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Game Master Akuma AU by crisisdparity

Xavier Duchamp was rather proud of himself. What he had before him was an absolute masterpiece of a campaign if he did say so himself. The product of over six months of study, research, and rebalancing efforts followed by two weeks of discussion with his five players to hash out schedules, meeting times, characters, backstories, potential character arcs, and getting them set up with a messaging app that was really good for sending discrete messages between the GM and the players. Valentine and her boyfriend Justin were onboard in an instant. Within days, he’d greenlighted their Half-Elf Bard of the College of Glamour whose spell list was 100% Illusion spells and Half-Orc Fighter (Eldritch Knight) who was focusing entirely on Abjuration as Rena Rouge and Carapace respectively. Olivia had spent a few days coming up with a Halfling Rogue and debating subclasses with him until settling on Scout. Along with some discussion over how her special magic item’s stunning and paralysis effect would work with Sneak Attack, the campaign had its Vesperia. Jeanette had gone back and forth with him for a week looking at various homebrew subclasses for her Gnome Artificer before they both agreed on one particular Master Tinkerer entry that would be balanced and do the character justice. And with that they had their Ladybug. Even Matt was on board with a stealthy human Chat the Barbarian using the Path of the Beast. The class choice was something Matt had insisted on (and that Xavier would have suggested anyway just for the high hit point totals given Matt’s history with characters dying) and he’d even come up with a backstory that Xavier felt was quite compelling compared to Matt’s usual efforts. Morally ambiguous, likely to be tempted by promises of power, but with a great deal of story potential to work with. Which was a relief. Getting a new player into their group to replace Matt was not something Xavier really felt comfortable with. There were too many unknowns with introducing a new person, far too many for him to risk his masterpiece on an unknown factor. He knew Matt. He could work with Matt. Despite the history. He’d put everything he had into this. Every known Akuma ever fought by the heroes had been made into a boss-tier foe. He’d carefully documented each and every power the heroes had shown to craft special legendary magic items based on the Miraculous. Hawkmoth and Mayura themselves were going to be the final bosses of his campaign. In response to criticism about the difficulty of his campaigns (he tried to make them fair, but still challenging enough to be memorable), he’d made several guest NPCs based on every other hero that had ever been called upon, statted out like player characters that might show up in a pinch to help. He even had a genuine Deus ex Machina that he was ready to use to get the players out of a truly impossible jam if they found themselves in one. Not always, but a few times at least. Enough to get them to the point where they wouldn’t need it anymore. —– It was thirty minutes in, right in the middle of exposition from the Guardian NPC, when Xavier got his first message on the app. Matt/Chat - Chat’s going to wait until everyone breaks up and follow Ladybug stealthily. Xavier/GM - Starting party conflict on the first session? Not what I’d advise, but it’s your character. Go ahead and make your Stealth roll now. Matt/Chat - <photo> 17 Xavier/GM - Yeah, that beats everyone’s passive Perception easily. You’ll sneak off handily without anyone noticing. —– “Jeanette, Ladybug is grabbed from behind by an unknown assailant. Roll to resist the grapple.” “Geez, already? Okay, what did my assailant get for their grapple? How screwed am I?” Xavier pretended to roll a die while consulting the message from Matt. “19.” “Okay, difficult, but not undoable… Crap.” “What’d you get?” “Nat 1…” “Hah! I rip off her earrings and claim them for myself! The Wish is mine!” “Seriously Matt?! What the hell?!” “Because it’s payback time! Payback for every character of mine killed in these hellish

campaigns!” “Oh, come on! You’re not the only person whose had a character die at this table! <GM> runs some pretty challenging campaigns, but they’re always fair!” “What about the time he killed Allric the Allmighty in a single round of combat?” “Dude, you tried to Leroy Jenkins straight into melee with a 4th-level Wizard that had a CON penalty. Even at full health you had like 10 hp.” “14!” “Not much better, dude.” “Guys, it’s fine. I can handle this. Okay, Matt. Chat the Barbarian managed to get the earrings-” “Yeah, Ladybug screams bloody murder when he rips them out. Good luck getting out of this in one piece.” “The moment Rena hears Ladybug scream, she bolts for the sound.” “So does Carapace.” “Vesperia too.” “-and with their current locations and movement speeds, I assume you’re all using the Dash action?, you’ve got maybe one round to decide on your Wish before they’re all over you, so choose carefully. And be aware that I plan to grant whatever you wish for in the worst possible way, just as I would if any of the others pulled this.” “Rena screams ‘What the HELL, Chat?! We’re supposed to protect the Miraculous, not use them for our own selfish purposes! Didn’t you listen to the Guardian? Such actions always bring misfortune upon those who misuse the Miraculous!’” “Because I am Chat, avatar of Destruction and I WISH THIS WORLD NEVER EXISTED!” There was dead silence at the table. “Matt… What… just… WHAT?!” “Hah! You like that?! How does it feel now that the shoe’s on the other foot, huh?!” “What the hell is your problem, Matt?!” “My problem? MY problem?! Do you know how much time I’ve spent making characters for these shitty campaigns only to have them turned into paste in one session?!” “Because you made primary spellcasters and played every last one of them like a barbarian, charging in headfirst without thinking! All of us breathed a sigh of relief when you revealed that your character finally matched your playstyle!” “I HATE BARBARIANS! THEY’RE BORING! I SHOULD GET TO PLAY CHARACTERS THAT CAN AT LEAST CHUCK FIREBALLS!” “THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP RUNNING THEM FACE FIRST INTO ENEMY SWORDS!” “NONE OF YOU COULD EVER HANDLE THE FACT THE I MAKE MORE AWESOME CHARACTERS THAN ANY OF YOU, SO YOU JUST LET THIS DOUCHEBAG KILL THEM OFF SO YOU WOULDN’T GET OVERSHADOWED BY HOW AMAZING I AM! WELL NOW I KILLED SOMETHING YOU ALL WORKED HARD ON, SO SUCK IT! I’M DONE WITH ALL OF YOU FOREVER!” “MATT! HEY! GET BACK HERE YOU JERK! MATT!” “Crap, I think Olivia might actually kill him this time…” “It’s going to take all of us to stop her from getting arrested at least.” Xavier just watched numbly as the rest of the group ran out of his apartment. Over six months of work. Gone in less than an hour. He’d given so much to making sure this would work. He’d apologized to Matt at least twice for every character of his that had died to get him to come back. He’d agreed to demand after demand just to keep a familiar face on board, never dreaming he’d pull something like this. He’d nearly gotten fired from his job trying to rearrange his schedule to fit with everyone else’s. They’d somehow, miraculously, gotten the whole day with no other obligations among any of them and decided to make the first session a true marathon. They’d meet in the morning after breakfast and eat both lunch and dinner at the game table before calling it a night late in the evening. It was barely 10:00 in the morning and the whole campaign he’d slaved over for months was kaput. He never noticed the butterfly landing on his custom Miraculous-themed Game Master screen and being absorbed into it. “Game Master, I am Hawkmoth. Few people appreciate the kind of effort that goes into making something truly grand and memorable. I shall give you the power to bring your entire world to life and in return, I ask only for a few simple things.” This was wrong. Hawkmoth was the worst of the worst. The kind of person who would be at home among all the final bosses he’d ever made for his campaigns. Heartless, manipulative, cruel. “Not

enough? Ah, but what is a game without players? How would you like to have the Miraculous heroes themselves run your great campaign? Surely they would be far more appreciative than those ungrateful peons that left you alone with nothing but the broken remains of your efforts.” He knew all these things, but the allure of bringing the world he’d spent so much time on to life… What creator could ever turn down an offer like that? “I, the Game Master, accept… Hawkmoth.” “Excellent. And in exchange, you shall bring me one of two things: The Miraculous, or the identities of their wielders.” “No.” Hawkmoth was silent for a moment. “I beg your pardon?” “I said no. I am the Game Master. I make the world. I craft the challenges. I decide the rewards. But I do not do anything for anyone. If you want these things, get them yourself.” “If you refuse me, it shall be very unpleasant for you.” “No. As Game Master, I decide the limits of all powers within my realm. And I decide that you have none over me.” And with that, he unleashed his creation over all of Paris, drawing everyone and everything within into his sphere of influence. —– Ladybug blinked the spots (ha) out of her eyes as the flash of light died down and looked at herself. She didn’t remember transforming, but she was clearly in her spots. Except her red and black superhero uniform didn’t usually look like it was headed to a steampunk convention. Looking around, she tried to figure out what had happened and her eyes landed on a familiar belt and pants combo. Problem. Whoever this was, their groin was at eye level for her. She looked up. And up. To find a grinning Chat Noir, sans anything resembling a shirt and having put on at least a foot of height and apparently a hundred pounds of pure muscle, grinning down at her. “How’s the weather down there?” Chat Noir chuckled as he flexed his unfairly attractive muscleman physique. “I WILL END YOU!” the heroine snarled, already 100% done with whatever new insanity Hawkmoth had cooked up. Characters: Ladybug - Gnome Artificer (Master Tinkerer - Homebrew) Chat Noir - Human Barbarian (Path of the Beast) —– Vesperia had to admit, as Akuma attacks went, this was pretty dope. She was currently a halfling. A halfling! If it wasn’t for her fantasy ensemble being yellow and black, she’d have thought she stepped straight out of Lord of the Rings. Of course, fantasy setting or not, there were still things she’d have rather left back in the real world. Like racism. And stigma against mixed couples. Not directed at her, but rather at the two walking down the street next to her. “You know, people are staring…” she said as she craned her head to look at her companions. “Let them,” the Half-Elf Rena Rouge (who looked like a cross between a musician and a belly dancer) said from her perch atop the shoulders of the heavily armored (and surprisingly buff) Half-Orc Carapace. “They’re just jealous because their boyfriends can’t carry them everywhere.” Characters: Vesperia - Halfling Rogue (Scout) Rena Rouge - Half-Elf Bard (College of Glamour) Carapace - Half-Orc Fighter (Eldritch Knight) —– Ryuko blinked as she studied the apparent snake-man-thing before her who claimed to be Viperion. She lifted a hand to study it and found what appeared to be bronze scales covering every inch of her skin. She sniffed herself, smelling the sharp tang of ozone. What was she? And why did she appear to be wearing wooden armor? Characters: Ryuko - Dragonborn (bronze) Druid (Circle of Storms - Third Party) Viperion - Naga Sorcerer (Divination Magic - Homebrew) —– Polymouse giggled as her friends ran over her. Okay, she’d freaked out a little to find a swarm of mice (with hair like hers no less) crawling all over her surprisingly mouse-like body when she’d come to in the middle of some forest somewhere. But she’d gotten over it pretty quickly. It helped that her new friends were adorable. It might help more if she could figure out where she was. Or find another person. Characters: Polymouse - Kobold

(rodentlike) Ranger (Swarmkeeper - Reskinned) —– Purple Tigress sighed as she felt the hair (fur?) on the top of her head being shifted around and twitched her new catlike ears in mild annoyance. “Are you quite done?” “Almost!” Pigella’s cheerful voice answered. “Your fur is so comfy!” Tigress sighed. Of course Pigella would end up being a fairy, and having her normal cheerful enthusiasm cranked up to previously unimagined levels. “I love you dearly, but if you start shouting 'hey listen’ I will stick you in a bottle.” “Aw, I love you too! Hey, what’s that?” “I think it’s my character sheet?” Characters: Purple Tigress - Tabaxi Paladin (Oath of Glory) Pigella - Fairy Cleric (Order Domain - Reskinned) —– “According to my analysis, we have been placed into what appears to be a Dungeons and Dragons campaign under 5th edition rules,” Pegasus stated in a mechanical monotone. “I am apparently a Warforged Wizard using the School of Conjuration whose spells create portals to bridge dimensions and summon or banish my intended targets. You are what is known as a Simic Hybrid, with the class of Monk, following the Way of the Drunken Master.” “Aweshum,” King Monkey slurred, his generally human appearance clad in monk’s robes marred by his monkey-like hands and feet as well as the monkey tail swishing behind him. “Why do you keep slurring like that? According to my sensors, your gourd is filled with only water.” “Gotta keep up appearanshes!” King Monkey grinned as he continued faking drunkenness. Characters: Pegasus - Warforged Wizard (School of Conjuration - Reskinned) King Monkey - Simic Hybrid Monk (Way of the Drunken Master) —– Hawkmoth studied the dark red horns growing out of his head in the mirror. The change in appearance was disconcerting, but he felt a rush of power in this new form that he’d never felt before. “Hmm… perhaps I can work with this…” “Speak for yourself…” Mayura muttered off to the side, ruffling her peacock-like feathers in annoyance as she tried to glare at the beak on her own face. Characters: Hawkmoth - Tiefling Dark Lord, Warlock Patron, Contracted by Lila Rossi, Volpina, Queen Wasp, and many others. Mayura - Kenku Assistant to the Dark Lord, Creator of Monsters —– “Oh, come on!” A figure in a cyan and white hooded robe complained as they waved a similarly colored umbrella around angrily. “Everyone else gets to be part of this adventure, why can’t I join them?” “Because you’re too OP. You’d completely break everything and remove all challenge from the adventure.” “But sitting around is no fun at all!” “If you like, I can put you in the position of the main quest giver. Your job would be to direct them towards their enemies and means of becoming stronger.” “That’s it?! I’m on 'mysterious hooded figure’ duty? Boo! Why can’t I fight with them?!” “Because you’re too OP. But if you insist, I’ll allow some Deus ex Machina interventions.” “YES!” “Five.” “I’m sorry?” “I’ll allow five interventions at your discretion to aid them when they are in peril. Once you have come to their aid five times, I will allow no more meetings save to impart quest information.” “That’s it?” “Yes. Choose your interventions wisely.” “So… if I manage to save one for when they fight Hawmoth and Mayura in the final battle…?” “Then I would allow you to join them of course.” “Score!” Characters: Bunnyx: Mysterious Hooded Figure, Deus-ex-Machina (5) Game Master: Akuma Lord of the Miraculous Campaign —– Addendum When the Game Master is finally purified and the damage reversed, it turns out that he took the effort to trap all of Paris in a temporal stasis bubble so that no matter how long passed inside no more than a few moments passed outside. Meaning that after what seemed like months in the bubble, it’s basically less than a minute after he was akumatized when everything is put back. All his friends, minus Matt, come back in bringing a new person named Zack that they vetted themselves to take Matt’s place in case he pulled something like what he did. And while he

has a similar playstyle to Matt, he’s savvy enough to know what kind of characters that is suited for and he loves playing barbarians. They all sit back down and restart the game they were all looking forward to.

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oh wow- that’s- wow. good job dude, seems like you worked on this a lot. Next time You should post this on your own account though, as this isn’t getting tagged or anything. Thank you though, you did a good job with this.

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crisisdparity · 3 years ago

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Game Master Akuma AU

(Note: Originally submitted to @justanotherpersonsuniverse, on their advice I will be using my own tumblr for anything in the future related to this AU.)

Valentine and her boyfriend Justin were onboard in an instant. Within days, he'd greenlighted their Half-Elf Bard of the College of Glamour whose spell list was 100% Illusion spells and Half-Orc Fighter (Eldritch Knight) who was focusing entirely on Abjuration as Rena Rouge and Carapace respectively.

Olivia had spent a few days coming up with a Halfling Rogue and debating subclasses with him until settling on Scout. Along with some discussion over how her special magic item's stunning and paralysis effect would work with Sneak Attack, the campaign had its Vesperia.

Jeanette had gone back and forth with him for a week looking at various homebrew subclasses for her Gnome Artificer before they both agreed on one particular Master Tinkerer entry that would be balanced and do the character justice. And with that they had their Ladybug.

Even Matt was on board with a stealthy human Chat the Barbarian using the Path of the Beast. The class choice was something Matt had insisted on (and that Xavier would have suggested anyway just for the high hit point totals given Matt's history with characters dying) and he'd even come up with a backstory that Xavier felt was quite compelling compared to Matt's usual efforts. Morally ambiguous, likely to be tempted by promises of power, but with a great deal of story potential to work with.

Which was a relief. Getting a new player into their group to replace Matt was not something Xavier really felt comfortable with. There were too many unknowns with introducing a new person, far too many for him to risk his masterpiece on an unknown factor. He knew Matt. He could work with Matt. Despite the history.

He'd put everything he had into this. Every known Akuma ever fought by the heroes had been made into a boss-tier foe. He'd carefully documented each and every power the heroes had shown to craft special legendary magic items based on the Miraculous. Hawkmoth and Mayura themselves were going to be the final bosses of his campaign.

In response to criticism about the difficulty of his campaigns (he tried to make them fair, but still challenging enough to be memorable), he'd made several guest NPCs based on every other hero that had ever been called upon, statted out like player characters that might show up in a pinch to help. He even had a genuine Deus ex Machina that he was ready to use to get the players out of a truly impossible jam if they found themselves in one.

Not always, but a few times at least. Enough to get them to the point where they wouldn't need it anymore.

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It was thirty minutes in, right in the middle of exposition from the Guardian NPC, when Xavier got his first message on the app.

Matt/Chat - Chat's going to wait until everyone breaks up and follow Ladybug stealthily.

Xavier/GM - Starting party conflict on the first session? Not what I'd advise, but it's your character. Go ahead and make your Stealth roll now.

Matt/Chat - <photo> 17

Xavier/GM - Yeah, that beats everyone's passive Perception easily. You'll sneak off handily without anyone noticing.

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"Jeanette, Ladybug is grabbed from behind by an unknown assailant. Roll to resist the grapple."

"Geez, already? Okay, what did my assailant get for their grapple? How screwed am I?"

Xavier pretended to roll a die while consulting the message from Matt.

"19."

"Okay, difficult, but not undoable... Crap."

"What'd you get?"

"Nat 1..."

"Hah! I rip off her earrings and claim them for myself! The Wish is mine!"

"Seriously Matt?! What the hell?!"

"Because it's payback time! Payback for every character of mine killed in these hellish campaigns!"

"Oh, come on! You're not the only person whose had a character die at this table! Xavier runs some pretty challenging campaigns, but they're always fair!"

"What about the time he killed Allric the Allmighty in a single round of combat?"

"Dude, you tried to Leroy Jenkins straight into melee with a 4th-level Wizard that had a CON penalty. Even at full health you had like 10 hp."

"14!"

"Not much better, dude."

"Guys, it's fine. I can handle this. Okay, Matt. Chat the Barbarian managed to get the earrings-"

"Yeah, Ladybug screams bloody murder when he rips them out. Good luck getting out of this in one piece."

"The moment Rena hears Ladybug scream, she bolts for the sound."

"So does Carapace."

"Vesperia too."

"-and with their current locations and movement speeds, I assume you're all using the Dash action?, you've got maybe one round to decide on your Wish before they're all over you, so choose carefully. And be aware that I plan to grant whatever you wish for in the worst possible way, just as I would if any of the others pulled this."

"Rena screams 'What the HELL, Chat?! We're supposed to protect the Miraculous, not use them for our own selfish purposes! Didn't you listen to the Guardian? Such actions always bring misfortune upon those who misuse the Miraculous!'"

"Because I am Chat, avatar of Destruction and I WISH THIS WORLD NEVER EXISTED!"

There was dead silence at the table.

"Matt... What... just... WHAT?!"

"Hah! You like that?! How does it feel now that the shoe's on the other foot, huh?!"

"What the hell is your problem, Matt?!"

"My problem? MY problem?! Do you know how much time I've spent making characters for these shitty campaigns only to have them turned into paste in one session?!"

"Because you made primary spellcasters and played every last one of them like a barbarian, charging in headfirst without thinking! All of us breathed a sigh of relief when you revealed that your character finally matched your playstyle!"

"I HATE BARBARIANS! THEY'RE BORING! I SHOULD GET TO PLAY CHARACTERS THAT CAN AT LEAST CHUCK FIREBALLS!"

"THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP RUNNING THEM FACE FIRST INTO ENEMY SWORDS!"

"NONE OF YOU COULD EVER HANDLE THE FACT THE I MAKE MORE AWESOME CHARACTERS THAN ANY OF YOU, SO YOU JUST LET THIS DOUCHEBAG KILL THEM OFF SO YOU WOULDN'T GET OVERSHADOWED BY HOW AMAZING I AM! WELL NOW I KILLED SOMETHING YOU ALL WORKED HARD ON, SO SUCK IT! I'M DONE WITH ALL OF YOU FOREVER!"

"MATT! HEY! GET BACK HERE YOU JERK! MATT!"

"Crap, I think Olivia might actually kill him this time..."

"It's going to take all of us to stop her from getting arrested at least."

Xavier just watched numbly as the rest of the group ran out of his apartment. Over six months of work. Gone in less than an hour.

He'd given so much to making sure this would work. He'd apologized to Matt at least twice for every character of his that had died to get him to come back. He'd agreed to demand after demand just to keep a familiar face on board, never dreaming he'd pull something like this.

He'd nearly gotten fired from his job trying to rearrange his schedule to fit with everyone else's. They'd somehow, miraculously, gotten the whole day with no other obligations among any of them and decided to make the first session a true marathon. They'd meet in the morning after breakfast and eat both lunch and dinner at the game table before calling it a night late in the evening.

It was barely 10:00 in the morning and the whole campaign he'd slaved over for months was kaput.

He never noticed the butterfly landing on his custom Miraculous-themed Game Master screen and being absorbed into it.

"Game Master, I am Hawkmoth. Few people appreciate the kind of effort that goes into making something truly grand and memorable. I shall give you the power to bring your entire world to life and in return, I ask only for a few simple things."

This was wrong. Hawkmoth was the worst of the worst. The kind of person who would be at home among all the final bosses he'd ever made for his campaigns. Heartless, manipulative, cruel.

"Not enough? Ah, but what is a game without players? How would you like to have the Miraculous heroes themselves run your great campaign? Surely they would be far more appreciative than those ungrateful peons that left you alone with nothing but the broken remains of your efforts."

He knew all these things, but the allure of bringing the world he'd spent so much time on to life... What creator could ever turn down an offer like that?

"I, the Game Master, accept... Hawkmoth."

"Excellent. And in exchange, you shall bring me one of two things: The Miraculous, or the identities of their wielders."

"No."

Hawkmoth was silent for a moment.

"I beg your pardon?"

"I said no. I am the Game Master. I make the world. I craft the challenges. I decide the rewards. But I do not do anything for anyone. If you want these things, get them yourself."

"If you refuse me, it shall be very unpleasant for you."

"No. As Game Master, I decide the limits of all powers within my realm. And I decide that you have none over me."

And with that, he unleashed his creation over all of Paris, drawing everyone and everything within into his sphere of influence.

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Ladybug blinked the spots (ha) out of her eyes as the flash of light died down and looked at herself. She didn't remember transforming, but she was clearly in her spots. Except her red and black superhero uniform didn't usually look like it was headed to a steampunk convention. Looking around, she tried to figure out what had happened and her eyes landed on a familiar belt and pants combo.

Problem. Whoever this was, their groin was at eye level for her.

She looked up.

And up.

To find a grinning Chat Noir, sans anything resembling a shirt and having put on at least a foot of height and apparently a hundred pounds of pure muscle, grinning down at her.

"How's the weather down there?" Chat Noir chuckled as he flexed his unfairly attractive muscleman physique.

"I WILL END YOU!" the heroine snarled, already 100% done with whatever new insanity Hawkmoth had cooked up.

Characters:

Ladybug - Gnome Artificer (Master Tinkerer - Homebrew)

Chat Noir - Human Barbarian (Path of the Beast)

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Vesperia had to admit, as Akuma attacks went, this was pretty dope.

She was currently a halfling. A halfling! If it wasn't for her fantasy ensemble being yellow and black, she'd have thought she stepped straight out of Lord of the Rings.

Of course, fantasy setting or not, there were still things she'd have rather left back in the real world. Like racism. And stigma against mixed couples. Not directed at her, but rather at the two walking down the street next to her.

"You know, people are staring..." she said as she craned her head to look at her companions.

"Let them," the Half-Elf Rena Rouge (who looked like a cross between a musician and a belly dancer) said from her perch atop the shoulders of the heavily armored (and surprisingly buff) Half-Orc Carapace. "They're just jealous because their boyfriends can't carry them everywhere."

Characters:

Vesperia - Halfling Rogue (Scout)

Rena Rouge - Half-Elf Bard (College of Glamour)

Carapace - Half-Orc Fighter (Eldritch Knight)

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Ryuko blinked as she studied the apparent snake-man-thing before her who claimed to be Viperion. She lifted a hand to study it and found what appeared to be bronze scales covering every inch of her skin.

She sniffed herself, smelling the sharp tang of ozone. What was she?

And why did she appear to be wearing wooden armor?

Characters:

Ryuko - Dragonborn (bronze) Druid (Circle of Storms - Third Party)

Viperion - Naga Sorcerer (Divination Magic - Homebrew)

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Polymouse giggled as her friends ran over her. Okay, she'd freaked out a little to find a swarm of mice (with hair like hers no less) crawling all over her surprisingly mouse-like body when she'd come to in the middle of some forest somewhere. But she'd gotten over it pretty quickly. It helped that her new friends were adorable.

It might help more if she could figure out where she was.

Or find another person.

Characters:

Polymouse - Kobold (rodentlike) Ranger (Swarmkeeper - Reskinned)

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Purple Tigress sighed as she felt the hair (fur?) on the top of her head being shifted around and twitched her new catlike ears in mild annoyance.

"Are you quite done?"

"Almost!" Pigella's cheerful voice answered. "Your fur is so comfy!"

Tigress sighed. Of course Pigella would end up being a fairy, and having her normal cheerful enthusiasm cranked up to previously unimagined levels.

"I love you dearly, but if you start shouting 'hey listen' I will stick you in a bottle."

"Aw, I love you too! Hey, what's that?"

"I think it's my character sheet?"

Characters:

Purple Tigress - Tabaxi Paladin (Oath of Glory)

Pigella - Fairy Cleric (Order Domain - Reskinned)

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"According to my analysis, we have been placed into what appears to be a Dungeons and Dragons campaign under 5th edition rules," Pegasus stated in a mechanical monotone. "I am apparently a Warforged Wizard using the School of Conjuration whose spells create portals to bridge dimensions and summon or banish my intended targets. You are what is known as a Simic Hybrid, with the class of Monk, following the Way of the Drunken Master."

"Aweshum," King Monkey slurred, his generally human appearance clad in monk's robes marred by his monkey-like hands and feet as well as the monkey tail swishing behind him.

"Why do you keep slurring like that? According to my sensors, your gourd is filled with only water."

"Gotta keep up appearanshes!" King Monkey grinned as he continued faking drunkenness.

Characters:

Pegasus - Warforged Wizard (School of Conjuration - Reskinned)

King Monkey - Simic Hybrid Monk (Way of the Drunken Master)

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Hawkmoth studied the dark red horns growing out of his head in the mirror. The change in appearance was disconcerting, but he felt a rush of power in this new form that he'd never felt before.

"Hmm... perhaps I can work with this..."

"Speak for yourself..." Mayura muttered off to the side, ruffling her peacock-like feathers in annoyance as she tried to glare at the beak on her own face.

Characters:

Hawkmoth - Tiefling Dark Lord, Warlock Patron, Contracted by Lila Rossi, Volpina, Queen Wasp, and many others.

Mayura - Kenku Assistant to the Dark Lord, Creator of Monsters

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"Oh, come on!" A figure in a cyan and white hooded robe complained as they waved a similarly colored umbrella around angrily. "Everyone else gets to be part of this adventure, why can't I join them?"

"Because you're too OP. You'd completely break everything and remove all challenge from the adventure."

"But sitting around is no fun at all!"

"If you like, I can put you in the position of the main quest giver. Your job would be to direct them towards their enemies and means of becoming stronger."

"That's it?! I'm on 'mysterious hooded figure' duty? Boo! Why can't I fight with them?!"

"Because you're too OP. But if you insist, I'll allow some Deus ex Machina interventions."

"YES!"

"Five."

"I'm sorry?"

"I'll allow five interventions at your discretion to aid them when they are in peril. Once you have come to their aid five times, I will allow no more meetings save to impart quest information."

"That's it?"

"Yes. Choose your interventions wisely."

"So... if I manage to save one for when they fight Hawmoth and Mayura in the final battle...?"

"Then I would allow you to join them of course."

"Score!"

Characters:

Bunnyx: Mysterious Hooded Figure, Deus-ex-Machina (5)

Game Master: Akuma Lord of the Miraculous Campaign

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Addendum

When the Game Master is finally purified and the damage reversed, it turns out that he took the effort to trap all of Paris in a temporal stasis bubble so that no matter how long passed inside no more than a few moments passed outside. Meaning that after what seemed like months in the bubble, it's basically less than a minute after he was akumatized when everything is put back.

All his friends, minus Matt, come back in bringing a new person named Zack that they vetted themselves to take Matt's place in case he pulled something like what he did. And while he has a similar playstyle to Matt, he's savvy enough to know what kind of characters that is suited for and he loves playing barbarians.

They all sit back down and restart the game they were all looking forward to.

#game master akuma au #miraculous ladybug #fanfic #writings

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breadknight-likes-things · 4 years ago

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Bread’s Game Journal 11/10/20: PS4? More Like PS-Bore? No, The PS4 Actually Is Good As Hell.

The PS4, the soon to be old generation of Playstation consoles, was one hell of a great system. It took a little while to get going, and it’s launch lineup wasn’t exactly a strong start, but when you look at the sheer amount of incredible games that came out over the last seven years, you wonder how we ever came across the absurd amount of riches that were the PS4.

Just real quick, let’s list off some of the incredible games that came out on the PS4 shall we? The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOOM 2016, Bloodborne, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, The Last of Us Part 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, and so many more that I could genuinely just spend this entire post listing them off. The point is, the amount of genuine masterpiece video games that released on this thing is nothing short of astounding.

Special mention, I think, should be made of Uncharted 4 (and by extension it’s expansion pack/follow up Uncharted The Lost Legacy), which is one of my favorite PS4 games in general, and maybe my top game of the generation, but that would be a whole other very long article!

However, before the PS4 really kicked off into its golden age, it had a rougher beginning than i think a lot of people tend to remember. Coming out of E3 2013, the playing field for the new consoles was set, and Sony was significantly ahead. Microsoft had badly bungled the messaging behind the Xbox One, and many people still believed that the system level aggressive DRM present on the console in the initial reveal, was still a part of that console experience. It wasn’t, but crucially, the Xbox One was still perceived by people to be a far weaker console on top of costing $100 more.

Enter Sony, with a PR focus on letting people know that their console was meant to do exactly one thing: play video games. Even with said focus however, when you look back at the launch lineup of the PS4, you don’t exactly see a very pretty picture. Yes, you had your smattering of third party support, but the exclusives present for that first day were....Knack and Killzone Shadowfall. To be fair to Knack, that game is actually decently entertaining, and it’s status as a meme is largely just the internet being weird, but Killzone was bad game, and unless you were eager to run out and buy a marginally better looking (but, and believe me here, no better running) version of Assassin’s Creed 4 or Lego Marvel Super Heroes, you really didn’t have much to play.

In the end however, I wound up with 88 (Physical) PS4 games before the end of the generation, easily a personal record.

In fact, this drought of good to great games, things that you bought the console for, would continue well into 2014, so what happened to turn it around? 2015 happened. Bloodborne, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, Batman Arkham Knight, Metal Gear Solid V, Fallout 4, the list goes on. Game after game hit the PS4 in 2015, and we finally got to widely see why this new console mattered, why it was different! After that, the quality really didn’t stop or slow up for a very long time! We just kept having jam packed fall seasons of games that provided us all with extremely great experiences! While we didn’t quite see as many new IP’s, we saw a lot of the existing ones go through radical reinventions, or roar back to life in ways that we didn’t expect, and the result was almost always surprising in a positive way!

The PS4 didn’t really rock the boat in terms of features, I think the wide aversion to the attempted gimmicks of the PS3 scared Sony away from those, but it did exactly what any great video game console should do first and foremost. Give us a great place to play video games! If the PS5 achieves nothing else, I only hope that it continues on the PS4′s streak of consistent quality, because with that alone, I think we’ll all be primed to have a good time.

#video games #ps4 #xbox one #bread's game journal #game journal #breads game journal #sony playstation #ps4 exclusive #ps4 games #ps4 pro #gaming #sony #playstation #playstation games #ps5 #ps5 launch #playstation retrospective

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imperfekti · 5 years ago

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Tenipuri Party: Fuji Shuusuke profile translation

TN:

In the absence of an official English version, this translation is intended to help those who can’t read the material in the original language. Please support Tenipuri by getting your own copy of this book - it is worth it! There are various ways of purchasing it even for those not living in or visiting Japan.

The pictures I have included in this post do not show full pages.

On the translation: I’m aiming for a more direct, “Japanese-sounding” translation to share the mood of the content more as it is. This will probably cause some sentences to appear weird in English.

On Fuji’s style of speech: he uses a lot of little additions that soften the tone, and most of them are pretty hard to include in English. In general his style of speech is a balance of casual but polite.

I’m still working on Japanese, so there might be mistakes. Please let me know if you spot any translation errors so I can fix them here!

Fuji Shuusuke

U-17 Japan representative player, middle schooler Seishun Gakuen Middle-school player

Towards the distant sky, reflected in the mind’s eye -- A noble youth, soaring like a refreshing breeze

Message

“This kind of wonderful placement… it’s rare to get to taste it. Everyone, thank you so much. I’ll have to meet those expectations. (*1) Following the guidepost that I have made myself… I swear I’ll advance to greater heights. I’ll definitely show a new scenery to you too.”

Extra prize: a surprise box decorated with memorable photos “There are even balloons attached to it. An exciting, heart-warming gift. The music box’s tune was to my liking, too.”

Profile

[DATA] Middle-school 3rd year / February 29 (Pisces) / Blood type B / 167 cm / 53 kg / Right-handed

Special techniques: Tsubame gaeshi, Higuma otoshi, Hakugei, Kagerou tsutsumi, Houou gaeshi, Kirin otoshi, Hakuryuu, Hecatoncheires no monban, Hoshi hanabi, Closed eye (*2), Aoi fubuki, Hikari kaze

Play style: Counter puncher

Family: Father, mother, older sister, younger brother

Father’s occupation: company employee (foreign company)

Hobbies: Collecting cacti, photography

Favourite saying: What is important is invisible to the eye

Favourite color: Beige

Favourite foods: All spicy foods, 100% apple juice

Favourite book: Travel journals, travel photo books

Favourite music: Celtic music

Preferred type of person: A person who smells like flowers

Preferred date spot: An observatory where you can see stars clearly

Most wanted thing right now: Stimulus (*3)

Weakness: Sour things

Elementary school: Seishun Dai Daisan Elementary School

Committee: Graduation album committee

Strong subjects: Classics

Weak subjects: Science

Often-visited place in school: Photography room

Uses allowance on: Taking care of cacti

Skills beyond tennis: Winter sports, recognising constellations

His routines during tournaments: Drinking coffee from all over the world, contacting his brother

Favourite anniversary: Birthday of the person he likes

Preferred travel destination: Salar de Uyuni on a night with shooting stars

Present for a special person: A ring made of flowers

Scenes

For Fuji-senshu, who had specialised in counter tennis, a certain incident at the U-17 camp became an impetus for an awakening. (*4) Making the Critical wind ‘Aoi fubuki’ his new weapon, he changed his style greatly into offensive tennis.

(Quotes on pictures:) “Tensai Fuji Shuusuke.” “Now, shall we go one more time…” “Was there this kind of an tensai sleeping in Seigaku?” “This team reaching the nationals championship, that’s my wish!” “Game and set… won by Fuji Shuusuke…” “Critical wind ‘Aoi fubuki’” “One of the Critical winds, ‘Hikari kaze’” “I’ve already stopped playing just defensive tennis.”

Sparked by a certain oath, I began to aim for my own guidepost

Currently, both among fans and people involved, Fuji-senshu’s change to offensive tennis has become a topic of discussion. Was there some impetus for this?

An impetus? Well… I exchanged private oaths with a certain person - is all I think I’ll say here. Fufu.

An oath...? Please give us at least a hint!

Well, just a little, then… Before, I used to draw out the opponent’s strongest skills, felt the thrill of defeating them with a counter, and enjoyed myself like that. But in the end, that depended on the opponent. The guideposts you need to traverse on mountains, you have to find by yourself - that is what I understood.

About Fuji-senshu’s new technique, “Hikari kaze”. How are you able to react like that?

By ascertaining the opponent’s muscle movements and breathing, the moment that information is intracerebrally linked as an image, it’s as if time stops and all noises and the scenery of your surroundings disappear - only the trajectory of the shot the opponent has hit emerges as an signpost of light. So, from now on too, I will follow the guidepost I’ve found by myself, and am aiming to go beyond my limits.

Then, to finish, your objective from here on out is… eh, you already talked about that just now, didn't you?

Yes. I determined the next question before it was asked, and responded to it.

As expected of the prodigy Fuji. You got me there.

Message for Fuji Shuusuke

I thought you seem like you’d be popular with the girls. Alles gute! (Bismarck)

Congratulatiooons! By the way, show me your homework for the report next week ☆ (Kikumaru)

I made a lot of wasabi sushi as congratulations, so please eat them. (Kawamura)

I need to update my data. Congratulations. (Inui)

As expected, Fuji. Next time, let’s play until we are satisfied. (Tezuka)

It’s not something anyone can do. My respects. (Kaidou)

Congratulations Fuji-senpai! I won’t lose next time! (Momoshiro)

Not bad. But, please be prepared that I’ll snatch that from you one of these days. (Echizen)

Hooray! Should we take a memorial photo with everyone! (Ooishi)

I’m amazed. I feel like I’ve caught a glimpse of your hidden inner strength. (Duke)

Congratulations, you are the pride of Japan. (Noa)

Party talk

Q: What was your family’s reaction to the placement this time? A: I think my sister said ‘as expected of my little brother’. Yuuta… He was here, so I’ll ask right now. Hey, Yuuta --!

Q: Th-that bright red food…? A: I wanted to taste even more wonderful, stimulating foods. What about you?

Q: The singing performance just now was lovely! A: Being the first to go on the stage… it was thrilling and fun. (*5)

Q: Who have you talked with, and what was the topic? A: Member of staff, Oliver-san taught me about places near the tournament venue where you can see the starry sky well.

Q: During the sideshow, you took a picture of the audience, didn’t you. A: Because it’s rare to see Tezuka making that kind of an expression.

Q: Is there anything that has piqued your interest in the venue? A: That flower stand with cacti, I wonder which country it’s from… Tube?

History

Age 0 February 29 Birth

Age 4 After napping with Yuuta, is frightened by Yuuta who saw a bad dream and tears up

Age 8 Goes out sea bathing with Yuuta and Saeki

Age 9 Gets a camera from grandfather, starts taking pictures Is deeply impressed by the form of a swallow (tsubame) found in an aquarium

Age 12 March Graduates from Seishun Dai Daisan Elementary School

April Enters Seishun Gakuen Middle School Division Plays against Tezuka, is not satisfied

August Goes to Kawamura's house for the first time, wasabi sushi is made for him

December After Yuuta ran away from home, searches for him all through the night in the snow

Age 13 March The extremely spicy food he makes at gratitude-party is unpopular

April Proceeds to second year in middle school

June During the athletic festival cavalry battle, has a showdown against Tezuka (unsettled)

July Is scouted at his older sister's commemorative publication autograph signing party

February Succeeds(?) in a triple spin jump at the neighbourhood skating rink

Age 14 April Proceeds to third year in middle school Kikumaru, now in the same class, comes over to play for one consecutive week

May Start of the Tokyo Prefectural District Preliminaries Plays against Gyokurin in the quarterfinals, wins against Nakano in S1 Advances to the Semi-Finals November Plays against Mizunofuchi in the semifinals, wins against Egawa, Yamanishi pair in D2 Plays against Fudomine in the finals, defeated by Ishida-Sakurai pair in D2 by forfeit Wins the Tokyo Prefectural District Preliminaries championship, has a celebration at "Kawamura Sushi"

June Start of the Tokyo Prefectural Tournament Plays against Kamata in the Third Round, wins against Ishizaki in S3 Plays against Akiyama Third in the Fourth Round, wins against Morishima-Nishikawa pair in D2 Plays against St. Rudolph in the quarterfinals, wins against Mizuki in S2 Plays games with Yuuta who came to stay at home, loses Plays against Yamabuki in the Finals, defeated by Nitobe-Kita pair in D2 Wins the Tokyo Prefectural Tournament championship

July Start of the Kantou Tournament Plays against Hyoutei in the first round, wins against Akutagawa in S2 Bowling tournament with the Regulars Plays against Rokkaku in the semifinals, wins against Saeki-Itsuki pair in D1

July 27 Plays against Rikkai in the finals, wins against Kirihara in S2 Wins the Kantou Tournament championship Beach volleyball tournament during the joint training camp with Rokkaku

August 11 During a practice match with Tachibana, his Triple Counters are broken

August 17 Start of the National Tournament Plays against Higa in the second round, wins against Hirakoba-Chinen pair in D2

August 19 Plays against Shitenhouji in the semifinals, defeated by Shiraishi in S3 Participates in the yakiniku battle, drinks Aozu and drops out

August 23 Plays against Rikkai in the finals, wins against Niou in S2 Wins the National Tournament championship Is inspired when visiting a hollyhock gallery with Kawamura

October Is invited to an amusement park by a student whom he saved from groping, but declines

November Participates in the U-17 training camp Wins against Yuuta in the “friendly fire” matches The restaurant’s tabasco runs out, a restriction for use is put in place Plays against Tezuka who is leaving Japan, swears three things

December On the overseas training camp right before the U-17 world cup, faints from eating Akuto meshi at the pick-up tournament In Australia, enjoys coffees from all countries with Jackal U-17 pre-world cup begins Plays against Germany in the first match, wins against Bismarck-Siegfried pair U-17 world cup begins Plays against Australia on the second round of the qualifying league, wins against Mac-Milky pair in D1 Japan is qualified to play in the championship tournament

What I most want to photograph now is Australia’s starry night sky

During the camp and on off days, what do you do for a change of pace?

I guess the main one would be taking pictures. Especially on an overseas trip like this, taking a lot of pictures of sights I don’t usually see arouses my creativity.

Since coming to Australia, what kind of pictures have you taken?

When you go a bit outwards, there’s a desert, so I’ve taken a lot of pictures of cacti. But though you may say “cacti” in one word, there are tall ones, types that have a form that is round like a tennis ball, and so on - there are many different kinds. Besides that, I took pictures of koalas. Tanegashima-san recommended a good place to me… I could even hold them in my arms, so I had fun. What I’m thinking I most want to photograph next is the starry sky. Since it’s the Southern hemisphere, the scenery of the night sky totally differs from the sky in Japan. The Southern Cross, or capturing the Milky Way - I’d really like to take such pictures.

Do you show the pictures you take to someone?

I often send them to family and friends. I sent a lot of pictures of the koalas to my brother Yuuta, fufufu. It seems my sister likes cacti of weird shapes.

I think the fans also really want to see Fuji-san’s pictures.

I brought many with me today, so sure. I’d be happy if people would like them.

Photo

In Australia When I find the time within the U-17 tournament, I take pictures little by little. Don’t you think this koala looks like Yuuta?

Cacti We often go for walks together. Even if it’s a familiar scenery, it becomes fun when cacti are around.

Family trip A camera is a magical tool that can cut out a scene that will not happen again. I can’t miss doing that when I’m traveling.

Fashion

Fuji really likes knits! Are you wearing the hat with ears that I gave you? (Kikumaru)

I’m not that interested, but protection against cold is important. It’s good to warm your body properly with a stole. (Ochi)

“I guess I wear a lot of clothes in white or beige. Especially in winter, I choose clothes that don’t clash with the snowy scenery.”

“After all, the feel when wearing something is important. Clothes with natural, smooth feeling materials are to my liking.”

Before, he used to wear things like shorts a lot, but it seems that’s not the case anymore. (Saeki)

Room

I’m aiming for a room with a Nordic taste Since around autumn, when I’ve had the time I’ve been changing the design little by little. I found an antique lamp, and I think I want to establish unity by using Nordic furniture. Next to my cacti, plants I got from Yukimura and Shiraishi have joined the group.

TN:

*1 Or “respond to those feelings.”

*2 Furigana says “closed eye”, but the kanji is actually for “kokoro no hitomi”, mind’s eye.

*3 "Shigeki": stimulus, impetus, incentive, encouragement, motivation, provocation, excitement, thrill.

*4 Literally enlightenment, spiritual awakening, opening one’s eyes to the truth.

*5 It’s not clear whether he is talking about himself, and I haven’t read the overall story yet, so this is my assumption.

#my translation #fuji shuusuke #prince of tennis #new prince of tennis #tenipuri party #tezuka kunimitsu #fuji yuuta #saeki kojirou #otp #tezufuji

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IDOLiSH7 4th Anniversary Special Story: Best Wishes...

Chapter 5: An Ultra Happy Four Years

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

Yamato Nikaido: I wonder where everybody went.

Mitsuki Izumi: Maybe we should've just stayed put and waited?

Yamato Nikaido: Yeah, but I bet Riku and Tama are scared. We can't just leave them be.

Nagi Rokuya: Alright! Let us all sing while we look for them!

Nagi Rokuya: Our song will shine a light in the darkness, and bring our comrades to us!

Mitsuki Izumi: You think so?

Yamato Nikaido: But if we sing one of our songs, won't people recognize us?

Nagi Rokuya: OK! We shall sing the song of Cocona! "Magical Power", the ultimate song!

Yamato, Mitsuki, & Nagi: Magical Girl★Cocona, Magical★Cocona I Love You♥Cocona, If You're by My Side We'll Have ∞Power♪

Yamato, Mitsuki, & Nagi: Magical★Cocona, Magical★Cocona, 100 Times the Happiness!! An Invincible Angel♪

Gaku Yaotome & Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Love Love♥Cocona I Love You♥Cocona, If You're by My Side We'll Have ∞Power♪

Mitsuki Izumi: They're here..!

Yamato Nikaido: It really did bring us comrades!

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Sorry, sorry! We heard a familiar tune, so we couldn't help singing along!

Gaku Yaotome: Do you guys work around here?

Mitsuki Izumi: Uh... Yeah, pretty much! What about you? I feel like I've heard your voices before...

Gaku Yaotome: I'm a soba delivery guy.

Mitsuki Izumi: A soba guy! You mean the one who always delivers to us?

Nagi Rokuya: OH! Thank you for all your hard work!

Yamato Nikaido: What about the other guy?

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Ah, um, I'm the owner of the soba restaurant.

Yamato, Mitsuki, & Nagi: The owner!

Gaku Yaotome: Hey! How come you're higher up than me!?

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: S-sorry, I came up with it on the spot!

Mitsuki Izumi: I thought the owner was a old guy, but I guess they must've replaced him with someone younger.

Yamato Nikaido: This dude's always hard at work.

Nagi Rokuya: YES! Please reward him!

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: O-of course! I'll reward him plenty later! But do I know you from somewhere, too?

Gaku Yaotome: I feel like I've heard your voices before. Especially the guy who who's speaking with a weird accent...

Nagi Rokuya: Is that so?

Gaku Yaotome: Huh!? Maybe I was just imagining things... Sorry for saying you had a weird accent.

Nagi Rokuya: It's quite alright. I don't mind.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Where are you headed?

Yamato Nikaido: We got separated from our friends, so we're looking for them.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Same here. Maybe we can search together.

Mitsuki Izumi: Sounds good! We'll all have extra helping hands if there's trouble!

Nagi Rokuya: OK! Just as we did before, we shall hum the song as we search!

Gaku Yaotome: You sure you don't have a weird accent?

Nagi Rokuya: Let's go!

Yamato, Mitsuki, Nagi, Gaku, & Ryunosuke: Magical Girl★Cocona, Magical★Cocona I Love You♥Cocona, If You're by My Side We'll Have ∞Power♪

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Yuki: Do we have to walk more?

Tamaki Yotsuba: I'm tired of walking just to be polite.

Minami Natsume: If we can reach the staff floor, we should run into other people.

Torao Mido: Oh... Seems like there's benches around here. Should we rest up?

Yuki: Let's. I'm already tired from flying back here from Hokkaido.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Did you bring souvenirs?

Yuki: I guess? Momo bought something.

Tamaki Yotsuba: I hope it's some kinda snacks. Nagicchi likes cookies.

Minami Natsume: These people have no intention of hiding their identities...

Torao Mido: Good thing this blackout happened today. At least it won't cause trouble at the re-opening.

Minami Natsume: It seems the trouble we're in right now is doing nothing to diminish your usual optimism.

Torao Mido: As long as the actual event goes okay. Events like these always come with a hiccup or two. That's how it was in the student council, too.

Minami Natsume: What happened, for example?

Torao Mido: I couldn't go to the event myself, but we were volunteering at a bazaar and one of our reps messed up.

Torao Mido: They came back crying. At times like that, the people who did nothing to help are quick to blame whoever was in charge.

Torao Mido: After that, I stopped being the responsible one. Though Toma seems to like doing that stuff for some reason.

Yuki: I'm not very responsible myself, but people like that are reliable.

Torao Mido: ........

Tamaki Yotsuba: Totally. Though I'm not responsible, either. What did you say to the person who cried?

Torao Mido: "Don't sweat it. I'll take responsibility."

Yuki: So you protected them. You're a pretty nice yanki.

Torao Mido: And I'm telling you that I regret doing that. I don't take on bothersome roles like that anymore.

Tamaki Yotsuba: I bet the person who cried is still thankful for what you did.

Minami Natsume: ...Hopefully this blackout will be fixed soon, and nobody responsible will get in too much trouble.

Minami Natsume: I'm sure whoever was entrusted with the electronics for so many faculties can't have been too irresponsible.

Minami Natsume: I'm sure they wanted to do their job properly, just like everyone else.

Yuki: Right.

Tamaki Yotsuba: I hope they have a successful opening party tomorrow.

Minami Natsume: .......? Can you hear singing?

Tamaki Yotsuba: Totally... It's some kinda weird song...

Yuki: Let's go check it out.

Torao Mido: Yeah.

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Riku Nanase: We're lucky that strange person didn't follow us, but...

Momo: Now we're really lost. I don't even know which way we came from.

Ryo Tsukumo: Who's responsible for this!? I won't be satisfied until I insult them into having a mental breakdown!

Toma Inumaru: That's not gonna change anything. We're all in trouble here.

Toma Inumaru: Besides, even if we're lost in this darkness, we might find a surprise landmark.

Riku Nanase: A surprise landmark?

Toma Inumaru: Yeah. There was this one time when I got lost and couldn't find the place I had work at.

Toma Inumaru: Someone who was there was giving me instructions through the phone, but we didn't have any ladnmarks to help us with.

Momo: Ah, I get what you mean. This city's roads can get pretty complicated, and a lot of the stores look identical, too.

Riku Nanase: How did you reach the right place?

Toma Inumaru: A whole bunch of colorful balloons flew up into the sky. Maybe they were from a marriage ceremony or something.

Toma Inumaru: Thanks to that, we were able to figure out which way I was supposed to go.

Toma Inumaru: It was a job I really couldn't afford to be late for, so those balloons saved my ass.

Toma Inumaru: If I hadn't looked up to the sky back then, I might not have gotten I am now.

Riku Nanase: That's a very nice coincidence!

Toma Inumaru: I know, right?

Momo: Something like that happened in a movie I saw with Yu... my partner. It was a horror movie, but the ending will totally make you cry.

Momo: The balloons that fly into the sky at the end look nice and solemn, but apparently they were caught on camera completely by accident!

Toma Inumaru: Wow!

Momo: Even my partner, who hates horror, liked that ending.

Riku Nanase: Maybe I should watch it, too. What's the movie called?

Momo: Uh...

Ryo Tsukumo: Shh...

Toma Inumaru: W-what is it?

Ryo Tsukumo: I can hear strange singing...

Momo: ...Singing? Ah... You're right, someone is singing! It sounds kind of familiar, for some reason..?

Toma Inumaru: Seems like there's people that way, so maybe we should go check it out.

Riku Nanase: Yes! Haha... You were right, Mr. Shopkeeper's Brother.

Toma Inumaru: Hm?

Riku Nanase: We found a surprise landmark!

Toma Inumaru: Yeah! That's true.

Riku Nanase: Ah...

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Riku Nanase: The lights are back on!

Yamato Nikaido: Riku!

Mitsuki Izumi: Riku! Thank goodness! Are you okay?

Nagi Rokuya: We are reunited! I wanted to see you so..!

Riku Nanase: Yamato-san! And Mitsuki and Nagi!

Yamato Nikaido: Where were you?

Riku Nanase: I was with these people... Huh..?

Riku Nanase: ...They ran off somewhere...

Tamaki Yotsuba: Rikkun!

Iori Izumi: Nanase-san!

Sogo Osaka: Riku-kun! Everyone!

Riku Nanase: Ah! Guys! Over here..!

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Mall Broadcast: ...This is a message to all employees.

Mall Staff: Ah... The speakers are on.

Mall Broadcast: The electrical issues have been resolved. We're sorry for the delay.

Mall Broadcast: Please resume your preparations for the re-opneing.

Mall Staff: Oh, finally.

Mall Staff: Alright, let's get to work!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Thus, Sky Blue Mall overcame its electrical trouble and had its re-opening ceremony.

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Sky Blue Mall Manager: Well then, it's time for the re-opening of Sky Blue Mall!

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VR LAND Manager: VR LAND is opening with its new attraction, A Date with IDOLiSH7!

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Soba Chef Matsuda-san: My second store has been opened successfully. I look forward to your patronage!

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Anniversary's Owner: Welcome to Café Anniversary.

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Ryo Tsukumo: A happy four years to you guys, too.

Torao Mido: I'm still not sure what we're supposed to be celebrating...

Haruka Isumi: Who cares? It's all connected.

Torao Mido: What's that supposed to mean?

Haruka Isumi: A sushi chef told me that.

Toma Inumaru: Ryo-san you did make that call yesterday, right?

Ryo Tsukumo: I did. I certainly did. Minami, where did you get that balloon?

Minami Natsume: I got it after participating in the A Date with IDOLiSH7 VR experience. Here you are, Isumi-san.

Haruka Isumi: ...Don't you think balloons are kinda childish?

Minami Natsume: I think they're lovely.

Ryo Tsukumo: If you don't need it, can I pop it?

Haruka Isumi: No! I'll take it.

Torao Mido: A Date with IDOLiSH7, huh. Who'd you pick?

Minami Natsume: It's a secret.

Torao Mido: ........ Yamato Nikaido.

Toma Inumaru: Don't you mean Nagi Rokuya? Mina seems like he'd like his face.

Haruka Isumi: Don't you think he picked Sogo Osaka?

Minami Natsume: It's a secret.

Mall Event Staff: ŹOOĻ, we'll need you on stand by soon!

Mall Event Staff: Also... Happy 4th Anniversary!

ŹOOĻ: .........

ŹOOĻ: Thank you.

The end.

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ssnakey-b · 6 years ago

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FF8 English-French translarison, part 18: A tribe called Side-quest

Hello again, everybody! It’s been a while but we’re back! Quick refresher: last time, we went over the many differences in the concert scene and the stuff leading up to it.

And now, Squall wakes up and is being summoned to the bridge, but before that, let’s take another look around Balamb Garden and see if there’s anything of interest, shall we?

First little thing, the CC Club. For the most part the dialogue with Jack here (or Valet in French) is pretty much the same in both languages, but there is one small difference, in that in English, the CC members other than the King are described as “Card _____” whereas in French, they are just referred to as their title. So for example, you get “The Knight of Clubs” instead of “Card Knight Club” (by the way, “Knight Club” sounds like the name of a place that specializes in all-sorceress bachelorette parties).

Also, the Joker is referred to as just that, not Magician Joker, although the Jack does call him a magician once.

Here’s something interesting if you talk to Irvine. Most of lines are pretty much the same, except for one, where in French, he says “There’s no big secret to hitting on girls, you gotta look cool!” whereas in English, he gives Squall the following advice: “Like... I’ve been thinking about this for a while now... Maybe you should loosen up a bit? You’ll be sure to get girls that way...!”

Weird that only that one line would be so different. Also, thanks for your input, mister Love Doctor, but I think Squall is going to stick to the patented Loire-Leonhart seduction technique: be lucky enough that you’re so hot girls go after you, and not you after them, in spite of your massive awkwardness”. Seriously, between Laguna’s cramp and Squall’s... self, their family line would have extinguished itself centuries ago if it weren’t for their absurdly good genes and actually had to put any effort into wooing ladies.

Skipping ahead to plot stuff, this is a good spot to tell you that in French, Squall’s title isn’t “commander” but “chef”. And no, that doesn’t mean he’s a cook, that word actually just means “chief” or “boss”. The term used in English comes from the title “chef cuisinier”, which translates as “Head cook”.

But yeah, the French title is kinda lame regardless. It’s such a generic title. Don’t know why they couldn’t use “commandant”, which you know, actually is a military rank and would describe Squall’s role far better. “Chef” sounds more like something cops would call their boss in a TV show. Although I will say, now that I think of it, I so want a whodunnit series where Balamb Garden is a police headquarter.

More importantly, though, we have a very different reaction from Squall depending on the version. In English, he actually gets annoyed and asks Quistis not to call him that. In French, he’s more confused and just repeats “Chef?” as shown above.

Anyway, Squall’s filthy assistants suggest checking on Balamb but fuck that, we’re going on side quests! Yeah, I figure that now that the game world is finally almost completely opened up, it’s a good time to start doing these, and generally exploring. Plus, I’ve worked out a neat way to alternate between side quests and plot stuff at least until the battle of the Gardens, so it’s nice to have a bit of organization for a change.

First stop, Obel Lake. We have another bizarre change here as in the English text, the shadow you can meet after humming a song sends you on a quest to find his friend, Mr. Monkey (and with that, it just occurred to me how freaking weird that game can get). But in the French version, his friend is called “Ryo the idiot”.

Yeah, they’re nothing a like and I really wonder what prompted each version. Again, if you played another localisation of the game and they call it something else, I’d love to hear what it is.

After we find the idiot / monkey / idiot monkey and return to mr. Shadow (hm, is it the same one from Fifth Element?), we have another interesting difference as in French, the shadow says “Booyaka” to great you. Looks like Selphie’s catchphrase did catch on to someone after all!

Now then, you may be aware that relaying his friend’s whereabouts makes the shadow give you some helpful hints as a reward, and of them is to “take some time off at Eldbeak Peninsula”. Once you get there, you find some weird message, and the trick is to literally take the words “time” and “off” away from the message the reveal another hint.

Of course, that would only work in English, so what did they do for the French version? Well, the shadow tells you “Retire tes pompes à Eldbeak Peninsula”, which means “take off your shoes at Eldbeak Peninsula”. And indeed, removing the words “tes pompes” pulls the same trick.

Also, annoyingly, the shadow’s hint refers to the place as Eldbeak Peninsula despite being translated as “Crête d’Eldbeak” in French, and since the hint is in a very specific spot and could find it right away, I ended up wondering if I got to the wrong place at first and started looking futilely around for an Eldbeak Peninsule (or a “Péninsule d’Eldbeak”), until checking the Internet confirmed that I was in the right place at the beginning.

If you go back to the dumbass ape after you manage to skip the rock “many, many times” (or “an incalculable amount of times” in French), he’ll get angry and start yelling “Ahhh! Darn it! Y-You’re just a big loser! I’m able to skip the rock as many times as I want! So there! Ha-Hah! Loser! Dork! Idiot! Your mom wears combat boots!”

Well that certainly was creative, although I think most of the cast except Linoa and Zell is immune to “yo mama” jokes, what with being orphans and all. ANyway, he is a bit more restrained in French, going “For God’ssake! How can anyone suck so bad? What a butterfingers, really! I can skip rocks 100 more times than you!”

Do note I specified “a bit”.

Moving on to Timber, let’s see what’s new. This little girl says her mom will let her have a cat when Timber is independent in both versions, and in both versions, she struggles with the word “independent”, but they way to present it is different. In English, she slowly sounds it out. In French, she mispronounces it as “indéTendant”, with a T instead of a P. Well, can’t blame her, I’d rather have a T than a P too. Thank you all for coming, I’ll be here all week!

This guy says that his girlfriend keeps nagging him, saying he’s a loser. In the English version, he than whines that if someone had told him not to give up back then, he would have tried harder, proving his girlfriend right. Oddly, he doesn’t say that second part in the French version, so you don’t get a hint that you should have encouraged him earlier, because apparently this guy makes career decisions based on the advice of random passers-by.

Here’s a very interesting one as the dialogue with both NPCs goes in waaaaayyyy different directions. In English, the mom says “I’m so proud of my daughter. You guys help your parents out, too while you can. They may not ask for it, but it’ll make them really happy.”

Tssssss... about thaaaaat...

Let’s move swiftly on. In French, she instead says “From time to time, I feel like I am my daughter’s grandmother. Strange, isn’t it?”.

As for the daughter, in English, she says “It”s quite tough being the eldest daughter. I have a lot of responsibilities... But I love my parents who adopted me and my twin brothers.”

Gee whiz, it keeps getting more and more awkward. In French, she says “Sometimes, I feel like I’m my parents’ mom... That’s strange, right?”.

So yeah, very different and all kidding aside, I once again have to give it to the English version, as I like the mention of the kids being adopted. It goes to show that the main characters aren’t the only orphans in that world.

Back to smaller differences with these two. For the most part, their dialogue is the same, with the girl saying she used to get fired up but calmed down later on, and in English, the guy says “you were just as attractive when you used to beat me up.” whereas in French, he says “Oh! The beatings she would give me whenever I tried ti give her a little kiss!”.

Well... still a healthier relationship than 50 Shades of Grey, I suppose. Not by much, but hey...

Inside the pub, in the English version, the lady says it’s called Aphrora and that it’s related to an Aurora. However, in the French version, she straight-up says it’s called Aurora. In both versions, she then adds that it means “drink until you see [an/the] aurora,” but interestingly, in English, she tells us to come back for drinks when we’re older, while in French she jokes that “considering the décor, it should be ‘drink until you stop seeing the horror’.“

But far more importantly, this:

Alright, so in the English version, she explains that her boss and his wife are part of different resistance groups, respectively, the Forrest Duck and the Forrest Fox, and that it resembles their relationship.

In French, she says her boss is a “Canard de la Forêt”, which does translate to “Forrest Duck”... but then adds that his wife is part of a different group (which she doesn’t name) and that she always changes one letter from he name of her husband’s group.

Now, this to me seems like a covert yet very obvious reference to the word “connard” (meaning she technically changes two letters but let’s not nitpick), which is a variation on “con” which is French for “cunt”. The closest I could translate that is would be “cunter”.

So yeah, that’s some classic crap getting past the radar right there, although I’m not sure it was even necessary considering the translations of later FF games include similarly coarse language such as “merde” and “connerie”, another variation on “con”.

I should point out that the French are generally way more cool with swearing than Americans seem to be, and boy howdy do we love ourselves some cunts and variations of it. We have cunters, cuntesses, cunteries, etc... Yeah, you’re not gonna have the outraged reactions you’d get from that in America over here. We basically use “cunt” the same way you guys use “fuck / fucker / fuckery / etc”.

In fact, I remember the French dub of one of the Harry Potter movies has Harry call Ron a cunt as well, at some point. It doesn’t help that with a few exceptions, we don’t really have mild swears in French, it’s usually either tame or strong, so translators often go for the stronger option when a scene needs the extra punch, with sometimes hilarious results.

Anyway, let’s move on. I’m putting this above screenshot in English because this guy seems to have an accent or something, which is absent in the French version. Although that does seem to confirm the previous mention of accents in the FF world, which is a neat bit of lore.

If you go back to the area where two kids are playing on the train tracks, you can rescue the little girl after she falls and nearly gets crushed by a train, because apparently Squall just wasn’t sexy enough, so he also has to save adorable little girls to make women will swoon some more. More relevantly, after the girl thanks you, a model train appears to bring some news, which apparently travel very fast in Timber.

In English, it says the girl was saved “in the nick of time” by a brave young man. The French version make sit a bit more grisly, saying she was saved “from a horrible death”.

If you talk to this girl a couple times, she’ll tell you a story about how she was nearly hit by a train and was saved by a very handsome man named Loire (guess it runs in the family) and how he was the man of her dreams and Squall presumably starts feeling nauseated and ddoesn’t understand why. In French, she tells the same story but oddly, she can’t remember his name as well, and calls him La Gooma instead.

And now we move on to Dollet, where there is quite a bit to look at. First thing of note is this guy and his sister; they have quite a bit to say, but the reason I bring him up is that at some point in the French version (and only that one as far as I’m aware), he name-drops Corto Maltese by saying he wants to be a sailor, like him.

For anyone who may not be aware, Corto Maltese is the titular character from a cult classic Italian adventure comic series by Hugo Pratt. Even though it never really became a huge mainstream name, it was still very popular, especially in the seventies it seems. As a result, you probably won’t be surprised to hear it often gets pretty psychedelic, not to mention the art style is rather unusual (but gorgeous) to begin with.

Corto is indeed a sailor, although I don’t remember him ever actually doing much sailing (not that I have read many of the albums although I do recommend them), to the point that in the movie adaptation (which, much like the comics, is excellent yet very obscure), he claims his sailor hat was a gift, and he always ends up embroiled in massive adventures and conspiracies, somewhere between Indiana Jones and James Bond.

And as I alluded to, although the comic is pretty famous, it’s still fairly obscure so it’s pretty amazing to see it brought up in Final Fantasy of all things.

If you talk to this kid, whom is playing hide-and-seek, he tells Squall to go away in both versions, but there’s a slight difference. In English, the kid calls him “mister,” which surprises Squall a bit and he replies that he’s only 17. In French though, the kid calls the group “old guys” and Squall understandably gets more upset about it. Either way, I do love how that’s one of the few things that gets him to explicitly react to what an NPC is saying. Guess even he can’t always be above vanity.

Here’s a bit I love. When you talk to the guy in the green vest and you tell him the town hasn’t changed, he then starts to recognize you as the kids who were being chased the giant robot spider (or robo-crab, as the French version puts it). You then get two options. The English ones are fairly standard: either “don’t know” or “can’t say who, but we know.”

The French one got a bit cute with it, and your choices are “Not at all, What robo-crab?” and “It was our brothers and sisters...”. If you pick the first answer, it’s also different. In English, he just says it’s his job to make repairs. In French, he says “forget it, I got you confused with those 3 kids who destroyed the town”.

Not sure why he’s blaming it on them though, considering it’s Galbadia who did it during the whole “invasion of your dukedom that these kids actually helped stop” thing. At most you could argue Seifer disobeying orders is what led to the Galbadians launching the robot, but that wouldn’t be the other kids’ fault. Also, that’s something to think about when you talk to that little girl by the beach who says she wants her mommy back.

But anyway, if you pick the other option, he more or less says the same thing, except in French, he of course says to tell their siblings they owe the town money and on top of that, while the English version has him mention the specific sum of 1 370 000 gils, the French one rounds it out to 1 000 000.

Next is the painter’s house. Couple things here. First, in the French version, the grandpa explicitly says he’s going to spank the kid if he keeps messing with his paintings, whereas the English version had him says something about “cuchi-cuchi-coo” his neck, which frankly sounds worse. However, in both versions, in the last part of this quest, the grandpa does mention tickling the kid as “punishment”.

Also, in the English text, the kid says adding the white bones are his way of expressing himself and to be novel and original. In French, he just says that in comics, dogs always have a bone in their mouths, so why couldn’t Rex have one?

Finally, after you’ve ended the quest, the grandpa gives different lines depending on versions. In English, he figures that maybe he should have played with the kid more so he wouldn’t be so bored and trying to get his attention, but that he’s too old for sports, and is considering poker instead (so card games other than Triple Triad do exist in this universe!).

In French, he says he’ll stop including dogs on his landscapes and that he’ll try painting cats instead, though he’s afraid the kid will start painting fish bones.

Also, while the kid feels like he’s grown a little from being able to express himself in English, the French one says he’s gonna stop his pranks and that he wants to be a veterinarian, now.

In the bar, there are some changes in what the guy in the white shirt says. In English, he says it’s nice to have a drink after work, and his friend asks him what he’s talking about since he’s always drinking there. Then, if you talk to him again, either he or his friend drunkenly mentions playing ball.

In French, it’s kind of the opposite, as he asks for his last drink of the day, only for his friend to point out it’s only 7 in the morning (which still seems early to start drinking to me, but hey, you do you and your liver problems). Bizarrely, if you talk to him again, he says it’s time for his first cognac of the day, and his friends asks what he’s talking about since he finished the bottle an hour ago.

Speaking to the friend, we have a choice. In English, the prompt is “Yeah, that’s so true...” and the choices are “What is?” and “Yeah... sure...”. If you pick the first, he says life is nicer during peacetime. If you pick the second, he advises not to eat off the floor.

In French, the prompt is roughly “I needed that” and the answers are “What?” and “that hits the spot”. If you pick the first, he asks how many drinks an hour make you an alcoholic. If you pick the second, he says he doesn’t feel too good.

Boy, that sure was a rousing conversation! Let’s talk to the lady on the left.

In both versions, she laments the fact that the rich young men in the dukedom are all married, then asks Squall what he thinks of her. Surprisingly, the answers are the exact same in both versions, but the woman’s reactions are quite different.

In English, picking “you’re very attractive” has her say maybe she should go for older men. In French, it has her say that while it’s true, only perverts like her. And then there’s the much ruder “Are you really a woman?!”. In English, she tries to laugh it off, saying she’s not his type, only to turn around and mumble to herself, wondering how Squall know (s)he was a man. Her French counterpart gets more offended, complaining about all the men she spends at beautician. After she turns around, she makes the more subtle remark that he must have a 6th sense.

WELP. Not opening THAT can of worms.

Next, that female NPC who says she’s window-shopping. In English, she then asks Squall if he has a problem with that (not sure why he would, but okay). In French, she asks him if he wants to buy her something.

In the town Square, we have this guy. In French, he says that due to taxes as a result of hiring SeeD, he’s gonna have to sell his cards collection, which is far nicer than in English, where he said "Better get ma young bride and start havin’ children”. What the actual fuck, dude?!

In the hotel, the two employees have a weird accent which I think is supposed to be vaguely German, but I’m not sure. In the English version, only the one in the back has any sort of special speech pattern, and it’s just a habit of saying “y’all”. Either way, more accent shenanigans.

And here we have one of the strangest differences yet, to the point it actually caught me off guard because I didn’t remember that text in French at all, and for good reasons since it says something completely unrelated! Right, so if you beat that guy in the upper floor of the bar, he’ll invite you to his private room(or secret room in French), where he’ll give you some cards and you can find some of other stuff.

There are also several piles of books, and when checking one of them, you’ll find what is presumably the previous owner’s diary telling a truly harrowing tale of meeting a woman who kept beating him at Triple Triad, eventually marrying her and having a daughter with her, but it ends with her trying to save their daughter from drowning, only to drown herself. It ends with the bleak statement that neither the daughter or he himself can comprehend their loss. Jesus Christ! Even for a Final Fantasy game, that’s dark.

But in the French version, it seems to just be a collection of random thoughts. For example, it first says that his son is studying the Sorceress War (one of the few times Sorceresses are referred to as such in French, instead of “priestesss”), and how he doesn’t understand any of it in spite of having lived it, then he ponders why extraterrestrials in movies always look like animals, and that maybe it’s because humans are bestial in nature as well, concluding that being at the pub sometimes feel like being at a zoo.

It just fascinates me that it could be so different. I can’t fathom what caused this and it’s one of those things that really makes me curious about other versions.

To make this even more baffling, if you check another book pile, the text is very similar, including a bit about Laguna coming along and getting his ass kicked at cards. Interestingly though, in the English version, he can’t quite remember his name, simply remembering it started with Lag, and says an easy win doesn’t leave much of an impression, but in French, he calls him La Gouma and says he’s a “nice guy, but sucks at cards”.

And now we can continue onward to Deling City! First little thing, when asking Caraway about Edea, in the French text, he says that he fears her influence will lead to “a new world war”. Now, the French version does use the term “sorceress war”, so it’s interesting to see him also refer to it as a world war, and it seems fitting for a serious military type.

Another interesting tidbit comes when you ask him about Esthar. For starters, in English, he says that Esthar took over the world under Adel, which isn’t mentioned in French and I don’t remember being said at any other point. This makes me wonder if that was a strange decision on the English translator’s part, but that does make sense as Esthar making it to part of the Galbadian continent would explain why they’re even at war, why Galbadia started invading other countries and forcing them into their army, and even why Galbadian people where paranoid of Sorceresses before Edea.

At the same time, the French version also has an interesting detail, where they mention that even after Esthar went silent, relationships between the two nations remained strained, alluding to the situation turning from a world war to a cold war situation. He also theorizes that perhaps this is due to Galbadia being jealous of Esthar’s technological success and the efficiency of their democracy. Compelling, although I do wonder how Galbadia would know about “the efficiency of Esthar’s democracy” since it stopped all contact with the outside world right after Adel was dethroned.

There isn’t a huge difference in what the various NPCs say, but this one’s pretty intriguing. In French, she just says that she heard a sorceress can transfer her powers to the person of their choosing. In English though, she explicitly says that she learned in the Garden that any person can receive a sorceress’ power, and I thought that’s obviously wrong since it’s stated multiple times that only women can inherit such powers,

But just as I thought that, the next speech box has her explain that while she did go to Garden, she wasn’t a very good student, which would explain why she wouldn’t have gotten it completely right.Cleverly done. Also, I like the implication that the average person isn’t all that aware of exactly what sorceresses are and how their powers work. It’s an interesting treatise on the link between fear, admiration and ignorance.

In fact, reading what the Deling City citizens have to say about Edea and how they blindly believe she’ll lead the country to greatness because she’s tough, promises a renaissance for their country and that even the smaller guys wild be able to make it is fascinating in general... and disturbingly true to real dictatorships.

There’s a small difference I find amusing where in English, one NPC says that people like Edea because “people follow strength, not charisma” whereas contrariwise, the same guy says in French that “Edea is much more charismatic than old Deling”.

ANd here’s a guy who straight-up calls Edea their Messiah in French!In Eglish, he just says he now know he has to abide by Edea after feeling a surge of energy during the parade (which might allude to at least partial mind control).

And finally, we finish with this NPC, whom in the English version, says she’s been sending Edea fan mail daily, but in French, she says, that she hopes Edea will publish a magic cookbook. Which does sound awesome, but unlikely. To be fair, what she says is literally “book of magical recipes”, so she may be referring to like, potions and stuff, but I prefer to believe she means how to use magic to enhance the flavour of your dishes.

And so we reach the end of our first part dedicated entirely to side content and my God there was way more stuff to cover than I ever expected. I hope you enjoyed it because I certainly found a lot of these differences very interesting. As always, if you enjoyed this post, reblogging it would be very appreciated, do not hesitate to commentate or send me asks, maybe even suggest things you’d like to see that I may have missed, and I’ll be seeing you next time for part 19, where we return to Balamb City. Have a nice day, everyone!

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RAKUL PREET SINGH

Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly works in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She has also appeared in a number of Hindi and Kannada movies.

Currently, she is appointed as the brand ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme by Telangana State Government.

She was part of commercially successful films like Venkatadri Express (2013), Current Theega (2014), Rough (2014), Loukyam (2014), Kick 2 (2015), Sarrainodu (2016), Nannaku Prematho (2016), Dhruva (2016), Spyder (2017) and Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017).

She started career as a model while in college, during which she also made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009). In 2011 she participated in the Femina Miss India pageant, in which she was placed fifth and won five pageant titles including People’s Choice Miss Indiatimes, Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.

She subsequently opted to become a full-time actress

In 2013 she was seen in Venkatadri Express in Telugu, the film becoming a commercial success and earning her first ever Best Actress nomination at the 61st Filmfare Awards South.

In 2014, she debuted in a starring role in Bollywood with Divya Kumar’s directorial debut Yaariyan. Rakul Preet Singh since then has then selected as the female lead in over a dozen films, some of which are high-profile Telugu films: Surender Reddy’s Kick 2 opposite Ravi Teja, Srinu Vaitla’s Bruce Lee opposite Ram Charan, Sukumar’s Nannaku Prematho opposite Jr. Ntr and Boyapati Srinu’s Sarrainodu opposite Allu Arjun. She also starred in the Telugu film titled Rarandoi Veduka Chudham directed by Kalyan Krishna starring opposite Naga Chaitanya. The movie was a huge blockbuster.

Last year, Rakul Preet Singh appeared with Ajay Devgn and Tabu in Luv Ranjan’s Bollywood romcom, De De Pyaar De, released in May 2019 and received positive reviews. Later last year, she had another release; Milap Milan Zaveri’s action drama Marjaavaan, alongside Ritesh Deshmukh and Sidharth Malhotra.

Here are some snapshots from a recent interview-

1. Can you share some glimpses of your background before everyone came to know you?

Rakul Preet- I was born and brought up in a Punjabi Army Officer’s family in New Delhi. So I am basically a Dfelhi-ite. I schooled from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan and later studied Mathematics at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. I was infact good in academics.

Q. 2. It has been almost 6–7 years since your debut in the industry. Did you ever think that things will work out like this?

Rakul Preet: I don’t consider it as five years as I took a few years off from acting to finish my graduation. My first film was more like a small guest appearance and later I was not even sure that I would continue.

But in January 2013, I finally started shooting for my first movie ‘Rough’ which also happened by chance. Of course, somewhere down the line when you start something, you see yourself doing well and I would be lying if I say no.

Q. 3. How did you bag your first movie?

Rakul Preet- My first movie was a Kannada film and it was guest appearance and after that I started getting many offers. But I was so stupid that I rejected many offers as I wanted to finish my studies first. Later I took whatever came my way.

Q. 4. You started your career with modelling and won five Beauty pageant titles including ‘Miss Femina India People’s Choice. Do you think beauty queens still have an edge over others so far as a career in films is concerned?

Rakul Preet- It always depends on the individual and the way they learn from these beauty pageants. I think this kind of training grooms you a lot and helps you in handling industry pressure. For me, it helped a lot in the way I present myself and in enhancing myself in the industry. But it is not necessary that each and every participant will succeed in the film industry.

Q.5. You were born in Delhi into a Punjabi family. How did Tollywood and other South Indian films happen?

Rakul Preet- That’s destiny I suppose. When I got my first offer for a Kannada film, I was only 18 years old and I didn’t even know how big the magnitude of the film industry of the south was. After my Kannada movie, I started getting offers for Telugu films. After Miss India, I figured out that the South has a big industry, very professional and I love to work here. But yes, I never planned to work in Tollywood… it just happened.

Q. 6. You are among few actors who learnt Telugu and now speak fluently. Was it difficult?

Rakul Preet- I have an interest in learning new languages and on the first day of the shoot, I learned the word ‘Bagunara?’ (All good?). I feel that if the industry is giving you work, you should give back a little respect. So, I decided to learn Telugu and within six months, I started speaking broken Telugu. Now of course, I speak it fluently.

Q. 7. Who is your favorite Bollywood actor and what would be your dream role?

Rakul Preet: Undoubtedly Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are my favourites. A dream role would be something like Simran in DDLJ, Geet in Jab We Met and Mastani in Bajirao Mastani — the kind of roles that people will never forget.

Q. 8: Do you have a boyfriend ?

Rakul Preet: Oh, I am struggling to have a crush! There’s no guy, and first I want that to happen! (Smiles) I sometimes think, “Am I intimidating?” But I don’t think I am. Yes, a possible limitation is that I am tall, so my guy should be six feet or taller, as I must “look up” to my man. I guess ninety percent of the men thus fall short!

Q. 9: How are you planning to balance Hindi and South cinema?

Rakul Preet: I can’t plan, what’s destined will happen, and I am very instinctive. Telugu cinema is from Hyderabad, where I came from, and it gave me so much, so my loyalty is there, ditto Hindi cinema. I live one day at a time. If I like a Telugu script, I will do it. If I like a Hindi film script next, I will take that up too. Today, language is no barrier anyways.

Q. 10. What are your upcoming releases?

Rakul Preet- In Bollywood I have only one project for now, which is is ‘Simla Mirchi’, directed by Ramesh Sippy.

Q. 11. What is your success Mantra?

Rakul Preet- I feel success has no mantra or formula. You just have to give your 100% of whatever you do and everything else follows. As long as you’re happy in whatever you are doing, success will follow you.

Q.12. What is your style statement?

Rakul Preet- Its chill, very casual and clothes and make me comfortable. I hate flashy, dark colored heavy clothing.

Q.13. Any special message to your fans?

Rakul Preet- Be patient, stay safe. We are going through very testing times. But it shall pass. And try to help the poor.

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EPF Withdrawal For Refunding Housing Loan

Are you bored off with your old house? Do you want to shift to a new flat? When there are all ways closed, EPF opens its gates. Thus, in this article, you’ll know in detail about the EPF withdrawal for refunding housing loan.

Why Go For EPF Withdrawal For Refunding Housing Loan?

A spacious, beautiful house is one of the most demanded necessities for every human. Changing the wall color, changing your old wires with new ones, incorporating new designs, etc. is what people demand and require.

Yet, not every time you can have a thick pocket for this, right. So, either you’ll take a loan from a bank or any close acquaintance. However, EPFO now proposes to provide bucks for the refunding of the housing loan.

True that the money in your EPF account is for your future needs. Yet, you can extract the amount from your PF account in times of need.

For this cause, you’re free to extract 90% of your total amount in EPF. Section 68BB of the EPF and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952, is the revised form that allows EPF extraction in certain cases. These special cases include the loan for purchasing or creating a new house or flat.

Terms and Conditions Required For EPF Withdrawal For Refunding Housing Loan

There lies a few terms and conditions that you must fulfill to avail of this option. These are mentioned below-

1. The house you’re taking a loan must be legally in your or your spouse’s name. Otherwise, it must be the joint property of you and your wife. If it lies in the name of a third person, you’ve to transfer it to your name. If not, you shall get debarred from availing it.

2. You must ensure that you finish the entire construction procedure within 6 months to a max of a year.

3. If that is a ready-made house you’re planning to get in, that indulges another rule. For that, you need to make sure you make the dealings successful within 6 months.

Which Form To Choose To Avail Housing Loan?

For such a cause, you need to opt Form-31. You can easily download it in the authentic site of EPFO.

Eligibility Criteria To Avail Housing Loan

This scheme is not applicable for you if you don’t fulfill the below-mentioned criteria-

Make sure to have rendered at least 5 years’ service to your organization.

Another yet most important thing is the legal ownership of that flat or house. Make sure you or your wife or both are the legal owners of the property.

How to Apply For Refunding of Home Loan?

You can withdraw from your EPF account for loan repayment in two ways

Total Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Offline Mode

In case you opt for the offline mode, you’ve to carry out all the paperwork physically. That is, first, you need to handover the authority an application to get a housing loan. Furthermore, you’ve to visit the authenticate EPFO site and take a copy of the claim. The claims are of two types, Aadhar and non- Aadhar.

Online Mode

If you opt for online EPF withdrawal, follow the below-mentioned steps- 1. Go to the authentic site of EPFO.

2. Provide your UAN number and required the correct password. Make sure you’ve tied-up your UAN number with your PAN card or Aadhar number, etc.

3. There you’ll find an option ‘MANAGE.’ Click it and select KYC. You must verify your Aadhar, PAN card information, and bank details.

4. After providing all the information, tap on the box showing ‘ONLINE SERVICES.’ From all the forms, select the one- form-31, 19, and 10C. Since you’re applying to refund your home loan, you need to tap on form-31.

5. After choosing the options, a new page opens. It contains information regarding your name, DOB, active mobile number, Aadhar card details, PAN number, IFSC code, etc. Provide all the details as asked.

6. Thereafter, provide the last 4-digits at the back of your ATM card, i.e., your account number.

7. After doing all this, a message of ‘certificate of undertaking’ comes. Then comes a ‘Terms and conditions’ box. You must go through it and then tap on the option showing yes.

8. Finally, tap on ‘PROCEED.’ At last, select the option showing ‘Claim.’

How Much Can You Withdraw From EPF?

You’re free to extract a total amount of about 36 times of your monthly wage. However, in case you possess an amount lesser than that, you’ll have to adjust. That is, the lesser amount gets into account.

Apart from that, you can make use of this opportunity only once. There’s no second chance for you to avail of such an opportunity in your entire lifetime.

For instance, let’s say you get Rs. 40,000 monthly as your salary. 36 times its value is 36*40,000 = Rs. 14,40,000. However, if you don’t possess that amount in your account, you’ll get what you have. That is, you’ll get the lesser amount that is calculated.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is it good to withdraw EPF for a home loan?

EPF is normally like your retirement piggy bank. It is a long-term scheme that involves a lot of time, effort, and money. So, the final amount that you receive after retirement is the fruit of this effort. Thus, withdrawing money beforehand puts a stake in your future needs. There can be many questions in your head about the financial needs after your retirement. Won’t you require any financial help for your medical treatment? Will you have enough savings for your family? There can be so many additional things. Isn’t it? So, it is certainly not a good idea to go for EPF withdrawals in the first place. However, if you genuinely do not have any other option, then go for it.

2. What is the new rule of EPF withdrawal?

The EPF savings is a plan and you can withdraw it only after your retirement. Yet, in some emergent cases, you’re eligible to withdraw before retirement. The maximum retirement age is 58. However, you cannot retire before the age of 55. Mentioned below are some withdrawal rules you must go through- You cannot withdraw the amount during unemployment, unlike bank accounts. EPF is a retirement savings plan and you can withdraw it only after retirement. However, if you’re unemployed for more than 2 months, you can withdraw 75% of your EPF corpus. After a month, you can extract the rest 25%. If within this 1 month you get fresh employment, this 25% gets transferred to your new EPF account. Early withdrawal, i.e., withdrawal before 55 years is not possible. According to amended EPFO rules, you can withdraw 90% of your EPF corpus before your 1 year of retirement. Make sure, you’re above 54 years. However, you can withdraw it partially in case of any emergency. Situations like serious illness, higher education, etc. are eligible for withdrawal. As per the last prevailing rules of the EPFO, you can extract 100% only after 2 months of staying jobless. You don’t have to wait any longer for your employer’s approval. You can directly do it in EPFO’s office. Make sure your UAN number is linked with your Aadhar and PAN card.

3. What are the points to consider to withdraw the EPF online?

Mentioned below are a few points that you need to keep in mind before going for online EPF extraction- i. You must have an active UAN number and a strong password. ii. Make sure you’ve well tied-up your Aadhar card, PAN number. iii. Also, link your mobile number with your UAN number. It’s quite mandatory since there would be an OTP generation. If the number is not tied-up, the process would end up in vain. iv. You must have verified your EPF account with all the information regarding your KYC.

4. What is the eligibility for PF loan?

As mentioned above, the eligibility for a PF loan depends on two major factors. If any of the criteria are not fulfilled, you shall get debarred to avail of this plan. The criteria are- i. You must have served your company for at least 5 years or a safer side, more than that. ii. The property for what you’re applying for the loan must be legally in your name. It can also be in your wife’s name or a joint property with you. Thus, make sure you satisfy the above two criteria to get the EPF loan withdrawal benefit. However, it’s valid for you to exploit from the plan only once in your lifetime.

5. What is the interest rate on PF loan?

The interest rate gradually varies from time to time. However, for the EPF interest rate for 2020 21, it’s stuck at 8.5%. Yet, let’s have a look at how it varied from the past years-

6. How long will it take for the money transfer to my account?

The government has made it feasible for easy and quick transfer to your account. Within a max of 3 working days, the money gets transferred to your account.

Bottom Line

EPF is like your future piggy bank. It is your utmost duty to think twice before going for its withdrawal. Only when there’s no way left, you must opt it. Otherwise, choose the other way left. I hope, by this article, I was able to reach to your doubts. Peace!

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HERE ARE MULTIPLE RATIONALES WHY GOD'S UPCOMING FEAST DAY OF ROSH HASHANAH/YOM TERUAH MAY REPRESENT THE RAPTURE!

The first thing that is imperative to realize is that God's feast days that He outlined in the Torah, represent God's plan of redemption, compromising both His first and second coming.

Note that there are seven Levitical feast days outlined by God. The number seven represents completion and is God's perfect number.

Please see the following website for an elaboration on God's perfect number being the number, 7 :

http://www.angelfire.com/az/rainbowbridge/seven.html

Jesus has already fulfilled all the Spring Feast days with His first coming.

The upcoming Fall Feast Days appear to represent the Rapture, His Second Coming and the Millennial period. The next Feast Day to be fulfilled appears to be the first Fall festival, Rosh Hashanah.

It is important to remember that the Feast Days are NOT just Jewish Feast Days but are God's Feast Days. In the book of Leviticus, God stressed that they are HIS Feast Days.

Leviticus 23:

1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

So, the festival (feast) days belong to the Lord Himself. His followers, Jew and Gentile are to keep them.

If the Church had been observing God's feast days then they would have realized that His return for His own would might come one Rosh Hashanah/ Yom Teruah.

It is noteworthy to realize that Rosh Hashanah has several different titles, all referring to the same festival.

It is also known as Yom Teruah,or the Feast of Trumpets. These titles, as well as other names for this important festival, will be used interchangeably throughout this entry.

Yom Teruah is the only one of God's feast days that starts on the sighting of the new moon.

The Jewish idiom for God's feast day of Yom Teruah, is the feast "of which no man knows the day or the hour".

Due to the dispersion of the Jewish people from their land in ancient days, the feast of the new moon/Yom Teruah could have been over before word of the sighting of the new moon spread to those dispersed in Babylon.

Therefore, Rosh Hashanah was celebrated as a two day festival but recognized as one long day. It is the only feast day that begins at the sighting of the new moon by two witnesses in Jerusalem.

Because of this, no one could know for certain, beforehand, the exact day or hour of the beginning of the feast of Yom Teruah.

Bear in mind that Yeshua (Jesus)was Jewish, speaking to His Jewish disciples when He used this well known Jewish idiom:

Matt. 24: 36“ No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Just as in American culture, one would know that if someone informed them that they would visit them on "Turkey Day'" that they were indicating Thanksgiving.

In the same manner, the Scripture indicates that our Jewish Savior may have easily been referring to the well known 2 day feast of Yom Teruah/"on a day or hour that no man knows" (which is also an idiom of this feast being representative of the Jewish Wedding).

"Of that day or hour no man knows, but my Father only" is the expression used by a Jewish groom when asked when he will go and steal away his bride "like a thief in the night".

1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

The Jewish groom (representing Jesus) goes away to prepare a place for his bride. When preparations on the bridal chamber are completed, the father of the groom (representing our Heavenly Father)tells his son it is time to fetch his bride.

The Feast of Trumpets is also known as the "wedding of the Messiah", and therefore, the expression about "not knowing the day or the hour" may indeed refer to the Jewish wedding custom in relation to this feast.

Believers are the Bride of Christ for whom the Bridegroom, Yeshua, (Jesus) will one day come to take to His Father's House, at the time of the Rapture.

Therefore, it is appears very possible that the Rapture may take place on a Feast of Trumpets/the wedding of the Messiah.

Remember Jesus's assurance to us, His Bride:

Matthew 14:1“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.a If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?b 3When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

Thus, it can easily be seen how this Feast Day might represent the Rapture, as the Bride of Christ, we are caught up in the air to be with the Lord and to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb.

The title, Yom Teruah, means Day of Trumpets in Hebrew. There is the blowing of 100 shofar blasts towards the very end of the celebration of this feast.

The one hundredth and last blast is called "THE LAST TRUMP".

Just as Jesus was Jewish speaking to a Jewish audience so was Paul, as a Jew, relating the well known Jewish name for the last shofar blast blown ending the Feast of Trumpets/Yom Teruah.

1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

On The Feast of Trumpets, the challah, or special bread, is baked into the shape of a circle, representing a crown.

It is on this day that the coronation of the King is to occur and the King which we know to be Yeshua Ha Mashiach, is to be enthroned on this festival/feast day. The shofar is blown during the coronation of a king.

As such, it can be seen that one day, on a Yom Teruah, (which means the "day of blowing") that perhaps the shofars will be blown announcing the coronation of King Jesus!

The thirty days prior to Yom Teruah are the month of Elul. Daily during this month, leading up to Rosh Hashanah, we are supposed to reflect on our lives because God's judgment is coming on Rosh Hashanah.

The message from Elul 1 to Rosh Hashanah is clear: Repent before Rosh Hashanah. Don’t wait until after Rosh Hashanah, or you will find yourself in the Days of Awe.

The Days of Awe are the seven days in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement.

These 7 days appear to represent the 7 year Tribulation period and The Day of Atonement appears to represent the Second Coming of Jesus. God is so loving and merciful that it looks like He gave us each year, 30 days to search our hearts and repent prior to what one year might be the Rapture on a Yom Teruah.

Another name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom HaDin which means Day of Judgment. The Jewish people believe that on Rosh Hashanah the"books” are opened in heaven.

There are three books opened - that of life, for those whose works had been good; another of death, for those who had been thoroughly evil; and a third, intermediate.

Those classified as intermediate are those whose case will be decided on the Day of Atonement (seven days after Rosh Hoshanah on Yom Kippur).

The delay is granted for true repentance, which without, their names would be finally entered, into the Book of of Death. For those who truly repent and forgive others, their names will be entered into the Book of Life.

The opening of the books on Rosh Hashanah signifies the judgment of mankind wherein the righteous will be taken in the Rapture and the intermediates and wicked will be left behind to face the 7 year Tribulation.

The intermediates are those who Jesus called lukewarm and warned He would "vomit" them out of His mouth.

Revelation 3:15-17

15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,I will vomit you out of My mouth.

Recognizing this, all professing Christians need to make sure their focus is on the things of God instead of the world:

Revelation 3: 17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked

Rosh Hashanah is also known as Yom HaKeseh (Day of the Hiding or Hidden Day) which may correlate into the raptured Bride of Christ being "hidden" in Heaven during the cataclysmic events of the 7 year Tribulation (correlating with the 7 days of Awe).

One of the reasons for blowing the shofar is to proclaim the resurrection of the dead. Jewish thought is that the resurrection of the dead will take place on a Rosh Hashanah.

Followers of Christ realize that the Rapture is indeed the day of the Resurrection of the dead in Christ. Thus, in line with Jewish thinking, it would appear to indicate The Feast of Trumpets as a very possible time for the Rapture.

In addition, this feast is also known as the Day of the Awakening Blast or The Day of the Awakening Shout:

1 Thes 4:15-18 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

The blast of the shofar and the shout of the Lord will one day loudly awaken those, who now sleep. With the dead in Christ, those who are alive and truly belong to the risen Lord, will be "caught up together with them into the clouds" into glorified bodies and everlasting life.

Also, the gates of Heaven are understood to be opened on Rosh Hashanah. As such, it is further evidence that the Rapture of the believers in Christ might occur on a Rosh Hashanah when the gates of Heaven are open, in which we may enter in. The time of sorrows (birth pains) have been steadily growing stronger and closer together just as Jesus prophesied they would as the time of the end drew near.

Matthew 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Therefore, we can be able to recognize how close to the end we are on God's prophetic timeline.

The hour is growing late. We are at the end of the age and our Lord is returning.

May all realize that it is time to shift our focus from the things of the temporal to eternity.

May we all repent, forgive others and give the God of Heaven the priority that He deserves!

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I dont think I really can enjoy the season if the leaks are true, and it seems they are. Like another season of Jon getting rescued, this time by a dany who gets hyped up by D&D as the special snowflake. And she even gets Jon at the end as her new "consort" or whatever. Well it seems like she likes him but if he pledges himself to her (I hope at least not openly on the dragonpit, its horrible), I am going to be pissed. And jon is legimate, dont want him to kneel.

You know, if the leaks are true I’m not going to enjoy the season either. Except for the WF plot probably, because I’m so excited to see my babies together again and I can’t wait for LF to finally die.

But just because tha leeks™ seem to be true, doesn’t mean that they are. Can we please stop acting like the season already aired? D&D know about them and they are obviously playing with us. They keep releasing footage related to the leaks and the only reason I see for them shoving Arya with LF’s dagger right into our faces is to fuck with us. They literally had no reason to include it in her costume for the EW photoshoots or have Maisie lift her arm to make sure we get a good look at it except for “Ha, you idiots 100% believed in those stupid leaks. You even thought we “confirmed” them! Bloody idiots! Got ya!” If you don’t think that’s at least super suspicious, you really are a bloody idiot.

I’ll put the rest under a cut since you named the one who shall not be named, people still don’t get how tumblr works (guys, look for or follow #dae* and nothing tagged anti-dae* or containing her name will show up. Only things that are actually tagged #dae*. Hashtag(#) is your friend, show it some love by using it) and I don’t want to offend some peoples sensibilities. This isn’t going to be D-friendly, don’t like don’t read.

I agree with you, Jon’s portrayel in the leaks is fucking atrocious. He’s always been my favourite character and I don’t want him to be reduced to the D’s “trophy wife”. The leaks are mostly ridiculous anyway, but in that specific instance they really read like bad D*ny-stan j0nerys fanfiction.

I am 75% sure that Jon and the D will hook up one way of the other. For one simple reason: I don’t think that D&D would pass up the chance to have a sex scene with Kit and Emilia. I just don’t think it would be anything like described in the leaks.

The whole wight hunt - dragonpit - boatbang sequence is so so so stupid. It requires so many leaps in logic, absurd decisions and completely unnecessary actions. It’s inconsistent with previously established plot points, it forces the characters to needlessy take high risks and makes them jump all over the place in a way too short period of time. If Jon is supposed to kneel and fall for the D there are way more logical ways to let those events unfold.

Jon pledging himself to the D because she’s just so awesome™ and he’s so smitten with her makes absolutely no sense. I said it before, the only reason for Jon kneeling is if the D absolutely refuses to help them against the Others if he doesn’t. I could actually see that happening, but it wouldn’t exactly make the D look good, nor would it be the start of some epic romance. As king, Jon has a duty to the north and he is nothing, if not dutiful. All the people who think he will stop caring about his home, his people and his family once the D enters the picture don’t understand his character at all and are obviously ready to shit all over him so their fav gets the hottest guy on the show. There, I said it.

He has no reason to be on board with the targ-restoration, other than plain survival (again, that would be a dick move). What, the D sends him on a completely unnecessary - Tyrion already sort of believes in the WWs and even in the leaks(!) a message from Bran is enough ot change her mind about it- suicide wight hunt mission, fries his best friends family (fuck Randyll, but what about Sam’s mom, his sisters and brother?) and Jon will be all “You are the rightful ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and I love you now!” ?! It doesn’t make any sense.

I’m a strong believer in dark!d*ny and grrm himself has strongly implied that she will go bad. The D was only hyped as a perfect special snowflake so her turning into an antagonist in the final seasons will be shocking to the audience.

Until proven otherwise, by the actual episodes once they’ve aired, I’m going to assume the leaks are mostly bullshit. D&D are only “confirming” them, so we all will be surprised by the real, actual storyline. I don’t get why HBO would ruin it’s number one franchise in the penultimate season like that and I don’t think grrm would let them butcher a story he’s been working on for +20 years. At least, not the final conclusions and not more than they already have.

#ask #got leaks #got spoilers #got s7 #game of thrones #anti-daenerys #i guess #the wight hunt is dumb #the dragon pit is dumb #the boatbang is dumb #the s7 leaks are dumb #save jons character 2k17 #say no to boatsex

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We Shall Overcome: Rona Geffen and Ann Streichman

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Where are you from? How did you get into creative work and what is your impetus for creating?

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Ann: I’m originally from Israel, I moved to New York City 2.5 years ago where I currently live. I started playing different musical instruments from a very young age, and while growing up I focused mostly on the piano and various synthesizers. I graduated from high-school with a degree in classical music. I started writing original music when I was 12, first composing melodies and later writing lyrics. Writing music gave me a great way to express my creativity and my emotions. It was also a great way of escapism into a world that was truly mine. To this day, I feel most fulfilled when I’m writing and producing my own music.

Tell me about your current/upcoming show/exhibit/book/project and why it’s important to you. What do you hope people get out of your work?

Rona: I am currently working intensely on a geometrical mathematical sound-healing project that will be realized in 2017 on 4DSOUND system in the Institute For Spatial Sound in Budapest. The work is based on my personal experience and observations as well as Acutonics sound healing method. I believe this project eventually has the power to change human consciousness and widen it as well as change our approach to medicine, making self healing and non invasive healing a method used in medicinal institutes to solve a wide range of illnesses and aches people are suffering from. This work is incorporated with a sound healing experiment Im conducting here in Berlin and various collaborations such as with voice researcher Aramet Arenheim and Dr. of Chinese medicine Erin Taylor and the brilliant Amira Val Baker from H.I.U.P.. I'm also working on a new av performance for my latest album Blood Of My Blood with the wonderful visual artist Alessandra Leone and video for a song from this album with the talented animator and visual artist Darya Krasnova.

Ann: These days I’m hard at work on my latest EP which is focused on electronic dance music. I always try to find new ways to produce, arrange and mix my music. I think it keeps me alert and helps me create fresh and exciting tracks.

Does collaboration play a role in your work—whether with your community, artists or others? How so and how does this impact your work?

Rona: I find myself always working on projects both 100% solo and in a full collaboration, its always somehow balanced so I have at least one big project that is totally solo where I can express myself and point of view freely and one that is more collaborative in its nature. Whether its STRIKE!, Female:Pressure projects or radio show I’m co hosting or the book publication “Sifrey Yonatan” where I work closely with other artists. I find this to be a good balance to keep yourself humble and 100% on fire and creative. When we created STRIKE! is was very important to us to make it in a form of an “open-code” project so that everyone can work with this project and relate to according to their point of view and we tried working under this guideline in all stages of the work - from recording and producing the album to creating it as a full-on electronic opera on stage. Being 3 very different musicians (with Ann Streichman and Hilit Rozental) it was very important to us to let each one’s voice to shine and support each other, this is why the opera is so diverse musically but still the songs and tracks really work well together. Everything was done with full collaboration and respect.

Ann: Most of the time I collaborate with other artists; whether they are musicians with whom I compose, produce and perform with, or visual artists for whom I provide music for their art such as fashion, animation or video. Whenever I collaborate with someone else I try to listen to their world of sounds, their story and their message, and later I apply my vision in a way that hopefully is organic and complementary to the specific collaboration. Whenever I work with someone else I write music that I would never have written by myself. This is why collaborations are a great gift and are so important to me as an artist.

Considering the political climate, how do you think the temperature is for the arts right now, what/how do you hope it may change or make a difference?

Rona: naturally I believe there is always a place for art, I believe in political art and its capabilities and mission to outline and spotlight society’s problems. I believe artists are somewhat modern day's profits and have the responsibility to help humanity grow and evolve. For example our electronic opera STRIKE! which is our personal view on war, feminism and the power of nonviolent civilian resistance incorporated in a wide scale and open minded artistic and musical vision. When we created STRIKE! we wanted to speak out our mind about these burning issues in a fun and even popy way, so the show itself is very fun and funny and been getting great reviews from teens to people in their 70s. I just love seeing the sparkly eyes after the show is over and knowing that little by little we are planting the ideas discussed in the opera and its songs in people’s minds. We also wanted to honor electronic music and show that you can tell a story with a wide range of emotions with it as its usually perceived as “flat” wrongfully.

Ann: I think art has a special place when it comes to critique of current events, political and social views. Artists have been challenging the social climate of their surroundings for as long as art exists, and hopefully will continue to do so in these tumultuous present days. I think nowadays artists must create a voice of reason and hope in these uncertain times. Art has a way of reaching people’s hearts and minds like no other medium especially when it has a strong message.

Artist Wanda Ewing, who curated and titled the original LFF exhibit, examined the perspective of femininity and race in her work, and spoke positively of feminism, saying “yes, it is still relevant” to have exhibits and forums for women in art; does feminism play a role in your work?

Rona: Yes feminism plays a significant role in my creation - whether its in sex themed releases and videos “Just Fuck Me” or “Pussy In My Ear” which is a porn-parody. I believe women’s sexual oppression is a medium to control women and by sexual liberation and sexual empowerment of women much can be achieved in our fight for equality. With women the sexual is the political from prostitution to birth control to slut shaming to rape and sexual abuse and harassment - sex is a mean patriarchy is using to control women and this must stop. I also try working with as many women and queer artists as possible, especially for paid jobs as I know they are more likely to get less calls due to their gender and I always believe in helping a sister. And of course our electronic opera STRIKE! which is a radical feminist manifesto and was built and produced as a feminist project throughout all its stages.

Ann: Yes of course, feminism is a way of life and it is affecting everything I do and how I think and that includes my art. Even when I choose not to address it, it is a conscious choice.

Ewing’s advice to aspiring artists was “you’ve got to develop the skill of when to listen and when not to;” and “Leave. Gain perspective.” What is your favorite advice you have received or given?

Rona: My mom always taught us to follow our hearts. I think there were times she wished she’d taught us to be more obedient but I can’t stress enough how important it was and is for me to have that kind of belief and “back”. I would add - Dream big, Work hard, Be you and dont let no one discourage you.

Ann: The best advice I got was “Just do it”.

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Links: Site: http://striketlvlg.wixsite.com/strike Music: https://soundcloud.com/striketlvlg Download Music (free): https://strikemusic.bandcamp.com/

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WE SHALL OVERCOME

With political unrest in the US, all I can think about is what to do next. What to tell our kids, how to look up and move forward. I feel a major arts movement coming on. What are you doing? What are you creating in response? Inspired by the civil rights song (after Reverend Charles Tindley of Philadelphia’s turn of the 20th century hymn) Joan Baez popularized in the 1960s, We Shall Overcome, if you are a self-identified woman artist of any media, genre, level, style, send your work that looks forward and up, and tell me how it expresses this. Ongoing series, no work minimum or maximum. Send images as .jpgs and text in email to [email protected].

Les Femmes Folles is a volunteer organization founded in 2011 with the mission to support and promote women in all forms, styles and levels of art from around the world with the online journal, print annuals, exhibitions and events; originally inspired by artist Wanda Ewing and her curated exhibit by the name Les Femmes Folles (Wild Women). LFF was created and is curated by Sally Deskins. LFF Books is a micro-feminist press that publishes 1-2 books per year by the creators of Les Femmes Folles including the award-winning Intimates & Fools (Laura Madeline Wiseman, 2014), The Hunger of the Cheeky Sisters: Ten Tales (Laura Madeline Wiseman/Lauren Rinaldi, 2015) and BARED: Contemporary Poetry & Art by Women (Edited by Laura Madeline Wiseman, 2017). Other titles include Les Femmes Folles: The Women 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 available on blurb.com, including art, poetry and interview excerpts from women artists. See the latest call for work on the Submissions page!

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How Can I Win My Ex Boyfriend S Heart Back Surprising Tips

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10 Incredible Audiobooks That Will Revolutionize Your Life

I’ve always enjoyed the inspiration and entertainment that comes from a great book.

The problem is, I rarely have time to sit down and devote hours of my undivided attention to reading books. My life is just too busy (or so I tell myself).

Fortunately, people in my predicament have another option: audiobooks.

Audiobooks are a great way to consume all the same content from a book while getting other stuff done.

Whether you listen while you exercise, drive to work or mow the lawn, audiobooks are the perfect substitute for people (like me) who would rather read through their ears instead of their eyes.

The Problem

Unfortunately, audiobooks have their own set of issues. They aren’t all created equal.

Some audiobooks have poor production quality.

Some are narrated by incredibly monotonous or annoying voices.

Some narrators have absurdly thick accents or speaking patterns that detract from the message.

Not to mention, some audiobooks are WAY too long (most likely because the original book is long). Not everyone has 100+ hours to listen to a single audiobook!

A few of my favorite books were nearly destroyed when I listened to a poorly executed audiobook rendition of the exact same material. It’s not easy to judge the quality of an audiobook when you only have a 30-second preview to go by.

The Best Audiobooks I’ve Heard

Since I’ve listened to A LOT of audiobooks in my time (it’s pretty much the only way I read anything these days), I wanted to let you know about some of my favorites.

I thought these audiobooks were extremely well done and actually enhanced the original text by adding emotion, inflection, emphasis and even music in some well thought out places.

Some of these audiobooks were so good, I’ve found myself listening to them again and again, just because they delivered such a rich, enjoyable experience.

Curious to know what they are? I’ll list them out for you below…

1. Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations is that several people have recommended to me over the past decade.

When I finally gave it a listen, I was blown away by how much value they crammed into 6 short hours. It was incredible!

There isn’t anything fancy about how this audiobook was recorded or produced… it’s pretty basic, actually.

What makes it so good? The narrator and co-author, Joseph Grenny, does a superb job of reading clearly, using good vocal tonality in his voice (an important part of explaining how to have a crucial conversation) and he’s just an overall easy person to listen to.

Aside from the delivery, this is one of the most intensely useful audiobooks I’ve ever listened to – I’m really not kidding. I actually found it cumbersome to listen while driving or working out, because I had to hit “pause” every 2 – 3 minutes so I could take notes.

At one point, I actually pulled my car to the side of the road so I could take notes. It was that good.

The advice in this book works and it’s not just theory. There was plenty of real-life application that made it directly useful in many aspects of my life. If you haven’t given this one a listen, I urge you to get it on your shortlist of audiobooks to hear!

2. Profit First

I’ve never met anyone who read Profit First and wasn’t impressed by it.

Aside from the simple-but-ingenious business budgeting concepts explained in this book (it’s sort of like Dave Ramsey’s envelope system, but for business owners), I thoroughly enjoyed how the narrator and author, Mike Michalowicz got through the content.

He doesn’t just read the original manuscript word-for-word, he goes “off script” many times throughout the book to add further clarification, give real-life examples and help flesh out the material in ways that are much more interesting and informative for the listener.

This is something 95% of audiobooks don’t do, which baffles me. I appreciated how this author took special care to package the content so it was more palatable to those who were listening rather than reading.

And I’ll mention again, the content of this book is amazing. Whether you’re an accounting professional or someone who rarely looks at the numbers, you will walk away with some great new insights from what this book has to share.

3. Can’t Hurt Me

David Goggins is well-acquainted with pain, suffering, trials, and challenges.

The difference is, he doesn’t run away from these things like most of us do. He leans into the pain and asks for more.

Some people might call it insanity, but I found it refreshing to hear about how he learned to revel in life’s difficulties and squeeze every last drop of strength and personal development out of it.

This audiobook for Can’t Hurt Me took a fascinating approach by splitting up the content into a mix of the original book, followed by a podcast-style interview between the author, David Goggins and the narrator, Adam Skolnick, at the end of each chapter.

It wasn’t just about hearing the story as it was originally written, but about getting a deeper insight into what went into the story and what lessons the listener should take away. I actually found the biggest lessons and takeaways came from the podcast interview portion (which wasn’t even part of the original book)!

This is one of those books you’ll actually get more out of by listening to it rather than reading it.

4. Building a Story Brand

If anyone knows how to write a good story, it’s Donald Miller.

One thing most good storytellers haven’t done is map out a clear framework by which anyone can tell a great story, and more importantly, how this framework can be used to vastly extend the reach of your business.

Another thing about Donald Miller is, he’s not just a great writer, he’s also a great speaker, and it shows in this audiobook. His delivery is clear, consistent and easy to listen to for all 4 hours and 56 minutes of this audiobook.

That’s another thing… I also appreciated how this entire book was delivered in less than 5 hours (even when playing at the normal, 1x speed). That’s an incredible amount of value that can be digested relatively quickly.

One of the first things I look at when considering an audiobook is how long it will take me to listen to it. When an audiobook is over 10 hours long… that’s a lot of time to commit to! Remember, a book isn’t just costing you money, it’s costing you time (and to some people, their time is worth a lot). When a book can deliver just as much value in a shorter time span, that’s a BIG plus in my book.

5. Thou Shall Prosper

This audiobook is one of the longer ones on this list, clocking in at nearly 18 hours, but believe me, this thing is PACKED with wisdom from beginning-to-end.

In Thou Shall Prosper (narrated by A.C. Fellner), Rabbi Daniel Lapin gives a very comprehensive overview on what he calls “The 10 Commandments of Making Money” and dispels a lot of the common assumptions and misconceptions modern-day people have about the how to make money, the value that businesses provide for the world and how to reframe the whole thought process behind financial prosperity.

For a lot of people, I think this book can provide a significant paradigm shift and a healthier understanding of what entrepreneurs and business owners play in the greater good of the world. I had several “Aha!” moments as I listened to this one and I found the whole audio presentation to be very easy to listen to, as it kept my attention from start to finish – and for an audiobook this long, that’s saying something!

6. Pitch Anything

This is some of the best information I’ve ever read on human psychology, motivation and negotiation all wrapped into one audiobook.

Pitch Anything, written and narrated by Oren Klaff lays out a formula that is highly effective when selling, which is something we all have to do, whether we like it or not.

But the lessons in this book apply to more than just the topic of “selling stuff” – it’s really a book on human psychology and how to be persuasive.

This book has helped me to be FAR more effective in my interactions with other people and it can help you too.

I thought the audiobook was executed very well and Oren does a good job of keeping the message entertaining and easy to listen to.

7. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

The title of this book is obviously intended to grab your attention, and whether you’re a fan of the approach, I think there’s a lot of wisdom to be gleaned from this one.

Mark Manson did a masterful job of using many different stories and examples to explain his underlying points.

One of my big takeaways moments from this book was the fact that not everyone shares the same values.

While this should be obvious, it’s not something I ever paid much attention to. Likewise, I don’t think most people recognize the fact that other people have different views and ideas about matters in life.

When I took time to let this sink in, it changed a lot about how I view the world and other people, particularly those who don’t care about the same things I do. It helped me make a lot more sense of people I never would’ve understood otherwise.

Considering how hilariously profane this book is (be ready for it), it gets pretty deep, and it does so without getting overly-philosophical to the point that the average person won’t be able to grasp the concepts.

I also thought the narrator, Roger Wayne did a great job of delivering the text in a way that was fun and easy-to-listen. Again, I also appreciated the relatively short listening time, coming in at just over 5 hours.

8. Thinking In Bets

This book covers some fascinating concepts that are incredibly relevant to everyone’s life, especially entrepreneurs.

In this audiobook (narrated superbly by the author), Annie Duke elaborates on the misconception that bad results always come from bad decisions. The truth is, there are plenty of examples where good results came from bad decisions, and bad results came from good decisions.

This was something I learned from my friend Billy Murphy years ago (also a professional poker player). In many of life’s biggest decisions, there are ways to mathematically quantify which decisions are most likely to lead to the desired outcome. Even if the results don’t turn out as desired, that doesn’t mean a decision was a bad one.

When I grasped this concept, it gave me a lot of comfort in making sound decisions without having all the information (something we all have to do every day) and realizing that when a path is thoroughly analyzed on the front end, there is no shame in results that are turn out to be wildly unlucky.

9. Linchpin

Linchpin is one of those perspective-changing pieces of work that makes you look at your life and career path in a whole new light. Sometimes the biggest revelations we have in life are actually pretty obvious, but we still need someone to spell it out for us, and that’s exactly what Seth Godin does in this book (narrated by the author).

I think this book is important because it touches on some of the core truths that all working professionals need to be well-aware of – the importance of being an indispensable and providing value on a level that makes you irreplaceable because of the unique qualities that only you can bring to the table.

When I started putting this mentality to work, my life changed forever (and yours can too).

10. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

This is one of those books that can alter your perspective on a lot of things (at least, it did for me).

Stephen Covey wrote (and narrated) this masterpiece over a quarter-century ago and it still leaves a lasting impression on just about everyone who reads it.

The subject matter of this book isn’t so much related to “real estate investing” as it is a solid guidebook for living.

If you ever have the chance, I would strongly encourage you to pick this one up and absorb what it has to say. You’ll be glad you did!

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Engagermate Review – NO.1 Instagram Marketing Tool!

Engagermate Review – Introduction

Instagram is the universes quickest developing informal community and is what is going to make your bank, it’s as basic as that. Such a large number of advertisers began to commit to experience contenders’ devotees, hashtags and areas and start to pursue, as, inbox and connect with them. They saw moment results and pages began to get individuals returning and tailing them and preferring their substance immediately.

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Engagermate Rating!!

Price

Features

Support

Easy To Use

4.5

Summary

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Engagermate Review – Overview

Vendor: Luke Maguire

Product: Engagermate

Launch date: 2019 – May – 01

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What is Engagermate?

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Innovative Optimizing Module

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Unlike any other bot using “white hat” method, Engagermate integrates with Instagram via popular applications such as Android and iPhone before connecting to our cloud system to accelerate the possibility of engagement. Not to mention, users can actively edit and display their commitments and display real-time statistics about their progress.

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This allows you to automatically send a welcome message at the moment you allow. The content it can be about you, about your business information or about your products. etc..

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Engagermate Software Demo

Who Should You Buy It?

If you are looking for a product that can automate the entire process and have your Instagram account like, follow, inbox and engage with your target market 24/7, Engagermate is your best choice. I suggest this high-quality product for those people who are:

Instagram Marketers

Online Business Owners

Product Promoters

Digital Marketers

Social Media Marketers

Advantages and Disadvantages

Pros

Interact with Instagram users through days and nights

Auto sending a direct message and welcome message to accounts

Mobile-friendly

Reasonable price and no extra fee to run

Have organic growth

Easy to Install and use

Make automatic growth notifications

Artificial Intelligence learning

Have VIP Facebook group to connect with other Engagermaters

Cons

Up to now, I have not found out any disadvantages related effectiveness of Engagermate yet.

Price and Evaluation

From now on, you can start growing your following and sending traffic to your sites for free with only $67 if you choose to buy Engagermate. This is the price you have to pay to own this item in the launch days. However, this price will not stay there waiting for you to act. After only a few hours, it will change forever. Therefore, you should take action as soon as possible to get the highest discount.

Again, the price of it is currently $67 only. I highly recommend you to buy the product that many people expect to be next potential Best Seller. Thus, let’s get to its official page and purchase it after reading my Engagermate review. If you have a Paypal, Visa, or MasterCard, you can buy it online now.

In the first 14 days, if you are not keen on the software for whatever reason or want to have your money back, you will have it with the 100% money back guarantee. To finish this off, on the off chance that you utilize this product for 60 days, work with our help group and Luke actually and still don’t get any outcomes, you will have your money back double. You won’t see this arrangement from any advertiser ever.

Conclusion

You have finally reached the bottom line of my Engagermate Review! Thank you so much for taking the time to follow my review. I hope that you have found this tool informative and helpful. As an experienced person, I highly recommend you to give it a try. Hopefully, you will make a wise decision and have the solution for your Instagram marketing business. Goodbye and see you later!

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