#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)

[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!!!!

[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.

[northern-loner]

Im watching clips of Tubbo freaking out abt how busted Forever's stats were yesterday, and can I just say how good of an idea that was for the plot yesterday?

Like yeah, q!Forever's been possessed by some otherworldly substance or being completely beyond our comprehension, ofc it makes sense that he'd get certain abilities beyond our comprehension as well.

Tubbo deduced by watching clips of Bad's pov that Forever was dealing 170 attack damage at the goddamn lowest with his FIST, NOT EVEN A CUSTOM WEAPON. And thru Bad's protection 4+ armor, he was knocking him down to 3.5 hearts out of TWENTY.

AND THE CUSTOM POTION EFFECTS HE HAD TO, one of them looked like the purgatory eye for crying out loud, and they were regenerating his health at record time! And @v@ was barely even thinking about it!

Just, mc mechanics being used to enhance the story and immersion is one of my favorite things with mc role-play. It's so good to see someone nail it on the head like that.

Props to the admins, Forever, and his team for all of that, truly.

[hermitscratch]

6., and Scarian please!

Send me a pairing + a number! || Accepting

6. A desperate kiss, Scar/Grian, 639 words

Grian hailed Double Life as one of his greatest ideas yet.

The concept presented so much potential: bind the players in randomly generated pairs and make surviving a them problem. Sharing a life so completely opened doors to new strategies, new necessities, and most importantly, new collaborations. Grian had worked out the odds. With their group of fourteen, the likelihood was that most of the pairs would be between people who had never before teamed in the game, or in some cases, never really spoken outside of it.

Joel and Etho were a great example of the former. They'd both flown the Dogwarts banner, back in Third Life, but their interactions were brief and non-committal. The only unified front Grian can recall them ever posing was when a TNT cannon had been involved. They shared a common goal now, and it didn't take long for them to fall in step with each other, especially when they wanted to drum up some mischief.

On the other side of things, there were Tango and Jimmy. The only pair to be united in death, and as much as Grian would like to write them off, once the dirt of their explosive meeting settled, they took to being soulmates like fish to water. Losing everything would do that to you, Grian supposed; Tango and Jimmy returned from that respawn with nothing gained but each other, and that was enough.

Grian probably wouldn't break up those pairs. Maybe some of the ones that weren't as enthused about their matches, like Scott and Pearl. Or the ones that didn't seem to click at all, like Cleo and Martyn. In the long run, it didn't matter much. Grian would take anybody, so long as it wasn't Scar.

Scar, who went the entire session thus far laying claim to other soulmates.

Scar, who misconstrued Grian's concern for his wellbeing as plain early-game kindness.

After the second failed attempt at telling Scar that the universe's sick sense of humor had seen it fit to tie them together, again, Grian started to wonder if the ignorance was willful.

They didn't have much longer before session hours ended. At least Scar was easy to find, sat at the edge of the jungle and surrounded by the odd, cat-like pandas he'd taken a liking to.

The first try was a bust. Scar looked away when the pandas followed him, the flash of damage shooting through them both going entirely unnoticed, and Grian made a frustrated sound. Four hearts gone, for nothing.

They could only afford one more hit. Grian reset the dripstone, repositioned Scar beneath it, and told him firmly, look at me.

Scar looked up.

The dripstone's point nailed him between the eyes and crumbled. Scar yelped, brushing blood and residue from his face, not even noticing Grian in the same position. They were down to two hearts. They were too hungry to regenerate.

Grian felt a hair's width from losing his mind. He took Scar's face and forced them to locked eyes. It's me, He wanted to scream, Not the allay or the stupid pandas, me. It's always me, always us, don't you see that?

It's been that way since the desert, back in Third Life. Together in the beginning, together in the end. Scar was flippant, clumsy. He was also strong, and clever, and fiercely protective of what he valued. Resources, bases, allies.

Grian.

Grian recalled a handful of lilacs and poppies, and an uncharacteristically small voice asking if they could still be friends with the same look in his eyes that Grian was seeing now. Cautious, hopeful.

He pulled Scar forward. It's us against the world again, He thought desperately as he stole Scar's very breath. When Scar kissed him back, hands holding his waist and pressed chest to chest, Grian thought Scar might have finally understood.

[allwormdiet]

Gestation 1.4

[claps hands] Let's do this shit

And, of course, there's no reason why Taylor never even considered using a cellphone for totally non-traumatic reasons.

Interesting that Brockton Bay still has payphones, feels like another Earth Bet divergence unless I'm crazy and people were still using payphones back in 2011. It's been long enough that I could be misremembering.

Noticing she says "more" venomous instead of "at all" venomous. Also interesting that Taylor's still getting used to the sensory input from her bugs. Something for her to practice I guess.

And I've said it before but I'll say it again, fuck whoever thinks Taylor Hebert has a weak power, this woman is a walking plague of Egypt.

And now we see Taylor doing what she's wanted to do for months, unleash her powers in righteous fury, and she loves it. She's practically getting high from it. You can see how capes keep doing what they're doing even when it makes them miserable or threatens their lives, it's the gratification of doing Their Shit.

She has power over someone else, she's punishing a wrongdoer, she's protecting innocents (as far as she knows). No wonder she can smother the guilt at taking pleasure in this moment of pain, she has every reason to justify this glorious moment.

And now all of a sudden things are back to being serious and Taylor's high is quickly replaced by the fear that she's committed to something she's not sure about being able to resolve.

Taylor Hebert getting mean will one day be a cause of global alarm, and Lung's gonna be the first one to learn that. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

I'm not gonna put the excerpts in but her attacks on Lung's eyes are fucked up in a really impressive way. It's so creative and gross and mean and I bet this fight is a really good indicator of where every fight is gonna go.

Better to learn that powers are bullshit now than later.

"Dad can you pick me up I wanna go home"

TO BE CONTINUED

Current Thoughts

This chapter is mostly just fighting, so what I'll give credit on is that it's a cool fight. Lung is busted as fuck and the fact that Taylor managed to get any meaningful hits in is a mark in her favor... although I guess "meaningful" is a complicated one if you're dealing with a regenerator.

I'm kinda excited to say that the only thing I'm thinking about now is that I wanna see where this fight goes. This feels good, and not just because we're coming off of the low of the Docks/ABB narration.

[simplyanjuta]

Trait Based Sim Bust Thumbnails

This mod is an alternative to "No Macabre Pose in UI" - pick one.

A few people wondered if I can make a mod similar to "Trait Based Portrait Thumbnails" but for in-game UI thumbnails.

Here's why I didn't want to do this initially:

The pose that is used for the UI is used all over the game, in the household panel (neutral/fine mood), relationship panel, sim picker menu, main menu etc. Overriding one overrides the others.

A trait based pose where the moods go doesn't make quite sense since (emotional) personality traits and moods overlap and this could be confusing: A hotheaded sim would look angry in his default/"fine" state, a gloomy sim sad, a romantic sim flirty.

Another issue I see is that trait based poses in general are somewhat of a spoiler. Normally you need to discover a sims personality, here you see it at a glance. I think this is particularly bad for the relationship panel. (And this is one of the reasons why I think that the macabre pose is silly and a weird choice.)

Anyways I figured I could do an option that is a bit more subtle and still accomplishes a similar goal:

I made three personality dimensions: One for traits associated with positive emotion (cheerful, good etc.), one for traits accociated with negative emotion (gloomy, mean etc.) and a neutral for in-between.

For the positive and negative emotional dimensions I made two new poses that go along with it. One is a bit more smiley than the default, the other one more of a straight face. I left EAs default pose for all other traits in-between. (The traits I assigned are displayed in the cover picture above.)

This mod will work for adults (teen-elder) and kids (for traits that are shared by kids and adults).

Download:

SimFileShare

Changelog:

December 8th, 2024: Updated the mod for the new trait Grouch that was added with patch 1.111.102 for the Cozy Celebrations Event (the trait will be only available to you if and when you complete(d) the respective part of the event, I just added in the references; besides Grouch will also use the pose for the negative emotion).

Notes:

This mod is an override of the file 81112DE1AD5B55F6/MoodUI_Thumbnails and conflicts with "No Macabre Pose in UI". It's an alternative to this mod. Pick the mod you prefer and remove the other one.

However, this mod can be used alongside "Trait Based Portrait Thumbnails". Both mods include trait overrides that partially overlap but it doesn't matter in this case since the overlapping files are identical. (I thought about splitting these mods into modules such that the trait file would be standalone but figured this would be unneccessarily confusing.)

Same as "Trait Based Portrait Thumbnails", this mod might conflict with other mods overriding the same traits, though.

Behaviour: I tested this a bit and it seems that, unlike for "Trait Based Portrait Thumbnails", for in-game UI thumbnails the game will randomly choose which pose to apply when there are multiple matching traits. In general, the game will prioritize poses I have assigned to the positive/negative emotional traits and only use the default pose when there are none. However, when using this mod alongside "Trait Based Portrait Thumbnails", which has some additional trait overrides, it can happen that, for whatever reason, these extra traits get prioritized and therefore the default pose will be picked instead. I didn't find a way to do anything about this.

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.

[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?