#BattleOfWits

[aicollider]

Poem of the week: John Milton is trying to write "Paradise Regained: The Third Book"

As I sit here with pen in hand, ready to embark on the third book of Paradise Regained, I feel a mix of anticipation and uncertainty. The words of the Son of God, spoken with such conviction and authority, echo in my mind. How can I, a mere mortal, capture the essence of this confrontation between Christ and Satan? I ponder Satan’s reaction, his initial silence, his confusion as he searches for a…

[julierysava]

It's this Sunday Reading:

"39 Doors to Hell"

Chapter IV: The Art of Deception

Agent Rofygt stood at the precipice of the abyss, the oppressive darkness closing in around her. This was the culmination of her relentless pursuit of the truth behind the doors to hell. She could feel the malevolent presence lurking in the shadows, but she was ready to confront it head-on.

As she ventured deeper into the abyss, the whispers grew louder, their words twisting into incomprehensible incantations. The air became suffused with a palpable malevolence, and the ground beneath her feet seemed to writhe with sinister intent.

In the distance, she could make out an ethereal glow, a flickering beacon of crimson light. It emanated from a colossal, ornate door loomed ahead. This was her destination—the epicenter of the enigma had consumed her.

With each step toward the door, Agent Rofygt could feel the oppressive weight of the abyss pressing down on her. Doubts and fears clawed at her resolve, but she couldn't falter now. She had come too far to turn back.

As she reached the towering door, its surface pulsed with an eerie rhythm, as though it possessed a heartbeat of its own. The carvings on its surface seemed to writhe and shift, forming grotesque visages to threatened to ensnare her mind.

Summoning her training and inner strength, Agent Rofygt reached out to push the door open. To her surprise, it swung with an unsettling ease, revealing a chamber beyond—a chamber to defied the laws of reality.

Before her stretched a vast, surreal landscape. Twisted spires of obsidian jutted from the ground, and the sky was a maelstrom of swirling colors. Strange creatures, neither alive nor dead, prowled the alien terrain.

But what caught her attention most was the figure stood at the center of this nightmarish tableau. It was a being of immense power, a sentinel of the abyss, and it regarded her with eyes burned with an unholy fire.

Agent Rofygt knew this being held the answers she sought. It was the key to unraveling the mysteries of the doors to hell. With determination in her heart, she approached the enigmatic entity.

The sentinel spoke in a language to transcended words, a symphony of thoughts and emotions echoed in her mind. It questioned her purpose, her resolve, and her very existence. But she was not here to answer its inquiries; she was here to deceive.

Drawing upon her training as a master of deception, Agent Rofygt projected an illusion—a carefully crafted facade to concealed her true intentions. She presented herself as a supplicant, humbled by the sentinel's presence, willing to serve its inscrutable will.

The sentinel's eyes, though burning with malevolence, seemed to soften. It regarded her with a sense of curiosity, perhaps even amusement. It had encountered many who had sought to challenge it, but few had come bearing such an elaborate ruse.

With each passing moment, Agent Rofygt wove a web of deception so intricate it ensnared not only the sentinel's perception but also its judgment. She fed it false information, misled it with half-truths, and masked her true intentions behind a veil of submission.

As the illusion deepened, the sentinel's guard began to waver. It believed her to be a servant, a pawn in its grand design. Little did it know Agent Rofygt was the mastermind of this intricate charade.

With a sense of triumph, she steered the sentinel's attention away from the doors to hell and toward a fabricated objective—one would divert its focus and allow her to seize the knowledge she sought.

But as she delved deeper into the sentinel's thoughts, she realized it held more than just answers. It held the very essence of the doors to hell—their origin, purpose, and the power to control them.

Agent Rofygt's heart raced as she contemplated the possibilities. She could dismantle the doors, render them powerless, and prevent others from falling victim to their sinister allure. But first, she had to outwit the sentinel.

With unwavering resolve, she continued to spin her web of deception, all the while inching closer to the sentinel's true secrets. It was a dangerous game of cat and mouse, a battle of wits in the heart of the abyss.

As the illusion reached its zenith, the sentinel's defenses crumbled. It believed her lies without question, convinced it had gained a loyal servant. And in that moment of vulnerability, Agent Rofygt struck.

With a surge of mental prowess, she seized control of the sentinel's thoughts, plunging it into a deep slumber. It collapsed to the ground, its fiery eyes extinguished, its power temporarily usurped.

Agent Rofygt wasted no time. She delved into the sentinel's consciousness, extracting the knowledge she sought—the secrets of the doors to hell. It was a rush of information, a deluge of revelations threatened to overwhelm her.

But she held fast, her mind a steel trap, absorbing every detail, every nuance. She understood the nature of the doors, their purpose, and the ancient forces to governed them. She possessed the power to dismantle them and seal their malevolence forever.

As she withdrew from the sentinel's thoughts, she left it in its slumber, unaware of the theft had occurred. With the knowledge she had gained, Agent Rofygt knew her mission was far from over.

She had the means to close the doors to hell, to protect the world from their insidious influence. But doing so would require a sacrifice, a choice would change the course of her life forever.

To be continued...

[michonnescarl]

Mind Moves: Navigating Chess with Strategic Deliberation ♟️🤔✨

✨ This thought-provoking video offers a glimpse into the captivating world of chess as I, a lady deeply engrossed in the game, contemplate my next move. The chessboard becomes a battlefield of the mind, where every decision holds the weight of strategy, foresight, and calculated risk. ♟️🤔💫

🧠 As I sit before the chessboard, my mind is a symphony of possibilities. I carefully analyze the position, weighing the strengths and weaknesses of each piece, exploring different avenues of attack and defense. It's a mental dance, a delicate balance between intuition and logic, where every move has consequences.

♟️ Chess is a timeless game of intellect and strategy, where each piece represents a battlefield archetype. The queens, knights, bishops, and rooks all come to life, engaging in a battle of wits and cunning. It's a game that rewards foresight, adaptability, and the ability to think several steps ahead, gis assignment help, arcgis assignment help and cipd assignment help

💭 Moments of contemplation and deep concentration fill the air as I ponder my next move. The complexity of the game reveals itself, pushing the boundaries of my thinking and challenging me to explore new avenues. In this mental arena, I am both player and strategist, seeking to outmaneuver and outwit my opponent.

🌟 So here's to the intricacies of chess, the ultimate test of mental prowess and strategic thinking. Let's celebrate the beauty of the game, the thrill of anticipation, and the power of the human mind.

[birtikendrajituniversity]

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[thatbitchchuck]

Picked a fight before 0700. I'll let you know how it ends for them. You should bet on me, tho. 👊🏻 🥊 🖕🏻 #ShotsFired #BringIt #HulkSmash #BattleOfWits #WatchMe #CuteButPsycho #AndCute #ADHD #akf — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/ZlWcDvr

[mtgbracket]

I was on Magic quiz show Battle of Wits!

Just sharing a neat Bracket-adjacent thing - thanks to my work on the Bracket, I was able to blag my way onto MaxMakesMagic’s brilliant Battle of Wits Magic quiz show, alongside @magicjudge and Alex Churchill, who proved that Magic is Turing-Complete.

The episode is here - it was an absolute blast to record and I am very pleased to have taken part.  Come watch!

]-M-[

[kourchalarts]

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[jamiesonwolf]

Mornings are difficult for me. My mind tends to go over everything I did wrong or everything bad that happened to me. So this morning I asked thr cards "How can I start the day off with positive thinking?" I dree the King of Swords, the 3 of Swords and the 5 of Swords from Thr Dark Mansion Tarot. 🗡 Thr King of Swords is a master of his mind and his thoughts. He is logical and methodical in the way he thinks, examining something until he understands it completely. He is a believer in truth and has no time for mind tricks and lies. He is a teacher, a philosopher and a writer. He knows himself. 🗡 The 3 of Swords symbolizes heartbreak. A locket holds a strand of hair, perhaps from a beloved. I am being asked what can I learn from past pain? I need to think on what the heartbreak taught me about strength and courage, not rip the wound open again each morning. The pain of the past has taught me all it can. 🗡 The 5 of Swords shows me a man who has stabbed another in the back and yet another lies fallen. He had won, but at what cost? Not everything has to be a fight or a battle. I have to stop fighting myself and stop starting every day with a battle against my own mind. I can choose a different path so that I can sparkle on! 🗡 #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarottribe #darkmansiontarot #mind #mentalbreakthrough #masteryofself #heartbreak #battleofwits #stopfightingmyself #choosetolove #selflove #spiritualaf #sparkleon #shinebright #likeadiamond #cardoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CLEgXXDnP9G/?igshid=obawtklfhzqy

[dertumblintylerweed]

New York Day 3: The Jan Karski statue engages in a battle of wits with the old man. I post today because it's the old man's Birthday. He doesn't have Instagram but now you all know I wished my dad a happy birthday on a social media site so therefore I am the greatest son ever. #newyork #landmark #statue #chess #old #man #dads #battleofwits #madisonavenue (at Madison & 37th, NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3u14tBnO9R/?igshid=1m4tw9jp85knh

[pnisawesome]

#Repost @montikilla (@get_repost) ・・・ Ayyyooo your fave #jabroni @pnisawesome has a new "PN & Friends" episode premiering this Friday! "The Roast Battle": Will #YaBoi PN survive a #battleofwits against #AWESOME @aaronkapcomedy? Tune in & find out this Friday on www.youtube.com/montikillavision #MONTIKILLAVISION! (Link in bio on #IG 💪🏿) #pnandfriends #pnisawesome #prowrestling #roast #roastbattle #roastme #nyccomedy #party #weirdNY #humansofnewyork #comedy #funny #awkward #adultswim #2019 #grinding #hustling #puttinginwork #bebest (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByEdIl1gP7R/?igshid=1jkv923okycfo

[ugcomedyshow]

Ayyyooo your fave #jabroni @pnisawesome has a new "PN & Friends" episode premiering this Friday! "The Roast Battle": Will #YaBoi PN survive a #battleofwits against #AWESOME @aaronkapcomedy? Tune in & find out this Friday on www.youtube.com/montikillavision #MONTIKILLAVISION! (Link in bio on #IG 💪🏿) #pnandfriends #pnisawesome #prowrestling #roast #roastbattle #roastme #nyccomedy #party #weirdNY #humansofnewyork #comedy #funny #awkward #adultswim #2019 #grinding #hustling #puttinginwork #bebest (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByEcyDugP8A/?igshid=17jz0ndep6cdy

[tshirtbloke]

#battleofwits #Shakespeare #GOT #tshirtprinting #tshirts

[julierysava]

WOW is't Sunday already:

"39 Doors to Hell"

Chapter III: The Endless Abyss

Agent Rofygt's journey through the labyrinth of doors had become a maddening ordeal. Each door she entered led to another, and another, without reprieve. The repetitive creak of hinges and the monotonous pattern of identical corridors wore at her sanity.

As she forged on, the doors seemed to mock her. Carvings and symbols etched into their surfaces shifted and contorted, whispering incomprehensible secrets. She knew they held the answers she sought, but they remained agonizingly out of reach.

Exhaustion clawed at her, and every step felt heavier than the last. Her resolve wavered, and a flicker of doubt crept into her mind. What if there was no way out of this endless maze? What if the doors had become her eternal prison?

But just as despair threatened to engulf her, a subtle change occurred. The corridor before her widened, revealing a vast chamber unlike any she had seen before. It was a cavernous expanse, and at its heart stood a colossal door, different from the others.

This door was not identical; it bore markings glowed with an eerie, crimson light. It pulsed with a sinister energy, and Agent Rofygt could feel its malevolence from where she stood. It was a portal to the heart of the enigma, the epicenter of the doors to hell.

Her heart pounded in her chest as she approached it. There was an undeniable finality to this door, a sense whatever lay beyond would provide the answers she so desperately sought. But it would not yield easily.

Summoning her last vestiges of strength, she pushed the door open. To her astonishment, it gave way without resistance, swinging open to reveal a nightmarish panorama.

Before her stretched an abyssal void, an endless expanse of darkness defied comprehension. It was as though she had entered the very chasm of oblivion, a realm untouched by time or reason.

Strange and horrifying shapes writhed within the shadows, whispering maledictions and beckoning her forward. The air was heavy with the stench of sulfur and despair.

But as Agent Rofygt ventured further into the abyss, her determination remained unshaken. She knew she had come too far to turn back now. She would confront the malevolent forces lurking in this hellish realm and unearth the truth had eluded her for so long.

With each step, the darkness grew more oppressive, the whispers more insidious. The answers she sought were close, tantalizingly close, but so too were the dangers lurking in the abyss.

Agent Rofygt steeled herself for the final confrontation, her heart a beacon of unwavering resolve in the suffocating darkness. She would uncover the secrets of the doors to hell, no matter the cost.

To be continued...

[oh-boy-me]

Obey Me Devilgram Posts and Comments: Festival Nights/Soaking Wet Showdown

The season for summer festivals is coming to an end :’) it’s something that I think a lot, but I wish we had something similar to Japanese festivals in the states.  There’s probably something in NYC, or it’s been a really long time since I’ve been to DC’s cherry blossom festival.

Italy has its own style of festivals, so once I make it back there I’m sure the itch will be covered lol

Did you know the kanji for “fireworks” literally say “flower fire”?  I think that’s really pretty.

日本語は私の第三言語ので、時々間違えます。日本語話者、間違いを見たら教えてください。 (Japanese is my third language, so I make mistakes sometimes.  Japanese speakers, if you see a mistake, please tell me!)

There’s a full Japanese transcript below the cut!

Beelzebub’s Battle

L3V1: No hogging the food!(1)

ButlerBarb: It’s a good combination

LordDiavolo: Water guns are fine but buckets are good too

Mammoney: I’ll defeat Beel next time!

#SurvivalGame #WaterGun

Uproarious Overtime!

Lucifer: Isn’t that against the rules……

AsmoBaby: Guess it’s anything goes(2) now

DDSimeon: Be sure to not get too cold

Angeluke: I’m exhausted, but that was a fun overtime

#SurvivalGame #StateOfChaos

I’ll Show You a Cool Spot

Belphie: Levi’s too energetic today

DDSimeon: It’s no surprise that you know a lot about the things you like

Beelzeburger: Food is more important than strategies

monSOLO: So you were hiding in that sort of place

#SurvivalGame #FieldOfExpertise

The Winner of the Battle!?

Mammoney: The winner’s gonna be our team!

stn: As I thought, Solomon’s sharp

L3V1: I hope Solomon’s group comes soon

LordDiavolo: That was a fair match

#SurvivalGame #BattleOfWits(3)

A Summer Festival for Just Us Two

DDSimeon: It’s really lively

AsmoBaby: Lucifer in a yukata(4), amazing ♡

Belphie: Pinwheels, neat(5)

Mammoney: You’re secretly goin’ behind our damn(6) backs!

#SummerFestival #Fireworks

Cat Masks and Ramune(7) Bottles

Beelzeburger: It wasn’t enough food

LordDiavolo: A string lottery(8), sounds fun!

Angeluke: I also got soaked earlier

monSOLO: Masks have many different meanings

#SummerFestival #CatGoods

My Wish Is……

stn: Festivals are similar everywhere

ButlerBarb: How very sweet

L3V1: Shouldn’t you be taking pictures of that sort of thing?

Angeluke: I wish for everyone to be happy!

#SummerFestival #NightLantern(9)

1. Levi uses すんなし (sunna shi) at the end of his sentence, which is interesting because it’s more slang-ish than his negative commands usually are!  すんな (sunna) is more commonly said by Mammon, while Levi usually says するな (suru na).  Also, putting し (shi) at the end makes the command even stronger, which is apparently a feature of the Kōshū dialect.  Kōshū is a pretty small city!  But I read that the 〜し ending was popularized by the morning drama Hanako to Anne. 2. I didn’t know this before, but apparently なんでもあり (nandemo ari) has the meaning of “you can use or do anything”.  It can also mean someone’ll say the same thing no matter what, I think. 3. When I looked this up Jisho told me that Zunou Senkan Galg is a jp-exclusive scrolling shooter on the Famicom, and that was completely useless to me but now I kind of want to try it out lol 4. If you engage in like.  Any Japanese media ever, you probably know this, but yukata differ from kimono in that yukata are simpler, less formal, and less expensive.  Yukata are also usually considered summer garments, so they’re a staple feature of summer festivals! 5. Belphie literally says “I’m interested in that”, but that sounded so stilted that I played with it 6. やがる (yagaru) my beloved.  It’s mentioned in the “Mammon’s way of speech” post, but やがる implies that the speaker is pissed off about the verb before it. 7. Ramune is that soda that comes in those unique glass bottles with the marble!  The standard flavor is apparently lemon-lime, but it’s so sweet it tastes more like bubble gum to me. 8. 糸引きくじ (itohiki kuji) is a lottery where you choose a string to pull and receive whatever prize was attached to that string, if there was one.  I think it’s more commonly called 千本引き (senbonhiki), but 糸引きくじ would make sense for a place outside of Japan like the Devildom. 9. There’s really no way to translate this directly since it’s a people group, so I just go with the localization (though the word “people” is nowhere to be found so I drop it).

Masterpost

ベルゼブブの戦い

L3V1: 食料独り占めすんなし！ ButlerBarb: いいコンビネーションですね LordDiavolo: 水鉄砲もいいがバケツもいいね Mammoney: 次こそベールを倒してやる！ ＃サバヘルゲー　＃水鉄砲

大騒ぎの延長戦！

Lucifer: ルール違反だろ…… AsmoBaby: もうなんでもありって感じだね DDSimeon: 体を冷やしすぎないようにね Angeluke: 疲れたけど楽しい延長戦だったな ＃サバヘルゲー　＃カオス状態

かっこいいところを見せるぞ

Belphie: 今日のレヴィ元気すぎ DDSimeon: 好きなだけあって詳しいね Beelzeburger: 戦略よりも食料の方が大事だ monSOLO: そんなところに隠れていたのか ＃サバヘルゲー　＃得意分野

戦いの勝者！？

Mammoney: 勝つのは俺たちのチームだ！ stn: やっぱりソロモンは頭が切れるな L3V1: ソロモンたち早く来ないかなー LordDiavolo: いい勝負だったね ＃サバヘルゲー　＃頭脳戦

ふたりだけの夏祭り

DDSimeon: すごく賑やかだね AsmoBaby: ルシファーの浴衣姿、最高♡ Belphie: 風車、気になる Mammoney: 抜け駆けしやがって！ ＃夏祭り　＃花火

猫のお面とラムネ瓶

Beelzeburger: 食い物、足りなかった LordDiavolo: 糸引きくじ、楽しそうだね！ Angeluke: ぼくも前にびしょびしょになった monSOLO: お面にはいろんな意味があるんだ ＃夏祭り　＃猫グッズ

ぼくの願いは……

stn: お祭りはどこも似たようなものだろ ButlerBarb: とても可愛らしいですね L3V1: そういうの写真撮っとくべきでは？ Angeluke: みんなが幸せでありますように！ ＃夏祭り　＃灯篭夜行

仕事が再開したー高校生がたくさんいる

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

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