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2023.05.28 04:03 micronesiarain Episode 4- "Design Gone Galactic" ⭐️🪐
 | the queens return to the workroom after Yuka's elimination submitted by micronesiarain to XtinasDragRace [link] [comments] Wren: Awww, Yuka! 🏁Wren CF: Seeing Yuka leave is bittersweet. I had gotten really close with her. But when you're in the bottom two, you can only focus on it not being your name on that lipstick. One of us had to go, better her than me! Fleur: I'd say I can't believe she's gone this early, but I'm afraid I saw it coming. Sue: Really? Fleur: If there's one thing about me and Yuka being in a competition together, it's that I'll make it farther. Bring out the tiny violins, bye bitch! 🏁Fleur CF: Did Yuka do anything to me? Hmm, that's a dumb question. But I do know that she was in the competition, and now she's not! Morgs: Blondie and Zodya, congratulations. I'll admit, I was hoping this would be our week. But you did a nice job. Blondie: Thank you. Sharris: Let's hope that there aren't any more pity wins this season. That would be great. Zodya: There's a difference between a pity win and being the best team to follow the rules. Sharris: And I don't think you were either! Zodya: Sharris, I don't need you making this a miserable experience. 🏁Zodya CF: I feel like Sharris brings a dark cloud over the competition. I trust Morgs and Steph, and I know that they trust Sharris. For now, I can play nice. But when it comes down to the inner group of the alliance, she'll have to go. Kami: Blondie, how are you feeling after being in the top? Blondie: It felt right, it felt correct! Fleur: Oh shut up. Blondie: Alright, that came out of nowhere, but work. Wren: I'm sure my lipstick is in your bra right now, but it really was nice to see you get celebrated like that. Blondie: I actually chose Yuka. Wren: Girl, you don't need to lie. It's fine, really. Blondie pulls her lipstick out to reveal she truly did choose Yuka Blondie: Not lying. Wren: What the hell, I'm at a loss right now. 🏁Blondie CF: Saving Wren was not an easy decision. I know people want her gone. And after what went down between the two of us, I had a million reasons to get her out of here. But this is the new version of Blondie, and I've made the decision to fight for this friendship. And that can only happen once one of us decides to be the bigger person. And that's usually not me, but there's a first for everything! Blondie: What you did, it hurt me. But things I did on Season Six, that hurt you. If we keep going after each other, we can't move forward. the camera slowly pans over to Sue who is hysterically crying Steph: Sue? Sue: I just...I just love seeing the birth of a friendship! 🏁Steph CF: If any of you question why I love this bitch, now you know. The sweetest soul I know. Wren: Blondie, that means a lot to me. Thank you. Now, I still don't know if it should've been me in the bottom, but thank you. Fleur: Here we go again. Anthyy: Who do you think should've been in the bottom? Wren: Our challenge was to show up at a certain time and perform. Most of us did that. But two of us didn't. Sharris squints her eyes and takes off her earrings, handing them over to Morgs Sharris: Wren, you're a joke. Not just a joke, an embarrassment. Why the fuck are you even here? Wren: Excuse me? Sharris: You take this so seriously, and it makes me physically uncomfortable. It's a game, calm down. Wren: I'm not apologizing for showing up to a competition and wanting to compete. Sharris: You need to apologize for a lot more than that. Starting with that face. Fleur: And then work your way down. Zodya: Are we really doing this right now? You're all taking this too far, and it needs to stop. I'm serious. Sharris: Oh bug off, you don't need to play mediator. Zodya: Sharris, stop. I'm not letting you attack my friend. Sharris: If that's the kind of freak you're friends with, that says everything about you. 🏁Sharris CF: I won't rest until Wren is out of the competition. I don't like her, I haven't liked her, and I will never like her. It's not even about winning anymore. It's about breaking this bitch from the inside. The Next Day the queens enter the workroom, laughing and ignoring the drama from the previous night 🏁Anthyy CF: It's a new day in the workroom, and the stress of the competition is clearly getting to these girls! I feel good, staying out of the drama, and ready to slay. You won't see me safe again, that's not a cute look! Sue: Seeing how many people are still here just shows how big this season is going to be. Three girls down, and we can still barely fit around the table. Sharris: Some of you can skip some meals, and that'll change! 🏁Sue CF: I'm afraid that I'm fading into the background, and it's about time that I step forward. On Season Four, I never got to a win, even though I was close. I know that these girls think my attitude is more fun and relaxed, but I won't let them underestimate me. the workroom door swings open as Micro steps in, wearing a sliver puffer track suit with futuristic silver sunglasses Micro: Greetings Earth queens! When I invited each of you back, I did so because you are the best and brightest in the galaxy. And to prove that, it's time to take things out of this world. Behind me, there's a table full of celestial inspired materials. Each of you will design a high fashion look that takes us to infinity and beyond. Now, some of you may not love the idea of producing your own look. Which is why you have options! If you'd like, you are able to use a pre-existing look. The only catch is that you need to modify it enough so that it reads as your own unique creation. Good luck, and I can't wait to see what you come up with! Micro leaves the workroom, and the queens rush over to the table of materials, grabbing everything they can find 🏁Whorechata CF: This is what I've been waiting for! From the start of this competition, these queens have questioned whether or not I belong here. And I knew they were wrong. Because...duh, look at the material. But this is the challenge where I know I can outdo everyone else. Yeah, I feel pretty good about my chances. the queens spread throughout the workroom in different groupings Fleur, Morgs, and Sharris discuss the challenge and what their ideas are Sharris: I've decided to not make my own look. I know my limits, and there's more I can do with little embellishments than with a sewing machine. 🏁Morgs CF: Sharris is the person I'm the closest to here. I do trust that she can make this challenge work. But when she says she's not even taking out a sewing machine, I'm starting to worry. Fleur: I've taken my sewing classes after Season Four, and I didn't really have that much to improve on. Morgs: You had a design challenge on your season, right? Fleur: We did. We got these horrible boxes of trash and had to make it into something. 🏁Fleur CF: I felt great about my look on Season Four. Truly, how can you describe it without using the word beautiful? Some people said I should've been in the bottom, but "some people" got sent home two episodes ago. Hi Lectro, thanks for watching! Morgs: From what I can see of other people, I don't think we have anything to worry about this week. Sharris: Just say Wren... the camera cuts over to Wren on the floor, sculpting multiple arms and cutting out fabric 🏁Wren CF: I've always had a strong sense of what I want when it comes to the designs I wear. But it's taken some time to polish up the level of execution. This is my chance to show how much I've grown, even in the short time since Season Six. Zodya: Wren, you doing good? Wren: Can't talk, too busy serving cunt. 🏁Zodya CF: If you can't love yourself, then you must not be Wren! But hey, I can't knock the confidence. Zodya: Chata, what are you bringing with your look? Whorechata: I'm trying to embrace the materials as much as possible. I don't want to use any patterns I brought, any base garments, nothing. If it's not from that table, I'm not using it. Zodya: It's definitely a bold color choice. Whorechata: I need to stand out. Whatever it takes. 🏁Whorechata CF: Being able to create looks like this, that's why I applied for Season Five. And finally, I got a challenge where I can shine. Anthyy, Steph, and Sue chat by the mirrors as they sketch out look ideas 🏁Anthyy CF: I've come back to judge fashion challenges on MDR a million times. If I don't slay this, I need to apologize to everyone I ever critiqued! I need to bring a new silhouette, new materials, everything. You won't be able to clock a single detail. Steph: Last time I had a challenge like this, it caused me to spiral. Sue: You know you've gotten better since then. Steph: I think I have. Being back in these four walls, and feeling like I'm just starting to get the momentum going, it's hauntingly familiar to how I felt on Season Three. Anthyy: You have to believe in yourself! Let the infection take over. Well, not like that. But the fashion infection. Steph: Please, I need to catch the fashion infection first! 🏁Steph CF: Ever since my elimination on Season Three, I've felt like had I just made it through the design challenge, I could've won the whole thing. This is my chance to show that I can not just make it through this challenge, but I can come out unharmed, and ready to give this competition what I have. Call me dramatic, but you all saw the look, it was traumatizing! Sue plugs in her headphones and turns on Kylie Minogue, unlocking her full powers. She turns on the sewing machine and gets to work 🏁Sue CF: When it comes to sewing, I may not be Sue Essence Hall. But I have the drive and heart to win this thing. Nobody wants this more than me, and that's gotta count for something. Runway the lights flicker and an electric magenta light floods the runway as Micro struts down the center Micro Episode 4 Look Micro: Welcome back to the runway of Micro's Drag Race: All Stars! This week, the queens were asked to design a high fashion look utilizing or inspired by celestial materials. And joining me on the judging panel is a very special guest. Usually, we keep it in the family and have past queens return to judge. But this season, I've invited some legendary queens that I admire to help me out. And tonight, we have the amazing Hex! Hex Guest Judging Look Micro: Hex, thank you for being here! Hex: Honored to be here. Micro: You've been a legendary designer in the drag world for years. What do you think makes a good design? Hex: Finding a concept, and immersing yourself in that world. If you want to be an alien, become that alien and think about how they'd wear the look. You have to commit! Micro: That is fabulous advice. You ready to get started? Hex: I'm ready to feel inspired! Micro: Without further ado, let's see if these looks are truly out of this world! "Bad Juju" by Jujubee plays Anthyy: Coming down this runway I feel amazing! It’s a design challenge and you just know that miss Anthyy will deliver in those! Tonight the category was space at first I got a bit scared cause the home eis super broad if you look at it but then my. Mind went straight to my sister she is OBSSESED with space, so I called her and asked her what is her favorite planet! She said Uranus… and the rest is history! So tonight for my look I am channeling you the Uranus fantasy, my dress is a net made out of 27 of the Uranus’s moons and being me you can see a stunning set of it’s rings, not many people know that Uranus is one of the 3 planets with rings! Yup not only Saturn so tonight I wanted to make sure we don’t forget about those rings! Uranus is also one of the coldest planets that exsist so i made sure my alien puss is frozen the haus down boots! The parts holding together the moons on her dress are all coveed in galaxy dust and you can see my stunning 3 pairs of hands all going in diffrent directions! As for the look itself, it is a pretty gown (which you know i only do for special occasions!) with an amazing backpiece and stunning hair artistry! I would say this is soemthing that isnt often seen and its one of it's kind so im suoer happy to bring it to you on the design challenge! Lets hope this alien lands me my 3rd win! Finding out that this week's guest judge is my amazing friend Hex, she also is included in this look honey did you notice how my alien has 3 nostrills??? YUPPPPP thats what i call referencing Anthyy Look Blondie: You better beware, you're in for a scare! Run in fear when Captain Blondatrix arrives on your planet and goes for a pure femme pink fem-pire! For this look, I did use a pre-existing outfit but dyed the colours to a nice ballet slipper pink & a rose gold pink to add to colour theory. I did paint the mask and got a dazzling matching wig... I mean, styled my hair into a gorgeous blonde to meet my branding. Next, I got rid of some pesky details that weren't needed and created more of a space priestess vibe, and kept the alien incubator, as I'm here to spread my seed any way I can. Finally, I created a new banner and an amazing bi-sexual planet to create awareness. So beam me up, cuz I'm here to take y'all down~ Blondie Look Fleur: I love the Earth. The Earth just gives cunt 24/7 for the past billion years. She always finds some way to absolute slayyyyyy. For example when she decided that she wanted a desert, we were all like "yas girl sand is so sexy". Her brain is just so innovative and she is truly a lovely person. I love the Earth. It is just so calm, and peaceful and sweet. Everyday is amazing on Earth because the Earth is just amazing. It has not one bad quality. That is why I love it. This look resemblances the cuntiness Mother Earth is but also how serene it can be. She's so quirky. But sometimes... just sometimes... the Galaxy is jealous of Earth's cuntiness. Like for example, when the Galaxy decided to shoot a meteor onto it and kill all those leather wearing, katy perry roaring carnivores. Like that was bullying! But sometimes... just sometimes... the Galaxy is in a bad mood and it wants to recreate the devastation of the first meteor. Fuck the galaxy honestly. FUCK YOU. And when the Earth goes BOOM, so does the runway Fleur is modelling and strutting on. This gives her enough times to take of her jumpsuit and reveal her bare naked skin which is just coincidentally painted in a molten galaxy pattern. Science lesson: This is because the Earth has plates. The crust, the mantle and the core. The core is filled with molten lava and I think lava is so that bitch. Like it can burn a hoe like that! So obviously when the earth explodes, lava will ooze into the milkyway making the milkyway turn orange. Kind of like food colouring. And obviously, when the world does explode into the galaxy, you would probably be blinded by the light so you will always need some funky Lady Gaga looking sun glasses. And that's on period. Fleur Look Fleur Reveal Fleur Reveal Kami: Kami steps out onto the stage, and she is ready for space! She is serving you astronaut realness with her helmet in hand, and her bedazzled star space bodysuit when suddenly she trips - her belt unravels and suddenly you can see a fake face laying on the ground Oh my god! She's really an alien?? She's kind of serving though... Her alien wings held back by the belt that was previously cinching her waist (?) in, has revealed who she truly is. The wig seems to have melted down, and a bunch of the accessories are now falling off as well. The stars on the alien skin slowly falling off as the bodysuit from before is now revealed to have been her skin all along. how is she hiding humongous wings underneath a tiny belt ? these are questions that are unnecessary! Kami Look Kami Reveal Morgs: BLAM! for my intergalactic runway it’s getting hot in here, why? because i’m a star, litterally. i wanted to be the sun, the most important thing for life. i've got a warm dress on, glasses to protect me from the UV rays, and a backpiece that are supposed to be sunbeams. i’m slaying this runway and even though i hate designing my own stuff, i managed to make myself a whole outfit and sunbeams that shoot out! Morgs Look Sharris: For my Space Age Couture runway, my inspiration comes directly from the galaxy and the beautiful sky we see at nighttime. I didn’t want to go with an astronaut, or an alien, I wanted to go with the sheer beauty that the natural world holds. It’s couture, and just so so extravagant. This runway represents an entire celestial body. If a lady from the Capitol moved to space- this is what she’d be wearing. Upon walking onto the runway, the lights dim, and i’m SHINING. Practically radiating with beauty. I have never been in more awe than I have with what I’ve produced tonight Sharris Look Steph: for my runway look tonight i wanted to be a FIERCE celestial goddess. my entire body is painted in that same sparkling purple color as the mug which reminds me of Nebula one of my fav guardians of the galaxy. and honestly my look tonight IS THE SPACE AGE AND THE UNIVERSE MAMA. she is a space goddess and she has kidnapped the stars and the color purple to make this look. thx a bunch:) My vision is filled with this collage and i hope u enjoy her:) Steph Look Sue: So for my look tonight I am serving you intergalactic space pop star. She has her Ariana ponytail on and her microphone that she totally didn’t get inspired by from Fever by Kylie Minogue. Sue Look Whorechata: Tonight is my day to shine. Chata is living in the year 3000 and failed her astronaut astronomy space class exam thing and can’t use her spacesuit to go to the plant Whore anymore. So what does she do… she takes it apart MAWMA. This outfit is using a deconstructed padded astronaut suit. Some green tubing and inflatable thingys to create this futuristic Lewk. Tonight I hope to show these girls why micro let me in the doors. Whorechata Look Wren: Kneel. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3UhSk0Tk48k Zodya: Tonight on the runway, I am giving you space duchess to the extreme! I am the most fabulous diva at the annual Galatica Ball, and honey, you can’t outshine me! Get out of my way, girls, because none of y’all can be as glamorous as me! Zodya Look Critiques Micro: Thank you ladies! Based on your performances tonight, I've made some decisions. When I call your name, please step forward. Micro: Kami, Steph, Whorechata. The three of you...are safe. Steph: Oh thank lord. Whew! Kami and Steph thank the judges as Whorechata's face is drained of all life. Her legs begin to quiver, and her eyes lose emotion as they twitch 🏁Whorechata CF: Safe. Safe. Oh wow. Whorechata steps forward and walks towards the judging panel. She hunches over and grabs the base of the panel, as Micro and Hex look at her in confusion. Whorechata lifts with all of her might, and flips the panel. Her eyes turn bright red and she storms around the studio, throwing punches and kicks at everyone in sight 🏁Whorechata CF: Well, that's what I wanted to do at least... the scene snaps back into reality where Whorechata is standing on stage and faking a smile Micro: The three of you may leave the stage. Whorechata: Safe girls, woohoo! Micro: The rest of you represent the tops and bottoms of the week. It's time for your critiques. Micro: First up, Anthyy! Hex: Hello Anthyy! This look is fun, i know that this isn't really your style but i think that you did the theme's justice tonight. You decided to be inspired by one of the planets which is a really safe choice to do on a theme like that, but you went with one of the most interesting ones so its ok, We can see that the inspo was there from the color palette and the rings. The look is just a basic gown let's be real but you still make it interesting with the transparent parts and overall its giving me very Brooke Candy/slutish vibe which i am personally a fan of. What i am not a fan of is the makeup here, i like that you decided to pay homage to your drag sister - me, but idk i am not really feeling the eyes, they kinda look weird but i guess it fits the whole alien aesthetic so maybe i'm just quirky and nitpicking. The headpiece is really fun and playful. Overall it's a really strong look from you tonight, good job! Micro: Anthyy! I think this week was a great chance for you to show off a new style with your looks. Getting more into the alienesque and untraditional glamour. And you really nailed that in my opinion! I love when a look is simple, but has dynamic silhouettes and added bits. This strappy dress on its own would maybe be too simple, but the back piece and extra arms, it elevates it to an incredible level. I think the color palette of blue and gray was unexpected but worked well. And usually I’m begging for rhinestones, but I wouldn’t add any rhinestones to this look, I don’t know how you managed that! Great work. Micro: Next, Blondie! Hex: Blondie! Hi, i love how both you and Anthyy decided to go with 3 eyed aliens! I see what you tried to do with the theme, but i lowkey don't see space in it, your color palette is giving me just a normal person, maybe if you changed the hair and face to be pinkish too maybe it would help to sell the theme more? I also don't think that you edited your look enough to be that different from the original one which is a shame because i see some potential. Overall you were in the middle tonight, not the worst but not the best one either. Micro: Hi Blondie!! I think this base look was a great choice for this challenge, since it does lend itself to that outer space vibe. And you definitely put the work in to make this your own. I do think though that the new color palette makes the level of detail come down a bit. There’s a lot about this that I like, but I have to nitpick! Micro: Next up, Fleur Tation! Hex: Fleur! Hello girl, let me start with the positives first, well, so i liked that you decided to be inspired by earth which is an original choice for a theme like that not gonna lie, everyone would do something quirky but you decided to not look too far for your inspiration. You have a + for that from me. Now for your look, hmm i think that you could do way more with it, its just a simple bodysuit with a print on it, the reveal version is better, but still could've been more elevated. I just wish that you did something more with the hair and makeup in both of these, because even though your inspiration was really good for me, it just looks like you did not know what to do with it. Overall its not a good look from you tonight, I appreciate that you drew it and your description was fun to read. Micro: Let me start off by saying your runway commentary and how you sold this look was my absolute favorite. I love the effort you put into that. Now onto the looks. I think they told a great story. But the actual design elements, I’m not getting much from it if I’m being totally honest. If there was some sleeve action, some interesting cut to the pants, something to bring more to it. Micro: The always fabulous, Morgs! Hex: Hello Morgs! This is very safe for me, i like the inspiration because without the sun there wouldn't be us so good for you to appreciate that. There's nothing much to say here really, maybe other than i don't really see cosmos here but it's just not the worst look tonight so, at least you tried and drew it. Micro: Hi Morgs! I love the energy and vibe that this look conveys. It’s modern and has a cool look to it. I will say, I think the back piece really saves you here. It adds a unique element, and I think the look needed it. The rest of the look is a bit too simple to me. Maybe some stoning, a different neckline on the dress, some little adjustments could’ve amped this up. But as is, this doesn’t totally work for me, I’m sorry! Micro: Next, Sharris! Hex: Hello Sharris! Your look is good but i don't think you did enough for me to call it as 'your' look. Micro gave you all an option to edit one of many existing looks and while you picked a really good one, you barely did anything to edit it as yours, it just looks like you put a filter over it and called it a day, not even bothering to change the colors really. While Blondie did the same thing, she at least i don't know tried to make things a bit interesting by changing the whole color palette. That's all. Micro: Hi Sharris! With the option to take a pre-existing look and edit it, I think the potential to make something your own and really special was there. And while I think you look amazing right now, it is so similar to the original look. Small things like changing the hair, adding new jewelry, maybe a metal corset piece, those could’ve really worked to make this more of an original piece. Not a bad look by any means, but I have to look at how different it is from the original, and I’m not seeing much. Micro: Shining bright, it's Sue Pernova! Hex: Sue! This look is very adorable, i really like the color palette, it looks like some video game character thats a singer and has some cosmic related superpowers. Your inspiration here clearly shows because i can see each thing you mentioned in your description. I love how we can't really see her face because it also adds to the mystic element that the cosmos has because we still don't really know much stuff about it. Overall a really good job tonight, congrats! Micro: Sue, this look is adorable!! I love the outer space popstar vibe you went for, and the vibrancy of these colors work really well with that. The different textures and materials as well add some visual interest and keep it from being too simple. I maybe would’ve liked to see some lengthening to the legs and a tighter cinch on the corset, but this is a stand out look for me, you really impressed me here! Micro: Next up, Wren Wyvern! Hex: Wren, uhh hello? This was a letdown for me, you kinda did a similar look to Steph but i guess her's more elevated and just more interesting to look at. I don't think your look really sells the theme since it's barely cosmos related other than the cosmic print. I like what you tried to do with the arms but it reads more as angelic to me rather than some alien creature. I'm sorry but i don't like this. Micro: Hi Wren! I’m gonna have to disagree with Hex on this one. I really enjoyed this look. It’s very cosmic deity, and you stand out from the group tonight. I think a really big collar piece that had some height and sharp edges to it would’ve taken this look to an even stronger level, but I see where you were going with it! Some minor little edits I’d make, but solid look from you! Micro: Last but not least, Zodya Killer. Hex: Hello Zodya! This is one of my favorite looks tonight, you had a clear vision and presented it really well. I really like the color palette and how vibrant it is, i love the accessories and the overall shape of it. The backpiece with your blonde hair in front of it kinda reminds me of the sun which is also a really fun detail. The way that you drew this also is a big plus for me + the props? I am a prop queen so i like the use of them in this look. Overall a really good moment for you tonight. Micro: Zodya, you look like a goddess tonight. You found a way to take this sort of galaxy pattern and print and make it look regal and expensive. I love the way this look sparkles, and the golden accents against that deep blue and purple, it adds to that royalty look. If I had to nitpick, I wish there was a big necklace or set of earrings, but I can appreciate the simplicity in not going heavy with accessories. Great work! Micro: Thank you ladies. I've made some decisions. Micro: Blondie, Morgs, and Wren. The three of you are safe. You may step to the back of the stage. 🏁Wren CF: At this point, I'm not sure what else I could do. I gave you a full goddess, and then Micro has the nerve to put me in the same group as Blondie and Morgs? It's stupid, it really is. Micro: Anthyy. Tonight, your E.T. was a T-O-P. Micro: Sue Pernova. You took us all on a trip to Chromatica, and we didn't want to leave. Micro: Zodya Killer. Category is...MET Gala on Mars. Micro: Anthyy, Zodya. Congratulations, you are the top two queens of the week! 🏁Anthyy CF: Ah, screaming!! I put so much of my heart and soul into my designs, and the hard work paid off. 🏁Zodya CF: I didn't think I'd be the type of queen who looks forward to a design challenge. But I really believe in my skills, and having that validated by the judges, that means the world. Micro: Sue, you are safe. Great work this week. Sue: Thank you Miss Micro. 🏁Sue CF: This week was all about wanting to prove myself as a real competitor here. I have what it takes to win the crown, and this moved things in the right direction. I feel amazing! Micro: Fleur, Sharris. I'm sorry my dears, but that means you are the bottom queens of the week. 🏁Fleur CF: I don't have words. To be in a room full of people who look...like that, and be told I'm in the bottom? When I'm wearing custom couture? They're out to get me. 🏁Sharris CF: I'm fine being in the bottom. It doesn't bother me. I'd never throw a tantrum over a placement, unlike some people in this competition who shall not be named...but it's Wren. Micro: Anthyy, Zodya. In a moment, the two of you will lipsync for your legacy, and the power to chop one of the bottom queens. Head backstage to Untucked, and make your decision. Untucked the safe queens enter Untucked Kami: Redemption! Steph: And it feels oh so good! I'm so proud of us. Whorechata, are you happy to be safe? 🏁Whorechata CF: wHoReChAtA, aRe yOu hApPy tO Be sAfE? No bitch, I'm not! Whorechata: I'm thrilled. Steph: No you're not. Whorechata: Oh really, what gave it away? Kami: Let it out, let it out. Whorechata: The girls up on stage right now, you can see the stringy little bits of hot glue. The seams are jankier than Wren's book in the first episode. Not to sound arrogant, but this belongs in a museum. 🏁Whorechata CF: Whorechata shows off her look and letting the camera zoom in on the hems Kami: If it makes you feel better, I thought you should've been up on stage tonight. Whorechata: If you change your name to Micro and tan a good twelve shades darker, it would mean more. But still, thanks Kami. 🏁Kami CF: You can't argue with crazy. You just can't. the top and bottom queens enter Untucked Wren: The attempt to break my spirit continues. 🏁Wren CF: Heading back to Untucked, it really does sting that I didn't win. I thought I had the best look, and I love the way I presented it. I wouldn't change a thing, but clearly the judges would. Kami: I've heard the word "safe" enough times in the last hour to last me a lifetime, so can one of you fill us in on what happened on stage? Anthyy: I'm in the top with Zodya! Steph: Whyyyyyyy. Oop, not like that. Just you know, the Sue stan in me. Sue: I'm torn with my emotions right now. Getting praised on this look felt amazing. But then it almost gave me a false sense of hope. I thought maybe I could win. Zodya: And you could've. I'm so proud of your work here. It's amazing. 🏁Zodya CF: I know how much Sue wanted to win this challenge, but I'm also freaking out a little inside that I just won my third challenge! I mean really, what could go wrong now? Wren: Regardless of what the judges said, I'm proud of this look. Sharris: So why do you keep bringing it up? Wren: With the runway last week, it was a more masculine approach than what I'm used to. And this week, I wanted to give full cunty goddess. 🏁Wren CF: Exploring gender identity and expression through fashion is important to me. Like, really important. I won't apologize for that. Blondie: And just so I know, you use all the pronouns, right? I'm not trying to get cancelled again. Wren: After saving me, you can call me whatever. But yes, anything works. He, she, they, it's all okay to me. But it doesn't take away from my trans-ness. Sharris: Wren, what the fuck does that even mean? Wren: What does what means? Sharris: How are you a he, she, and they. Make up your mind. Wren: I don't think I need to make up my mind. It's my personal journey, and I don't need to conform to what you want. Sharris: You just represent everything that's wrong with the world to me. Blondie: Okay, that's a bit much. Fleur: Blondie, stay out of it. Blondie: No! Why can't I say anything without you all jumping to make me look like the bad person? Fleur: If people always think you're a bad person, maybe you just are. Morgs: Woop, there it is. 🏁Fleur CF: Blondie swears she's an angel on Earth. But she's not. She's nasty, she's an input ho, and I don't fuck with her. Screw any alliances, I want her gone. Sharris: The more I learn about you, Blondie, the more I understand why you and Wren are friends. The only upside to that is it means none of us have to be bothered by either of you. You can annoy each other instead. Wren: Talk that talk in your bottom outfit. You could never give what I give! Sharris: And thank god for that. Man, man, man. I see a MAN. Anthyy: Girl... 🏁Anthyy CF: Sharris took a low blow with that one. Wren has been so open about her identity, and really advocated for trans representation! I considered Sharris a friend, but that changes everything. Wren: Are you really going there? For real? Sharris: I am, care to continue? Wren: You know who I am and I've been nothing but transparent with how I feel in my identity. And for someone in this community to be the one coming after me, it's so gross. Sharris: Let's get one thing straight, we're not in the same community. Wren: Right, cause I'm some freak. Sharris: Wren, shut up and go play in traffic. Kami: Stop, don't go there. What's that even supposed to mean. Sharris: As in, go die. Go die, for the sake of humanity, please. the queens all clasp their hands over their mouths as they realize what Sharris said Wren: You want me to go kill myself? Sharris: Yes please, look at how easy that was! Wren: Give me a few years, and I'm sure I'll get there. Blondie: Wren, don't even say that. Don't give that bitch another moment of your time. Sharris: Blondie, you too. Blondie: You are a miserable and hateful little bitch. You're disgusting. You better be so ashamed of yourself. Fleur: You're the moral compass now? Why do you keep putting yourself in things?! Blondie: Sharris brought me into it, and I'm done sitting down and taking it. You both are vile. 🏁Fleur CF: Blondie spews the most venomous things out of that over-plumped mouth. Why are people surprised that it caused someone to snap? If you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen. Blondie and Wren, there's the door, dumb bitches. the queens return to the runway Micro: Welcome back ladies. It has been brought to my attention that there was an altercation in Untucked. Sharris rolls her eyes, as Blondie comforts Wren at the back of the stage Micro: If this behavior continues, I won't hesitate to start this whole thing over. From the top, new cast and everything. the queens snicker at Micro's comment, causing her to stand up and lean over the judging panel Micro: I am NOT joking! Don't make me name names. But if you think you're one of the girls I'd replace, you're probably right. the scene cuts to Lectro and Yuka standing outside of the studio and forming a prayer circle for the season to restart 🏁Kami CF: The behavior during Untucked shifted everything. I mean, it's really not that deep, and to stoop to that level? It's...it's just not acceptable. Micro: Now, as much as I'm sure you'd love to keep attacking each other, we have more important things to get to: a fake lipsync. Will the top two queens please step forward. Anthyy Lipsync Look Zodya Lipsync Look Micro: Anthyy, Zodya. Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare a lipsync performance of "Supernova" by Kylie Minogue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcTHJ05R2bQ Sue: Please say jk. 🏁Sue CF: I'm fine! I'm so fine, don't even worry about me. cries in Kylie Minogue Micro: This is your chance to impress me, and secure the right to give one of the bottom queens...the chop. 🏁Anthyy CF: I really felt like I was in a tough spot with these queens in the bottom. But after that moment in Untucked, I know what needs to be done. It was taken way too far! 🏁Zodya CF: I don't have a connection to either of the bottom queens this week. But I am ready to channel my inner Sue, and give this song what it deserves. Micro: Good luck, and don't fuck it up! Read lipsync here! Micro: Oh wow! the queens clap for Sue as she shrouds herself in a cloud of glitter before remembering that Anthyy and Zodya are on stage Micro: I think it's safe to say Sue was the real winner of that one. Sue: Kylie, that was for you, baby!! Micro: Ladies, I've made my decision. ... Micro: Zodya Killer, you're a winner baby! Zodya: Ah, thank you! Kylie, I am so sorry. Micro: Anthyy, you are safe to slay another day. Anthyy: I'm sorry mama, my feet were tired after doing three of these! Zodya giggles and raises her eyebrows Micro: Will the bottom two queens please step forward. Fleur and Sharris walk to the front of the stage as the safe queens glare at them 🏁Fleur CF: I don't think I should be in the bottom this week, and I shouldn't have been near the bottom last week either! If they send me home, it's just putting me out of my misery. But if I stay, I'll make this hell for each and every one of them. 🏁Sharris CF: I don't regret a thing. It went far, but there's only so much I could take from that...person doesn't feel appropriate. I think pathetic troglodyte fits Wren better. Whether they like it or not, I'd say it again! Micro: Zodya. With great power comes great responsibility. Which queen have you chosen...to get the chop? Zodya: I'm going to be honest, I don't have any strong connections to either of you. I think you both deserve to be here and can be able to bring something fun to the rest of the competition, but tonight, I'm going to have to go with the person I felt really took on the challenge to heart. My decision...is... ... ... Zodya: Sharris. Zodya's Lipstick Choice Sharris laughs as Morgs begins to tear up Micro: So it is written, so it shall be done. Sharris, I know that you have everything it takes to thrive in a competition like this. But now is not your time. Sharris: Womp womp. Micro: Now, sashay away. Sharris goes to the back of the stage to hug Morgs before walking off Micro: Moving forward, I hope we can treat each other with some more kindness, and enjoy this for what it is. Now, let the music play! "Banjo" by Bebe Zahara Benet plays Next Time on Micro's Drag Race Blondie: There is a killer on the loose, and nobody is safe. 🏁Whorechata CF: If this means I make a few enemies, oh well! Micro: I'm so sorry, I need to excuse myself. 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2023.05.28 04:02 Hungry-Long-3212 Saw this guy rocking a nazi symbol on his tata nano , I'm pretty sure he wouldve been sent to camps in 1930s germany.
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2023.05.28 03:55 Drakolf The Test:
[This is an aftermath sequel to Sanctuary. Please read it for context.]
Humans could get used to anything, given enough time and patience.
Intellectually, I am aware that I used to be Human, that prior to my exit from the dungeon, I'd had an entirely different life, that everything I knew from my past was a convenient lie to keep me trapped and servile.
There are many fanciful tales of Humans being taken, and through sheer willpower recalling their past lives and successfully destroying a dungeon's Core.
I know better, and I tell that to every would-be Adventurer who walks in through those doors.
When we were safely out of danger, John, Jimmy, and myself had come to an impasse on how to proceed. My entire life was gone, I was a monster, pure and simple, and even standing benignly in town got me more than a few terrified looks.
Dungeon Withdrawal is not unlike recovering from an addiction, I had to be locked up in a cell because every now and again, I got violent, demanding a Human to take me to the nearest dungeon.
The irony was not lost on me as I was indeed brought to a dungeon.
They kept me fed on a ration of meat and milk, both of which tasted horrible to me, because a dungeon sustains its monsters through mana, it's why several vicious monsters could coexist without killing each other.
But as it ran its course, the food began to taste better, and though they kept me for a week longer than necessary, once I was fully removed from the dungeon's influence, I was free to go.
John and Jimmy couldn't stay, they still had their own lives to live, and returning home victorious with both their manhoods intact was certainly going to make their lives easier.
They took one fourth of the loot each, at my direction, during one of my more lucid moments, and they ensured the Adventurer's Guild kept my half safe for me.
When I went to the Guild for my loot, it was given to me, coinage exchanged for viable currency, offers made on magic items that I staunchly refused to sell until I knew what I was going to do with my life.
Plus, that dagger is mine, I killed for it.
Because I didn't have any life to return to, the only clue being a letter that meant nothing to me taken from the body of a brother whose memory was utterly gone, save for the fact that my first and only look at him was a split skull and the look of fear in his eyes.
I didn't mention the funerary cannibalism to anyone, even if I didn't have any issue with it, the Humans certainly did and dragged me away from the body before I could even begin to explain.
It was the least I could do for someone who had once meant something to me.
The Guild also offered me a job, Monstrous Adventurers were valuable, they couldn't be taken by a dungeon with the right protections- and I had those protections tattooed beneath my scales- and their innate understanding of how a dungeon worked gave most adventuring parties an edge.
Plus, dungeon Cores were pretty, and could do practically anything if you removed it and bound it to you. Which I did. More on that later.
They had a Grandmaster Wizard try to recall my memories, he couldn't, the letter only indicated an empty house with very little of note or value to me, but since it was mine, I sold it for a modest sum.
It was a pair of brothers who entered the Guild, the sight of them joking and laughing dredging up unpleasantly sad emotions that had nothing attached to them except whatever remained of love for a brother that I had.
"We're here to register." The older of the two called out, completely missing the fact that I was there.
"Do you have an entry fee?" I asked as I climbed the step-ladder to address them. They screamed, I yelled, they screamed even louder. It was good fun, I liked scaring Humans.
"Now that you've sufficiently hurt my ears, do you have an entry fee?"
"It's a little lizard thing!"
"Kobold!" I snapped. "I am a Kobold, and you will stop acting like a bloody arse or I will have you thrown out so you can calm down!" Latent hatred for Humanity aside, I didn't have a particularly good temper, and when stabbing was a more efficient way to get your point across, I wasn't allowed my dagger.
They elected to calm down. Progress. They approached cautiously, as all newcomers do, and said, in a hesitant voice. "We're here to register?"
"Congratulations, you've echoed something I've already heard twice. Allow me to echo something a third time. Do. You. Have. An. Entry. Fee?"
"Entry fee?" He asked.
"Yes. An entry fee guarantees you basic armor and weaponry properly assigned for your roles. Without one, you will have to provide your own. The entry fee is fifty silvers."
"We, uh, we don't have enough for that." The younger said.
"We, uh, also don't have any weapons." The elder added.
"Bloody brilliant. You Humans cease to amaze me. Come this way, I can give you a quick job to earn enough to pay. You're going to need this."
I led the duo to a door, this was my door, because before I got a job here, it did not exist.
"Are either of you familiar with dungeon Cores?" I asked.
"They're really powerful." The eldest said with a nod.
"They create dungeons?" The younger asked uncertainly.
I sighed. I really did not have the patience for this. "Beyond this door is a dungeon. It is my dungeon. I aided a party in destroying a dungeon and claimed the core after giving them free rein on the loot."
I opened the door, which led into a recreation of the dungeon I had once called home. That was largely due to the fact that the same dungeon Core that dwelt in this one had come from that one. "Dungeons are graded based on what they create. This is a Grade 1 Dungeon. It is the safest and easiest of dungeons to survive in, and because it is under my command, this one is even safer."
I paused, making sure they understood.
"This dungeon does not have many monsters in it. This makes it the kind where, if you stay too long inside, you become a monster. This is something I cannot change, and I keep it this way because there are people who simply want a completely fresh start. There are ten Kobolds in this dungeon, they are the ones who did not get out in time, even with my help."
"Why are you showing this to us?" The older brother asked.
"Because it is the most expedient way for you to earn enough to pay for the fee, or to find enough armor and weapons to kit yourself out. The Kobolds in this dungeon are passive, but become hostile if you start taking things. Killing them is allowed, I can resurrect them without issue. But do bear in mind they used to be Humans."
I paused again, they nodded.
"You will experience the beginnings of the dungeon claiming you after one hour inside, this will manifest in growing scaly patches, your limbs becoming non-Human..." I explained the process of being claimed, which I described in exact detail. "After twelve hours, if you fail to return, you will be claimed, your memories utterly destroyed, and your will belonging to the dungeon Core."
I looked at both of them. "Now, would you like to opt for a cleaning job instead?"
"Once you lose your memories, you cannot retrieve them." I warned as I led them through the dungeon. I had given them both a dagger to defend themselves, once they staunchly insisted on doing things the expedient way.
They were going to run this dungeon regardless, but under easier terms.
"I was minutes away from being claimed, and I only got out because I had given a pair of Humans a bag of loot that I was damned and determined to retrieve."
I stopped at the first intersection and turned around. I stomped one of my feet. "Now, unless you want to become Kobolds- which I will happily oblige- you will navigate this dungeon by yourselves. I will be observing you, ensuring you don't die, but I won't prevent you from being injured."
I teleported to the Core, its glossy blue surface growing translucent as I observed the Humans running through the hallways.
I raised the floor a step, causing them both to stumble and fall to the floor. "You have triggered a trap." I said. "You are dead now."
They pushed themselves up and kept going. I set a few traps ahead, non-lethal ones, ones designed to capture and hold. The elder brother fell into a small pit, just high enough that he couldn't climb out on his own. The younger brother immediately helped him out.
"Excellent instinct." I said. "Your survival in a dungeon depends on your capacity to cooperate and protect one another."
I directed a Kobold toward their direction. They weren't mindless, certainly intelligent, but utterly incapable of being removed from the dungeon, even if I tried. Severing them simply killed them, returning their mind and soul to the core.
I told him there were intruders who were after our shinies, he immediately attacked.
They were cognizant of what this dungeon was meant to be, a home for myself, and a place to train Adventurers. They understood this intellectually, but they were fanatical when it came to protecting what the dungeon produced.
Even I still got a little grumpy, seeing Humans grabbing my treasures. Generally, the angrier I was by the end of the run, the better their grade.
The Kobold attacked with a dagger. Their duty was to incapacitate and imprison Humans so that they became Kobolds. I let the Humans out, of course, unless they were too far gone by that point, at which point I simply gave them the choice of staying or leaving.
Most people were surprised they elected to leave, though they always came back after they were severed.
The elder brother kicked the Kobold, knocking him down and making him drop the dagger. I watched, and shook my head when they ran.
The Kobold pushed himself up, scooped up his dagger, and went into a side tunnel, moving through the walls and catching up to them. He ambushed them, leaping from the inside of a wall and tackling the younger brother, dagger already jabbing into his side.
The elder brother immediately moved to protect his sibling, and this time, he didn't hesitate to kill.
"The Kobold you just killed is the same one you left alive." I said, the elder brother tensed, horrified. "Understand, you cannot assume you will outrun an enemy, your brother's blood is on your hands, he has paid for your choice."
It was brutal, but it was an important lesson.
I moved a chest and a mimic near them. The mimic was a mindless construct, set to devour or entrap.
The elder brother helped his sibling stand, removing the dagger.
"Congratulations, you have now ensured his stab wound is bleeding freely, in any other dungeon, without any form of healing, this would be a death sentence. Do not remove daggers until you can treat the wound."
He began to panic, looking for anything that would save his brother, likely forgetting I wasn't going to kill them. He spotted the chest and the mimic and rushed over to them. I set up some non-lethal traps, to remind him not to hurry. I even had one resemble a mimic opening up to capture him.
He triggered them all, but managed to avoid getting hit. He hesitated at the chest and mimic.
Good.
He took off one of his boots, letting out a sharp cry of shock as he saw his little toe had transformed. He gingerly touched it, the dungeon Core fed him pleasant sensations to make him want to stay.
Particularly weak-willed Humans would find themselves enjoying the sensations, not realizing that they were becoming monsters, until it was too late.
He pulled his hand back, still unsettled, and threw the boot.
The mimic triggered instantly, grasping at the air in front of it before resetting, taking the boot with it. He took the other boot off, letting out a cry of distress as he saw all of the toes on that foot had already transformed. He threw the boot at the other chest, determined it was safe, and opened it.
The trap struck him in the torso, flinging him backward.
"Remember, your brother is currently sitting on the floor, bleeding, an easy target for the Kobold who's heading in your direction." I said. That was a flat-out lie, but it got him moving. He checked the chest, took out a red potion, and ran for his brother.
He gave the potion to him, the wound sealed shut.
"I'm not evil." I said. "I ensured you would have a means of healing your brother. At the same time, never drink a potion you cannot identify. That could have just as easily been a potion of transformation, or even poison."
"What's a potion of transformation do?" He asked.
"Costs you an hour." I replied. "Outside of a dungeon, it just flat out turns you into a monster. One with memories intact, mind you, but a monster nonetheless."
His brother healed, he led him carefully to the chest and they grabbed the armor within. It was piecemeal, a single pauldron, a breastplate, and a ring.
The younger brother got the breastplate, which shrunk to fit him, the brother wore the pauldron, and picked up the ring. This was a Ring of Binding, it accelerated the process of transformation, it is a cursed item.
I sensed someone entering my dungeon, it was the Guild Master. I teleported him to me. An old man, he was one of the strongest men in the Guild, and that was only because old age had worn him down.
"Prospective members?" He asked.
"Yes, sir." I replied. The older brother stowed the ring in his pocket. "Good instinct, never wear unidentified magic items." They continued, the elder brother removing his ruined socks and going barefoot. They slowed down, started paying attention to their surroundings.
"Do you expect them to survive this?" He asked.
"I do not interfere, Guild Master." I said. "Unless I absolutely have to or it's necessary to teach them a lesson." I looked at him. "The younger brother will absolutely make it out fine, the elder brother might, if he doesn't put on that ring. The moment he puts it on, he would have to run and avoid every threat between him and the exit."
The Guild Master nodded. "I expect-"
That was when the younger brother collapsed.
Dungeonrunning is extremely dangerous, even in this 'tame' one, death was possible.
The younger brother was still alive, but he had certainly fallen unconscious.
"No! Not now!" The elder brother shouted.
"What condition is the younger in?" The Guild Master asked, concerned. I reached out and felt his energy, his soul.
"He has a condition that causes him to faint." I replied. "One that is treatable with medicine, and expensive magic." I shook my head. "He should not have brought his brother with him, now he has dead weight he has to protect.
"Hey! Kobold! Can you help me?" The elder brother asked.
"No." I said. "Interference is not permitted by Guild regulation unless absolutely necessary. Your brother is not dying, he is not in any present danger of death. However, he is along the same level of change as you."
The brother looked desperate. "If I have to rescue him, he will be considered unfit for the job. Indeed, his condition may be serious enough that we could not- in good conscience- put him in anything but a clerical position."
Now, the question remained if the brother was sensible, or stupid.
Given that he almost immediately chose to lift him up and carry him on his back, stupid was the answer.
"A shame." The Guild Master remarked.
I moved some Kobolds in their path, the Guild Master raised his brow. "Are you intentionally sabotaging his progress?" He asked in mock offense.
"It's only sabotage if you intend for them not to succeed." I said. "If he's willing to risk his brother's safety instead of forfeiting his brother's chances of joining the Guild, then he will have to live with the consequences of his actions."
The Kobolds set up an ambush, creating a noticeable fake trap that the elder brother would have to walk around to avoid. To their utter shock, as well as mine, he just ran across it.
"Did he intuit the trap was fake, or was he just that bullheaded?" I asked as the Kobolds moved to intercept. They got ahead of him, prepared an ambush, and the moment he was close, they jumped out, punching and kicking him and cackling with glee.
"I still find it disturbing how monsters delight in Human suffering." The Guild Master remarked.
"Quiet, this is the best part." I said. They tied the elder brother up and dragged the unconscious younger brother into a panel. He screamed out a name. "Daniel!"
"I'm giving him half an hour before I fail him." I said. "That should be enough time to determine his competence."
The elder brother, legs bound together, arms behind his back, began to desperately inch away from where he'd been put, toward the dagger that he had dropped. I nodded approvingly, that was a sensible plan. But then he inched past it and deliberately triggered a trap.
I gaped in absolute shock as the trap sliced cleanly through the ropes, barely missing his wrists. He then got up, grabbed the dagger, and freed himself.
"Resourceful lad." The Guild Master remarked. "Yet his brother has been abducted."
The brother went toward the wall they'd taken Daniel, who was already halfway across the dungeon and heading straight for the holding cells. One of them requested to grab a Transformation Potion to speed things up.
"Reserve that for later." I said. "I want to see how the elder brother handles this."
The brother in question gave up, and began searching around desperately for something. There was a chest nearby with a proper sword and more armor, even a non-cursed magic item and a scroll. He kept searching, keeping his hand along the right wall, until he found it.
"He has an uncanny sense of what he's doing." The Guild Master remarked. "He might be an untrained time mage."
"That would explain the bravado with the fake trap and the willingness to push forward. He might not even be aware of why he's doing what he's doing." I remarked. He threw one of his ruined socks at the chest- "He still had those!?" I yapped- and proceeded to dig through its contents.
By now, his feet were fully Kobold, with his legs beginning to accommodate. He would be off balance for a while.
"Greaves, bracers, a standard short-sword, a werewolf's skin, and a scroll." The Guild Master remarked. "Not a bad find for a dungeon of this caliber."
Werewolf skin was a fun item that turned the wearer into a monster. The effect was effectively the same as being in a newly formed dungeon, and was meant to bring about some diversity to to the monster population.
It was also one of the few ways a monster could return to Human form, if it merged with them.
"Ragnar is a Werewolf, isn't he?" I asked.
"Aye, he is. He's been looking for one of those for his wife."
The brother seemed to know what it was, or at least, what its properties were, and tossed it back into the chest, that's when he pulled out the cursed ring.
"He's going to be sorely disappointed." The Guild Master remarked. "That's a Ring of Binding if I've ever seen one."
The scroll burst into flames, and he looked at the ring, wincing as his mind was filled with knowledge he didn't have before. He stared at the ring in his hand, clearly disappointed by the fact that it was utterly-
"Did he just put it on!?" The Guild Master sputtered. He was right, the brother had put the ring on and was beginning to transform faster. He then opened the wall panel and began following along the path the Kobolds had gone.
"Pull him out." The Guild Master commanded. "You've engineered a desperate situation, and we can clearly see he's not capable of rational thought in such instances."
"No." I said. "Look." The brother was stepping out of the walls, grabbing gear and other items, before going back in. "Kobolds are innately good at dungeoneering. Even in a foreign dungeon, we can figure out where we are in relation to everything else. But in your native one, especially one that's actively claiming you..."
"He's deliberately doing what he can to salvage the situation." The Guild Master remarked. "How much time does he have left?"
"Approximately one hour before the transformation is irreversible, so thirty minutes with the Ring of Binding on." I ran the time in my head. "Even if he manages to rescue his brother in time and gather enough gear for the both of them, by the time we could remove the ring, he would already be a Kobold."
The brother got as much armor on as he could, continued making his way to the holding cells, where Daniel was already bound, the transformation proceeding just as slowly as normal.
His eyes opened, he shifted around on the table, unable to get out.
That's when he began to grow fur.
"He's a Werewolf." I said numbly.
"If his brother doesn't get him out, he'll be a Kobold Werewolf." The Guild Master remarked. "Those are technically among the more powerful of the moderately dangerous monsters, all of the strengths of a Werewolf, plus the innate understanding of a dungeon? Terrifying creatures."
"Don't give me ideas." I said. "Ragnar needs a gift for his wife still, right?"
I moved the chest with the Werewolf Skin over to me and, wincing at the idea of taking it out and removing it from the dungeon, put it into my bag.
The brother was almost there, and Daniel was undergoing a transformation.
"Going unconscious suddenly is a commonality with natural born Werewolves," The Guild Master remarked. "He's still in danger of being claimed by the Dungeon, but this is something he is naturally."
The younger brother broke his restraints, and with a feral growl lunged at the Kobolds, tearing them to shreds and beginning to eat them.
"Ferality, not a good sign." I remarked. "Go get Ragnar ready, I'm on retrieval."
I teleported the Guild Master out, then the elder brother, who looked around in confusion.
"Out. Now. There is an emergency." I said. He ran out of the dungeon, and then I teleported Daniel to the entrance, where he bolted out into the Guild Hall.
I teleported over and saw Ragnar wrestling with Daniel, keeping him pinned to the ground while the older brother stared in confused horror.
"You have ten minutes before your transformation becomes irreversible." I said. He looked at me, "Nine, if you keep staring at me like that."
"What's wrong with my brother? Why is he like that?" He asked.
"Congratulations, you and your brother are natural-born Werewolves, which explains why you had such good flashes of intuition in there, and why you refused to abandon him. Eight minutes."
He held his hand out, but then brought it in, holding it against his chest.
"I don't particularly care if you want to be a Kobold- in fact, I welcome it, we need more Kobolds in this city- but if you do, and you don't want to be, then let me take the ring off."
"I... don't really want to." He said. "All I could think of when I saw the first changes was, I wanted it to go faster."
"Ah." I said. "Well, then. You were doomed from the start. Lovely. Once you're finished with that ring, we'll have it on your brother so he can finish transforming and calm down. Since you're out of the dungeon, you should be relatively safe, but for both of your sakes, we'll need to hold you for a while.
He nodded.
Ragnar finally got Daniel to calm down, he was whimpering, clearly experiencing pain.
"Aye, pup, let it all out." Ragnar said, gently petting his fur. "There's a good pup, inner peace, lad." Daniel started thrashing about again. "Inner peace, not outer squirm!"
"Also, yes, this does count as failing." I said to the elder brother. "However, due to the circumstances- and the fact that your brother would have doubtlessly been a mindless beast if left in there- the Guild Master will talk to you about your options after your holding period."
He nodded. His transformation finished, I clapped him on the back, took the ring, and- with Ragnar's help, got it on the Werewolf pup's finger so he could get it over with faster.
Once the two were in holding, I walked over to Ragnar, pulled out the Werewolf Skin from my bag, and held it out to him.
"You know what to do with this." I said.
He looked surprised, then nodded, taking it. "Aye, lad. I do."
I thought about what other things I needed to do. "Oh, right. I need to resurrect the Kobolds." I said, before walking into my dungeon.
It did take about a week for Daniel to finally calm down.
At first, there was some concern that the nature of his transformation had left him potentially feral, but the morning he was meant to be let out, he was in Human form
I was the one who went in, covered him with a blanket, and put some spare clothes out for him.
"Where am I?"
"A holding cell." I said.
I heard him shoot up, accompanied by a sound I was familiar with, in that his fur suddenly floofed up. "W-what happened to me!?" He howled in fear.
"You are a Werewolf." I said matter-of-factly. I looked at him, he was looking at his claws with a mixture of horror, fear, and joy. I had vague feelings of that same mixture of emotions. "More specifically, at least one of your parents was a Werewolf."
"Wait, then is Jason-?"
"He became a Kobold." I replied. "He used an item to speed up the transformation so he could rescue you. If you had maintained your sanity in that moment, I would not have interfered. But you didn't, and you are going to need training to keep yourself in check whenever you're scared or angry."
"I- see." He said.
"For what it's worth, you won't pass out anymore, so your reason for coming has ultimately resolved itself."
"What's going to happen to Jason?" He asked.
"The same thing that happened to me. He will live." I replied. "He has retained his memories, due to accepting that he was likely going to be lost, just to save you. Even though he could have forfeited at any point like I told him."
"Aye, Kobold, is he safe?"
"Yes." I said.
The door opened, Jason stepped inside, then ran over to his brother and hugged him. "Little big brother, meet big little brother." I snarked.
They both looked at me, and then they laughed. I let them have some time together, to talk and acclimate.
After their reunion, I brought them with me to the Guild Master.
"So." He said. "You have a few options. One, we tattoo dungeon protections on you and have you sign on to helping clearing out dungeons, or two, we let you go, except you return every week so Ragnar can train you to keep yourself under control."
"Dungeon protections?" Jason asked.
I nodded. "We are monsters." I said. "Without the proper protections, a new dungeon can claim you, making you a part of its system." I looked at them both. "I don't think it need said why you should refrain from going inside dungeons without it."
"What happens to those who do?" Daniel asked.
"The dungeon claims them." I said. "They lose their memories of their past life, becoming convinced they always lived in it. They become trapped inside, forever."
They both looked at each other, then looked at us. "We, uh..." Daniel started.
"We actually wanted to go back." Jason replied.
"You want to be claimed by the dungeon." The Guild Master said.
"When I was looking for my brother, all I could think of was how much I liked being there." Jason replied. "That's honestly why I put on the ring."
"And I'm not leaving my brother alone." Daniel said. "We've only had each other our entire lives."
I nodded. "As the master of the dungeon, I will approve this." I said. "Any arguments against, Guild Master?"
He sighed. "Just go." He said.
With the brothers close behind me, I led them to the dungeon entrance. "Understand, by doing this, you are consigning yourself to protecting what is effectively a practice dungeon." I said. "You will be killed and brought back."
Jason nodded. "I know."
He opened the door, and they walked in.
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Humans could get used to anything, given enough time and patience.
Intellectually, I am aware that I used to be Human, that prior to my exit from the dungeon, I'd had an entirely different life, that everything I knew from my past was a convenient lie to keep me trapped and servile.
There are many fanciful tales of Humans being taken, and through sheer willpower recalling their past lives and successfully destroying a dungeon's Core.
I know better, and I tell that to every would-be Adventurer who walks in through those doors.
When we were safely out of danger, John, Jimmy, and myself had come to an impasse on how to proceed. My entire life was gone, I was a monster, pure and simple, and even standing benignly in town got me more than a few terrified looks.
Dungeon Withdrawal is not unlike recovering from an addiction, I had to be locked up in a cell because every now and again, I got violent, demanding a Human to take me to the nearest dungeon.
The irony was not lost on me as I was indeed brought to a dungeon.
They kept me fed on a ration of meat and milk, both of which tasted horrible to me, because a dungeon sustains its monsters through mana, it's why several vicious monsters could coexist without killing each other.
But as it ran its course, the food began to taste better, and though they kept me for a week longer than necessary, once I was fully removed from the dungeon's influence, I was free to go.
John and Jimmy couldn't stay, they still had their own lives to live, and returning home victorious with both their manhoods intact was certainly going to make their lives easier.
They took one fourth of the loot each, at my direction, during one of my more lucid moments, and they ensured the Adventurer's Guild kept my half safe for me.
When I went to the Guild for my loot, it was given to me, coinage exchanged for viable currency, offers made on magic items that I staunchly refused to sell until I knew what I was going to do with my life.
Plus, that dagger is mine, I killed for it.
Because I didn't have any life to return to, the only clue being a letter that meant nothing to me taken from the body of a brother whose memory was utterly gone, save for the fact that my first and only look at him was a split skull and the look of fear in his eyes.
I didn't mention the funerary cannibalism to anyone, even if I didn't have any issue with it, the Humans certainly did and dragged me away from the body before I could even begin to explain.
It was the least I could do for someone who had once meant something to me.
The Guild also offered me a job, Monstrous Adventurers were valuable, they couldn't be taken by a dungeon with the right protections- and I had those protections tattooed beneath my scales- and their innate understanding of how a dungeon worked gave most adventuring parties an edge.
Plus, dungeon Cores were pretty, and could do practically anything if you removed it and bound it to you. Which I did. More on that later.
They had a Grandmaster Wizard try to recall my memories, he couldn't, the letter only indicated an empty house with very little of note or value to me, but since it was mine, I sold it for a modest sum.
It was a pair of brothers who entered the Guild, the sight of them joking and laughing dredging up unpleasantly sad emotions that had nothing attached to them except whatever remained of love for a brother that I had.
"We're here to register." The older of the two called out, completely missing the fact that I was there.
"Do you have an entry fee?" I asked as I climbed the step-ladder to address them. They screamed, I yelled, they screamed even louder. It was good fun, I liked scaring Humans.
"Now that you've sufficiently hurt my ears, do you have an entry fee?"
"It's a little lizard thing!"
"Kobold!" I snapped. "I am a Kobold, and you will stop acting like a bloody arse or I will have you thrown out so you can calm down!" Latent hatred for Humanity aside, I didn't have a particularly good temper, and when stabbing was a more efficient way to get your point across, I wasn't allowed my dagger.
They elected to calm down. Progress. They approached cautiously, as all newcomers do, and said, in a hesitant voice. "We're here to register?"
"Congratulations, you've echoed something I've already heard twice. Allow me to echo something a third time. Do. You. Have. An. Entry. Fee?"
"Entry fee?" He asked.
"Yes. An entry fee guarantees you basic armor and weaponry properly assigned for your roles. Without one, you will have to provide your own. The entry fee is fifty silvers."
"We, uh, we don't have enough for that." The younger said.
"We, uh, also don't have any weapons." The elder added.
"Bloody brilliant. You Humans cease to amaze me. Come this way, I can give you a quick job to earn enough to pay. You're going to need this."
I led the duo to a door, this was my door, because before I got a job here, it did not exist.
"Are either of you familiar with dungeon Cores?" I asked.
"They're really powerful." The eldest said with a nod.
"They create dungeons?" The younger asked uncertainly.
I sighed. I really did not have the patience for this. "Beyond this door is a dungeon. It is my dungeon. I aided a party in destroying a dungeon and claimed the core after giving them free rein on the loot."
I opened the door, which led into a recreation of the dungeon I had once called home. That was largely due to the fact that the same dungeon Core that dwelt in this one had come from that one. "Dungeons are graded based on what they create. This is a Grade 1 Dungeon. It is the safest and easiest of dungeons to survive in, and because it is under my command, this one is even safer."
I paused, making sure they understood.
"This dungeon does not have many monsters in it. This makes it the kind where, if you stay too long inside, you become a monster. This is something I cannot change, and I keep it this way because there are people who simply want a completely fresh start. There are ten Kobolds in this dungeon, they are the ones who did not get out in time, even with my help."
"Why are you showing this to us?" The older brother asked.
"Because it is the most expedient way for you to earn enough to pay for the fee, or to find enough armor and weapons to kit yourself out. The Kobolds in this dungeon are passive, but become hostile if you start taking things. Killing them is allowed, I can resurrect them without issue. But do bear in mind they used to be Humans."
I paused again, they nodded.
"You will experience the beginnings of the dungeon claiming you after one hour inside, this will manifest in growing scaly patches, your limbs becoming non-Human..." I explained the process of being claimed, which I described in exact detail. "After twelve hours, if you fail to return, you will be claimed, your memories utterly destroyed, and your will belonging to the dungeon Core."
I looked at both of them. "Now, would you like to opt for a cleaning job instead?"
"Once you lose your memories, you cannot retrieve them." I warned as I led them through the dungeon. I had given them both a dagger to defend themselves, once they staunchly insisted on doing things the expedient way.
They were going to run this dungeon regardless, but under easier terms.
"I was minutes away from being claimed, and I only got out because I had given a pair of Humans a bag of loot that I was damned and determined to retrieve."
I stopped at the first intersection and turned around. I stomped one of my feet. "Now, unless you want to become Kobolds- which I will happily oblige- you will navigate this dungeon by yourselves. I will be observing you, ensuring you don't die, but I won't prevent you from being injured."
I teleported to the Core, its glossy blue surface growing translucent as I observed the Humans running through the hallways.
I raised the floor a step, causing them both to stumble and fall to the floor. "You have triggered a trap." I said. "You are dead now."
They pushed themselves up and kept going. I set a few traps ahead, non-lethal ones, ones designed to capture and hold. The elder brother fell into a small pit, just high enough that he couldn't climb out on his own. The younger brother immediately helped him out.
"Excellent instinct." I said. "Your survival in a dungeon depends on your capacity to cooperate and protect one another."
I directed a Kobold toward their direction. They weren't mindless, certainly intelligent, but utterly incapable of being removed from the dungeon, even if I tried. Severing them simply killed them, returning their mind and soul to the core.
I told him there were intruders who were after our shinies, he immediately attacked.
They were cognizant of what this dungeon was meant to be, a home for myself, and a place to train Adventurers. They understood this intellectually, but they were fanatical when it came to protecting what the dungeon produced.
Even I still got a little grumpy, seeing Humans grabbing my treasures. Generally, the angrier I was by the end of the run, the better their grade.
The Kobold attacked with a dagger. Their duty was to incapacitate and imprison Humans so that they became Kobolds. I let the Humans out, of course, unless they were too far gone by that point, at which point I simply gave them the choice of staying or leaving.
Most people were surprised they elected to leave, though they always came back after they were severed.
The elder brother kicked the Kobold, knocking him down and making him drop the dagger. I watched, and shook my head when they ran.
The Kobold pushed himself up, scooped up his dagger, and went into a side tunnel, moving through the walls and catching up to them. He ambushed them, leaping from the inside of a wall and tackling the younger brother, dagger already jabbing into his side.
The elder brother immediately moved to protect his sibling, and this time, he didn't hesitate to kill.
"The Kobold you just killed is the same one you left alive." I said, the elder brother tensed, horrified. "Understand, you cannot assume you will outrun an enemy, your brother's blood is on your hands, he has paid for your choice."
It was brutal, but it was an important lesson.
I moved a chest and a mimic near them. The mimic was a mindless construct, set to devour or entrap.
The elder brother helped his sibling stand, removing the dagger.
"Congratulations, you have now ensured his stab wound is bleeding freely, in any other dungeon, without any form of healing, this would be a death sentence. Do not remove daggers until you can treat the wound."
He began to panic, looking for anything that would save his brother, likely forgetting I wasn't going to kill them. He spotted the chest and the mimic and rushed over to them. I set up some non-lethal traps, to remind him not to hurry. I even had one resemble a mimic opening up to capture him.
He triggered them all, but managed to avoid getting hit. He hesitated at the chest and mimic.
Good.
He took off one of his boots, letting out a sharp cry of shock as he saw his little toe had transformed. He gingerly touched it, the dungeon Core fed him pleasant sensations to make him want to stay.
Particularly weak-willed Humans would find themselves enjoying the sensations, not realizing that they were becoming monsters, until it was too late.
He pulled his hand back, still unsettled, and threw the boot.
The mimic triggered instantly, grasping at the air in front of it before resetting, taking the boot with it. He took the other boot off, letting out a cry of distress as he saw all of the toes on that foot had already transformed. He threw the boot at the other chest, determined it was safe, and opened it.
The trap struck him in the torso, flinging him backward.
"Remember, your brother is currently sitting on the floor, bleeding, an easy target for the Kobold who's heading in your direction." I said. That was a flat-out lie, but it got him moving. He checked the chest, took out a red potion, and ran for his brother.
He gave the potion to him, the wound sealed shut.
"I'm not evil." I said. "I ensured you would have a means of healing your brother. At the same time, never drink a potion you cannot identify. That could have just as easily been a potion of transformation, or even poison."
"What's a potion of transformation do?" He asked.
"Costs you an hour." I replied. "Outside of a dungeon, it just flat out turns you into a monster. One with memories intact, mind you, but a monster nonetheless."
His brother healed, he led him carefully to the chest and they grabbed the armor within. It was piecemeal, a single pauldron, a breastplate, and a ring.
The younger brother got the breastplate, which shrunk to fit him, the brother wore the pauldron, and picked up the ring. This was a Ring of Binding, it accelerated the process of transformation, it is a cursed item.
I sensed someone entering my dungeon, it was the Guild Master. I teleported him to me. An old man, he was one of the strongest men in the Guild, and that was only because old age had worn him down.
"Prospective members?" He asked.
"Yes, sir." I replied. The older brother stowed the ring in his pocket. "Good instinct, never wear unidentified magic items." They continued, the elder brother removing his ruined socks and going barefoot. They slowed down, started paying attention to their surroundings.
"Do you expect them to survive this?" He asked.
"I do not interfere, Guild Master." I said. "Unless I absolutely have to or it's necessary to teach them a lesson." I looked at him. "The younger brother will absolutely make it out fine, the elder brother might, if he doesn't put on that ring. The moment he puts it on, he would have to run and avoid every threat between him and the exit."
The Guild Master nodded. "I expect-"
That was when the younger brother collapsed.
Dungeonrunning is extremely dangerous, even in this 'tame' one, death was possible.
The younger brother was still alive, but he had certainly fallen unconscious.
"No! Not now!" The elder brother shouted.
"What condition is the younger in?" The Guild Master asked, concerned. I reached out and felt his energy, his soul.
"He has a condition that causes him to faint." I replied. "One that is treatable with medicine, and expensive magic." I shook my head. "He should not have brought his brother with him, now he has dead weight he has to protect.
"Hey! Kobold! Can you help me?" The elder brother asked.
"No." I said. "Interference is not permitted by Guild regulation unless absolutely necessary. Your brother is not dying, he is not in any present danger of death. However, he is along the same level of change as you."
The brother looked desperate. "If I have to rescue him, he will be considered unfit for the job. Indeed, his condition may be serious enough that we could not- in good conscience- put him in anything but a clerical position."
Now, the question remained if the brother was sensible, or stupid.
Given that he almost immediately chose to lift him up and carry him on his back, stupid was the answer.
"A shame." The Guild Master remarked.
I moved some Kobolds in their path, the Guild Master raised his brow. "Are you intentionally sabotaging his progress?" He asked in mock offense.
"It's only sabotage if you intend for them not to succeed." I said. "If he's willing to risk his brother's safety instead of forfeiting his brother's chances of joining the Guild, then he will have to live with the consequences of his actions."
The Kobolds set up an ambush, creating a noticeable fake trap that the elder brother would have to walk around to avoid. To their utter shock, as well as mine, he just ran across it.
"Did he intuit the trap was fake, or was he just that bullheaded?" I asked as the Kobolds moved to intercept. They got ahead of him, prepared an ambush, and the moment he was close, they jumped out, punching and kicking him and cackling with glee.
"I still find it disturbing how monsters delight in Human suffering." The Guild Master remarked.
"Quiet, this is the best part." I said. They tied the elder brother up and dragged the unconscious younger brother into a panel. He screamed out a name. "Daniel!"
"I'm giving him half an hour before I fail him." I said. "That should be enough time to determine his competence."
The elder brother, legs bound together, arms behind his back, began to desperately inch away from where he'd been put, toward the dagger that he had dropped. I nodded approvingly, that was a sensible plan. But then he inched past it and deliberately triggered a trap.
I gaped in absolute shock as the trap sliced cleanly through the ropes, barely missing his wrists. He then got up, grabbed the dagger, and freed himself.
"Resourceful lad." The Guild Master remarked. "Yet his brother has been abducted."
The brother went toward the wall they'd taken Daniel, who was already halfway across the dungeon and heading straight for the holding cells. One of them requested to grab a Transformation Potion to speed things up.
"Reserve that for later." I said. "I want to see how the elder brother handles this."
The brother in question gave up, and began searching around desperately for something. There was a chest nearby with a proper sword and more armor, even a non-cursed magic item and a scroll. He kept searching, keeping his hand along the right wall, until he found it.
"He has an uncanny sense of what he's doing." The Guild Master remarked. "He might be an untrained time mage."
"That would explain the bravado with the fake trap and the willingness to push forward. He might not even be aware of why he's doing what he's doing." I remarked. He threw one of his ruined socks at the chest- "He still had those!?" I yapped- and proceeded to dig through its contents.
By now, his feet were fully Kobold, with his legs beginning to accommodate. He would be off balance for a while.
"Greaves, bracers, a standard short-sword, a werewolf's skin, and a scroll." The Guild Master remarked. "Not a bad find for a dungeon of this caliber."
Werewolf skin was a fun item that turned the wearer into a monster. The effect was effectively the same as being in a newly formed dungeon, and was meant to bring about some diversity to to the monster population.
It was also one of the few ways a monster could return to Human form, if it merged with them.
"Ragnar is a Werewolf, isn't he?" I asked.
"Aye, he is. He's been looking for one of those for his wife."
The brother seemed to know what it was, or at least, what its properties were, and tossed it back into the chest, that's when he pulled out the cursed ring.
"He's going to be sorely disappointed." The Guild Master remarked. "That's a Ring of Binding if I've ever seen one."
The scroll burst into flames, and he looked at the ring, wincing as his mind was filled with knowledge he didn't have before. He stared at the ring in his hand, clearly disappointed by the fact that it was utterly-
"Did he just put it on!?" The Guild Master sputtered. He was right, the brother had put the ring on and was beginning to transform faster. He then opened the wall panel and began following along the path the Kobolds had gone.
"Pull him out." The Guild Master commanded. "You've engineered a desperate situation, and we can clearly see he's not capable of rational thought in such instances."
"No." I said. "Look." The brother was stepping out of the walls, grabbing gear and other items, before going back in. "Kobolds are innately good at dungeoneering. Even in a foreign dungeon, we can figure out where we are in relation to everything else. But in your native one, especially one that's actively claiming you..."
"He's deliberately doing what he can to salvage the situation." The Guild Master remarked. "How much time does he have left?"
"Approximately one hour before the transformation is irreversible, so thirty minutes with the Ring of Binding on." I ran the time in my head. "Even if he manages to rescue his brother in time and gather enough gear for the both of them, by the time we could remove the ring, he would already be a Kobold."
The brother got as much armor on as he could, continued making his way to the holding cells, where Daniel was already bound, the transformation proceeding just as slowly as normal.
His eyes opened, he shifted around on the table, unable to get out.
That's when he began to grow fur.
"He's a Werewolf." I said numbly.
"If his brother doesn't get him out, he'll be a Kobold Werewolf." The Guild Master remarked. "Those are technically among the more powerful of the moderately dangerous monsters, all of the strengths of a Werewolf, plus the innate understanding of a dungeon? Terrifying creatures."
"Don't give me ideas." I said. "Ragnar needs a gift for his wife still, right?"
I moved the chest with the Werewolf Skin over to me and, wincing at the idea of taking it out and removing it from the dungeon, put it into my bag.
The brother was almost there, and Daniel was undergoing a transformation.
"Going unconscious suddenly is a commonality with natural born Werewolves," The Guild Master remarked. "He's still in danger of being claimed by the Dungeon, but this is something he is naturally."
The younger brother broke his restraints, and with a feral growl lunged at the Kobolds, tearing them to shreds and beginning to eat them.
"Ferality, not a good sign." I remarked. "Go get Ragnar ready, I'm on retrieval."
I teleported the Guild Master out, then the elder brother, who looked around in confusion.
"Out. Now. There is an emergency." I said. He ran out of the dungeon, and then I teleported Daniel to the entrance, where he bolted out into the Guild Hall.
I teleported over and saw Ragnar wrestling with Daniel, keeping him pinned to the ground while the older brother stared in confused horror.
"You have ten minutes before your transformation becomes irreversible." I said. He looked at me, "Nine, if you keep staring at me like that."
"What's wrong with my brother? Why is he like that?" He asked.
"Congratulations, you and your brother are natural-born Werewolves, which explains why you had such good flashes of intuition in there, and why you refused to abandon him. Eight minutes."
He held his hand out, but then brought it in, holding it against his chest.
"I don't particularly care if you want to be a Kobold- in fact, I welcome it, we need more Kobolds in this city- but if you do, and you don't want to be, then let me take the ring off."
"I... don't really want to." He said. "All I could think of when I saw the first changes was, I wanted it to go faster."
"Ah." I said. "Well, then. You were doomed from the start. Lovely. Once you're finished with that ring, we'll have it on your brother so he can finish transforming and calm down. Since you're out of the dungeon, you should be relatively safe, but for both of your sakes, we'll need to hold you for a while.
He nodded.
Ragnar finally got Daniel to calm down, he was whimpering, clearly experiencing pain.
"Aye, pup, let it all out." Ragnar said, gently petting his fur. "There's a good pup, inner peace, lad." Daniel started thrashing about again. "Inner peace, not outer squirm!"
"Also, yes, this does count as failing." I said to the elder brother. "However, due to the circumstances- and the fact that your brother would have doubtlessly been a mindless beast if left in there- the Guild Master will talk to you about your options after your holding period."
He nodded. His transformation finished, I clapped him on the back, took the ring, and- with Ragnar's help, got it on the Werewolf pup's finger so he could get it over with faster.
Once the two were in holding, I walked over to Ragnar, pulled out the Werewolf Skin from my bag, and held it out to him.
"You know what to do with this." I said.
He looked surprised, then nodded, taking it. "Aye, lad. I do."
I thought about what other things I needed to do. "Oh, right. I need to resurrect the Kobolds." I said, before walking into my dungeon.
It did take about a week for Daniel to finally calm down.
At first, there was some concern that the nature of his transformation had left him potentially feral, but the morning he was meant to be let out, he was in Human form
I was the one who went in, covered him with a blanket, and put some spare clothes out for him.
"Where am I?"
"A holding cell." I said.
I heard him shoot up, accompanied by a sound I was familiar with, in that his fur suddenly floofed up. "W-what happened to me!?" He howled in fear.
"You are a Werewolf." I said matter-of-factly. I looked at him, he was looking at his claws with a mixture of horror, fear, and joy. I had vague feelings of that same mixture of emotions. "More specifically, at least one of your parents was a Werewolf."
"Wait, then is Jason-?"
"He became a Kobold." I replied. "He used an item to speed up the transformation so he could rescue you. If you had maintained your sanity in that moment, I would not have interfered. But you didn't, and you are going to need training to keep yourself in check whenever you're scared or angry."
"I- see." He said.
"For what it's worth, you won't pass out anymore, so your reason for coming has ultimately resolved itself."
"What's going to happen to Jason?" He asked.
"The same thing that happened to me. He will live." I replied. "He has retained his memories, due to accepting that he was likely going to be lost, just to save you. Even though he could have forfeited at any point like I told him."
"Aye, Kobold, is he safe?"
"Yes." I said.
The door opened, Jason stepped inside, then ran over to his brother and hugged him. "Little big brother, meet big little brother." I snarked.
They both looked at me, and then they laughed. I let them have some time together, to talk and acclimate.
After their reunion, I brought them with me to the Guild Master.
"So." He said. "You have a few options. One, we tattoo dungeon protections on you and have you sign on to helping clearing out dungeons, or two, we let you go, except you return every week so Ragnar can train you to keep yourself under control."
"Dungeon protections?" Jason asked.
I nodded. "We are monsters." I said. "Without the proper protections, a new dungeon can claim you, making you a part of its system." I looked at them both. "I don't think it need said why you should refrain from going inside dungeons without it."
"What happens to those who do?" Daniel asked.
"The dungeon claims them." I said. "They lose their memories of their past life, becoming convinced they always lived in it. They become trapped inside, forever."
They both looked at each other, then looked at us. "We, uh..." Daniel started.
"We actually wanted to go back." Jason replied.
"You want to be claimed by the dungeon." The Guild Master said.
"When I was looking for my brother, all I could think of was how much I liked being there." Jason replied. "That's honestly why I put on the ring."
"And I'm not leaving my brother alone." Daniel said. "We've only had each other our entire lives."
I nodded. "As the master of the dungeon, I will approve this." I said. "Any arguments against, Guild Master?"
He sighed. "Just go." He said.
With the brothers close behind me, I led them to the dungeon entrance. "Understand, by doing this, you are consigning yourself to protecting what is effectively a practice dungeon." I said. "You will be killed and brought back."
Jason nodded. "I know."
He opened the door, and they walked in.
2023.05.28 03:52 Evisceratiionation 35 [M4F] A life of love and intimacy
I'm looking for a female partner that fits me, both in the literal and figurative sense.
I had a hard early life. Despite this I'm ever so slightly moderately successful and lead a comfortable life. I did this without sacrificing my ethics which is very meaningful to me.
I'm looking for a long-term romantic partner that fits me. It's hard to fit with me. I mean... Really damn hard. I have very specific taste.
Where do I even begin? Since the day I was born I do whatever I want and think is right all the time. I love clost knit families. I am extremely secretive and not on social media. Though I hate actually saying it and the words make me want to roll my eyes at myself I am by most measures extremely intelligent.
Intelligent enough to be earning a very decent living while sitting right now in a foreign country drinking wine and eating some good pizza.
I am both adventurous and extremely loyal and family oriented. You'll have to ask me how I reconcile the two. I am intense in pretty much everything I do. In my career I literally want to be the best at what I do regardless if I ever achieve it.
My spirituality is my own very special form of Buddhism. My spirituality is a great comfort to me and source of energy. I love the reminders it gives me of how special life is.
Part of the energy of my life will always be devoted to creating things. I love the idea of just creating things like furniture that make people happy. I love science and I guess would consider myself science literate and math literate. I'm the kind of person that enjoys reading about random mathematical proofs or studying programming languages that verify proofs.
I love cuddling. It's super important that I we can cuddle the right way lol. Part of my dream for the future is to live fairly isolated and a bit removed from society. I love shrooms and MDMA, I'm sure I'd love LSD but haven't done it yet.
Essentially I'm a big hippie kid who is fortunate enough to know how to milk this world for money so I can appreciate good wine and continue on my own personal quest for deeper knowledge.
I need tons of affection. Really. I do. I need you to somehow convince me that you're not with me cause I'm just some good idea. I want to be wanted, unreasonably. In no way am I looking for what most people consider a sane and balanced relationship. Don't get me wrong, I am so caring and so kind but I'm looking for someone I don't have to pretend with who wants to hold a very special space for me.
The default relationship people have just isn't good for me. It doesn't make me happy. I hold out for someone who wants to love me and go on this adventure with me for the rest of our lives and actually enjoy it.
I love women who aren't big on makeup, lol probably someone that was a non-toxic yoga girl who still eats a bit of meat and would normally be considered needy.
I won't think you're needy.
If you like massages, affection, not dressing up, you don't wear makeup, you are open minded, understanding, loving, and aren't some weirdo leveraging these things to be a toxic monster than you may be up my alley.
Welp, if any of this interests you then hit me up. I'm not expecting anything materialize too fast so we have plenty of time to talk.
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I had a hard early life. Despite this I'm ever so slightly moderately successful and lead a comfortable life. I did this without sacrificing my ethics which is very meaningful to me.
I'm looking for a long-term romantic partner that fits me. It's hard to fit with me. I mean... Really damn hard. I have very specific taste.
Where do I even begin? Since the day I was born I do whatever I want and think is right all the time. I love clost knit families. I am extremely secretive and not on social media. Though I hate actually saying it and the words make me want to roll my eyes at myself I am by most measures extremely intelligent.
Intelligent enough to be earning a very decent living while sitting right now in a foreign country drinking wine and eating some good pizza.
I am both adventurous and extremely loyal and family oriented. You'll have to ask me how I reconcile the two. I am intense in pretty much everything I do. In my career I literally want to be the best at what I do regardless if I ever achieve it.
My spirituality is my own very special form of Buddhism. My spirituality is a great comfort to me and source of energy. I love the reminders it gives me of how special life is.
Part of the energy of my life will always be devoted to creating things. I love the idea of just creating things like furniture that make people happy. I love science and I guess would consider myself science literate and math literate. I'm the kind of person that enjoys reading about random mathematical proofs or studying programming languages that verify proofs.
I love cuddling. It's super important that I we can cuddle the right way lol. Part of my dream for the future is to live fairly isolated and a bit removed from society. I love shrooms and MDMA, I'm sure I'd love LSD but haven't done it yet.
Essentially I'm a big hippie kid who is fortunate enough to know how to milk this world for money so I can appreciate good wine and continue on my own personal quest for deeper knowledge.
I need tons of affection. Really. I do. I need you to somehow convince me that you're not with me cause I'm just some good idea. I want to be wanted, unreasonably. In no way am I looking for what most people consider a sane and balanced relationship. Don't get me wrong, I am so caring and so kind but I'm looking for someone I don't have to pretend with who wants to hold a very special space for me.
The default relationship people have just isn't good for me. It doesn't make me happy. I hold out for someone who wants to love me and go on this adventure with me for the rest of our lives and actually enjoy it.
I love women who aren't big on makeup, lol probably someone that was a non-toxic yoga girl who still eats a bit of meat and would normally be considered needy.
I won't think you're needy.
If you like massages, affection, not dressing up, you don't wear makeup, you are open minded, understanding, loving, and aren't some weirdo leveraging these things to be a toxic monster than you may be up my alley.
Welp, if any of this interests you then hit me up. I'm not expecting anything materialize too fast so we have plenty of time to talk.
2023.05.28 03:50 hamartiated 30 [M4F] Slovenia / Anywhere - Risque late night talk
Hey! 🙂 I'm looking for a fellow adult who's open-minded towards risque verbal conversations 😉
General interests: literature, art history, philosophy, psychology, languages, geography.
Music (all over the place): Seafret, M83, Philip Glass, Lord Huron, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Of Monsters and Men, Yndi Halda, God is An Astronaut, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Keaton Henson, Laura Marling, Max Richter, If These Trees Could Talk, Clint Mansell, some songs of Sia and Adele, and many other artists. If you don't recognise some of those names, it could be a plus, because we could mutually enhance our preferences in music.
Literature: non-fiction (microhistory, biographies, geography and culture); fiction as in sci-fi, mystery, thriller, subtle philosophical supernatural horror. I'm more of a prose person, though I do appreciate some poetry from time to time. I might not be really refined for it? I find narratives extremely compelling, especially when it comes to crafting the story in a way that ensures the flow of events and miniscule details that are going to build up towards the resolution. I prefer contemporary prose, althought I have done my share of getting to know some crucial classics, both for school and out of my own curiousity. When it comes to psychology, my horizons were influenced partly by Viktor Frankl, Erich Fromm, Rollo May, and some others who worked within the loosely defined existential school of thought. Philosophically speaking, my interests concern mostly ethics and aesthetics.
A bit more about me: Depression issues and anxiety; a bit socially conservative; do not play any videogames. I'm a bit of a bookworm, and I tend to talk about lofty, ivory tower ideas, but some have told me that I do possess a sense of humour (which is probably amongst the most subjective types of assessments).
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General interests: literature, art history, philosophy, psychology, languages, geography.
Music (all over the place): Seafret, M83, Philip Glass, Lord Huron, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Of Monsters and Men, Yndi Halda, God is An Astronaut, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Keaton Henson, Laura Marling, Max Richter, If These Trees Could Talk, Clint Mansell, some songs of Sia and Adele, and many other artists. If you don't recognise some of those names, it could be a plus, because we could mutually enhance our preferences in music.
Literature: non-fiction (microhistory, biographies, geography and culture); fiction as in sci-fi, mystery, thriller, subtle philosophical supernatural horror. I'm more of a prose person, though I do appreciate some poetry from time to time. I might not be really refined for it? I find narratives extremely compelling, especially when it comes to crafting the story in a way that ensures the flow of events and miniscule details that are going to build up towards the resolution. I prefer contemporary prose, althought I have done my share of getting to know some crucial classics, both for school and out of my own curiousity. When it comes to psychology, my horizons were influenced partly by Viktor Frankl, Erich Fromm, Rollo May, and some others who worked within the loosely defined existential school of thought. Philosophically speaking, my interests concern mostly ethics and aesthetics.
A bit more about me: Depression issues and anxiety; a bit socially conservative; do not play any videogames. I'm a bit of a bookworm, and I tend to talk about lofty, ivory tower ideas, but some have told me that I do possess a sense of humour (which is probably amongst the most subjective types of assessments).
2023.05.28 03:49 IonicBreezeMachine Freddie as F. R. O.7 (aka Freddie the Frog) (1992) review
A messy and confusing family fantasy James Bond spoof that has clear effort, but lack of structure or direction.
In Medieval France, a young prince named Frederic (Edmund Kingsley) is taught by his father the Magician King (Michal Hordern) various spells and lives a happy life with him. Unbeknownst to Frederic and the King, the King's jealous sister, Messina (Billie Whitelaw), is planning to kill the king and usurp the power of the throne having already arranged for the death of Frederic's mother some year's back using her black magic. Messina disguises herself as a serpent and scares the King's horse and the King dies as a result of her actions. Messina is left as the kingdom's ruler with Frederic as his ward til he comes of age, but Messina uses her magic to transform Frederic into a frog and reveals her true intentions. Frederic is saved by a chance encounter with the Loch Ness monster, Nessie (Phyllis Logan), and Messina is forced to retreat. Sometime later Frederic has grown (now voiced by Ben Kingsley) and is now the French Secret Serivde's top secret agent Freddie aka F. R. O.7. Britain is beset by a series of disappearances of its most famous monuments and with the British Secret Service lacking in manpower, its head Brigadier G (Nigel Hawthorne) requests the French government loan Freddie to them. Freddie is teamed with two other agents, martial artist Daffers (Jenny Agutter) who also has a crush on Freddie, and weapons inventor Scotty (John Sessions). As the group investigate the disappearance of the monuments they come to discover the culprits are a criminal organization known as The Snake which is lead by Freddie's aunt Messina and her husband El Supremo (Brian Blessed) who are bent on taking over Britain using the latent energy hidden within its monuments with grander sights on world domination.
Freddie as F. R. O.7 (aka Freddie the Frog) was one of many animated films released throughout the 90s that tried to capitalize on the revised interest in theatrical animation that began in the 80s with Don Bluth's films An American Tail and Land Before Time and exploded with the likes of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid. While many animated Disney films were massively successful such as Aladdin which became the highest grossing film of 1992, non-Disney productions tended to struggle with misfires like Ferngully: The Last Rainforest and An American Tail: Fivel Goes West failing to light any fires at the box office, or foreign animations like Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, The Princess and the Goblin, or The Magic Voyage primed for international appeal only to fizzle out due to either distribution problems or production issues. South London-based Hollywood Road Films was an independent animation studio whose writeproducedirector Jon Acevski based the film off the bedtime stories he'd tell his child about the adventures his stuffed animal frog toy had and unfortunately that becomes really apparent. While as an animated production it doesn't carry the same weight and polish as contemporary Disney productions or even Amblimation movies of the time like Fivel Goes West or We're Back, it does look a cut above some animated features I've seen, but the script is a mess and there's only so much that the bevy of high profile British talent can bring to get a purse from a Sow's ear.
To describe the plot of Freddie as F. R. O.7 (or Freddie the Frog as it was called in the SGE re-edit in 1995) is akin to describing a fever dream. What starts in a typical "fairy tale kingdom" goes to a jazzy community of anthropomorphic frogs, which in turn goes to a fantastical take on Bond/eurospy tropes and finally to borderline Star Wars type settings that if you were to show individual stretches of this film out of context to someone unfamiliar with it, odds are they wouldn't believe those segments were from the same film. The movie has a very loose narrative and that makes sense considering Acevski told these kinds of adventure stories to his young child about his stuffed frog toy, but that kind of loose narrative is okay when it's being told to a half-asleep child whose age is in the low single digits and not for a theatrical animated film that needs to have a greater sense of cohesion for the audience to grasp onto. With its mixture of spy tropes, fairy tale tropes, and some rather questionable innuendos, double entendres, and some jaw dropping scenes involving (no joke) dancing Klansman and foot soldiers dressed in Nazi chic, it's the kind of movie that's too busy and complicated for kids to follow, but it's also too shallow and non sensical for adults to get engaged with either. Speaking of the dancing Klansman and Nazis, the movie is also a musical and quite a bad one at that. Most of the songs are either bland or forgettable, and when they do happen they're usually dead stops that do absolutely nothing to further the story (what little there is anyway). Evilmania is the song featuring the Klansman and Nazis and outside of the "What!?" factor it's a pretty shapeless song where Billie Whiteclaw isn't even really singing and is more speaking while the song plays with no sense of rhythm or melody.
I will say there's an impressive cast on paper. The movie features an absolute dream cast of some of Britain's best with the likes of Ben Kingsley, Brian Blessed, Jonathan Pryce, Nigel Hawthorne, and a few others and you couldn't ask for a better line-up of talent. Kingsley sounds like he's having fun playing up the French "hon! Hon! Hon!" stereotypical voice which is like a more restrained Pepe le Pew in terms of subtlety, but most of the other members of the cast are just filling types and places. Nigel Hawthorne's character Brigadier G has a particularly bad running gag of constantly getting tangled up in phone cords and inadvertently insulting high ranking government officials or foreign dignitaries and they do this gag four times and it never builds upon it or does anything different with it. Most of the set pieces that aren't related to the monument thefts just feel like "visual noise" that's well animated enough I suppose, but there's no narrative drive pushing us through these set pieces and the emotional core is rather lacking with Messina having killed both of Freddie's parents but Freddie doesn't seem all that engaged with her as an antagonist.
Freddie as F. R. O.7 has remained relatively obscure since its financial and critical failure in 1992 and that's rather unfortunate because while the movie doesn't work, it's utterly fascinating in why it doesn't work. With head scratching creative choices, a story that feels like it began as a mad lib, a cast made up of some of Britain's finest actors, and elements like dancing Nazis and Klansmen odds are you've never seen anything try so hard while falling face first. In an era where many European produced animated features are thinly veiled Shrek knock-offs there's something almost nostalgic about movies like this that serve as a reminder of how much the animation landscape has changed. I can't say it's "good" but you'll remember it. To date the movie hasn't been released on DVD, Blu-ray, or digital storefronts, but the film does survive from the old VHS rips on Youtube. It's only about 79 minutes long so not a terribly costly time investment.
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In Medieval France, a young prince named Frederic (Edmund Kingsley) is taught by his father the Magician King (Michal Hordern) various spells and lives a happy life with him. Unbeknownst to Frederic and the King, the King's jealous sister, Messina (Billie Whitelaw), is planning to kill the king and usurp the power of the throne having already arranged for the death of Frederic's mother some year's back using her black magic. Messina disguises herself as a serpent and scares the King's horse and the King dies as a result of her actions. Messina is left as the kingdom's ruler with Frederic as his ward til he comes of age, but Messina uses her magic to transform Frederic into a frog and reveals her true intentions. Frederic is saved by a chance encounter with the Loch Ness monster, Nessie (Phyllis Logan), and Messina is forced to retreat. Sometime later Frederic has grown (now voiced by Ben Kingsley) and is now the French Secret Serivde's top secret agent Freddie aka F. R. O.7. Britain is beset by a series of disappearances of its most famous monuments and with the British Secret Service lacking in manpower, its head Brigadier G (Nigel Hawthorne) requests the French government loan Freddie to them. Freddie is teamed with two other agents, martial artist Daffers (Jenny Agutter) who also has a crush on Freddie, and weapons inventor Scotty (John Sessions). As the group investigate the disappearance of the monuments they come to discover the culprits are a criminal organization known as The Snake which is lead by Freddie's aunt Messina and her husband El Supremo (Brian Blessed) who are bent on taking over Britain using the latent energy hidden within its monuments with grander sights on world domination.
Freddie as F. R. O.7 (aka Freddie the Frog) was one of many animated films released throughout the 90s that tried to capitalize on the revised interest in theatrical animation that began in the 80s with Don Bluth's films An American Tail and Land Before Time and exploded with the likes of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid. While many animated Disney films were massively successful such as Aladdin which became the highest grossing film of 1992, non-Disney productions tended to struggle with misfires like Ferngully: The Last Rainforest and An American Tail: Fivel Goes West failing to light any fires at the box office, or foreign animations like Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, The Princess and the Goblin, or The Magic Voyage primed for international appeal only to fizzle out due to either distribution problems or production issues. South London-based Hollywood Road Films was an independent animation studio whose writeproducedirector Jon Acevski based the film off the bedtime stories he'd tell his child about the adventures his stuffed animal frog toy had and unfortunately that becomes really apparent. While as an animated production it doesn't carry the same weight and polish as contemporary Disney productions or even Amblimation movies of the time like Fivel Goes West or We're Back, it does look a cut above some animated features I've seen, but the script is a mess and there's only so much that the bevy of high profile British talent can bring to get a purse from a Sow's ear.
To describe the plot of Freddie as F. R. O.7 (or Freddie the Frog as it was called in the SGE re-edit in 1995) is akin to describing a fever dream. What starts in a typical "fairy tale kingdom" goes to a jazzy community of anthropomorphic frogs, which in turn goes to a fantastical take on Bond/eurospy tropes and finally to borderline Star Wars type settings that if you were to show individual stretches of this film out of context to someone unfamiliar with it, odds are they wouldn't believe those segments were from the same film. The movie has a very loose narrative and that makes sense considering Acevski told these kinds of adventure stories to his young child about his stuffed frog toy, but that kind of loose narrative is okay when it's being told to a half-asleep child whose age is in the low single digits and not for a theatrical animated film that needs to have a greater sense of cohesion for the audience to grasp onto. With its mixture of spy tropes, fairy tale tropes, and some rather questionable innuendos, double entendres, and some jaw dropping scenes involving (no joke) dancing Klansman and foot soldiers dressed in Nazi chic, it's the kind of movie that's too busy and complicated for kids to follow, but it's also too shallow and non sensical for adults to get engaged with either. Speaking of the dancing Klansman and Nazis, the movie is also a musical and quite a bad one at that. Most of the songs are either bland or forgettable, and when they do happen they're usually dead stops that do absolutely nothing to further the story (what little there is anyway). Evilmania is the song featuring the Klansman and Nazis and outside of the "What!?" factor it's a pretty shapeless song where Billie Whiteclaw isn't even really singing and is more speaking while the song plays with no sense of rhythm or melody.
I will say there's an impressive cast on paper. The movie features an absolute dream cast of some of Britain's best with the likes of Ben Kingsley, Brian Blessed, Jonathan Pryce, Nigel Hawthorne, and a few others and you couldn't ask for a better line-up of talent. Kingsley sounds like he's having fun playing up the French "hon! Hon! Hon!" stereotypical voice which is like a more restrained Pepe le Pew in terms of subtlety, but most of the other members of the cast are just filling types and places. Nigel Hawthorne's character Brigadier G has a particularly bad running gag of constantly getting tangled up in phone cords and inadvertently insulting high ranking government officials or foreign dignitaries and they do this gag four times and it never builds upon it or does anything different with it. Most of the set pieces that aren't related to the monument thefts just feel like "visual noise" that's well animated enough I suppose, but there's no narrative drive pushing us through these set pieces and the emotional core is rather lacking with Messina having killed both of Freddie's parents but Freddie doesn't seem all that engaged with her as an antagonist.
Freddie as F. R. O.7 has remained relatively obscure since its financial and critical failure in 1992 and that's rather unfortunate because while the movie doesn't work, it's utterly fascinating in why it doesn't work. With head scratching creative choices, a story that feels like it began as a mad lib, a cast made up of some of Britain's finest actors, and elements like dancing Nazis and Klansmen odds are you've never seen anything try so hard while falling face first. In an era where many European produced animated features are thinly veiled Shrek knock-offs there's something almost nostalgic about movies like this that serve as a reminder of how much the animation landscape has changed. I can't say it's "good" but you'll remember it. To date the movie hasn't been released on DVD, Blu-ray, or digital storefronts, but the film does survive from the old VHS rips on Youtube. It's only about 79 minutes long so not a terribly costly time investment.
2023.05.28 03:30 anal_furnace Where to buy Monster energy drinks in bulk?
Hi, I drink a bunch of monster and usually get the white one from monster. Looking for a place that sells the golden or pink monster in 12/24 packs. Any leads?
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2023.05.28 02:53 -Insigwitz- So much to unpack here
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2023.05.28 02:42 DramaticTradition170 My local Dollar tree finds (WA)
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2023.05.28 02:38 TheeBagelQueen NeoDys Drag Race S1EP08 Snatch Game
 | INT. WORKROOM - NIGHT[The queens return to the workroom after the intense elimination. They gather around Pickles Bagwell's mirror message, reading it with mixed emotions.]Kika Lorace: "Stay fierce, my queens! I'll be cheering for all of you from the sidelines. Love, Pickles." Aw, she was such a ray of sunshine. We'll miss her! [Gromette Mugler, with a heavy heart, sits quietly in her corner.] Dee Pression: Hey, Gromette, I know losing Pickles was tough for you. We're here for you, okay? You're not alone. Gromette Mugler: Thank you, Dee. Losing Pickles has been devastating, but I won't let it break me. I'm going to honor their memory by giving it my all and devouring this competition. Oshi Rellee Cayme Dat-Wei: Speaking of giving it your all, can we all take a moment to celebrate Manila's win in the last challenge? Girl, you slayed it! ManilaButterflyzzzXX: Thank you, darlings! It feels incredible to come out on top. Gromette Mugler: (confessional) Losing Pickles has ignited a fire within me. Their departure reminded me that time is precious, and I won't waste any more of it. I'm ready to devour this competition, push my boundaries, and show the world what I'm capable of! ———————— ッ NeoDys Drag Race ッ———————— INT. WORKROOM - DAY[The workroom is buzzing with anticipation as the queens gather for a new day of challenges. A confessional shot shows ManilaButterflyzzzXX smirking mischievously.]ManilaButterflyzzzXX: (confessional) It's a new day in the workroom, and we're all ready to see Dee in the bottom again. It's becoming a familiar pattern. Kika Lorace: Dee, you better step it up today! We can't have you in the bottom every week, honey. Dee Pression: I hear you, Kika. I'll do my best to surprise you all. [The queens exchange excited glances as they eagerly await ChatPaul's arrival. Moments later, ChatPaul enters the workroom, exuding charisma and confidence.] ChatPaul: Hello, hello, hello, my fabulous queens! Are you ready for the ultimate test of your wit and impersonation skills? It's time for the legendary Snatch Game! [The room erupts with cheers and gasps as the queens realize the gravity of the challenge ahead.] ManilaButterflyzzzXX: (confessional) Snatch Game, baby! This is where we separate the stars from the also-rans. ChatPaul: For this week's runway, the theme is "Fantasy Fusion." I want to see looks that seamlessly combine two distinct elements into one stunning ensemble. It's time to take your creativity to new heights! [The queens nod, already brainstorming their Snatch Game characters and runway looks. The anticipation builds, knowing that the Snatch Game is a make-or-break moment in the competition.] ———————— ッ NeoDys Drag Race ッ———————— INT. SNATCH GAME SETChatPaul: Welcome to Snatch Game! Let’s meet our celebrities![ManilaButterflyzzzXX takes the stage as none other than Marilyn Monroe. With flawless makeup, a seductive voice, and impeccable comedic timing, Manila embodies the iconic Hollywood starlet. She delivers witty one-liners and captures Marilyn's signature breathy tone, leaving the judges and audience in stitches.] [Lady Yomamalaid brings the legendary Dolly Parton to life in a truly memorable performance. With a larger-than-life personality and impeccable Southern accent, Lady Yomamalaid embodies the essence of the country music icon. Her comedic timing and quick-witted responses have the judges roaring with laughter.] [Kika Lorace channels the iconic Frida Kahlo in a performance that is both captivating and thought-provoking. Kika flawlessly captures Frida's strength and artistic spirit, showcasing her knowledge of the artist's life and work. However, her comedic timing falls a bit flat, leaving the judges wanting more humor.] [RuPaul takes on the challenge of impersonating the legendary Tina Turner. While RuPaul embodies Tina's energy and stage presence, her comedic performance falls flat. The jokes don't land as expected, and RuPaul struggles to capture Tina's unique charm.] [Sayu Hime attempts to channel the iconic Beyoncé but falls short of capturing her essence. While Sayu exudes confidence and delivers Beyoncé's signature moves, her comedic improvisation falls flat. The impersonation lacks the humor and wit necessary to shine in the Snatch Game.] [Gromette Mugler takes on the persona of the enigmatic David Bowie. Their commitment to Bowie's distinctive style and androgynous presence is commendable. However, Gromette struggles to bring the character to life with comedic flair. The performance feels a bit one-note, lacking the humor and quick thinking required for the Snatch Game.] [Oshi Rellee Cayme Dat-Wei stuns the judges with their portrayal of the enigmatic Björk. They fully embrace Björk's eccentricities and deliver a performance that is both captivating and hilarious. Oshi's impeccable comedic timing and witty improvisation have the judges and audience in stitches. They flawlessly capture Björk's unique vocal style and mannerisms, making their performance a standout in the Snatch Game.] [Dee Pression takes on the challenge of impersonating the beloved comedian Ellen DeGeneres. With spot-on mannerisms and a charismatic stage presence, Dee captures Ellen's charm. Their quick-witted responses and comedic timing have the judges laughing along.] ———————— ッ NeoDys Drag Race ッ———————— INT. MAIN STAGEChatPaul: Category is Fantasy Fusion![ManilaButterflyzzzXX graces the runway in a breathtaking ensemble that seamlessly fuses the elements of fire and ice. Their look features a fiery red gown with flowing ruffles and intricate beading, symbolizing the passion and intensity of fire. The gown gradually transitions into a shimmering icy blue, representing the cool serenity of ice. ManilaButterflyzzzXX's masterful execution of this fusion creates a visually striking and harmonious combination, showcasing their creativity and impeccable fashion sense.] [Lady Yomamalaid captivates the judges with her "Nature and Technology" fusion ensemble. She combines the organic beauty of flowers with the sleekness of futuristic technology. Her gown features a voluminous floral skirt with vibrant petals, adorned with circuit board patterns that illuminate with LED lights. Lady Yomamalaid's look celebrates the harmony between nature and innovation, commanding attention with her striking and innovative fashion fusion.] [Kika Lorace takes the runway by storm in her "Heaven and Hell" fusion creation. Her ensemble seamlessly combines angelic grace with devilish allure. Kika's heavenly side is showcased through an ethereal white gown with billowing feathers and delicate lace, while her devilish side is expressed through a fiery red corset and dramatic horns. The contrasting elements create a captivating dichotomy, highlighting Kika's versatility and bold fashion choices.] [RuPaul wows the judges with a stunning "Past and Future" fusion look. Her ensemble elegantly combines vintage glamour with futuristic elements. RuPaul's gown features a classic silhouette reminiscent of old Hollywood, embellished with futuristic metallic accents and neon lights. The juxtaposition of vintage elegance and modern futurism creates a mesmerizing visual impact, demonstrating RuPaul's ability to transcend time and embrace both the past and the future.] [Sayu Hime graces the runway in a captivating "Land and Sea" fusion ensemble. Her look seamlessly combines elements of a lush garden with the ethereal beauty of the ocean. Sayu's gown features a vibrant floral print with cascading layers that evoke the essence of a blooming garden. The lower half of the gown transforms into a flowing blue mermaid tail, embodying the enchantment and mystery of the sea. Sayu's fashion fusion transports the audience to a world where land and sea collide in perfect harmony.] [Gromette Mugler stuns with a unique "Vintage and Futuristic" fusion ensemble. Her look beautifully blends elements of retro glamour with futuristic aesthetics. Gromette's gown combines the elegance of a vintage ball gown with metallic silver accents, holographic details, and sleek geometric patterns. The fusion of old-world charm and contemporary edge creates a captivating and thought-provoking fashion statement, showcasing Gromette's daring and innovative style.] [Oshi Rellee Cayme Dat-Wei graces the runway in an extraordinary "Celestial and Terrestrial" fusion ensemble. Their look combines the elements of the cosmos with earthly elements. Oshi's gown features a celestial print with shimmering stars and planets, elegantly merging with cascading layers of earth-toned fabrics that resemble the beauty of nature. The fusion of celestial and terrestrial elements creates a mesmerizing and otherworldly aesthetic, reflecting Oshi's ability to transcend boundaries and create fashion magic.] [Dee Pression wows the judges with their striking "Light and Darkness" fusion look. Their ensemble seamlessly combines contrasting elements of light and shadow. Dee's gown features intricate laser-cut patterns that reveal glimpses of shimmering fabrics underneath, symbolizing the play between light and darkness. The fusion of these opposing forces creates a visually captivating and thought-provoking fashion statement, showcasing Dee's ability to create beauty from opposing elements.] ———————— ッ NeoDys Drag Race ッ———————— Ladies, after careful consideration of the snatch game performances and the stunning runway looks, I have made my decision.Kika Lorace, Lady Yomamalaid you are both safe. Please, leave the stage.Now let’s hear the critiques. Oshi, your portrayal of Björk was truly remarkable. You fully embraced Björk's eccentricities and delivered a performance that was both captivating and hilarious. Your comedic timing and improvisation were spot-on, and you flawlessly captured Björk's unique vocal style and mannerisms. You had the judges and audience laughing throughout the snatch game! Gromette, while your runway look was visually striking and showcased your creativity, your snatch game performance fell a bit short. You struggled to bring David Bowie to life with the comedic flair needed for the challenge. We could see your commitment to the character, but the performance lacked the necessary humor and quick thinking to make it truly memorable. Dee, you truly embodied Ellen DeGeneres in the snatch game. Your spot-on mannerisms and charismatic stage presence had the judges and audience laughing along with you. Your comedic timing was impeccable, and you delivered quick-witted responses effortlessly. RuPaul, your Tina Turner impersonation had the potential to be amazing, but unfortunately, it fell flat. While you embodied Tina's energy and stage presence, your comedic performance didn't quite hit the mark. The jokes didn't land as expected, and you struggled to capture Tina's unique charm. We know you have the star power, but this week, the snatch game wasn't your strongest moment. Manila, your portrayal of Marilyn Monroe was a delight to watch. You captured her iconic persona with flawless makeup, seductive charm, and impeccable comedic timing. Your witty one-liners had the judges and audience in stitches. You managed to embody the essence of Marilyn Monroe while adding your own unique flair. Another strong performance from you this week. Sayu, your Beyoncé impersonation had moments of confidence and showcased your knowledge of her moves. However, the comedic improvisation aspect of the snatch game didn't quite translate. Your performance lacked the humor and wit needed to stand out among the competition. It's clear you have talent, but this week, it didn't shine as brightly as we had hoped. When I call your name, please step forward. ManilaButterflyzzzXX, Oshi Rellee Cayme Dat-Wei, congratulations on delivering a standout performance in the snatch game and showcasing your creative fashion fusion. You are safe. Dee Pression, your portrayal of Ellen DeGeneres was nothing short of exceptional. And your "Light and Darkness" fusion look on the runway showcased your unique style. Condragulations, you are the winner of this week's challenge.Gromette Mugler, while your runway look was captivating, your snatch game performance fell short in terms of delivering the humor and wit expected. You are safe.RuPaul and Sayu Hime, I'm sorry, but you are the bottom two of the week. It is time for the lipsync for your life. Good luck, and don’t f*ck it up. ———————— ッ NeoDys Drag Race ッ———————— [The iconic song "Toxic" by Britney Spears begins to play as Sayu Hime and RuPaul take their positions on the main stage for the lip sync for their life. Sayu embodies the fierce spirit of Britney, bringing a mix of sultriness and powerful dance moves to the performance. RuPaul, known for her stage presence, delivers a polished and energetic performance, showcasing her years of experience. Both queens give it their all, captivating the judges and audience with their respective interpretations of the song.] [After an intense and captivating lip sync battle, ChatPaul announces her decision.] ChatPaul: “RuPaul… shantay you stay!” "Sayu Hime, your energy and dedication have been undeniable, but this is not your time. Now, sashay away." Sayu: "As I leave this stage, I carry the spirit of Britney within me. Remember, darlings, always keep the fire burning and let your true selves shine. Sayu Hime signing off, but my love for drag will never fade away!" [Sayu Hime exits the stage with grace, leaving the other queens to reflect on the loss and prepare for the next challenge.] ———————— ッ NeoDys Drag Race ッ———————— [LINK] |
2023.05.28 02:24 Protowriter469 The Debt
[WP] As Earth faced ruin, humanity was saved by benevolent aliens who helped heal the planet. Generations later those aliens are invaded...a human armada jumps into the system. It's time to repay the debt.
In those days, one could not escape the dust.
It blew in the open doors, collected in the corners. People choked on it, in some cases, died by it. In the brown wind flew microplastics, radiation, and sewage. The world and her resources were used up, and it would be many millennia before the earth could heal herself. Assuming, of course, that humans disappeared long before that.
The Bleakness crumbled governments; overwhelmed hospitals. The sun, which hung in the sky as a dim disk of light, no longer offered life to the plants nor warmth to the animals. It was so, so cold.
Neman Oxenrider watched the crackling flames consume the rocking chair legs in the fireplace. The power was no longer reliable. In a last ditch effort to preserve the planet, the city had switched exclusively to solar power. Now there wasn't enough sun to go around anymore. They had begun burning furniture for warmth, and Neman--not a wealthy young man by any means--was worried they'd run out of wood soon.
Dad paced in the living room. He was always pacing these days, since he was laid off from the distribution center. The longer he stayed unemployed, the more manic he became. He spent hours every day taking his guns apart and putting them back together, counting the few cans of food left in our pantry, and poring over city maps. He never spoke about whatever it was he was planning, but he was planning something.
Mom, on the other hand, had locked herself away upstairs. Neman hadn't seen her in days, but could hear her infrequent footfalls on the floorboards.
The chair smelled bitter as it disintegrated in the fire. It gave off a bitter, acrid scent of furniture polish and particle board. Neman held quiet resentment. He resented the generations of humans who burned through the world's resources haphazardly, dying before they could reap the consequences of their indulgences. He resented his mother and father for being distant and strange. He resented himself for burning this wood and further darkening the sky outside.
With a deep sigh, his breath clouded before him. He would die hungry and cold, and probably alone.
The lights flickered on, bulbs clicking and buzzing in the few un-burnable lamps. The fire no longer offered the halo in a dark room, but seemed dim compared to the electric lights.
"Power's on!" Dad called out, the first un-muttered words in days. When this happened, people were supposed to ration their electricity, but no one ever did. As soon as one crisis ended, the world seemed to forget it ever happened.
Dad turned on the TV--he wanted to get some news before the power went off again.
No one knows where the strange machines have come from, but they appear to be pulling dust into their turbines. The U.S. Military has denied involvement and is cautioning the public to stay far away from these UFOs until they can determine their origin.
UFOs? The acronym piqued Neman's interest and he turned his head toward the TV. Dad was standing with his arms folded, watching intently.
"Aliens too!?" He guffawed, as if it was some sort of cosmic joke, too terrible to truly be upsetting anymore. He turned his head toward Neman with a smile, but not one of gladness. It was one of cynical frustration. What good would his guns be against aliens?
The images on the TV were fuzzy and far away, the dust's sepia tone obscuring the object in the sky, which resembled a large, floating turbine. Eventually, there were more reported, all over the world. Hundreds. Thousands. Tens of thousands.
The dust cleared, and new machines appeared: flat discs, which formed clouds around them, raining green, earthly liquid from the sky. Hours later, ivy and mushrooms sprouted. They grew around garbage--plastic, tired, old abandoned cars--and consumed them.
The sun was out and bright. People emerged from their homes and squinted to one another.
It took a month.
Mom had descended from her grief nest upstairs and had a renewed energy about her. She apologized to Neman over and over, holding him in her arms and making promises to do better.
It wasn't enough, of course. Three years had passed where Neman had only known his mother as a reclusive zombie. But it was something, more than he ever expected to have again. His father took longer to soften, suspicious of what he called "the eye of the storm." He continued to horde guns and food. Then he started growing vegetables and canning them. This hobby turned into a passion strong enough that he forgot about his survivorist plans. This passion became a vocation, and Dad made sure that everyone in the neighborhood had access to fresh food.
We were all afraid to question the origins of this salvation. The Christians, predictably, credited Jesus for their salvation and patted themselves on the back for all their prayers. They immediately went back to lives of indulgence.
But six months later, after more machines had materialized to clean the oceans, cool the ice caps, and scrub the orbit of dead satellites, those responsible for saving the world announced themselves.
First, they communicated via radio waves to the world's leaders, asking for a joint conference. Each country happily obliged, interested to find out who these anonymous benefactors were and what it was they now expected of the world they'd saved. Additionally, presidents and representatives had hoped to make history by asking these aliens some poignant, quotable question to be preserved in the annals of history.
Neman and his family, now with new furniture crafted by a hobbyist-turned-master woodworker down the street, watched the live conference from their living room.
They expected tentacles, huge eyeballs. Neman had watched too many reruns of The Simpsons, he realized, but he couldn't get the violent green monsters out of his head.
When the alien delegation entered the room, surprise swept over the whole world.
"Jesus, they look like us!" Mom announced as she squeezed Neman's hand. And they did, although their skin was bluer and their eyes were yellow. There were very small additional differences: their hair was thicker and silky, perfectly manicured everywhere it appeared. They were shorter, the tallest of the small crowd a good three inches shorter than President Pompey, a short--but fierce--woman at a mere five-foot-two.
We are a galactic convoy of life preservers. We travel space seeking planets which can sustain intelligent life. We nurture planets with potential. Your Earth had entered an extinction phase common to all fledgling higher beings. We believe that with assistance, Earth can do great things.
The aliens spoke with a gentle cadence and an ambiguous accent, almost Norwegian in inflection, but smooth enough that it felt at home in every ear.
The aliens wanted no payment, they expected no trade deals or treaties. They wanted humanity only to "get well."
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In those days, one could not escape the dust.
It blew in the open doors, collected in the corners. People choked on it, in some cases, died by it. In the brown wind flew microplastics, radiation, and sewage. The world and her resources were used up, and it would be many millennia before the earth could heal herself. Assuming, of course, that humans disappeared long before that.
The Bleakness crumbled governments; overwhelmed hospitals. The sun, which hung in the sky as a dim disk of light, no longer offered life to the plants nor warmth to the animals. It was so, so cold.
Neman Oxenrider watched the crackling flames consume the rocking chair legs in the fireplace. The power was no longer reliable. In a last ditch effort to preserve the planet, the city had switched exclusively to solar power. Now there wasn't enough sun to go around anymore. They had begun burning furniture for warmth, and Neman--not a wealthy young man by any means--was worried they'd run out of wood soon.
Dad paced in the living room. He was always pacing these days, since he was laid off from the distribution center. The longer he stayed unemployed, the more manic he became. He spent hours every day taking his guns apart and putting them back together, counting the few cans of food left in our pantry, and poring over city maps. He never spoke about whatever it was he was planning, but he was planning something.
Mom, on the other hand, had locked herself away upstairs. Neman hadn't seen her in days, but could hear her infrequent footfalls on the floorboards.
The chair smelled bitter as it disintegrated in the fire. It gave off a bitter, acrid scent of furniture polish and particle board. Neman held quiet resentment. He resented the generations of humans who burned through the world's resources haphazardly, dying before they could reap the consequences of their indulgences. He resented his mother and father for being distant and strange. He resented himself for burning this wood and further darkening the sky outside.
With a deep sigh, his breath clouded before him. He would die hungry and cold, and probably alone.
The lights flickered on, bulbs clicking and buzzing in the few un-burnable lamps. The fire no longer offered the halo in a dark room, but seemed dim compared to the electric lights.
"Power's on!" Dad called out, the first un-muttered words in days. When this happened, people were supposed to ration their electricity, but no one ever did. As soon as one crisis ended, the world seemed to forget it ever happened.
Dad turned on the TV--he wanted to get some news before the power went off again.
No one knows where the strange machines have come from, but they appear to be pulling dust into their turbines. The U.S. Military has denied involvement and is cautioning the public to stay far away from these UFOs until they can determine their origin.
UFOs? The acronym piqued Neman's interest and he turned his head toward the TV. Dad was standing with his arms folded, watching intently.
"Aliens too!?" He guffawed, as if it was some sort of cosmic joke, too terrible to truly be upsetting anymore. He turned his head toward Neman with a smile, but not one of gladness. It was one of cynical frustration. What good would his guns be against aliens?
The images on the TV were fuzzy and far away, the dust's sepia tone obscuring the object in the sky, which resembled a large, floating turbine. Eventually, there were more reported, all over the world. Hundreds. Thousands. Tens of thousands.
The dust cleared, and new machines appeared: flat discs, which formed clouds around them, raining green, earthly liquid from the sky. Hours later, ivy and mushrooms sprouted. They grew around garbage--plastic, tired, old abandoned cars--and consumed them.
The sun was out and bright. People emerged from their homes and squinted to one another.
It took a month.
Mom had descended from her grief nest upstairs and had a renewed energy about her. She apologized to Neman over and over, holding him in her arms and making promises to do better.
It wasn't enough, of course. Three years had passed where Neman had only known his mother as a reclusive zombie. But it was something, more than he ever expected to have again. His father took longer to soften, suspicious of what he called "the eye of the storm." He continued to horde guns and food. Then he started growing vegetables and canning them. This hobby turned into a passion strong enough that he forgot about his survivorist plans. This passion became a vocation, and Dad made sure that everyone in the neighborhood had access to fresh food.
We were all afraid to question the origins of this salvation. The Christians, predictably, credited Jesus for their salvation and patted themselves on the back for all their prayers. They immediately went back to lives of indulgence.
But six months later, after more machines had materialized to clean the oceans, cool the ice caps, and scrub the orbit of dead satellites, those responsible for saving the world announced themselves.
First, they communicated via radio waves to the world's leaders, asking for a joint conference. Each country happily obliged, interested to find out who these anonymous benefactors were and what it was they now expected of the world they'd saved. Additionally, presidents and representatives had hoped to make history by asking these aliens some poignant, quotable question to be preserved in the annals of history.
Neman and his family, now with new furniture crafted by a hobbyist-turned-master woodworker down the street, watched the live conference from their living room.
They expected tentacles, huge eyeballs. Neman had watched too many reruns of The Simpsons, he realized, but he couldn't get the violent green monsters out of his head.
When the alien delegation entered the room, surprise swept over the whole world.
"Jesus, they look like us!" Mom announced as she squeezed Neman's hand. And they did, although their skin was bluer and their eyes were yellow. There were very small additional differences: their hair was thicker and silky, perfectly manicured everywhere it appeared. They were shorter, the tallest of the small crowd a good three inches shorter than President Pompey, a short--but fierce--woman at a mere five-foot-two.
We are a galactic convoy of life preservers. We travel space seeking planets which can sustain intelligent life. We nurture planets with potential. Your Earth had entered an extinction phase common to all fledgling higher beings. We believe that with assistance, Earth can do great things.
The aliens spoke with a gentle cadence and an ambiguous accent, almost Norwegian in inflection, but smooth enough that it felt at home in every ear.
The aliens wanted no payment, they expected no trade deals or treaties. They wanted humanity only to "get well."
2023.05.28 02:12 Upset_Fly_944 The Dark Halberd
 | Hey all! Below you’ll see some artwork of my big ol’ scary boy, The Dark Halberd, inspired by Maliketh (elden ring), created by Number1GamerJohn. Below are his links as well, in case you’re looking to commission or support! Really good stuff, perfect aesthetic for grim dark type stuff. submitted by Upset_Fly_944 to worldbuilding [link] [comments] All of John’s info below! https://twitter.com/oneirolithic https://www.artstation.com/oneirolithic-john https://www.patreon.com/oneirolithic Thank you so much, John, for bringing this bad boy to life! For anyone interested beyond the dope art, this bad boy is a messenger of the deity of death in my world, and is specifically a manner “natural” revenge incurred by humanoids and the like for harming the earth, and the creatures of said realm. The world itself consists mainly of what’d you expect from medieval fantasy (humans, elves, dwarves), and then inhumans (orcs, goblins, etc), with the truly monstrous coming in as, essentially, boss battles lol. Humanoids have generally harmed the world through magical and mundane means, which has attracted the attention of the divine forces that meticulously crafted it. Thus, monsters where created as a manner of control, this bad boy being among the first. |
2023.05.28 02:09 mister_elli TONIGHT - Punk Rock Bowling, Las Vegas, NV - Monster Energy Stage @ 8:35PM
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2023.05.28 02:08 mister_elli TONIGHT - Punk Rock Bowling, Las Vegas, NV - Monster Energy Stage @ 8:35PM
 | Per the Ofishal Social Media: Tonight we are stoked to hit the @monsterenergy stage at @punkrockbowling with some amazing bands. We are on at 8:35 inbetween @theinterrupters and @badreligionband … we got all these good vibes off the new #Ep release and so much positive energy to unleash!!! All we have is now. Let’s do this #lasvegas submitted by mister_elli to FishboneFamilyhood [link] [comments] |
2023.05.28 02:05 ManhattanRailfan Looking for a very specific kind of romance
I've finally gotten my wife into anime (thank you, Spy x Family) but she's very picky. She enjoyed Horimiya and really liked Marin's energy from My Dress Up Darling. Here are her criteria:
Good looking, or at least not ugly main characters (refuses to watch Toradora, Oregairu)
Good art style, tends to prefer Clover Works or similar. She likes pastel colors and refused to watch Tomo-chan because her red hair clashed with her uniform.
She has ADHD, so something that'll keep the attention. For example, she got bored of Ice Guy in like 10 minutes.
They get together reasonably quickly
No harems
Happy ending
Sorry, I know it's a lot, but thanks for any help.
Edit: She also liked My Little Monster, Tsuredure Children, Fruits Basket ('19) until I told her it was 63 episodes, and My Dress Up Darling if it had less fan service and less of the design stuff (she has a bachelor’s in fashion design and all the mistakes annoyed her).
She has rejected: Kaguya-Sama (I know, wtf?)
ReLife
Kamisama Kiss
Angel Next Door
Bunny Girl Senpai (but liked the art style)
Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun
Tsukigakire,
In/Spectre
Tonikawa
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie
Golden Time
Love of Kill
Galaxy Next Door
Wotakoi
Recovery of an MMO Junkie
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Good looking, or at least not ugly main characters (refuses to watch Toradora, Oregairu)
Good art style, tends to prefer Clover Works or similar. She likes pastel colors and refused to watch Tomo-chan because her red hair clashed with her uniform.
She has ADHD, so something that'll keep the attention. For example, she got bored of Ice Guy in like 10 minutes.
They get together reasonably quickly
No harems
Happy ending
Sorry, I know it's a lot, but thanks for any help.
Edit: She also liked My Little Monster, Tsuredure Children, Fruits Basket ('19) until I told her it was 63 episodes, and My Dress Up Darling if it had less fan service and less of the design stuff (she has a bachelor’s in fashion design and all the mistakes annoyed her).
She has rejected: Kaguya-Sama (I know, wtf?)
ReLife
Kamisama Kiss
Angel Next Door
Bunny Girl Senpai (but liked the art style)
Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun
Tsukigakire,
In/Spectre
Tonikawa
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie
Golden Time
Love of Kill
Galaxy Next Door
Wotakoi
Recovery of an MMO Junkie
2023.05.28 02:02 chounosumuheya Shizuka discography guide (2023)
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2023.05.28 01:46 Merliak Dragon's Dogma II Crossover
 | DD:DA and DDO had lot of crossover, that was focused on armors, weapons, accessories and sometimes monsters. submitted by Merliak to DragonsDogma [link] [comments] What you guys would like to see as crossover for Dragon's Dogma II ? - Dragon's Dogma had crossover with Berserk which was not renewed in Dragon's Dogma : Dark Arisen. https://preview.redd.it/7ohuph7cng2b1.jpg?width=712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b58ad27848327593b18b858638eea2a79fe5c3f - Dragon's Dogma Online had plenty of crossover like Berserk, Attack on Titans, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Persona 5 or Overlord for example. https://preview.redd.it/noes24ugng2b1.jpg?width=2765&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fb7b03b744eae23f8e91e989a7c936f8e0be404 For Dragon's Dogma II, I would like to see "Record of Lodoss War" but I know it won't happens, books and OAV are old and not really popular, but I always liked the aesthetic of some characters and armors / weapons from this serie. artist : Kim Dong Hyuk But I must admit I won't be against a "Goblin slayer" crossover, his armor is kinda cool :) artist : Zoma Phamoz |
2023.05.28 01:22 GloInTheDarkUnicorn TIFU by having a monster.
I have type O+ blood, and give blood from time to time. Since I have the most common blood type and am a universal positive donor, the local blood bank has been calling me constantly. I finally answered and set up an appointment for today. The blood bank is on the other side of town.
I made sure to eat, got there on time, and was all ready to give blood. They did the finger stick to check my hemoglobin, and we’re good to go.
Until she checked my pulse. She said it was a bit high. She told me to sit and think calm thoughts and she’d be back in 5. So I play a relaxing game on my phone until she comes back. She takes my pulse again and it’s still too high. I can’t donate today.
That’s when I remember the watermelon monster energy drink my fiancé brought me. I had it just before I left to go donate. I only have caffeine maybe once a week, and didn’t even think about it. Turns out, it’s a common problem with donation attempts. People drink caffeine, don’t even think about it, and their pulse is too high to donate.
So now time and gas wasted, I have to come back another day. And not drink caffeine that day.
TL;DR I drank a monster energy before my blood donation appointment, spiked my pulse, and couldn’t donate.
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I made sure to eat, got there on time, and was all ready to give blood. They did the finger stick to check my hemoglobin, and we’re good to go.
Until she checked my pulse. She said it was a bit high. She told me to sit and think calm thoughts and she’d be back in 5. So I play a relaxing game on my phone until she comes back. She takes my pulse again and it’s still too high. I can’t donate today.
That’s when I remember the watermelon monster energy drink my fiancé brought me. I had it just before I left to go donate. I only have caffeine maybe once a week, and didn’t even think about it. Turns out, it’s a common problem with donation attempts. People drink caffeine, don’t even think about it, and their pulse is too high to donate.
So now time and gas wasted, I have to come back another day. And not drink caffeine that day.
TL;DR I drank a monster energy before my blood donation appointment, spiked my pulse, and couldn’t donate.
2023.05.28 01:17 Any_Intention_2355 Vending machine idea
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2023.05.28 01:14 weRborg Vending machine idea
Behind my unit, there are a few old vending machines that from what I hear, used to work and were refilled often. But that hasn't been the case for months, despite everyone always commenting how they'd love to get a monster or red bull without driving to the shop.
What's stopping me from buying a second hand vending machine, loading it up with energy drinks, refilling it on the weekend when no ones around and just making bank?
I doubt anyone would even question why a new machine showed up in the same place the old one was and started working. They'd probably assume the contract for renewed or something.
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What's stopping me from buying a second hand vending machine, loading it up with energy drinks, refilling it on the weekend when no ones around and just making bank?
I doubt anyone would even question why a new machine showed up in the same place the old one was and started working. They'd probably assume the contract for renewed or something.
2023.05.28 01:10 Emergency_Split3657 Item changes in V0.7.2 in greater detail
Are you left wondering what exactly has changed to the items in the 0.7.2 patch notes? What did the passives do that they removed for instance? Be left wondering no longer:
+10 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Limit Breaker: Upon activation, gain 20% movement speed and 10% increased physical power for 6s. Takedowns within the duration permanently grant 3 physical power and refresh the duration - 90s CD.
After:
+10 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Limit Breaker: Upon activation, gain 20% movement speed and 10% increased physical power for 8s. Takedowns within the duration permanently grant 3 physical power and refresh the duration - 90s CD.
+160 Max Health
+10 Physical Armor
+10 Magical Armor
Echidna: Gain 25% increased Physical Armor and Magical Armor for 6s. During this time, Reflect 20% of pre-mitigated damage received from Enemy Heroes as true damage - 90s CD.
After:
+160 Max Health
+10 Physical Armor
+10 Magical Armor
Echidna: Gain 25% increased Physical Armor and Magical Armor for 6s. During this time, Reflect 15% of pre-mitigated damage received from Enemy Heroes as true damage - 90s CD.
+20 Magical Power
+200 Max Mana
Font: Killing an Enemy Minion grants 8 bonus mana, up to a maximum of 400. At maximum stacks, gain 10 ability haste.
After:
+20 Magical Power
+200 Max Mana
Font: Killing an Enemy Minion grants 8 bonus mana, up to a maximum of 400. At maximum stacks, grants bonus magical power equal to (+3.5% Maximum Mana).
+35 Physical Armor
Stifle: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's total attack speed by 3% for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
After:
+35 Physical Armor
Stifle: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's total attack speed by 4% for 3s, stacking up to 6 times.
1450 Total Price
+30 Magical Power
Magi: Gain 20% magical penetration.
After:
1300 Total Price
+30 Magical Power
Magi: Gain 18% magical penetration
+15 Physical Power
Desolate: Your physical damage ignores 15% of your target's physical armor (Before Penetration).
After:
+20 Physical Power
Desolate: Your physical damage ignores 18% of your target's physical armor (Before Penetration). (Patch note wording is a bit vague, this could also be interpreted as: Gain 18% physical penetration instead)
+45 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Corrode: Dealing damage to an Enemy Hero reduces their physical armor by 4% for 3s, stacking up to 6 times.
Virulence: Your abilities deal 20% bonus true damage against Targets with 6 stacks of Corrode.
After:
+45 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Corrode: Dealing damage to an Enemy Hero reduces their physical armor by 4% for 3s, stacking up to 6 times.
Virulence: Your abilities deal 25% bonus physical damage against Targets with 6 stacks of Corrode.
3300 Total Price
+50 Physical Power
+5% Omnivamp
Demonic: While above 40% maximum health, gain (+8% Total Physical Power).
Ceaseless: While below 40% maximum health, gain 5% omnivamp.
After:
3000 Total Price
+50 Physical Power
+12 Physical penetration
Demonic: Damaging a shielded target deals 30% of the remaining shield as bonus physical damage and grants you 20% movement speed for 2s
+40 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+30 Magical Armor
+150% Mana Regeneration
Voracity: Killing an Enemy Target restores 5% of your missing health, increased to 25% for Enemy Heroes.
Celerity: Gain 10% bonus movement speed out of combat.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+30 Magical Armor
+150% Mana Regeneration
Voracity: Killing an Enemy Target restores 5% of your missing health, increased to 20% for Enemy Heroes.
Celerity: Gain 10% bonus movement speed out of combat.
45 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+15 Ability Haste
Parting Gift: Killing an Enemy Unit causes them to explode in a small radius, dealing (+30% of the Target's Maximum Health) as physical damage. Damage ranges from 100%-40% based on distance between Targets and is capped at 500 - 2s CD.
Demise: Dealing damage to an Enemy Hero that is below 40% maximum health deals an additional 40 (+10% Bonus Physical Power) physical damage, increasing by 5 with each activation. Takedowns reset Demise's cooldown - 45s CD.
After:
45 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Parting Gift: Killing an Enemy Unit causes them to explode in a small radius, dealing (+30% of the Target's Maximum Health) as physical damage. Damage ranges from 100%-40% based on distance between Targets and is capped at 500 - 2s CD.
Demise: Dealing damage to an Enemy Hero that is below 40% maximum health deals an additional 40 (+10% Bonus Physical Power) physical damage, increasing by 5 with each activation. Takedowns reset Demise's cooldown - 45s CD.
+40 Physical Power
+25 Magical Armor
+8 Physical Penetration
Vengeful Shroud: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next Enemy ability. Upon blocking an Enemy ability, gain 30 physical power for 3s - 60s CD.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+275 Health
+8 Physical Penetration
Vengeful Shroud: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next Enemy ability. Upon blocking an Enemy ability, gain 30 physical power for 3s - 60s CD.
+45 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Bestial Torment: Moving generates stacks of Torment. At 100 stacks, your next basic attack consumes them to deal 30 (+40% Bonus Physical Power) bonus physical damage and reduce your current basic ability cooldowns by 1.5s.
After:
+45 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Bestial Torment: Moving generates stacks of Torment. At 100 stacks, your next basic attack consumes them to deal 30 (+20% Bonus Physical Power) bonus physical damage and reduce your current basic ability cooldowns by 2s.
+45 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+15 Ability Haste
Splice: Casting an ability will grant you 3 physical penetration and 3% movement speed for 4s, stacking up to 4 times.
After:
+45 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Splice: Casting an ability will grant you 3 physical penetration and 3% movement speed for 4s, stacking up to 4 times.
3300 Total Price
+55 Physical Power
+25 Ability Haste
Calamity: Abilities deal 0% - 40% (based on 0-1600 maximum health difference) bonus physical damage against Enemy Heroes with greater maximum health than you.
After:
3300 Total Price
+55 Physical Power
+15 Ability Haste
Puncture: Gain 30% Physical penetration.
Chilling Spells: Damaging abilities slow affected units by 25% (10% for DoT abilities) for 1s
3000 Total Price
+35 Physical Power
+15% Attack Speed
+8 Physical Penetration
Splinter: Basic Attacks deal 30% of the Target's bonus physical armor as bonus physical damage on-hit.
Puncture: Gain 20% Physical Penetration.
After:
2800 Total Price
+30 Physical Power
+35% Attack Speed
+25% Critical strike chance
Critical Cleave: Basic attacks deal an additional (+30% total physical power) physical damage in a small area around the target. This damage can critically strike. Damage ranges from 100% to 50% based on distance between targets.
3000 Total Price
+45 Physical Power
+25% Critical Chance
Decisive Strike: Your next critical strike deals 30% additional physical damage - 12s CD.
Bore: Gain 25% Physical Penetration.
After:
3000 Total Price
+35 Physical Power
+25% Critical Chance
Puncture: Gain 30% physical penetration
Deicide: Deal 0 - 25% (based on maximum health difference) bonus physical damage against enemy heroes with greater maximum health than you.
3200 Total Price (Omeda state original was 3300, while omeda.city has it at 3200 *shrug*)
+45 Physical Power
+20% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Chance
Chilling Zap: Every fourth successful basic attack deals (+50% Total Physical Power) bonus physical damage and Slows the Target by 25% for 0.5s.
After:
3200 Total Price
+45 Physical Power
+25% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Chance
Chilling Zap: Every fourth successful basic attack deals (+50% Total Physical Power) bonus physical damage and Slows the Target by 25% for 0.5s.
2800 Total Price
+30 Physical Power
+40% Attack Speed
Chain Zap: Every fourth successful basic attack releases a bolt of lightning which leaps between 7 Targets, dealing 60 (+50% Bonus Physical Power) magical damage and applying on-hit effects to each
After:
3200 Total Price
+25 Physical Power
+35% Attack Speed
Chain Zap: Every fourth successful basic attack releases a bolt of lightning which leaps between 7 Targets, dealing 40 (+40% Bonus Physical Power) magical damage and applying on-hit effects to each
Thunderstruck: Basic attacks deal 30 bonus physical damage on-hit. Additionally convert every 1% critical strike chance into 1.5 additional bonus physical damage on hit.
+40 Physical Power
+250 Max Health
+20 Ability Haste
True Strike: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 6s deals (+40% Total Physical Power) bonus true damage - 1.5s CD.
Overclocked: Upon casting your ultimate, gain 20% movement speed for 6s - 20s CD.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+300 Max Health
+20 Ability Haste
True Strike: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 6s deals (+40% Total Physical Power) bonus true damage - 1.5s CD.
Overclocked: Upon casting your ultimate, gain 20% movement speed for 6s - 20s CD.
+20 Physical Power
+600 Max Health
Colossal Sunder: Every third consecutive basic attack deals (+3% Maximum Health) bonus physical damage on-hit and slows the target by 20% for 1s.
Flurry: Dealing damage with Colossal Sunder grants 6% attack speed for 5s, stacking up to 6 times. (stacks fall off 1 at a time)
After:
+20 Physical Power
+600 Max Health
Colossal Sunder: Every third consecutive basic attack deals (+3% Maximum Health) bonus physical damage on-hit and slows the target by 20% for 1s.
Flurry: Dealing damage with Colossal Sunder grants 10% attack speed for 5s, stacking up to 3 times. (stacks fall off all at once)
+35 Physical Power
+40 Physical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Surge: Dealing damage to Enemy Heroes or Monsters grants you 2 physical power and 2% increased Healing for 5s, stacking up to 10 times.
Flow: Takedowns restore 12% of your missing health and grant you 3% Attack Speed per stack of Surge for 8s.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+40 Physical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Surge: Dealing damage to Enemy Heroes or Monsters grants you 2 physical power and 2% increased Healing for 5s, stacking up to 10 times.
Flow: Takedowns restore (100% Bonus physical power) health.
+40 Physical Power
+30 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
+15% Tenacity
Tenacious Bravery: Dropping below 30% max health cleanses you and grants cc immunity for 3s - 120s CD.
Resolute: Gain 1 physical power for every 3% missing health, for a maximum of 20 physical power.
After:
+45 Physical Power
+30 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
+15% Tenacity
Tenacious Bravery: Dropping below 40% max health cleanses you and grants cc immunity for 3s - 120s CD.
+40 Physical Power
+25 Ability Haste
+5% Omnivamp
Mutilate: Basic attacks deal 1% of the Enemy Hero's maximum health as bonus physical damage. Applies twice on non-DOT abilities.
Devour: Damaging an Enemy Hero with an ability steals 5% of their maximum health for 20s. Can only occur once per Target.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+15 Ability Haste
+8% Omnivamp
Mutilate: Basic attacks deal 1% of the Enemy Hero's maximum health as bonus physical damage. Applies twice on non-DOT abilities.
Devour: Damaging an Enemy Hero with an ability steals 5% of their maximum health for 20s. Can only occur once per Target.
+25 Physical Power
+350 Max Health
Colossal Cleave: Basic attacks deal (+30% Total Physical Power)(+2% Maximum Health) physical damage in a small area around the Target. Damage ranges from 100%-50% based on the distance between Targets
Bludgeon: Basic attacks deal (+3.5% Bonus Health) physical damage on-hit.
After:
+25 Physical Power
+450 Max Health
Colossal Cleave: Basic attacks deal (+30% Total Physical Power)(+2% Maximum Health) physical damage in a small area around the Target. Damage ranges from 100%-50% based on the distance between Targets
Bludgeon: Gain (+2.5% Bonus Health) physical power.
+40 Physical Power
+200 Max Health
+15 Ability Haste
Blighted Strikes: Dealing physical damage to an Enemy Target reduces their Healing by 40% for 3s.
Hex: Damaging an Enemy Target affected by Blight with an ability deals an additional 20 physical damage and causes them to take 10% more damage for 3s - 1s CD.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+200 Max Health
+15 Ability Haste
Blighted Strikes: Dealing physical damage to an Enemy Target reduces their Healing by 40% for 3s.
Hex: Damaging an Enemy Target affected by Blight with an ability causes them to take 10% more damage for 3s
+60 Magical Power
+300 Max Mana
+25 Ability Haste
Spellslinger: Using an ability grants you 3% increased magical power for 3s, stacking up to 3 times.
Ravenous: Takedowns refund 20% of your ultimate's total cooldown.
After:
+75 Magical Power
+300 Max Mana
+25 Ability Haste
Ravenous: Takedowns refund 20% of your ultimate's total cooldown.
+50 Magical Power
+350 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Font: Killing an Enemy Minion grants 4 bonus mana per stack, up to a maximum of 400. At maximum stacks, gain 10 ability haste.
Arcane Magic: Grants bonus magical power equal to (+3.5% Maximum Mana).
After:
+60 Magical Power
+350 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Font: Killing an Enemy Minion grants 8 bonus mana, up to a maximum of 400. At maximum stacks, grants bonus magical power equal to (+3.5% Maximum Mana).
+80 Magical Power
+250 Max Health
+15% Tenacity
Chilling Spells: Damaging abilities Slow affected Units by 25% (10% for DoT Abilities) for 1s.
Thaw: Abilities deal 10% additional damage to Slowed Enemy Heroes.
After:
+80 Magical Power
+350 Max Health
+15% Tenacity
Chilling Spells: Damaging abilities Slow affected Units by 25% (10% for DoT Abilities) for 1s.
2800 Total Price
+70 Magical Power
+30 Physical Armor
+20 Ability Haste
Stone Skin: Gain 30 magical power and 30 physical armor. Whenever you take physical damage from an Enemy Hero, decrease both bonuses by 6. This effect resets to full when you leave combat.
After:
2900 Total Price
+70 Magical Power
+30 Physical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Stone Skin: Gain 30 magical power and 30 physical armor. Whenever you take physical damage from an Enemy Hero, decrease both bonuses by 6. Casting abilities will refresh 1 stack per cast up to the maximum stacks. This effect resets to full when you leave combat.
3100 Total price
+60 Magical Power
+200 Max Health
+10% Magical Lifesteal
+10 Ability Haste
Vital Bond: Gain (+0.5% bonus health) Ability Haste per 50 Magical Power.
Magi: Achieving a Takedown grants 50 magical power for 8s.
After:
3200 Total price
+70 Magical Power
+275 Max Health
+15% Magical Lifesteal
Vital Bond: Gain (+0.5% bonus health) Ability Haste per 50 Magical Power.
+60 Magical Power
+30% Attack Speed
+10 Ability Haste
Shredding Strikes: Your basic attacks decrease the Target's magical armor by 6% for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
Magnifying Strikes: Successful basic attacks grant you 8 magical power for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
After:
+60 Magical Power
+50% Attack Speed
Shredding Strikes: Your basic attacks decrease the Target's magical armor by 5% for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
Magnifying Strikes: Successful basic attacks grant you 6 magical power for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
+120 Magical Power
Annihilate: Increase your magical power by 15%.
Oblivion: Your next instance of ability damage against an Enemy Hero will deal an additional 8% of their current health as magical damage and increase their magical damage taken by 10% for 3s - 30s CD.
After:
+120 Magical Power
Annihilate: Increase your magical power by 15%.
Oblivion: Your next instance of ability damage against an Enemy Hero will deal an additional 10% of their current health as magical damage - 30s CD.
+60 Magical Power
+25% Attack Speed
+20 Ability Haste
Magical Strikes: Basic attacks deal 15 (+20% Magical Power) bonus magical damage on-hit.
Hasty: Gain (+60% Ability Haste)% attack speed.
After:
+70 Magical Power
+25% Attack Speed
+10 Ability Haste
Magical Strikes: Basic attacks deal 15 (+20% Magical Power) bonus magical damage on-hit.
Hasty: Gain (+30% bonus attack speed) ability haste
+60 Magical Power
+35 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Veil: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next Enemy ability - 60s CD.
Malefic: Gain 20% increased magical power while Veil is active.
After:
+60 Magical Power
+40 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Veil: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next Enemy ability - 60s CD.
Malefic: Gain 20% increased magical power while Veil is active.
+70 Magical Power
+200 Max Health
+20 Ability Haste
Blighted Spells: Dealing magical damage to an Enemy Target reduces their Healing by 40% for 4s.
Malice: Every second, gain a stack of Malice, up to a maximum of 15. Damaging an Enemy Hero with an ability consumes Malice to deal 5 (+1% magical power) true damage per stack. Takedowns grant maximum stacks of Malice instantly.
After:
+70 Magical Power
+200 Max Health
+10 Magical penetration
Blighted Spells: Dealing magical damage to an Enemy Target reduces their Healing by 40% for 4s.
Malice: Every second, gain a stack of Malice, up to a maximum of 15. Damaging an Enemy Hero with an ability consumes Malice to deal 5 (+1% magical power) magical damage per stack. Takedowns grant maximum stacks of Malice instantly.
+45 Magical Power
+300 Max Health
+30% Tenacity
Fiend: Dealing magical damage to an Enemy Hero increases your magical damage dealt by 3% for 5s, stacking up to 5 times.
Maya: Gain (+2% Maximum Health) bonus magical power.
After:
+55 Magical Power
+300 Max Health
+30% Tenacity
Fiend: Dealing magical damage to an Enemy Hero increases your magical damage dealt by 3% for 5s, stacking up to 5 times.
Maya: Gain (+4% Maximum Health) bonus magical power.
3100 Total Price
+275 Max Health
+70 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Volatile: When you take ability damage, release a pulse of energy dealing 20 (+2% Maximum Health) magical damage to all nearby Enemies - 1.5s CD
After:
3000 Total Price
+350 Max Health
+60 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste (possibly removed)
Celestial Carapace: Receiving magical damage grants a stack of Celestite for 5s, stacking up to 6 times. Stacks can only be gained once every second.
Celestite: Gain 5 magical armor per stack of Celestite. At maximum stacks gain 15% additional movement speed.
2800 Total Price
+300 Max Health
+55 Physical Armor
+200 Max Mana
Immobilizer: Immobilizing an Enemy deals 30 (+4% Maximum Health) bonus magical damage to the Target and nearby Enemies, shredding their physical armor and magical armor by 20% for 3s. Damage is increased by 200% against Monsters - 12s CD.
After:
2600 Total Price
+200 Max Health
+35 Physical Armor
+200 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Immobilizer: Immobilizing an Enemy causes them to take 10% increased damage for 4s
2800 Total Price
+350 Max Health
+35 Magical Armor
+20 Ability Haste
Unstable Shackles: Nearby Enemy Heroes take 15% additional magical damage and have their tenacity decreased by 20%.
After:
2700 Total Price
+300 Max Health
+40 Magical Armor
+20 Ability Haste
Unstable Shackles: Nearby Enemy Heroes take 15% additional magical damage and have their tenacity decreased by 20%.
+200 Max Health
+60 Physical Armor
+250 Max Mana
+15 Ability Haste
Chilling Presence: Slow nearby Enemies by 10% and apply a stack of Stifle every 0.5s. (radius 400)
Stifle: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's total attack speed by 3% for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
After:
+200 Max Health
+70 Physical Armor
+250 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Chilling Presence: Apply a stack of Stifle every 0.5s. (radius 700)
Stifle: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's total attack speed by 4% for 3s, stacking up to 6 times.
+600 Max Health
+125% Health Regeneration
+200 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Regenerator: Regenerate 10% of damage taken over 6s.
Synthesis: Gain Health Regeneration equal to 0.5% of your bonus health.
After:
+600 Max Health
+100% Health Regeneration
+200 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Regenerator: Regenerate 10% of damage taken over 6s.
Synthesis: Gain Health Regeneration equal to 0.5% of your bonus health
+150 Max Health
+150% Health Regeneration
+70 Physical Armor
Shockwave: Taking damage that would reduce you below 40% maximum health unleashes a shockwave, Stunning all nearby Enemies for 1s - 90s CD.
Bulwark: Take 10 (+7.5% Bonus Physical Armor)% decreased damage from physical abilities.
After:
+250 Max Health
+150% Health Regeneration
+70 Physical Armor
Shockwave: Taking damage that would reduce you below 40% maximum health unleashes a shockwave, Stunning all nearby Enemies for 1s - 90s CD.
Bulwark: Take 10 (+5% Bonus Physical Armor)% decreased damage from physical abilities.
+350 Max Health
+40 Physical Armor
+15 Ability Haste
Blighted Thorns: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's Healing by 40% and apply a bleed dealing 30 (+21% Bonus Physical Armor) magical damage over 3s.
After:
+350 Max Health
+50 Physical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Blighted Thorns: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's Healing by 40% and apply a bleed dealing 30 (+30% Bonus Physical Armor) magical damage over 3s.
3100 Total Price
+500 Max Health
+30 Magical Armor
+15 Ability Haste
Justicar: For every 40 magical damage received, gain 4 magical armor and 75% base health regeneration for 8s, stacking up to 8 times. At maximum stacks, gain 15% movement speed.
After:
2900 Total Price
+450 Max Health
+40 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Anima: Gain 10% increased healing
Abyssal Grasp: Immobilizing an enemy hero restores 3% of your maximum health over 4s
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Crests
Ortus:
Before:+10 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Limit Breaker: Upon activation, gain 20% movement speed and 10% increased physical power for 6s. Takedowns within the duration permanently grant 3 physical power and refresh the duration - 90s CD.
After:
+10 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Limit Breaker: Upon activation, gain 20% movement speed and 10% increased physical power for 8s. Takedowns within the duration permanently grant 3 physical power and refresh the duration - 90s CD.
Razorback:
Before:+160 Max Health
+10 Physical Armor
+10 Magical Armor
Echidna: Gain 25% increased Physical Armor and Magical Armor for 6s. During this time, Reflect 20% of pre-mitigated damage received from Enemy Heroes as true damage - 90s CD.
After:
+160 Max Health
+10 Physical Armor
+10 Magical Armor
Echidna: Gain 25% increased Physical Armor and Magical Armor for 6s. During this time, Reflect 15% of pre-mitigated damage received from Enemy Heroes as true damage - 90s CD.
T2:
Alchemical Rod:
Before:+20 Magical Power
+200 Max Mana
Font: Killing an Enemy Minion grants 8 bonus mana, up to a maximum of 400. At maximum stacks, gain 10 ability haste.
After:
+20 Magical Power
+200 Max Mana
Font: Killing an Enemy Minion grants 8 bonus mana, up to a maximum of 400. At maximum stacks, grants bonus magical power equal to (+3.5% Maximum Mana).
Barbed Pauldron:
Before:+35 Physical Armor
Stifle: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's total attack speed by 3% for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
After:
+35 Physical Armor
Stifle: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's total attack speed by 4% for 3s, stacking up to 6 times.
Scalding Sceptre:
Before:1450 Total Price
+30 Magical Power
Magi: Gain 20% magical penetration.
After:
1300 Total Price
+30 Magical Power
Magi: Gain 18% magical penetration
Zealous Tomahawk:
Before:+15 Physical Power
Desolate: Your physical damage ignores 15% of your target's physical armor (Before Penetration).
After:
+20 Physical Power
Desolate: Your physical damage ignores 18% of your target's physical armor (Before Penetration). (Patch note wording is a bit vague, this could also be interpreted as: Gain 18% physical penetration instead)
Assassin:
Deathstalker:
Before:+45 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Corrode: Dealing damage to an Enemy Hero reduces their physical armor by 4% for 3s, stacking up to 6 times.
Virulence: Your abilities deal 20% bonus true damage against Targets with 6 stacks of Corrode.
After:
+45 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Corrode: Dealing damage to an Enemy Hero reduces their physical armor by 4% for 3s, stacking up to 6 times.
Virulence: Your abilities deal 25% bonus physical damage against Targets with 6 stacks of Corrode.
Demon Edge:
Before:3300 Total Price
+50 Physical Power
+5% Omnivamp
Demonic: While above 40% maximum health, gain (+8% Total Physical Power).
Ceaseless: While below 40% maximum health, gain 5% omnivamp.
After:
3000 Total Price
+50 Physical Power
+12 Physical penetration
Demonic: Damaging a shielded target deals 30% of the remaining shield as bonus physical damage and grants you 20% movement speed for 2s
Dread:
Before:+40 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+30 Magical Armor
+150% Mana Regeneration
Voracity: Killing an Enemy Target restores 5% of your missing health, increased to 25% for Enemy Heroes.
Celerity: Gain 10% bonus movement speed out of combat.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+30 Magical Armor
+150% Mana Regeneration
Voracity: Killing an Enemy Target restores 5% of your missing health, increased to 20% for Enemy Heroes.
Celerity: Gain 10% bonus movement speed out of combat.
Malady:
Before:45 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+15 Ability Haste
Parting Gift: Killing an Enemy Unit causes them to explode in a small radius, dealing (+30% of the Target's Maximum Health) as physical damage. Damage ranges from 100%-40% based on distance between Targets and is capped at 500 - 2s CD.
Demise: Dealing damage to an Enemy Hero that is below 40% maximum health deals an additional 40 (+10% Bonus Physical Power) physical damage, increasing by 5 with each activation. Takedowns reset Demise's cooldown - 45s CD.
After:
45 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Parting Gift: Killing an Enemy Unit causes them to explode in a small radius, dealing (+30% of the Target's Maximum Health) as physical damage. Damage ranges from 100%-40% based on distance between Targets and is capped at 500 - 2s CD.
Demise: Dealing damage to an Enemy Hero that is below 40% maximum health deals an additional 40 (+10% Bonus Physical Power) physical damage, increasing by 5 with each activation. Takedowns reset Demise's cooldown - 45s CD.
Mesmer:
Before:+40 Physical Power
+25 Magical Armor
+8 Physical Penetration
Vengeful Shroud: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next Enemy ability. Upon blocking an Enemy ability, gain 30 physical power for 3s - 60s CD.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+275 Health
+8 Physical Penetration
Vengeful Shroud: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next Enemy ability. Upon blocking an Enemy ability, gain 30 physical power for 3s - 60s CD.
Omen:
Before:+45 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Bestial Torment: Moving generates stacks of Torment. At 100 stacks, your next basic attack consumes them to deal 30 (+40% Bonus Physical Power) bonus physical damage and reduce your current basic ability cooldowns by 1.5s.
After:
+45 Physical Power
+8 Physical Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Bestial Torment: Moving generates stacks of Torment. At 100 stacks, your next basic attack consumes them to deal 30 (+20% Bonus Physical Power) bonus physical damage and reduce your current basic ability cooldowns by 2s.
Painweaver:
Before:+45 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+15 Ability Haste
Splice: Casting an ability will grant you 3 physical penetration and 3% movement speed for 4s, stacking up to 4 times.
After:
+45 Physical Power
+10 Physical Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Splice: Casting an ability will grant you 3 physical penetration and 3% movement speed for 4s, stacking up to 4 times.
The Perforator:
Before:3300 Total Price
+55 Physical Power
+25 Ability Haste
Calamity: Abilities deal 0% - 40% (based on 0-1600 maximum health difference) bonus physical damage against Enemy Heroes with greater maximum health than you.
After:
3300 Total Price
+55 Physical Power
+15 Ability Haste
Puncture: Gain 30% Physical penetration.
Chilling Spells: Damaging abilities slow affected units by 25% (10% for DoT abilities) for 1s
Carry:
Breach:
Before:3000 Total Price
+35 Physical Power
+15% Attack Speed
+8 Physical Penetration
Splinter: Basic Attacks deal 30% of the Target's bonus physical armor as bonus physical damage on-hit.
Puncture: Gain 20% Physical Penetration.
After:
2800 Total Price
+30 Physical Power
+35% Attack Speed
+25% Critical strike chance
Critical Cleave: Basic attacks deal an additional (+30% total physical power) physical damage in a small area around the target. This damage can critically strike. Damage ranges from 100% to 50% based on distance between targets.
Demolisher:
Before:3000 Total Price
+45 Physical Power
+25% Critical Chance
Decisive Strike: Your next critical strike deals 30% additional physical damage - 12s CD.
Bore: Gain 25% Physical Penetration.
After:
3000 Total Price
+35 Physical Power
+25% Critical Chance
Puncture: Gain 30% physical penetration
Deicide: Deal 0 - 25% (based on maximum health difference) bonus physical damage against enemy heroes with greater maximum health than you.
Lightning Hawk:
Before:3200 Total Price (Omeda state original was 3300, while omeda.city has it at 3200 *shrug*)
+45 Physical Power
+20% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Chance
Chilling Zap: Every fourth successful basic attack deals (+50% Total Physical Power) bonus physical damage and Slows the Target by 25% for 0.5s.
After:
3200 Total Price
+45 Physical Power
+25% Attack Speed
+25% Critical Chance
Chilling Zap: Every fourth successful basic attack deals (+50% Total Physical Power) bonus physical damage and Slows the Target by 25% for 0.5s.
Storm breaker:
Before:2800 Total Price
+30 Physical Power
+40% Attack Speed
Chain Zap: Every fourth successful basic attack releases a bolt of lightning which leaps between 7 Targets, dealing 60 (+50% Bonus Physical Power) magical damage and applying on-hit effects to each
After:
3200 Total Price
+25 Physical Power
+35% Attack Speed
Chain Zap: Every fourth successful basic attack releases a bolt of lightning which leaps between 7 Targets, dealing 40 (+40% Bonus Physical Power) magical damage and applying on-hit effects to each
Thunderstruck: Basic attacks deal 30 bonus physical damage on-hit. Additionally convert every 1% critical strike chance into 1.5 additional bonus physical damage on hit.
Fighter:
Augmentation:
Before:+40 Physical Power
+250 Max Health
+20 Ability Haste
True Strike: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 6s deals (+40% Total Physical Power) bonus true damage - 1.5s CD.
Overclocked: Upon casting your ultimate, gain 20% movement speed for 6s - 20s CD.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+300 Max Health
+20 Ability Haste
True Strike: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 6s deals (+40% Total Physical Power) bonus true damage - 1.5s CD.
Overclocked: Upon casting your ultimate, gain 20% movement speed for 6s - 20s CD.
Bonesaw:
Before:+20 Physical Power
+600 Max Health
Colossal Sunder: Every third consecutive basic attack deals (+3% Maximum Health) bonus physical damage on-hit and slows the target by 20% for 1s.
Flurry: Dealing damage with Colossal Sunder grants 6% attack speed for 5s, stacking up to 6 times. (stacks fall off 1 at a time)
After:
+20 Physical Power
+600 Max Health
Colossal Sunder: Every third consecutive basic attack deals (+3% Maximum Health) bonus physical damage on-hit and slows the target by 20% for 1s.
Flurry: Dealing damage with Colossal Sunder grants 10% attack speed for 5s, stacking up to 3 times. (stacks fall off all at once)
Draconum:
Before:+35 Physical Power
+40 Physical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Surge: Dealing damage to Enemy Heroes or Monsters grants you 2 physical power and 2% increased Healing for 5s, stacking up to 10 times.
Flow: Takedowns restore 12% of your missing health and grant you 3% Attack Speed per stack of Surge for 8s.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+40 Physical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Surge: Dealing damage to Enemy Heroes or Monsters grants you 2 physical power and 2% increased Healing for 5s, stacking up to 10 times.
Flow: Takedowns restore (100% Bonus physical power) health.
Legacy:
Before:+40 Physical Power
+30 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
+15% Tenacity
Tenacious Bravery: Dropping below 30% max health cleanses you and grants cc immunity for 3s - 120s CD.
Resolute: Gain 1 physical power for every 3% missing health, for a maximum of 20 physical power.
After:
+45 Physical Power
+30 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
+15% Tenacity
Tenacious Bravery: Dropping below 40% max health cleanses you and grants cc immunity for 3s - 120s CD.
Mutilator:
Before:+40 Physical Power
+25 Ability Haste
+5% Omnivamp
Mutilate: Basic attacks deal 1% of the Enemy Hero's maximum health as bonus physical damage. Applies twice on non-DOT abilities.
Devour: Damaging an Enemy Hero with an ability steals 5% of their maximum health for 20s. Can only occur once per Target.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+15 Ability Haste
+8% Omnivamp
Mutilate: Basic attacks deal 1% of the Enemy Hero's maximum health as bonus physical damage. Applies twice on non-DOT abilities.
Devour: Damaging an Enemy Hero with an ability steals 5% of their maximum health for 20s. Can only occur once per Target.
Overlord:
Before:+25 Physical Power
+350 Max Health
Colossal Cleave: Basic attacks deal (+30% Total Physical Power)(+2% Maximum Health) physical damage in a small area around the Target. Damage ranges from 100%-50% based on the distance between Targets
Bludgeon: Basic attacks deal (+3.5% Bonus Health) physical damage on-hit.
After:
+25 Physical Power
+450 Max Health
Colossal Cleave: Basic attacks deal (+30% Total Physical Power)(+2% Maximum Health) physical damage in a small area around the Target. Damage ranges from 100%-50% based on the distance between Targets
Bludgeon: Gain (+2.5% Bonus Health) physical power.
Tainted Blade:
Before:+40 Physical Power
+200 Max Health
+15 Ability Haste
Blighted Strikes: Dealing physical damage to an Enemy Target reduces their Healing by 40% for 3s.
Hex: Damaging an Enemy Target affected by Blight with an ability deals an additional 20 physical damage and causes them to take 10% more damage for 3s - 1s CD.
After:
+40 Physical Power
+200 Max Health
+15 Ability Haste
Blighted Strikes: Dealing physical damage to an Enemy Target reduces their Healing by 40% for 3s.
Hex: Damaging an Enemy Target affected by Blight with an ability causes them to take 10% more damage for 3s
Mage:
Astral Catalyst:
Before:+60 Magical Power
+300 Max Mana
+25 Ability Haste
Spellslinger: Using an ability grants you 3% increased magical power for 3s, stacking up to 3 times.
Ravenous: Takedowns refund 20% of your ultimate's total cooldown.
After:
+75 Magical Power
+300 Max Mana
+25 Ability Haste
Ravenous: Takedowns refund 20% of your ultimate's total cooldown.
Azure Core:
Before:+50 Magical Power
+350 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Font: Killing an Enemy Minion grants 4 bonus mana per stack, up to a maximum of 400. At maximum stacks, gain 10 ability haste.
Arcane Magic: Grants bonus magical power equal to (+3.5% Maximum Mana).
After:
+60 Magical Power
+350 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Font: Killing an Enemy Minion grants 8 bonus mana, up to a maximum of 400. At maximum stacks, grants bonus magical power equal to (+3.5% Maximum Mana).
Dreambinder:
Before:+80 Magical Power
+250 Max Health
+15% Tenacity
Chilling Spells: Damaging abilities Slow affected Units by 25% (10% for DoT Abilities) for 1s.
Thaw: Abilities deal 10% additional damage to Slowed Enemy Heroes.
After:
+80 Magical Power
+350 Max Health
+15% Tenacity
Chilling Spells: Damaging abilities Slow affected Units by 25% (10% for DoT Abilities) for 1s.
Golem’s Gift:
Before:2800 Total Price
+70 Magical Power
+30 Physical Armor
+20 Ability Haste
Stone Skin: Gain 30 magical power and 30 physical armor. Whenever you take physical damage from an Enemy Hero, decrease both bonuses by 6. This effect resets to full when you leave combat.
After:
2900 Total Price
+70 Magical Power
+30 Physical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Stone Skin: Gain 30 magical power and 30 physical armor. Whenever you take physical damage from an Enemy Hero, decrease both bonuses by 6. Casting abilities will refresh 1 stack per cast up to the maximum stacks. This effect resets to full when you leave combat.
Lifebinder:
Before:3100 Total price
+60 Magical Power
+200 Max Health
+10% Magical Lifesteal
+10 Ability Haste
Vital Bond: Gain (+0.5% bonus health) Ability Haste per 50 Magical Power.
Magi: Achieving a Takedown grants 50 magical power for 8s.
After:
3200 Total price
+70 Magical Power
+275 Max Health
+15% Magical Lifesteal
Vital Bond: Gain (+0.5% bonus health) Ability Haste per 50 Magical Power.
Magnify:
Before:+60 Magical Power
+30% Attack Speed
+10 Ability Haste
Shredding Strikes: Your basic attacks decrease the Target's magical armor by 6% for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
Magnifying Strikes: Successful basic attacks grant you 8 magical power for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
After:
+60 Magical Power
+50% Attack Speed
Shredding Strikes: Your basic attacks decrease the Target's magical armor by 5% for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
Magnifying Strikes: Successful basic attacks grant you 6 magical power for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
Oblivion Crown:
Before:+120 Magical Power
Annihilate: Increase your magical power by 15%.
Oblivion: Your next instance of ability damage against an Enemy Hero will deal an additional 8% of their current health as magical damage and increase their magical damage taken by 10% for 3s - 30s CD.
After:
+120 Magical Power
Annihilate: Increase your magical power by 15%.
Oblivion: Your next instance of ability damage against an Enemy Hero will deal an additional 10% of their current health as magical damage - 30s CD.
Prophecy:
Before:+60 Magical Power
+25% Attack Speed
+20 Ability Haste
Magical Strikes: Basic attacks deal 15 (+20% Magical Power) bonus magical damage on-hit.
Hasty: Gain (+60% Ability Haste)% attack speed.
After:
+70 Magical Power
+25% Attack Speed
+10 Ability Haste
Magical Strikes: Basic attacks deal 15 (+20% Magical Power) bonus magical damage on-hit.
Hasty: Gain (+30% bonus attack speed) ability haste
Spellbreaker:
Before:+60 Magical Power
+35 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Veil: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next Enemy ability - 60s CD.
Malefic: Gain 20% increased magical power while Veil is active.
After:
+60 Magical Power
+40 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Veil: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next Enemy ability - 60s CD.
Malefic: Gain 20% increased magical power while Veil is active.
Tainted Scepter:
Before:+70 Magical Power
+200 Max Health
+20 Ability Haste
Blighted Spells: Dealing magical damage to an Enemy Target reduces their Healing by 40% for 4s.
Malice: Every second, gain a stack of Malice, up to a maximum of 15. Damaging an Enemy Hero with an ability consumes Malice to deal 5 (+1% magical power) true damage per stack. Takedowns grant maximum stacks of Malice instantly.
After:
+70 Magical Power
+200 Max Health
+10 Magical penetration
Blighted Spells: Dealing magical damage to an Enemy Target reduces their Healing by 40% for 4s.
Malice: Every second, gain a stack of Malice, up to a maximum of 15. Damaging an Enemy Hero with an ability consumes Malice to deal 5 (+1% magical power) magical damage per stack. Takedowns grant maximum stacks of Malice instantly.
World Breaker:
Before:+45 Magical Power
+300 Max Health
+30% Tenacity
Fiend: Dealing magical damage to an Enemy Hero increases your magical damage dealt by 3% for 5s, stacking up to 5 times.
Maya: Gain (+2% Maximum Health) bonus magical power.
After:
+55 Magical Power
+300 Max Health
+30% Tenacity
Fiend: Dealing magical damage to an Enemy Hero increases your magical damage dealt by 3% for 5s, stacking up to 5 times.
Maya: Gain (+4% Maximum Health) bonus magical power.
Tank:
Crystalline Cuirass:
Before:3100 Total Price
+275 Max Health
+70 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Volatile: When you take ability damage, release a pulse of energy dealing 20 (+2% Maximum Health) magical damage to all nearby Enemies - 1.5s CD
After:
3000 Total Price
+350 Max Health
+60 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste (possibly removed)
Celestial Carapace: Receiving magical damage grants a stack of Celestite for 5s, stacking up to 6 times. Stacks can only be gained once every second.
Celestite: Gain 5 magical armor per stack of Celestite. At maximum stacks gain 15% additional movement speed.
Dynamo:
Before:2800 Total Price
+300 Max Health
+55 Physical Armor
+200 Max Mana
Immobilizer: Immobilizing an Enemy deals 30 (+4% Maximum Health) bonus magical damage to the Target and nearby Enemies, shredding their physical armor and magical armor by 20% for 3s. Damage is increased by 200% against Monsters - 12s CD.
After:
2600 Total Price
+200 Max Health
+35 Physical Armor
+200 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Immobilizer: Immobilizing an Enemy causes them to take 10% increased damage for 4s
Flux Matrix:
Before:2800 Total Price
+350 Max Health
+35 Magical Armor
+20 Ability Haste
Unstable Shackles: Nearby Enemy Heroes take 15% additional magical damage and have their tenacity decreased by 20%.
After:
2700 Total Price
+300 Max Health
+40 Magical Armor
+20 Ability Haste
Unstable Shackles: Nearby Enemy Heroes take 15% additional magical damage and have their tenacity decreased by 20%.
Frostguard:
Before:+200 Max Health
+60 Physical Armor
+250 Max Mana
+15 Ability Haste
Chilling Presence: Slow nearby Enemies by 10% and apply a stack of Stifle every 0.5s. (radius 400)
Stifle: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's total attack speed by 3% for 3s, stacking up to 5 times.
After:
+200 Max Health
+70 Physical Armor
+250 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Chilling Presence: Apply a stack of Stifle every 0.5s. (radius 700)
Stifle: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's total attack speed by 4% for 3s, stacking up to 6 times.
Raiment of Renewal:
Before:+600 Max Health
+125% Health Regeneration
+200 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Regenerator: Regenerate 10% of damage taken over 6s.
Synthesis: Gain Health Regeneration equal to 0.5% of your bonus health.
After:
+600 Max Health
+100% Health Regeneration
+200 Max Mana
+10 Ability Haste
Regenerator: Regenerate 10% of damage taken over 6s.
Synthesis: Gain Health Regeneration equal to 0.5% of your bonus health
Stonewall:
Before:+150 Max Health
+150% Health Regeneration
+70 Physical Armor
Shockwave: Taking damage that would reduce you below 40% maximum health unleashes a shockwave, Stunning all nearby Enemies for 1s - 90s CD.
Bulwark: Take 10 (+7.5% Bonus Physical Armor)% decreased damage from physical abilities.
After:
+250 Max Health
+150% Health Regeneration
+70 Physical Armor
Shockwave: Taking damage that would reduce you below 40% maximum health unleashes a shockwave, Stunning all nearby Enemies for 1s - 90s CD.
Bulwark: Take 10 (+5% Bonus Physical Armor)% decreased damage from physical abilities.
Tainted Guard:
Before:+350 Max Health
+40 Physical Armor
+15 Ability Haste
Blighted Thorns: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's Healing by 40% and apply a bleed dealing 30 (+21% Bonus Physical Armor) magical damage over 3s.
After:
+350 Max Health
+50 Physical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Blighted Thorns: When hit by a basic attack, reduce the Source's Healing by 40% and apply a bleed dealing 30 (+30% Bonus Physical Armor) magical damage over 3s.
Void Helm:
Before:3100 Total Price
+500 Max Health
+30 Magical Armor
+15 Ability Haste
Justicar: For every 40 magical damage received, gain 4 magical armor and 75% base health regeneration for 8s, stacking up to 8 times. At maximum stacks, gain 15% movement speed.
After:
2900 Total Price
+450 Max Health
+40 Magical Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Anima: Gain 10% increased healing
Abyssal Grasp: Immobilizing an enemy hero restores 3% of your maximum health over 4s