wishes to travel under the guise of missions and breaks, and hopes to be guided by her friends so she could learn about the world.

On multiple occasions, her kindness and straightforward words shine through, complimenting everyone around her and treating everyone fairly. This doesn't mean that Sonetto is picture perfect, though. At times, she's overcome by her passion and emotions, becoming easy to get a reaction from. Efficient and calculated, but also quick to turn aggressive.

Throughout the course of the story, we see Sonetto's repressed nature slowly turn on its head as she spends time with Vertin and their newfound friends. In Chapters 4-5, she continues to defend Vertin and the rest of Team Timekeeper, and even bring posthumous justice to Schneider after learning of her origins. She's fortunately guided by her goal to help everyone to be able to defend her friends continuously and strive to give justice to those she's lost.

As the story moves forward, we'll continuously see how her character develops, and hopefully we'll get to see a story of her own in the future. Feel free to ask any questions about her! :)

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Knowing our Arcanists 5: Tennant

Welcome to entry five of my series: "Knowing our Arcanists"! This is a series in which I introduce and tell the stories of our fellow characters in Reverse: 1999. Today we have: Tennant!

My god, its everyone's favorite lesbian and scammer. This woman is partially why I got into Reverse: 1999 in the first place, and she's probably the reason why a good chunk of the fandom started playing during launch. But anyways, lets get started.

Ada Tennant was born in Birmingham, UK on September 8th in the 1920s. She became more active in the 40s as a notable socialite and scammer, using her arcane skill in which she's able to transform anything of lesser value (like coal) into diamonds.

She grew up as part of the House of Tennant, a famous and wealthy arcanist family in the 20s-30s. Her father, Laurence Tennant, was a senior official mineralogist who managed diamond mining, identification, and transportation for British India. For some time, Ada lived in New Delhi, India, to be close with her father.

In 1937, Laurence went missing, accused of stealing a batch of diamonds and replacing them with disguised coal through his arcane skill. Over the course of the investigation, Ada—a teenager at the time—was put under long-term surveillance by the British Indian Army for a year, before she ran away herself and disappeared in 1938.

Recently after her disappearance, there have been reports about arcanum-related thefts where batches of diamonds are being stolen and replaced with charcoal with arcane skills. Its likely that Ada had moved to Paris.

Since then, Ada started going by her family name Tennant, and has become a lot more active as a merchant and scammer. She became the talk of the town, being well-loved by many wealthy women and being an interest of many wealthy men.

It should be noted that its clear that Tennant has a higher romantic interest in women, as she's mainly flirtatious with them. She has a bit of respect for the male clients around her; at the same time, she's a gentlewoman. She knows how to please all the hearts and minds of the women around her, and is not afraid to use such to her advantage.

She attended and hosted many banquets and struck deals with many clients over time. Many left their fortunes with her, and she simply replies with her usual tricks. To successfully lie is an art, and Tennant is good at it.

Tennant is no doubt very charming and a very well-mannered person. She's skilled in her social capabilities and can talk and flirt her way to people's desires. But don't let such make you disregard her humility. She holds value to her "humble" beginnings and her own worth as a person, having a bit less care for luxury when it comes to human connection.

Despite this, she knows luxury when she sees it, and will leave a comment or two about it as she's knowledgeable on the subject. Her knowledge brings her quite far, knowing when to compliment or when to give advice for those who share her sense of style.

She's also a clean person, being considerate of the people around her, and maintains her health and style to be at its best. These won't prevent her for carrying a gun for obvious reasons, but she'll handle it and her clothes with care.

At the same time, you also can't let Tennant's flattery fool you. She's incredibly clever and deceptive, making intricate ways to scam others and leave with no trace. She'll be impressed when one can figure her out, maybe a bit disappointed when her tricks fail.

But overall, her intentions are difficult to predict and read. If she can find that one shares the same skill level as her, she'll also be quite impressed of such capability.

Speaking of which, Tennant is not very easy to manipulate back, as she will do anything to find the very truth she'll want to know. Whether she will sweet-talk into your heart, or break it for you to see the consequences.

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emanated adolescence

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Happy birthday to you

Today's treatment is the whole world treating you better.

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oooh you wanna read my fic so bad oooh (please)

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