#regeneration or bust

[excalculus]

don't worry about it

From what I can tell, this is the culmination of a lot of work mostly out of Japan. Long story very short: sometimes animals grow extra teeth (hyperodontia), and sometimes they grow too few (hypodontia) or none at all (anodontia). By looking at what causes the extra teeth and where they come from they've zeroed in on one protein, USAG-1, that inhibits tooth formation. If you make a monoclonal antibody against this protein and give it to animals (mice, dogs) with genetic problems causing them to be born without teeth, you can make them grow teeth like they should normally! Cool! The clinical trial starting this year (fall of 2024) is mostly aimed at humans with similar congenital issues in its first stages.

Where this gets interesting for the rest of us who made the teeth right the first time around but then fucked them up, though, is very early in development. Humans and some other mammals actually do replace our teeth once, right? We grow baby teeth, then lose those and replace them with permanent adult teeth. Both sets start forming while we're still fetuses, they just hold off on fully forming and erupting until some later stage. There's some evidence, though, that we're actually born with the very faint makings of a third set of teeth. Normally in adulthood these just sit, dormant and barely-there, and do nothing. But they're actually where the extra teeth come from some cases of hyperodontia, so at least some of the time they're capable of becoming functional. And in one more animal experiment, if you give a high dose of the USAG-1 antibody to normal ferrets (who also grow one set of baby teeth followed by one permanent set) you can cause them to wake up some of those dormant buds and grow extra incisors. Mildly inconvenient for a healthy ferret, potentially a big deal for something missing a permanent tooth in that spot.

If the first stages of the clinical trial pan out they're planning to try it on people who are missing teeth due to "environmental factors". Ten years is definitely on the optimistic side for that, and obligatory disclaimer that clinical trials flame out depressingly often, but it could happen.

A few references under the cut-

News article about it from New Atlas with descriptions of the clinical trial stages: [link]

One of the research papers about it, including the ferret experiment and some mouse work: [PDF link]

Murashima-Suginami, A., et al. "Anti–USAG-1 therapy for tooth regeneration through enhanced BMP signaling." Science advances 7.7 (2021): eabf1798.

Another paper on teeth problems in humans, including extra teeth and where they come from: [PDF link]

Juuri, E., and A. Balic. "The biology underlying abnormalities of tooth number in humans." Journal of Dental Research 96.11 (2017): 1248-1256.

Humans should have renewable teeth like crocodilians or sharks. I know there's that clinical trial starting this fall and we may get them via pharmacology within a decade, but we should have had them by default.

[seph-on-an-irrational-planet]

I like how the doctor can levitate in Castrovalva and we never mention it again

[mynameisjag]

For @ace-in-disgrace and their prompt: Danny gets mistaken as the love child of the disasters known as Wolverine and Deadpool.

Okay, it was not Danny's fault, he swears!

He was just experimenting with his ice, playing around with some of the younger yetis in the Far Frozen for fun. So shaping his ice to cover his hands to copy the paws of the others and seeing how well he could cut through solid hard frozen ice was just a game. The rough housing was to be expected, everyone tossing each other to see how far they could be thrown was fun.

Being picked up and tossed at the right exact moment a portal opened up was not fun or expected and he blamed Clockwork. The entity had to be responsible somehow for him not being able to enjoy a day of hanging out with Frostbite and the others.

Landing right in the middle of a what looked like a swat happening in an abandoned warehouse, armored people instantly aiming their rifles at him as he stood up wasn’t even surprising given his luck.

Fair though, he was currently looking more on the feral side to match his playmates then his normal ghost form.

“Hey, what’s with hostility? Can’t someone just pop in somewhere without-“, and he was shot in the shoulder, cutting his sentence off, “rude.”

It was just a regular bullet, so it was easy for his form to just…push it out and heal the hole up.

One of the men reached up to touch a device attached on his ear, “Unknown possible mutant has breached the facilities, age around 12-15, regeneration showed, animal like features-“

“You know it’s really rude to talk about someone like that to their face, no manners at all.”

“Unfortunately satirical.”

There was a crash from above as red and yellow forms busted through the glass, the guns swinging their aim at the two men landed.

“Sassiness is always welcomed!”, the red man had his own guns out and was already firing as he talked.

Danny had decided to dodge over to a pile of crates as all the attention was on the new intruders, eyes wide as an arc blood barely missed him as the one in yellow unsheathed long blades from his knuckles.

He glanced at his own hands, he couldn’t make a working gun from ice but…concentrating…he slowly watched as ice built up into copies, looking very much like it was growing from his skin.

An armored body was flung his way and he instinctual reacted…there were now two halves of a one man and he was covered in the viscera.

He froze…did he…oh…oh no…he had to go, he had to go now.

“Ope, looks like someone's first kill! Look at you Jack Frost,” the red guy with guns was now standing above him on a bigger crate, waving down at the teen, “awe, tiny puppy claws!”

Danny took a swing at the crate, watching as it collapsed and the man fell, laughing the entire time he went down.

He quickly turned to run, only to run into a wide chest where he promptly bounced off and landed ass first on the floor, “What in the-I have literally ran into steel walls softer then you.”

Claw man snorted as he reached down and picked Danny up by the scruff, “You alright kid?”

Said kid just hissed at him.

Claws was chuckling, “Cute, now put back your claws, I think it’s time for a chat.”

“Is it finally our turn for the found family and misunderstandings trope,” the red man was back and had swaggered up to the other two, an arm being thrown over his partners shoulders, “Hi, there and welcome, I’m Deadpool and this is Wolverine and we’re your new dads.”

“No.”

“No?”

Danny smiled, all sharp teeth, “No,” and promptly went invisible and intangible, escaping out of the warehouse while he could, leaving the other two behind.

He had to find a portal home.

Wade went limp, using Logan as a brace, “But I wanted to pull a ‘Batman’…”

The response was a snort and Wolverine sniffing his own hand, growling as he took the child’s scent in, “Don’t know what your talking about but, I can track him down, we probably need to before more of these fucks show up and get their hands on him.”

Hope you enjoyed it!

[adhdvane]

anyways i cried last night bc i only had to do one 10-part and i got him

i remember 3 years ago when doss came out and i was like gbf give us that baal skin i will throw money at it. we never got it BUT THIS IS LIKE 100x BETTER. I’m JUST SO HAPPY I GOT IT ON THE FIRST 10-PART. I CAN SAVE MY CRYSTALS FOR SUMMER (i mean i have barely any saved bc i spent last gala bc i was dumb but)

[jasontoddsno1simp]

One day, we will be free from people misinterpreting Jason's disdain for Robin as an obsession with Tim. As if there is enough of a character there for Jason to be obsessed with.

And this is coming from someone who is mentally unwell about what the two of them represent to each other. Their dynamic would be so interesting if the narrative wasn't dedicated to deep throating the rich boy and justifying his existence.

it's so cute that some people think jason cares enough about tim to even text him. haha. this mischaracterization is in fact very funny and i am definitely not frothing in the mouth.

[toastling]

Obito Uchiha was genuinely one of the most busted characters in all of anime even before he absorbed the God Tree. Kamui is so ridiculously overpowered, it's no wonder once he got his continent busting power-up he lost the ability to use it entirely.

It wasn't just the fact that he was intangible and untouchable, or that he could teleport around at will, it was that he could be selective as to which parts of his body were or weren't solid, and the ludicrous speed at which he was able to turn it on and off in an instant.

He was reacting to kicks and nunchaku from Might Guy, one of the fastest close-quarters combatants in the franchise, with such speed and proficiency he could be solid one instant, become intangible right when a blow is about to hit, and then in the fractions of fractions of a second it takes to pass through his hand, re-solidify that hand to grab hold of him and completely nullify the attack.

And that isn't even accounting for his regeneration or enhanced physical strength due to half his body being made of White Zetsu, or his access to Wood Release and ability to explode branches out of people's bodies to skewer them to death, or his unparalleled genjutsu prowess strong enough to trap somebody who is supposed to be immune to genjutsu inside of one for 4 years without him or anyone around him knowing he was under one.

Busted as hell. One of my absolute favorite villains in terms of powers. I'd argue he was stronger than Madara in many respects... Kamui is just too broken.

[simplyanjuta]

Mod: No Macabre Pose in UI

For the Life and Death pack a new pose explicitly for the Macabre trait was added - also weirdly enough only for this trait. So now, whenever a sim has the Macabre trait, the game will try to use this pose.

This new pose is not only used for Household and travel thumbnails but is also all over the UI looking very out of place compared to other thumbnails, especially being the only trait based pose. When you look at your relationship panel, your sims come in two categories now, macabre sims and non macabre sims 🙈

The reason this pose is *everywhere* is because EA basically replaced the default pose ("Sim Bust") with it - which is used for:

the neutral/"fine" mood in the Household panel,

the main menu thumbnail,

the relationship panel,

the picker menu

and possibly in other places as well...

Not sure if they thought this quite through.

With this mod I disabled the feature for the UI. (This mod is an override of the file 81112DE1AD5B55F6/MoodUI_Thumbnails which is managing these thumbnails.)

Download:

SimFileShare

This mod is an alternative to "Trait Based Sim Bust Thumbnails". Pick the mod you prefer and remove the other one.

See also:

If you also want to remove the macabre pose from household and travel thumbnails you can use my mods for Gallery poses (1 | 2).

If you're the opposite, I also started a little project to make better use of this new feature. I'm adding more trait based poses to the game (I have focussed on Household thumbnails only though).

Current game bug (not a mod issue):

It seems that the game currently is regenerating thumbnails each time you restart the game, even when the thumbnails already exist in the file localthumbcache, thus unneccessarily slowing down the game and bloating up this file. I tested this with no mods, with basegame only, in a fresh save, with the thumbnail config file reset to factory settings and it's still happening. Also added my findings to this bug report. If you noticed the same issue, please hit "me too".

If EA ever fixes the issue:

You might need to delete the file localthumbcache to let the game generate new thumbnails, otherwise you only see the changes when the game decides to update the thumbnails next time the sim changes.

[cipher-fresh]

💬 suffering-academy-student Follow

does anyone else wish u could regenerate but not change and not use up a regeneration. just like do a hard reboot

#i'm gonna call myself The Sufferer

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💫 constellationon-kasterborous Follow

what is it even like to not be a time lord do you like get impaled by rebar at 45 years old and just die. couldn't be me

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🚀 silvertraveller Follow

_____👶 timelordtoddler Follow

_____playing with a roentgen radioactive brick in the nursery rn

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🔉 gallifreyballifreyshmallifrey Follow

i love this website because its the only place you can say you have interfered with the natural flow of time and you won't get investigated by the CIA

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😉 winkles-wonderland Follow

who up lording they time

#no I don’t need to add any extra tags thanks I trust my audience will find it

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👦 theresponsibilityavoider Follow

I was skipping school hanging out in a clearing and some guy exited a portal from a CONFESSION DIAL 😭 and he was like “Go to the city. Find someone important. Tell them I’m back. Tell them, they know what they did. And I’m on my way. And if they ask you who I am, tell them ‘I came the long way round’” 😭😭😭 what the hell

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💬 oneofthegreathouse Follow

if you have a fetish for people being born through bodily reproductive systems KEEP IT TO YOURSELF!!!! nobody needs to see that on their dash

__♻️ callmeweaver Follow

__Ok Puriteen you need to get on my level. sexualize looms OR ELSE!!!!!

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💫 thecurator Follow

the high council of gallifrey: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “the timeless child” 😳 you’ll be zonked out of your gourd 💯

Me: yeah whatever. I don’t feel shit.

5 minutes later: dude I swear I just saw some pre-Hartnell doctors

My buddy the Master pacing: the Time Lords are lying to us

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🏠 somegrandolgallifrey Follow

I heard some kid crying himself to sleep in a cabin. COULD not be me

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♾️ thatacademygraduate Follow

Went to a museum today! I saw a lot of really cool stuff but something I couldn’t stop thinking about was this horrifically busted up Type 40 TARDIS that literally looked like it was held together with duct tape, chewed gum and prayers 😵‍💫😵‍💫 girl kill that thing I’m so sorry….

#i think it was even still alive. please put it out of its misery for the love of rassilon

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🥽 howsitgoinghowitgoes Follow

Bruh my best friend and I tried to play a prank on my brother but it went wrong and he hit his head so badly he REGENERATED i need to go into hiding

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😐 the-hybrid Follow

Who am I

#please for the love of god help me

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🔹 thetasigma Follow

Koschei and I skipped school today and went stargazing. We agreed to visit every single one together when we leave this stupid planet. I love them so much. We're going to be together forever.

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💭 siblingofkarn Follow

Why do I keep having nightmares about Gallifrey being destroyed in like 5 different ways, that could literally never happen

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🤖 pompousandstuffy Follow

I literally hate children soooo much like today some ninety year old tried to speak to me. KILL YOURSELF THIRTEEN TIMES ‼️

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👽 cheapandnastytraveltime Follow

For a Time Lord I have such a bad sense of time. if chamelon arches were real i would make myself literally any other species

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😍 starstartwinkletwinkle Follow

I have to stare into the untempered schism tomorrow. Any advice?

[burnedself]

I'm not shitting you btw this got datamined back in like April

No but when will the rumored / leaked DW collab come to Fortnite it will be the funniest shit ever

[mcyt-trios]

PROPAGANDA:

Team Zit:

Separate, they are insane. Together, they are even more insane and egg each other on plus bonus funny noises, jokes, and redstone.

Umm my little redstone science freaks teehee <3

Everyone looks at them and assumes that Impulse is the one in control, that he’s the one who’s got his shit together and has to reel the other two in but he isn’t. He really isn’t lmfao. Two redstone geniuses and a mad scientist but when they’re in the same room together all of their collective braincells go fleeing in terror.

Champions of the first season of Hardcore Hermits, even though they were the only team playing without natural regeneration! They're a platonic trio but sometimes joke about each other in a way that's on the edge of what is appropriate for Hermitcraft.

Soup Group:

I love them sm. They go raid a woodland mansion together with stone tools on day 1. They go end-busting with only soup a few days later. They all based practically on top of each other and send messages under the river (or through the ceiling/basement in Gem and Impulse's case). Pearl and Impulse got mad at the king so the three of them started a revolution. Every single meetup involves them drinking suspicious stew that more often than not causes someone to go blind. They share a nether tunnel. Gem got bored and they all had wooden sword fights. They put their faces all over each other's bases. Gem still uses the "Behind You Gem! 2.0" sword that Impulse made her at the beginning of the season. There's so many inside jokes between them. Please, they mean so so so much to me <3

They're neighbours. They're going on soup adventures. They're watching each other die in comedic ways. They're slaying each other with wooden swords. They're teasing each other. They have an elaborate messaging system they never use. Pearl keeps making them blindness soup and then the others complain that she's blinded them again and then they'll do it all again next week. They're silly and goofy and so much fun. I love them.

[love-toxin]

i have seen deadpool and wolverine 7 times in theaters. i need to kiss both of those men and i need them to kiss each other. we all need to hold hands and hug and kiss and skip in a circle together. and then have hot graphic sex together.

i need to be sandwiched in between them with no way to escape while they’re pissed at each other so they feel bad when they calm down. need them to start fucking all gentle out of guilt, like my brain didn’t melt out of my ears cuz they were so damn rough. need them to accidentally overstimulate me because they didn’t know they made me cum more than once during their bickering. need them to start fucking each other with me still between them cuz im outta commission but they still want to be as close to me as physically possible. need the friction of their bodies to accidentally cause a final orgasm so deep and slow it knocks me out, only to wake up hours later still between them. (goddamn healing factors)

ANON I WANNA LIVE IN UR BRAIN SO BAD!!!!

uuuuuugghhhnnnnm i just know the sex would be CRAZY. Logan and Wade both having regeneration and violent tendencies and having to have some kinda restraint to not literally kill you while you're sandwiched between them 😵‍💫 fighting over who gets ur ass first 😩😩 woof. thinkin of them having a tally on a notepad (mostly Wade, lets be fr) keeping score of how many times each of them get lucky with you and getting scary competitive over it. looking at the tallies an seeing one of them is lower than the other this week and realizing you're gonna get your bones jumped hardcore just for one of them to make up the score. sometimes they're bickering so much even a kiss makes them jealous--you peck Logan on the chin and Wade's whining about it being unfair until you lean over and give him one too. but as soon as he starts stealing another and another Logan grabs your neck and shoves his own tongue down your throat and whoops, the boys are duking it out again!

also.......the pull out game being weak as hell. each of them just end up pushing you deeper on to the other and it's no wonder they can't abort the mission on time--some days you get treated so nice and gentle and like a little noble on your throne, and some days you end the night with your lap just soaked and have to accept your fate when they both fall asleep still buried inside. but bc ur their pookie they're so sweet afterwards <33 you're not like them, you need a bath and treats and cuddles to recover when they rough you up! the babying from them would be sooooooo tasty and it just compliments the insane ball-busting hole-resizing craziness that happens whenever they're riled up and get so much as arm's reach from you. ugh!!!!

[tobiasdrake]

How would you write Majin Boo and Yamcha in the Tournament of Power, instead of Roshi and 17?

Honestly, Buu would be pretty game-breaking. I can't really conceive of any reason why Buu wouldn't absorb Jiren and anticlimactically waste everybody else fighting in the tournament.

As the be-all end-all final villain of Dragon Ball, Buu's ability to just eat whoever's stronger than him and gain their power for himself is completely busted. It makes it very difficult to write him into scenarios where he is a struggling underdog trying to compete with a superior foe.

Which is probably why Super snubs him so much. This is a character who has near limitless regeneration on top of the ability to turn every single fighter in the tournament into candy and he can just absorb everybody who's stronger than him whenever he runs into a brick wall. That's great for an overpowered villain that we need to find some way to beat, but terrible for a protagonist who needs to be challenged.

Like. It cannot be understated how devastating Buu's Candy Beam would be here. He can spread it over a wide area. He could literally step out onto that stage and Gobstopper every fighter from every universe simultaneously.

And sure, some of them would be able to Universe's Strongest Jawbreaker that shit. But it's still kind of purpose-defeating if like 80% of the assembled fighters are KO'd in the first three seconds. Buu just waves his antenna and erases anyone who isn't Power Levels enough to compete with Vegetto? Okay, man. There go all the fun fights for the weaker characters. Buh-bye.

Even then, if they aren't allowed to fly, like... how are they supposed to fight now? Is Gobstopper Jiren just supposed to spend the rest of the arc rolling into other gobstoppers super hard to ping them off the field?

Actually, that sounds amazing. XD

But in an AU capacity, not in a "This is seriously the plot of the show" capacity.

I don't think Toriyama would have kept Buu around if he wasn't planning on closing the book on Dragon Ball shortly after. Buu joining the supporting cast is very much a "Fuck it, we're done anyway" decision that the series is now paying for, and its solution is to just... find ways to conveniently kick him out of the cast over and over again.

Going into the Tournament of Power... Like, right from the get-go, Buu is going to be nerfed by the rules of the tournament. He can't eat people. That would probably be how you get around the "Buu just deletes half the tournament roster" problem.

He's just. He's not allowed to use his powers. Sorry. Buu has to fight with one hand behind his back. Dem's the rules.

I don't know if he would actually abide by that rule. He might just end up disqualified after eating Toppo. Buu is a selfish, impulsive hedonist who reflexively lashes out at authority. He's just gonna do whatever he wants and let the chips fall where they may.

But if Mr. Satan tells him not to eat anyone, he... probably won't eat anyone? Might still Candy Beam them though. Turning them all into marbles and rolling them off the stage would technically be within the terms of a "NO EATING PEOPLE" restriction.

Buu's crowd control options are bad for the narrative integrity of a battle royale. Even right now, I'm trying to figure out how he could be involved and still having to write around his powerset rather than being able to incorporate and challenge it to its fullest.

I don't know. It's honestly difficult to incorporate him in a way that would be respectful and utilize him in interesting ways without letting him dominate and break the plot.

I think he could work as the villain of another universe's story. Have Buu take the field as the threat that's gonna carry us to victory until fighters from another universe find a way to team up and take him down.

But for the life of me, I can't get around, "Why doesn't he just Candy Beam the entire arena?"

...

As for Yamcha, I probably wouldn't write him into the Tournament of Power. Yamcha quit during the Cell arc and I'm entirely happy to let him. If I was writing Yamcha in Super, probably the only thing I'd do with him is properly introduce his new girlfriend from the end of the Cell Games.

Put an actual name and a face to her, so the fandom can stop ignoring her existence when they complain that Bulma condemned Yamcha to die alone and unloved.

I mean, I'd pick Yamcha over Roshi, to be sure. I feel like the series has forgotten that the Muten-Roshi isn't Goku's "One True Master" or anything like that. Goku has a lot of respect for the man who set him on his path, and he wears the Kame-senryu dogi out of that respect. But he learned everything Roshi had to teach him and left him in the dust long ago, a fact that made Roshi proud.

That story is over. The Muten-Roshi is a 300-year-old man who just wants to enjoy his retirement. Stop trying to make him relevant again! And also just. In general. Stop trying to make "Goku the wide-eyed pupil" happen again. It's done. He's a master now. Let him be a master.

Lotta beefs with DBS.

But yeah, while I agree with the criticism of "Why Roshi and not Yamcha", it's only to the extent that going with Yamcha is still kicking the can down the road. I cannot conceive of a single way that Yamcha's character or the story would be enriched by the Tournament of Power, that wouldn't just feel like hollow fanservice.

"Yamcha got to WIN A FIGHT AGAINST SOMEONE. This one's for you, Yamcha stans! Okay, he's done, someone punt this dipshit off the stage."

Which. To be fair. A lot of the ToP is hollow fanservice. I... did not like that arc very much. Or DBS as a whole, for that matter. So I'm probably not the guy to figure out the best way to utilize characters in it.

But for me, I'd be more interested in a proper Yamcha epilogue that closes out his character on a satisfying note and sends him off, than in desperately trying to drag Yamcha back into the game and shackling him into a status quo he already respectfully bowed out of.

[dronebiscuitbat]

Holy Shit! This was my first ever attempt at writing for MD that I found buried in the recycle bin of my notes! I wasn't happy with the characterization of them so I tossed it, and this is like a year old... but fuck it. Enjoy!

Some implications,t hough if you got through OITTB you'll be fine

Touch.

“Oh fuck me…” Uzi gasped as she took a look at N’s naked chassis for the first time. It wasn't a sexual thing. Rather a “N's tail busted against the wall and showered himself and his overcoat in acid” thing. But his accidental stupidity was the furthest thing from her mind now.

He had unhealed scars running up and down his body, normally that would only moderately worry her, he's a (while now docile) murder drone. He's bound to be cut up every now and again.

These were however, long claw marks that came from OTHER murder drones, and it had to have been consistent and often with his permanent scaring considering he regenerated a whole freaking head and it's not like his head came back the same off-grey color as his scars.

He turned to her. Unembarassed, which that didn't surprise her, he'd quite literally been an open book since they'd met. Dude had no concept of privacy and she was a little surprised this was the first time she was seeing him naked honestly. It wasn't like he had anything to see but armored plating, but it still made her visor flush with purple.

“Huh?” Was the only sound from him as he held his tail away from him, it was already regenerating, but was still leaking, so he'd dragged a plastic bucket over so it didn't eat through the metal flooring of her kitchen.

“You're covered in scars!” How? Don't you guys heal really fast?” Uzi suppressed the very-unlike-her urge to smother him in a hug, or maybe make him lick himself, that might have been more her style.

“Oh.” For once N didn't immediately sound off an explaination or reassure her worries. He did something far worse. He talked a little bit like herself.

“Don't worry about it, I'm a disassembly drone, we get hurt sometimes.”

He waved it off like it was no big deal, like those weren't totally claw marks running up the length of his sides like a bear had tried to climb him and more worryingly, across his CORE.

Nope. Uzi was not going to let N be like her today. Not when she felt her core stutter with worry and her CPU filled with horrific explanations of why N had so many scars.

Had he done it himself? Why? He wasn't so clumsy to be doing it on accident. Was it V? He did say he had a crush on her, maybe she was taking advantage? Using him as a scratching post? Was it J? Or was it another squad of drones?

“N. You regrew a head and didn’t scar. That had to have happened pretty often for them to be that visible.”

His tail had regenerated, slowly filling up with more nanite acid, but he wouldn't look at her, not all the way at least. His eyes went hollow for a moment.

Then he looked back up at her, a shy smile on his face.

“It… uh… I…” it looked like he couldn't figure out what to say, if he wanted to say anything at all.

And that's when Uzi's resolve broke, they'd been through so much together, prom, specifically, and that was wild. But here he was, being uncharacteristically speechless.

She went up to him slowly, ignoring the fact he was naked. And touched one of his scars, and seethed when she felt the indents where the claws had bitten into him.

“N…” Her voice was uncharacteristically soft, and when she looked up she saw that he'd closed his eyes. Not his real ones, but the ones on his visor were squeezed shut.

“N, I don't want to force you to tell me anything. But I am worried about you.” She ran her fingers again over them, trying to gadge how he felt about it by his expression.

Her hands stilled, still on him but no longer moving. He slowly opened his eyes visor painted yellow and an unreadable expression on his face. His vents took in more air, causing him to pant slightly.

“N.” His name was spoken to him slightly more forcefully, but her hands were anything but, they went up to cup his face, her face dripped concen, he couldn't stop the purr that escaped him. Even if it made the both of their visors fill more with color.

“Uzi… I'm-I’m fine. I was used to it. It was a way I was useful.” He'd repeated what he'd told himself so many times that he'd truly started to belive it. He was eager to please, and if that meant bearing the brunt of J’s aggressive handling. Then he was glad to be useful.

He wanted to take back his words when Uzi suddenly looked horrified. Which wasn't want he wanted, if anything he wanted her to continue looking at her the way she was. He started to tremble. Oh no, he'd messed up again. Maybe Uzi could forgive him? She'd been so nice to him even after he'd almost showered her in acid.

“I uhm, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you upset. I-” His tail went limp, he hunched himself up to make himself look small, looking away, not making eye contact. trying his best not to tremble when the first hit connected- as it always did.

But it didn't, instead the worker drone pulled him down into a fierce hug, hooking her arms underneath his and gripping (or almost gripping, she couldn't quite reach.) his shoulders to pull him down into her.

He blinked before slowly coming down to her level, tension slowly waning from his shoulders as she rubbed circles into them. She was so gentle, so patient, he felt a sob lodge in his throat which he tried to push down.

“Please stay here tonight. I don't know if it was V or J, and you don't have to tell me. But please don't go back to the pod.” Her voice was strained, soft, and felt like heaven going into his audio receptors, he nodded, nuzzling into her neck like a puppy.

When she pulled away she was almost hesitant. Looking up and down his marred chassis before focusing on his face again. She pressed their visors together, causing the glass to click together. N had never seen his freind so distressed, and he felt guilty being the cause.

But he also felt good. Like, really good. He'd liked the way her fingers felt on him and the contrast between the drone now in front of him and the one who'd often pin him to the pod wall with or without warning.

“You aren't like J. You're really patient with me when I mess up.” The words were thick and uncomfortable on his synthetic tongue. Uzi looked up, she was being so uncharacteristically quiet that N was starting to suspect he'd done something wrong again, but this time he wasn't as scared, Uzi would tell him, it wasn't going to happen without warning.

“Thank you.” He then said, and he could almost feel her wince with her hands still around him. Oh… that wasn't what he wanted.

Uzi's heart had fucking shattered awhile ago, but somehow his thanks made it crumble into dust. He was thanking her for doing the bare minimum of giving a shit that her closest (and only) freind had been sexually abused on the regular.

“You don’t have to thank me for that buddy.” She smiled at him, actually, genuinely smiled. What the hell else was she going to do? She'd always treated N differently from all the other drones just because he reminded her of a golden retriever. Now? He was getting an Uzi with all the safety's on.

“Come on, I have a shirt you can borrow. Then we can watch some anime?” She tugged at his hand, leading him away from his overcoat in the kitchen and into her room. She tossed him a long shirt that she'd worn as pajamas once, a lilac one that read “My GF Thinks I'm Tall.”

He slipped it over his shoulders with minimal struggle, looking down at it and smiling before turning back up to her and smiling brighter.

Oh, she was totally letting him keep that if he wanted.

Uzi hummed and told him to turn around while she slipped off her clothes to change in her pajamas. N looked confused but did as he was told. She'd just seen him naked, what was the big deal?

But he was always eager to please and if Uzi wanted something out of him he'd do it. He heard her sigh, “Okay, you can turn around.” N whipped around excitedly, his tail wagging rapidly as he remembered how she looked in her prom dress.

All she was wearing was a black t-shirt that was so long it covered a good portion of her metallic legs, but N still felt his visor flush slightly, as her hair was down and out of her beanie, and it was quite a bit longer than he'd expected.

“Oh! Your hair is really pretty down.” He grins and that causes Uzi to blush, tangling a finger in one of her bangs and looking at the ground.

“Uh… thanks.” She still felt awkward at the revelation that had just occurred. And it had shook her pretty badly. But it wasn't like the feelings she'd been cursed with at prom were suddenly gone. If anything, they were now stronger.

N just laughed, his head bouncing to every corner of the room like he was trying to memorize it all while also trying to take everything in. It wasn't like this was the first time in here either, he was just… always happy.

And Fuck J had done everything but destroy his chassis and he was still smiling happily around her room like he wouldn't always carry that with him.

“Wanna tuck in and watch Illegally downloaded anime?” She asked, trying not to bum him out (if that was possible) by holding onto a smile for him. It was a lot harder than it seemed on the surface, expessially since she could still see his scars in her mind.

“Yeah!” He lept into her bed from the floor like a cat, the tail adding to the illusion. She climbed up behind him, only to have N grab her by the waist and plop her directly into his lap, smiling brightly even when Uzi had to catch her breath.

“What are we watching?” He hummed, tail flicking back and forth, dangerously close to the wall again, Uzi caught it and put it in her lap, causing a flinch from the drone behind her, though he relaxed when all she did was rest a hand on it.

“Hmm, we can start you off with some shorter series if you want. I've already seen most of these.” N just nodded along to everything she said, happy to please, happy to be of use just like before, only now he felt good about it. Uzi was good to him.

Uzi just sighed, she hopped he'd find some preferences of his own soon instead of just being interested in what she was. But what much was there to do in the pod anyway? Play with buttons that didn't work?

So mindlessly she picked one that she'd remembered to be short, and played it on a small screen attached to her bed, N was glued to it almost immediately, but she leaned back into his chest. More watching him than whatever was happening.

Ignoring her core pumping quickly at thier proximity, she relaxed, partly because he was warm and partly because he was almost using her as a stuffed animal, holding her every time anything happened that excited him. His arms were strong, safe, and seemed to have already perfected getting the pressure around her just right for her to start to doze off.

But when very loud, very aggressive snogging noises attacked her audio receptors, she was wrenched out of sleep mode in a panic. Eyes trained on the screen.

Okay, main characters making out, she'd forgotten that bit. But that meant she'd slept through almost three hours of anime and it was almost over. Blessedly, this was the first and only instance of it in this anime, but she probably should have been more careful with her selection.

She took a moment to look back up at N, who had relaxed into the crook of her neck, he was still paying attention, even if his visor was lit up in embarrassment.

“Want me to skip it?” Uzi’s voice cracked with sleep, a little bit gravely, N’s visor got a little bit brighter at her question, Uzi felt his fingers twitch. Huh, they were around her waist, resting on her stomach, she hadn't noticed that.

“Uhhh, not really, it's kinda been building towards this moment.” Hah, it tracked that N liked mushy stuff, and Uzi let out a breathy laugh into N's audio receptors, he felt his core startle-stop, and a shudder go down his neck.

“Eh, not into watching other people snog. You do you buddy.” She nestled back into the position she was in before, intending to go back into sleep-mode until it was over.

“Is that what they're doing? I thought she was trying to maul him but I couldn't figure out why.”

Uzi snort-laughed into the crook of his neck, sending pleasant vibrations up the disassembly drones spine, another shudder went down his neck.

Yeah the animation in the scene wasn’t the greatest. Uzi thought to herself, the creators had clearly run out of budget somewhere on the last two episodes.

“What's snogging?” He asked, waiting until the feeling in his gut went away to ask, Uzi hummed lightly, still underneath him, still half-asleep, if he contrentrated enough, he could feel her core hum.

“Just a cutesy term for kissing dummy.” She replied, which didn't answer his question because;

“I dont know what that means either.” And that caught her attention enough to make her fully awake.

Oh right, she was talking to N, her best freind, the same best freind who's sides looked like a scratching post.

And J hadn't even fucking kissed him either. Uzi was glad she'd killed the bitch. Twice.

“Well, it's what two people do if they really like each other. Not like, friendship like, but like…” She hummed, trying to explain something she'd not had experience with herself to someone who was essentially asking what an arm was.

“You said you have a crush on V? So like how you feel about her.” Ow, just a little bit of emotional self harm from the emo kid, nothing to see here.

“So she's not trying to steal his blood?” He asked and Uzi let out another snort-laugh, N was unintentionally appealing to her dark sense of humor.

“No, although that would admittedly be way more entertaining to watch.” Her eyes flicked back to the screen, damn, did these two need to breathe or what?

“I don't think V would be into this. She'd want to actually steal my blood instead.” Uzi couldn't help but shrug and nod, he was probably right, V didn't seem the type.

“I really like you.” He said slowly, making her nerves alight, it didn't help that he was right in her ear as he said it, still in the crook of her neck.

“I already said not in a friendship way…’ She didn't let herself hope he meant it like that, but she felt him grip her. It was his turn to blush. She felt him freeze, then his breath stuttered out, she heard his cooling system whir to life.

“I… I don't think it is.” Uzi stiffened, heart feeling too full, visor almost tearing up. She didn't say anything though, just took one of his hands and squeezed it. She felt a hundred different words and reactions bubble up at once, like crabs in a bucket it caused none of them to make their way out.

He didn’t say anything else, perhaps he was too nervous to. But Uzi did catch onto his tail slumping slightly and he started to move away. Uzi didn't let him, pressing harder against him so he couldn't.

“Stay.” Was all she said, holding his hand tightly. She couldn't bring herself to say anything else back, she was far too edgy and emotionally stunted for that. But she didn't want him to think that he was unwanted.

Because she did want him. Terribly, but her head was too fucked up to say it so she was trying to show it, through her actions rather than words she wouldn't know how to say.

N thankfully seemed to get her message as he settled back in behind her. Thank Robo-God she hadn't scared him off with her current timidness, she could possibly confess verbally someday, but thinking about that was on the verge of making her overheat.

And then after a pregnant period of silence where she could have sworn she heard his core thrum more loudly than normal; N kissed her neck. Well really he licked her neck, using way too much tongue for the simple gesture. But Uzi still knew what he was trying to do.

And despite the urge to scream, or perhaps pass out from overheating; she felt herself move her head out of the way to give him more room, giggling softly at the way his tail wagged at her acceptance.

It was such a girly, un-edgy giggle she wanted to curse herself. What the fuck was she doing?

“L-less tongue, more like you're biting.” And so his lips found her neck next and that made her squirm, one of her hands came up to press him down into her shoulder.

Teaching N how to kiss her neck was apparently what she was doing. And she couldn't quite get herself to be mad about it.

That's when her whimpers started, N was a good listener, and attentive, so whenever she'd give him any sign of enjoyment he'd try to do more, slow kissing turned to sucking and nipping, making the sounds out of the girl in front of him more intense.

He pulled his head away when she'd sounded breathless, a sweet chuckle bubbling off his lips as his tail curled around them both.

“Is it okay to bite?” He asked, he sounded out of breath as well. His voice was lower, taking on a gravel that seemed to include the parts of him that were slightly more murder bot-y.

“In general, or with me?” Uzi breathed out, anticipation ramping up, core beginning to spin to bring extra oil to where it needed to.

“You.” He whispered, one of his hands wandering up from her stomach to where her core was humming loudly. Causing a shudder to wrack down her spine suddenly.

“Bite me.”

At the command he did, sinking his fangs into her neck at an angle, sending her oil into his throat and making Uzi yelp, her hands instinctively shot up in self preservation, but N held them back with his arm, he held his position as she slowly relaxed, a low whine escaping her lips as pleasure took over pain.

“N…” She purred, there was something so primal about her in his mouth, he had every capacity to end her in a second. But she knew he wouldn't, even as he sucked a gulp of oil out of her and errors appeared on her visor.

Then he pulled back and licked until her neck stopped leaking, She felt him lick his lips from her oil, and then sigh in contentment.

“I've been wanting to do that for forever.” He explained, laughing slightly at her blissed out face, oil slightly dripping off his lips, he let her turn to face him, wrapping his arms around her back.

“Uzi? Did I go too far I-” She lunged up to kiss him, tangling her fingers in his hair. He whimpered, he hadn't even realized his hair was sensitive until she raked her fingers through it and he groaned.

He tried to keep pace with her, but he was inexperienced and the practice on her neck didn't help. Still Uzi continued to guide him, slowing down to his pace, her hands fluttering down his neck, drawing another groan from his lips.

One of his hands found the the small of her back and the other cupped her cheek. While one of Uzi's hands wandered under the shirt she'd given him and lightly touched his core.

He pulled away immediately, wincing, but holding her hand there as if he was fighting some internal programming. Uzi felt guilt hit her like a truck, she'd wanted to try and erase the pain, not bring it to the surface again.

She held him as his eyes were squeezed shut, his core stammer-starting and restarting. The guilt creeped deeper, and concern filled her visor.

It took a minute or two, but N looked back up at her, looking guilty himself.

“S-sorry, I wanted to, well I wanted to do a lot of things, like tell you how I feel. But I wanted to show you I was okay.” He drew circles into her hand that had remained on his core for the duration of his episode.

“I guess I wasn't as okay as I thought… sorry.” At his second apology Uzi sighed, and she used her free hand to cup his cheek.

“No, I'm way happier you stopped me. I definitely crossed a line…” Uh yeah! You freaking kissed him you idiot! I mean he had been making out with your neck but he did not give you consent to kiss him!

“You didn't. I wanted to.” N spoke that with confidence, some energy coming back into his voice as he was shaking off the trauma.

“I mean I was the one who took it that direction in the first place. Preeeeetty sure you'd rather die then admit you like me sooo…”

Oh, oh he was being a little shit. Calling her out like that. That wasn't cool, that wasn't cool at all.

“Well you're the robot equivalent of a golden retriever and I have a reputation to uphold, Bite me!”

“Already did, you're delicious.” He teased. Making all the venom in her voice dissolve. She blushed deeply, refusing to look at him.

“Sooo, when did you fall for me?” He asked, grinning. Making her want to spite him, she looked back at him, visor angry, but he had such an earnest look on his face, she frustratingly couldn't stay mad.

She thought back, when did she start feeling this way?

She'd always enjoyed Ns presence, he balanced her out when she was being too edgy and he had always known how to make things fun.

But it was prom. When he'd worn that suit and held her for the first time. When they'd danced and he'd taken so many scary hits for her, being nearly bisected in front of her and collapsing in a puddle of his own oil.

Yes, he had gotten back up. But it'd still scared the life out of her.

“P-prom.” She started. “I thought that fan blade had hit your core. I was so,so scared I was gonna lose you.”

N wasn't sure what he'd been expecting, maybe another “Bite me!” Or another type of “aggressive” deflection that lacked any true bite. He hadn't expected her honest answer, or how her face turned down in the same worry he'd seen that night.

“Same.” His gaze was soft, watching as another purple blush took over her face. Despite her best efforts to look tough, he quite literally saw her edge melt away at the way he was looking at her.

He knew what anger and aggression looked like, it looked like J, looming over him, telling him how useless he was while simultaneously using his body as a stress-ball. Getting herself off on his degredation.

Uzi liked to act aggressive, but in reality it was a shield for herself rather than a sword for others. N wouldn't deny she was tough as nails, but Uzi was undeniably sweet, she craved connection much like himself and right now he wished his first instinct when she touched him or when she was raising her defensive shield at him wasn't to submit, or to flee, or to try to appease someone that he knew deep down wouldn't intentually hurt him.

He wished it was love, something he had in spades and wanted to give but didn't want to be scarred again. Even if all signs pointing to Uzi being as gentle with his heart as he was to hers.

He hadn't realized he'd begun to tear up until he felt Uzi's forehead on his again, the same concerned expression he'd come to expect tonight, her hands on either side of his face.

He kissed her again, much more breifly, before capturing her in his embrace. Dragging her fully into his lap and encapsulating her entire being in his larger chassis.

“One day, when I can't remember what J looks like. I'll let you do whatever you want to me…” He whispered softly, making them both blush like mad. But he didn't backpedal or think Uzi was angry at him anymore. Because she was purring into him, touching his core just over his shirt.

“All I want to do is be good for you.” Now that didn't sound like Uzi, but at the same time it did. Because right now she was unarmoured and N felt so honored to have caused that. He kissed her forehead.

“You are.” Is all he replied with, the credits of the anime scrolling across his screen as he glanced at the screen.

He couldn't wait until he could give himself physically to her. But until he was ready she'd always have him like this, cuddling and holding her as sweetly as she wanted. He could give her that, at least.

They fell asleep like that, with Uzi's hands wrapped around his sides, over his scars.

He didn’t notice.

[patheticbatman]

I think they should’ve made a Deadpool Rap for Deadpool & Wolverine. So I ended up making my own!

This song is more shippy than bloody but it’s still a Deadpool rap, beware!

Shoutout to Teamheadkick for the original song and to Javier Carter Leitch for making the karaoke version I used. Lyrics under the cut.

Deadpool Rap (Deadclaws Remix)

(Parentheses) means a second singer or a previous recording would be a good idea for this

[Brackets] designates verses

{Fancy Brackets} means suggestions for if someone wanted to make a fully edited version, like adding in sound effects and such.

[Intro]{must have LFG theme within}

(Deadclaws)

(Deadclaws)

(Deadclaws)

Sexy Motherfuckers

[Verse 1]

Talkin' shit and that, I am strife

Desecrate Logan's grave

Take his claws, turning battles to raves Nuts! Ass!

Both ends get smacked

Even hella depressed I stay jacked

Penetrating Worsterine with my blades

X-23 kicks ass wearing pink shades

[Verse 2]

TV-shitt-A shut down

Paradox clown Cassandra Nova fuck blown

Motherfuckers, do not try to skate uphill

Elektra, Gambit, Puppins, Blade, top bill

All the Deadpools can't fucking beat us

Specially since we got our Peter {slant} Holding my hand, Wolvie gets horny

Shirt bursts to Madonna; kinda porny

[Chorus]

(Deadclaws)

Let's Fucking Go (X-men)

Billion buck show

(Queer shit)

I'm Deadpool and he's

Muah

Boyfriend Wolverine

[Verse 3]

Telling the truth

(Muah)

Johnny's just 'gone'

(Muah)

Mindfucked and screaming but Nova's blown like a bomb

(Muah)

Ain't a anchor

(Muah)

But world? Saved it

(Muah)

Boyfriend and Dog

Plus Al and family

[Verse 4]

Educated wish

Shit I'm full

Still Logan chose to stay, swish

Gubernatorial

What a release, hitting on Hugh

Jackman

We both do regeneration

Effort? Yeah still at maximum

Stabbing and punching just for fun

We're getting those nominations

Blood and guts, serious fun

Colossus and crew throwing party

Vanessa and I just friends, still i Fuck hard in the Honda Odyssey

X-world finally on good ground

Blood, dripping like cum onto teeth and mouths

Un-natural bottom, but we 'bout Peanut and Mouth

Yeah, we're busting south

[Chorus]

(Deadclaws)

Let's Fucking Go

(X-men)

Billion buck show

(Queer shit)

I'm Deadpool and he's

Muah

Boyfriend Wolverine

[Outro]

Deadclaws

Deadclaws

Deadclaws

Deadclaws {slow down and drain out half way}

[localcanadiancreature62]

I will finally write that "Fellas is it gay to be stabbed by your ex in the abdomen in a suggestive way?,while you're also stabbing his face in an equally suggestive way?. The answer is yes" fic idea aka BILL AND FORD TRY TO FUCKING KILL EACH OTHER. @aria-greenhoodie you were the first witness of this fic idea and now i will make you suffer with murderous old man yaoi. I only made this because i was thinking of Billford ideas to write as i NEED THEM BADLY since i have been making aus for my current hyperfixation which you all know what that is (gravity falls),but then this popped into my head the SECOND i came up with entirely different ideas as i forgot this idea existed. Anyway ramble over,actual fic beneath.

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Title - Love & Fear + Attempted Murder

Ford arrives at the Nightmare Realm after finally perfecting the Quantum Destabilizer by putting safety precautions on it as it needs to be activated to be in use inserting the Nowyouseeitnowyoudont-ium from Parallel Fiddleford required for actually blasting anything as well as cool lights,entering the rift that leads to Bill's whereabouts as he prepares himself to kill his former muse. He then busts down the door that prevents him from capturing his muse after beating up the Henchmaniacs with his bare hands. Bill then grinned as he saw the man basically hand himself over to him on a silver platter. "Bill!,say your last words now before i change my mind about letting you say goodbye before i destroy you." Ford says as he then prepared to shoot the triangle with the Quantum Destabilizer,Bill hearing the weapon whir as it powered up while being aimed at him.

"Oh Fordsy. You were THAT desperate to see me,huh?. Based on the fact that you literally beat up my Henchmaniacs and made a whole weapon to kill me,how cute. You flatter me,Sixer. You really missed me,didn't you?." Bill remarks as he then tried to float away before the plasmic blast hit him but it was too late as the gun already hit his hat,his eye widening in shock as he didn't know that Ford was capable of actually hurting him. "I have missed you. But my aim is getting better. And enough of your games,i have come here to finally end your iron grip of me once and for all,not to chitchat." Ford replied as he then powered up the Quantum Destabilizer once more as he reloaded it,the gun luckily having enough fuel to spare as he aimed it at the triangle again. Bill then glared at his genius as the man made it clear that he didn't come all this way to get back together with him,he then turned red with anger as he prepared to blast flames at the researcher.

"Hah. I can't believe that you just went over here to destroy me. A laughable decision,really. You of all people should know not to start something you won't be able to finish." Bill says as he laughed bitterly,secretly being hurt by the fact that his #1 pawn didn't come over to make amends with him. Then he threw a flame at the man who dodged immediately by jumping onto a broken platform. "Oh i KNOW full well that i can finish this,Cipher. I actually managed to create a weapon that won't just give you a scratch. Now,prepare to die." Ford remarks as he then moved the gun along with his moving triangular target who was actively throwing fire at him as he struggled to dodge,some of the flames managing to hit him as he gained burn marks from them.

"Well,let's see who makes it out alive. It'll definitely be me though,you fleshbags can only endure so much." Bill says as he then began to blast more flames at the man who kept dodging as he then managed to hit him a second time,damaging the triangle's bowtie as it failed to regenerate along with his top hat that got hit earlier. Ford realizes that he has to distract the triangle in order to keep him still enough to keep hitting him with the blasts until his physical form disintegrates. He then walks over to the triangle who's still blasting fire at him as he went over to give the triangle a small peck straight on the eye mouth,slipping his tongue inside long enough for the isosceles to get distracted by blushing from the gesture. "Mm- Mmph- You're still a good kisser even after all these years." Bill says while a bit muffled from the kiss as Ford then pulls away,aiming the gun at him as the triangle realized that the kiss was actually a trick. "I know. That's why it's the perfect distraction~." Ford replied as he then blasted the gun at Bill who pleaded for him to not make him blind but it was too late.

"WAIT WAIT NO NO NO I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOU AS YOUR GUN WON'T LET ME REGENERATE!-" Bill exclaims but the gun already hit him in the eye,rendering him perfectly blind as he can no longer regenerate anything hit by the Quantum Destabilizer with Ford smirking as his plan worked. This made the triangle absolutely FURIOUS as he felt even more betrayed by his genius hurting him like this as he then turned into a human form as he realized that they're having an unfair fight,ignoring the fact that he wanted to strangle the man for doing such a thing. "This is unfair. How about we don't use guns or powers?,how about we fight in a boring human fisticuffs way?." Bill asks as he realized he would die immediately if they kept going at this,thus trying to negotiate with his genius in order to stay alive. Ford then considered the triangle's proposal as he DID want to permanently destroy him although letting his anger out by beating the creature over and over does seem like a better idea,so he thought about it before agreeing. "Fine. Although,don't complain when pain stops being hilarious by the time i'm done with you." Ford says as he then dropped the gun and cracked his knuckles while walking toward the now human triangle,as he has waited his whole life to finally get revenge against his abuser.

"Oh it's YOU that shouldn't complain when i-." Bill boasts but then he gets punched straight on the nose as he stopped himself from finishing his sentence to process the pain. His pointy nose emitted a black static-y substance upon being hit as he wiped th liquid off with his sleeve while Ford smirked at him. "No talking in a fight,Bill." Ford remarks as he then dodged the triangle person's lousy kick as he tackled him and pinned him to the ground while punching him in the face over and over. The triangle person then starts laughing with every hit,seeming to enjoy being utterly destroyed by his genius. Ford then got angrier as his punches seemed to have no effect when he secretly wanted the triangle to grovel at him and apologize as part of some twisted fantasy that he thinks will give him closure regarding his abuse with Bill. He then got up and grabbed the triangle person by the neck aiming to throw him on the ground as Bill then summoned a knife that went straight into the man's stomach as he telekinetically made it fly into him as he made the knife sink in deeper,the man coughing up saliva in response to getting stabbed.

"You cheater!. No one brings a knife to a fistfight!." Ford says as he then roughly dropped Bill while clutching his abdomen. The triangle then kept laughing as he saw the man in pain,getting up after discovering the bruises on his body from being thrown. "Ahahaha!. You fleshbags may not do that,but i do. I just wanted to see how you'd react to me doing that,you should've seen your face!." Bill remarks as he laughed merrily while pretending to wipe a tear from his human form's singular eye. Ford then clenched his fists as he saw the triangle treating a serious fight like some game,he then grabbed a laser dagger from his coat and rushed in to stab Bill in the face,hoping to wipe off that smug smirk off of his stupid face with it. Bill didn't move an inch as the man tackled him again and proceeded to stab him in the eye,his ridiculous grin widening to inhuman proportions as he let himself get stabbed by the genius.

"I wish i could slit your vocal cords open so that i won't have to hear your annoying voice ever again." Ford says in frustration over the triangle making a mockery of what he deems to be the most important event in his life which is finally killing Bill and becoming free from the triangle's clutches,in this very moment. Yet he's playing along in his former muse's game while he hesitates to actually destroy him. "But Fordsy,i don't HAVE vocal cords. You couldn't shut me up even if you tried. 'Sides,if i lost this vessel's vocal cords,i could just regenerate them." Bill remarks as Ford then slaps him hard in the face in response. "Every word you say is a mockery of me." Ford says coldly as he then sunk the laser dagger into the triangle person's eye even deeper,causing the black substance to spill out once more as Bill then telekinetically made the knife stab deeper as he made the blade thrust into the man's stomach in a rhythmic motion as Ford began to cough up blood which spilled all over the now human triangle's face.

"I know. I LOVE pissing you off just to see how you'd react,IQ. And doesn't this stabbing remind you of our fun times before all of this mess happened?. With me making you scream as i put our pelvic areas together~." Bill teases as the man blushed in response despite still actively coughing up blood from his stab wound. "This isn't ANYTHING like that. Shut up before i shove this dagger into your throat." Ford remarks as he brushed off his flustered feelings over being reminded of his bedroom activities with the triangle while he kept shoving the dagger into the triangle person's eye as more black substance spilled out. "What if i put my member in YOUR throat?." Bill flirts once more as he alluded to putting his cock inside Ford. The man then grabs the dagger and slits the neck of Bill's human form,startling the triangle as his human vessel died and he suddenly got forced out of the body as he turned back into a triangle,with Ford doing this as he's done with his muse's game. Already having his fill of tormenting the triangle.

"That's enough. I don't have time for this,if you aren't going to die then i might as well give up. Plus i need to patch myself up after what you did to me." Ford says as he then got up from Bill's vessel and walked away while clutching his abdomen,coughing up more blood as he did. "Aw,leaving so soon?. I haven't even gotten a goodbye kiss yet~." Bill remarks as he then puckered up his eye mouth for a kiss once more but then Ford punched him in the eye,startling him as it regenerated. "Stop it. I don't- Think of you that way anymore. I have to get home to my dimension,i just wanted to stop by to see if i could finally destroy you. But i seemed to get ahead of myself as i didn't think you'd distract me with another game of yours." Ford replied as he then kept walking away,leaving Bill angry and bitter again as he knew that his genius will never want him around like he used to.

"Fine. I don't need you. I don't need anyone. Go home to your dumb dimension." Bill says as he looked distant while the man ignored his comment,secretly feeling bad for leaving the isosceles to his device as he truly did miss him like he said earlier. Bill then sighed and kept working on his plans for Weirdmaggedon as he saw the man leave through the rift in the Nightmare Realm, knowing that he'd probably end up be coursing through dimensions once more before actually managing to get to his home dimension.

[petiteprincesses]

Hello, again! Welcome back to Petite Princesses! With Princess Maker 2 Regeneration out (except for the PlayStation), I decided it’d be polite of me to create a basic guide to some of the simple parts! This one will be about everything from the starting menu!

Bear in mind that due to the change in localization (bless the Translators), I’ll refer to each stat by all 3 English names on first mention, but I’ll default to the latest translation from then on. As well, I’ll be using Centimeters and Kilometers for ease of reference. Furthermore, I’ll be using Refine for screenshots.

Here’s our basic screen, of which you can see many different things. I’ve labeled them accordingly, and I’ll speak of each tab in detail!

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CURRENT DATE: A Box where you can tell the day— the year is on top (1210), with the month (April 4) and the day of the week (Sunday) on the left, with the day of the month (the Fourth) on the right. The game starts on your daughters 10th birthday, and ends on her 18th (in our case, April 4th 1218)

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STAR: I didn’t label this myself, but the “Star” section on the right side info box is pretty important. Here, our daughter’s sign is Aries (Mars), and her blood type is B. Your star sign determines starting statistics and a +100 bonus from slaying a certain foe that I’ll mention later, while type influences passive stat increases. I’ll explain the exacts in another post someday, but for the impatient, googling Patrons on the Princess Maker Fandom Wiki should do the trick!

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ARM/WPN: This is her equipment! You can set it in the menu marked ITEM (the box with the sword, shield, and scroll). All equipment can be equipped at any point, and your armor is even visible during (non errantry) battles!

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STATUS: Here she will have her statuses— there are 3 in the game. Sick (Stress > Constitution/Stamina, represented by a Skull) lowers her HP in combat and can lead to her demise, Degrade (Stress > Morality or Faith, whatever is higher, represented by blue lightning) makes her less likely to work properly and risks being arrested (lowering your reputations) / wasting your money (happens mostly during free time but can occur during working hours), and Love (Triggered by an event when she’s 14 that requires her Charisma/Glamour stat to be the highest, represented by a Pink Heart) that lasts 3 months, makes her less likely to work, and lowers 3 of her hidden stats (Relationship with Father, Cube, and Prince— the last of which could be troublesome for getting the ending).

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HER MEASUREMENTS: This ones pretty simple— it’s her Height, Weight, and Three Sizes (Bust/Waist/Hips). In modern releases, it uses Centimeter/Kilograms, but in the original DOS en leak, its Inches and Pound. If she’s overweight, then she cannot wear certain clothes (all that aren’t the Siren Robes, Cotton Dress, or seasonal outfits). You can tell her weight by her sprite. As well, you can calculate her threshold by .95[height]-[Age + 87]. To get a rough idea, let’s punch in our daughter from earlier, Alice. At 146 centimeters, .95 x 146 is 138.7. Now, she’s 10, so 10 + 87 is 97. 138.7 - 97 is 41.7. Behold, she’ll turn overweight the second the “weight” bar is “41.70”, but if she’s at “41.69”, it’s fine. Though I am to assume rounding is in play!

(Do mind the different stats of her three sizes— I don’t have the original file, so I had to make a replacement with the necessary stats!)

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STATS: Brings up a Menu. For Clarity, below is the side bar from Regeneration. I will list the stats in order, with every name applicable in the order of DOS/Refine/Regen.

Constitution/Stamina: Determines your daughter��s HP. Needs at least 50 to be good at most jobs. Also determines your daughter’s health. Most easily raised by Farming. Likely to be Lowered by Dieting

Strength: A bonus to Attack: 8 points of Strength is equivalent to 1 attack point. Most easily raised by Farming. Likely to be Lowered by Salon.

Intelligence: Essentially, her MP. Needs at least 10 to cast a magic attack. Most easily raised by Science. Likely to be Lowered by Bar work

Refinement/Elegance: Not particularly important unless you’re doing a Ruling Queen run— in which case it needs to be 800. You may need this to get random proposals (which means money!) Most easily raised by Decorum, or if you’re cheap, Lucifon in the Desert. Likely to be Lowered by Farming, so it’ll be zero for a while

Charisma/Glamour: Usually important for special marriage endings. Can cause a few problems such as Attempted Sexual Assault, becoming someone’s Mistress (if it’s her highest stat, indicated by her different facial expression), and generally being asked out. Easily raised by Dance, if you’re cheap (again) Lucifon in the Desert, or the Sleazy/Illegal Bar if you’re willing to tank the stress.

Morality: Need at least 30 for a basic marriage ending. Can also play a part in rejecting the more gross offers she may encounter, as well as being able to stave off delinquency if it’s higher than Faith. If it’s your highest stat, you may encounter a deal that will sell all of it for Equivocal Gold. Easily raised by Church Work, or simply being born with Type A blood. Likely to be Lowered by the aforementioned demonic deals.

Faith: Staves off Delinquency if higher than Morality. It’s definitely a stat that exists. Easily raised by Church, which can also prevent the demon from showing up to eat her morals. Likely to be Lowered by Science.

Sin/Karma: If it’s over 100/250, she will get a Sin ending. If it’s 500 (along with some decent fighter/magic reputation), she will instantly become the Queen of Darkness by the end. You’ll likely get this by killing anything in Errantry, but other “Sinful” acts like the illegal bar and hunting animals will raise it too. Can be sold off for 100g per 10 points, or simply going to Church for work normally.

Sensitivity: It’ll let her see what’s usually “mythical”, such as Fairies and the such if she goes where they hang out. If it’s the highest, she’ll run away, lowering her reputations. Easily raised by Salon work, but can be raised in a multitude of fun ways.

Stress: This is mostly a problem early game. So long as it doesn’t exceed her Morality/Faith or stamina stats, she’s in the clear. It can go to Zero in certain events, such as witnessing Fairies, so if you plan right, Free Time doesn’t have to happen.

Combat Skill: Essentially, your Hit/Dodge rate. Essential for any adventurer, otherwise you’re unable to do ANYTHING! Easily raised by Fighting/Kung-fu classes, but the tempting Restaurant and Inn can lower it.

Attack: Exactly what it says. It determines your daughter’s attack stat. Separate from your strength, but both will result in your “total” attack. Easily raised by Fencing and most Swords. Difficult to lose.

Defense: A difficult stat to raise terribly high. Also exactly what it says on the tin. Can be gained consistently by second level Kung-Fu classes, but not terribly fast. Also, most armor increases it.

All of these skills will be boosted by the spirit Valkyria, first Skill, then Attack, then Defense. When you get to 400 Fighters Reputation, as well as 40 instances of Fencing, Kung-Fu, or Errantry, you’ll receive the Valkyria Sword— which is the second best sword in the game, with 25 attack, 10 defense, and 18 skill.

Magic Skill: Like Combat Skill, but for Magic. Easily raised by Magic Classes. Impossible to lose.

Magic Attack: Much like Attack, but for Magic. Unlike Attack, there isn’t another stat that also functions as an attack bonus, but Magic tends to be what most of the tougher bosses are weak to. Easily raised by Magic Classes.

Magic Defense: It’s like Defense, but easier to raise! In fact, there’s a few ways to raise it! Unfortunately, most things that can do Magic can’t hit you once you’re skilled enough, so this is mainly for Wendy. Can be raised by Theology or working at the Graveyard. Likely to be lowered at Science (but slowly)

All of these skills will be boosted by the sorceress Fay, first Magic Skill, then Magic Attack, then Magic Defense. When you get to 400 Magic Reputation, you’ll receive the Power Ring/Unrivaled Ring, letting you cast Magic without needing 11+ Intelligence. Unfortunately, you’ll have to waste a ton of money as this also requires 32 magic classes- which become Useless very fast. More importantly than that, if you do only Magic classes for a mont, she’ll come raise one of the Magic stats by 5. The stat she raises is of your choosing, so my recommendation Magic Attack.

Decorum: You need decorum to be able to speak to people at the palace. Easily(and for the most part, Only) raised by doing Decorum classes. Impossible to lose.

Art/Art Skill/Artistry: Impacts her Dance Contest score and determines what painting she’ll create in Art Class. For the record, if it’s the highest of the Housework/Social stats, the daughter will be locked into an Art based ending. Easily raised by… Painting Classes. Cannot be Lowered below 100 once you reach 100.

Conversation/Speech/Eloquence: Really only used for two characters at the castle. Only raised by Bar work. Impossible to lose.

All of these skills will be boosted by the demon Paimon, first Decorum, then Artistry, then Eloquence. When you get to 400 Social Reputation, as well as 64 instances of Painting, Dance, or Protocol, you’ll receive Perfume— which… attracts suitors. Which at the point you get it, you’ll already attract anyways.

Cooking: Very important for the Cooking contest. You will need at least 90+ to win, alongside high sensitivity.

Cleaning: An entirely useless stat. It only impacts your Housekeeping reputation.

Temperament/Personal/Temper: Solely important for the Queen. Likely to be lowered by Sinful Work.

All of these skills will be boosted by the spirit Domovoi, first Cooking, then Cleaning, then Temper. When you get to 400 House Reputation, as well as 120 instances of Housework, Bar work, or Restaurant work, you’ll receive the Perfect Flour— it guarantees a Cooking victory, but by the time you get it, you’ll be guaranteed to win anyways.

Fight Repuation: Derives from your “Combat” oriented stats. Can be raised further by winning fights with the sword, or a Dragon Fang. Serves as Morale if higher than Magic. Can be uniquely lowered by selling the “Royal Sword” I allude to.

Magic Repuation: Derives from your “Magic” oriented stats. Can be raised further by winning fights with Magic. Serves as Morale if higher than Fight.

Social Reputation: Derives from your “Social” oriented stats. Can be raised further by winning the Dance/Art contests. Can be uniquely lowered by talking to the Clown.

House Reputation: Derives from your “Housework” oriented stats. Can be raised further by winning the Cooking contest.

All reputations will be lowered by being arrested or running away from home.

But wait! There’s more!! Let’s bring up the Four Hidden stats!

Relationship with Father (called Father_love by Mad Eddy) is rather relevant- you can use it to scold her and dissuade her from things like delinquency and being a mistress. Easily raised by Vacations and just. Talking to her. Most likely to be lowered by Free Time (regardless of pocket money) and resting for the Harvest Festival. Needs to be 100 (along with some stats) to Marry Her.

Relationship with Cube (called Cube_love by Mad Eddy) is rather less relevant. Pretty much is only for the ending, where it needs to be 100. Can be conveniently raised by changing equipment on errantry- you can essentially spam it if you’re really into that.

Relationship with Prince (called Prince_love by Mad Eddy) is mostly just for the Ending, but this time it needs to be 96. Raised by 12 each time you meet him, so every January 31st must be spent with him.

All of them are subject to lower by 6 if she falls In Love.

Maternal Instinct is exactly what it says, Important for some endings (like Princess of Darkness for some reason). Raised by Babysitting and Tutoring. Lowered by Hunting (for. Some reason?)

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TALK: Lets you talk to your daughter. The Three option are Father-Daughter Chat/Father-Daughter talk, Pocket Money, and Scold/Lecture.

When you click Father-Daughter talk, you get 3 more options. How she is doing/Recent matters will prompt her to speak about, well, whatever she wants. Usually, it is about herself, such as her (in)ability to do art, or how she worries about her childrearing skills. After that is Her studies/About study, which is related to what you’ve been making her study— be it how she appreciates how Art brings people together, or how she’s the best magician ever. As for Other topics/Another topic, it’s known to have some weird conversations, usually relating to her body, sometimes relating to other things. As well, picking any option here will raise your internal “Relationship with Father” stat by 1– this is important for two things down the line.

Pocket Money is a lot less complicated, as it’s pretty straightforward. Essentially, you give your daughter 20 + 10x gold, with “X” being the second digit of her age. So, if your daughter is 10, that’s 20 + (10 x 0), which would just be 20. If she’s 18, that’s 20 + (10 x 8), which would be 100. However, while the price increases, the benefits do not— she will lose 20 stress when used, regardless of age. This option does not raise the internal stat mentioned above. As well, if sick, she will not accept your money, and if “Degrade”, she will take it, and it will not impact her stress.

Scold/Lecture is pretty useless… it doesn’t do anything but make your daughter look a little confused. If she’s sick, she’ll wonder if she’s doing something wrong— which will lower her stress by 5, for whatever reason, at least in the refine version. But what you’d actually want to use this feature for is when she’s being rowdy, indicated by the “DEGRADE” marker— it’ll lower her stress by her relationship with her father, (up to a 100 point stress loss!!), and then raise it by 5. If you’ve been playing up a daddy’s girl, this could be of great use.

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DIET: Now, this one’s a little interesting. You have the choice of 4 options, which tie to her weight and stamina! By selecting the Normal/Standard diet, you’ll have a daughter that gains roughly .20 kilograms per month. This is the default, and is also standard, costing 30g. By picking the Robust/Hearty diet, you’ll gain a little over .30 kilograms, but you’ll also gain 10 stamina at the end of every month. It costs 80g, but can be good if you’ve been neglecting your stamina intakes— or if you really want to bulk up early game with the right set up. Then there is the Slim down/Refined diet— In addition to lowering your weight gain to around .15 kilograms, it also lowers your Stamina by 5. It costs 10g, so it’s not really recommended, unless you’re about to cross the threshold. Finally is the Slim Down/Intensive diet. Here, you’ll lose a hefty 20 stamina, but in return you’ll lose around .50 kilograms, and it costs 5g. This is only worth it if you have stamina (and kilos!) to burn. It’s worth noting that if your daughter is getting a little too weak (low stamina), then Cube will swap to the Hearty diet, but you can simply change back to whatever diet you’d like.

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INFO: You’ll find personal information here, such as your daughters birth and her star sign. You’ll also find connections (Raised by talking to Palace Staff) and Sick/Delinquency percentages. One percent is equal to one point of stress over the stat mentioned in “Status”— you’ll need 90% Sickness (Critical) to become Bedridden (Which will kill you if it lasts at least 2 months, ending the game), and 90% Delinquency (A hooligan) to become a Gang Member (Which will get you arrested— a harsh penalty to your reputation stats).

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SHOP: Another doozy, but we’ll simplify, simplify, simplify!

The Armorer/Armoury is ran by Armorer Zeno/Zen, with Anita as a Part Time worker. Here you can buy equipment, which goes in the Armor/Weapon slots. You’re free to buy anything here, but I highly recommend buying a Dagger and Leather armor, especially if you’re not confident in “Rushing” strategies. Don’t worry! I’ll cover adventuring as a whole in a future post, maybe multiple

The Tailor is run by Maura, who sells clothes. The variety isn’t particularly extravagant, but this is where you’ll find the seasonal clothes. As well, the Cotton Dress is only 500g: you’ll always be able to afford it for the harvest festival if you’re not in debt. Otherwise, there’s not many tips I can give here, other than pick the clothes you find cute— though you can wear most of these only when you’re at least 13, sometimes older.

The Restaurant is ran by one Chef Balbon, and sometimes his part timer Marcia/Marthia. Here, you’ll find food that’ll lower your stress (or raise Stamina!) and raise your weight. Here’s a fun fact! The food is free if you don’t have the money— you’ll just have to spend your first month block working at the kitchen for free. Regardless of if you pay or not, you can only eat here once per month.

The Item/Pawn Shop is run by Shalom alongside his part time assistant Wendy. Here you can buy a few so-so items (which also serve as birthday gifts for when the day comes: you’ll have to buy from the first four items on the list), as well as a Healing Pill and Grenade for errantry. Unique to this shop, you’re able to sell items, though I’d be wary on selling anything that’s “Royal”.

The Church may ring some bells to history buffs— Sister Lee will ask you to donate 100g. Accept, and you’ll lose 10 sin! That’s its entire purpose. This can be used should you rack up far too many on a murder spree and not want to dedicate the time to church work, though it does feel rather humorous in its execution.

Lastly, is the Hospital/Clinic, with Doctor Lombardini asking if you’re sick, and if you are, charging a fee for an examination. When you pay the fee, you’ll lose stress up to one less than your stamina— which means if you don’t gain any more stress (ie- resting), you’ll recover by next month. Really unnecessary unless you’re high up on stress.

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CASTLE: Basically, a way to gain reputation, a lot of it if you know how to work it. First of all, the key stat here is Decorum, raised by Protocol Classes. Let’s get started, rapid fire motion!!

The Palace Guard/Gatekeeper will be your first stop, needing 10 decorum to speak properly (almost every birthday will start you with 10 decorum). His preferred stat is Refinement. Every 5 points in refinement is worth one point for Personal Connections (hereinafter referred to as just “Connections”). You can gain up to 15 points per visit this way, and 40 total.

Next is the Royal Knight/Imperial Guard Knight, who needs 30 decorum. His preferred stat is Refinement. Every 8 points of Refinement is worth one point for your connections. You can get up to 25 points per visit this way, and 50 total. Did you notice the text was identical? This guy isn’t very special. But since you’re raising elegance anyways, it’s worth a visit.

After that comes the General, who needs 50 decorum. His preferred stat is Glamour. And every 5 points of Glamour will be worth a point for your connection stat. You can max out your visit at 50 points for connection, and 120 total for the guy overall. If you’re raising Glamour, which you likely are if you’re raising your decorum, it’s worth checking him out, at least until you max at 50.

Making it to 70 Decorum lets you speak with the Minister of State. His preferred stat is Intelligence. Aside from the usual, that being that every 10 points is worth a connection point, up to 60 a visit for a maximum of 100, your connection to him specifically can net you bonuses at the Dance Party— specifically, a score boost. This is fun if you are a dirty cheater!

If you’re still raising your decorum, at 80 you’ll have the manners to speak to the Archbishop. His preferred stat is Faith. Like the Minister of State, 10 points is one connection point, and a visit will max at 60, but his overall max is 120. You’ll want to raise Faith anyways, so it won’t hurt to visit the old man.

Getting tired? Great! So is our next stop— at 85 decorum, you’ll speak to the King’s favorite #2, the Royal Concubine/Favorite Mistress. Her preferred stat is Conversation/Speech/Eloquence. Yes, that’s right! A stat with three names!! Eloquence is the Regeneration name. Anyways, every 10 points of Eloquence will equate to 1 point for connections, up to a maximum of… 10 per visit. Her total maximum is 120, but considering you only get this stat at the Bar, I wouldn’t bother.

Now to the King’s favorite #1, the Queen! She’d love to invite you for tea if you have 90 decorum. Her preferred stat is Temperament/Personal./Temper. Much like #2, the same rules apply, 10 points = 1 point, 10 maximum per visit. She’ll raise your connections by 160 points total. This one is even more worthless, as it’s gained by doing housework (arguably easier), but there’s no other reason to raise Temper. What a fraud.

At 95 decorum, we’ll have the Bowing Skills to bow our way to the King. You may think otherwise, but his preferred stat is, strangely enough, Fight Rep. Every 10 points will go to your connection stat, but here’s where it gets interesting— the King has no limit per visit! For the crazies who raise it up to a maximum, the King will gladly give 99 points to your connections. His true maximum is 300, but Fighters Reputation is fairly easy to raise, and you’ll definitely be able to make use of his benefits.

So, what do connections do? Why, palace discounts of course! If you raise them high enough, you’ll get marked down prices! These apply even if she’s buying rogue, so it’s nice to have. Personal connections don’t go away, either! Well, unless you happen to sell that “Royal” thing.

Now, the Jester/Clown is unique— he doesn’t really care for decorum, and speaking to him will lower your social reputation by 15. What he does want is someone to talk to, and that Eloquence stat will come in handy. He’ll also raise your sensitivity by 15. If you keep talking to him, you may even be on the path for that 4th Art-based Ending. If you, of course, are feeling whimsical.

And to defy all odds, the Young Military Officer does… well, nothing. He doesn’t have any preference, he doesn’t require decorum, and he doesn’t impact your stats in any way. Well, not any way that you can see. He’s only available on January 31st, and if you keep your promises, he’s the ticket to becoming a Princess.

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ITEM: A screen where you can see your inventory. Many items in this game are passive, they’ll have their effect when just held in your inventory. Exceptions include clothes (which are to be clicked on to be worn- then granting their bonuses), Equipment (can be clicked to add to weapon/armor slot, then their effects are in, uh, effect), and consumables (like the Ancient Milk and the Breast Pill). Some items are to be traded away, however. Usually, they are to be traded in errantry.

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SYS: The save menu. You save your game. You load your game. You leave your game. That is. Uhm. All.

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SCHEDULE: Leads to the scheduling screen, of which, we’ll talk about… next time!! I’d like you tune in for that, ok?