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theladylikesfics · 5 years

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First Encounters

You had a moment of “Fuck It. I’m just going to go.” You held a major garage sale cleaning out some clutters and old memories than you felt it was finally time to let go of, held a small going away party, bought a plane ticket and were off. You were going to spend the next three months exploring Asia. It felt cliché and white girl mid-life crises but there were some spots you been dreaming about visiting since you were young and now it was time. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and finally Korea. You were currently in your second week exploring Vietnam, and you were absolutely in love with the city of Da Nang. You were on your daily trip through the Con Market when you heard the commotion of several children laughing playing and running behind you. The cacophony of noise surrounded you as they raced towards you, then finally past you. As quickly as it happened you noticed the strap to your shoulder bag had been snipped and was gone. You quickly began to shout and chase after the kids. As a precaution you never brought all of your money with you just enough to purchase a few things and go back to your rented room. As you continued to chase a looming figured appeared in front of the pack of children making them skid to halt. “Arrête ça, tu sais mieux, maintenant, dites-leur que vous êtes désole. I’m so sorry they are normally really good kids sometimes they are just mischievous.” Your heart lodged in your throat as you heard the deep voice of the man standing in front of you holding out your hand bag that he’d quickly tied into a tight knot. He was handsome with a strong defined face and jawline; you could see he had bit of tattoos on him from the thin cotton button down that he was wearing that was currently damp from sweat and the humidity of the city. To say he was muscular was an understatement. His pectoral muscles stood out as the camera strap hang between them, his biceps were full and the bulge from them as he flexed gently made your core clench. Hearing french roll off of his lips as easy as water sliding down a wall made you want to fuck him right there on the spot. “I know all of the kids, so please check your belongings and if anything is missing, I’m sure I can get it back for you.” You stood there gawking trying to find your words as you assessed and undressed that fine ass man. Your eyes roamed down as you noticed he was in ripped jeans. Thick muscular sections of thigh, a broad knee and legs were exposed soaking up the sun. Your eyes couldn’t help but follow the trail of sweat that rolled down his neck, collar bone, down a section of his chest and eventually got soaked in by the tank top he was wearing. “Excuse me are you alright, can you speak?” “Oh Yes, ahh thank you.” You were so lost in your assessment of him you had completely zoned out that he was speaking to you. “Please check your things if anything is missing, I should be able to retrieve it for you.” The deep rumble of baritone that was his voice rippled through you like a pebble hitting the water; his presence was leaving you speechless. You hadn’t been this affected by anyone like this in such a long time you’d forgotten that it was possible. Willing yourself to actually pay attention to what he was saying and not just him, you went through your bag and saw that nothing was missing; however, the strap had been cut. “Everything is there but my strap has been cut. Fuck.” “I’m so sorry about that, here come with me I know a place that can repair it. Just stay close to me and hold on.” Before you could measure his words, his strong hand wrapped around yours as he pulled you through the crowded market and in to the opening of an alley.

“Hey Tony, everything all good?” He asked as the shop keeper poked his head out the side door. “Ahh! Yeah yeah yeah Monster. Everything o.k.” He pulled out a 20.00 Korean won and passed it to the shop keeper whose eyes were so large they could compete with the moon. “Ahh Monster no no no this is too much just to watch your bike.” “Tony, that bike is everything. Take it. Be well, I’ll see you tomorrow.” He pulled out a second helmet and passed it to you. “Monster?” You asked suspiciously He chuckled looking at over his shoulders and he moved things around on his bike. “Don’t be alarmed it’s just a nickname you may call me Woo. Now helmet on and hold on tight to me.” You gasped softly and bit the corner of your lip as you watched his ass when he threw his leg over the side of his motorcycle and straddled it. You were still standing there in awe of this mass of man. “Are you coming or what, you’re not afraid are you?” he said over his shoulder, you could see the slightly corner of a smirk on his face under the helmet before the snapped the visor down. This trip was the year of the ‘Fuck Its’ so hoping on the back of a stranger’s motorcycle was par for the course; you didn’t mean to, but you moaned slightly as your arms wrapped around his robust frame. You squealed and squeezed tighter as the bike came to a roaring start and accelerated at a high speed turning out of the alley and on to the main strip. You could feel his body tighten and flex as he laughed at your reaction; a quick seven-minute ride later and you pulled up along a strip of business in a part of the city you’ve only explored once.

“First thing’s first, let’s get you a temporary bag, I can tell you by your expression you’re really attached to that one so just throwing it away isn’t an option.” Again, taking your hand, he led you into a little shop full of just bags of various sizes and purses, coin purses and wallets of all types. You selected a cute bag about the same size as the one that was damaged, a new backpack and a wallet you’d been meaning to replace. “When we go up to the counter, let me handle everything.” He said looking at you. Walking up to the counter everything came up to roughly 50.00 dong. “That is 50 dongs.” The shopkeeper said eyeing you. “Seriously Sandy, 50 Dong, for all three. I know you can do better than that.” Sandy scoffed loudly and rolled her eyes at Woo. “No, You! No Discount! 50 dong, matter of fact price went up 55 dong now. Pay me or leave.” “Sandy, Thực sự, chúng tôi là bạn.” Woo said in flawless Vietnamese “Chúng tôi không phải là bạn connard!” “Wow! Sandy, an asshole really. Are you really still mad at me for going out with your cousin, that was last year?! Now come on, I’ll give you 35 for everything, plus I’m going next door to see the old man to get my friend here bag repaired, and you know I will tip well because he does such an amazing job. Come on Sandy you can’t hold this grudge for forever.” “Are you really going to see Papa??” Sandy asked with a scowl still heavily plastered on her face; Woo held out the damage bag to her to inspect, she carefully took it from him and examined it in here hands before laying it out on the counter and turning it over. “Hmm. It’s well used got some spots fraying towards the ends, cut strap, did the corner kids get you?” She spoke in your direction, eyes still roaming over the bag. “Yeah they ran past so quickly I don’t even know how they manage to cut it and not cut me as well.” “Papa can fix it, might take a day two days max. Depending on what he’s working on now he maybe able to fix tonight, if not by the end of the day tomorrow he should have it finished. Do you know this asshole?” Sandy pointed at Woo who was standing at another counter looking at wallets. “Ahh no actually I don’t, he just saw the kids steal my bag and got them to give it back to me and said that he knew where I could go to get it fixed is all.” Sandy scoffed again as Woo tossed a wallet with a chain on the counter next to your items. “I’ll give you 40 for everything.” He winked at Sandy as he slid two bills to her; she snatched up the bills and muttered ‘connard’ once against as she rang in the sale. The two of you made small talk as you transferred items from your damaged bag to the new one you just purchased. You learned that her grandfather, father and uncle ran the seamstress shop next door and her mother and sister the dry cleaner next to it. After dropping off the bag, Woo offered to take you around the city and then dinner and you decided to take him up on his offer.

You sped through the streets of Da Nang visiting all the non touristy areas that everyone that had advised you not to visit; half of your instincts were screaming ‘no this isn’t safe’ while the other half was saying ‘no it’s cool we trust this guy’ but was it your instincts or lust talking? Over dinner you learned that he was a well known well trusted photo journalist, who’s work had been published in National Geographic, The Smithsonian, Architect Digest as well as seen on the Travel channel and Discovery Channel. You two swapped tales as to how you both wound up in Vietnam at this point in your lives, you having had an epic fuck this I’m out moment and him half working/half sabbatical. You allowed him to do something you never let anyone do, he fed you. He took his time when ordering and explained everything that he ordered and using a pair of chopsticks and a spoon fed you Bun Cha, Banh beo, Thit Kho, Bahn xeo stuffed with shrimp, and Bun rieu. Seeing him still damp from sweat, hair up in a top knot and being so delicate and gingerly in the feed of you made your insides quiver. The way he licked his lips, slurped in noodles and soup and suck crab out of the shell made you wonder just what that would feel like on your pussy, the mere thought of it made you squeeze your thighs tighter together and bite the inside of your cheeks to stifle a moan. If given the opportunity you didn’t see yourself not fucking him.

Over the flickering candlelight and full stomachs, the conversation was almost as delicious as the meal it self. “Do you know that you have the most gorgeous eyes?” You almost choked on your green tea, as \the compliment struck you so off guard. He chuckled at you, before picking up a cloth napkin and gently dabbing your mouth and chin. “Truth be told its not just your eyes that have my attention, and please excuse me for being so forward but, watching your lips slide off my chopsticks all night has me so fucking hard right now.” He leaned back in his chair jus as cool and confident as ever and took a long pull off of his beer. Meanwhile you were sitting there stuck. All night long you’ve been watching the tension in his arms any time he moved, the way his peck muscles would flex when he laughed, the way his laughed sounded like a thunderstorm rolling in over the cliffs, the way his lips moved when he spoke, drank, moaned after a bite of food. The moan. The first time he did it you nearly came in your shorts and it took all of your will power not to appear as utterly wrecked by it as you were; and now here he sat across from you looking like pure sin, hitting on you. You had a decision to make, to give into his antics and eventually fuck the shit out of him or to laugh it off advise him that you’d see him tomorrow maybe in order to pick up your bag. ‘This is the season of fuck it you thought to yourself.’ You’d brought condoms on your trip that you had yet to use and so you decided why not now and why not him. “You know it’s funny you mentioned lips,” you began, “ever, since I saw you suck the meat out of that crab shell whole and I couldn’t help but wonder what that would be feel like on my pussy.” It was now your turn to smirk and sip. He sputtered on his drink and you couldn’t help but laugh, it was soon cut short by how quickly he moved to your side of the table and his tongue slid into your mouth effortlessly as if it was made to always be there. He pulled away from you, dragging his lips against your cheek and up against your ear and whispered “Je tiens a vous baiser si mal. Monte avec moi.” Followed up with a trail of kisses down your jawline, over your chin and back up to your lips. “Come with me.” He spoked against your lips standing up and reaching out his hand. “My room is just upstairs on the twelfth floor, or if you want we can get back on the bike and I can take you back to your place, but one thing I’m certain of, I have a need to spend the rest of the night with you.” Between the French, his body and the way he kissed you, your juice box was beyond ready to be slurped on; you took his hand and followed him to the elevator.

Inside the elevator, his hands roamed over your body, drawing you into him more, kissing you deeply, making your mouth water and your pussy pulse. You couldn’t remember the last time you wanted someone so badly and the thought of you fucking him made you beyond antsy, the door the elevator couldn’t open fast enough. Swiping the card key over the door to his suite he pushed the door open with his hip, walking the two of you backwards through the sitting area where he tossed down both of your bags and finally made your way into the bedroom. He laid you down on the bed his hands gliding over you frame. “I hate to interrupt this moment, but I need to freshen up just a little bit, want to shower with me?” His voice was low, lush and intoxicating. “Only if you allow me to go first for a few minutes, you know just a little bit of privacy.” Your words felt heady and laden as you spoke them. “Be my guess.” He replied as his eyes drifted over your frame as you got up and walked towards the bathroom. You quickly stripped down and freshen up the most important parts before calling him in to shower with you. You stood before the glass door of the shower watching him strip, his body decorated in elaborate tattoos, everyone ounce him worked out to perfection. He was truly a work of art and he was naked with a full erection just for you. Stepping in to the shower he immediately pressed you against the back of the wall as hot water cascaded off his body, his hard hot body pressing into you, the the slightly warm tiles that were still cold enough to make your nipples hard against your front, his wide thick dick pressed against your ass, he bit down on your ear; one hand found a nipple and began pinching and twisting it, making your body jolt, the other hand snaked its way between your thighs and found your throbbing swollen clit. He teased at the entrance of your opening barely inserting the first digit in, mere fraction of an inch away from your clit that so desperately wanted attention. You were panting as his mouth assaulted your neck, sucking deep hickies on to the side of it, he was still toying with the notion of stroking your clit and you let out the most desperate needy whine you could muster. “What’s the matter Baby Girl, tell me what you need.” He released your neck just long enough to ask the question and right back to sucking on it hungrily. “Touch… touch me please.” You begged. “Vous touche ou? Touch you where? Tell me?” “Touch… touch my clit PLEASE!” The pulsing of your engorged clit made you sound much more needier than you intended too. He was still teasing at your entrance, when finally, he stroked a finger over it; a shudder of pleasure tore through you and made your body jerk. You couldn’t remember the last time you were so wound up and in need, you’ve never nearly came from first contact before until that moment. He re-positioned both hands, moving over to your other breast and nipple, he now maneuvered his hand so that his thumb was over your clit and two fingers slid inside of you. “Gotdamn Baby Girl! Why are you so tight? I may have to put four fingers inside of you to get you ready for my cock.” As he spoke, he began to slowly move his fingers in and out of you. Your hips couldn’t help but begin to undulate to the rhythm he was setting in your pussy; he felt amazing and you couldn’t help but moan and slightly bang your head against the wet tile of the shower wall. He kissed over your neck and shoulder continuing to suck deep bruising hickies onto your skin the pleasure/pain of it made you moan louder. He quickened the pace in which he was pushing and pulling his fingers out of you as his thumb was swiping over your clit in a variety of patterns. Your legs were quivering as the fire in your belly grew bigger and bigger. His arm snaked up your torso as his hand gripped your throat. “That’s it, cum on Daddy’s fingers. Cum for Daddy Woo baby girl.” his teeth sank in to your earlobe just as his middle finger brushed against your G-spot; a shattering screaming chorus of fuck fuck fuck! Left your mouth as your body thrashed against his, his fingers never stopping their stimulation of your pleasure points. He removed his hand just in time to support your frame, your legs were weak and quivering and he used his frame to support you up against the wall. “Good Girl. Now taste yourself for me.” He slid his two fingers in your mouth and worked them back and forth on your tongue as you began to suck on them. “Suck a little more, a little harder. Good girl, just like that, keep going.” He inhaled sharply through his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut, you could feel his erection bob against your leg as he slid his fingers out your mouth. “Baby girl, you sucked my fingers so well, I can’t wait to feel that on my cock. But first, lets get out of this shower.” Stepping out first, he wrapped an oversize towel around his waist before pulling another one out of the warmer and wrapping it around you. He then picked you up in his arms and carried back into the bedroom and laid you down on the bed. “I’ve been waiting all night to see if you taste as sweet at you look.” He wasted no time spreading your legs and plunging his tongue into your saturated love hole as far as it could go. He swirled his tongue around clockwise, then counter clockwise seeming to hit new spots he didn’t the first time. One hand was fisted in his hair the other stuffed full of the blanket as your eyes rolled back in your head. “Woooooo fuuuuck. Daddy!” You moaned and quivered. “Damn I was wrong, you taste even sweeter, like pure sugar cane sweet, fuck I need another taste.” This time his full lips sucked on your clit with the tip of his tongue flipped up and down over it, you started to cum again immediately, you never cum this quickly back to back; you were starting to understand just why they called him Monster. You were on your back panting heavily heart racing, trying to gain composure after an orgasm that left your near numb. “Come here baby girl show me again just how good you are with that mouth.” You nodded and rolled over and got up to your hands and knees and crawled the rest of the way to him. “Merde! Tu es si beau comme ca” The sound of French rumbling from his lips made you moan as you took his dick in your mouth. A loud deep groan roared from him as he leaned forward to give your right ass cheek a firm slap; just at that moment your deep throated him and the slap made you moan again his balls, earning yet another loud groan and praise. “FUCK! Baby Girl, you’re so fucking good.” He began a steady rhythm fucking your throat, not to fast, not to slow, just the right pace and rough enough to make you gag, tear up, and dig your nails in to his thighs. “Fuck let me get my dick into you before you make cum down your throat. Stay right where you are.” He came up behind you on the bed right in front of the full mirror; you screamed and quivered on his dick as he entered you; he was so damn fucking thick and wide and long for no gotdamn reason. You moaned loudly into the mattress as your hips immediately gave into the pace of his thrust. “Look up! I want you to see how good you look when you’re getting fucked.” “Hooomygaaaawd. Yes Daddy!” You whined and stared at yourself getting some of the best dick ever. He looked like a fucking pornstar and you were nothing but his prey and you never wanted to be used as nothing but a cumslut more in your life. Strong forceful immaculate backshots were giving your body a rhythm it had never experience before, a chorus of moans, grunts and skin on skin made a melody so beautiful you would carry it with you the rest of your life. This what quality fucking felt like, you thought you’d known it in your life previously, but you now knew that was a lie. He slid out of you and pulled you back on the bed, he was on top of and back inside of you as soon as your body hit the bed. “Wrap both legs around me as high as you can.” You followed his instructions as he rolled his hips slightly pivoting with one leg while he balanced on the other, and just like two magnets connecting the head of his dick was firmly butting against your g-spot. It was like a waterfall of orgasms he never left the positions and the orgasms just kept flowing, you were literally five seconds from overstimulation, you had tears streaming down your cheeks from the pleasure, after checking to make sure you were okay he kept going; this time he choked you during your next orgasm and your nails dug into shoulder breaking the skin. His eyes were dilated as though the perfect drug had just hit his system as he peered down at you. “More!” He changed up the depth of the stroke just enough to get your g-spot a break and your were thankful for it. Pulling out he slightly straddle you chest as if to not put his full weight on you and dipped his cock down your throat. Gagging. Choking. Sucking. Slurping. Stroking. “FUCK! You look so good like that, Fuck I’m ready to Cum!” He slid back inside of you, finding that angle to wreck your G-spot with his strokes, “Fuckin bite my nipple and suck it!” He panted out breathlessly, giving into his request your nails raked down the other nipple and pinched it hard just as your teeth bit down on the one currently in your mouth. Fuck bellowed out of his chest as his hand gripped and shook the headboard so hard the entire bed shook. The forms of his orgasm pushed you further into the mattress.

Over the course of the next two days you spent every moment possible with Woo, both in and out of bed. When a major disaster hit Indonesia, he was the first person the networks called to document the relief efforts. You were preparing to head to the next leg of your trip which was Korea. Not wanting to make it a sad affair you both agree to have dinner and spend the night together and go separated ways in the morning. You woke up the next morning to find a note and a gorgeous bouquet of flowers on the nightstand

Baby Girl, Enjoy the room for the next few days that you’re here everything is already paid for and any new charges will be paid for on my card. Enjoy Room Service.I never expected to find you but now that I have, I know that a large part of me needs you. I’ll see you in Seoul

Yours -Monster Woo.

Part II Coming Soon

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sonipanda · 4 years

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Hey hey new brand!! I have heard about this brand before, and when I heard that I was getting these through my door, I could not contain my excitement. I love their lingerie, and I have always wanted to try out their stockings too… Now I finally have the chance to!

About Honey Birdette

“Honey Birdette began in 2006 over a glass of champagne between two friends. Tired of not being able to find provocative lingerie and luxury bedroom accessories, they set out to inject a sense of sensuality into the Australian bedroom.

From carefully detailed lingerie to high-end toys for the bedroom Honey Birdette will guide you through everything you need for the pleasure parlour.

Honey Birdette boutiques are flirty, playful and unapologetically sensual, with lush décor and champagne served to guests.

Amidst the rows of pretty, naughty things lies the Pleasure Parlour. A treasury of amusements to send you blissfully to the brink and beyond. Create the ultimate boudoir experience with our range of bespoke accessories.

Luxurious massage candles, sensuously potent perfumes made in France and perhaps something to take the edge off or put the edge on leather crops, cuffs, collars and harnesses.”

“I’m not about trends. I believe in form and function. My aim is to create beautiful pieces that span both age and season—that perfect shoe or sweater that you revisit time and time again.”

– taken from their website

The Spec

Colour: Nude / Red

Size: Small

Denier: Around 15-20

Materials: 90% Polyamide, 10% Elastane

Price: £20.00

Website: Honey Birdette – Chic Bowtie Red Stockings

My Outfit

I don’t know what made me want to do this outfit, but I will say I was totally feeling it! I paired up my cream ribbed bodysuit with my red skirt. I added red heels to jazz it all up, but you can always opt for black or tan if you prefer.

My Deets

Bodysuit: New Look

Skirt: Miss Selfridge

Stockings: Honey Birdette

Heels: OnlyMaker

The Review

From The Website: Honey Birdette’s signature back seamed thigh high stockings have a silky smooth feel and sheer shiny appearance. Nothing elongates your legs like back seams! Our thigh highs have darker full foot reinforcements for a retro style touch. Perfect for suspender belts.

The Packaging: now let’s get right to it babes! The packaging is as shown below. You get the model wearing them on the front, along with the brand and model name. Flipping over, it goes into a little more detail about the pair inside, along with the sizing guide a small window and hosiery care.

When you get in, you will find the pair wrapped around card. These come with the foot and leg shaping to them, and rightly so if we are working with a sole panel and a backseam.

Getting Them On: I did my scrunch and roll, making sure I took care around the anklets. These glided right up with no issues.

On The Legs: that red backseam is something special. I wanted to enhance this, so I paired with a red skirt and red heels for this reason. It’s such a gorgeous bold red, with the backseam sitting on top of the nylons, so you get that full effect. I love the contrast, especially when they are paired with a nude base.

The quality did impress me I have to say. As soon as I got my hands on them, they felt really good and not cheap. I did think they did look it a little with the way they did the feet panels, but I can say the material used was nice. These also did have a nice amount of stretch to them for my leg length I also found these last very well on the legs; no rips or snags, which I am impressed with.

The fit of these are true to size, and I felt they were perfect for my leg length. I was able to sit these as high as I wanted to without tugging them either. I would recommend checking their sizing guide before purchasing if you are unsure of your size.

The feel of these are lovely and soft on the skin. They are super smooth to touch, and there is no irritation to the legs whatsoever either. I felt super comfortable wearing these today.

Can I also add how cute that ankle bow is as well? I didn’t mention it before, but it does need to be added. I love how small and simple it is, and such a lovely addition to the backseam.

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The Toes & Ankle: I thought I would treat you all to some close ups, because I was loving them. I had plenty of wiggle room for my toes to move and there was no pressure added either. Around the feet and ankles, I had a lovely smooth finish with no wrinkles in sight.

I will also mention that I love they have a red sole panel that connects it all; all these little additions make all the difference!

So after all the good, there are some ‘meh’ points to mention. The first is how the sole panel doesn’t really sit well under the foot. I felt it was a little too baggy. The same can be said for the to caps on these; I mean they weren’t that bad, but it did bug me a little when I would prefer them to be sitting against the skin completely.

The second thing is one of the bows (on the left foot) I found that the red material covering the bow was actually falling away. You will be able to see it on the images below and I wasn’t too impressed when I saw this as soon as I got them on. This is what makes it look cheap.

The Bands: and I am working with the thinnest welt EVER! I mean I had to actually clasp onto the actual nylons to make sure they were being held up well. I was super scared to do so – this only eased near to the end of the day when I was getting them off. I was so conscious; I had to keep an eye on them to make sure they don’t end up ripping.

The band itself is pretty thick and doesn’t come apart easily – I did tug at it a few times to check and see.

I gotta say though, these look absolutely killer against the backseam. The overall look I am loving; it look super hot, it looks classy, it looks teasing. It’s just… I LOVE IT. That’s all!

My Thoughts?

These are a pretty awesome pair; and one of my favourites if I wanna play with colour. I really liked the quality and the look is just stunning. I will happily recommend these for sure!!

Honey Birdette Chic Bowtie Red Stockings Hey hey new brand!! I have heard about this brand before, and when I heard that I was getting these through my door, I could not contain my excitement.

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w0lfmaan · 5 years

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Mora Light My Fire Review

Mora

Light My Fire

Review

Love them or hate them, Mora knives are great tools for beginners and experts in wilderness. More has been making knives since 1891 in Sweden. They are legendary knives which are incredibly tough, have a very good edge retention and most appealing of all, are very inexpensive. Most Mora knives run from $12.00 to $100.00 for their highest end model. This review is of the Mora Light My Fire which has a unique feature of having a ferrocerium rod built right into the handle for easy use and access. Some people feel the Mora isn't a good choice because the blade does not run through the entire blade, and is known as a "1/4 tang" because the blade only goes 1/4 way into the handle. After several years of working with students who have abused various models of knives at Barefoot Bushcraft, we can assure you, the knives are very, very tough. Below is an x-ray of a similar Mora Knife. As you can see, the tang is short, but the moulding process ensures that they rarely come out or get damaged through regular use.

This blade has a thick modified scandi-grind blade of Sandvik 12c27 stainless steel, the same steel that many other Mora models come in. The blade is approximately 1.74cm in width, with a profile grind extending from the tip back about a couple of centimetres. The handle is made of whats called "high friction rubber". It's tacky to the feel which is great if your hands are covered in dirt, oil, or potentially blood (if you are a hunter). The handle, like most of the non-traditional polymer handled Moras is sized just right for average to large-sized hands and is as ergonomic as you can expect a knife to be. It's comfortable, in other words, with a variety of grips. The butt of the handle is what sets the Fireknife apart from its brethern. In the butt of the handle is a 1.5cm" long Light My Fire firesteel. To extract it, you simply turn the butt about a 1/4 turn to the right and pull it out. If you're not familiar with Light My Fire's firesteels, they are good quality and spark well, even with a stainless steel blade. It's certainly never a good idea to go out into the woods without some form of knife. Tens of thousands of hikers, backpackers, hunters, anglers, woodsmen, bushcrafters and others use both firesteels and Moras, so the combining of the two makes total sense. If you manage to loose or break your ferro rod for the knife, they are available for purchase independently so you don't have to throw away a perfectly useable blade simply because you lost the ferro rod end cap. Sheath: Removing the blade from its sheath is simple, however the blade really is stuck into its plastic sheath. In the video, Wolfmaan demonstrates this by vigorously shaking the blade, and it does not fall out. Sharpness: The thick modified scandi-grind blade of Sandvik 12c27 stainless blade is sharp. Shaving sharp. Right from the factory, these blades can effortlessly remove body hair as good as a razor blade. The blade makes tiny, curly shavings with ease. It doesnt take much time at all to create a good pile of shavings to create a fire. Tough: Many outdoor experts agree, using a knife to "Baton" or hammer through a piece of wood is not a good idea. It's rough on the blade, and can easily break a lesser quality blade. The Mora Light My Fire blade went through a piece of pine wood effortlessly. Ferro Rod: The Ferro rod that comes with the knife is small, but convenient. The back of the blade quickly makes it shoot a large amount of sparks out onto your tinder bundle and creates ignition. Light My Fire, the ferro rod manufacturer claims the sparks that come off the rod are over 2,900C in temperature and will light even damp tinder. Specifications:

Blade Material: Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel

Grip Material: TPE rubber material

Swedish FireSteel®: magnesium alloy

Actual size: 225x45x38mm Weight: 94 g

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Sheath with clip.

High-friction rubber handle.

Includes an original Swedish FireSteel® firestarter.

Lights campfires, gas-stoves, gas-barbecues.

Works equally well when wet.

Predictable performance at all altitudes.

Produces a 2,980°C (5,400°F) spark.

Overall the Mora Light My Fire is a decent quality blade, has a very good price point ($20.00 - $60.00 depending on where you live) and is tough, sturdy an can handle most camp tasks. This blade is defiantly recommended over many of it's expensive counterparts which do not measure up in quality, edge retention or toughness.

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dawnsettatree · 7 years

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Jerseys

This past hockey season has taught me that I was not appreciating the game the way I should have when I was actually in Canada with access to going to live hockey game. Now, after seven months of living in the warm climate of Bermuda, I have been missing the game that has been a large influence in my life. Now I must resort to shooting pucks at a wall for a sliver of enjoying the sport that gave me a social life outside of school. I now spend hours either outside shooting pucks or inside watching hockey games and highlights, much to my parents’ insistence that I should still be focused on school.

One other thing I’ve learned is that I have had two NHL jerseys in my seventeen years of life, both representing the Toronto Maple Leafs. The first one I outgrew in only a few months, which happened with most of my clothes until the age of thirteen. The second jersey was one that lasted longer, but as a child who preferred the original team colours of blue and white wasn’t a huge fan of the pink jersey that I had, which was also identical to my younger sister’s, making it prone to disappearing to her room. I would only return it to my room if was to discover it in my sister's.

It was a vicious cycle that only ended when the shirt had become so small that there was a big chance of it ripping when I would go to put it on, forcing me to leave my sister with two Leafs jerseys and me with nothing.

By that point, I was in the process of starting rep hockey and never had the time or interest in watching a whole lot of professional hockey outside attending a Belleville Bulls game with my friends or family and didn't ask for a replacement jersey. I was ecstatic to learn that at the end of my major peewee season with the Belleville Junior Bulls, I would be given the jerseys that I had worn all season, already customized with my last name and the number 13. That was the first customized piece of memorabilia that I was the proud owner of. When the Bulls were sold, the jerseys went from something I wore to any Bulls games I attended to a piece of clothing that reminded me of the fun I had while being one of two girls on a boy's hockey team.

The year of 2017 was all the difference for my now-growing jersey collection. In January, my family and I returned to Toronto because of a family illness. While there, I returned to Belleville to visit friends and my dad went to a sports outlet store to get some winter boots. There he found a 2011 Calgary Flames Heritage Classic jersey in my size for only $20.00. Finding it to be a good deal, he presented me with the jersey that I promptly wore around my grandma’s house because I had failed to properly pack the right clothes for the Canadian winter. While Calgary is not a team I would cheer for, I also can appreciate a warm sweater.

The illness in my family led to the eventual death of my grandmother followed by my grandfather booking a trip to visit my family in Bermuda in April, just as the regular season was coming to a close. The three weeks my grandpa lived us was the happiest I had been since relocating to Bermuda in November. It was then that I rediscovered my love for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and more importantly, my love for hockey. Watching the young Leafs team playing, I decided that I wanted another jersey, specifically a Toronto jersey with the name and number of a current player, but the question was: who?

In the final three regular-season games as well as the six playoff games Toronto played against Washington, I learned that there were three players I wanted on my jersey: William Nylander, Morgan Rielly, and Frederik Andersen. Since I knew that jerseys are a couple of hundred dollars, the likelihood of my parents buying me one for my upcoming birthday and shipping it to Bermuda (which is also very pricey), was a very unlikely scenario, but I was more concerned about that final decision that I would have to make about which player I was going to parade around on my back during each and every Leafs game. As much as I love Frederik Andersen, I was not a goalie growing up, unlike my sister, and wearing his jersey almost felt like a betrayal to James Riemer, who has been my favourite goalie for a while, so, unfortunately, he was eliminated.

Now my preferable options were down to the impossible choice between Morgan Rielly and William Nylander. My last season of hockey before moving, I played for a boy’s house league team as well as my high school team, in which I was relied on heavily in the ladder. Both teams had me playing right wing, center, and defense, and previous to that I was a full time forward (playing all three positions in my major bantam year). My knowledge and appreciation of the different positions only made the choice harder for me.

Now, when the Leafs' post-season began, my soft spot for William Nylander continued to grow as I watched the IIHF tournament that led to Sweden winning gold and Nylander jumping so high in the air, Henrik Lundqvist’s quote about the tackle reflected exactly what I was thinking as I watched it over and over. It was that tournament that ultimately led to the decision of wanting to constantly wear the number twenty-nine and last name Nylander during the games.

As my birthday came and went, I was graced with more Leafs merchandise than I know what to do with. Carlton the Bear has replaced the scruffy dog that I have used as my travel companion as I prepare for my upcoming return to Ontario for the summer. There were two major highlights from that day. The first was receiving a Leafs bag filled with Leafs merchandise that my grandpa had bid on at a silent auction after learning the Leafs organization had donated. The second was the Toronto Maple Leafs jersey that my parents had bought the moment they learned I told them I thought William Nylander was an amazing hockey player.

I still have every intention of purchasing a Morgan Rielly jersey, but I want to pay for it myself, meaning that I will likely not be getting it until I return to Ontario in June of 2018 when I look forward to living in Scarborough while attending school in Toronto. Beyond the Leafs orginization, I also would like to get a Team Canada, Team Sweden, and a Alex Nylander jersey to expand my collection.

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isakthedragon · 7 years

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A Dragon Sized Adventure Chapter 40

(Oh, @kaotickanine, how can I thank you!)

Chapter 40: Mind Your Mind

*As our heroes were walking to the next terrarium…*

Sonic asked Aku-Aku. "So, you are a great and mighty witch doctor?“

Aku-Aku: "Yes, that is I, Aku-Aku (I would like to note that his and Uka-Uka name should not have a hyphen, it’s just so Tumblr stops marking it in red.). My duty is to protect anyone who needs my guidance.”

Crash smiles. “I missed you, Aku-Aku!” Crash hugs his spiritual protector.

Aku-Aku smiles. "I see you have been doing fine without me, Crash.“

Knuckles: "Well, we did help him by letting him use our rings and Chaos Emeralds as protection in lieu of you.”

Aku-Aku: “Well, thank you, my children.”

Cream: “Mr. Aku-Aku. Most of us are over 6, you know.”

Aku-Aku: “Of course, but I see myself as a father figure for everyone, no matter what world they are in.” He looks at Sonic, Spyro, and all of their friends in a pleasing manner.

Shadow: “So, you are going to protect us?”

Aku-Aku: “Indeed. I bet you already broke plenty of crates with my face on them, but finding nothing inside. But fear not, I shall come and protect you now. I can at least offer enough protection to keep you from losing your rings.”

Spyro was still a little confused. “Who was that black mask we met?”

Aku-Aku: “Ah, that was my brother, Uka-Uka. He chose the dark side of witch doctoring as I took the light side. I locked him away eons ago, but Cortex accidentally awoke him again and Cortex attempts to work with my brother for world domination. Thankfully, they haven’t succeeded yet.”

Sonic: “Well, don’t worry, we’ll end their plan right now for good.”

*The door to the next Terrarium opens with a flash of white and reveals…*

Silver: “White space?”

Tails: “That doesn’t make sense. We’re not in a place without time. My clocks are still working on my devices.”

*Our heroes walk a bit forward and another flash of light, much more darker, occurs.*

Sonic: “What the-”

N. Trance appears. “Well, well, well. If it isn’t those heroes that are giving Dr. Cortex and Dr. Eggman so much trouble.”

Once Sonic sees N. Trance, he laughs.

N. Trance: “What? What’s so funny?”

Sonic tries speaking between laughs: “… I’m sorry… I can’t take this… I thought ‘Eggman’ was too much… but this villain… he’s an ACTUAL EGG!!! I got so many egg puns!” *Sonic collapses on the floor laughing.*

Aku-Aku: “Uh-oh, I am worried he angered him…”

N. Trance, surprisingly, is unfazed. “Are you quite finished?”

Sonic is still laughing, but gets up. “Like, are you a well-rounded villain? *Sonic laughs* "Or are you too hard-boiled to handle my puns?!” *Sonic keeps laughing as the others groan in displeasure.*

N. Trance smiles: “Oh, I see. Well, I’ll tell you one thing, you aren’t cracking my shell, for sure.”

*Sonic stops laughing when he hears N. Trance make his pun.* “Huh?”

N. Trance: “That shut you up. Too bad your puns are useless to break me. I am Dr. N. Trance, master hypnotist from the 5th dimension.”

Spyro: “What the heck is a 5th Dimension?”

Tails: “Well, science suggests that-”

N. Trance: “Shut it, you two tailed fox!” *He uses his left mechanical arm, revealing a hypnotization device and uses it to hypnotise Tails, leaving him frozen for the moment.*

Sonic gets surprised and is angered to see his best friend hypnotized. “What the hell, you shelled freak?! Why did you hypnotize my friend?”

N. Trance: “Because no matter what you guys think you know, it is wrong! Besides, he was an easy target to start off on.”

Sonic: “What do you mean by that?”

*Sonic soon learned what he meant when N. Trance started hypnotizing anyone else he could. N. Trance had an easy time hypnotising Rouge, Espio, Charmy, Vector, Silver, Blaze, Spyro, Cynder, Sheila, Sgt. Byrd, Bentley, Agent 9, Coco, and Crunch as well.

Luckily, Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow, OMEGA, Amy, Cream, Big, Ember and Bandit, Hunter, Bianca, Crash, Aku-Aku, Pasadena and Von Clutch were able to avoid being hypnotized, but their minds were still probed for their memories.*

N. Trance: “Darn, I didn’t get all of you. No matter, I stole what I needed. Now SLEEP!” *He snaps his fingers, making everyone else fall asleep. He takes his hypnotized subjects and prepares his world…*

—–

Sonic is the one to wake up first. “Ugh… why do I feel like I have a hangover?”

*The others slowly wake up too.*

Stew: “I haven’t been this hungover since my bachelor party.”

Crash: “AH! Our friends! They’re gone!”

Aku-Aku: “Indeed. I think N. Trance took them.”

N. Trance’s voice is heard, but is nowhere to be seen. “Not exactly taken, more in a deep sleep. And if you want them back, you’re going to have to make it through my twisted world!”

Shadow: “Huh?”

*They look around, and the white area from before became a sort of dreamscape, the land separated into different sections for each individual and for any large amounts of memory N. Trance replicated. In the specific section for someone, their area had them floating in the center in a deep sleep. A button was in front of each of them. When it is pressed, the dreamer is sent deep into the dreamscape, having you search for the character.*

Sonic noticed the closest area was for Tails. “Ah! We got to help my little buddy!” *Sonic presses the button and entered the dream. Knuckles just so happened to be next and jumped in to help to as a friend...*

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Level 71: Tails’ Adventure

Crates: 133

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:30.00

Gold: 1:25.00

Platinum: 1:20.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Sonic and Knuckles

Badniks: WWI and WWII Lab Assistant Pawns: They fly their planes and bombers around the level. They’re more aiming at each other and at random places, but you should still watch the skies. Cluckoids: They sure can blow up a storm!

Mutants: Thun-dars: Strange, black clouds that hover around, looking for targets to shock with a lightning bolt. Tapper: A Tapir + Ripper Roo hybrid with the power of hypnotism. I think N. Trance has been watching a bit too much anime since it has a lovely yellow sheen like a certain Pokemon. Instead of a pocket watch, it uses its swirling eyes similar to Ripper Roo to hypnotize it’s victims. It also looks like Ripper Roo, but only has a bit of his DNA, while also having some Tapir characteristics. Be careful not to let it hypnotize you, otherwise it will make you walk into the nearest trap to damage you. Although, I bet it might be useful to turn that power around on the enemies… NOTE: Watch out for their Tapir trunks! Should they connect onto anyone, it will instantly kill the victim since their mind is sucked away here in this dreamscape. But controlling the Tapper will let you do the same insta-kill to the enemies too.

Knuckles: “Where are we, Sonic?”

Sonic: “Looks like we are in Tails’ mind, considering the planes flying around.”

Knuckles: “So our friend is in here, somewhere.”

Sonic: “And we have to wake him up. I don’t trust whatever that N. Trance did.”

Knuckles: “Right.”

Kaotickanine says: A technological paradise taking place on tropical islands and in the sky. On the islands, technology works in harmony with nature (think Sonic CD’s Good Future) while the sky is filled with old-fashioned planes of all kinds soaring through the clouds. However, N. Trance’s influence is causing parts of Tails’ dream to resemble Eggman’s dreams, with harmful technology polluting the islands, war planes firing at others and dropping bombs, and a few storm clouds striking lightning.

The only thing I have to add is that Tails can be found asleep in a bed at the end of the island chain.

Sonic: “Tails!” *He hurries to him, with Knuckles in tow.*

Knuckles: “How do we wake him up?”

Sonic: “I’m not sure…” *The only thing Sonic had in mind was to touch Tails’ forehead. Luckily, it woke up the sleeping kitsune.*

Tails: “Huh? Oh, hey, Sonic, Knuckles. What happened? Last I remember is N. Trance knocking us out.”

Sonic: “He placed you in this dreamlike world that is most likely made from your mind.”

Tails: “Hmm, sounds right. Well, no time for resting, I got to help out!”

*Tails get out of bed and leaves the level with Sonic and Knuckles.*

Achievement Unlocked: Believe in Myself

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Level 72: Rouge’s Night Out

Crates: 147

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:35.00

Gold: 1:30.00

Platinum: 1:25.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Shadow And Omega

Badniks: Spy Lab Assistant Pawns: They carry various gizmos and guns that they fire upon you with almost laser-like precision. Thief Lab Assistant Pawns: They carry around big bags of loot that they swing around like clubs.

Mutants: Jewel-anhas: Various colored and types of gems that have gained a sentience and a thirst for blood. Best to attack these things from a distance.

*Shadow and Omega enter the dream world.*

OMEGA: “ACCESSING LOCATION FILES… … … LOCATION UNKNOWN! CLOSEST MATCH IS CLUB ROUGE”

Shadow: “I think that is right, Omega, but i think this her imagined version of it. I don’t trust this place since it looks so similar. We better find Rouge.”

Kaotickanine notes: We’re inside the mental version of Rouge’s own casino, Club Rouge! Rouge’s dream is almost identical to the actual place, but instead of money or even gold everyone is gambling for jewels and there are a few “twists” as to be expected in a dream. Rouge’s other lifestyles seem to also be seeping in, with spies and thieves comprising all the people, and they’re none too friendly of each other or you. N. Trance’s influence, however, is causing a lot of the gems to actually be hostile monsters that attack like hungry piranhas. Be careful when jumping over a pit filled with jewels, for they will jump up and try to drag you down with them…

Rouge can be found at the back of the safe area, hanging from a bar, asleep.

OMEGA sees Rouge with his targeting system. “TARGET LOCATED! ROUGE HAS BEEN FOUND!”

Shadow: “Hmm, but she is sleeping…”

OMEGA: “PERHAPS A LOUD NOISE WILL WAKE HER UP?”

Shadow: “No, I remember she said she hates loud noises. Hmmm…” *The only thing to come to Shadow’s mind was to pet her head. She wakes up quick.*

Rouge: “Mmm… hey boys. Feels like it’s been a while.”

Shadow: “We better get you out of here, Rouge. N. Trance has made-”

Rouge cuts him off. “Why leave? I’m surrounded by jewels! Who cares about N. Trance?”

OMEGA: “THE JEWELS HERE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KILL US!”

Rouge gets angry. “WHAT!!!!!! NO ONE MESSES WITH JEWELRY!!! I’m going to personally kick that shell’s ass!”

*She leaves her perch and the trio leaves.*

Achievement Unlocked: Fly in the Freedom

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Level 73: Espio’s Ninja Training

Crates: 151

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:40.00

Gold: 1:35.00

Platinum: 1:30.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Sonic and Cream

Badniks: Yakuza Lab Assistant Pawns: They fire their tommy guns in a sweeping motion across the ground and air, so watch how they are firing their gun. Ninja Lab Assistant Pawns: They appear out of nowhere, throw a ninja star or 3, then disappear after a few seconds and appear elsewhere.

Mutants: Oni: Various Yōkai creatures that seem hungry… for you.

*Sonic and Cream enter the world…*

Sonic gets a teardrop on his face from confusion. “Huh? What’s this place? Feels like old-timey Japan.”

Cream has the happy anime face. “Sound right, Sonic. I heard that Espio really loves anime a whole bunch!”

Sonic: “I see… that’s why I feel like paper and ink. Heh.”

Cream: “Espio ought to be around here somewhere for meditation. Let’s search the city and forest.”

Kaotickanine mentions: Espio’s dream resembles a combination of an anime taking place in the woods and a city noir film, with Japanese style dojos scattered around. Gun toting mafia goons serve as the more outward enemies while ninjas serve as the hidden type, hiding in the shadows waiting for the kill. N. Trance’s influence has also caused sinister Oni to appear and wreck things. Think you can restore harmony to Espio’s turmoiled mind?

Espio can be found on a tree stump in the forest, meditating…

Sonic dons the classic anime pointing look. “Hey! There’s Espio!”

*They walk towards him, but he is meditating on the stump. It may not look like it, but he is doing it against his will.*

Cream notices something. “Hey, Sonic! I think he is chained by literal chains around him, *The chains become visible.* and they are keeping him in the meditative state!”

Sonic: “Hmmm, how do we wake him?”

Cream giggles. “How about a Super Sonic Spin-Dash Overdrive?!” *A japanese translation appears.*

Sonic smiles. “Smart kid. Well, here goes: ‘SUPER SONIC SPIN-DASH OVERDRIVE!!!!’ ” *Sonic revs up his aerial spin-dash and tears through all the chains. They break and fall to the ground and Espio wakes up.*

Espio has the surprised anime face. “Huh? What happened?”

Cream: “You were chained up here in your dreams.”

Espio: “Oh. I see my ninja training has failed me.”

Sonic: “Meh. I think N. Trance cheated really. I don’t think they teach ninjas about hypnotism.”

Espio: “True… Thanks for saving me Sonic and Cream.”

Sonic: “Of course.” *They leave the world.*

Achievement Unlocked: Annie, Are Yōkai?

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Level 74: Charmy’s Hive

Crates: 157

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:40.00

Gold: 1:35.00

Platinum: 1:30.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Sonic and Espio

Badniks: Buzz-Bombers: Simple badnik, simple destruction Buzzer: How appropriate.

Beasts: Wasps: Angry little buzzers, aren’t they?

Sonic: “Hmm, so this is Charmy’s mind?” *The world definitely looks abstract and crazy.*

Espio: “Oh, my… I never realized this is what goes on in Charmy’s head. I thought it was because he was a kid…”

Sonic: “Well, let’s do right, and find Charmy.”

Kaotickanine says: A massive beehive oozing with honey and has flowers and all sorts of fun stuff scattered all over, such as roller coasters. What do you expect from someone as fun-loving and scatterbrained as Charmy? This place is normally harmless, but N. Trance has caused huge wasps to invade this hive, stealing the honey and the flowers, wrecking the fun stuff, and aiming their very pointy stingers at you!

Charmy can be found at the end of the last roller coaster, on top of a flower.

Sonic spots the bee first. “There’s Charmy!” *They hurry to him.*

Espio: “Oh, Charmy…” *He hugs the bee and this wakes up Charmy.*

Charmy: ♪ “Oh… oh! Hi, guys!” ♫

Espio: “Charmy! You’re okay!” *He hugs him more.*

Charmy: ♪ “Aw, thanks, Espio.” ♫

Sonic: “Come on, let’s leave before the wasps come back.” *They leave the honeycomb.*

Achievement Unlocked: You Better Bee-have

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Level 75: Vector’s Swamp

Crates: 147

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:35.00

Gold: 1:30.00

Platinum: 1:25.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Espio and Charmy

Badniks: Mafia Lab Assistant Pawns: They Mafia here seems to love firing rifles at you, so keep moving to avoid those bullets. Bard Lab Assistant Pawns: They play music so terribly that they can make physical sharp notes appear and send them flying your way. There are a few others though that may try to hit you with their instruments instead.

Beasts: Crocodiles: They may be Vector’s friends and family, but they don’t know it and are always hungry for an easy meal.

Mutants: Fi-ras: Strange beings that are made of pure fire that walk around trying to burn someone. Too bad that they are idiotic enough to put themselves out if they run into the water.

*Espio and Charmy land in the dark part of the swamp.*

Espio: “Hmmm, Vector’s home, I assume?”

Charmy: ♪ “I think so! Let’s go find our croc! Whee!” ♫

Kaotickanine says: It seems Vector is dreaming of his original home; a bubbly, disgusting swamp. However, for very odd reasons, a huge band concert is occurring and tons of music lovers have gathered, oblivious to the many dangers present in this swamp. And not only that, but Mafia goons have also arrived for some agenda only Vector knows about. And just to make things even more complicated, N. Trance has caused a few fires and horrible musicians to pop up, causing even more danger and threatening to ruin the party!

Vector can be found a part of the big band in the big gazebo.

*Vector is singing about something…*

Espio: “Sounds like he’s been singing for a while.”

*Charmy quickly grabs the snare drums and does a drumroll to awaken Vector.*

Vector: “Huh? What? Why am I here?”

Charmy: ♪ ”We’re in your home, Vector! In your dreams! We came to save you!” ♫

Vector: “Oh! Right, that N. Trance. Thanks for saving me.”

Espio: “Come on, let’s get out of here.”

Achievement Unlocked: Team Chaotix!

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Level 76: Silver’s Future Imperfect

Crates: 163

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:45.00

Gold: 1:40.00

Platinum: 1:35.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Shadow and Big

Badniks: Police Lab Assistant Pawns: Sporting a more futuristic look, they still will either fire their pistol lasers at you or swinging their lightsaber clubs at you.

Machines: Security Cameras: They observe area with visible line of sight, that, if entered, will shock you.

Mutants: Iblis: It’s more aiming to tear down the city, but you should still watch out for its fists punching about. Iblis Monsters: The various Biters, Golems, Takers and Worms return, but they aren’t hard to defeat still.

Shadow: “Hmm, I know this is Silver’s dreams...”

Big: “But it feels too good to be true?”

Shadow: “Yep. So you had the same idea, Big.”

Big: “Yeah, we better watch out.”

Kaotickanine says: Ah, the future! An idealistic utopia of all sorts of convenient high-tech, like hovercars, and everything shines like silver (pun intended). Although, this future seems a little too perfect, even for a dream, and it seems Silver’s mind is aware of that as there are security cameras all over and robotic police that are very brutal with upholding the law… And now N. Trance is resurfacing Silver’s memories of the horrible futures he once came from, where Iblis and the Ifrit turned everything into a flaming wasteland, what with lava sprouting from underneath and spawning fire demons!

Silver can be found near the outskirts of the city, being held in a similar way that Shadow was once in (In ‘06).

Big: “Hmm, there’s Silver, but how do we save him?”

Shadow: “Hmm… break those things holding his body?”

*Big uses Shadow as a baseball and swings him into the devices. They break and release and awaken Silver.*

Silver: “Huh? Where am I?”

Shadow: “We assumed your dreams, as it has been so far.”

SIlver looks around. “I… don’t know, this place feels a little exaggerated. I’m not this paranoid.”

Big: “I doubt N. Trances worlds are accurately telling the truth... or at least, the right truth. EIther way, let’s get out of here. We need to save your friend.”

Silver: “Blaze! I got to save her!” *They leave the world.*

Achievement Unlocked: Welcome to the Future!

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Level 77: Blaze’s Sol

Crates: 172

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:50.00

Gold: 1:45.00

Platinum: 1:40.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Crash and Silver

Badniks: Pirate Lab Assistant Pawns: They carry about muskets and sabers to attempt to harm you,

Mutants: Iblis: He’s still attacking you, but all his fiery attacks are making at least rocky pathways to the next islands. Iblis Monsters

Silver: “Mm, it’s Blaze’s world. It may be new to me, but I will still find her!”

Crash: “That’s the spirit!”

Kaotickanine notes: At last, we move on to Blaze’s mind, which manifests as the endless ocean that is the Sol Dimension. However, due to her duty as Guardian of the Sol Emeralds, numerous small islands of stone pillars and jewels are all over the place, and the sun appears much closer than it should be. As you might expect, you’ll be running into pirates (ROBOT pirates) and, just like with Silver, N. Trance is resurfacing memories of Iblis, causing small volcanoes to sprout all over the place and summon fire demons…

Blaze is laying on an island far in, covered in flames, save for a path to her.

Silver: “Blaze!” *He hurries to her.*

Crash: “How do we wake her up… and avoid being burned?”

*Silver can only think of one thing… and kisses Blaze on the cheek. The flames disappear into her, and she wakes up.*

Blaze: “Huh? Silver?”

Silver was blushing a bit. “Good… you’re awake.”

Blaze teases. “Was I the princess you expected?”

*Silver blushes red, clearly suggesting his feelings.*

Crash: “Not to break up any love or anything, but we need to save more people. Can we move out now?”

Blaze smiles “Well, I’m ready to go. But I am a little worried about loverhog here.” *Silver blushes even redder as they leave.*

Achievement Unlocked: Robot Pirate Island

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Level 78: Spyro’s Accidental Darkness

Crates: 157

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:40.00

Gold: 1:35.00

Platinum: 1:30.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Shadow and Amy

Badniks: Ape Soldiers, Leaders and Commanders: The memories of Malefor’s Ape army were retooled by N. Trance to a more badnik appearance. But don’t let the badnik look fool you; they still have their dangerous claws and explosives to hurt you hard! Hell-Hounds: Those strange dogs from Spyro’s memories may have been turned into badniks, but they still have a dangerous and harmful bite.

*Shadow and Amy land outside the front door into the Well of Souls’ halls.*

Amy: “Oh, my! What is this place? This is not the kind of images i would expect to see in his mind. He looked so cheerful…”

Shadow: “Hmm, if I had to guess, N. Trance has grabbed some of the Dragon’s darker memories and made this dark and desolate place.”

Amy: “Oh, my! We should hurry and find him then!”

Spyro’s mind world is quite a drop in cheerfulness from the others, almost like it was filled with darkness. And that’s the best way to describe the place since it seems to be N. Trance’s version of the Well of Souls. Roboticized apes and bandik hell-hounds patrol the dark and dangerous halls that would house Malefor underneath. Can you fight your way through and rescue Spyro, who is close to the well, before the darkness consumes him?

Amy: “Look! There’s Spyro! Near that hole!” *Amy starts walking forward, but Shadow grabs her arm and holds her back.*

Shadow: “No! Don’t get close to him, Amy!”

Amy: “Huh, why not?”

Shadow: “Don’t you feel it, a dark presence…”

Amy focuses a bit. “Oh, yeah. And I can see that Spyro seems to be sucking the darkness from the well. But how do we save him then?”

Shadow: “Let me grab him. I think we need to get him out of here.”

Amy: “Alright, but be careful.”

Shadow: “Hmph, don’t worry, I should be fine.” *Shadow goes and grabs Spyro and gets him away from the well.*

Amy: “He still hasn’t woken up. Did he take too much darkness?”

Shadow: “I think i have an idea, but we need to go save that darker dragon.” *Shadow and Amy carry Spyro out of the world and set him down outside as they go for Cynder next… *

Achievement Unlocked: Our Hero Takes A Rest.

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Level 79: Cynder’s Lonely Heart

Crates: 189

Time Trial

Sapphire: 2:05.00

Gold: 2:00.00

Platinum: 1:55.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Shadow and Amy

*When Shadow and Amy enter, they find a magical chain has bound them together, preventing them from separating too far away.*

Amy “We’ve been chained together, Shadow.”

Shadow: “I bet it’s from her dark memories too. N. Trance thought it would hinder us.”

Amy: “Well, let’s show him how wrong he was and find Cynder.”

Cynder’s memories do not seem much better than Spyro’s. Her’s are dark and quiet, nary an enemy to be found. Her dreamscapes seems to be made of parts of her domain, Convexity, the Fellmuth Arena ship and the deeper areas of the Well of Souls. This place is more of a platforming challenge, but you must succeed if you want to save Cynder, who is also near to the Well of Souls. Hurry and save her before it is too late!

Amy gasps “It’s Cynder! And it looks as though she is too near to the hole too! We better get her away quick!!”

*Shadow goes and grabs Cynder and they escape the dream world. He goes and places Cynder next to Spyro. It seems to have worked because placing them together awakens both of them.*

Amy: “Yay! They’re waking up!”

Spyro: “Huh? W-what happened?”

Shadow: “N. Trance left you guys in your darkest memories.”

Cynder: “H-he did?” *She clearly didn’t look happy at all.*

Spyro: “It’s alright, Cynder. Our friends saved us.” *He gives her a kiss on the snout which eliminates her anger.*

Cynder: “Thanks.” *She gets up.* “Alright, no more lazing about. Let’s help out.”

Spyro gets up too. “Right.”

Achievement Unlocked: Dragon Love

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Level 80: Sheila’s Alps

Crates: 136

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:40.00

Gold: 1:35.00

Platinum: 1:30.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Spyro and Cynder

Badniks: Pickaxe Rhybots: If they spot you, they will attempt to attack you with their pickaxe. Moose-bot: They try to charge and run over you.

Spyro: “I see we are in Sheila's mind and it looks like her home.”

Cynder: “I hope we can find her.”

Thankfully, Spyro’s friends have dreamscapes that a ton less on the dark side. We visit the mind of Sheila, which appears to be her home in the alps with those prankster billy goats. I bet if you help them out by breaking the rocks and defeating the ‘rhynocs’ and ‘moose’, they will lead you to the kangaroo.

Spyro: “Sheila!” *They find her sleeping near the mountain top.*

Cynder: “How do we wake her?”

*Spyro immediately sends one of the billy goats flying of the mountain with a headbutt. It woke Sheila.*

Sheila: “Wha- what happened?”

Cynder: “You were asleep because of N. Trance.”

Sheila: “Mm, that little egg-shaped freak, huh? Well, thanks for waking me. Come on, let’s go!” *The 3 leave.*

Achievement Unlocked: Up on the Mountaintop

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Level 81: Sgt. Byrd’s Base

Crates: 129

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:40.00

Gold: 1:35.00

Platinum: 1:30.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Sheila and Cynder

Badniks: Flowerpot-throwing Rhybots: Gardening has never been so dangerous. Net-Swinging Rhybots: Be vewy quiet, we’re hunting dragons. Tranquilizer-Shooting Rhybots: Nighty night.

Sheila: “I see we are in the base of Sgt Byrd. He’s nice.”

Cynder: “Indeed. Let’s go find him!”

N. Trance has worked his magic to create his version of Sgt Byrd’s Base. He’s made it more like army barracks, with close walls and ceilings, making the rhybots more dangerous than usual. You have to fight your way through to reach Sgt. Byrd.

Sheila: “Look! There’s Sgt. Byrd!” *They go down to him.*

Cynder: “He’s in a cage. How do we get him out?”

*Sheila uses her powerful kick to break down the door, which wakes up Sgt. Byrd*

Sgt. Byrd: “Huh?! Oh! Hello, Spyro’s friends Cynder and Sheila. Golly, what am I doing here?”

Cynder: “N. Trance left you in your dreamscape. We came and rescued you.”

Sgt. Byrd: “Well, thanks for the rescue. No time to dawdle, misses, we got more POWs to save!” *The 3 of them leave.*

Achievement Unlocked: Forward! March!

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Level 82: Bentley’s Outpost

Crates: 141

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:40.00

Gold: 1:35.00

Platinum: 1:30.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Spyro and Sgt. Byrd

Badniks: Torch-Carrying Rhybots: hey really have a wanting to burn your ass, huh? I wonder if they are hungry… Seal-bots: These seals are much too dangerous for a circus act. Mind their fastballs!

*Spyro and Sgt. Byrd find themselves at the base of a mountain when a familiar face comes running up.*

Bartholomew pants heavily. “I... I… I…”

Spyro: “Calm down, Bartholomew, and tell us what’s up?”

Bartholomew: “I… I found Bentley at the top of the mountain sleeping but was chased off by the rhynocs… Can you help me save him?”

Sgt. Byrd: “Of course we will, little yeti. My rockets should easily take those rhynocs, and anything else we find, out.”

Since when did mountain climbing get so dangerous? N. Trance has not made it easy to ascend the mountain, what with all the bouncing giant snowballs about. He’s even made the seals and the rhynocs more deranged! Can you make it to the top with Bartholomew in tow without getting squished?

*Once the 3 reach the top.*

Bartholomew: “Thanks lads for getting us to the mountaintop! Let’s go wake Bentley.”

Spyro: “Right!”

*They walk up to the sleeping Bentley. It appears helping out Bartholomew wakes Bentley from his slumber as he wakes up as soon as they get close.*

Bentley yawns. “Ah! Mmm, such an exquisite slumber! I feel well rested.”

Spyro: “Good! Cause we need to hurry on and help out the others.”

Bentley: “Indeed we do, young dragon Spyro. Let’s leave!”

*The trio leaves, as the memory of Bartholomew goes into slumber.*

Achievement Unlocked: Deadly Seals

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Level 83: Agent 9’s Lab

Crates: 132

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:40.00

Gold: 1:35.00

Platinum: 1:30.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Bentley and Tails

Badniks: Laser-Shooting Rhybots: They’ll fire a shot off and on to try and zap you. There are also armor wearing ones that need to be crushed by Bentley’s club to defeat them. Bird-bots: They hang around in their nests until you get close, which evokes a dive-bomb attack from them. It’s better keep moving to avoid it and attack them as they return.

*Bentley and Tails enter the dream world.*

Tails: “So this is Agent 9’s mind, huh? Feels quite happy what with the beachy theme.”

Bentley: “All the more reason to be cautious where we step.”

Don’t let the happy beach theme fool you, this is still a dangerous area made by N. Trance! The lab is overrun with those rhynocs and there is a whole lot of fighting to do if you want to go save Agent 9.

*Tails and Bentley approach Agent 9, who is sleeping on the beach.*

Tails: “How do we wake him up?”

Bentley: “I’m unsure. Spyro told me to pronounce: ‘There’s a rhynoc in the bushes!’ “

*Hearing this makes Agent 9’s eyelids fly open.* “Did somebody mention a rhynoc?! I heard about some rhynocs!-” *Sees Bentley and Tails and calms down.* “Oh, hey, Tails, Bentley.”

Tails: “Phew! He’s awake.”

Agent 9: “Why so worried? I feel fine! Oh! That’s right! That N. Trance freak! Let’s go and fry him!” *He bounces away and Bentley and Tails follow him out of the dream.*

Achievement Unlocked: Crazy Monkey Action Figure

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Level 84: Gone a Bit Coco

Crates: 119

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:20.00

Gold: 1:15.00

Platinum: 1:10.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Crash and Amy

Badniks: Teddy-bots: Teddy bear toys that look cute but will immediately try to bite and claw you when you get close. Candy: This Candy sure isn't sweet at all, since it wants to eat you!

*Crash and Amy find themselves in Coco’s mental laboratory.*

Amy: “Your sister’s lab sure looks sweet, Crash! And that’s including the pancakes!”

Crash: “PANCAKES!!!” *He goes to lick one of the stacks and touches the butter, which makes him wince in pain.* “Yow! Acidic butter! That’s not tasty at all!”

Amy: “I bet N. Trance had something to do with it, and I don’t trust those dancing bears and candy too. Darn you, N. Trance! You don’t mess with good stuff!”

Crash: “Yeah! We better go find Coco!”

Kaotickanine says: It appears N. Trance has messed with the good mind that is Coco. Much like Tails’ dream, it’s a technological paradise, though this one manifests as a giant laboratory underground, giant computer screens featuring cute things bouncing and dancing. However, this techno-paradise is also interspersed with all sorts of things Coco enjoys, such as teddy bears, candy, and PANCAKES!!! However, the candy and teddy bears are out for blood and want to eat you! Also the syrup and butter on the pancakes are acidic (the pancakes themselves are fine, thankfully)

*Crash and Amy find Coco deep in her laboratory, running around between computers and typing stuff.*

Amy looks at what she’s typing. “Is it just me, or is what she coding ruining her dreamscape? I swear I keep seeing her typing things that are causing damage to them.”

Crash: “You’re right, Amy! Coco, stop!”

*He goes and stands in front of her, which doesn’t stop her. But when he grabs her arm, she breaks out of her trance.*

Coco: “Huh? Oh! Hey, Crash! And Amy. What are you guys doing here?”

Amy: “We came into your dreams to find you, and we find you here destroying your mindscape!”

Crash: “And you were making pancakes terrible!!!” *Crash sobs.*

Coco: “What?! No one can make pancakes terrible! Let’s move it, guys, cause N. Trance is about to not become a side of this breakfast!” *The trio leave.*

Achievement Unlocked: A Pastel-Colored Horrorland

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Level 85: Crunch’s Gym

Crates: 195

Time Trial

Sapphire: 2:20.00

Gold: 2:15.00

Platinum: 2:10.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Crash and Silver

Mutants: Tiger Bodybuilders: They’re usually lifting weights of massive sizes. If you get close, they won’t hesitate to swing them around like a ballet dancer pole. Bear Boxers: They’re punching those punching bags hard enough to swing them back and forth widely, so you want to watch where you walk. Lion, Wolf and Dragon Fighters: They are a flurry of attacks all around at each other, and are certainly very dangerous if they spot you. I would suggest running away unless you can find some way to defeat them.

*Crash and Silver enter the gym and find the unconscious Crunch in the middle of the floor.*

Crash: “CRUNCH!!!” *He tries to run to him, but shields form around Crunch’s sleeping body.*

Silver: “It’s no use. He seems to be protected by those shields. We need to find some way to disarm them.”

Crash looks and sees the Elemental Masks at the end of the 4 halls. “I think I know who’s making those shields.”

Kaotickanine says: We all knew Crunch likes to work out, so it’s no surprise that his dream is a giant gym, filled with all sorts of muscle builders! Unfortunately, unlike Crunch himself, these muscle builders aren’t the welcoming type and they are all too willing to use the gym equipment to take you out. And if that wasn’t enough, N. Trance is causing the Elementals to manifest in Crunch’s mind, turning parts of the gym into hazards befitting their respective elements and empowering the muscle builders!

Indeed N. Trance did, he split the gym into 4 sections: One for Rocko, one for Wa-Wa, one for Pyro, and one for Lo-Lo. Other than giving protective barriers to the fighters, they have also the transformed the gym in their areas. Rocko has plenty of rolling rocks and boulders lying about, Wa-Wa’s is filled with water so that means it’s time for swimming, Lo-Lo’s has tornados and wind blowing about, and Pyro has fire burning everywhere. You need to make it to the end of the section and beat the masks until they disappear, taking away their elemental shield that is around Crunch.

*Once the 4th one is broken and Crash and Silver return, Crunch wakes up.*

Crash: “Crunch! You’re awake now!” *He goes and hugs Crunch.*

Crunch: “Aw, hey, Crash.” *Yawn* “I feel well rested.”

Silver: “Good, that means we can go and deal with whatever else N. Trance has for us.”

Crunch: “Yeah. Let’s go smash that egg.” *The trio leave*

Achievement Unlocked: Train Your Brain

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*N Trance appears as a hologram in the main area.*

N. Trance: “Well, well, so you saved all your friends, eh? Well, you still got a long way to go to fight me! See if you can handle levels made by me mangling your memories!” *He laughs and disappears and unlocks a new path.*

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Level 86: N. Trance’s MotorWorld

Crates: 104

Time Trial

Sapphire: 3:30.00

Gold: 3:25.00

Platinum: 3:20.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Pasadena and Von Clutch and Crash

Kaotickanine notes: N. Trance has combined the memories of Pasadena and Von Clutch with Crash’s, creating a mindscape that mostly resembles Von Clutch’s park but with desert roads and large pools of water from Crash’s moments where he had to race Cortex’s goons in vehicles or water ski while chased by a shark. Goes without saying that you’re going to be doing a LOT of driving and riding, all while contending with the combined obstacles of Von Clutch’s park and the hazards from Crash’s experience.

Achievement Unlocked: Sister C’rashin’

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Level 87: Darkness Strikes Innocence

Crates: 184

Time Trial

Sapphire: 2:05.00

Gold: 2:00.00

Platinum: 1:55.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Shadow and Cream

Badniks: GUN Troop Lab Assistant Pawns: They may be acting ‘good’ by attacking the Artificial Chaos and Black Arms, but they are still on a mission to destroy Shadow too.

Mutants: Artificial Chaos: Watch out for the water tendrils, ouch! Black Arms: Various sized aliens that are out to kill Shadow, mostly because of betrayal.

*Shadow and Cream find themselves outside of Cream’s home. Vanilla, Chocola, quite a few Chao, and even Maria sit in front of the house.*

Cream: “Heh he, it’s home, sweet, home! There’s Mama, Chocola, and our other Chao friends!”

*Vanilla, Chocola and the Chao, and Maria wave at Cream and Shadow, who then wave back*

Shadow smiles. “Indeed, quite a happy place. It sure is- Wait, Maria!? But how is she-” *He remembers where they are.* “Oh, no.”

Cream: “What is it? Is something the matter?” *She remembers too.* “Oh… N. Trance is going to do something terrible to our memories, isn’t he?”

*On cue, a dark portal opens up in the far distance and out comes the army of Black Doom, the Black Arms. Also dispersed in their ranks is Artificial Chaos. From down the nearby road in the other direction, the distinct coloring of GUN trucks come rolling past.*

Vanilla: “Oh my! What’s going on here!?”

Maria: “Shadow, I don’t like the look of this… You’ll help us, right?”

*Suddenly, a huge beam of energy shoots down from the sky and blasts Cream’s house, destroying it and causing Vanilla, the Chao, and Maria to be knocked forward from the shockwave. Cream gasps and tears form in her eyes*

Cream and Shadow: “NO!!!”

*The three loved ones, dazed by the explosion, try to get up from the ground, but they are lifted into the air. Then a familiar enemy of Shadow’s materializes behind them: Black Doom.*

Black Doom: “Hello, Shadow!”

Shadow: “DOOM!!! How dare you show you haunt my mind again!”

Cream: “PUT DOWN MOMMY, THE CHAO, AND MARIA RIGHT NOW!!!”

Black Doom: “Hahahaha! You should thank that egg-shaped entity for restoring me, even if only in your memory! I may not be able to destroy your world, but I WILL shatter your mind and drag this innocent child with you! You want your family back so much, you pathetic bunny and hedgehog?! GO FIND THEM!!” *He raises a hand and sends Vanilla, the Chao, and Maria in different directions. Once he was done, he disappeared. Cream then breaks down, sobbing.*

Cream: “My home… *Sniff* My family… *Sob* And Maria… This can’t be happening…”

Shadow places a sympathetic hand on Cream’s head. “Calm down , Cream. Remember, these are just our memories. Your home and family are perfectly alright. And Maria… Point is, there’s nothing to be tearful about.”

Cream calms down. “O-oh yeah… It felt so real...”

Shadow: “Hm, well now that I think about it, all this is taking place in our minds. And an attack on our memories… Even if they’re memories, we best hurry and save our loved ones before they are killed! I’m not going to allow my memories of Maria to die nor will I let yours perish as well!”

Cream: “Right! I’ll help you the best I can, Mr. Shadow!”

Kaotickanine says: N. Trance has revived Black Doom from Shadow’s memories and now that demon of an alien is savaging both his and Cream’s minds by attacking Cream’s home, flower field, and Chao Garden with Artificial Chaos, GUN Troops, and Black Arms, and hiding with Vanilla, Chocola and the Chao, and Maria around the area with the hostiles! You must quickly find these three and rescue them before they meet their doom! Even if they are merely memories, Shadow and especially Cream’s minds will be shattered should their loved ones die…

*Once they find them all and return back to the destroyed home, Black Doom appears.*

Black Doom: “So, the pathetic life forms found their friends, hmmm? Well, too bad you are stuck here unless you can defeat me!” *He laughs evilly.*

Shadow gets an idea and whispers it to Cream, who smiles in agreement.

Black Doom: “Prepare to die, you pathetic-”

Cream interject, saying: “CHEESE, GET HIM!!”

*Cream’s chao Cheese flies about Black Doom, and then runs into him. Either because he is a memory, or because Cheese is a ball of pure kindness, Black Doom shatters into tiny pieces like glass, only getting to say: “NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” as he breaks apart.*

Cream: “Yay! We did it!”

Shadow sees the warp orb. “And we can get out of here too.” *The 2 waste no time jumping in and escaping the memory world.*

Achievement Unlocked: I Am All of Me

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Level 88: Experimental Horror Film

Crates:148

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:35.00

Gold: 1:30.00

Platinum: 1:25.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Crash, Coco, and Crunch

*Crash, Coco, and Crunch enter the next dream world and find themselves in cages.*

Coco: “What? Hey! What’s going on?”

N. Trance appears. “Oh, just my next trap for you.”

Crunch: “Once we break out of here, we will kick your butt!”

N. Trance: “I know that, that’s why the cages aren’t very strong. No, the trap is what you will see ahead!” *He laughs and disappears.*

Just as he said, the cages were easy to break apart and escape from. But when they did that, an alarm sounded.

Alarm: “WARNING! Bandicoot experiments have escaped! WARNING! Bandicoot experiments have escaped!”

A memory Cortex can be heard shouting from far away. “Stop sitting about, you imbeciles! Go round them up!”

Memory N. Brio: “Y-y-yes! S-s-s-so we c-c-can perform more experiments on t-t-them!!”

Crash: “Uh-oh! We better get out of here!”

Coco and Crunch: “Right!”

Badniks: Lab Assistants: Nothing really special about them. One throws beakers around and another tries to shock you.

Kaotickanine notes: N. Trance is forcing the Bandicoot trio to relive their days as Cortex’s mutated experiments; being forcibly evolved into members of his army. In order to get out of this nightmare, the Bandicoots must escape from their prisons and free the other animals being subjected to this torture, all while evading the memory of Cortex, N. Brio, and his goons.

The exit here is jumping out of the window Crash originally jumped out of in his debut game.

Achievement Unlocked: Mutations

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Level 89: DOOMed Once Again...

Crates: 173

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:50.00

Gold: 1:45.00

Platinum: 1:40.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Hunter and Bianca

*Bianca and Hunter enter the next memory world and find someplace familiar…*

Bianca: “Oh! Look at this! It’s our old honeymoon spot in Fireworks Factory!”

Hunter: “Yeah, it was pretty beautiful, especially with you there.”

*Bianca blushes.*

*Unfortunately, the scene changed to the deep insides of the base of Fireworks Factory.*

Bianca: “Huh?”

N. Trance appears on one of the monitors. “Sorry to interrupt some fond memories, you lovebirds.” *He smirked.*

Hunter: “Where the hell did you send us?”

N. Trance keeps smirking. “HELL is a pretty accurate term for where you are, for sure. I hope you guys aren’t DOOMed” *He laughs and cuts the monitor as the door in front of them opens, revealing an army of ninjas, but looking a little different…*

Badniks: Trident-Swinging Demon/Ninja Rhybots: You better be quick to attack them, or they will give you a swift smack with their tridents. Gun-Firing Demon/Ninja Rhybots: They pop off 5 fireballs in a row from their ‘guns’, so you might want to keep moving or defeat them from a distance. Bomb-Throwing Demon Rhybots: They bounce fiery bombs around until they blow up. They are too strong to hit anywhere, save for their backside. But, you better run, cause they will charge after you as a suicide attempt. Fireworks Demon Rhybots: They fire off homing rockets at you, so you’ll want to keep on your toes. In a fair return, if you can set them on fire, they will shoot off like a firework and hit the nearest enemy, killing them.

Well, isn’t this honeymoon revisit turning into a disaster! N. Trance has sent a whole demon/ninja army after the happy couple to try and kill them! Can you fight your way through this personal HELL in a dangerous facility full of explosive material without becoming singed?

*Hunter and Bianca escape out the last door and into the warp orb as the place blows up to pieces.*

Achievement Unlocked: Big Rhybots Have Big Robot Guts

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Level 90: Panic Aboveground

Crates: 109

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:15.00

Gold: 1:10.00

Platinum: 1:05.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Blink and Spyro

*Blink and Spyro enter the next dream world which looks a little out of sight.*

Blink: “I think it’s my mind. I even like my memories dark. Heh.”

Spyro: “That’s all good for you, but I wouldn’t mind a little light.” *He uses his flame breath to create a little light around them.* “Now, where are we…”

N. Trance’s voice can be heard. “Here, let me help you!” *He deletes the darkness from Blink’s mind.*

Blink: “Hey! Don’t do… that…” *He sees the location they are in and is immediately scared.*

N. Trance: “Heh he. I knew you would be immediately scared of the sky, especially of a place like Cloudy Domain! Hope you can find the way out!” *He laughs and leaves.*

Spyro: “Come on, Blink. I’ll carry you out of here. Get on my back.”

Blink does so. “Thanks… I don’t like the sky, you know my fresh-air-a-phobia.”

Spyro: “I know. Come on, let’s find the elevator down…”

Kaotickanine says: We now enter Blink’s mind. Although something’s not quite right… Our underground loving friend is WAY above ground in the Cloudy Domain! Even though Blink has never set foot in the floating city, for good reason, N. Trance has forced the entire location into his mind and now the mole’s “fresh-air-phobia” threatens to make him experience a panic attack, which will shatter his mind. Only way to escape this is to get Blink to the elevator of the city.

Achievement Unlocked: Clouded Minds

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Level 91: Sour Passion

Crates: 197

Time Trial

Sapphire: 2:10.00

Gold: 2:05.00

Platinum: 2:00.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Amy, Cream, and Big

Badniks: Horrific Egg Pawns: Various Egg Pawns that have taken some ‘scary’ shots from the badnik maker. One appears to look like Black Doom’s Eye, but with more tentacles that will try to grab you and throw you into its eye, which is also its mouth. Another appears to be the Egg Magician, but more taller and slender and grey (Perhaps the SlenderEgg?). And it looks like it forgot to get the Egg face, which has made it creepier. It warps around to try to spook you and take some rings. A third, which could only be called the Egg Minotaur, appears to have a bull for its head piece and is more built (taller and more muscular) than the standard Egg Pawn. Other than looking big and mean, it will charge around until it crashes into something. A 4th, called the Egg Imp, is probably Eggman’s craziest Pawn yet. It flies around like a maniac, shooting fireballs from its trident. But it also has some making from the Egg Bishop, as it can heal and call badniks as well. That’s very crazy.

*Amy, Cream, and Big enter the next dream world*

Amy: “Are you sure you want to come with us, Cream? I love having you tag along with me, but I can sense you're still recovering from that trip with Shadow… “

Cream: “Don’t worry Amy, I’m fine. I don’t want to be doing nothing while you and everyone else work to save the world!”

Amy: “Alright then! So long you’re feeling up to to! Anyway, where are we?”

*Team Rose finds themselves atop a high hill, overlooking three “zones” of differing appearances*

Big. “Hm… That place looks familiar!”

*Big points to the “zone” on the far right, which contains various biomes with rivers and ponds within*

Cream: “Really, Big?”

Big: “Yeah! Although I don’t think I’ve ever actually been to that place but I think about something like that all the time. It’s the perfect fishing spot for me and Froggy to catch all sorts of fish!”

Amy: “Interesting… And actually, that area over there looks like all the things I think about a lot transformed into a location! I can see parts of Twinkle Park, soft served ice cream, a wizards tower surrounded by a magical garden, and there’s me and Sonic dating!” *Amy looks even closer at that area* “Oh my God! And there’s me and Sonic’s children! “

Cream: “Really!?”

Amy: “Yeah! Um, but let’s not dwell on that…” *Blushes with a “sweat drop”* “Unless people dream about their future children often.”

Cream: “Heh, I’m not sure…” *Cream looks at the middle area* “OH MY GOSH!!! I imagine that place all the time! It’s the perfect Chao Garden with all sorts of fun rides, games, and sweets!” *Cream and Cheese grab each others hands and jump up and down* “Cheese! It’s our dream come true!”

*N. Trance’s voice echoes around the three* “HA!!! Sure, it looks like a dream now, but soon it will be a permanent nightmare!”

*Amy, Cream, and Big all huddle together in a defensive stance while looking around for the fifth dimensional madman. Suddenly N. Trance appears in front of them, floating in the air overlooking the three areas*

N. Trance: “In case you haven’t figured it out, which I’m sure you haven’t given how dim-witted all three of you are…”

Amy: “Says the guy who failed to mind-control all three of us.”

*Cream and Big openly laugh while Amy smiles with a proud look*

N. Trance: “SHUT UP!!! These three areas are your respective imaginations! The things that define your whole beings! I was not amused at all by you three resisting my mind-control despite your poor brains, so now I’m going to make you suffer in the worst ways! You, pink hedgehog, consider yourself an unrelentless optimist? Let’s see how optimistic you’ll be once my ‘Seeds of Doubt’ are finished!”

*N. Trance materializes evil looking seeds, which he then tosses onto various areas in Amy’s imagination*

N. Trance: “It will take time, but soon enough those seeds will overwhelm you with doubt! And with doubt comes despondence, and with despondence comes depression. It won’t be long until you become a hopeless pessimist and the only thing you look forward to is death rather than love!“

*One of Amy’s “dream children”, a pink baby hedgehog, touches the “Seed of Doubt” and disappears*

Amy: *In tears* “NO!!! DIAMOND DESTINY!!!” *Breaks down sobbing*

Cream: “You monster!”

N. Trance: “Thank you for the compliment! As for you, sickening little girl, I’m once again going to send some minions of mine to attack your peaceful paradise! And this time…”

*N. Trance fires off his “clock hand” at Cheese and grabs the Chao*

Cream: *Gasp* “CHEESE!!!”

N. Trance: “This pixie won’t interfere by giving you lingering hope and fighting my creations! And also for you, dumb cat!”

*N. Trance grabs Froggy, who was perched on top of Big’s head*

Big: “FROGGY!!!”

*N. Trance tosses Cheese and Froggy somewhere into Cream and Big’s respective imagination, which are then overrun by scary and violent robots*

N. Trance: “I sure hope my forces find them before you do! Toodles!”

*N. Trance disappears, leaving behind a saddened, openly crying Team Rose. Amy, however, soon stops bawling over Diamond Destiny and her eyes blaze with fury*

Amy: “THAT SLIMEBALL IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!!! Come on guys! Let’s rescue Cheese and Froggy and destroy those Seeds of Doubt!”

Cream: “Don’t need to tell me! Me and Cheese are inseparable!”

Big: “And I won’t allow any harm to come to Froggy!”

Kaotickanie says: Team Rose have been reunited at last! Too bad it isn’t a happy occasion... N. Trance is now attacking their imagination: using “Seeds of Doubt” to corrupt Amy from a cheerful optimist and into a depressed pessimist, stealing away Cheese and Froggy from Cream and Big and hiding them somewhere in their respective imaginations, and has overrun all three locations with violent robots! To keep Team Rose from wilting, you must venture into “Amy-tropolis” and destroy the Seeds of Doubt, Cream’s “Chao Funland” and find Cheese, and Big’s “Fishing Paradise” and rescue Froggy!

*After Team Rose solve their respective problems, Cream and Cheese are deeply hugging each other, as are Big and Froggy, and Amy looks at the four with a heartfelt smile.*

Cream: “Oh Cheese! I’m never letting anything separate us again!”

Cheese: “Chao!”

Big: “Me neither! I’ll protect you forever Froggy!”

Amy: “Aww, I’m so happy for you guys!”

*Amy’s face grows saddened and she sighs, which Cream takes note of and reacts accordingly*

Cream: “Something wrong, Amy? You don’t sound very happy…”

Amy: “Well… I’m genuinely happy for you two! I-I just wish I was able to protect something of my- Huh?”

*Amy looks down and Diamond Destiny on top of her feet, looking up at Amy*

Amy: *Overjoyed gasp* “DIAMOND DESTINY!!! YOU’RE ALIVE!!!“

*With tears of joy, Amy scoops up her imaginary infant and repeatedly kisses her, much to the infant, and Cream and Big’s amusement*

Cream: “I’m so glad she’s okay now! I was honestly worried…”

Big: “But she’s not-”

Cream: “Shh! Don’t ruin the moment, Big.”

Big: “Oh! Sorry.”

Amy: “I know what you were going to say Big, Diamond Destiny isn’t real. But I love her like she is! And she WILL become real soon enough, heehee!”

Big: “Sure, Amy, and we will be enjoying the fanfictions that come out of it.”

*Team Rose laughs as they take the warp orb out*

Achievement Unlocked: Follow Me

—–

Level 92: A Forgotten Robot’s Vengeance

Crates: 164

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:45.00

Gold: 1:40.00

Platinum: 1:35.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Omega, Shadow and Rouge

Badniks: E-100 Alpha ‘ZERO’ : Eggman’s starting failure of the E-100 series. Even though he is not considered part of the series, he is still quite dangerous with his electric extendable arms and rocketry. To defeat this robot, you’re going to have to shock him so you can destroy his insides. E-101 β: Eggman’s first successful entry in the series, this robot is outfitted with tons of missiles and energy spheres. It even comes with a frontal shield to block attacks! To defeat Beta, you need to find some way to attack his backside... E-102 γ: Eggman’s second successful entry into the series, this one has homing rockets firing off of its arms. Gamma is pretty durable so it might take a few hits to defeat him. E-103 δ: Eggman’s 3rd robot in the series. It’s not as interesting, as all it does is fly around and shooting missiles off and on. Defeat by homing attacks is probably the easiest to do. E-104 ε: Eggman’s 4th robot in the series. Like Delta, Epsilon is not very interesting either, just flying around and firing missiles off and on. It should be no match for the Dark gang. E-105 ζ: Eggman’s 5th robot in the series. Zeta looks like the construction he had when fought in the Hot Shelter, with the rotating ring and 8 missile-launching tubes. Still, it shouldn’t pose too much of a challenge. E-1000: Fake Gammas, just to add in some extra rocketry support for the robots.

*Team Dark decide to enter the next dream world.*

Rouge looks around at the cyberspace. “Well, this looks new. Where are we?”

Shadow: “If I had to guess, some kind of digital space. Reminds me of GUNs and Eggman’s cyberspace.” (It does take some cues off of them.)

Omega: “IT IS MY CYBERSPACE. LOCATION CONFIRMS IT.”

Shadow: “Hmm, so it is your memories, it seems…”

*Explosions from missiles can be heard.*

Omega: “DAMAGE IS OCCURRING TO MY CYBERSPACE. DETERMINING PROBLEM.”

N. Trance appears holographically: “Let me save you some trouble. I brought the memories of the original E-series. I know how you regard them, Omega, but let’s see if you are the superior robot.”

Omega: “I AM THE SUPERIOR ROBOT!”

N. Trance: “Then prove it! Destroy them before they destroy you!” *He disappears.*

Kaotickanine says: Apparently, even the mind of a computer is not safe from N. Trance as we now delve into Omega’s “psyche”. Of course Omega’s mind is a lot different from everyone else’s, being a cyberspace filled with info and all sorts of digital stuff. All the same though, Omega’s memories make up this world and this time N. Trance is feeding on the robots superiority complex, reviving the first E-100 series, including the famous Gamma, and having them wreak havoc. To keep Omega from suffering a blue screen of death, the E-100 Series robots must be destroyed.

Achievement Unlocked: This Machine

—–

Level 93: Dark Hedgehog Minds

Crates: 142

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:40.00

Gold: 1:35.00

Platinum: 1:30.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Shadow, Rouge, and Omega

Badniks: Shadow Androids: Robotic copies of Shadow that have the new memories of Shadow’s more revenge-set mind. If they spot you, they will fire homing rockets after you.

Mutants: Mephileses: The shadowy replicas made from Shadow’s, er, shadow. They know karate, just like the real one, but they aren’t very good at it. It should be pretty easy to dispatch.

*Shadow, Rouge and Omega are immediately sent to the next dreamworld after the last one.*

Rouge: “What- Hey! Why did we jump into another memory world?”

N. Trance appears as a hologram again. “Cause I am not done with you! I bet this place looks familiar to you, Shadow.”

Shadow looks around and sees the ARK. “It’s the ARK, so what?”

N. Trance: “Don’t act so naive, I know how much you care about this place. I bet it would anger you if it was getting destroyed...” *He messes with Shadow’s shadow and makes what could only be called Mephiles.*

Mephiles the Dark: “Yes, Master N. Trance?”

N. Trance: “Go, memory Mephiles, destroy the ARK!”

Mephiles: “Yes, Master.” *He makes an army of copies of himself. N. Trance helps and makes an army of Shadow Androids for them to go into.*

Mephile Clones as Shadow Androids: “We will destroy everything, including the Earth, for killing Maria.” *They chant as they leave the area.*

N. Trance looks at Shadow, who is clearly annoyed. “Go ahead, destroy them. They are obviously not you. Get revenge!” *He laughs and leaves.*

Rouge grabs Shadow’s hand. “I think I see what he is trying to do, Shadow. Can we destroy them for you?”

Shadow reassures her. “He thinks he can mess with my mind, but he’s wrong. I’m not getting revenge; I’m just destroying a terrible villain.”

Omega: “THEY SURE ARE ANNOYING. STARTING DESTRUCTION SPREE!”

Kaotickanine: We once again visit Shadow’s mind, manifesting as the Space Colony ARK in its prime, but this time he’s not sharing it with Cream nor is he dealing with the Black Arms or GUN. Now N. Trance has managed to revive the erased memories of Mephiles the Dark, who is now doing his best to corrupt Shadow’s mind into his servitude, and N. Trance also brought back a forgotten memory of Shadow’s: his revenge seeking self after being awakened by Eggman, who is now using the Shadow Androids to make Shadow seeks Earth’s destruction again.

Achievement Unlocked: Who I Am

—–

Level 94: The Floating Isle

Crates: 197

Time Trial

Sapphire: 2:20.00

Gold: 2:15.00

Platinum: 2:10.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Friends: Knuckles, Tails, and Sonic

*Knuckles, Tails, and Sonic end up on a flying island, but it looks different.*

Sonic: “Hey, it’s Angel Island! But something looks different.”

Tails shivers. “Say… I don’t remember Angel Island being so cold.”

Knuckles: “It shouldn’t be! I think someone is messing with the memories of my island!”

N. Trance appears on one of the ring monitors nearby. “You got that right! I screwed with the environments on your island! Think you know your island so well? See if you can make it through this!”

Sonic smashes the monitor: “Ugh, I hate that channel. Come on, let’s go!”

Given that he’s lived on the place for his entire life, it’s no surprise that Knuckles’ mind takes on the form of Angel Island. However N. Trance is turning this floating paradise into a disaster by mismatching the many areas of the island; Hydrocity is all dried up and filled with sand, Sandopolis is flooded with water, Ice Caps has melted, and Mushroom Hill frozen over. Time for the Rad Red to protect his home once again, even if it’s only in his mind.

Achievement Unlocked: A Dragon Sized Adventure & Knuckles

—–

Level 95: Sonic’s Nightmare

Crates: 121

Time Trial

Sapphire: 1:25.00

Gold: 1:20.00

Platinum: 1:15.00

Tappers to Save: 5

Helping Partner: Shadow

*Sonic and Shadow find themselves in the familiar down-sloped streets of City Escape.*

Shadow: “I suppose this last memory world is for you, Sonic?”

Sonic: “I think so, although I don’t see the reason why we are here. I don’t remember anything particularly dreadful in this place.”

N. Trance’s voice can be heard. “Oh, no? You don’t remember anything particularly dangerous here? Cause I looked and found the perfect nightmare here…”

Shadow: “What is he referring to, Sonic?”

Sonic starts panicking a bit. “I… I don’t know! What did I see here that was just so nightmarish?”

*Unbenounced to Shadow and Sonic, N. Trance appears behind the hedgehogs who are not looking behind. He appears in the Nightmare GUN Truck, packed with plenty of saws, rockets, spikes, and other dangerous objects.*

N. Trance: “Maybe a little BUZZ CUT may jog your memory!” *He swings one of the saws near the hedgehogs and bangs and spins it against the ground.*

Sonic is clearly scared when he hears the noise. “O-o-oh, no… I-i-i don’t want to look… I… must RUN!!!!” *Sonic starts running away really fast, leaving Shadow behind.*

Shadow: “Huh? Sonic! Wait up!” *He hurries after Sonic and N. Trance drives along behind them.*

N. Trance has prepared one last diabolical trap, and it is all for Sonic. He’s chasing the 2 hedgehogs in what can only be called the GUN Truck from Hell! It even supports a hellish paint job! N. Trance isn’t going to let anything stop him, as he will destroy anything you pass. He even warps you out of City Escape and into other worlds as well. You’re only escape is just rushing to the warp orb at the end.

Achievement Unlocked: Rolling on the Edge

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*As the 2 hedgehogs left, N. Trance had been thrown out of the GUN Truck’s windshield and came out with them. He flew for a bit until he crashed into the ground, cracking his shell a bit. He got up in anger.*

N. Trance: “Okay, that’s it! No more ‘yolking’ around. I’m going to finish this! Is there any of you that thinks they can crack this egg?”

*Rouge and Coco step up for fighting.*

Coco: “We don’t like what you did to our minds.”

Rouge: “So we’re going to be the ones to ‘hard-boil’ you!”

N. Trance: “I’d love to see you try…”

Boss: N. Trance

Kaotickanine: The fight against N. Trance is a tough battle that comes in two phases. The first phase is fought entirely by Coco on the ground, wherein N. Trance starts off by summoning a powerful enemy from any of the character’s minds (Beta, Black Doom, etc.), which Coco needs to defeat with the assistance of the other characters aiding from the background. Thankfully, these summons are quick to defeat, and once they’re taken down N. Trance will re-enter the battle arena and shoot his clock hand at Coco like a grappling hook. Should he hit Coco, N. Trance will shoot at her again, but should you make him miss his hand will get stuck and he’ll struggle to get it loose, which is the perfect opportunity to jump onto his head. After that, N. Trance hops out of the arena and shoots at Coco with a “PSI ray” and the process repeats. Hit N. Trance four times and phase 2 with Rouge will begin, in which N. Trance’s flies his head off his body and into the air. N. Trance’s head is invulnerable to any of Rouge’s attacks, even her kicks. However, you can use your attacks to guide N. Trance’s head underneath these three containers in the arena: liquid nitrogen, acid, and lava. Should N. Trance’s head get underneath, one of the allies will pull on a lever, making the harmful substances descend right onto N. Trance’s head. After that, N. Trance will destroy the containers and fire off “PSI bullets” at Rouge, at which point the process repeats. Dropping everything on him will finally make him vulnerable enough for one last kick from Rouge, which will defeat him.

Achievement Unlocked: Humpty Dumpty Had a Big Fall

*N. Trance breaks apart, but before it gets too gruesome, he gets warped away. Rouge returns with the rest of the gang and they leave the Terrarium.*

Death Head’s Bridge

Uka Uka appears and finds the hypnotized Cortex and Eggman. He breaks it and berates Cortex. “CORTEX!!! Those stupid animals have defeated N. Trance!! You better have a plan to defeat them!”

Cortex appears unfazed by Uka-Uka’s anger. “Oh, what’s the point? They’re going to just defeat us again. I’ll go, but it just seems like we are heading for the same outcome. That’s the definition of insanity!”

Uka-Uka simmers in anger. “And what are you going to do, Eggman?!”

Eggman finally tires of Cortex and his minions. “Nothing really. As he said, there is no point!”

Uka-Uka rages: “WHAT??!!! Why not?!!”

Eggman is unconcerned with Uka-Uka and is clearly even more angrier. “Because you fools are the most pathetic bunch of villains that I have ever seen! Even my robots do a better job that what I have seen from his ‘experiments’ and from you and your friends! All I have seen is you guys offer little challenge to Sonic and his friends, and you know what? I rarely call them that way! I am DONE with you fools! Begone!” *He uses the transport beam to send Cortex and Uka-Uka to the next terrarium.*

Eggman: “Cut the power to the transporter, Metal Sonic!”

Metal Sonic: “YES, SIR.” *He cuts the power to them entirely.*

Eggman: “Follow me, my henchmen. We’re heading down to finish this.”

Cubot asks Orbot: “What does he mean by that?”

Orbot: “Best not to question the boss. We should follow him.”

*Eggman, Orbot, Cubot, and Metal Sonic leave the bridge.*

Next Time: WARNING! WARNING! Entering the Space Terrarium!

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Weekly Update - Monday, January 25, 2021

Commitment - Conviction - Consideration

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”

Dalai Lama

Good Morning,

The temperatures certainly did drop this weekend. While the sun was out, it was very deceiving. I had to run my weekly errands, and I got some extra cardio in by running from the car to the stores. The wind was the worst part in my area. Regardless, it was good to try to take a little break from the hectic pace of the work week. I hope that you too had some time, even if cold, to decompress this weekend.

Budget Update

The next meeting of the Board of Education to discuss the budget is this Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 6 p.m. The meeting can be found at the link below.

All meetings can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/wpsconnections/live.

As I shared last week, the budget maintains all services from this year. There is a slight reduction in teaching staff due to enrollment decreases; however, we always monitor those numbers as to not exceed district established class sizes guidelines.

Vaccination Update

As I shared in the update Friday, I stopped by the clinic on Thursday at the Wallingford Senior Center to witness the process. I was very impressed by the hard work of Steve Civitelli and his team. The clinic was efficient and very well organized. We are still holding out hope that we can begin to vaccinate our staff some time in February. This is solely dependent on the Governor's opening of 1b. for educators and also the availability of vaccines. I will keep you posted.

Again, if you are 75 or older, the Wallingford Health Department will be in contact soon to schedule an appointment. The next group will be those who are 65 or older in our district. Again, that will open once the Governor releases that option. The remainder of staff will be scheduled following that.

As I have also shared with some who have reached out to me directly, you are welcome to access the vaccine through other channels, as long as you qualify for the vaccine.

10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine

The Sheehan High School Dramatic Arts Society has been working hard, “virtually” on their newest dramatic production. They will be “streaming'' 10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine on February 19 & 20, 2021 beginning at 7:00 PM. A streaming ticket for this event is $20.00 and will allow you to stream to your TV and have your family watch the show. Streaming Tickets can be purchased from our website: http://bit.ly/SheehanDrama. Each ticket has its own unique streaming code.

If you're spending a long time at home, it can be a challenge to keep yourself occupied. Luckily, 10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine is full of handy solutions, from putting on a musical with your dog, to becoming an announcer for a made-up sport, to falling in love with an inanimate object. Hey, we promised handy solutions - we never said they wouldn't be strange. Whether or not you're inspired to take up origami and squirrel observation, this play is sure to bring a laugh to anyone who finds themselves unexpectedly indoors.

Sheehan’s production stars:

Arianna Kaplan ‘21, Emma Connors ‘21, Ryan Villano ‘22, Vincent Atienza ‘22, Heather Gaydowen ‘22, Jacob Shook ‘22, Julie Rochniak ‘22, Marissa Capozzo ‘22, Travis Karosi ‘23, Emily Conte ‘23, Hailey dela Chevrotiere ‘’23, Julian Bingham ‘23, Ava Kaplan ‘23, Ava Lewellyn ‘23, Ronan Liu ‘24, Jesse Heinrich ‘24, Trinity Duffey ‘24, and our hosts for the evening Shane Kaplan ‘21 and Shannon McKenna ‘22.

We hope to “see” you there!!!!!!

Another Capstone Project for Your Support

My name is Hitika Patel, and I am a Capstone student at Sheehan High School. For my Capstone project, I am creating a multicultural support group where first generation/immigrant teenagers can vent, discuss, and celebrate our journeys and struggles through adapting to the dominant, Americanized culture. During these meetings, we will hold fun activities, competitions, games, and tutoring sessions so we can connect with other first generation/immigrant teenagers who share similar struggles.

These meetings will be every other week on Sunday mornings, and the first meeting will be March 7th via Google Meet! If you may know of any fellow first generation/immigrant teenagers of Wallingford who may be interested in joining my group, please email [email protected].

Commitment - Conviction - Consideration

Below are this week’s staff shout outs!

I would like to just take a minute and say THANK YOU!!! I've wanted to send an email out for sometime now but just have gotten to it. Thank you to everyone in the district for working so hard and putting in so many hours since March to make this school system work. Yes, things may not be perfect, but I think what we have here in Wallingford is wonderful.

My kids go to Pond Hill and Stevens and I have to say they are excited to go to school everyday and come home happy!!! In this time we are facing and with all the challenges I'd have to say there is success there. Even when Pond Hill was in virtual learning my daughter enjoyed it.

My daughter is in 5th grade with Ms. Parr and she just enjoys going to class. The bond they have built within the classroom has made this easier even though the teachers are overwhelmed and they are making it work.

My son is in 1st grade with Ms. Coppola. Even though this is her first year at Stevens and facing a whole group of new challenges with a new school and covid I'd have to say she is doing amazing as well. He is learning and advancing and comes home excited to tell me what he has learned.

Like I said in the beginning I Thank You all. From everyone in my kids' schools to the Board of Ed and Dr. Menzo for everything you have done for the kids and the community.

Good Morning! Although I'd like to list every single staff member here at Stevens, I thought I'd choose some of our newly hired COVID related support staff that have come on board this year to assist during these challenging times.

Deisy Garcia - PT Building Asst.

Devin McCarthy - PT Building Asst.

Cathy DeJesus - Covid Cleaning Team

I would also like to give a big shout out to our Custodian Nick Tremaglio for his tireless work in keeping our building clean and safe and our Nurse Suzanne Pallotta for assisting staff, students and families during this difficult and sensitive time.

One more shout out for our School Principal Mrs. Kristina Kiely for all of her hard work, support and ability to navigate and guide us all through this time, not an easy task, but she does it all with respect and a smile..

I'd like to shout out to other staff members not directly here at Stevens, but in our district as well for the outstanding job they're doing though this process:

Sal Menzo

Linda Lavelle

Jennifer Krass

Sharon Bukowski

Dave Bryant

just to mention a few....too many to list!

My daughter LOVES her classes with Mr. Robideau and Mrs. Reed. I always overhear laughter and screams mixed with a ton of learning! They are both upbeat and engaging and really know how to get these kids involved and create a real sense of togetherness while everyone is apart.

Her thoughts - “They are both fun and they get that things aren’t easy or normal right now and they are patient and helpful. They know it’s stressful and they do whatever they can to joke and make activities that are fun. Like Mrs. Reed’s Kahoots game gets so competitive and we get so excited! Or Mr. Robideau made an assignment based on the LED string lights we all have in our rooms! They make class enjoyable and I think everyone in class would agree.“

I would like to take a moment to express my appreciation for my daughter’s kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Megan Lemieux. She goes above and beyond every single day for my daughter and her classmates. Most children come home and when asked about their day typical responses are “good, fine, I don’t know.” However, the second my daughter gets in the car she tells me about all the fun activities she did that day and every morning she tells me how excited she is to go to school and play with her teachers and friends. Every lesson is presented in a fun and engaging way she does not realize she is learning. Mrs. Lemieux is a one of a kind teacher and I truly believe my daughter’s love of school and learning, especially during these unprecedented times, is because of how wonderful a teacher she is.

I recently saw an email pertaining to positive shout outs for teachers. I wanted to send a huge shout out to Mrs. Meyer, who is a first grade teacher at Highland. She has gone above and beyond for my daughter. As a result my daughter is having the best year ever. I know first hand how different and difficult it is this year (being a teacher myself). Mrs. Meyer has made my daughter feel safe and loved and she wants to go to school even on the weekends. She has learned so much in such a short period of time and it makes me so happy as a parent. I feel so lucky to live in such a wonderful town and I also want to thank you for everything!!

Mrs. Meyer and her para, Ms. Calage, have done so much for my daughter this year and I truly can't thank them enough.

I've been teaching 19 years myself and my step mom was a teacher for 40 years (worked in West Haven with Judy and Maria actually). So teaching is something we cherish!

Thank you, again for a great year!

Hello Dr. Menzo and Mr. Zocco,

I would like to share with you that I felt the parent-teacher conferences I had on Tuesday night were great. All of the teachers I met with (there were 12 of them) answered any questions I had, gave me some insight as to how my children are doing in class and what I can do to support them, and most importantly, wanted to check on how my kids were doing outside of school concerning the pandemic. My two children are doing well so some of the conferences were only for a short time, but all of the teachers were genuinely interested in the well-being of my children.

These teachers are going the extra mile for all students and I wanted you to be aware. I am so glad my children attend Sheehan High School. Thank you for everything you are doing.

Make it a great week!

Sal

Dr. Salvatore F. Menzo

Superintendent

Email - [email protected]

Twitter - @SalMenzo

Wallingford Public School District

Wallingford Public School System Mission

To inspire through innovative and engaging experiences that lead all learners to pursue and discover their personal best.

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Computer Tech Tool Kits

You ‘d think “If I’m going to buy an electronic tool set, then it’s most likely going to last a minimum of a number of years, right?”. Well. the truth is much more aggravating than that. The majority of tool kits are so cheap that they don’t last more than 5 uses. And if they last more, they end up getting rusty, which in turn makes them ineffective.

I also look for tool kits that have actually tools generally made with steel as I understand that this metal is corrosion-free, which significantly improve the life expectancy of the tools, saving me the frustration of understanding I lost my money. “I just require 4 tools of the 12 that came in this electronic kit”.

Guitar Tools & Tool Kits

To have the satisfaction of knowing that your money is well spent, you need to look for electronic tool sets that have ALL the tools you need in ONLY ONE kit. And I’m also discussing those “exclusive” Apple tools that are a pain to discover! I know it sounds difficult.

I did it, so you can do it too! There’s absolutely nothing more irritating than attempting to fix an electronic with a tool that may end up harming it. Illogically as it sounds, many sets out there have tools without the treatment required to avoid this from taking place. That’s why I prevent the panic of breaking my gadgets by constantly trying to find electronic sets that have demagnetized tools, this reduces the possibility of me destroying the electronic devices I’m attempting to repair.

Field Service Tool Kits

1) For The Newbie: EEEKit Precision 45 in 1 Electronic Tool Kit. Review If I counted the times I lost my temper over electronic tool kits that wouldn’t have the devices required to repair all my devices, it would take me years! I mean, not precisely years. however you know what I mean.

I was also satisfied with the flexibility it had to every task I ‘d do, as it came with adjustable screwdriver bits for different screws that offered me the liberty to deal with any kind of repair work without stressing about getting other tools. Just one can inform the pain that comes when your hard-earned cash goes to trash on a poor electronic tool set full of tools that don’t last you more than 5 usages.

Armada Pro48k Solenoid Tester Techtool Kit

I’m not overemphasizing I enjoyed how my cash was well spent in this electronic tool kit crammed with extremely rugged and durable tools saved in a strong solid case that kept them protected and nicely arranged. It would take me only 15 seconds to open the case and discover the right tools I required.

1 x Sucker. 1 x Card removal needle. 1 x Triangle Boot piece. 1 x 60mm Extension bar. 1 x 30 Degree Cutter. 1 x Idler wheel-type boot piece. 1 x Metallic boot bar. 1 x Anti-static tweezer. 1 x Work bin. 2 x (PH2.5 to H5.0). 1 x Cross screwdriver: 1.5 1 x Luxury screwdriver: 0.8 1 x Screwdriver manage.

Shop Lectronic Repair Tech Tool Kit- 70 Piece Set

Hex Screw Motorist: H1.3/ H1.5/ H2.0/ H3.0/ H4.0/ H5.0 Flat Screw Motorist: 1.5/ 2.0/ 2.5/ 3.0/ 3.5 Cross Screw Motorist: PH1.0/ PH1.5/ PH2.0/ PH2.5/ PH3.5 Five-Star Screw Driver: 0.8/ 1.2 Y Screw Motorist: Y2.0 Screw Motorist: 2.0 U Screw Driver: U2.6. I do not wish to feel like I’m carrying like 500lb of weight with my bare hands. That’s why I enjoyed the comfort this EEEKit electronic tool set provided me when bring around all my tools (which are a lot).

I’m not joking when I say that I moved my set of all 45 big and small tools this last week with no kind of unfavorable effect (like pain) in my hands! Possibly I’m a bit insane, but I get ill every time I hear one of my tools falling under another inside my tool kit.

58 Piece Pc Repair Tool Kit For Handyman, Computer Tech …

That’s why I liked how in this EEEKit tool package the equipment is all secured place so the tools can’t rattle around, no matter the motion you do. It likewise included a nice little case to put all the extra bits and screws that made my life so much easier.

Tools helpful to repair smartphones, tablets, pc’s, desktops and lots of other electronic devices. Can open cellphone, PDA housings, laptop computers, PSP, DS, MP3 player, RC and so on. Ratchet screwdrivers with twist reverse and cog lock mechanism. Adjustable screwdriver bits for various screws. Strong solid case to keep the tools in. Good quality tools.

Am-tech Tool Kit In Blow Moulded Case (141 Pieces) –

Great little case within the case to put spare bits or screws in for storage. Equipment is all locked in place so will not rattle around in the case. There are more than 82 evaluations in Amazon.com about this product at the time of writing and they have actually offered them a 4.6 out of 5 ranking usually.

Review My daddy used to say, “prevent disruption at all expenses, it takes years away from your life”. I’ve constantly tried to take that guidance seriously, however often it’s difficult, particularly when I spend my hard-earned cash on an electronic tool kit that doesn’t have all I require. It gets me nuts! This iFixit tool set delighted me by having all the tools I needed to repair my gadgets ranging from laptop computers, smart devices, tablets, etc, saving me the irritation of having to spend more money on secondary tools to match it.

A minimum of that’s what I thought prior to evaluating this iFixit electronic tool kit. It has been utilized by the FBI, CIA and major electronic devices producers that have more repairing gigs than you and me. However, the recommendation is not whatever that matters, I likewise require to know the specifics of a product to entirely accept is as “awesome”.

So. without a shadow of a doubt, this electronic tool package deserves that “label” and a lot more! Plastic Opening Tools. Made from soft plastic to avoid destructive your device, fantastic for spying open the trickiest enclosures scratch-free. ESD Tweezer Set. A selection of ESD safe precision tweezers for dealing with small wires, screws, and reaching where your fingers can’t.

Cut, scrape and clean. Anti-Static Wrist Strap. Safeguard fragile circuits from hazardous fixed electrical power. Small Suction Cup. For raising front panels off of phones and media gamers. Spudger. Great for poking and spying tough-to-open enclosures, fragile elements, opening ZIF connectors, and soldering applications. Metal Spudger Set Assortment. For when plastic simply doesn’t cut it. ESD Tweezer Set. An assortment of ESD safe precision tweezers for handling small wires, screws, and reaching where your fingers can’t. Anti-Static Wrist Strap. Protect fragile circuits from damaging static electrical energy. Used by the FBI, CIA, and internally by many major electronics producers and merchants. Made of soft plastic to avoid damaging your gadget, fantastic for prying open the trickiest enclosures scratch-free.

These evaluations are positive overall, stating things like “Up until now the threat has actually settled.”, “Perfect for Do-It-Yourself sort of people.” and “Great toolkit.” 3) The The Majority Of Packed Electronic Tool Package: iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit (Newer Model). Evaluation It’s commonly accepted between professionals that electronic tool kits do not have all the tools they require.

Pro-tool Kits – Network Tool Kit – Technician Tool Kit

I had the opportunity to dodge that sensation as I had all the tools needed to challenge any type of repair gig thanks to its choice of tools made by expert technicians. I can’t worry enough how much I enjoyed needing to go only to one set to get WHATEVER I needed! A reliable method to lose your mind over an electronic tool set is getting one so cheap that its tools do not last you more than 3 repairs.

But thankfully, things went differently with this set. It simplified my life with an easy-to-use CNC machined 64-bit driver kit that permitted me to do any repairing gig I wanted without stressing over if the bits that I had would work as I understood I had everything I required. I would have a big smile on my face whenever I required to change bits to open a housing or eliminate a motherboard as I understood I didn’t need to get irritated for not having the right tools.

Totally re-engineered to supply all the tools that you require, and none that you do not. Includes all the poking, spying, gripping, lifting, ESD safety, and screw driving tools needed to service consumer electronics. Here’s is a photo of this incredible iFixit tool kit. There are more than 149 evaluations in Amazon.com about this product at the time of writing and they have given them a 4.6 out of 5 score on average.

from RPGLore Smart Shopping Reviews & Buyers Guides https://www.rpglore.com/best-tech-tool-kit-amazon/

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Luxe Box Subscription Box Review – Fall 2018

Luxe Box members will receive a seasonal subscription box with 7 to 8 trial-sized beauty and lifestyle items specifically selected by their beauty editors and enjoy complimentary shipping.

My Subscription Addiction paid for this box. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes).

About LuxeBox

The Subscription Box: Luxe Box

The Cost: $26.00 a quarter/season

The Products: 7-8 deluxe or full-sized beauty samples.

Ships to: US and Canada for free!

Luxe Box Fall 2018 Review

MaskerAide Rosé All Day Rose Gold Peel Off Mask – Retail Value $5.40 USD ($7 CAD)

I thought this was a sheet mask until I ripped open the package at home which revealed 2 pink bottle-shaped pouches. I tore one open and squeezed out the pink metallic goop and proceeded to slather on my face. It was super metallic and even SMELLED like rosé, which was cool and off-putting at the same time. Normally, peel-off masks dry within 20 minutes, but I made the mistake of wearing this one into the tub while I took a bath which allowed it to stay too moist on my face and rob me of the peeling-pleasure. Glad I have a second pouch to have another go at it!

The Beauty Crop Eyeshadow Trio in Love U So Latte – Estimated Retail Value $10.00 (similar found here)

This little trio is rather nice for Fall. It has three shades in which two are shimmery (Vanilla Latte and French Roast) while one is matte (Midnight Blend). This can be easily used to get a really complete look on your eyes from lids to upper brow bones. The pigment is impressive and I especially love the soft bronze color to highlight.

Pure Illumination Hydrating Lip Gloss in Crazin Raisin – Estimated Retail Value $20.00 (similar found here)

This is WILD. I’ve never seen a lipstick that has its own built-in light that automatically goes on when you open it up! It also has a mirror on the side so you can reapply this dark reddish-brown shade no matter where you are. The car at night? The dark club? You’re all set. While I personally did find it a little tough to see what was happing with the LED pointed right at my mouth, I’m sure it just takes getting used to. This gloss is thick and is packed with a ton of sparkle so even though it’s sheer, you can build it up. It also smells super sweet, like candy!

Revlon Professional Style Masters Modular Medium Hold Hair Spray, 75 ml

It’s super rare that I use hairspray but sometimes there are events I need to attend and make my fly-aways chill out. This little travel size bottle of medium hold spray will come in handy for those times. I can’t say how well this holds up since I have very little to compare it to and only use it to try and smooth things out, rather than hold them up, but it seemed pretty standard.

Nude By Nature Natural Glow Loose Bronzer in Bondi Bronze, 2 g – Estimated Retail Value $4.79 (buy 10 g for $23.94)

I have to say that while these products all seem great, I am kind of striking out with things I actually normally use. I’m super pale and prefer to keep it that way, so I don’t like to use much bronzer or do contouring. I try to keep my makeup products to a minimum so this powder probably won’t make it to my normal routine. This medium-nude color has a peachiness to it so it does actually compliment my skin tone but has a super fine sparkle in it that I don’t normally go for. If I need a warmer glow though, this would certainly do the trick without looking too heavy.

Beautanio Beauty Fill + Tame Brow Gel – Retail Value $12.00

Here we go- this is a product I can get down with. While the name says this is a tinted brow gel, the bottom actually says it’s clear, which is preferred. I used to have wild thick eyebrows when I was a teenager and it saddens me that social pressure made me start messing with that natural thickness in my early 20s. While I didn’t go too extreme like a lot of women did with tweezing, my brows will never be how they were. They are still pretty thick though and need some taming from time to time. I got into filling in my eyebrows about 5 years ago maybe and while I don’t always use a gel to hold them in place, I see the benefit in adding another product to the regiment to keep things on fleek. I love the color and size of this item and the tiny spoolie brush makes it really easy to manage and use.

Morgan Taylor Nail Lacquer in Now You See Me – Retail Value $5.95

I don’t usually go for metallics of sparkles, but this polish is amazing. I love the deep brown and silver colors and it goes on super thick. I only needed one coat for the nail above! This color really elevates things and gives my nails more dimension which mesmerizes me and tricks me into gazing at them for minutes at a time.

Here are swatches for the eyeshadow trio, bronzer, and lip gloss.

Verdict: I think this season’s Luxe Box has a good value for delivering over $58.14 worth of product for only $26.00 but this one fell a bit flat for me personally. The brow gel, masks, and polish were my faves, but bronzer, lip gloss, and hairspray aren’t items I have much use for, so I’ll be passing them on to friends.

To Wrap Up:

Can you still get this box if you sign up today? It’s a little hard to tell. They have an “Editor’s Box” option in which a special box ships to you immediately if you subscribe in between seasons and don’t want to wait. Best to reach out to their customer care to find out when you’d recieve your first.

Value Breakdown: At $26.00 for this box, you’re paying about $3.71 per item.

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Written by Marne Orenich

Marne is a stationery addict, lip product connoisseur, record collector, and twice over cat mom. Her favorite subscriptions contain office supplies, natural skin care products, and anything with food.

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How I Made $11,829.01 (on the Side)

https://120profit.com/?p=2214&utm_source=SocialAutoPoster&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Tumblr Hello 2019! Shelly and I rang in the holidays with a flurry of travel, quality time with family and a New Year’s Eve wedding of two good friends. What a roller coaster ride the last year has been for us both. More on that in another post soon, but today we’re talking numbers.And as I accurately predicted, last month saw yet again another slight dip in my side income… dipping to about $8,000 below my all-time high in September of 2018 (but not for long as we’ll soon talk about).What’s crucial though, is that my distribution of side income continues to trend away from freelance clients and is now EXPLODING with passive sources like affiliates and sales of my own courses—though these explosive results won’t actually hit my balance sheets in a meaningful way for another month or two.Overall, I generated $11,829.01 in side income revenue during December of 2018.Net profit for the month remained lower than usual (due to a few large investments) at $3,095.82.The Forecast 🌤: For January, I’m expecting my side income to rebound in a major way, landing somewhere in the neighborhood of $17,000 – $18,000. And what I’m most excited about right now, is what I already know will it my February side income report… During the month of December, I booked a grand total of $25,100 in affiliate commissions from just Bluehost alone—thanks to my epic guide on starting a blog rising and mostly remaining at the top of organic search results. Since Bluehost pays out 45 days after commissions lock, it’ll take until February for this payout to hit my accounts, and I’m expecting this to be only the beginning of much more excitement to come.Now, on to the details of my December side income report…In these monthly reports, I track my total side income every month, including each individual source of that income, and associated expenses with running my side businesses. This is the good and the bad.Next, I break down the traffic to my blog which heavily impacts my side income, including what’s performing best and how I’m working to drive in more readers. I also cover how many email subscribers I’m at, the number of new subscribers acquired during the month, and what that growth trajectory looks like.Then I talk about my podcast download numbers for the month, and which episodes performed best.Finally, I cover updates on any other side projects I’m working on for the month.Want my side income reports delivered straight to your inbox?Join me today and I'll send you my weekly tips, strategies, and detailed insights on growing a profitable side business.Now, let's do this.1. Side Income Breakdown for December 20181 x Content Marketing Client $6,117.99 $3,400.00 $118.40 $47.50 $157.15 $173.27 $0.00 $1,237.72 $145.00 $0.00 $225.00 $8.70 $0.00 $282.33 $0.00 $0.00 $322.92 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Expenses Breakdown$462.96 $392.60 $0.00 $59.95 $9.99 $.42 $776.99 $491.09 $99.00 $0.00 $52.99 $10.00 $20.00 $14.99 $30.97 $39.96 $8.00Professional ServicesFreelance Writers (Client Work)Virtual AssistantPodcast Producer (Xavi at Branded Pod)Business Insurance $6,308.91 $5,428.00 $130.00 $699.00 $51.91Travel, Office Supplies & MisciPhone X Payment PlanAT&T Service Plan (iPhone)Internet (Comcast)Transaction FeesAmazon and Office SuppliesClient MealsWorkshop Co-Working Space $1,109.65 $56.16 $107.52 $84.67 $158.30 $608.99 $100.00 $78.68 Net Profit Breakdown Now, on to my blog, email and podcast-related statistics.2. Blog Stats for December 2018: 259,916 Sessions and 76,443 Total Email SubscribersDecember 2018 saw another dip in my blog's traffic (down from October's all-time high)... which is partially expected with all the holidays this month.I was down in Sessions from October's all-time high by 26%. On top of the sessions drop, I moved down to 329,804 pageviews.While the holiday slump is partially to blame, one of my highest trafficked posts about how to make money online also fell in organic search rankings toward the end of November—when in October it had been tested in the #1 position, and it's yet to recover. Working on driving that ranking back up is a major priority for the first half of 2019.Overall, I'm still up a ton from the beginning of 2018 and I have a lot to be grateful for. That growth is directly correlated with several of my most trafficked posts continuing to rank higher in organic search—coupled with increased activity and clicks from Pinterest that've resulted in more traffic from that platform as well.Here are my top 15 trafficked posts from December, ranked in descending order of which drove the most readers:As I head into the first few days of January right now, I'm seeing a massive surge of traffic to my 20,000+ word guide, 10 Steps to Start a Blog on the Side—which has been holding steady in the #1 ranking position in searches for hugely competitive terms like how to start a blog, how to blog, and other related terms that get a lot of activity this time of year.And the best part about this trend? As more readers land on this post, more are joining my free course, How to Build a Blog in 7 Days and will (soon) be pitched an offer to join my paid Built to Blog course to level up their blogging journey.During December, I also had a guest post from my friend, Adam Enfroy, go live on my blog—10 Easy Ways Affiliate Marketing Can Completely Transform Your Blog (and Side Income), which breaks down all of the essential first steps to implementing affiliate marketing on your blog.Overall site traffic is still up by 127.05% compared to December of 2017, so I'm grateful.Moving into 2019, my major focus remains on generating more revenue—and continuing to make passive income courses my main driver of the business.2. Email Subscribers.I use ConvertKit to manage my email subscriber community and deliver my emails.November saw the addition of 5,670 subscribers to my community with my total list size growing to 76,443 subscribers 🎉So much of my new subscriber growth continues to be fueled by my new free course, Build a Blog in 7 Days which is well-optimized for both affiliate revenue and for my more advanced paid course (Built to Blog).3. 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February should see a side income level in excess of $30,000+ and I'm hoping to keep that trend both increasing and becoming more dependable.I've never been more excited about my blog and I'm strapping in for an incredible 2019.If you're looking for some additional reading to help grow your own blog (on the side), I recently launched a 20,000 word free guide to building and scaling a profitable blog right here that I'd love for you to read 😊(function() { var _fbq = window._fbq || (window._fbq = []); if (!_fbq.loaded) { var fbds = document.createElement('script'); fbds.async = true; fbds.src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbds.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(fbds, s); _fbq.loaded = true; } _fbq.push(['addPixelId', '828188630572953']); })(); window._fbq = window._fbq || []; window._fbq.push(['track', 'PixelInitialized', {}]); 120profit.com - https://120profit.com/?p=2214&utm_source=SocialAutoPoster&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Tumblr

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A Year Of Eating Locally Challenge-Meal Plan + Food Costs: Week of July 1, 2018

If you’re just tuning in, this is our 1 year challenge in which I share our weekly meal plan as we try to eat primarily locally grown food. You will see that I often I make 2 different meals because I am primarily plant-based and my husband is not. Most of what we eat is made from scratch and any boxed, canned and/or frozen products follow the Real Food guidelines. Meal planning is my way of controlling the grocery budget (read as a LOT of dollars saved), ensuring there is no food waste for the week, as well as saving time. You can read more about meal planning here.

Read the entire series here.

Last week is a bit of a blur. J had a minor knee surgery the Friday prior so things were a tad erratic as we weren't entirely sure what to expect. The good news is, he's doing very well and back up and running. Well, not running, but you know what I mean. Actually, he is completely against running even when he hasn't had knee surgery, so that will never be a true statement. But I digress..... Raspberries are here!! Both red and black varieties, and they are sooooo good. Summer squash is up and running. Well, for the farmer's at the market they are. My 4 plants have teeny tiny squash on them. I'm sure in no time they will be the size of a baseball bat, but for now, I'll get them at the market. Cherries and peaches made their debut in the stores a couple of weeks ago. The prices have finally dropped to what I deem reasonable, so they went on the shopping list. I'm not aware of anyone local who grows cherries or peaches to sell. This week it's quite hot and very humid. Upper 90's to just over 100 degrees + high humidity = a very unhappy group here at Cobble Hill. Not one of us has an appreciation for it. The poor chickens are miserable and the dogs are bummed about not being able to hang out on the deck much. It goes without saying that the grill will be used a lot this week. Sunday was a high of 104 degrees with the heat index. Needless to say it was a HOT day to be a vendor at a farmer's market which is why I opted not to take a photo of my market veggies. That and I forgot my cute little market basket. Instead I bring you a photo of beautiful lettuce growing in the ground. On to the menu! Weekly Meal Plan:

Sunday

Breakfast - Breakfast Burritos

Lunch - PB&J Sandwiches, Kohlrabi Sticks, Cherries

Dinner - Grilled Buffalo Shrimp, Veggie Stir Fry & Rice

Monday

Breakfast - Oatmeal with Mixed Berries & Raw Almonds

Lunch - Salad (me-bean, J-grilled chicken)

Dinner - Burgers (me-bean, J-beef), Grilled Potato Wedges, Kohlrabi & Celery Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette, Quick Pickled Cukes

Tuesday

Breakfast - Oatmeal with Mixed Berries & Raw Almonds

Lunch - leftovers

Dinner - Zucchini, Corn & Bean Stuffed Zucchini, (J) Grilled BBQ Pork Ribs

Wednesday

Breakfast - Oatmeal with Mixed Berries & Raw Almonds

Lunch - Salad (me-bean, J-grilled chicken)

Dinner - Crispy Veggie Korean-Style Pancakes with Soy-Sesame Sauce, Veggie Fried Rice, (J) Grilled Teriyaki Chicken Thighs

Thursday

Breakfast - Oatmeal with Mixed Berries & Raw Almonds

Lunch - leftovers

Dinner - Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter, Broccoli, Roasted Red Pepper, & Black Bean Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing, (J) Grilled Steak Tips

Friday

Breakfast - Oatmeal with Mixed Berries & Raw Almonds

Lunch - Salad (me-bean, J-grilled chicken)

Dinner - Grilled Stuffed Zucchini Boats (me-Bean, J-Sausage), Homemade Naan Bread

Saturday

Breakfast - French Toast

Lunch - Quesadilla's (me-bean, J-leftover chicken)

Dinner - Homemade Pizza (me-broccoli & pesto, J-pepperoni & mushrooms), (J) Jalapeno-Peach Grilled Chicken Wings

Weekly Food Cost:

Farmer's Market - $69.00

CSA (scallions, mesclun mix, sugar snap peas, broccolini, kohlrabi) $18.00

Zucchini, Lettuce, Black Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Cucumbers $20.00

2 small whole Pasture-Raised Chickens - $22.00

Grass-Fed Beef, Ground - $5.00

Salsa (canned) - $4.00

Commissary - $12.78 *I am not allowed to share individual costs from the commissary so I've listed what we purchased and the total price*

celery, burger rolls, potatoes, mushrooms, chicken wings & tortilla shells

Trader Joe's - $28.09

Raw Walnuts - $8.99

Raw Slivered Almonds (2) - $6.98

Rolled Oats - $3.99

Parmesan - $5.15

Coconut Creamer (2) - $2.98

Whole Foods - $18.95 *if you ever shop at Whole Foods and are an Amazon Prime member, make sure you download their app before you go - they have some nice discounts for Prime members*

Peaches - $4.69

Cherries - $4.28

Vegan Mozzarella (Follow Your Heart Brand) - $6.99

Potato Gnocchi - $2.99

Grand Total - $128.82

Weekly Food Notes:

You should never (ever) see eggs on our shopping list since we raise chickens for eggs.

I had on hand: soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, herbs (garden), flour, butter, jam, cashew butter, frozen corn (from last fall), frozen peas (store bought), radish, frozen jalapeno (from last summer), roasted red peppers, rice, sun-dried tomatoes, sausage, parmesan cheese, black beans, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, mustard, steak tips, pork ribs,

A Year Of Eating Locally Challenge-Meal Plan + Food Costs: Week of July 1, 2018 was originally posted by My Favorite Chicken Blogs(benjamingardening)

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Sawyer Products Mini Water Filtration System Review

Sawyer Mini Water Filter Review

The Sawyer Mini Water Filtration System is a small, lightweight, feature-packed filtration system that will keep you supplied with fresh water in the backcountry or your backyard.

It boasts great filtration quality, unbelievable capacity, and so many ways it can be used that it should work no matter how your kit is set up.

Who Should be Interested in the Sawyer Mini Water Filtration System?

The design of this filter is really for those looking for a small, light to carry option like ultralight and Appalachian Trail hikers. And it is a great choice for them. It should also appeal to hunters, fishermen, or anyone who spends any time in the backcountry.

As an option for emergency situations, this would certainly get the job done but may not be your best option. The real niche for the Mini would be in a bug out bag or get home bag.

Features

Firstly, we have to talk about the filter capacity of the Sawyer Mini. By that, what I really mean is the amount of water this filter can process before it is no longer safe or functional. Sawyer rates that at 100,000 gallons! To make that number a little easier to understand, that’s enough water to supply a family of four with drinking water for 136 years! I am sure the filter itself would break long before then but it’s still an impressive number.

For as long as your filter does last, it will manage to remove essentially all bacteria and protozoa from your water. It also removes any turbidity from the water, improving look and taste. It will not remove viruses, chemicals, or anything dissolved in the water like heavy metals or salts, those take far more sophisticated systems.

The Sawyer Mini also boasts a large variety of ways it can be used. The standard would be to fill the included bag, attach it to the filter and squeeze the water into a drinking vessel. You can hook the Mini in line on a hydration bladder, screw it onto a standard water bottle, drink straight from the source using the included straw, or use it like a gravity filter by hanging it from a tree.

Pros

The Sawyer Mini Water Filtration System is by far the most affordable for what you get on the market. Ranging between $20.00 and $25.00 depending on where you look. They also come in a 4-pack for around $70.00.

This filter is very easy to set up and use in any of the setups it was designed for (I did not test the hydration bladder setup which requires an adapter. Sawyer did not mention this on the box). The filter performed well with no leaking or clogging. After each use, it was easy to backflow the filter to clean it using the included syringe.

There is no way to test the capacity of this filter that I could come up with, 100,000 gallons is a LOT of water. But if that number is even remotely correct, this filter will be lost or break long before you ever need to worry about the filter element going bad on you.

The size of this filter really adds to its versatility. Even carrying everything this filter comes with (Filter, 16oz bag, straw attachment, backflow syringe) I could fit two or three in my cargo pocket and barely tell they were there. The syringe is the largest piece of the whole setup.

Used in the “squeeze” setup, the filter had a pretty solid rate of flow. Probably close to half a gallon a minute but it’s difficult to test with only a 16 oz bag. Sawyer does make bags up to 64oz which are very affordable and highly recommended.

Cons

The body of the filter is made of rather thin plastic in order to keep it lightweight but also making it more fragile. I believe in a long-term survival setting, it could be detrimental to have anything that could break so easily.

When screwed on to a bottle or as a straw, it was quick to deploy but difficult to drink from. At least difficult enough to make it a chore. The same would probably be true is set up with a hydration bladder.

Used as a gravity filter, it was hands-free and I could do other chores while it worked but I do think the flow rate leaves a little to be desired. With just a 16oz bag it’s not really worth the setup time. Larger bags would make this a lot more viable but I still think a dedicated gravity system would do a lot better.

Filling the bag from a stream is actually a lot harder than expected. Finding a deeper pool did help. If you live in an area with scarce water supplies, this filter may be difficult to use. I would personally like to see a zip-top bag like a lot of gravity filters use.

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Conclusion

Some of the Sawyer Mini Water Filter setups are more versatile than others and the construction may leave a little to be desired, but you are getting a filter that has a long life, works well, and will not break the bank!

I think I would want a more sturdy option as a primary filter but I still say buy a 4-pack of these and put one in the home first aid kit, one in the truck, one in your bug out bag, and one in the hunting vest. If needed buy a few more to stick in the boat, RV, or anywhere else you can think of. This is a great little filter for the money! I would recommend spending a few extra bucks and getting some of the 64oz bags if you do decide to get this filter.

If you’re not sure how to choose the best water filter for you, read How to Choose the Best Survival Water Filtration System for some insight.

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Woop we are in a pair of Wolfords once again, and their new collection. This is something that I added onto my wishlist as soon as they were released, and I cannot tell you how happy I was when I got them through the post to review.

They are stunning and such an attention grabber (especially with what the model is wearing) so I cannot wait to get them on and get stuck in with the review! 🙂

The Spec

Colour: Black/Black

Size: X-Small

Denier: 20

Materials: 53% Polyamide, 39% Polyester, 8% Elastane

Price: from £20.00

Website: Amazon – Wolford Allure Mock Suspender Tights

My Outfit

I was feeling all baggy this morning, and really wasn’t too fussed what I threw on, so I went with my wrap around top layered over my bodycon skirt in red. I added my slingbacks (but I left them at work as they were too big to put into my handbag).

Just note that I wore a bodycon cami top underneath so if you see anything under the skirt, just know it is that and not any underwear on show.

I left my hair down and curly tots (which ended up falling down later during the day) and I added small studs to keep it simple and minimal.

My Deets

Shirt: Republic

Skirt: New Look

Tights: Wolford

The Review

From The Website: These 20 denier fashion tights have a unique mock suspender style. Featuring a sheer mock stocking with a soft knitted waistband. The opaque mock straps travel along the front of the black sheer tights up to the waist, giving the illusion of a garter belt and stockings look. These designer tights also include a gorgeous floral pattern that starts at the mock stocking top at the thigh and travels down to the knee. This mock suspender style adds a daring feature to your outfit. Feel sexy and confident in gorgeous floral pattern tights, you can’t go wrong! 53% Polyamide, 39% Polyester, 8% Elastane

20 Denier Opaque V Line Brief Polyamide Sheer 146-23 Soft Knitted Waistband Floral Pattern

The Packaging: so imma keep it basic here; the model is at the front wearing the hosiery wearing them in the black/black pair (that I will be reviewing) and the back goes into more detail about the pair along with hosiery care and the sizing guide:

“A sophisticated effect: These sheer, matt tights features a floral pattern from the knee to the thigh, providing a beautiful finish at stay-up height. This faux stocking belt links this park with the knitted, opaque panty section. The knitted waistband is wonderfully soft and ensures a secure fit.”

When you get in, you will find these neatly wrapped around promo card and also with a certificate of quality number (this is always compulsory to know it’s a genuine Wolford brand).

I unraveled these to find they leg and foot shaped, which is gonna be easy peasy to get them on!

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Getting Them On: so hosiery gloves are a must here (if you have silky then go for those) as these are delicate and the last thing you want to do is snag them up! The best thing is that these are subtly shaped to the feet and legs, so just follow the crease down to the bottom and then start rolling up!

I would advise to keep them as straight as you can; this will help when the design starts from the knees turning into the suspender belt bit. I went wonky on my left leg to begin with, but did it in one on my right leg WOO HOO!

Over anklets, you shouldn’t have an issue as long as they aren’t sharp.

On The Legs: these look amazing on the legs, to the point I went seriously snap happy so I had to create a slideshow as I had that many images!

The denier I would say is higher than 20; you’re looking around 30 maybe? But it’s still great and works with the thigh design, so I have no issues. The coverage is great on the legs, which means you don’t get patchy parts if you’ve stretched too much etc.

The feel of them are super soft, smooth and silky I cannot express how nice they are! They have a lovely silky look and finish to them which means your legs are gonna be looking amazing ladies (and gents too!)

The design is to die for! I absolutely think it looks stunning; working from the top down is such a neat idea. I have done a few like that a couple of years back and I thought they look so glam and gorgeous! The suspender belt bit actually looks real good as well; better if it was on nudes so it looks realistic but these are just as great. I made sure mine were covered as I wore these to work but I absolutely loved them.

The floral pattern is one that I think makes the outfit look so much more feminine and romantic; depending on how they are dressed too!

The quality is fantastic I have to say; to the point that I managed to get a snag with a small hole, and didn’t have any hairspray on me to stop it from running. When I got home, I thought I would have a massive run down the leg, but turns out it stayed exactly how it was throughout the day. I was dead chuffed, so you know a snag will stay a snag in these! I was miffed don’t get me wrong, but pleased that I didn’t have to deal with a horrible ladder down the legs!

The fit on the legs is incredible; I was a little scared doing X-Small as I have gained some weight, but these fit like a dream. There had a little stretch in them which is great, so they fit really well. No gapping, no falling down!

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The Toes & Ankle: have enough wiggle room to begin with but then ended up feeling slightly tight during the day. I had to relieve some pressure to stop it from feeling uncomfortable, otherwise I have no other issues. These aren’t reinforced, so long nails will need to be reconsidered when wearing these as you don’t want to make a gaping hole!

However the benefit of that is you can wear sandals and open toe shoes with these!

Around the ankles, these are a smooth sleek finish which is just what everyone wants to see!

The Waistband & Gusset: is one area I never experience issues, especially when it comes to Wolford. They are always comfortable, sit really nicely around the waist and never are too tight (no matter how much you eat throughout the day!)

These sit around my belly button; a nice slim band which doesn’t roll down or squish my tummy at any point.

The band then turns into a darker denier where it then becomes the suspender straps. These are shown at the back and front of the hosiery. The only thing I wasn’t too keen on is that the darker denier section doesn’t have a clean cut point; it’s quite rugged looking. Luckily this is normally never on show thank goodness!

My Thoughts?

I think these are just stunning (as you can tell from the image below is how I feel!)

The quality is always great (minus that snag issue) and the design is just to die for. I am so glad I had the chance to review the pair!

Wolford Allure Mock Suspender Tights Woop we are in a pair of Wolfords once again, and their new collection. This is something that I added onto my wishlist as soon as they were released, and I cannot tell you how happy I was when I got them through the post to review.

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