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2024 KCSE Results | Girls Excel in English

The much-anticipated 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results have been officially released. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba, accompanied by Principal Secretary Dr. Belio Kipsang, announced the results at Mtihani House, shedding light on key statistics and performance trends. This year, a total of 962,512 candidates sat for the KCSE exams, marking a 7.19% increase…

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Don't shut up | Spencer Reid

summary: Spencer is used to people who constantly tell him to shut up, but somehow, he feels even more embarrassed and sad when he thinks you want him to stop talking after looking at the tired and confused expression you have when he's trying to help you. The thing is you hate when people do that to Spence and would spend years just listening to his voice.

genre: fluff

pairing: Early seasons!Spencer Reid x bau!reader

warnings: mentions of the team shutting Spencer down. Derek and JJ being a little mean to him when he's spreading information. Spencer being a cutie potato. Mention of a stomachache and its causes (mention of miscarriage as one of the causes, but nothing happens). Reader not being a native english speaker, but just a slight mention.

a/n: Dr. Spencer Reid is a genius.... I am not. I literally had to search for information and copy-paste here in some parts, so if there's misinformation, it's Google's fault, lmao. I wrote this yesterday when I was about to sleep, so I'm sorry if something is wrong with the writing (even though I already edited). English isn't my first language, please be kind <3.

Masterlist Spanish ver. On Wattpad (coming soon)

Spencer and you arrived early that morning. He hated being late for anything. He couldn't afford to be late if he wanted to stick as closely as possible to his assigned schedule, especially because he took public transport. On the other hand, you had no choice but to arrive early when you woke up at four in the morning thanks to a severe stomachache and couldn't go back to sleep.

That's how your conversation started. Your genius workmate was surprised to see you, first hour in the morning, when he walked in the office, even before Hotch arrived.

“Are you feeling better?” He asked, furrowing his eyebrows. You couldn't deny that the expression was too cute for your own good.

“Yeah… I think so. It's not even the stomach ache that bothers me, it's the fact that even if I was sleepy, I couldn't fall asleep again. You know? That happens to me a lot. Once I open my eyes, I can't go back to sleep. I've also been feeling mildly unwell for a week, but even though the medication is controlling it, it doesn't stop."

At this point, he already set up his desk, leaving his briefcase on his own chair to walk over to you and sit at your desk, next to the chair you were sitting in, to listen to you attentively and answer.

“The brain works with different phases of sleep: light sleep, deep sleep, and REM sleep. The cycle usually restarts every eighty to one hundred minutes, and we typically have four to six cycles each night.”

Hotch came out of the elevator and walked upstairs after both of you waved at him, and he let out a soft “good morning”. Emily arrived a few seconds later. You greeted her too, as she took place on her desk, but that didn't stop your conversation.

“So, it's completely normal that we wake up in the middle of the night because of that process, but if it is frequent, for three months or more, it may be a symptom of insomnia.”

Your view went to the floor, and your head nodded in a semi-unconscious movement, because although you knew that your sleep cycle was ruined by work, you had not come to that conclusion, maybe that was it.

“Now, the stomachache…” He said, taking one pen from your pencil case to concentrate. He usually never took other people's belongings or shared his own stuff because of the germs, but somehow, after a few years of working together, he had come to have a good amount of closeness with you to borrow some stuff from you. Months ago, it hadn't gone unnoticed by Penelope that Spencer had a box full of pens reserved for you, in case you needed one, nor the fact that he denied JJ one of them once, when the blonde girl needed something to write with quickly.

“The causes can be the most common, such as gas, indigestion, a muscle injury, or stress. Although there are also more serious causes: gastrointestinal infections, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage..."

“Wow, what are you trying to do? Scare her?” Derek's voice invaded the place and Emily smirked.

“What? No, I'm just saying the possibilities…” Spencer whispered, looking down, a little worried that he might actually scared the person he cared more, besides his mom.

“It's okay.” You answer loud enough so your friends and coworkers would hear. “Thanks, Spence. I already went to the doctor, so I have none of… those.” I gave him a little smile. “But about stress…” The sentence hung in the air, so Spencer looked up and continued speaking automatically.

“Stress can cause stomach pain because the autonomic nervous system of the gastrointestinal tract reacts to the same hormones and neurotransmitters as the brain. This is because the digestive system is connected to the nervous system, and the enteric nervous system, which is located in the digestive system, is able to send and receive impulses and assimilate emotions.” He started to talk faster.

Your focus on the genius boy and his explanation was sincere, but maybe it was the fact that you didn't rest well, plus the fact that he was speaking too fast and not vocalizing all the syllables, that for a moment your brain didn't process what he was saying.

It was weird. At some point you didn't even hear words, just sounds from his mouth. That didn't happen to you for a really long time because you already had experience with the native speakers, even if english wasn't your mother language. The exhausting feeling of not being able to sleep well was definitely to blame.

While your brain was coming to that conclusion, Spencer could only see your furrowed brow, tense jaw, tilted head, and dissociated look.

“You want me to shut up, right?” That whisper was enough for you to come back to reality. His cheeks were red and his eyes looked a little sad, not to mention the way his mouth formed a line like whenever he felt awkward.

“Yes, please!” Derek answered instead, leaning back in his seat and looking up with his arms outstretched as if he'd had to deal with seven unsubs in the five minutes he'd been there, listening from his place to the information Spencer was giving you.

“Little genius boy got excited… again.” JJ said, looking at some documents in front of her, opening her eyes wide in an expression of tiredness and disinterest.

The young profiler stood up from your desk thinking about returning to his chair, a little embarrassed, but you took his pinky with yours —that way you wouldn't make him feel uncomfortable in case he wasn't in the mood for physical touch, something he refused unless it was you. Again, another special treat—. “Wait. It wasn't like that.” Hazel eyes looked at you intently, still with a bit of doubt. “I'm sorry Spencer. Yes, you got excited, but that's not something bad.”

“It isn't?” He questioned.

“No, but you started to speak fast, and the fact that there are some words that I have a hard time processing in English and I couldn't quite catch what you were saying because I didn't sleep enough, well, that distracted me. Would you mind repeating it again, slower?” This time, you were the one with warm cheeks.

“Oh. Are you sure you don't want me to shut up?” The boy was actually intrigued and a little surprised.

“Why would I want that?” The fact that your teammates often shut Spencer up when he tried to share extra information, or information that he had been asked about, was something you had noticed from the moment you started working with the team. You thought that was rude. You understood that sometimes Spencer got excited, gave information that was perhaps better saved for another time since you were investigating a case, or people could be tired and want silence, but the team either silenced him or made fun of him most of the time. Plus, there weren't many other things you liked more than hearing his voice.

The sweet, soothing tone of his words helped you sleep on the jet after a long case, or made you want to hear more about whatever he was talking about. Feeling like he was sharing with you, a mere mortal, some of the vast knowledge he had was nice.

“I'm always happy to hear whatever you need to say, even if it's about something I don't understand. And, right now, you are helping me a lot, so, please, don't shut up.” The crimson color returned to the tall boy's face, this time not because he was uncomfortable. Your kind and somewhat complicit smile made his heart race, like almost every time he was with you. Spencer knew that no matter how tired he got, he would never shut up if you wanted him to keep talking.

[usafphantom2]

#Sukhoi SU-35

@Fiona75975939 via X

[whuzzat]

"I only stapled your papers for the good of humanity"

[pedroam-bang]

Doom Eternal (2019)

“Trapped in hell. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.”

[but-a-humble-goon]

The line "Slayer threat level at maximum" implies there exists the possibility that the Slayer's threat level is ever not at maximum which raises serious questions. How exactly are we measuring this?

[doom-nerdo-666]

I honestly think what makes modern Doom seem "not Doom" to some fans isn't even gameplay related, but moreso the actual story/premise.

Which can be ironic for a series where story was irrelevant but i wonder how people would see the games if they were still UAC vs Hell.

Like instead of the Slayer, you'd have a pissed off Doomguy as a product of a UAC super soldier experiment and the rest would be UAC tech or demonic magic.

Like even the dragon could've been like a UAC warhawk or the shield could've been a UAC machine.

Because Doom 3 is closer to the premise but is still seen as "not Doom" because of the darker nature and gameplay.

In fact, there's a bit of a dynamic here:

Doom 3 is closer to the premise of Doom than the new games

But D3 is "less cool and badass" as a trade off

Say what you want about Brutal Doom (At least if it's an actual opinion and not second hand info or vague info, because BD drama suffers a lot from that) but when you think about it, BD is pretty much a "brutal" take on the Doom premise.

An exaggeration of the familiar premise, not "boring, lame" like Doom 3 or "changing the premise a bit more" like the Slayer games.

The basic idea of Doom but "brutal".

And lots of Doom mods, when not about OC characters or other franchises, is technically "expanding the Doom universe".

So imagine a "reverse" scenario where the more "badass, over the top" Doom direction still adhered to the premise of UAC soldier vs Hell while a darker, serious Doom would be the one with medieval elements.

Come to think of it, remember what i said about Doom 3 having actual medieval knights as Sentinels?

If there was a medieval horror Doom, they could easily pull stuff from Bosch or reference Dante's inferno more.

Also, remember my idea of "what if the Doomslayer was a form of Doomguy"?

Imagine if a UAC Doomguy still had UAC mechs and a UAC warhawk, that also could turn into an Atlan and Mecha Dragon.

But i've seen people with ideas of an MP focused game taking notes from Quake Wars Enemy Territory or something involving factions with options like weapons/classes/vehicles.

That could be a way to canonize the gameplay of UAC mechs and stuff, so they don't feel left out for fans who think too much of the traditional premise, while still having the Sentinels.

[newvegascowboy]

I think part of the reason why the Doom movies have sucked so bad is because they've been from the POV of UAC security guys and not Doomguy (also making it aliens and not demons, which i think is what doom 3 did? Which, incidentally, is partly why doom 3 is also Not Very Good). And like the thing is, from the POV of anyone who isn't Doomguy, it absolutely is a survival horror. Those people are scared for their fucking LIVES. From Doomguy's perspective, this is just another Wednesday. He's barely breaking a sweat. And this is where the experience diverges, because the Viewer expects a movie to be a gore fest rip and tear delight, but these random UAC idiots are just not equipped to handle a demonic/alien invasion. You came to see a demon's chest get cracked open with someone's bare hands, but instead its the demons doing the cracking.

The other reasons the movies sucked so bad is because they weren't animated.

[thelowlandbench]

[unicorn-academy-brainrot]

Fun fact: in animation, projects are often referred to with an internal show code instead of saying the full project name, for efficiency or confidentiality reasons. For example “the monkey king” on Netflix was internally referred to as TMK. For Unicorn Academy, the show code was UCA for UniCorn Academy (lol). You can see in posts from artists/animators/etc who worked on the show that it’s tagged or referred to as UCA, and even on the toy boxes you can see the toy names on the back are labelled things like “UCA Sophia Fashion Doll).

[savior-of-humanity]

I like to imagine that, if you were to somehow force Y’shua into a meeting with some military dudes he really did not like, he would do everything in his power to piss them off without actually getting kicked out.

[usafphantom2]

@AcePilotAV via X

[wjbsart]

Got Xara on my new computer (thanks, dad!) so anyway here's a project I've been working on for a while; custom versions of the UAC logo from Doom, some of which are based on existing designs, and some of which are custom! I made them partially because I thought it would be fun, and partially for my custom Doom mods and mapsets (check out @wjbminecraft-mods for stuff about those)

Annotated version below.

Standard (based on one of the computer textures)

Silhouette

Wide (based on one of the big door textures)

SHAWN3

Crate (based on the crate textures)

SHAWN1

Old (based on this sprite-sheet released by John Romero in 2014)

UAAF (based on the above sprite-sheet)

Doom 64 (based on the barrel sprite from Doom 64)

Doom 3 (heavily simplified to remove the holes and weird frame)

2016

Retro (heavily inspired by the 1970s Aperture Science logo)

Modern

1920s

UAC Archives (from the second map of my upcoming mapset)

UAC Mining

UAC Legal

UAC Medical

[pedroam-bang]

Doom Eternal (2019)

“Trapped in hell. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.”

[gullivertravelstowonderland]

Back from my hiatus working on AMoD chapter six! My interest has finally cycled back to where I can focus on fanfic :D