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[strange-sim]

Conure

hair [✓] skin [x] eyes [✓] fairy [✓]

Hummingbird

hair [✓] skin [✓] eyes [✓] fairy [✓]

[sunday-ruby]

a sudden frenzy for farming has taken over pgc

[gammaliminal]

i was Bored and i cant work on the technical side of PGC rn so uhhh here's more background characters!!:

The Dispatcher - Quartermaster of armaments, and new armaments, plus the previous PA, occasionally plans the Contractor's non-match missions - Aligned with 3RD - Can go into the field if needed with their suitcase of tricks, but will their ass handed to them by even the Exo outside of her suit The Intern - Newly hired just out of college with her 3 engineering degrees, works as the Technician's assistant and apprentice - Aligned with ORG/PNK - Refuses on principle to go out into the field, the Tech is too nice to force her The Courier - He delivers gear, mail, and notes from upper managment to the Contractors through drones and occasional in-person delivery - Aligned with ORG/PNK - Refuses to go out into the field without drones, but drones are pretty good for defense n such The Driver - A mostly silent ex-mafiaso, working as a driver for the various people - Aligned with 3RD - Goes out into the field occasionally armed with the classic drum-mag Thompson M1

they might get proper places in the cast list + proper emblems idk, we'll see

also, rotating the idea of having an unassigned team that's aligned with 3RD... maybe a specific gamemode with the background characters...

[codenamesticky]

I need a gym partner in the DMV area!

[pinocchiogangclub]

Pinocchio Gang Club tags explained 📌

This note has the purpose to clarify the meanings of the tags

#PGC : Pinocchio Gang Club

Sub tags

#PGCfanart : Pinocchio’s Fanart

#PGCognovel : Original Novel (any editions)

#PGCmovies : Movies and Series Adaptation

#PGCdisney : Disney Pinocchio

#PGCgdt : Guillermo del Toro Pinocchio

#PGCau : Alternative Universe

#PGCfc : Fan Characters (OCs)

#PGCfcfan : Fanarts of Fan Characters

Tags below for quick search

[crystalsandbubbletea]

My trauma (Technically a vent post)

CW: Death threats, suicide mention, possible sexism, stalking, war, Islamophobia, racism, body shaming, kidnapping threat, Christianity, swearing, ableism, death

Never thought I would be making a post about my trauma yet here we are. I decided that I would divide this into parts.

My bully

I would say that it started around kindergarten, but according to my mom that doesn't count because I apparently lied about being bullied when I knew that I was being bullied, yet she didn't believe me because that bully was nice to her, so that meant he was an angel.

Instead, I'll just say it started around second grade.

In second grade, there was this new kid who moved, he wasn't in my class but we had a lunch and a recess together. I don't know why, but he decided to pick on me, he would constantly call me names. I dismissed it and thought that it wouldn't get worse.

I was wrong.

In third grade, he called me "Stupid and ugly" and even said that he bet I wasn't even related to my parents and that they only adopted me out of pity, and even said that he couldn't believe God allowed someone as ugly as me to live. I ended up crying to my parents about it and that's when they knew that this wasn't a normal case of bullying.

I should also mention that he would frequently stalk me at recess, and I would have to spend the entire recess hiding from him. I did have those few fortunate moments where he didn't seem to find me so I was able to enjoy my recess.

Things got even worse in fifth grade. He threatened to kidnap me, tie me up, throw me in the back of a car, then drive the both of us off a cliff.

I'm just glad he never knew about Enaya, I just know that he would have been terrible to her as well. Or maybe he did know about Enaya and I didn't know.

At some point he ended up going after another one of my friends and said "If you don't go on a date with me, I'll call the police!" And my friend responded with "They'll just arrest you, you creep."

Yeah, she didn't take shit from anyone, and I kinda wish that I could have been like her.

At some point, I was at a museum with my parents and siblings, and this museum had a planetarium, and I was hyped about it

Except guess who was there?

That goddamn blonde bastard, my bully.

He was being creepy to me the entire show, and I started crying at some point. I think at some point one of my siblings snapped at him and told him to leave me alone and that he just had a sad life, he just laughed in response and insulted them.

After the show ended, I told my parents that I didn't want to stay, and they understood, so we, along with my siblings, went home.

Note: Bully's parents saw what he was doing and enabled it, they said "Oh he just had ADHD" and "He just likes you! Just love him back!"

My parents and my fifth grade teacher (Note: This isn't very important but my mom and fifth grade teacher went to the same highschool together and had the same graduating class together, they were also good friends) did everything they could to make sure that I wouldn't get any middle school classes with him, except that backfired.

It wasn't just one class, nope, it was all of my classes. The principal knew how bad he was to me, and still decided that he would have the same classes I have.

My parents and fifth grade teacher bombarded the principal with a shit ton of emails, until the principal finally decided I would be the one getting a schedule change.

The reason? "[They] have ADHD and Autism, [they] would be too much for those teachers anyways."

Fortunately my sixth grade year wouldn't be as bad as elementary school, as the bully would move to another city. He was a different school system's problem now, so I ended up thinking that my middle school year would be great.

How wrong was I.

Enaya

I made a few posts about Enaya, even made a eulogy post once.

Anyways, Enaya was a very good friend of mine, she was Palestinian-American and the first Muslim friend I had. I remember seeing her around school and wanting to talk to her but really didn't until around either fourth or fifth grade during one of those fortunate recesses where my bully didn't stalk me.

It was that conversation between us that our friendship started.

She would tell me about Palestine, and Palestinians culture, and it interested me, but it also exposed me to how shitty the world was to Palestinians and Muslims.

I'm ashamed to admit it took me until sixth grade to realize that she was being bullied for being Muslim and Palestinian.

People called her a "Terrorist" and accused her of plotting another 9/11, they would even try to pull off her hijab.

Oh, and how could I forget? Those dumb fuckin' white girls who acted like they were feminists.

They said that she didn't have to wear her hijab at school, after all her father couldn't harass her for it, so she should just take it off. To say it made her uncomfortable would be an understatement.

I remember refusing to just watch those people harass her for her ethnicity and religion, and how I was told to "Piss off!" because it wasn't any of my business.

Fuck those guys, that was my friend, a friend that I now know that I loved as a sister, that they were harassing.

I remember her telling me that she had dreams of a free Palestine, and even said that maybe one day we could run through the cities of Palestine, or maybe even have Jaffa oranges.

To say I wanted that would be another understatement, I loved that dream, and needed it to become a reality.

I also remember that Enaya constantly talked about wanting to help people when she got older, and I told her that she would, and that I would also always be there to support her and that we would always be together forever.

I was wrong. Nothing lasts forever.

I was twelve, and it was after summer and the first day of school. I remember eagerly looking around for Enaya, as I wanted to know if we had classes together.

Instead her brother Soroush approached me.

That's when I found out that Enaya had killed herself.

He told me that there was a note left for me in her suicide note, and she had written "[Rian], I want you to know that there wasn't anything you could have done, and that I was very happy to know you, you were a great friend and I'm glad that you decided to talk to me that day. Please don't blame yourself, please continue to live and be happy not just for me, but for yourself as well."

How could I have not blamed myself? I felt, and still feel like, that if I had just been there more for her, if I had just fought harder for her, then maybe, just maybe, she would still be here.

I also felt bad for her family, her parents and brother were angels, and I can't imagine the hurt and pain they were going through because of Enaya's suicide.

I ended up trying to suppress her memory, acted like she didn't exist.

Until last year around November. That's when I realized that I hadn't forgotten her, after all, who did I base (one of) Alex's sister(s) off of? And who did I name that sister after? And what about her personality? And why did I ask her family if they would be fine with me basing a character off of Enaya?

And how else did I get my Prolonged Grief Condition and PTSD from? After all I was twelve.

Or maybe she was half of the reason, and the other half was my girlfriend.

Alina

I only recently talked about her, I didn't mention her name.

Alina was my girlfriend all the way in Ukraine. Her and I met on TikTok when we were both fourteen. We at first talked over DM's before deciding to give each other our Discords. And soon we were talking way more, even calling each other sometimes.

One day though, one of us confessed. I don't remember if it was her who confessed or if it was me. But I do remember that we were both very happy.

I remember that I would tell her about Ponca culture, and that she would tell me about Ukrainian culture, we even taught each other some words.

I also remember at some point we swore we would meet up when we were both eighteen in Seattle. I don't know why we picked Seattle, was it because we thought it would be romantic to run through the streets? Who knows..

Happiness doesn't last forever though.

February 24, 2022. I wake up in the middle of the night due to my phone buzzing from messages, and I saw that Alina wanted to talk to me. Not wanting to wake up my brother, I took my phone and walked into my bathroom. I asked Alina what was up, and she asked if she could call me. I said yes even though I was tired and had school in the morning.

That's when Alina told me that Russia had invaded.

I remember constantly praying to my gods and goddesses to spare Alina and her family. I was praying to my goddess of fate more though, after all, she had already taken Enaya from me, I didn't want to lose Alina as well.

Cue January 1, 2023, I ended up getting a call from one of our mutual friends, Faddei was his name. Faddei informed me that Alina and her parents were killed.

I don't remember much, but I remember that I was home alone, and that I hung up before dropping my phone and screaming and crying. I didn't tell my parents about what happened.

All those plan, gone...

I still haven't recovered from Alina, my first love..

... I wish I could post more, but I'm crying now..

Dammit, why do I still cry for those who are already dead..

[angelicajoybb]

♾️💛 #PGC 👯‍♀️👯‍♂️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUk1qfvG-e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[feministfang]

A 17 y/o girl was raped by a security guard in the basement of a college campus (PGC) in Lahore, Pakistan.

The school administration tried to cover up the crime to protect the reputation of their campus. They denied the incident and are now threatening the students to stay quiet otherwise they will be expelled.

Thousands of students are since protesting to seek justice for the girl.

About 23 campuses of the college have been destroyed by the students.

The rapist has been arrested according to the news but there’s another news circulating on the internet that the case has been closed by the police who claim that the girl's parents confirmed she only fell and broke her leg.

And the internet is once again replete with stupid morons praising the male students for taking part in the protests and calling them 'a hope for the future generation' however these boys are no different from the rapist security guard.

Female students of the campus have made several complaints against the male students and the guards before as well for harassing them but the administrators would always suppress the issue.

The girl/victim is currently in the hospital.

[quiltofstars]

"The Glowing Hand of God", GC 4 // David Néel

The "hand" appears to be reaching towards the background galaxy PGC 21338.

[strange-sim]

and the Spouse for gen 2

Ignis Clare

by @nikatyler

[sunday-ruby]

[gammaliminal]

Smol rant on how Armor works in PGC (no one asked but ehh who cares)

Armor works a lot like a separate health bar, absorbing 50% of the damage taken, but only getting refreshed by ammo packs.

Acid, fire, electricity, and melee pierces armor, dealing 100% damage to both armor and health. Crits also pierce armor meanwhile minicrits makes it so armor absorbs only 30%

(numbers aren't exact!)

[monets-pixels]

heir vs spare treatment

[anneliesembsims]

A burglar was foolish enough to come to our house.

[chappellrroan]

sometimes ignorance isn't the worst thing

[blueoaknx]

Reclaim Vitality: The Science Behind Mitochondrial Biogenesis

Mitochondrial biogenesis is the cellular process of increasing the number of mitochondria, the organelles responsible for generating energy. This process is essential for maintaining cellular health and vitality, particularly in tissues with high energy demands, such as muscles. Mitochondrial biogenesis is often triggered by increased energy demand, usually resulting from exercise, caloric restriction, or the intake of specific nutrients.

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Conclusion

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