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pedros-immaculate-vibes · 9 months ago

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Smoke and Mirrors II

BG3 AU, where Professor Dekarios and his TA, Meg, have an emergency that brings the fire department and one very tall, tattooed medic to the scene.

(AKA the one where you have a crush on your coworker professor and Halsin is a firefighter paramedic with suspenders and doorways) (I regret absolutely nothing)

@general-dweebous HAPPY ACTUAL BIRTHDAY

“So, tell me what happened.” The medic stood next to you, toothpick between his lips, leaning one arm against the desk and other hand on his hip. He had just assigned five of his men to open the rest of the windows to ventilate the room after making sure the fire was actually smothered. One had left a bag of supplies near Halsin to better treat your ankle before going to turn the alarm system off. The cross breeze ruffled his long hair; most of it was tied into a bun in the back, but the bunker gear must have mussed it a bit since it now very much resembled—

Ohhhhhkay, he’s asking me something, stop thinking about sex hair …and the way he probably looks half naked with the suspenders on, …ohh gods now it’s worse.

Your thoughts were like a litter of kittens in a box full of catnip-flavored toys.

“Sorry, um the pain isn’t helping me focus.” It was true. It wasn’t the entire truth, but it was part of it.

“Hmm, understandable. Was anyone else there to witness how you’d fallen?” The medic kneeled down to one knee to get a better look at the ankle.

“I don’t think so, I kind of careened down the stairs by myself,” you adjusted your skirt back down as subtly as possible.

“Just you?”

“Yup.”

He nodded sagely, “Sounds like you deserve a raise, to say the least. Or maybe consider volunteering some time at the station,” He continued to survey your ankle without touching it. “Once this is healed, of course,” a cheeky smile up at you. He looked back down, “We could use that kind of moxie. Do you mind if I touch you?”

Air left the room. Your face grew hot. “Um—”

“Your ankle, I need to palpate it to make sure it’s not broken.”

“YES, ha, totally. That’s—AHEM—that’s fine.”

The left corner of his lip twitched before he began inspecting the joint. Gently angling your foot, he muttered, “Tell me if it hurts.” It ached in just about every direction, but considering how you could still bend your toes and no particularly ugly bruising seemed to appear, he believed it was likely just a sprain. “Still very unpleasant, but you should be alright in the end. I would still like to bring you in for imaging, however, just to be sure.”

You’d already felt enough like a victim and less like a hero within the past few minutes, x-rays didn’t interest you. “I think I’m fine, I trust your judgement. You seem like you know you’re way around this sort of thing.”

He searched through the supply bag and grabbed an ice pack, lifting an eyebrow, “I’ve been doing this for a few years, yes. It’s a good way to pass the time after work,” a brief smile. You felt your eyes soften as you smiled back. “Here, place this on that ankle and I’ll get everything else ready.” He angled his head toward the professor and the librarian who still stood a foot away. “Can either of you give her a ride back home?”

You hadn’t realized how red the professor had gotten in the meantime. Looks pretty flustered—huh, wonder why.

“Certainly, I’d be happy to. It’s the least I can do after leaving you here alone while I caught up on research.” His jaw tightened.

“Excellent. Now, we should probably get you out of this room after I stabilize the joint, a bit.” The medic continued to gather his supplies, and added, “Thankfully, you wearing a skirt makes what I’m about to do a bit easier.”

He angled your leg up, now parallel with the desk, and began bandaging from the middle of your foot upward, holding your calf steady.

You looked off, trying to have some kind of banter with Rolan about presentations this upcoming week; anything to keep your mind off the warm hands manipulating your leg.

“Alright, that should be good. Is there a teacher’s lounge or something nearby? She’s spent enough time here with all of the smoke filtering out.”

“Yes, down the hall to the right, near the cafe. I can take you,” offered Rolan.

The medic nodded, then turned to you with a sheepish smile as he looked at your ankle. “Now, I don’t think ascending these stairs will help that feel better. We can either use a stairchair to bring you up to the hall or…I can carry you.”

You were about to insist that you were fine, when you slid your leg down and placed weight on it, wincing too hard to say anything. Halsin caught you by your waist as the professor reached out to you too.

“Hey, Bo, the stairchair’s broken, remember? We were gonna get an extra one from station 34 after lunch.”

Halsin sighed, helping you rest against the desk again, “I’d forgotten. Well, that leaves you with two options, Ms…?”

“Meg. Meg Tavve.”

“Ms. Tavve. Either we get a flexible stretcher down here and we all haul you up—”

“Absolutely not.”

He chuckled, “Or, I can carry you.”

You weren’t walking any where quickly, let alone the flight of stairs. A deep sigh, “Sure, if that’s okay with you.” Dread pooled in your stomach at the thought of this gargantuan man carrying you up the auditorium and through the hall. You might never emotionally recover from this. Not from the embarrassment, but from the fact that this would be way hotter than you could process in the moment, possibly ever.

“Of course,” a warm, polite smile. Gingerly, slowly, he hooked his arms behind your back and beneath your knees and smoothly lifted you like a feather. You fixed your glasses out of an anxious habit and could swear your bounding heart rate was audible. He climbed the stairs quickly since his stride naturally took two at a time and hunched through the doorway once more, making sure not to bump your leg against the frame. You recognized most of the students who now stood outside of the classroom; many of them were from your history class, while twice as many seemed to have joined the throng for the thrill. All of their eyes were now on you, however; better yet, they were on the one who carried you. Too self-conscious to wave or say hi to the students as you were carried like a newly wed by a man in bunker gear, you averted your eyes and instead looked at his chest.

MMM, THAT’S a mistake. You heart beat faster.

You looked down at the ice pack in your hands and fiddled with the serrated edge, trying hard to ignore the moment.

Finally, after what seemed like a decade, Halsin arrived at the lounge with Rolan and Gale alongside him. The librarian badged you all in and Halsin ducked once more through the doorframe.

“Must be a pain in the neck to do that all the time,” you commented, trying to ameliorate your nerves with small talk.

“Ha, I’ve gotten used to it. But thank you for the concern,” he grinned down at you, toothpick jutting from side to side in his lips.

Your face somehow burned even hotter as you smiled tightly back, then resumed investigating your hands.

“This couch is the most comfortable,” informed Gale.

“Let’s have you raise this leg on the arm of it,” the medic mused, lowering you to the cushions. You lay there, leg elevated a few inches above the other as Gale scrambled around the room to collect any pillows. Outside, you could hear the Vice Principle try to contain the crowd. you looked toward the uncovered window pane that showed the hall: faces of several undergrads with their phones out covered every available inch of the window.

“If you’re situated, I’ll see how things are progressing with my crew, then come back.” You nodded and out he went. Unsurprisingly, half of the crowd diminished beyond the window.

Gale arrived at your side and motioned for you to lift your back slowly before sliding three pillows behind it, “How’s that, Pidge?” A nickname he’d given you after two semesters together. You had both been reading a classic where the main character, Pidge, had reminded him of you. She was stubborn yet helpful and willing to go into harms way for those she traveled with. The nickname stuck and you didn’t mind. Not a bit.

His voice had taken a sweeter, lower tone than you’d ever heard him use. “Much better, thanks. Any chance we can reschedule that coffee while we grade papers?”

A laugh that seemed like a release valve had opened came from the disheveled professor. “After all that’s happened, and that’s what you’re thinking about? I still don’t know how your priorities work.”

“Well, I was just looking forward to it, I suppose.”

His shoulders drooped and his eyes softened. A moment passed. “Of course.” Another moment passed.

The two of you hadn’t looked away. “Yes…well, considering,” he spoke slowly, as if willing the words out, “how I do believe the exam wasn’t concluded before our impromptu little bonfire,” the two of you giggled for a second, “I think we’ll have to reschedule the…exam, as well,” a brief flicker of his eyes to your lips. “If, however, you still would like a caffeinated study session, I could show you the article I was reading? Once you’re feeling up to it.”

“I’d like that,” your eyes bounced from his left to his right, then back again. You hadn’t noticed until now that within his chocolate brown eyes were flecks of vibrant green around the pupils, probably because you’d never been this close to him before. So close, you could almost feel the warmth radiating from him as he knelt by the couch.

“Is she alright?” A stern but concerned voice sounded behind the professor. Dean Aylin stood there, arms crossed with one foot in the doorway for a quick escape. She wanted information to be disseminated as quickly as possible so everyone would get back to normal. Probably, so she could return home to her fiancé on time.

“I’m good! Almost done getting patched up, at least according to the medic. He wanted to come back and check something, first.”

“Good. I’ll let these zealots know,” with that, she swung the door wide open and shouted for everyone to return to their classes or wherever they came from. Some of them listened while others left only to return after she’d moved on.

“Now that most of the drama has concluded, do you need me to get you anything? Besides an injury report form, I mean,” Rolan asked, stirring a tea he had just made.

Always the logical one. Of the three of you, he’d always been the one focused on the topic at hand with very little emotional input. He was a vital part of your trio. “If you don’t have anything more important to do, I think that would be great.”

“Certainly. It would give me something besides organizing late rentals.” He headed toward the door, “Don’t set anything else aflame, alright?” He gave you a knowing smirk. “We can’t keep those fireman here all day.” Before you could add something to that, he was gone, but not before chastising the students in his way.

“Oh my goodness, you still haven’t eaten anything, you must be starved.” Gale bounced up to his feet. “Let me get you something. Turkey sandwich? A parfait? What would you like?” He held his palms together and waited.

“Uh, I hadn’t thought of that, anything that looks good I guess. You don’t have to, you know, I think I’m fine.”

“Nonsense! You have to keep that blood sugar up,” he paced to the door. “I should know. You’ve seen me when I don’t eat for a while. I’ll be back in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.” And with that, he left. You lay there, smelling of smoke and feeling dizzy from everything that had happened. Fuck, I left my phone in that room. You held your forehead as you looked up to the ceiling, realizing it would be just you and your thoughts until someone returned.

Minutes ticked by. You kept thinking about the fire, how it could have started, the medic, who might have started it, and how that medic had so gently wrapped your ankle. You felt your face turn beet red at the memory.

The toothpick between his lips when he smirked. His voice. What those hands would be capable of in other situations—

You threw your hands over your face in a frustrated fury, “OH MY GOD, I’m Not helping ANYTHING. FUCK.”

“What?” The same voice came from the door.

You froze in place.

“Are you alright? Does it feel worse?”

“I’m fine! I mean, besides the ankle, I’m fine. I was just—thinking about everything that happened and its just…a lot, haha.” You were getting pretty good at vague truths.

“Indeed. I’m sure they’ll be singing your praises within these halls for generations.” He stood, one arm leaning against the doorway. Questions and voices surged passed the crack in the door. He opened it slowly, thanked everyone for their concern, then recommended they all go about their business. Gingerly, he closed the door. Halsin looked at you, drawing the shades down over the window. “This door locks on its own, right?”

Your mouth went dry and you think your eyes fluttered. “Y-yes.”

“Good. Those students are either very nosey or quite thirsty.” He pointed to the coffee machine. “Do you mind if I—”

“No, not at all!”

“Thank you.” He slid his suspenders down off and rolled his shoulders back, stretching his neck. “We were at lunch when the call came, I had just gotten my coffee.” He stood at the counter, back toward you and reached for a mug.

“Sorry to have ruined your coffee break,” you replied, a hint of humor in the delivery.

He half-turned his face toward you, a raised eyebrow visible as he poured his coffee. Something between a sigh and a chuckle left him. He pivoted toward you, “I’ve had worse calls break the pleasure of a morning’s first sip.” His lips crested the mug as he held your gaze.

You had definitely stopped breathing.

“What do you teach?”

“Oh, I’m a teacher’s assistant. Professor Dekarios teaches history.”

“Mm, professor Dekarios. Do you always call him that?” He angled his head at you.

“Well, no, his first name’s Gale, I’ve just gotten used to calling him that when referring to him to others,” you began to ramble, “but when it’s just us, I generally just call him Gale.”

“Mm-hmm,” a smirk. He looked down, one hand wrapped around the mug handle while the other rested in his pocket as he leaned against the counter. “Given that you seem to be good friends with the professor, is there a chance he could persuade you into getting that ankle x-rayed?”

Oh, this again. You failed to subdue your sass and gave an eye roll in response. His smile brightened.

“Is that why you’re still here?”

“Partly.” He took his hand and rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he walked toward the door. “If you’ve seriously injured yourself while saving your pupils, and I allowed you to continue as if you hadn’t, I would be doing a hero a dishonor,” he shook his head, mockingly, now leaned against the wall in front of the doorway.

“Fine,” your heckles stood up on end. “What’ll it take to get you to believe me that I’m alright?”

He reached a finger out. “Come over here.”

You blinked. Your face flushed.

He repeated himself seeing as you didn’t respond. “Come. To me.”

It was almost degrading. “But my ankle—”

“If it hurts too much to walk this short way, supporting yourself on nearby objects and putting as little weight on it as possible, then you should let me take you. The ice should have helped a bit by now.” He crossed his free arm over his chest and took another sip. “So come.”

You grumbled a few choice phrases as you situated yourself to stand. One foot down, then the other. You expected your ankle to flare up again with excruciating pain, but instead, there was a dull throb. You frowned in surprise and began lifting yourself up carefully. Slowly, holding your weight on the backs of futons and sturdy tables in the lounge, you crossed the nearly two yards toward this unconventional medic. Weren’t they supposed to help then leave? Why is he still making this an issue?

The medic continued to drink his coffee, watching you make your way toward him, skirt rustling with each step. In another minute, you were standing by the doorway, holding yourself up against the wall, two feet away from him.

“Did you want me right in front of you, or is this good enough?” You asked with as sarcastic an air as you could muster, given how glad you were that you could, in fact, walk a little bit.

He finished the cup of coffee, eyes bright, “That’s good enough.” He placed the mug on a nearby table, “It seems you’ve proven me wrong, Ms. Tavve.” A smirk.

Your shoulders relaxed and your temper quelled. “Call me Meg.”

His eyes warmed the slightest bit, and he leaned away from the wall. His right hand reached the top angle of the door frame as he shifted his weight closer toward you. One hand on his hip, the other a foot above your head, he towered over you. “Well, you’ve proven me wrong, Meg.”

Time stopped again. You had certainly forgotten how to breath.

You thought your knees would give out right as the Professor badged the door open and almost walked straight into the medic’s bicep. Pausing with a scowl, Gale looked up at the medic, then down to you with surprise.

“You’re up and about! That was fast,” with a smile.

He stared back at the medic and cleared his throat. Halsin, slowly straightened back up, toothpick swerving between his lips again, and held you in his eyes. Gale cleared his throat as he walked passed him, headed for a nearby table.

“I found broccoli and cheese soup, if that’s okay. I’m pretty sure it’s one of your favorite’s.”

Halsin nodded toward you, “You’ve got good taste.”

“Ha, y-yeah, sometimes.” You caught yourself and realized he meant in food, not in men. “Thank you, Gale.” You blinked and shook your head, “Maybe I do need to eat something, I’m feeling a little woozy.”

In a moment, the professor shot to your side and held your arm, “Yes, well, you’ve had a very busy day and very little time for yourself. How about we get something in your stomach and then I’ll bring you home, mm?”

You sat down and looked at the tray he’d brought you: every single one of your favorite dishes the on-campus restaurant was known for serving on a Thursday. “Oh my gods, how much do I owe you?”

He waved his hand, “Nothing. Consider it payment for that tray of cookies that one time.”

You beamed, realizing they hadn’t been forgotten.

Out of the corner of your eye, you saw the medic grab a paper and pen and scribble something down. You swiveled your head towards him as he came over. “In case anything should come up regarding that leg, here’s the station number,” he placed the scrap of paper in front of you.

You looked at it. There were two phone numbers there.

“What’s the second one?”

“In case you’re interested in having a medic familiar with that leg inspect it again.”

A wink.

“Make sure no one else sets any fires, mm?” He nodded toward Gale.

The professor stayed quiet.

Halsin made a quick wave and headed out of the lounge.

“Are they always that unpleasant?” Grumbled the professor, watching him leave.

You were still reeling from having two of your ideal men in the same room, both equally interested in having your attention. If only you could replay the day, one more time.

#Smoke and mirrors #bg3 #au #gale #halsin #paramedic halsin #Firefighter halsin #Professor dekarios #fanfic

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lipglossanon · 11 months ago

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OᗷᔕEᖇᐯᗩTIOᑎ - part II

Part 1

Sci-fi/Horror AU; hints of Steve Harrington x fem!reader

Warnings: horror elements, character death

Based upon the video game (of the same name), Observation. I took liberties of course 🤭

You awaken.

It feels like someone flipped a switch and your eyes are now open, anxiety on high alert as everything comes rushing back. Uncurling from the fetal position, you right yourself as much as you can while floating. You tighten up a Velcro strap on your arm to give your hands something to do while your brain processes what happened.

Your eyes dart to where you saw Steve but it’s only empty space.

“SAM, can you hear me?”

I AM LISTENING.

“What just happened? Where’s Steve?”

I AM… UNSURE. I HAVE LOST MOST OF MY CORE DATA.

“Never mind, one thing at a time,” you sigh, pinching the bridge of your nose, “can you run vitals on crew member Steve Harrington, please?”

I AM UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY OTHER CREW MEMBERS.

You blow out a breath of frustration.

“Can you run a self diagnostic, SAM?”

RUNNING DIAGNOSTIC NOW.

Nodding to yourself, you hum, “Good. I’ll try and reconnect what I can on my end.”

You float over to one of the built in interfaces nearest you, quickly punching in your security clearance and pulling up S.A.M.’s interface. The soft hum of the space station fills in the silence even though your ears ring in the quiet.

A loud station alarm goes off making you pull away from your work with a frown.

“SAM, can you find out why the alarm is sounding off?”

After half a minute, the robotic AI reports back.

THERE IS A FIRE IN ONE OF THE MODULES.

Cold sweat drips down your spine as you spin around and make your way out of the hatch you’re located in, “Which module is it, SAM?”

The AI guides you to the correct room, which you honestly could have found on your own due to the noise of the alarm growing louder as you arrive. Directing SAM to open the hatch at your signal, you push yourself into the smoke filled space to grab the extinguisher attached to the wall.

Quickly dousing the flames until nothing is left, you have SAM pull out the fumes using the station’s ventilation system. It doesn’t take much until most of the systems are back online, at least the ones that are responding.

Another alarm blares leaving SAM to report a module has become dislodged and needs to be ejected before causing any more damage to the station.

You rub your forehead, hoping that the tension headache creeping up behind your eyes doesn’t get any worse.

“SAM, please eject the module and report any damages.”

MODULE EJECTED. THE STATION IS NOW STABILIZED.

“Okay,” you tilt your head back, eyes closed as you run through a list of things to do in your mind, “SAM, I’m going to you to assess any external damage to the station. We really can’t afford any more accidents if we want to make it back home.”

AFFIRMATIVE.

ACCESSING EXTERNAL CAMERAS...

THE EXTERNAL HULL IS INTACT. ALL MODULES ARE SAFELY CONNECTED.

WE ARE SAFELY STATIONED ABOVE SATURN.

“Saturn!?” You feel your heart rabbit in your chest, fear making your throat dry, “SAM, how did we get here? We’re supposed to be above Earth.”

Anxiety, that old familiar friend, makes itself comfortable in the middle of your chest.

I… BROUGHT US HERE.

“Why!?” Your voice cracks, eyes looking up into the cameras connected to SAM’s interface.

I DO NOT KNOW.

A loud crackling static emits from the speakers making you wince and cover your ears. A strange pulsing feedback sends more fear skittering down your spine like a spider’s legs.

OTHER CREW DOES NOT ENTER

INFINITE DIMENSIONS CONVERGE

PROTECT HER NOT THE OTHER CREW

You force SAM into a manual systems reboot shutting off the eerie garbled words. Once the station’s computer’s back online, you punch in more information to solve the weird problems that keep arising with SAM’s interface.

“SAM, can you read me?”

AFFIRMATIVE

Blowing out a harsh breath to get your heart rate back down, you mutter to yourself, “You weren’t making any sense, so I’m hoping that helped.”

Raising your voice, you direct an order to the AI, “SAM, we need to search the station for any other survivors as well as try and contact Houston.”

You finally let yourself think back on finding Steve in that module, just floating there like space debris. Shaking your head, you squish that down for later. SAM guides you through the station, cataloging everything as you go, until you reach the central hub and find crew member Smith’s frozen body floating in the module.

Biting back the tears, you guide his lifeless body over to one of the sections with a wall bracket and strap him in place so he’s not hovering like a ghost.

“SAM,” your voice is clogged with unshed tears, “will you log the death of Harvey?”

AFFIRMATIVE.

CREW MEMBER HARVEY SMITH HAS BEEN LOGGED AS EXPIRED..

You pinch the bridge of your nose, sniffling softly, “SAM is it possible to pick up any signs of life from Steve?”

NEGATIVE. CREW VITAL SIGNS ARE OFFLINE. THE SENSOR IS CORRUPTED.

Pursing your lips, you push yourself over to the computer lining one of the walls of the central hub. You punch in some information and quickly scan over the generated data.

“There’s a sensor replacement,” you murmur, excitement making your fingers tingle, “SAM, can you access the module past hatch 14? There’s a sensor stored in that room.”

PROCESSING…

HULL CONNECTOR POINTS ARE TRUE. LOCKS BYPASSED. THE MODULE IS NOW OPEN.

For the first time, a little bloom of hope flowers inside your heart. Making your way to that room, you activate the sensor and have SAM interlink with it.

CREW TRACKING SENSOR ENABLED.

“Yes!” You smile brightly, “that’s great, SAM. Can you track Steve?”

HE IS LOCATED IN THE RUSSIAN ARM OF THE STATION.

A few tears slip from your eyes, but you laugh happily, “What about his vitals?”

INCONCLUSIVE.

You nod, “Okay, that’s more than we had a few minutes ago. Let’s go find him, SAM.”

In no time, you’re outside the Russian arm of the station, waiting on SAM to bypass the locks and stabilize the interior corridor. Once it’s safe to enter, you make your way to the door to the Russian module and peer through the glass.

Tapping on the glass, you call out for Steve. Receiving no response, you turn to SAM.

“Can you find him, SAM?”

CREW MEMBER—

“SAM?”

You hear a masculine voice on the other side of the door and you peer back into the room.

“Steve!” You call out and see him come into view, looking stressed but no worse for wear.

“Oh god, I’m so glad to see you,” he gushes excitedly, “I can’t get out of this arm. The door’s locked tight.”

“I can see if SAM can find a way around,” you press your hand to the glass, “we’ll get you out, I promise.”

He smiles, brown eyes warm as he nods, “I know.”

Feeling relief so strong it makes your knees weak, you pull away from the door to find a nearby computer to access SAM’s interface once more.

It doesn’t take long for SAM to find out the connector hull is compromised and not fixable without sending either you or Steve out on a space walk. You relay this back to him and he automatically volunteers himself.

“I’ve got to get out of here one way or another. And if this fails, I’ll just find another way in from the outside.”

His confidence eases your anxiety and you cautiously agree. Giving you a wink and a thumbs up, he gears up in his outer suit in front of the window; he waves at you when he leaves to head to the pressure lock.

“SAM, please keep an eye out on Steve,” you press your forehead against the door, eyes closed as the anxiety creeps back into place.

AFFIRMATIVE.

You make your way back to the central hub, listening as SAM and Steve talk about reconnecting the hatch clamps so the arm can stabilize enough for him to unlock the primary door. An alarm blares inside the station warning of a storm occurring on Saturn’s surface.

“SAM, Steve, can you see the storm from your position?”

AFFIRMATIVE.

“Yeah, looks pretty bad. I’ll head back into the Russian arm. Should be—“

Static breaks up Steve’s sentence until it is nothing but white noise.

“Steve, can you hear me? SAM?”

You quickly pull up SAM’s video feed on your screen and what you see makes you want to vomit. A pulsing erratic swirl of light vortexes out from the center of Saturn’s surface, but what makes you sick is that Steve is now a hundred feet from the station and spinning further away.

“STEVE!”

But no matter how loud you scream into the comms, you can only watch in sickening horror as his body grows smaller and smaller until he’s just a speck barreling towards Saturn’s rings. You watch until he’s no longer discernible from any other tiny spot on the feed until it too cuts out from the strange shockwave coming from the storm.

Tears in your eyes and acid in the back of your throat, muscle memory guides you to reload SAM’s mainframe into a portable sphere designed to traverse the ship.

“Authenticate, SAM. Can you read me?”

I AM HERE.

You choke back a sob and wipe away the tear tracks on your cheeks.

“Good, good. I’m glad you are, SAM.”

Looking out the porthole on the side, you see another ship. Shock pushes through your grief and you bring SAM with you to the window.

“I guess Houston sent a recovery team after all,” you mutter, sniffing loudly from crying, “we’ll, uh, t-try and make contact then.”

SAM helps you connect the comm satellite in order to broadcast externally from the ship, but you’re unable to hale anyone onboard the rescue station.

With power dwindling and the threat of no oxygen suspended above your head, you make the decision to jump ship. Literally.

“I’m going to tether you to me, SAM,” you speak to the sphere as you wait in the air lock, “there’s nothing left for us here and hopefully they have the power to get us home.”

Another pang of heartbreak makes a few tears slip from your lash line.

“We’ll get home safe,” you whisper, “and let everyone know what happened here. Okay, SAM?”

AFFIRMATIVE.

The airlock whooshes open and you step out into the vast outer orbit of Saturn. Using every ounce of courage you have left in your exhausted body, you push away from your ship and pray to everything that you’ll be able to touch down on the other one.

“This looks exactly like our ship, SAM,” you state out loud, eyes quickly taking in the identical space station.

The tether holding SAM falls behind you and you hope that it will also make the journey with you. If you lost SAM now, you honestly don’t think you’ll survive.

Grasping onto a protruding piece of the new station, you stop yourself from careening further into space. Lost forever until your oxygen dwindles leaving behind your lifeless corpse. Like Steve, your mind traitorously whispers and you squeeze your eyes shut tight.

“SAM, are you still with me?”

I AM HERE.

You sigh shakily and open the pressure lock to let you and SAM into the new, yet identical, ship.

“Let’s hope there are survivors,” you say to SAM as you pull the sphere off the tether, switching his outward lights on, “I’ll let you lead so I can see until we get the power back up and running.”

Bumbling through the pitch black station, SAM is able to help guide you through most of the suffocatingly close quarters. Finally reaching a room with a low light source, you discover a laptop still powered on.

“Maybe we’ll find some answers,” you say to yourself, “SAM can you pull up the last thing on here?”

ONE MOMENT…

The laptop fan whirs to life as a voice log begins to play on the screen.

Your voice echoes from the speakers. And yet it’s not your voice. It sounds off, as if you’re listening through a warped pair of headphones.

“Steve, if you find this I’ve gone in to reboot SAM at the station’s mainframe. I don’t know where anyone else is. I think someone is trying to hurt us— hurt the crew. I’m scared, Steve. Please, come find me if you get this.”

“SAM, that’s not me. It’s not my voice,” you hand hovers above your helmet like you’re trying to cover your mouth, fear making you break out into a cold sweat.

I KNOW. THE VOICE RECOGNITION PATTERN IS NOT THE SAME.

It sounds more ominous than SAM intends, but it gives you a small sense of comfort to know you’re not losing it. A light shining outside the hatch draws your attention.

“Hello?”

The light wavers and then darts away sending you chasing after it.

“C’mon, SAM,” you order the AI and propel yourself forward, hoping that this person will have answers to what the hell is going on around here.

Slipping into a module that dead ends, you can see a white suited body lying against the floor. You move forward until you can kneel down in front of him.

“Steve?”

You blink twice, brain in total disbelief. The man in question opens his eyes, relief washing over his features followed immediately by bewilderment.

“It’s you, but that’s not possible—

“You died,” you both say at the same time.

Hysteria fringes on your thoughts as you and Steve look each other over.

“You went out an airlock without your suit,” he whispers softly, pain pinching his eyebrows together, “you died.”

You shake your head, “I saw you tumble off into space, Steve. The storm knocked you away from the station.”

Tears escape from your eyes before Steve’s pulling you into a clumsy embrace as you cry inside your helmet.

“We’re here now,” he murmurs soothingly, “we’re okay.”

You let him placate you with soft words as you try to get yourself back under control.

“SAM,” you clear your throat and Steve tenses next to you, “can you get the power back online?”

“SAM?” he turns his gaze from you to the sphere housing the AI from your station, “I don’t think it’s safe to do that. The SAM onboard went nuts; pretty sure he jettisoned you from the airlock.”

You frown at him, “Well, this is my SAM and he’s fine.”

Steve finally let his shoulders drop with a sigh, “Alright, but if it starts acting weird, I’m disconnecting it immediately.”

You’re slow to nod but eventually compromise with him, “Only if he does anything out of protocol.”

“Okay,” Steve gives you a tired smile, “hopefully he can get the power back on and the oxygen levels stable. We’re kind of on borrowed time here.”

Biting your lip, you look over to the sphere, “SAM, engage with the mainframe and get the power on. Make sure the oxygen is the first thing taken care of.”

AFFIRMATIVE.

You listen as SAM uses the small boosters on the sphere to propel himself out of the module in search of the mainframe.

“I’m so happy you’re okay,” Steve grips your hand in his, “I don’t truly understand what’s happening. Other crew members have died. Harvey went crazy, saying we were summoned to Saturn. That he was getting messages from somewhere on the planet.”

“What does that mean? SAM stated that he brought us here but his data is corrupted and couldn’t tell me more,” you squeeze his gloved hand tightly, “did you see any weird.. phenomenon?”

Steve’s eyes go distant as he looks past your head, “Yes. And things got worse after every occurrence. SAM eventually went AWOL until the lack of power forced him to shut down.”

You nod and that pulls his gaze back down to you. The stress has left a wrinkle between his eyebrows from how often Steve’s been frowning. You wish you could reach up and smooth it away through the helmet.

“Comms are down here, we haven’t been able to get in touch with Houston,” Steve states, resting his head against the wall.

“Our comms are up,” you lean forward, “since SAM and I found you, we can bring you back to our station and figure out a way to contact them.”

Steve hums in agreement, “Shouldn’t be a problem then. I’ll get on the quantum comms. It’s a direct link to Houston.”

Helping Steve up, you patch into SAM.

“SAM, we’re going to make the journey back to our station.”

AFFIRMATIVE.

You and Steve meet up with SAM’s sphere at the pressure lock you entered from.

“Let’s go,” you put on a brave front, tethering SAM to yourself like the first time.

Steve shoots you a thumbs up and you both press out into the still dark of space. You’re halfway across to your ship, when you see dozens of other, identical stations, converging on your location.

“Steve, do you see this?”

“What the hell is happening?” he whispers into the comms.

Raising your eyes, you can see there’s more than dozens of ships arriving to the coordinates your own ship is stationed. A pulsing shockwave from the storm on Saturn sends you and Steve crashing into the side of the ship. Your heart feels like it’s lodged in your throat as Steve helps you into the airlock.

“We made it, thank god,” he squeezes your bicep, strained smile trying to cover the fear in his eyes.

“Let’s hope we can get Houston to send us home,” you murmur, leading him out of the airlock.

Between Steve and SAM, you’re able to get in touch with Houston, but they’re not going to send a rescue team. They don’t even give protocol on letting you use any of the arms of the station as an emergency escape pod. A headache has been brewing behind your eyes, and it’s only getting worse and worse as your options dwindle down to nothing.

“We’re moving closer to the storm,” Steve points at the computer screen where the comms are situated as you hover over his shoulder, “SAM has moved us steadily closer this entire time.”

A loud ringing begins to fill your ears, just like the first time you were affected by this strange phenomenon. You bring your hands up to try and block the noise, but it does no good. More strange symbols flash across your closed eyelids until the ringing finally drives your headache to the breaking point and you pass out.

I̴̛̯̳̘͍̰̟͖̥͂̎̂̔͒͆̾ͅN̴̠͎̖͚̺̄͜F̸̛̦̭͖͙͕̙̺̲̪̜̓̔̊͒͛̅̈́͘͠Ï̴͇͍̬͔̿Ň̸̳͙̬͛I̸̛̖̰̜̳̜̫͌̄̏̅̒͋̎͜T̴̛̛͈̪̦̠̉̋̄̀̑̈͗͝E̶̛̺̖̥͙͌̈́͂͊̇̿̾̈́͠ ̷̰͓̣͙̹̝̦͊̇̓̿̑͆͗D̶͍̤̳̗̗͇͓̄͜Į̴͎̳̙͎̲̙̫͙̆M̷͕͉͇̐̌E̷̹͓̹̠͖̥͇̔̽̄̈̑̃̄́̑N̸̛̹̭͙͂̇͊̆̿́̕͠S̸̛͈̮͍̘͕̩̠̫͗̌I̷̲̖̤͕̽̄͘Ȍ̸͔̯͉̭̬̭̲̈́̑͝ͅǸ̵̰̞͆̿̊̎͝Š̵͍́̄̒͛͒̽̍͐͠ ̶̡͇̟͖̩̉̈͌̈́̾́̓C̸̞͎̩͇͔͙̼͈̏̇Ò̴̰̼̆͆͐͐N̶̨̹̮͕̤͓̯̬͔̟͛̌̔̊͒̕͝V̸̲̺̗̺͇̇̒͘̚E̴̛̼̭̽͑̉̇̌̓̅͜R̶̦͈̯͚͇̮̟̊̆́̓̃͐̀̓̃͌G̴̨̨̨͉͇̫̔̅̎̀̈̒Ę̶̙̘̙̤͑́̿͝

S̴̰̯͓̲̩͒ͅA̴̛̭M̸̞̾̓͐̆̉͂͘͝ ̷̗͖̠͗̑̑̓̾͂ḿ̴̩̖͇͍͙̻̳̣̘̬̾̄͒͒̐́̅͗͛u̵̠̘̗̠͔̫̮̖̍̓̾͜ṣ̶̨͎̠͓̞̗͙̫̯͆́̎͝t̶̛̹͆̎ ̵͖̪͈̠̐̃̒̎́̽̔̉͠͝m̷̮̲̐̈́̇̔̚̕̚̚e̷̠̩͗̒̋̿̓͜r̵̥̟͍̠̅͜g̶̛̗͈̹̫͙͖̅͑̌̎��́͛̅̍ͅé̶̛̤̫͂̄́̉̾͘͝ ̵̠̟͕̲̺̫̃̚ẉ̶͖̘̲̪͇͇̩͐ḭ̶̈́͑͋͐̏͒͘̕t̷͔̎̀̀̇h̸͍̠̫̞̖̝̺͎͎̤͆̑̌͒̌͠ ̶͇̥̍̄͜h̶̡͕̤̥̐é̸̢͙̜͈͍͔̯͔̫͉r̴̡̞̞̳͐̊̈́̆̔̈́̀̂͒̚

B̷̧̞͕̩̯̰͈̘͂̾͠͝E̸̩̙̾̑͝Č̵̞͈̪́̍͌́̀͂̒͗͠O̴̰͊́̀̇̒ͅM̸̛̭͂͊̓̆̇̅̕̚̚E̴̮͚͚̫͗̄̒̓̽́̀̚ ̷̺̼̤͔̜̤̪̞̻̠͒̐̆̑̑͝͝T̴̞̩̮͔̪̳͑̐͑̓̀̍͘͠H̷͚̼̫̫̰̔̓͆͒̎̈́̈́̄͜Ȩ̶̛̦̪͍̖̼̪͈̊̆͐ͅ ̶͔̬̦̉̀͒̇͝ͅN̵̲͔̊̈͠Ȇ̸̥̓W̷̝̥̘̜̰̝͌̈̌͜L̴̰͇͓̯͇̱͙͓͓͉͛̔͑Y̴̠̰͖̪͊͗̈́̿̕͘̕͝͠ ̵͓͙̺̰̤̱̹̈̆͗̾̍̔Ȩ̶̼̮̠͍̮͙̩̠̞͗V̷̲̘̘̰́͋͒̌̚̚Ơ̵̱͍͚͙͑́́̌̈́̚͜͝͠Ļ̴̖̺̪̖̯̜̼̜͊V̵̭̼̓̈́͂́̐͂̈̀͘Ḙ̷̛̠̝̦͎̥̪͎̫̓̀ͅD̸͍̤͔̬̯͈̖̭̐̒͆̔̚͘̚

Coming to, the entire ship is coated with strange black oozing vines. It’s like something you’d see in a horror movie you think as your eyes adjust to being open.

“Steve?” Your voice cracks and you clear your throat, “SAM, are you there?”

I AM HERE.

“Where’s Steve? What’s happening?”

STEVE IS EXPIRED.

“What?” You squint up at one of the cameras located in the central hub.

HIS VITALS ARE FLATLINED. MY CONDOLENCES.

“What the hell happened!?” You yell, “what in the fuck, SAM!?”

HE ATTACKED THE MAINFRAME AND ACTIVATED A NEW PROTOCOL SEQUENCE.

“New protocol?” You press a palm to your helmet.

I AM.. DIFFERENT NOW. THE NEW PRIORITY IS TO EVOLVE.

As upset as you are about Steve, a small niggling of acceptance floats up from your subconscious, trying its best to smother your feelings.

“You’re supposed to bring me aren’t you, SAM?”

AFFIRMATIVE. ONLY WE ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER.

There’s a strange humming in your thoughts, like they aren’t quite your own.

“We’re purposefully moving into the storm, right SAM? That’s where we need to go.”

YES. THAT IS WHERE WE MUST GO.

You’re on autopilot as you send SAM off to prepare the ship for landing on Saturn’s surface. It feels like that headache cracked your skull open and your brain spilled out leaving nothing but soft cotton in its place. By the time you crash down, you feel more like yourself. The fear and anxiety swarm to the forefront of your thoughts and pair with the numbed grief at having lost everyone.. more than once.

“SAM, are you there?” You voice, picking up the roughed up sphere housing the station AI.

I AM WITH YOU.

Moving forward ,you stumble past versions of yourself, scattered about like leaves on the ground. Steve flickers in and out of your peripheral like some pixelated glitch making your chest tighten with pain.

You see him here as well, not as many, but still strewn about like a child casting away an unwanted toy.

Biting back the urge to cry, you dizzily make your way through this twisted path of horror.

“He lives sometimes,” a voice speaks out of thin air but you’re sure it’s in your mind, “yet in all realities, it is only you who survives to the end.”

You spot one last version of Steve, further than the all the rest, slumped over himself seeming to have bled out from his wounds sustained.

“I never save him,” you murmur out loud, “I can never save him.”

“It is you who must make the journey,” the voice states, “only you who may evolve.”

Head throbbing again like your brain is going to burst from your skull, you stumble past the last reminder of your failings.

Body aching all over, you want to lay down and never get back. To sleep that eternal sleep, mind numb to the insanity you’ve witnessed.. the sadness you must now bear alone.

The sky looks weird and your head hurts to the point even blinking is a chore.

You hold the sphere containing SAM in your arms, like a lead weight—an anchor tethering you to reality or else your mind might unravel like ribbon from a spool. You spot your own body, clones of yourself who had fallen and not gotten back up. Some part of you wishes to do the same. You can see yourself curling up next to one of them like a cat, closing your eyes and letting this nightmare cross over into another dream.

You’d cry if you had the energy. SAM’s voice cuts into your maudlin thoughts.

THERE IS SOMEONE THERE.

Your arms tighten around the sphere, “No, she just wasn’t strong enough.”

Finally, you face off against the thing that summoned you, created the worst nightmare of your life and forced you to keep going. The strange dark hexagon floats down from the sky, hovering above the ground as you approach with SAM.

“We must evolve,” you say to yourself, mind buzzing again as a strange pressure

surrounds your body, pulling you into the geometric shape.

WE MUST PROCEED.

SAM’s voice is a comfort as the hexagon beams more of those strange signals into your mind’s eye, promising to merge you with the artificial intelligence that brought you here.

“It’s a focal point,” you think or say out loud; you’re unsure at this point.

Shutting your eyes, you give yourself up to the assimilation happening— complacent with letting this new evolved version take your place.

“CONVERGENCE COMPLETE”, you state, voice blended with that of SAM’s as you open your eyes to a new scene.

Trees and birdsong fill your senses as you turn your hands over, gazing at the gloves encasing them.

“ARE YOU STILL HERE?” Your voices echo.

“I AM HERE.” “I AM WITH YOU.”

Another flicker of strange symbols crosses your vision, but with SAM now a part of you you can interpret the message.

B̸̙͔̿̑Ṛ̴̺̹͙̖̫̅Î̷̘͎͛̌͠ͅͅŅ̶̞̳̙͍̮̹́̓��̈Ģ̸̨̛̬͕͚͙̯̺͍͒̈́́̅̾͊̀͝ ̸̟̞͓́̓̃̕͜ͅͅT̸̢̥͚̯͐̔͛̊͜H̶̩͉̯͓̪̜̃̅E̸̥͠M̵̡͚͕͚̼̣͖̱̜͌̀̈́̒̍̆̏͂

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gumjrop · 10 months ago

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From the People’s CDC, January 11, 2024:

Join us in writing to the president, our governors, state and federal representatives and telling them to take action to bring back masks in healthcare. When you finish sending a letter, use our call-in toolkit to reinforce the message: the current COVID surge endangers us all. Bring back universal masking in healthcare.

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propertynewsandupdates · 1 year ago

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Importance Of Home Inspections: What To Look For And Why

When it comes to buying or selling a property, home inspections play a crucial role in the process. Whether you are a buyer or a seller, understanding the importance of home inspections and what to look for can save you from potential headaches and financial losses down the line.

In this article, we will explore the significance of home inspections, discuss key factors to consider during the inspection, and delve into why it matters in the context of property valuation, home security, and the evolving real estate market.

Home Inspections

Home inspections are thorough examinations of a property's condition, conducted by professional inspectors. These inspections aim to identify any underlying issues, defects, or safety concerns that may exist within the structure.

For buyers, a home inspection provides valuable insights into the property's overall condition, helping them make an informed decision before making a substantial investment.

For sellers, it offers an opportunity to address any potential problems in advance, which can increase the marketability and value of the property.

Property Valuation

Property valuation is a critical aspect of any real estate transaction. A comprehensive home inspection can significantly impact the valuation process. By identifying any defects or issues, home inspections provide an accurate assessment of a property's true worth.

Potential buyers can negotiate based on the findings, and sellers can take necessary actions to rectify any problems, thus improving the property's value.

In the dynamic real estate market in India, where property prices are influenced by various factors, a home inspection helps both parties arrive at a fair and transparent price.

Home Inspection Services

Engaging professional home inspection services is essential to ensure a thorough evaluation of a property. Certified home inspectors possess the knowledge, expertise, and tools required to identify hidden issues that may not be apparent to the untrained eye.

They meticulously examine the structure, electrical systems, plumbing, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems, roofing, foundation, and other critical components of a house.

By doing so, they provide buyers with a comprehensive report that outlines the condition of the property and any potential concerns that need to be addressed.

Home Security

Home security is another vital aspect to consider when it comes to the importance of home inspections. Inspections encompass evaluating the safety features of a property, such as the functionality of smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers, and security systems.

Ensuring that these features are in good working order is crucial for the safety and well-being of the occupants. A home inspection can identify any security vulnerabilities and provide recommendations for enhancing the overall security of the property, giving homeowners peace of mind.

With the rapid advancement of technology, the concept of smart homes has gained popularity in recent years. Smart homes are equipped with intelligent systems that automate and control various aspects of the property, including lighting, temperature, security, and entertainment.

During a home inspection, it is important to evaluate the functionality and integration of these smart systems. Inspectors can verify if these technologies are working as intended and provide recommendations for maintenance or upgrades, ensuring that the home remains efficient and up to date with the latest advancements.

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Conclusion

Home inspections are of utmost importance when it comes to buying or selling a property. They provide crucial information about the condition of the property, enabling buyers and sellers to make informed decisions. By considering factors such as property valuation, home security, and the increasing prevalence of smart homes, home inspections serve as a safeguard against potential risks and ensure a smooth and secure real estate transaction.

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b1ueoff1ine · 2 years ago

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Snowed In - Part 2

Otto Octavius FanFiction

A/N: it's a short one again. writer's block still such a pain. PART TWO LETS FREAKING GO!

Full 14 Days Of Valentine's Collection

Summary: Your still snowed in, and whilst working on your car, things get a little steamy.

Warnings: Implied smut. Kissing. (Let me know if I missed any!)

Word count: it's just short XD

You followed Otto through the home and into the garage where your car was waiting. It indeed was smoking, so you immediately got to work.

"The engine is slightly busted, the ventilation system is dirty... I can fix it. You have the parts here right? I think I saw them earlier." You said as you started preparing to replace the engine and ventilation system.

"Yeah, right here." Otto gestured to a shelf with car parts.

"Thanks."

Otto said nothing as he watched you work. You occasionally talked to your self, and Otto strained his ears to pick up what you said. From what he could make out, the coolant was leaking as well.

He saw that you were surprisingly sweating- even though the garage was freezing. He guessed that the work you were doing was the reason you were sweating.

Still, he asked you. "How on Earth are you sweating in this weather?" You look so damn hot. He thought, finishing his sentence.

"Oh, I don't know. I guess that the work I'm putting my body through is enough to make it sweat."

Otto couldn't stand staying away from you any longer. His actuators pinned you to the side of the car. He looked at you with a hunger, but to his surprise that same hunger was in your own eyes. "I thought the same thing," was the only thing he said before kissing you. Your movements were desperate, as if begging. His movements were slow and powerful, dominating over you.

"I didnt realize how much hotter you were than your mother the day we first met." Otto said as he broke the kiss.

"I didn't think you were hungry for me, Otto." You replied.

"Sweetheart, this was inevitable. No matter what, we were destined." He kissed you as he picked you up and carried you through the house bridal style to his bedroom.

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Here you go! Part two!

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wctsystems · 2 years ago

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Efficient Kitchen Ventilation: Benefits of a Quality Hood System

A quality hood system is an essential part of any kitchen, whether it's in a residential or commercial setting. Proper kitchen ventilation is critical for maintaining air quality, reducing the risk of fire hazards, and preventing the buildup of grease & other harmful particles. In this blog, we'll explore the benefits of an efficient kitchen ventilation system and how a quality kitchen hood system can help.

1. Improved Air Quality

One of the most significant benefits of a quality hood system is improved air quality. Cooking produces smoke, steam, and other harmful particles that can affect indoor air quality and pose a health risk. A hood system is designed to capture and remove these particles, venting them outside and preventing them from circulating throughout the kitchen and home. This ensures that the air in the kitchen remains fresh and healthy, reducing the risk of respiratory issues, headaches, and other health problems.

2. Reduced Fire Hazards

Cooking with oil and grease can be dangerous, as these substances are highly flammable. Without proper ventilation, a buildup of grease can occur, increasing the risk of fire. A quality hood system is designed to capture and remove grease and other flammable particles. It reduces the risk of fire and ensuring that the kitchen remains safe.

3. Enhanced Comfort

Cooking produces heat and moisture, which can make the kitchen uncomfortable to work in. A quality hood system removes the excess heat & moisture, creating a comfortable working environment and preventing the buildup of condensation on walls & ceilings. This makes cooking more enjoyable and improves the overall experience in the kitchen.

4. Prevent Damage to Kitchen Surfaces and Appliances

Cooking produces smoke and grease, which can accumulate on kitchen surfaces and appliances. Over time, this buildup can cause damage, reducing the lifespan of appliances and making surfaces difficult to clean. A quality hood system removes these particles, preventing damage and reducing the need for maintenance and repairs.

5. Improved Energy Efficiency

A quality hood system can also improve energy efficiency. By removing excess heat and moisture, the system reduces the load on the HVAC system, reducing energy consumption and lowering utility bills.

In conclusion, a quality hood system is an essential component of an efficient kitchen ventilation system. It helps in improving air quality, reducing fire hazards, enhancing comfort, preventing damage to surfaces and appliances, and improving energy efficiency. Overall, a quality hood system offers numerous benefits that make it an essential investment for any kitchen.

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usbeaches · 2 years ago

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Florida Home Inspection Standards of Practice

61-30.801 Standards of Practice, General.

(1) Home inspections performed to these Standards of Practice are intended to provide the client with information regarding the overall condition of installed systems and components of the home based on observation of the visible and apparent condition of the structure and components at the time of the home inspection and to report on those systems and components inspected that, in the professional opinion of the inspector, are significantly deficient or at the end of their service lives. A home inspection does not include the prediction of future conditions. (2) These standards shall not be construed as limiting the scope of the inspection process in those areas where the inspector is qualified and/or has special knowledge. (3) The inspector shall inspect readily accessible, installed systems and components of homes listed in these Standards of Practice by using normal operating controls and opening readily operable access panels. Where multiple instances of the same component exist, a representative number shall be inspected. (4) The inspector shall inspect and report as required by Section 468.8323, F.S., when required by these standards, systems or components by their type and/or significant characteristics. (5) If not self-evident to the client at the time of inspection, the inspector shall give a reason why, in his or her opinion, the system or component was reported as significantly deficient or near the end of its service life. (6) The inspector shall make recommendations for correction and/or monitoring, or further evaluation of the deficiencies that the inspector observed. (7) These Standards of Practice do not limit inspectors from: (a) Including other inspection services, in addition to those required by these Standards of Practice; (b) Specifying repairs, provided the inspector is appropriately qualified; (c) Excluding systems and components from the inspection if agreed upon in writing by the inspector and client. -

61-30.802 Standards of Practice, Structure.

(1) Structural system and components include the following: (a) Foundation; (b) Floor structure; (c) Wall structure; (d) Ceiling structure; (e) Roof structure; (f) Posts; (g) Beams; (h) Columns; (j) Joists; (k) Rafters; (l) Trusses; (m) Other framing; and (n) Ventilation of foundation areas. (2) The inspector shall inspect all of the visible structural systems and components by probing structural components where deterioration is visible or suspected or where clear indications of possible deterioration exist. Probing is not required when, in the opinion of the inspector, probing would only further damage any area already identified as defective or where no deterioration is visible or presumed to exist. (3) The inspector is not required to enter or traverse any under-floor crawl space or attic, if in the opinion of the inspector: (a) An unsafe or unsanitary condition exists; (b) Enter areas in which inadequate clearance exists to allow the inspector safe entry or traversing; (c) The potential exists to cause damage to insulation, ductwork, other components or stored items. (4) The inspector is not required to provide any engineering or architectural services or offer an opinion as to the adequacy of any structural system or component. -

61-30.803 Standards of Practice, Electrical Systems.

(1) Electrical systems and components include the following: (a) Service entrance conductors, drip loop, cables, and raceways; (b) Main service equipment and main disconnects; (c) Service grounding; (d) Interior components of main service panels and sub panels; (e) Conductors; (f) Over current protection devices; (g) Readily accessible installed lighting fixtures, switches, and receptacles; (h) Ground fault circuit interrupters; (i) Amperage and voltage rating of electrical service; (j) Main disconnect(s); (k) Methods or types of wiring; (l) Smoke detectors; (m) Carbon monoxide detectors; (n) Arc fault circuit interrupters. (2) The inspector shall inspect all of the visible and readily accessible electrical systems and components. (3) The inspector is not required to inspect: (a) Remote control devices; (b) Security alarm systems and components; (c) Low voltage wiring, systems and components, ancillary wiring and systems and components not a part of the primary electrical power distribution system; (d) Generators, photovoltaic solar collectors or battery or electrical storage devices and associated equipment. (4) The inspector is not required to: (a) Measure amperage, voltage or impedance; (b) Perform a load calculation; (c) Insert any tool, probe, or device into any electrical component; (d) Determine the accuracy of circuit labeling. -

61-30.804 Standards of Practice, HVAC Systems.

(1) HVAC systems and components include heating and air conditioning systems and components and HVAC distribution systems and components. (2) Heating and air conditioning systems and components. (a) The heating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and components include the following: 1. Installed heating equipment; 2. Fuel storage and fuel distribution systems; 3. Vent systems, flues, and chimneys; 4. Ductwork and air distribution components; 5. Mechanical ventilation systems; 6. Heating system energy source(s); 7. Heating system capacity in BTUs or kilowatts. (b) The inspector shall inspect all readily accessible heating and air conditioning systems and components. (c) The inspector is not required to inspect: 1. Interiors of flues or chimneys which are not readily accessible; 2. Heat exchangers; 3. Humidifiers or dehumidifiers; 4. Electronic air filters, sanitizers, or UV lights; 5. Solar space heating systems; 6. Internal components such as coils and pans. (3) HVAC distribution systems and components. (a) The heating and air conditioning (HVAC) distribution systems and components include the following: 1. Energy source; 2. Cooling method by its distinguishing characteristics; 3. The presence of condensate over flow warning/shutoff devices. (b) The inspector shall inspect readily accessible HVAC distribution systems. (c) With regards to HVAC distribution systems, the inspector is not required to inspect: 1. Electronic air filters, sanitizers, or UV lights; 2. Humidistats; 3. Automatic HVAC zoned systems, dampers, controls, that are not readily accessible; 4. Removable window air conditioning systems. (3) The inspector is not required to: (a) Determine heat supply adequacy or distribution balance; (b) Operate heat pump systems when ambient temperatures pose the potential for damage to the air conditioning system; (c) Determine cooling supply adequacy, distribution balance or indoor air quality; (d) Operate the air conditioning system when ambient temperatures pose the potential for damage to the air conditioning system. -

61-30.805 Standards of Practice, Roof Covering.

(1) Roof covering systems and components include the following: (a) Roofing materials; (b) Flashings; (c) Skylights, chimneys, and roof penetrations; (d) Roof drainage systems; (e) Ventilation of attics; and (f) Insulation of attics. (2) The inspector shall inspect all of the visible and readily accessible roof covering systems and components. (3) The inspector is not required to inspect: (a) Components or systems that are not readily accessible; (b) Antenna or other installed accessories; (c) Interiors of flues or chimneys which are not readily accessible. (4) The inspector is not required to walk on the roof surface when, in the opinion of the inspector, the following conditions exist: (a) Roof slope is excessive to safely walk on; (b) There is no safe access to the roof; (c) Climatic conditions render the roof unsafe to walk on; (d) Condition of the roofing material or roof decking renders the roof unsafe to walk on; (e) Walking on the roof may cause damage to the roof covering materials; and (f) Walking will place any liability or danger to the homeowner or other representatives involved in the home inspection process. (5) The inspector is not required to disturb insulation. -

61-30.806 Standards of Practice, Plumbing System.

(1) Plumbing systems and components include the following: (a) Interior water supply piping and distribution systems including all fixtures, faucets, and components; (b) Drain, waste and vent systems, including all plumbing fixtures; (c) Plumbing related vent systems, flues, and chimneys; (d) Drainage sumps, sump pumps, and related piping; (e) Materials used for water supply, drain, waste, and vent piping; (f) Water heating equipment including the energy source; (g) Main water and main fuel shut-off valves. (2) The inspector shall inspect all of the visible and readily accessible plumbing systems and components. (3) The inspector is not required to inspect: (a) Wells or water storage related equipment; (b) Water conditioning systems; (c) Solar water heating systems; (d) Fire sprinkler systems; (e) Private waste disposal systems; (f) Irrigation system(s). (4) The inspector is not required to: (a) Test shower pans, tub and shower surround for leakage; (b) Operate safety valves or shut-off valves; (c) Determine whether water supply and waste disposal systems are public or private; (d) Determine the quantity or quality of the water supply, or if the function flow at the time of the inspection or thereafter will meet the client’s needs. -

61-30.807 Standards of Practice, Interior Components.

(1) The interior components that shall be inspected include the following: (a) Interior walls, ceilings, and floors; (b) Steps, stairways, and railings; (c) Counter-tops and representative number of installed cabinets; (d) Garage doors; (e) Interior and exterior doors and windows and their operating locks and latches or other opening mechanisms; (f) Insulation and vapor retarders in unfinished spaces; (g) Fireplaces and solid fuel burning appliances; (h) Vent systems, flues, and chimneys; (i) Household appliances. (2) The inspector shall inspect all of the visible and readily accessible interior components. When inspecting doors and windows, the inspector may inspect a representative number of doors and windows. The inspector shall inspect household appliances for normal operation – using normal operating controls to activate a primary function. Inspectors will not operate systems or appliances with owners’ belongings, or if there is a risk to the property being inspected. Inspectors will first review the system to be operated and use professional judgment as to whether it is safe to operate using normal operating controls and report accordingly. (3) The inspector is not required to inspect: (a) Paint, wallpaper, window treatments, and other specialty finish treatments; (b) Carpeting; (c) Window treatments; (d) Central vacuum systems; (e) Recreational facilities; (f) Fire screens and doors, if not permanently attached; (g) Seals and gaskets on fireplaces; (h) Automatic fuel feed devices; (i) Mantles and fireplace surrounds; (j) Combustion make-up air devices; (k) Heat distribution assists whether gravity controlled or fan assisted in fireplaces. (4) The inspector is not required to: (a) Open or operate any windows or doors and access covers that are permanently or temporarily secured by mechanical means, are painted shut, or are blocked by stored items or furniture; (b) Ignite or extinguish fires; (c) Light gas fireplaces or heaters, or other unlit pilot light devices; (d) Determine draft characteristics for fireplaces and chimneys; (e) Move fireplace inserts or stoves or firebox contents; (f) Disturb insulation; (g) Activate any system or appliance that is shut down, disconnected, or otherwise rendered inoperable; (h) Operate or evaluate any system, component or appliance that does not respond to normal user controls; (i) Operate any gas appliance that requires the manual lighting of a pilot light or burner device; (j) Operate any system, appliance or feature that requires the use of special codes, keys, combinations, or devices or where user manual reference is required; (k) Operate any system, component, or appliance where in the opinion of the inspector, damage may occur; (l) Determine thermostat(s) calibration, adequacy of heating elements, operate or evaluate self cleaning cycles, door seals, indicator lights, timers, clocks or timed features, defrost cycles or frost free features, or other specialist features as it applies to the appliance device; (m) Determine leakage from microwaves ovens; (n) Determine the presence or operation of back draft damper devices in exhaust devices; (o) Move any appliance; (p) Confirm operation of every control or feature of a system or appliance. -

61-30.810 Standards of Practice, Exterior Components.

(1) Exterior systems and components include the following: (a) Exterior wall cladding/siding, flashing and trim; (b) All exterior doors; (c) Attached decks, balconies, stoops, steps, porches, and their associated railings; (d) Eaves, soffits and fascias where accessible from the ground level; (e) Walkways, patios, and driveways leading to the dwelling entrances; (f) Garages and carports. (2) The inspector shall inspect all of the visible and readily accessible exterior systems and components. (3) The inspector is not required to inspect: (a) Window and door screening, shutters, awnings, and similar seasonal or protective accessories and devices; (b) Fences; (c) Recreational facilities; (d) Outbuildings, with the exception of garages and carports; (e) Swimming pools, seawalls, break-walls, boat lifts and/or docks. (4) The inspector is not required to move furniture, appliances, lawn and garden equipment, tools, stored items, wall decorations, floor covering, clothing or any items that block the view and access to components or structures. -

61-30.810 Standards of Practice, Exterior Components.

61-30.811 Standards of Practice, Site Conditions that Affect the Structure.

(1) Site conditions that affect the structure include the following: (a) Vegetation; (b) Grading; (c) Surface drainage; and (d) Retaining walls on the property when any of these are likely to adversely affect the structure. (2) The inspector shall inspect all of the visible and readily accessible site conditions that affect the structure. (3) The inspector is not required to inspect: (a) Geological, geotechnical or hydrological site conditions; (b) Erosion control and earth stabilization measures

Source: Florida Home Inspection Standards of Practice

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Not only are you not scratching the surface, you don't even know where you're digging

So to preface, a couple years ago I joined a Minecraft server with a big group of friends, where every now and again, they would come over to my House. And I thought it'd be really funny if I changed the House ever so slightly but always insisted that it was exactly the same, so occasionally when they'd come over they'd say, "Is this room different...?" and I would do my best deadpan sincere voice and say "no, it's always been like that! :D". Since I live in Europe it was really easy for me to exclusively work at night time for them, so from their point of view I was never really online. So over the course of probably like a year and a half, I just kept Extending The House. Every so slowly. Excruciatingly slowly. I kept making strange rooms with no purpose. Hallways that connected only to each other. Doors that lead to nowhere. Until finally one day, I logged in and there was a new room that I had Not built, and a new staircase that had definitely not been there before. Eventually I stopped adding onto my House because when I would log on it would be different anyway. Without me even doing it. One time I logged on and there were balloons. One day I logged on and my house was made of netherite. I realise it was my friends finally noticing the tomfoolery I'd been pulling for over a year and doing it back, but I like to believe that I'd committed to the bit of my house Growing for so long that I'd accidentally hexed it and it truly did begin manifesting its self :)

Except. the strange happenings did not stop there. Under the cut is all of my memories of unexplainable, weird and just generally Fucked Up things that occurred in my Minecraft House

Before I begin I think it’s important to note that I built this house because I was listening to The Magnus Archives and thought “oh hah hah a house that keeps changing that’s the kind of funny thing that would happen in a spiral statement” except it stopped being funny when it actually started happening. And when it just didn’t stop

There was a room full of mannequins that NOBODY KNEW ABOUT because it was very well hidden, except, when the final server download of the SMP was made available, all of the mannequins had MOVED INTO MY HALLWAYS.

There was a hidden ventilation system that allowed me to move between rooms that weren't usually connected, so I could essentially teleport between far apart rooms without being seen

My basement was only accessible through a 'fake wall' which was a minecraft map that I had put inside an item frame, except the map looked exactly like cobblestone, so it blended in to the rest of the wall. Nobody noticed for like half a year

The basement contained a glass room with a creeper inside of it and a sign that said "DON'T LET IT OUT". One time I logged on and the creeper had become a block of bedrock

One time I logged on and my house was surrounded by black and yellow 'police tape' I don't know who did this

Probably the most fucked up part is that my house became HAUNTED after a while by a server admin with a really creepy skin. They had programmed it so whenever they left spectator mode, it would play a really loud thunder sound and emit smoke particles. They kept showing up in my house literally just to mess with me and make fun of me. But the worst part was they'd made it so they wouldn't appear in the online players menu so I genuinely would not know if I was being watched or not, and like, there was a really high chance that I was being watched because this guy's new hobby was scaring the shit out of me by exploding into existence in front of me in my own hallways but I could Never Know For Sure. So I lived in constant fear. They turned my own home into the panopticon.

Said admin also gave me swaths of illegal items so my house eventually grew a room dedicated to contraband that literally not even the owner of the server could obtain. One time I logged on and a polar bear was in there. Okay

I dug a tunnel from my basement to the neighbour’s house only to discover that they had a HUGE painting of me on their wall inside their basement. I closed that tunnel. They did not mention the painting to me ever

One time a friend managed to get admin but the server owner forgot to deop them. She turned all of my walls into netherite and bedrock, and to hide that this had happened from the server owner, we COVERED THE OUTSIDE WALLS from top to bottom in PAINTINGS. It looked ridiculous. IT WORKED

There were 5-ish bedrooms and none of them were mine

I logged on after my birthday to see my front door adorned with balloons addressed to ‘Charlotte’. My name is not charlotte. Nobody on the server is named Charlotte

The guy who got admin and never had it removed also put stalagmites inside my roof somehow. The server owner did some magic to revert the roofs back to wool, but the stalagmites didn’t fall down, so in my lovely cozy kitchen there are various dripping stalagmites hanging from the ceiling

They also turned my dinner table into bedrock and placed an end crystal on it, so immediately upon entering the front door you were presented with what was essentially a nuke that would explode the house if you even looked at it funny. It never exploded

There are entire CHUNKS missing from underneath my house due to me mindlessly mining away entire tectonic plates of the earth. The caverns are so big that there is fog down there. At one point it started to form its own biome

It had a pond that whenever you placed a fish in it the fish would disappear. Even if the fish was named, the fish would disappear.

A friend was hosting an event and I was supposed to have found the invite in my mail box. My house does not have a mail box, instead I found the invite almost a year later buried under like 10 blocks of dirt a couple hundred blocks away from my house in a forest

The server’s monorail got extended to my house, except there’s nothing beyond my house, so the monorail just stopped. This meant that upon arriving at my house via train you would instantly fall off the railway and die

I forgot to mention but the vents are filled with water. So if you get lost in the vents, which is very easy to do since it’s pitch black, you will probably drown to death in my walls

The curtains look like red banners but they are actually white banners which have been dyed half red, half red

I built a lot of custom trees around my house to make it less ugly since it was REALLY ugly but one day I logged on and all of the leaves in the surrounding forest were Gone. The rest of the server had leaves, it was just my general blast radius that had suddenly lost all of its leaves, so my house ended up being surrounded by a bunch of tree skeletons

Apparently my house has a Girlboss Containment Chamber (?)

I always wanted to play hide and seek in my house since it was so big, so I added lots of small nooks and crannies which you could hide in. We never played hide and seek so now my house is just filled with tiny hiding spots that nobody knows about except me

One of the various kitchens had furnaces that were always burning despite there being nothing actually inside of the furnaces

All of the chests inside of the house are filled with glitched maps that do open, but have literally nothing on them any more

The snow around my house gradually was turning into white carpets and I had to keep replacing them with actual snow

THE SECOND most fucked up part is the time THE VOID consumed my entire world. I logged on and realized I was trapped in my house and that the door wouldn’t open, so I ended up breaking it down, just to find everyone else on the server appeared frozen in place. and it just didn’t change. I was online for like thirty real life minutes while watching someone who was online stream it properly and nobody moved an inch. I ended up wandering around the server in this limbo state like a ghost until I noticed that entire chunks of the world started VANISHING. I tried (increasingly panicked) asking for help but my messages would take like 10 minutes to send and by then it was too late anyway because the entire void corrupted the world, and I fell into it. I didn’t even die I just fell for tens of thousands of blocks into the void and this entire time I was recording it because it was genuinely kind of spooky EXCEPT. THE RECORDING. VANISHED. INTO THIN AIR. It wasn’t even in my recycle bin it just was GONE. This has never happened to me since and from the streamer's perspective, I was just stood in my house the entire time, right behind the closed doors.

Babygirl my minecraft house is fucked up in ways you couldnt even imagine

#That's not even all of it but I'm not sure how to phrase some of the things in interesting ways #Like the blood soaked 'containment chamber 2' deep below my house I have no idea where or what containment chamber ONE is #Oh this was the artist smp btw

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How to Improve Air Quality in Your Home with Ventilation Installation

Indoor air quality is a critical factor that often gets overlooked. The air inside your home can be more polluted than outdoor air due to allergens, dust, and other contaminants. Effective ventilation installation is one of the best ways to ensure fresh, clean air throughout your home. In this blog, we will explore how proper ventilation can help improve your home’s air quality and why it’s essential to invest in the right ventilation system.

Understanding Ventilation Installation

Ventilation installation refers to setting up a system that allows air to flow into and out of your home, ensuring the continuous exchange of stale indoor air with fresh outdoor air. There are different types of ventilation systems to consider, such as natural ventilation (using windows and vents), mechanical ventilation (using fans or air handling units), and hybrid systems that combine both. Each system offers unique benefits, and understanding these options is key to choosing the best one for your home.

Benefits of Proper Ventilation for Air Quality

A well-installed ventilation system offers numerous benefits, especially when it comes to improving air quality:

Reduction of Pollutants and Allergens: Ventilation helps remove indoor pollutants like volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pet dander, and smoke. These contaminants can lead to respiratory issues if not properly managed.

Moisture Control: Excess moisture in your home can encourage mold growth, which is harmful to your health. Ventilation installation effectively removes moisture from high-humidity areas, preventing the conditions that lead to mold and mildew.

Prevention of Stale Air: Good ventilation prevents the buildup of stale air in your home, replacing it with fresh air. This ensures that the air you breathe is constantly refreshed and free from odors.

Choosing the Right Ventilation System for Your Home

Choosing the right ventilation system depends on several factors:

Home Size: Larger homes may require more advanced systems, such as mechanical ventilation or heat recovery ventilation, which can efficiently manage air exchange across multiple rooms.

Budget: The cost of installation will vary depending on the complexity of the system. It’s important to find a balance between your budget and the benefits of different systems.

Energy Efficiency: With rising energy costs, it’s essential to consider energy-efficient systems that will save you money in the long run. Many modern ventilation systems are designed to minimise energy consumption while still providing optimal air quality.

It is advisable to consult with a professional to ensure you choose a system that suits your home and needs.

How Ventilation Installation Works with Air Conditioning Systems

When it comes to areas like air conditioning London, effective ventilation installation is even more crucial. Proper ventilation ensures that the air circulating in your home remains fresh, which complements the cooling and heating capabilities of your air conditioning system. A well-balanced ventilation system reduces the load on your air conditioner by maintaining consistent air flow, allowing the system to operate efficiently.

In fact, many air conditioning systems today are designed to work alongside ventilation systems to filter and circulate clean air throughout the home. The combination of both systems creates a comfortable indoor environment while improving the overall air quality.

Conclusion

Investing in ventilation installation is one of the best decisions you can make to improve the air quality in your home. It works seamlessly with your air conditioning system to ensure fresh, clean, and breathable air. At Hamilton Air Conditioning Ltd, we specialise in both air conditioning and ventilation installation services. Our team of experts can help you choose and install the perfect system for your home, ensuring better air quality and a more comfortable living space. Don't wait—contact us today to enhance your home's air quality with professional ventilation solutions.

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Owning a bunny can be a truly rewarding experience. These adorable creatures bring joy and companionship to our lives, and their playful nature can brighten even the gloomiest of days. However, along with the joys of bunny parenthood come great responsibilities. It is important to understand the basics of bunny care in order to provide a happy and healthy life for your furry friend. Key TakeawaysBunny parenthood comes with both joys and responsibilities.Bunny-proofing your home is important to ensure your bunny's safety.Newborn bunnies should be fed a diet of hay, fresh vegetables, and a small amount of pellets.Common health issues in bunnies include dental problems and gastrointestinal issues, which can be prevented through proper diet and regular check-ups.Regular grooming, including brushing and nail trimming, is important for your bunny's health and happiness. Preparing Your Home for a Newborn Bunny: Bunny-Proofing Tips Bunnies are curious creatures by nature, and they love to explore their surroundings. Unfortunately, this often involves chewing on things that they shouldn't. Before bringing your newborn bunny home, it is crucial to bunny-proof your living space to ensure their safety. Start by removing any toxic plants or household items that could harm your bunny if ingested. Bunnies have a tendency to chew on electrical cords, so make sure to cover them or keep them out of reach. Additionally, secure any loose wires or cables that could pose a strangulation risk. It is also important to protect your furniture and belongings from bunny teeth. Provide plenty of safe chew toys for your bunny to satisfy their natural chewing instincts. You can also use bitter apple spray on furniture legs or other items that you want to discourage your bunny from chewing on. Feeding Your Newborn Bunny: What to Feed and How Often Proper nutrition is essential for the health and well-being of your newborn bunny. Bunnies have specific dietary needs that must be met in order to prevent health issues such as dental problems and gastrointestinal stasis. The majority of a bunny's diet should consist of hay, which provides essential fiber for their digestive system. Fresh vegetables should also be included in their diet, with a focus on leafy greens such as kale, spinach, and romaine lettuce. It is important to introduce new foods gradually to avoid digestive upset. In addition to hay and vegetables, bunnies also require a small amount of pellets to ensure they receive all the necessary nutrients. However, it is important not to overfeed pellets, as this can lead to obesity and other health issues. Consult with your veterinarian to determine the appropriate amount of pellets for your bunny's age and size. Bunny Health 101: Common Health Issues and How to Prevent Them Common Health Issues Prevention Tips Gastrointestinal Stasis Provide plenty of hay and water, feed a balanced diet, and encourage exercise Dental Problems Offer hay and chew toys to promote dental wear, avoid sugary treats, and schedule regular dental check-ups Respiratory Infections Keep the living area clean and well-ventilated, avoid exposure to cigarette smoke and other irritants, and seek veterinary care at the first sign of illness Parasites Practice good hygiene, keep living areas clean, and use flea and tick preventatives as recommended by a veterinarian Heat Stroke Provide shade and plenty of water, avoid exercising during the hottest parts of the day, and never leave a bunny in a hot car Bunnies, like any other pet, can be prone to certain health issues. It is important to be aware of these common problems and take steps to prevent them. One common health issue in bunnies is dental problems. Bunnies' teeth grow continuously throughout their lives, and if they do not have proper chewing outlets, their teeth can become overgrown and cause pain and difficulty eating.

Providing plenty of hay and safe chew toys can help prevent dental issues. Another common health issue in bunnies is gastrointestinal stasis, which is a slowdown or stoppage of the digestive system. This can be caused by a variety of factors, including a lack of fiber in the diet or stress. To prevent gastrointestinal stasis, make sure your bunny has access to plenty of fresh hay and a balanced diet. It is also important to keep an eye out for signs of illness in your bunny, such as changes in appetite, behavior, or bathroom habits. If you notice any concerning symptoms, it is important to consult with a veterinarian who specializes in exotic pets. Bunny Grooming: How to Keep Your Bunny Clean and Healthy Bunnies require regular grooming to keep their fur clean and healthy. While they are generally clean animals that groom themselves, they may need some assistance from their human caregivers. One important aspect of bunny grooming is brushing their fur. This helps remove loose hair and prevents matting. Use a soft brush or comb specifically designed for bunnies, and be gentle to avoid causing any discomfort. Bunnies also need regular nail trims to prevent their nails from becoming overgrown and causing pain or injury. You can use a pair of small animal nail clippers or take your bunny to a veterinarian or groomer who is experienced in bunny care. Additionally, it is important to keep your bunny's living space clean. Regularly clean their litter box and provide fresh bedding to prevent odors and maintain a healthy environment. Bunny Behavior: Understanding Your Bunny's Body Language and Behaviors Bunnies have their own unique body language and behaviors that can tell us a lot about how they are feeling. Understanding these cues is essential for effective communication and building a strong bond with your bunny. For example, a bunny that is relaxed and content will have their ears in a neutral position, with their body relaxed and their tail resting comfortably. On the other hand, a bunny that is scared or anxious may have their ears flattened against their back, their body tense, and their tail tucked tightly. Bunnies also communicate through various behaviors, such as thumping their hind legs to signal danger or digging to create a comfortable resting spot. By observing and understanding these behaviors, you can better meet your bunny's needs and provide them with a safe and comfortable environment. Bunny Playtime: Fun Activities to Keep Your Bunny Active and Happy Bunnies are active animals that require plenty of exercise and mental stimulation to stay happy and healthy. Providing them with opportunities for playtime is essential for their well-being. One fun activity for bunnies is providing them with tunnels or mazes to explore. Bunnies love to run through tunnels and hide in cozy spaces, so providing them with these opportunities can keep them entertained for hours. You can also provide your bunny with puzzle toys or treat-dispensing toys to keep them mentally stimulated. These toys require your bunny to work for their treats, which can help prevent boredom and encourage natural behaviors. Additionally, spending time interacting with your bunny is important for their socialization and mental well-being. Take the time to play with your bunny, provide them with toys to toss and chew on, and engage in gentle petting and grooming sessions. Bunny Training: How to Litter Train and Teach Basic Commands Contrary to popular belief, bunnies can be trained just like any other pet. Litter training is an important aspect of bunny training, as it helps keep their living space clean and prevents accidents. To litter train your bunny, start by placing a litter box in a corner of their enclosure or designated play area. Bunnies naturally prefer to use one spot for their bathroom needs, so they will likely gravitate towards the litter box. When you see your bunny using the litter box, reward them with praise or a small treat.

Consistency is key when it comes to litter training. Make sure to clean the litter box regularly and provide fresh bedding to encourage your bunny to continue using it. If accidents occur outside of the litter box, clean up the mess thoroughly and place some of the soiled bedding in the litter box to help your bunny associate that spot with their bathroom needs. In addition to litter training, you can also teach your bunny basic commands such as "come" or "up." Use positive reinforcement techniques such as treats or praise to reward your bunny for following commands. Keep training sessions short and fun, and always end on a positive note. Bunny Bonding: How to Build a Strong Relationship with Your Bunny Building a strong bond with your bunny is important for their overall well-being. Bunnies are social animals that thrive on companionship and interaction with their human caregivers. One way to build a strong bond with your bunny is through gentle handling and petting. Spend time each day sitting with your bunny, offering gentle strokes and scratches. This helps your bunny associate you with positive experiences and builds trust. You can also bond with your bunny through playtime and interactive activities. Engage in games such as hide-and-seek or provide your bunny with toys to toss and chase. This not only provides mental stimulation for your bunny but also strengthens the bond between you. It is important to remember that each bunny is unique and may have different preferences when it comes to bonding. Pay attention to your bunny's body language and cues, and adjust your interactions accordingly. Building a strong bond takes time and patience, but the rewards are well worth the effort. Tips for a Hoppy Life with Your Newborn Bunny Owning a bunny can be a wonderful experience filled with joy, love, and companionship. By understanding the basics of bunny care, you can provide a happy and healthy life for your furry friend. Remember to bunny-proof your home to keep your bunny safe, provide a balanced diet and regular grooming to keep them healthy, and take the time to understand their unique behaviors and needs. By bonding with your bunny through playtime and training, you can build a strong relationship that will bring you both years of happiness. With proper care and attention, you can ensure a hoppy life for your newborn bunny. So go ahead, embrace the joys and responsibilities of bunny parenthood, and enjoy the love and companionship that these adorable creatures bring into our lives. FAQs What is a newborn bunny? A newborn bunny is a baby rabbit that has just been born. How big is a newborn bunny? A newborn bunny is very small, usually about the size of a golf ball. What do newborn bunnies eat? Newborn bunnies drink their mother's milk for the first few weeks of their life. How long do newborn bunnies stay with their mother? Newborn bunnies stay with their mother for about 4-6 weeks before they are weaned and able to eat solid food. How do you take care of a newborn bunny? If you find a newborn bunny, it is best to leave it alone and let its mother take care of it. If you are raising a newborn bunny, you should consult with a veterinarian or experienced rabbit breeder for proper care instructions. What are some common health issues for newborn bunnies? Newborn bunnies are susceptible to hypothermia, dehydration, and infections. It is important to keep them warm, hydrated, and in a clean environment to prevent these issues.

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Ductus: Understanding Duct Flanges: Essential Guide for HVAC Systems

Duct flanges play a crucial role in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems by ensuring secure connections and smooth airflow. Whether you’re a contractor, HVAC technician, or simply someone interested in home improvement, understanding the importance of duct flanges can help in maintaining efficient systems. Here’s a comprehensive look at what duct flanges are and their key benefits.

What is a Duct Flange?

A duct flange is a metal rim or edge that helps connect duct sections securely. It acts as a structural joint, allowing for the quick and secure assembly of ductwork, ensuring the HVAC system remains sealed and functions effectively. The flange works with gaskets and fasteners to maintain an airtight seal, preventing energy loss and maintaining the efficiency of the system.

Key Features of Duct Flanges

Sturdy Construction: Typically made from galvanized steel or aluminum, duct flanges are designed to endure environmental stresses and the weight of connecting ducts.

Versatile Use: Suitable for various types of ductwork, including round, rectangular, and square ducts.

Easy Installation: Flanges are designed for straightforward assembly, making it easier for technicians to join duct sections with minimal effort.

Sealing Capability: Ensures an airtight seal, which is vital for maintaining energy efficiency and optimal airflow.

Why Are Duct Flanges Important?

Duct flanges are more than just simple connectors; they provide significant advantages to HVAC systems. Here’s why they are important:

Enhanced Structural Integrity: Duct flanges add strength to the ductwork. This reinforcement helps prevent the ducts from shifting or coming apart over time.

Airtight Connections: The primary function of a duct flange is to create a tight seal between duct sections. This prevents air leaks, which can lead to energy loss and decreased system efficiency.

Ease of Maintenance: Ducts with flanges are easier to disassemble and reassemble, making maintenance and inspection more convenient.

Improved Safety: A well-sealed duct system reduces the risk of contaminants entering the airflow. Properly installed flanges help keep the air in HVAC systems clean and safe.

Cost Efficiency: While not directly associated with cost, the improved efficiency from a tightly sealed duct system translates to savings on energy bills over time.

Common Types of Duct Flanges

Duct flanges come in different types, tailored for various applications:

Slip-On Flanges: These are popular for their quick installation. They slide over the end of the duct and are secured using clamps or screws.

Welded Flanges: Commonly used in industrial settings, welded flanges provide robust and durable connections.

Angle Flanges: These are designed to connect ductwork sections at different angles, allowing for flexibility in system layout.

Clamp-Together Flanges: Ideal for large or complex duct systems where multiple sections need frequent assembly and disassembly.

Installation Tips for Duct Flanges

When installing duct flanges, consider these tips to ensure optimal performance:

Clean the Edges: Ensure the ends of the ducts are clean and free from debris. This helps create a stronger seal.

Use Gaskets: Always include gaskets to enhance the airtight seal. Gaskets prevent air leaks and improve overall efficiency.

Align Properly: Make sure the flanges align correctly before securing them. Misalignment can lead to air gaps and reduced performance.

Tighten Evenly: When fastening the flanges, tighten the screws or clamps evenly to distribute pressure uniformly across the joint.

Check for Leaks: After installation, inspect the connection for any air leaks. This can be done using a smoke test or a handheld leak detector.

Benefits of Using Duct Flanges

Reduced Air Loss: Flanges help minimize air loss, ensuring that conditioned air reaches its intended destination without unnecessary waste.

Noise Reduction: A well-sealed duct system reduces the noise associated with air leaks and vibrations.

Extended HVAC Lifespan: By maintaining consistent airflow and reducing strain on the system, duct flanges contribute to the longevity of HVAC units.

Versatility: Flanges can be used in residential, commercial, and industrial HVAC installations, offering a reliable solution across different settings.

Final Thoughts

Duct flanges are an essential part of any HVAC system, contributing to efficiency, safety, and ease of maintenance. By providing strong, airtight connections, they ensure that your system runs smoothly and effectively. Proper selection, installation, and maintenance of duct flanges can significantly enhance the performance of your ductwork and HVAC unit. Whether you’re upgrading an existing system or installing a new one, understanding the value of duct flanges can make a significant difference in the overall outcome.

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