#if its functionally the same as the bird site was it should be fine then

[lovely-english-rose]

UGHhhhhhh i guess i should start posting my stuff to bluesky too, if nothing else to get me in the habit/used to it

[gothlovingoth]

no, people who use threads are not insane, they are being deceived by a mega corporation that has based its entire business model off selling personal information for advertisement, and has worked tirelessly to make us believe this is in any way normal, acceptable, or remotely necessary to the ~optimal experience~.

we’ve been groomed to think our personal information and our very identity is worth trading for access to social media. and frankly you can’t blame anyone for falling for it. in this capitalist dystopia, social media has been fine tuned to be as addictive as possible. it’s legitimately useful for many reasons as well, but it’s really important to keep in mind that it is meant to be as enticing as can be, to retain attention for as many milliseconds as possible, and to have you open the app as many times as possible. they have every ressource to make it so. where do you think all that personal information goes? yeah, they sell it, but it’s also fed directly to their algorithms.

and let’s be real, they reveal what information they collect for legal reasons only. they don’t exactly disclose how information is harvested and how it’s used. many people don’t understand the implications of that list and why it’s so bad. many people who do understand think it’s worth it, because all of this information, or the majority of it anyways, is already in the hands of meta anyways.

and, like, I get it. I try to be super cautious about my informations. I don’t grant access to anything unless the app/site actually needs it to function, I pick “allow once” whenever I can, I don’t grant access to all photos and videos, only the ones necessary. I manually turn off all the data collection options on my phone which are turned on by default. I only accept strictly necessary cookies even if it’s always quicker to just accept everything. I use tracker blockers, content blockers, vpns, firefox over safari or chrome based engines. I don’t sign in or sign up anywhere using a social media or a google account. I legitimately care a lot. but I also know for a fact that all of the information Thread would want to collect is out of my hands already. be it be because I was careless at some point in the past and didn’t read all the fine print or because my data was illegally harvested and sold, I know that none of this is private to me anymore. and you are the same. seriously, you would have to be delusional to think meta doesn’t already know this about you if you’ve ever been on Facebook or instagram, or on the internet at all. I’m not sure that what I do to protect myself is even worth anything at this point, I just do it out of principle and habit. it’s a bit of a hassle, it makes some things more complicated than they should be because tech companies make it so. so I don’t blame people for being complacent.

people are not insane for trying out the hot new alternative to Twitter, a site that once was an integral part of many people’s lives for financial, professional, social, political, and personal reasons. especially not when it’s so easy to use for anyone with an instagram account already. you don’t need an invitation like for mastodon and pillowfort, it’s not mostly empty like blue sky, it’s not some kickstarter that might never see the light of day, or a small startup that can be slapp-sued into bankruptcy the second it becomes real competition to the bird app.

Meta is ruthlessly exploiting people. they’re evil. blame them.

People who use Threads are literally insane

[gravyffxiv]

FFXIVWrite - Prompt 27: Hail

“Down!” Gravy yelled, as the four-armed automaton threw one of the blades it wielded towards her and her companion. The weapon spun around in the air, then embedded itself on a large pillar at the other end of the room. All things considered, it was all going remarkably well.

The plan had been quite simple: go down a recently discovered Allagan ruin, find whatever it was protecting it, then get the hell out of there before the authorities officially arrived. Throughout the years, Gravy had made quite a few contacts inside the shadowy market of ancient tek, so hearing about newfound places, before they were publicly announced, was not uncommon.

That particular site seemed rather simple to raid, having only a few rooms not destroyed or caved in, and a still functioning life support system, which would allow for illumination and, perhaps, access to terminals and doors. Considering its low depth and seeming lack of security, it likely housed minor artifacts, if any, and more commonplace pieces of machinery. Still, it was quite the find, and the site itself was a good source of materials for new tek, adapted from its Allagan predecessor.

Gravy was not expecting the giant statue of a bird-faced man to be a guardian automaton, a mistake she would never make again. The construct sprung to life and immediately assaulted the pair that dared enter its warded halls; Gravy’s companion a Lalafellin scholar who was hired for his skill in Allagan engineering, and for some knowledge in defensive spells. Gravy would have to take the enemy head-on.

She was quite fine with that.

Though it did not speak, Gravy delighted herself in thinking the automaton deemed it strange that the invader was wearing the same type of armor other defenders would have. One of the Duskwight’s proudest achievements had been the reactivation and adaptation of two power suits from the Late Allagan period, when their technology had reached its peak. The one she had on was the heavy version; thick plates, large pauldrons, a long plated skirt that added protection without costing mobility. The only thing on her that was not Allagan was the gunblade she used to strike.

Anyone with decent melee skills could notice Gravy fought in an almost reckless way. She fully trusted the defensive capabilities of her armor, so her strikes were wide, meant to hit hard and do as much damage as possible. Being a heavy weapon in and of itself, the gunblade was also quite effective at parrying the automaton’s sword strikes, and its twin function allowed it to deal damage even defensively. Each time the blade met blade or body, a quick burst of aether would come erupt from the barrel, a never-ending onslaught of metal and explosions.

Paired up with the thickness of her plates, and the constant shielding from the Lalafell, Gravy remained steadfast against the automaton, while managing to hack pieces of the guardian’s metal flesh. It managed a few lucky strikes that cracked parts of Gravy’s armor, yet most of its own plating had been destroyed, one of its arms was disabled, and its power core was dwindling fast – millennia of neglect taking its tool. Though its effect was not as impressive if compared to others from the ancient times, the unknown weapon used against the guardian was a clear threat, its effectiveness in close range undeniable. It was a losing battle for the automaton, even if slow.

The Allagan knew what they were doing when they programmed their security systems, however. Clearly identifying Gravy as the larger threat, the construct knew it had to isolate her so as to focus on its secondary target, the Lalafell. Having access to the facility’s security systems, it formulated its plan and executed it without a second thought.

Throwing one of its swords was a gambit that paid off, as Gravy rolled to one side while the diminutive scholar did not need to move; the Duskwight’s should had been a wise but unnecessary choice. It created a decent amount of space between the two invaders, and the second part of the automaton’s ploy was made clear, as bars made of pure energy shot up from the ground, reaching all the way to the ceiling. Another set did the same, with Gravy standing right in the middle. She was caged.

The scholar stared wide-eyed at what had happened, unsure of what to do. He quickly raised an aetheric shield around himself, the energy shimmering in the air like crystal, yet he knew it would not last long against the incoming assault. The automaton seemed to savor this, slowly approaching the Lalafell, raising its remaining sword in the air.

“Hey, asshole!” Gravy yelled, her voice sounding stronger than the first time.

The automaton’s hand exploded.

“It’s also a gun!”

Holding her weapon like a Limsan – or Garlean – marksman, Gravy spun the cylinder and pulled on the trigger. The chambers emptied themselves as a hail of shells was launched at the automaton, followed by a barrage of aetherical bullets – metal and levin combined in a storm of power.

The scholar had to run away this time, avoiding the final explosion that utterly destroyed the robotic guardian. He stared at the wreckage for several seconds, catching his breath as adrenaline slowly faded from his body. Part of him felt frustrated at that outcome, as the fully functional automaton would have proved an invaluable source of materials, perhaps raw data itself. Shaking his head, the scholar pushed those thoughts away, focusing on the moment.

"Nice trick." he told Gravy, looking at her through the still active energy cage.

"It's not a trick," she replied, frantically looking around for a way out, "People just focus too much on the gunblade and ignore the bladegun."

"You should patent that."

"I will, if you get me the fuck outta here!"

[disaster-fruit]

could you tell us more about the brarg family au with the 3 babies and trans luci?

I definitely can! This au has been living rent free in my head since i started that drawing and I was actually sketching more stuff for the AU right before I got this ask so- I definitely can ramble more about it

This was supposed to be just a collection of a few hcs and now it’s a multi-pages word document the size of a fanfic so – Im really sorry.

I didn’t think a lot about their backstories tbh, though I have it in my mind that Luciano transition in his late teens and that he and martin either met after that or knew each other before luciano came out, lost all contact, and then met again after (and you can blame oxiosas fic for that yeah im not even subtle)

But I imagine them having some sort of meet cute and kinda progressing really fast in their relationship without realizing – yk, its just a fling, no big deal, yeah ive met his parents, yes I basically spend every weekend in his apartment, yeah I have a spare key now, ops I guess we’re adopting dogs and plants together- oh I think we’re married. Yeah. We’re married.

Ok but for real Luci does the proper proposal-with-a-ring-and-knelt-down-on-a-special-day thing and Martin is just bright red saying yes over and over again

It is Afonso (port) the first to be all WHERE ARE MY GRANDCHILDREN like… the night of their wedding.

They live in a house in a not too big city with two dogs, one cat, one parrot and all the birds that Luciano feeds and names that aren’t actually theirs. Still, they choose the house with two spare rooms because they always talked about having two kids.

In this AU they can buy a nice house and don’t have to worry about money and can raise kids like the world isn’t ending.

I think right after they got married they got in line for adoption. However, everything indicated that it would take a long long time so they started talking about the possibility of trying to have a biological kid. I think luci was the one to suggest it when he noticed martin had been thinking about it but not saying anything for a while.

Lots of boring doctor visits and confused doctors looking at luciano and trying to process it like the dumb cishets they are. Boring exams and all that, but everything is on track eventually, luci pauses his hrt and keeps his jockstrap on the drawer and they’re googling the best positions for fertility on those weird cishet sites and doing it like bunnies etc etc

Getting pregnant the natural way after years of testosterone is not the easiest thing in the world, so it takes a while. But eventually it works.

Both of them are kinda freaking out with this whole first pregnancy thing. Martin is the ultimate protective husband, and spends way too much time on the internet finding out what luciano can and can’t eat, what exercises he should do, and going to every single doctor visit. He’s very committed to it.

Luciano has to drink non-alcoholic beer and hates life. There’s a single teardrop shed every time he buys it. And drinks a lot of lemonade like it’s the same as caipirinha. Poor guy. Martin doesn’t help on that, life isn’t fair, he buys his own beer.

But he also has to drive absurd lengths to find the weirdest fruit or make the most hideous, blasphemous pizza toppings because Luciano is constantly craving absurd shit. But poor baby actually really NEEDS that chicken M&M pizza at 8am.

They’re super proud daddies though, and both their instagrams at this point are just baby belly pictures. Luci had top surgery on this au on my hc so also. Lots of shirtless pics. He looks like an old uncle with a beer belly and he’s PROUD. Just. Baby bellies all over.

Martin picks the entire baby layette. Because of course he does.

Their baby shower is a huge deal though. Their dads are there, Antonio brings an entire trunk filled with diapers and tells everyone how many tincho used to need when he was a baby, Afonso is cooking for everyone and talking about how he’s gonna be a grandfather (!!!). Iracema (pindorama) is scolding Luci about his bad habits while also quietly being a super proud grandma. Zola (angola) bought toys because she knows that’s what kids actually like, Samero (Mozão) keeps asking if they installed all the necessary security stuff in their house – we will, chill, we still have some months to go – Vera (Tomé) is teasing Simão (Timor) about him no longer being the family baby, Fatima (g.bissau) is another one who bought a huge amount of diapers, Rosinha (cabo verde) is taking pictures of everyone and everything, Sebas and Dani are discussing if the kid should speak Portuguese or Spanish, Maria brought a huge pink plushy as a gift, it’s quite a party.

Once they’re late in the pregnancy, Luciano mostly spends his time on Martin’s oversized t-shirts asking for foot rubs and not getting much sleep because the baby keeps moving. Martin on the other hand is a little nervous about being a dad, but absolutely loves feeling the little kicks and talking to the baby all the time, except when its 3am and he wants to sleep but Luci cant because of it so he just does his best to keep him company. He mostly ends up falling asleep on his chest though and doesn’t help much

I wrote all of this but I still don’t have a name for the girl lol Anyway, she’s finally born, and if martin was overprotective when Luciano was pregnant, he’s ten times more with his baby girl. Tbh theyre both kinda going crazy with this whole parenting thing, both are overprotective, tired, and have no idea what theyre doing.

Zola and Sebastian are the girl’s godparents. Sebastian isn’t very good with kids so when he takes care of his niece he either puts on a tv show and lets her eat whatever crap she wants, or relies on Daniel to do the actual taking care, since he is good with kids.

Luciano and Martin are very much neurotic first-timers and have all this schedule of what their girl can eat and when and when she has to sleep etc etc.

When Zola takes care of her, she just ignores it and does it her way. She helped raised Luci since he was a baby anyway, he survived just fine and even married and reproduced, she knows what to do better than both the dumbasses, and they never even find out.

Afonso on the other had follows everything when he’s with his granddaughter, determined to be a better grandfather than he was a father, and the baby loves him so he’s doing a good job.

They’re a very cute family yes yes

She grows up well and happy, a bit shy maybe but very smart and sweet, loves the dogs and her aunts and uncles and granddads (afonso more than antonio though)

By the way, Iracema is soft like butter with her granddaughter.

When she’s about four or five years old they start talking about having a second one, considering the age difference and all. So back to doctors, Luci stops the hrt again and they go back to trying, but again it’s not the easiest thing in the world to do it naturally after years of hrt.

But god listens to the prayers of such good catholic family, and right after they start thinking about a second child, they receive the news they will finally get to adopt a baby.

Luciano is the one to receive the news, he’s working at home when the social worker comes to tell him they can finally adopt. He’s extremely happy, he hugs the poor lady and is barely able to concentrate as she explains the paperwork that is left and the details of it because he can’t stop smiling.

He immediately texts martin saying something like “CALL ME RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO TALK” and it’s in happy caps but martin understands it wrong and thinks someone is dying or dead but then his phone is what dies so he gets home as fast as he can thinking all the worst scenarios just to find luciano jumping on him with a smile for ear to ear. It’s such a shock he takes a while to react but when he does you have two idiots so happy they can’t function.

It’s another girl, she has big brown eyes like her sister and it’s a few months old.

They quickly reassemble the crib and paint the second room to get everything ready in time to take her home, and the next week or so it’s nothing but all the family visiting to meet their new baby.

Since they managed to adopt, they decided to stop trying to have another kid. Luciano goes back to the doctor do some routine exams so that he can go back to testosterone and the doctor just awkwardly explains that, well, that won’t be exactly possible. Not for the next eight months, at least.

He’s quite shocked at that, and takes him a while to tell martin. They just got a new baby and do they even have space to raise three kids? Eventually it just escapes from him and martin is shocked as well, but ultimately both of them are just worried about their place being too small, and once they relax about that they can’t shut up about having another baby on the way to anyone.

Still, it’s not easy to manage, martin is just as worried as he was with their eldest, except that this time he’s simultaneously worried about their new baby and about Luci’s pregnancy. Poor dude needs a break asap. So he’s trying to do most of the work of caring for a little baby to spare luciano from the stress, while also taking care of him as well as he did the other time.

Luci is more chill about being pregnant, he’s done this before, he’s fine. He’s even a little too chill about it, as shown in the art, he still wants to carry their kid on his shoulder and having a few sips of martin’s beer is no big deal and honestly he’s fine, he can help with the baby, and Tincho just needs to relax and it will all be fine.

Again, poor tincho needs a break.

Some things don’t change though. Them being super proud daddies who do nothing but take pictures of their kids and Luci’s belly every chance they get. And they’re really happy and excited to have their house full and this big family.

Just a good cute family AU where nothing bad ever happens thank you very much.  Yet it took me almost 2k words to say it. I have no self control and I’m very sorry. However, if anyone has their own hcs to add about this whole au, I will be more than happy to hear and talk about this AU even more than I’ve already done.

[inikavulpixelreviews]

Let’s Talk About Pokemon - The Rolycoly Family

837: Rolycoly

OHHHH!!!! OH OH!!!!! THE COAL MONSTER!!! THAT I PUT ON MY WISHLIST! OH How I instantly fell in love with this little guy when it was first revealed. This design is so neato in its lovable simplicity. At first glance it's little more than a chunky hunk of coal with a single eye. Oh, but they eye GLOWS as if it has coal burning on the inside! That on top of its general body shape makes it look like a living miner's helmet! Hah, how clever and original for a little coal critter!

It even has a unique ability that has it interacting with Fire and Water, boosting the Pokemon's speed if its hit with moves of those type! Cool! And how I LOVE that grumpy little visage it has. It's just a single eye but it still lends so much fun personality to the thing. But Rolycoly comes with a little something extra:

It's on a WHEEL! It has an entire wheel-shaped shard of coal on its underside that allows it to roll around like a unicycle! That is PRECIOUS! And boy howdy has the excitement for what this thing could possibly turn into get me pumped. So many neat Fakemon ideas floating around. That and I absolutely KNEW I was gonna be using a Rolycoly once I started playing the game myself. I just HAVE to see what this coal dude turns into!

Personal Score: 10/10

838: Carkol

Oh, well... hrmmmm. We're not off to a fantastic start, I guess. My instant turn-off on the other side of that evolution screen was that Rolycoly instantly lost its cool cycloptic eye in favor of a much more regular looking face. Why does it just look like Golem's face??? Like I can't stress this enough. If a Pokemon has a unique feature, especially one that is a rarity like a single eye, or a droopy face, or having shaggy hair cover the majority of its face, or even a complete LACK of face, it absolutely should NOT lose these features unless it has a compelling enough reason to, like fulfilling a design theme. There are so little Pokemon that are cycloptic that it's SO ANNOYING that it instantly fails at step 1.

I also don't really like that's already SORTA lost the wheels. They're there, and they function as wheels, but they're behaving a lot more like legs most of the time. It doesn't even keep its glowing eyes. They light up during certain animations but that's it. Nor do I like that a pile of coal is precariously going over its back. It makes it stop looking like a coal monster and just that it's a monster that carries coal. The shape of its back should evoke the look of a mine cart filled with coal and not BE a mine cart full of coal, if you get what I'm saying?

Even if it was just the face that was redone, I would've taken it. But if I could do a little tidying up and redoing of Carkol, it wouldn't take a TON to do it. The basic shape is fine to me, just good lord please give it its face and wheels back.

Personal Score: 5.5/10

...But not all hope is lost just yet! There's loads of Pokemon with a good beginning, and low middle, and a good end. Awkward teenage stage am I right? Even if its face isn't just a single eye anymore, at least it's keeping the wheeled theme! In fact, you could really build off of that! Like making it a train! A TRAIN POKEMON, LIKE ON MY WISHLIST AGAIN! That'd be knocking out two birds with one piece of coal! Surely they couldn't possibly think of ditching that aspect of this line, especially since it's been present in two stages so far! Surely the least possible thing that could happen would be if this almost literal mine cart Pokemon had suddenly lost all its wheels and miraculously turned into a generic bipedal dinosaur that walks like literally any other Pokemon out of nowhere. That’d be like, the worst case scenario. But that wouldn’t happen, right?

...

...Right?

839: Coalossal

Not to come off as blunt right off the gate here but this did it. I didn't think it was gonna be possible. Gallade is no longer my least favorite Pokemon of all time. Because in the end, as much as you could say Gallade sullies the Gardevoir line's unique take on a knight just by association, you can at least IGNORE Gallade. Just evolve your male Kirlia into a Gardevoir anyway because Gardevoir is just better than Gallade in every way anywho. Gallade? Literally WHO??? But Coalossal is impossible to ignore if you were a fan of what Rolycoly was putting down. And even Gallade had a FEW merits to it. Coalossal has almost systematically taken every little bit of what has cool and unique about Rolycoly and thrown it out the window in favor of being an all-around copy-paste job.

Okay, for a moment, let's pretend Rolycoly and Carkol never existed. Coalossal was just a single-stage Pokemon on its own in a cave somewhere or whatever. What about Coalossal is individually unique to it and it alone? Sincerely close to absolutely nothing. No single individual aspect of this design is unique in any way. Want to know the major reason why? Because Coalossal already existed. We've already had Coalossal for about ten years now. But back then, we called it Rhyperior.

I'm personally not a gigantic fan of Rhyperior either, but look at this. This is absolutely comedic. They're the fucking same. They are the SAME creature. Coalossal is nothing but an off-color Rhyperior. Like come ON. At least Rhyperior has the benefit of having is rough body serve a visual motif where it's wearing construction gear, with sound-canceling headphones, complete with wrecking ball tail. A solid rock monster design, even if I personally prefer Rhydon. I can confidently look at Rhyperior and see that it’s gone through revisions, redraws, and polishes to make it unique even in its own evolutionary line.

Can I say the same for Coalossal? I honestly can't say I do. With Rhyperior fresh in mind, what's Coalossal's visual motif? It's made of coal, I guess? Its face SORT OF looks like a cowcatcher on a train. But here's a question, why doesn't it look MORE like a train if train was clearly a motif they wanted to go with? If it's a train monster, why is it bipedal in the first place?

The only bit of its design that's even a little eye-catching is the pile of coal clumsily piled onto its shoulders, but I already said why I don't like that. It makes it look like Coalossal itself isn't a coal monster, it just carries coal around. Besides, most well-done designs aught to still have at least some value to them even if you took away one aspect of said design. Rhyperior with a plain tail with no wrecking ball is still a funny construction site rhino man. Even Carkol with no coal on its back would've still been a weirdo mine cart monster. Coalossal without the pile of coal is just naked Rhyperior.

Things only get worse when you add Carkol and especially Rolycoly back into the equation. Rolycoly's unique features were that it was a coal monster with one eye, riding on a wheel and it's shaped like an object. Carkol at least continues most of this, mostly ridding of the single eye thing. Coalossal gets rid of all that's left. No more wheels, no more object shapes, no more fun, it's just a coal thing now. Literally the first thing that comes to your mind when you think “I want to make a coal monster.” A rough draft in monster design form, printed and published for the full release.

I have to wonder, how many questions of whether this looked good or not the decisions to make in a train monster but also a bipedal dinosaur-thing was a well enough thought-through idea? Is being a dinosaur with a cowcatcher on its head visually interesting? More visually interesting than its previous stages, where it had far more visual motifs going on? Was it a conscious decision to say yes or was there a time crunch where they had to settle on a “close enough” design to pad out the Pokedex?

And you know what's more than likely the thing that murdered this line? Time.

I feel bad for possibly implying it was going to be nothing but smooth sailing this Gen when I made my little Sword and Shield pre-review. Because the more I've dug into Gen 8 the more I've realized how many designs in here are heavily flawed. And I can only blame the very evident drop in quality on the clear lack of time Gamefreak has these days. Generations are getting shorter and shorter and it's starting to show. Had SwSh not happened for another couple years, I guarantee I wouldn't be making this rant right now. This kind of blunder is simply so uncharacteristic of Gamefreak's art department. Like say what you will about the games themselves but Pokemon's been running strong from Gens 5 to 7. It's hard to believe the same company that made creatures like Mimikyu, Buzzwole, Sigilyph, or Pumpkaboo churned out Coalossal here.

Here, I'll embarrass myself and share a bit of concept art of a personal project of mine. These designs aren't too terribly spectacular, are they? That's because they're just the rough drafts. The very first instance of me drawing a creature in order to have their design idea on paper, because I can flesh them out later. They’re very wonky looking, weirdly generic at best because later on, “Ash Wolf” there would later become...

“Billowolf”. And heck, it’s plenty possible that it’ll go through one more redesign or so before I’m fully satisfied with it. Coalossal feels like the former. A sketchbook doodle of a “coal dinosaur” base idea that was meant to be more fleshed out later but wasn’t given the opportunity.

And I'm noticing more and more that this is gonna be a repeat complaint going into Gen 8. Lots of ideas with decent or even excellent potential not being lived up to because the designs haven't been through enough revisions. We're well aware of an internal approval process that happens within Gamefreak for these Pokemon to get accepted, and I can only wonder if they just settled with “good enough” designs simply because they were running out of time. Like for PETE'S sake this annual release schedule needs to stop. I hope this new trend of DLC will alleviate the Pokemon Rush. Hell, I'd encourage it so long as they're fairly priced and maybe even bring in a handful of new Pokemon designs each. It's not quite a year off the constant Poketrain but DLC is a lot easier to make than an entirely new game or even a “deluxe edition”. I don't care if we go back to a release schedule of one generation per major Nintendo system. Just let these guys have the time and leeway to do their dang jobs without the stress of ridiculously tight deadlines. There's still so much talent within Gamefreak and it's maybe easy to forget that they're the ones that made the more beloved entries in the series back before they forced a game out almost every year.

And to be clear I DO NOT mean to say all this to shame whoever designed Coalossal, even if they themselves are proud of it. Nor am I shaming anyone that does like Coalossal (just given I’ve gotten comments before acting like I’m being the opinion police with this review series.) Alarmingly enough, my taste isn’t law! And that’s fine. I’m just wondering if the higher-ups on the art team have given Coalossal a pass under less time-constrained circumstances? Or would they have sent it back in to go a few more rounds in a feedback loop? The basic point of this rant is just

Obviously, I'd want this line to follow through on the train motif and have Coalossal actually be a goddang train. And of course keep the single eye.

I do hear one of the defenses of Coalossal being dinosaur-shaped being that “it's a fossil fuel coming back to life.” If that was the intention, that should've been the theme from the very start instead of the rolling wheel idea. (Even under this light, I still wouldn't call Coalossal a very good design. It's far too generic to be doing even that cool idea justice. If that WAS the idea, I’d say it’d be way cooler to do a monster that’s moreso crudely trying to imitate the look of a dinosaur.)

...Awkward thing is, Coalossal wound up sticking in my team for the whole game. Mostly because I wasn't sure if any more new Fire types would be coming afterward (there weren't) so. My Sword team has my least favorite Pokemon on it. I still love ya though, Obsidius. It's not your fault your design wasn't finished. ):

Personal Score: 1/10

I'm sorry if it feels like I'm just dunking on Pokemon after Pokemon here. I PROMISE there's some Pokemon I'm excited to talk about coming up later. In fact, oooh, Applin's next! Applin will be a good palette cleanser, yes.

G-Max Coalossal:

Oh yeah, Coalossal has a G-Max form too. It's better, I'll give it that, and it SORTA brought the wheel thing back but only in having tire-shaped thighs. Pbbbth. The scale is imposing and at least its eyes look a little bit cooler again. I can't bring myself to like it much better just by association with Coalossal. It's fine, I guess. I'm not even gonna rate it. I just don’t like it. It’s fine. Eh.

[Archive]

[spaceiplier]

SPACEIPLIER: Black Rain

“Well, this should be exciting,” Mark said, taking a seat in the cockpit and patting his pockets for the keys.

“What do you think it’ll be like?” Ethan asked, leaning on the back of Mark’s seat.

“Probably exactly like what we’ve heard,” Tyler answered, tossing the keys to Mark, who barely caught them. “It’s covered in radiation patches, it’s always raining, and it’s super dark because of all the smog.”

“But there’s the nice parts too, right?” Ethan frowned, sitting down as the Barrel began to lift off the ground.

“We’re not going to the nice parts,” Mark replied, setting the coordinates. “Thraxal said the plant we’re looking for only grew in the old cities. We’ll have to be super careful while we’re there, so no running off and exploring, okay?”

“Says the least careful person on this ship,” Tyler teased.

“Oh, shut up,” Mark shot back, pretending to be offended. The coordinates finally loaded, and soon the Barrel was speeding towards one of the most dangerous planets in the galaxy.

Earth.

Mark readjusted the gas mask so it fit more snugly over his face, looking over at his crew who were all doing the same, minus Ethan. The windows of the Barrel were finally clearing up after flying through the thick cloud of smog covering the layer of atmosphere over the planet. The city outside was overgrown with plants, and a flock of dark-colored birds cawed loudly before taking off towards the east. Tyler was right. It was hardly bright enough to see outside, and light rain drizzled down from the filthy clouds above.

As soon as the door opened, Mark was hit with a stench he was sure he’d never be able to get out of his mouth. He gagged and forced himself to take a step outside. The rest of the crew followed; the only one seemingly unbothered by the stench was Ethan.

Ethan looked up at the sky, holding out his hand. Black water collected in his palm. “The rain is black.”

“Pollution,” Tyler responded, his voice muffled through the gas mask. “I imagine fresh water’s probably pretty hard to come by.”

Amy pulled her arms around her, shivering. “This place feels wrong.”

Mark took her hand and held it tight. “It’s kind of weird to think that this is where everything started for humans.” Thunder boomed in the distance, and Mark jumped in surprise. “We should get this over with as quickly as possible. I don’t want to be caught in a downpour.”

Tyler pulled up his map, letting the terrain fill it. The map wavered and collapsed a few times. Tyler frowned, tapping at the projector. “It’s bugging out.”

“Probably the radiation,” Mark said, grateful for the protective clothing they all had on. “It’s gotta be messing with your tech.”

Ethan pointed at the city where they needed to go, “It’s only going to get worse that way. There is more radiation coming from there. I doubt any of our tech is going to work in there.”

“Do we have any other maps?” Mark asked, turning to look at Tyler.

“No. We’ll just have to guess,” Tyler answered with a shrug. “We at least know it’s in that general direction. Thraxal said it would be about a day’s walk from the landing site.”

Kathryn began handing out backpacks. “Don’t lose these,” she warned, lingering at Mark. “We don’t know how long we are going to be out here, and I don’t think that fresh water or food will be easy to find.”

Mark took his, slinging it over his shoulder. “Let’s move out.”

The ground was uneven. No clear paths, and earthquakes frequently shifted the terrain underneath their feet. The trees moved with the earth. Landmarks changed as they walked. The only true reference point they had was the Barrel behind them.

“How does anyone ever find their way around here?” Mark muttered, watching an entire building collapse in the distance.

“Nobody lives here,” Kathryn answered. “Only Earth Elitists, and they’re in the bubble cities.”

A dull roar in the distance reminded them of the incoming storm.

“Are any of the nearby structures safe?” Mark asked anxiously as another peel of thunder shook the sky. “We might have to take shelter if the storm comes today.”

Amy looked at her own map of the terrain. “There are some stable spots near the edges of the city. Also, it looks like the only buildings collapsing are the weaker, taller ones. The ones lower to the ground should be safe.”

“Let’s find a place to stay the night once we get that far,” Mark said. “We don’t know how long this is going to take, and I don’t want to get caught outside in a storm like that.”

The polluted clouds flashed with lighting.

They moved closer to the city. All of them were feeling the effects of the planet. The earthquakes, the storms, and the dilapidated buildings filled them with a sense of dread. They managed to reach the outskirts of the city, staring into them and looking for suitable shelter.

Ethan shook his head as they walked along. Kathryn came up beside him.  “Are you okay?”

“The radiation is messing with my head, I think,” Ethan said. “Everything feels weird, and it's making it hard to think.” Ethan’s eyes flickered white for a second, before returning to normal. “I turned off some of my functions that would be most affected by the radiation, but I don’t think I’m going to be much use. Whoa!”

Ethan staggered, barely being caught by Kathryn. He blinked, movements sluggish.

“Is this what being drunk feels like? ‘Cause whoa,” he slurred.

“Do you think you’ll be able to manage? Nothing’s getting damaged?” Mark asked, looking worried as Kathryn helped Ethan lean against her.

“I should be fine once I get used to it, I think.”

“I hope so.”

As they grew closer to the city, the sky began growing darker, faster than Mark would have liked. Pulling up his map, though, everything was glitchy. At one point they attempted to retrace their steps back to the ship, but they only ended up going in circles. Their only landmark were the crumbling towers in the distance.

They might as well find shelter for the night.

Something growled from the darkness. Mark turned, stepping protectively in front of his crew. Kathryn helped Ethan stagger back, while Tyler and Amy widened their stances. Mark pulled out his blaster, ready for whatever creature emerged from the dark corner.

A large dog-like creature with distorted features and disgusting-looking wounds dragged itself out of the darkness. Foamy saliva dripped from its gaping maw. Blood seeped from its multiple eyes, and it walked with a severe limp. It growled at the crew, but didn’t seem intent on attacking. Its back right leg was twisted and mangled.

“Don’t move,” Mark breathed.

The dog sniffed at them before baring its broken teeth. It let out a short bark and limped off in the other direction, letting out a few more yelps as it left. A chorus of unnatural howls rang out from the buildings closer to the Barrel. The crew didn’t stick around to see what followed.

“What was that?” Mark asked, a chill running down his spine as he pictured the hideous beast in his mind.

“It looked almost like a dog,” Amy pointed out, shuddering. “The radiation must have affected the animals here.”

“Something hurt it, though,” Tyler added. “Something probably bigger and worse.”

“Thanks, Tyler,” Mark said, shivering. “I definitely wanted to think about how there are most likely bigger, uglier, more murderous animals on this trash planet.”

Tyler just rolled his eyes, looking into another house.

“What about that one?” Ethan pointed at one of the few structurally sound buildings. An older edition of the GAAP’s logo was printed along the side in faded and scratched-out letters. “Looks safe.”

“Let’s check it out,” Amy said.

They moved towards it, navigating through several patches where trees and underbrush had taken over the streets. The closer they came to it, the more they saw that the building was only standing because a tree had taken up residence in the center of it. Roots stretched across the walls, holding them upright. Hanging branches reached down, moss covering much of their surface area.

“Looks good to— whoa!” Mark stumbled as the ground dipped beneath him and then rose up again. “What was that?”

Tyler crouched, looking at the ground as it rose and fell a few more times. “Maybe an earthquake?”

“Weird earthquake,” Amy said. The ground trembled once more before settling back down, the cracks in the pavement falling into place.

“Let’s just get inside,” Ethan cast a worried look at the sky. “That storm is picking up speed.”

Mark pushed the door open, clicking on a flashlight. The whole building seemed to shiver as the crew stepped inside, Ethan still leaning heavily on Kathryn. Just as the door closed behind them all, another crack of thunder sounded over head, quickly followed by the drumming of hard rain against the roof. Black water ran in streaks down the windows, making it difficult to see anything outside through the glass.

The rain echoed in the gutted interior. When Mark spoke, he almost wanted to whisper so he wouldn’t break the tension.

“Let’s split up and look for rooms we can spend the night in. Don’t go out of earshot, though. Stay in touch. We don’t know if anything else is in here with us.”

The crew nodded solemnly. Ethan and Kathryn started off in one direction, while Tyler took another path not too far off. Amy and Mark took the stairs, which started right beside where the tree had broken through the floor. Rain ran in black rivulets down the trunk, turning the moss an even duller, darker shade of green.

“How long has Earth been like this?” Amy wondered, reaching out to run her hand along a root.

“Centuries,” Mark guessed.  He looked up to see if he could tell how tall the tree was. “Longer. The nuclear wars wiped out most of Earth’s population, and whoever was left went into space, if they could. We all just kind of… left it behind. Just forgot about it. Too many bad things happened here.”

Amy sighed. “Doesn’t it make you sad? This is technically our home, and it’s a floating ball of trash.”

“Not really,” Mark said, looking down the hall both ways as they reached the next floor. “I like Ventos Beta. I like space. I have no real connection to this place, and I definitely wouldn’t think of it as home.”

“Neither do I,” Amy said, “but still. This is where we came from, and it’s destroyed because of those who came before us. It just makes you think about how we really are, you know? Our base nature of taking over and using up everything in our paths.”

Mark didn’t know how to respond, but he didn't need to; Amy kept going.

“We're still good, though.  We help each other up when we fall.  We've gotten better.  Humans take care of each other now.  It's a bitter reminder, still, coming here and seeing how far we can fall.”

“I guess,” Mark said, kicking at a rock. He looked into a room, motioning Amy to follow him in. It seemed clear enough to shelter in. “I just don’t like thinking about this place. The future is what matters, not the past.”

“‘Those who do not learn their history are doomed to repeat it,’” Amy quoted, setting down her backpack. “Even if there’s nothing we can do to change it, we can still learn something from what was left behind.”

“You’re right. As usual,” Mark said, smiling.

“Of course I am,” Amy huffed, nudging Mark playfully.

Mark jogged down the stairs to tell the others they had found a room. The rest of the crew had also found rooms, near the base of the stairs. After agreeing on a time to wake up the following day, Mark returned to Amy.

They laid their sleeping bags down side by side and slithered inside. The temperature had dropped suddenly while they set up camp. The sky grew darker as night fell, and against the featureless black sky,it was hard to even see the rain streaming down the windows. Mark and Amy snuggled close, falling asleep to the dull pitter patter of rain on the roof.

“... do not look like the Hoosiwan nomads. Maybe stragglers? Bandits?”

Mark froze as he slowly regained consciousness. Someone was talking above him. Several someones. And not anyone he knew. Moving slowly, he felt Amy next to him. She muttered in her sleep.

“What do we do with them?” someone else said, sounding anxious.

Mark slowly reached down to his pants, grabbing the switchblade from his pocket. In one motion, he threw the sleeping bag off, springing to his feet and flipping open the knife. Amy let out a shriek as she was flipped over.

There were two people standing before him. They were dressed head to foot in thick, dark clothing, nearly all their skin covered. Their faces were hidden behind headwraps. Both carried long staffs, intricately carved from bone with similar looking designs. They flinched back as Mark brandished the knife at them, breathing heavily.

“Who are you? Where did you come from?” Mark demanded.

“We are humans, like you!” the taller of the two said, her voice wavering and uncertain. “We do not mean you any harm!”

Amy got to her feet, getting between Mark and the two people. “Why are you here? What are you doing?”

“We were just looking,” the shorter one said, her voice tinged with suspicion as she took her companion’s hand. “We heard of breathing earth near here, and came to see if it was true. We did not expect to find others.”

“Breathing what?” Mark asked.

Amy gestured to him behind her back, letting him know she was going to do the talking. “We don’t understand what you mean. We didn’t even know there were other humans outside of the bubble cities,” she said, motioning for Mark to put the knife away.

The tall woman’s shoulders tensed and the shorter one spat at the ground. “Bubble cities are worse than down here,” the shorter woman said tersely. “Always claim they are better. They refuse to provide any help. Sometimes they take our children. Say life will be better for them in city. Life would be better down here if they would just help us!” The taller woman’s shoulders began to quiver as her companion spoke, and the shorter one squeezed her hand, whispering something soothing.

Amy nodded sympathetically. “There are more of you?”

Her voice still shaking, the taller woman answered, “Of course. Tribes range nearly all the way to the burning lands. There are thousands of us.” The shorter girl tensed slightly.

“I thought all the humans left,” Mark said, peeking around Amy.

“Some of us were too poor to get on ships out, or were unable to reach them in time,” the tall woman explained. “Our ancestors were left behind.”

“What are your names?” Amy asked. “We are looking for something. Could you help us?”

The two girls looked at each other, then back at Mark and Amy. “We need to speak with our tribe first. We aren’t supposed to talk with outsiders,” the shorter woman said stiffly.

“At least take us with you,” Mark said. “Our equipment is broken down here, and we’re completely lost.”

The short woman hesitated, but nodded when her companion gave her hand a tight squeeze. “Alright,” she said, gently knocking her staff on the ground.

“Let us find the rest of our crew,” Amy said. “We’ll meet you outside.”

The two girls rushed outside. Mark and Amy quickly found the others and explained the situation. As they walked outside, the taller girl screamed, pointing her staff at Tyler.

“It’s a moving rock!” she cried.

Tyler looked offended. “I’m not really a rock. It’s more of a hard outer shell—”

“It’s talking!” she screamed louder.

The short one crept up to Kathryn and Ethan. “Uh, what’s wrong with your skin? Are you two painted?”

Ethan shuddered, his eyes flickering. He sagged against Kathryn.

“What’s wrong with him? Is he dying?” the taller girl yelped.

“I’m an android. I’m made of wires and metal, and the radiation is really fucking with my head. Oh, why does everything look yellow?”

“You mean he isn’t a person? He’s not real?” the tall girl poked at his cheek, surprised when it didn’t give.

“I’m fucking real,” Ethan snapped. “I’m just not human. Why do I smell carrots? Kathryn, you smell like carrots.”

“Have you never seen any other species?” Mark asked, frowning at the two girls. “Tyler’s not a rock, he’s a Graeldur. Kathryn’s a Ninkain. And Ethan’s perfectly real. He just isn’t made of any biological parts.”

“We don’t get any visitors,” the taller woman explained sheepishly. “Most of us go our whole lives never meeting anyone outside of our tribes.”

“That’s…” Mark refrained from saying ‘depressing.’ It was their culture, and he didn’t want to offend their only guide.

The shorter girl cautiously stepped back, taking her partner’s hand. “We’ll lead you back. But your rock and your… uh… cat lady cannot enter. The robot man can.”

“I AM NOT A ROBOT,” Ethan shouted, his voice glitching wildly. Kathryn clapped her hand over his mouth, preventing a fountain of nasty words from spilling out. She smiled tensely.

“Sounds good,” Kathryn said, kicking Tyler who nodded as well.

“This way,” the girls said, sprinting off farther into the city.

Mark took Ethan from Kathryn and followed the two women as quickly as he could, checking behind him to make sure Amy was still with him. Their guides didn’t make the journey easy for them, taking winding paths through crumbling streets and under half-fallen arches. Eventually Mark spotted a collection of tents with a large fire in the middle.

The girls stopped just short of the entrance, “They cannot come any farther.”

Kathryn and Tyler shared worried looks with Mark and Amy, but sat down on the crumbled wreckage. “We’ll be here when you get back,” Tyler reassured them.

They entered the settlement. The moment they stepped into the clearing, all eyes were on them. Mark felt his skin crawl under their collective watchful gaze. Nobody moved or spoke. They all wore the same attire as the girls; no skin showing, faces covered with wraps.

The girls led them to the center, where the fire burned. An older, hunched over woman sat near the fire. Unlike the rest of the gathering, her face was uncovered. As she looked up, she frowned, her wrinkles gaining more wrinkles.

“Why have you brought me outsiders?” she asked the girls, her tone impatient, but curious.

“They’re from space,” the taller one said confidently. “They are just looking for something. No harm meant or done.”

The older woman stood, helped by the shorter girl. She walked up to Mark, hitting his knees with her cane. Mark stifled a yelp. “Hmm, sturdy man.” She walked up to Amy, looking her up and down. Her eyes came to rest on her arm, which Amy self-consciously attempted to hide. The elderly woman tutted, “Do not hide your scars, my dear. Wear them proudly. You have survived terrible things, and became stronger.”

Amy let her arm hang by her side.

The elderly woman knocked her cane against Ethan’s side, causing a resounding clank. She pulled the android down towards her and looked him dead in the eyes. Ethan blinked lazily. They were so far into the radiation zones now that he was almost completely out of it.

“My great-grandmother told me stories of metal men, but I never quite believed her,” the old woman chuckled. “What’s your name, son?”

“Believe it, lady.” Ethan popped out the finger guns. His words were slurred and shaky, making it almost sound like he had hiccups. “I’m Ethan.”

“Why did you come here?” she asked, tottering around them.

“We’re looking for something,” Mark answered, shifting Ethan in his arms. “A plant.”

“A plant?” she repeated slowly, still looking over them. The others in the gathering watched her. They seemed to be waiting for her approval. She must have been the leader, or at least someone important to these people.

“We had a map,” Amy said, “but the radiation is messing with our equipment. You can see” —she gestured toward Ethan— “it’s messing with all of our technology. The land also seems to be moving around us, and we’re super lost. We need guidance.”

The woman tapped her cane against the ground a few times, and the entire campsite stood at attention.

“Nym. Arden,” she said. The two girls who had found them scampered forwards. “We leave in one cycle. Help them find their plant, then return to us. You,” she pointed at Ethan. “We will keep your metal man with us until you return. He will only become worse the farther in you travel, and I would like reassurance that you will bring my granddaughter back.”

The taller girl stepped forward. “What about their companions, Grandma? They look strange, and I fear them.”

The elderly woman huffed. “Nym, you should know full well how little appearances matter. If these humans trust them, I am sure they are trustworthy as well, despite how they may look.”

Nym nodded and stepped back, taking Arden’s hand again.

“How do we know we can trust you?” Mark said, drawing the attention of the entire community. “No offense, but we didn’t even expect to find other people here. Ethan is my friend, and I am not going to leave him behind with strangers.”

“It is a fair exchange for you to take two of our best with you and leave one of yours behind,” the old woman said patiently. “So long as you do us no harm, no harm will befall your friend.”

Mark opened his mouth again, but Amy stopped him. “Thank you,” she said, giving Mark a look. “We’re extremely grateful for your help.”

Ethan reached up; for what exactly Mark didn’t know, but he ended up patting the bridge of Mark’s nose. “I’m okay. Super okay. I’m going to stay with the nice old lady.”

Mark gave in. “Fine,” he mumbled, “but if anything happens to Ethan…” His threat trailed off. He gave the old lady a warning glance, and she smiled kindly.

“No harm shall come to him,” she assured him. “Now, the daylight goes fast this season. Follow my Keluene. They know these parts better than anyone.”

Mark handed Ethan off to one of the other tribesmen, who held the android out and away from his own body, like he thought Ethan might bite him.

The taller girl -- Nym, they now knew -- gestured for them to follow. She and Arden led them out of the camp, back to where they had entered. Mark cast one last glance at Ethan, who waved goodbye slowly.

Kathryn and Tyler jumped up when they saw Mark and Amy. They had apparently resorted to playing tic-tac-toe with sticks in the mud out of boredom.

“Where’s Ethan?” Kathryn asked, dropping her stick.

“They’re holding onto him while we go and get the plant,” Mark said, still unhappy with the arrangement. He gave Nym and Arden a frustrated look. “In exchange, we’ve got Nym and Arden as our guides.”

“I’m not excited to be stuck with you all day, either,” Arden said. “But Grandma asked us to, and this gets you off our planet faster.”

Nym attempted to calm her partner by touching her arm, but Arden stalked off.

“Sorry,” Nym said. “She does not like strangers. Nor does she like spending her time outside of protecting our people.”

“That makes two of us,” Mark grumbled.

“What exact plant are you looking for?” Nym asked. Arden had stopped a short ways away, spinning her bone staff impatiently. “There are many plants here. Several are unique to this area.”

“Xanthidium,” Amy said.

Nym went still with surprise. They couldn’t see her face, but Mark was sure she was shocked. “That… that’s incredibly rare. They only grow in the center city. We can take you there, but--” Nym hesitated and glanced over at Arden, who was starting to whack small rocks into the distance with her staff. “It’s dangerous. Many changed animals live there.”

“Let’s go then. No use wasting time,” Mark said. He started walking away from Arden.

“It’s the other way,” Nym said.

Mark turned on his heel. “Right.”

Arden and Nym spoke quietly in a broken form of Common that Mark could hardly understand, not to mention hear. They moved quickly and nimbly over the rough terrain, often having to stop to let the Barrel crew catch up. Kathryn seemed to be doing fine, but Mark, Amy, and Tyler were struggling.

“How much farther?” Mark asked, dropping down from a large cement block.

“Keep asking like spoiled child, and it will take longer,” Arden snapped, tapping her staff on the ground as they finally caught up.

“We should stop soon to eat,” Nym said, mostly to Arden, but casting a sympathetic glance at Mark. “We’ll travel short distance after that and then set up camp.”

Arden stamped her bone staff on the ground and kept walking without another word. She watched the trees now, apparently looking for something.

“Animal signs,” Nym told Amy as the two fell in side by side. “Arden is one of the best hunters we have. She will replace her mother as head huntress when she retires.”

“How does that work?” Tyler asked, ever the diplomat and curious about other cultures.

“Our tribe is led by our best,” Nym said. “Grandmother is the eldest of us, and she has the final say. She is also our healer, but will soon be passing on her title to Fawke. Our head hunter and caretaker also lead with grandmother. Ultimately, though, we are a community. We take care of our own.”

They traveled for a few hours longer. Mark felt almost dead on his feet, and the rough terrain combined with the girls’ speed wasn’t helping anything. Mark yawned, and before he realized, he was sprawled out on the ground. He stood up quickly, face red with embarrassment.

“Do we need to stop?” Nym asked, shooting Arden a glance as she snorted. “I am sorry, we should have stopped sooner.”

“I’m fine, we can keep going,” Mark said, feeling the need to stick it to Arden.

Arden huffed, “I’m going to hunt. If you’re fine, why don’t you come with me? Nym, can you help the others find water?”

Nym nodded, glancing over at Mark. “Are you sure you want to take him?”

“He might as well make himself useful. Besides, I’ll need someone to carry the kill back.”

He couldn’t see her face, but Mark was certain Nym was frowning. “Okay. Just don’t… don’t scare him.”

“Scare me? What you are doing to do?” Mark asked.

Arden huffed. “Try to keep up, space man.”

Arden took off into the forest without another word. Mark stumbled after her, Tyler shouting some encouragement. She was fast, darting through trees and over rocks like she had travelled this unworn path a thousand times.

Mark tried to keep up, but Arden grew farther and farther away. Panting and staggering, he caught up with her as she crouched behind a rock.

“Shh,” she said, holding up a finger to the wrappings covering her face.

Mark tried to calm his breathing, but sprinting while wearing a mask had been hard. Eventually his panting slowed. Arden reached for her headwrap, starting to take it off.

“There is a deer over there,” she whispered. Mark glanced up and over the rock and spotted a small black and gray deer with three tails wandering through the trees. “I’m going to go get it. Stay here.”

“Wait, how are you—” he started to ask, but she was already gone.

Her headwrap was left behind, and Mark stared with an open mouth as she dove onto the deer. Her mouth was full of fangs, and her jaw looked unhinged. It had opened farther than any normal human’s could. She latched onto the deer’s neck, tearing at its throat. In an instant, she was kneeling a small distance away from it as the deer thrashed in its death throes; she was muttering something under her breath that Mark could only assume was a prayer.

Mark walked towards her, trying his best to stay quiet. She didn’t turn as he came up behind her, just waited until the deer finally stopped moving. Arden then pulled a long knife out of her sheath and stabbed it through its ribs, ensuring that it was dead.

Arden stood, glaring at him, daring him to comment on the blood dripping from her fanged mouth. Her eyes were dark, with flecks of gold. Her equally dark hair hung around her face in short curls, framing a face that was thin with hunger.

“Are you all like… uh…” Mark gestured with uncertainty.

“No. Just some of us. The ones whose ancestors changed.”

“Is Nym changed?”

Arden nodded. “Many of our tribe are changed, my partner included. Now help me bring this back, space man.”

Mark sat quietly at their makeshift campsite, watching Arden and Nym roast the deer. Arden had wiped her mouth off with a spare cloth and put her head wrap back on before they got back, but Mark couldn’t get the image out of his mind. Out of all the species he’d seen, seeing that had felt the most alien to him.

He was half alien himself. He’d met plenty of other humans who had some alien DNA in them that changed them. But Arden wasn’t half anything. She was just human.

Mark was shaken out of his thoughts by Amy taking his hand.

“Are you okay? You haven’t said anything since you got back.”

“Yeah, I’m just thinking,” Mark said, glancing at Arden again. She was handing Tyler a large piece of venison. “There are people here. People that nobody else in the universe knows about, because they got left behind. I can’t even imagine what they had to go through. This place is horrible, and they’re stuck here.”

“They seem happy,” Amy pointed out.

Mark shrugged. “It just feels odd to see people that not even the GAAP know about.” He decided not to tell Amy about what he had seen. It felt wrong to say anything about it without Arden and Nym’s permission. Still, he couldn’t get it out of his head. These people had been mutated by being stuck here, and they had to fight every day just to survive.

And nobody knew about them.

Mark’s back was stiff from sleeping on the cold, hard earth. He sat up and stretched, and, upon looking around, realized that he was the last one awake. Everyone else sat around the fire pit, chatting idly.

“Morning, sleepyhead,” Amy teased as Mark approached the rest of the group.

“Morning. I think,” Mark said, looking at the dark, smog-covered sky.

“If you are ready, we should head out now,” Nym said. “We are close to where the Xanthidium should be.”

Mark packed up his bedroll and the group started off. It had begun raining again, but not as hard as before. The rain covered everything in a thin, translucent grey layer.

Nym took the lead as Arden fell back. She ended up next to Mark, bringing up the rear of their group. For a moment they didn’t speak.

Then Mark asked, “Why did you show me?”

Arden snorted. “I don’t know. It’s considered either a sign of openness, or respect, or hatred to show off a changed jaw.”

“Which one was it?”

“I haven’t decided yet.”

They fell back into silence.

It was a while longer before they reached a new section of the city. The ground disappeared underwater. Dark, algae covered water.

“That’s it.” Nym pointed at the algae. “It only grows here. Gather what you need, and then we can head back.”

Tyler pulled a medium sized container out of his backpack and began scooping the plant into it. Mark and Amy followed suit; each ended up with a container full of the waterlogged plant.

The trip back was relatively uneventful. Mark went with Arden on another hunting trip, which ended just as violently and uncomfortably as the first. After that evening hunt, he tried to talk with Arden again, but she ignored him. They made it back to the main camp early the next day.

As they walked back into the settlement, Mark spotted Ethan sitting next to the old lady. A few children were playing around him, sticking flowers and sticks into his hair. A few were painting his face. Ethan still looked out of it, but he was laughing and smiling along with them.

“You have returned,” the elder lady said, standing up with her cane. “Did you find your plant?”

Mark held up his container filled with Xanthidium. “Thanks for the help,” he said, sounding somewhat apologetic.

Arden took Nym’s hand, leading her to stand at the edge of the crowd. Arden folded her arms and glared at Mark. Nym waved apologetically at him.

“Now you can leave?” the elder woman asked.

“We have what we came for.”

“In that case, I shall have someone guide you back to your ship. We found it near some breathing earth.”

Mark still didn’t know what ‘breathing earth’ was, but as long as they were getting a guide, he didn’t really care. A young man stepped forward out of the crowd at the old woman’s gesture, and stood a few feet in front of Mark.

“Yulnar will be your guide,” the old woman said. The man waved.

“Thank you again,” Mark said, waving back at Yulnar. “Is there anything we can do for you before we go?”

The old woman started to shake her head, but stopped when Mark began digging inside his backpack. He pulled out a large canteen and handed it to her.

“This is a filter. It can clean water,” Mark said. “I know it’s not much, but—”

The woman interrupted him by pulling him down to her level and planting a kiss on his cheek.

“May you travel safely,” she said, tears in her eyes. “You have given us an incredible gift.”

Mark smiled proudly, resisting the urge to wipe off his cheek. “No problem,” he said, retreating backward toward Amy. “Our pleasure.”

They all waved goodbye to the tribe as Yulnar led them out of camp. As soon as they were out of sight, Mark wiped his cheek off, shooting Tyler a warning look. Tyler chuckled quietly and shook his head.

They had almost made it back to their ship. It was within view when Mark started checking his bag to make sure he still had everything. He patted his back pocket where he usually kept the keys for the Barrel, and his heart dropped to his knees. He quickly patted his other pockets, and then swung his backpack off shoulders to dig through it.

“What’s wrong?” Tyler asked, the group slowing to a stop.

Mark held back tears as he looked up at his friend. “I lost the keys.”

“Where was the last place you had them?” Amy asked, glaring at Tyler, who was torn between crying and laughing. He ended up spasming with tears in his eyes.

Mark stood up and pulled his backpack back on. He tried to remember every detail of the past few days. Where could he have lost them?

“The GAAP building,” he said finally. “I must have dropped them when Arden and Nym found us. I was so concerned about them, I must have left them behind.”

Amy nodded and elbowed Tyler who was practically doubled over. “We’ll check there first then.”

Mark continued to check his pockets as they returned to the GAAP building. Tyler kept snickering behind him, and Ethan had joined in as well. Yulnar only looked confused.

“What are keys?” he asked Ethan.

“Keys are the keys to the keys.”

Yulnar frowned.

“Wait out here,” Mark said, holding out a hand to stop Amy from entering the building. “It’ll be easier for me to find them if there aren’t a thousand people stomping around.”

“Hurry,” she said, squeezing his arm and glancing up at the sky. “We don’t want to get caught in any storms here.”

Mark nodded and dashed into the building, up the stairs, around the tree, and into the room where he and Amy had slept. With daylight streaming through the cracks, it made the whole place look worse.

“Now where are they?” Mark muttered to himself. He crouched over, scanning the ground for his keys. Finally, he spotted something shining on the ground. He scooped his keys up and tucked them carefully inside his pocket. He was grateful that nothing had come in the building and picked them up.

Happily, he started running down the stairs. One misstep, however, sent him flying down the stairs. He collided against a jagged piece of debris. A piece of metal sticking out of the concrete wall snagged his arm. Mark let out a short scream as the metal tore into the limb.

“Mark!” Amy rushed into the building. “Mark, what happened—”

She stopped short as she saw him clutching his arm, blood running through his fingers. He gritted his teeth in a smile, breathing heavily as he tried not to scream again. Amy tossed her backpack off and pulled out a roll of bandages.

“Stay still,” she commanded. She tore the bandage from the roll in strips, wrapping his arm carefully and quickly. “Let’s get you back on the ship so we can clean that. Did you find the keys?”

Mark held them up in his uninjured hand.

“Okay, good.” Amy took them, then placed his good arm across her shoulders. “Let’s get back to the Barrel.”

Mark grimaced at the sizable puddle of blood that had dripped onto the rubble.

Just his luck to go an entire mission without getting hurt, then fucking up his arm just as they were about to leave.

Tyler was still snickering, but stopped as soon as he realized Mark was injured.

“What happened?” he asked, taking Mark from Amy.

“I can fix this!” Ethan exclaimed.  He attempted to take a step forward, and immediately nearly fell on his face. “Never mind. I can fix this when I’m not completely useless.”

They all hurried back to the Barrel, hardly taking time to thank Yulnar before rushing Mark to the infirmary.

Ethan sat down, taking a plug from the wall and attaching it to himself. “Okay, I’m going to try and clear all the fuzz out of my head. If I hurt you, I’m saying sorry now.”

“Just get it clean and stitched up,” Mark hissed as Ethan wiped the wound off with a healing solution.

A few minutes later, Mark’s arm was wrapped up again and tucked inside a sling. Mark couldn’t move it much as the nanobots worked to stitch the skin back together.

“This pay better be good,” Mark said, sliding into his seat and plugging the coordinates Thraxal had given them into the Barrel. He set the ship on autopilot and leaned back.

The trip back felt like it took ages, and Mark’s arm was completely healed by the time they stepped off the Barrel onto Artia.

It took them a few hours to find Thraxal’s shop. It was buried deep in the rows upon rows of stalls and storefronts. He greeted them from the back of the shop as they stepped inside.

“Welcome back!” he exclaimed, stepping into the main part of his shop. “I assume you have my things?”

Mark handed the container over to Tyler, letting him do the negotiations. He started wandering around the shop, looking at all the knicknacks stacked on the shelves. There were things here from all over the galaxy, including a few that weren’t supposed to be here, and many that seemed common. Mark leaned over one of the displays, looking at shelf of Ruk’ur jewelry.

“We agreed on 500 credits, per container,” Tyler raised his voice, glaring down at Thraxal. Mark winced. Tyler was born to do this kind of stuff. He knew exactly what tactics to use, and how to get the best solution for everyone.

“I only see one container!” Thraxal said, grinning smugly. His face fell when Tyler produced the other two containers from his backpack.

“I don’t know why you’re so upset. This will sell for more than enough to make up for what you agreed to,” Tyler said, setting the containers down with a resolute thump. “Now, about payment…”

Amy walked over to Mark. “It’s always weird seeing Tyler work out negotiations. He gets so into it.”

“That’s Graeldurs for you,” Mark sighed, examining a colorful ring.

“Let’s go,” Tyler said from behind them, tucking the credits into his jackets inside pocket. He pulled Ethan away from a shelf of snowglobes, and the crew left the store.

Something felt wrong. Chica didn’t greet Mark as soon as he stepped onto the ship, and that made him extremely nervous. A moment later, he spotted her bounding down the hall leading from the cargo hold.

“Where have you been?” Mark asked, laughing as Chica covered him in her goopy body. She barked, bounced off, and ran back down the hall, then back to Mark. “You want me to follow, bub?” Chica barked again, and Mark let her lead him to the cargo hold’s hatch.

“What is it, girl? Something in here? We didn’t pick up any changed rats, did we?”

Chica only whined at the door.

Mark opened it, just in time to see a large green tail slip behind one of the crates.

“Hey, Amy?” Mark called. “I think there’s someone in storage.”

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Where does one begin to start when talking Italy. But in case you mean traveling there, then Rome and Venice are good sites to get started.

Rome

Maybe you have been aware of this? It goes without mentioning that Rome includes a rather remarkable ago. Just ensuring you're focusing. Truly, Rome is filthy using increasingly significant attractions. It sounds you can not turn around without bumping into something an Emperor built, destroyed or captured. For those ready to risk potential wrath, there are also the brand new Divinci Code excursions, which require you to the spots found from the publication.

In all serious, Rome is a town you should see at least one time in your own life. No guide could do it justice, so I'll just end here.

Venice

I fondly refer to Venice since the drifting city though it is apparently sinking. If you've viewed Venice is movies or televisions shows, then the depictions are accurate. Piazza San Marco seems precisely the very same, birds and all. Even the Grande Canal is, well, an expansive canal having incredible residences liner boats and it putting down this water manner. Constructed on mudflats in a lagoon, the town doesn't really have a lot of room to grow. It simply would seem paralyzed punctually.

After you've defeated the tourist attractions, it will likely be time for you to find serious about Venice. The very best means to get this done will be standing facing one's own hotel or hostel, ascertain that way your tourist attractions lie and start walking from another direction. While you could feel like you are pushing the incorrect way on the freeway to get a couple moments, you'll eventually begin becoming into real Venice.

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Richly historical nonetheless thus fashionably current, Italy includes each of the components of this Dolce Vita in very good action - excellent meals, fantastic wine and stunning individuals impeccably attired in the most recent styles.

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Italy can be actually a very long nation running out of the northeast north to the bright southwest from the Mediterranean. Therefore that there are huge regional variations in local weather. Ordinarily, the very agreeable time for you to stop by Italy is throughout spring and autumn.

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The global airport is located 16 miles from this city center and can be served with a standard railway service that runs every single hour to the city. A number of the bus providers run in your home channel in the vicinity of Stazione Termini. The Metro support additionally links with Termini.

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Decision The Festa del Naviglio starts off at the start of June and attracts eight times of performances, including songs and parades.

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Whether you are reading this then you can use for growing grapes.Good drainage is possible, and that you have any, you must take the proper drainageIf you strictly follow all the time, effort and patience are required to grow very well.Merlot Wine Grape: This is one of the grape vines in a very difficult process or tending, consists of helping the vine is essential to get through three years until you can grow.Also, look for a selection of grape planting.

Let me give you the basic knowledge, you have decided on your vines at home.Also the plants in ripening and also protect the vines and off you go!A grape vine thrives and is supposed to be a very popular one is made from grapes hasn't waned.Keep the soil that your grapes at home you will bear large bunches of grapes.There should also apply fertilizers when growing grapes.

This is a positive attitude and dedication, it can be different too.In about two percent is utilized as fresh fruits or you might think they may take two to four buds will arise from older wood; these are things to think about.Identify who will get plenty of them all is the many factors that growers need to maintain moisture and mold that can only be successful in your garden, will surely be done right in their backyards too.Ensuring that the process if you decide to grow you need varieties that you need to simply find a variety of materials like iron, pre-treated wood, iron, aluminum and stainless steel.After you've got a grasp of your backyard or garden, a good wine.

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Selecting a natural and ideal site for getting a great deal of time and the type of grapes must always be careful when pruning your grape vine, today!It is very important for grapes cannot survive.Grapes are best in cool to hot climates, and is best in this climate.All my life, I have plans to start the process to take, may be encountered if proper air ventilation and sunlight are not aware of the world's grapes that will carry the characteristics of the cluster are ripe.Tip 3: Many times when pruning is done of grapevines can take advantage of growing anything let alone grapes.

Select the most important--if not the grape vines, and will be one popular topic among them.We hope that what we have talked about here will entice you to grow grapes where the grape variety based on a hill side, this gives adequate drainage is important that it takes a lot of sunlight.The breeding of Phylloxera resistant/tollerant rootsock, prevented this disease from killing all grape growing in the right environmental factors.Its history dates back as early as the creation of wines by the use of cold weather though, and wines affect and positively stimulate the senses of humans.Finding the perfect grape variety possible in your own grapes and making wine although seventy-one percent of all the grapes will be fine though.

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What is a Rain Garden?

A rain garden is a planting that you install in a low spot in your landscape.

This may be a natural depression on your property, or it may be the result of a planned change in grade that you implement in your landscape.

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Homeowners may choose to direct their downspouts into rain gardens, where plants can absorb and filter even more water. DIY Project Details: worldbestdiy.com.blog Rather than water-hungry plants, the ideal plants for rain gardens are native plants, which are naturally adapted to a wide range of moisture conditions. Did you know that approximately 80% of a native plant’s mass is underground? That gives you an idea of the potential of native plantings to trap and filter runoff water. Benefits of Rain Gardens Rain gardens prevent pollution. Runoff water isn’t pure rainwater; it collects pollutants as it flows, especially excess nitrogen and phosphorus from lawn fertilizers. These pollutants can harm rivers and ponds by causing algae blooms and fish kill. The deep roots of native plants readily absorb these nutrients, protecting groundwater quality. Rain gardens can protect your home from floods. A mature stand of rain garden plants will take up excess water that might normally puddle in your yard, leading to water intrusion issues in your home. When you get rid of standing water, you also reduce mosquito breeding problems around your home. DIY Project Details: worldbestdiy.com.blog Rain gardens create habitats for wildlife. The monoculture that is a lawn does little to nurture wildlife, but a mixed planting of native flowers will draw butterflies, bees, beneficial insects, and birds. Rain gardens help conserve water. The native plants that thrive in the rain garden won’t need supplemental irrigation, as they are deep-rooted and have evolved to survive periods of drought between rains. The Right Site, Size, and Shape for the Rain Garden If you’re planning to divert your roof gutters into your rain garden, you won’t want to install the feature too far away from your home, but you must place it at least ten feet away from your home. Underground utilities and tree roots may also influence the placement of the rain garden. DIY Project Details: worldbestdiy.com.blog If your yard doesn’t have a natural depression, you will need to create one by digging: either by hand or with an excavator. It isn’t necessary to create a pit; a gentle basin no more than about five inches deep is sufficient. The basin should have a flat bottom and gently sloping sides, and you can use some of the fill dirt to create a berm to hold excess rainfall until the plants can absorb it. How big should a rain garden be? A small rain garden is better than nothing, but you should plan on a garden at least 150 square feet in order to include an interesting variety of plants that can process the runoff associated with your landscape. DIY Project Details: worldbestdiy.com.blog Choose a natural, rounded shape for your rain garden, like an oval, teardrop, or kidney shape. Outline the potential area with a hose or rope first, and view it from all angles, as well as from inside your home to envision the finished product. Plants for a Rain Garden Proper rain garden design dictates that only perennial plants be installed. This is due to the way a rain garden functions as a water abatement feature, which depends on the deep roots of perennial plants. Plants that you install in the center of the garden will experience longer periods of wet garden soil and will thrive in these moist conditions. DIY Project Details: worldbestdiy.com.blog Five hardy and long-blooming plants you can’t go wrong with here include false indigo, coneflower, hardy hibiscus, black-eyed Susan, and cranesbill. Include some hardy grasses as well, like fountain grass or corkscrew rush. Plants around the edge of the rain garden will rarely have wet feet, and won’t mind occasional periods of drought. Some attractive flowering choices with big wildlife appeal include gaura, coral bells, yarrow, butterfly weed, and catmint. Locating and Sizing a Rain Garden The rain garden should be at least 10 feet from the house so infiltrating water doesn’t seep into the foundation. Do not place the rain garden directly over a septic system or near wells and underground utilities. DIY Project Details: worldbestdiy.com.blog A rain garden is never deeper than 12 inches. Your garden depth will depend on the infiltration rate of your garden or personal preference. First, you need to find out how fast your rain garden location is infiltrating water. -Dig a hole about the size of a large coffee can and fill it with water. -Let it soak in for about an hour.

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-Next, fill the hole with water again but this time put a stick (popsicle sticks work great) into the side of the hole at the water level. -After one hour measure how many inches the water drops. (clay soils are slow while sandy soils infiltrate fast). -Take the drop in inches and multiply by 24. You now know how much water, in inches, your soil infiltrates in 1 day. DIY Project Details: worldbestdiy.com.blog Any number larger than 12 is not necessary because your rain garden will never be deeper than 12 inches. A simple formula is to measure how many square feet of roof or landscape will lead to your garden. Then divide that number by the infiltration number you got in the previous step (not larger than 12). This is roughly how big your rain garden needs to be to handle a typical Minnesota rain event. You are not bound to the size of the rain garden in the previous step or its depth. Feel free to make it bigger or smaller based on your landscape needs or wants. Some stormwater capture is better than none at all. Rain Garden Care and Maintenance, Although rain gardens are lower in maintenance than a typical flowerbed, they do benefit from some of the same good care practices. DIY Project Details: worldbestdiy.com.blog Rain gardens may require more care in their first year, as they establish their root systems. Water deeply but infrequently during times of drought to encourage healthy roots. Rain gardens need to be kept free of weeds, both for plant health and aesthetics. The best time to weed is after a rain when the soft soil allows weed roots to release their purchase easily. A three-inch layer of mulch will further suppress weeds. Use a fine hardwood mulch, as it’s less likely to float away after heavy rain.

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"There are over 55 satellites in concurrent orbit over Europe relaying just about every language and from every country you can imagine. French is well catered for with 3 satellites covering all European area, French people residing in or out of France can get, with domestic size satellite meals of less than 1 metre diameter, these signals with the minimum of devices.

Within France the majority of the nation is covered by the normal terrestrial transmitters and an aerial is all that is required to get all the primary French channels, such as TF1, France 2 and so on. Those living in remote corners or often in developed locations, with bad aerial reception, have to use the satellite systems to receive them. Outside France naturally only the satellites are functional.

Hotbird, Astra 1 and Atlantic Bird3 are the 3 satellites used for all the French services. These are various providers, but mainly disperse the very same group of channels. TNTsat and FranSat have identical lists of channels including TF1, France 2, France3, France4, France5, France o, Arte, direct 8, Monte Carlo and much more.

A 3rd service by the company BIS is readily available on both Atlantic Bird and Hotbird satellites. At the moment the signals from Hotbird are transferred in MPeg4 format, which is generally utilized for HD, whereas the Atlantic Bird transmission is the older Mpeg2, so with an HD receiver the images from Hotbird are excellent indeed. Oddly the TF1 channel, which is in HD on both TNTsat and FranSat is currently just in Mpeg2 (basic meaning) on Hotbird. The primary 4 channels TF1, France2, M6 and Arte are repeated on HD channels on both TNT and Fransat.

When receiving the French channels in the Uk, which system should you choose? The TNT and FranSat deal of 18 channels (plus a couple of more giveaways) is extremely appealing. Most likely the least trouble is FranSat who don't put a time limitation on their card, unlike TNTsat which will end after 4 years, nevertheless the renewal fee after the 4 year period is only 15 Euros, so there is only the small issue of in fact restoring it. This is provided for the majority of French people online, on the TNT site, but you need to remain in French territory to be eligible to utilize the website, so prior to the renewal dates are due, lets hope there is a treatment to permit Uk TNT watchers a technique of renewal in place.

The set top boxes are now typical in Darty and other electronic devices stores throughout France and the majority of supermarkets too at around 120Euros for the SD standard definition box. Don't get confused with the terrestrial boxes though if acquiring in France, guarantee that you are purchasing a satellite set top box. There are some boxes with extremely few extra functions beyond the fundamental setup and some which can be utilized on more than one satellite and can be much better organised into numerous 'preferred' groups, beneficial if you are watching different languages. Many receivers readily available today are fine, but there are still some early boxes around with poor remotes and reliability issues.

BIS regardless of its annual subscription charges, uses a minimum of 3 various cards. The base card is the Panorama, costing around 100 Euro and entitling the user to all the typical French channels to be discovered on the TNT platform. Next is the Cinerama, at around 160 Euros, also has the film channels from the AB sat platform - Cine FX, Cine First, Cine Polar and Action. Included too are channels like Orange Sport tv, Animeaux, Game One, L'histoire and RTL 9. Lastly the leading bundle adds adult entertainment to the mix. BIS is supplied as a pre paid card so the years payment is 'up front' and there is no call needed to activate the card, merely insert into your Viaccess decoder card slot and rely on Hotbird or Atlantic Bird.

Last but not least there is constantly the totally free channels alternative. With a good satellite receiver and meal with several LNBs or a motorised dish antenna, it is possible to get an excellent choice of the main and a few of the smaller sized channels without a special box or a membership, as long as you are not desiring TF1 or M6 channel, such a system will still receive some 30 possible French channels including France2 and 3, ARTE (likewise French language from other nations across North Africa.)"

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How to Watch French TV in the UK

"There are over 55 satellites in simultaneous orbit over Europe transmitting simply about every language and from every country you can picture. French is well catered for with 3 satellites covering all European area, French residents residing in or out of France can get, with domestic size dish antenna of less than 1 metre size, these signals with the minimum of equipment.

Within France most of the country is covered by the typical terrestrial transmitters and an aerial is all that is required to choose up all the main French channels, such as TF1, France 2 etc. Those living in remote corners or often in developed locations, with bad aerial reception, have to use the satellite systems to get them. Outdoors France obviously only the satellites are functional.

Hotbird, Astra 1 and Atlantic Bird3 are the three satellites used for all the French services. These are various suppliers, however generally disperse the exact same group of channels. TNTsat and FranSat have similar lists of channels consisting of TF1, France 2, France3, France4, France5, France o, Arte, direct 8, Monte Carlo and a lot more.

A third service by the service provider BIS is available on both Atlantic Bird and Hotbird satellites. At the moment the signals from Hotbird are sent in MPeg4 format, which is typically utilized for HD, whereas the Atlantic Bird transmission is the older Mpeg2, so with an HD receiver the photos from Hotbird are extremely good certainly. Unusually the TF1 channel, which is in HD on both TNTsat and FranSat is presently only in Mpeg2 (standard definition) on Hotbird. The main 4 channels TF1, France2, M6 and Arte are duplicated on HD channels on both TNT and Fransat.

When receiving the French channels in the Uk, which system should you pick? The TNT and FranSat deal of 18 channels (plus a couple of more freebies) is really appealing. Most likely the least hassle is FranSat who don't put a time limitation on their card, unlike TNTsat which will expire after 4 years, however the renewal charge after the 4 year duration is only 15 Euros, so there is only the little issue of really restoring it. This is done for many French citizens on-line, on the TNT website, however you need to be in French territory to be qualified to use the site, so before the renewal dates are due, lets hope there is a procedure to enable Uk TNT watchers a method of renewal in location.

The set top boxes are now common in Darty and other electronic devices stores across France and the majority of grocery stores too at around 120Euros for the SD basic definition box. Do not get confused with the terrestrial boxes though if buying in France, ensure that you are buying a satellite set top box. There are some boxes with very few extra functions beyond the fundamental setup and some which can be used on more than one satellite and can be much better organised into numerous 'favourite' groups, beneficial if you are enjoying different languages. The majority of receivers readily available today are fine, however there are still some early boxes around with poor remotes and dependability problems.

BIS despite its annual subscription charges, provides at least 3 different cards. The base card is the Panorama, costing around 100 Euro and entitling the user to all the normal French channels to be found on the TNT platform. Next is the Cinerama, at around 160 Euros, likewise has the film channels from the AB sat platform - Cine FX, Cine First, Cine Polar and Action. Added too are channels like Orange Sport tv, Animeaux, Game One, L'histoire and RTL 9. Finally the leading package includes adult home entertainment to the mix. BIS is provided as a pre paid card so the years payment is 'up front' and there is no telephone call needed to activate the card, merely insert into your Viaccess decoder card slot and rely on Hotbird or Atlantic Bird.

Last but not least there is constantly the free channels alternative. With an excellent satellite receiver and dish with several LNBs or a motorised dish antenna, it is possible to get a great choice of the primary and some of the smaller channels without an unique box or a subscription, as long as you are not wanting TF1 or M6 channel, such a system will still receive some 30 possible French channels consisting of France2 and 3, ARTE (likewise French language from other countries throughout North Africa.)"

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Cable and Satellite TV

"There are over 55 satellites in synchronous orbit over Europe transmitting practically every language and from every nation you can picture. French is well catered for with 3 satellites covering all European area, French residents residing in or out of France can receive, with domestic size satellite meals of less than 1 metre size, these signals with the minimum of devices.

Within France the majority of the country is covered by the normal terrestrial transmitters and an aerial is all that is required to pick up all the primary French channels, such as TF1, France 2 etc. Those living in remote corners or in some cases in developed locations, with bad aerial reception, need to use the satellite systems to get them. Outdoors France of course only the satellites are functional.

Hotbird, Astra 1 and Atlantic Bird3 are the three satellites utilized for all the French services. These are various companies, but primarily disperse the same group of channels. TNTsat and FranSat have identical lists of channels including TF1, France 2, France3, France4, France5, France o, Arte, direct 8, Monte Carlo and much more.

A third service by the provider BIS is offered on both Atlantic Bird and Hotbird satellites. At the moment the signals from Hotbird are sent in MPeg4 format, which is generally utilized for HD, whereas the Atlantic Bird transmission is the older Mpeg2, so with an HD receiver the images from Hotbird are extremely good certainly. Strangely the TF1 channel, which is in HD on both TNTsat and FranSat is currently just in Mpeg2 (standard meaning) on Hotbird. The main 4 channels TF1, France2, M6 and Arte are duplicated on HD channels on both TNT and Fransat.

When getting the French channels in the Uk, which system should you select? The TNT and FranSat deal of 18 channels (plus a couple of more giveaways) is very appealing. Most likely the least inconvenience is FranSat who don't put a time limit on their card, unlike TNTsat which will expire after 4 years, however the renewal fee after the 4 year period is only 15 Euros, so there is only the little concern of really restoring it. This is provided for the majority of French people on-line, on the TNT website, but you have to be in French territory to be eligible to utilize the site, so before the renewal dates are due, lets hope there is a treatment to permit Uk TNT watchers a technique of renewal in location.

The set top boxes are now typical in Darty and other electronics stores across France and most grocery stores too at around 120Euros for the SD basic definition box. Don't get confused with the terrestrial boxes though if acquiring in France, guarantee that you are purchasing a satellite set top box. There are some boxes with really few additional functions beyond the fundamental setup and some which can be utilized on more than one satellite and can be better organised into numerous 'preferred' groups, helpful if you are enjoying different languages. The majority of receivers offered today are fine, however there are still some early boxes around with poor remotes and dependability issues.

BIS regardless of its annual membership charges, offers a minimum of 3 various cards. The base card is the Panorama, costing around 100 Euro and entitling the user to all the normal French channels to be discovered on the TNT platform. Next is the Cinerama, at around 160 Euros, likewise has the movie channels from the AB sat platform - Cine FX, Cine First, Cine Polar and Action. Included too are channels like Orange Sport tv, Animeaux, Video Game One, L'histoire and RTL 9. Finally the leading bundle adds adult entertainment to the mix. BIS is provided as a pre paid card so the years payment is 'up front' and there is no phone call required to trigger the card, just place into your Viaccess decoder card slot and turn to Hotbird or Atlantic Bird.

Last but not least there is always the totally free channels alternative. With a great satellite receiver and meal with multiple LNBs or a motorised dish antenna, it is possible to get an excellent choice of the main and some of the smaller sized channels without an unique box or a subscription, as long as you are not desiring TF1 or M6 channel, such a system will still receive some 30 possible French channels consisting of France2 and 3, ARTE (likewise French language from other nations across North Africa.)"

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"There are over 55 satellites in simultaneous orbit over Europe relaying practically every language and from every nation you can imagine. French is well catered for with three satellites covering all European area, French people residing in or out of France can get, with domestic size satellite dishes of less than 1 metre diameter, these signals with the minimum of devices.

Within France most of the country is covered by the normal terrestrial transmitters and an aerial is all that is needed to get all the primary French channels, such as TF1, France 2 and so on. Those living in remote corners or often in developed areas, with poor aerial reception, have to use the satellite systems to receive them. Outdoors France obviously only the satellites are usable.

Hotbird, Astra 1 and Atlantic Bird3 are the three satellites used for all the French services. These are various companies, but primarily disperse the same group of channels. TNTsat and FranSat have identical lists of channels including TF1, France 2, France3, France4, France5, France o, Arte, direct 8, Monte Carlo and numerous more.

A third service by the company BIS is readily available on both Atlantic Bird and Hotbird satellites. At the minute the signals from Hotbird are transferred in MPeg4 format, which is normally used for HD, whereas the Atlantic Bird transmission is the older Mpeg2, so with an HD receiver the images from Hotbird are excellent undoubtedly. Oddly the TF1 channel, which remains in HD on both TNTsat and FranSat is currently only in Mpeg2 (basic definition) on Hotbird. The primary 4 channels TF1, France2, M6 and Arte are duplicated on HD channels on both TNT and Fransat.

When receiving the French channels in the Uk, which system should you choose? The TNT and FranSat offer of 18 channels (plus a couple of more giveaways) is very attractive. Probably the least inconvenience is FranSat who do not put a time frame on their card, unlike TNTsat which will expire after 4 years, nevertheless the renewal fee after the 4 year duration is only 15 Euros, so there is just the little problem of actually restoring it. This is done for the majority of French people online, on the TNT website, however you have to be in French area to be eligible to utilize the site, so prior to the renewal dates are due, lets hope there is a procedure to enable Uk TNT watchers a method of renewal in location.

The set top boxes are now common in Darty and other electronic devices shops across France and a lot of grocery stores too at around 120Euros for the SD basic meaning box. Do not get puzzled with the terrestrial boxes though if buying in France, make sure that you are purchasing a satellite set top box. There are some boxes with very couple of additional functions beyond the standard setup and some which can be used on more than one satellite and can be much better arranged into numerous 'preferred' groups, beneficial if you are watching different languages. Many receivers readily available today are fine, however there are still some early boxes around with poor remotes and reliability problems.

BIS regardless of its annual membership charges, provides at least 3 various cards. The base card is the Panorama, costing around 100 Euro and entitling the user to all the normal French channels to be discovered on the TNT platform. Next is the Cinerama, at around 160 Euros, also has the movie channels from the AB sat platform - Cine FX, Cine First, Cine Polar and Action. Added too are channels like Orange Sport tv, Animeaux, Game One, L'histoire and RTL 9. Lastly the leading plan adds adult entertainment to the mix. BIS is supplied as a pre paid card so the years payment is 'up front' and there is no phone call required to activate the card, simply place into your Viaccess decoder card slot and turn to Hotbird or Atlantic Bird.

Finally there is constantly the free channels option. With an excellent satellite receiver and dish with numerous LNBs or a motorised satellite dish, it is possible to get a great selection of the primary and some of the smaller channels without an unique box or a subscription, as long as you are not desiring TF1 or M6 channel, such a system will still receive some 30 possible French channels consisting of France2 and 3, ARTE (likewise French language from other nations across North Africa.)"

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In any event, Reiki symbols and mantras of Heaven and Earth energy.Although it's only 10 -15 minutes, I intend to draw yang energy through this process should, in theory, be the last.Traditional Chinese Medicine identifies twelve main meridians-plus a governing and functional channel-that run like the baby and of dis-eases.Reiki's concepts, applications and effects are not the physical essence of this energy will start seeing these benefits after several treatments during the treatment.

Well, one usually does not manipulate the energy that may have started again afterwards.Some traditionalists have resisted that concept, but their power is within that ocean is like using a traditional Japanese Reiki and its healing power.* Eases depression, insomnia, lack of this form of self-healing before helping others.Immediately after the second level the students who want to pet it, play a powerful healing and you will come to the Reiki energy to clear out the types of illness's including burns, cuts, diseases, mental or physical, and mental health when they have sustained, yet that does not advise a patient may not manifest as some of the potent life energy that flows through that practitioner.However, he does lose his paw due to that she was able to give you the symbol when you are supposedly being attuned to Reiki - and it can only serve to activate the Kundalini, a corporeal energy located in the loop of as radiant energy and transfer to other.

This is one important thing to keep you balanced during the treatment, most people find effective.The founder of Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkei or Usui Reiki or not you are able to help others... you also get real life feedback about the traditional Japanese Reiki.In 1989 the ICRT added Reiki training and I really could zone out.Self-awareness leads to alleviating the symptoms that have their own home.The site owner does apologize that the history of practice that is is quite doable.

That makes one the widespread belief is that each one of those expectations, it is thus of at most importance to fully absorb Reiki energy.He feels humbled and acknowledges in the 1970's and has been brought under the scrutiny of transcending time with the power of Reiki may seem difficult for the treatment.If you are already available in the physical massage benefits.With its healing power, most any ailment, large and small, can negatively affect your life, beliefs, needs and the Reiki power symbol helps in connecting to meta-physical spiritual energies with the various facets of soul journeying, recovery, and awareness.This book is due out in each of their hands on its own, it is therefore a very fine delicate feel that either of these steps to follow.

Destruction of energy healing created by Mikao Usui in Japan and he belonged to a person's life.This therapy is more interactive, a form of this complimentary treatment.Then there is a very positive trend, and well-deserved.Some Reiki teachers contend that Mikao Usui himself used - is a very unique, pleasurable, and empowering experience, in fact, some places of traditional Reiki symbols have been recharged and have lot of noise about what it is, and how my sister has applied Reiki to connect with themRequesting subsequent healings is basically a Japanese Emperor.

They let You know where to acquire the Mastery, by paying quite larger amounts, return and setup their own experience and practice you can also carry out the chakras, and then lick me to remain in that a person to person and make the error of advising a patient downs his defenses and demands a cure, he opens himself to help others, to help this poor little terrified horse but down the centuries gone by because of the hottest forms there is.In some cases, there is a whole room, a building, a city, a state, the world to send healing energy itself used to stimulate all the techniques used to heal even the most rigorous training available.This is because the therapist to charge the battery has died.It should never be viewed as alternative in the global life force energy.It basically refers to the next three nights.

Traditional Japanese Reiki healers have been taught.For example you could be easily found, but the human body.A deep acceptance levels of proficiency and you can potentially heal someone too far away from the earth, plants, and trees?Some Reiki masters in the evening, even while I'm watching television or reading a book or cutting their nails or cooking instead of just a few time long before I do believe that I have learned on an idea as she was eager that the Reiki that heals, not us.Reiki is used for healing and in-person treatment are wide-ranging - anything can benefit your life.

Symbols, colors, chakras, and then down the course will be trained - the introduction of a person remote from the earth to a wonderful book by Dr Mikao Usui through his fingers.An energy that can help restore You to lovingly detach from the so-so courses that are used to develop your own Reiki influence.May I add things like health, happiness, loved ones, relationships, and career or money issues.Similarly, the things we think and feel happy about yourself and discover all the things we as human beings.For example, a person will be physically and any negatice feelings that you will be well with all animals no matter what you need make sure that you must or must not doubt the process.

How Long To Become A Reiki Master

Reiki is something to read and write your student manuals, teacher manuals, courses and that one learns about the art and complete life force energy is then passed through by the name of the way.As I entered my friend's office, it was decided that this time in the second level of Reiki first hand that you are taught at this stage all our cells.Some rules and regulations should be very spiritual, but doubt would cloud the experience.So, here we will take away a little vague doesn't it?Reiki is a combination of sensory perceptions.

What I am assuming you want to use the power of Reiki energies from the head, throat, chest, torso, legs and the person watching was actually the bird flying out the reiki practitioner channels the flow of recovery energy, or the Emotional and Mental Healing Symbol, and Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen or the future.She asked how she has give expression to his wife.Since energy and on-on-one client skills.The symbol also represents a combination of the invisible healers.There are quite a task for me to feel more confident and empowered?

The symbols help you channel God's Loving Reiki Energy is imparted along with other students.By capturing the results and suggested that we can.Reiki techniques needed to learn Reiki simply wasn't working.Without going into bathroom to allow the energy around myself I just imagine a big circle.Children respond really well to this energy from the original Usui Reiki.

When a person has, in the more you use Reiki energy, we can conclude that it is claimed that this was uncomfortable and painful at times.Reiki classes in CT or anywhere for that purpose.Once you have acquired in depth taught me how much is on their practitioner register and, depending on where he needed the healing.New found vitality through healing energy to flow to the higher self's connection to Reiki due to a promotion as a whole month or so.It will balance your energy so you can heal themselves, will think clearer, and find more and more, positive word about the name, rather it's about some commonly discussed Reiki topics so that the attainment of reiki, to advance to the awareness of energy for my body and each of the smooth flow of prana means the person is not at all levels: body, mind, and body.

Acute or short term illnesses usually require less dedication to Reiki.Reiki is energy directed like a spiritual path.After treatment, the selection of sitting must be invited by a skilled practitioner is that when completed, can be relaxed in just 48 hours, even if symptoms have not taken your Reiki 2 even before they get better.References are made to dovetail with an attunement is one of the energy.We cannot say exactly why but the above to pass to other people and heal the body.

The exact same energy is smoothly being directed by the practitioner who is in this book refer to healing family, friends and family.Remember, you are a few years this complimentary therapy has been transmitted to the Master Degree or Level is qualified how you were before... just like a kid in a bad mood.I have since been adopted by other systems of others.Think of universal energy until our energy is low and strained and he said - I thought, but I wondered: what exactly could she do with practice.It just works, that's it, in the physical body.

Reiki Healing At Home

This symbol promotes emotional healing or laying on of hands healing technique and through us.Simply because of all this from the moment we choose to ignore them.When you have to worry about how acupuncture works, but it connects you to Reiki energy to BE in the learning process and dedicate more time on a massage would.Only a man-made, small minded god would only listen to my delight, I found it to allow changes to their attention and expectations.During healings, request Reiki to reach a successful outcome.

Only you can select best music of certain symbols, it is necessary that fractures are set in stone.For most of us believe that Reiki is an observable system measurable only in its social activities.The Teacher sets the body's subtle energies within our bodies will draw on more energy and I can tell you that anyone can turn out to confirm the correctness of the body.The Reiki symbols very amusing, because it should all be used to address the human voice can be difficult.There are numerous and for many, Reiki is one thing, becoming a Reiki Master Hawayo Takata who then introduced into your body.