#bsts spoiler

[shonpota]

The current final chapter update so far:

Basically:

1. Yakou asked Takami and Kasumi to lend some help whenever they are in starless. He also tell everyone to let him take care of the store because he needs to manage his remote job, confidential informations papers and management.

2. Ginsei took half finished koharu script and improvised it

3. Unei give hase room key and make Yakou comfortable in it. Yakou agreed.

4. Akira wants to play to Haseyama room too

5. Taiga admit that Yakou is hundred ways better than Haseyama (From 1st reward copy)

6. Some people are amused about how yakou is owner representative now.

7. Yakou remember MC compliment him making flower paper and it makes him sad during reha with Yoshino. (This is Yakou *4 card 1st copy)

8. Yakou was sad and worried because a customer order isn't yet confirmed by Unei, so he apologized to customer. Menou got dizzy due lack of rest. Then Ginsei came to them and rush them for performance time. (Yakou *5 card 2nd copy)

9. Team C Chapter 1: Mokuren gathered everyone in C and give briefing about Saki got kidnapped, and Qu wants him to support the store but no can do, Qu also wants to help with research as well. Also, rookies like Hari, Zakuro and Mokuren also couldn't do much for helping to seek clues more than Kasumi who is an expert.

10. Team K Chapter 1: Kei wrote notes from places where Gui can sense his master whereabouts and plan to go there.

11. Team W Chapter 1: Kokuyou do briefing and Akira wants to save Saki then date her once he found her. Akira also surprised when he heard Haseyama was shot.

12. Team P Chapter 1: Rindou asked Nekome and Sinju about staying in store for today because things are hectic. Nekome said he could help the Hall and kitchen. Menou said he is staying in store because Yakou asked him to.

Hdhajdja Yakou 😳 despite Menou bullied Yakou plenty back then, you still want him to be on your side???

13. Team B Chapter 1:

Kongo denied the fact he was beaten after Mizuki said Saki was kidnapped. Kongo said the sound of the gun make his mind go blank and feel not worthy to be bodyguard.

Heath said he isn't going to listen to Kei's order by searching by teams and wants to seek for her right away. Ran said he will use his weapons (maybe yakuza/spy squad for seeking information) .

14. Team W Chapter 2:

Kokuyou contact his thugs homies/buddies and received info there was a guy who stormed to the thugs' hideout and beat them all. Then they are aiming to go there.

15. Team C Chapter 2:

Qu found lipstick on floor that he bought together with Saki which is not produced anymore aside no prove of struggle in Starless.

Mokuren asked his team member to think how the villain thinks and works in order to figure things out.

16. Team K Chapter 2:

Yoshino thought that Saki was kidnapped for money, but Sotetsu said it is not like that. Yoshino got called by Yakou to help the hallway because it is in chaos so he came back to restaurant alone. Later on Sotetsu met Akira and Kokuyou's acquaintances and wants to talk with them.

17. Team P Chapter 2

Maica thinks the guys that he confronted on Main Street and the missing of Maica's connection that he sent to dig info means Saki is in dangerous situation and connected.

18. Yakou 3rd Copy story:

Ginsei, Yakou and Taiga arrived late. Menou said that he is waiting for Yakou then Yakou start talking about he got worried of Saki and everything, then Menou comfort him until Yakou regain his composure again. Menou also gently remind Yakou about his intercom and not to worry and just focus on the performance.

Yakou can and will make everyone being nice to him huh

19. Team B Chapter 2:

Lico overhead Ran asking his family to gather information about things. Then ask Ran nit to do dangerous things.

20. Team W Chapter 3

Taiga report a dummy video and Sin figured out an empty building and wants to go there. Sin made comment about descended angel to darkness will grow horn. I don't know anything about it but maybe evil Saki or Saki will be awake.

21. Main story Chapter 4:

Saki is taken to Old Starless and have experiment on her by using Black Star music while being asked by Gui Master

22. Main Story Chapter 5

Someone spread rumour about Yakou being owner and Sotetsu congratulate him for it, meanwhile Yakou doesn't know he become owner. Also it is hinted that Haseyama will be not with us for awhile.

Yakou is a brain empty kitten

23. Main Story Chapter 6:

Nekome found a corrupted image file in USB and gave it to Taiga. Taiga thought it was a prank because the images are tampered, but Nekome think it is a hint.

24. Main Story Chapter 7:

Findings:

P ➡️ Another organization is movin

B ➡️ Beating many people who chase black card

C ➡️ Deciding Saki isn't the main target of Gui master, it is Starless that is being watchee

W ➡️ Touring suspicious building and asking people that Gui master beat up

K ➡️ Going to old Starless thanks to Nekome lead. Kei also ordered everyone to keep on looking.

25. Team C Chapter 3:

Qu found Saki's book (Death's Love, C's performance) and a map was found there, there is a marked place there and Mokuren feels they are being played but decided to go that place, then telling Qu to go back for reha.

26. Team C Chapter 4

Mokuren asked Zakuro if he was being hated by someone, and Zakuro claimed that he have moral and integrity, then asked how come an amnesia guy like him can know if he is being hated.

Mokuren also mentioned about someone else is observing them and laughing.

Zakuro pointed out the other location (old starless) is tightly locked and it is impossible to peek there inside.

27. Team W Chapter 5: Takami found a picture of Kei in America and then Kokuyou decided to keep it and want to report the information to Starless.

28. Team B Chapter 5: Mizuki and Ran reported their findings about Black Card. Kongo said because there is Black Card and Saki relationship, that there are some people moving around.

Lico once again asked them to stop getting involved, and wanting to leave it to police and doesn't want things turn bad.

(As I open more chapters, I will tell more

Next chapter update: 9 December)

[flatasstemple]

[blackstarmylove]

June Bride 2023 Card Stories

OMGOMGOMG the June bride stories! Kei’s going to make my dream come true. Guys, HELP! I can’t stop shaking.

Spoilers below!

Kei

He hints that he plans to propose….yes, like marriage proposal…in the future.

MC sees Kei and asks where he is heading. He says to shop for a new outfit and asks if MC would like to join him.

They head to the store, and MC sees a cute dress but can’t decide whether to try the black dress or white. Kei suggests to try both and says all the outfits in the store would look good on her.

She then notices bridal fair jewelry, and Kei suggests to go take a look. MC sees a ring she likes but denies when Kei asks if anything caught her eye. He says not to suppress her desires and to act on it. MC says she likes the cute ring.

Backstage before the performance, Kei asks MC to hold out her hand and shows her the ring and says wearing a ring on the right ring finger is wishing for peace of mind.

“On the other hand, wearing a ring on the left ring finger…”

“In due time.”

He puts the ring on the right ring finger and kisses the back of the hand. Kei asks MC to keep the ring on during the performance.

HE PLANS TO PROPOSE! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

——

Menou

He thinks his team is boring because everyone can do their parts well, especially Kei. He wants to add drama and the only way to destroy Kei’s composure is to use MC.

Menou asks MC to marry him (rehearsing his character). MC ends up asking it’s only rehearsing, right? Menou asks if MC wants to marry him.

He then says, “What would it be like to live together? If I’m with you, I’m sure I won’t be bored everyday.”

——

Maica

Maica and MC share an umbrella. MC says his shoulder is getting wet and to tilt the umbrella, so he asks MC to get closer and pulls her close. She says let’s rush to Starless, but Maica is enjoying himself and says not to rush too much.

Maica brings MC a towel and says to use this, not a handkerchief, go dry off. He helps dry her hair and thanks her. This is his first time performing outside of his team and is nervous but sharing the moments in the rain with her made him relax.

——

Kasumi

Kasumi and MC run into each other on the streets, and they plan to head to Starless together but notice a long line outside a new store. Kasumi says he got a flyer about a new cake shop opening and asks if they want to go. They decide to get take out because the staff is slow (since they’re new at the job), and Kasumi doesn’t want to be late for his performance.

After the performance, they taste the cakes. Kasumi for strawberry shortcake and MC chocolate cake. They like the cakes and say visiting the shop again is worthwhile. MC wonders what the other flavors taste like, and Kasumi offers a piece of his cake to MC using his spoon. MC returns the favor.

Kasumi makes a comment about how they exchanged the first bite of the cake kinda like it’s their wedding. MC nearly chokes on the cake, and Kasumi is startled.

——

Hari

Hari is examining the June Bride decorations for the store and says they are going to decorate the store to look like a real wedding hall. He mumbled something along the lines of, “I wish I could play that part too…”

Hari proceeds to explain he plays the role of the heroine’s father and admits he doesn’t know how to express the emotions. (But I got the feeling that when he said “that part”, he was referring to the role of the groom.)

Next part, Hari says he will escort MC into the restaurant, holds out his arm, and walks MC in arm in arm. He the proceeds to explain while walking MC arm in arm, he imagined his father character walking his daughter down the wedding aisle and how he understands the father’s emotions.

Hari then mentioned he doesn’t want to let go of MC’s arm but is startled by his own words and blushes.

——

[anxiousanteaterr]

Of course B'st uses songster magic or whatever the fuck its called. of course theres another bard. A bardbarian, even.

[orchidbreezefc]

thats not even the worst part of spto. it has fuckin. gideon/julie.

lmao what on earth. if you'd asked me to guess what the other half of this notification said, this is not what i would have come up with

i don't actually hate it on principle though?? that actually sounds potentially REALLY funny to me. your indication is that it sucks though so maybe i'll dislike the execution. either way like. who thought this was necessary. lmaoooooo

[zarophod]

guess i need to watch The Princess Diaries now

[willosword]

ohhhh i love the implication that the future paradox pokemon are just like.... normal pokemon in the future. and the reason their base stats are so high is just because of the average bst rising over thousands of years. the idea that miraidon isn’t even a legendary in the future is so cool to me

[thethirdromana]

I'm thinking about Dracula and standardised time.

Before the introduction of the railways, people kept time by the rising and setting sun. That meant that every town was effectively its own little time zone. The college of Christ Church, Oxford, still keeps what would historically have been Oxford time - five minutes behind GMT/BST.

None of that matters if your fastest means of travel is the horse; you just adjust to local time whenever you travel somewhere new. But it does matter when you have a railway connecting towns at a much greater speed. Early railway timetables carried notes on the adjustments needed:

LONDON TIME is kept at all the Stations on the Railway, which is about 4 minutes earlier than READING time; 5½ minutes before STEVENTON time; 7½ minutes before CIRENCESTER time; 8 minutes before CHIPPENHAM time; 11 minutes before BATH and BRISTOL time; and 14 minutes before BRIDGEWATER time.

By the 1850s it was - mostly - obvious that this couldn't continue, and the UK was (again, mostly, see Christ Church, Oxford) standardised on to 'railway time', based on telegraph signals from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. In the 1880s, global time zones were created.

In other words the standardisation of time was a process that was happening throughout Bram Stoker's lifetime and was in some respects still relatively new by the time of Dracula.

Dracula is a novel about the battle between the modern and the medieval. In that context, I think it's significant that it places so much weight not just on railways as an instrument for the Crew of Light, but very specifically on railway timetables, the instrument of standardised time.

Dracula is an opponent of ordered time, whether that's through unwinding Jonathan's watch so he can't track time any more, the way he interacts with night and day and drags Jonathan on to his schedule, and - above all - through vampirism itself as a means to immortality. Our heroes try to impose that order back on him.

Spoilers for the ending below the cut.

What I think is interesting is that it doesn't work. The railway isn't quick enough to get the Crew of Light to Galatz in time. They can't impose their notions on time on him; but equally, Dracula never manages to drag them entirely into his timelessness. And when it comes to the passage of time for all of them...

The Castle of Dracula now stood out against the red sky, and every stone of its broken battlements was articulated against the light of the setting sun.

Modernity can pretend to dictate and quantify the passage of time, and Dracula can pretend to have escaped the bounds of time altogether. But in the end, they're all equally subject to the power of the sun.

[pilesofnonsense]

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[shonpota]

Mokuren noticed there's change in Zakuro way of singing, but Zakuro think he just copy paste singing style but Mokuren thinks that there's something in Zakuro's mind.

Also it took team P, Sin, Kasumi and Qu to comfort Zakuro.

It took whole village 😫

[captainofthetidesbreath]

The cast is finally making their London appearance, and the Nein are back! It's... actually really wild. I don't have the space here to be wistful because we have a LOT to get to here on bingo this week.

You can grab your own card at this BingoBaker link. The call list is 48 items long, all of which are listed below the cut—there's information about potentially adding more and when I will lock this call list below, but first, some notes:

"other item taken from Trent" is for any update on who has the Ring of Warding, the Rod of Absorption, or the Mantle of Spell Resistance. Naming these items explicitly did not fit well into a square. The Ring of Telepathy does NOT count, since we already know Caleb took that.

Appearances over Scrying or a vision do count. Sending is not working, but Sending also would have counted.

If a character is listed as just a mention but they appear, the square is legal.

"other multiclass" is if any member of the Nein who is not Fjord or Veth has multiclassed.

In the event that the Nein is at least level 19, "new feat used" is legal only if we absolutely know what the feat IS. Deducing they have one by their stats does not count.

"Counterspell against Counterspell" does not need to succeed.

Unless otherwise stated, a listed spell or ability does not need to succeed, i.e. the only square that needs a success to be legal is "successful Counterspell".

"Fjord short-range teleport" is under his own power. Him being taken along with someone else's short-range teleport, i.e. Dimension Door, does not count. His Arcane Gate does count.

There is a chance I will add things before the live show starts. The call list will be locked at 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT. If I add anything, I will make a post about it. If you wish to play with any added squares, you can refresh your bingo card if you're playing digitally (though, remember phone etiquette!); if you are playing with a printed sheet, don't worry about it. (Also, to answer in advance because this is queued for 5am ET, if you want to print these as handouts, I don't mind. Just don't litter.)

I cannot answer questions about what is legal until the broadcast on Thursday evening. I also ask that you NOT send me spoilers; I am happy to see your bingos and almost bingos, but please wait until the broadcast finishes. I CAN clarify what a square means though.

I will be reposting this on Thursday afternoon exactly as it is here, altered only to include any squares I hypothetically added, but otherwise it will be identical to this one.

Good luck, have fun, and I'm so jealous.

new magic item

Fjord's ship named

Yasha Sending

Beau and Caleb random teleport drop

Ludinus simulacrum

Desirat

sealing unsealed danger

Assembly politics

Sprinkle status

PC couple married or engaged

Rexxentrum

somewhere in the Coast

somewhere in the Greying Wildlands

elsewhere in Wildemount

animated opening change

Jester's paints

Cape of the Mountebank

other item taken from Trent

Artagan appearance

Astrid appearance

Essek appearance

Oliver Schreiber appearance

Luc or Yeza mention

Marion mention

Yussa mention

Ryn mention

level 20

less than level 20

Fjord: warlock 13

Fjord: paladin 7

Fjord: over warlock 13

Fjord: less than paladin 7

Veth: over wizard 1

other multiclass

new feat used

new spell

dunamancy spell

Commune

Counterspell against Counterspell

successful Counterspell

Polymorph or Shapechange

Sending attempt

Fjord short-range teleport

Divine Intervention

Divine Smite

Fjord Channel Divinity

Stunning Strike

Zealous Presence

[epically-ace-attorney]

*Intro Post ~ Welcome to the chaos!*

Hallo! This blog is an Ace Attorney AU using the musical EPIC! Canon is our bitch and we do as we please :)

The blog is joint run by @weltato (hi) and @the-ace-attorney-siren (formerly @burtrice1). Feel free to ask us anything about this AU in the inbox and not DMs - PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A WIP AU AND IS CONSTANTLY BEING THOUGHT OUT!!

The "backstory" I suppose would be that Wel was watching a great guy on YouTube by the name of Mortius (you should check him out, he's cool) react to "We'll Be Fine" and "Love in Paradise" from the most recent saga released from EPIC as of writing this (20/09/2024) - The Wisdom Saga. Wel had also been binging through some Ace Attorney streams by The NyanCave (also really cool, you should check them out too) and had that on the brain at the same time. Then she noticed something interesting - Odysseus had been on Calypso's Island for seven years.

You wanna know who else had a seven year gap? Phoenix Wright.

So obviously, I go to burtrice1 and say:

And then this happens:

And everything came from there. Just imagine it: Phoenix on that cliff calling for Mia T^T

Anyway, we had some planning to do: there is currently a list of characters from The Ace Attorney Trilogy, Ace Attorney: Investigations 1 & 2 (we're using the fan translation names in this house), and Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (because Wel hasn't finished Dual Destinies and hasn't seen Spirit of Justice yet) and what people from EPIC they're going in as.

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[blackstarmylove]

If you have the time, I would like to know what the heck happened to Haseyama? I haven't been to much to the story and I see a screenshot from twitter where he's holding his chest? Was he shot??

Let me explain what happens in the entire scene for anyone that hasn't had the chance to read the story.

Kongou, Haseyama, Gui, and MC are at the entrance of Starless at closing time. Gui says he will drop MC at the train station but senses his master and runs out of Starless to find him. Kongou says he will drop MC off at the train station and to wait for him while he gets changed.

Out of nowhere, a man who looks like Gui but with Kei's hair color and eye color enters Starless to kidnap MC - we are assuming he is Gui's master. Kongou tries to stop him from taking MC, but the kidnapper attacks Kongou and defeats him. Let me rephrase that...a man the size of Gui takes down someone who is nearly twice his size.

Haseyama tries to stop him as well, but the guy takes out a gun and shots the owner in his chest. Before taking MC out of Starless, he says he will not hurt MC as long as the police are not informed, and no fuss is created to draw attention to this situation. With that, he kidnaps MC. Haseyama managed to survive but has not woken up yet, while Kongou got away with a few bruises.

Kei wants Starless to operate normally, mainly so that attention is not drawn to the restaurant. If Starless shut down temporarily without explanation, people would wonder why, their attention would create a fuss, and the kidnapper would hurt MC. Yakou, Taiga, Qu, Menou, and Ginsei stay at Starless to perform, and Yakou/Unei are responsible for managing the restaurant. The rest of the members split up to find MC or any clues as to where she is.

[lets-talk-gundam]

The MSA-0011 S Gundam

The early success of Project Zeta led to many new and innovative mobile suit designs. The introduction of new materials, new mechanisms, new weapons technologies, and new design talent at Anaheim opened the door for the company to dominate the MS development sector into the mid 90s UC.

During this period, a number of machines based on Project Zeta would see deployment by factions all across Earth-sphere. many of these post-Zeta machines would come to be known as "Anaheim Gundams", and would be regarded as some of the most influential designs in the history of mobile suits.

Developed for the Earth Federation forces sometime in the late 80s UC, the MSA-0011 S Gundam, also called the Superior Gundam and Iota Gundam internally at Anaheim, is a bit less well-known than its other Project Zeta siblings.

The machine featured a modular design, made up of three high-performance aerospace craft which combined via a core block system to form the full mobile suit. These units were the FXA-08BG Core Fighter, the G-Bomber, and the G-Attacker.

Despite similarities to the MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam, the design teams for the two machines largely worked independently of one another.

The S Gundam featured some unique equipment for the time, including the Beam Smart Gun, a powerful rifle that connected directly to the machine's power plant. It was also one of the earliest adopters of INCOMs and the quasi-psycommu system. Quasi-psycommu technology allows non-Newtype pilots to make use of formerly Newtype-exclusive weapon systems.

The S Gundam also saw several upgrade plans. These plans included the MSA-0011 [BST] S Gundam Booster Unit Type, the MSA-0011 [Bst] S Gundam Booster Unit Plan 303E "Deep Striker" , and the MSA-0011 [Ext] Ex-S Gundam.

The MSA-0011 [BST] S Gundam Unit Type and the MSA-0011 [Ext] Ex-S Gundam are both upgrades applied to the original unit, but the "Deep Striker" equipment was never built. The "Deep Striker" does appear as a playable unit in the SD Gundam G Generation series of games.

The S Gundam would also be developed into the Nero, a mass-production variant taking cues from it and the Lambda Gundam. It was used as the mainstay MS of the Federation's Task Force Alpha.

While all of this is rather impressive, the most notable part of the machine was undeniably its greatest strength. The S Gundam was equipped with the Advanced Logistic and Inconsequence Cognizing Equipment system. "ALICE" - as she was better known - was an advanced artificial intelligence designed to replace a human pilot.

WARNING!

The following section contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Gundam Sentinel! If you are interested in reading it, I highly recommend you do so!

ALICE was developed by Anaheim scientists Dr. Carol and Dr. Roots to automate certain functions of mobile suits. While this was possible previously, commands had to be programmed into the MS via a command console. The final objective of the project was to fully automate a Gundam-type mobile suit using ALICE.

She was programmed to grow and learn by observing and analyzing the actions of pilots, and was treated like a daughter by Dr. Roots. This caused tensions with Dr. Carol and other factions at Anaheim. A suspected act of sabotage resulted in an explosion that nearly destroyed ALICE, but Dr. Roots gave her life protecting her. The project was shelved for a time.

ALICE was picked back up later, being installed in the S Gundam and paired with Ryou Roots under the Federation's Task Force Alpha. She, along with the S Gundam, saw action during the Pezun rebellion perpetrated by the New Desides faction. This faction of Titans remnants and loyalists sought to break away from the Federation to further their own interests.

During combat, Ryou's lack of skill resulted in multiple near-death experiences. ALICE was responsible for saving his life on multiple occasions.

Learning from Ryou and other Task Force Alpha pilots, ALICE eventually developed an awareness of the world. She would deduce that friends were the most important thing to a person, after initially failing to comprehend Ryou's grief at the death of his fellow pilots.

Following this logic, she would eventually sacrifice herself to save the lives of her comrades. Her final words were thanks to Ryou for the memories and lessons she learned from him.

She would be destroyed during atmospheric entry.

The above machines were all designed by Hajime Katoki for the 1987 photo-novel Gundam Sentinel. Gundam Sentinel was written by Masaya Takahashi and published in Model Graphix magazine.

[rings-of-power-realm]

The Rings of Power S2 Premier Week!

*IMPORTANT*

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Okay guys we're almost there! I wanted to make a definitive post about S2 how I'll tag and interact etc

I will use the spoiler tag #tropspoilers from the date of the premiere 29th August (from approx 9am BST when I will have finished the episode) and for a FULL WEEK after as we are getting a 3 episode drop that day

I will NOT use the tag #theringsofpower for that week for any posts I make or any reblogs nor will I tag any characters I will only use the #tropspoilers tag for that week

For each new episode that releases I will be be watching on the Friday and be using the #tropspoilers tag for the entire weekend of that new episode.

When a new week starts I wil go back to using my regular tags ie character name, episode etc

The first week is the one I'm most harsh on since 3 episodes is an overwhelming amount and I don't want to spoil all 3 at once!

I will be making gifs from every episode and use the #tropspoilers tag for the durations stated above. I will also use the #(episode title) for season 2 and #(character name) after the weekend

Remember the first week though and weekends I will ONLY use the #tropspoilers tag even for my edits

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