Im super into electronic music, and particularly interested in generative/effect heavy stuff. Think Fennesz, Oli XL, Lanark Artefax etc.
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Recently I started to do some very simple patterns and basically rinsing and repeating them through effect heavy chains on the sidechain, allowing for delays/feedback to kinda wobble underneath and create these quite insane patterns, which I can resample and re-feed my effects chain. LFO's are king.
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It took me ages to realise that simple music had all this underlaying 'textural' content, and it took me even longer to create interesting things by using these to my advantage. I beforehand used to draw in everything! I was trying to create professional sounding music this way and it was exhausting. I really underestimated the power of what a bit of delay, reverb and some preferred effect can do to a song to give it character. A knob twisting session can really give you so much detail, happy accidents and new ideas so quickly!
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Im curious who else works in this way, or if I have just entered a new stage of development of production? Or do you guys literally draw in everything, every single bleep, hat?
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I completely forgot the concept of play for so long, and I am so happy to be in a place where I can just fiddle with some automations and create some really interesting patterns and ideas. It was such a struggle the whole time trying to imitate my musical pillars, and now i realise what I need to do.

Amai Odayaka

Week 1

Week one there will be a little newspaper that is going to be put up, possibly outside of the school. This newspaper will be sold to everyone and will hint to you about the second rival!
The newspaper consists of Amai apologizing for being sick on the first week and saying she is making a bake sale to raise money for her mothers bakery!

Week 2, Monday

• You can find Amai inside of the cooking club and can ask her if she needs any help with the food she is preparing.
• She will be excited and say she is thankful for you asking. She states that she underestimated how many people would order food and due to being ill last week didn't manage to cook as much food as she would've liked.
• She says the bake sale money is a surprise for her mother so she also didn't want to ask her mother to bake for her as she felt it would be unfair and ruin the surprise.
• She says the cooking club are setting up in the middle of the school grounds so she is working by herself, she asks you to help her cook. Saying she will even step in and help you if needed.
• If you reject, she will be upset but understanding. From here you can push her into a makeshift freezer they have on site which can be a cheap way of killing her instantly.

A secondary way of killing Amai could be to use the screwdriver inside of the science club, distract her by giggling to get her to move and then mess with the cooker for it to blow up in her face. Just a secondary simple killing method for Amai also.

• If you accept, you can equip a spare apron which puts you into a little "cooking mama" minigame where you need to cook a strawberry shortcake. Amai will speak you through a step by step minigame on how to bake the strawberry shortcakes.
• Amai will proceed to have a phone call around 9:00am at the back of the school next to the cooking club window, if you spy on the conversation she will talk to her mother about how her baking is going and give you a code "17928".

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Tuesday

• Tuesday is pretty not eventful. You will see Amai selling stuff in the middle of the school or maybe in a new building like a canteen.
• You can get everyone away from here and try to poison the food, which is a quick way to eliminate her but this will be difficult.
• Instead you can go snooping around inside of the draws of her classroom, this will give you access to the location of her mothers bakery.
• You can take a picture of the paper to unlock a new place you can go to.

Tuesday Night

• After looking at the picture at home, you have access to go to Amai's mothers bakery.
• The front door is locked and obviously has alarms so you need a way to access the bakery.
• You can jump over either a fence or hedge to gain access to the back of the bakery.
• At the back of the bakery you realise Amai's Mother and some guy are talking, you need a distraction.
• Looking around you can find a toy shop with the back door open, you can quietly sneak in and pick up "bang snaps" that are being sold on the front counter. You can use these to distract them.
• You can find a bunch of rocks lying around, picking one of these up means you can knock either one of them out if need be without killing them.
• At the back of the bakery will be a locked box with a combination that is needed. Players will need to imput said locked code to be able to gain access to shut down the alarm system, this is done every morning when Amai's mother comes into work anyways.
• If you remember Amai had a convo with her mother about resetting the password for her and it was "17928". Imputting this shuts off the alarm system.
• You can then sneak into the bakery. Feel free to take whatever. Money, Food. Whatever you can get your hands on is up for grabs.
• If you go into the back you can find a safe. Imputting the same code will give you access to all of Amai's Mothers Yen. Stealing this will mean the mother has gone bankrupt and is out of a job.
• If you managed to poison any of the food from earlier, or at least sabotage the food being made, this means Amai also did not make any money from her sale. Leaving both of them in the red.

Wednesday

• If you didn't sabotage anything but the mothers bakery, wednesday still takes place.
• Amai and one of her cooking club members will have a conversation outside of the cooking club's back wall. You can listen in by leaning against one of the hedge's.
• The member will ask Amai basically why she is standing all by herself, she will admit to the robbery of her mother that happened the day before.
• The member will then go and run to the cooking club, trying to raise money for Amai.
• All day when they are not in class all of them are inside of the club, meaning they wont be roaming the halls with food for people. You can take this time to do whatever, since you are going to be spotted less.
• ( OPTIONAL! ) Use the water bucket method to steal Amai's phone. Take it to Info-Chan so you can steal her passwords to her accounts and then quietly leave the phone either in her club or on her desk for her to find.

Wednesday Night

• Wednesday night you can take the time to leave bad reviews on her mothers bakery website. Bonus points if you do it through Amai's actual account since it deals more damage.
• ( OPTIONAL! ) To deal more damage to Amai you can post on her accounts about how she does or puts disgusting stuff into the food at the bakery and inside of school. The bullies will see this and start a rumer about Amai as well as bully her / gossip about her.

Thursday

• In the morning Amai and one of her club members will have a conversation about how she is leaving school early to help her mother since she has permission and her mother is in dire need of help.
• Amai will start making food at school to shorten the load on her poor mother. She will ask two club members to help her with making the food as it's a big task to take on herself.
• Amai will spill some flour on herself so she quickly excuses herself to go change out of her clothes since she neglected to put on an apron ( or you stole them on Tuesday when you were snooping )
• You can ask Info-Chan for a drop which is emedic poison. This will make people feel really Ill from eating her food.
• You can poison the three different types of food in the club room which amai will then pick up and take with her to see her mother.

Thursday Afternoon

• After school you have the option to either go home or to Amai's bakery.
• You will see some people there, considering Amai advertised her mothers bakery up to this point.
• Some of the bullies will be seen gossiping outside.
• Inside you can see someone from school ( senpai or another student ) ordering from the bakery.
• Amai will recommend a food to this customer, at their request, which you have previously poisoned.
• They will pay for the food and in a rush to eat will take it out of its packaging in front of Amai and take a big yummy bite!
• He will thank Amai because of how yummy the food was and start browsing the shop for more food to buy.
• Start recording <3
• The customer will start to feel very ill and throw up inside of the store, bringing attention to everyone. Amai will go to them..
• "What the hell did you put in this?!"
• The customer will soon pass out, This is a lethal dose of Emedic Poison after all.
• "OH MY GOD!! SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE!!"
• The police will be called to the bakery due to someone passing out after throwing up. It will garner EVERYONES attention, especially the bullies.
• You are told to leave.

Friday

• Amai will sit alone, eating bento she prepared in school grounds. You can poison them to end her here. If you don't she will eat them while sitting on a seat next to the fountain.
• Musume will approach her.
• Musume will talk about the scene that happened at the bakery. Amai, shocked after seeing how someone could know about this so quickly, realises it's plastered ALL over social media. From her account ( If you got her password )
• Amai will respond by FLIPPING. OUT. She attempts to bribe Musume not to tell anyone with food, after the food getting rejected she tells Musume to not tell anyone. Pleads with her even.
• Senpai will reject her, especially after what has been floating around.

Friday Night

• You go back to the bakery. Investigators are surrounding the place.
• You can talk to them. They are not friendly. They won't let you pass.
• You can walk into an allyway next to a toy store to gain access to some fake cosplay masks that you can use for the crime, considering there's now cameras.
• You see a person in the allyway.
• You can walk up to this person and assault them ( Punch them in the face ) They will start screaming for help.
• Obviously the investigators will go and see what the issue is. Asking if the person saw your face. She will state you were wearing a mask. You can place the mask back inside of the toy store after you are done making the scene.
• The police will continue asking questions, totally distracted by what happened.
• While this is happening you can hop the fence / bush to gain access to the back. This time there is no need to re-enter the code since you have proved you already know it. You shut down the Alarm system again. Also shutting down the cameras in the process.
• You can go inside of the bakery and make a mess. Breaking things, tearing shit up. Doing whatever is in your power. The police will run to attempt to catch you, which places you in a little minigame where you need to escape the bakery without being caught by the police.

Monday - Week 3

• The start of week 3, You can overhear either Amai talking about her bakery ( If you wish to remove her from the game ) or you can start Kizana's elimination.
• Going with Amai, she says she wishes to get her reputation back so she can keep the bakery alive.
• She says she will be leaving school for the week so she can try and gain reputation of her bakery back.
• You can buy a "suspicious phone number" from Info-Chan. You can stand at the back of the gym to make the call since nobody really goes there.
• You can use the money you stole to buy something off of him. Rats. Many of them. As well as maggots and worms. You inform him you wish for them to be let loose / placed inside of the bakery as well as on top of food.
• He tells you a code which will allow him to know it's you. The code is "Bakers Dozen of Roaches", considering that's basically what you're ordering.
• "I don't know how many I need, just bring a whole case of 'em. A "bakers dozen" *hehe*"

Monday Afternoon

• You can walk into a little section of the town behind buildings, this gives you access to a guy known as "Suspicious Person". He will only talk to you if you give him the code, which he tells you in the phone call. If you click the correct answer between four different names to select, he will talk to you. If not he will scoff and push you away. Annoyed someone as low as yourself is wasting his damn time. Saying "is this some kind of joke?".

Monday Cutscene

• After this you will see a cutscene of a guy with a clipboard walking into the bakery and talking to Amai. He states his name and that he is a journalist that works as a restaurant inspector and he is inspecting the bakery today.
• Amai will state she co-owns the bakery and her mother is the owner.
• The guy says he wishes to start with the food quality, as he heard that someone passed out due to it.
• Amai will give him a couple select bits of food, which of course include dead rats and live worms.
• He doesn't notice this as he eats it all, stating it has a "unique squishy texture" and was "delicious and warm".
• Amai will be so happy he enjoyed the dish she prepared, sighing in relief at the fact at least SOMEONE enjoyed her cooking. Knowing that if she does well her reputation will skyrocket yet again due to his review.
• The guy asks to inspect hygiene as well as the kitchen itself. The food at the front is fine. Amai is REALLY happy now.
• He walks into the kitchen. You see a cutscene of multiple pots and pans smothered in animal blood and worms. Rats, Live, running around the kitchen. Jars and Crates of rodents and worms as well as larvae scattered around the kitchen. It really looks like she was baking animals into her food and that is why someone passed out because of it.
• The screen cuts to black as you hear not only Amai but the investigator scream in horror.

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Afterwards

There is another cutscene of Amai crying her eyes out as she is scolded by the investigator. Not only did he leave such a disgusting review of the bakery but he shut it down, seeming it unfit to be cooking food inside of. Amai's mother was also arrested and she was forced out of town due to the findings inside of her kitchen.

Hey guys, i’m looking for a brick breaker game or more a “shape” breaker game from around 2000-2008
You had a little platform from wich you could shoot of your ball and it would hit these shapes floating through space like & it was all very futuristic and with a lot of colors and scifi sounds
The physics were pretty special aswell because the shapes would get launched across the screen and bump into eachother
Mostly triangles and circle shapes, very unlike the regular brick breaker games
There were power ups aswell
I remember like some kind of colors would burst out of the shapes and stuff, it was very colorful and with great scifi music and atmosphere
The shapes would bend aswell when you hit them
It was such a unique game i really wish i could find it again

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I've been contemplating the thought I've been aware of lately, 'i am the only one here,' bc it's not a course statement, not a quote, yet it feels so right. I did not say 'i am alone'. I am standing in the cave, and I am aware of seeing this body me looking at 3 body people who turned into me. This awareness, watching the body me, experiencing, is me.
When I picture the 'cave vision' I recently experienced where I really saw (Carl Jung said everything in the awake state is you, like a dream. Plz correct me if I am wrong here) that all the people bodies are just me, and are symbols of some part of me, that 'they' are a part of me that seems to do that, whatever it is, I was so relieved and felt like I could rest.. I am the dreamer, I am awareness of the dreamer, of the character.
So seen as somebody else, they, anyone I see as a 'body person', as some one else, are illusions. It is 'a you' in the egoic illusions. Every one is a part of my dream, 'my' illusion. I am not 'in the illusion' the illusion is 'in me', in mind.
An illusion of me interacting with 'you', conflicting with 'you' in my mind, who I made up, thought up, imagined up, made an ego for, dreamed up, is illusion bc I do battle with my self disguised as an other. Twoness. A hallucination. I am the only one here. It is all only 'happening' in my mind. Conflict, which needs another by definition, is a thought that I think I think based on the illusion of other, based on a dream of needing to be other than I am. It could be my 'self' that is other. But I am Christ in truth. Right now. I am in heaven where I 'stand', thinking up fear, thinking I have to 'make it' on my own, having to study acim and understand it and 'get' it, bc otherwise....
It, everything is in my mind. You cannot think a thought that is outside your mind. You are in my mind, but since you are in my mind, you are me. Thoughts leave not their source. Everything that is in your mind should be there, bc this is how we learn. We look at whatever thought comes up and welcome it without judgement.
And my greatest fear...that as I understand these ideas I will go manic bc I had almost all of these same insights while I was manic in 2014. This fear seems real and legitimate. I have asked for the hs's Answer and trust it will come. Hell is not real. And in this moment, I am not an illusion, I am not a story. I am not created for conflict. When I battle 'something' in my mind, I experience fear, and i seem to become who I am not. There is no 'you' 'out there'. We are all I., Christ, at one with our Father.
We have also attempted to make concepts of God Jesus HS Christ. We imagined them up with our understanding. It is virtually impossible to grasp who they are. All is God and all is love. If I need to know more, I will be told.
I am, and I am innocent. We all just got a little confused about our identity, our labels, and our Father, Jesus, holy spirit, Christ, Christ Mind. They are our help, bringing us to the awareness of truth. There is nothing to be saved from, in Reality. 'Ask and receive. What's so hard about that?' - Jesus, acim.
Chapter 23
What you remember is a part of you. ²For you must be as God created you. ³Truth does not fight against illusions, nor do illusions fight against the truth. ⁴Illusions battle only with themselves. ⁵Being fragmented, they fragment. ⁶But truth is indivisible, and far beyond their little reach. ⁷You will remember what you know when you have learned you cannot be in conflict. ⁸One illusion about yourself can battle with another, yet the war of two illusions is a state where nothing happens. ⁹There is no victor and there is no victory. ¹⁰And truth stands radiant, apart from conflict, untouched and quiet in the peace of God.
Conflict must be between two forces. ²It cannot exist between one power and nothingness. ³There is nothing you could attack that is not part of you. ⁴And by attacking it you make two illusions of yourself, in conflict with each other. ⁵And this occurs whenever you look on anything that God created with anything but love. ⁶Conflict is fearful, for it is the birth of fear. ⁷Yet what is born of nothing cannot win reality through battle. ⁸Why would you fill your world with conflicts with yourself? ⁹Let all this madness be undone for you, and turn in peace to the rememberance of God, still shining in your quiet mind. (ACIM, T-23.I.7:1-10;8:1-9)
circleofa.org Dream Figures, Robert Perry
'We are the dreamer'
The dream figures are figures in our dream. Therefore, we are the ones pulling their strings. We are making them act out. But since they seem to be someone else performing these actions, it is obvious that through the dream figures, we are carrying out actions that we don’t want to admit we are doing.
Projection We project the darkness in us onto the dream figures for two reasons:
We can’t bear to admit it’s in us
We still want to see it acted out
Our compromise is that someone else acts it out. Now it gets done, and we get to be innocent for what is done. But our denial that we are the ones doing it also causes us to feel victimized by the dream figures.
There are many explanations for why the dream figures attack us:
We project onto them our own murderous thoughts, so they are murderous
We project onto them our murderous thoughts, which are thoughts of treachery against ourselves, so the dream figures are treacherous to us. They turn on us.
We project onto them the sinful things we did that we don’t want to admit we did. Now they do those things to us.
We project onto them our own desire to get vengeance on ourselves, so they get vengeance on us
We project onto them our desire to attack ourselves for what we’ve done to others, so they attack us
We project onto them our need to be punished, so they punish us.
We project onto them our own hatred of our Creator, so they hate us, their maker.
We project onto them the abusive motives we have given our body, so they abuse our body
We project them out of our need to judge and condemn. So they become figures that attack us and so “make” us judge and condemn. Our need to judge and condemn seems to come from them.
With several of these there is a clear “boomerang effect.” We make the dream figures out of some impulse of attacking something else (other people, God, attacking others with our body), and this makes dream figures that attack us. I can only assume that some sort of psychological justice principle is at work here. It’s as if when I project out there my own murderous thoughts, they morph slightly and take on their “just” form of murdering me.
We assign the dream figures double purposes
Consciously, the dream figures are supposed to do our will, to fill our needs, to save us from the dream. Unconsciously, they are supposed to attack and punish us and turn on us. When the dream figures fill this unconscious need, they frustrate the conscious need. And since we have denied the unconscious need, they seem to be acting against our will.
(There is so much good stuff in this section that I almost posted the entire section....fukina)
'May all who enter here be welcomed as Christ.'

Hey, its me. Anyways on my horrible idea train, i came up with two ideas for get this...fnaf and mha combined. Ikr? Horrible, read them anyways, also the name is up for debate.
Freddy Fazbears Academia! Where Fantasy and Fun come to life! (an mha x fnaf fanfic hopefully.)
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Idea 1: A tech savy character (Probably Hatsume Mei) Finds an old animatronic from a bygone era of childrens entertainment...this was incredible! She had never seen anything like this on her trips to the dump or just straight up abandoned buildings. Sure this thing wasnt on the level of any new tech but animtronic tech was left behind by most buisness's after the whole missing childrens incident. It had happened WAY before her time or the era of quirks but, she found out about it by one of those crime shows that dug up old cases. ect. ect. She brings the animtronic (which is up for debate, With Freddy and Foxy being the most likely since they're my favorites, but maybe Bonnie and Chica who knows.) back to her garage to tamper with it, eventually getting it to activate! This was so exciting but...wait a second this hunk of junk had code? It looked to be way too old for anything beyond very VERY basic code but...what the hell was a night mode doing on this thing? Or lack there of...and why was there an option to activate?
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Idea 2. Hisashi Midoriya wasnt happy about this, his baby boy was going to have his 3rd birthday in just a few weeks and his boss knew that. So why out of all the days, was he scheduled to take 3 months work now? And to examine some decreppid old pizzaria? Ah what the hell...he really hated work but this next paycheck that was promised would finally get his family out of that old apartment so he had to...right? Cue a few weeks later and here he was, searching through some long ago burned remains of a pizzaria by the name of 'Freddy Fazbears'. Surprisingly the place was still standing, only with holes in the roof and A Lot of damage to everything. Though...somehow an old saferoom by the looks of it, had survived the fire mostly and most if not all of the stuff inside had as well! His boss was gonna be so thrilled, but...something felt off with the room...it was colder then it should be considering August was only a few weeks away. And the smell, was like something had died in here and was forgotten. Anyways looking around the safe room, there were spare...parts for some kind of robot, he didnt know what, and suits to go with them, actually there was already one open or at least the top of it was...like someone or something had crawled out. There was a trail of dark red...oh boy what had he stumbled onto this time? Flashing his light around...he found whatever had crawled out...or more like had been yanked out by the looks of it. A small skeleton with a lot of bits missing....this was a little too much for him, but then looking around he found a small plush of what looked to be the suit standing next to him (This one is Freddy, no debate here.) Smiling to himself, he went to grab the plush, this would hopefully cheer Izuku up when he got home. Just then a heavy thunk was heard behind him, followed by a very powerful grasp on his body then...nothing. He had been knocked out and when he woke...he was inside the suit, someone had put him here! Panicking he tried to get out, or even move for that matter! He had to get out, to leave this place and quit his job and to see his family...but then something flooded his mind, blinding hot white pain everywhere inside and out of his body. It hurt so much and he could feel his conciousness slip...until a memory of his family flashed in his mind. He was going to see them again. He was going to get out of here. He was going to come back.

Hi I'm making a research for school on triathlon bikes characteristics, I'm a regular cyclist so I need to ask to real players: can you tell me what grade of importance from 1 to 5 would you assign each of these qualities for a triathlon bike? Also please specifying what kind of user you are, for example "young fem beginner" "old retired casual"...

• High efficiency
• Lightweight
• Gear ratio
• Shock absorbance
• Aerodynamics
• Puncture resistance
• Impact safety
• Weather resistance
• Visibility
• Braking power
• Wide steer angle
• Handles grip
• Vibration dampening
• Proper fit
• Saddle comfort
• Low maintenance
• Food storage availability
• Upgradeability
• Accessories compatible
• Style
• Repairability
• Sustainability

And If you think I miss some please feel free to point them out. Thank youu

I have a player in my games that always tries to come up with 'fun' things to in combat instead of doing combat, and tries to have 'fun'. Last session in one combat the player tried 3 different things. They had an encounter where there was a zombie boss minotaur cow(with HUGE milkers, I explained that in so much detail) that was very powerful that had a massive weak point circled in red on the side of it's chest.
The first thing the player tried to do was cast animated rope on a pile of zombie intestines and wanted to animate them to tie around the giant weakpoint and around a fence post to either damage the weakpoint or failing that keep the cow rooted in place.
When the cow easily broke through the intestine rope despite the player using a resource(the fucking fool, animate rope isn't a combat oriented spell anyways) the player then described how they wanted to stand next to a particular wall and ready an action to move out of the way when the cow charges him. His plan being that clearly the cow will slam into the wall and do something, like deal 1d8 damage.The fucking audacity.
Anyways,when it came to what actually happened though the cow simply missed as he moved out of the way(There are no rules on cows getting stuck on walls, fucking idiot moron). The player called bulls--t and was slightly upset since I made him do nothing for two rounds despite allowing him to do all the stuff he did. But I told him that the rules for combat don't support the types of actions he's going for and that no fun is allowed at my table and that he's a stupid noob who doesnt know shit about DnD(I DMed for 80+ years).I'm all for being creative but I'm not going to let creativeness make the encounter fun in any way, shape or form.
The very next round he says that since he is a goblin and small, and the cow is large and an enemy, he should be able to stab it...The fucking audacity-I explained that since hes SMALL, he can barely even reach the cow's ankles, and all his attacks do 1d1 damage.Should have picked a better class, moron(Like a blue tiefling)
Now I'm all for creativity and I absolutely let the players roll dice and use abilities and spells, especially on CR -1 enemies. But this situation has me torn because on one hand I want to say yes and let players live out the disgustingly OP power fantasy they want but I just couldn't with these ones because I'm blocked by an ancient fun demon/deity that forbids my players to have fun. So reddit, AITA?

Okay all, so I have just arrived at the final chapter, and Chishiro being dead was a holy shit kind of moment to me, I started to think something was up when we were chasing after Yo everywhere and overall was pretty satisfied with his story and really appreciated him. Also. Spirit Stone Flashlight, OVERPOWERED as all hell when the power is upgraded. I was 1 shotting pretty much every ghost with him in his last two chapters.
But whats really bothering me, is the stuff said in Chapter 11. Where you play as Ruka, and fight her father later on. Everything shitty on the island was just caused because he made the mask of the lunar eclipse? I mean the other games had 'failed' rituals too but for some reason it all coming down to 'its all my dad's fault that this all happened' just didn't resonate so well with me, it made me feel a little disappointed.

Moved into an 8 unit building the last week of January. Couple issues right off the bat...
1 Power was off when I moved in, was told to get my power (teco) switched over, I requested that service before moving in and account was active. Moved in on a weekend and couldn't call teco so decided to poke around. I found my breakers in the hallway, they were all turned off. Spent a weekend without power while trying to move in.
2 Hot water. My water would start to get hot then turn to ice. Maintenance came by, checked valves and temp settings etc and says teco probably just gave me electric and not gas too. Office seemed unsure about gas, so paid teco to come out just to tell me everything is all electric... meanwhile I'm boiling water to bathe my kid(more on that later). Finally got ahold of the property manager, they replaced the water heater around 2/15. Spent at least 3wk with no hot water and repair people in and out not repairing anything.
3 Oven. The appliance that was here when I moved in was missing knobs, they kept saying they'd replace it. Maintenance bought knobs that didn't fit, told the office it was fixed. On top of that the range would warm food but not get really hot hot, boiling water for bathes took a looooong time. Also the oven itself didn't work, wouldn't turn on. That was replaced a couple days after the water heater around 2/22. So spent a month only able to cook what can go in a microwave or air fryer or ordering out.
4 Neighbor. Upstairs neighbor repairs bicycles, lawn mowers, atvs, a bunch of stuff. He sets up shop right out front or in this field next to the building, both of which are right outside my bedroom windows. Sometimes early, sometimes late. As I'm typing this at 5am, there's a floodlight outside the window at the foot of my bed that's been on since 3am. If I ask the neighbor to pack it in, he usually does but will continue to work on smaller projects inside... this sounds like an elephant bowling and when his wife gets annoyed the elephant is usually accompanied by music loud enough to drown out my TV and vibrate my ceiling. Neighbor gave me his number to call/text him to avoid problems, but it goes to voicemail or says message blocking is active sooooo I started texting pics or videos to property owner when it's extremely obnoxious to the point I can't hear my own thoughts or sleep and I NEVER FUCKING SLEEP.
The property owner mentioned before working with me for these inconveniences but didn't specify anything and hasn't mentioned it since.
Am I wrong to presume "working with you" meant some sort of prorate for limited habitability and lack of quiet enjoyment?
They had a move in special in January where after move in costs, first month was free, 2nd month prorated so I paid for only 10 days. First regular rent payment is due this Saturday, and their website is showing the full amount due plus the pet deposit I was told would be waived since I had to put my dog down shortly after moving in (senior dog, developing cancer).
Should I call the property owner back and ask what they're willing to negotiate for these issues or how do I politely remind them? I know I got a deal moving in, and they had to replace multiple appliances, but that doesn't negate that my unit clearly wasn't ready to be moved into and I wasn't told I'd be living in a body shop.

Ok so I have been asking for advice over the past few weeks on a campaign I am running. I am attempting to incorporate published adventures into a campaign mixed with my own stuff stringing together the published stuff with similar flavour within them then having my own stuff being the main plot line. Currently I have the characters jumping to two worlds before getting back to their home world once powerful enough for the climax. This is being run entirely over discord with mates I used to hang out with before I moved across the country and my wife.
Having not run dcc I am struggling to work out power levels for characters and pacing. How long should it take for characters to reach level 2? The idea is in the first world setting (using hubris for inspiration) takes them from level 1 to 4, then they go through the purple planet scenarios from levels 4 to 6 and finally getting back to their home world they run through levels 7 to 10. Being given hints by an unknown force as to what they are doing and why they are there.
The adventures I have are as follows:

• Starless sea with a slightly altered ending where they end up releasing a big one demon into their home world before being whisked away to hubris.
  
• home brew adventure introducing a frog man cult and the temple quest i have previously asked advice on.
  
• attack of the frawgmen published adventure. This sets up a second frog cult. This sets up nicely the back ground of the croaking fane adventure when they get to level 3.
  
• raid on the Ruby blade gang. Hombre adventure where the gang are tasked with recovering the deeds to a merchants estate from his estranged wife and her gang of ne'er do wells. 2 parts 1st part a raid on the estate itself thrn dungeon crawl to get the deeds. Based upon the various break in scenes from the conan films. Using bandits, bandit heros and bandit chiefs from the dcc book for stats and the witch stats for stats of a bulk of the bad guys. Too powerful?
  
• the two follow up adventures to attack of the frawgmen adventures. By the end of the second they should be level 2.
  

For pacing does this sound about right for getting to level two? 4 to 5 adventures to get there sounds like a lot to get there. I can only go off my d&d days when it seemed like we would be level 2 by the end of the first adventure.
Also would anyone be interested in me writing this up with the alterations to published stuff that links them together?

Hey everyone,
I have a boosted GT86 and have got the traction control and ABS lights coming on shortly after a drive. Once I restart the car, it's off but comes on again shortly after and usually when I'm stopped at idle.
I've recently changed the wheels and brakes (calipers, rotors and pads) so thought it could be the brake speed sensor, I've taken them all out and cleaned them but no dice.
I also changed out the tail lights so thought it could be related to that, but I disconnected both tail lights and 4th brake light and it still comes on.
Fuses are all okay. I've scoured the multiple threads on this and can't seem to find another cause. Any ideas?
Codes I've got are:
C1201 - Engine Control System Malfunction (VCS lamp ON-RX3) or ECM/TCM malfunction / 51
C1231 - Steering Angle Sensor Signal or Circuit malfunction
C1237 - Speed sensor
C1241 - IG Power Source Circuit
C1249 - Brake Light Switch Circuit Malfunction
So I could replace the speed sensors, brake light switch and steering angle sensor - but surely can't be all of these things?

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Synopsis:
Juliette Contzen is a lazy, good-for-nothing princess. Overshadowed by her siblings, she's left with little to do but nap, read … and occasionally cut the falling raindrops with her sword. Spotted one day by an astonished adventurer, he insists on grading Juliette's swordsmanship, then promptly has a mental breakdown at the result.
Soon after, Juliette is given the news that her kingdom is on the brink of bankruptcy. At threat of being married off, the lazy princess vows to do whatever it takes to maintain her current lifestyle, and taking matters into her own hands, escapes in the middle of the night in order to restore her kingdom's finances.
Tags: Comedy, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Copious Ohohohohos.
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Chapter 14: Yearning For Stars
Rextros the Black Scar was, incredibly, a man noted for his black scar.
It was his symbol as a survivor. And more importantly, as a winner. He may have a scar, but the man he'd last fought had two broken arms and a big enough gap in his front teeth that he now whistled in between speaking.
Over the years, he'd fought with the best of the worst, turning bars inside out and alleys upside down. As a D-rank pugilist, he regularly left a reminder that of all the mean sods to ply their trade in this land, he was the meanest of them all.
And his reward? His own cozy little forest hideout, complete with a gambling table, a drinks bar and semi-loyal goons. It was everything a good little outlaw wanted. Except that he never wanted to be an outlaw in the first place.
He wanted to be a pianist.
“... Damn … !”
Rextros the Black Scar had no wish to lead his own group of bandits. A cold tent in a damp forest? A dirty camp filled with the stench of a dozen guys who didn't bathe, even though there's a river right next to them?
These weren't the dreams of a normal lad growing up on a farm. But he knew that working the land wasn't for him. His hands were made for more than sowing seeds and milking cows.
It was for playing nocturnes beneath the moonlight, his soul reaching out to gently sweep across the keys faster than his fingers did.
However, that dream wasn't to be.
Once he was old enough that he could no longer sneak his way into fancy bars and ply his budding skills on the pianos reserved for the famous, he knew he had to buy his own. It infuriated him that pianos were the playthings of the nobility. He couldn't even walk into a piano workshop before being tossed out. It was a closed circle for the rich and the few. And that lit a fire in his belly.
So what if the fancy lords and ladies couldn't stomach the thought of a mere peasant like him dirtying their favourite pastime? It wasn't them he'd play for.
Rextros the Black Scar would play for the people.
And he'd play a piano he could move with his heart as much as his hands—a St. Liane baby grand in mahogany red, rolled straight out of the Royal St. Liane Workshop in the middle of the royal capital and onto the bustling street outside.
That was the dream.
A dream which had slid further away with each passing day. The crowns he'd earned from his fights were barely worth the silver needed to hire a sister to stitch himself back up afterwards. And all the callouses on his hands were suddenly around his knuckles and not his fingertips.
Then, like a twisted angel summoned from the lowest abyss, that's when she appeared.
“Rextros the Black Scar. What a dreadfully dull name. It's as if you picked it out from a book of villains. Couldn't you have gone for something more original? The Black Etude, perhaps?”
“Hah? You picking a fight? And what's with that get-up? You hard selling for a casino? I don't gamble, so find someone else to fleece.”
“You say that, but isn't every day a gamble with the law to you? Honestly, however are you going to acquire the funds to buy a St. Liane of all things? You couldn't have picked a more expensive thing even if you tried. Greedy much?”
“... Who are you?! How do you know …”
“Hey, hey, hey. Wanna hear about a get rich quick scheme? Super reliable! Everyone's done it! And don't worry, it has nothing to do with gambling. Unless you want to?”
“D-Don't mess with me, woman! Who are you?! Keep away! I'm no fool—”
Rextros clenched his teeth as he recalled the memory.
He was no fool … Except that he was.
“... Damn … it … all! ...”
He crashed his fist down against his small table beneath his tent.
He'd stopped doing that lately. Firstly, he'd gotten used to the idiocy of his underlings. Secondly, it spilled his crowns everywhere and picking them up from the grass was a pain. If he ever wanted to buy that immaculate St. Liane, he'd need every last crown this rotten venture in poor decision making could get him.
So … how did it all go so wrong?
First it was the type of jobs. They'd started easy. Shaking down couriers and breaking into warehouses. Then they got harder. Not because the couriers got wiser or the warehouses tougher.
It was because he'd pieced together what he'd been stealing—and why.
He'd left in the middle of his last job and never looked back. Not because he had no regrets about running. But because he'd feared he'd see the face of that girl in her casino get-up looking right back at him.
The thought sent shivers running down his spine.
But maybe that was just because of the cold.
A forest. A cold, damp forest. This wasn't much better. But it was easier. Merchants used this road. He left the farmers alone. And the trolls. But the merchants? They took extortion as a business expense. And every now and again, a wandering nobleman and his family would come to hunt, forgetting that they were more likely to be found by the death beetles before they found a deer.
Was it kidnapping? Sure. But he was doing them a favour. The ransom reward was his just earnings. And what a reward they always were.
He was close. So close.
One last gig. One last merchant. One last idiot.
He knew this camp wouldn't last. But it didn't need to. He was so close. Then he could abandon this damp lifestyle and these stinking men and play ballades beneath the acoustic roof of the Reitzlake Grand Bridge.
That girl with a huge gob, haughty expression, fine clothes and dark hair without so much as an inkling of dirt on it was his ticket to freedom. That sword alone looked like it could be traded for any piano he wanted. He was even glad the idiots hadn't taken it from her. If they had, he likely would never have seen it.
Now he wished they'd just tried mugging her and suffered the consequences for it. Their dead bodies weren't likely going to reveal where he was.
“B-Boss … what was that? Who was she? Why did we have to give everything over?”
Rextros smashed his fist against the table again. This time, a cloud of dust came up as a crack appeared.
“Shut up! Shut up, all of you! I'm thinking!”
One by one, his underlings looked at each other with differing amounts of confusion and resentment. They didn't understand. They didn't know.
That girl, that ticket to freedom, was a poisoned bait. She'd come with one purpose and one alone. And that was to remind Rextros that so long as he lived, his obligations remained. He knew it. He'd dreamed it.
And now he feared the consequences of his flight.
But what could he do? That girl's message was clear. No matter where he ran, he would never be allowed to wander freely again. Every crown he stole wasn't his to keep. He wanted an out. But how could he? He'd seen too much. Not on purpose. But that didn't matter. He wasn't as blind as the rest.
And that was a problem.
“Boss! What's going on! That was everything! It was our pay, our weapons, you gave it all away! Who was she?!”
A problem like losing the loyalty of his men.
Forget making back his losses. He'd lose his life if they all turned on him. And he knew for a fact that the knives and daggers they carried were still on them, hidden in their boots and their clothes.
As every pair of eyes turned black, Rextros clenched his fist.
There was only one thing he could do. It was … It was dangerous. But it was his only choice. Not just to make it out of here alive. But to escape with it tomorrow, too.
He had to silence that girl.
Before she could reach her mistress, she had to be dealt with.
That way, he'd have time. That casino girl had to only suspect. Otherwise, she'd be here herself. Despite his fears, he knew she wasn't truly omnipotent. More importantly, it'd mean he'd have the money to flee. Even with just the crowns, he'd have enough to survive. More than enough.
He had to deal with that girl … and yet, if she was anything near as strong as that monster ...
No.
He had no choice. Not if he wanted to survive. Even if she matched him as a fighter, he had to deal with her. Then, he'd get out. Lay low. Flee the kingdom. That St. Liane was beyond his reach. But there were others. A Zelronto, perhaps. Lacking in finishing and incomparable with the tonal brilliance of a St. Liane, but bearable nonetheless.
It was time to leave these idiots behind.
But not without using them one last time.
“Shut up! All of you!”
“But Boss—”
“That girl. She was here on behalf of the Adventurer's Guild.”
“What?!”
The looks of rebellion were quickly replaced by panic.
Rextros smiled internally to himself. It was every outlaw's worst nightmare. Those that weren't him, of course.
The Adventurer's Guild weren't like knights or soldiers, who'd make so much noise looking for them that they could pack up and leave without so much as leaving an empty bottle behind.
Adventurers were hunters. Hunters that got paid absolute jack for the work they did. And that meant they did their jobs for reasons other than crowns.
In short, the worst type of people.
“She wanted to cut me a deal. All our gains for a day to leave. Except that won't matter if she's dealt with first. Go get her. Now.”
A few of the men shifted. Most were just confused.
“B-But if she's an adventurer, why didn't we just jump her already?”
“Fool! I was watching the treeline! You guys can't stand sentry even if I peel your eyelids off! I had to make sure there was nobody else! Now you see why I'm the leader and you idiots are not!”
“B-Boss!! Then, then that means ...”
“She's alone. Probably thinks she's stronger than all of us. Some brat that just got promoted to E-rank and thinks they're hot stuff. You know what to do.”
“Yes, Boss!!”
Rextros sighed as the underlings shot off, their hidden daggers being pulled from whatever sorry part of their bodies they hid them in.
It was going to be close. That girl … the sword she had. Only an extremely capable swordswoman would dare wield such a weapon. To be anything less was to invite every rogue within spitting distance to try and steal it from her, alive or dead.
Even so, she was alone. She had to be. The way these people operated demanded it. He had fourteen men under his command. Idiots to the last, but idiots with brawn and no discipline. If they all hurled themselves at her, there was simply no way she would be able to defeat them all.
And if so few made it back that he could claim all the loot for himself, then so be it.
Rextros smiled. Perhaps this wasn't such an unfortunate meeting, after all. He'd been meaning to consider a way to leave his goons in the lurch. If someone could deal with them for him, then all the better.
He simply needed to be ready to make good on his escape.
BRRROOOOOWWMMM.
It was at the exact moment that Rextros the Black Scar thought this that his feet suddenly left the ground.
“Gwaaaahhhhhhhh!”
Letting out a scream, he flailed uselessly at the air as he was suddenly flung against the back of his tent, taking it and also a tree with him as he went hurtling down the mound he'd pitched his makeshift throne on.
An enormous, ear splitting explosion drowned out his scream. Or at least what sounded like an explosion. He couldn't be sure with the entire forest groaning in pain. Leaves, branches and trees bent wildly as though slapped by the force of a thousand hurricanes. And yet Rextros instinctively knew that it could have been worse.
The source of that explosion was further away. And it was not aimed towards him.
If it had, he wouldn't be in a position to feel breathless with shock.
Sweat ran down Rextros's face as he crawled up from the dirt. He was lucky. He'd narrowly missed impacting with the tree that now had its roots torn from the soil. Looking around, all he saw was carnage. Bits of the camp were everywhere. And the forest was groaning even louder than before, as though it now had to right itself after being struck by the hand of a god.
Or perhaps a goddess.
That girl … it couldn't be ...
His entire body shaking, Rextros thought about the idiots he'd sent after her. They'd only just left. They … They were probably okay. Even so, could it possibly be a coincidence that she'd set the entire forest on its knees the moment he'd decided on his treachery?
What … What kind of power was this?
That was not the power of some D-rank punk like him. It was beyond that. The sort of power that only named legends past the point of being human possessed.
Had that girl lived a warrior's life, in solitude, training her swordsmanship on some distant mountaintop to achieve that level of destruction?
Rextros now knew he couldn't stay. Not even if all the copper, silver and gold in the world was made available to him. It was time to flee. Right now. Away from this kingdom, filled with more monsters than anyone as insignificant as him had the right to know.
And then maybe, just maybe.
When enough time had passed—he'd be able to take over the farm, and go back to milking cows and tilling fields.
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