#Permanent forensic job

[forensicfield]

Direct Recruitment in FSL, Bihar (2022)

Bihar SSC has notified 100 vacant Posts in Forensic Science Laboratory for Senior Scientific Assistants under Bihar Police, Patna. Recruitment will be done through Walk-in-Interview. Read further for more info on Recruiting process. #Recruitment #Forensic

100 vacancy have been notified by Forensic Science Laboratory (Indian Residents Only). 100 Posts for Senior Scientific Assistant in Physics, Ballistics, Photography, Cyber, Chemistry, Toxicology, Explosive, Narcotics, Biology, Serology, DNA, Polygraphy, and Narcoanalysis in Bihar Forensic Science Laboratory. (more…)

[sp0-t]

𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋

PoliceForce!141 x VictimsPartner!Reader

warnings - murder(er), descriptions of a crime scene, blood, not really gore, loss of a loved one.

summary - the investigation of an arising serial killer has every civilian on their toes, however it has a whole police precinct in even more of an erratic frenzy. The police force assigned to the job get the call that yet another body has been found, most likely another victim of the recent killer. The body count is high, but the tensions are even higher…

💿 (a/n) - it’s finally here!! Long awaited first post of this most likely very long ongoing series. The reader doesn’t really come out in this part but bear with me they will be out in the next! I hope you will stick around for future parts and other works in general. If you’re new to my page or this story in general, Hi! Welcome! If you’ve been following along with my updates and my page, thank you for sticking around! And I look forward to seeing you! Most importantly I hope you all enjoy and stick around some more!

prologue/ ➤ part one / part ???

2… 3… 5… 8…? How many would you leave this time, you didn’t know. You were on 10 now, how many did it take till you got bored of this one too? This one wasn’t as fun, this one didn’t put up a fight, this one took all the fun out of it. It was too easy honestly, it made you bored, easily. You stopped yourself at 23, sighing as you stood up.

You walked over to the trash can lazily taking off your gloves, making sure to engulf the knife in both gloves before begrudgingly tossing it into the tiny metal tin trash can. The metal bang rang through the small office space as you walked to the door. You pull out a cloth from your pocket before turning the doorknob and heading out the door.

“What was his name again?”

The sound of stretching as he pulls the blue latex gloves over his hands quickly dissipates while approaching the house's front door.

“Darren Boyle, he’s some rich big-time director of a construction company.”

“…Is there a reason you’re telling me this man’s finances?”

“Yeah, actually…”

The EMT halts her walking and hands the report to him

“Nothing was taken from the home, no money, no belongings, nothing.”

He takes the report and looks it over.

“Yet he still has 23 knife wounds all over his body”

The walk to the office space was short and brief, with multiple people at the crime scene, and multiple things happening all at once. The flash of the camera, the sound of plastic evidence bags, and the smell… that smell, that concoction of iron and decay that permanently scars the nose with its presence alone.

The rest of the force was already present at the scene littered around, each doing different tasks.

Officer Kyle “Gaz” Garrick, is probably the smartest in the entire county. From someone who started as a mere medical student, that ended up not being able to bear the weight of being the cause of a lost human life, went to become someone who brought “life” and justice to the lost and their families. He is the forensics specialist of the team, offering his smarts and intuition to the force. Gaz can pronounce the cause of death by a simple examination of the body, as well as match DNA evidence to a perpetrator, blood, fingerprints, spit, etc.

Officer Johnny “Soap” McTavish, investigator as well as one of the best interrogators, right behind Officer Riley. Soap used to be a big-time private investigator sometimes, often, closing cases faster than the police department itself. This eventually led to the police department trying to recruit, and find, Soap to their forces for his high investigator talent, which landed him with the force, after a very eventful high-speed chase…

Officer Simon “Ghost” Riley, aka. death reincarnated. Was discovered from his time as a mercenary, and would finish any job no matter the morals or ethics involved. The blood from his past haunted him, when he retired from his brutal position, he discovered his now-current sheriff. Who heard his story and convinced Ghost to come out of his early retirement and become a detective. Ghost took this offensively at first, seeing the offered position as some type of “downgrade”. He ended up convinced into the position and is now one of the most well-known detectives in the nation.

That leaves the sheriff…

“Sheriff Price. It’s been a while, although I’d prefer if we didn’t have to meet under these circumstances.”

“Laswell, always good to see a familiar face. Although I'd have to agree, these circumstances aren't exactly.. ideal.”

“A killer in your part of the city. A serial.. killer.”

She says the last part while narrowing her eyes behind her shoulder at the now dead body

“So”

She says with her head still facing the body

“Whats your plan.”

It wasn’t a question.. it was a demand

She turns her head, her frustrated look now landing on the sheriff.

“To catch this prick.”

They both made heavy eye contact with each other. Trying to square up the other with their looks alone, the tension rising. that is until they are interrupted

“Sheriff! You have to see this.”

A shout from Gaz, across the home office. Price’s attention immediately being stripped away from Laswell and reattaching to his officer

Gaz stands from his crouched position near the victim’s desk, the Sheriff joining his side to glance at what he had found. In Gaz’s hands was a piece of paper, one that had been splattered in blood, It wasn’t just paper, it was a note.

… a note for the Sheriff

written by: @sp0-t ©️

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Yuma Month Day 26 - Role Swap

god i was excited for this one. it first started off as a joke, but the more i thought about it, the more interesting this swap became. so here's my massive lore dump of changes that'd happen in the story beneath the cut (spoiler warning):

i think, fundamentally, yuma and yakou are very similar characters. they're both very protective and kindhearted, with a strong sense of justice and a penchant for attracting terrible luck. because of this, some things would remain the same, such as the NDA's dynamics with their doormat chief as well amnesia!yakou's massive unpaid intern energy. i think yakou would be pretty similar to how he behaved in the light novel- a bit more optimistic and naive, like yuma. but there are two key differences between them that'd make this a different story, especially in ch 4: yuma has a forte, and yakou is very selfish. so here's some changes:

yakou's wife is his shinigami now, as you can see, while shinigami is yuma's dead wife. i think mrs furio would act cooler than shinigami. she'd still be playful, but she takes her job more seriously. also she hands yakou the solution keys normally without throwing up. they still have to do the dance and mouth sword thing tho. and the other stuff. that's just death god protocol

shinigami (or in this case the unnamed Mrs. Kokohead but i will still be calling her shinigami for convenience sake) was a scientist at amaterasu who studied forensics and thanatology instead of regenerative medicine. this also means that the pill she gives zombie yuma is not going to bring him back, but instead grant the zombie homunculi a peaceful, painless, but permanent death

speaking of zombie yuma, he's the homunculus now! yakou is 100% human and also doesnt have a forte. he's still number one, but instead of having a forte he's just that good at solving mysteries

yes this means makoto looks like yakou now. sorry makotoheads. i think he'd have really long, shaggy hair dyed to be like. idk. black or something. also he's more clean shaven bc stubble with a mask on is a sensory nightmare

yuma still cant cook. he subsists entirely on takeout, meat buns, black coffee, and beer. he's still in a lot of debt and under a lot of stress and his personality is essentially "what if canon number one just gave up"

he doesn't smoke though. he tried once and got into the worst coughing fit

imma say it right now. kurumi is not a love interest. yakou likely disguises himself as a faculty member instead (also i think one of the teachers gets a crush on fem yakou bc i just know she'd be hot)

ANYWAY what about chapter 4? im SO glad you asked! because here's where things get spicy!

so, lets start with the dead wife. shinigami catches onto huesca's inhumane research and she's just as adamant about bringing the truth to light as she always is. she blows the whistle, so he blows her up. yuma investigates, but they dont let him look any further, yada yada, yuma stews in his misery for five years

yomi sends in the evidence to motivate yuma to kill huesca, and makoto lets it happen because a dead huesca would be convenient. he even introduces the hitman, fully expecting yuma to make use of him

yuma doesnt. in fact, he wants to kill huesca with his own hands. and now that these detectives are here, he can do it and even return alive. the thing is, he doesn't want to put them in danger, so he chooses to do almost everything alone (sound familiar?)

his plan is simple:

ask desuhiko for a peacekeeper uniform. desuhiko trusts him enough to take "i want to investigate kanai ward's ultimate secret by infiltrating their ranks" as an answer. he does, however, let yakou know about this as an offhand comment before the mystery ever begins

hold fubuki's hand. it doesnt really matter how. she'll gladly allow it because she's fubuki. he stores her time powers and heads out the sub. yakou also learns this as an offhand comment played off as a joke (maybe fubuki affectionately comments about how she never expected the chief's hands to be so soft... idk. there has to be some way for yakou to have this as a future clue)

use his peacekeeper status to sneak into amaterasu HQ and demand a functioning ama-pal from that one creepy researcher

use ama-pal + fubuki's borrowed powers to bypass huesca's security. sneak the bot past the hard-of-hearing doctor and press the button to shut off security

this would probably alert huesca, but since the doctor never received a warning, yuma has enough time to rush in and stab him before he realizes what's going on

leave HQ while still in uniform, dispose of the disguise once he's safe, and return to the NDA like nothing happened. success!

soooo.... yakou, on that same day, decides to investigate amaterasu HQ with makoto

all the while, vivia has his suspicions about yuma's actions and keeps an eye on him in spectral mode. he... basically witnessed the whole thing, so he gets up off his ass and decides to follow yakou to the lab because he has a Very Bad Feeling about this

just like canon, he senses the death god and deduces that our protag has been killing off murderers, and so he wants to protect his chief as well as his peace and quiet (his dynamic with yuma would be the same as his dynamic with yakou, since it's entirely believable for yuma to treat vivia with the same kindness yakou did)

yakou tries to speak to huesca, but surprise! security is disabled and he's dead in the lab! no one else at amaterasu liked huesca enough to check on him, so yakou and makoto are the first ones at the scene of the crime. yakou, of course, decides to start investigating this murder

vivia somehow sneaks into the lab (dont ask me how) and confronts yakou, threatening him with his boxcutter and adamantly imploring him to stop pursuing this particular mystery in the same way he did yuma in canon. unfortunately, this attracts attention, and now they're in trouble (maybe even yomi's there to fetch his files). at this point, yakou has enough solution keys, so he panics and goes right into the labyrinth (and maybe others can enter for another reason that isnt coalescence idk)

so... they go in the labyrinth... vivia tries to stop him every step of the way, until the answer is right in front of them

yakou kills yuma with his own hands. there's no stab wounds or toxic gas to leave any doubt. yakou begins to question what good his justice really does. it doesnt even save them from their predicament, just like the other deaths. instead, makoto ex machina comes in to save them, and hands yakou a small black box

when they return to the agency, everyone is heartbroken over their chief, who seemingly died out of nowhere. fubuki tried rewinding time, but to no avail. halara tried everything to wake him up, knowing it's futile. desuhiko stood aside, feeling completely helpless. and yakou and vivia return looking like they just came back from hell

they barely get the chance for a funeral before the knockout gas trap activates... you know the rest

AAAAND SCENE! so that's my extremely long winded lore dump about this au. i thought about it Way Too Much but god it's so interesting to me. i love these characters and swapping them was immensely fun

[gacha-incels]

"Feminists Deserve to Be Beaten": Jinju Convenience Store Assault Recognized as 'Misogynistic Crime' by Court

published Oct 15th

this article is originally in Korean and has been mtl and edited into English here. it’s not going to be 1:1 but the basic info should be there, if you see any discrepancies though lmk and I’ll edit it asap. thanks everyone for your continued help and understanding.

On October 15th, the appellate court ruled that the assault of a female convenience store worker in Jinju was motivated by "unfounded hatred against women." The court's decision overturned the initial ruling, which did not recognize misogyny as a motive, marking the first time in South Korea that misogyny was acknowledged as a valid and condemnable motive in a crime.

The Changwon District Court's Criminal Division 1, led by Chief Judge Lee Joo-yeon, upheld the three-year prison sentence for a man in his 20s, referred to as Mr. A, who was charged with special injury, property damage, and interference with business. The court rejected appeals from both the prosecution and the defendant.

In November of last year, Mr. A assaulted a female worker, Ms. B, at a convenience store in Jinju, and also attacked a man in his 50s, Mr. C, who tried to intervene. The investigation revealed that Mr. A targeted Ms. B because she had short hair, saying, "You're a feminist, so you deserve to be beaten." As a result of the assault, Ms. B permanently lost hearing in her left ear and now requires a hearing aid for life. Mr. C, who suffered a bone fracture and other injuries requiring three weeks of recovery, later lost his job and faced financial difficulties, ultimately being recognized as a meritorious person by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

In April, the first trial court had acknowledged that Mr. A was suffering from bipolar disorder and was possibly in a state of diminished capacity during the incident, based on evaluations from the National Forensic Hospital and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's forensic division. The court sentenced him to three years in prison, considering his misogynistic remarks as evidence of his mental state but not as a motive for the crime.

However, the appellate court disagreed, stating, "Mr. A's crime was driven by unfounded hatred and prejudice against women, making it a condemnable motive. His continued false claim that Ms. B attacked him first raises doubts about his remorse." The court did acknowledge some shortcomings in the original ruling, such as the characterization of Mr. A's bizarre act of putting Ms. B's phone in a microwave as evidence of his diminished capacity, but found that the prosecution had not sufficiently disproven his mental state.

The victim's side expressed disappointment that the sentence remained the same despite recognizing Mr. A's diminished capacity. However, they emphasized the social significance of this being the first legal precedent in South Korea to classify misogyny as a criminal motive. Activist "Solidarity D," who supports sexual violence victims, stated, "This ruling is the first to recognize misogyny as a motive worthy of condemnation. In the past, defendants would use misogyny to argue for diminished responsibility, but now it can be considered a motive that warrants harsher punishment."

Attorney Lee Kyung-ha, representing Ms. B, said, "While it's regrettable that the sentence remained unchanged, the recognition that the defendant's misogynistic behavior, including his statement 'feminist women deserve to be beaten,' constituted a condemnable motive is significant. This sets a precedent that may deter defendants from using misogyny as a basis for claims of diminished responsibility in the future."

[mrsleonkennedy]

Disclaimer: All info posted here comes from their respective creator itself so yes, its legit and not just part of my imagination 💯

Interview Rules:

The interviewer can only ask 10 questions.

The interviewer cannot force an answer out of anyone.

The participant has the right not to elaborate their answer.

CW: Long post ahead / Interviewer being a Ketamine simp / Gavin's surprise cameo

Interviewer: Hi Guys! I hope you're doing well today. Thank you for participating on this social experi- *coughs* interview. Btw, you can call me CC, I'm your interrogator today sent by your beloved MC, so please cooperate :) Are we ready? Lets start:

Question No 1: Aside for being a yandere, whats your dream job/profession?

❤️ Casanova: I wanted to be a chef for the longest time, but i’m happy with my job as an organ harvester!

🕊️ Krow: I-I actually like m-my job as a f-forensics cleaner but... I-I'd love to b-be a stay at home s-spouse a-and just do a-art.

🔪 Ezra: I actually really enjoy my current job. I've had it for going on... 7 years now? Almost 8. (Interviewer: Can we ask what your job is? No? Okay. *thumbs up* bish i value my life more)

🔥 Harper: Hmm, if I had to pick any kind of job, maybe a pyrotechnic?

💐 Keith: To become a plant biologist.

🎮 Tenebris: Be a musician.

🖥️ Virgil: My dream profession is to be Game Developer, I enjoy video games and I have always wanted to make a game for others to enjoy, and so that’s why I’m taking classes of game development.

🎤 Adam: I already have my dream job. Although, I did often think about becoming a vet as a kid. Sometimes I wonder how life would've turned out had I pursued that career instead of singing.

🐕 Henry: I’m not sure! I’ll probably do whatever Buttercup ends up doing!

Interviewer: Atleast some of you love their job *sigh* Me? I just want to be a cat, no work, just meow meow *defeated sigh* Back to the topic at hand:

Question No 2: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? (Vacation or permanently)

❤️ Casanova: Barcelona, that’s where i was born and it’s really pretty there

🕊️ Krow: Ah! I-India! I-I'm Indian but... I-I actually don't know m-much about my heritage. I... w-wanna go s-see the land of m-my culture. W-with Dove too o-of course!

🔪 Ezra: Hmm... Anywhere with my Sugarsnap? If that's not too cheesy I suppose. But outside of that I'd like to visit Blaire's extended family in Vietnam.

🔥 Harper: I’m definitely more a big city kind of guy, so I’m pretty happy living where I am… To visit though? Hmm… Somewhere with some snowy mountains maybe, do some snowboarding, chill by a fire with some hot cocoa? Yeah, that sounds nice..

💐 Keith: It will be Kristenbosh National Botanical Garden.

🎮 Tenebris: My old home probably.

🖥️ Virgil: I’ve always wanted to go Iceland for vacation

🎤 Adam: As long as I'm by your (MC) side, it doesn't matter where I'm at~

🐕 Henry: Anywhere where Buttercup is good with me! But if we could both go somewhere, Disneyland might be fun!

Interviewer: So if MC just dissapear out of nowhere, thats the list of places where we can found them? Hmm ..

Question No 3: Song that you will sing to MC if given a chance.

❤️ Casanova: baby - eslabon armado

🕊️ Krow: Uhhh... uhhh... I-I guess... T-Together Forever would be c-cute...

🔪 Ezra: A few different songs, most notably... We'll never have sex by Leith Ross, Let you break my heart again by Laufey & Philharmonia or Habits by Genevieve Stokes. I just want sugar to know I want them for more than... anything. I love their heart and soul, it's not physical for me. Though I do find them incredibly attractive.

🔥 Harper: Actually sing myself?... Umm.. Maybe either Day 1 or No Song Without You, both by Honne?

💐 Keith: Can't Help Falling in Love

🎮 Tenebris: Trust by 7 Seconds

🖥️ Virgil: Rises the Moon, it’s a comfort song of mine, my mum sings this to me and my younger siblings when we were little, by then whenever my mother is busy, I sing the song to my siblings. And Hopefully, I can sing it to my beloved, as a way to help them if they need comfort.

🎤 Adam: *fidgeting because he's written one song in particular that he'd love for MC to hear but is worried that MC will wind up hating it*

🐕 Henry: The Promise by When in Rome! It’s our song!

Interviewer: *secretly adding all the songs to their playlist*

Question No 4: Name one food that you will never ever eat.

❤️ Casanova: Mac and cheese, i fucking hate mac and cheese.

🕊️ Krow: I-I'm never... eating b-bland... white people c-cooking EVER a-again.

🔪 Ezra: Beans on toast. I just don't particularly like beans. Or sweet potatoes.

🔥 Harper: Ugh… Raisins

💐 Keith: Rabbit meat.

🎮 Tenebris: Anything with bugs.

🖥️ Virgil: Anything fish related, I do not like fish, but if someone ever served me, I would just suck it up and eat.

🎤 Adam: *doing 5 stages of disgusted face known to humankind* Anything from Saffrons freezer. (Interviewer: Time to raid Saffron's freezer hehehe)

🐕 Henry: I can’t bring myself to eat cauliflower. It's so bland!

Interviewer: *proceed to eat Mac & Cheese to spite Nova* I dont trust people who hates Mac & Cheese.

Question No 5: This would be a little bit of personal, so you have a choice not to answer this okay? Whats your most treasured possession?

❤️ Casanova: Mi vida’s house key, of course! it’s a little mangled bc i keep chewing on it though.

🕊️ Krow: Oh... w-well... t-this pendant is... p-precious but... well... I-I actually don't have m-many possessions. S-so... everything I have has m-meaning. (Interviewer: I can be your possession Krow)

🔪 Ezra: Eliana gave me a tie she made back in elementary school. Neither of our dads are in the picture so she gave it to me instead. I still wear it to work sometimes. (Interviewer: *starts crying bc this answer is so precious*)

🔥 Harper: This lighter here, we have a bit of history together~

💐 Keith: A bonsai tree I got from my father and I had for 7 years.

🎮 Tenebris: My guitar.

🖥️ Virgil: My necklace, it’s a gift from my dad.

🎤 Adam: You (MC). But if we're talking about an item...*he tugs on his earring*

🐕 Henry: A picture / polaroid of me + Buttercup as kids! (though, I do have more updated ones too…)

Interviewer: I am suprised no one answered MC's nose hair or whatever. Hmm.. Im not fully convinced but I will trust you on this one.

Question No 6: Nosy ask, whats your phone wallpaper right now?

❤️ Casanova: a photo of mi vida in the middle of taking their meds!

🕊️ Krow: D-Dove let us t-take a selfie! I-it's so cute aaaa--

🔪 Ezra: I managed to snap a photo of Sugar and Ellie cuddled up on the couch after a movie night once. I've never before felt so much love swelling in my chest. It almost hurt.

🔥 Harper: *proudly present his phone* 1st is my lockscreen and 2nd is my Homescreen. I took it myself..

💐 Keith: A pair of white lilies (Why is this the most normal answer on this whole interview?)

🎮 Tenebris: We share the same phone, so a pair of white lillies also.

🖥️ Virgil: Pixel art of my beloved Galaxy and my puppy Scott, aren’t they so cute in pixel form? (Interviewer: Scotty baby *coos at the phone* )

🎤 Adam: My home screen is of YOU (MC). My lock screen is of a stray kitten I found on my way to the studio that Ethans younger brother ended up taking in. (Interviewer: Do you have any other pics of the kitten? *cat lady vibes intensifies*)

🐕 Henry: A picture of Buttercup sleeping! How’d I get it? (Note: Its in a modern Au bc mobile phone with camera is not yet invented on Henry's time)

Interviewer: MC supremacy yass! If only some surgeon named Ketamine Yetrovzski use my photo as his wallpaper *coughs* (Ketamine shouting "NO" can be heard in the background but still here supporting the interviewer, this fuckin tsundere)

Question No 7: If you could appear in any popular movie/anime/book, which one would you choose?

❤️ Casanova: hmm, i would say the hp lovecraft series! hate the guy but i’m a major monster fucker

🕊️ Krow: Umm... I... I-I wanna be in a Jane A-Austen book. As a p-protagonist. N-no matter what... t-they marry happily in t-the end.

🔪 Ezra: Well... I guess... I'm not sure. I've never really thought about it. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I can't imagine my life without Eliana and I don't want to be anywhere without my sugarcube.

🔥 Harper: Ah.. thats a hard one.. If I get powers n shit and I’m not just a normal person maybe Jujutsu Kaisen?... Tbh I play more games than I do watch or read anything haha..

💐 Keith: Sherlock Holmes, because solving murder cases looks like fun. So does creating the perfect murder. *a sudden smoke appear near Keith for dramatic effect*

🎮 Tenebris: Inuyasha. I really want a Kagome. (Interviewer putting their Kagome costume)

🖥️ Virgil: Hmmmm that’s a tough one… Haha I couldn’t think of anything right now.

🎤 Adam: Death note, the anime. I think I could do a lot better with that notebook than light Yagami did. (Hermit, the creator, rolls their eyes behind the scenes and Adam glaring daggers to Hermit)

🐕 Henry: The Princess Bride! That movie is practically about me + Buttercup.

Interviewer: Im with Harper on this one. JJK so I cant prevent Nanami and Nobara Shibuya Arc huhuhu.

Question No 8 : What are some habits you have? Any strange ones?

❤️ Casanova: I tend to scratch at my braces when i’m trying to focus, often i’d end up chewing on my fingers.

🕊️ Krow: Uhh.... I... bite my h-hands... a lot. It's... a comfort t-thing. S-sometimes my forearms too. I-I guess I also make the same expression a-as to what I'm d-drawing.

🔪 Ezra: When eating food like burgers or sandwiches I eat around the edge and then eat the center last. Um... I also tend to rub things with my fingertips when I don't know what to do with my hands. I'm almost always touching my nails absent-mindedly.

🔥 Harper: I have a habit of scratching my fingertips, especially when I’m nervous… Its kinda a bad habit, sometimes I scratch em a little raw.

💐 Keith: Buttoning and unbuttoning my shirt sleeve when Im bored or nervous.

🎮 Tenebris: Leaving my things all over the bed

🖥️ Virgil: Hmmmm, whenever I play a video game that has levels right? And I messed up one thing, I restart the level. Don’t know why, I just like to go through the levels smoothly. It’s pretty frustrating if you ask me ahaha

🎤 Adam: I don't have any strange habits. I'm just a normal guy. (Someone shouts LIAR and its not Hermit, i swear. Or maybe?)

🐕 Henry: Hmmm…I have really bad sleeping habits if I’m being honest! I’m lucky if I can get 3 hours of sleep at night. As for strange ones, nope, I’m perfectly normal! (now the interviewer is also shouting LIAR)

Interviewer: That was the biggest lie Ive ever heard in my entire life Henry. *headache incoming* No one is normal here. Im not even normal smh.

Question No 9: This question was submitted by Gavin Hyeon of Camp Willlow Peak. Its time to test your flirting skill, give me one pick up line that you will probably use when flirting with MC. Gavin said he is watching you right now.

❤️ Casanova: if you were a heart i’d eat you out!

🕊️ Krow: N-no wonder i-it's overcast t-today. All t-the colors are in y-your eyes.

🔪 Ezra: Sometimes I wonder what good deed I did to deserve such a perfect soul like you to enter my life.

🔥 Harper: Pickup lines really aren’t my thing… Gavin did write down this one for me once though… Lets see it’s here somewhere…” *digs through his pockets and pulls out a piece of scrap paper* “Here it is… ‘Hey baby… You got any Italian in you?.. No?... Do you want some?’ …… I don’t get it 😐 *Gavin cheering in the background*

💐 Keith: Im really not a fan of pickup lines, but okay, "You're sweet enough to give me diabetes".

🎮 Tenebris: Tie your shoelaces, I don't want you falling for someone else!" (Legend says that until now, Tenebris is still waiting for MC to wear shoelaces and for them to be untied.)

🖥️ Virgil: Hmmm let me go grab my telescope, so I can admire the beautiful star.

🎤 Adam: *combusts into one giant human blush* (Hermit doing a voice over: He can only flirt on the fly. If he has to think his actions through he'll get self conscious and overheat from overthinking it)

🐕 Henry: If I could rearrange the alphabet, I’d put ‘U’ and ‘I’ together!

Interviewer: *currently helping Gavin to write his will of testament before he becomes Gavin Flavored Toasted Marshmallow, recipe by Harper*

Question No 10: This would be the last question, and I want to thank you again for giving me a chance to interview you. Before we end this, do you have anything you want to say to the people reading this?

❤️ Casanova: if you ever need fresh organs without having to do it yourself contact valentine’s anatomy distribution! we have a wide selection available, and if you’re a fellow yandere homie you get a discount!

🕊️ Krow: Uhh, well? I-I guess... t-thank you for... f-finding me interesting.

🔪 Ezra: Not particularly. I'm not sure why Lilith arranged the interview but I don't mind answering questions. I should probably head back into work soon though... Oh, I will say this. Thank you for coming into my life Sugar, I didn't think I could love someone like I love you.

🔥 Harper: .. Unshrimp your fucking backs, love you~

💐 Keith: Um, hello. I hope my answers weren't too boring.

🎮 Tenebris: No? I don't know 'em.

🖥️ Virgil: Hello everyone, I hope all of you have a wonderful day, afternoon, or night, make sure to take care of yourselves or else I will if you don’t mind hehe~

🎤 Adam: Is...YOU (MC) reading this? Because if you are, I hope to see you again really soon~

🐕 Henry: You guys are kinda weird for wanting an interview! I’m not quite sure what else to say though!

Interviewer: And that would be all. Thank you to our lovely guests for joining us today. And here is the bribe. List of all 2d characters MC currently simping for. Do what you want with that info.

Interviewer: Hi Hi guys! Again, CC here. Thank you again for entertaining this interview. To end this, may we ask for a few advices you can give for those aspiring artist out there or those who want to create their own vn.

NOVA belongs to @cannibalsweetheart : if you’re starting a project don’t feel unmotivated if you don’t get a lot of traction in the first few weeks, building a platform takes time, but soon enough you’ll gain an audience! (Demo link here)

Krow belongs to @thekrows-nest : While I don't have immediate plans for a VN (despite folks begging for it), for artist stuff, keep experimenting and trying out things. Don't be afraid to go to friends for advice. (:

Ezra belongs to @restartheartvn : lshdfksdfhj okay for my answer! My advice? Don't make something for other people. Make what YOU want to see. Make something that YOU are interested in. If you like... make something that you don't love and enjoy making people can tell. It doesn't come off as genuine and you'll burn out that way. Don't think about numbers or anything like that. Make stuff because it makes you happy. I make Restart Heart because I love my little passion project. I love it so much I get my nails done to match my game and spend most of the day thinking about it. I would still be making Restart Heart if no one played. Make something that you would want to make even if no one saw. Even if you were the only person in the world who loves it, make it because it brings you happiness. Sorry if that's cheesy or like super standard but it's genuine. (Demo link here)

Harper belongs to @campwillowpeak : Hmmm, other than the good ol’ practice practice practice?…Try and remember to have fun yeah? Don’t focus on numbers, yeah everyone wants more eyes on their work, thats normal, but if you focus only on how big you are you’re gonna burn out and get discouraged, stuff like that takes time, consistency, and a little bit of luck. In the meantime just have fun and make friends! Besides, people can tell if you’re trying to force it, an audience’ll more often stay if they can tell you’re legitimately having fun! And never just look at where you are now… Look at how far you’ve come from too!~

Keith & Tenebris belongs to @dualityvn : Make sure you set realistic goals for yourself. Taking on too many tasks and planning a project that is bigger than what you can currently manage can be your downfall. Stay positive and always create the things you yourself love! (Demo link here)

Virgil belongs to @wouldyoustayvn : Take your time! There’s no need to rush to make the game quickly! Make sure to take breaks!))

Adam belongs to @unknownhermit : Please get a good chair. It'll help in the long run when you're often crouched over your desk for hours on end. Don't be like me who hovers over my desk like a hermit crab shell.😅 Second thing is to just have fun creating and don't worry about what others think! I used to obsessively worry if my work was good enough and wound up never releasing it because I got self conscious. It wasn't until YOU and HIM that I actually had fun with what I was doing and I think that translated into my work. Create to create for yourself. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks because it's important to create what you love and are passionate about. And I'm sure a lot of us would love to see what sorts of things you'll come up with. 💙 (Demo link here)

Henry belongs to @homecomingvn : Ahh, I’m a really bad person to ask for advice if I’m being honest! I guess all I can really say is that no matter how silly you think your idea is, there will be an audience for it! It can be scary to put yourself out there, but honestly, this community is so incredibly supportive + I’ve met some amazing people here! Also, I’d recommend keeping various docs about your project! It’s nice to have it all in one (or 3 + a google slides in my case) place so you can have a clear idea about your wip + its characters. And lastly, be prepared for people to be horny! ^^ (okay, you dont have to call me out >…< will still send horny ask bc someone needs to 😙)

Just a little self indulgent ramblings. I dont know if anyone already know about this game, but one of my moots recommended this, its DONT LOOK VN and I tell you, its so good. The story premise, the creepy atmosphere and the voice acting are all on point. They have on going Kickstarter and they only have 8 days left to reach the goal. This is my way of helping since im unable to pledge bc the banks here in the country im currently residing are shitty and they keep declining, so please if you have means to support, please do. Lets help them to reach their goals.

Here is the link of the demo also and their socials:

Kickstarter | Demo | Twitter | Tumblr

DO IT FOR CHESTER!!

[bitchy-peachy]

People keep telling me I need to see a psychologist...

When I'm a psychologist (well a retired one cos job drove me crazy. Talking to child rapists, killers and women abusers 5 days a week in person and getting emergency calls at all times cos of behavioral issues with patients and working overtime does shit to your brain. I'm permanently fucked. Should have stuck to programing and/or forensic pathology. I would have been less of a mess then. Even with all my childhood trauma I spent decades in therapy for.)

[science-slapfight]

ROUND 1 POLL 1

7. Suspicious Stew (He/Him, Xe/Xem) @hilaomart

Stew is the reincarnation of a thief and swindler who died from poison. This untimely death leads him to an early interest in various poisons and their effects on the body. Fearing his own untimely death, xe begins to drink his experiments in small doses to give himself an immunity to the substances. His lack of basic lab safety led to an incident in which he lost his right eye, leaving a large chemical burn over the right side of his face. Other than this, for a while, he was relatively normal. After an incident with another mad scientist in which he was the unwilling subject, Stew began to lose himself in his work to cope. Xe branched out into the broader fields of biochemistry and potion magic, experimenting on himself to avoid putting anything else in the position he was once in. Xe got a job in a more normal lab to pay the bills, occasionally stealing equipment and materials from his job for his own home lab. He began to sell potions and poisons on the black market to fund his work.

Xeir hubris began to catch up to xem. One incident in his lab with a dangerous substance led to permanent damage to his body as well as the loss of his right arm. The various mutations he gave himself were slowly making him less and less human as his morals slipped away. He experimented with the art of creation, bringing abominations of flesh to life. Xe began to rob graves and steal corpses to experiment on. He was becoming what he feared the most, though xe didn’t have enough humanity left to care.

Stew is a strange little guy. He’s quite unnerving and dare I say, suspicious. He’s protective of those he cares for to a dangerous degree. Xes awkward, finding trouble in social interaction due to years of self isolation. He’s doomed by the narrative and only half aware of it. Besides his scientific endeavors, xe enjoys practical jokes, skateboarding, and the company of whatever family he has left.

Also he does like cupcakes <3

Relevant Links: https://toyhou.se/9067965.suspicious-stew

14. Edgar Gahds (He/Him) @kursed-curtain

Edgar Gahds is a 19 year old forensics scientist (and absolute sweetheart, but don't tell him I said that)

CW: Blood n death n organs, etc in his description. He is a mad scientist after all!

- He's a huge fan of gothic horror novels like Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and he essentially bases his entire career on them!

- He has a fascination with how humans work. That's why he took up forensics! It means you can look at corpses without getting in trouble!

- He's so excited about blood and organs! He has models he plays with during court cases sometimes. He doesn't think of it as playing though. It's expressing himself!

- Edgar's experiments mostly consist of murder victims because wow there are a lot in this universe. A lot.

- He loves animals and dislikes animal testing :(( he's not against human testing tho lmao go ham

- He loves horror movies and the makeup and special effects that go into them!

(He's my Ace Attorney OC but I didn't wanna deter any potential voters!! ;) he's simply a silly guy!)

(Also Edgar loves a good red velvet cupcake haha)

Relevant Links: https://www.tumblr.com/kursed-curtain/712085998004305920/ledger-de-maine https://www.tumblr.com/kursed-curtain/tagged/%40edgar%20gahds

(Image credits: @hilaomart and @kursed-curtain, respectively)

[fallenrocket]

#OurFlagMeansDeadloch Watch Party - Episode 1

(crossposted from my Twitter)

"Shit, he's dick's on fire!"

Okay, so we're just jumping *right* into it.

***

The "murder hits a sleepy little town" thing has been done before, but this show is doing a good job showing just how slapdash their operation is: the vet swims up to the crime scene offering to do a post-mortem, and the detective's wife interrupts with breakfast.

***

"The forensic pathologist can't do [the autopsy] today, he's on a bike ride"

Lord, give Dulcie strength...

***

"He was discovered 27 hours ago."

"Right. Well, you've fucked that up already, haven't you?"

omg, this is gonna be so much fun!

***

"Psycho killer did it, he killed his brother"

Oof. Points for depicting the way real police decide blame rather than investigate, albeit in an over-the-top way.

***

And now we roll right onto questioning a minor without a (conscious) parent/guardian present. Eddie's just hitting all the classics!

***

"I am not turning 50 in a house without a permanent compost system. It's barbaric." - lol, love it!

***

"Sorry! This is all my fault, somehow"

Abby, you sweet anxious child--I feel so seen.

***

lmao!

***

The saving grace on the shoddy policing/civil liberties violations is that Eddie is clearly depicted (so far) as being *wrong* for doing so. Fingers crossed that it stays that way and we don't go a "but the protocols just hold you back!" route.

***

"What is *that*?"

"...It is two seagulls, copulating."

"Well, give them some privacy! Fucking fast-forward!"

Eddie, you're a sloppy/unethical detective, but you're still hilarious.

***

Look, Forensic Pathologist, if you're going to go to your fiancee's wedding dress fitting, you respect her music choices! Poor Abby, standing on a stool trying to smile as she snaps along to smartwatch jazz. 🤦‍♀️

***

Concerns aside, Eddie is *exactly* the sort of detective Archie would be, so that checks out.

***

Tailing a suspect in her wedding dress--okay, Abby is my hero until further notice.

[forensicated]

05x01 - Getting It Right

Pete is in with the CID lot today for an operation outside the rundown Camfort Hotel. Frank orders them to keep quiet as they gather outside and directs 2 armed officers where to cover the back.

Bob ushers Uniform out of the door and onto the streets, telling them to 'give the public some value for their money'. It's still early, only just gone 6am.

Once Frank is assured - by two radio clicks - that the back exit is secure, the owner guides them up to the room in question.

CAD is slow and no calls are coming in so Tom and his two extra!PC's are bored. Tom tells Bob that CID are out on an raid with Pete as Pete reckons he's got the address of 'that weirdo who has been abducting women at gunpoint' from a snout. Tom remembers that Bob's son, Patrick, is up in court and assures him that he'll be alright. Bob isn't so sure.

The hotel owner lets CID into the room. Frank approaches the bed and wakes the occupant in a rather unique way...!!!

"POLICE!"

The man is wrestled from the bed and down onto the floor with his arms behind his back. His female companion panics and keeps asking who they are. "You can't do this, this is my room!" Frank barks at the woman to shut up and orders Pete to get the man on his feet. Pete removes a piece of paper from his pocket and looks at it before looking rather ashen at Frank. "... No, Guv."

"Looks like there's been a mistake, sir..." Frank sighs, warning Pete that he'll 'see him in a minute'.

Bob rings home and asks to speak to Patrick. Bob's wife, Shirley, tells him that he's not up yet. Bob can't believe it and snarks that she should wake him and 'remind him that he has to be at court over the little matter of death by dangerous driving'. Shirley accuses him of trying to have another row and Bob assures her he isn't. He asks her to make sure that Patrick is in a suit for his appearance.

Outside the hotel room, Pete growls at the hotel owner for telling him that that was the room for the man they are after. The owner points out that everything Pete said fit the description. "You didn't tell me he was a 7ft giant, did you!" The two silent armed officers simply shrug and walk off.

Inside the room Frank apologises again and the man tells him he'll be hearing from his solicitors. "It was a genuine mistake." The man claims he's going to make an official complaint and issue a writ against Frank for damages, assault and unlawful arrest.

Ted asks the owner if any other residents at the hotel match the description. Pete is desperate and asks if anyone else staying has a beard. The owner mentions that his odd-job-man had a beard but shaved it off recently. He says that he doesn't charge him for the room because he does all the odd jobs around the place but his permanent job is a plumber. "He's a strange fellow..." He claims he's moody and he used to be in the army. Ted asks to be shown to his room. They burst inside but it's empty. Pete is adamant that it could be him "You can smell the sweat!" he exclaims as they search for the gun, remembering one of the victims said 'that terrifying stench will stay with [her] for the rest of [her] life.' Ted keeps reminding him to look for the gun whilst he arranges for forensics to visit.

A young girl approaches the front desk and asks for PC Cryer. Robin tells her they don't have one but they do have a Sergeant by that name. She asks to speak to him and he tells her she can if she hurries after the man who has just left - Bob is on his way to support his family through Patrick's court appearance.

"You prat!" Frank snarls at Pete as they leave. Pete protests it was the right hotel but the wrong room. Ted thinks it was good information but Frank scoffs that their suspect walked out dressed as a plumber with a 9mm on him. "I made a boob-" "I've now got a writ slapped on me by some toffee nosed snob spending the night with his bit of rough!" Frank growls before ordering Pete to look for dirt on the man so he can quash the complaint. He reminds Pete that he gave him a 2 week stint in CID because he promised he could bring the goods and so far he hasn't and Frank's neck is on the block.

At Sun Hill, Frank and Ted are extremely confused to hear the sounds of a clarinet coming from CID. Hello Alistair!

Alistair confuses Frank for Ted and goes to shake his hand. Frank snarkily corrects him and tells him he's the DI. Ted grins and shakes his hand, introducing himself. Frank tells Alistair he was supposed to arrive last week but Alistair explains he had a weeks leave already booked to play a 'gig in Hamburg'. "I'll give you a gig(!) My office!"

Pete follows the man from the hotel but his car gives out on him just as he disappears right/ Pete has run out of petrol. 🤦‍♀️

The girl from the station follows Bob on his way home. She manages until they get to a cash and carry where she loses him. Bob appears out of nowhere and confronts her for following him. She tells him she's named Bobbie after him.

Frank growls at Alistair that he has 20 entries in the crime book assigned to him and he wants action on them before he leaves the station - even if it takes him a couple of days. Alistair tells him it's out of the question as he has a practice for the MET band that afternoon because they have a lot of gigs coming up. Frank tells him his resources are already stretched to the limit, he's had to borrow uniform officers and Detectives from other boroughs as it is and he hates 'having to go cap in hand to a Superintendent who hates my guts' to plead for assistance. Alistair tells him it's not his problem but Frank insists it his because he asked for a new Sgt, not a part time copper and he expects him to work his arse off for him.

A court usher ushers Ted into a courtroom as Patrick's case has been moved forward. Noone has told Bob though. He's in a cafe with Bobbie, sure he's alright for time. She was abandoned in a telephone box near the council officers as a newborn and was found by Bob. There was a note taped to her wrist asking whoever found her to look after her. Bob apologises but he can't remember, telling her he's done a lot of things over a lot of years. Bobbie tells him that she heard she wasn't well and that Bob kept returning to see how she was getting on. He slowly starts to remember that it was when he was a PC and that he was asked what his name was. The night she was found it was raining cats and dogs. "I'm glad you weren't christened Fred!"

In CID, Frank continues moaning about Alistair's prior attachment to the band, claiming he's lucky he doesn't play rugby and football for the MET as well as he'd only see him 3 weeks out of 52. "You've made your point... guv." Alistair explains that the MET band is a showpiece and a major part of public relations for the force.

Pete returns to the station and has to tell Frank that he lost the target due to running out of petrol. The car the man was driving is registered to a woman, presumably his wife. Frank growls that he wants to know the man's name and gives Pete an hour. Pete takes to a desk and tries to find out who plays the rates at the address the car is registered under. In the mean time Alistair considers screening some of the cases he'd been assigned to over the phone and Pete warns him not to let Frank hear him say that because he'd do his nut.

Bobbie tells Bob she wants to find her real mother. He tells her to be a good kid and go home to her adoptive parents and he heads off to the court. He arrives to find that the case has been thrown out as the CPS didn't submit the commital paperwork by the date they were supposed to. Bob is flabbergasted, 'Patrick must be guilty!" The father of Patrick's girlfriend who died angrily confronts Bob and reckons that it's a cover up because he's a coppers son.

One of the borrowed CID officers tells Frank there is nothing tangible in the odd job mans room to link him to the crime and SOCO have found nothing either. Frank insists something will turn up - it always does.

Pete finds out that the man from the hotel is a doctor and asks for a list of local doctors. Pete finally locates him - Dr Matthew de Beyfus practicing at the Longley Medical Practice in Holland Park. He's there as they speak. Frank smirks and reckons that the woman he was with that morning is probably a patient of his. Alistair looks uncomfortable as Frank tells Pete to pull strings to find out.

Bobbie is waiting for Bob as he leaves court. He's in shock about Patrick's case being thrown out. Bob is unusually but understandably dismissiv and tells her to go home to her adopted mother. "Kids are all the same, you don't think of the grief you cause your parents. GO HOME!" he shouts.

Pete swaggers into Frank's office and tells him that the woman from that morning is a patient at the doctors practice "Who's been a naughty little doctor then!" Frank tells him to stay there and not leave the office whilst he goes to speak to the doctor. Pete is clearly impressed and tells Ted and Alistair that he thinks Burnside is a shrewd operator. Ted warns him not to look up to him. "Remember Goebbels! He was a hero worshipper!" warns Alistair.

Ted reminds Pete how keen he was to get the lunatic with the gun that morning but now he and Frank are bending the rules to get off a justifiable complaint. Pete insists it's wrong that the doctor is sleeping with one of his patients. Ted just looks flatly at him. "You ever slept with a bird you've nicked?" "... Yeah. But that's different!" "Not if you get nicked it isn't!" Alistair drawls.

Frank goes to speak to the doctor and tells him it won't take long. The doctor allows him two minutes so Frank apologises for the morning again. The doctor tells him he'll hear from his solicitor and asks him to come to the point. Frank accuses him of having an affair with a patient. "Are you blackmailing me inspector?" "I'm offering a trade..." The doctor tells him that the woman he found him in bed with is not a patient of his. She's registered under one of the other doctors at the practice. Frank casually asks if his wife knows about it and the doctor tells him he doubts it because his wife died 9 months ago. The car he was driving was hers but he hasn't yet told the DVLA but guesses that's how Frank found out her name. He tells Frank his time is up and asks him to leave.

In the canteen Bob notices a PC putting a missing poster up. He takes a double take - it's Bobbie.

[jawsthatbiteandclawsthatcatch]

LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU PUBLISH CARRIGAN STUFF. I WANT TO READ THE CARRIGAN STUFF.

OH GOD OK AUAUGHGHH

Actually. I think you asked me for a summary of her Deal several months ago. And, uh, I know it's taken forever, but here you go!

…This will get a bit complicated, but I'll start with the original incarnation.

Carrigan Grimm is, mechanically, a lv 14 pathfinder 2e forensic medicine investigator with the medic archetype + a smattering of rogue / thaumaturge. So, she's extremely good at healing, knowing things, investigating, sneaking, and finding weak points. Overall, she is "a prickly perfectionist with self-loathing issues up to her eyeballs. She's convinced that no one will like her, so she pushes them away to preempt the rejection. She loves the thrill of a medical challenge or the hunt for a monster, and has some distinct mad scientist tendencies, but they're more or less held in check by a deep sense of decency." (thanks, rp partner!)

Carrigan grew up in a city not-so-secretly ruled by aristocratic vampires, and was a normal human working in forensic science, specializing in autopsies. A body she was working on turned out to be not fully dead yet -- unbeknownst to her, he was in the process of becoming a vampire -- and his bite somehow turned her into a dhampir. After frantically trying to reverse it by self-amputating the fingers that were wounded in the attack, she had to face that she had become a dhampir permanently, and was closer than ever to the creatures that she loathed. She spent the next several years isolating herself, getting by as a back-alley doctor in the city's slums and drowning in self-hatred, until the day when an acquaintance asked her to look into the disappearance of a friend.

(begin campaign 1.)

Within a few months, she had honed her skills as a combat medic, killed a lot of bogeys, saved all the children of her city, and lost a close friend. She had also joined a secret order of vampire hunters called Lantern Hunters, who fight with magically summoned lantern-shaped flails that are specially suited to destroying vampires.

Carrigan didn't hate the work, and didn't hate the people she was working with, either. So, after the mission, she kept looking for new challenges and new mysteries to solve, new people to help -- anything to keep her moving.

(end campaign 1.)

Shortly after, the country was plunged into a civil war. She fought alongside the Lantern Hunters, against her homeland, at first, but got fed up with their reckless tactics and left to go monster hunting in the countryside with one of her companions for the next several years. It ended up being for the best, because the tide of the war eventually turned, and the Lantern Hunters themselves were hunted into near extinction.

(begin campaign 2.)

Fifteen years after her original mission, she was given a new one: find a dangerous artifact before it fell into the wrong hands. She spent months in enemy territory, found the artifact, had the artifact stolen by someone she thought of as a close friend, and ended up getting trapped in a city undergoing a diabolic invasion, where she and her companions spearheaded its liberation. For their deeds, they were given the opportunity to participate in the peace talks that ended the civil war, and offered roles on the Council that would replace the vampire aristocracy. Of the three, only Carrigan accepted, committing to spend two years in office.

(end campaign 2.)

At this point, she made the very difficult decision to leave the Lantern Hunters. Although they had given her purpose at a time in her life when she truly needed it, she knew that her new high-profile job could put the remaining members in significant danger, and, well… she no longer truly agreed with their ideology that all vampires deserved to be destroyed because they're vampires. Most of the vampires she'd met had been awful, wretched creatures that deserved to die, true -- but it was because of who they were as people. Vampirism had just given them the opportunity to become the monsters they had always wanted to be.

Close to the end of her council term, she was summoned by a mysterious figure for an unexpected mission -- investigate some small-town disappearances and deal with the malevolent force causing them. She was expecting familiar faces when she went to meet her companions, but there was an unexpected newcomer, sent by one of her fellow council members -- Victor, a young vampire who… shockingly, still seemed to have somewhat of a conscience, and a personality rather than a god complex.

She found him fascinating.

(In the meta, we decided to run a Halloween one-shot preview for the 3rd campaign featuring these characters, and invited another player to join us. They brought Victor, and what was planned to be a one-shot turned into a three-parter with a 12k word text rp thread.)

An explanation of Victor will come in another post.

After that mission, Carrigan and Victor were uncertain they would get to work together again, but they crossed paths and got to know each other enough that when the mysterious figure that had caused them to meet in the first place sent out a new summons for an important mission, he invited Victor directly, on the condition that Carrigan would share the blame for any potential problems arising from his involvement.

Meta story short, from there the game went on a ~ten-month hiatus where we switched campaigns to a prewritten adventure with different characters. Victor's player and I were desperate to keep RPing with these two dorks, but couldn't without making things unfair for the other players in the game.

So, we decided to switch to an alternate universe.

Victor started as the player character in my rp partner's playthrough of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, which they had a lot of fic for. I converted Carrigan (Alexandria) Grimm into a character that would fit in that world.

Alex Carrigan is a forensic pathologist from London who had, a couple months prior to the start of the rp, been attacked by what she was pretty sure was a vampire -- but all the evidence of the attack had disappeared, leaving her to appear completely delusional as she desperately tried to convey that he was still out there and still a danger to people. She lost two fingers and spent a month being involuntarily hospitalized for her "delusions," eventually starting to wonder if the attack may not have happened as she remembered it. Possibly worst of all, throughout the experience, she received no support from any of her former colleagues or the people she thought were her friends. So, the moment she was free, she bought a plane ticket for Los Angeles, with the intent of not looking back for as long as she could manage.

A month later, walking to the bar, she found a broken, bleeding body lying in an alleyway, and begrudgingly decided to take him home and patch him up as best she could, rather than potentially bankrupting him by calling an ambulance. Within a few minutes, though, his heart stopped -- but he didn't lose consciousness or seem at all concerned when she brought it up.

And that was how she met Victor and begrudgingly joined the Masquerade.

In the months since, they've gotten to know each other, fought fleshwarp monsters in the sewers together, defeated a powerful fleshcrafting vampire, and become best friends.

Alex has gotten a (highly illegal) job at a shady clinic, unwillingly become a ghoul (a semi-thralled superhuman who drank a vampire's blood), adopted a cat, and lost her appendix.

It means everything to Victor that he finally has a friend, and he's terrified of losing her. He has also started working at a local theatre and is starting to get to know his new coworkers. Surely nothing weird or supernatural will happen with them.

[forensicfield]

Recruitment in FSL, Uttarakhand (2024)

The FSL is seeking online applications to fill 14 vacant positions of Senior Scientific Assistant across different sections.

Comprehensive details are available on Website.

[fixomnia-scribble]

JOB! JOB!

I am employed! After three months of applying to everything potentially doable on campus within my skill set, I finally have a job that I’m super excited about!

Permanent, union, full-benefits gig in a faculty exec’s office that fits perfectly with my work skills, studies and some side interests! The funny thing is, I was in the process for two jobs, and I had decided that this job was, by a slim margin, my #2 choice. Very different jobs but same pay grade.

My feeling was that the other job was more neurodivergent friendly, and would leave me with more mental space to focus on my studies and thesis. The job I’ve landed is way more interesting and has more responsibilities, but a much higher fuckup potential and will require constant awareness of ND/NT balancing. (Nurture the one, display the other. Somehow.) BUT it’s in a super exciting environment with all kinds of opportunities and scope.

So of course, after my interview for this job, I came away feeling like I’d just spent an hour dorking out with My People, and that the inbox assignment I had (Answering A Confrontational Student E-mail, and Getting A Pile Of Deans and Execs To Come To A Luncheon With A Donor) was more like a pair of fun writing prompts. Apparently after I left, the panel of three looked at each other and “Yup.” And the one that I’ve been in regular contact with, who I had an instant feeling of Office Buddy Material, will be my direct supervisor.

Considering how deeply I tend to identify with my jobs, it’s going to be an interesting transition. Envisioning the shape of the role, and seeing myself step into it - and making sure that I stay vigilant about not trimming the edges of myself to fit, but keep them with me too.

I haven’t had a permanent, stable union job with proper benefits since 2010. Though that had to do with my own decision to go back to school. To have both?? The sheer relief is a physical thing. And, AND this job covers tuition. That’s massive. I mean, yes, it’s basically a small write-off for the university, but for permanent staffers it places advanced degrees AND personal interest courses within reach.

I’m gonna get that PhD. Could do another Master’s in Arch and really get down to bones, not just qualitative critical Forensic Crim... I’d even have paid vacation to put towards field research...

Anyway. Solidarity forever, et cetera.

Next week I have a celebration lunch with my old office buddy, who has also just landed a new permanent campus job - only a short walk away, with a Starbucks, a phở restaurant and a beautiful outdoor water-feature and seating area in between our buildings!

[berylcups]

Dolce’s Full Bio 🍭

Name: Sadako Kyari

Allias (if applicable): Dolce

Namesake: Dolce & Gabbana; Kyari Pamyu Pamyu

Nicknames: Dolcezza, Sada, short stack, short cake, cup cake,

Nicknames for others: Bǎobèi, Tiánxīn, Kě’ài,

Age: 22

Birthday: October 12th

Death day: April 2nd 2001

Cause of Death: drowning; falling into the canal from getting disoriented from hypoglycemia

AMAB/AFAB/Intersex: AFAB

Gender Identity: Cis Female

Height: 5’0

Weight: 100lbs

Handness: right

Hair Color: dark navy blue

Eye Color: teal

Type of Voice: soft, lilted calm. Gets higher pitch when angry

Eyesight:. 20/20

Race: Singaporean Chinese and Japanese

Hometown: Bukit Panjan Singapore

Current Residency: Napoli Italy

Moral Alignment: Neutral evil

MBTI Personality Type (Optional): ESTJ-A

Medical & Dental Health: Hyperthyroidism- is always hungry and feels too warm

Did not develop Wisdom teeth

Mental health:

Severe abandonment issues, OCD, Bipolar Disorder,

Scars/burns/birthmarks/tattoos: Dog bite scar on right ankle

Criminal Record: 2 murders pre-passione

Awards & Education: grew up trilingual- Mandarin, English-Singlish dialect, and Japanese.

Learned Italian from scratch when she was put into boarding school in Napoli. Excelled in geometry, Italian, and Art class.

Went to college for fashion design and excelled but stopped halfway through due to murdering her 2 classmates that sabotaged her coming of age kimono.

Past Experience:

Dolce had to make the choice of who she wanted to live with- her inattentive mom and stepdad that treats her with contempt or her irresponsible father that pays attention but doesn’t always make the right choices.

She picked her father much to his hidden dismay. She traveled a lot with her father as he took hits out for Dio.

He eventually put her in a boarding school in Napoli Italy so she would have some sort of stability. He would visit every so often about once a month. Right before she graduated he suddenly stopped showing up. She didn’t take it too well, he either died due to the hazards of the job or he abandoned her. She has trust and abandonment issues because of this.

Once she started college she went for the fashion designer path. She made some friends along the way and some who weren’t as well meaning as others. 2 students wanted to get ahead of her and decided to sabotage her fashion class final-her coming of age kimono, basically making her fail.

Dolce snapped. With the loss of her family, her hard work, and now her dream of becoming a designer, Dolce felt like life has no meaning for her anymore. She stopped at nothing to find out who destroyed her work and punish them accordingly.

She hunted down and murdered both sabotagers. She killed 1 in the showers with a switchblade she hid in her nether region and the other in her dorm with a seam ripper.

Risotto Nero ran into a distressed Dolce with a large foul smelling suitcase that she was trying to dump into the Sarno river.

Finding her suspicious he interrogates her and finds out the contents of the suitcase to be 2 missing girls from the news that are partially melted and decomposed including the skeleton being melted.

She begs for his silence and not alarm the police so she can stay in Italy. Him being interested in her stand powers let her slide if she joins his hitman team.

She had a lot to prove to the murderous men but they already had been exposed to Calamari and their strange stand powers and proved themselves to be competent.

So they gave Dolce slightly a little more slack than when Calamari started. Calamari with their forensic knowledge helped Dolce to destroy the bodies.

Dolce being the charismatic and ambitious person she is was able to sweet talk herself into a permanent position in the hitman team. That still didn’t excuse her from the usual teasing from the rest of the gang of course. In order to be a hitman you need some thick skin.

Thoughts on love:

Love is a powerful thing that Dolce obsesses over. She only got any love and attention from her maternal grandparents and their Filipino caretaker until her grandparents passed away from cancer and old age. She was neglected and abandoned by her parents so she feels the need to get love and to receive love intensely. It doesn’t matter if it’s physical, emotional, or platonic love. She’s starved of it and she needs it.

Love is the one thing she cannot buy nor a skill that can be mastered. It’s the one thing she wants more than money or fame.

She’s determined to have a family and a partner and to love them more than her parents could ever love her.

Sexual and/or Romantic Identity: Pansexual;Panromantic- masculine leaning

People they like:

She likes people who are open and honest. She likes surrounding herself with people who know what they want. She’s not interested in those who beat around the bush or are into formalities. Be straightforward with her and she will respect you. On the other hand, she feels the need to protect and befriend the shyer soft spoken people. She wants to be around people who have passion and dedication- people with dreams. She’s your hype girl and cheerleader. She might not know anything about what you’re into but she will support you 100% of the way and take the time to learn about your passions.

She also has a soft spot for the elderly and highly respects her elders, excluding her parents.

People they hate:

Dolce looks calm and calculated but… there are a lot of kinds of people that she absolutely hates.

She hates deadbeat parents. Seeing parents not paying attention to their kids as they beg for affection and attention just set a fire inside her. If she has a chance she’d beat that deadbeat whore/bastard with an inch of their life if she had a chance to without traumatizing the kid. Despite that, Dolce is also hypocritical. there’s nothing more than she hates than seeing a happy family. If she can’t buy or work towards it, it will drive her crazy. She never had loving attentive parents and seeing others get that enrages her. She gets a sick satisfaction from targets begging for their lives and to think about their family. She might torture them more by threatening the families lives too or just outright kill the guy in spite for caring about their family.

She hates anyone who gets in the way of her dreams. She has a strong will and won’t allow anyone to stop her. She’s ambitious to the max. She hates her ex friends/ classmates for sabotaging her fashion designs and bullying her. She absolutely hates Giorno because his dream clashes with hers. She wants the drug money for herself and her team. Despite that, she admires Giornos unstoppable ambition and yet it annoys her and she wants to destroy it. She’s so ambitious to the point of self destruction. She knows she won’t be able to live her dreams if she self-destructs but her desire to destroy her enemies outweighs her desire for her dreams.

She hates Mista because he’s a nuisance that’s in her way. Getting shot in the arm and ruining her shirt already puts you on her shit list. She wouldn’t love more than to see him get frozen to death or watch him melt into a disgusting puddle of filth.

Dreams for the future:

Her true dreams died the minute her final project- coming of age kimono was sabotaged.

In passione her dream is to obtain the drug money and achieve enough wealth and power in order to make her father want to come back and be proud of her so they can be a family again. She also dreams of tying the knot with her partner and having a family. But she wants to be the one to pop the question to her ice gremlin.

Relationships(name a person that they have a connection to and what their relationship is like[friend, enemy, Ex, current lover, family , etc.]):

Kaede Kyari - Maternal Grandmother- Deceased

Hiroshi Kyari - Maternal Grandfather- Deceased

Sachiko Kyari -Estranged Mother

Unnamed Abusive stepfather - Estranged

Rubber Soul - Absent/Deadbeat Father

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Ghiaccio- Best Friend & Partner

Melone- Best friend

Risotto- Leader

Formaggio- good friend

Pesci- good friend

Sorbet- parental figure

Gelato- parental figure

Illuso- tolerates in small doses

Prosciutto- tolerates in small doses

Quotes (what do they say often? What’s their life’s motto?):

“Wah lau!(omg) ONLY 20 million lira? Between all of us??? No fair!”

“Hěn hǎo!”(very good !)

“Tā mā de!” ( oh fuck/damn it!)

“I am NOT CHINESE. I speak Chinese. I am from SINGAPORE. How about you travel the world a bit mirror man???”

“To take a leaf out of one’s book means to copy what someone else does. The leaf means loose leaf paper, to rip a page out of a book and plagiarize the information. Oh… you still think it’s stupid ? I know it’s upsetting to you but it isn’t worth getting worked up over it, BǎoBèi.”

“God! You know it gets me frisky when you’re forceful and angry!”

Hobbies; fashion design, sewing, knitting, Chinese calligraphy , practicing Italian, teaching Chinese (she can be harsh when it comes to others not knowing their tones),

Habits & quirks :

has an oral fixation- so she’s always sucking on lollipops or chewing gum or sucking on hard candy

likes to pace around the room- hates standing /sitting still,

eats twice the amount of carbohydrates and sugar a normal person eats for her stand,

She is equally Singaporean Chinese and Japanese but identifies more as Singaporean Chinese since living with her father the longest.

Gets up ridiculously early-5am,

Her morning routine must never be interrupted or else her whole day is “ruined”

She has OCD and has some strong superstitions,

She transliterates all of Italian cities and foods in katakana so she can pronounce them better

Others find it “quirky “ or weird but her vehicle of choice is a creeper van. She says it’s for extra storage, but based on the suspicious stains she might have been using her van for “work” as well. And “its all I can afford !” She claims.

Pet peeves: hates writing in red ink-believes ones life is cut short when names are written in red

People not using correct tones for Chinese words-

Cutting noodles and pasta

People only liking things because it’s “popular” and not just liking them to like them. (Ex-liking Rolex watches only because they are expensive)

Misidentifying her nationality

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Notes: I hope I made my Dolce interesting enough… I’ve been working on her back story for about two years 😭 she was originally going to be a part 4 character but I had a random thought while watching part 5… what if she went delulu for the most feral gremlin looking mofo ever??? Nerds need love too so I slapped her and Ghia together and it just STUCK. I can’t undo it. They are inseparable 😭💖💙 I’m sorry lmao

[writermuses]

Open to: Anyone (mun/muse/fc must be 21+) Plot: Lieve invite your muse to join her and her husband (either for a ONS or permanently) and after a few dinners, your muse joins them for their first time, but Danny just wants to watch. Muse: Lieve McCleary, 48, Forensic Psychologist and wife of Danny McCleary, 33, ATF Agent.

Lieve's long legs took slow, careful steps toward the guest bedroom. The space really was a second master and the best for a new romantic experience where they weren't sure if they would be joining them permanently. Danny held Lieve's hand while her eyes stayed behind them on their guest, her own slender fingers linked with theirs. Over dinner, she'd primed them that Danny took time to warm up, that his only interest tonight was in watching their dynamic. Lieve had only brushed the surface about the accident that had not only physically changed her husband but socially too. Danny had once been nothing but a cocky prankster in public and solely submissive with her. Now he only let her touch the scarred left side of his body and all of his encounters with people were careful, tender, and meticulous. It had made him better at his job, more attentive in bed, but slow to enter into the act itself. Closing the door behind them, Danny kissed her cheek and told her that he would put on some music. Lieve's attention went to their guest. "Undress for us, Darling. I want to see what you've been hiding under there all evening."

[vettir]

The Schwarzwald is one of the oldest forests in the world. Schwarzwald Tourismus has a great many jobs, mostly related to tourism, but a few, such as mine, focus on conservation. Some places have never really been good for anything but forestry or mining, and even then, some places... Are avoided. A small handful of us work in covering that area. And after your first week, if you're judged to be suitable, you're introduced to the reason they're avoided. Kobolde, Hexen, Werwölfe, even der Großemann. I didn't faint or pee myself on seeing them, so I was considered a good candidate for permanency. After 10 years, I've met some of the less outgoing groups and individuals. The Alpe, some Eschenfrauen, one Aufhocker (who insists he only goes after criminals, and doesn't kill them any amore), even a Lutzelfrau.

On the day that things changed, a Klagmuhme came up to me. I had heard her wailing the other night, she usually calls out one or two times a year, most often in the winter. However, this was the first time I saw her. An old woman in a black dress, with a long white scarf. "Ah, Evron, yes, der Großemann said you'd be here. There is a problem. A man died, but not of nature. He was killed."

I took this somewhat stoically. "Kind aunt, can you take me to the body? If this was murder, I will have things I must do."

She smiled at me, with a cobweb across her face obscuring any teeth. "A good boy you are. Yes, follow aunt Trauer, I will take you there." I nodded, and followed. At some point, I could not tell you when, she changed appearance into a distorted black figure. "After this, I must return to the Wildejagd. Still, if you need me, speak to der Großemann. He has kin throughout the forest."

We arrived at the man. His throat had been cut, with a knife or a razor, that much was obvious. His eyes were open but unseeing, and I sighed, then pulled out my radio, nodding to aunt Trauer. "This is Evron Jös. We've had a murder." I read off my GPS coordinates, then sat there to wait with the body.

As I waited, I looked at the body. "Aufhocker, is that you?" I asked.

A snort came from behind me, as I turned I saw a small, wizened figure. "No... I'd not take Trauer into my games. Better to sneak into a church and drink the holy water. Less painful. Still, I feel an itch. The criminal is still nearby." I nodded.

Forest forensics is a very old profession, with some very new toys to play with. However, nothing useful to track the murderer was found, although we did find several stab wounds on the poor fellow's back. His name, it turned out, was Anshel Kaan. On hearing that, I felt it was a little personal. The ground had not caught any useful tracks that could be followed, so the murderer probably would not be caught. I frowned, thinking of what I had been told.

That night, I sought out der Großemann. What he is, versus what legend has of him, is very different, and his name is a misnomer. So I took a jar of flies, and found a very high web, and released them underneath. 15 minutes later he descended from the trees, showing all eight of his limbs. The modern myth of the Slenderman, I think, took much from him, despite being invented from a forum board post. His voice sounds as if a hundred different clicks and rustles formed vowels and consonants, and his voice alone has been known to make some flee in fear. "Jaaaa, Herr Jöststs?" I outlined what I knew, that Trauer had said to reach her through him, and what the Aufhocker had said. "Ah tststso. I will tstsee that your distststants kin hasts... Whichtch do you prefer?"

"Alive." I gulped. "But fearful."

His face, once you see it up close, is truly terrifying. Too many eyes, and a Glasgow smile instead of a proper mouth. Never actually noticed a nose. "Ah. Tststsuchtch funnnnn." His upper limbs moved him back up into the trees. And that night, the Wildejagd hunted.

We keep a few places designed to allow people to stay the night, winter nights can be dangerous. Most of those can also be made into makeshift jails, although that's rarely done. I was waiting at the nearest. Aufhocker once rode a thief into one of them, the poor idiot confessing in a mixture of thickly accented Swiss German and Piedmontese. He returned what he had stolen, and I judged he'd had enough, so I let the guy go, bringing it down to the glassblower he'd stolen it from with an admonition to be more careful about charming tourists. I could hear the noise, it seemed half the mountain was alive tonight, but in came one clear voice, swearing in English, with an American accent. A woman. Meanwhile, I could also hear the jeering and mocking voice of the Aufhocker. "Yes little murderer, run for me! Make it to shelter and you might live out the night! Yes, just a little further." I could make out the horns and the swooping figures of some of the Wildejagd behind her, and hear the clicking, rustling laughter of der Großemann. She came out of the treeline, making a beeline for the lit open door, not even noticing me. "Fuck, you kill one fucking Jew and the whole forest comes after you? I thought this was Germany!"

I frowned. Whatever else she was, she had strong nerves. She ran inside and collapsed, panting. I moved in quickly, before she could catch her breath, and cuffed her, linking her cuffs to one of the recessed chains before she was able to realize what had happened. "FUCK!" What followed was a tirade of profanity and slurs that I feel no need to repeat. I will admit to being impressed. I spoke to the door, briefly.

"Aufhocker, I think you were too cautious with this one."

"Evron, I tell you, this one nearly knocked me off!"

I sighed, and turned back in, closing the door behind me. She looked up at me. "Evron. Of course. Only thing that would turn everything against me is fucking Jew magic."

I sighed. "I am no user of magic. And most of these folk were here long before my ancestors fled to this land. No, I simply treat the hidden folk of the Schwartzwald with respect, and they treat me in kind. But you. You hate me and my people for existing, and tell lies so you can say you are righteous. And, in a twist of delicious irony, the laws you will be tried under were last updated in 1941. But you have angered the Wildejagd. Once you have gone through our justice, they may decide to go further. By your motives, you will be tried, and convicted, of Mord." She started yelling some more invective, but I was uninterested. I walked up the stairs to where the more useful tools were, and called in that I had caught the murderer. Then I started looking up Anshel Kaan's family. I felt they deserved to know the truth.

You’re a park ranger of a very dense forest and you take care of everything, including the supernatural cryptids. One day, a murder happens in your forest and the culprit evades the authorities. You then politely ask the cryptids for their aid in the culprit’s capture. They agree.

[nimilphilip]

Cybersecurity courses in Ireland for international students

In today’s interconnected world, cybersecurity has become a critical field. With cyberattacks increasing in frequency and complexity, the demand for cybersecurity specialists has skyrocketed. With its thriving tech quarter and dedication to higher schooling, Ireland has emerged as a leading vacation spot for worldwide college students pursuing cybersecurity courses. Whether you're interested in safeguarding digital structures or working on the slicing edge of cyber protection, Ireland offers world-class opportunities for college students to excel in the area.

This blog will explore why Ireland is an excellent destination for studying cybersecurity, highlight the top universities and programs, and provide essential details to help international students navigate their journey toward a successful career in this fast-growing field.

Why Study Cybersecurity in Ireland?

1. Booming Tech Industry

Ireland is home to the European headquarters of some of the world’s largest tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter. These companies not only generate a high demand for cybersecurity experts but also invest in cutting-edge technologies and offer extensive internship and job placement opportunities for graduates.

2. Government Support for Cybersecurity

Ireland’s government has dedicated to improving its cybersecurity infrastructure through country-wide regulations and funding. Initiatives including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) focus on developing cybersecurity frameworks and guides for higher education institutions, making sure wealthy getting-to-know surroundings for college students.

3. Quality Education and Globally Recognized Degrees

Irish universities are famous for his or her rigorous instructional standards and studies-driven schooling. Cybersecurity guides are designed to equip students with both theoretical information and arms-on revel in. Many Irish establishments are ranked globally, and their degrees are incredibly regarded across the world, making graduates aggressive in the international task market.

4. International Student-Friendly Policies

Ireland provides welcoming surroundings for global college students, with several scholarships, painting allows, and submit-observe painting visas to be had. Students who entire their ranges can follow for -12 months submit-take a look at work visa, which lets in them gain precious revel in and apply for permanent roles within the country.

5. Thriving Start-up Ecosystem

In addition to being a hub for worldwide tech giants, Ireland has a flourishing start-up scene. Dublin, especially, is called Europe’s "Silicon Docks," with a plethora of tech Country and incubators. Cybersecurity is a crucial consciousness for lots of those begin-ups, giving students adequate possibilities to interact with progressive initiatives.

Top Universities Offering Cybersecurity Courses in Ireland

Ireland is domestic to numerous universities that provide specialized guides in cybersecurity, ranging from undergraduate stages to grasp programs. Below are a number of the main institutions for cybersecurity education.

1. Dublin City University (DCU)

Program: MSc in Computing (Security and Forensic Computing)

Duration: 1 year full-time

Description: DCU’s MSc in Computing offers a specialization in Security and Forensic Computing. The program focuses on the principles of secure computing, risk management, cryptography, and digital forensics. Students also engage in practical projects, often in collaboration with industry partners.

2. University College Dublin (UCD)

Program: MSc in Computer Science (Security and Forensic Computing)

Duration: 1 year full-time

Description: UCD’s program focuses on the technical aspects of cybersecurity, including secure systems, network security, cryptography, and ethical hacking. The course includes both theoretical studies and practical labs, enabling students to gain hands-on experience in tackling real-world security challenges.

3. National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)

Program: MSc in Computer Science (Cybersecurity) Duration: 1 year full-time Description: NUIG’s MSc in Cybersecurity prepares students for a career in protecting information systems. The program covers topics like malware analysis, secure software design, and incident response, and includes a significant research project in the final semester.

4. Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin)

Program: MSc in Computing (Cybersecurity) Duration: 1 year full-time Description: TU Dublin’s MSc in Cybersecurity provides a strong foundation in network security, ethical hacking, cryptography, and system security. Students work on projects with direct applications in cybersecurity, preparing them for various roles in the tech industry.

5. University of Limerick (UL)

Program: MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Cybersecurity Track) Duration: 1 year full-time Description: UL’s program offers a specialization in cybersecurity within the broader context of artificial intelligence. The curriculum includes subjects such as data security, machine learning applications in cybersecurity, and blockchain technology. It is particularly suited for students interested in the intersection of AI and cybersecurity.

Course Structure and Curriculum

While specific courses vary across universities, most cybersecurity programs in Ireland follow a similar structure that combines both theoretical and practical learning. Here are some of the common topics covered in these courses:

Cryptography and Network Security: Learn approximately encryption methods, secure communications, and protocols that shield statistics from unauthorized right of entry.

Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing: Understand a way to identify vulnerabilities in systems and networks by adopting the mindset of a hacker.

Risk Management and Compliance: Explore a way to assess risks, implement security controls, and ensure compliance with legal guidelines and regulations like GDPR.

Digital Forensics: Study a way to gather, analyze, and maintain virtual proof for prison investigations.

Malware Analysis and Incident Response: Learn how to detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents like ransomware assaults.

Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Delve into how AI and machine mastering are used to expand superior cybersecurity tools.

Blockchain and Secure Systems: Examine the use of the blockchain era in securing facts and transactions.

Career Opportunities for Cybersecurity Graduates in Ireland

Graduates from cybersecurity programs in Ireland are well-located to take on various roles in the tech industry. With organizations, both large and small, putting cybersecurity as a concern, the job marketplace for these professionals is great. Here are a few potential profession paths:

1. Information Security Analyst

Information protection analysts are liable for monitoring and protecting an organization’s computer networks and systems. This position often entails figuring out capacity safety threats and growing response techniques.

2. Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester)

Ethical hackers simulate cyberattacks to locate vulnerabilities in a corporation’s systems. They plan to discover weaknesses earlier than malicious hackers can take advantage of them, supporting organizations to strengthen their security posture.

3. Cybersecurity Consultant

Cybersecurity specialists paintings with distinct companies to assist them broaden and implement security protocols. They investigate an enterprise’s risks and vulnerabilities and offer hints for improving defenses.

4. Digital Forensics Expert

Digital forensics experts concentrate on getting better, studying, and maintaining virtual proof for use in prison cases. They are frequently known as upon to research cybercrimes and discover how attacks have been done.

5. Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

A CISO is a senior-level govt accountable for the overall security strategy of an employer. This role involves overseeing the implementation of protection protocols, dealing with security teams, and responding to security incidents.

6. Security Architect

Security architects design and build the security infrastructure of an organization, ensuring that all components—from hardware to software—are secure from threats.

Scholarships and Financial Aid for International Students

Several Irish universities and authority bodies provide scholarships and monetary useful resources to global college students pursuing cybersecurity guides. Some of the most popular scholarships consist of:

Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships: These scholarships provide complete or partial tuition coverage for college kids from non-EU international locations.

University-Specific Scholarships: Many universities, including UCD and NUIG, offer merit-based scholarships, particularly for international college students.

Tech Industry Scholarships: Some tech companies in Ireland also provide scholarships or funding for students pursuing cybersecurity or related fields.

Conclusion

Ireland is fast becoming a global hub for cybersecurity education, offering international students cutting-edge courses, a thriving tech ecosystem, and excellent career prospects. With strong government support, opportunities for hands-on learning, and a welcoming environment, Ireland is the perfect destination for students looking to make their mark in the world of cybersecurity. Whether you aim to work for a multinational tech company, a start-up, or pursue a career in research, the skills and qualifications gained from studying in Ireland will give you a competitive edge in this dynamic and growing field.

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