#Circ Cell

[crowfatherd]

had a brief hiccup where bad was like five different people because hes sooo all of them but i fixed it . hes just scylla now

philza/epic au and mcyum is calypso. can anyone hear me

[satoshy12]

Batman vs the World!

CLONE DANNY OF EVERY HERO AND VILLAIN BUT THE BATFAMILY.

Danny was created like a Bio Android, think of Cell. Kind of like Amazo but more in a biological way, then mechanical. While they search for ghost and making sure they are not ghost... Don't ask how they were just able to do it.

As example how miscellaneous the choices are: It goes from Lex Luthor, Reverse Flash, Harley Quinn, Ares, Hawgirl/man, Scarecrow, Circe, Wonder Woman, Vandal Savage, Geo-Force Prince Brion Markov, Killer Frost, Count Vertigo, Prometheus, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Cheetah, Poison Ivy, Black Adam, Aquaman, Queen Bee, Deathstroke, Mera, Lois Lane, Killer Croc, Brainiac, Vixen, Black Manta and Green Lantern.

Just not

Klarion and the Whole Batfamily any Child heroes and the Joker. Even the Fentons are not that stupid to be near him.

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So while Danny was kind of unhappy how his life was going, it had not gone better. He wished that his parents would understand his problems.

Well Desiree heard his wish and granted it, his genetic parents would learn what he has been through. With letters or a dokucment. From his portal meeting, his bad Christmas and every event of his life and the enemy fights, from. From the fanatical ghost hunter parents talking about to torture his ghost half, about the billionaire who tortured him and cloned him, the hunter who wants to skin him alive.

At first it was a really confusing moment for the parents, till they understood what had happened! Over the time they got only short text what was new and when something special happen like a danny build a invention or had a new power. Or was hurt by a fight.

The parents started to form groups to find him, quarrels too as it was so many. So they fought each other or worked with each other, but all accepted he should be taken from the dangerous place he was. It goes from the royals for the young prince, the criminals and powerful people and even the Gods.

Danny never learns about it, he thought Desiree failed as his parents said nothing and just lived his life.

Here Comes in Bruce Wayne, after so many of his friends wanting him to find the child. He finally found him, and Bruce left to check on him before telling the rest about him.

It took Bruce a bit to find the young boy, Danny Fenton. He notice he was new and showed him around the town. And be even saw his hero from, looks like most of the DNA had gone to his transformation.

….Well He has black hair and blue eyes, it's JUST DIBS. The rest should accept it. He found him first.

[havendance]

New Comics Time!

And it's a long one this week. Lots of comics. I might poke my head in Harley Quinn or Powergirl later for completion/curiosity purposes but I wanted to talk about a lot of these now :)

Detective Comics #1090 - The flashbacks in this issue are far more interesting in my opinion that the present day which is like 'oh no, another serial killer!' While I do think that it's hilarious that Taylor is having it so Thomas Wayne saved Joe Chill's life back in the day (A plot point that would be right at home in Batman: Year Two where Bruce is busy agonizing over the fact that he's planning to kill Joe Chill with the same that killed his parents), I still can't help but be intrigued by the themes of unseen consequences of well-intended actions that he seems to be setting up. Between Thomas saving Joe Chills life, and the fact that I can't help but get shady vibes from Scarlett Martha Scott's anti-aging stuff and offer to Bruce, I'm interested is seeing where this goes

Art-wise, previously, Mikel Janin's art has always had this too-smooth feel to it that made me think of cgi or cell-shading and it just didn't work for me. This time, with him doing his own colors, there's still some of that smoothness, but he's also some texture to it that has vastly improved my enjoyment. We really are in the middle of an age of these bright, technicolor comics and I really like it.

Action Comics #1072 - I do appreciate the flashback we got to explain Mon-El this issue as someone who is not familiar with Superman lore. Kon and Kenan continue to be fun while the adventure in the Phantom Zone continues. For the backup, I continue to really love the art--especially the environment this issue. Plot wise, my curiosity about the prisoner and the nature of Kara's mission is building. I'm a little worried that the tension is getting build up too much and when we finally do get answer's it'll be a disappointment, but we shall just have to see.

Green Arrow #17 - Most of this issue is taken up by cleaning up the last of the double-agent Green Arrow plotline that I largely did not read. I did enjoy the start of Condon's run though. I liked the atmosphere it was setting up and the sniping between Ollie and Batman was very enjoyable. I am interested in seeing more of this new costume. The mask makes him look younger.

Superman #19 - Okay, the moment where both Clark and Lois ducked into the same broom closet to go out and save the day? That was cute. I think my main take-away from this issue was that I really don't know a lot of the current Superman status quo because, like, Lois Lane as the Planet's Editor in Chief? The whole Supercorp thing? Luther's amnesia. I've got nothing on any of it. Part of being a comics fan is rolling with the punches though. I'll probably keep seeing where this story goes, but I think it's also getting prone to being dropped as I wander off.

Absolute Wonder Woman #1 - This was so good. I admit, that was I was doubtful when I first heard the announcement because, I've found in my experience that Kelly Thompson writes fun comics but ones that don't necessarily grab me. I think this best thing of her's I've read, honestly. Diana as an exile! I am also obsessed with Circe being the one to raise her. "How you fall in love with a child is by raising it." It's hitting the same beats for as one of the best parts of the Messner-Loebs run which was Circe as Donna Milton and how she found herself getting drawn into Diana's orbit. The things you do, the people you surround yourself with. That matters for your character. I just loved seeing that redemption there for her.

I love what this is setting up in terms of Diana setting out to try and find who she is and what was hidden from her. There is this mission that is tying her to an origin and people she's never gotten the chance to know. It leaves me really hoping that we get to see her reunited with the Amazons at some point.

The art was also gorgeous. Bellaire's colors were knocking it out of the park as always. Those long horizontal panels I really like, but I did leave wishing I could read this on paper. I am just a little tempted to go out and start getting this in floppy form and we shall see, but also, I am spending this money of dcu infinite and trying to not buy a ton of comics weekly on top of that so I'll probably try to just hold out for the trade instead.

The Flash #14 - This is looking like it's going to be such a fun story arc. Vacation to Skartaris!--I am not the Warlord fan, but it still brings me joy. Not sure if I'm really feeling the artist for this, but the lettering continues to be top notch for this series.

Nightwing #119 - I am a fan of this creepy puppet-master type villain it looks like we're going to get. Fun archetype. I do like the setup we're getting here and the DickBabs banter is top notch. (As a side note, while I know Barbara isn't back to all of her post-crisis glory, I really do appreciate Oracle popping up everywhere in comics again especially coming from the new52). Interested in seeing where it goes!

Green Lantern: Dark #1 - Another comic I checked out because I could, and unlike the werewolf Batman one, I think this one's going to be a keepr. The fantasy vibe that this had was very fun. I like how it played with stories. I also really liked the art. It had this very nice sketchy feel to it.

The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1 - I really liked the opening sequence--that spread of the watchtower? Beautiful. That being said, there was a lot of set-up in this issue. It felt like most of the time was spent having Renee follow Wonder Woman around and have stuff explained to her. This is a new setting and this is also a lot of the introduction to the Watchtower that we're getting prior to Justice League: Unlimited #1 afaik, but I also can't help but feel that there could've been a more efficient way of getting this information across. Say, a map, or a casefile, or even Renee explaining it to the reader rather than having everything explained to her. I think what I really wanted was Renee taking more of a lead, and I hope that we do get that next issue now that all the set-up's out of the way.

All of that being said, the supporting cast is shaping up to be very fun. I was admittedly, holding out for the Huntress, but I will not complain about the Blue Beetles + Batwoman! I am looking forward to seeing how that team unfolds. Art-wise, I don't think I really have much to say, but I did really like the text-boxes that the robot guy had. Nice touch right there.

[phlurrii]

Was Mew pregnant when they were captured and cut open? The fetus would be altered and become Circe, while the egg cell was used for cloning and creating Mewtwo?

Bingo.

[thatthingilovewith]

TBOSAS Tributes first and last names

District 1

Facet Beauregard (French Meaning Beautiful Gaze, something nice to look at, alternative meaning may be Fair Faced, Facets are a gems face)

Velvereen Zarifopoulos (Greek meaning Golden Son) (Americanized as Greek surnames are gendered)

District 2

Marcus Batungbakal (Tagalog meaning Iron Stone, taken from @diiwata)

Sabyn Ngoc (Vietnamese meaning Precious Stone or Jade)

District 3

Circ Othman (Arabic origin meaning wise)

Teslee Mandic (Maiden name of Nikola Teslas Mother)

District 4

Coral Armstrong (Scottish meaning Strong Fighter)

Mizzen Karppinen (Finnish meaning Carp)

District 5

Hy Saengkaew (Thai meaning light from a crystal)

Sol Fritts (Charles Fritts invented to first solar Cell)

District 6

Otto George-Benz (IDK feels like a two last name guy Karl Benz credited with first practical automobile)

Ginnee Brayton (George Brayton invented the Combustion engine)

District 7

Treech Akamatsu (Japanese meaning red pine)

Lamina Vanderbyl (Americanized) / van der Bijl (Original) (Dutch meaning “from the Axe” or Descendant of woodcutters)

District 8

Bobbin Powers (Angalcized of the french Poer meaning poor)

Wovey Dyer (English, someone who dyes cloth)

District 9

Panlo Niedermeyer (German meaning low farmer, 9 is the lowest farming district)

Sheaf Bumgarner (German farming last name)

District 10

Tanner McCarthy (Real last name of cowboy billy the kid)

Brandy Smithfield (Owners of the world largest Slaughter house)

District 11

Dill Alcaraz (Spanish version of Arabic name Al Karas meaning the cherry)

FYI I used google to get the meanings/origins so if they’re wrong don’t yell at me

[shwbyy]

Some pre-game interactions I thought up for Amira! Here’s a summary of Circe’s feelings on each of the above heroes: 👇

Junkrat:

Upon first meeting him, Amira found him deplorable and slightly intimidating due to his chaotic nature. Amira doesn’t like loud noises or overstimulating environments and… well… look at the dude. He reminded her of what she could become if she embraced her “less-than-kind” urges. It doesn’t help that he’s a passionate pyromaniac so he’s constantly trying to start conversation about her cybernetics, much to her chagrin. Overtime, however, Amira’s feelings turned less into judgement and more into sympathy and she could tell Junkrat had seen and been through quite a bit to end up how he is now. In other interactions, she’s slightly more patient and attempts to remain kind despite his chaotic nature and tendencies. While she finds his questions about her abilities completely inane, she’s fine with humouring him and talking about the hypotheticals.

Sombra:

Sombra was one of the people that would visit the cells of test subjects to taunt them or to start up condescending conversations, Amira included. Amira finds her extremely irritating and dislikes how much Sombra taunts her with her old life and who she used to be/could’ve been, since it is an extremely sensitive topic to her. Amira especially hates Sombra because she is a huge reminder of the control Talon used to have over her and, speaking in terms of the game, seeing her in the spawn room and listening to her taunts leads her to fear that they might reclaim that power one day.

Genji:

Meeting another person with cybernetic enhancements was definitely a breath of fresh air for Amira, even more so since Genji is at such peace with his new form. Amira greatly admires, and is also partially jealous of, individuals who are able to remain tranquil and calm in times of hardship or after hardships, Genji included. He is obviously much wiser than her and offers advice when she asks for it, albeit Amira seems to disregard his advice about forgiveness since she doesn’t believe it applies to her. Amira also often feels guilty about being upset at her own trauma since other characters like Genji, in her opinion, have been through worse/are going through worse. Though she discounts this and continues to hold onto that anger.

Illari:

After hearing about the absolute tragedy that Illari went through, Amira feels nothing but empathy for her. As said above, she feels guilty for expressing a modicum of misery towards her own adversities when other people have been through worse in her eyes. Amira is often first to initiate conversation with Illari, praying that she doesn’t give off the wrong social cue to make her assume that she’s approaching her out of pity. Amira offers Illari encouragement and support and also offers to converse about any troubles she may be having, to which the latter, while appreciating the gesture, turns her down. Amira is also partly jealous of Illari due to her being able to remain stoic and impassive about her trauma and being able to do so at such a young age. She takes note of this and makes sure not to infantalise or condescend to her, since she knows she’s competent on her own and knows how irritating it is to be spoken down to. Overall, their association is awkward but they do find solace with each other.

Moira:

To say that Amira hates Moira would be too kind. She never knew she had the capacity to hate someone as much as she hates her. Since Moira was responsible for the painful torture and the experimentation that she went through for several years Amira feels nothing but anger, resentment and bitterness towards the scientist. Amira is characterised as a highly empathetic person (often to a fault since she has a hard time taking herself out of other people’s shoes, but I digress) so to feel so much hatred and hostility towards someone is a new feeling to her, but she excuses it. Moira is extremely unbothered by Amira’s thoughts on her and her actions and continues to threaten her with her return to her lab. TL;DR: Amira hates her and does not respect her or her work.

Thank you for reading! I’m definitely going to do more of these.

[vlovebug]

Sunfish, ah yes sunfish the stupid waste of cells.

When he first heard of them he though the person was lying because surly the gods wouldn't make something this distasteful. Oh how he was wrong!

The first time he saw one, floating, not even trying to go anywhere the dumb shit it was, was when spelldon took his back to the island he grew up on. Aeaea, the island blessed and protected by the miner goddess Circe. Wonderful woman, even better mother, and teacher.

He remembers it so clearly, Miss Circe was taking a walk and demanded he come with, somehow along the way they stopped to look at fish that came up to greet them through the rough tides and waves. Then he saw it. The first thing he said was “Oh!” she had turned her gaze upon the fish as well, “ oh, indeed.” her tone was that of a teacher when her student finally caught on to her teachings. Wow, he thought, I've never seen something so wasteful in my eternal life. His face must've told her what he was thinking of. Her laughter rang like Bells, “Ah, apologies my dear child. It's just, that was spelldon and Casta's reaction to them as well!” “May I be honest with you Miss Circe?” a nod from the goddess with a swipe of her huge hand. “ why do they exist? They don't seem to have any connecting brain cells to live a fishes life.”

A hum, then a tone he's heard from spelldon many times. “ well, Poseidon or Neptune as you may call him, was extremely bored and made something to entertain himself, he called it a sunfish. If you couldn't tell by the name, its a vex at his younger brother. Zeus or Jupiter.” ah that made sense, he thought?

A yell was heard from the home on the other side of the island, “ CASTA GIVE IT BACK” her joyous cackling was heard as footsteps rang in the air, she held what looked to be a book or something akend to it. Perhaps was it a spellbook? No, maybe a diary of his she found. A Nana Bobo was heard not even a second later and she came running to hide behind her dear mother. Then his spelldon ran down huffing and puffing like a child. “ MAMÁ CASTA STOLE MY JOURNnal- is thAT A SUNFIsH?” that seemed to get his sister's attention, snatching his journal back quickly and then walking to his boyfriend's side, the farthest side from his older sister.

“ σκύλα” barely a whisper from the young witch, a wack into his rib. Someone green must've forgotten who or what he was dating. A small sorry was pinched out from him before his eyes darted to the now upside-down fish.

WIP

I'm gunna try to finish writing and editing this but it might go nowhere🤷‍♀️♥️

[jadeshifting]

for once i’m not here yapping about jurassic world??? a shocking unforeseen development. a new era until i return to my roots. this is still a yap though (my bad girl) so it’s not too different 🙏

i’ve just binged your hogwarts dr tag and i’ve been influenced to make one of my own now— or like make an proper proper script and not one i made in the depths of 2020�� HOWEVER! i am struggling!! i’m caught between sticking with my actual house or switching to slytherin for this dr cause i’m so unsure on how to be friends with the slytherin group otherwise 😔

i don’t think i could get into their inner circle as a hufflepuff and like, wdym i couldn’t sit in the common room with these people and plan the next trip to hogsmeade?? no sharing a dorm with the girls?? what? i think it’s my second house so it might not be so bad

i am also struggling with the whole family thing— originally i was gonna keep it not very interesting but extravagance is sounding way more fun and i have no idea on what to script my family is known for!! terrible times. how on earth did you come up with the amazingness that is your family (like omg grimm??? being the heir to an untouchable mysterious family that’s also a little scary?? amazing)

why is a hogwarts dr so difficult to script

do you maybe have any ideas girlie? i fear i’m going to kill off the few brian cells i still have rolling around 😔 also!! do you have a recommendations on how to script the ages/year ages (??) just thought about it and realised i’ve now recently become a year too old i think and i have no idea on what to do 😕 no pressure ofc!! much love 🫶

- 🪲

YIPPEE talking about more than one DR is just us looping our arms together and skipping around the multiverse and teeheeing

i tried to keep it short but apparently i'm in a world-class yapping mood today so i put it under la cut :

totally get this !! i've literally heard so many people torn over what house to be in because there's a weird pressure to pick your own. i think it'd work well either way !! there's forsurely an angle where you're the hufflepuff they "adopt," and your more hufflepuff-like qualities (work ethic, loyalty) offset them in a really necessary way. it gets boring if a friend group is an echo chamber and everyone is just extremely similar with a shared mindset on EVERYTHING, so i think it'd be really beneficial for everyone to have a dynamic where there's someone in the mix who's totally different from them. they could learn a lottttttt from having a hufflepuff around imo LMAO. but i totally get the common room hangout and dorm sharing thing, so if you wanna be close to them you'd make a terrific slytherin too. don't put too much pressure on yourself !! you're gonna have tons of fun either way

ugh i appreciate you sm if you had any idea how extensive the family history section of my script is ( i'm talking scripting every member of my linage and what they were known for going back like 86 generations ) you'd know it's almost more trouble than it's worth ( almost ) LMAO. i think having a group of things that are important to you, family and legacy wise, is really important and helpful for coming up with what sort of family you wanna script. going into scripting my family, i knew i wanted 1. a vibe similar to the Addams family—gothic and disturbingly scary but extremely loving, 2. intelligence and wealth LMAO, 3. that i wanted to be a dragon animagus and i wanted it to connect with my bloodline to make sense, since there aren't any other dragon animagi shown in Harry Potter, and 4. that i wanted my family to be connected to the Greek witch Circe in some way

those things all cobbled together and grew from there !! i'd say pick out a few things that are key to you and let the ideas flow. for example, if you like roses, you could script that your family is known for their historically massive rose gardens, and that your family is responsible for the production of all of the rosewater/rose petal products in the wizarding world. all of you smell like roses and your estate is surrounded by a massive garden that inadvertently serves as a gate, because of all the thorns. this is literally the most random idea of all time, but i’m just trying to say that the teensy-tiniest details can move outwards into these massive all-encompassing ideas. the things that are most important to you about your appearance, your style, your interests, your magic, your leisure activities and your family dynamics can all culminate into a really realistic and comprehensive family lineage if you pick them out. the important part is not bounding your creativity !! let it flow, even if the ideas seem random or silly, it's my firm belief that you can script anything into being both realistic and exciting/interesting. i know i rambled but i hope you get what i'm saying !!

as for your age going to school, i wouldn't be worried about it. i totally scripted that Hogwarts is a university because even though i'm 19 i am NOT missing out on the shenanigans

love u baby !! xx :^)

[velvaetalt]

he comes in the night

"you gonna drink that?" — for @jailbreaxis' vamp AU

[ on spotify ]

Shake the Disease by Depeche Mode — The Chain by Fleetwood Mac — Nothing Personal by Des Rocs — Closer by Nine Inch Nails — Desire by MEG MYERS — Supermassive Black Hole by Muse — The Wolf by SIAMES — NFWMB by Hozier — I Love You Like An Alcoholic by The Taxpayers — Never Let Me Down Again by Depeche Mode — Cop Car by Mitski — The Hand That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails — FOUR TEETH by True Widow — You're No Good by Linda Ronstadt — Hysteria by Muse — Oleander by Mother Mother — Me and the Devil by Soap&Skin — New Invention by IDKHOW — People Eater by Sodikken — Came Back Haunted by Nine Inch Nails — Not An Addict by K's Choice — Daylight by David Kushner — A Little Death by The Neighbourhood — Knights of Cydonia by Muse — In a Week (ft. Karen Crowley) by Hozier & Karen Crowley — Animal Impulses by IAMX — Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) by Buzzcocks — Kiss Me You Animal by Burn The Ballroom — Something I Could Never Have by Flyleaf — Time is Running Out by Muse — Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge — The Perfect Drug by Nine Inch Nails — Heroin by Badflower — Tainted Love by Soft Cell — The Taste Of Blood by SQÜRL & Josef Van Wissem — Sacrifice by London After Midnight — Psycho by Muse — Climbing Up the Walls by Radiohead — You're Dead by Norma Tanega — BLOOD by MOTHICA — Discipline by Nine Inch Nails — Save Your Soul by She Wants Revenge — Howl by Florence + The Machine — Rape Me by Nirvana — Infra-Red by Three Days Grace — Calm Me Down by Mother Mother — Circe by Ghost — Maneater by Daryl Hall & John Oats — As It Was by Hozier — Toxic by Britney Spears — Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace — Ghost by Badflower — Painkiller by Three Days Grace

[grimbunnies]

Circe: More genetic material is needed to reverse the breakdown of Loki's cells... This is the only option.

Erin: "Loki! Your favorite little sister is here!"

Circe: "He's at work."

Erin: "Nice try, but I checked the lab. He's not there today. Where's my brother, Circe?"

Circe: "I think you should leave now. If you don't, I will call the sheriff and report you for trespassing."

Erin: "Right... That's not sus at all... Fine! I'll go. But I'm going to get to the bottom of this. Whatever you've done, you won't get away with it."

[harmonyckrs]

Phase 1, Day 2 of the Strangetown Takeover: Ethical(?) Kidnapping

THE PREVIOUS DAY

NAME: Agent Zoya Terrestrial

Zoya: You sure do look just like your father, don't you, little guy?

Harper: Zoya, just put him in the crib for now. And besides, he's got two dads. Of course he's going to look like one of them.

Zoya: Exactly! He's got to look like at least one of them, right?...what was his name?

Harper: Tycho. Pascal seemed enthusiastic about it...

Zoya: Then we'll make sure to preserve his memory, in case something happens...do you think we're doing the right thing?

Harper: It's as Crystal said. It's for their own good. Now, let's get some sleep so we can get to work tomorrow...

Melony: ...And after that, Dr. Vu built this prison to hold the brightest minds in Strangetown together, drugged out of their minds so they'll never think about finding a way out.

006: That's really sad, man.

Melony: Well, it is. I imagine she probably has a soft spot for you if you're still sober enough for us to even have this conversation...or it could be her associates. They've all been programmed to obey her every command, but they're not that aggressive.

006: Is there any way we can save them?...them, or everyone else here?

Melony: Hm...dunno. If you want to save them, you'll probably have to get out of here first.

006: Well, damn. That's just great.

Melony: I'm sure you can do it. This isn't your first time defying her, after all...

006: Crystal's asleep right now. You can walk out through the door, and I'll make up some excuse that someone left the door unlocked or that you managed to pick it open.

???: Thank you, Lazlo. Sorry again about the hassle of all this...

006: Aktu, it's fine! It's the bare minimum of not letting someone be experimented on or rot inside of a cell. Just get as far away from this hellhole as you can, and don't turn back unless if you really, REALLY need to.

???: Alrighty, then...I hope we'll be able to meet again someday. You know what to do if you need my help.

006: Of course. You've said it a thousand times before...

NAMES: Circe Beaker Patient 002, Loki Beaker Patient 001, Erin Beaker Patient 003

006: (Can't believe Melony's creepiness came in handy...Lazlo. That's actually not as bad of a name as I thought it'd be...)

003: You seem awfully chipper today, 006!

006: The food's edible this time. What can I say?

003: True! It's a shame we couldn't all eat together. 005 is still trying to get into the walls of that other building.

006: Do you really think there's anything past the walls? It could just be a collective hallucination.

003: I mean, we never know!...if we figure it out, maybe it'll stop! I just want to go to sleep without hearing someone crying about missing babies for once.

THE NEXT DAY

[dragonballnewstar]

Hello!! The break is OVER so WELCOME BACK TO AMP UP YOUR WEEK! Happy 2024, everyone!!

First things first - I hope everyone had a great holiday! Yummy food, fun presents and everyone was responsible! I got a lot of fun skin care stuff from my friend, Circe! I'm so excited to try them out~

Next, it seems that there's some rumblings of another citrus-based assault. Please be careful and if you end up on the receiving end - rinse your eyes thoroughly with clean water! Ideally an eyewash station which are located throughout Conton's academy.

In science news, I found a rundown of discoveries we made in 2023. In no particular order:

- New vaccines got the green light! We saw our first two vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and the World Health Organizations has recommended a second dose of the Malaria vaccine.

- ChatGPT was estimated to have more than 100 million users by January 2023. For an AI, that's an insane amount of users!

- India is the 4th country to successfully put a lander on Earth's moon.

- Astronomers have better code to capture the shape of stars! This is great news for astrophysics who rely on such models.

- In Spring, multiple scientists reported massive vibrations in space and time. Tiny deviations in the timing of observed pulsars (burnt-out stars which emit beams of radio waves) revealed this long-sought background of gravitational waves. Scientists say the waves are being stirred up by supermassive black holes spiraling toward each other or perhaps more exotic phenomena — defects in the fabric of space known as cosmic strings.

- Crispr - a gene editing technique - is the first FDA approved treatment to target and treat Sickle Cell. Let me say that again, we have a way to cure Sickle Cell! It's by no means practical yet - but this is huge!

Okay this is getting long so I'll stop myself there...

We also have a new banner for the show! I..I hope you guys like it!

Okay, finally onto music. It's a simple slow tune this time. I actually found a small coffee shop around the corner from my dorm over the break and it was one that caught my attention. I really enjoyed it, plus it was raining outside with a hot coffee and a muffin~ I hope you guys enjoy the song too!

That's it for me for now! Remember to stay hydrated and enjoy your weekend. If it's nice where you are, take a moment to look at the clouds outside. How fast are they right now? Feel free to send me what shapes you see.

Have a great weekend and I hope to hear from you guys next week!

[platinumaspiration]

Lokitron: Ha. Ha. Ha. Circe is the loser. Ceres moves to D6 to put Circe in checkmate. Ceres: Thanks, Cyclotron! Ha! Checkmate, Circe! Circe: Cyclotron, I'd like to see you out in the hallway. Lokitron: I've reprogrammed myself to be named Lokitron. That's my name. Circe & Ceres: We're not calling you that.

And just like that, after countless slap fights and brawls, Lokitron/Psychotron/Cyclotron has been sequestered to the basement cell. At least he's made a new friend!

[sims2wildrotations]

Beaker family, Rotation 1 (Spring)

TW: Abuse, torture, physical permenant injury, electrocution, child neglect.

The Subject was adopted as a toddler a long while ago by the Beakers, and mostly neglected until he was a small child. Then, the experiments began. Loki and Circe picked him in particular due to the rumors of his heritage. However, nobody in Strangetown is aware he lives with them, save for Pascal. At some point, he developed major anxiety, and Loki off-handedly referred to him as nervous. Subject mistook this as his name, and began responding to it, so the Beakers simply went with it. He had been given a proper name at birth, but they didn't bother to remember it. After all, legally, he didn't exist.

Anyway, the rotation.

Circe left for work, and nervous immediately tried to argue with loki, only to get slapped and told to get in one of the machines. a cable breaks and electrocutes nervous, knocking him unconscious. loki drags him into his bed and leaves him there. loki makes him a 'lunch meat sandwhich', which is a single slice of half-rotted meat and stale bread. he leaves this on the floor of nervous' cell.

when nervous wakes, he finds he can't move his left hand properly, and two fingers refuse to curl fully. he can't recall what happened, but hes starving. he drags himself over to the food on the ground and eats it while leaning against his bedframe. everything hurt.

loki didn't like dealing with nervous on his own, not that the weak fool was dangerous, but he was a hassle. watching from the fence around the boy's cell, loki called him up and told him he had 2 hours of that whole floor to recover from the electrocution. he'd be down in exactly two hours, he warned, so nervous shouldn't try anything funny.

this was rare, for nervous. usually he had an hour every morning and every night to shower and change into another identical set of clothes. two hours of the entire floor was a privelege to him, he knew he had to make it count. he washed up, changed into less singed clothing, and hurried to grab some food he could hide away. it was more difficult than it should've been, carrying the food to his cell, as his left hand wouldn't keep ahold of the stuff he tried to pick up with it. then, using his last half hour, he called up the one person he was friends with; pascal curious, the odd guy he had met in the crater some time ago. they couldn't talk often, and nervous couldn't always risk sneaking out, but he used his remaining time to set up a meeting with him, at the crater.

then, at exactly 2, loki came back down to find nervous sitting at his computer, twitching and blinking as overly-frequently as ever. good. his computer, of course, was heavily locked, and had been personally altered by loki himself to make sure it could only be used as a simple entertainment device, no outside contact, no jobs, nothing. it was just to keep him entertained. of course, the Subject also had his diary, that the two scientists always checked every night to make sure he wasn't trying to plan anything. he hadn't tried anything for a while, now, not after the experiment punishments that came after he snuck out to meet some girl he'd kissed. how that had even slipped under his radar, he had no idea.

meanwhile, with nervous, his hand still wasn't working, so he had to adjust his gaming to accomodate it. he got the computer as a reward for his cooperation some time ago, and he'd yet to do anything to take it away. he wanted to be outside, and free, but more time alone in his cell meant less time being part of an experiment, so it was good enough for him. still, he was excited to see pascal that night. he wasnt certain loki wasn't aware, or circe, but if they didn't like it, they'd stop him. they'd done it before. that punishment was why one of his legs went out under him if he tried to put his weight on it anymore.

while nervous played on his computer, loki oversaw him from his robotics table overlooking the cell, working on some robot designs. he would have to start small, with some toys that reminded him of the ones his sister would play with as a child, but eventually, he'd create a proper, real robot. he had other projects to work on, his biggest one specifically, but he needed circe to be there for that. as he watched nervous go to sleep- without pajamas, because why would they give him those?- he heard circe come back, with great news, she had been promoted. they celebrated with a bottle of wine, and eventually dragged themselves to bed.

once the lights finally went off in the lab floor, nervous crept out of bed. he didn't know what they had been so loud about, but it was silent now, and he had heard them walking around upstairs, so he was pretty certain the coast was clear. he hurried on light feet out of the lab, meeting up with pascal where they had agreed. he had brought the stashed food with him, and sat out with pascal, talking and eating under the stars, the one solace to the excrutiating life he led. pascal noticed the newfound issue with his hand, and he told him the truth- he didnt really remember, but loki said one of the regular, non-punishment tests had gone wrong. pascal was, of course, extremely concerned, and told him, for the thousandth time, that he could come with him back to his house, his brothers wouldn't mind, they had the room. but nervous couldn't bring himself to agree to it, he knew they hurt him, but they wouldn't kill him. he, unlike what they thought, was not an idiot, they used him specifically for a reason, they wouldn't kill their only test subject. pascal didn't understand why he didn't run, pascal thought they would kill him, but nervous knew they wouldn't, if he was still of use. if he ran, he wouldn't be of use. if he ran, they WOULD kill him. it was safer to stay. they were kind to him once, and he saw flashes of it in circe's treatment sometimes, if they got what they wanted from these tests, they would stop. after all, he had no reason to believe otherwise.

so, a few hours later, he snuck back into the lab and back into his cell, undetected. another night survived, as far as he was concerned.

the next day went fairly normal, he was awoken at 9am to have his breakfast- a toaster strudel this time, courtesy of circe (who fed him better than loki ever did), he got his morning hour, loki went off to work, and circe told him she'd be working nights, so they'd have the morning together until loki came back. this wasn't great news. circe may have fed him better, but she wasn't any nicer with the tests. he noticed one of the machines was closed off, it must've been the malfuctioned one. that day was the lie detector, a machine circe had been working on as to never be fooled by nervous ever again. he was shocked 5 times that morning, he was never usually that bad at it, but he was still thinking about pascal and his offer. he had refused it, but he still yearned for freedom. then came the daily physical exam, where he was poked and proded and basically just felt up for two hours while told to move in various ways. he never got told what the results or reason for those were, but circe never seemed concerned, so he didn't risk asking. once sent back to his cell, he was occassionally called back up to swallow whatever medicine circe had created, and wait around for a while to see if anything happened. he threw up twice.

at 5pm, nervous discovered something interesting about circe's new work hours. her shift, from what she told him, started at 6, but she left at 5, and loki never came back until 7. it was too small of a timeframe to do much, but he took the oppurtunity to shower and eat, just getting down the stairs into his cell when he heard loki's car pull in. things went normally from there, but nervous was disorientated, as he swore it was later than loki ever usually stayed up. it seemed circe's schedule would be an adjustment.

meanwhile, loki was also adjusting to his wife's new schedule. he made dinner at 1am, just as she pulled up. as he cooked, she went to the rooftop to check for aliens. they could see the crater from the telescope, after all. she had nothing to report, so dinner was a quick affair, followed soon by sleep.

the third day went by fast, with loki at work and circe actually too tired to do any tests, so she only did the physical exam and sent nervous to his room for the rest of the day, where he tinkered with his computer, trying to unlock the social abilities he was told by pascal that it had. it wasnt successful, but then, as circe was so distracted, he risked his neck and snuck out, only to come across a dog. it might've been a puppy, or really small, nervous wasn't sure. he had never met a dog before, he'd heard of them, but he hadn't seen one. it was tiny, and black, and tried to bark, but stopped when nervous hurriedly shushed it. it let him carry it to behind the red tower building, and stayed in his lap when he sat down. eventually, it rolled over and let him stroke it. but, soon enough, it got too hot for him to stay outside, and he snuck back in. circe hadn't moved from her spot the entire time, and hadn't noticed him at all. as circe left for work, he used his hour to talk to pascal and tell him about the dog when loki came back, he ran him through tests for some hours, and then vanished, turning the lab lights off behind him. nervous waited until he couldnt hear the footsteps to ensure the man was asleep.

he hurried to the phone and called pascal up, asking him to come over as soon as he could. he could afford to do this this time, and he really wanted to see him again. when pascal arrived, they hung around in the crater again, and nervous noticed pascal looked very…well, nervous. when he asked him what was wrong, pascal admitted he was pregnant, and had been adbucted by aliens. nervous thought he knew what pregnancy was, but was quickly and gently corrected by pascal. apparently, it had nothing to do with test tubes. nervous was now wondering if he was 'born' too, or if the beakers really did make him in a test tube, and he was just a 'special case'. again. unfortunately, he had made a serious misjudgement, and as he looked up to the stars with his only friend, he spotted loki on the telescope, looking directly at him. shit. he pushed pascal away, frantically telling him to get home. the beakers were going to be furious. pascal refused, saying he wasn't going to let him take the punishment, but nervous snapped at him, something fierce in his chest awakening. it scared pascal, but it made him leave. shakily, nervous went back into the lab. not minutes after he stepped foot back into the lab did circe arrive home.

Loki stormed down the stairs and took him by the arm, ranting about…something, nervous was too terrified of the look in circe's eyes to pay attention. maybe pascal was right, maybe they were going to kill him. what convinced him further was the fact loki left soon after, leaving him alone with circe, who led him back to the broken machine. oh god. that was the first night since he was a baby that he called circe 'mom', begging her to spare him. he never talked this much before, but he couldnt die, not when he didnt know if pascal was okay. the realisation dawned on him as he was shoved into the machine that if he died, pascal and his baby would be next. they'd steal them. they'd kill them. he couldn't let this happen, he couldnt, he couldnt-

the last thing he remembered was a beam of light and a scream.

he awoke an unknown amount of time later, the lab still dark. everything hurt, but he could still move. that was good, at least. the memories of last night- was it still night?- came flooding back, and he remembered about pascal. he hurried out of his cell, and looked around for the scientists, but found none. he saw out of the window that it was dark, and he made the quickest decision he could - he ran. he took what he could, and he ran, following the road towards where he was pretty sure pascal lived. he ran, and ran, and ran, until he collapsed in the sand and stayed there until the morning.

meanwhile, with circe, she sat on the rooftop, panickedly swivelling the telescope around as she tried to find the damn spaceship. those goddamn aliens had abducted loki while she was punishing nervous, and the alien technology had short circuted the entire goddamn lab, including exploding the damn electrifier. but she could rebuild the lab, she could build back up, she couldn't rebuild a husband. not with the inventions she had. it took hours for her husband to be returned, dropped off at the road completely disorientated, but apparently unharmed. she wasn't a sappy person, but if tears were shed during that reunion, she wasn't one to say.

it was only once he returned that either of them noticed their missing subject, but with no working lab to test him in, and an apparently lacking security system, they decided to let the little fool have his freedom for now. they'll have him back eventually.

once loki stops throwing up, at least.

[phlurrii]

Poor Mew, Meau, Circe, and Mewtwo 😢 Meau didn't even that her baby was carrying her grandchild, and those humans took both fetus Circe and the egg cell that would become Mewtwo away from the both of them.

And she thought the clones were bad enough ;<

[kaleiphant]

Strangetown the Musical: Emo 80s Edition

What time is it? Filk o'clock (or oh-filk-hundred hours if you live in the Grunt household).

This one gets really dark with Nervous reflecting on his living situation and Loki reflecting on his and Circe's failing marriage.

Content warning: This includes: musings on human experimentation (and thoughts of death) from Nervous; rumination on domestic violence from Loki (and mention of Circe beating Loki); contemplation of revenge from both Nervous and Loki.

Go to Hell (to the tune of "Live to Tell" by Madonna)

Nervous: Trapped in a stony hole, I question if I’ve even got a soul. I guess it’s just my lot in life My only friends are mildew, pain, and strife.

A Sim can only take so much Before his heartache swells. Must I go to hell And back all through this plot? Why not Count the days until I’m free?

(Musical interlude while Circe and Loki perform a short choreographed dance in which Circe pushes Loki around and hits him a few times. He breaks away from her and takes refuge in the dark lab.)

Loki: I’m nothing to her now. I might as well break every single vow. The Sim that I once idolized Became a demon right before my eyes.

A Sim can only take so much Before his anger swells… She can go to hell Before I join her plot. Why not Tell her where to shove her schemes?

Nervous (melody) and Loki (harmony): Revenge would not be hard to try… And if I plan it well, She’ll go to hell; The blood would stain my hands. But still…. Would they really understand?

Nervous (smirking madly): If I were found out, No jury would convict somebody like me. Loki: I’d be condemned; And doomed to Cell Block Three.

Nervous: But I wouldn’t dream Of taking a Sim’s life.

Loki: I can’t kill my wife!

Nervous: How could I plot…

Loki: Murder is not…

Both (Nervous singing melody, Loki singing harmony): The way I should go.

(musical interlude while Nervous and Loki perform a short interpretive dance together in the darkened lab.)

Both (Loki singing melody, Nervous singing harmony): The two of us can take so much. We hide our suffering well. We can go to hell and back; You’d never know. And so… We’re living a great lie.

Revenge has often crossed our minds. Each day we are compelled To endure the hell of living in this house…

(They part.)

Loki: Although…

Nervous: It all makes me want to die…

-O-o-O-o-O-

This musical would give everyone mood whiplash if it played anywhere.