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[zhulii]

“Shh, don’t scream! I’m not trying to attack you!” -Ingvar

Zhu Li had always been a quiet woman. She wasn't one to scream in the event of danger. She was one to bite. Ingvar's warning, fortunately, came quickly enough to spare him bloodshed. She lowered her voice to a whisper. Even if he wasn't danger, that didn't mean there was no danger nearby. "Then who are you? What do you want?"

[zhulii]

The request catches her off guard, though she really should've expected it. She'd gotten so wrapped up in admiring him, in touching him, that she'd nearly forgotten that she had a body of her own. It's not that she's against being touched; even through the thick fabric of her bulky jacket, his hands on her make her heart beat faster. It just isn't priority. Besides, in her opinion, she's not much to look at.

She peels her scarf off slowly, stalling for just a moment. It isn't that she thinks she's unattractive, she's just… unremarkable. Average. Nothing to write home about. She opens her jacket and sets it aside.

Maybe in a lineup of other perfectly average people she'd be more comfortable with this; but, Varrick's long legs and perfect hair are a hard act to follow. He could star in his own movers if he wasn't better suited to being the genius behind the camera. Or maybe, she considers as she begins unbuttoning her shirt, she'd feel more confident if she didn't know the undergarments beneath it were stretched out and beige. She couldn't even remember the last time she'd bought anything new. If ever there were an occasion, this was it. Unfortunately, she'd been a bit busy saving the world to stop for lingerie shopping.

The buttons of her shirt are all open, but still she holds the fabric together to cover her chest as she looks sternly at him. "If you laugh, I'm leaving."

She releases her death grip on the shirt and allows it to fall off her shoulders and onto the floor. Her simple, beige, no frills bra is just slightly too snug, accentuating her c-cups. Despite her hesitation, she wants to make it clear that she isn't having second thoughts about taking the lead. She grabs his hands and firmly presses them to her chest.

@zhulii

Varrick was... Overstimulated. That was one way of putting it. So much had happened that day! He'd gotten engaged, became a hero, seen a new spirit portal open thanks to the superweapon he'd invented that had nearly wiped out him and everything he cared about, but it hadn't, and he was safe now, alone with his fiancee and trying to process everything that had happened.

His fiancee. No longer his assistant. That was the part he really couldn't get over. He felt like he hadn't even had time to really think about it. She'd said yes. How were things going to change?

He felt overcome with it even as he opened the door to his penthouse. Thankfully the building had escaped unscathed from the battle. He wasn't even really used to being back in Republic City. He was happy, of course he was, but he didn't know what things were going to be like now. Whatever it was, Varrick would be happy with it because it was with Zhu Li. Even if he had to make his own tea now. And wash his own clothes. And fold them. And hang them. And iron them, and, oh, spirits, how many steps did clothing even have?

Was that what married life was? Washing your own socks? It had always seemed so unappealing before. Would it suit him? Was he in a bold, new, independent era? That sounded terrifying. Still, he was prepared to face it with characteristic bravery and good humor. He was a hero now, after all.

He got to the door first. "After you," he said to Zhu Li as he opened the door, then forgot to wait and stepped inside. He realized as he did kt and stepped outside again to keep holding the door open. "Ladies first."

[pikahlua]

MHA Chapter 423 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

tagline 1 ねじ込んだ一撃ーー‼︎ ねじこんだいちげきーー‼︎ nejikonda ichigeki--!! A single, exacting blow--!!

tagline 2 No.423　OFA vs AFO　堀越耕平 ナンバー423　ワン・フォー・オールバーサスオール・フォー・ワン　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 423  WAN FOO OORU vs OORU FOO WAN  Horikoshi Kouhei No. 423 One for All vs All for One Kouhei Horikoshi

1 何故気付けなかった なぜきづけなかった naze kidzukenakatta Why didn't I notice?

2 この窶れた"身体"に「超再生」が適用されない違和感 このやつれた"からだ"に「ちょうさいせい」がてきようされないいわかん kono yatsureta "karada" ni 「chousaisei」 ga tekiyou sarenai iwakan [This] sense of discomfort that Super Regeneration no longer applies to this worn-out body.

3 こいつだ…いやーーー koitsu da...iya--- It's this guy...no---

4 こいつらがーー‼︎ koitsura ga--!! All of these [people]--!!

5 謀ったのだ はかったのだ hakatta no da They conspired.

1 それ単体では それたんたいでは sore tantai de wa By itself

2 あまりに脆弱な"敵意" あまりにぜいじゃくな"てき��" amari ni zeijaku na "tekii" [each one's] enmity was too frail,

3 しかし撚り集まって しかしよりあつまって shikashi yori atsumatte but when they gathered together,

4 いつしか僕を覆い感受を鈍らせていたのだ いつしかぼくをおおいかんじゅをにぶらせていたのだ itsu shika boku wo ooi kanju wo niburasete ita no da before I knew it, they enshrouded me and dulled my sensitivity. (Note: He means his ability to sense one person via Danger Sense became dulled because there were too many people with enmity gathered together in one place.)

5 与一と継承者どもを打ち込まれたあの時にもう精神のみならず よいちとけいしょうしゃどもをうちこまれたあのときにもうせいしんのみならず Yoichi to keishousha-domo wo uchikomareta ano toki ni mou seishin no minarazu Yoichi and all the successors were cast [into me]. At that time, not only my spirit but

6 身体も…‼︎ からだも…‼︎ karada mo...!! my body, too...!!

7 生半可な"身体"では なまはんかな"からだ"では namahanka na "karada" de wa (literal) A half-baked body (official) Your limp-noodle body isn't ready for it.

8 受け取り切れず四肢が爆散してしまうんだ！ うけとりきれずししがばくさんしてしまうんだ！ uketori kirezu shishi ga bakusan shite shimaunda! (literal) can't receive it. Your limbs would explode! (official) Your limbs would pop right off!! (Note: This frame is from chapter 2.)

9 たった2年…！8代目より少し上乗せされた… たった2ねん…！8だいめよりすこしうわのせされた… tatta 2nen...! 8daime yori sukoshi uwanosesareta... "Only 2 years...! I only added a little more to [what it was with] 8th..." (Note: He means he only added 2 years' worth of power to OFA, a tiny amount after what it was when All Might passed it off.)

10 9人分の力の結晶だ 9にんぶんのちからのけっしょうだ 9ninbun no chikara no kesshou da "It's the crystallization of power in proportion to nine people."

1 既に"身体"も すでに"からだ"も sude ni karada mo This body also has already

2 砕かれていた事に くだかれていたことに kudakarete ita koto ni been broken, unfortunately.

3 "個性"が崩れてく… "こせい"がくずれてく… "kosei" ga kuzureteku... "His quirks are crumbling..." (Note: This is a word often used to describe the effects of Tomura's Decay.)

4 やったのか緑谷…！ やったのかみどりや…！ yatta no ka Midoriya...! "Did you do it, Midoriya...!"

1 まだだ‼︎ mada da!! Not yet!!

2 "個性"で無理矢理 "こせい"でむりやり "kosei" de muriyari With his quirks, he forcibly

3 つなぎ止めた！ つなぎとめた！ tsunagitometa! tied himself together! (Note: This word also means "to save someone's life." In this case AFO is forcibly preserving his own life by using his quirks to keep himself from falling apart.)

4 まだ何も為していない まだなにもなしていない mada nani mo nashite inai "I haven't achieved anything yet."

5 誰にも奪わせはしない…‼︎ だれにもうばわせはしない…‼︎ dare ni mo ubawase wa shinai...!! "I won't let anyone steal it away...!!"

6 僕だけが夢を為す ぼくだけがゆめをなす boku dake ga yume wo nasu "Only I will achieve my dream."

7 誰にも…！継がぬ…紡がぬ‼︎ だれにも…！つがぬ…つむがぬ‼︎ dare ni mo...! tsuganu...tsumuganu!! "No one...! [They] won't inherit it... [They] won't spin the tale*!!" (*Note: The word used here means "to spin (thread), to make up a story, to assemble, to put together.")

8 魔王は常に唯一‼︎ まおうはつねにゆいいつ‼︎ maou wa tsune ni yuiitsu!! "The Demon King is always the only one!!"

9 そうだとも繰り返せばいい… そうだともくりかえせばいい… sou da tomo kurikaeseba ii... Even if that's true, I can just do it over again...

10 愚かな弔にそうしたように‼︎ おろかなとむらにそうしたように‼︎ oroka na Tomura ni sou shita you ni!! Just like how I did to foolish Tomura!!

11 OFA無き今緑谷でも…！誰でも‼︎ ワン・フォー・オールなきいまみどりやでも…！だれでも‼︎ WAN FOO OORU naki ima Midoriya demo...! dare demo!! Even Midoriya, now that he doesn't have One For All...! Anyone!!

12 "個性"を「与え」奪えばいい‼︎ "ぼく自身"を「あたえ」うばえばいい‼︎ "boku jishin (kanji: kosei)" wo 「atae」 ubaeba ii!! I can give and take away "myself" (read as: my quirk)!!

1 器を!!! うつわを!!! utsuwa wo!!! "[I'll make] a vessel!!!"

2 もうやめろAFO もうやめろオール・フォー・ワン mou yamero OORU FOO WAN "Give it a rest, All For One."

3 緑谷‼︎ みどりや‼︎ Midoriya!! "Midoriya!!"

4 白雲…⁉︎ しらくも…⁉︎ Shirakumo...!? "Shirakumo...!?"

5 消…太 しょう…た Shou...ta "Shou...ta"

6 山…田… やま…だ… Yama...da... "Yama...da..."

7 ゴメン…ナ…… GOMEN...NA...... "I'm...sorry......"

8 行かなくては…私はーーーーー いかなくては…わたしはーーーーー ikanakute wa...watashi wa----- Have to go...I-----

1 死柄木弔を守らなくては しがらきとむらをまもらなくては Shigaraki Tomura wo mamoranakute wa I have to protect Tomura Shigaraki

2 Xあ‼︎X生‼︎ Xあ‼︎Xしょう‼︎ XA!! Xshou!! (Note: This speech bubble is partially cut off.)

3 やっぱり…‼︎どこまでも… yappari...!! doko made mo... "As expected...!! No matter what..."

4 手ぇ差し伸べちまうんだよあいつは‼︎ てぇさしのべちまうんだよあいつは‼︎ tee sashinobechimaunda yo aitsu wa!! "he's that guy who'll hold out his hand [for someone]!!"

5 A…FO… オール…フォー・ワン… OORU...FOO WAN... "All...For One..."

6 死柄…木弔を…オ返シ…下サイ しがら…きとむらを…オかえシ…くだサイ Shigara...ki Tomura wo...OkaSHI...kudaSAI "Tomura Shigara...ki...Please give...him back."

7 オッおォッ OoO "Ooo"

1 オ友達が待っテイルんデす オともだちがまっテイルんデす Otomodachi ga matTE IRUnDEsu "His friends are waiting."

1 爆豪⁉︎ ばくごう⁉︎ Bakugou!? "Bakugou!?"

2 病院にって…‼︎うっそだろあいつ！ びょういんにって…‼︎うっそだろあいつ！ byouin ni tte...!! usso daro aitsu! "They said [you were heading to] the hospital...!! That guy's unbelievable!"

3 「爆破」で一人で来やがった‼︎ 「ばくは」でひとりできやがった‼︎ 「bakuha」 de hitori de kiyagatta!! "He went and came over alone using Explosion!!"

4 轟の"ジャンプ台"貸りたけどよォ〜〜〜〜〜 とどろきの"ジャンプだい"かりたけどよォ〜〜〜〜〜 Todoroki no "JANPU dai" karita kedo yoO~~~~~ "I borrowed Todoroki's jump platform, but~~~~~"

5 俺に追い越されてンなよ出久‼︎ おれにおいこされてンなよいずく‼︎ ore ni oikosareteN na yo Izuku!! "don't let me overtake you, Izuku!!"

6 AFO…‼︎おまえを許しはしない オール・フォー・ワン…‼︎おまえをゆるしはしない OORU FOO WAN...!! omae wo yurushi wa shinai "All For One...!! I won't forgive you."

1 けれど理解できない化物だとも思わない けれどりかいできないばけものだともおもわない keredo rikai dekinai bakemono da to mo omowanai "But I don't think you're an incomprehensible monster."

2 …やめろ ...yamero "...Stop."

3 おまえは魔王なんかじゃない おまえはまおうなんかじゃない omae wa maou nanka ja nai "You are not actually a Demon King."

4 見るな みるな miruna "Don't look [at me]."

5 おまえはただの omae wa tada no "You're just"

6 寂しがりな人間だ‼︎ さみしがりなにんげんだ‼︎ samishigari na ningen da!! "a lonely person!!"

1 与一…⁉︎ よいち…⁉︎ Yoichi...!? "Yoichi...!?"

2 緑谷くんは みどりやくんは Midoriya-kun wa "Midoriya-kun"

3 限り限りのラインでカケラが残るよう ぎりぎりのラインでカケラがのこるよう girigiri no RAIN de KAKERA ga nokoru you "seems to have a fragment remain for as long as possible."

4 ぶつける力を調整したんだね…… ぶつけるちからをちょうせいしたんだね…… butsukeru chikara wo chousei shitanda ne...... "I guess he adjusted the force of his hit......"

5 そして　残り火による"感応"で叩き起こしたんだ そして　のこりびによる"かんのう"でたたきおこしたんだ soshite nokoribi ni yoru "kannou" de tataki okoshitanda Then, I was roused awake in response to his embers.

6 僅かな残滓となった僕を わずかなざんしとなったぼくを wazuka na zanshi to natta boku wo I, who became mere dregs,

7 ワン・フォー・オールを WAN FOO OORU wo One For All.

8 正しく完遂させる為に ただしくかんすいさせるために tadashiku kansui saseru tame ni In order to properly follow [things] through. (Note: The order of the lines here makes this confusing. He's saying that, in response to Izuku's final attack with his embers, the barest dregs of Yoichi's vestige was roused. This one last piece of his vestige remained likely because Izuku held back on his attack using Yoichi's vestige. Now that he, the base One For All quirk, has awoken, he will carry out the mission of One For All.)

9 どうでもいい‼︎ dou demo ii!! "I don't care!!"

10 どうでもいい‼︎ dou demo ii!! "I don't care!!"

11 消えるな‼︎顔を見せろ！ きえるな‼︎かおをみせろ！ kieruna!! kao wo misero! "Don't disappear!! Show your face!"

12 無理だよ むりだよ muri da yo "That's impossible."

13 消える きえる kieru "I'll disappear."

14 駄目だ だめだ dame da "You can't!"

15 僕のモノだ‼︎僕を見ていろ‼︎目を見せろ‼︎ ぼくのモノだ‼︎ぼくをみていろ‼︎めをみせろ‼︎ boku no MONO da!! boku wo mite iro!! me wo misero!! "You're mine!! Look at me!! Show [me] your eyes!!"

16 兄さん にいさん niisan "[Older] Brother,"

17 貴方を導けなかった あなたをみちびけなかった anata wo michibikenakatta "I couldn't guide you."

18 これは緑谷くんが見出してくれた これはみどりやくんがみいだしてくれた kore wa Midoriya-kun ga miidashite kureta "Midoriya-kun discovered this for me."

19 僕らへの最期の救済だ ぼくらへのさいごのきゅうさいだ bokura e no saigo no kyuusai da "It's our final* salvation." (*Note: The word used for "final" here means "one's last moment at their time of death.")

1 駄目だ‼︎許可しない‼︎大好きだ！ だめだ‼︎きょかしない‼︎だいすきだ！ dame da!! kyoka shinai!! daisuki da! "You can't!! I won't allow it!! I love you!"

2 大好きなんだ!!!おまえがいないと僕は駄目なんだ!!! だいすきなんだ!!!おまえがいないとぼくはだめなんだ!!! daisuki nanda!!! omae ga inai to boku wa dame nanda!!! "I love you!!! If you're gone I have no purpose*!!!" (*Note: The word used here, dame, means many things depending on context. It means "bad, no good, useless, broken, hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless.")

3 そうやって sou yatte "In that way,"

4 全てを己が為に利用してきた代償を払う時だ すべてをおのがためにりようしてきたツケをはらうときだ subete wo ono ga tame ni riyou shite kita TSUKE (kanji: daishou) wo harau toki da "it's time to pay reparations for taking advantage of everything for your own sake."

5-6 彼が起こしたのは僕だけじゃない かれがおこしたのはぼくだけじゃない kare ga okoshita no wa boku dake ja nai "I was not the only one he awoke."

1 先生に喰われて消滅したと思ったんだけどな… せんせいにくわれてしょうめつしたとおもったんだけどな… sensei ni kuwarete shoumetsu shita to omottanda kedo na... I thought I had been devoured by Master and disappeared, but...

2 あんたが俺を あんたがおれを anta ga ore wo were you

3 消えないように繋ぎ止めてたのか きえないようにつなぎとめてたのか kienai you ni tsunagi tometeta no ka tying* me down so I wouldn't disappear? (*Note: Again, this word also means "to save someone's life.")

4 おばあちゃん obaachan Grandma,

5 黒霧…………… くろぎり…………… Kurogiri............... Kurogiri...............

6 先生から身体を奪い返しただけで せんせいからからだをうばいかえしただけで sensei kara karada wo ubai kaeshita dake de I only stole my body back from Master, and

7 何も壊せやしなかった なにもこわせやしなかった nani mo kowase ya shinakatta I didn't destroy anything.

8 結局俺はおまえの言った通り…泣いてるガキだったって事か けっきょくおれはおまえのいったとおり…ないてるガキだったってことか kekkyoku ore wa omae no itta toori...naiteru GAKI datta tte koto ka "In the end, I was just as you said... A crying kid, huh?"

9 この手をX壊せなかったX このてをXこわせなかったX kono te wo X kowasenakatta X "This hand X couldn't break X"." (Note: Some of this speech bubble is cut off. It could say something like "I couldn't break these hands of yours.")

10 …やった事を許せはしないだから戦った …やったことをゆるせはしないだからたたかった ...yatta koto wo yuruse wa shinai da kara tatakatta "...I can't forgive the things you've done; that's why I fought."

1 止めたかったし…止まってほしかったんだ とめたかったし…とまってほしかったんだ tometakatta shi...tomatte hoshikattanda "I wanted to stop [you]... I wanted [you] to stop,"

2 悲しみが紡がれないように かなしみがつむがれないように kanashimi ga tsumugarenai you ni "so that the sadness wouldn't [keep] spin[ning]*." (*Note: This is back to that word that means "to spin yarn, to spin tales, etc." Izuku is saying he didn't want the sadness to beget more sadness. He wants the chain of sadness to stop.)

3 ハッ HA "Ha." (Note: This is an exhalation that could mean any number of things, like shock, laughter, realization, etc.)

4 緑谷出久 みどりやいずく Midoriya Izuku "Izuku Midoriya,"

5 スピナーが生きてたら伝えてくれよ スピナーがいきてたらつたえてくれよ SUPINAA ga ikitetara tsutaete kure yo "if Spinner is alive, please tell him [something]."

6 "死柄木弔"は最期まで壊す為に戦ったって "しがらきとむら"はさいごまでこわすためにたたかったって "Shigaraki Tomura" wa saigo made kowasu tame ni tatakatta tte "Tomura Shigaraki fought until the very end* in order to destroy." (*Note: Again, this is that "finale" word that means "one's last moment at their time of death.")

7 もう…壊したよ もう…こわしたよ mou...kowashita yo "You already...destroyed [it]."

tagline 決着‼︎永きにわたる因縁が晴れ上がるーー‼︎ けっちゃく‼︎ながきにわたるいんねんがはれあがるーー‼︎ kecchaku!! nagaki ni wataru innen ga hareagaru--!! Settled!! The chain of cause and effect that spans a long time is cleared up--!!

[vashtijoy]

The under appreciated shuake dynamic of Akira looking Akechi straight in the eye and telling him a lot of the people he killed probably deserved it.

*coughs in Okumura*

edit: Turns out Okumura isn't as bad as I thought, annoyingly since I still hate him very much. The localisation says that he's responsible for most of the mental shutdowns (which, ???).

This turns out to be a little inaccurate. Okumura is not responsible for most of the shutdowns, but for most of the "odd suspicious cases that aren't accidents or illnesses" that Sae was investigating—presumably things like the naked guy at Wild Duck Burger:

Yusuke 新島検事はまず、一連の連続事件のうち、明らかに事故や病気でない『不審なもの』を抜き出している。 niijima-kenji wa mazu, ichiren no renzoku jiken no uchi, akiraka ni jiko ya byouki de nai "fushinna mono" o nukidashiteiru First, Prosecutor Niijima has been looking into the continued cases of people suddenly collapsing. [lit. Public Prosecutor Niijima has, first of all, extracted odd suspicious cases that were obviously not accidents or illnesses from the continuing series of incidents.] First of all, Prosecutor Niijima has been looking into a subset of the incidents—the peculiar cases that obviously weren't accidents or illnesses.

Yusuke それらに共通点が無いかを探っていたらしい。 sorera ni kyoutsuuten ga nai ka o sagutteita rashii It seems she [was] searching for a common thread to tie them all together.

Yusuke 憶測の部分もあるようだが、過半数の事件で大きな利益を得る立場にあった存在を特定している。 okusoku no bubun mo aru you da ga, kahansuu no jiken de ookina rieki o eru tachiba ni atta sonzai o tokutei shiteiru Some parts seem to be speculation, but she has cited a beneficiary of the majority of these incidents.

... and that beneficiary is Okumura Foods and its CEO Okumura, of course.

Now, we know that Okumura was responsible for deaths—there's at least one case where a car overturns and all four passengers, including a VP of one of Okumura's competitors, are killed. (If you're keeping count for Akechi, that's four dead in one day alone.) Okumura is Thoroughly Unpleasant. He's just not "responsible for most of the mental shutdowns that went on for years" unpleasant.

I think I have this translation right. It makes sense, for one thing, that Okumura was responsible for most of the weird scandals. It doesn't make sense that he was responsible for most of the mental shutdowns.

[morimyulyrics]

The red thread... of fate? Teehee. This song this song this song. Hiraryo is of course STELLAR as he always is. To sing about everything, and to sing it in a way that looks like he really is just piecing together bits of information instead of singing a song. I've always adored Hiraryo's take on Sherlock, and this song is no exception. The way he's so happy at the end!! Because he's gotten to the truth. Because he's finally "standing on the same plane". I'm all feels!!!

The red thread

緋色の糸 | Hiiro no ito Character: Sherlock Holmes

Kanji ひとつひとつ　可能性を潰していけば どんな有り得なさそうなことでも…

「…この裁判記録が、導く真実…、それは…、 リアムと本物のウィリアム…、二人の入れ替わりだ。」

貧民街の子が起こした　この裁判 こいつはウィリアムだ　俺にはわかる 弟と二人　モリアーティ家の養子となり 屋敷の火事で　実の次男と入れ替わった

「…つまり…、」

ウィリアム　アルバート　ルイス

三兄弟は　端（はな）から　共犯者 三人で　ジェームズ・モリアーティ 三人で　犯罪卿

「…そうだ。全ては、繋がってる…、」

モリアーティ家が越してきた矢先の　ダラムでの事故 偶然俺も居合わせた　ノアティック号での殺人 そこでリアムは俺に　目をつけて 緋色の事件で　俺を試した 俺に利用価値が　あるかどうかを

アイリーン・アドラーを救い ジャック・ザ・リッパーを潰し 俺を使って冤罪を晴らした ホワイトリーを　敢えて殺した…！

点と点は　繋がった 今全ては　明るみになった 幾多の事件を　貫いた 一本の　緋い糸

その緋い糸に込められた　思い ただ一つの目的のための　計画

お前が見つめるもの　考えていること これから何をしようと　してるのか 今の俺には　全てが見える…！ 遂に俺は…　遂に俺は… 遂にお前に…　追い付いた…！

リアム　俺も今 お前と同じ　景色が見える リアム　俺も今 お前と同じ地平に　立っている

Romaji Hitotsu hitotsu kanousei wo tsubushite ikeba Donna arie nasasou na koto demo

Hinmingai no ko ga okoshita kono saiban Koitsu wa William da Ore ni wa wakaru Otouto to futari Moriarty-ke no yashinaigo Yashiki no kaji de jitsu no jinan to ire kawatta

William, Albert, Louis

Sankyoudai wa hana kara kyouhansha Sannin de James Moriarty Sannin de Hanzaikyou

Moriarty-ke ga koshitekita yasaki no Daram de no jiko Guuzen ore mo iawaseta Noahtic gou de no satsujin Soko de Liam wa ore ni me wo tsukete Hiiro no jiken de ore wo tameshita Ore ni riyou kachi ga aru ka dou ka wo

Irene Adler wo sukui Jack za Ripper wo tsubushi Ore wo tsukatte enzai wo harashita Whiteley wo aete koroshita…!

Ten to ten wa tsunagatta Ima subete wa akarumi ni natta Ikuta no jiken wo tsuranuita Ippon no akai ito

Sono akai ito ni komerareta omoi Tada hitotsu no mokuteki no tame no keikaku

Omae ga mitsumeru mono kangaeteiru koto Kore kara wo shiyou to shiteru no ka Ima no ore ni wa subete ga mieru…! Tsui ni ore wa… Tsui ni ore wa… Tsui ni omae ni… oitsuita…!

Liam ore mo ima Omae to onaji keshiki ga mieru Liam ore mo ima Omae to onaji chihei ni tatteiru

English Once you eliminate every possibility No matter how impossible it is, what’s left is…

Sherlock: This case record will lead me to the truth… That is, Liam and the real William… they switched places!

This case filed by a child from the slums This child is William, I know He and his brother got adopted into the Moriarty family, set the mansion on fire and switched places then

Sherlock: Meaning…

William, Albert, Louis

The three brothers were accomplices from the very beginning All three together are James Moriarty All three together are the Lord of Crime

Sherlock: That’s right. Everything's coming together…

The Durham incident happened shortly after the Moriarty family took residence there Though I was there coincidentally, he caused the murder in Noahtic too It was there Liam found me and he tested me with the Study in Scarlet to know if I could be used in his plans or not

He saved Irene Adler And when he took care of Jack the Ripper, he used me to clear his name As for Whiteley, he deliberately killed him in public…!

Point to point, it’s all coming together Everything’s becoming clear Every case is a point where the red thread passes through

The feelings behind that red thread He only had one goal behind it all

What you’re thinking right now What you’re planning to do I can see it all now…! Finally, I… Finally, I… Finally, I’ve caught up to you…!

Liam, right now I can see the same scene you do Liam, right now I’m finally standing on the same plane as you

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成语故事 – 熟能生巧

Another idiom story that's right at my level!! Full story below the cut. This is essentially the Chinese equivalent of "practice makes perfect", or this idea that the more familiar/proficient you become at a skill, the more you find the tricks to it.

熟能生巧 / shú néng shēng qiǎo

生词：[ HSK4 / HSK 5 / HSK 6 ]

射箭 / shè jiàn / to shoot arrows; archery

本领（本領）/ běn lǐng / skill

老翁 / lǎo wēng / old man

担子（擔子）/ dàn zi / burden, carry a pole over shoulders with loads on both sides

靶 / bǎ / target, mark

得意 / dé yì / to be pleased or proud of onself

傲慢 / ào màn / arrogant, haughty

点头（點頭）/ diǎn tóu / to nod (one's head)

不以为然（不以為然）/ bù yǐ wéi rán / to object or disapprove (idiom)

不禁 / bù jīn / can't help but...

不紧不慢（不緊不慢）/ bù jǐn bù màn / unhurriedly (idiom)

奥秘（奧秘）/ ào mì / mystery

熟练（熟練）/ shú liàn / proficient, skilled, practiced

大怒 / dà nù / furious

难道（難道）/ nán dào / "do you think..." rhetorical question

葫芦（葫蘆）/ hú lu / gourd bottle

铜钱（銅錢）/ tóng qián / copper coins

盖（蓋）/ gài / lid or top

篓（簍）/ lǒu / basket

舀 / yǎo / to scoop (out of)

手腕 / shǒu wàn / wrist

抖 / dǒu / to shake, tremble

形成 / xíng chéng / to take shape (of), to form

细（細）/ xì / thin or slender

线（線）/ xiàn / thread, string

穿过（穿過）/ chuān guò / to penetrate or pass through

方孔 / fāng kǒng / the hole in the center of ancient chinese coins

无误（無誤）/ wú wù / without error

沾 / zhān / to moisten

滴 / dī / a drop, to drip

惭愧（慚愧）/ cán kuì / to be ashamed

夸耀（誇耀）/ kuā yào / to brag or flaunt

罢了（罷了）/ bà le / at the end of a sentence like "that's it" with unimpressed connotation

量词 / Measure Words:

支 / zhī / for arrows (guns, rods, army divisions)

副 / fù / for facial expressions (and pairs/sets)

枚 / méi / for coins (badges, medals, pearls, rockets, etc.)

Names: 陈尧咨 chén yáo zī

故事 Full Story:

北宋时有一个叫陈尧咨的人，他射箭的本领十分高超。在他生活的那个地方，没有人能超过他。因此，他非常骄傲。

有一天，陈尧咨在后园练习射箭。有个卖油的老翁见了，便放下担子，站在旁边观看。陈尧咨一连射出了十支箭，有九支都射中了箭靶的红心。他得意极了，傲慢地抬起头。这时，他发现那个卖油的老翁只是微微点了点头，一副不以为然的样子。

陈尧咨见到老翁这副神情，不禁有些生气，他不客气地问：“你看我的箭射得怎么样啊？” 老翁不紧不慢地回答：“我看也没什么奥秘，只不过是手法熟练罢了。”

陈尧咨一听大怒：“难道你有更高明的本领吗？”

老翁微微一笑，拿出一个装油的葫芦放在地上，又拿出一枚铜钱盖在葫芦口上。然后，他拿起勺子从油楼里舀起一中间的方孔，准确无误地倒进了葫芦里，铜钱上居然没有沾到一滴油。然后，老翁看了看陈尧咨，说：“其实，我也没有什么特殊的本领，只不过是熟能生巧罢了。”

陈尧咨听了觉得非常惭愧。从此以后，他更加努力地练习射箭，再也不夸耀自己的本领了。

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--深海人形-- 受け継がれる意志（ハジケ）

※多く、Threadsより引用

※クロスオーバーネタ注意

※全体的に閲覧注意

※雑多にネタをぶち込み

※キャラ崩壊注意

※格言:私の性癖に読者は無関係である。

…。

『Effigy（生体部品）』加工なんてのをやってる時点で、ワイにEXAを批判する権利なんて無ぇよ、畜生（※何れはハマーン様辺りが其れになった系の更なるIfを描きたいです！！！！）！！！！

…Effigy作った開発チームさぁ、本当は、Effigyを、なるべく、アニメ悪魔の桃玉か某侍魂の鶴女中（※萌えの究極体）かID-F87みたいにしたかったってさ（※無理です）。…筆者は最初から無理だと思います（※ぽよ）。

…。

…公式で海腹川背の子孫、横山埜鼓たんが存在する限り、海腹川背は人生の一度だけでも、結婚して、旦那持ちで子持ちでないと話が成立しないのだ（※…少なくとも、一生独身は無理）。

…『○○は××の子孫（※時空超越ネタ込み）』ネタ自体は大変ありきたりだが、安直に入れるべきでは無かったと思う。キャラを深掘りすれば深掘りする程、今回の彼奴等みたいに脳を焼かれる奴が出て来る（※怖ろしいね）。

…世界観とか話作る能力無い人間が、ストーリー性とキャラクター性がやけに強いゲーム作ると大抵悲惨な事になる（※気がする）。

…。

…ロボアニメ（特にリアル系）全般に言えるけど、オート操作と見せ掛けて実はマニュアルなので其の隙に奇襲をするみたいな攻撃も出来る筈なのにな（※…けれど、実際は全然無い）。

…基本的に、ロボアニメで描かれる、ロボ同士の戦闘って、スタイルが鬼滅か聖闘士星矢に近い（※気がしてる）。…HxH、ジョジョみたいな『兵は詭道也（孫子）』の、相手を騙して少しでも出し抜く、知恵を使う戦い方は基本しない（※其う言う方面についての議論もされない）。

…「…此の一連の動作は全てオート操作だ！動作が終了する迄相手は隙だらけだ！！（※確信）」…と相手が思い込んで、ある程度近づいた瞬間に、実は此れ等動作は全部オート動作に見せ掛けたマニュアルで、一気に此方が詰め寄りバッサリ斬る（※…みたいな戦法全然無い）。

…宇宙世紀ガンダム履修してる時と過去拙作（特に異宇宙とボクは許さない辺り）を書いてる時によく思ってた……HxHって皆全編に渡って最高に高度な戦略を張り巡らせて戦ってたんだな……って（※其う考えると星矢は正反対）。

…The Oってどのモビルスーツ、モビルアーマーともパーツの互換性無さそうだけど、どうやって修理用のパーツ調達してんの？…真逆、わざわざ一から作ってんじゃないんだろうね？（※趣味で作ると如何しても其うなる）。

…The Oとエルガイム mk-1は割と対照的だと思う（同じ意見は全く見掛けないけど）。片方は性能重視で量産性も度���視なのに、エルガイムはパーツ一つ一つをデチューンしてでも量産性と整備性を確保したモンな（…其の御陰で、反乱軍はエルガイムを量産してポセイダル軍に優勢を取れる様になった）。

…世間は逆だと考えてるだろうけど、The Oは隠し腕だけ完全マニュアルで動かして居ると思う（※サイコミュ操作万々歳）。

…。

…コウ・ウラキ君にAT・アーマードトルーパーを見せてやりたい、どうせシロッコみたいな感想になる（※如何足掻いても最低の匂い染み付いて む せ る ）。

…ポケ戦のバーニィ、ザクに乗るよりATに乗った方が戦果出せたんじゃないか説（※…ATの操縦は凄まじく簡単だし……）。

…。

…ウラキとかガトーとかも泳げると思いますよ。泳げない正規軍人とか有り得ない（※…宇宙賊とかゲリラとか宇宙戦国時代の軍隊なら幾らでも居るだろうけど）。

…宇宙世紀じゃなくこれてアナザーだけど、鉄華団とかはどうしてたんだろうな……？？（※あの時に落ち所が悪かったら大打撃被ってたんじゃ……？？）。

…。

ワイの歴代ネタ&（男・ショタ）リョナ用サンドバッグ（※或いはトレモの木偶かあすらん並オモチャ）一覧（※此れからの拙作で、昔の奴で復活する奴居るかも）。

…意外と少ない（※…尚、アールじみやが生存する限り無限に増えます）。

ウェイン兄弟（※元祖でありR-9A的存在）

京サマ

NAOYA

漂流者数名

俺だけひょうきん族（※史実の新撰組副長は若かりし頃、非常にひょうきんであった為、検索避け目的でも此の様な渾名で呼んで居た）

死に損ないの猿

無言の不審者

元メトロシティの英雄

某モテモテリア充武神流忍者

某盗賊団の団長

ヒソカス

交渉人（ネゴシエーター）

七瀬ちゃん

ブレア・何とか

せぇこちゃん大好き反則君

ロソ豚

イカサマタマゴ

たまのりピエロ

アナベル・コケコッコー

死因:スイカバー突撃自称一握りの天才

…他に居た様な気がする（※居たら教えて欲しい）。

…。

ジェリド「…嗚呼、…シロッコか……。…彼奴は木星時代から不健康な生活してそうだからな……、…脱いでも……ってぇ、…うわっ……、…貴様？！何故其んなに筋肉質なんだ？！？？？（※注:ジェリド君はシロッコ君が上半身を脱いだところを見ました）。」

シロッコ「…木星は基本的に娯楽も無くて地獄だ。其れに、暇な時は筋力鍛錬で暇を潰してたからな（※謎のドヤ顔）。」

ジェリド「…何て健康的なんだ……！！（※健康的過ぎだろ！？）。」

…。

…此のシロッコ君は長生きしそう、どこぞのヴェイガン絶対殲滅爺さんみたいに（※絶対嫌な爺さんになるww）。

…。

…新人クリエイターを寄せ集めた練習台、当の監督にZガンダムの踏み台扱いされながら、FSSとZガンダム及び以降のガンダムシリーズの基礎になれたエルガイムは、可也の幸福なアニメかもしれない（※正直ドラグナーよりも幸福だと思う）。

…レイズナーは、何とか再アニメ化して、最後迄当初の構想通りに全てを描き切れないと、何時迄経っても救われないんだろうな（※遠い目）。

…ドラグナー最大の救いはスパロボに出て再評価された事とSEEDシリーズの礎になれた事（※割と救われてる、完全にリアルロボットアニメ史に埋もれなかったのは、最早奇跡に限りなく近い僥倖）。

…ガンダムだけが勝者でエルガイムとレイズナーとダグラムとドラグナーは敗者なんだね（※辛い）。

…本当はドラグナー好きな筈なのに、すぐ「…あんなアニメ凡作レベルじゃんww此れだから、マイヨニキとミン大尉は0083のガトーとシーマに本家越えされたし、ZZより可哀想な扱いなんだわww（※嘲笑）。」…みたいな事言い出すワイ（※最高に面倒くさい）。

…頼む！！！！！！！！！！！！！！エクバのシステムでスパロボさせてくれ！！！！！！！！！！！！陽昇リアルロボットアニメ限定でも良いから！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！（※特にレイズナーとドラグナーを頼む！！！！！！！！！）。

…。

ウラキ「…ガトーを家具の椅子としてうちに置きたいなぁ……（※溜息）。」

モンチッチ「…辞めとけ……（恐怖）。」

ウラキ「…花瓶にもしたいなぁ……（※過激派）。」

モンチッチ「…ええッ……（※後のティターンズドン引き）。」

…。

…館主様かふーけつかガトーをカタリ派の完徳者（※正統派からマニ教と一緒くたにされた奴）か異端審問官（※ほぼ実質悪役）にするって言う計画のネタがありまして（※急なネタ出し）。

…。

…星乃⚪︎ってレーダーシステム無いから、本家と違ってDiscordとかで連携取り合いながらじゃないと上手く共闘出来ないって聞いて、WW2の日本軍思い出した（※日本軍もレーダー無い所為で後半になれば成る程苦戦した）。

…エクバと星⚪︎翼、連邦とジオン以上あるよな基本的な��力差（※…然も、其のジオン側には、ソーラレイも水泳部も無いと言う……）。

…大高達帝国（※元祖機動兵器群プラモデル文化込み）vs薄っぺらい中華な山寨文化スレスレコンテンツ（※某Kansenゲー似）じゃ、…其りゃぁ、絶望的ですよ（※連邦vsジオン以上に）。

…星⚪︎翼って完全に某艦船擬人化ゲーに対するブルオ⚪︎とかブラ⚪︎ジとかアズ⚪︎ンポジションやん。本家に勝てずに敗北して行くパターンやん（※中華って基本其んなばっかりかも？？）。

…と言うか、東方エクバ作ってくれよ（※切実）。

…“幻想のヴァルキューレ？” 知ってる子ですね（）。

…。

※以下、クロスオーバー注意

…キリコが聞いたら、普通に祝福すると思います（※…他の二人は、脳を焼かれてたけど）。

「…そうか。男を見つけて家庭を築いたのか。…彼奴らしくも無いが。」

「…俺にも、かつては、幸せにしてやりたい女が居た。」

…。

メモ 此奴等が泳げる理由

キリコ ギルガメス正規軍が教えた

ロジャー 軍警察が教えた

シロッコ 水泳教育の機会が多かった。

坊や（没案） 同上。

後、航空機や宇宙船が海に不時着した時、泳げない故の無駄な事故死を防ぐ為に宇宙船の乗組員は必ず泳げる様に教育されて居る（此れは現実の航空機パイロットや宇宙飛行士も同じ）。

…。

にせウラキ（嶺厳偽装型）

…館主様がウラキに擬態した姿。弁髪の様な後ろ髪を切っており、ウラキと同じ短髪である。余りにも、本人に似て居る為普段は左目に眼帯をしている（※モノアイ）。

ガトーを誘き寄せ、釣る為の『擬似餌（ルアー）』だとよく言われるが、実際、ガトーはよく騙される。声質も違うのに（※…流石、Bガンダム関係の誤報に踊らされたと噂された奴だ。面構えが違う）。

……後、『中国のアレ』とか『中国製ウラキ』とか『中国製のパチモン』言うな（戒め）。

…最後は、ケジメとして、本物にスイカバー突撃され、ド定番変な顔芸しながら戦死（※御約束）。

…と言う訳で、ウラキはZガンダムに乗るかも？（※…但し、乗せる気は無いが）。

…。

[yuki8563]

2023-04-10 Paradise AU MAWARU-PENGUINDRUM x Night on the Galactic Railroad. x StarrPark

>> 故事 (只有中文) Story is only Chinese version But you can try using Twitter's translate button

遊樂園發生了死傷慘重的毒氣外洩事件，逝者靈魂喚醒了惡魔，她與少女進行交易，讓爆炸的事件和相關人士成為「不存在」。 葛蕾特的肉體存於現世，精神留在了永遠不會日落的夢幻樂園。 關於廢棄遊樂園的都市傳說：帶著收音機進入，發覺磁場變化的時候要趕快離開，不然會進入到永遠無法離開的樂園。

The parallel world formed by the price exchange between the train and the devil finally ends up as a story thread in our game world line. A poison gas leak occurs in Starr Park, and the spirits of the victims awaken demons. She exchanged a price with the gift shop employee to make the incident and the people involved disappear from the world. People who live in towns only have memories of the amusement park's decline. Colette's body lives in reality, but her spirit remains in the amusement park at dusk, which never turns night.

Urban legend about amusement parks: Enter with a radio and leave as soon as you notice changes in the magnetic field, otherwise you will enter a paradise that you can never leave.

2023-04-11

⚖️上的其中一邊固定被放置的是燃燒的心臟（心宿二）另一端就是下一個向惡魔提出要求的人所要付出的代價。

醫院的那個是平時的📖（沒有靈魂） 狀況好的話會變成最右邊的那個📖（反應遲鈍版本），會自己去公園散步。

進到遊樂園後會是中間的版本（活力100%） 左下角則是在次元的裂縫上或是被呼喚時會出現的惡魔

[myonbl]

2024年3月21日（木）

久しぶりの出勤、今日のミッションは＜授業改善報告書＞の作成と提出だ。毎期、最後の授業時に学生による＜授業アンケート＞を実施、その集計が各教員に届けられ、フォーマットの決まった報告書を作成して提出するのだ。設問については大なり小なりどこの大学でも同じものだろう、形骸化しているとの声ももちろんあるが、総体として私は意味があると思っている。もっとも、一番力を入れた講義科目が当日の出席者が少なかったのでアンケート対象とならなかったのはちと寂しい。自由記述はほとんど無回答だったが、＜ひとつひとつ丁寧に教えていただいた＞との声があったのがせめてもの救いか。

4時45分起床。

昨晩のYさんからのメールに返信。

きのうの＜門戸寄席＞の画像をInstagramにアップ、Threadsに転載。

朝食。

洗濯。

珈琲。

弁当*3。

プラゴミ、45L*1。

ツレアイの職場経由で出勤する。

名神が茨木IC手前で事故、普段より20分程度余計にかかってしまった。

タイムカード整理。

MORIさん、新治さんに昨日のお礼メール。

メールボックスで＜授業アンケート集計結果＞を受取、4科目分の＜授業改善報告書＞を作成、提出する。

昨日のインタビューを受け、新治本構成を修正する。

残り十日間の予定を再確認、有給残り1日をどこでとるか。

帰路は順調。

車を置いて、すぐに京都ポルタへ、スタンプラリー第二段に挑戦だ。今回は＜無印良品＞でレトルトカレー、＜大垣書店＞で新書1冊、＜ヴィドフランス　レーヴドパリ＞でパン2個、ポイント10倍デーなのでどこも人でいっぱい。

���PLAUD　NOTE＞のデータをエクスポートし、OneDriveにフォルダをつくって保管、前期授業開始までにテープ起こしの原稿を完成させねばならない。

息子たちの夕飯、豚バラ肉とキャベツとシメジの酸っぱい煮・目玉焼き・わかめと胡瓜の酢の物・トマト＋リンゴ。

ツレアイも早めに帰宅、後を託してまずはセブンイレブン花屋町店でチケット発券、その後七条第三小学校へ。

今日は七三保健協議会総括会議、区役所からのごみ収集についての変更点の説明、会���からの活動報告、30分強で終わってくくれたのは有り難い。

すぐに帰宅して晩酌開始、テレビでは大谷君の試合が流れている。

途中で録画番組へ、柳家さん喬「妾馬」を楽しむ。

片付け、入浴、体重は200g減。

遅くなったので、日誌は明日書くことにする。

柳家小三治「青菜」を聴きながら、いつしか夢の中へ。

ちょこまかとよく動いていい数字。

[zhulii]

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[zhulii]

foppishmuses​:

“Yeah, sure, go ahead.” Varrick wasn’t really paying attention. He was more focused on solving his problem. It felt like the solution was obvious, but he couldn’t quite grasp it. “I can just hire armed guards, that’s obvious, but it would take a fortune to get enough to hold off an entire crew of pirates for every ship. But if there was a way to have one person do the job of a whole team…”

He needed something to fill the gap. Technology, bending, anything would do. Varrick hopped into his desk chair and vigorously rummaged for a photo of one of his ships, throwing anything that was in his way to the side. Things scattered to the floor, but he didn’t care. He had forgotten his new assistant was even there. She wasn’t relevant at the moment.

He stared at the photo, intently enough that if he were a firebender he would have burned a hole in it. He tried to imagine boarding it. The pirates’ ship would have to come up on the side. There was nowhere else to board but the deck. If there was a way to make the deck impassible…

“I’ve got it! We’ll build a wall!” Varrick stood up, smacking his fist into his hand. Then he thought about it a little more. “No, then we won’t be able to get our goods off the ship. We’ll build a door in the wall! Well, then the pirates could just use the door. What’s a wall that’s not a wall…?”

Varrick sat down again, head in his hands. He was thinking. And he was hungry. He’d had someone here to take care of that a second ago, hadn’t he? Why weren’t they doing their job? “Assistant! Where’s my lunch?”

She spends the next hour or so remarkably productive, considering the total lack of guidance. Typically, a new boss would spend this time showing her where her work station was and going over a list of her daily duties. But… she can work with vague demands if that's how this is going to be. 

Sending the necessary telegrams is the easy part. Lunch is a bit more of a puzzle. But, ultimately, it really doesn’t take long at all to pop into the handful of restaurants and food vendors located a convenient distance from the office, ask if they’d ever had any orders from the Global Industries building, and find out what those orders were. It seems as though her new boss is a man of habit; he has his favorites and he sticks to them. She works out an agreement with the food seller that this one will go on his tab; she’s yet to be allocated any business funds, and it’s sure as hell not coming out of her own pocket. There’s a line between making a good first impression and being taken advantage of that she has no interest in crossing.

She’s barely in the front door before she hears him shouting for his lunch. Perfect timing. She bursts into the office, places the food on his desk, and scoops the scattered papers and photographs off the floor in one smooth, graceful movement. She places the papers in a neat stack at the corner of his desk. She’ll have to come up for an actual organization system for all this later. “Here, sir.”

@zhulii

If there was one thing Varrick had learned since expanding his business beyond the first canoe, it was that people were difficult to work with. It was the sad truth that few people in this world were even half as brilliant as he was. He'd spent a lot of time trying to explain himself to people when he was young, but that had only taught of him it was a waste of time. People understood or they didn't. Varrick was a genius regardless.

Employees who were somewhat removed from Varrick on the chain of command weren't too much of an issue. He didn't have to deal with them directly a lot of the time, and he mostly just sent them off with orders. His worker bees didn't have to be smart. No, Varrick Industries wasn't hemorrhaging employees in any type of employee but one. Varrick's personal assistant.

Ever since Varrick Global Industries had gotten successful enough to warrant hiring one, Varrick had had nothing but trouble. Never in a million years would he have expected it to be this difficult to find a good assistant. It couldn't have been such a complicated role, but then Varrick had never been an assistant. (That was exactly why he was such a talented businessman, so he didn't have to listen to anyone else.) He had given an endless supply of second chances when his "assistants" couldn't follow simple orders. When they couldn't do one thing, he would give them another order instead. So many opportunities to prove themselves capable assistants, but apparently he was "ridiculous" and his demands "incoherent." He was "insane" (hadn't they already figured that out by the time he hired them?) and "unreasonable." As much as it would have been nice to blame them for quitting, it was becoming clear that the average person was not prepared to keep up with someone like Varrick. It seemed Republic City's workforce was not well suited for the employ of an eccentric genius.

He had phoned up the agency himself. He said he wanted the best they had, nothing less. They hadn't seemed certain what to make of it.

Well, there is one person, they said. But she doesn't come cheap.

Varrick Global Industries was making a tidy profit. He could afford it. Truly, Varrick was skeptical, but, ever the optimist, told them to send her over first thing the next morning.

The next morning found Varrick with other matters on his mind. As his shipping business grew, pirates were becoming a serious problem. They were starting to attack ships with the Varrick Industries logo on sight. He'd just gotten word that he'd lost a shipment of dried fire flakes to pirates outside the South Pole. Not a hugely expensive loss, this time, but there was no guarantee it wouldn't be a shipment of rare and exotic art next. They were sitting ducks out there--what was he supposed to do about it?

Varrick was pacing, thinking hard about the problem. He was not looking at the clock or the door, thinking about when his new assistant was supposed to arrive.

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よしもとかよ「日々是好日」。vol.97 (2022/12/21 + 12/28 )

2022   21st + 28th december 　

M1 I’m dreaming home (Susan Aglukark)

　 M2 oddajagiruohtta (Sofia Jannok) 　 　 M3 星屑の町 (おおたか静流)

　 M4 bright morning stars (Walela) 　 　 M5 le rideau rouge (Austine) 　 　 M6 まちのあかり (やまも) 　 　 M7 common threads (Bobby McFerrin) 　　 　　 M8 I’ll be seeing you (Francoise Hardy with Iggy Pop) 　 　

　 < 好日の素 …2022年をふりかえること >

　 年齢を重ねるごとに 一年が過ぎるのを 早く感じるようになっている気がする この頃…一説では ときめくことが少なくなるからだそうですが… そうかな？ そんなことなくない？ いやでも、やっぱりそうかな？などと 自問自答しながらの年末です…。 　 2022年について言うと 正直なところ、 過ぎる早さより インパクトの大きな出来事が とても多く 何か時代の転換点にいるのだなぁ、と 感じた一年だったように思います。 　 体調や生活環境が変わったこと、 敬愛するアーティストの訃報など 個人的にもエポックなことが続いて、 もともとこの番組のテーマとも言える ささやかなことにこころを向けて 一日一日を大事に、素直に過ごしていくことで なんとかいられたようにも思います。 　 一方で、 シティエフエムさんの特番で ベーシストの岡本さんとご一緒させていただいて 久しぶりにうたうことができたり、 思いがけず 特定のキャラクターにハマる、といった たのしかったり おもしろかったり、ということもありました。 何かと厳しさを感じることも いろいろある中で、 いかにして じぶんがたいせつにしたいことや しあわせを感じることを守っていけるか、について 考えた日々。 　 来る2023年が、 多くのひとにとって 今よりずっと おだやかでやさしい一年になることを 願わずにはいられません。 　 　

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2022年も さまざまなおいしいもの、 まさに 日々是食べたい！ものに数々出会いましたが、 一年を通して よく目にしたもののひとつが、カヌレ。 フランス・ボルドーのお菓子です。 　 以前からあるお菓子だけれど、 何かブームだったのかな？ 専門店からベーカリー、 スーパーマーケットにコンビニ、 自転車の移動販売も ときおりお見かけしました。 　 食べたことのある方（加えて、番組をずっとお聴きの方）には あいかわらずむっちりした食感のものが 好きなんだなぁ、と思われそうですが（笑、 温めると 外側がカリっと、 中がしっとりもっちり、のカヌレは それはもうたまらないのです！ 初めて食べたのは、北海道のお土産だったかな。 あまりにおいしくて 3コほど瞬殺…！ 　 卵黄が残ったときに 一度だけじぶんで つくってみたこともあります。 しかし、カヌレ型を持っていなくて 手持ちの型をつかったところ 味と食感は確かにカヌレなんですが 見た目がなんだか…コレジャナイ感になってしまい、 写真も撮らずに胃袋におさめてしまいました！ 　 ただ、改めてカヌレについて 調べていたところ、 カヌレの生まれ故郷・ボルドーでも ワイン製造の過程で 卵白のみを使うため、 残ってしまった卵黄を おいしく食べるために生まれたお菓子、という 説があるそう。 食材を無駄にしたくない、という理由から 生まれたものだとすれば、 古今東西、気持ちは同じだな、なんて 思ってみたりもしました。 　 ラムのきいた トラディショナルなものだけでなく チョコレート風味のものや りんご、ラズベリー、レモン、ココナッツなど さまざまなバリエーションもあり、 選ぶのもたのしい。 カヌレの味と食感を再現した ポケット菓子まで登場して、 カヌレが好きなわたしとしては うれしい傾向です。 　 　 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 今年最後の放送は 年またぎにならない ということで 安心して（？）選曲できたかな… 年々、トークが拙くなっていっていて 反省しつつ、 今年も一年なんとかお届けすることができました。 リスナーのみなさん、 本当にありがとうございます。 来年もまた、ラジオを介して おだやかな時間をご一緒できましたら幸いです。 　 2023年がみなさんにとって どうかどうか 希望あふれる 佳きものでありますように。 　 どうぞよいお年をお迎えくださいね！ 　 よしもとかよ 　 P.S.　 あっ、年末年始の特番も お聴きいただけたら、うれしいです…どうぞよしなに！

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マスク氏の弁護士であるアレックス・スピロ氏は、X Corp.に宛てた書簡で「最近の報道に基づき、Meta PlatformがTwitterの取引機密およびその他の知的財産を系統的かつ故意かつ不当な格好で横取りしている重大な懸念がある」と述べています。 書簡の文章はさらに「Metaは過去1年間、数十人の元Twitter従業員を雇用してきた。これらの従業員はTwitter内部の極めて機密性の高い情報にアクセスできた。そしていまもアクセスし続けている」、「これら従業員は、Twitterに対し継続的な契約があるにもかかわらず、不適切にTwitterの文書と電子機器を保持し続けている」と綴られ、これらの従業員たちを「Metaの競合アプリの開発を加速させるために、Twitterの企業秘密やその他知的財産の流用を意図して、Metaの模倣アプリ "Threads "の開発に従事させた」と主張しています。

「ThreadsはTwitterのパクリだから訴える」とマスク氏、Metaを脅す | テクノエッジ TechnoEdge

[faustochou]

七夕🎋快樂！七夕是中國、日本、台灣的傳統情人節（有別於每年2月14日的西洋情人節）。在中國傳說故事裡，牛郎與織女彼此相愛但隔著銀河無法見面，由於他們的愛情感動了上帝，因此每年農曆七月七日時，他們能透過喜鵲搭的橋，跨過銀河相會團聚。

愛，是沒有距離的。這是我們的也是彼此的第一次度過七夕情人節。過去三個月裡，我們聚少離多，但被月老牽住的線總是特別穩固。我們很享受彼此相聚的時光，也很幸運地能在茫茫人海中相遇。人生中有彼此的陪伴真好。

Happy Qixi Festival! Qixi, distinct from the Western Valentine's Day on February 14th, is a traditional day of love celebrated in China, Japan, and Taiwan. Rooted in Chinese lore, it tells the tale of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, lovers separated by the Milky Way, yet so touched by celestial compassion that they reunite annually on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, crossing the galaxy via a bridge of magpies.

Love knows no distance. This is our first Qixi Festival each other and together. Over the past three months, our moments shared have been brief yet profound. Like a thread guided by the Matchmaker God, our connection remains steadfast. We relish the times when we can be together and feel incredibly fortunate to have found each other in this vast sea of humanity. How wonderful it is to journey through life with each other's company.

[roseetreve]

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       ＊   ───────────────────   爱

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─── 𝑜𝑓 𝟶𝟷，⠀⠀[. . .]⠀⠀ 她的生活故事.

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𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡𝘩 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒: 𝓿͟.

in the month where roses rise,
and whispered vows drift soft and sweet,
she was born beneath love-laden skies,
where hearts and fate and lovers meet.

a breath of warmth in winter’s hold,
a spark that stirred in February’s chill—
the world adorned in red and gold,
as if it knew, and knows it still.

for in this month, where love resides.

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‎ ‎ ✿﮾ ܓ

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1995. ｜　a spirit born where boundless ardor flows, Saint-Valentijne Ruan was a child of two worlds, born of a gentle intertwining of cultures, in a family that seemed to breathe harmony. she entered this world in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, a city where history lingers in the air, where her mother’s Spanish roots stretched deep and wide. from her father, she inherited a Chinese legacy that held its own quiet strength. as she grew, it was as though she danced along the invisible thread that bound her parents’ two worlds, moving gracefully between the hushed, elegant landscapes of Shanghai and the sunlit warmth of Vitoria-Gasteiz. life for Saint-Valentijne was a constant, colorful tapestry, each thread a different place, a different memory. Shanghai offered her a bustling symphony of sights and sounds, a place where tradition met modernity in a dazzling blur. Vitoria-Gasteiz, meanwhile, gave her open skies, cobblestone streets, and the grounding calm of her mother’s homeland. the act of moving, of being neither here nor there, opened her mind, deepening her understanding of identity and belonging.

her family gave her unconditional love, like an anchor—constant and always there. her brother, three years older, was both protector and companion, or sometimes— enemy, the one constant through all the moves and changes. together they created their world, a sanctuary in the storm. her parents led rich and full lives with their encouraged, educated souls. every ounce of support they could offer, they tried to push every bit of encouragement toward Valentijne, to learn, to question, to dream. from an early age, she seemed endlessly curious, like she was in search of some secret truth that lay just beyond reach. her parents encouraged her curiosity, signing her up for every class that caught her eye. one week she’d be engrossed in piano, the next she’d be enchanted by ballet, then riding horses, drawing, archery, singing—an endless list of interests that she explored with genuine, unbridled enthusiasm. she was a natural learner, a young soul with an insatiable appetite for experience.

books were her other love, the silent friends that filled her home’s library—a quiet refuge filled with volumes from every corner of the world. her family’s commitment to education ran deep, and it showed in that private library, where shelves overflowed with stories and knowledge. from an early age, Valentijne would slip between the pages, losing herself in worlds that broadened her mind and sparked a desire for something larger, something that could only be found beyond the walls of home. as she grew older, the stirring in her heart became clearer. there was a calling, a vision that tugged at her, leading her to dreams that seemed to stretch across oceans. she knew she needed to step beyond her family’s reach, to explore what lay on the other side of her longing. so, when she finished school, she made a bold decision: she would go to England, to a prestigious university where she could chase her passions and dig deeper into her identity—a mix of cultures, traditions, and experiences waiting to be fully understood.

2024. ｜　now, Valentijne finds herself teetering on the precipice of a brighter tomorrow, holding the past close whilst crafting her future. with every memory, every lesson, every ounce of love and curiosity her family poured into her, she steps forward. her heart is filled with the warmth of her family, her mind alive with knowledge and wonder, as she sets out to become who she is meant to be.

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[endigolikesarson]

I found it!

It took a bit of searching but I eventually found the link in a Reddit thread (after unsuccessfully searching tumblr and twitter)

I know there is a link somewhere on tumblr (as thats where I initially saw the art) with MORE stuff from this (aka the stuff in the second picture), but alas tumblrs search feature is ass

so. did anyone else see that new art or

i actually have no idea how recent this is or exactly what this is for LMAO it feels like it just spawned into existence and nobody noticed. its not even on the wiki last i checked. anyways. so this simon blackquill huh?