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[srevangelion]

Silver Remnant Evangelion - Episode 002: Ursa Attack (Part 2)

Yang looks up at her mother. Her hands ball up into fists, enraged at how seelingly uncaring her mother acted toward her. She reaches down to pick a pebble up, as if to throw at the Commander, when a hand reached out and grabbed her shoulder. Swiftly, she looks back to see Glynda's face looking at hers.

"Come along, Yang. We have to get you into the Entry Plug"

Yang rolls her shoulder, almost in defiance as the woman touches her on the shoulder. The two walked through another corridor and into a changing room. Reaching into her labcoat, Glynda produces two small yellow clips to put in Yang's hair. "These will allow us to monitor your vital signs. In return, you will have an easier time controlling Unit 01." She explains. "As for a proper plugsuit, as you are on a probationary period recommended by Commander Schnee and Director Branwen, you do not yet have one made. Stick around and we'll do that once everything checks out."

"You're talking as if I am staying." Yang says, raising an eyebrow.

Glynda smiles. "And I thought, based on your dossier, you are a thrillseeker. Just riding the Eva to surface is something that might excite you."

Yang blinks. "I mean, yes. I do have a motorcycle back home." Taking a deep breath, she gives a sigh. "Fine."

Glynda nods and leads her to another door. Next to said door was a window looking out toward a giant metal tube labeled "EVA - 01" along the side. On the opposite end of the tube was the mark of a rose. A port on the side was open, with a seat protruding out. "When ready, just sit down on the seat, we'll walk you through the rest once inside."

The door opens up, leading to the dock where the tube and the chair of the tube stands, waiting to accept her pilot. Walking out, Yang strides toward the tube. The pit the giant machine was located in began draining, revealing more of the lanky giant robot. The colors were, much like the head, white with red accents. As Yang takes a seat, she was pulled in to the tube, the door closing and sealing.

The head lowers down and the spine of the mechanical monster snaps open. The tube descends slowly right into the hole in the spine. As soon as it was inserted, the rest of the system in the body began pulling on the tube, as if it were some sort of plug.

The voice of Glynda speaks up in the system. "We're going to begin flooding the entry plug with a substance we call LCL. This will help with neural synchronization and provide oxygen. Don't panic and please breath normally." Once the communications ended, the orange fluid that once was in the pool the robot sat in began filling the plug. Instinctively, Yang began holding her breath. Once she ran out of breath, she took a deep breath, realizing Glynda was telling the truth. Once the plug completely filled, the walls surrounding her faded away, giving her sight of the world around from the mechanical beast's point of view. Various HUD components litter the screen, including a clock, marked with "0:00 - Tethered", off to the side.

---

"Aura Synchronization Rate Normal. Neural Synchronization to follow."

The bridge officers in the operations room scrambled to get Unit 01's startup sequence underway. Raven once more sat in her loft, overlooking as usual.

"All systems green. We are go for launch."

Winter, standing behind the bridge officers, turns to face Raven. "Madame, Unit-01 is ready."

"Very well. Carry on." The stoic woman stated.

Turning her attention back to the screen, Winter inhales and speaks with a bark. "Unit-01... LAUNCH!"

---

As everything was checked by the Operations Center, Yang began to feel pulled backwards against a wall. The ceiling above her gave way, revealing it was a tunnel leading to the surface.

"Unit-01... LAUNCH!"

Without a moment of warning, the platform Yang was standing on shot up towards the sky, faster than the acceleration she experienced on her bike. Sure enough, Glynda's promise of finding thrill did come to fruition. Adrenaline pulsed through the blonde teen as she was hurtled to the surface. "YAAAA-HOOOOOO!"

"Miss Xiao-Long, please try to act professional here." Winter called over the communications system.

The rest of the trip was silent until it reaches the top. As Yang's eyes adjusted, she looked around at the controls. Glynda speaks once more as she provides instruction. "This should be a literal walk. The pedals your feet rest on control the legs. Moving them like you are walking will cause the unit to move."

Yang followed the instructions given. Slowly, the massive robot lurched clunkily, almost tripping as it moved forward. "Easy Yang. Deep breath and take it one step at a time." She told herself. Once familiar, she spots the monster causing havok among Vale. A bear, standing 50 foot tall with a white mask with red markings. Her heart skip a beat, her feet freezing in place as the beast rushes toward her. Her mind was still deciding between fight or flight.

---

"Aura Desynchronizing! The pilot's gone catatonic!"

"Disconnect! Disconnect!"

The Operations Center entered a flustured flurry as Yang's mind raced to decide how to process the threat.

"Negative, Unit-01 is not responding."

Winter's hand slams into the nearest surface. "GODS DAMN IT, YANG! MOVE!"

---

The beast bears down upon Unit-01, taking a swipe right at the machine. As the pilot was still neurally synchronized, she felt the strike as if it tore right through her. She let out a scream of pain. The strike itself seemed to snap her out of her state, infuriating her. Aura rising once more, she grit her teeth. It was Fight and she was about to tap into Burn.

---

"Wait, Aura is resynchronizing once more."

Winter let out a sigh of relief. However, that was short lived as sirens once more sound.

"Im... Impossible. Her aura's overloading Unit-01..."

"What?" The Schnee lady raises an eyebrow. "That's... not possible, is it?"

Their view of the situation shifted. The lanky machine that was once deep in their headquarters opened it's jaw and let out a roar, a yellow aura surrounding it and eyes glowing a deep red.

"Emergency Shutdown, now!"

A cacophonous moment occured before Coco, a young woman with chestnut brown hair, wearing the typical Bridge Officer uniform, along with a stylish beret and a pair of sunglasses, called back. "Negative. Unit-01's awake!"

"EJECT NOW!"

---

However, those words never reached Yang's ears. Her sights were set on one thing, the monster who attacked her. The robot she piloted stood up and lowered itself to the ground before charging forward. The hand pulled back and drove right into the Grimm, ripping it from limb to limb with a roar of it's own.

Yang felt something she had longed to feel for a long time. She felt some sensation of security as she watched the Grimm get beaten to death by those arms. It wasn't her thought or actions that caused the fighting, even though it was her aura.

The Evangelion continued to beat and strike the Grimm in revenge for the attacks. The eyes of the machine went from the red brought on by Yang's semblance to a illustrious silver. The expression of the Ursa shifted from rage to absolute fear. Raising it's fists above the head, Unit-01 brings it right down on the mask, shattering it into pieces. A spark of light launched into the sky, only to explode into the shape of a crucifix. The beast disintegrates into dust in the aftermath of the explosion. Once complete, Unit-01 drops down to it's knees. Yang began hyperventilating, unsure of what was going on. The world about her began to grow dark until she blacked out.

---

"Sync Rate normalized. Performing Emergency Shutdown."

Winter looks at the image of the explosion with curiosity. The head drops down, revealing the entry port as the plug is fired into the sky. "Scramble the Recovery Teams."

Raven looks down to the floor. "Winter? Call an emergency train. If Yang walks out, she best have a way home. Let her know that this is the only courtesy I'll allow her weakass."

"Aye, Madame." Came Winter's only response. The screen flickered, displaying a team pulling the plug back to Beacon. "Madame, may I ask exactly what happened?"

Raven tightens her fingers in thought. Her attention was turned to a flashing light on her desk. "Maybe later. I have something to tend to. Tai..."

The blonde gentleman nods, understanding what his ex-wife needed to do.

---

Minutes later --

The door opens into a darkened board room. Present is a silver haired gentleman sitting at the head of the table. To his right was a woman with alabaster skin and matching hair, dressed in a flowing black robe. The other three spots at the table were represented by black slabs, reading -SEELE: Audio Only-.

"Gentlemen..." Raven began.

The head of the table gestures to the other end. "Miss Branwen. We saw the test of Unit-01. The pilot... needs some work, however, we are quite pleased with the progress."

The woman on the right nods. "Indeed. We shall press on with the project."

Raven takes the seat as gestured. "That is good to hear. If we're on your schedule, that means we are to recieve the Second Child. That is if the Third can be coerced to stay."

The head of the table smiles. "I'm sure you can find a way to make her stay. After all, you are her mother. That is all we have to say. We'll leave you to your business."

---

Hours later --

Yang slowly comes to, sitting up with the same speed as her brain came to. She spotted Winter's face off to the side, having a bit of a smile. "Easy does it, Yang. There we go."

"Mmh... what happened?" The blonde woman asks with a groggy tone to her voice.

"Well, Miss Xiao-Long, we have successfully recovered the Entry Plug from the surface. You did pilot the giant robot and... well... were the human element that took down the Grimm attacking Vale."

Yang rubs the back of her head. "I remember seeing some large monster and freezing up a bit before deciding to just wanting to destroy it before... feeling like I was getting a back massage."

The other woman smiles, not catching that last bit. "Well, now it's your call. Are you going to stay and help or will you head home?"

Yang takes a moment to think. "Does my mother still think me weak?"

Winter pauses a moment, sighing softly. "Well... yes."

"Fuck yeah, I'm staying, then." Yang says. "I want to spite her. I want to do so with every bone in my body. If I run now, she'll be proven right. If I take my sweet time lingering here, it'll piss her off and it'll bring me joy."

"That's.. a little unconventional." Winter admits. "But I'll accept your answer." Wiping her brow, she lets out a sigh of relief. "Honestly, there was an office betting pool that you might dash off and leave the place after what you went through, and honestly, I can't blame you if you had any reservations about all of this." She stretches out her hand. "Welcome to FABLE, Miss Xiao-Long. I'll schedule in a moment to get a picture taken for your Common Access Card."

Yang reached for the glass of water waiting for her on the closest counter. Raising the glass to her lips, she takes in a deep sip. Once she was told of the pool, she spits it all back at Winter. "You... what?" Her aura began to rise once more off her body. "I expect Raven not to have faith in me, but even you?"

Winter shakes her hands. "N...no... not at all! Some people had doubts, but not me of course!" Seeing as this quelled the wrath of the Brawny Brawler, she sighs. "Let's get your ID made."

---

Somewhere in the Ocean --

An aircraft carrier marked with the United Kingdoms Insignia moves on a predetermined route towards Patch. Standing on the deck is a young girl, no older than 15, dressed in a white combat skirt and matching blazer. Her hair is familiar to some people, yet pulled into a single ponytail off to an angle. Strapped to her hip was a rapier. Arms crossed, she looks off to the side.

"Tch... how much longer must I wait before I can see my beloved sister again?"

------

Elements of this tale is borrowed from Neon Genesis Evangelion (a property owned by Studio Khara). The author is not an employee of the entity above and will not make this tale available for charge. An attempt has been made to reflect both series in a positive light and to ensure characterizations belonging to the entity do not heavily deviate toward the profane. Strong language is found within this tale by characters whose characterization may allow them to do so. --- This is not endorsed by Rooster Teeth in any way. Views, opinions, thoughts are all my own. Rooster Teeth and RWBY are trade names or registered trademarks of Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. © Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC.

[todaysdocument]

Flight Plan for Mercury-Atlas Mission 6, the first American orbital spaceflight. Flight plan dated 12/21/1961. 

File Unit: Flight Plan for Mercury Atlas Mission 6, 12/21/1961 - 12/21/1961

Series: Source Files on Project Mercury, 1952 - 1968

Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1903 - 2006

Transcription:

[page 1] 

[stamp at top of page: "FLIGHT OPERATIONS DIVISION JAN 2 1962"]

[handwritten in upper right corner: "C. C. Kraft, Jr."]

[printed in upper right corner: "Copy"]

[handwritten note: "Who has priority for Astro contact between ATS + KNO on 2nd orbit?"]

[handwritten note: "file copy"]

FLIGHT PLAN

FOR

MERCURY-ATLAS MISSION 6

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER

Langley Air Force Base, Va.

December 21, 1961

[page 2]

MA-6 FLIGHT PLAN

Standard reports during powered flight every 30 seconds.

Report: Fuel, cabin pressure, O2 quantity, amps, comments.

00:02:11 Report BEOO

00:02:34 Report tower jettison

00:04:20 CapCom reports MCC is GO

00:04:30 Astro reports he is GO

00:05:04 Report SEOO - Cap Sep

00:05:  - Report turnaround and retro attitude

00:05:  - CapCom reports "GO" condition - orbit capability and Astro reports switch positions

00:06:  - BDA gives Atsro retrofire times. CET check

00:08:  - Control systems check - check all control modes.

00:16:30 Blood pressure measurement over CYI

00:24:00 60° yaw maneuver to check ability to determine yaw ref. thru periscope.

00:28:00 Dark side checklist - includes control sys. warmup and check. (All axis MP and FBW)

00:30:00 Make 30 minute report to ZZB

00:43:00 Night horizon check - checks reference capability at night using window pitch, roll, and yaw maneuver

00:44:00 IOS flare observation - CET check

00:54:  - Astro maintains 0, 0, 34 on FBW to determine capability on dark side.

00:56:00 30 minute report.  Blood pressure, vision test, exercise etc.

01:04:00 All systems HF check

01:10:10 Star navigation capability

01:12:00 First meal

01:16:00 Go thru pre-retro checklist

01:2---    Observe sunrise. Go to ASCS in preparation for GO NO-GO decision at GYM

01:34:00 30 minute report to MCC

01:40:00 CET check, HF check from Astro

01:44:00 All stations HF check

01:49:00 Day horizon check - checks reference capability in daylight using window pitch, roll, and yaw maneuver

01:54:00 180° yaw maneuver (Gyro's free)

02:01:00 30 minute report to ZZB

02:14:00 IOS flare observation

02:17:00 Star tracking

02:28:00 Observe cities if possible

02:29:00 30 minute report, blood pressure, vision, exercise, etc.

02:37:00 Night observations and stra tracking, star observations, etc.

02:45:00 Second meal on ASCS

02:53:00 Go thru pre-retro checklist

02:58:00 Go to ASCS - make GO NO-GO decision on 3rd orbit

03:07:00 30 minute report - blood pressure, etc.

03:09:00 Weather observation

03:25:00 30 minute report - blood pressure, etc.

03:37:00 Night observation - stars, etc.

03:56:00 30 minute report - command voice check

04:15:00 Begin preparation for retrofire

04:18:00 Occulogyric test

04:20:00 Thruster warmup of Man. Cont. Sys.

04:22:00 Go thru equip. stowage and pre-retro checklist with HAW CapCom.

04:30:00 Exercise - ready to control retrofire

04:32:28 Retro sequence

04:32:58 Retrofire on ASCS - Man. backup

04:41:00 MCC give IP, recovery time, etc.

[yourfrenhenn]

this might be really stupid but i heard this song a few months ago and thought it would be a really cool song for ofmd season 2 so naturally i obsessed over it and came up with a whole plot idea that goes along with the song. hopefully someone sees my vision or at the very least enjoys the song rec!!

song: Breakfast - Alan Hull

okay here’s the vision:

so I imagine this scene being at the end of s2 episode one, and this scene is the first time we're seeing Ed since the end of season one.

0:00-0:51

"in the morning you rise.….." ed opens his eyes, his face/eyes are stained with black makeup, he looks slightly depressed, but mostly monotone, like he has been repeating the same daily routine since the end of season 1. He gets out of bed.

"moving warm with content..." ed slowly gets up and gets ready for the day, again monotone/depressed.

"dip my head in your purse..." we see Ed walking through Stede’s auxiliary wardrobe, running his hands through stede’s clothing, slowly.

"that i could not get much worse..." ed's face/demeanor starts to get darker and darker.

0:52-1:14

The music gets heavier, and we cut to later that day, Ed is walking in slowmo on the deck of a ship his crew is violently raiding, at his command. The scene is all in slowmo, and the vibe is much darker and bloodier. We see members of the raided crew being violently t*rtured, m*rdered, st*bbed, etc.

1:15-1:38

ed looks at the chaos he himself has caused, depression lining his eyes, and for a moment, he is slipping out of the Kraken persona, he is missing Stede.

1:39-2:00

The kraken comes back as the music gets heavier, Ed is in a violent trance, and joins in on the violence. The crew then leaves the ship, Ed has an evil grin, looking proud and sinister.

2:01-2:34

Ed and his crew get back to their own ship after a successful raid, he goes to his room and shuts the door.

2:35-2:44

Ed starts weeping uncontrollably.

2:45-3:43

credits roll

[feelingofcontent]

DNP Rewatch: Anthony, Dan or a RAT?

Date video was published: 07/14/2017 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 351

The first of the collab videos with Anthony (Dan’s is up next). They filmed this at Anthony’s house when they were in LA for VidCon. 

0:00 - Dan’s on the “wrong” side of Phil and it’s throwing me off

0:07 - zoom in on the “yikes” look on Dan’s face

0:15 - Phil’s little smirk at Dan before he tells them what this video is is great

0:20 - lol at “I have spent years” Dan knows he’s full of shit

0:42 - I love both Anthony and Dan’s reactions

0:55 - Dan knows exactly where this is going because he knows how Phil’s brain works but Anthony isn’t so sure

1:04 - this video is such a random concept but even the intro always makes me laugh

1:48 - Phil in editing making sure we got that “have you sourced pictures of us for this?” from Dan. now Dan is really scared of where this is going

2:13 - that is a weird difference in name pronunciation

2:30 - lol at the synchronization at the end of that

2:38 - Anthony was not prepared for what this was going to be like. I love him just getting closer to stare at it while DNP talk to the camera

2:59 - a photo of that exists on Dan’s own Instagram 😂 (unless he’s thinking of a separate time than the hair chalk)

3:06 - Phil’s chosen such a smiley photo of Anthony and a serious one of Dan there

3:12 - lol, how would you recognize the specific photo

3:24 - Anthony and Phil are having a whole conversation and Dan is just staring at the old photo...and then I think he realizes and gives a look at te camera

3:43 - Dan is definitely reminiscing about some things in his head from this...

3:51 - Anthony is quite confident with these so far

4:01 - little Phil touches

4:20 - Phil has now described rats as “sexy” twice in this ...sure

4:26 - Dan’s like... ‘this is my business partner, help’

4:43 - Phil is already having too much fun with this. I love him just smirking as they debate

5:12 - Dan was too distracted by the photo to be upset about losing at first

5:16 - Phil is doing so much zooming in on Dan’s facial expressions in this video

5:45 - now Dan’s trying to predict the exact photo...

5:57 - ...and he was wrong

6:11 - Phil was impressed with that joke

6:27 - “it could be a different body part” now Anthony’s just disturbed

6:33 - I love that Phil just rolls with that comment 😂

6:49 - now Dan’s embarrassed that he was so confident with that answer

7:13 - Phil trying so hard to speed it up

7:25 - Phil also implying that Dan’s long hair was never that good, lol

7:44 - lots of Anthony photos in a row

7:50 - Dan is laughing now, but just wait...

8:10 - “16-year-old Dan wished he looked like this” awww

8:23 - Anthony keeps guessing Dan in hopes that it’s not him

8:34 - Dan playing straight into Phil’s plans for this. also, Dan is now regretting laughing at the Anthony photos 😂

8:40 - “that’s a penis” alrighty Dan

9:09 - spending way too much time discussing the rat penis

9:25 - Phil not having any demonetized videos up to this point is actually pretty impressive

9:49 - Anthony’s reactions to these horrific photos of Dan are great. Phil has set this up just to be a little shit to Dan and I love it. Phil had that photo ready-to-go because he had just used it for his Tinder video

10:40 - Dan knows what this is! although he’s not happy about it

10:43 - Dan’s instinct is to slam the laptop shut and then take it away from Phil. I’m laughing so hard at this bit 😂😂😂

10:58 - I love Phil so much

11:06 - “there’s just more embarrassing photos of you on the internet, Dan” too true

11:32 - “I’m the only emo left” Phil had just talked about this in the hair curling video too; he doesn’t want to talk about it more it seems

11:41 - also this is kind of previewing Dan’s video with Anthony...I’m guessing they filmed that one first maybe

11:58 - I think Anthony is thinking of Dan’s leather shirt; I don’t think Dan ever had leather pants

12:15 - “not one of you guys” ahahaha 😳

12:37 - king of comedy Phil with the credits here...”no rats were harmed in the making of this, but Dan’s self esteem was” DEAD

The things that come out of Phil’s brain. I love this video a lot.

When Phil posted this, Dan was visiting his family (1, 2) and then a couple of days later, DNP went to Wimbledon (1, 2, 3). They were invited by Instagram, so they shared several photos.

[e-tag]

Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1980 - 5+ HOURS OF NON-STOP MUSIC! 5:43:52

----- TRACK LIST ----- 0:00:00 - 01. Blondie - Call Me 0:03:33 - 02. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 0:07:35 - 03. Olivia Newton-John - Magic 0:12:06 - 04. Michael Jackson - Rock with You 0:15:47 - 05. Captain & Tenille - Do That to Me One More Time 0:19:41 - 06. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love 0:22:26 - 07. Paul McCartney - Coming Up 0:26:18 - 08. Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown 0:00:00 - 09. Billy Joel - It's Still Rock & Roll to Me* 0:30:16 - 10. Bette Midler - The Rose 0:33:58 - 11. Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) 0:38:34 - 12. Gary Numan - Cars 0:42:28 - 13. Smokey Robinson - Crusin' 0:46:57 - 14. The Spinners - Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl 0:00:00 - 15. Air Supply - Lost in Love* 0:50:57 - 16. Elton John - Little Jeannie 0:00:00 - 17. Christopher Cross - Ride Like the Wind* 0:00:00 - 18. Diana Ross - Upside Down* 0:56:13 - 19. KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go 1:00:06 - 20. Styx - Babe 1:04:32 - 21. Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 1:08:11 - 22. The Manhattans - Shining Star 1:12:52 - 23. Commodores - Still 1:16:34 - 24. Teri Desario & KC - Yes, I'm Ready 1:19:49 - 25. Dr. Hook - Sexy Eyes 1:22:50 - 26. Robbie Dupree - Steal Away 1:26:16 - 27. Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me 1:30:25 - 28. Kenny Loggins - This Is It 1:34:25 - 29. The Spinners - Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time 1:38:17 - 30. Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious 1:46:13 - 31. Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes - Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer 0:00:00 - 32. Christopher Cross - Sailing* 1:49:56 - 33. Dan Fogelberg - Longer 1:53:10 - 34. Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County 1:57:31 - 35. Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night 0:00:00 - 36. Kool & The Gang - Too Hot* 2:00:57 - 37. SOS Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) 2:04:29 - 38. Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) 2:16:12 - 39. Kim Carnes - More Love 2:19:47 - 40. M - Pop Muzik 2:23:03 - 41. The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket 2:26:08 - 42. Ray, Goodman & Brown - Special Lady 2:29:47 - 43. Stevie Wonder - Send One Your Love 2:33:48 - 44. Shalamar - The Second Time Around 2:41:02 - 45. Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore 2:45:14 - 46. The Brothers Johnson - Stomp 0:00:00 - 47. The Eagles - Heartache Tonight* 2:51:35 - 48. Rocky Burnette - Tired of Toein' the Line 2:55:11 - 49. Dr. Hook - Better Love Next Time 2:58:15 - 50. Rupert Holmes - Him 0:00:00 - 51. Bob Seger - Against the Wind* 3:01:52 - 52. Donna Summer - On the Radio 3:09:27 - 53. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue 3:15:08 - 54. Herb Alpert - Rise 0:00:00 - 55. Air Supply - All Out of Love* 3:22:46 - 56. Little River Band - Cool Change 3:27:55 - 57. JD Souther - You're Only Lonely 3:31:40 - 58. Andy Gibb - Desire 3:36:07 - 59. Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open the Door 3:38:50 - 60. Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune 3:42:23 - 61. Anne Murray - Daydream Believer 0:00:00 - 62. The Eagles - I Can't Tell You Why* 3:44:47 - 63. Issac Hayes - Don't Let Go 3:52:10 - 64. Tom Petty - Don't Do Me Like That 3:54:53 - 65. Michael Jackson - She's Out of My Life 3:58:31 - 66. Irene Cara - Fame 4:02:20 - 67. Bob Seger - Fire Lake 4:05:51 - 68. Linda Ronstadt - How Do I Make You 4:08:16 - 69. Benny Mardones - Into the Night 4:12:48 - 70. Pure Prairie League - Let Me Love You Tonight 4:15:31 - 71. Genesis - Misunderstanding 0:00:00 - 72. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Linda Ronstadt - An American Dream* 4:18:43 - 73. Carole King - One Fine Day 4:21:14 - 74. Donna Summer - Dim All the Lights 0:00:00 - 75. Billy Joel - You May Be Right* 4:25:26 - 76. Neil Sedaka & Dara Sedaka - Should've Never Let You Go 4:29:43 - 77. Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airways 4:33:04 - 78. Linda Ronstadt - Hurt So Bad 4:36:14 - 79. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall 4:40:22 - 80. Peaches & Herb - I Pledge My Love 0:00:00 - 81. The Eagles - The Long Run* 4:44:36 - 82. Mickey Gilley - Stand by Me 4:48:17 - 83. Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker 4:51:45 - 84. Dionne Warwick - Deja Vu 4:55:37 - 85. Eddie Rabbitt - Drivin' My Life Away 4:58:51 - 86. Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home 0:00:00 - 87. Fleetwood Mac - Sara* 0:00:00 - 88. Hall & Oates - Wait for Me* 5:03:47 - 89. Boz Scaggs - Jo Jo 5:09:40 - 90. Neil Diamond - September Morn 5:13:33 - 91. George Benson - Give Me the Night 5:17:17 - 92. Anne Murray - Broken Hearted Me 5:21:15 - 93. Kenny Rogers - You Decorated My Life 0:00:00 - 94. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk* 0:00:00 - 95. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover* 5:24:56 - 96. Charlie Daniels Band - In America 5:28:15 - 97. Boz Scaggs - Breakdown Dead Ahead 5:32:51 - 98. Barry Manilow - Ships 5:36:51 - 99. Joe Walsh - All Night Long 5:40:29 - 100. Tom Petty - Refugee

*Due to YouTube copyright policies, this song cannot be played on YouTube. Sorry about that.

[kanasmusings]

[Translation] VAZZROCK bi-Color Series 2nd Season Vol. 1 - Drama Track 1

Here’s the first drama track from Mamiya’s 2nd Season CD~! Boooooooiiiiii so much anxiety was felt by me for so many reasons but, it turns out, this is so wholesome and I’m still dying by all the things that I’ve found out XD

※ Please don’t re-post the English translations without permission. Please just like/reblog them instead ^^

Oh! And if you can, please do consider buying the CD here to support the artists ^^

Anyways, under the cut, enjoy~!

Track 01: 『ばずらじ、リーダートークの回』 “VAZZRaji: Leaders’ Talk Chapter”

                                        »»————-　★　————-««

[0:00]

  MAMIYA: Alrighy, let’s get started then~

SHO: That’s right. Listeners, are you ready?

MAMIYA: VAZZROCK Radio a.k.a. VAZZRaji—

SHO: Start~!

  MAMIYA: Today’s MC is VAZZY’s leader, Mamiya Takaaki and~

SHO: ROCK DOWN’s leader, Onoda Sho will be delivering the broadcast to you~

MAMIYA: Wait, why aren’t we using the legendary tea table? I was looking forward to that, too… (1)

SHO: I’d say it’s because there’s only the two of us here.

MAMIYA: Well, it’s spacious so let’s use it even if it’s just the two of us!

SHO: Maybe this is the staff’s decision so that it won’t feel a bit too lonely in here.

MAMIYA: I see.

MAMIYA: Well, I guess it’d take some getting used to. I mean, this past year, we’ve finally managed to get closer to each of our units’ members, right?

SHO: That’s right~

SHO: Our unit feels like the household of a couple who’s been married for over 30 years~

MAMIYA: (laughs) Thirty, you say? That’s a little bit too relaxed now, isn’t it?

SHO: (chuckles) VAZZY has a lot of young members so, is it safe for me say that it would feel as if you were in the middle of raising children?

MAMIYA: Raising kids, huh~? It’s not really inaccurate so I find it kinda funny~

MAMIYA: We’re showing our different tastes as units now, aren’t we~?

SHO: Yup, we’ve gotten more work as units, too, so I’m sure that things will continue to be more interesting~

MAMIYA: Exactly! VAZZY’s really tight-knit now~ Thanks to that, we can finally have this leaders’ talk~

MAMIYA: Well, I guess even though I say that, when we get home, everyone will be waiting for us anyway.

SHO: That’s true~!

SHO: I imagined co-habiting to be somewhat similar to being in prison but, we have our own common rooms and it feels so wonderful, doesn’t it?

MAMIYA: You just said, “being in prison,” didn’t you…?! What kind of imagination do you have?!

SHO: Oh? Is that wrong~?

MAMIYA: Also, say that we’re living in a dorm. Ah, but just so there aren’t any misunderstandings— Every one of us have our own rooms and we have our own hometowns, okay? Please keep that in mind.

SHO: We’re all just in the same apartment complex~

MAMIYA: Yup, yup! The members are just living next door~

SHO: It’s really convenient when we’re borrowing soy sauce, huh~?

MAMIYA: (laughs) That’s kinda an unexpected situation for someone living in the city.

SHO: Ah! Speaking of… Ruka said the other day that he wanted to take a peek at everyone’s sleeping faces but… Do you know what he’s talking about?

MAMIYA: That guy’s saying things like that again?

MAMIYA: Ah, simply put… He’ll be sneaking into a sleeping member’s room and then film their sleeping faces with a camera.

MAMIYA: It’s kinda like a wake-up prank.

SHO: (excited) That sounds so exciting~! When should we do it~?

MAMIYA: WAIT A SEC!! You’re only saying that ‘cause you think it won’t happen to you!

SHO: To me? Hm… I don’t really remember how my mornings go so… I don’t know if I’ll even manage to make tea for him when he comes around…

MAMIYA: There we go— You low blood pressure bastard…

MAMIYA: My Ouka’s got low blood pressure so I can kinda understand but, waking him up is really troublesome, you know?

MAMIYA: What do you do when you need to be somewhere at an early time, Sho?

SHO: (excited) I have Haruto wake me up~! (sparkles)

MAMIYA: Wow… That’s a nice smile…                                                  

MAMIYA: It’s definitely hard on Haruto, right? No… I guess he’s used to it by now.

SHO: (chuckles) Are you the type who wakes up easily, Takaaki?

MAMIYA: Hm… I think I’m a light-sleeper. Though, I can fall asleep quick, too.

SHO: (chuckles) I’m now at a loss whether you’re sensitive or not~

MAMIYA: It’ll be a huge advantage when you’ve been in the industry for a long time~

SHO: Please teach me next time!

SHO: In any case, Ayumu’s going to be completely against the wake-up prank but Gaku’s going to play along~ We’ll be in your care if the opportunity does arise, okay~?

MAMIYA: You’re exactly the kind of guy who would make that happen…

MAMIYA: (sighs) I wonder how I should tell Ouka and Issa about this… Wait, maybe I shouldn’t. They’ll just get mad at me or something…

SHO: (chuckles) I’m looking forward to it~

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[03:45]

  MAMIYA: Oh, that’s right! Did we mention today’s talk topic yet?

SHO: I wonder… In any case, isn’t it just about how the VAZZROCK Project has surpassed a year since our start?

MAMIYA: It’s so like you to not remember if we said the topic but then perfectly remember what it actually is.

SHO: Thank you~ Is that the correct response~?

MAMIYA: It is, it is! Well, I guess we should just continue, huh?

SHO: (chuckles) Nothing will change even if we confirm it anyway.

MAMIYA: VAZZRaji’s strong point is how everyone can just listen to it with a relaxed atmosphere.

SHO: That’s right.

SHO: Since it’s been a year, are there any things that you found to have changed since we all started co-habiting?

MAMIYA: Hm… Let me see… Ah! Vazz and Rock have gotten so much bigger since we got them~

SHO: We got new members of the family when they got here, huh~?

MAMIYA: Ever since they got here, my phone’s camera roll is now full of cats, you know~?

SHO: (chuckles) You’ve completely fallen in love with them now~

MAMIYA: I mean, it’s hard not to take a pic of them when they’re clinging to you or when they’re sleeping, right?! Doesn’t Reiji take lots of pics of the cats, too?

SHO: He doesn’t make it obvious when people are watching him but, he spoils them a lot~ He secretly bought them toys, too!

MAMIYA: Exactly! (laughs) Wait—It’d be meaningless if we just revealed that.

SHO: Didn’t you get scolded by Ouka regarding an issue with Vazz and Rock?

MAMIYA: Wha--!? How did you know that?

MAMIYA: I didn’t get scolded~ Mama just gave me a li~ttle warning, okay~?

SHO: Just to be specific, what did you do?

MAMIYA: I… gave them too many treats~! (laughs)

MAMIYA: But, you know~? Those kitties eat them up so much when I bring the treats out~

SHO: They’re so cute…!

MAMIYA: Very.

SHO: Then, it can’t be helped.

MAMIYA: Right?! Well, he explained that it’d be bad for them if the cats got too fat so, I’m holding back for now.

SHO: (smiles) How admirable~ You’ve levelled up as a pet owner, huh~?

MAMIYA: It’s more like, I was forced to level up.

SHO: You’re really raising everyone, huh~?

MAMIYA: Exactly. Hey, wait! (smiles) Has anything happened to you in the past year aside from us all living together?

SHO: Well, that’s~ It’s the same as what you’re thinking, isn’t it~?

MAMIYA: Pretty much~

MAMIYA/SHO: It’s VAZZLive, right? | It’s VAZZLive, isn’t it~?

MAMIYA: (laughs) That’s just gotta be it, right~?

SHO: It is our first live after all~

MAMIYA: That was fun, huh?

SHO: Yup! Just remembering it now still makes me excited.

MAMIYA: To be honest, I didn’t expect out first live to be that exciting.

SHO: Is that so?!

MAMIYA: I mean, we did perform songs that were just released, you know?

SHO: That’s true. Do you think preparing for all of that was difficult for everyone who attended?

MAMIYA: I think so. But still, everyone went along with us.

MAMIYA: The members all felt like one as if we’ve been together all our lives!

SHO: Once you’ve tasted it, you can never truly go back to not knowing what it feels like, huh?

MAMIYA: (laughs) Exactly!

SHO: Compared to me, you look like you’re so used to it. How did that feel for you?

MAMIYA: Hmm~ I may be used to it more compared to the other members but, that was my first event with VAZZROCK so I was secretly nervous.

MAMIYA: Well, I did get too carried away when we actually started though.

MAMIYA: What about you, Sho? You’ve performed in much larger concert halls, right?

SHO: Hm… In terms of audience count, that may be true but, the image of the penlights waving and all of that is—

(Their conversation fades out)

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[07:20]

  SHO: (to the staff) Thank you very much for today.

MAMIYA: (to the staff) Thank you very much! Our other members will be in your care next time, too.

SHO: It might be our turn again before that, you know~?

MAMIYA: (laughs) They have to shuffle the members around!

MAMIYA: (to the staff) Then, thank you for your hard work!

SHO: (to the staff) Thank you very much.

SHO: We’ll be going ahead now.

  (Door opens and Mamiya and Sho walk out)

  MAMIYA: (stretches) Thanks for your hard work.

SHO: You, too. We managed to finish it without any incidents, huh?

MAMIYA: (laughs) Won’t it be a problem if an incident happened while the leaders were in charge?

SHO: Well, I guess so~ (smiles)

MAMIYA: Alright then… (Mamiya checks the time) 6:30, huh…

MAMIYA: This is just the perfect time, isn’t it~?

SHO: For what?

MAMIYA: Sho, do you have anything scheduled after this?

SHO: My work for today’s done after VAZZRaji.

MAMIYA: Then, should we go?

SHO: Um…??? Go where?

MAMIYA: (smirks) Of course~ To someplace nice~

 ==END==

Translator’s Notes:

(1) The legendary tea table Mamiya mentions is in ROCK DOWN’s Tokuten VAZZRaji Episode here ^^

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Platinum Relics Mini Guide

Platinum Relics are the lowest times on a track, and often the hardest, requiring precise driving and skills, along with knowledge of the game and it's mechanics. Think you have what it takes? Well, even if you don't, I'm here to try to help you out just a little bit with a small mini guide through each of the 18 tracks, so you too can flex online in style with that sweet Platinum Paint Job.

This guide assumes you know the inner mechanics of the game, such as power sliding, boosting, Sacred Fire, Blue Fire and course shortcuts. If you need explanations of those, you may not ready to tackle these just yet. I don't mind answering questions about them if you need something cleared up, however.

Collecting all the Boxes takes 10 seconds off your final time. What I mean by 'yes' or 'no' here is if it's recommended or not, or whether or not I think it's worth it or the effort. If it says 'no', then it's still possible to get the relic without them, if it says 'yes', it's because it's easy enough to do without driving you nuts or because it's absolutely necessary (looking at you N.Gin Labs and Papu's Pyramid).

Recommended Character Type is a suggestion based on the track selected. You don't have to follow it, I just chose what I believed was easiest (as you see I did all of my with Accel and Beginner characters, Advanced isn't necessary at all). Pick what feels comfortable to you!

Anyways, let's get started! Good luck, and drive fast!

Crash Cove Platinum Time to Beat: 52:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Advanced

Not gonna lie, the first one can be a bit of a doozy to Plat. There's not a lot of room for error here, and the only thing I can tell you to do is get Sacred Fire and floor it. If you lose Sacred Fire, you might as well kiss the Platinum goodbye. While I achieved my Plat with Coco, I recommend Advanced characters as Crash Cove is pretty basic and the extra speed can help. While you can collect all the boxes, I don't recommend it, since some are in pretty awkward spots that are off the course pretty hard.

My Time: 51:75 - Coco

Roo's Tubes Platinum Time to Beat: 55:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Advanced

Just as tough as Crash Cove, but with a little bit more of error room. You don't have to get all the boxes here to get the Platinum, but if you can keep a good race line, you could, so it's an option. Even if you have to take a few seconds more to grab all the boxes after the final Turbo Pad to grab them all (if that's your way of doing it), do it. 10 seconds off is a lot. Other than that, you know the deal. Sacred Fire and floor it. If you can consistently keep it and take the shortcut, this should be cake.

My Time: 54:49 - Pinstripe

Mystery Caves Platinum Time to Beat: 1:32:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Accel

Mystery Cave is full of ways to ruin your day. The turtles are a big one. They are so inconsistent when bouncing, it will drive you up a wall (sometimes LITERALLY). The corners are a bit tight to navigate at times. You can easily collect all the boxes in a 3 lap go if you plan your driving lanes beforehand, so if you want to go that route, go for it. I don't think this one is too bad as long as you can keep a good line of driving, and of course, Sacred Fire. If I can do it as I just woke up and started writing this guide on the first try, then you can, too.

My Time: 1:31:38 - Pinstripe 1:28:14 - Coco

Sewer Speedway Platinum Time to Beat: 0:37:00 Collect All Boxes?: Yes Recommend Character Type: Accel

Ah, here it is, the biggest bastard of Hub 1. Sewer Speedway is a pain to drive on in Nitro Fueled, combined with one of the lowest Platinum Times ever and a shortcut that's inconsistent, you're in for a bad time. I believe I got all the box for my Platinum Relic, which is why I'm recommending it, but heed this warning: for that, you need to take the shortcut (the full thing) at least once. Heed this advice though: Take it first lap and get it out the way. If you fail it, you've lost nothing. If you succeed, continue with the run and see what happens. My recommended path says go right twice at the beginning, then left, then right, left to get all the boxes. How you get the rest of the boxes in the track after that is up to your driving lines and your choice. Also, if you get crushed, you fail instantly. Just restart.

My Time: 34:47 - Pinstripe

Hub 1 Complete! Getting tired yet? Come on! We've just barely started!

Coco Park Platinum Time to Beat: 0:49:00 Collect All Boxes?: Yes Recommended Character Type: Advanced

Do yourself a favor and just collect all the boxes here. I've no god given clue how Komodo Joe burned around this course in 49 seconds, but I can tell you it's not possible by a human, and until proven otherwise, that's my opinion and I'm sticking with it. Keep a good racing line, get the outside (wide lane) boxes on the first lap and work your way inwards. There's a 2 box right before the beginning of the tunnel on the left in the grass, and a 3(?) right as you leave on the right. There's also two boxes a piece you have to jump for at the end from the grassy hills, so make sure you get Sacred Fire to get them. The 10 seconds off is well worth getting all the boxes for.

My Time: 46:89 - Pinstripe

Papu's Pyramid Platinum Time to Beat: 0:42:00 Collect All Boxes?: YES Recommended Character Type: Beginner

Whereas this Platinum was probably a joke in OG, it's NO joke in NF. There's no massive unfair skip in this game, which means you gotta play this by the book. As long as you can keep your driving lane good and collect a box per lap, you should be okay. I recommend getting the drop off for the 4 3 boxes first lap, that way you don't need to worry about it. Likewise, try to go to the outside turn down the stairs and get the 2 boxes on them (and the 1 hanging over the void), plus the 2 by the plants. The final turn you'll have to take twice to keep a good time, I grabbed the box in the grass first lap, along with the 2 closest to the inside of the turn and also the box leading to the 3 hanging over the gap (even if you have to fall off to get it). If you want a tentative picture of how I feel about this relic, here you go.

My Time: 37:69 - Pura

Tiger Temple Platinum Time to Beat: 0:43:00 Collect All Boxes?: Yes Recommended Character Type: Advanced

Not difficult at all. Collecting all the boxes is easy once you know where they all are, and they aren't in difficult places, either. You just need to keep your speed up to make sure you make it to the ones that require jumps. How you go from everything from there is up to you. As always, Sacred Fire and blaze it. Do watch how you land on the hills though, they can eat your speed. As someone that played this track a ton on the demo, this Relic took me 3 tries, tops.

My Time: 42:06 - Pinstripe

Dingo Canyon Platinum Time to Beat: 0:53:00 Collect All Boxes?: Yes Recommended Character Type: Accel

Not hard. Collect all the boxes, it's simple and even helps keep your driving line focused. Collect outside lane boxes first, it just helps later on when you're trying to save more time. Even though it's easy, you still need to have a good handle on driving correctly.

My Time: 52:11 - Pinstripe

Hub World 2 down! Wasn't too bad, right? Not with all the boxes collected in every map. Let's move on. Good news and bad news. Good news is, half this next hub is easy as hell. The bad news is, the other half isn't.

Blizzard Bluff Platinum Time to Beat: 0:45:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Advanced

Believe me when I say this is HARD. I don't know how Pura burned around this track in 45 seconds, but good god. I couldn't find a good way to get all the boxes either, so that's out (the 2 in the ditch after the rolling boulder basically make you come to grinding halt to get them and not jump over them, which just isn't worth 1 frozen second a piece, even if you managed to get all the boxes). Worst yet, without getting all the boxes, you're going to have to take the infamous fence shortcut on the final turn ALL THREE LAPS, a shortcut so hard that not even Oxide's ghost takes it on this track anymore. I barely made this one, so my only real advice is to not get discouraged, keep trying and practicing until you get your ideal driving line for the win.

My Time: 44:01 - Pinstripe

Dragon Mines Platinum Time to Beat: 0:54:00 Collect All Boxes?: Yes Recommended Character Type: All-Around, Accel

This one is just as bad as Blizzard Bluff. It has the infamous "spiral" turn that no one likes taking in this game, and just lots of sections that slow you down for absolutely no reason at all. Fortunately, the boxes are in places that aren't terrible, outside of the three 3 boxes on the minecart tracks in the tunnel. You basically have to turn into that tunnel right after the minecart goes in so you don't get crushed by the next one after it. Get the three 3 boxes by jumping off the spiral in that same lap. Finally, after the spiral, there's a bunch of boxes in between the pillars. If you start on the left side of them, you can weave through them all and end up on the right side at the end so you can get on the turbo pad. Get these problematic boxes in the first lap and then take your best driving into the next 2 laps to get this Platinum. Also, don't ask me how Pura did this in 43 seconds or Crash did it in 49:70. I don't know.

My Time: 51:83 - Coco

Polar Pass Platinum Time to Beat: 2:05:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Beginner, Accel

I did this one without even trying. It's rare that you'll get a Platinum Relic on your first try (unless you're that good at the game), but this one seriously is super easy, so long as you understand the mechanics of Blue Fire. If you can keep that (and it's possible, which is why I recommended a Beginner character class), you can obliterate this Platinum by a good 10 seconds. As the guy that has made the infamous Polar Pass 2 lap Blue Fire video on YouTube from the Demo, trust me when I say this is easy. I've had lots of practice on this map, but once you get the hang of it, it's simple. As I'm writing this, I achieved the Platinum again, even.

My Time: 1:53:29 - Coco 2:02:90 - Coco

Tiny Arena Platinum Time to Beat: 2:58:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Accel

I did this one without trying, too. This is another one where if you understand the basic mechanics of the game, you'll mop the floor with the times. 2:58 is generous enough to even make a few mistakes as long as you're getting enough boxes. Sacred Fire the parts you can, round corners well enough, collect the boxes in your path, stay out of the mud, jump off the hills and this Platinum is yours. I even just beat my old time playing through it again. You got this.

My Time: 2:41:21 - Coco 2:45:68 - Coco

Hub 3 is done. I told you half were easy and the other half were hard. Unfortunately, that trend continues with 2 more hard courses going into Hub 4. However, after those, you're sitting on easy street as long as you keep up your good driving.

N. Gin Labs Platinum Time to Beat: 0:53:00 Collect All Boxes?: Yes Recommended Character Type: Accel, Beginner

Hold it right there! Don't even think about turboing off this start line. Reverse and get all 12 of the 3 boxes at the beginning. You can get 3 of them just by holding reverse, then get the rest in a timely fashion by driving carefully. After that, Lap 1 needs to be spent getting boxes that you deem problematic for speed later on. Such boxes for me are the 2 in the alcove right before the barrel drop, and the ones hovering over the edges of the platforms of the 90 degree angle turns right after the barrel drops. This stage also requires you to at least understand Blue Fire and maintain it while keeping the best line possible, grabbing the boxes at high speed. I spent a good 2 hours here, and still barely made it. This one's tough.

My Time: 50:30 - Coco

Cortex Castle Platinum Time to Beat: 1:32:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Accel

This one is annoyingly difficult, as well. 1:32 is not a comfortable enough time to mess around with, so you've got to floor your speed. Sacred Fire the places you can. This stage also mandates what I like to call "Jetshotting", which is rounding a corner sharply, then continuing your momentum in the new direction. It's done by jumping from a hill, releasing the Acceleration button, braking and choosing your new direction, and before landing, releasing brake and Accelerating again. It's not hard to do, in fact, you may have even done it before on accident. But this stage mandates it because of the courtyard hill into the castle. There's no other way to take that corner effectively without losing speed. Other than that, I'd save the shortcut for the final lap, and get the boxes on the normal path on the first two laps. In that same vein, keep the box in the air after the Super Turbo Pad there for the final lap so you have some cushion while you fall and bend that last corner before the finish line. Good luck, this is the last hard one!

My Time: 1:27:78 - Coco

Hot Air Skyway Platinum Time to Beat: 2:02:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Beginner

I'll be completely honest with you: the minute I saw this track, I was already fearing the Relic. But I didn't realize how easy it would've been if one could just keep Blue Fire. Once I put that idea into my mind, this track instantly became easier. Explaining it is hard, but I have a video of it because I thought it was cool, so just use that.

My Time: 1:57:64 - Pura

Oxide Station Platinum Time to Beat: 2:34:00 Collect All Boxes?: Yes Recommended Character Type: Accel

This one isn't too bad. All the boxes are in a pretty easy place, and they all can be gotten within 3 laps. As long as you drive correctly and boost right, this should be a breeze, especially after N. Gin Labs and Cortex Castle (not to mention Blizzard Bluff). If you can do those 3 tracks, this one shouldn't bother you any. In fact, I would've done this one on my first try if I hadn't missed one box. Go figure. Beat it the 2nd try, though!

My Time: 2:27:83 - Coco

Slide Coliseum Platinum Time to Beat: 1:40:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Accel, Advanced

This one is a freaking cake walk. I don't know who set this Platinum Time, but it's a joke. You can easily beat this time without breaking all the time crates, but if you do, it's just adding insult to injury, and it's not like it's hard anyways. As long as you know how to drift, this isn't anything special. I even just beat it again playing through it for this guide.

My Time: 1:12:05 - Coco 1:14:48 - Coco (this is my time WITHOUT all the crates)

Turbo Track Platinum Time to Beat: 1:19:00 Collect All Boxes?: No Recommended Character Type: Accel, All-Around

This final one is easy too. You don't need to get all the boxes, but if you want, it makes it even easier. The Super Turbo Pads here just give you so much speed that it makes it hard to not get this Platinum on the first try. The only thing this stage mandates is that you know how to Brake Slide for hairpin turns, but other than that, this is simple!

My Time: 52:94 - Coco (with all time crates) 1:13:17 - Coco (without all time crates)

And that's everything! Just relax and practice and you'll be able to pull this off. I believe in you! If you have any questions, feel free to bother me over at my Twitter @JetspeedGaming, and check out my YouTube channel over at KuroJet!

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Duke Reviews: Happy Death Day 2U

Hi Everyone, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where We're Continuing Our First Annual October Monsterween...

Last Week, We Talked About The First Happy Death Day Movie Now We Move Onto The Sequel, Happy Death Day 2U...

Taking Place After The First Film's Ending, This Film Sees Tree Gelbman Being Transported To Another Dimension, Where She Must Relive A Different Version Of The Same Day Repeatedly With A New Killer On The Loose While She Attempts To Go Home, Will She Succeed?

Let's Find Out As We Watch Happy Death Day 2U...

The Film Starts With Ryan (Carter's Roommate) Inside Of His Car Being Woken Up By Someone's La Bamba Car Horn As He Walks To The Campus To The Building Where His Room Is But Unfortunately He Can't Stay As Carter Is Making Out With Tree (Basically The Last Scene Of The Last Movie)...

Getting A Phone Call From One Of His Friends, Samar, He Tells Ryan To Come To Their Lab Now As Him And His Other Partner, Dre (Short For Andrea) Have Made A Discovery And That Is That Their Invention Known As The Sisyphus Quantum Cooling Reactor (Or Sissy For Short) Automatically Went Off At 12:01 AM Yesterday And They Have No Idea What Set It Off...

But As The 3 Try To Figure Out How It Happened, The Dean Of The College Marches In To That Their Project Is Suspended Due To The Rolling Blackouts And Broken Circuits And Bulbs That Have Been Throughout The Campus Also Because It Hasn't Been Making The Only Thing That The Dean Is Apparently Interested In...

After The Dean Storms Off, Ryan Gets A Picture On His Phone Of Him On The Couch, Looking Over To Where The Picture Was Taken, He Finds Nobody So He Decides To Go Outside In The Hopes Of Finding Whoever Did It But Instead Ryan Gets Another Message And Follows That To The Chem Lab...

There, Ryan Finds Nobody, But When He Checks The Supply Closet, He Discovers..

(Start At 0:59, End At 1:15)

Waking Up In The Same Morning Like Tree, Ryan Wakes Up In His Car And Does The Same Stuff He Did As Before Only When He Reaches His And Carter's Room, He Tells Carter That He's Feeling A Sense Of Deja Vu And That The Day Reset When A Guy In A Baby Mask Killed Him....

Despite Knowing It To Be Impossible As Lori Is Dead And That Toomes Is Dead (But I Know That Fact To Be Impossible As Tree Killed Toomes In The Perfect Timeline But When She Ate The Cupcake The Day Reset Hence Toomes Can't Be Dead) Tree Tells Ryan Her Story Through A Recap Of The First Film...

Grabbing A Bat, Tree Tells Ryan To Show Her Where He Saw The Killer To Which He Takes Her To The Scene Only To Find Nothing, But When Ryan Hears A Noise, He Ends Up Whacking Samar In The Head When He Thinks That He's The Killer When He Sees A Baby Mask On Him...

Saying That He Found The Mask In The Hallway, Samar And Dre Leave When The Dean Of The College Marches In To Tell Ryan Again That The Project Is Terminated, Asking To See This Project, Ryan Shows Tree And Carter Sissy...

Telling Them That It Was Made To Prove That Time Can Be Slowed Down On A Molecular Level, Ryan Shows Tree And Carter The Data And Tells Them That It Went Off Yesterday At 12:01 AM, Which Makes Tree Realize That Ryan Started The Time Loop...

Despite Knowing That's Not What Sissy Was Made To Do Samar And Dre See This As A Discovery Of What It Actually Can Do And That Maybe It Was An Unintended Reaction, With Tree Telling Them That They Need To Figure Out How To Close The Loop, Ryan Tells Her That They Have No Idea How As It Fired On It's Own...

Interrupted By Danielle, She Asks Tree Where She Was During Their Meeting As Since Lori's Death Their Sorority On Red Alert And Danielle Worries About How They'll Attract People With An Attempted Murder On Their Hands, After Meeting Samar, Danielle Walks Off...

With Ryan Not Wanting To Die, Carter Suggests The Perfect Place To Hide Which Is The College's Sports Arena...

(Sarcastically) Yeah, Good Choice, Carter, Perfect Place To Hide...NOT!

While At The Game, Tree Spots Tim, Who Took Her Advice Of Finding Himself A Piece Of Man Ass (Even Though It Happened In The Same Timeline Where Toomes Died) She Also Recieves A Picture Of Her And Her Mom On Her Cellphone Which Makes Her Wonder If All The Events Of The Last Movie Were For Nothing

But With Carter Telling Her That Even If It Was, It Wouldn't Mean Less, The 2 Of Them Kiss As Alarms Start Going Off...

With The Arena Being Evacuated, Ryan Is Confronted By The Killer Forcing Him To Run..

(Start At 0:43, End At 2:29)

Saved By Tree, They Decide To Unmask The Guy To Which They Discover That It's...Old Man Smithers, The Creepy Janitor! No, Just Kidding It's Actually Another Version Of Ryan...

I Know It's Weird, But Turns Out This Ryan Was Trying To Close The Loop But Somehow He Got Knocked Into This Dimension And That The Longer Him And Their Dimension's Ryan Exist In This Dimension The More Danger They'll Be In So. He Tells Tree And Carter That They Have To Kill Their Ryan...

But Not Wanting To Die, Their Ryan Ends Up Placing It In His Hands To Solve The Problem, So, He Activates Sissy To Try To Get Rid Of The Other Ryan, But Samar And Dre Enter Only To Be Followed By The Dean And 2 Security Guards, They Try To Stop Ryan But The Machine Activates With The Flower Duet Playing In The Background As We Fade To Black...

The Next Day, Tree Wakes Up In Carter's Room To Discover That She's Back In Her Time Loop...

(Start At 0:33, End At 2:51)

Arriving At The Sorority, Tree Notices That Something's Missing Which Leads Her To Realize That Danielle Didn't Confront Her About Who She Slept With But Moving Onto Lori, Tree Confronts Her About The Cupcake But She Tells Tree That There Isn't One As She Goes Off To Her Job As A Nurse...

This Gets Tree To Realize That Something's Not Right As She Takes Ryan And Carter To The Cafeteria To Explain Everything That Happened Up To Now. With Tree Wondering If There's 2 Of Her, Ryan Tells Her That That's Highly Unlikely As She's Probably Stuck In A Quantum Cyclic Dimesion, With Tree Here And The Tree Of This Dimension Trapped In Another Dimension Somewhere In The Multiverse...

Having No Idea What The Multiverse Is, Ryan Explains It To Tree...

And To Explain It To My Viewers, Here Is Family Guy's Own Little Genius, Stewie...

(Start At 0:15, End At 0:38)

Thank You, Stewie...

With Danielle Approaching, Tree Gets Ready To Face Her Wrath Only To Discover That Not Only Is She Somewhat Of A Nice Person Here But She's Carter's Girlfriend In This Universe...

Having Enough From Danielle, Tree Answers A Phone Call From Her Father To Remind Her About Their Birthday Lunch To Which She Tells Him That She'll Be There In A Little Bit After Which She Takes Off But Not Before Telling Ryan To Be At The Lab At 3:00 So They Can Fix This...

Going To The Luncheon With Her Father, He Tells The Waiter That Before They Order They're Waiting For One More Person, A Person That Will Change Tree's Perception On Everything....Her Mom....

Yep, Tree's Mom Is Alive In This Universe...

Happy About This Discovery, Tree Decides To Tell Ryan To Shut Off The Machine. With Carter Wondering Why The Change, All Tree Tells Him Is That Everything Is Different Here Before She Asks Carter About His Relationship With Danielle But He Figured That She Already Knew As They Live In The Same House...

Eventually Dropping The Subject, Tree's Sees This World As The Best Version Of Her Life As Her Mom's Alive And Lori Isn't Out To Kill Tree But After Seeing Gregory Benson Talking With His Wife, Tree Decides That She Needs Time To Herself To Figure Out What To Do...

Returning To The Sorority, Tree Looks At Her Phone All Day Only To See That None Of The Memories On It Are Hers, With Danielle Eventually Entering She Wonders What Time Tree Is Coming To The Party (Like In The Last Movie) But As Danielle Talks To Her, Tree Notices On Tv The News Report That Toomes Is In The Hospital, Meaning In This Universe He's Still Around...

Telling The Secretary To Call The Police, Tree Grabs An Axe So She Can Fight Toomes, She Discovers That Only The Police Officer Is There. Arresting Tree, The Officer Tells Her That Toomes Went Down To The OR With A Nurse But As The Officer Takes Tree Away, He Gets Killed By The Killer...

Making A Run For The Elevator, Tree Is Saved By Lori, Who Tells Her The Same Story That The Officer Did Meaning The Killer Is Not Toomes (Or Her For That Matter)

With The Power Out, Lori Bars The Elevator Open So Her And Tree Can Get Out, But As They Walk Through A Floor That's Under Construction, Lori Is Killed By The Killer Which Forces Tree To Run To The Stairs So She Go Up To The Rooftop Only To Fall Off Of It Like Wile E. Coyote...

With The Day Reset, Tree Gets Pants On So She Can Tell Ryan To Meet Her In The Lab In An Hour...

With An Hour Passing, Tree Tells Ryan That She Needs To Stay In This Dimension And Asks Him To Close The Loop, But Ryan Tells Tree That This Will Be A Trial And Error Situation Where They Have To Rule Out Every Variable In Order To Find The Correct Algorithm

But Samar Points Out That Even If They Do This, They'll Have No Record Of Their Progress Especially If They Have No Memory Of It Once The Loop Is Reset, With Tree Believing That She's Screwed, Carter Gets An Idea That Since Everything But Tree's Memory Resets, She May Have To Become A Living Record...

But Knowing That She's Not A Scientist, Tree Tells Them That It's A Bad Idea Especially If There's A Killer Who'll Be After Her Until The Loop Is Closed, This Leads Samar To Come Up With The Suggestion That Tree Just Kills Herself Before The Killer Does...

Tree Doesn't Like That Idea At First But Seeing That There's No Option, She Decides To Go With It...

And So, We See Everyone Working On Closing The Loop While Tree Spends Time With Her Parents And Spys On Danielle And Carter And Lori And Gregory While Also Resetting The Day By Electrocuting Herself, Poisoning Herself With Draino, Jumping Out Of An Airplane Without A Parachute, Getting Mulched In A Tree Mulcher (That Has A Back To The Future Reference) And Jumping Off Of The Belltower...

But All Throughout Those Kills She Has Stomach Pains And Faints Again, Landing Her In The Hospital Where Tree Meets This Universe's Gregory Benson, Who Has No Idea Who Tree Is But Is There To Tell Tree The Same Thing He Told Her The Last Time He Took Her X-Rays In The First Film...

Asking What Time It Is, Gregory Tells Tree That It's 9:30 To Which Tree Warns Him That Lori Is About To Die And He Needs To Stop Her From Going Down To The OR, Which It Appears Gregory Does As He Exits, But When Tree Gets Up, She Finds Lori's Dead Body On The Floor As Toomes, Dressed As The Killer Attacks Her...

(Start At 2:16, End At 2:40)

With The Day Reset, Tree Goes To The Lab To Give Carter, Ryan And His Friends All The Failed Algorithms, To Which They Realize That There's Only One Left And It Works...

But With One Varient Closing The Loop And The Other Sending Tree Home And Closes That Loop, Which Means It's Decision Time And Tree Decides To Stay In That Dimension...

But As They Turn On The Machine It Shuts Off Because There's A Virus In The System And It'll Take Six Or Seven Hours To Fix The System, Telling Ryan That She's Living On Borrowed Time, Tree Walks Off...

Following Her, Carter Asks If Tree Is Sure About This Decision To Which She Tells Him That She Is, Despite The Fact That Lori Will Probably Die Tonight If Does Close The Loop Realizing This, Tree Tells Carter That She Can't Be Responsible For Everyone...

Telling Her That She's Sounding Selfish, Tree Tells Carter That To Not Make Her Choose Between Him And Her Mom Which Leads Tree To Tell Carter That In The Other Universe They Were Together...

Asking Tree What If She's Wrong? And That She's Meant To Go Back To The Other Universe Tree Tells Carter That She Can't Because She Doesn't Want To Lose Her This Leads Carter To Tell Her That She Already Did And That None Of This Is Real If She's Living Another Person's Life That Doesn't Belong To Her...

But She Has The Opportunity To Do Something Most People Only Dream About And That's Having The Chance To Say Goodbye. But Before Carter Can Say Anymore, Danielle Approaches Which Causes Tree To Leave...

Going To The Restaurant To See Her Parents, Tree Starts Feeling Chest Pains Again Which Causes Them To Worry About Her But Asking Them To Take Her Away From Campus, Saying That She'll Explain Later, They Do Just That...

Passing By A Power Plant In Their Car, Tree's Mom Talks With Her About Cinnamon Rolls At A Place Called Morrow Bay To Which Tree Doesn't Remember It As It's Wasn't Her That Did That...

Stopping At A Hotel For The Night, Tree Talks With Her Mom About If She Ever Wondered What Her Life Would Be Like She Couldn't Be With The One She Loves And If Being With That Person Meant Losing Someone Else To The Point That You Could Never See That Person Again.

To Which Tree's Mom Answers That That's Life, Sometimes The Past Pulls Us In One Direction And Sometimes The Future Calls Us Somewhere New. Wondering How She Knew That Her Dad Was The One, Tree's Mom Tells Tree That She Didn't She Just Took A Leap Of Faith...

Seeing The News Report From The Hospital, Tree Discovers That Not Just The Police Officer And Lori Are Dead But Carter Too, Tree Tries Calling Ryan To Tell Him To Stop Sissy But Unable To Reach Him, Tree Takes Off In Her Parents Car So She Can Go To The Power Plant To Kill Herself And Reset Time...

(Start At 0:53, End At 1:46)

With Time Reset, Tree Tells Carter That That Is The Last Time She's Dying For Him...

Later At The Lab, Everything Is Fixed For Tree To Go Home, But Before She Does She Decides To Do Some Things 1. Fix Everything With Lori And Telling Her To Break Up With Gregory, Saying That He's Not Worth It...

2. Talk With Danielle, However As Tree Goes To Do That She Finds Pleasuredome Nick In Her Bedroom Meaning That Danielle Is Not Little Miss Nice Girl As Everyone Believes And She's Cheating On Carter...

And Finally 3. Say Goodbye To Her Mom, With Tree Saying Everything She Has Always Wanted To Say To Her Mom, It Turns This Scene Into A Tender Moment And Honestly It Makes Me Cry...

Returning To The Lab, Ryan Turns On Sissy To Send Tree Home But They're Stopped By The Dean Who Pulls The Plug On Sissy And Wheels It Out Saying It Will Be In His Office Under Lock And Key...

With Carter Suggesting That Tree Just Reset The Day, Tree Tells Him That She's Getting Weaker To The Point That If She Resets The Day Again, She Won't Come Back, This Leaves Them With Only One Option And That's To Steal Sissy From The Dean's Office With Both Samar And Dre Believing That It's A Bad Idea, Both Carter And Ryan Tell Them That It's Their Fault All Of This Is Happening And It's Their Responsibility As Scientists To Fix It...

Coming Up With A Plan To Get Sissy Back In The Cafeteria, All They Need Now Is A Distraction To Distract The Dean, Luckily, Opportunity Calls Carter In The Form Of Danielle...

(Start At 0:06, End At 3:14)

Returning To The Lab With Less Than 3 Hours To Send Tree Back, It's Going To Be Incredibly Close, But Not Wanting To Leave Without Saving Lori, Tree Takes Off To Go Save Her...

Arriving At The Hospital, Tree Saves Lori From Toomes, Who She Shoots Before Her And Lori Run Into The Killer In The Hallway Where It's Revealed That It's Gregory...

(Start At 0:06, End At 3:33)

(Tree) Have A Little Bit Of Magnet Power, Morhertrucker!

With Gregory's Wife Alive For A Possible Sequel, Carter Saves Lori So Tree Can Get A Little Closure Before She's Taken Off To The OR...

But As All Of That Went On, The Dean Discovered That Ryan And Everyone Took Sissy From His Office And Is Trying To Break Down The Lab Door With 2 Security Guards...

But Even When The Dean Breaks In, He Doesn't Stop The Machine As Tree Says Goodbye To Carter Before The Machine Is Activated And Tree Is Sent Home, Ending Our Movie...

But It Doesn't End There As Tree And Her Friends Are Taken In By DARPA, Who Have Sissy In Their Possession But Have No Clue How To Run The Damn Thing To Which Tree Offers To Help However, There's One Left That They Need To Do Find A Test Subject And Luckily, Tree Knows Just Who To Get...

Looks Like Danielle Is Going To Go Through Hell In The Sequel (If There Is One) But That's Happy Death Day 2U And I Like It...

While Not As Good As The Original Film, I Did Enjoy The Story, Jessica Rothe's Performance And I Also Liked How They Answered Some Of The Questions From The Last Film In This Film But Sometimes It Gets Confusing (Despite Having A Special Feature On The Blu-Ray That Explains Everything) To The Point That Some Of The Information Gets Hard To Follow But Despite That I Deeply Enjoyed It And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

[goodwriterwithbadhabits]

Aphrodite Knidias

I want every to know that they are beautiful and wonderful and anyone would be lucky to have them as a soulmate. As someone who suffers from really bad insecurities, I know how many people feel but I want you to know that I think you’re beautiful.

Also know that the way this is written is meant to portray the reader's inner thoughts, not the thoughts of those around her. Also, River Huang is highkey based on the way I talk to both my friends and myself.

Masterlist

~~ 

Staring at yourself in the mirror, you wondered it going to the shoot was worth it. You were a journalist for a well-respected magazine, and therefore had to dress the part, but the white blouse and pencil skirt made you feel like an overstuffed sausage. Your friends all called you “curvy” or “thic” but you knew the truth. You were just fat.

“Hey, Y/n, you ready? We gotta leave soon.” Your coworker and best friend, River Huang, called. Now, River was curvy, she had goods in all the right places and made you hate yourself just a little bit more. “You look great!” She gasped, coming up behind you. “You wear this stupid outfit better than me, I'm jealous.”

“Stop it. I look like a sausage.” You groaned, poking at the bulge on your stomach.

“Hey, Y/n do me a favor and shut the fuck up?” She shrugged. “You look amazing and I swear by every god if you don't start loving yourself a bit more, I'm going to beat your heart into your ass.” She threatened with a smile.

“River, I'm serious, I shouldn't go. I'm sure Kira would be ecstatic to meet BTS.” You sighed.

“She might be, but I'm serious too. You look spectacular, your interviews gonna go great and if the timer on your wrist is anything, you're going to walk away from this with a soulmate.” You glanced down at the little timer on your arm.

00:01:29:54

You had an hour and a half until you were supposed to meet your soulmate.

“What if they don't like me?” You asked, tugging the leather bracelet you always wore over the timer.

“Why wouldn't they?” River asked, grabbing both of your bags as you made your way to the car.

“Because I'm-”

“If you say fat, I'm going to actually flip us into a ditch.” She threatened, climbing into the driver's seat.

“I'm just being real.”

“No, you're anxious and you hate your own body. Do you know the only difference between our bodies is?” You stared at your nails, trying not to pick at the French manicure you had gotten just hours prior.

“You actually look good.” You offered.

“No, the only difference is, I own it. I know that this is my body, and I get to decide if someone is going to make me feel lesser about it. And I never let people do that. The moment you own your body is the moment no one can hurt you anymore. Your soulmate is going to love you. They're going to think the world of you.” You stayed quiet, wanting to believe her words. “Hey, I will never lie to you, you're beautiful.”

“Thank you.”  You finally managed to say. 

~~

You pulled into the venue with 55 minutes left on your timer. The interviews you were conducting today were going to be for a huge segment on BTS, not only for the magazine but for the website as well, which meant you were going to be on camera. The camera crew was just beginning to start the shoot when you arrived.

“Miss L/n, Miss Huang, you're here.” Your boss greeted. “Let's begin.”

Your job was to interview Hoseok, Jimin and Jungkook, the dancers, while River interviewed Jin, Suga, RM and V. You had never met these people before, but just from the few minutes you were able to talk to them, they seemed really genuine. When they all smiled at you, shook your hand like an equal, and spoke with passion, it made you forget that your timer was ticking away, but it also made you forget that these were superstars. They were just normal people with a better job than most.

“I've answered all your questions, can I ask one of my own?” Hoseok asked as you jotted down the last of your notes, having interviewed him last.

“Of course.”

“Do you have a soulmate?” He leaned closer to you, almost childishly interested.

“I do, doesn't everyone?” You joked. He laughed loudly which made the other boys in the room look at the pair of you, even RM who was being photographed.

“I like you, you're very nice and funny.”

“Thank you.” You bowed your head to hide the blush creeping onto your cheeks.

“So cute.” He cooed, making your cheeks burn hotter.

“Yah, Jhope, don't embarrass her.” Jin scolded from across the room, which made you even more embarrassed. Hoseok's cheek went a little pink and he ducked his head.

“I'm sorry.” He still had a smile on his face.

“It's okay. Don't worry about it.” You patted his hand and noticed that your timer was now into the minutes. “Oh,” You pulled your arm back and looked at the numbers.

00:00:02:14

“Wah, you have a timer, so does RM.” Hoseok gasped.

“What a coincidence.” You shrugged.

“Y/n, come here a moment.” Your boss called. You stood, picking up your notepad.

“Thank you for letting me interview you.” You bowed, before making your way across the room.

“You're very welcome. It was nice meeting you.” He called after you.

“River's running a bit behind on her interview with V, can you interview RM for her?”

“Yeah of course.” Your boss smiled, clapping your shoulder.

“Thank you, I'll send him over when he's finished.”

“Yes ma'am.” You made your way back to the corner you were interviewing people in and began going over your notes from the previous boys. The room was mostly quiet, save for the occasional click of the camera, and hushed voices.

“Excuse me, are you Y/n?” A voice asked, you looked up to find RM standing next to you and as you opened your mouth to answer, a beeping filled the room. You both lifted your wrists, finding the timers to have reached 0:0:0:0.

You knew you were supposed to feel all warm and fuzzy, but instead you were suddenly aware of everyone's eyes on you and just how awful you looked. You dropped your stuff and booked it out of the room.

~~

Namjoon blinked at the empty spot where his soulmate just stood, her pen rolling away from him.

“What just happened?” He asked aloud.

“That would be my best friend letting her insecurities get the better of her and panicking.” Joon turned to find the other interviewer standing behind him. “You should probably go find her.”

“Can I?” He asked his manager, who nodded.

“Just bring a face mask.” Joon nodded and pulled one out of his jacket pocket,

“RM,” The other interviewer stopped him before he could make it out the door. “Listen, she's really insecure about her weight, and she doesn't think her soulmate would ever like her because of it.”

“But, she's beautiful?”

“I know that, but she doesn't.”

~~

You ended up sitting out front of the building, arms wrapped around your legs and face resting on your knees. Not only had you embarrassed yourself by running away, but you had also probably embarrassed him just by existing as his soulmate. Tears cascaded down your face, making you look even worse.

You heard footsteps approach, and next thing you knew, someone was showing you a picture of a statue. The woman depicted was hunched over, with rolls on her belly and big thighs.

“Do you know who that is?” He asked, taking a seat next to you.

“No.”

“Its the goddess Aphrodite.” He informed you.

“No it isn't, it cant be.” You mumbled.

“It is, the statue is Aphrodite Knidias by the sculptor Praxiteles, who was-”

“A roman sculptor from the Hellenistic period.” You finished. “I heard about him, but Aphrodite is always shown being fit.”

“This is his depiction of her, and there are so many goddesses that aren't skinny per se, but do you want to know what I think?” You finally looked over at him. He smiled softly, using the cuff of his sweater to wipe your tears. “I think you're more beautiful than all of them.”

[acecombatmutual]

well folks ive done it again. sethcraft season 2 op. as always do the cues to THIS song

0:00-0:06: we pan up to a shot of lancelot standing at the bottom of the hill in front of HQ; his arm is outstretched, and a carrier pigeon lands on it, holding a letter 0:07: pan further upwards, past HQ, towards the dusky sky 0:08: sethcraft logo 0:14: underneath the logo, 'season 2' in the minecraft font appears 0:21: a shot of sam practicing magic 0:23: the book in front of her bursts into flames on accident 0:25: we cut to june in the background smiling 0:27: mash is writing a letter inside the ccc 0:29.5: mash sets aside the letter, closing her eyes 0:31: she opens her eyes, filled with determination 0:33: lancelot is standing on the field in front of HQ 0:34: his arm is outstretched to hold a carrier pigeon with a letter 0:35: he draws his arm towards him to retrieve the letter 0:36: he opens the envelope 0:37: he is looking at the letter & he smiles 0:39: cut to he and arturia sitting in the commons area, writing (he is writing a letter & arturia is writing a book 0:40: mash sets down a tray of tea 0:41: cut to jeanne sitting looking through old books in a library in a stronghold 0:43: zero, standing up, is looking through a book next to her 0:44: jeanne looks particularly quizzically at a line in a book (she has her finger held up to the line) 0:46: june is looking at a book wistfully, reading it over in front of a window with a picturesque view 0:49: she looks up from the book, concerned but steadfast 0:50: she closes the book 0:51: she turns around and nods to sam 0:52-0:55: cut to jeanne and zero drawing their swords at a battleground at the field in front of hw, sun setting, they are fighting shadow servants; cut to a close shot of their faces- they look poised and ready to rock and roll 0:56: as the beat drops, we cut to arturia on that battleground running towards the right side of the screen, excalibur in hand & charged 0:58: we pan the camera to the right to get a front shot as she lifts excalibur above her head to fire her np 0:59: excalibur fires; through the light white we zoom out of a white hot flame in junes right hand 1:01: she fires the flame, sam runs across the screen to the left which is the cut transition: 1:02: we cut to lancelot fending off b3a- they are evenly matched 1:05: he fires his np towards the camera, through the white we cut to zero and jeanne fighting side by side 1:07-1:08: jeanne and zero look at each other knowing theyre outmatched but will continue to fight 1:09: cut to mash breaking down in tears, grail mud engulfing her 1:11: gudakos/rl lillies hand reaches for her but theyre both totally engulfed by the grail mud 1:13: we zoom out from jeannes cape, she is looking towards the dusk, concerned; zero looks as well 1:15: arturia stops fighting and looks concerned towards the sunset 1:17: goddess rhongomyniad appears on horseback, charging over the dusky hill with her lance in hand 1:18-1:21: smash-cut to all of the cast getting poised to fight again 1:22: goddess rhongomyniad leaps into the air, posed to fire her np; the screen brightens from her nps light and the song ends

[pulsinella]

i thought i die

I’m standing at the door and my guide, a 7-foot-tall eskimo, is pointing at the doorknob with his leather-mittened hand. He smiles warmly at me. I am unsure about the situation. I do not know what I want. I turn around to see if there is an exit. There is only a wall. I reach for the doorknob, thinking only of what I have left behind. The metal is warm as if I am only one of many that have passed through here. I glance at the eskimo once more for assurance. He nods. 

I turn the knob and push. The door does not budge. I look at the eskimo, perplexed. He rolls his eyes and makes a pulling motion with his hands.

I pull open the door slowly and peek inside. 

The room is huge. There is a large shelf full of books, movies, and video games. To the left of that is a sexy-ass computer. I hurry to check the internet connection; ultra-broadband, and it downloads gigs of porn in seconds. I visit eBaumsworld. Every post is not a repost. 

“Hey there,”

I spin around, startled. There is a girl sitting in an awesomely comfy couch, smoking what looks like a cannabis cigarette. She waves me over. 

I sit next to her.

“Welcome.”

She is not ugly. She is not homely. She is just beautiful. I find her more than sexually attractive. She offers the spliff to me. I decline.

“Well, do you wanna play some games then? I’m kind of bored since I’ve been waiting on you forever.”

She shows me the extensive collection available. Anything that could be called a video game is in there, ready to be played. 

I decline this offer as well, shaking my head again. 

“Well, that’s all right I guess… Geez, you just wanna sit around staring at all the cool shit?”

I take another look around. There is, indeed, a lot of cool shit.

“Hmm… Maybe you just need a little house-warming gift.”

She puts down the spliff in an ashtray and moves over to me. She crawls across the couch on all fours and pulls me into a warm embrace. My face is in her tits. Her right hand glides down to my crotch while she holds my head to her chest with the other. Long story short, there’s some sex.

I’m pretty happy.

Afterward, she turns on the huge television. My dead body pops up on the screen. I can see my fatal wounds and flies buzzing around my corpse. Some maggots have begun to inhabit my decomposing chest. The telltale signs of empty bowels are very evident. I’m pretty disgusted at this point.

At the bottom of the screen I see:

Respawning in 0:10

0:09

0:08

“Will I be back?”

The girl nods her head and gives me a kiss on the cheek.

0:07

0:06

“Will I remember this at all?”

0:05

0:04

“Nope, but you’ll get to stay even longer next time.”

0:03

0:02

“Awesome.”

“See ya.”

0:01

0:00

…

[RESPAWN] or [CONTINUE?]

[feelingofcontent]

DNP Rewatch: THE FUTURE QUIZ! (with KickThePj)

Date video was published: 01/24/2016 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 297

A Phil and PJ collab! DNP were visiting PJ and Sophie for a couple of days (1, 2, 3) so this is filmed at their house.

0:00 - such big smiles at the start! You can almost immediately tell that Phil is very comfortable filming with PJ

0:05 - ...and it’s because of things like that, I think. PJ is immediately ready to go along with any of Phil’s weird ideas and it’s great

0:14 - Phil loves bacon pancakes

0:16 - ahahaha, the face bank DNP gave them for Christmas 2014!

0:20 - where did Phil even come up with this idea

0:29 - “give him a little stroke” ...well that’s slightly disturbing

0:38 - I find the face bank very creepy

0:46 - Phil is cheating at his own game! That’s not a kitchen material lol

0:49 - “that’s cheating” yes PJ, call him on it!

0:52 - that is a GIGANTIC roll of tin foil

1:08 - one brainwave here apparently

1:13 - “a future punk” sure

1:16 - both of them are great at inventive make-believe ideas. 

1:24 - the limits of Phil’s other language abilities

1:44 - Phil and PJ work really well reacting off of what the other does

1:57 - I wasn’t that disturbed, but PJ’s demo of how that would work made it disturbing

2:13 - great dance move there from Phil

2:18 - LMAO at the “broccoli dance” 😂

2:29 - Dan with the off-camera timer noise! I love that he (and maybe Sophie) are just sitting there watching them film this

2:33 - they’re laughing so much in this; I love it

2:48 - of course it has wi-fi

2:54 - PJ is so much better at drawing than Phil

2:57 - “a hobble moose” okay. I was going to go with “genie elephant”

3:01 - ah, yeah! “elephant ghost hybrid” there we go

3:07 - guessing Phil threw that right to someone off camera

3:11 - I really hope not

3:23 - “with more thunder” perfect. PJ is fully running with that idea now

3:45 - christ, I’m really not sure I want to hear the answer to this 😳

3:47 - PJ’s like...where is this going?! same

3:52 - nope nope nopeity nope. PJ’s face is fantastic

4:03 - I love everything about their reaction to this

4:29 - how is Phli not hot already wearing that coat the whole time; now he’s putting the hood up too

4:31 - underwear will be illegal...where is PJ’s mind going here. Phil is definitely glancing at people off camera a bit

4:39 - “that’s you isn’t it” “NO” 😂

4:43 - I love the editing pause and zoom-in calling PJ out!

4:52 - really don’t think that would make it any less awkward. They both have fantastic socks

4:54 - god they have bad aim

5:05 - “shows how flexible you are” ummmm...Phil 👀

5:11 - yes! great socks

5:25 - that was almost a Dan-like reaction from PJ to that statement with the little head shake and look at the camera

5:34 - Phil, you didn’t need to repeat “seed” like that...

5:53 - they really committed to having tin foil on their necks the whole time

5:55 - what is Phil doing with his arm here

6:03 - and going with “seductive” and the music addition of course

6:32 - did not need creepy face bank ending

This is a great video. I love Phil and PJ being creative together!

DNP also both filmed a video playing Snake Oil for PJ’s channel on this visit. And I love that one! I wonder if they filmed this video after that, since both Phil and PJ still seemed to be inventing “products” a lot.

[vinarto]

Preemptive Review of Pacific Rim Uprising

So a thing about me, is that i LOVE Pacific rim. It’s great, original (for the most part) and over all an awesome movie, i swear i could go on but this post is gonna enough, so go rent it from a Redbox, or buy it, because that shit ain’t on Netflix! 

So with the sequel coming out soon... I have doubts 

So what i am going to do is that i will through both official trailers, and give my thoughts and my concerns.

-Official trailer 1

0:01 Okay, i hate this with trailers nowadays but, don’t put a Fucking mini trailer at the beginning! I know what i’m watching, i don’t need to be hooked, i’m already hooked!

0:21 At the beginning, this looks very good, you can’t tell really whats going on, you just heard a siren, with shit like explosions happening, and you see a giant foot so you  get a scale of things, all while you’re focused on this girl --witch i think is going to be the Mary sue-- in aw.

 0:30 Boyegas character says that they were born into this world, and it makes me realize that this war has been going on for decades! So in this movie you get a look (i’m assuming) into the lives of the people who were born into a world of Kaijus, and Yeagers.

0:41 The theme song! it comes in for a quick bit, but it’s slowed down, which i think is pretty cook

0:50 And then you get “oh shit” moment where humans are fighting humans! And i’m like “yeah, this was gonna happen eventually” also it gives it a bit of a Gundam feel, with the whole giant robots vs giant robots thing.

0:55 There’s a Asian chick in white played by Tian Jingle jangle, with Mako from the first movie, and Charlie day walking in like he’s the coolest Mother Fucker, love him. 

 1:00 Now you get the song everyone’s gonna associate With this movie! It’s good, it’s just i wish the actually fucking theme song was the MAIN fucking theme song!

1:02 We get a mini Yeager Witch is pretty cool, piloted by the Mary sue i’m guessing, and let me guess, she’s a kid genius?!

 1:13 You a look into the ‘cockpit’ and... there’s CGI Fucking everywhere! Okay, a thing about the original, is that the cockpits were real, they were actual sets, and it was quite impressive. Go look up a behind the scenes video and you’ll know what i mean.

 1:18 Another cool thing is, in one scene the Yeagers have rockets strapped to the backs which is not free flight, but it’s close.

1:20 Generic line number 1 “Now that’s what i’m talking about!”

 1:22 Electro whip! Just electro whip.

1:25 There’s a scene of... *Looks at trailer* generic dude number 12, shooting a gun witch made me kinda weary there won’t be enough Yeagers and Kaijus, but the trailers made it very clear that there will be a lot of them.

 1:35 YEAGER SWORD FIGHT!

1:38 They show of a pretty cool battle in what i think is the Arctic. 

1:43 Generic line number 2 “I think i could get used to this.”

1:45 It looks like there’s a gun station in one of the Jaegers that’s away from the main cockpit, so i’m wonder if they will be able to move around the Yeager, plus it gives me a sort of star wars feel.

1:57 So it looks like in what i assume to be the climax, that the Kaijus fuse together, a sort of megazord made of monsters, if you will.

2:09 there’s a shot where all the Jaegers are getting ready to attack, witch looks pretty awesome.

2:17 You gets some cool shots and the MegaKaiju witch roars so load, that the windows in the building shatter, giving you a sense of how big this thing is.

2:20 Then you get the title drop and it’s epic.

-Official Trailer 2

0:05 Again with the mini trailer

0:07 Boyega and the Mary sue are in prison, i don’t know if that’s a common enough trope to classify it as main stream.

0:26 The trope of the son of a hero being a lazy partyer. Someone call CinemaSins.

 0:34 The mini Jaeger did a sonic and rolled out.

0:55 A Kaiju-Jaeger hybrid, okay that’s pretty cool.

1:03 Okay, there saying someone let the Kaijus back in, and it cuts to the Asian chick in white. “Jee, i wonder who it could be?!”

 1:12 I’ve notice that the Jaegers are a lot more agile in this movie, probably for more fast pasted action. I think i prefer the action from the orginal, it was slow, but you could feel the impact!

  1:14 Fighting while falling shows dedication.

1:22 Grapple beam! I hope they use it effectively.

 1:30 Sending in the mini Jaeger, Like that’s gonna do anything, and if it does i’m calling BullShit.

1:49 “Jaeger pilots, do you understand!” Is probably the line that gets me most pumped.

1:59 Okay, so Saber Athena (or Sabrina as i like to call it,) the female looking Jaeger, because why not, uses a sword, now that’s good and all because it solves the problem of not using it for the majority in the original, BUT a good argument for them not using it was because Kaiju blood, is very poisonous, so using a sword would spread blood everywhere.

2:01 The rocket elbow is back, witch is awesome, because it was awesome.

2:07 A Jaeger is batted across the city while another Jaeger is sliding under it, that’s very anime.

2:20 Here’s a design flaw with the elctro whip, a Kaiju could grab it and swing the Jaeger around the city destroying a ton of buildings, witch is exactly what happens.

2:29 Finally the title appears, and shows Gypsy Avenger using it’s plasma gun to control it’s trajectory while falling towards the earth, it’s not exactly free flying, more like free falling.

TL;DR/summery: If i had to some up Pacific Rim Uprising, it would have to be Mainstream. It looks very mainstream, and that’s probably due to Del Toro not directing it, now due to the original not being a major success at the box office, Legendary Pictures thought it was Del Toro’s fault, witch is stupid because anything that man touches turns into gold! 

It looks very anime, witch is pretty good, less of the ‘realisticness’ of the original, and more of the straight up anime Shit.

 The Jaegers themselves look very generic, with the only distinctions being the colors and some basic things like some are bulky, one is very feminine looking, where the originals were very distinct, you have the default, the new model, one with three arms, and one was just wearing a trash can and boxing gloves, and they all very well represented there native countries, unlike Uprising.

I like the ‘song’ they keep using, but i wish they would use the main Fucking theme.

Visual it will be a lot brighter, a lot cleaner, and less gritty then the original, and i don’t know how to feel about that, i assume it’s because they’re trying to pander to kids, witch i’m kinda on the fence about, on one hand it gets kids interested in mechas and maybe anime, but on the other hand there’s gonna be some annoying Damn kids when i go see it.

Plot wise, it kinda goes into my philosophy of, that the end of anything, humans will always fight each other, so i’m really curious where the movie goes.  

There are some good ideas like the Kaiju-Jaeger hybrid, and the MegaKaiju, but at the end of the day, it’s just too mainstream. i Don’t think it’ll be bad, it’s just i don’t think it’ll be as good as the original.

So i’ll post the trailers below for you to see for yourselves, so you can form your own damn opinions.

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7/13/2020

Kiss - Music from The Elder while bagging papers and finished Moby Dick book on cd while delivering.

1st full day in the WQA office since March.  Taking on Dale’s shipping and receiving duties while he is on vacation.  Charli XCX - Charli cd in car.

Bonfire Greatest Hits ( The Real Bonfire ) HQ 1 - Intro  0:00   2 - Starin' Eyes  1:59 3 - Ready 4 Reaction  6:14 4 - Hard On Me  9:57 5 - The Stroke  13:03 6 - Back To You  17:29 7 - No More  21:50 8 - Sleeping All Alone  26:02 9 - Why Is It Never Enough  29:38 10 - Streets Of Freedom  33:48 11 - Wake Up ????  38:48 12 - Don't Touch The Light  44:25 13 - Sweet Obsession  48:58 14 - Tony's Roulette  52:05 15 - Who's Follin' Who  56:50 16 - Feels Like Comin' Home  1:00:40 17 - Under Blue Skies  1:05:16 18 - You Make Me Feel  1:10:53 19 - Fantasy  1:15:37 20 - Look Of Love  1:20:17 21 - Take My Heart And Run  1:25:08 22 - Say  1:30:54 23 - Never Mind  1:35:45 24 - Don't Get Me Wrong  1:39:26 25 - Desire  1:42:49

D̲ire S̲t̲raits - D̲ire S̲t̲raits (Full Album) 1978

Louis Cole Live 2019

Pantera - [1984] Projects In The Jungle [Full Album]

Listened to some of  Black Sabbath Greatest Hits Vol 1 1 - Black Sabbath 0:00 2 - Sweet Leaf  6:27 3 - Into The Void  11:33 4 - Paranoid  17:46 5 - Children Of The Grave  21:07 6 - Changes  26:25 7 - Hole In The Sky  31:20 ( Little Mistake At The End ) ???? 8 - Planet Caravan  35:12 9 - Snowblind  39:46

at the health club and the ride home

Twisted Sister Greatest Hits 1- Come Out And Play  0:00   2 - The Kids Are Back  5:01 3 - I Wanna Rock  8:17 4 - Under The Blade  11:20 5 - You're Not Alone  16:00 6 - Love Is For Suckers  20:06 7 - Out On The Streets  23:39 8 - Sin After Sin  27:59 9 - You Can't Stop Rock n Roll  31:22 10 - The Price  36:06 11 - Hot Love  39:55 12 - Leader Of The Pack  43:29 13 - I Am ( I'm Me )  47:13 14 - Shoot 'Em Down  50:49 15 - We're Not Gonna Take It  54:44 16 - I Believe In You  58:23 17 - Wake Up ( The Sleeping Giant )  1:03:46 18 - Like A Knife In The Back  1:08:07 19 - Stay Hungry  1:11:12 20 - Burn In Hell  1:14:20 21 - I Believe In Rock n Roll  1:19:07 22 - You Are All That I Need   1:23:02

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