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I was going to respond to this in the replies but I figure this is a good moment to explain this type of thing a bit more in depth.
A NAS, or Network-Attached Storage is basically exactly as it says on the tin. It's a piece of hardware that sits on your home network with digital storage on it that it makes available to people on your network through ethernet or wifi.
They come in a wide range of capabilities ranging from just a simple set of hard drives with no other features other than storage to more advanced options that allow for things like media streaming and have mobile apps that you can put on your phone for things like auto-backups that will run when they detect that you're on the home network. All the way up to full on NAS Servers like what I run at home which are full computers dedicated entirely to storage and media management running their own OS (Unraid in my case) and with what people might consider an inordinate amount of storage for a private person.
If you go on basically any tech shopping site and search for NAS you'll find them available. A word of warning though, they are more expensive than DAS (direct-attach storage) like external hard drives, sometimes MUCH more expensive but their capabilities for people like myself make it worthwhile.
The brands I recommend looking into if you're not tech savvy are Synology and QNAP. They have options for people who've never touched a NAS before and want something that just works all the way up to people who want 70% the benefits of a NAS server but don't want to build one themselves or spend the full price on having a full one built.
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Bit of a long video but worth a watch.
TL;DW though is that hidden in the Terms and Conditions for Google's AI Labs is a nice little poison pill that says they get access to your entire Google Drive if you opt in.
So if you're an author of some type and you keep your unpublished works in your G-Drive that means an AI will get to scrape all of it and by opting in you will have given them permission to it. The content creator goes on to predict that Google is going to let out their own streaming service where the scripts, and potentially the art if it's animated, will be almost or entirely AI generated using that scraped data as a baseline and the authors/artist's who's work was essentially stolen in its most raw form to crib from will have zero way of fighting Google on that in our current legal system.
This is of course right in the middle of the writers and actors strike where we're seeing just what lengths studios will go to in order to screw everyone but themselves.
They go on to recommend that if you keep any creative or personal works on Google Drive that you pull it off as soon as possible and delete your entire Drive. They acknowledge that of course this doesn't mean Google really deleted the data but if you do it before they start compulsory opting everyone in there's a chance your work might get overlooked. They also recommend several free editing programs that aren't run by corporations like Google with LibreOffice (the default office program of most Linux distros) being named.
Finally they go over methods of shaming Google which I feel like you just have to watch for comedies sake so I won't describe them in full.
Now this is from me: I know the majority of people don't have the ability to build and manage a big archive just for themselves, but if you're a creative NOW IS THE TIME to educate yourself on what you can do to protect your works. Cloud storage was always iffy at best, but with AI scraping entering the mix it's now downright malignant. Get a bunch of thumb drives, buy some external hard drives, if you have the money buy a pre-built NAS, and if you really want to get into learn how to build your own NAS. These are the old ways before cloud and they're coming back again, more important than ever.
#google#google docs#google drive#ai scraping#ai theft#ai generated theft#wga strike#wga solidarity#sag aftra#sag strike#libreoffice#google is cringe#delete your Google docs#embrace local back-ups#NAS hardware#network attached storage
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nothing makes me feel more fundamentally stupid than trying to dive into technology projects outside my wheelhouse
#ie a NAS media server#I just built a computer and worked on a bunch more software and hardware issues today at work and I feel SO STUPID trying to figure this ou#out
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How to Install Unraid NAS: Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners (2025)
If you’re looking to set up a powerful, flexible network-attached storage (NAS) system for your home media server or small business, Unraid is a brilliant choice. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the entire process to install Unraid NAS from start to finish, with all the tips and tricks for a successful setup in 2025. Unraid has become one of the most popular NAS operating systems…
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verdades y mentiras sobre implementaciones y velocidades de NAS/SAN
Almacenamiento, es la clave del trabajo! Open Media Vault es un software NAS de código abierto para que las computadoras normales funcionen como servidores. Aquí trataremos y revelaremos algunos hechos que la gente ignora sobre el tabú de mucho tiempo NAS service offers storage to devices over network Continue reading verdades y mentiras sobre implementaciones y velocidades de NAS/SAN
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What Should You Look for in a NAS?
In today’s digital world, data storage and security are essential, both for personal and business use. Whether you have a growing library of family photos, critical work documents, or media collections, a reliable storage solution is paramount. Network-Attached Storage (NAS) systems offer an efficient way to store, back up, and access data across devices from anywhere. But with so many NAS…
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Top 10 Open Source NAS software in 2023
Top 10 Open Source NAS software in 2023 #homelab #selfhosted #opensourceNASsolutions #freeNASsoftware #networkattachedstorage #NASserverhardware #datastoragesolutions #selfhostedNASbenefits #personalcloudserver #filesharingprotocols
There are many freely available open-source NAS solutions you can download for free. An open-source NAS server offers an excellent way to manage and protect your data. Let’s dive deeper into the top free NAS software solutions available in 2023. Network attached storage nas for home Table of contentsIntroduction to Open Source NAS SolutionsTrueNAS Scale and TrueNAS Core: Great Open Source…
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The Swiss Cheese Model of Covid Prevention
An edited version of the swiss cheese model tailored towards the measures that you as an individual can take to minimize your risk of infection. Public health is ultimately what its name implies, public, but that doesn't mean you're powerless.
Covid prevention is not all-or-nothing. Think of it as risk reduction, rather than a binary.
Let's go through these step by step.
VACCINES
The current vaccines are meant primarily to reduce chances of severe illness, hospitalization, and death. They will reduce your chance of infection a bit--but not nearly as much as you might think. You should still get your boosters regularly, because avoiding severe illness is of course worth doing.
If you haven't gotten the updated monovalent vaccine yet, go get it. It is not a booster. Think of it as a new vaccine. It's targeted towards the XBB lineages, which are now the most common variants. Your last boosters were likely of the bivalent type, aimed at both the original Covid strain from 2020 and Omicron. The new vaccine is monovalent, meaning it targets one family in particular.
Some studies suggest that the Novavax vaccine, which is a more traditional protein-based vaccine, is more effective and safer than mRNA vaccines, and offers better protection against future variants. Of course, the data we have so far isn't 100% conclusive (the last paper I linked is a preprint). Make of these findings what you will, just something to keep in mind. The new Novavax vaccine's availability is still limited, especially outside of the US.
MASKS

Masking is one of the most effective ways to protect yourself. While it is true that masking and reducing Covid transmission protects those around you, the idea that masks can't protect the wearer is outdated information from the early days of the pandemic when medical authorities refused to acknowledge that Covid is airborne.
The key to protecting yourself is to wear a well-fitting respirator. You want to minimize any gaps where air might leak out. If your glasses get fogged up, that's a sign that air is leaking.
Headbands will always have a tighter fit than earloop masks (and therefore provide better protection). However, you can use earloop extenders to improve the fit of earloop masks. You can find these online. Your comfort in wearing a mask is important, but there are options for compromise.
The above graphic doesn't include elastomeric respirators. While some (like the Flo Mask) are expensive, they can be much more affordable than buying disposables--look for P100 respirators at your local hardware store, but make sure it fits your face well.
For more general information, see this FAQ. For mask recommendations (NA-centric, sorry!), see my list here or Mask Nerd's YouTube channel.
For situations where you need to hydrate but don't want to take your mask off, consider the SIP valve.
Not even N95s are foolproof (N95 means it filters at least 95% of particles--with the other 5% potentially reaching you). Most people will likely not have a perfect fit. There will be situations where you'll have to take your mask off. The key is risk reduction, and that's why the Swiss cheese model is crucial.
If you can't afford high-quality masks, look for a local mask bloc or other organization that gives out free masks. Project N95 has unfortunately shut down. In Canada, there's donatemask.ca.
AVOID CROWDED INDOOR SPACES
This is rather self-explanatory. Indoor transmission is much, much, much more likely than outdoor transmission. If it's possible to move an activity outdoors instead, consider doing so.
If possible, try going to places like stores or the post office during less busy hours.
Viral particles can stay in the air for a considerable amount of time even after the person who expelled them has left. Do not take off your mask just because no one is currently present, if you know that it was previously crowded.
A CO2 monitor is a decent proxy for how many viral particles may have accumulated in the air around you. The gold standard is the Aranet4, but it's expensive, so here are some more affordable alternatives.
VENTILATION AND AIR FILTERS

Ventilation is effective for the same reason that outdoors is safer than indoors. If it's warm enough, keep windows open whenever possible. If it's cold, even cracking them open occasionally is better than nothing. Try to open windows or doors on different sides of a room to maximize airflow.
HEPA air filters can significantly reduce viral transmission indoors. Make sure to find one suitable for the room size, and replace the filters regularly. You want to look for devices with HEPA-13 filters.
You can use websites like these to calculate how long it takes for a device to change all the air in a room. Remember what I said about viral particles being able to hang around even after people have left? If an air purifier provides 2 air changes per hour, that means that after 30 minutes, any potential viral particles should be gone.
If you can't afford a commercial air filter, here's a useful DIY filter you can make with relatively simple materials. The filtration capacity is great--but due to being built with duct tape, replacing filters will be a challenge.
If you have to hold meetings or meet with people at work, having a smaller filter on the desk between you will also reduce chances of infection.
As a bonus, HEPA filters will also filter out other things like dust and allergens!
REDUCE LENGTH OF EXPOSURE IF EXPOSURE IS UNAVOIDABLE
Viral load refers to the amount of virus in a person's blood. If you've been exposed to someone with Covid, how much you've been exposed matters.
You might escape infection if the viral load you've been exposed to is very small. Or, even if you get infected, there will be less virus in you overall, leading to milder illness--and crucially, a lower chance of the virus penetrating deep into your body, creating reservoirs in your organs and wreaking long-term havoc.
A low viral load is also less contagious.
This is the same reason that wearing your mask most of the time, but having to take it off for eating, is still much better than not wearing your mask at all.
RECHARGEABLE PORTABLE AIR FILTERS

You might attract some odd looks. But if you're at high risk or just want to be as protected as possible, small portable air filters can help. Try to find models small enough to take with you on public transportation, to school, or while traveling.
These devices will be far too small to clean the air in the whole room. The goal is to have it filter air in your immediate vicinity. Be sure to angle the device so that the air is blowing in your face.
Unfortunately, rechargeable devices are much rarer and harder to find than normal air filters, and many are also expensive.
The best option at the moment, apart from DIY (which is possible, but you need to know what you're doing), seems to be the SmartAir QT3. The size and shape are a bit clunky, but it fits in a backpack. Its battery life isn't long, but it can be supplemented with a power bank.
NASAL SPRAYS
There's some research that suggests that some nasal sprays may be effective in reducing risk of infection by interfering with viruses' ability to bind to your cells.
These sprays are generally affordable, easy to find, and safe. The key ingredient is carrageenan, which is extracted from seaweed. So there are no potential risks or side effects.
Be sure to follow the instructions on the packaging carefully. Here's a video on how to properly use nasal sprays if you've never used them before.
Covixyl is another type of nasal spray that uses a different key ingredient, ethyl lauroyl arginate HCI. It also aims to disrupt viruses' ability to bind to cell walls. Unfortunately, I think it's difficult to obtain outside of the US.
CONCLUSION
None of the methods listed here are foolproof on their own. But by layering them, you can drastically reduce your chances of infection.
The most important layers, by far, are masking and air quality. But you should also stay conscientious when engaging with those layers. Don't let yourself become complacent with rules of thumb, and allow yourself to assess risk and make thought out decisions when situations arise where you might have to take off your mask or enter a high-risk indoor area, such as a hospital.
Remember that the goal is risk reduction. It's impossible to live risk-free, because we live among countless other people. But you can use knowledge and tools to keep yourself as safe as possible.
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cat gijinkas before dog gijinkas i had quite a long day n i did this on the road!
design notes below for you guys if you want an explanation and for me in case i want to draw them again...hehe
i really was just looking for an excuse to draw grace
grace has a round matambok face and looser coils, trying to aim for a bohemian/hippie style when trying to design her fashion taste. she has a monolid as a half filo half puerto rican. vitiligo to reflect her calico cat patterns and hyperpigmentation for the one black spot by her ear <33 really really love her design specifically. she wears silver and her eyes are a dark shade of blue
grampa has a slimmer face with low cheekbones and makalat na freckles, dyes his ginger hair a nasty artificial blonde to the point of balding (i hate him) wears a lot of gold hardware like a jackass (i hate him) and has a nasty set of brownish aviators. he'll go grey early.
petey looks a lot like his father and that scares him. the general facial structure, eye color, and "ginger" hair matches his dad's, but the hair texture and the choices in clothing align more with his mom. nuggets i added for myself: he has whisker piercings and a tear in his right ear for the whisker he gave up for lp. his nails are long stilletto filed and painted a holographic kind of green that matches his eyes. his most vivid memories of his father were of his dad's long hair so he keeps his hair short and natural— which sends him reeling when he DOES see his dad again and his dad has nearly the same cut. i'd probably draw a texture in petey's fade that resembles whisker lines at a later date. it's difficult to find the balance between making petey look like eerily like his father while also retaining his mom's ethnic qualities but i'm a little set on this design as it is...outfit to be determined but there's no rush :)!
congrats if you read through allat, that's a lot of random info, so here's a bonus doodle on your way
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Top: the Service Desk of the Super Duel Mode in Mario Party 5. Note the wheel on the machine to the right of Skolar.
Bottom: the original hardware's resolution makes this impossible to see in-game, but modifying the game's code to move the camera reveals that there is writing along the wheel that reads "MARIPA". This is a reference to the Japanese abbreviation for "Mario Party", "マリパ" which takes the first two characters from the first word and the first character from the second word to create "Mari(o)pa(rty)".
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The Little Death — 14. The mental and physical settings
— PAIRING: Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen x Bene Gesserit!Reader
— SYNOPSIS: A Bene Gesserit gets left behind in the Arrakeen palace. When Feyd becomes the Planetary Governor, he finds her there in hiding. The Harkonnens don't traditionally keep them as truthsayers or concubines like other Houses do, but Feyd might have a use for her. After all, he's never had a Bene Gesserit of his own before.
— WARNINGS: none
— WORDCOUNT: 2k
— A/N: I'm back again! This chapter immediately follows the previous one, and a plot is forming in this lady's head. She just needs to convince Feyd to play along 😅 Enjoy reading, my dears! 💗
— TAGLIST: @elf-punk @lowlyloved @pomtherine @slytherins-heir @babyofneptune @localravenclaw @missbingu @wo-ming-bai @torossosebs @mrsjobarnes
What social inheritances went outward with the Scattering? We know those times intimately. We know both the mental and physical settings. The Lost Ones took with them a consciousness confined mostly to manpower and hardware. There was a desperate need for room to expand driven by the myth of Freedom. — The Scattering: Bene Gesserit Analysis
She found Feyd by following the troops. He was in the command room, pacing along a shivering holo-map. The mentats, relieved of their posts, were muttering among themselves in sparse syllables in the back of the room. They turned quiet when she entered.
“You,” said Feyd, calling her to him with a curl of his pale finger. “Come here.”
“Yes, my lord na-Baron?”
“You remember that advice you gave me once?”
She did… She suggested he pull back the attacks, just enough to bait the Fremen into exposing themselves. “Yes,” she answered as she stopped beside him, her hands folded at her lap.
“I don’t suppose you have a follow-up plan in the event that it worked?”
“I’m glad to hear my words bore fruit.”
“Don’t try to be funny,” he grumbled.
“I’m not.”
“We’re about to send in an echelon of 60 units but the scouts we sent ahead never returned.”
“Then it might be a bad idea to send in the echelon.”
“But we can’t just leave them there,” said Feyd, pacing up and down the length of the long holo-map.
She stepped softly behind him, watching the way his shoulders tensed beneath the pauldrons, the trembling in his spine, his restless legs.
“They would’ve gone in knowing the risk. If they’re lost, they —”
“I mean the Fremen,” he growled. “We can’t let them think they can crawl across Arrakis whenever they please, not anymore.”
Her instinct was to advise against it. It was not in Feyd’s interest to conquer Arrakis, not really. He was just trying to please his uncle, she realised, which was why he was so tense, so scared even with an army all around him. But there was no use trying to explain that to him. It would be too blunt, too clumsy, and have the opposite effect. Feyd, in spite of what he claimed, desired a gentler hand.
“Why not post new scouts?” she offered, walking to his side. “Feign retreat and follow these rogue Fremen. See where they come from, where they hide. Then, you might eliminate the lot.”
“They live in colonies, like vermin,” said Feyd, shaking his head. “They could slip through underground tunnels to fuck knows where.”
She cast her eyes over the map, its surface bending in thin threads of light. Behind her, she could feel the stares of the Harkonnens, all of them suspicious of a ‘witch’ and unhappy to see her at their na-Baron’s side, but too scared to speak.
“I still think it would be pointless to strike at them impulsively,” she said. “If you never know how many occupy the planet, how can you plan for further attacks? How can you calculate the cost of the reserves and equipment you’ll need? How can you forecast economic costs or surplus? Even your mentats could tell you how futile it is to engage in large-scale combat in these circumstances.”
“Which is why I’m not asking a mentat,” he hissed, cold eyes sliding to her.
She chewed on her lower lip as she thought. “You say they are like vermin… They do behave more like the Arrakis wildlife... But they have the reasoning abilities of any conscious being. They are trying to wait you out, encircle you, pick away at you, and use what they have available to them — which is the environment, and specialised information… You must cut off at least one.”
He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the table. “Any other advice you can offer? Try something a little more vague this time.”
She treated him with a cold look yet couldn’t help but smile. He was endearing when he was acting like a bratty little boy.
“You could make the environment less recognisable to them. Cut off their usual pathways, destroy, construct, expand. Or… you could find out the information they keep from you, such as what their true numbers are, where they hide, how they use spice, how they use worms, what technology —”
“They’re savages, they don’t have technology.”
“Everyone has technology. Especially people who can survive in a place like this.”
She could tell Feyd wanted to say something sarcastic again, but instead, he turned his gaze upon the map and thought about what she said.
“Sir?” mumbled one of the men behind him, a commander by his uniform. “What should we tell the troops?”
“Send more scouts,” said Feyd at last, turning away from the map and putting distance between them with long strides. “Would be stupid to risk our numbers blindly.”
“Yes, sir.”
She followed him quietly out of the room and allowed herself a moment of satisfaction. He’d actually listened to her… Perhaps saving herself from that cursed planet wasn’t so unlikely after all, and she might even save him too.
“Do you want to have dinner together?” she asked, falling in step with him.
“You’re not protecting them, are you?”
“Who?”
“The Fremen.”
“No,” she frowned. “Why would I protect them?”
He didn’t answer, but his silence spoke. He was conscious of the difference between them — not only that between a Harkonnen and a Bene Gesserit, but that between a Harkonnen and anyone else. They were a House isolated by their culture, their toxic planet, even by their appearance… And so he naturally saw her as having more in common with the natives of Arrakis than with him.
“The sooner you defeat the Fremen, the sooner things normalise,” she quietly said. “But you can’t defeat them with brutal methods. Their whole culture was shaped by brutality.”
Feyd didn’t look at her as they walked together, swift and remote. “So you want things to relax enough that you can finally escape, is that it?”
She grew cold at his implication. Had she not indulged his every mood? Had she not forgiven him his aggressions, violations, absorbed them within herself to let them bloom? He was being an ungrateful boy — but he was not completely wrong.
“I know I can’t escape,” she said, somewhat resentfully. “No Guild transporter is going to come down here just for me, and I mean nothing to the Sisterhood. Nobody is coming to save me. But…”
“Yes?” he said, turning to look at her as they reached the dining room.
“But don’t you too want to escape from here?”
He scoffed. “I can’t escape. I rule this planet.”
“And, you don’t want to escape?”
He evaded her gaze and walked into the room, closing the wide doors behind them. The stomping of the troops became a distant echo. He kept her at a distance as he went to sit down and angrily rang the bell that called the servants in. She sat opposite him while they filled the table with small dishes carrying elegant meals, and poured the both of them tall glasses of water — enough for an Arrakeen family to live off of for a month. Feyd watched on with pale furrowed brows, and she watched him. She knew her words had woken something in him.
As soon as the servants were gone, she rested her wrists on the edge of the table and leaned forward.
“What did it mean to you, when I asked you that?”
“What?”
“When I asked if you wanted to escape.”
“It sounded like treason,” said Feyd, gazing from beneath his lashes as he cut into his food.
“It’s only a question.”
“It’s a suggestion. I’m not stupid.”
“It’s not a suggestion,” she said, leaning back and nearly slouching. “I can’t do anything on this planet without you.”
“Ah,” he chuckled. “So is that why you want to escape? You don’t want to be mine anymore?”
“If that were so, why would I ‘suggest’ that you escape, too?” she countered with a smirk.
Feyd frowned at her again but kept on eating. He twirled his fork around a spread of moss, oily and black with stars of golden spice shining on its surface, and dragged it through a verdant sauce of pickled seaweed. He ate delicately, reminding her of how different he was from his uncle.
“If you were so upset with me because of it, you’d have killed me already,” she muttered, finally turning to her plate.
“Maybe I want to enjoy you one last time.”
She sighed. “I don’t understand why you’re so upset with me. You’re the one who wanted to know what I was thinking.”
“And this is it?” he asked, looking at her again. “You’ve been thinking of running away?”
It was tempting to say yes and be done with it, to bear the brunt of his anger, which was already bubbling to the surface. But she remained in her relaxed pose and brought a small morsel of food from her plate to her lips and let the fork linger between them.
“If I did, would you chase me?” she asked somewhat playfully.
And just as she expected, a flame flickered in Feyd’s eyes. Because he was a bratty little boy, and he liked playing, and he resented having to manage Arrakis when instead he could enjoy himself… The prestige in the eyes of his uncle mattered less and less to him each day, and no amount of tall glasses of water, however luxurious on that planet, were enough for him when there was a whole universe out there.
“Flirting won’t save you,” he managed to say.
“Are you suggesting I need to be saved?”
“I am.”
“From what?”
“From me.”
She smiled at him as she twirled her fork across her plate. “I would’ve thought it’s from this planet. Just like you.”
He sighed and tried to distract himself with drinking, gulping half the glass of water in one go. “I regret ever asking you about it,” said Feyd as he slammed it back down. “You’re just lucky I’m the one in charge here. Anyone else would’ve had your head cut off and hung you upside down to drain the blood for moisture.”
She could have chuckled if she didn’t think he’d take it the wrong way. Underneath his threats was a genuine concern and hurt at the mere suggestion of her leaving him one day. He couldn’t even look at her while he mumbled his threats. In fact, he’d never seemed more harmless.
But she was certain her words had set his imagination going, a welcome respite after the troubles of the day. She would have to be on her best behaviour that night to let his thoughts and feelings settle, to make him sweet toward her again, and bring him back to her. It wouldn’t be difficult, it never was.
Although he seemed not to enjoy it much, he finished his dinner, and she did too. And as they walked together to the bedroom they shared, shadows dancing on the walls, she wondered if the spice melange was playing tricks on her, making her dizzy and giddy and almost self-destructive around him. She had had too much that morning too, she recalled, and her meditations had been troubled afterwards. But if she was struggling, how must Feyd feel? He had less of a capacity to modulate poisons in his system… And yet he indulged in it. Perhaps he’d used so much that he’d gained a tolerance for it. He was more at ease after dinner than before it, but his eyes were darkened, his lips a little red, and when she took his armour off that night his skin felt hot and sticky.
Was he seeing things too, she wondered… Did he have the same sort of visions she had had — of white shores and crashing waves and pale sea spraying on his skin? He looked at her with the same sort of longing he did when he felt loneliness threatening him, as if he were at once in the comforting present, with her arms around him as she pulled him down to bed, and at the same time in a horrible future with all of its uncertainties.
“It’s alright,” she whispered as her warm hands cupped his cheek. He curled up by her side and laid his head down on her shoulder. “Don’t be afraid. I’m not going anywhere. Not without you.”
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Giedi Prime (House Fenrir Dune AU)
word count: 1498 Words pairing: Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen x Bene Gesserit!Reader warnings: none (yet) summary: you arrive on Giedi Prime for the Na-Baron's birthday celebration, but you have another task ahead of you.
Before you arrived on Giedi Prime, you didn't believe a place could be completely devoid of color, but as you stand on one of your father's heighliners looking over the planet, you have come to believe what they say. You peered at the black and white planet below from the bridge as the ship waited for its permission to land on the surface. House Fenrir was one of the many invited to the celebration for the Na-Baron's twentieth birthday and one-hundredth gladiator fight.
Even from outside the atmosphere, you can see the planet is heavily polluted from the fervent industrialization led by House Harkonnen over the centuries.
A nervousness settled in your stomach when you entered the planet's orbit, and your father's reservations about the match weren't easing the anxiety creeping through your bloodstream. Today was the day that you would begin to seduce the Baron's heir.
"We could always go back home," the archduke said. He has joined you at the window.
"It would not serve our house to make an enemy out of the Harkonnens," you reply in a monotone voice.
They were known for maintaining a cruel and tyrannical grip over their worlds. Violence and war were ingrained in their culture, and you had no doubt they would inflict that bloodshed on your people. If their treatment of the people of Arrakis was any indicator of how they treated those who displeased them, you knew they could do the same to Fenrir.
"Wise words," Lady Aurelia, your father's concubine, said.
Lady Aurelia was the closest thing you had to a mother after your own had died of a mysterious illness during your adolescence. You knew she did not see you the same way, though. Your father openly favored you and your older sister, Maron, over her two sons. To her, you were simply an obstacle in the way of her eldest son inheriting your father's title.
"They could reverse engineer our harvesters or simply kill us and take over production, and the emperor wouldn't bat an eye," you said, turning away from the grim image of the planet that you would soon call home if all went according to the Reverend Mother's plan.
"I hate the thought of leaving you in this place," Vulcan says.
Lady Aurelia sighs. "Y/N can take care of herself; I've seen to it."
"Lady Aurelia is right, father. I am more than capable of completing the task that the sisterhood has given me," you tell him.
Your reassurance only causes the worry lines around his mouth and forehead to deepen.
"Your Grace," a servant said.
The three figures at the window turn, and the servant curtsies quickly in respect.
"We have been given permission to land, Your Grace. We await your command," the servant says and curtsies again.
You watch her nervously scamper off. It seems that Vulcan wasn't the only one on edge today.
The landing was relatively uneventful, and the surface of Giedi Prime was just as bleak as you imagined. There were no natural plants in sight, and the air had a bitter taste to it that coated your tongue, throat, and sinuses. It made you miss Fenrir bitterly, with its vast oceans and thick forests that enveloped the less developed parts of the planet.
In the light of Giedi Prime's black sun, your ice blue dress looks silver. It's form-fitting to your body with a halter neck and leaves your arms bare. The look was completed with teardrop-shaped pearl earrings set in silver hardware.
A female servant is already waiting for you when the ship lands. She is pale and completely devoid of hair. She wears a dark-colored dress of a peculiar cut, and she keeps her eyes on the floor.
She curtsies deeply when you step off the ship with your father and Lady Aurelia into Harkonnen Palace's ship dock.
"I have been ordered by the Baron to show you to your quarters before the spectacle, Your Grace," the servant says in a small, timid voice.
Your father opens his mouth to reply, but the girl turns on her heel quickly and hurries toward another crowd of visitors being led by another woman in an identical dress. She waits to let the guests from a house you didn't recognize pass before continuing her beeline to the door.
You see Vulcan and Aurelia exchange a glance before all three of you follow after her.
The inside of the Harkonnen Palace is just as bleak as the outside. It is made up of identical black and white hallways; one could easily get lost in them. The servant girl expertly navigates these identical hallways without raising her eyes. She's obviously been here for quite a while. You wonder what horrible things she witnessed, or perhaps endured, in her employment here.
The woman is completely silent until she arrives at a nondescript slate gray door with a black panel installed on the wall next to it. "This is your room, Lady Y/N, and your parents are right beside you."
She motions toward an identical door to the left.
Lady Aurelia goes to her and your father's door and presses her hand to the panel. The panel glows, and the door slides open.
"What did it just do?" your father asks, puzzled.
"The doors to your quarters are programmed, so you need your handprint to get into them, Your Grace," the girl responds. "The Baron has found guests feel more secure when they are the only ones who have access to their living space."
Your father nods and presses his hand to the panel. Lady Aurelia walks into their room without another word.
"Just knock if you need anything, darling," Vulcan said, following her inside.
Their door slides shut behind them, leaving you alone with the servant.
"How did I find my way around?" you ask.
The girl makes eye contact with you for the first time.
"I strongly advise you not to walk around without someone to escort you, My Lady," the servant girl said firmly. "This is not a place where one wants to get lost."
This wasn't a request; it was a warning. The girl's eyes darted back toward the ground. You place your hand on your door's panel. It warms slightly when it scans your handprint. The door slides open, and you step inside. The servant girl won't meet your eye again before the door slides shut.
If you were anyone else, you would feel as though you had stepped into the belly of the beast. But you're not just anyone; you're Bene Gesserit. You're exactly where you're meant to be.
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You sit on an elevated platform that sits slightly lower than the one occupied by the Baron Harkonnen, the Reverend Mother, and your father, the Archduke, along with an unknown count and his wife. The crowds in the stands below are packed with Giedi Prime citizens. The black sun has once again washed the color out of everything. You were provided a pair of small field glasses to view all the fights through.
You're sitting with six other Bene Gesserit sisters that you have never met before. Despite knowing little about them, having some of your sisters here is a comfort.
In some twisted way, you looked forward to having your way with Feyd-Rautha. The Reverend Mother Helen described him as violent, calculating, and isolated. The Baron and his brother, whom they called the Beast, were neither fit to raise an emotionally intelligent, stable child. That only made your job simpler. It doesn't matter how physically strong Feyd-Rautha is; he's sexually and emotionally vulnerable. And you could mold him into whatever you see fit.
The opening fights are lackluster. It's obvious the opponents have been drugged to ensure the safety of the Harkonnen gladiators. You noted this with distaste and nearly rolled your eyes. The Harkonnens claimed to be the most dominant, well-trained fighters in the galaxy, but they couldn't be bothered to truly fight someone without resorting to petty vices and trickery. Nevertheless, the crowd roars with satisfaction whenever blood is spilled on the sand of the gladiator pit.
Now comes the main event: Feyd-Rautha's one-hundredth kill in the gladiator pit. Was this the measure of a Harkonnen man? Slaughtering drugged prisoners was supposed to be a show of power and strength while wearing a shield.
A horn blows, and the crowd begins to shriek and whoop once again. In the arena, a large set of doors slide open, and the Na-Baron emerges from the darkness beyond the doorway, a knife in each hand. He raises them toward the sun and circles the pit. The light of the black sun glints off the blades. He's hairless, like the other inhabitants of his planet. He's dressed in light black armor and practically preens for the crowd before kneeling. He bows his head in respect to his uncle and dedicates this win to the man.
The Baron is satisfied by this display, and the barbarism begins.
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DIE 4U | Park Jisung



resumo: Jisung é uma má influência, mas você não consegue evitar amá-lo.
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notinha da Sun: eu detesto minha vida KKKKK Então escrever tá sendo minha melhor fuga (desculpa a todas as minhas escritoras favs que escreveram pérolas e eu ainda não li. Não me odeiem 😭).
O Jisung combina muito com Chase Atlantic, então escrevi essa com “Die For Me” no fone. Espero que vocês curtam!! 🖤
boa leitura, docinhos!! 💾
Você estava descendo os degraus do auditório da faculdade quando Jisung te impediu de sair, segurando seu pulso antes que fosse tarde demais. Ele afastou o notebook para o lado, levantou-se da cadeira e te colocou sentada na superfície fria da mesa. Vocês se encararam por um momento. O professor e os alunos já haviam deixado a sala há um bom tempo, então eram apenas vocês dois ali, até que o pessoal da limpeza chegasse, o que demoraria cerca de meia hora.
Você e Jisung estudavam engenharia da computação na mesma turma. Eram os melhores alunos e também os representantes da classe. Mas havia uma diferença marcante entre vocês: você era organizada, com o cabelo sempre alinhado e as roupas impecavelmente passadas, incluindo uma coleção de saias curtas que deixava o Park louco. Já Jisung usava roupas sem cores, fazia os trabalhos de última hora, mas sempre tirava notas máximas. Ele faltava mais às aulas do que você conseguia contar, e todos esses comportamentos eram sinais de alerta para você. No entanto, não podiam negar a atração que surgia entre vocês toda vez que interagiam, e foi por isso que se beijaram pela primeira vez em um dos laboratórios, cercados de hardwares como testemunhas silenciosas.
Desde então, os mundos de vocês se misturaram. Jisung passou a frequentar o seu grupo de amigas, e você se aproximou dos amigos dele. Vocês conversavam entre si, mas Jisung sempre encontrava uma forma de te tocar, mesmo que de leve. E você se distraía toda vez que ele puxava suas pernas cobertas por meias finas sobre as coxas dele, enquanto conversava animadamente sobre a última partida de LOL com Haechan.
Você sempre foi muito feminina, apesar de sua aptidão para a tecnologia (um campo predominantemente masculino até certo tempo atrás). Assim, ao entrar de vez no mundo dos garotos após a maioridade, foi uma experiência nova para você. Eles eram bobos, mas, quando queriam, sabiam ser responsáveis e atraentes, pelo menos foi essa a impressão que você formou ao sair com Jisung.
— Fiquei sabendo que seu pai disse que eu sou uma má influência — ele comentou, e era verdade. Seu pai havia pedido para você se afastar de Jisung, e você até tentou. Mas o desejo de tê-lo era tão forte, tão magnético, que parecia impossível. Mesmo tentando evitá-lo ao sair mais cedo da faculdade, ignorar suas mensagens e inventar desculpas no dia seguinte, como “não vi o celular”, Jisung sabia que tudo isso era uma farsa, mas permitia que você fingisse.
— Mas você realmente é — você respondeu, e ele sorriu, desviando o olhar por um segundo antes de voltar a te encarar. Era um olhar só seu, carinhoso e gentil. Geralmente, ele era brincalhão ou quieto, mas com você, seus olhos transbordavam afeto. Você não resistiu e acariciou suavemente o rosto dele. Jisung então tocou sua cintura, afastou suas pernas e te envolveu num abraço, trazendo seu corpo para mais perto.
— Posso ser o bom moço que ele quiser. Vestir uma camisa polo, sei lá. Qualquer coisa. Só não me ignora, isso dói demais — ele disse, beijando a palma da sua mão com delicadeza, enquanto sua mão grande cobria sua coxa, mas sem pressioná-la. Ele te beijou com suavidade, explorando tudo o que você tinha para oferecer. Quando os lábios dele se afastaram, você se sentiu meio perdida, como se algo essencial estivesse faltando.
— Eu faria qualquer coisa pra te ver de camisa polo — você disse com um sorriso, e Jisung segurou seu rosto com as mãos, apertando suas bochechas até que você fizesse um biquinho. Ele riu e deixou um beijinho suave em seus lábios.
— Tudo é? — ele sussurrou com um sorriso travesso, inclinando-se mais perto, o suficiente para te fazer se inclinar junto, embora te olhasse de um jeito doce.
Os cantinhos dos seus lábios se curvaram num sorriso, dessa vez era você quem apertava as bochechas dele.
— Absolutamente tudo.
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Cyber / Virtual ID Pack
Inside this pack, you will find: Pronouns, Titles, Names, and Genders that relate to Virtuality, Cybernetic, Robots, and anything alike!
This features a LOOOONG list of pronouns and dystopian-ish names!
Pronouns:
Cy/Cyb/Cyber/Cybers/Cyberself
Vir/Virt/Virtual/Virtuals/Virtualself
Ne/Net/Network/Networks/Networkself
Ne/Net/Nets/Nets/Netself
In/Inter/Internet/Internets/Internetself
Co/Comp/Computer/Computers/Computerself
In/Inpu/Input/Inputs/Inputself
Ou/Out/Output/Outputs/Outputself
Vi/Viru/Virus/Viruses/Virusself
Anti/Antivir/Antivirus/Antiviruses/Antivirusself
Er/Erro/Error/Errors/Errorself
Sys/Syste/System/Systems/Systemself
Pro/Proce/Processor/Processors/Processorself
Di/Digi/Digital/Digitals/Digitalself
Do/Down/Download/Downloads/Downloadself
Up/Uplo/Upload/Uploads/Uploadself
Cor/Corru/Corrupt/Corrupts/Corruptself
Mal/Malwa/Malware/Malwares/Malwareself
Se/Secur/Security/Securitys/Securityself
Cry/Crypt/Crypto/Cryptos/Cryptoself
We/Web/Webs/Webs/Webself
Web/Webs/Website/Websites/Websiteself
Fu/Futu/Future/Futures/Futureself
Ro/Rob/Robot/Robots/Robotself
Rob/Robo/Robotic/Robotics/Roboticself
By/Byt/Byte/Bytes/Byteself
Fi/Fil/File/Files/Fileself
Ra/Ram/Rams/Rams/Ramself
Scr/Scre/Screen/Screens/Screenself
Te/Tech/Techs/Techs/Techself
Te/Tech/Techno/Technos/Technoself
Tec/Techno/Technology/Technologys/Technologyself
Ma/Mach/Machine/Machines/Machineself
Wi/Wir/Wire/Wires/Wireself
Na/Nan/Nano/Nanos/Nanoself
Da/Dat/Data/Datas/Dataself
Plu/Plug/Plugs/Plugs/Plugself
Ele/Elect/Electric/Electrics/Electricself
Ke/Key/Keys/Keys/Keyself
Pa/Pass/Password/Passwords/Passwordself
Ter/Term/Terminal/Terminals/Terminalself
Cy/Cybo/Cyborg/Cyborgs/Cyborgself
Ty/Typ/Type/Types/Typeself
Fi/Firm/Firmware/Firmwares/Firmwareself
Ha/Hard/Hardware/Hardwares/Hardwareself
So/Soft/Software/Softwares/Softwareself
Ha/Hack/Hacks/Hacks/Hackself
Ha/Hack/Hacker/Hackers/Hackerself
Si/Sig/Signal/Signals/Signalself
Clo/Clou/Cloud/Clouds/Cloudself
On/Onli/Online/Onlines/Onlineself
In/Insta/Install/Installs/Installself
Co/Cod/Code/Codes/Codeself
Ad/Admi/Admin/Admins/Adminself
Gra/Graph/Graphic/Graphs/Graphself
Sy/Syn/Synth/Synths/Synthself
Phi/Phis/Phish/Phishs/Phishself
Phi/Phish/Phishing/Phishings/Phishingself
Do/Dox/Doxs/Doxs/Doxself
Si/Sit/Site/Sites/Siteself
Bo/Bot/Bots/Bots/Botself
Pho/Phon/Phone/Phones/Phoneself
Key/Keyboa/Keyboard/Keyboards/Keyboardself
Mo/Mou/Mouse/Mouses/Mouseself
Chi/Chip/Chips/Chips/Chipself
Moth/Mother/Motherboard/Motherboards/Motherboardself
Co/Com/Compute/Computes/Computeself
Pi/Pira/Piracy/Piracys/Piracyself
En/Encry/Encrypt/Encrypts/Encryptself
PDA/PDAs
CPU/CPUs
URL/URLs
404/404s
📱/📱's
💻/💻's
⌨️/⌨️'s
🖥/🖥's
🖱/🖱's
💿/💿's
🎙/🎙's
Titles:
The Cyborg
(X) Whos Wired
Made of Nanotech
(X) Who Uses Nanotech
Scholar of Machines
The Cyber Security
(X) Who Has Cyber Wings
Connected Online
Offline
Unable to Connect
The Administrator
Synthesizer
The Hacker
Nanohacker
The Antivirus
Reconnecting...
ERROR: Unable to Connect
ERROR 404
ERROR: Malware Detected
Names:
Since names don't usually have "techy" meanings, I picked one's that sounded the most cybernetic, cyberpunkish, dystopian, virtualish, etc!
Fem: Althea, Ameris, Astoria, Arcadia, Astra, Beretta, Cyra, Crystal, Crosselle, Eve, Io, Jinx, Kit, Lilith, Meridian, Morrian, Nebula, Nova, Neve, Noxia, North, Octavia, Odette, Odile, Prota, Pistol, Rey, Rue, Rain, Raine, Stormy, Seraphina, Sona, Skye, Thundra, Tempest, Vega, Viva, Vinette, Venus, Xenia, Xya, Xena, Xiomara, Xenara, Xanthe, Zephyria, Zyla, Zadie, Zia,
Masc: Alaric, Aksel, Arden, Antares, Apollo, Ace, Asher, Cole, Cyrus, Code, Draven, Drift, Ender, Flynn, Hawk, Isaac, Jericho, Kip, Kai, Koios, Knox, Nox, Neo, Nero, Octavian, Orionis, Oghma, Paine, Rocket, Ray, Rai, Silas, Slader, Sebastian, Seth, Seraphim, Thalax, Theo, Thatch, Vox, Vector, Wyatt, Xyon, Xane, Xylan, Xerxes, Xayden, Xavier, Xander, Zander, Zayden, Zenith, Zev, Zale, Zane, Zaire, Zeke,
Neu: Andras, Axe, Axiom, Alloy, Allele, Ash, Arrow, Beetle, Chrom, Corvus, Dakota, Dell, Eos, Echo, Eden, Fox, Ghost, Glöckner, Hydrae, Ion, Jesper, Jett, Kursk, Lesath, Locklyn, Lyrae, Maddox, Nemo, Orca, Onyx, Oxygen, Panther, Rikko, Robin, Rune, Scorpion, Scorpius, Saturn, Sparrow, Sonar, Tore, Tauri, Techne, Techno, Ursae, Vesper, Volt, West, Wolf, Xen, Xenon, Zephyr, Zodiac, Zenon, Zeru, Zero, Zen
Genders:
Futuracityc: A gender related to futuristic cities
Futurafashic: A gender related to futuristic fashion
Futurahousic: A gender related to futuristic houses
Digigender: A digital gender. Rangeable from any digital thing or file; virus, malware, .txt, .mp3, antivirus, trojan, email, etc.
Cybergender: A gender or form of gender expression where ones gender or expression is deeply tied into Cyberpunk lore, culture, fashion or media.
CYBERWEAPONIC - a gender that feels like a digital or robotic weapon. this gender may also have ties to sentient AI used as a weapon, but not necessarily.
BIOAMOROBOTIC - a gender connected to being a robot who loves humanity and the world and finds joy all around them!
RobAnatomic - a gender under the anatomic system(link) related to robots, anatomy, robotic anatomy, the anatomy of robots, robots made to teach/study anatomy, anatomy based/related robots of some kind, the anatomy/biology of someone or something being robotic, having robotic anatomy, being a robot with an interest in anatomy and more.
Robogender - for people who’s gender identity aligns with machines/robots/androids/mechs/AIs.
Cyborwebic - a gender related to webcore, evil scientist aesthetics, artificial beings such as androids/cyborgs etc, turtleneck sweaters and old computer monitors
AI flag - this can be used for nonhuman, otherkin, gender, delusion.
Gendervirtual / Genderdigital - a gendersystem in which your gender is related to virtual ) digital themes and x , such as being a virtual ) digital x , a x who loves virtual ) digital themes , a virtual ) digital being who loves x themes , etc.
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Trinity Blood - Reborn on the Mars Volume I - A Estrela do Lamento ----------------- ⚠️ ESSA OBRA EM HIPÓTESE ALGUMA É DE MINHA AUTORIA. TRADUÇÃO REALIZADA DE FÃ PARA FÃS. NÃO REPUBLIQUE OU POSTE EM OUTRAS PLATAFORMAS SEM AUTORIZAÇÃO. SE CASO POSSÍVEL, DÊ SUPORTE AOS AUTORES E ARTISTAS COMPRANDO AS OBRAS ORIGINAIS. ⚠️ -----------------
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Capítulo I - A Cidade Sangrenta
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Embora já houvesse passado algum tempo desde o pôr do sol, ainda deveria haver tempo antes do último trem. Normalmente, seria uma hora em que a estação estaria animada com viajantes partindo ou visitantes que chegavam de longe.
Entretanto, quando o trem sem janelas entrou na plataforma, com um som de freio que parecia as garras de um demônio arranhando o ar noturno, dentro da estação, não apenas os viajantes, mas até mesmo os funcionários haviam desaparecido completamente. Em seu lugar, alinhado na plataforma, havia um grupo de soldados em uniformes azul-escuro, carregando fuzis sobre os ombros. Os rostos sob os bonés militares não se moviam um milímetro, parecendo mais bonecos do que humanos. Apenas os mais atentos poderiam ter percebido, no instante em que o trem finalmente parou, um ar quase de terror atravessou os soldados.
— Apresentar armas!
Em resposta ao comando, os rifles foram erguidos alto. A luz das lâmpadas a gás refletiu afiadamente nas baionetas. No véu de vapor que subia da locomotiva à frente, as sombras dos soldados, exalando fôlegos brancos no ar noturno, projetavam-se longamente sobre a plataforma.
— Seja bem-vindo de volta.
O corpo imenso do gigante fez uma reverência ao único passageiro que desceu pela escada móvel, sem vestígio algum da arrogância de instantes atrás. O quepe militar de Radco'n estava quase tocando o chão, enquanto ele se inclinava profundamente.
— Foi uma longa viagem. Obrigado pelo trabalho, Gyula-sama.
— Obrigado pelo esforço de vir me receber, Coronel.
Quem agradeceu ao gigante foi um belo jovem.
O belo rosto de pele clara, emoldurado por cabelos negros, juntamente com seu corpo alto e bem proporcionado coberto por uma casaco Inverness, exibia uma melancolia apropriada para esta cidade cinzenta. Entretanto, aqueles olhos que evocavam a lembrança de um certo tipo de cão-lobo ── com sua íris cinza de pigmentação clara e pupilas escuras ── brilhavam mais sombriamente do que esta noite, causando inquietação em quem os observasse. Talvez isso fosse porque seus olhos não piscaram nenhuma vez.
Erguendo o colarinho de seu Inverness, o nobre jovem perguntou com uma voz rica e encorpada que lembrava um conhaque de alta qualidade.
— Nada mudou em István durante minha ausência, não é?
— Sim, os partidários causaram alguns problemas, mas já foram reprimidos. Os principais conspiradores já estão detidos em 'Verhegyen', então não há com o que se preocupar.
A atitude do gigante era mais como a de um cão domesticado do que a de um vassalo leal. Contudo, o jovem apenas assentiu levemente à resposta quase submissa e respeitosa, antes de começar a caminhar pela plataforma com passos ágeis. Em torno dele, os soldados formaram uma parede com seus corpos.
— A propósito, como foi com o 'Império', Gyula-sama?
— Como sempre, são teimosos. De qualquer forma, parecem que não têm intenção de apoiar nossa insurreição. Nem mesmo consegui me encontrar com Sua Majestade, a Imperatriz Augusta..., mas, se eles virem aquele poder, suas reações certamente mudarão.
O jovem nobre, enquanto olhava diretamente para frente, curvou sutilmente os lábios. Enquanto fazia essa expressão, uma atmosfera de frieza extrema pairou sobre sua beleza. Ou será que talvez fosse por causa dos caninos que apareciam no canto de seus lábios?
— O hardware já foi quase todo restaurado. Agora só falta concluir a verificação do software, e então poderemos avançar até o teste de disparo... A propósito, o que é aquilo?
Com a expressão de quem encontrara um animal de estimação desconhecido que se instalou em sua mansão após muito tempo fora, Gyula apontou com o queixo para um canto da plataforma. Cercado pelos soldados, estava um homem de cabelos prateados, amarrado firmemente e com ar abatido.
— Este é um suspeito que detivemos momentos atrás dentro das instalações. Como foram observadas palavras e ações hostis contra a Guarda Policial da cidade, estamos agora o conduzindo para a central para interrogatório.
— Huuum...
Gyula estava prestes a seguir adiante assim mesmo, mas de repente ele parou os passos. Ele virou-se rapidamente, caminhando em direção ao homem de cabelos prateados.
— Com licença. Qual é o seu nome?
— Abel... Abel Nightroad.
O homem respondeu, movendo debilmente os lábios cortados. Talvez tenha sido bastante agredido, pois havia hematomas por todo o seu rosto.
— Vim de Roma. Fui designado para esta cidade, com início a partir de hoje, Va...
— Não fale além da conta!
Os botões do sobretudo desse tal de Abel estalaram e saltaram em um único som quando o braço gigantesco de Radco'n agarrou sua gola.
— Você só precisa responder o que foi perguntado!
— Espere, Coronel.
Radco'n, que gritava com uma fúria próxima de devorar seu oponente, foi gentilmente controlado por Gyula. Da gola rasgada do sobretudo do jovem, podia-se ver a roupa que ele usava por baixo, assim como a crucifixo que brilhava em seu peito.
— Batina e rosário... Você é um padre?
— S-sim... Sou o sacerdote que foi designado para a Igreja de San Mathias aqui em István.
Ainda agarrado pelo colarinho, o tal Abel contorceu o rosto em sofrimento.
— Bem, eu... não fiz nada em particular...
— Eu disse para você calar a boca!
— Quem deve se calar é você, Coronel... Solte as mãos do padre.
— Ma-mas, Vossa Excelência!
— Eu disse para soltar──não ouviu?
Depois de lançar um breve olhar ao gigante que estava de boca aberta, Gyula sussurrou. Não era um tom forte. Porém, o olhar fixo no rosto abruptamente alterado de Radco'n carregava a frieza do gelo seco.
— Não me importa como ou de que maneira você explore seus compatriotas. Não, talvez seja mais correto dizer que não consigo ter interesse... Porém tenho uma natureza que não suporta cães domésticos que não sabem se comportar. Entende o que quero dizer?
— Peço que me perdoe!
Encolhendo o corpo enorme e curvando a cabeça, Radco'n foi completamente ignorado, e Gyula voltou-se para Abel. Para o padre, que esfregava o pescoço com uma expressão de dor, ele fez uma reverência cortês.
— Peço desculpas. Meu nome é Gyula Kádár. Sou a pessoa que administra negócios entre outras coisas na cidade. Lamento profundamente; parece que eles cometeram um grande engano. Em nome dos cidadãos de István, ofereço minhas mais sinceras desculpas.
— Ah, isto é muito cortês da sua parte, obrigado...
O padre de cabelos prateados abaixou a cabeça humildemente, como se estivesse envergonhado. Ele era exageradamente alto, e seu rosto, com cabelos prateados e olhos azuis, eram razoavelmente harmoniosos, mas sua expressão era a de um jovem comum que poderia ser encontrado em qualquer lugar. Contudo, enquanto observava aquele rosto sem ser desrespeitoso, Gyula sentiu algo que o incomodava no íntimo ─ teria ele visto esse homem em algum lugar antes?
— Com licença, Padre, mas já nos encontramos em algum lugar?
— Não, acredito que seja a primeira vez que nos encontramos. De qualquer forma, é a minha primeira vez nesta cidade...
— Entendo... Bem, comparado a Roma, é uma área entediante, mas por favor, aproveite para relaxar.
Sorrindo de forma elegante, o jovem nobre ofereceu um aperto de mão. Ao que tudo indicava, era apenas um padre. Ele apertou sua mão de maneira educada, mas indiferente, e finalizou com uma troca de gentilezas neutras e inofensivas.
— Bem-vindo a István, Padre Nightroad ─ dou-lhe as boas-vindas.
— Ah, muito obrigado.
O padre, como sempre descontraído, respondeu enquanto apertava a mão dele, mas, ao olhar de volta para o rosto de Gyula, sua expressão empalideceu repentinamente.
Teria apertado forte demais?
Gyula por um instante pensou isso, mas de repente percebeu que o olhar do padre estava fixo em suas costas. E naquele momento, com uma força descomunal que não combinava com os seus braços finos, o jovem nobre foi derrubado.
— O que você está fazendo, seu insolente?!!
O grito irado de Radco'n ecoou. Ele tentou correr em direção ao mestre caído e ao padre que o havia derrubado. No entanto, algo que emitiu um som horrível rasgou o ar noturno bem diante de seu nariz.
— ....!?
Algo que atravessou o espaço onde, um instante antes, estava a cabeça de Gyula, cravou-se na carroceria do trem com um som metálico estridente. Era uma haste de aço, da espessura de um dedo, equipada com pequenas asas.
—-I-isto é... uma flecha de besta!
Um soldado que tentou emitir um alerta, caiu rolando violentamente ao chão, segurando o ombro onde um objeto semelhante havia brotado. Além disso, ao lado dele, outro soldado, que tentou erguer seu rifle, foi acertado no abdômen e caiu.
E então, no instante seguinte, a noite explodiu.
Debaixo dos trilhos, ou da sala de espera vazia de passageiros, sinistros clarões começaram a jorrar junto com o som de tiros. Assim que os rastros dourados de fogo se concentraram implacavelmente na plataforma, alguns soldados caíram, sem sequer ter tempo de perceber o que tinha acontecido com eles.
— A... ataque inimigo... são partisans!!!
Afinal, onde estavam escondidos? Homens mascarados, com balaclavas e máscaras cobrindo seus rostos, surgiram de todos os lados. Não era um concurso de fantasias, como ficou evidente pelas armas de fogo em suas mãos, que rapidamente cuspiam chamas.
— Se-se espalhem! Se espalhem e contra-ataquem individualmente!
O grito de Radco'n ecoou inutilmente. As balas estavam claramente sendo disparadas com um ritmo calculado. Os coquetéis molotovs, que voavam desenhando arcos dourados, estilhaçaram-se, a gasolina que se espalhou incendiou-se rapidamente, cobrindo tudo com chamas dançantes e frenéticas. Em meio ao fogo, a plataforma brilhou intensamente, como o palco de um teatro.
— Todos vocês, não se preocupem com os peões! Gyula! Derrotem o Gyula!
Um grito agudo ecoou da escuridão, seguido por um projétil vindo da mesma direção que a flecha anterior. A arma mortal passou de raspão pela face de Abel, que estava imóvel surpreso, e se cravou até a base em um dos pilares atrás dele. Logo após, um fedor nauseante se espalhou pelo ar; aparentemente, algum tipo de ácido ou substância química havia sido embebido na haste da flecha.
— Ah, ah, ah! Certo, uma arma! Eu guardei minha arma em algum lugar...
— Padre, por favor, abaixe-se!
Mesmo naquela situação, o padre começou a vasculhar os bolsos e a parte interna da roupa. Gyula pressionou sua cabeça para baixo. Ele então tirou o casaco Inverness e, agitando-o como um toureiro, derrubou um por um os dardos de besta que vinham voando em sua direção. Sua técnica era impressionante. No entanto, a precisão dos tiros indicava que a habilidade do atirador inimigo também não era comum.
Olhando para o último vagão do trem parado na plataforma oposta, de onde os virotes estavam vindo, Gyula esboçou um leve sorriso.
— Boa pontaria. Mas... Coronel!
— Sim!
Mesmo decadentes, eles ainda eram um exército. Após o primeiro momento de confusão ter se acalmado, os soldados da Guarda Militar começaram a se esconder atrás de coberturas e a revidar os disparos. Os atacantes também continuaram a disparar vigorosamente, mas já não mostravam o mesmo efeito surpresa da emboscada. Até mesmo os coquetéis molotovs que eram lançados ocasionalmente eram derrubados no ar, revelando as sombras de onde estavam escondidos.
— Pelo visto, o inimigo é pequeno em número. Envie cerca de dez homens para contornar pelo flanco esquerdo e cerque-os.
— Sim... Major Ix! Flanco esquerdo, contorno, cerco!
— Positive.
O jovem oficial, inexpressível, acenou com a cabeça e começou a se mover pela plataforma junto com os soldados. Parece que o inimigo percebeu sua presença. A linha de fogo enfraqueceu temporariamente.
— Não vão escapar, seus partisans!
Lambendo os lábios, Radco'n preparou seu grande revólver. Talvez com a intenção de cobrir a retirada de seus aliados, o atirador da besta continuava lançando virotes com a mesma intensidade de sempre. Sem mirar, o gigante com cara de peixe disparou uma rajada de tiros naquela direção.
— !
Um pequeno grito foi emitido. Uma figura de estatura baixa, segurando uma balestra de ação por alavanca para disparos rápidos, estava agachada enquanto pressionava o ombro. Vendo isso, um dos partisans gritou.
— Você está bem, 'Csillag'?
Com uma submetralhadora feita à mão em uma das mãos, o guerrilheiro partisan correu até o atirador de besta, mas parece que ele julgou ser impossível continuar o combate. Ele gritou rapidamente.
— A operação falhou. Eu a cobrirei aqui, então fuja, 'Csillag'!
A pequena figura, com o rosto escondido pela balaclava, parecia estar respondendo algo, mas não era possível ouvi-la bem devido aos tiros ecoando por toda parte. O guerrilheiro gritou novamente.
— Idiota! O que vai ser se o líder morrer? Eu seguro eles aqui! Você pegue os camaradas e fuja!
— .......
Durante isso, o poder de fogo das forças policiais da cidade continuou aumentando. Um esquadrão separado, que estava em espera fora da estação, notou que algo estava fora da normalidade e correu para dar suporte.
O arqueiro conhecido como 'Csillag' ficou em silêncio por um momento, mas quando o homem gritou novamente, assentiu como se estivesse se desvencilhando de algo. Um assobio vigoroso foi soprado com os dedos. Ao sinal, os atacantes começaram a recuar simultaneamente na escuridão.
— He! Como se eu fosse deixar esses terroristas fugirem!
Radco'n apontou o cano da arma para as costas da pequena figura. O gigante, como uma hiena que havia avistado sua presa, estreitou os olhos e cuidadosamente fixou o ponto de mira.
— Vá para o inferno!
— Ah, encontrei!
Naquele momento, um grito bobo de alegria irrompeu.
Foi então que o padre, que vinha se remexendo de forma inquieta, tirou do bolso interno um revólver de percussão antigo exageradamente antiquado. Ele engatilhou a arma com um clique seco e, com movimentos perigosamente desajeitados, puxou o gatilho.
— Ha ha ha! Com isso aqui, tenho a força de cem homens! Não vou deixar vocês escaparem, senhores terroristas... Ué?
Com um som estranhamente bobo e abafado, uma espetacular nuvem de fumaça branca subiu.
O revólver de percussão antigo é uma arma equipada com um mecanismo que dispara balas acendendo a pólvora diretamente selada dentro de um cilindro rotativo, sem usar cartuchos metálicos. Aparentemente, a pólvora no tambor estava úmida. A densa fumaça que se espalhou ao redor bloqueou a visibilidade em um instante.
— Cof! Cof! O que... O que diabos é isso!?
— D-desculpe! Desculpe! Desculpeeee!
— Isso é culpa sua, seu padre de merda!
— Espere, ‘Csillag’ está fugindo!
Aproveitando-se do instante de confusão, ’Csillag’ virou o corpo e suas pequenas costas desapareceram além da linha de tiros de cobertura. Alguns soldados abriram fogo, mas os disparos foram bloqueados pela fumaça e pela escuridão, perfurando em vão o ar noturno.
...No entanto, a essa altura, a batalha já estava praticamente no fim.
Corpos de mortos e feridos estavam espalhados por toda parte, e os tiros esporádicos vindos de dentro e fora da estação, antes que se notasse, passaram a ser apenas os disparos das forças policiais.
— Verifiquem os danos!
— Apressem a evacuação dos feridos!
— Não matem os prisioneiros. Capturem-nos e interroguem-nos!
— Você está bem, padre?
O jogo da noite parecia estar se aproximando do fim. Em meio aos gritos trocados entre os soldados, Gyula estendeu a mão ao padre, que tossia com os olhos cheios de lágrimas.
— Tenho que lhe agradecer. Você salvou minha vida.
— Ah, não, de forma alguma..., mas, antes disso, quem eram aquelas pessoas agora há pouco? Disseram algo sobre 'partisans,' ou algo do tipo, não foi?
— São terroristas cruéis que habitam nesta cidade!
Radco'n torceu o rosto irritado por ter deixado escapar o peixe grande.
— Liderados por aquele homem chamado 'Csillag' ou algo assim, eles cometem assassinatos de pessoas importantes, sabotagens em instalações públicas e todo tipo de crime. São umas escórias malditas!
— Vamos, ande logo!
Com as mãos entrelaçadas sobre a cabeça, um partisan ferido foi levado à força pelos soldados, que o empurravam violentamente pela plataforma. Era o metralhador que há pouco estava tentando ajudar o líder a escapar.
— Olá, boa noite, senhor terrorista.
Foi Gyula quem, com uma voz calma, falou ao rosto sujo de sangue e lama. Ao olhar para baixo com um sorriso gentil para o homem que foi arrastado e jogado aos seus pés...
— Fico profundamente honrado com sua rápida recepção. É ótimo ver que você parece tão bem-disposto como sempre.
— Seu monstro!
A voz do terrorista parecia ecoar de algum lugar do inferno. Com os lábios grotescamente inchados, ele vocalizava ódio e raiva, e em seus olhos, nada além, do belo rosto de Gyula era refletido.
— Maldito monstro que fez da nossa cidade seu covil! Por sua culpa, esta cidade...ugh!
— Contenha-se, seu insolente!
O terrorista contorceu o rosto em agonia ao receber um chute de Radco'n bem na região do plexo solar. Um líquido vermelho e amarelo que jorrou de sua boca formou uma poça no concreto.
— Que desrespeito de sua parte para com Gyula-sama!
— Pare com isso, Coronel. Ele está ferido.
Antes que o padre de cabelos prateados tentasse falar alguma coisa, a voz de Gyula ecoou, interrompendo o gigante.
— Se o fizerem se mover mais, ele não será capaz de nos contar muita coisa... Mais importante, alguém providencie para que o padre seja escoltado. Levem-no à igreja antes que fique muito tarde.
— Ah, não, por favor, não se preocupem com isso...
Enquanto Abel balançava a cabeça nervosamente de um lado para o outro em negação, Gyula levantou a mão diante dele e, resolutamente, ignorou sua intenção.
— Não aceitarei recusas. Você é o homem que salvou minha vida... Major Ix, você serve. Providencie um carro para ele.
— Positive. Por aqui, Padre Nightroad.
— Ah... hum... me desculpe por isso.
O padre, seguindo o oficial inexpressivo que foi à frente, estava prestes a deixar a plataforma quando uma voz soou pela suas costas...
— Ah, a propósito, Padre.
O jovem de cabelos negros falou como se tivesse se lembrado de algo.
— Gostaria de perguntar uma coisa... Antes de ser transferido para cá, que tipo de trabalho fazia em Roma?
— Bem, eu era sacerdote em uma igreja na área pobre da cidade, mas anteontem recebi, de repente, uma ordem de transferência. Nem eu entendi muito bem e vim parar aqui... Ah, o que será que eu fiz de errado? Será que foi aquilo? Talvez tenha sido porque fiquei bêbado e fui pego pelo meu superior pregando para uma placa.
—...Entendo.
Quem percebeu que houve uma breve pausa até que a resposta fosse dada? Ainda assim, com a mesma calma de sempre, Gyula assentiu e fez uma leve reverência, como se pedisse desculpas por sua falta de cortesia.
— Não, fui indelicado ao perguntar algo indiscreto a alguém que acabei de conhecer. Nós o acompanharemos até a igreja, então, por favor, descanse bem esta noite.
— Sim, com sua licença.
... Mesmo após o padre partir, deixando uma reverência educada, Gyula continuou parado na plataforma. Ele observou atentamente enquanto as costas altas se afastavam. Foi apenas depois que a figura de Abel desapareceu completamente além do prédio da estação que ele abaixou os olhos para o guerrilheiro ainda ajoelhado a seus pés.
— Ah, agora que lembro, ainda não ouvi sua história, não é?
— .........!?
O homem não teve nem mesmo tempo de abrir a boca.
Uma mão graciosa estendeu-se suavemente, agarrou o queixo dele com firmeza e o ergueu no ar.
— Há pouco, o que você estava tentando me dizer? Se bem me lembro, algo como me chamar de monstro ou coisa parecida...
— Aaaaa....
Era uma força descomunal. Com apenas um braço, ele levantou uma pessoa inteira, demonstrando um poder claramente sobre-humano. No entanto, o que apareceu nos olhos arregalados do homem não foi espanto, mas sim um medo inconfundível. Eram os olhos de um condenado à morte, que sabia exatamente o que estava prestes a acontecer.
Os lábios do nobre, que o segurava, se abriram lentamente. O que emergiu entre os lábios finos foi uma língua levemente pontuda e presas brilhantes, longas demais para serem apenas dentes caninos. Gyula, então, inclinou-se suavemente para o pescoço do homem, como se estivesse prestes a degustar um vinho.
— Pa-pare...!
O grito do homem cessou de repente, como se tivesse sido cortado.
Um som nauseante ecoou, e, antes que pudesse perceber, o corpo dele ficou rígido como se tivesse sido atravessado por uma descarga elétrica, com os membros esticados. Mesmo enquanto suas mãos e pés rígidos sofriam violentos espasmos, Gyula manteve o rosto junto ao pescoço do homem. Apenas, sua garganta pálida movia-se de forma sinistra, e as gotas que escorriam do canto de seus lábios formavam uma poça vermelha na plataforma.
— ... Haa
Soltando uma respiração ruborizada e satisfeita, o jovem nobre ergueu o rosto. Os globos oculares do homem estavam quase saltando das órbitas, e em seu rosto, que lembrava cal viva, não restava nem um fragmento de vida. De fato, assim que Gyula afrouxou os dedos, ele desabou no chão como um boneco de papel e não se moveu mais.
— Sem dúvidas, ele tinha muito sangue, mas o sabor deixou a desejar... E quanto ao 'Csillag'? Da próxima vez, talvez deva comparar os sabores.
O homem continuava a convulsionar levemente na poça de sangue criada por ele mesmo. Gyula sussurrou gentilmente para ele, mas, obviamente, não houve resposta.
— Hunf, maldito terran inferior. 'Nossa cidade'? Não me faça rir. Esta é 'minha cidade'... Coronel!
— S-sim!
Os soldados que estavam cobertos de suor no rosto eram incapazes de esconder a expressão de medo. Dentre eles, um homem enorme avançou apressado e confuso. Gyula, enquanto limpava os lábios, deu uma ordem:
— Diga aos nossos informantes para investigar imediatamente sobre aquele padre. Esse homem, de alguma forma, me preocupa.
—En-entendido!
Radco'n pareceu querer dizer algo, mas fez uma reverência respeitosa e escondeu sua expressão. Atrás dele, os soldados recolhiam os cadáveres que estavam jogados no chão. Ignorando completamente o medo e o nojo que apareciam nos rostos deles, Gyula virou-se e começou a andar pela plataforma a passos largos.
“Maldito Vaticano, será que percebeu alguma coisa...?”
Não havia ouvido falar de nenhuma vaga na única igreja da cidade—a Igreja de San Mathias. E, ainda por cima, a chegada de um novo sacerdote justamente quando tudo estava pronto para ‘aquilo’ era coincidência demais para ser verdade.
— Aqueles caras não vão conseguir me deter... Dito isso, é melhor eliminar quaisquer elementos de preocupação, tanto quanto possível.
Provavelmente seria melhor avisar o informante também, só por precaução. Se aquele padre for um cão do Vaticano...
“Bem, se for assim, então que seja. Não importa.”
Ele parecia ser um homem saboroso.
Os lábios do nobre se abriram levemente, e sua língua pontuda apareceu de relance.
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