#like things that would be a relatively understandable amount of stress just gets amplified

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I'm certainly having one hell of a fucking week, I'm so tired...

[koushisatori]

Anniversary

First of all: If you happen to stumble across this, please cut me some slack and be gentle with me. English is not my mother tongue, and on top of that, I got rusty by procrastinating everything (literally) for the last half-year (*μ_μ) I am apologizing in advance if something is weirdly written.

This is also my first ever piece of fanfiction, so I have to get used to that to :(( So if you got ideas or anything, I’ll gladly try to fulfill your wishes to simultaneously improve my writing.

Hmm, is there anything else? I hope not, and if there is, I’ll add it !! 

tendou x f!reader

genre: small bit of angst, fluff

warnings: none

word count: 2.7k

note: /

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usually, your relationship with Tendou is smooth sailing, both of you decided to take the step of moving in together relatively early, exceeding the common couples limit by not only doing this barely a year into your relationship but doing so in a different country far from your family and friends

(both of you learning french together to survive a new life in an absolutely foreign country...however, the first months of grocery shopping were disastrous ) 

you both became a couple in your last year at Shiratorizawa, surprising absolutely....well,...no one, honestly

every person just seeing a moment of your interactions with each other would have guessed that you already were dating

Tendou and you were the embodiment of being disgustingly in love - like people see you and feel  s i n g l e wanting to have what you two obviously found with the other

(SemiSemi, to this day, shudders violently thinking about how he caught you two making out in the storage room a week after Tendou finally confessed to you <3) 

anyway

while Tendou followed his dream of becoming a chocolatier, you began to study - enter: stress

after finishing his required training he got a job at a high-class factory (everything his handmade and super expensive?? You’re just so lucky to be his better half and get to taste his creations for free)

they value his skills and invest in him to become better, but that also means that his time for you shrank even more

you understood that, of course, and it's not like you didn’t spend a lot of your times crouching over books either with being close to receiving your first degree

in general, your fights are stressed-induced, and as quickly forgotten as they came up bc...let’s not beat around the bush, both of you are shit at staying mad at the other, especially if it means cutting short the already sparse time you currently have <3

they’re usually about petty stuff, too

recently though it happens more regularly and they ever so slowly started to border on painful

he stays at work for longer to perfect his already otherworldly skills; and your patience is running thin with all the deadlines and exams putting immense pressure on you

both of you are just so unsatisfied and stressed and...so fucking tired

it’s always forgivable though

you don’t mind planned dinner dates turning into movie nights with him falling asleep on you after what feels like seconds

because he’s there, pressing his face into your side or stomach hard enough for you to wonder if he’s trying to suffocate himself, while his long arms are around your waist holding onto you as if his life depends on it

he doesn’t mind being splayed across your lap watching the latest episodes of his series while you type away on your laptop, even though you were supposed to enjoy a nice weekend lazying in front of the tv with him 

a forgotten date hasn’t killed you yet as well, but the amount of times it was currently happening allowed insecurities to have their way with you

both of you always make up for it one way or another (leaving an apology breakfast or even taking it to bed, buying flowers, sharing the sweet kisses you were supposed to enjoy the night before,...) 

but this time, he didn’t just forget to be on time for any date.

he completely missed your anniversary

you spend the whole afternoon cooking his favorite dish for dinner, making yourself all pretty for him, wearing the jewelry he got you for your birthday, it was some kind of tradition by now

just to be stood up, dinner turning cold and your mood sour

no message, no callback

around 11pm he - finally ! - gets in touch with you 

‘‘(Y/N)!! Bunny, did something happen? Did you miss me so much?’’

you could hear the dopey grin he was wearing while teasing you, one you usually loved, one that was contagious

but it didn’t help the pain and disappointment nesting in your heart, right now

he really didn’t remember

was the date so insignificant to him? were you no longer a priority?

you swallow around the lump in your throat, desperately begging your brain to not amplify your insecurities even more

‘’No...it’s...it’s alright, I just wanted to know when you’re home...’’ your attempt to keep the doubts and pain you experienced that second hidden was pointless, because even on the phone, your boyfriend was able to look right through you

‘‘Bunny what’s wrong?’’ he asks worriedly

normally you’d say that it was alright, that you’d speak later or directly say what was bugging you so terribly

this time...you didn’t feel like talking or maybe even fighting, scared that he might confirm your thoughts and leave you

‘’It’s nothing, Tendou,...’’ you hear him wince, you can’t remember the last time you called him that ’’don’t bother with me if it’s not as important to you.’’ 

‘‘Not as...’’ a moment of silence follows, in which he checked the date and, lastly, Tendou understood ‘’Oh. Oh shit, (Y/N),...Bunny, please, wait for me, please, let me explain...’‘

It’s not the answer you wanted (on the other hand, what answer would that be?)

‘‘I waited...and I’m tired,’‘ you add without thinking, hanging up before he even got the chance to answer

while you don’t want things to end...you can’t help but think ‘what if?’ - that thought alone though is enough for the dams to burst

With a soft groan, you blink your burning eyes open, noticing your spine protesting and pop from the uncomfortable position you fell asleep in. A glance at the alarm clock elicited another tired groan, the 4 on display mocking you. 

The burning and overall sluggish feeling controlling your body immediately reminded you of the things that had taken place. That his scent surrounding you arose solely due to his pillow in which you had pressed your face.

While you obviously weren’t on the best of terms right now, a small part of you was still hopeful and reached out across the bed in search for the warmth your red-haired better half usually provided. Unsurprisingly, your hand met a cold bed half.

An annoyed sigh later, you sat up and rubbed over your eyes angrily. You were hurt, which should be understandable, but remembering his overly happy tone even with evident tiredness underlaying it, you guessed that he didn’t stay behind on purpose and that, maybe, something good had happened. So to say, you as well behaved like an idiot.

Suddenly, you remember the last sentence you said. Realizing what it implied, you felt like banging your head against the wall. You wanted to be understood by him. What you didn’t want was to give Satori the time to allow his anxious tendencies to fester while he was alone, foregoing untrue, negative ideas. The fact that he still wasn’t in bed with you, was proof enough which lead to you cursing out loud.

While your last words towards him told something differently, you surely didn’t want to leave him or him to leave you. Both of you could work things out, you always did, and…well, you always hoped that it would stay that way until you had lived a fulfilling life as a couple, with grey hair and wrinkles taking your last breath together wherever life would lead the two of you.

The simple solution was to communicate like the grown adults you are. 

Determined to talk through it the way you should have done earlier and maybe...just maybe get some cuddles afterward, you swung your legs out from under the blankets. After you quickly put on some warm, worn-out socks, you quietly leave the bedroom and tip-toe through the hallway.

You expected the apartment to be silent, to be dark. What you didn’t expect is the soft light coming from your shared kitchen. Or the clinking noises of bowls and pots colliding lightly, lowly muttered, sleepy curses, and even quieter sniffles interrupting the barrage of words from time to time.

Upon hearing those little sounds - no doubt coming from your anxious boyfriend - your heart clenched painfully in your chest. This is your injudicious doing. Straightening your back, you stepped into the kitchen, slightly squinting against the much harsher ceiling lights assaulting your eyes.

The original plan was to offer a heartfelt apology, and follow it up by an honest declaration of love and the proposal to talk about everything. There were a lot of things that needed to be cleared up between you and Tendou. But after entering the kitchen, you came to an abrupt halt.

Your eyes wandered, lingering on cuts, burns, and blisters that blemished your boyfriends' pretty fingers. Slowly, your gaze continued to move up his arms and shoulders, tensed and screaming out his fear of losing you. For a moment, you hesitated, but you eventually lifted your gaze to meet his wide eyes, as red-rimmed and puffy as yours. He looked like a deer caught in headlights. Normally, you would find it adorable and stretch your hands out to cup his cheeks (not to pull him down, definitely not) and press a kiss to his lips...but right now? You really just felt like crying, seeing your Satori so heartbroken over something you said carelessly in the heat of the moment.

Suddenly wincing, Tendou quickly pulls back his hand to his chest away from the hot stove. Yet, he did not dare to break eye contact with you. Seemingly afraid that what he currently saw is nothing but a sleep-deprivation induced hallucination. That you would just vanish if he so much dared to even think of blinking.

The stupor rooting you to the spot though vanished in favor of closing the gap between the two of you to help him.

‘‘Tori...’‘ you croaked worriedly, eyes flickering down to his hands and back up to his watery, sad eyes. ‘‘I’m so sorry,’’ you whispered. Any louder and your voice might break. ’’...let me take care of you.’‘ 

You turned off the stove before you gently tugged Tendou behind you to the bathroom. Making him sit on the edge of the small tub, you gathered everything you needed to patch him up with rehearsed movements.

For a while, both of you were silent. 

You carefully worked on disinfecting cuts and putting special creams on the different wounds and burns, while not hurting him any further. Concentrating on ignoring the thick tension of untold apologies, and fear. Doubt weighing heavy on the two of you. 

Meanwhile, Tendou couldn't help but admire your features. Your soft hair - faintly smelling like peaches and anis - falling into your face, hiding away your pretty (Y/E/C) eyes. He loved to get lost in them. Or how your tongue poked out between your lips in concentration and the little scrunch of your nose when you thought that you could have done better. 

Even in this hazy state of mind, he knew for certain that he would try to hold onto you for as long as possible. That he would do anything to make you forgive him.

After you finished gently wrapping band-aids (silly ones with colorful patterns just the way you both love) around his fingers, on his palm, and back of his hand, he quickly moved them to hold onto yours.

‘‘Don’t leave me.’‘ Tendou's voice is just above a whisper, and if you wouldn't have been that close to him as you were, you would have missed it. But you could hear him, and your eyes immediately met his, filling with tears all over again.

‘‘Satori, I’m-’‘

‘‘(Y/N), please...please, don’t leave me. I’m so sorry. Of course, I care. Our relationship, you...nothing’s as important to me as you are. It was the only thing keeping me sane that last week. I don't know why I forgot about it. I truly feel horrible.'' he started. ''Please, believe me. I love you so, so much. I...I can’t imagine a life without you. I don’t want to.’’ Even with his voice quivering, it was crystal clear just how serious his words were to him. 

He needed to get it out in the open. There was no way in hell that he would allow any doubts about your relationship to fester in your mind.

‘’I was held back to talk about the upcoming Christmas preparations that I’m supposed to be leading this year, and then I was called into the boss’ office and I couldn’t check my phone,’‘ the desperation to explain still evident, Tendou resorted to rambling about the happenings of the day.

‘‘I’m sorry for hurting you, but Bunny, I beg you...I know that we haven't had enough time those last weeks, that we didn't have any if we’re honest. I understand that you must feel neglected. I will change that, give me a chance to make you forgive me, please.’‘ 

It wasn’t like you wanted to cry again, but the tears rolling down your cheeks seemed to have a mind on their own. ‘’ ‘Tori...’’ you sniffled, your voice breaking away at the last syllable. ‘’Can I hug you?’’  

The relief on his face spoke volumes, and before you even got the chance to make good on your words, he already stands tall in front of you, enveloping you tightly.

Securely wrapped up in Satoris’ arms, you feel like coming home after months away. Or like taking in the first gasp of fresh air after holding your breath underwater for too long. With Tendou holding onto you like this, you found the strength to answer.

''I'm sorry, too...I love you so much, and...I know you always have a reason, and it was childish to hang up on you and leave you worrying alone instead of talking to you. And...if you neglected me those last weeks, then I did the same. We both were too busy for each other...'' 

After a short pause, you ask: ''B-but we can work it out, right?’’ Slowly, you looked up to him. ‘’I want to spend my life with you, Satori. Don’t listen to dumb me 5 hours earlier. 5-hours-ago-me was so stupid, and petty, and does not reflect my true wishes,’’ you added. ’’No one of our old friends wanted to put up with me the last week because I’m so head over heels in love with you and all I do is tell them ‘’You should have seen what Tori did for me’’ and what I plan to do for you...I can feel them roll their eyes from the other side of the world!’’

Suddenly aware of your very honest words, you pushed your face against his chest to hide your burning cheeks. Embarrassment painting them in a pretty hue of pink. 

Tendou hadn't realized that he had actually held his breath listening to your words until he chuckled a bit breathlessly. The remaining tension possessing both of your bodies faded away after that, allowing you to relish in the feeling of having the other in your arms again.

After a while, you bravely gazed up at him again, even with your cheeks still set ablaze. ''Come to bed?'' And with a sweet smile, one that reached his eyes and made your heart stutter, he nodded. 

Things between the two of you weren't ideal quite yet, Tendou kknew that much. But they would be. Tomorrow would be a new day. You would hopefully agree to celebrate your anniversary a day later. He hoped, that you would agree to spend it with him from the first second you woke up to the very last before you fell asleep. You will hopefully enjoy the news that his promotion was topped with holidays that allowed you to spend Christmas and New Year's Eve with your families in Japan.

He also hoped for you to say yes when, surrounded by your friends, he would ask you to marry him under the Cherry Blossoms in spring.

Things weren't quite ideal, but watching your peaceful expression while sleeping on his chest, he knew, all the up and downs were worth powering through. He would embrace every hardship if that meant keeping you by his side forever.

[cannibalisticapple]

So around a week or two ago I sent an anonymous ask to @corndog-patrol suggesting Villain Mic finding a Cat!Shouta. When I saw it on my phone in the car, I had to stop myself from reading until I could get home and look at it in full on my computer. It has been so much better than I could have ever imagined.

Seeing all the doodles and artwork so far has been a HUGE inspiration for me, and I ended up writing this over the past week. Because I am physically incapable of writing anything short, it kinda ballooned to almost 8k words, partially because I ended up adding to it as more art was posted. The majority of it was written before the bowtie pic though, including the opening scene. (Fun fact: I originally called Shouta “Pepper”.)

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, well, anything to Tumblr, so apologies for any weird formatting issues! And thanks again to @corndog-patrol for making such a great Villain Mic AU! Anyways, enjoy!

The Adventures of Puddles

           Given his known fondness for cats, most of Shouta’s friends and colleagues often teased him about how getting hit by a Quirk that turned him into a cat would be a dream come true for him.

           They were wrong.

           The hero-turned-feline felt thoroughly irritated as he loped down the street, the heavy downpour soaking him thoroughly and weighing down his thick black fur with water. He’d been turned into a cat while heading to UA just that evening, and since then he’d been rather unhappy. Nemuri had laughed her head off when she found him halfway to her apartment with his goggles around his neck and his capture weapon dragging along the ground behind him, which really hadn’t helped much.

           Considering he’d been found by Nemuri relatively fast, he should be safe and dry right now, but then Nemuri had taken him to UA. Logically it made sense of course, Shouta would be safe there and he’d have easy access to a support network to find a way to reverse the transformation. Unfortunately, he hadn’t accounted for how the kids would react. One of them had sighted Nemuri carrying him inside, and Nemuri had no hesitation dumping him on the student with a sadistic grin while she went to meet with the other staff.

           After spending an hour being assaulted by his students cooing over him and ruffling him from twenty different directions at once (literally), he’d desperately craved some space and alone time. The sight of Snipe and Cementoss sneaking around with cameras and phones ready, clearly intending to take photos of his ordeal, had been the last push he needed to jump the wall and get away from UA for a bit. He knew the area well enough, he should be safe to walk around a couple hours even as a cat. Key word: should.

           It was just his luck he’d get chased by someone’s dog for what must have been half a mile, ending with him lost in an only vaguely familiar part of town. His attempts to find his way back had only succeeded in making him more lost over the ensuing hours, the vaguely familiar scenery giving way to buildings he absolutely did not recognize. And of course, it also had to start raining shortly after that.

           Right now, he just wanted to get out of the heavy rain. He was wet, cold, tired, and felt sore in ways he didn’t even know possible until being turned into a cat. Turns out having your body undergo a radical physical transformation tended to put some stress on muscles and preexisting injuries. Go figure. At least his dry eye hadn’t seemed to transfer over, but that didn’t make him any less stressed.

           The feeling only amplified when he stepped in a puddle and proceeded to plummet into it with a startled yowl, water splashing everywhere. Of course this sidewalk would have a giant hole in it that flooded with water and turned into a miniature, cat-sized bath. The hole was deep enough his head barely stuck above the water, the chilly temperature making him shudder. He scrabbled at the edges with an annoyed growl, trying to pull himself out.

           “Hey, you okay little buddy?” The voice behind him made him freeze, the fur on his back standing on end. Shit. He knew that voice. His head whipped around to see a man crouching behind him, and while he wasn’t wearing his costume, Shouta couldn’t think of anyone else with a loud voice who also sported a stupid mustache like that. This had to be Present Mic.

           Great, just great, he thought sarcastically. For some odd reason the idiot wasn’t wearing a raincoat in this weather, his long blond hair partially pulled into a bun with the loose strands plastered to his face and shoulders by the rain. How the guy could even see with all those water droplets on his glasses was beyond Shouta. “Oh man, I always said someone was gonna fall into this stupid thing. Come on, let’s get you out.”

           Shouta silently glowered at the villain as he reached out to him but made no effort to push him away. Trying to get a good grip on the pavement was tricky with the rain making everything so slippery. Maybe if he could figure out how to get his claws to pop out, but he’d yet to figure out a lot of his new form’s functions. Frankly, the fact he could walk at all was a miracle considering he’d never used a four-legged body before.

           So the sulking cat allowed the blond villain to carefully slip his hands around Shouta’s... armpits? Well, his hands went between around the edges of his front legs and shoulders, so, close enough—and pull him out of the hole. Rather than put him down like he expected though, Mic shifted his hold to carry the grumpy feline, turning to walk to a nearby apartment building. “Come on, let’s get you inside so we can dry you off. My place is just over there!”

           ...And now Mic was taking him to his apartment. Crap. Shouta naturally began to struggle, wanting to get the hell back to UA instead, but Mic had a surprisingly strong grip. In the end he gave up and just sulked in the villain’s arms with a grumpy scowl as the blond draped a towel over him, resigned to his fate. At least he was out of the rain.

           “Oh man, you’re lucky I found you!” Mic commented, looking down at him with a concerned frown. “A lil’ fella like yourself could drown in all that rain!” He switched on the light switch by the door, illuminating one of the most rundown and shabby apartments Shouta had ever seen. And considering his meager salary as an underground hero, he’d seen a lot of crummy places while apartment hunting. “You’ll be safe here, just make yourself at home you little cutie!”

           Shouta just silently scowled at his current predicament. He just wanted to get warm and dry and take a nice, long nap until this stupid Quirk wore off. (It better wear off.)

           The Quirk did not wear off.

             Morning found Shouta still very much a feline, much to his ire. He woke up well before Mic, the blond snoozing away in his bedroom (Shouta had chosen to sleep on the couch, which had literal patches sewn on it, he’d never seen that outside cartoons), and Shouta felt no small amount of irritation at the fact he still had this stupid feline body. At least he was warm and dry now. That didn’t make him any happier about the situation though.

           A glance at the bathroom mirror had revealed himself to be particularly mangy and stocky rather than sleek and agile-looking like most cats. His long hair had turned into thick, shaggy fur, the black coloration adding an air of dirtiness as opposed to the soft and fluffy feeling exuded by Mic’s actual cat. Sprinkles, if the name written on the food bowl was accurate.

             Speaking of the food bowl, Mic was now beaming down at Shouta as he sat next to the now-full bowl. “Come on, it’s safe to eat!” Mic goaded—nay, practically pleaded with him, his mouth pulled into a pout as he looked down at Shouta. “You have to be hungry, little guy!”

             Shouta just glowered at him, ignoring the bowl. Nope. Not gonna eat that. He might be a cat for now (seriously this stupid thing better wear off on its own), but he was NOT going to eat cat food.

             Mic sighed, seeming to accept the fact as he turned to begin rifling through the cabinet. Good, looks like he got the picture and was looking for something else to feed him. “It’s the bowl, right?” he muttered. Wait, what? Mic turned around holding a cracked plastic soup bowl, dumping another scoop of kitty kibble into it before setting it next to Shouta. “There! This bowl doesn’t smell like Sprinkles, so it should be good, right?”

             He beamed down at Shouta, clearly proud of his understanding of cats. Shouta just stared at him blandly, making no move to touch it, and Mic soon deflated. “Eh, you’ll get hungry try it eventually,” he muttered, turning away with a sigh and trudging off to his bedroom. Shouta watched him leave with a blank face, still pointedly ignoring the bowl of cat food.

             As he sat there Sprinkles sauntered over and plopped down on the floor next to him, blinking her large eyes at him as she studied him curiously. Normally, Shouta would be happy to be in the presence of a cat, especially one who seemed as sweet and friendly as Sprinkles. Seeing as he himself was currently a cat, however, he found his joy slightly diminished. He couldn’t exactly pet her with paws, which sucked since her fluffy white fur looked particularly soft and silky.

             For now, he settled for patting her leg with his paw to try to satiate the urge. Sadly, it did not have the same effect as running his fingers through her fur. He sulked up until he heard a gasp, and turned to see Mic staring at him with sparkly eyes from the door to his bedroom. He bounced over with a giant grin and bent down next to them. “So adorable!” he gushed, rubbing Shouta’s head affectionately.

             At this point, Shouta’s broody mood outweighed the urge to claw off his hand.

             “So, I already have Sprinkles,” Mic mused aloud, “So what do you think of the name... Pickles?”

             Scratch that. Shouta proceeded to do so literally, highly satisfied by the startled and pained yelp from the blond.

             “Ow! Ow! Okay, not Pickles! Ouch, that really hurts!”

              Day two of being a cat. Shouta was now covered in clothes while Mic loudly rooted through his dresser.

             “Where is that shirt?” Mic grumbled to himself, tossing a pair of jeans over his shoulder. Why he apparently stored pants and shirts in the same drawers, Shouta had no idea. Why did a person need this many clothes? Granted, he barely bothered with more than the minimal amount needed himself. But still.

             Also, what was that guy even aiming at? Shouta was sitting in the doorway, not even fully in the room!

             Mic made a sound of triumph as he held up a shirt in an eye-searing chartreuse, on the more yellow end of the spectrum. A fact Shouta knew only because he’d spent an hour arguing with one of his students over demanding to use the color in their costume two years ago. Why. Why did anyone have clothing in that shade.

             Mic turned around with a grin, but his smile quickly faded to a look of confusion. “Puddles? Puddles, where are you?” Shouta’s eye twitched, still displeased with the name (seriously, what was with this guy’s preoccupation with English words?), but it beat literally every other suggestion the villain had. Even if he didn’t like the whole reminder of being pulled out of a puddle.

             He gave a displeased mrow and Mic blinked and bent down next to the discarded pile of clothes, lifting up a pants leg to see Shouta’s eyes glowering up at him. “Oh, there you are, you silly baby!” Shouta glared at him, willing all his disdain to show through his eyes. Mic was unfazed. “Aw, geez, now I need to wash the hair off this stuff!” Mic playfully scolded as he started picking up the clothes.

             You literally threw it on me, Shouta thought silently. You have no one to blame but yourself for this. He waited patiently for Mic to lift the clothes off him, depositing them on his bed to be washed later. Shouta took silent pleasure in the glimpse of black hairs stuck to them.

             Mic pulled on the eye-searing shirt while Shouta continued to sit and brood, chattering all the while. “Man, I am so stoked to see this band tonight! I feel kinda bad leaving you alone here all day when you’re still getting used to the place, but you’ll have Sprinkles to keep you company so you shouldn’t be too lonely!” He grabbed what Shouta presumed to be his work uniform and folded the shirt over his arm, giving Shouta a final pet as he strode past him. Shouta remained in place, pointedly ignoring him as he continued to sulk and brood.

             Approximately ten seconds later Mic returned, looking notably dejected. “Your bowl is still full,” he said glumly. “Are you seriously on some sort of hunger strike?” Shouta made a rumbling noise halfway between a meow and a grumble, and Mic groaned, dragging his hand down his face. “C’mon, Puddles, I’m on a limited budget here! Do I need to steal expensive food for you?”

             Shouta responded with a pointed glare. He would NOT condone Mic stealing cat food for him. As a hero, he couldn’t allow even the most trivial of crimes, even if they had good intentions behind them. Plus, he had a feeling the blond would try feeding him a wet canned food next, and the thought of the slimy-looking can-shaped meat chunk just made him want to shudder.

             (He pointedly ignored the fact he stole one of the pieces of chicken from Mic’s dinner last night when the blond wasn’t looking. He was a cat right now, cats did not need to obey any laws, and snagging food from someone’s plate wasn’t exactly illegal anyway.)

             “I still have that concert tonight so it’ll have to wait until tomorrow,” Mic sighed, and then nodded to himself with a look of renewed resolve. “I can’t let you starve though! We’ll have to improvise for now!” He marched off to the kitchen, and Shouta followed silently, letting himself feel a glimmer of hope. That hope was soon rewarded when he found Mic rooting through the fridge, pulling out a can of sardines.

             Not my first choice but I’ll take it. Shouta trotted over as Mic put it on a paper plate, hopping onto the counter to begin chowing down before he could even pick up the plate. Relief visibly flooded Mic’s face as he ate, his shoulders slumping and a breath of air escaping him. “Oh thank goodness, I was getting worried there! Kinda picky for a stray though, aren’tcha?” Shouta just rumbled in the back of his throat, too busy eating to respond otherwise.

             “Welp, I gotta run if I want to get to work on time,” Mic said, glancing at the clock. “See you later, cool cats! Sprinkles, make sure Puddles doesn’t get into trouble while I’m gone!” The white cat meowed in response, and with a jaunty wave Mic departed, the click of the door shutting and locking ringing particularly heavily in the ensuing silence. Shouta’s head snapped up, eyes locking on the door.

             Okay, he’s finally gone. Time to see if I can find an escape route. Shouta had no intention of staying here absolutely longer than necessary; the sooner he found someone he knew, the better. Finishing off the sardines, he leaped off the counter and made his way to the door, determined to get out.

             Ten minutes of trying to open it later, he found his resolve faltering though. Cat paws just weren’t good for turning round doorknobs, even with the advantage of knowing how they worked. And that didn’t even account for trying to just reach it. There were no convenient surfaces near the handle to stand on, so he spent most of those ten minutes just hopping up and down trying to reach it.

             As he found himself clinging to the knob with all four limbs trying desperately not to slide off, he finally conceded this probably wouldn’t work.

             Letting himself fall to the ground, he proceeded to sullenly slink to the rest of the apartment to search for an alternate route. He’d neglected to explore the apartment the previous day beyond the bathroom and the main living space, as he’d rather not look around a villain’s place too much. Beyond the whole “don’t intend to stay more than a day” thing, he didn’t really feel keen on the “invasion of privacy” thing. The man might be technically a villain, but honestly, Shouta viewed him as more of a nuisance than dangerous.

             After checking the window in the living room and confirming it would be even more of a hassle to open than the front door, he reluctantly turned his attention to the bedroom. The door was half-closed, and he felt apprehensive as he crept towards it because, again, invasion of privacy. He’d only sat outside the door that morning because Mic was being noisy and he was curious. He hadn’t been able to see a window then, but there could be one on the wall outside his view, and if he got lucky it would be open.  So he nudged open the door, looking around, and—

             ............

             That was a lot of Eraserhead merchandise.

             Shouta just stared at the collection of posters and other objects in the corner where two dressers met, as if staring would make it disappear or somehow become... something else. Anything else. But nope, it all stayed in place, from the folded shirt to the homemade banner with ‘ERASERHEAD’ written in large English letters.

             I don’t even HAVE merchandise. What the actual hell. Those looked like replicas of his capture weapon and goggles, though the color was slightly off, and... Was that a plushie of him? Hopping onto one of the dressers and prodding at the small doll curiously, he confirmed it was, indeed, a hand-made plushie of him.

              Mic returned several hours later to Sprinkles pawing at Shouta as he hid under the couch. Mic, naturally, just assumed Shouta was spooked and proceeded to spend about half an hour trying to coax him out. Shouta pointedly ignored his cooing and just remained curled up in the safe embrace of the darkness, wishing desperately he could unsee what he had seen.

              Day three of being a cat. Shouta had finally emerged from his spot under the couch to dine on more sardines, having resumed his usual cool demeanor after the initial shock and embarrassment at seeing the shrine. What shrine? Shouta saw absolutely no hand-made plushies or other merchandise of himself, Mic’s room was absolutely normal. Well, as normal as a bedroom belonging to Present Mic could be.

             More important than nonexistent merchandise, he was starting to wonder if the Quirk had a time limit. Was he doomed to be forever a cat? No, no, he’d give it a week before he started to panic. A lot of long-lasting Quirks had a week-long time limit, there was no reason to assume it didn’t have a limit. No need to freak out just yet—

             What was that spot?

             Shouta froze, transfixed by a yellowish dot moving on the floor next to him. Gaze following it intently, he tentatively slapped his paw over it, only for it to appear on top of it. He blinked in mild surprise, and when he withdrew his paw the spot didn’t move with it instead, remaining in the exact place on the floor.

             Had he been human he would have frowned at it, so for now he settled for squinting. What is this thing? After a few seconds the weird spot moved away and bounced in a small circle along the tile floor. Eyes narrowing, he slowly crept towards it and pounced again, only for it to once more appear atop his paw.

             Another confused blink, and he quickly retreated, circling it warily. He slowly reached out to tap it, watching the spot overlap with his dark fur before quickly withdrawing his paw. Nearby he heard Mic give a soft giggle, which he chose to ignore as he inspected  the spot more thoroughly. Obviously it wasn’t a bug, or even anything physical.

             Is it a light? he thought. It was the most reasonable explanation. But what kind of yellow light is that small and able to move like that? The only light he could think of were—wait.

             Shouta abruptly froze as the spot zoomed away, just staring into space as gears clicked into place in his mind.

             Did I seriously fall for a laser pointer? he thought in disbelief. Another soft giggle from Mic drew his attention to the blond, and he confirmed his suspicion instantly upon seeing him pointing a pen-like device towards the wall. His left hand pressed against his mouth as he watched the two cats from a distance, an amused smile peeking through his fingers.

             I fell for a laser pointer, Shouta mentally reiterated in mild shock.

             In his defense, his new eyes had a more limited range of color so he couldn’t exactly tell the light was red. Had he been able to see its color, he would’ve made the connection right away. Somehow, his newfound red-green colorblindness had slipped his mind with everything else going on. Come to think of it, that hideous shirt Mic wore yesterday might not actually be that hideous. Huh.

           As Shouta stared at him Mic’s smile faded, his hand lowering from his mouth as he frowned. He looked kind of... disappointed? Shouta blinked, briefly confused by the change in expression, until he saw the laser zoom past his paws again. Oh. Mic was still trying to play with him. Yeah, Shouta got pretty dejected too when his own cat lost interest.

             As he watched Mic’s shoulders slump he felt a twinge of guilt, and decided to take pity on the man. He abruptly spun and pounced onto the light, the laser bouncing wildly as Mic startled. As the laser swerved away and Shouta chased after it, he snuck a glance at Mic to find him grinning brilliantly, his eyes sparkling. That looked much better than the sad look he’d been sporting.

             Shouta was only doing this because he was bored. Cats had very limited options for mental stimulation, it was only logical to take advantage of a distraction when he had the chance. The fact it made Mic happy had nothing to do with it. Nothing at all.

              Day four of being a cat.

             Shouta was learning more about Mic than he ever wanted to, and not just because he was forced to inhabit the same space as the man. No, Mic had apparently decided that cats made perfect receptacles for venting.

             Shouta felt ready for a villain to burst through the wall and end his misery now as Mic laid on his bed, venting to him in a manner eerily reminiscent a teenage girl. The comparison was more apt than Shouta expected actually, given the man’s obsession with appearances and melodramatic tendencies in his villain persona. He kind of reminded him of an unholy fusion of Ashido and Jirou.

             So far he’d heard everything. Rants about the awful music selection played at the convenience store on the way to his job. The atrocious battery life of his cell phone and the hassle of carrying a charger everywhere. The apartment manager who always drew out and loudly over-enunciated her words after she first noticed his hearing aids, making it even harder to understand her (actually a valid grievance, Shouta admitted).

             And Shouta just sat there with a grumpy look, trying to convey his utter lack of interest through his sour glare. Part of him contemplated just leaving, but he had actually been quite comfortable sitting on this pillow before Mic came in and flopped onto the bed with an exasperated, “You won’t believe the day I’ve had!” Aside from the noise, this pillow was still quite comfortable, much moreso than the couch, which was worn enough he could feel the springs creak under his weight. So he just tried to ignore the venting.

             It was not as easy as he hoped.

             “—And then there’s my shitty job—god I hate that place!” the blond muttered, poking Shouta’s ear. His ear twitched away from the touch, just squinting at him with disdain. You seem to hate a lot of places, he thought sarcastically. “They treat me like shit!” Most “villains” would try destroy a place if they really hated it that much.

             “It’s all just so horrible!” the blond finished with a dramatic groan, while Shouta watched on with absolutely no sympathy. Screw this, the couch is lumpy but at least it’s quiet there. He was about to get up and leap away when the blond perked up, a bright smile lighting up his face. “But y’know what makes everything better?”

             No, what? Shouta thought sarcastically, knowing he’d find out either way.

             “Eraserhead!” Wait what? Shouta tensed at the mention of his name, staring wide-eyed and starting to feel rising panic as Mic began gushing about him. “Seeing him always makes me so much happier!” Okay, he really should have seen this coming, since the villain was pretty overt about his romantic intentions towards Shouta in... literally every encounter they had. “He’s my boyfriend y’know? Sooo cute!” Wait, wait, what—no, back up!! We’re not dating— “He kicks my ass a lot but only ’cuz that’s his job!”

             Don’t say it like! That makes it sound like an abusive relationship!! A distressed hiss nearly escaped Shouta, but it was silenced by the all-consuming panic and embarrassment that had gripped him. Mic had a dreamy-looking smile on his face, his eyes almost glittering as he loudly proclaimed, “I love him a lot!”

             Oh my god. He really IS a teenage girl. Shouta felt like he was watching a disaster movie play out in real time, and in a way he was. The disaster that was Mic’s delusional take of their relationship. Did this idiot even understand how healthy relationships worked!? Why do you even love me so much!?

             Maybe his feline features were more expressive than he thought, or maybe Mic was just in a mood to gush over him, because the blond gave a dreamy sigh and proceeded to elaborate.

             “Man, you should see him in action. He’s so graceful and agile, like a cat.” More literally than you know right now, Shouta thought sullenly. “And he totally doesn’t back down even if the other guy’s, like, ten times his size!” That would be a sixty-foot-tall person, Mic. That would be unrealistic and just makes me sound reckless. “And he manages to take them down with nothing but his skills and his awesome scarf!” I wish I could take down a sixty-foot-tall giant with just that.

             “And plus, he totally punched a reporter in the face this one time!” Mic continued, and that one admittedly caught Shouta’s attention. Usually people highlighted that incident as a bad one, not a good quality. “It’s just, there’s so many heroes out there who only seem to care about the press, y’know?

             “Don’t get me wrong, I love big and flashy stunts as much as the next guy—I mean, as long as I’m not, you know, actually facing All Might myself, haha, oh thank god he’s retired now and that won’t ever happen—but some of them just feel... hollow.” Mic waved his hand with a vague frown. muttering. “Like, they do it more for the cameras than a feeling of doing good, I guess?

             “But Eraserhead,” he breathed with a small smile, rolling onto his side to gaze at the totally nonexistent shrine as he rambled, “He doesn’t care about that stuff. He’s willing to put his life on the line to save everyone! Hell, that poster of him over there” which does not exist “doesn’t show it, but he has this big scar under his eye. Like this, see?”

             He twisted his torso to face Shouta again and traced a crescent-shaped line under his right eye, mirroring the one currently visible on Shouta’s face at that very moment, seriously how dense could a guy be!? “And you know how he got it?” Mic asked, and yes, he did. It was hard to forget having his face slammed into the pavement and ground against it by a Noumu while his students were watching nearby—

             “He got it protecting his students, barely even a full week after meeting them.”

             The sheer reverence in Mic’s voice silenced any snarky internal commentary, Shouta just blinking slowly. Any lingering traces of the dopey smile had faded by this point, replaced by a more serious look he rarely saw on the blond. “Eraserhead almost died then. I heard he was lucky to even still be able to see. I sent him a card of course, and took over his patrol route for him until he got better,” wait, was THAT why there wasn’t a massive spike in crime while he was gone, “but man, it was such a close call...”

             He sighed, letting his head flop back onto the mattress as he stared into space. “It’s just... He went to work expecting a normal day, and instead he ended up facing a giant ambush of, like, two dozen guys or more. And he just went in anyway, knowing he’d probably die. And that—that takes a lot of guts. Guts, and heart.”

             Shouta remained silent, just... staring at him. Slowly he slumped atop the pillow and rolled onto his side, staring into space. He had a lot to think about now.

              Night four of being a cat. Shouta was currently in Mic’s bed. Repeat: Shouta was currently in Mic’s bed.

             Don’t move, he silently commanded himself, staring wide-eyed into the darkness as he remained perfectly still. At some point after listening to Mic confess his undying love he’d fallen asleep, and apparently Mic had taken it as invitation to use him as a teddy bear. The sleeping blond had one arm tossed over Shouta essentially trapping him in place, the hero-turned-feline pressed close to his front. By “close”, he meant he could feel Mic’s breaths tickle the fur on his ears, feel his steady heartbeat against his back.

             Had he been human Shouta would probably be blushing right now. Actually, he might still be doing so underneath the thick fur judging by how warm his face felt. This was the most intimately close he’d gotten to another person in... well, ever. Aizawa Shouta was not a tactile person by any means. ...But even with his limited experience he’d never been this physically close to someone.

             They were sharing a pillow, for crying out loud!

             Part of him wanted to worm his way out and abscond to the couch, pretending this never happened, but... at the same time, he didn’t really want to move. Mic’s body felt so warm. The arm draped over Shouta didn’t feel heavy, but instead oddly comforting. The rhythm of Mic’s heartbeat and the steady rising and falling of his chest gently pushed against his back, providing a silent lullaby that put him strangely at ease.

             This was so illogical. Mic was a villain—well, more of a public nuisance, but still—Shouta shouldn’t feel so safe around him. But something about being pressed so close to the blond, half-covered by the blankets and with his head laying against the surprisingly soft pillow, just filled him with an odd sense of contentment.

             He could feel Mic shift in his sleep, unconsciously pulling Shouta just a little bit closer. “Soft,” he mumbled, the word slurred and quiet, barely recognizable, yet still full of a deep fondness that tugged at Shouta’s heart. He exhaled slowly before closing his eyes, willing the tension to fade from his body as he curled a little closer to Mic.

             Just one night won’t be too bad. I just need to make sure he never finds out I’m the cat.

              Day five of being a cat. Shouta took back anything nice he ever said about Mic.

             “How do you like your new bowtie Puddles?” Mic asked enthusiastically, hugging a very unenthusiastic Shouta with a giant grin.

             “Mow,” he replied dejectedly. This is the worst thing I’ve had to endure in my entire life.

             “I agree!” Mic proclaimed cheerfully.

             “Mow.” No, you don’t, or you wouldn’t be doing this to me.

             Now that he was aware of his current colorblindness, Shouta had no idea what the bow tie actually looked like, but he didn’t think any color scheme could make it look less tacky. It had polka dots. Nemuri might claim Shouta had a horrific fashion sense (not that he cared enough to agree or disagree), but even he acknowledged that a polka dot bowtie was the epitome of stupid looking.

             Sprinkles mewed loudly as she pawed at Mic’s leg, blinking up at them with those large green eyes of hers. Similar to Shouta, she also wore a bowtie, this one a sparkly sequined thing that might be either green or pink. Unlike him, Mic positioned it so the bow was on the back of her neck, which Shouta found to be a perfectly practical and overall lovely choice for a female cat. Clearly she was used to being dressed up, as she made no fuss over it.

             “What’s that, Sprinkles?” Mic asked, bending down and finally releasing Shouta from his hold. Shouta promptly began tugging at the bowtie with his paw, silently cursing his lack of opposable thumbs to aid in removing it. His tiny toes couldn’t get a good enough grip to do anything but pat it, much to his dismay.

             While he sulked over that Mic held out his arms, Sprinkles jumping into his hold without further prompting. As she did her poofy tail coincidentally whacked Shouta in the face, making him jolt and sneeze. He shot her a sour look, while Mic just laughed as he swept her up and hugged her to his chest. “Hey, you did that on purpose, didn’t you?” he accused playfully. The white feline meowed and bumped her head against his chin, eyes sliding shut as she purred.

             The accusation made Shouta’s eyes narrow, his glare growing harsher. Mic snickered at his expression before turning his attention back to Sprinkles, his grin softening to something more gentle and fond. “I get what you’re doing. You’re just jealous of all the attention I’m giving Puddles, aren’t you?” He adjusted his grip to scratch her chin and Sprinkles seemed to melt in his arms at the attention, a look of pure bliss on her face. “But you don’t need to be jealous. You’re still my adorable sweetheart.”

             As he watched the pair Shouta felt his ire melt away, replaced by a sense of peace and contentment. The love and adoration in Mic’s face as he gazed down upon Sprinkles was nothing but genuine, the relaxed slump to her body an indication of total trust and happiness.

             A guy who cares about cats that much can’t be that bad, he thought to himself quietly.

             Half an hour later, he rescinded that thought when Mic posed with him and Sprinkles, all three wearing matching hats and bowties as he tried to angle his phone for a good selfie. He silently vowed to get his paws on that phone and dump it in the toilet as soon as he had the chance.

              Day six of being a cat.

             Mic had returned from his job a few minutes prior, which was just as well since Shouta had unfortunately confirmed that operating a laser pointer without thumbs was hard. He had a feeling Sprinkles had been more frustrated by the erratic movement and blinking of the dot than usual during his attempts to play with her. At some point she’d clocked onto Shouta as being the source of her frustration, because she had decided to ignore the laser in favor of jumping at him.

             “Wow, you two did a lot of roughhousing today, huh?” Mic asked as he sat on the floor with Sprinkles in his lap, running a brush through her fur. Strands of black had gotten mixed into her otherwise pristine white coat, the usually fluffy and silky texture more ruffled and messy from their small wrestling match. Shouta himself looked no better; he could see white furs spot his paws, almost seeming to glow against his own pitch black coat.

             He had taken refuge atop a cabinet in the far corner to get away from Sprinkles, and now took advantage of his vantage point to just... observe them. Mic clearly brushed Sprinkles often judging by her reaction. She purred contently as he gently dragged the brush along her head, her ears briefly flattening beneath the bristles before popping back into their usual perky position. She leaned into the strokes, arching her back slightly while her cheek rubbed against his chest.

             The sheer love in Mic’s expression was visible to anyone, his smile so much softer than Shouta ever thought the loud and hyper man to be capable of. Plucking a few lingering strands of black fur, he set the brush down and lightly nudged her off his lap. Sprinkles hopped off his lap and strutted away, the blond watching with obvious fondness.

             Those warm green eyes turned to Shouta, making him stiffen. “Okay, your turn,” he said, patting his lap invitingly. When Shouta didn’t move he got up and walked over, stopping next to the cabinet. “Come on, time to get down.”

             “...Mrow,” Shouta responded in a surprisingly meek way. I would, but I’m kinda stuck, he thought sheepishly. Climbing the cabinet had been one thing, but now that he was on top of it... well, the drop to the floor looked much higher than he thought.

             This is so illogical, he thought sulkily. As a human he’d made plenty of larger jumps (with the support of his capture weapon of course), but as a cat the drop seemed a lot bigger. He also lacked the fine-tuned reflexes and familiarity with his body he’d developed from years of training with it, so he felt considerably less confident about his ability to safely jump from such a height without hurting himself in some way.

             Mic seemed to pick up on his unease, a small frown settling on his face. “Hey, Puddles, are you nervous?” he asked. “Here, come on, just hop on down. I’ll catch you, okay?” He held out his arms, and Shouta blinked, slow and catlike. Seriously? He was asking a cat to jump into his arms? The rational part of him scoffed, since he knew a normal cat wouldn’t be able to understand such a thing.

             But... the less rational, cat-loving part of him, understood. How many times had he tried to coax a cat to jump down from a branch, to leap right into his open arms, logic be damned? Seeing that earnest look on the blond’s face, the encouraging little smile silently asking him to trust him... It made something feel content in Shouta’s chest.

             And so, he jumped.

             His jump was clumsy and awkward, his mobility just as hindered by his lack of familiarity with this body as he suspected. One of his hind paws ended up catching on the edge of the cabinet, turning a would-be graceful leap into a fumbling tumble. Mic shot forward and caught him, the drop to his arms nowhere near as long as it would be to the floor.

             Shouta blinked dumbly as he stared up at the blond, cradled almost like an infant. He had a perfect view of the blond’s smile, relief clear in his face. “Oof! Almost slipped there! Don’t worry though, I got ya buddy.” He carried Shouta over to where he’d left the brush and sat on the floor, rolling Shouta onto his stomach with the feline settled in his lap. He picked up the brush and pulled off the fur already caught in the bristles before he began running it through Shouta’s fur, the strokes light and gentle.

             Shouta tensed, memories of painful attempts to brush his own hair flashing through his mind. Tugging his brush through particularly bad knots sometimes felt just as painful as getting slammed into the wall by a villain, and he didn’t look forward to feeling it all over his body. To his surprise the strokes were light and gentle though, each one strangely soothing, and—dare he say it... nice.

           He practically melted in Mic’s lap as the bristles stroked through his thick fur, Mic using his free hand to pluck individual white furs that the brush couldn’t capture. “I bet you’ve never been brushed before, have you?” he mused aloud. “You look like you’ve lived your whole life on the streets, you poor thing. Don’t worry though, those days are over.”

             Shouta gave a throaty hum, his eyelids sliding shut. It was exactly the kind of thing he had told his own cat when he’d first brought her home, some distant part of his mind noted. He didn’t know how much time passed with Mic brushing him, his mind slipping into a content haze.

             It felt like all too soon Mic finished, setting the brush down. He didn’t nudge Shouta off just yet like he did with Sprinkles though, instead pulling Shouta into a small hug. The mellow haze which had consumed his senses lifted slightly at that, a single golden eye peeking open as he felt the blond scratch his ear.

             “Hard to believe it’s been a little under a week since I found you.” Mic had a gentle smile as he stared down at Shouta, his eyes soft and lidded. “It already feels like you’ve been part of the family a lot longer.” His hand fell away from Shouta’s head, joining his other arm to wrap around him in a slightly tighter hug. “It might be silly, but I’m glad you’re here—it gets quite lonely at times. Pathetic, I know.”

             The blond gave a self-deprecating chuckle while Shouta just sat in his arms, staring forward blankly. Right now, he could feel nothing but pure love radiating from Mic, his genuine and powerful fondness for what he believed to be a normal cat quite evident despite only knowing “Puddles��� for less than a week. And hearing him call himself pathetic so easily didn’t sit right with Shouta.

             Before he knew it he’d twisted in Mic’s hold and bumped his head against the man’s chest, purring lowly as he rubbed his head against him. He could feel the blond perk up, sitting a little straighter. “Oh! You’re a cuddly kitty!”

             Shouta just kept purring, eyes sliding shut as he felt the blond gently scratch his back.

             This, he thought distantly, was contentment. This was happiness. Just being in the arms of someone who cared about you, and showing you cared about them back, even if just a little.

             Maybe being stuck as a cat wasn’t so bad after all.

              Morning seven found Shouta rousing to consciousness slowly, his eyes feeling crusted shut and refusing to open. His muscles felt notably more sore than they had the past week, making him groan lowly and curl up a little tighter. Ugh, stupid cat body... He forced his eyes to blink open, and for a moment he was confused.

             Doesn’t the room seem a bit... brighter? He frowned, squinting blearily at the shrine (not a shrine, what shrine, those were just random posters of a random guy who happened to resemble him) which seemed a bit more colorful than he remembered. The sand crusting his eyes made it hard to focus, and he reached a hand to rub it away before pausing. Wait a minute, is my hand human?

             Behind him Hizashi slowly stirred to consciousness as the mattress shifted, a distant part of his mind registering it dip heavily to the side. A sleepy little moan slipped past his lips, barely audible to even the keenest ears, his eyes drowsily fluttering open to see something dark and furry in front of his face.

             Puddles? he thought hazily, but as his vision came into focus his still-drowsy mind quickly registered that it was not his feline. No, it was the back of a human head, a man sitting up on the other side of his bed. A flash of peach near the blankets drew his eyes to an arm with a starburst-shaped scar on the elbow, the blanket falling slightly as the man lifted his torso and wait his back was totally bare, holy shit this guy’s totally naked and he’s in my bed. Any lingering drowsiness vanished instantly as he bolted upright.

             “What the fuck!?” Hizashi screamed as he bolted upright, Quirk unconsciously activating in his shock.

           Shouta flinched and sat straight up, his hair whipping around his face in the voice-fueled blast of wind as he gripped the blanket against his chest. Well, the Quirk finally wore off at least. Okay, he doesn’t have his glasses yet. Hopefully he won’t be able to recognize you and you can just run before he gets them—

              “Wait, wha—ERASERHEAD!?”

             So much for that. As Mic’s voice devolved into a high-pitched squeak of horror Shouta rubbed at his eyes with a quiet groan, doing his best to ignore the sudden silence that fell over the room. After a few seconds past he turned his head slightly to look at the blond, finding him staring at him with an ashen look of shock and disbelief, mouth open but for once producing absolutely no noise. Only took waking up next to me in bed to finally get him to shut up.

             “So,” Shouta said awkwardly. “Got any pants I could borrow?”

[sinfulnature]

hello, hello, hello ! i am late but i am here finally and i’m sorry it took me so long. below the cut you’ll find little write ups for each of my muses. wanted connections will be posted later but in the meantime please take this. 

{  chris  evans,  39,  cis  male,  he/him,  pansexual  }  welcome,  henry  king   !  you  make  a  living  as  a  high  profile  director  outside  of  the  island  ?  cool.  you’ve  been  here  for  two  and  a  half  weeks,  right  ?  staying  in  room  402  ?  you’re  into  ass  to  mouth  &  worship,  but  not  gaping  &  extreme  humiliation  ?  mr.  conway  will  be  sure  to  accommodate.  i  heard  you  were  most  excited  for  the  beach,  which  makes  sense.  rumor  has  it  you’re  resourceful  &  critical,  but  i  think  people  should  get  to  know  you  for  themselves.

introducing henry king, a high profile director who flies out annually to the resort to spend his summer months relaxing with his wife and boyfriend at his side. 

he had a mostly stable childhood, one that was spent with two younger siblings in tow and a mother who was like a prototype of what a pinterest mom would be. his father spent a lot of time at work and it’s something that, while henry doesn’t begrudge him for it now, was frustrating as a child and not knowing why he wasn’t there. 

the first major thing that henry remembered his father attending was his junior year of high school when he was the student director for a one act production of snapshots, an anthology of short plays. his father, also a director, took the time to give him notes about the things that could have been done to tighten up the show. the last four words were i’m proud of you. that was the moment that henry decided that he wanted to be a director. 

fast forward to college and he goes to the goes to the university of southern california’s film school and instead of taking just the director classes, he takes the time to add a year and a half to his time in college and gets a screenwriting degree out of it. 

his first production partner was his father, who promised henry that he would fund one movie, from top to bottom, with the help of a production company that was owned by a close friend. henry wrote and directed the thing himself and, though it didn’t garner major awards, it was screened at sxsw. that was enough. 

let it be known that henry knows that his introduction into the world of filmmaking was super nepotistic. he understands that he had so many more advantages than any other person in his shoes, at his time, first starting to make movies when he did, and he was still terrified of failing. 

with the above, it should also be known that henry goes out of his way to make sure he’s telling stories that, while he has not experienced them, he can find the right people to help him tell it and amplify voices that otherwise might not be heard. not out of guilt or a need to make up for his introduction to the business, but out of an understanding that his platform should be used to reach every single person and not alienate. 

due to the stresses of his job and the level of scrutiny he’s constantly under, he’s well known to seem to abscond from the world as soon as his movies have come out for the summer. as a director of typically action packed, star studded films, he’s usually on his way to the resort by the second or third week of june. 

though he makes so many of these action packed blockbusters, he also tries to make sure that he makes movies that appeal to his soul and finds himself in the process of developing a high fantasy series that’s in the same line as the authorless harry potter books and lord of the rings. 

this is his second year at the resort and henry can see this honestly becoming an annual thing for himself, his wife, and his boyfriend to do. so many frustrations of his are squashed down throughout the year, not through anyone’s own fault, but just because there’s a lot of weight on one’s shoulders when billions of dollars sit on it every year. this is the place where his hedonistic tendencies shine through and he’s not particularly mad about it. 

{  corinna  kopf,  27,  cis  female,  she/her,  pansexual  }  hey  there,  alexandrea  conway!  you’re  still  the  financial  officer  and  you’ve  been  working  here  for  two  and  a  half  years ?  and  you’re  living  in  villa  one.  cool.  you’re  into  body  worship  &  creampies,  but  not  extreme  humiliation  &  scat  play  ?  that’s  what  i  thought.  when  you’re  not  working,  you’re  at  her  villa,  right  ?  well,  makes  sense.  people  say  you’re  even  tempered  &  prying,  but  i  think  they  should  get  to  know  you  for  themselves. 

introducing alexandrea katherine conway née douglas, the wife of oliver conway and chief financial officer at the resort. they’ve been married for about two years.

she had a relatively happy childhood and comes from a line of claimants to a scottish duchy of hamilton. she’s the youngest of six children and does technically hold the title of lady but she’s never done anything with it and it’s more a funny story that she tells at parties than it is a serious thing she buys into because she always thought it was a family joke.

prior to coming to the resort, drea graduated from the wharton school of business double major in business and marketing. post graduation she spent a fair amount of time as a prominent social media influencer. her multi million follower platform has translated into some business for the resort in the form of some of their most consistent guests. 

at the time of marrying her husband, he offered for the resort to be something they shared in ownership and it sprung some little goblin in her head to deny his offer. she wanted to earn it and not marry into it. 

the joke in that, of course, is that when most people look at drea they see incredibly soft curves, the bright blonde hair, the fact that the most articles of clothing she owns are just bathing suits, swim cover ups, and the occasionally very beautifully form fitting dress, the word bimbo appears in their mind on repeat. other words come to mind, too, but that’s the one that drea finds comes up most often. 

if we’re being really honest, in the depths of her soul, there’s something that drea finds funny about it. there is a gift in being underestimated and who cared what their perceptions were ? her happiness with her husband and job did not rely on anyone but herself.

she has incredibly open sexual preferences but with a body like hers she favors worship and the kinds of things that don’t leave bruises unless they are loves bites. drea is a switch and is happy to lead or follow, though goddess remains either way, if you’re interested in having her.  

{  inbar  lavi,  33,  cis  female,  she/her,  lesbian  }  welcome,  elodie  bram  !  you  make  a  living  as  an  international  fashion  designer  outside  of  the  island  ?  cool.  you’ve  been  here  for  two  weeks,  right  ?  staying  in  villa  two  ?  you’re  into  face  sitting  &  rimming,  but  not  food  play  &  blood  play  ?  mr.  conway  will  be  sure  to  accommodate.  i  heard  you  were  most  excited  for  the  beach,  which  makes  sense.  rumor  has  it  you’re  empathetic  &  domineering,  but  i  think  people  should  get  to  know  you  for  themselves.  {  dottie,  22,  est,  she/her  }

introducing  elodie odeya bram, an international fashion designer who makes an annual pilgrimage to the island as part of her process of designing her next year’s summer line. she had a relatively 

elodie has always strived to make sure that her brand is inclusive to all sizes and genders. another facet of her brand is that her clothes are considered kosher as they are fully made from plant or animal fibers but not both. her interest in design first came in high school when she was helping to craft costumes for a play and things spiraled from there. 

she realized that it was her passion, she attended the parsons school for design, and graduated with an apprentice ship under another designer who had long since been an inspiration for her own work.

elodie’s first collection to make waves happened a few years ago, when she was thirty and her mentor had agreed to take six pieces and let a capsule collection of elodie’s creation as part of their slot in paris’ fashion week. her luck in this mentorship was not beyond her and her good fortune has been at the forefront of her mind for years. seldom is there a night where she does not thank her lucky stars for all the things that have happened and continue to happen.

her mentor, in opening so many doors, also opened the door to the resort and has brought her into the light of one of her favorite places of inspiration. as part of her stay in the villas, she does frequently sketch her own designs and occasionally, when she brings back women to spend time with her, she’ll dress some of them up in her newest designs to see how they’ll functionally work.  

she’s quite likely to pull together a collection of women she wants to spend time with and there’s almost always some kind of sexual activity happening in her villa. whether fellow guests or employees of the villa, elodie’s indiscriminate in any girl she flirts with and wants to make a move on and we stan her for it. 

{  madelyn  cline,  23,  cis  female,  she/her,  pansexual  }  hey  there,  penny  rourke  !  you’re  still  a  lifeguard  and  you’ve  been  working  here  for  two  weeks  ?  and  you’re  living  in  room  202.  cool.  you’re  into  rimming  &  exhibitionism,  but  not  fisting  &  scat  ?  that’s  what  i  thought.  when  you’re  not  working,  you’re  at  the  spa,  right  ?  well,  makes  sense.  people  say  you’re  insightful  &  fickle,  but  i  think  they  should  get  to  know  you  for  themselves.  {  dottie,  22,  est,  she/her  }

introducing penelope jean “penny” rourke, a sweet natured girl with a petty streak who grew up in a small town in oregon and honestly only considers going back when the weather in the new york makes her forget about how bad the weather in oregon is. 

she grew up in a lovely home with a big family, her mother owning her own small business and her father a detective at the local precinct. solidly middle class, there was very little that penny craved or needed that she did not get. she took on a maternal role in her home, a natural adoption as the oldest of seven children, and she had a hand in their upbringing. while others may have seen that as a burden, it was something that penny enjoyed with her whole heart. 

when she went off to college, she applied to all of the ivy leagues and got a significant scholarship to columbia, which is where she met archibald hughes, son of a virginia senator and guy who she said, “you can’t sway my attention from my studies” to on their first day of meeting. she moved in with him in an off campus apartment their junior year of school. he was her greatest hype man and while they’d been having serious talks about marriage and their future. 

her relationship with archie ended rather abruptly when his paranoia hit an all time high at the behest of his father. insidious rumors, according to penny, accusations of things she’d promised archie long before that she would never do. her devotion to him was near unbreakable and archie had found the one straw that broke her back and everything came crumbling down: he put his trust in someone else. 

recently single, in need of a fresh start and a warm place to go for the summer, and on her summer break from law school, penny has been ready to engage in her first ever hoe phase and has already started it with some success. her ex has recently shown up on the property, though, and that’s made some of her more recent encounters awkward, to say the least, but she’s making it work. 

{  tommy  martinez,  26,  cis  male,  he/him,  pansexual  }  welcome,  jamie  flores!  you  make  a  living  as  a  famous  musician  /  drummer  for  the  raptors  outside  of  the  island  ?  cool.  you’ve  been  here  for  one  week,  right  ?  staying  in  room  401  ?  you’re  into  threesomes  &  body  writing,  but  not  bathroom  play  &  scat  play  ?  mr.  conway  will  be  sure  to  accommodate.  i  heard  you  were  most  excited  for  the  docks,  which  makes  sense.  rumor  has  it  you’re  charming  &  nosy,  but  i  think  people  should  get  to  know  you  for  themselves.  

introducing james sebastian “jamie” ibarra flores, known professionally as jamie flores. he makes a living as a drummer for the raptors, a band that has achieved critical success and have just wrapped up their first tour and the release of their first album. it was his idea to come to key passion in the first place and it honestly super tracks. 

he’s been with the raptors for about three years and prior to joining with them, he’d heard about the resort and promised himself when he had enough to comfortably afford to go after setting his parents up with making sure that their mortgage was paid for and it wouldn’t be the literally most financially irresponsible decision he’s ever made when there were other things and people to prioritize.

prior to coming to the island, though, did he drop like $3k on a girl’s amazon wishlist because he’s simpin’ real hard ? yes. can he afford to do it ? Yes. 

not particularly religious and verging on the edge of anarchist, jamie uses his platform to promote a lot of social issues and advocate for the reformation of most systems in the united states. he will not shut up when he talks about politics and one of his most used photos on his camera roll is a picture of his degree in political science from ucla. he’ll come at you with facts and an army of stans. 

though he’s typically a relaxed kind of person he’s under the belief that he’s Totally Chill and this is Not At All True. he constantly wants to know 103% of the drama without being directly involved but he’ll do it from his couch and creeping through stan twitter on a burner account so if he accidentally likes something, it doesn’t get back to the band. 

he loves ,,, reading fan fiction and reader imagines about himself. 

sexually very open and just wants to have a good time while coming off the success of his tour with his bandmates. 

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What Is Class-D Amplification?

In case you're under the feeling that Class-D intensifiers are only 'two letters more awful' than Class-A models, reconsider: Class-D innovation is having an expanding effect on the live stable world by offering more force with less weight than any other time in recent memory. We discover how and why...

Each stable architect has an assessment about amplifiers. What's more, amplifiers, they positively all stable unique. Blending comforts? The distinctions there are down to offices and operational comfort. Be that as it may, power speakers? Aside from 'greater is better', who could get amped up for an amp? The force enhancer, potentially a few of them for a live show, sits in a rack and continues ahead with its activity. The innovation is full grown and there isn't too much contrast between power intensifiers, so you just pick a solid maker and the necessary force rating. Rack up, and you're finished.

We should be appreciative that power speakers are so uninteresting, supposing that they're uninteresting it implies that they function admirably. To be sure, the force speaker is a standout amongst other performing bits of pack in the whole stable framework, regarding recurrence reaction, contortion and clamor. Present day power enhancers are additionally commonly a really dependable pack. Speakers of old used to pass on all the time as their transistors immediately combusted. Be that as it may, presently, on account of productive cooling and insurance hardware, power-amp disappointment is a similarly uncommon occasion. (On the off chance that you don't find that in this way, look to your cooling — free wind stream is an absolute necessity).

All things considered, makers don't prefer to rest. They have to improve their items ceaselessly, ideally to increase a bit of leeway over their rivals and urge us to purchase a greater amount of what they make. As it occurs, there is still opportunity to get better in the field of intensity intensifiers. More Watts for the buck is one way they can be improved. Essentially more Watts in a solitary enhancer is another. A third likely zone for advancement? Make them lighter! On the off chance that you've at any point invested energy fixing amps and amp racks, you'll thoroughly understand that.

Here's a decent inquiry: exactly why are power enhancers so substantial? Power doesn't gauge anything, so why amps have so much mass? There are two responses to that. One is the transformer that changes over the mains voltage into a lower voltage reasonable for the amp's hardware. On the off chance that an amp is evaluated at 500 Watts, for example, the transformer must have the option to gracefully such power, and the sky is the limit from there. So it needs generous copper windings and a massive center's; will undoubtedly be overwhelming. The other possibly huge thing is the warmth sink. Not the entirety of the power provided to the enhancer hardware is changed over into valuable force sent to the amplifiers. Some is squandered as warmth, and this warmth must be scattered, in any case the amp will cook. So the yield transistors are dashed to a huge, finned heat sink with a wide surface territory that can lose heat effectively, especially when utilized related to a fan. The facts demonstrate that warmth sinks can be produced using a lightweight metal, for example, aluminum, and smart plan can make the heatsink part of the amp's structure. All things considered, everything includes and the regular force amp is a quite profound monster.

To lessen the heaviness of an enhancer, there is a basic arrangement: don't squander so much force. On the off chance that no force were squandered, the transformer could be a lot littler and a warmth sink would not be required. Unmistakably, there never will be a 'no-squander' speaker, yet the more proficient an intensifier is, the lighter and littler it tends to be. So in live stable, where power amps are utilized in amount, proficiency in an intensifier is an entirely attractive quality. In different regions where power speakers are utilized, for example, home hello there fi and studio checking, productivity isn't such an issue.

This carries me to the subject of this article: Class-D enhancers. The entire explanation behind presence of Class-D is productivity. Evidently, there must likewise be Class-A, Class-B and Class-C, and one would expect these to be prior turns of ridiculously, before D in the letters in order. I will clarify how Class-D functions, and why it is reasonable for live solid. Above all, I will need to clarify how each one of those different classes work check here 

In The Beginning...

In the event that you know nothing about gadgets, don't stress. All things considered, don't stress a lot — I'm not going any more profound than a current comprehension of how a battery and bulb work will bolster. (Obviously, a little information on sound signs won't go awry.)

In the first place was the single-finished Class-A speaker, as appeared in Figure 1. I've rearranged the schematic to show just the yield gadget, which is the place the contrasts between the classes are characterized. In a straightforward speaker like this, the sound information signal — a little substituting current (AC) — streaming into the base of the transistor ('b') controls a bigger direct current (DC) spilling out of the yield of the enhancer's capacity flexibly through the authority ('c') and producer ('e') to earth. The pieces of the circuit I have forgotten about 'inclination' the transistor with the goal that when there is no information signal, the yield voltage (ie. the voltage at the gatherer) is a large portion of the all out gracefully voltage. This permits the yield voltage to shift both all over to an equivalent degree, to reproduce the AC waveform of the information. In the event that the voltage with no info signal present was to be something besides somewhere between zero and the full force flexibly voltage, at that point unavoidably one portion of the waveform would come up short on volts before the other, restricting the measure of intensification accessible before the waveform would be cut

We should see what happens when the information signal voltage to the transistor is low. The transistor will permit just a minuscule current to stream between the gatherer and producer, in this manner the voltage at the authority will be nearly equivalent to the full flexibly rail voltage. So the heap (the amplifier) is driven with a high voltage and a solid current — Ohm's Law, V=IR (Volts = Current x Resistance), directs that current stream is consistently relative to the voltage applied and the opposition inside the circuit. On the other hand, when the information voltage to the transistor is high, the gatherer producer some portion of the transistor will lead. The voltage on the gatherer will turn out to be low, so the heap (the speaker) is driven with a low voltage and just a little current (Ohm's Law once more; the opposition of the speaker continues as before, however the applied voltage is presently low, so the current stream is low). As the info signal waveform taking care of into the transistor cycles here and there, so does the yield voltage. The yield voltage is a greater form of the information voltage — which, obviously, is the general purpose of enhancement.

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This brings up certain issues. Initially, for what reason is the heap (the amplifier) not just associated between the gracefully rail and the gatherer? The appropriate response is that, on the off chance that it were, a current would consistently move through the amplifier, in any event, when no info signal was available. That would a) be inefficient, and b) dislodge the cone of the amplifier from its rest position, in any event, when there was no sign. The subsequent inquiry is why would that be a capacitor (C1) between the authority and the amplifier? The appropriate response is to forestall the real (DC) current of the force gracefully arriving at the speaker, as it's just the adjustments in voltage that we are keen on, and a consistent applied voltage would, as above, balance the cone from its rest position. (For effortlessness, I'll forget about the clarification for the resistor.)

This straightforward speaker is known as 'single-finished, Class A'. It has just one yield gadget, and when there is no sign the current through the yield transistor is in any event as incredible or more noteworthy than the greatest current that ever courses through the amplifier. So the Class-An intensifier is working completely in any event, when there is no sign! A Class-A speaker can just ever be 25 percent effective, as per the science. So in any event, working at its best, seventy five percent of the info power is squandered.

You Push, I'll Pull

Figure 2 shows an elective procedure, as a push-pull enhancer yield stage. One transistor 'pulls' the voltage up on the positive half-pattern of the waveform. The other transistor 'pushes' the voltage down on the negative half-cycle. All things considered, that is the kindergarten clarification. We should glance in somewhat more detail...

In this variant, I have indicated both a positive gracefully rail and a negative flexibly rail, just as an earth precisely in the middle of in voltage; zero volts truth be told. A solitary finished (positive-or negative-just) power flexibly can be utilized, however a double rail gracefully is better, as no DC-blocking yield capacitor is essential. This is on the grounds that, when there's no sign, the two terminals of the amplifier are at zero volts, so no current streams and there is no DC to be blocked. You will see that the transistors are marginally unique to one another. The upper transistor (Q1) is the thing that we call 'npn', implying that it will direct among gatherer and producer for a positive voltage at the base. The lower transistor (Q2) is 'pnp', implying that it will lead among authority and producer for a negative voltage at the base. In case you're into hardware as of now, you will have seen that there is another contrast among this and Figure 1. In Figure 2, the amplifier is associated with the producers of the transistor, as opposed to the gatherer of the transistor in Figure 1. This implies all the voltage intensification needs to go before this stage. This piece of the circuit is answerable for conveying a high current to the amplifier. However, don't stress a lot over that; it doesn't influence my clarification of the speaker classes

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Chess Rush Guide

Chess Rush Guide

Chess Rush Guide is a guide for a popular new game. Auto Chess is the newest trend for mobile gaming at the moment. Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, from Drodo Games, creator of the original Auto Chess, to Valve, and now, Tencent with Chess Rush. Chess Rush basically popped up out of the blue, without any major announcement or tease leading up to its release. It provides a fairly customary Auto Chess expertise with 2 notable exceptions: a Turbo Mode that can condense the normal long battles into 10-minute affairs and co-op for people who prefer to play with their partners. It doesn't require some investment and now you can appreciate playing Chess Rush on PC easily and serenely. Each auto-chess game offers a comparable ongoing interaction component. The accompanying instructional exercise will kick you off rapidly and it covers the essential of how to play Chess Rush. Ideally this will give you enough information to bounce in. Chess Rush is a methodology autobattler game where players fabricate a development by picking among more than 50 legends and go up against 7 others. The fight happens on a chess leading group of eight squares by eight squares. With this, the tanks or if nothing else the tankier saints should be deliberately situated at the cutting edges. Run legends, regardless of whether toxophilite or mages are commonly great harm sellers yet come up short on the barrier esteems to endure a ton of harm. Thusly they ought to commonly be arranged at the back however not excessively a long ways behind the front liners so they can add to arrangement harm to the foe's cutting edge legends. With various saints that can cause AoE harm just as monstrous status impacts, you ought to likewise avoid lumping each one so near one another. Much the same as the Chinese precept which generally meant "Know thy foe, know thyself, and in each fight you will be triumphant", it is very pivotal to find out about the qualities and shortcomings of the considerable number of pieces. Chess Rush as of now sports an enormous list of more than 50 saints, you can find out about their capacities, class and race cooperative energies by essentially tapping the legends symbol at the lower left half of the principle menu, and you will have the whole library for you to process. He is Gurru and he is exceptionally adorable and "peaceful". All in all, what use would he be able to be to players? Well, he is exceptionally valuable as he acts like a trump card. You can utilize him to redesign legends. In the event that you have two indistinguishable legends and you can't locate the third one, yet you have Gurru, at that point you can utilize him as the third saint to update that character. Continuously recruit Gurru whenever you see him on the enlistment screen. Alongside developments, Chess Rush likewise prescribes different lineups. There're 8 Elf pieces altogether. The "blend" in this technique alludes to the way that it's anything but difficult to branch into different Combos. It's anything but difficult to the point that two of the Elf pieces would already be able to actuate Druid. Two others would already be able to give you 2 out of 3 pieces required for the Assassin Combo. The Moonlight Dragon can be your begin for having the Dragon Combo. The Unicorn Cavalier can be your begin for having the Rider Combo. The Stinger and Sword Dancer pieces are 2 out of 3 to pick up the Assassin Combo. The summoner's strategy is particularly viable on the off chance that you confronting adversaries with relatively few AOE units. To exceed expectations in this system, beside social event the proper pieces is that do you have Spellbane Staffs? The gear quickens the gathering as it adds extra mana to the summoners dependent on the harm they do. What's more, you need to organize equiping units like Werewolf and Nightowl. In case you're meaning to be the ace Summoner, you ought to likewise work in the 4-piece Beast reward, so as to amplify harm yield for all partners (counting your request). (Trolls) or Hunters is by all accounts an extraordinary thought at this moment. Chess Rush appears to have cleaned looks and great creation quality generally speaking, which isn't amazing thinking about the assets of Tencent. It is put intensely into the anime/manga-motivated cartoony visual style run of the mill of Asian titles. The primary disadvantage is that some unit plans begin to mix together particularly on high star levels. Basically each of the three-star units have bright sparkling molecule impacts. Joined with conspicuous spells, this makes the front line somewhat jumbled and difficult to understand: Above you can see the visual mess - spells, sparkling units, and stars. It's four groups of two all duking it out in exceptional, vital fight to be pronounced the best of the pack. There are more than 50 legends accessible at dispatch for you to pick and look over. Figuring a definitive group is the genuine test here, however you'll additionally need to choose when precisely to utilize every legend. On the off chance that you need to get strategic, consolidating three of a similar legend will trigger fondness rewards that enable them to take amazing, detail boosting things into the combat zone. Try not to stress, Chess Rush's Goblins are something very similar. There are a couple of new thoughts to a great extent. Enthusiasts of Dota Auto Chess' Beast units may appreciate a comparable class in Chess Rush. It can gather token Pet units and is called... Brute. There is additionally a Furry unit class. That is all I am going to state about that. Things are a thing in this game as well, and they work in a manner like things in Teamfight Tactics. Units can prepare various things each, and joining duplicates of a similar one makes a more grounded thing. With the Auto Chess showcase rapidly going to a point of sarutation, a game needs to do its best so as to stick out, and truly, what Chess Rush has is about on a par with it can get. Toward the day's end, how much time you spend on this game will rely upon the amount you like the Auto Chess classification all in all. Chess Rush doesn't do anything momentous, however it offers a fair option with its cleaned visuals and new game modes. The outcome is an a lot quicker paced experience that doesn't really settle on the ongoing interaction. It's precisely the same experience, simply quicker. So the majority of the procedures you've grown so far will at present work. At that point there's the center mode, Tencent's other commitment to the class. Once more, this is a flash of brilliance as Tencent comprehends that portable is a social stage. Portable gamers love playing with others - just take a look at any of the top diagrams and you'll see multiplayer titles like Clash Royale, PUBG Mobile, and Brawl Stars sitting at the top. It is frequently successful to have a semi-tanky unit to be put at the far back, this is to counter contradicting professional killers where they can hop over your cutting edge and go directly to the throat of your squishy DPS units. When confronting adversaries with AOE strat, it is likewise savvy to spread out your development. Along these lines, make sure to consistently focus on rivals' sheets, realize what they're up to and adjust appropriately. That is it for the time being yet make certain to return later, as we will be refreshing this guide with future Chess Rush updates and fixes. Created by the Chinese gaming mammoth, Tencent Games, Chess Rush versatile game effectively accumulated a monstrous number of players. On Google Play, it currently outperformed 14 thousand votes and stands at 3.8 stars. On the iTunes App Store, the game likewise has 3.8 stars and is #33 in Card sort, however being in a card type isn't exactly a precise method to retire this title. On the off chance that this is the first occasion when you are catching wind of it, Auto Chess kind jumped up in mid 2019 from a mod players made in DOTA 2. Fundamentally, the decision is to either spend it on a saint or spare it for later as better ones may end up accessible on the following round. It might appear as though the decision would rely upon the underlying arrangements of decisions spread out for you, yet then there are general principles to pursue to raise your odds of improving at some point or another inside the match. First of all, put your focus on a restricted assortment of legends that has combos because of their classes or races. Managing 400/550/700 enchantment harm to close-by adversaries inside 3 matrix and dazzling them for 1.4 second. Void Doom is astonishing warlock. Since When you send various voids, 2 voids abatements arbitrary's foes wellbeing by half. Additionally Deal genuine harm equivalent to 5-7-9 percent of their maximum wellbeing consistently. General Puffer Fires planes of water a 2 arbitrary foes and managing 150/225/300 harm and lessening objective's protective layer by 75/150/225 for 20 sec. Sword is helpful hero.If you have Level 1 sword artist then it work DECENT.

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Only Life I Know (pt. 3)

Pairing: Dean x Reader

Warnings: None I can really think of, if you find any please let me know! 

Summary: The reader’s life evolves, while Sam and Dean find a new lead on the case concerning them about the readers situation.

Catch up here

   Two weeks had passed since you left Sam and Dean, the days came and went easily. At night when you started up at the ceiling, you could feel the heart break sneaking back in. You let it come, there wasn’t a point in fighting it or denying it. You allowed you chest to feel like it was caving in, the thoughts of ‘what if’… what if you never saw Dean again. Or what if you did see Dean again, but at the cost of never getting out of hunting. The stress of what you were going to do bounced around in your head, making you chew your lips.

   When daylight broke, and you finally pulled yourself to bed to greet the kids, all the worry disappeared. You didn’t force it all away, it just voluntarily left. Locking itself behind a door to be dealt with later. Watching the kids gave you other responsibilities to deal with, one of them being your financial funds getting low. Shamelessly, you toyed with the idea of filling out job applications, lining up your availability with when your sister was off.

   Sam kept you updated with where they were, what they were doing, and how the case was going. Dean on the other hand was relatively quiet except for a couple “I love you, hope you’re safe” texts here and there. You didn’t mind that he was reaching out, but conversations never stemmed much from there.

   Fortunately a record store in town that you had applied to called back for an interview. 

   “You know, I can’t even remember the last time I had a job interview…”

   “I’m sure you will be fine girl, you’ve had jobs before. Hit them with the charm and you’ll have it in the bag. Plus, this isn’t your first retail job either, right?”

   You nodded, “Yeah, I know I will be fine… just the usual nerves of course,” you fiddled with your hands, “Anyway I better head out, don’t want to be late.”

   “Good luck!”

   The drive was a short 15-minute drive into town. Parking across the street, you made you way into the shop, the bells signaling your entrance.

   “Be right out!” A voice called from the back.

   “Okay.” You took in your surroundings, flipping through some of the records.

   “Sorry about that, what can I do for you?” A guy came out from the back room, placing two boxes down on the counter.

   “I have an interview, I’m (Y/N).”

   “Oh! Right, right. Nice to meet you, I’m Cole,” He held out his hand, shaking yours. “Your application looked good, how soon do you think you could start?”

   You shrugged, “Whenever really, I just can’t work the days I put down. I have to babysit my niece and nephew.”

   He nodded, “Of course, we can work with that. We haven’t been too busy today and quite the amount of shipment. If you want, you can have a couple of hours today. Get a feel of the store and how things work around here.”

   “Does that mean I got the job? Cause that was almost too easy…” You laughed.

   Three hours later, you had unboxed all the shipment, put it all into the system, and restocked the store.

   Cole was funny, nice, and knew his albums (thank god). He had taken over the record store after his father passed and lived in town. He didn’t seem like anyone complex, just easy going.

   Letting you practice locking up, he handed you a set of keys.

   “So, I will see you bright and early tomorrow?”

   You nodded, “Sure thing! Get home safe!” Turning, you made your way back to your car.

                                                        ***

   “You’re home! Tell me all about your first day!” Your sister bounced excitedly.

   You laughed, pulling your shoes off, “I’d hardly call it a day, really just a couple of hours. It was nice, I think I’ll like it.”

   “Because of the work place or because of something else?” Alice wiggled her eyebrows.

   “Oh stop… Cole is great but I’m not trying to ruin my job like that. Also, I’m not even sure if I’m single.” You sighed.

   “You wouldn’t be ruining it… I take it you guys haven’t have that talk yet?”

   “Alice, we just met... and I don’t even know if it’s going to happen. Our conversations don’t get very far.” 

   “Well… I still wouldn’t rule out some hanky panky in the office.” She shrugged innocently.

   “Okay, lets focus on dinner please!”

                                                   Dean’s P.O.V

   Sam and I were stuck with victims, how they were dying didn’t seem like anything out of the ordinary. They didn’t have anything in common with each other, just a variety of people dying. We had just sat down to talk with the most recent victims’ parents. Every search for someone who could have held a grudge, or falling out, came to a dead end.

   “Stephanie had a lot of friends, of course some came went but it was always handled maturely. I just don’t see how something like that would tie in with her passing.” Her mother played with the tissue in her hands.

   “Right, uh, about that… on the autopsy they ruled the cause of death as a head trauma, however they also found water in her lungs. Could that have been something from a prior incident? Was she a swimmer or…?” Sam questioned.

   “Oh no, Stephanie never swam in her life. They mentioned it was an unusual amount of water, but it wasn’t uncommon for there to be fluid.” Stephanie’s father comforted his wife.

   “What do you mean she never swam in her life?” I frowned.

   “She was terrified of water… she hated wearing her floaties when she was a little girl and she fell into the pool with out them. After that incident she never went in the pool or the ocean again. She was always a bit stubborn.” She broke into tears.

   I shared a glance with Sam, as he put his notebook away. I cleared my throat, standing up.

   “Thank you for your time, if anything comes to mind that would help please don’t hesitate to call, okay?” I handed off my card, eventually following Sam out of the house.

    “So, what are you thinking?” Sam asked as we climbed into the impala.

   “I say we go through the previous cases, see if there is any possibility of a connected phobia to how they died.” I glanced over at him.

   “Makes sense, if Stephanie had a fear of drowning it could explain the excess amount of water in her lungs. Maybe we’re dealing with demon that goes after people’s fears…”

   Shrugging, I mulled it over for a moment… my head wasn’t fully there.

   “Do you want to talk about it?” Sam asked warily.

   “No, I don’t.”

   “You’ve been slightly distracted with this case, understandably of course… but in some moments, slightly is an understatement.”

   “Sam…” I sighed, giving up, “I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t know if I should give space or not. I don’t want to give too much, but I don’t want to be smothering either. I just feel uncertain and … very worried.”

   “You and me both… but it’s (Y/N) and can hold their own.” Sam reassured.

   “I know… alright, enough of the mush talk. Pull out the map and start pinning the all the murders that have happened, maybe there is a pattern there, I’ll look back through the files, see what’s going on with the victims.”

   An hour and a half later, I was able to confirm phobias with more of the victims. When Sam found a pattern on the map, our theory was proving true.

   “Here, check this out.” Sam slid the map over towards me.

    “A straight line?” I frowned, looking up at him.

   “Yeah but they’re ley lines… apparently they have higher magnetic properties and a lot to do with amplifying the supernatural. A lot of them are marked with landmarks, be it buildings or something.”

   “So, is our demon doing human sacrifices or something?” I frown.  

   “That’s still a mystery, however I was able to pinpoint where some of the next murders might fall,” He swallowed before continuing, “and the next one is…” He points to a pin on the map, and I felt my heart drop.

   “That’s where (Y/N) is…Looks like we’re taking a road trip.”

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Killua Zoldyck’s Biggest Flaw in Character Design

A certain ask has been in my inbox for four days now and if I said what I actually thought in complete brutal honesty, I would catch mesothelioma because if you complain about Killua Zoldyck you might as well sign a suicide contract since this fandom will rip you to pieces faster than a swarm of piranhas.

So naturally, being everyone’s least favorite opinionated blogger, instead of avoiding the ask I’ll answer it lmao

This post won’t relatively be about Mercury, RWBY, or even comparing the characters at all. Instead, it will be why I have trouble with Killua as a character as well as his trauma, design, and various other issues. However, this entire post is the reason why I like Killua as a surface character (he’s fun if you don’t think about the details) but on a more realistic level he falls incredibly short.

To start this entire post off, let me just say this: it’s not possible to make blanket generalizations such that “X is traumatic for all who go through it” or “event Y was not traumatic because no one was physically injured.” In addition, the specific aspects of an event that are traumatic will be different from one individual to the next. 

However…

My problem with Killua Zoldyck is that I personally believe that his response to the trauma from his family isn’t portrayed as significantly as it should be. 

Does he have self esteem issues? 

Yes. 

Does he have empathy issues? 

Yes, but when it comes to a situation as dramatic and radical as Killua’s childhood (literally torturing their child, forcing him to commit something as impactful as murder), I don’t believe that the way he acted was in the same degree with what happened to him. I believe that the way he reflects the response to his trauma is very weak and fluctuates frequently in a way that wasn’t very strong nor did it support how terrible his backstory really was.

Making Connections

Let’s take a trip to 1920 to one of the most famous (and inhumane, mind you) experiments in psychology that covered classical conditioning in humans. It was an ethically dubious study done by John Watson called “Little Albert.” Albert was an infant (who was eleven months old when the experiment began) who was exposed to a white rat while being startled with a hammer struck against a steel bar behind his head. The loud noise would cause Albert to cry and this was done seven times over the next seven weeks, and each time Little Albert burst into tears. By then, he only had to see the rat to begin to cry and try to crawl away (even if the steel bar wasn’t hit). 

Keep in mind that this was done for seven weeks. He was not physically harmed in any way but he was met with a very loud startling noise. 

Albert began to develop phobias and anxiety of objects which shared physical traits with the rat, such as other animals or even a white wool coat. This process would later be named “generalization.” 

Now, back to my point. Let’s just isolate one specific part of Killua’s childhood, a rather important one actually: electrocution. In fact, for a moment let’s erase everything else from Killua’s past except for electrocution so we can focus on it. 

From context, we can assume that Killua was electrocuted multiple times as a child until he could “tolerate the pain.” This was physical torture, excruciating agony. This is the kind of thing that gives soldiers in war PTSD when they’re interrogated by enemy forces. 

Yet somehow…when he talks about electrocution, all he does is admit that it’s painful but doesn’t actually delve in how traumatic it actually was. 

Now, at this point your first defense may be “Killua doesn’t like to complain, he has a high pain tolerance and doesn’t like to seem like he cares about how bad his past really was!” And I understand your reasoning. In fact, I accept it. 

But we’re not done here!

There is a significant difference between A) writing a character who tries to outwardly brush off their past while acknowledging the trauma and shows on-screen the grueling recovery process (the ugly bits too), B) writing a character who seems to acknowledge that it happened but are seemingly disconnected from the events because of dissociation.

So…how does this relate to Killua?

Killua’s basic “let’s try to ignore stuff that happened” appearance doesn’t fit into any of these internal conflicts.

Character A: “tries to outwardly brush off their past while acknowledging the trauma and shows on-screen the grueling recovery process (the ugly bits too)”

A fine example of this is Yang Xiao Long from RWBY. She suffered trauma from her arm being sliced from her body and then suffered depression from it. She had nightmares, flashbacks, the whole deal. And then she acknowledged her weakness and then grew stronger within her character arc. 

But instead of just stopping after “recovery” she has visibly changed since the incident even after she acknowledged the trauma and grew from it. Her arm trembles whenever she gets into a fight because of certain triggers and connections her brain makes to events in the past. 

These connections are important when it comes to writing trauma. 

During the arcs of HxH, Killua (on the surface) acknowledges his trauma and the pain it caused him. However, it almost never shows any grueling recovery process. I will get into the specifics in the next few sections, but as a general summary: 

His insecurity/self-esteem was blamed on the needle which wasn’t a character flaw he could even fix by himself. Hell, it wasn’t even caused by childhood so we have to completely ignore this as a flaw generated by his trauma and upbringing. 

His lack of empathy was poorly handled and showed a massive growth in an unrealistically short amount of time. After running away from home he found himself caring about Gon even though he was essentially taught not to empathize for over a decade. For having the empathy of an actual serial killer, he sure could selflessly care about Gon with the snap of a finger and even going as far as 100% believing Gon would come for him even though they only hung out for a couple weeks during the Hunter Exam.

Neither of these issues were shown with a recovery process that was actually difficult or took a realistic process. Although “all traumas are different” it doesn’t make much sense to have such a significant recovery without showing any ugly breakdowns as a result of childhood trauma or breaking bad habits. 

Character B: “seems to acknowledge that it happened but are seemingly disconnected from the events because of dissociation”

Although this seems to be a more likely option, this is unfortunately another hollow possibility for Killua’s response to his trauma. The only time he is obviously dissociated is during Bodoro’s death and if Killua did have issues with dissociation, he should have had more times when he would have dissociated to that level during certain times of equal stress (perhaps feeling trapped against stronger enemies would have been a perfect time to trigger that type of dissociation). 

However, beyond the single time with Bodoro, there was not another instance of dissociation. Although the possibility of general dissociation exists (“it just hasn’t hit him yet”) I believe that if that were the case, there still would have been more times when dissociation would have been a larger theme in Killua’s character. 

Also, considering the degree of Killua’s trauma, he could have had plenty of times to dissociate from the situation especially in regards to specific triggers regarding his childhood. These include (but are not limited to) the sudden burst of electricity from Riehlvelt’s Twin Snakes, being faced with a stronger opponent (like I said before), or even when he was beaten by his family when he was forced to go home. There were no flashbacks, no mental strain, etc. 

Although coming off as lighthearted and treating the entire situation as a joke could technically be defended as a coping mechanism, it’s weak without support. If you wanted to keep him as the type of character who brushed these things off, that’s fine as long as you have actual moments of on-screen agonizing moments to remind the audience “hey trauma is ugly! dealing with it is an ugly and devastating process! nobody just forgets about being tortured by their family just because we have to move from arc to arc to keep the plot going!”

That kind of childhood can’t just be grazed over and “dealt with later” with small moments of shitty self esteem and empathy issues that were resolved in terribly stunted and pretty ugly ways. 

Insecurity and Low Self-Esteem

The scenes in the manga/anime that showed Killua’s anxiety and terror regarding Illumi still fell short in regards to the character arc [certain examples of this could be the climax of the Hunter Exam arc regarding Illumi, Killua leaping back when faced with aura (near the beginning), and the needle scene in the Chimera Ant arc]. They were intense and represented well in the moment but over the entire span of Killua’s character arc, they’re very…sparse. 

Believe me, I thought the scenes were fantastic. They illustrated his fear of his brother in a very visual way that allows the audience to connect and say to themselves “yeah I can definitely see how his brother has affected him like this!” However they are quite literally the only scenes within HxH that impacted the audience this way when it came to conveying the anxiety he had involving his family (specifically Illumi).

And in the end, after all the insecurity and anxiety, the entire insecurity/self-esteem issue was blamed on the needle implanted by his brother. That’s honestly (pardon my French) weak as fuck and completely removes one of his gigantic flaws that could have been EASILY amplified and been an actual effect from his childhood that he could have worked through himself. 

It would have been impressive to see him grow from someone who is uneasy with strong opponents (because of his upbringing), slowly taking on more larger and greater enemies while working through his bouts of fear. Sometimes he could have failed, and other times he could have succeeded. Instead, taking out the needle gave him a 180 and he immediately could take on enemies stronger than him despite all the training supposedly instilled in him over the course of his entire childhood (which took years and years and years of his life, by the way). 

Like…huh?

Lack of Empathy

From when we first see him, Killua showed that he was willing to leave others behind and kill people whenever he was acting out of childlike frustration. This was a perfect set-up for an issue he could have overcome himself through obstacles as he eventually learned to care about others. 

Instead Killua gained empathy through the power of friendship I guess, despite being trained to lack empathy for over a decade of his life. There is only some visible development when it comes to Killua’s empathy and even becoming friends with Gon right off the bat doesn’t fit with having empathy that was strangled for his entire life. Killua meeting Gon and suddenly valuing him is touching and everything but it’s unfortunately backwards when you begin to realize that as someone who was trained to murder people and not care about others, it doesn’t add up that after like two weeks he wants to be friends with Gon and ditch killing people. 

…even though he was completely comfortable with killing two innocent people on the airship just a little while before.

For most people from broken households with behaviors and mentalities that lack empathy, the abuse they endured wasn’t specifically done with the intent of removing their empathy. In Killua’s case, his empathy should have been far, far more stunted than it actually was in canon since his parents were doing this with the intent of destroying his ability to sympathize and care about other people. 

But…it wasn’t. For plot reasons, I guess. 

Instead he had the ability and desire to make friends with Gon (even though he was raised in a situation that would realistically make him either incapable of this or at least have a very difficult time with it) and even extend that empathy and care to other people in a short amount of time. 

Again…huh?

I’m not saying Killua couldn’t end up healthy in his situation but realistically it would take a huge amount of work. It would take support, therapy, and maybe even medication to help him through that kind of trauma. Even assuming everything else was thrown in the trash and we were only left with Killua being electrocuted in youth you have to remind yourself how terrible electrocution is as a torture method. 

The human mind is far more sensitive than people believe. You can frequently bring up the fact that everyone reacts differently to trauma but that kind of childhood would result in dramatic psychological problems, especially considering how violent it was. 

It’s laughably disappointing how Killua’s backstory is explored far, far more than his actual reaction to it. It earned its own arc to show us all how horrible Killua’s family was (extremely unstable mother, an entire cast of mentally disturbed siblings, and a father who completely supported it all), yet when it came to Killua’s issues you can easily compare his experiences in childhood with the Little Albert experiment and realize that his response is actually very weak. Especially considering he said “I’ve had to play life-or-death games of “shadow” since I was three.” He was a very young child in a crucial stage of child development yet his negative psychological response to that kind of environment is barely covered. 

Another thing I would like to touch on (unrelated to empathy but still a strong point) before we move onto the next section: Illumi’s words really don’t seem to have taken much of a toll on Killua. Besides the obvious bursts of terror that consume him in the presence of Illumi, there are no other times in the entire show when he doubts himself or his intentions. He never has moments of reflection when he asks himself “did I do the right thing?” or “what if I really am a killer?” or “what if I eventually hurt Gon?” and I think that’s a very flat way of approaching how much Illumi’s words should have impacted him. 

In Conclusion

Killua was tortured via beatings and electrocution for several years. He was raised to be a cold-blooded killer, taught and forced to kill. Even if he managed to leave his household when he was eleven (in the manga) or twelve (in the anime) it just doesn’t matter when it comes to long-term trauma. The abuse that Killua endured that was described in Hunter x Hunter is so indescribably massive it’s impossible to ignore how large the impact should have been on Killua as a person.

His issues with a lack of empathy as well as his insecurity were poorly handled. The first was dealt with at an extremely fast pace while not reflecting how impactful Killua’s childhood was while the latter turned out to not even be a product of Killua’s childhood. His insecurity regarding stronger enemies were actually a product of Illumi’s needle, not trauma itself, and he almost immediately took a 180 in his character when it came to challenging more advanced opponents. There was no time for much development and Killua’s entire character is riddled with psychological inaccuracies. 

Even as someone who obviously hasn’t been through the degree of trauma that Killua has (being tortured during my entire childhood and forced/taught to, uh, kill people) I had so many issues. I had trust issues, empathy issues, I did not give a single shit about almost anyone for the last five years or so. It took me a huge amount of time to learn to sympathize and empathize with other people and actually care.

When someone brings up the defense “everyone reacts to trauma differently” this is true. I am in no way saying that just because someone’s reaction isn’t textbook doesn’t mean it’s not valid. However, this is often used in terms of people’s reactions to the death of a family member, sexual assault, or various other types of abuse. These reactions may range from anger to depression, self harm to harming others, feeling numb at first or letting it hit you right away. 

When it comes to a childhood as violent as Killua’s, in our world it would be accepted as a case of extreme abuse and extreme psychological consequences. Unfortunately, as much as I love Killua as a character, he does not reflect these circumstances with his personality or character. 

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This may make a percentage of the population worried about their businesses future, the future of their job, general stress, and general uncertainty and

>>>>> considering the current government economic restrictions and social habits, it is very, very, very important for all citizens to do many, many, many psychological, strategic and social actions 

>>>>> to stop and prevent any recession downward spirals that might be at risk of happening (which looks like this: people are afraid that they might lose their source of income, so they spend less, if a % of people do this, businesses shrink or close, meaning their workers lose their jobs or get afraid of spending, the businesses those people buy from shrink or close, more people lose jobs or get afraid of spending, the businesses those people buy from shrink or close,  more people lose jobs or get afraid of spending, the businesses those people buy from shrink or close, and it spirals. This is a recession, and it’s bad news for everyone).

How? I don’t know yet... understanding the previous dot point well and if you think of any personal or wider method to slow it down to amplify it

Don’t worry- make it a value to refuse to worry (although do be careful, prepare contingency plans and do what’s needed)- but if you can do something easily, fairly easily or a bit harder but you want to, definitely please do it. For example, most of us have social media, and most of us can send suggestions, messages or emails to the media and to people in charge, as a start (e.g. keep buying things online, especially from smaller businesses you think can get through the next 6-9 months with buying support). 

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Our government prevented the 2008/2009 recession from reaching us by giving everybody $800, which everyone then kept spending over the next 6/12 months (i.e. they didn’t cut back spending) and we almost completely escaped the 2008/2009 global financial crisis- well, this plus a lot of countries still needing our commodities.

Our government has arranged 3 further stimulus packages with the same goal- on one hand it financially covers businesses who have to not open and people who lose jobs,

and in addition, it also gives the people who are most likely to spend cash additional disposable income to spend- and again, these are theoretically the people who are most likely to spend.

However, this pandemic has some additional features, such as lockdowns in some countries and a lot of businesses being forced by governments to not open for 6-9 months (we don’t want thousands or hundreds of thousands to die because of individuals because this epidemic gets incredibly contagious- apparently, here, the number of cases has doubled over each of the past three days to over 1000, and it is likely this acceleration is only the beginning), which was not the case during the global financial crisis.

Because a huge huge huge part of the cause of recessions is psychological, people need to do their part to support all businesses over the next 6-9 months and do whatever they can think of to stop, prevent, slow and reverse recessions (see the second dot point above).

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There is actually a huge opportunity here as well, if people choose to take it- recessions have been one of the largest scourges of economics for forever, with very few methods to fix them. Yes, the 5 years after this 6-9 months will look very different from this 6-9 months.

But can you imagine if people manage to figure out the 100 1%s for stopping and preventing recessions from happening in more challenging times (which is when they tend to start anyway)? 

These 1%s are going to leave a hugely important legacy in the world- they are likely to be reused not just for years or decades, but maybe even a hundred years into the future. This is something humanity really, really needs, and it will help everyone hugely, not just now, but into the far future, and especially in poorer countries.

I added a 1%- a very large part of recessions is psychological- people get into a fear driven herd mentality with money (i.e. everyone must know something I don’t know), and spend less. 

People need to be encouraged to spend a reasonable, normal amount on a weekly or fortnightly or monthly basis for the next 12 months (while also being aware of their individual financial rent/savings circumstances), despite all the potentially scary unknown threats (there aren’t that many- business and income futures, making others sick or dead, lifestyle changes, if you’re over 60 you have a 1 in 32 (?) chance of dying- higher if you have health conditions or aren’t admitted into hospital because the system is overwhelmed; what else? I don’t think there are that many others- actually there is one- poor countries- the effect this has on countries with weak health systems, e.g. Haiti, and a very large number of other countries. Our best bet is to hold it off as long as we can until they can access funding, stockpile supplies and train additional people, but again- the slower it goes through here- as well as there- the more likely it is to stay within our healthcare system capacity ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/74B1/production/_111337892_optimised-fig_2_v2-nc.png).

It’s not Ebola (1 in 2), it’s not the illness that wiped out 80% of North American Indians, but most people have close relationships with people who are older (e.g. parents, grandparents) or who have health conditions (e.g. heart disease, hypertension, etc). The death rate is relatively low if it is within the health capacity. But if it goes too fast. Pre-grieving and radical acceptance is required. But at the same time, we can each make a list of actions and do that. For example, if you have an at-risk loved one, both pre-grieve them (this means, if they were to pass away, you would have had no regrets with your relationship, their quality of life, and things left unsaid or undone) and at them same time, help at risk people with hundreds or thousands of health optimising actions (e.g. online social connection, joy, ways to get more of certain vitamins, more water, ways that they can exercise, I did hundreds of meditations, there are all sorts of ways you can boost your health. However- I think the illness works by the immune system getting too strong and attacking the body? So it’s not about strength- it’s about optimising. 

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Neuroscientists Can Now Remove Fear from Your Brain, and 7 Ways You Can Do This Yourself

A team of neuroscientists from the University of Cambridge, Japan and also the US, just determined how to 'erase' details concerns and also fears from the human mind. Making use of a combination of expert system and also brain scanning innovation, scientists are intending to abandon more traditional treatments used to assist people conquer their concerns, such as hostility therapy, yet the effects of a relatively practical technique of removing unconscious material from the brain may result in some instead vivid results.

The scientists developed a method to check out and identify a fear 'memory' using a new strategy called 'Decoded Neurofeedback'. They utilized brain scanning to keep track of task in the brain, and identify complicated patterns that appeared like a specific concern memory. In the experiment, a worry memory was produced in 17 healthy and balanced volunteers by carrying out a quick electrical shock when they saw a certain computer picture. When the pattern was detected, the researchers over-wrote the concern memory by providing their speculative topics a reward.

Artificial Knowledge to Modify Just how the Mind Reacts to Fear

One of the writers of the research, Dr. Ben Seymour, clarifies,

" The means details is represented in the brain is really complicated, yet making use of expert system (AI) photo acknowledgment techniques now permit us to recognize facets of the material of that info. When we caused a mild fear memory in the mind, we had the ability to create a rapid as well as precise technique of reading it by utilizing AI algorithms. The challenge after that was to discover a way to decrease or remove the fear memory, without ever before purposely evoking it.

' We recognized that even when the volunteers were simply resting, we could see short minutes when the pattern of changing mind task had partial features of the particular concern memory, despite the fact that the volunteers weren't knowingly knowledgeable about it. Because we might translate these mind patterns promptly, we decided to give topics a benefit - a small quantity of cash - every single time we got these features of the memory.'

The experiment continued for three days, wherein the volunteers were informed they would certainly receive a particular amount of loan yet that it depended after their brain scans. They were not informed just how the brain scans would correspond to their financial reward, and also might not 'consciously' change just what was happening.

Nonetheless, task in the mind's anxiety center, the amygdala, did indeed change, and the common skin-sweating response that could be measured to see if someone is frightened, disappeared.

The brain essentially learned ways to reprogram itself to predict something favorable, instead of expecting the adverse action of the shock, thus getting rid of the anxiety of that shock.

Long-Term Goals

The physicians want to construct a library of brain info codes for numerous things that individuals are fearful of which might create a pathological fear - as an example - of spiders, or riding in a lift. They state that in principal, people can have a routine session of decoded neurofeedback to progressively lower their anxiety action that specific memories trigger.

Not So Fast

While this exploration could aid individuals with PTSD or remove our fear of success, there are numerous ramifications for tinkering the mind's biofeedback. It isn't all negative, as we've been doing this with practices like reflection, yoga, giggling, and also various other methods for thousands of years, however these are mindful selections to alter exactly how our ideas are created, and thus the re-hauling of our very own personal neurochemistry.

One big distinction right here, is that scientists are aiming to use AI to override emotions, as opposed to bringing them to the surface so that they could be released. Since there are numerous hundreds of neuronal cells that discharge when we have any type of memory and all our memories are intertwined with each other, there are circumstances that getting rid of an anxiety wouldn't necessarily positive in the long term.

Fear is Necessary for Life

First off - worry is not inherently negative. It is just what keeps us from burning our practical a hot stove, or leaping off a 1,000-foot high cliff to our unexpected fatality. Concern can be incapacitating, but it can likewise be encouraging. In the best dosages, it can make our lives better.

It's only when we begin to picture specific situations as well as conditions that we create fear, and also tension. Often anxiety is thought of, not real, this holds true. Many of our activities are certainly linked to the old fight or flight feedback, however simply turning that switch off won't always serve us in the greatest way.

Many suggest that our emotions are something we have to feel, as well as welcome, not merely switch off with the latest expert system or pharmaceutical drug. Some would confirm that true healing doesn't occur up until you truly feel all your emotions - pain, worry, envy, rage, equally with pleasure, exhilaration, as well as mirth. A fear shows that we require recovery - not that we are broken.

Since our feelings show up literally, will merely activating a kill button for a concern undo the underlying awareness that the body has developed for countless years? There are hundreds of thousands of neurons throughout the body, not just in the brain. The intestine alone, has an extensive network of neurons and also a freeway of chemicals as well as hormonal agents that continuously tell us if we are hungry, cold, should seek sanctuary, or any kind of variety of various other life-saving feelings.

Though our feelings can be turbulent, and indeed, even fearful, they belong to just what make us human.

If scientists can remove our fear of spiders, just what other ideas can they dental implant in our minds against our will? What other healthy, preferred emotions can they get rid of? As well as do we really desire them to?

Psychological Warfare

Are the elite just brightening their mental war, just what the Nazis called 'Weltenshunkrieg' with research study similar to this, only to include to their capability to influence, frighten, and also commemorate us? The CIA has already conducted illegal human trials in programs offered the functional codename such as 'MKULTRA'. Side jobs were also developed, consisting of Job CHATTER and Task BLUEBIRD, which was later relabelled Project ARTICHOKE. All of these programs were conducted to trying out indoctrination and also mind control making use of various methods consisting of medications, electro and also insulin shock.

Artificial Everything

Also noteworthy, is that certain teams in assistance of transhumanism would like to bypass natural phenomenon in the body. There are already prepare for an artificial immune system, as well as DARPA can currently hack our outer worried systems (the network of nerves on the outside of our minds as well as back cables, to assist in the advancement of cognitive abilities) with Targeted Neuroplasticity Training (TNT), plausibly to transform people into extremely soldiers that could override the common physical reactions of fear, or hack international intelligence and cryptography with higher acumen.

Other Efficient Ways to Address Fear

Paramahansa Yogananda describes anxiety this method: he states that the impulse of self-preservation is the essential factor for fear. The soul that is identified with the body understands the body's frailty and, consequently, experiences the fear of health issues, death, hardship, as well as seniority. Many people nurture concerns of this type as a result of the experiences of previous lives. A psychological indulgence in concern creates a subconscious concern habit. When something distressing occurs, the subconscious anxiety routine asserts itself, amplifying the item of one's fears.

Yogananda additionally states that worry 'tosses a veil over your instinct,' so while it can be practical, way too much of worry is also dangerous. The bright side is that you don't have to 'technique' on your own from feeling fear. You could:

Quiet the heart and unwind the body.

Harness the power of your will.

Meditate on guts and also calmness.

Go on a 'stress quickly,' shaking off your continuous practice of fretting. Yogananda calls these thoughts, "poisonous medicines to the mind."

Just let be afraid emerge as well as observe it. Add-ons keep us ever before fearful. The more an individual's body-consciousness expands- to consist of such things as a feeling of properties, a worry for one's track record, a feeling of individual power or significance- the better the probability of feeling anxiety. If we can just observe this phenomenon as well as let it be it will typically start to decrease of its very own accord.

Yogananda also proves that if a concern occurs, there is still some fate that hasn't already been functioned out. His advice? "Each time you meditate, your fate decreases, for during that time your power is concentrated in the brain as well as burns up the old mind cells. After every deep reflection, you will certainly discover yourself becoming freer inside. Meditate deeply as well as you will certainly get rid of all anxieties and also gain the unshakeable awareness of soul liberty."

Love instead of fear.

The Take Away

Training the body to be superhuman, as well as the mind to conquer all anxiety is not inherently negative. This is, in truth, part of the pursuit of fortune-tellers looking for ascension, however how we do this, as well as who we give the secrets to our minds, is vital. The value of safeguarding our feelings - all of them - and our physical knowledge has never been even more vital.

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OK, look, before y’all go punching Nazis, please take the time to read this handy Punching Guide (© darebee.com). Below is the full text from the above link:

Guide to Punching

The hand is probably the most versatile part of our body. Tool and weapon in equal parts it is no surprise to discover that it has actually evolved, over thousands of years, to form a punch and hit a target. Sure, its shape and opposable thumb give it dexterity that allows us to do things like work a wrench and play the guitar but, the argument goes, there are several different possible variations in its proportion that could allow us to do that, but only one that would allow it to be both tool and weapon.

To understand exactly why all you have to do is clench your fist hard and look at the back of it from above. What do you feel and what do you notice? As you clench your fist tightly you can actually feel all the delicate bones of your hand pulling tightly together. The tendons shortening so that the fist suddenly becomes harder as a structure, more stable. Then, as you look at the back of your closed fist from above you notice that not all knuckles are equal. The knuckle that’s at the base of your index finger (also known as the second meta-carpo-phalangeal (MCP), sticks out a little more than the rest.

The effect is known as buttressing (support) and the way the knuckles stick out when the hand is clenched hard to form a tight fist, along with the shortening of all the other tendons is designed to increase the punching power of the fist at the point of impact while protecting the delicate bones of the hand.

A study carried out by researchers Utah showed that while the amount of power delivered to a target with the open palm is the same as that delivered with a clenched fist the amount of measurable power delivered at the point of impact per square millimeters of surface increased considerably. It also doubled the ability of the proximal phalanges (the bones of the fingers that articulate with the MCP joints) to transmit a punching force.

The increase in power delivered is understandable. As the surface area we strike with shrinks the amount of power that goes through it also increases. It’s a bit like having your foot stepped on by accident by 150lb person wearing sneakers and then the same person stepping on you accidentally wearing high heeled boots. The pain you will experience and the damage you will suffer when the latter happens is amplified manifold because the force that is applied is now concentrated on a very small area of your foot.

When it came to punching however what was surprising in regards was that the clenched fist strengthened the ability of the bones connected to the knuckles to transmit punching force which means that with our fists clenched we simply strike harder because we know we can strike harder and get damaged less.

This also explains why boxers wrap their hands before they put on boxing gloves. A good handwrap tightens up around the hand when the fist is clenched adding extra buttressing and allows the boxer to strike harder without running the risk of injuring his hands.

So, now that we know that our hands evolved to be these incredible weapons, how do we actually use them to maximum advantage?

How to Form a Fist

While most of us know how to form a fist, understanding the reasons behind a proper fist will help us avoid making mistakes that lead to injuries. The principle of forming a proper fist can be summarized in one word: alignment. Basically you want to make sure that everything is aligned both internally and externally to allow you to deliver the maximum striking force, safely.

You can transform your hands from delicate instruments to powerful weapons in four easy steps:

Hold your hand out like you would for a handshake, palm open, thumb pointing towards the ceiling.

Now fold the extended fingers of your hand towards the center of your palm, but keep your thumb pointing towards the ceiling. Make sure that your fingertips are buried in the middle of your palm.

Now fold your thumb in tightly, over your fingers, until the ball of your thumb touches the middle joint of your index finger (called interphalangeal joint or IP for short). You now have a perfectly formed fist, but we are not finished yet.

Next, turn your hand ninety degrees so that your thumb is looking towards the ground. Make sure that there is a perfectly straight line between your forearm and the end of your fist. To test this hold your arm perfectly straight in front of you and check to see that this is indeed so by sighting along it. You will most probably have to move your hand slightly downwards to achieve that and then, slightly outwards to make sure that its most prominent point when it’s in a clenched fist are the first two knuckle joints.

That’s it. You now have formed not just the perfect fist but also have aligned the muscles of the forearm and the tendons of the wrist and have made sure that the metacarpal bone and the delicate bones of the fingers are protected from stress fractures and impact damage, respectively. The tightness of the fist also protects the bones of the hand from the stress forces that are generated when we punch.

Measurements carried out by the University of Utah researchers using the arms of cadavers found that when we have a properly formed fist we can punch with twice the force than if we used the open palm.

Punching Technique

Forming the perfect fist is only half the battle of course. We also need to know how to punch. Here the variations are a lot broader and range from the rapid-fire short punches of Kung-Fu to the hip-thrown, twisting punches of Karate and the structurally strong cross and hook punches of Boxing.

There are two things to remember here that are important. First, that all punches are designed to do the same thing: get the clenched first that is at the end of our arm to a target that is within reach of us. Second, not all punches are intended to have the same effect. Some punches are considered harder than others for reasons we will get to later. Some punches are finishing punches intended to knock an opponent out or damage him significantly while other punches are sounding punches, used to keep an opponent busy and create an opening for a stronger, follow-up attack. The difference between each is in what we call ‘structure’ which we will also cover a little further down.

Irrespective of which punch you decide to throw or what you intend it to do two things will hold fast. First, there will be some sort of twisting motion taking place as your fist goes from a position where the inside of your wrist is facing you (or looking to your side) to one where your arm is outstretched, the forearm and wrist aligned and perfect straight, the two front knuckles the foremost striking point. Second, the power of your punch will always depend upon the amount of bodyweight you have been able to move and the speed you have been able to move it at, while punching.

A truly powerful punch is the haymaker which looks a little like someone throwing a shotput, except they throw a punch instead. It rarely works however because despite its power it is such an obvious punch with so much body movement and a long travelling distance that it is easy to evade. There is little purpose in throwing a punch if it is so obvious that it will never connect with its intended target.

Every punching technique then tries to find the optimal distance between ourselves and the target while still holding the arms back enough to allow for some traveling distance and the building up of power and deliver it at sufficient speed to actually hit the target before it escapes. That means that the nearer we have placed our fists to a target the softer the punch is going to be. The exception to this rule is Bruce Lee’s famous one-inch punch which we shall return to below.

So, in order for a punch to be strong it needs to:

Engage as many muscle groups as possible. Aligned muscle groups add to and amplify each other’s strength. In the early days of boxing, boxers fought with bare knuckles. To protect their hands from damage they kept their clenched fists in front of them, with the inside of the forearm facing them and they flicked them out towards the opponent, using the first two, prominent knuckles to strike with. This is a movement that uses the biceps and shoulder and flicks the arm out as the elbow joint opens and closes. It is therefore a relatively weak punch. Modern boxers hold their fists in front of them, usually with the inside of the forearms facing each other and they twist their arms when they punch. This engages the deltoid, trapezius, triceps, elbow joint, forearm muscles and wrist tendons making the punch way harder and that’s before we even consider the bodyweight that is added to this by the rotation and commitment of the upper body, through the pelvic girdle muscles and the contribution made to the movement by quads and calves.

Employ as much of the body’s weight as possible. This is pure physics. The more of the body’s weight that can be placed ‘behind’ the punch the heavier that punch will be. This is also why heavier people have naturally harder punches.

Use as much push off the ground as possible. If you are suspended in space or floating in water it is impossible to punch hard. That’s because of Newton’s third law of motion which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. When you punch hard and you are suspended in midair (or in water) the same force with which you punch, is also pushed back into your own body. Without your legs being connected to the ground and pushing off it, there is no way to generate any meaningful force in the direction that you are punching towards.

What makes a punch powerful?

When it comes to having powerful punches physics again kicks in. Power is mass x acceleration. A powerful punch is always a combination of how quickly the arm will move, how much of the body’s weight can be committed to the punch by pushing off the ground with the legs and how all this is synchronized.

Usually the longer a punch travels to reach its target the greater acceleration it can achieve and the more commitment in terms of the body’s weight can be placed behind it. That’s why the boxer’s jab, delivered with the hand nearest the opponent is fast but cannot be very powerful while the cross, which is delivered by the hand held further back is always way more powerful as a blow.

One exception to this very obvious rule is Bruce Lee’s famous one-inch punch which we mentioned earlier in the article. Bruce Lee trained himself to synchronize his muscles and move his body explosively when he punched. So although he was about an inch away from his target (which is where the punch gets its name from) he was still able to deliver a heavy blow thanks to the acceleration of his whole body that he could achieve. Because Bruce Lee had trained himself to synchronize of all his muscles so that the power generated from his legs could travel up his torso and explode in his fist and the commitment of his body he was able to generate a lot of power using the mass x acceleration equation, of physics.

Basically he was able to move his entire body very explosively which made his punches way heavier than they should realistically have been.

Here are the elements which make a punch powerful:

Strong legs – to help push off the ground

Strong abdominals – to help transmit the power from the legs to the upper torso

Good upper body strength – to help punch hard and fast in the first instance

To see how this works we will consider here a straight punch, as opposed to a hook or an uppercut or a backfist. A straight punch like the jab or the cross are very common punches and amongst the easiest to throw. It is powered by:

Deltoids

Triceps

Chest

Trapezius

Boxers do a lot of push ups and pulls ups which strengthen these muscles so they can have stronger punches. But then they also do a lot of squats, running, jogging, sprinting and skipping as well as ab work.

To truly make a punch hard beyond strong punch delivery muscles, they also need:

Strong quads – to power their upper body as it twists into the punch.

Powerful calves – to push off the ground.

Great abs – to smoothly transfer power from the lower body to the upper one.

Plus because a punch, as we saw above relies on mass and acceleration a really strong punch also requires:

Good limb speed – the arms have to be able to move explosively fast.

Explosive leg work – heavy hitters are able to push off the ground with their calves really fast.

This principle of a powerful punch is the same regardless if you are looking at, let’s say a boxer’s cross or a martial artist’s traditional hip punch. While the boxer requires a more upper body commitment with his cross punch, the martial artist requires a greater torso rotation with his hips in order to power the hip punch.

This is where we get the notion of ‘structure’ in punches. Essentially, a punch is made up of all the muscle groups that are recruited in order to power it. A quick jab for example may only make use of three muscle groups (Deltoids, Triceps and Chest muscles) and it is relatively a structurally weak punch. A hook on the other hand may use Deltoids, Triceps, Biceps, Lats, Abs, Glutes, Quads and Calves all of which make it a structurally stronger punch. The more structurally strong a punch is the harder it is to defend against. A jab, for example may be blocked but a hook needs to be evaded.

Benefits of Training with Punches

Because punches recruit so many muscle groups learning to throw a proper punch is a great way of getting fit. Shadow boxing, for example, where multiple punches are thrown at an imaginary target in midair is a great way to condition the muscles and improve aerobic fitness and increase endurance.

One of the most common complaints voiced by beginners is that they fail to feel anything much when they throw punches. That is to be expected for three reasons:

First, in the beginning punching muscles are relatively weak and have not been trained so there is not a lot of muscular activity going on when punches are thrown.

Second, because it’s early stages there is not a lot of synchronization going on in the muscle groups so punching feels both easy and not very powerful.

Third, the lower body is not yet engaged at this stage.

All of these come later. The more you throw punches the stronger your arms and shoulders get and the stronger they get, the more muscles they begin to engage. So basically repetitive punching is one of the most tried and tested ways of building punching power by gradually increasing the structural makeup of the punches we throw.

If along with the punching we also add some footwork like bouncing on the spot and moving from side to side then we will find that we get a total workout just by shadow boxing for twenty minutes.

This is the kind of physical activity that builds lean, functional, powerful muscles, increases endurance and improves aerobic performance.

If you happen to have a heavy bag around you can also put it to good use to help you develop powerful punches. While shadow boxing is great for developing punching speed and great form, a heavy bag helps in developing structurally powerful punches and synchronized muscles. The heavy bag absorbs the force of each blow and sends a powerful feedback wave travelling back up the muscles of the arm, shoulder, back an abs. This doubles the load of the workout on your arms and body and introduces a heavy endurance component to your training.

Heavy bag training is great for building strength, denser, harder-working muscles and improving balance, coordination, aerobic performance and endurance.

Training for Stronger Punches

If we are serious about increasing the power of our punches and also, in the process, taking our fitness to a new level we need to:

Do fast, deep push-ups, engaging the triceps, chest, deltoids and trapezium muscles in full motion, explosive movements.

Do fast, full-motion sit ups.

Work our obliques with twisting sit ups and our core with planks.

Work our glutes with squats and work our lower back with back extensions.

Work our quads with squats and work out calves with skipping rope and bouncing on the spot.

At the same time we will need to do some running to help all these different muscles work smoothly together.

When we see just how many muscles are involved in punching we begin to understand why boxers command such respect and have such structurally strong (i.e. heavy) punches and why it takes so much time and effort to begin to feel the effects and benefits of punching training. When we can throw a structurally strong punch however, we also have the means to exercise and get fit no matter where we are.

Sources

Protective buttressing of the human fist and the evolution of hominin hands (PDF) Dead arms test importance of clenched fists The Physics of Punching Someone in the Face Brute Force: Humans Can Sure Take a Punch Pro Boxer's Punch Carries Heavy Weight Want to Punch Harder? Be a Black Belt, and Use Your Brain Punch Injuries: Insights into Intentional Closed Fist Injuries

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Making wireless communication more energy efficient

Omer Tanovic, a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, joined the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) because he loves studying theory and turning research questions into solvable math problems. But Omer says that his engineering background — before coming to MIT he received undergraduate and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina — has taught him never to lose sight of the intended applications of his work, or the practical parameters for implementation.

“I love thinking about things on the abstract math level, but it’s also important to me that the work we are doing will help to solve real-world problems,” Omer says. “Instead of building circuits, I am creating algorithms that will help make better circuits.”

One real-world problem that captured Omer’s attention during his PhD is power efficiency in wireless operations. The success of wireless communications has led to massive infrastructure expansion in the United States and around the world. This has included many new cell towers and base stations. As these networks and the volume of information they handle grow, they consume an increasingly hefty amount of power, some of which goes to powering the system as it’s supposed to, but much of which is lost as heat due to energy inefficiency. This is a problem both for companies such as mobile network operators, which have to pay large utility bills to cover their operational costs, and for society at large, as the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions rise.

These concerns are what motivate Omer in his research. Most of the projects that he has worked on at MIT seek to design signal processing systems, optimized to different measures, that will increase power efficiency while ensuring that the output signal (what you hear when talking to someone on the phone, for instance) is true to the original input (what was said by the person on the other end of the call).

His latest project seeks to address the power efficiency problem by decreasing the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of wireless communication signals. In the broadest sense, PAPR is an indirect indicator of how much power is required to send and receive a clear signal across a network. The lower this ratio is, the more energy-efficient the transmission. Namely, much of the power consumed in cellular networks is dedicated to power amplifiers, which collect low-power electronic input and convert it to a higher-power output, such as picking up a weak radio signal generated inside a cell phone and amplifying it so that, when emitted by an antenna it is strong enough to reach a cell tower. This ensures that the signal is robust enough to maintain adequate signal-to-noise ratio over the communication link. Power amplifiers are at their most efficient when operating near their saturation level, at maximum output power. However, because cellular network technology has evolved in a way that accommodates a huge volume and variety of information across the network — resulting in far less uniform signals than in the past — modern communication standards require signals with big peak-to-average power ratios. This means that a radio frequency transmitter must be designed such that the underlying power amplifier can handle peaks much higher than the average power being transmitted, and therefore, most of the time, the power amplifier is working inefficiently — far from its saturation level.

“Every cell tower has to have some kind of PAPR reduction algorithm in place in order to operate. But the algorithms they use are developed with little or no guaranties on improving system performance,” Omer says. “A common conception is that optimal algorithms, which would certainly improve system performance, are either too expensive to implement — in terms of power or computational capacity — or cannot be implemented at all.”

Omer, who is supervised by LIDS Professor Alexandre Megretski, designed an algorithm that can decrease the PAPR of a modern communication signal, which would allow the power amplifier to operate closer to its maximum efficiency, thus reducing the amount of energy lost in the process. To create this system he first considered it as an optimization problem, the conditions of which meant that any solution would not be implementable, as it would require infinite latency, meaning an infinite delay before transmitting the signal. However, Omer showed that the underlying optimal system, even though of infinite latency, has a desirable fading-memory property, and so he could create an approximation with finite latency — an acceptable lag time. From this, he developed a way to best approximate the optimal system. The approximation, which is implementable, allows tradeoffs between precision and latency, so that real-time realizations of the algorithm can improve power efficiency without adding too much transmission delay or too much distortion to the signal. Omer applied this system using standardized test signals for 4G communication and found that, on average, he could get around 50 percent reduction in the peak-to-average power ratio while satisfying standard measures of quality of digital communication signals.

Omer’s algorithm, along with improving power efficiency, is also computationally efficient. “This is important in order to ensure that the algorithm is not just theoretically implementable, but also practically implementable,” Omer says, once again stressing that abstract mathematical solutions are only valuable if they cohere to real-world parameters. Microchip real estate in communications is a limited commodity, so the algorithm cannot take up much space, and its mathematical operations have to be executed quickly, as latency is a critical factor in wireless communications. Omer believes that the algorithm could be adapted to solve other engineering problems with similar frameworks, including envelope tracking and model predictive control.

While he has been working on this project, Omer has made a home for himself at MIT. Two of his three sons were born here in Cambridge — in fact, the youngest was born on campus, in the stairwell of Omer and his wife’s graduate housing building. “The neighbors slept right through it,” Omer says with a laugh.

Omer quickly became an active member of the LIDS community when he arrived at MIT. Most notably, he was part of the LIDS student conference and student social committees, where, in addition to helping run the annual LIDS Student Conference, a signature lab event now in its 25th year, he also helped to organize monthly lunches, gatherings, and gaming competitions, including a semester-long challenge dubbed the OLIDSpics (an homage to the Olympic Games). He says that being on the committees was a great way to engage with and contribute to the LIDS community, a group for which he is grateful.

“At MIT, and especially at LIDS, you can learn something new from everyone you speak to. I’ve been in many places, and this is the only place where I’ve experienced a community like that,” Omer says.

As Omer’s time at LIDS draws to an end, he is still debating what to do next. On one hand, his love of solving real-world problems is drawing him toward industry. He spent four summers during his PhD interning at companies including the Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab. He enjoyed the fast pace of industry, being able to see his solutions implemented relatively quickly.

On the other hand, Omer is not sure he could ever leave academia for long; he loves research and is also truly passionate about teaching. Omer, who grew up in Bosnia-Herzegovina, began teaching in his first year of high school, at a math camp for younger children. He has been teaching in one form or another ever since.

At MIT, Omer has taught both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, including as an instructor-G, an appointment only given to advanced students who have demonstrated teaching expertise. He has won two teaching awards, the MIT School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award in 2018 and the MIT EECS Carlton E. Tucker Teaching Award in 2017.

The magnitude of Omer’s love for teaching is clear when he speaks about working with students: “That moment when you explain something to a student and you see them really understand the concept is priceless. No matter how much energy you have to spend to make that happen, it’s worth it,” Omer says.

In communications, power efficiency is key, but when it comes to research and teaching, there’s no limit to Omer’s energy.

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The Stress of a Natural Disaster Can Take a Toll on Babies in Utero

Pregnant women are often told to avoid stress. Easier said than done. Work, school, life—stress is inevitable. And now researchers are saying they can even document an ill effect on babies when mothers confront one of the most unavoidable stressors: natural disasters.

In 2009, researchers from the City University of New York received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to better understand the impacts of maternal stress and depression on fetal development and long-term psychological outcomes for infants. Most of the 600 women enrolled in the study were low-income and ethnic minorities who were being served by major hospitals in the New York City area—a population, the study notes, that is already at high risk of complications for both mother and baby. These women have less access to prenatal care and medical support, in part because they often don’t have very good health insurance.

The study expanded in 2012, the same year that Hurricane Sandy flooded cities and towns along the eastern U.S. coast. This presented the researchers with a rare opportunity: In a study of maternal health, the scientific community widely considers it unethical to randomly impose stressful conditions on women and then measure the effects. But when the storm hit, it essentially created an experimental group and a control group of its own: pregnant women already enrolled in the study who lived through the storm, and women who gave birth just before it hit.

[Read: Families are getting better at preparing for hurricanes]

“The storm was horrible. The power was out and people were trapped in the basement of buildings,” says Yoko Nomura, the study’s lead author. “Those horrible things are really stressful. A mother can handle it, but the fetus is like a captive audience.” How babies handle stress is a lot like how they take medicine, she explains: You can give an infant certain medications, but the dosage has to be much lower. For a fetus, receiving even a small amount of stress hormones can have outsize negative effects.

Six months after giving birth, mothers were asked to report the frequency of certain infant behaviors and reactions, like laughing or smiling and sadness or fear. In line with existing research on stress, the results showed that for women who had already shown symptoms of prenatal depression, the storm exacerbated the consequences for their babies. They showed higher rates of distress and lower rates of pleasure seeking than babies born before the storm. In other words, living through the storm amplified the impacts of existing prenatal depression. The effect was moderate but significant, and the researchers do not yet know how or whether there will be longer-term consequences. While the researchers found that the effect was observable across income groups, it will take further research to understand the nuances of how this plays out across class and race, as the study sample was too small to draw those conclusions.

While it’s generally understood that stressful events during pregnancy can trigger depression, that maternal depression can affect fetuses, and that natural disasters can trigger depression or anxiety, “people aren’t connecting the dots,” says Asim Shah, a professor and the executive vice chair of the psychiatry department at the Baylor College of Medicine. Shah wasn’t involved with the recent study, but he’s worked with survivors of Hurricanes Harvey and Katrina.

[Read: How school children will cope with Hurricane Harve]y

“The effects of a [natural] disaster are multifaceted,” he says. In the adults Shah worked with, common responses included insomnia and anxiety. Even two or three years after Katrina, some patients experienced post-traumatic stress, which could be triggered even by normal levels of rainfall. “We don't have the tools to address trauma from hurricanes and natural disasters,” Shah says.

As climate change increases the frequency of large-scale natural disasters, lower-income mothers and women of color are likely to suffer disproportionately. After Hurricane Harvey in 2017, low-income families were more likely than the affluent to live in damaged and dangerous housing; one expectant mother profiled by the Texas Observer was encouraged to induce birth early to treat her baby for mold exposure. Either way, she would eventually bring her child home to walls filled with mold and allergens, putting the baby’s health at risk. And a recent NPR report found that wealthy, white families who own homes in relatively safe neighborhoods were far more likely to receive federal aid from FEMA than lower-income families of color who rent homes in more environmentally vulnerable neighborhoods. As a result, existing inequalities are exacerbated, which could have profound consequences for public health specifically, and maternal health generally.

After any traumatic event, getting back to a sense of normalcy can be a key step toward reducing the psychological toll. “If your house is destroyed in a hurricane and you're able to make it and rebuild with insurance, your trauma would be negligible if you're back to functionality, as opposed to a person who lost everything and doesn't have the means to rebuild a house,” Shah says. “They will be suffering for months or years.” But Shah adds that identifying a problem is often the first and most important step. “People might think it’s normal to feel anxious and stressed in pregnancy,” he says. That might stop families from seeking treatment or medication for new mothers and their children, especially if the effects of the stress manifest years after a natural disaster struck. “We have to counsel [families], and with therapy and treatment we can make the outcomes better.”

from Health News And Updates https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/03/how-natural-disasters-impact-pregnant-mothers/584173/?utm_source=feed

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The Stress of a Natural Disaster Can Take a Toll on Babies in Utero

Pregnant women are often told to avoid stress. Easier said than done. Work, school, life—stress is inevitable. And now researchers are saying they can even document an ill effect on babies when mothers confront one of the most unavoidable stressors: natural disasters.

In 2009, researchers from the City University of New York received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to better understand the impacts of maternal stress and depression on fetal development and long-term psychological outcomes for infants. Most of the 600 women enrolled in the study were low-income and ethnic minorities who were being served by major hospitals in the New York City area—a population, the study notes, that is already at high risk of complications for both mother and baby. These women have less access to prenatal care and medical support, in part because they often don’t have very good health insurance.

The study expanded in 2012, the same year that Hurricane Sandy flooded cities and towns along the eastern U.S. coast. This presented the researchers with a rare opportunity: In a study of maternal health, the scientific community widely considers it unethical to randomly impose stressful conditions on women and then measure the effects. But when the storm hit, it essentially created an experimental group and a control group of its own: pregnant women already enrolled in the study who lived through the storm, and women who gave birth just before it hit.

[Read: Families are getting better at preparing for hurricanes]

“The storm was horrible. The power was out and people were trapped in the basement of buildings,” says Yoko Nomura, the study’s lead author. “Those horrible things are really stressful. A mother can handle it, but the fetus is like a captive audience.” How babies handle stress is a lot like how they take medicine, she explains: You can give an infant certain medications, but the dosage has to be much lower. For a fetus, receiving even a small amount of stress hormones can have outsize negative effects.

Six months after giving birth, mothers were asked to report the frequency of certain infant behaviors and reactions, like laughing or smiling and sadness or fear. In line with existing research on stress, the results showed that for women who had already shown symptoms of prenatal depression, the storm exacerbated the consequences for their babies. They showed higher rates of distress and lower rates of pleasure seeking than babies born before the storm. In other words, living through the storm amplified the impacts of existing prenatal depression. The effect was moderate but significant, and the researchers do not yet know how or whether there will be longer-term consequences. While the researchers found that the effect was observable across income groups, it will take further research to understand the nuances of how this plays out across class and race, as the study sample was too small to draw those conclusions.

While it’s generally understood that stressful events during pregnancy can trigger depression, that maternal depression can affect fetuses, and that natural disasters can trigger depression or anxiety, “people aren’t connecting the dots,” says Asim Shah, a professor and the executive vice chair of the psychiatry department at the Baylor College of Medicine. Shah wasn’t involved with the recent study, but he’s worked with survivors of Hurricanes Harvey and Katrina.

[Read: How school children will cope with Hurricane Harve]y

“The effects of a [natural] disaster are multifaceted,” he says. In the adults Shah worked with, common responses included insomnia and anxiety. Even two or three years after Katrina, some patients experienced post-traumatic stress, which could be triggered even by normal levels of rainfall. “We don't have the tools to address trauma from hurricanes and natural disasters,” Shah says.

As climate change increases the frequency of large-scale natural disasters, lower-income mothers and women of color are likely to suffer disproportionately. After Hurricane Harvey in 2017, low-income families were more likely than the affluent to live in damaged and dangerous housing; one expectant mother profiled by the Texas Observer was encouraged to induce birth early to treat her baby for mold exposure. Either way, she would eventually bring her child home to walls filled with mold and allergens, putting the baby’s health at risk. And a recent NPR report found that wealthy, white families who own homes in relatively safe neighborhoods were far more likely to receive federal aid from FEMA than lower-income families of color who rent homes in more environmentally vulnerable neighborhoods. As a result, existing inequalities are exacerbated, which could have profound consequences for public health specifically, and maternal health generally.

After any traumatic event, getting back to a sense of normalcy can be a key step toward reducing the psychological toll. “If your house is destroyed in a hurricane and you're able to make it and rebuild with insurance, your trauma would be negligible if you're back to functionality, as opposed to a person who lost everything and doesn't have the means to rebuild a house,” Shah says. “They will be suffering for months or years.” But Shah adds that identifying a problem is often the first and most important step. “People might think it’s normal to feel anxious and stressed in pregnancy,” he says. That might stop families from seeking treatment or medication for new mothers and their children, especially if the effects of the stress manifest years after a natural disaster struck. “We have to counsel [families], and with therapy and treatment we can make the outcomes better.”

Article source here:The Atlantic

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It enables individuals to intimidate the others. Show a kid that perhaps not everybody is equally fine in Earth, plus a few people are intentionally me an to just receive a response from many others (for example, trolls). Their brains start to reinforce the notion which they have to fulfil a expectancy if simply to keep together with the dictates of this brotherhood that is mortal.

Alleged Momo Scenarios are reported by Mexico, America Germany and France.

History instructors round the country have been wanting to sound the alert in their schools. Restoration work continues over the chapel.

It supplies confidential and free of charge service 2-4 hours per day, 7 days per week for men and women in distress or crisis. Both expired in just two days of another. Living is awful, it is perhaps not likely to find superior.

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You truly come to feel more comfortable with, if you’re disturbed, speak with your parents friends or anybody. Kids and the teens who perished as a effect of Blue Whale have been considered to have taken their own lives. It is necessary to not forget that youngsters’ brains aren’t as developed as ours, though those stories could sound bizarre to adults.

Children are more prepared to chat about what exactly’s happening with kiddies that are diverse compared to themselves pose questions involving faculty friends and developments. They are frustrated with feeling tired by what’s being placed in front of his kids, or caught off guard, she explained. Always consider kids and your parents, Just before you take care of so.

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It is a struggle or perhaps a phenomenon that is currently spreading online through virtually any medium. Naturally, you would like to be in a position to accomplish your young ones but you are going to continue to be able to call them. The kid fundamentally wishes to go back at the purchase cost of every thing else towards the process.

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It is critical to not forget that mo mo is a sculpture, though this picture appears quite realistic. As mo-mo was first born the creature referred to.

Predicated on the kid’s age, parents should also communicate lots of the risks involved with obtaining societal media or websites, games internet web sites online. But police believe the character is truly beingused by hackers to harvest information. The strategy could include hacking on the mobile number.

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Approaching a psychologist could be of use. Odds are you’ve possibly seen the challenge. The mo-mo obstacle is only one case of games throughout media using a bad effect on also their social interactions and students.

The duty finishes together with the last struggle, to put it differently, committing suicide. In reality, the analysis demonstrates that there’s been an boost in hate crimes and anti-transgender rhetoric. In different nations there are questions regarding the challenge.

A couple suicide cases around the world are attached into the challenge but there’s no evidence to affirm the deaths had been as being a effect of the process. This is simply not the first time the world wide web has been circulated by rumors of a suicide battle. This is the latest around the warnings which were issued and also tips on how to chat about this.

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They ‘ve found a few anti viral elements of both methylation and proclaiming to locate gaps. Though it will not look like a distended commonplace. Treatment Several techniques are available to deal with kids and adults who stutter.

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However, it’s a fad that’s spread throughout the web in a number of shapes that are unique, having an actual narrative that is just about as peculiar as the troubling stories which can be told about that. An individual then is advised to execute a collection excessive and hazardous activities which might end up at suicides and are allegedly violent. It is possible to have a look at the hottest changes straight away.

YouTube too stressed that the Momo image isn’t permitted on YouTube Kids, and it’s putting defenses set up to be certain its exception together with that platform. Hayashi isn’t the inventor of this challenge. It is possible by going to the hyper link beneath to get out more.

Parents round the united kingdom have shared articles about that which is named an internet game which is played by networking platforms which include whats app the mo-mo Challenge face-book and YouTube. Here is a description for the Hazards of this Momo Problem. Nearly after the Blue Whale Challenge allegedly caused a wide selection of suicides amongst teenagers a new game named kids are reportedly encouraging todo dangerous struggles.

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Quite simply, it’s really just a suicide struggle. It she explained. Isaiah’s narrative isn’t unique.

The weapon discussion in the us is heated as it has ever been, and also people all over the united states are currently searching for a way to address the violence. Individuals are being left mindful. LGBT folks are somewhat more inclined to be targets of hate crimes than every other minority group in the U.S..

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There is not the relative outgrew stuttering to get a kid. Individuals could relapse subsequent remedy or during. Like a consequence, the threat of suicide may possibly have been substantially greater.

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No deaths are noted in the usa from this struggle. The Blue Whale sport obstacle is an internet game which is promised to exist in several nations. It has been associated with several deaths in Colombia, Argentina and India.

It gives free of charge and confidential service 24 hours every day, 7 days each week to get both women and men in distress or crisis. Both died in just two days of another. Last calendar year the app was notably well known in countries but it looks like a problem in states far too.

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Japanese exceptional effects corporation website link manufacturing facility produced it. It isn’t yet clear about just how popular that the Momo Challenge is to consider it like a hazard that is substantial. According pros Momo challenge is simply a hoax that’s geared toward attacking information to.

He goes on to express there are. The mother or father Zone, which was keeping an watch on things mo-mo, insists that there isn’t any evidence which persons are engaging in the mo-mo problem. As there is not Even the mo-mo obstacle is not easy to describe.

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A college student from just the same district was arrested in relation to the complaint. From time to time, its impacts are amplified by warning of the risks of some thing which you have not totally looked into children beyond the reality. The most fundamental thing of information I can offer will be always to speak with your kids let them know they don’t have to deal with any concerns.

This statement proves the criminal himself was jagged man. The 2 defendants are also called to be attempted with all the exact same indictment in the complete murder test later this month. Authorities tweeted an informational handout, warning that the match could make a likelihood for individuals to take or steal confidential info and also generate emotional and physical illnesses.

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There is frightening kiddies A face the start. It is not challenging to perform but it is a superior concern to choose the opportunity to set up to assist you make certain that your child has a secure and age-appropriate on-line experience. The kid basically wishes to come back to the challenge at the purchase price of anything.

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But it’s really a trend that’s propagate throughout the net in a lot of types, using a genuine narrative that’s only about as odd since the upsetting bogus stories that are told about that. It’s critical you learn one’s apparatus and accounts preferences to produce sure the extreme security of your youngster. ” keep an eye on the kids’ online and societal media activity to be certain they’re maybe perhaps not engaging with this challenge.

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It might or might not be true but there ought to be always a possible ways ahead from a way or this maybe not to enterprise inside this game and this is wholly ineffectual. Providentially, the response is,” No, as there exists a catch. Gaining grip on social networking, the struggle motivates teens to vanish as many as two days and awards points to each social networking mention that they receive all through that period.

As stated by psychologist Casey Holtz, it’s most reliable to receive an open dialogue about issues like dangerous games or online interests. Since it can not be obtained it isn’t a challenge. The battle assumes a game’s shape.

This malware to steal data and to access the remainder of one’s home network at the place where they can access details is utilized by hackers. Google-analytics is not going to receive exclusive information like website or your title. It’s been reported that the game is in reality a front for a fraud by getting players to get hold of the cell number where fraudsters contact private information.

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Murphy stated this mo-mo problem is substantially like different digitally-spread problems that strive to teach children to damage on their own as well as the Tide Pod Challenge. To the contrary, it really is out of the game depending upon the Momo Challenge called Momo.Exe. Here is all you have to learn about the mo-mo suicide challenge.

To have the ability to generally meet Momo you will be supplied a succession of activities to finish. Even the father or mother Zone, that has been keeping an watch on things mo-mo, insists there is signs that persons are engaging at the mo-mo problem. Since there’s maybe not really a terrific deal of proof it is the mo mo Challenge is not easy to clarify.

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Someone may just guess they begin to eradicate sense of their actual fact. ” Do something amazing a minumum of one time on your life, it’s so fantastic to expire younger. And soon you discover a person that will aid you, in the event notify others.

It permits people to intimidate the others. Explain to a young child that maybe not everybody is fine from Earth, along with a couple persons are purposely mean to merely obtain a reaction from others (for example, trolls). Specially, individuals that are young believe they ‘re the absolute men and women in the world and don’t demand advice.

Slenderman commenced as being a Photoshop challenge to learn who be in a position to win the world and can make the most of the picture. Hyperlink Factory produced the character from Japan. The artwork is also currently called Mother Bird.

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Even the phenomenon draws attention into the fact that children are in danger on the internet. The officers can also be thought to be searching for an 18-year-old who had received in contact. It’s quite tricky to feel that someone is involved to such an extent he is prepared to present his entire life to your match.

Any evidence in the shape of screenshots or video clips of exhortation and interaction to self-harm is not possible to detect. After a terrifying on-line meme starts dispersing enterprising persons and perhaps even overall companies begin to get the most out of it as a way to earn dollars. Numerous contact isn’t made by the movies and there are a couple fakes.

In case the adolescents and this instructions don’t stick together, the accounts threatens them with a discharge of exposure or confidential advice. Using a little work, you are even allowed to eradicate the internet search bar. If a kid would be too young to know the implications of committing somebody else online their advice it’s still true that you ought to get started talking regarding privacy to them.

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The drive to cope with all the matter is a good one. Accounts were considered as false or exaggerated. And I believe that that’s a reasonably evident issue here.

This statement proves the offender himself has been individual. This is simply not the time rumors of the suicide battle have circulated the internet. It’s not possible to learn while the narrative was correlated with one suicide, the way valid some of these reports are, it’s perhaps not in any respect clear if that’s true or if the reports are just the final outcome of fear and panic.

Numerous alleged Mo Mo Instances are reported by France, America Germany and Mexico.

Moreover, there are services which make an effort to assist victims of cyber bullying. Distinct states’ police departments have issued related advisories.

Its rates among kids are increasing within the last number of decades. Both perished in just two days of one another. Today it looks like a problem in various nations although the program was known in countries calendar year.

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These signals ought to be observed by the father or mother dependent around the safety provider. These household things are unsafe. ” keep track of the kids’ internet and societal media actions to guarantee they truly are maybe not engaging together with this challenge.

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If you’re bothered, talk with anybody close friends or your buddies you come to feel more comfortable with. LOCKWOOD A 12-year-old Lockwood child could be an internet bullying challenge’s newest aim. It is essential to not forget about that kids’ brains aren’t as developed as ours, though those stories could sound bizarre to adults.

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They are then supplied a get to of risky dares to finish. Users prove by sending videos directly and proofpictures to the whale, that is the individual instructing them throughout the total problem they’ve completed the struggle. To date, it has noted that almost 150 people were killed by way of this specific game.

As stated by psychologist Casey Holtz, it really is most effective to receive an open dialogue about issues like dangerous games or even online pursuits. Because it cannot be obtained it isn’t a challenge. This challenge will not exist.

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Another concern is in case the condom is ingested, it might lead to a congestion that may bring about emergency medical procedures. It’s not understood humans turn into contaminated with the bacteria but there’s isn’t any signs of human to human anatomy. Low levels will demonstrate that that the man is currently currently undergoing the disorder Along using the aforementioned tests, there’s a poll named Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

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