#in reality i would bet that having an idol makes it easier for gods to hear prayers

[illuminatedferret]

Oh!!! I had a thought!!! In the coffin prayer fic- it isn't just Hua Cheng's prayers that Xie Lian can hear, is it??? I mean, he's obviously most of what Xie Lian would hear, but- what about the random of believer??? Maybe Feng Xin or Mu Qing praying to him by old reflex on rare occasions? People he might have helped or saved who thought he was a god in disguise and directed prayers his way? People from Lang'an Bay (I think it was) or remnants of Xianle? Even just one or two people - wouldn't it be possible??

those would be some really cool ideas to explore! i dont plan on incorporating people other than Hua Cheng praying to Xie Lian in the Coffin Prayer AU for two reasons- one, it broadens the focus of the fic more than i intended to pull other people into the story, even if only in passing. i have an issue with my WIPs exploding into fic far longer than intended already, and this would just be asking for it. two, you touch on a really interesting aspect of canon, which is how prayers work! specifically, under what circumstances can a god receive prayers? can they just be directed at the person, or do you need some sort of idol or focus for your prayer to get through? it's unclear from canon. for this fic, i guess i'm following the same idea that dearly departed uses- that you need something that represents the person to successfully pray to them. i've seen some neat fic that have a less strict stance on prayers, but, i dunno, it's just how i'm inclined to write it.

[s0ftkwan]

soulmate!woojin

my part for the #protectwoojinproject. check end notes for more stuff ^^

soulmates am i right

definitely seemed to make life easier when it comes to finding “the perfect someone”

but to you, something about it was just…….ugh

maybe you just hated the mystery aspect of finding the person you were destined to spend the rest of your life with

and the fact that your soulmate could be a 42 year old pedophile or a convict….in prison….on death row or something

aCtUaLly, this could actually be very true considering that the tattoo on your arm literally says: well good thing i think you look very delicious

thats right folks you have the vv infamous ‘first thing my soulmate says to me is permanently tattooed on my body’ crap

anD bOY OH BOY WERE YOU ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED

im joking

but im also serious

terrified doesnt even do justice to how shocked your parents were when they first saw the words magically appearing on your arm

it was going great until delicious appeared in bold black ink

pretty sure your mom almost fainted

but yes, for most of your life, you were ridiculed and mocked for having these very suspicious lookin words on your forearm

this kinda led to you being more closed off as you grew older

by the middle of your last year in high school as a senior, you managed to make only 3 friends

from your whole 4 years of high school

3 friends

since you grew up on the same street, you, jihoon, daehwi, and jaehwan were already super close

so close in fact that when you applied for a part time job at a chicken restaurant to start earning money for college, they also applied with you

honestly you were very touched that they would join you so that you wouldnt be lonely

in reality they needed money to buy a new gaming console that was coming out in a few months

i love friends

so when you started working, you were all working different kinds of positions

daehwi was the cashier boy, you and jihoon were waiting tables, and jaehwan was….well……the chicken mascot who would stay outside handing out flyers to random people

you bet all of you were laughing your asses off when you found out

anyways moving on

it had already been 2 weeks since you got hired and things were going gr8

until jaehwan got sick this one time and one of you had to replace him

and since daehwi was the only one who knew how to work the register, he was ruled out

so between you and jihoon, you settled this like adults

by rock paper scissors

when you realized that you sucked at rock paper scissors though, it was too late

you lost and you had to put on the chicken costume

did i mention that this was not just an animal costume

it was an actual piece of fried chicken

you made a mental reminder to yourself to both praise jaehwan for having the guts to do this everyday AND to beat his ass for coming down with a cold

so now here you are in the middle of the busy street in a chicken costume dancing around and handing out flyers

you swore that you felt a little child bite your hip to see if you were edible

for the first hour, things were going ok

until this group of 5 boys came

dONT GET ME STARTED,,,, ok so

these boys were kind of regulars in the restaurant and in short they were dicks

they would always tease jaehwan about the costume, be super loud while you eating, and basically be rowdy frat boys until they left

except they werent frat boys because they were a dance team

they always tried to hit on you with all different types of pick up lines

which never seemed to match the one on your arm so you were silently thanking not only God but also Jesus

trying to keep in your calm, you turned to them and welcomed them into the restaurant

unfortunately they recognized you as one of their usual waitresses and were like “woah, she’s always been a hot chick, but now she’s literally become one ;)”

how did they even do that

pushing their fuccboi remarks aside you smiled at them and said “welcome inside”

for the rest of the time they were there, you could hear loud whooping and cheering and you swore that you could feel jihoon trying to breathe in and out trying so hard not to slap all of them in the face

by the time they exited, all of them were already quite tipsy

as they exited, one of them actually ran into you, sent the flyers flying all over the place and vomited on the costume

yeah it wasnt pretty

although he mumbled a small “sorry” before walking away with his friends, you were still fuming and you really just wanted to claw his eyes out

but knowing that you’d probably lose one of the most stable things in your life rn, you decided against it and just picked up each flyer very aggressively

you noticed though,,,,,,,,,you werent the only one picking it up

in front of you was one of the boys. the one with the snaggletooth

you see, unlike the others, this boy was sweet and silent

whenever you would put down his food in front of him he would smile the most adorable smile in the world that undeniably made your heart dugun dugun if u get what i mean

anways denying you had a crush on him, you two continued to pick up the flyers until all of them were back in your hands

“thank you… not a lot of people would help a girl whos dressed in a vomited on chicken costume“

“well good thing i think you look very delicious“

it took a beat of awkward silence for both of you to realize that those exact words were tattooed on your forearms

“holy crap“

both of you looked at each other with shy smiles and just like “wow i just met my soulmate and he/she is the cutest thing in the world”

naturally, after your shift, he takes you home

daehwi and jihoon pretend to be jealous like “fine we dont need you” but on the inside they’re like “yez girl finally”

you two spend the whole walk just talking about yourselves and getting to know more and when you finally arrive at your house it felt like it was only 10 seconds when in reality it was actually like an hour you walked really slowly ok

before you go in, you realize that you didnt even know his name??

so you ask him and hes like

“i-i’m park woojin! please always take care of me!* uh, not in that way! but like…you know….i-if you want to….i’d w-want you to..if thats ok?“

even though he’s mumbling you still surprisingly understood everything clearly

without a second thought you walked up to him and planted a kiss on his cheek and said

“i’d love to“

this could have been a lot longer lol. anyways, i was inspired by the #protectwoojinproject that has been going around lately.

it needs to be known that sexualizing minors (not just woojin, not just idols, ALL minors) is not okay. it’s disgusting, it’s gross, it’s illegal, so stop. 

* please take care of me - jal butakdeurimnida - basically a phrase that a newbie says to a more experienced person/what idols say a lot when introducing themselves

[enstars-translations]

[Course Events] Arashi Narukami [Checkmate]

(Better late than never!

Checkmate Course Events for Arashi, who’s still smitten with Kunugi-sensei and not very motivated on working hard.)

Need Something From Me? (1/ 3)

“Eep! Oh, my gosh Izumi-chan! Don’t just push me from behind out of nowhere! What if I crashed into the door and got hurt? Would you take responsibility for that?”

A. (1) “You looked like you wanted to be pushed.”

“Oh, my? I knew you’d get it, Izumi-chan. Look, that’s Kunugi-sensei over there, right? Seems like he got a lot of work forced on him again today…. So I was just debating whether or not I should go over and lend a hand…. ♪”

A. (2) “You looked like you wanted to be pushed.”

“That doesn’t mean you should go and scare me like that. You could’ve just said something, like a normal person. Ah, oh no! I looked away for one second and Kunugi-sensei’s already disappeared somewhere! Oh, my gosh, this is the absolute worst~! I was waiting for just the right moment to go and talk to him~!”

B. (1) “Responsibility, hm….?”

“Well, rather than take responsibility, maybe I should have you help me get closer to my crush ♪ I was just in the middle of looking for an excuse to go talk to him, so it’s perfect timing! Go and play the part of “Cupid, the God of Love” for Kunugi-sensei and I, Izumi-chan…. ♪”

B. (2) “Responsibility, hm….?”

“Oh, my? Why, are you really going to take responsibility? It’s not that I’m not happy about it. It’s just that I’ve already got my heart set on someone else. I was just taking a peek at him a moment ago, too. Izumi-chan, it’d make me so happy if you would support us being together…. ♪”

Need Something From Me? (2/ 3)

“Ehh, you want me to come in for a lesson today? Hm~.... But I already went along with you the other day, so I don’t feel like it today. Why not just ask someone else? There’s a bunch of other members, right?”

A. (1) “Go and find someone then.”

“Someone to go instead of me? Well, then how about him? Umm…. Aw, too bad, I can’t see him anywhere today. That boy from the other day, ‘Ritsu-chan,’ wasn’t it? Well, I didn’t expect him to just be conveniently lying around whenever we need him….”

A. (2) “Go and find someone then.”

“Um, I’m saying no because I hate doing things that are a pain, you know? Oh, my! Perfect timing! It’s him…. ‘Yuu-kun’ is here! Now doesn’t this work so nicely? ♪ Wait, he ran off as soon as he looked over here? Izumi-chan, does he hate you or something?”

B. (1) “A bunch of useless idiots.”

“Hmm? So in other words, does that mean I’m a ‘useful genius’? Ahaha, oh Izumi-chan. You deny it, but at least that means you see me differently from the others, right? Why, I can’t say I dislike the sound of that. I don’t mind keeping you company for a little while, then…. ♪”

B. (2) “A bunch of useless idiots.”

“Even though there’s so many other members, is there no one else besides me? That ‘Leo-kun’-san you talk about it is still in the hospitalized, after all…. So I guess that’s what’s causing you stress, Izumi-chan. I know, why don’t we forget about lessons for today and head for the hot stone spa? You’ll feel a lot better after detoxing ♪”

Need Something From Me? (3/ 3)

“Hey, Izumi-chan. Could you stop with that whole ‘four-eyes’ thing? If Kunugi-sensei hears you say that, I’m going to hold a grudge on you for the rest of your life, you know? Call me by something a little more cute ♪”

A. (1) “Naruko.”

“Oh dear, you almost just made my heart flutter…. ♪ But I don’t really like the forceful and overbearing type…. So next time, sound more like a gentleman, and call me ‘Naruko-chan,’ okay?”

A. (2) “Naruko.”

“Hm~.... If possible, I’d want you to say it with “-chan” at the end, and make it sound cute ♪ Anyway, I feel bad being the only one making requests, so how about I call you something super cute too, like ‘Izumi-senpai ♪’? Did you just say that it gives you the chills? My gosh, Izumi-chan, you’re such a tyrant!”

B. (1) “You damn sissy.”

“Yes, yes, I know already, gosh. You don’t even have to tell me. But it’s okay, because I believe that someday, you’ll come and approach me yourself, Izumi-chan. Ahaha. You’re actually nice in your own way, aren’t you….? ♪

B. (2) “You damn sissy.”

“Hold it, Izumi-chan? There’s a limit even for that foul mouth of yours, you know? Honestly, that pretty face of yours wouldn’t have to go to waste if you would just be quiet…. Sigh…. If only someone that could reform you would just show up.” 

Hey, Izumi-chan? (1/ 3)

“♪~ ♪~ ♪ Oh, I messed up with the timing again. The choreography for this song is so hard. It’s better than Izumi-chan’s part, but couldn’t I have my part changed to something a little easier?”

A. (1) “Huuh? Don’t say something so stupid.”

“Izumi-chan, you really are amazing, aren’t you? A song this difficult, and you’ve already mastered it. Plus, you look like you really enjoy singing this song…. ♪ Haha. I bet that wouldn’t be the case if ‘Leo-kun’-san hadn’t written the song.”

A. (2) “Huuh? Don’t say something so stupid.”

“Oh, my gosh. Why do you always get mad so fast, Izumi-chan? That’s just the way I am. I thought that you would understand that, you know? That’s right. I won’t run away, so just let me be free to do what I want ♪”

B. (1) “You can do it, can’t you?”

“Well, if I really tried to, I could. But I just don’t have the motivation, you know….? Like, there’s nothing to really get me going. You’ll tell me everything you know about Kunugi-sensei….? Aha, I guess I have no choice, then. Since you say you’ll support the love between Kunugi-sensei and I, I’m going to get serious, okay?”

B. (2) “You can do it, can’t you?”

“Hmm. You know, I wonder how you see me in your eyes, Izumi-chan. Maybe I’m just making too big of a deal out of this, but…. Well, whatever. I’ll work hard this time for you ♪ After all, it’s annoying to have you think that I can’t do it.”

Hey, Izumi-chan? (2/ 3)

“Ugh, I’m all sweaty all of a sudden. I didn’t plan on working this hard. Izumi-chan, can we take a little break? I’m going to go wash my face. Gosh, my face is all red…. I definitely can’t let Kunugi-sensei see me looking like this.”

A. (1) “Aren’t you worrying too much?”

“Oh my. But Izumi-chan, aren’t you especially the type to worry too much about everything? It’s the same as when you’re a model, but even as an idol, I think you’re very stoic. But I know, okay? That in reality, you’re actually a very hard worker ♪

A. (2) “Aren’t you worrying too much?”

“Of course I’d worry. If you were in love, you’d worry too, Izumi-chan. Aha. I’d sure like to see it, an Izumi-chan in love ♪ I wonder what it’ll be like? When you find someone you like, maybe sure you tell me first, alright? And then we can have a girl’s talk ♪”

B. (1) “Your face looks pretty.”

“I know that. If I’m not pretty, then I’m just not me. But sweat and sebum are the sworn enemies of ‘beauty’! If you’re lazy with skin care, it’s all for nothing! Come on, Izumi-chan, you should come along too, okay? You can’t slack off even one day if you want to be pretty…. ♪”

B. (2) “Your face looks pretty.”

“Oh my, oh my, I never thought I’d hear you say that, Izumi-chan! It surprised me, but…. Ahaha, it makes me really happy somehow ♪ Coming from you, it makes me feel like it’s really true ♪

Hey, Izumi-chan? (3/ 3)

“Izumi-chan…. Hey, Izumi-chan! Gosh, took you long enough to respond…. So, I guess you still can’t get in touch with ‘Leo-kun’-san? I get that you’re annoyed, but you need to hold yourself together right now, okay?”

A. (1) “Sorry….”

“Oh my, you weren’t annoyed….? That’s not like you, you know? Don’t just go casually apologizing like that. I understand that you’re worried about ‘Leo-kun’-san. But right now, let’s just believe in him and keep on waiting, okay, Izumi-chan?”

A. (2) “Sorry….”

“Without ‘Leo-kun’-san here right now, it’s your job to keep us mercenaries in line, Izumi-chan. Actually…. I don’t even really know that person, to be honest, so it doesn’t matter to me where he’s here or not. In other words, both Ritsu-chan and I are here for your sake, Izumi-chan. Please understand that, okay?”

B. (1) “That guy….”

“Wow, what a scary face. Your veins are popping out! If you keep on making that scary face, won’t ‘Leo-kun’-san be too scared to come out? Come on, how about a smile? You’re the world’s treasure when you have a nice smile on your face, Izumi-chan…. ☆”

B. (2) “That guy….”

“Hmm. Izumi-chan, you look so on-edge right now, it’s like you could lose it at any moment. Hey! Gosh, don’t go taking out your anger on me! Nothing good is going to come out of being annoyed, okay? We’re ‘Knights,’ so let’s start acting like one ♪”

[survivorelara]

Episode #7: “Bon Appetite Bitch” - Dani

Merge time baby, this is where the game starts. My first job is to figure out who flipped in that last tribal, I'm betting on Loris, but if it's John I'd probably understand as well. Regardless it's disappointing because as far as "OG Tribe Lines" it's now 5v5v2, which sucks.

I think I've likely got an ok position at the moment, the real move is trying to make sure I've got an in with a lot of people, and to make sure I find myself in the majority.

Here's hoping my first tribal council doesn't turn out to be my last due to social misplays.

We merged woo, my streak of never dying premerge continues :D. However, it does feel like an early merge. There's still 12 people left, I have a strong feeling someone ain't gonna make the jury... 👀

I just noticed im the only Aquarius left woot woot. Game wise, hello, it's merge. I'm finally messaging  people, introducing myself and what not. I'll check in later to list all of the people that don't like me, but for now let's go into this hoping that I'm charismatic

Ok sooooo...... tribal did NOT go as planned but it still was good because I could’ve gone easily but drew t saved my ass because I saved his last week. we love good karma. Roxy literally forgived me without asking her to and we have merged so I don’t feel that at risk anymore. :) I just gotta keep talking to everyone so my name doesn’t get raised.

oh lord. You know idk what I’m gonna do yet Because I don’t want to work with pre friends but i don’t necessarily like my tribe either So that leaves me with loris Idk I’ll figure it out

For now, I'll do a hot or not and comments Roxy- NOT. I have to talk to her almost continuously or else she'll think we aren't allies and vote me out. (not that we are allies rn but still) Ci'ere- DECENT. He's nice but replies are sporadic and idk if he wants to work with me. Loris- HOT AS FUCK. my #1 right now, he's p cool <3 John - STEAMING? He is so nice and so cute but he seems close to purple drew. Purple Drew - LUKE WARM. Love the dude, but I am semi trying to avoid pre game friendships. Little Mix Drew- STRAIGHT FIRE. only bc of LM. in reality, more SEMI WARM. it may turn out that each side has a little mix supporter? Drachus - WHO TF KNOWS. I cannot tell if this man is playing me or not. He tells me he can't vote him out, but is that true? We havent been to tribal and he seems to be lying to me about how much he knows. If he really doesnt know all that... he seems like someone I can maybe work with. We've been loyal to the end for each other before. Just keep in mind- I'm not playing for 8th. Emma- queen? She's inactive but a great number for me. We tell each other stuff and she's just precious. Kori- challenge threat, and someone who I want to be my shield. Dani- shes so inactive bruh like what even Dylan- also inactive.

so its 5 revati, 4 auva, 3 zosma. Zosma and Auva have 2 a piece of people who I loved pregame and would consider working with. So who knows? I have a double majority, so lets not be surprised when I'm first out.

Well, I THINK I'm in an ok-ish spot. I've talked with a LOT of people, IDEALLY the next one gone is Sam just so that I can get Dani more on my side and make it clear that I wanna work with her.

I'm a little salty Altager didn't beat the basic tribe name of Orion... but I'll get over it... eventually...

In other news, I ate a burger today... it was adequate.

MERGE BABIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I'm elated to make the merge AND get to name the tribe! Like that's fucking sickening! I'm excited to see what the merge holds for me because that was a rocky pre-merge phase. Like obviously I wasted my idol, blah blah. And like I was an emotional mess like the entire way through. It sucks being the one that has to blindside people and like break hearts- but in the end, that's the way it is. I just love that I'm getting to play IN THE MERGE. Like I rarely ever do that because I am too much of a physical threat (in most ORGs) to be allowed into the merge. So I'm super glad that I get to play in the merge and I just have to put myself in a mindset where I can be carefree and not let the stress of the pre-merge weigh me down!

Well, The challenge went pretty well I think, not sure if I won or not though, we'll see.

I'm getting frustrated with Ci'ere though. Everytime we talk they take hours to respond, even when they initiate the conversation, and I respond within 4 minutes. My patience is definitely getting tested.

Well, I didn't win the challenge, I was closeish, got all the right constellations. I just kinda, didn't math correctly in calculating my Tiebreaker number... not sure what I even did to reach that number anymore.

Regardless, I just gotta keep the target off of me, get a feel for what others are thinking, and go from there. Ideally Sam or Ci'ere since Dylan who I'm still not a fan of won.

Ci'ere has been making a bit more effort with me, which has me a bit suspicious, so Sam is ideal just to make it clear to Dani that I DO wanna work with her.

What do people do when they merge? Like this concept is so foreign to me that this laziness is actually nice. Its peaceful and serene. Like my god. If this is the case, why the fuck do I not try to make the merge more often? Honestly, this revelation is so beautiful, I may ugly cry just thinking about it!

ok no offense but the conflict between dani and ci'ere seems literally so beyond fake i can't even comprehend it. maybe im wrong but like it feels so planned, like dan's funeral or smth.

also ci'ere just like formally asked to work with me which was really sweet so hi. they also spilled some tea about roxy/drew/drew2.0 and how theyve been working together without me so. yoinks. glad i won immunity because i wouldve been so lost

Man i'm finna make that bitch dani leave, im working my ass off to save ciere and get her outta here since she's HELLBENT on getting us out. No no, you don't do that. Hope you enjoy merge boot and hopefully just missing out on jury :)

So yeah, the main name floating around has been ci'ere. But the thing is, I've been talking with people and dani seems disposable to a lot of people. So i'm tryna convince the people i'm close with to vote her out instead of ci'ere. Because here's the thing, if dani survives until next vote and ci'ere leaves, she's going to be after me. What i'm saying to my crew is that if ci'ere survives, he'll be with us while dani isn't close with like anyone, she just talks to throw names out cuz she sucks at this game. so like, if people really want ci'ere out, it'd be so much easier to simply blindside him next vote if we wanted, because he'd feel so safe. Esp since im 95% sure one of those 2 have an idol, so i'm gonna try my best to either flush it from ci'ere, or blindside the fuck outta dani sending her home packing with it

suprise bitches after a boring pre merge i am actually playing the game i just need to see which side everyone is on i may use my idol to have my side be on control i could probably be first merge boot before i play yikes! also me and loris are powerful... he has the legacy advantage his mind omg

I hate this cast. Yell at me for a short confessional if ya gotta.

Deadass probably setting myself up for failure this vote with going after dani so hard but fuck it idc, didn't have a chance to get rid of her after louise had left and she told toby to get the fuck outta here, and now I do and she's going and hopefully joins him in the vl :) toby this one's for you homie, miss ya lots <3

W e l l, things have went left here at the Orion camp 😄 I woke up to Andrea & Loris letting me know that Auva 2.0 was after me & that I should play an idol if I had one. Apparently the Auvacados are getting bad vibes from me? However, Dani was the one that made a move against y’all so why am I getting getting ya knickers in a bunch? I previously started laying down the groundwork to have people turn on Miss Dani, but I decided to toss that plan out the window. Last night, Loris told me that John Coffey was the Revati that flipped last round and it’s because he’s friends with Drew H. I’m certain that the Drews, Roxy, & John have an alliance that finalized right before the merge. So that needs to be broken up right away. I went to Dylan, an OG Auva, to let him know that his old tribemates said he was on the outs and they made an alliance with Louise, Dani, & I. He seems to be interested in voting with me, and if he isn’t, then he’s a flop.

Sam called me “babe” earlier & I really cannot with this flirting strategy, but I’m not opposed to it! I guess I would consider him my final 2, but I’d say he’s playing well so I might need to cut him before that hehe.

I don’t like this back and forth running around nonsense, so I’m laying it all out on the table. I exposed the Auvacado 2.0 alliance. I hinted that I have an idol that I really don’t want to use, but I probably will just in case they think I’m bluffing & people don’t target me in the future for it. Apparently this caused people to start scrambling which I’ll have you know is my favorite type of egg. Deviled eggs are good af too 😈

Sam says that we shouldn’t go for Roxy because he has an in with Drew T. & that we should keep Dani the target because she threw out our name. Dani says that John & Kori threw out my name to her. Do I believe her? Not exactly. In the tribe chat when I asked Dani to vote for Roxy, she says that she likes her & would rather do someone else. This is a mess. So right now it’s looking like myself, Sam, Andrea, Loris, Emma, Dylan & Drew T.?

Why is everyone always going after me what the shit. Its drew t and h fault im like their fuckin scategost I jk I love them but im so annoyed why is the fall out if the shit theyfor do, gets blamed on ne when I havent dine anything loll fuck off

I love u drews tho

I knew going into the merge that I wanted Ciere out sooner rather than later; and when an alliance with Dani and kori was formed I thought I’d be able to get him out right away. Dylan won immunity which is awesome because he’s easily my favorite right now. Idk what it is about him but we just vibe really well right now. I’m not sure where I stand with old revati other than kori who asked me to be his final 2 the other day. I’m a wannabe puppet master and nobody was taking my bait to vote ciere. Well it seemed like they were until little rat decides to announce that I had an alliance with the Drew’s and Roxy. I went telling everyone the chat is barely even active and we voted together once. As of now the majority is seeming to want Dani and Kori isn’t answering aoooo idk who I’m voting for I kinda still want to do ciere cause I swore to Dani I wouldn’t vote for her, but I also don’t like her attitude all that much tonight. Same old Dani from unifinished business, but I actually was going to have her back. I’m a mess!!!!!!!!111

WELL BITCH I MIGHT BE GOING. These motherfuckers REALLY want me gone huh? WELL IM NOT GOING OUT WITHOUT A FIGHT. Roxy will rue this day. ROXY WILL RUE IT. She just fucked over her whole damn alliance.

Dani is voted out 9-2-1.