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Imagine:
Massage Therapist Erik
warnings: Anal, AU Erik, Nasty talk. 
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I am here to worship your mind and your body.
To me in this moment no one exists but you.
I am here to appreciate every stretch mark,
Love handle,
Blemish, 
And scar. 
You are more than your pain. 
You are the embodiment of life and love.
Let me help you find you again.
As a massage therapist you must be careful to make your clients feel as comfortable as possible from the moment they step into the office. A clinical style office with bare white walls and empty shelves will make a person seeking relief feel more like they walked into a doctor’s office than into the hands of a competent, caring therapist. Paint the walls a warm color. Start with pale neutrals or warm, dark colors such as shades of brown or a rustic red or orange. Set the ambience with candles of different scents on shelves. Candle light always sets the mood and sparks relaxation. Invest in massage tables with thick foam cushioning and thermal capabilities. A whirlpool jacuzzi tub is a beautiful, visually pleasing, and fulfilled look that will have your clients envisioning they are in the comfort of their home. Soothing massage oils and creams will leave your clients skin extra soft and incredibly smooth while giving them a rich healthy glow at the same time. Your clients can also add the oils to their jacuzzi bath for a long and relaxing soak that will leave them practically glowing.
Erik Stevens, licensed Massage Therapist and Instructor for six years just opened his very own center titled Infinite Pleasure Day & Nite Spa with a full staff of young black Massage Therapists and Estheticians fresh out of the school he’s an instructor for. Erik offered them full-time and part-time positions and pay starting at $25 HR with the chance to earn more. The center closes at 10 PM but depending on the clientele, the center can stay open as long as it needs to. The uniforms for the ladies are black tunic wrap tops with black pants and the guys wear black polo shirts with black pants. On the back of the uniform shirts in gold is Erik’s business logo. It's the Hand of Midas with the silhouette of a woman’s curves superior to it. Even though Erik has his own spa, he takes personal house calls from some of his favorite lady clients. Erik will have a consultation with his clients to discuss and collaborate on how the mood should be set for the therapy session. Some prefer total silence because it heightens their senses, others like it if he talks with a soft spoken voice, sometimes they like it when he plays R&B music, and almost always they want the lights out with candles lit to set the mood. 
As much as he loved being a Massage Therapist, the physical demands can cause you to burn out. Self-care is indubitably important and being as physically fit as possible. The most important piece of equipment a massage therapist has is their own body. Erik stresses the importance of proper nutrition and diet, getting good enough sleep, and taking time out. It’s all about rejuvenation. Poor body mechanics can cause injuries to your hands, arms, shoulders, and back. Generating pressure from the core of the body and relieving neck strain by not looking at his strokes----keeping the head and neck in a neutral, extended position, and resting his chin against his neck to relieve the extensors is how Erik prevents work-related injury. Erik prefers to close his eyes when working because it reminds him that he does not need to watch the work being done so often---it allows him to better focus on what he is feeling with his hands. Erik’s strong, smooth hands have been compared to that of an angel or silk dragging across your skin. His smooth baritone allows you to let go and heal. Imagine how intense it is to have Erik as your Massage Therapist and not be turned on?
When I touch my client’s body, I touch their whole being---their intellect, their spirit, their emotions…
It’s a Thursday evening at Infinite Pleasure Day & Nite Spa and so far throughout the scorching hot day, at least twenty clients have been tended to. Kobi, the new hire receptionist, grabs the keys to the spa entrance, locking the commercial glass double doors. She twirls the key ring around her left pointer finger while walking back to the front desk. Kobi removes her black blazer, stretching out her arms to relieve tension in her back before pulling the bottom of her white blouse down since it had ridden up from her stretching. Kobi leans her head side to side, cracking her cervical vertebrae and then she rolls her shoulders before grumbling in pain. Her cleavage heaved when she released a deep breath before grabbing her black, mini Tory Burch bag from beneath the desk. Kobi then grabs her phone and charger, placing it within her bag. Shuffling from behind the desk, Kobi shuts off the front lobby lights, turning the corner towards the back of the spa. 
Kobi punches out with her personal PIN number on a wall-mounted time clock. Finally, Kobi lets her heat-damaged, curly nut-brown hair down, using her fingers to separate the half wavy, half curly strands. The faintly lit hallway made Kobi’s skin more sepia as she walked towards the back entrance of the spa. Kobi notices one of the massage room doors is still open, sighing with a roll of her eyes before approaching the door to close it. Upon arriving at the door, Kobi fought back a rising panic when she noticed the room was still occupied. When the person turned around, she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. 
“Erik, I thought you had left,” Kobi says with a faint smile and a hand to her chest.
“Spilled some of this massage oil, I forgot to recap it,” Erik chuckles at her terror stricken face while using a black cotton rag to absorb the oil spill from one of the shelves used to store items. Once he was finished, Erik tossed the rag in a linen basket before blowing out the candles. 
“Will you be in tomorrow?” Kobi asked as she watched Erik cover each candle. Kobi’s eyes cascaded down Erik’s back like she was following a stream of water. Even through his black polo, Erik’s sculpted body is clearly seen and wickedly tempting to caress.
“Hey, Kobi, can you push that button to turn off the music?” Erik asks. Kobi pushes a black button beneath the automatic lightswitch to the room, pausing the instrumental to Brian McKnight’s Anytime. While he wiped down the massage table, Kobi examined the way his muscles flexed and bunched beneath the russet skin of his bicep. Eyes traveling up the length of his bulky arm, Kobi allowed her coffee-brown eyes to outline the shape of his thick lips, and chiseled jawline. His tapered locs were covering his onyx eyes before he straightened his back, extending his neck to remove them from his line of vision. Erik could feel Kobi staring and when his onyx eyes connected with hers, Kobi immediately looked away before bringing her hand up to massage a kink from her neck.
“Still in pain I see. So, that must mean you didn’t take my advice?” Erik raises an accusatory brow at Kobi, “You know how important it is to take care of your posture, Kobi...c’mere,” Erik motioned with a curl of his finger for Kobi to come to him, “Sit right here, it should be dry now.” 
Kobi takes a seat on the edge of the massage table, resting her bag, black blazer, and car keys next to her right thigh. Kobi clears her throat nervously before straightening her back, a whimper slipping past her oval-shaped lips. Erik shakes his head before standing behind Kobe, bringing his skillful and veined hands up to her slender shoulders, leaving a little space between them to make it more comfortable. Erik formed a loose ‘C’ shape with his hands while keeping his thumbs straight. Erik feels for the smooth contour of the muscles just above her collar bones with his fingertips. 
“I didn’t even realize how long your hair is, Kobi,” Erik spoke with a hushed tone.
“Oh,” Kobe shakes her head so the strands can fall forward, “Yeah, I do wear it up a lot.”
“Well, maybe you should wear it down more often,” Erik begins, drawing Kobi’s muscles up with gentle, consistent pressure. He constantly presses the tips of his fingers and thumbs into her trapezius muscles from both sides, starting at the inside of her shoulders closer to her neck. Everytime Erik would roll her muscles up towards her collarbones without releasing his grip, Kobe would groan. The muscles in his arms worked to squeeze and lift and as quickly as he started, Kobi became more comfortable and relaxed. 
“This damaged hair? Please,” Kobe lets out a panting breath before closing her eyes, “I need to chop it all off and start over again.”
“Shit, I think it’s pretty,” Erik raises and lowers his forearms with slow, smooth motions while focusing on the side of Kobi’s pretty brown face, “The two different curl patterns...I like this wild look on you.”
“Stop with the lies, Erik,” Kobi rolled her eyes before hissing, “Damn...that felt good.”
“Yeah?” Erik went slower to make it feel even better, “Wait until I get to your neck, you’ll be moaning then.”
Kobi’s eyes shot open and her eyelids rapidly blinked, “Then I guess it’s a good thing that I’m wearing pants instead of a skirt---shit, that was inappropriate,” Kobi slaps her forehead. Erik could do that to you---make you say the first thing on your mind no matter how vulgar and X-rated it is.
“It was honest,” Erik clarifies with a deep voice so close to Kobi’s ear that it made the tiny hairs on her earlobe raise, “It happens all the time believe it or not.”
“...What happens all the time?” Kobi says with rapid attention.
“My lady clients getting wet,” from her shoulders, Erik starts to massage Kobi’s neck with light, long strokes, finding her tension spots and applying focused pressure, “A lot of my clients get nervous and scared because they think they’ll get wet or aroused...who cares...if you’re stopping yourself from getting turned on you have too much control over your body...I always tell them to let go, it’s okay, we replace the sheets between every client,” Kobi and Erik share a laugh, “But honestly it’s just about enjoying yourself and letting your mind run free during the experience...I got you,” Erik kneaded his thumbs into Kobi’s tense muscles in a circular motion before gliding his fingers into her hairline.
“Can I be your new client?” Kobi says with a honeyed voice. Erik bites his lip before bringing his fingers around to massage Kobi’s throat.
“Why? So I can make you wet?” 
Kobi wanted to say, “But you already make me wet, daddy.” Instead, she says, “So you can help relieve this pain, Mr. Stevens…” Kobi blushes.
“You know I got you, Kobi...I do house calls too.”
Kobi nibbled on her bottom lip. She realizes that her panties are soaked. If only she could let go and unfasten her pants, kick them off, and pull the crotch of her panties to the side. If his fingers feel this good on her skin his tongue would feel even better licking her clit. Her imprudent thoughts in this precise moment are barbaric and Kobi wanted nothing more than for Erik’s heavenly hands to slip inside of her blouse to twirl her nipples. Kobi’s thigh jerked and her fingers gripped the edge of the massage table so harsh that it rubbed painfully against the palm of her hand. 
“Better?” Erik’s voice knocked Kobi out of her fantasy. She flexed her back and rubbed her neck before turning to Erik with her appreciative eyes sparkling, “Thank you so much, Erik. I don’t know how else to thank you.”
“Come in with your hair down tomorrow...like this,” Erik uses his thick fingers to part Kobi’s hair and stroke it to the left side of her face for a more untamed look, “You look freshly fucked.”
Alarmed by his words, Kobi’s coffee-brown eyes blinked at Erik slowly. No man has ever talked to her so boldly like that. Kobi licks her lips then bites her bottom one. Kobi was definitely playing with fire since Erik is her boss and she does have a boyfriend waiting for her at home. It would surely be inappropriate if Kobi were to lay back on the massage table, take off her black pants and drenched panties, and spread her thighs so wide so  her wet little pussy can open up for Erik to see. She could almost feel the warmth of Erik’s breath drawing closer and closer as his head lowered between her trembling thighs. Kobi wondered if he stroked pussy with his tongue first or if he wrapped his thick lips around the inner folds to suck. Either way, Kobi’s clit jumped, her walls quivered, and her nipples stiffened to pebbles. 
“Is your boyfriend picking you up? Erik gives Kobi a teasing smile with a tilt of his head. His onyx eyes damn near tunneled through hers the more he stared. 
“No..I drove the car today, “ Kobi inhaled sharply, “It’s getting late, I should probably head out.”
“Yeah, he’s probably worried,” Erik creates space between them both and it felt much colder, “Go ahead...get some rest baby girl, you know it’s gonna be yet another busy ass day tomorrow.”
“You’re right, let me get my ass home,” Kobi laughs nervously before standing from the table. She adjusts her pants, “Thanks again, Erik. For real...I appreciate it.” 
“Don’t trip, you know I got you whenever you need me.”
Silence hung between them both and from the way Erik was watching her Kobi was worried about what she would do...what she shouldn’t do. Gathering her things, Kobi gives Erik a final polite smile before turning to leave, sauntering out of the massage room as quickly as she can leaving Erik and his fattened dick behind.
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XMilanaRoseX: It’s demon time, how should I fuck this phat pussy tonight?
Milana Russell--- Nevada born and raised before she moved to California. Milana graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and is now pursuing a master’s in criminology. Milana has a heart-shaped face, high cheekbones, full lips, shoulder length locs with honey blonde tips, 5’10 and full-figured. Her golden eyes are captivating and her mellifluous voice makes you bend at her will. Milana has her webcam set up in her newly furnished bedroom for some late night play time. There are an assortment of toys on her bed and she’s already oiled down to make her curves stand out more for her horny viewers. Milana is wearing pastel multicolored fluffy cat ears with a holographic heart choker and  dramatic grunge makeup with pink glitter and glitter gloss on her lips. Milana kneeled on her heart-shaped bed in white velvet while cupping her large breasts and pointing them towards the camera. Milana jiggles both D cup breasts before releasing them and making them sway in the camera.
“I know Tuesday was titty day but you can never have enough titties,” Milana massaged her oily breasts sensually, “I bet you would love to have a pair like this...these pretty ass titties...you wanna dick my pussy down while sucking on these big ass cocoa titties? Huh? Suck on these chocolate hershey kiss nipples? Hm? I bet your girlfriend don’t know how much you wanna lick and suck on my nipples...not to mention this sweet juicy black pussy,” Milana sucks on her fingers before dragging them down to rub her clit. Her attentive eyes focused on the screen of her Macbook, reading the comments and giggling at some of the responses. 
SoulSnatcherrr: Damn babi they are so beautiful.
TyanaBiLove: Can I have you please? 
Nuttinyou_: I’ll hold them up for you mama don’t worry. Then I’ll slobber all over them bitches.
TribbQueen94: You wanna meet up? I just wanna rub my pussy against yours all fucking night baby. Then I wanna eat your pussy over and over until you cum on my face. 😛
LaflameDaddy: Made it home just in time to see my favorite girl in action...as always those titties are looking scrumptious...I’m tryna see that chocolate pussy...can’t forget that tight ass either...turn around and show big daddy where his dick belong at girl...stop playing with me.
“Oh yeah, Laflame?” Milana says to one of her fans, “you wanna suck my pussy and fuck my ass? You always wanna fuck my ass, daddy,” Milana turns around, showing her orbit of an ass off that filled up the entire camera. Milana takes one of her hands to spread her cheeks to reveal the amethyst jeweled butt plug snugly fitting into her asshole.
LaflameDaddy: I’ll stretch that tight ass until your eyes roll back little girl...I see you got them toys out…Always ready to fuck that tight pussy like a good girl...I need your pussy in my mouth...wish I could show you this big dick right now standing straight up. 
Milana read the comment from LaflameDaddy while biting on her bottom lip, “That’s exactly what I plan to do, daddy…” Milana and whoever LaflameDaddy is have been flirting and sexting back and forth for about three months now. His avatar is a picture of his muscular torso oiled down, his thick brown pipe in his hand, and the devil emoji enlarged over his face. Out of all the nasty, freaky comments Milana receives, LaflameDaddy stood out the most. Milana was sure her other fans envied his gifted tongue that impressed Milana. She really wanted to know how he looked. Milana didn’t do meet-ups with any of her fans for many reasons but LaflameDaddy was worth the risk. 
“So, I don’t know which one of you sent me a new toy to play with but I’m excited to use it tonight,” Milana reaches behind her with a big smile on her face, grabbing the little pink love egg to show it off proudly, “isn’t it adorable?!! I heard about these things and I’ve always wanted to try it out,” Milana plays with the little antenna with her finger, “this shit is powerful. I turned it on to test it and the vibration is so damn strong...and it’s controlled with Bluetooth technology so I already know whoever got this for me has something planned,” Milana positions herself towards the edge of her heart-shaped bed with her legs elevated and spread wide open. Milana grabs her bottle of oil, tilting it over so that the heated oil can glaze her phat pussy lips. 
LaflameDaddy: your soul is about to be knocked out. 
AlluringAlyssa: I have one! We should FaceTime and cum together!
blackhornyyyvirgin: I can’t wait to see you squirt 😊
Shaq_88: ummmmm 😋
Milana rubs her outer lips, leaning back on her elbow while rolling her hips seductively in the camera. The tips started racking in and LaflameDaddy was tipping in a lump sum amount. In a short amount of time being a cam girl, Milana’s tip goals were hit faster and faster. They tip her because they WANT to see her shows. Milana always does things right, and her viewers anticipate it all day. Her computer chimed each time Milana would show off her yummy pussy. 
LaflameDaddy: $30
LaflameDaddy: $40
LaflameDaddy:$50 
LaflameDaddy: Stop teasing and put that vibrator in…and that butt plug is adorable but I know that asshole is begging for some dick...ummm I see that pussy leaking mama...I wanna lick up every drop of your pussy juice and bury my tongue in your ass 👅
“You’re a nasty nigga, Laflame,” Milana laughs lightly, “You live in Oakland?”
I-love-eating-pussylipss: I’m in Oakland. What's good baby?! 
Nastyasfuckkk: $25 👀
PussiiFairy: Laflame can you tip me too? 🥺 Check out my OnlyFans big dick daddy…
LaflameDaddy: 😈 didn’t I tell you to put that vibrator in daddy’s pussy? Stop playing with me. 
“Okay, daddy, shit,” Milana laughs again before bringing the pink bullet vibrator to her snug entrance, rubbing it up and down her labia before pushing it inside. The pink antenna dangled from her pussy. Milana brings her knees to her chest and with her phone in hand, Milana starts playing some music. The viewers were even more provoked by Milana’s little show when Twista ft. Trey Songz- Girl Tonite started playing. Milana hisses, here golden eyes love-struck as she focused on the camera. Full lips wide with surprise, Milana started panting. There is no way she could hold her moan. A single vein popped out of Milana’s neck and her gluteal muscles clenched. The different vibration patterns were jumbled on purpose so she wouldn’t expect it. 
“FUCK!!!!!” Milana’s fists clenched and her hips left the bed, “Umph, mmmmmmm, uhhhhh, Unh!!!!!” Milana closed her thighs, “Oh my God—“ Milana was creating a puddle of liquid beneath her cheeks, “Goddamn, who is controlling this?!!!”
The vibrations stopped. Milana sat up in her bed, wiping the sweat from her chest. She brings her left hand down between her legs, tugging on the antenna and pulling it out. There, creating a honey trail is her sticky arousal. Her expressive eyes alone showed how shocked she was. That tiny, almighty toy made her squirt and cream in less than a minute. Milana’s golden eyes focused on her camera, wondering just who was the culprit that sent her this heavenly toy. It came with a hand-written card. Milana still remembers those compelling words as if it was recited to her. 
Surrender yourself so I can cater to you.
Submit to my flow.
Aren’t you tired of being in control?
Don’t you deserve a moment to see what it feels like to be catered to.
To have all the attention on you. 
Don’t make me wait...come get on this table. 
Milana was confused by the last bit of the note until she noticed a free pass for an all-in-one spa experience. Infinite Pleasure Day & Nite Spa. Milana heard so much about it. Her best friend, Kobi is a receptionist there. She always talked about how amazing the black-owned business is. Milana had been meaning to get around to it but the pricing was extreme and she already has so many other things to take care of. Car payment, rent, student loans, utilities, cat food, and not to mention anything she needed for herself. Seeing that free pass reminded Milana of how much she needed to relieve stress, reduce muscle tension, and increase her joint mobility and flexibility. A playful smile spread across Miana’s lips as she typed a message on her live chat. 
XMilanaRoseX: Thanks daddy Laflame 🥰 are you gonna come clean me up with your tongue when I’m done cumming on this amazing gift?
LaflameDaddy: girl I would eat all of that. Why don’t you put that toy in your mouth and tell daddy how good you taste so I can bust a nut. You’re welcome cutie. 
Milana sucked on her toy, “It tastes so sweet.” 
DigHerOut_: I wanna eat the hell out of her!!!!
EroticSoulBeauty: fuck that’s so damn juicy 🤤
LaflameDaddy: Yummy...phat creamy pussy...ima indulge in that deliciousness all fucking day when I get you...make your Lil ass cum all over my thick dick. 
Milana lifts one leg up before impatiently bringing the vibrator back to her pussy like it never left. As soon as her vaginal walls clenched the toy the deep, rumbling vibrations damn near galloped through her body. Milana bites on her knee to focus but there was no way in hell she was going to fight off her next nut. Laflame was not playing with her. Milana locked eyes with the camera as if he was staring right back at her. She didn’t need to rub her clit because the intense vibrations had her entire pussy trembling and begging for a release. 
LaflameDaddy: That's a good girl...I wanna suck that phat cum filled pussy baby...let me lick all that for you girl...shit…
LaflameDaddy: DAMN!! 
Milana was leaking all over the place. When she tried to take the vibrator out Laflame turned it up higher causing her fingers to tremor. Her body fell backward against her bed and her hips started rocking back and forth. The vibrations would start off faintly and increase pulsate to a supreme level that has Milana’s abdominal muscles tied up in knots and her heart skipping a beat. 
“Shit daddy you got my pussy cumming so hard…” Milana grabs her nine inch, girthy crystal dildo, sucking on it sloppily while twirling it in her mouth. The vibrations continuously fluctuates and at this point Milana didn’t even anticipate her orgasm——it just happened within the blink of an eye. Dildo slipping from her mouth, Milana yanks the vibrator from her pussy and replaces it with the crystal dildo. Her pussy was jammed-full with the circumference of the dildo. Milana rests the vibrator against her clit at the same time she fucks herself. From the tip and down to the base Milana saturated that dildo, covering its transparency with her cream. 
LaflameDaddy: got me throbbing hard Milana. Can I have some of that pussy? That thick wet pussy needs some dick mmmm 😋 
LaflameDaddy: ima hit that pussy hard...oh you really creaming now...that’s a pussy I’m not pulling out of. 
“This big ass dick...I know how much you like to watch me fuck myself...you wanna stretch me out just like this dick don’t you? both of my holes?” Milana knows exactly what to say to drive Laflame crazy. He tips her money again. 
LaflameDaddy: It would be my please to stretch that asshole open for you...get it used to being filled up to the brim 😩 ima have your ass addicted fucking with me. 
Milana started seeing black spots. Her loud, ear piercing moans were on replay. Milana’s clit was stiff and hypersensitive from the vibrator. It dropped from her shaky fingers and for the third time that evening Milana climaxed. The grip from her pussy around the dildo caused her to squirt yet again. It was the wide tip stroking her G spot that created the water works. Milana blinked tears from her eyes. Words couldn’t describe how hard she just orgasmed. Usually, Milana can last at least an hour in a session, however, her body was so weakened that she couldn’t even sit up in her bed. Every time she tried to touch her clit Milana would yank her hand away because of the heightened sensitivity. Her walls would lock up like a boa constrictor would his prey. 
LaflameDaddy : Milana, you still tryna meet up? I need to take care of that body, baby...I just need one night to change your life, girl...you know you want daddy to make you cum so what’s good?”
XMilanaRoseX: tonight? 🥺
Brownskinmami: Can I join y’all? 😢
DarkskinZaddy: ayo Laflame we can share her bruh! 
LaflameDaddy: Yeah tonight, I’m not playing no games. 
Did this even need a thought process? Laflame sent Milana a $180 dollar tip tonight and that’s not even the highest he’s tipped her. He sent her a gift, spending more money on her when he could simply be a freeloader and watch her cum without emptying his pockets. Laflame made her pussy wetter than any big dick man that had the opportunity to sample her cookies. At this point, she didn’t even care if he wasn’t the best looking guy, his body and his fat dick was enough to convince her that he could do whatever he wanted to her. 
XMilanaRoseX: tonight it is then. My place 😊
LaflameDaddy: Bet. I’ll bring my stuff to set up 😏 ima send you a DM. 
“Hello?” 
Milana spoke into her cell, voice barely audible. Laflame kept his word and sent Milana a DM for her address and cell number. This was probably going to be the only time Milana ever met up with one of her webcam fans. She hoped that he was about that action. 
“Milana,” His smooth baritone voice rocked her like an unsteady boat.
“You said your name is Erik,” Milana nibbled on the rim of her wine glass.
“Yeah, that’s me...I’m on my way to you but I gotta ask you something first if that’s okay.” 
“Sure,” Milana was a little wine drunk, “Ask away.”
“Aight, so, I’m a professional Massage Therapist. I know I sent you a free pass to my spa but I really want to give you the experience at home.” 
A male masseuse. This man was the total package. He’s a freak, he’s an entrepreneur, and he’s got gifted hands. Milana felt spoiled and she wasn’t about to turn down a goddamn massage especially when she needs one tremendously. 
“After all that squirting you were doing you need me to take care of you.” 
“So...are you coming to fuck me or massage me?” Milana cracks a smile.
“I’m coming to fuck you and massage you…”
“Mmm...so what’s your question?” 
“I like to give my clients the full experience, you know? Make them feel appreciated, give them a taste of passion...what do you like? Music playing? Me whispering in your ear? Candles lit to set the mood? What?”
“I’d like all of that actually,” Milana twirled her glass of wine with a blush on her face, “I need that so bad tonight.” 
“Well I got what you need, I’m here to relax you. Are you allergic to strawberries? Coconut?”
“I don’t have any allergies.” 
“Good, cuz I got something special in mind for you, Miss Milana.” 
“A man who’s not only gonna dick me down and slut me out but also worships my body...I want and need this, Erik,” Milana says with a soft, smooth, and pleasant sound of her voice in Erik’s ear. 
“I'm one of those men that likes to take care of a woman... not only dress her in sexy clothes... take her out when the opportunity arises... but pamper her stressed out body with no expectations... treat her to a sensual massage not only to relieve the worries of the world but also to help her heal from the relentless pounding of my always horny and hard dick. Daddy has to take care of his play things.”
“Damn...you have so much passion for what you do.” 
“...Nothing I love more than giving a woman a great massage followed by a deep, strong dick down.” 
“Ohhh yes,” Erik was stimulating Milana’s mind with his sultry tongue, “When I say I need a massage....this is exactly what I mean...what I gotta do to get this treatment on the regular?” 
“Open your door first.” 
Three knocks at her apartment door has Milana jumping up from her spot on the couch, fixing her black silk robe. She tucked a few of her locs behind her ear before sauntering towards her apartment door. With one golden eye, Milana glimpsed through the wide angle lens of the peephole to find a man dressed in athletic attire and carrying a bag on his shoulder and a portable massage table under his left arm. Opening her door, Milana comes face to face with LaflameDaddy himself. He’s wearing a pair of black and gold Nike running shoes, light grey Champion sweats, and a black muscle tee. His tapered locs are pulled back into a ponytail with the sides faded. Erik’s eyebrows knitted together and his onyx eyes surveyed her like she was standing naked before him. 
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Everything on Milana was heavy-set; her breasts, her hips, her pudgy belly, her thighs. Her skin reminded Erik of the rich amber color of honey. Those striking golden eyes and lashes that framed her eyes like black lace are spellbinding. Erik would have never guessed that Milana was a tall, thick woman. His affixed eyes slowly descended her body and when they came to rest on her feet he had to bite back his gravelly groan. Pretty pussy, pretty asshole, and pretty toes. Erik wanted all of them in his mouth. Milana’s French tip acrylic nail lifted Erik’s jaw off of the floor. He chuckles with a bite of his lip. Erik stared at the doe-eyed beauty attentively as he walked into her apartment. Erik notices a few totes piled near her apartment door, a new suede sofa set, a mahogany wood coffee table, abstract black woman wall art, and an open balcony with sheer autumn-colored curtains billowing from the wind of the eventide sky. 
On Milana’s upper left thigh is a large tattoo of a lion with a mandala flower design. She looked like she was fresh from the shower——smelled like it too. Erik sits his bag on her couch and leans his portable massage table against a nearby wall before moving Milana’s mahogany coffee table out of the way to create more room. Erik grabs his massage table and starts setting it up within the space he created. His sexual appetite for Milana became excessive when she took a seat on her couch with her robe loosely wrapped around her body to expose her big tits for him. When her tits spilled out Erik could only smile at her eagerness. 
“Do you offer naked massages?” Milana asks with her beautiful voice like music to his ears. 
“I already planned on doing that. Question is, can you handle it?” 
“I can handle whatever you give me, daddy...I handled that gift you sent me.” 
Erik checked to make sure the massage table was sturdy and secure before strolling over to Milana, taking a seat beside her on the couch. Erik pulls out his phone and unlocks it to show Milana his mobile STD testing results. Negative across the board. Milana did the exact same thing, grabbing her phone and showing Erik her results. Also negative. It was something so mature and sexy about the entire exchange and it made Erik crave her more. Without evening thinking about it Erik’s hand reached out to caress Milana’s exposed left thigh while his hungry eyes drifted to her heavy tits spilling out of her robe. 
“So...then I shouldn’t be worried about how you can handle the way I nurture and admire your body and slut that pussy and ass out on repeat?” 
“No need to worry baby,” Milana’s hands fondled Erik’s biceps, “ Exactly what I need right now, the sooner I get undressed, the sooner we can do it.” 
Erik couldn’t wait to satisfy this freak. Closing the space between them, Erik presses his thick lips against Milana’s. She tasted damn good. He couldn’t combat his tongue and now it was slithering between her full lips and into her wet mouth. He could taste the fruity, tart flavor of the red wine she was drinking. Since it was so silent, the sound of their wet lips smacking with each kiss and their soft moans were amplified. Erik’s lips left Milana’s sticky ones gently but his hand didn't stop stroking her scalp. He doesn’t even remember it being there. The scalp is full of nerve endings and even with the slightest brush of the hair can send tingles through your body. Milana’s eyes closed and her head fell forward slightly. Erik ran his fingernails slightly over her scalp, paying close attention to the space behind her right ear and just above her neck. Milana moaned in his ear when he tugged on her locs in between massaging her scalp. 
“Damn, baby, that shit is amazing,” Milana whispered. 
“This is lightwork, baby,” Erik spoke with a low tone, “Let me relax you...tell me about your day.” 
“It was dull until tonight,” Milana’s lips parted, “mmm, yes.” 
Erik’s hands left her hair and Milana’s breath halted when she could no longer feel his touch. She looked up at him through her lashes with pleading eyes for him to continue. 
“It’s time for me to give you a good, hard, powerful massage that'll really have your ass moaning and weak to these knuckles and fingers.” 
Erik rose from the couch and went to open his bag. He pulls out five different massage oils, a fluffy white towel, a thin white sheet, and three hand-poured massage candles. 
“Aight miss Milana, I want you to take off your robe and go lay on that table for me face down,” Erik dug into the left pocket of his sweatpants and his hand came up with a lighter. Milana unfastens her robe and as she walked to the table she allowed the robe to fall from her body. Erik couldn’t fight the urge to steal a peek when Milana climbed onto the table with her round derrière sitting up. Milana folded her arms and rested her chin there with her head propped up and eyes closed. 
“Which oil would you like for me to use? I have coconut pineapple...it reminds me of having a cool drink in my hand while relaxing on an exotic beach.” 
“That sounds perfect...what are the others?”
“I have Strawberry dreams...it’s pretty sweet. I also have vanilla sandalwood, tropical mango, and island passion berry.”
“That’s a hard one,” Milana giggles, “Uhm...which do you prefer?”
“Well, if it was me and I’m giving my girl a massage I would go for the vanilla sandalwood. That creamy, rich vanilla with that alluring scent of sandalwood...it’s like spending all day in the spa without leaving your home.”
“Then let’s do that,” Milana stroked her locs from her back to give Erik more access. 
“Good choice,” Erik sits the massage oil on Milana’s table followed by the three massage candles. Once that was set up, Erik set fire to the candles before turning off the lamp lights in her living room. The candle gives far less illumination than the meanest of electrical light bulbs, yet it is all Erik’s eyes can take. By the flickering yellow the room is dark, the shapes of the furniture discernible but the colours so muted that they are almost grey. The blend of jojoba and soybean oils with warm notes of amber, cedar leaf,  and lemongrass, was gentle and soothing. 
“Any music preferences?” Erik questioned, his eyes focused on the smooth skin of Milana’s back while he covered her ass with the thin sheet.
“Something sensual would be nice.” 
“I can do that,” Erik says with a smirk before finding his favorite R&B playlist. Discovering the perfect song, Erik let’s it play, before resting his phone on the table. There is a sort of poetry behind real R&B music. Usher’s Nice & Slow was one of Erik’s favorites. He was anticipating showing Milana his skills. Removing his muscle tee, Erik grabs the vanilla and sandalwood oil. The bottles were warmed up before he came. Erik applies a little to his hands before doing the same to Milana’s back. His large, veiny hands rubbed in the massage oil with gliding movements in long, even strokes. He could practically see her worries melt away when his hands started working. 
“Like that?” Erik inquired. 
“Hell yeah,” Milana’s eyes focused on Erik, “you have soft hands for a man.” 
“My guess is you ain’t used to that,” Erik tilted his head down at Milana, “where do you have the most tension?”
“My upper back and my lower back.” 
“Okay...take slow, deep breaths for me...it’ll help you relax.”
“Like this,” Milana demonstrates her breathing for Erik.
“Exactly,” Erik used the whole of his hand and started at the bottom of Milana’s back, moving upward while applying pressure, and then he lightly brings his hands down the outside of her back delicately. His fingertips stroked the sides of her breasts each time he brought his hands down. Milana’s teeth tugged on her bottom lip. This is definitely foreplay. 
“You’ll have me leaving a wet spot massaging me like that.” 
“And I’ll be right here to lick it up when I’m done,” Erik reminds her while maintaining contact without applying pressure as he brings his hands back down. He didn’t forget Milana’s shoulders and neck area. This went on for 3-5 minutes while he gradually increased from light to medium pressure to warm up her back muscles. 
“Mm,” Milana’s brows furrowed.
“Got a lot of tension in your back, girl,” Erik started with a petrissage technique using shorter, circular strokes with more pressure. He rolled and pressed his hands into Milana’s back to enhance deeper circulation. Erik has her moaning with every motion of his strong hands. Erik’s dick tented the front of his sweats. Looking down, he could see his thick rod twisted to the side. Rolling his eyes with a shake of his head, Erik ignored the pulse from his crotch and continued massaging Milana. 
“You are great with your hands, daddy...lawdddd,” Milana hissed.
“It’s nothing like making you feel good with my hands,” Erik whispered.
“Just your hands?” Milana raises a single brow satisfyingly. 
“I promise I'd fuck u just as good if not better...let ur pussy wet my dick up…”
“Talk nasty to me,” Milana gasps when Erik’s fingertips tickle the small of her back. The slightest touch there evoked Milana’s pleasure. Erik lowered his head and started licking and kissing that area. Milana’s head shot up and her hips arched from the table. Erik’s forceful hand pushed her back down. Milana looked over her shoulder at him, her golden eyes unblinking. Erik slowly lowered the thin sheet to the floor, revealing her plump backside. Grabbing the oil, Erik covered Milana’s ass while rubbing it in with his free hand. 
“I can’t wait to stroke this ass...can you take it?”
“Never did it before, I’ve been training with my plugs.” 
Erik spreads Milana’s cheeks and with his thumbs he starts rubbing between her cheeks. That phat pussy from the back caught Erik’s attention and now his thumbs were rubbing up and down her outer lips. Milana’s thighs spread open further for Erik to have more access. With her permission, Erik takes his thumb and pointer finger, spreading Milana’s pussy lips. Her pink glistened like the juiciest piece of fruit. Erik’s tongue is getting hard. He wanted to drop his fat dick all in that pussy. Squeezing his dick through his sweatpants wasn’t a good idea because any type of contact had him ready to bust a nut. 
Walking around the table, Erik stands in front of Milana, his hips leaning over her head. Erik started to perform muscle-lifting strokes to Milana’s back in a twisting motion, “When you finally let me fuck that ass ima have you falling in love with anal for ever. Have you wishing  you would have been given this ass up,” Erik pushed gently down toward Milana’s lower back, massaging the muscles on either side of her spine. 
“With a dick this huge I’m sure you will.” 
Erik lowered his head when he felt Milana tugging on his sweatpants. He didn’t stop her, why would he when that monster needed to be freed. Erik’s hands extended down to Milana’s ass and he started kneading the flesh. Milana brings Erik’s sweats down to rest on his upper thighs and she comes face to face with his dick since he wasn’t wearing any underwear. Grinning, Milana grabs Erik’s dick in her hand and starts jerking it. 
“Fuck, here,” Erik straightens his back, reaching for the massage oil. He squirts some oil on his dick and Milana’s hand. Recapping the oil and sitting it down,, Erik brings his hands to rest on Milana’s shoulders, kneading them gently while she rubbed the oil in on his dick. With both hands now, Milana jerked Erik’s dick like she was grinding pepper. Before her golden eyes like magic Erik’s dick thickened even more in her hand. The oil brought out the beautiful definition of Erik’s veiny shaft and wide tip. Milana’s eyes glossed over and she exhaled deeply when Erik’s thumbs smoothed out the tension from her shoulders. 
“Give me your throat baby... It’s not too much to ask for right?” 
“Definitely not,” the flexible tip of Milana’s tongue stroked the head of Erik’s oily dick while she jerked him with both of her hands in a twisting motion. Erik grew impatient and palmed the back of her head, applying pressure and forcing her to swallow him like he wanted. He didn’t care if there was oil on his dick, all he wanted to see was all ten inches of his dick vanish down her throat. Milana’s noisy sucking blended with the R&B music in the background. With her oily hand, Milana massaged Erik’s nut sack while eating his dick up with her drooling mouth. 
“I see you know how to handle this fat dick with your mouth,” Erik closed his eyes and extended his head, “take care of daddy’s dick baby and I’ll take real good care of you.” 
Milana purposely gags on Erik’s dick while innocently looking him in the eyes. When her lips slipped from around his dick she started jerking him with a smile on her face, “can you please explode on my face daddy?” 
“You’re my sexy dick pleaser?” Erik smoothed Milana’s dreads from her eyes.
“I’m your sexy dick pleaser, daddy...make me choke on your big black dick until I cry...I want you to cum on my face.”
“All over this pretty face? Hm?” 
“Yes, please,” Milana sucked on the tip of Erik’s dick with a tight suction that had Erik’s nut sack so tight it almost retracted into his body. 
“Deeper...open that mouth...stop playing,” Erik pushes forward into her mouth with his toned hips, “oh? You wanna keep playing with me, Milana? I’m gonna put it all in ya throat watch and see,” Erik gripped Milana’s head and started fucking the shit out of her throat like it was a pussy. Yes, he did come here to relieve some tension in her body but he always wanted to slut her out with his fat ass dick. Milana has been teasing him for a few months now. He’s already insatiable when it comes down to pussy. So greedy that he was willing to blow Kobi’s back out in that massage room. Boyfriend or not he was gonna stretch Kobi pussy the fuck out. Now, he finally has Milana’s freaky ass to himself. 
Erik puts it all the way down Milana’s throat and watches her get too messy with it and gag because Erik was training her throat. He held his dick there to remind her of how daddy’s dick is supposed to be sucked. Her tears cleansed her cheeks and just when her nose began to run Erik’s dick drew back from her throat. She stared at Erik’s dick with her eyes crossed like she was bewitched. 
“I love fucking a pretty face...stay focused baby and make daddy nut...fuck, Milana,” She was driving Erik crazy with the jerk and suck combo, “just like that baby...damn...nasty girl, suck that dick,” Erik licks his lips, “Open that pretty little mouth of yours for your daddy,” Erik takes hold of his dick and slaps it on Milana’s tongue, “Fuck I’m about to bust all over your face, hell yeah that’s a good girl, begging for more? So fucking hungry,” Erik painted Milana’s face with his cum and she tilted her head back far enough to catch some in her mouth as well. 
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A real-life fantasy is what Milana was experiencing.
She giggled at first, but once she got past the tickle response her laughter was replaced with moans. Milana is on her back now, the front of her body completely exposed for Erik to caress. With his soft, masculine hands Erik rubbed-down Milana’s breasts with the warm oil while his thumbs circled her nipples. At this point, Milana is leaking on the massage table. She didn’t think her nipples could actually get this hard. In between his rubbing, Erik would give her nipples a nice suck to change the pressure. Now, Erik is kissing her neck and moving his hands to her torso. With his hands on her hips, Erik lifted Milana’s back from the table in an arch position. 
“I wanna put my face in your ass and pussy so bad...fine ass.” With his fingertips, Erik stroked Milana’s torso with his onyx eyes ablaze and his dick ready to bust yet again. Milana gives Erik a sultry smile before grabbing his dick in her hand again to remind her of how big he is. Erik’s hands slid against each other in opposite directions across her stomach, repeating it over and over until Milana’s hips thrust from the table. 
“Patience, baby girl...I gotta work my way down,” Erik walks to the foot of the table to stand between her legs. Erik grabs one of her legs, bringing it up so that her foot could rest on his shoulder. Erik used gentle and light pressure near her bones and sensitive areas. As his circular motion increased, the intensity of the massage increased. Milana was up on her elbows from the bed to watch him knead all the kinks out of her legs. She didn’t know how much she needed this until now. 
“You got some pretty feet,” Erik gives Milana’s foot a soft kiss. Grabbing her by the ankle, Erik rests Milana’s toes painted coral pink against his lips. Up and down, Erik rubbed Milana’s toes against his lips. His eyes were enough to show Milana that he was surrendering to her but this time her toes are in his mouth. She never experienced a man sucking on her toes and wouldn’t have imagined how sexy it is to feel and watch at the same time. 
“Mmm, that feels so good, baby,” Milana gasps when Erik’s tongue licked the side of her foot, “You’re such a freak, Erik.” 
With a smirk on his face, Erik uses his teeth now to nibble on her ankle while his hands massage her foot. Using his thumbs, Erik applied pressure to the ball of Milana’s foot and she almost sat up on the table. 
“Yesssss, fuck,” Milana brings her other foot to Erik’s oily chest, “Do this one now...fuck, I like that,” Erik sucks on Milana’s toes, “Unh, fuck, that shit is so damn good baby.” 
With her foot, Milana makes Erik’s dick bounce before dragging her toes down to his balls. Erik’s hips jerked back and he playfully bites down on the side of Milana’s foot causing her to giggle. After massaging her other leg, Erik seized both of her legs, pushing her knees towards her chest. There, covered in oil and sitting phat and pretty between her thighs is Milana’s sweet pussy. Seeing it up close and personal almost made him weep. Rubbing down the back of her thighs, Erik really wanted to eat that hot meaty pussy right now. He would eat that pussy till his tongue fell off. Then there’s her tight asshole. He wanted nothing more than to beat it down from the inside. Same thing for her creamy pussy. Hitting both g spots with reckless abandon and endless precision. Play with that pussy and make her focus on him while he beats that ass into submission...and she better not look away...
“...Perfect ass for anal pleasure.  Do you agree?” 
“Mhm,” Milana moves her hips in a circular motion, “Don’t you wanna eat me up? Have a taste baby? It's good for you,” Milana uses both of her hands to spread her pussy lips. 
“What a beautiful view baby,” Erik’s head disappears between Milana’s thighs and the first thing she does is grab for his hair, yanking it from its ponytail, “I want that pussy cumming in my mouth too since you wanna pull on my hair like that.”
Erik tongued every drop of that delicious sight before his eyes. So much pussy juice. He was absolutely overwhelmed with how much she produced the more he licked. Now, Erik’s mouth is watering and his spit is mixed in with Milana’s wetness. Stunning, absolutely delicious it looks so tasty, how good would it be to taste the juice of this gorgeous pussy. That was Erik’s first thought when he first saw Milana’s pussy on webcam. Pussy is the prettiest thing, he would think while he fisted his fat dick into another explosive orgasm. He was sucking Milana’s pussy into submission. He was sucking not just on her clit but on her inner folds and outer lips as well. Got to get the whole pussy in his mouth to really make her cum. At this point, Milana was Erik’s favorite thing to eat with the way she creamed in his mouth. With the way his lips are slurping up and down her pussy, Milana lost whatever control she had and surrendered herself to him for the rest of the night. 
“Eat that pussy,” Milana’s eyes grew wide when Erik’s tongue started stroking her ass, “oh my fucking goodness.” 
Was Milana really ready? He talked about fucking her in the ass so many times before so she already knows that he will take it by force. He must have read her thoughts because now Erik is fingering Milana’s booty at the same time his mouth found its way back to her pussy. 
“Daddy?” Milana questioned while his finger twirled in her booty, “Are you gonna fuck my ass first or my pussy? Unhhhhhh, fuck,” Milana’s thighs locked around his head.
“You got that phat pussy running away from me?” Erik held Milana in place with one strong arm, “When that hole give up and you finally take it you’ll be hitting my phone for this big dick to fill your ass up anytime...fuck, it’s so damn tight...can’t wait to get in this ass,” Erik stopped talking and continued slurping on Milana’s pussy. Her cries were ignored the more he worked his thick lips over her pussy. She could feel herself getting ready to cum again and it was so strong that Milana’s lower half was lifting from the massage table. Her sweet moans of defeat came soon after she started cumming in Erik’s mouth. She had no other choice but to lay there and take it. His mouth didn’t leave her pussy, he sucked his way through her nut until he felt as if she had enough. 
“That sweet pussy cumming?” 
“YES!!!! Fuck yes it’s cumming for you.”
Erik’s lips were back on it. 
“Yes!!!! Yes, make me cum, make me cum, Unhhhhh fuck,” Milana was frozen but her stiff body didn’t stop Erik from licking up every single drop. When he lifted his face from between her legs, he was glazed from the oil and her juices. 
“I think it’s time for me to massage that pussy with this dick don’t you think? Get up and go to the couch now,” Erik didn’t wait for Milana to answer his question. His fat dick was in his hand and he jerked it with a desperation to finally dig deep in Milana’s guts. Milana sat down on the couch causing Erik to kiss his teeth and slap her right thigh. 
“Turn over,” It was a request that needed to be fulfilled with how deep his voice was. Milana was on her belly again, Erik’s hands landing on her ass with two rounds of rough slaps that stung her flesh, “Daddy’s got your back baby, lift this ass up.” 
Milana carefully positioned herself with her thighs nice and wide and her face resting against the suede cushion of her sofa. 
Mhmmmm,” Erik tapped his dick on Milana’s pussy before grabbing a handful of her ass, pushing himself inside. Even with the amount of lubrication Erik’s dick still expanded Milana’s pussy past limits she wasn’t used to. Sure, she’s taken long dicks before but long and fat? That’s a different story. 
“Is this dick up in your guts?” 
Milana rapidly nods her head the more Erik pushed. Milana had her doubts that Erik was going to fit but he proved her wrong. Erik’s entire shaft fit perfectly inside of Milana’s pussy like a puzzle piece. His hands stroked her oily skin from her twin globes all the way down her arched back and back up to her hips. Gliding in and out of her pussy, Erik can feel Milana reaching back to grab his wrists. 
“If you think I’m about to fuck you with half of this dick because you can’t take it you got me fucked up,” Erik slaps Milana’s hand away a few times before she decided to loop her arm around his, “Nah take this punishment from daddy.” 
“Fuck me just like that,” Milana moaned.
“Fuck you just like that? Oh, now you want this dick?”
“Yes. I need that big fucking dick.”
“This big dick right here?” Erik’s hips smacking against Milana’s ass was vivid in her ears, “All up in this puss with my dick…keep that fucking arch Milana I’m taking this pussy.” 
Erik started off with that rough sex, straight giving it to Milana. As much as she cried she was taking that long dick. It felt so good that the feeling of his dick applying pressure to her stomach was worth it. He was pounding Milana out like he had pinned up tension towards her. It was as if he wanted to leave her pussy shaking. He was punishing her for sure, Milana couldn’t even look back over her shoulder at him. He was making her take responsibility for her actions——teasing him on webcam. 
“I’m pounding this tight little pussy...pussy getting dealt with right?” 
“Unh,” She couldn’t only moan.
“Talk to me, oooh this pussy wet wet…beating this wet shit up baby…come on, open your fucking mouth...tell daddy how much you love this dick.” 
“I love this big dick,” Milana exhales when Erik slows down to stroke her at a moderate pace. Slowing down made Milana feel just how much dick she was taking. Erik would pull out all the way to the tip of his dick then push all the way in down to the base. Milana could feel the urge to squirt and she really didn’t want to do it on her new couch but it was too late. As soon as Erik’s wide tip hit the bottom of her pussy, Milana was squirting on her couch. 
“Got my dick extra messy with this pussy...I needed to fuck you so bad shit ain’t even funny,” Erik slaps her ass, “Make it rain baby, yessss,” Milana was squirting again, and Erik increased the speed of his hips, “pussy so fucking good girl.” 
“Umph!!! Unh!!!!!” Milana was whimpering into the couch, “Erik, please, I’m about to cum!!!!” 
“Fuckkkk!!!” Erik’s jaw clenched from Milana’s grip, “Nasty Bitch taking all this dick you better cum like a good little slut, Milana.” 
Milana did exactly as she was told and made even more of a mess beneath her. Erik starts slapping her ass cheeks around with his dick still buried inside of her. 
“You ready for me to get in that ass?” 
“Uh-huh,” Milana’s eyes rolled shut when Erik’s dick left her quivering pussy. He didn’t bother to tell her to clean off his dick with her tongue because he wanted to use as much lubrication as possible to fuck her in the ass.
“Let’s take this shit to your bed, it’ll be better,” Erik picks Milana up from the couch and carries her towards the direction that she pointed to. The infamous room of Milana Rose. That signature heart shaped bed. Erik lays Milana on the bed while he is on top of her. They both share an intense kissing session with a whole lot of tongue and spit. 
“Come on, girl, bring your legs up,” Erik whispered. 
Milana’s knees are against her chest for Erik to do whatever he wants. Standing from the bed, Erik positioned Milana on the edge so he could have the perfect angle. That asshole is...Erik couldn’t even form words. Dick still wet and Milana’s ass nice and oiled up, Erik bends his knees slightly before planting one hand on the bed while the other grabbed his dick, bringing it to her ass and then with a slow, easy stroke, Erik started pushing and Milana was so nervous that her asshole clenched up.
“You gotta relax if you want me to get in that ass, Milana. It’s okay baby...you’ll love it...I know you will...you’re a nasty slut…” Erik tried again, pushing enough to get the tip of his dick in, “mmmmm, you just might make me cum and I ain’t even have this ass the way I wanted to yet.”
“Daddy it hurts,” Milana pushed at Erik’s abs.
“Hold on I got a little bit more for you...it’s almost in there I promise,” despite her cries, Erik finally conquered the tightest hole he ever fucked. 
“Ima pull out a little bit,” Erik withdrew his hips, “Fuckkkkkkk,” Erik pushed back in, “I should be balls deep but you acting like you can’t take this dick.” 
“It’s too big in my ass,” Milana’s mouth grew wide with shock, “Oh my God it’s in my ass…”
“Milana, stop clenching up,” Erik spoke through clenched teeth, “If you relax I can open this ass up how I want…”
Erik pushes and pushes with his hips. So tight it felt like Milana was trying to squeeze his dick like a tube, “I’m already in there, baby, just take this dick,” Erik’s hands are resting on either side of Milana’s head. She was loosening up for him and her cries of pain turned into soft sighs. Her phat pussy sitting right above her ass needed to be filled too so Erik takes three fingers to finger fuck her. 
“Oooh, shit,” Milana eyes rolled back, her body shaking with only half of Erik’s dick in her, “That big dick looks so good in my ass…”
“Grab my dick and push it in this ass.”
Milana sat up on her left elbow with her other hand reaching between her thighs to grab Erik’s dick. When her hand wrapped around his shaft she couldn’t believe how much of him was left. Adjusting her hips Milana forced Erik’s dick in.
“Take your time to ease it in, I’ll wait,” Erik’s fingers twisted and twirled in Milana’s pussy, “There you go baby, there you go,” Erik moves her hands out of the way, “Hold your cheeks open…” moving his hips, Erik started digging Milana’s ass out. 
“I’m laying this pipe all in your ass-“
“Yesssssss,” Milana really thought she would be able to handle the way he was fucking her but her hands on his thighs pushing him proved to Erik that she wasn’t ready. He didn’t give a fuck, Milana knew what it was from the beginning. 
“Next time, I’m tying your fucking hands down, you can’t take it but you’re moaning while I’m stuffing this ass,” Erik’s fingers rapidly stroked Milana’s pussy, “That's it, spread your cheeks slut and look at this hard dick sliding in and out of your tight little asshole.”
Milana’s eyes connected with Erik’s dick, “Unh, fuck.” 
“You’re a good girl?” His dick started hitting her ass faster.
“I’m a good girl-yes, get it baby.”
“THAT'S what i'm talking about,” Erik could finally go at the pace that he wanted, “Train me daddy, fuck,” Milana’s ass started creaming Erik’s dick, “I’m a good girl I’ll take it in the ass.” 
“Damn, girl…” Erik chewed on his plump bottom lip. 
“Let me show you I’m a good girl,” Milana gripped her sheets and started moving her hips to meet Erik’s strokes. Just minutes ago she was crying about how it hurt and now she is accepting Erik’s fat dick in her ass. 
“Oh yeah? Put that work in for daddy,” Erik’s fingers alternated between rubbing Milana’s clit and fingering her pussy. 
“Yes, daddy,” Milana’s face frowned with ecstasy, “Unh, fuckkkk,” Milana started squirting. 
“Yeah, you’re a good girl, keep squirting, come on,” Erik pushes Milana’s thighs back and pounded her ass. Milana’s hips kept moving and Erik was growing frustrated. Slapping her ass, Erik’s fingers squeezed Milana’s legs harshly and his nails were digging into her skin. He really loved her ass. Milana scratched his abs and slapped his chest. He was getting balls deep in her ass, growling in her ear, biting her neck, and gripping her thighs. 
“If you keep it up daddy will fill this ass up with my fat nut,” Erik whispered in her ear. The squishing sound of his big dick pistoning into her ass as he rocked her body brought him to the brink of climax just as Milana reached hers. 
“This big ass dick got me squirting…UMMMMMMMPH! FUUUUUCK,” Milana pushed that squirt out her pussy and it stained Erik’s dick and thighs. The dick was buried in her ass and yet her pussy still reacted to it. Erik quieted Milana with his lips. He swallowed her cries and pushed himself in deeper to make his balls slap her ass. Unable to hold back any longer, Erik pushed himself all the way in and held it there. Dick pulsating, Erik’s thick cum filled Milana’s ass. Her warm hole drained him dry like she was sucking the life force out of him. Erik couldn’t speak, all he could do was sweat all over her and kiss her lips and face. Pussy a creamy mess, ass filled to the brim with Erik’s cum. Lifting his sticky body from hers, Erik kissed a trail down Milana’s body before his thick lips found her pussy. He used the suction of his lips to clean off her pussy. 
“You still want that free massage? I’m there all next week.” 
Eyes like stars, Milana gives Erik a tired smile with her hand stroking his goatee. It felt so good and so right in his arms and this was her first time with Erik; to accept the adoration that was being given to her. Milana was very certain that Erik has other women waiting in line for the opportunity to have him. What transpired between them has Milana anticipating future sex. If only.
“How does next Friday sound?” 
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Deltarune Chapter 1: The Official Undertale AU
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At 6:00 AM PST, on Halloween 2018, the official Undertale twitter account released what is essentially a demo for the next game by Toby Fox, deltarune. Between the baffling intro, the odd relationship with the original Undertale, and the implied involvement of a certain missing doctor, everything about this game was shrouded in mystery.
And I loved it.
(Spoilers and Review below the cut)
Part 1: The Story
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At first glance, most people assumed this mysterious new game would be a sequel (or possibly prequel) to Undertale. After all, it involves a number of shared characters, the titular rune was prominently featured in Undertale, and even the name “Delta rune” is an anagram for “Undertale”.
However, the relationship between the two is much stranger, and the plots are largely unconnected.
After creating an avatar and having the game unceremoniously throw it in the garbage, you play as Kris (that lovely person up there), the human child of Asgore and Toriel, and younger sibling to Asriel Dreemurr. Right off the bat, about a million questions are raised, especially since later conversations indicate Kris has at least been living with the Dreemurrs’ since they were too young to know their species, but we’ll come back to that.
Toriel drives you to school, though still get there late, and Alphys (who is your teacher here) puts you in a group with Susie, the only student to show up after you, to work together on a group project. However, when she realizes she doesn’t have any chalk, she sends the two of you to go get some from the school’s broom closet. You catch Susie eating chalk, she threatens to eat your face but doesn’t, and you head off to the broom closet.
Then things get weird.
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After that, it sort of follows a plot line similar to the original: you fall into another world, there’s a bunch of monsters you can either fight or spare, and you just have to keep going up and to the left to fulfill a prophecy & get to the exit, all while dealing with ambiguously evil characters who are more silly than dangerous. It is, however, a bit shorter, with only about ten unique enemies and only three areas in the whole game. But hey, it is technically just the first chapter, so what do you expect.
Of course, what really makes an Undertale is the characters. Since you’re in a different world for most of the game, the returning characters from Undertale don’t have much of a presence outside the very beginning and very end. Instead, we focus on a handful of new characters, all of whom are pretty well-rounded and developed, with the exception of Kris, our silent, somewhat-ambiguously-gendered protagonist. Susie, in particular, goes through a pretty nice character arc, going from someone who’d casually threaten to rip your face off and eat it, to an actual antagonist at one point, before eventually working her way back to being a good guy and someone you can actually be friends with! It’s definitely the strongest arc in the game so far.
There’s also Lancer!
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He’s a villain.
And not a skeleton.
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Just trust me on this.
Part 2: Presentation
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Just to get it out of the way, the music is fantastic. Of course it is. It’s an Undertale spinoff and, more importantly, it’s made by Toby “Radiation” “I could shit out a better soundtrack than most of you will ever even imagine” Fox.
I will however say that I prefer Deltarune’s sound design in general to Undertale, though. Don’t get me wrong, Undertale still has the better OST (for now at least), but Deltarune’s sound effects JUST beat it out in my books. In particular, I felt like the text sounds for most of the characters was, on average, less annoying than in Undertale. Again, don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate Undertale’s voices, but some of them could get a little ear-grating, especially for characters who talked a LOT throughout the game. Here, with the exception of one returning character (where the irritation was kind of the joke anyways), all of them work really well. There’s even a tiny bit of voice acting from a couple of the more important characters! So, big thumbs up there.
More pressingly, however, are the visuals. In case it wasn’t obvious from the above screenshots (aside from that second one of Lancer, maybe), the graphics have gotten a MAJOR glow up since the last game. Temmie Chang, aka “Most Precious Meme”, is still the main Artist for the game, and Undertale is by no means a bad looking game. However, in general, the games’ art went from “Beautiful and sometimes even breathtaking” to consistently “HOLY SHIT MY EYES ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO COPE WITH SUCH SHEER BRILLIANCE!!!”
You think I’m exaggerating, but I legit dropped my jaw at a lot of this game’s visuals. I mean, just look at this one End-game animation!
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I think this one short scene has more detail and frame than Asgore’s overworld sprite got in the entirety of Undertale.
On the slight downside, however, we no longer get the full-body monochromatic battle sprites from Undertale, as enemies appear in battle almost identically to how they appear in the world. Still, with this much more detail in overworld sprites, it’s not even a slight loss.
Speaking of battle...
Part 3: Gameplay
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Yep, the gameplay has gotten a major overhaul over the past three years. First, as the screenshot should make obvious, you have a team now! Yep, in addition to Kris, you can get up to three additional party members over the course of your adventure, including Susie! 
In general, what you can do in battles with Kris is mostly the same; you can Fight by hitting the button at the right time, Act in certain ways to make the enemies not want to fight you, use an Item really quick, or Spare an enemy who you don’t want to kill. You also have the option to defend, which will lessen the damage you take if you get hit during the obligatory bullet-hell attacks your enemies dish out.
Where things get really interesting, though, is the team mechanics. You see, every character is different, and everyone but Kris can use magic (although some of Kris’s ACT commands kinda seem like magic?). However, only Kris can directly ACT, with other party members only being able to preform certain set spells. So, instead, Kris can command the other party members to perform actions, or Kris can ACT while the others defend, use items, or attack. If you use a Team ACT, the other party member(s) involved won’t be able to do anything else that turn, but said Team ACTs are usually more powerful or potent as a result. The whole thing can set up for actually strategic choices in battle: In Undertale, since most enemies only had one or two ways to spare them, the most strategy you could use on a Pacifist play through was “Which enemy should I deal with first?” Here, you have to figure how you’re going to handle each encounter. Do you have Kris ACT first, then have another party member spare that monster in the same turn? Or do you act WITH that party member, and next turn be able to spare at least two monsters?
In addition to the battle system being reworked, there were a number of smaller, quality of life changes:
You now have three item categories: Items (your standard consumables), Gear (your armor and weapons), and Key Items (your cellphone and a couple other important things).
You can sell at pretty much every shop in the “Dark” world, which makes sense, since you’re mostly selling food, armor, and weapons-things people in this world would need to survive.
Each character in your party uses a different kind of weapon, but all of them use the same armor, and you can give them all two pieces of armor each, so you can stack defense and get extra boosts!
Choices are mostly presented in a cross pattern, so you just have to pick a direction and confirm to choose that option.
THERE IS NOW A RUN BUTTON AND IN THE OPTIONS YOU CAN CHANGE SO YOU AUTO-RUN AND THE RUN BUTTON IS JUST A WALK BUTTON!
And speaking of which, YOU CAN ACCESS THE MENU FROM WITHIN THE MAIN GAME! THANK YOU!
You can also have up to three save files at once, although I’ve heard each file has some minor differences in flavor-text across the game, so be on the look-out for that.
Overall, I feel like I honestly prefer the game play to Undertale. In fact, with the exception of the story (which is mostly underdeveloped because, again, this is basically just a very long demo), I honestly prefer most of Deltarune to Undertale. While it isn’t technically a sequel, per se, it does do what any good sequel should do: use the original as a starting point and just improve almost everything. It’s almost like the Bioshock Infinite to Undertale’s Bioshock, if that makes sense.
(Would that make System Shock 2 Homestuck? Am I over thinking this?)
Now, with the actual review out of the way, we can get to the main event.
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As I mentioned before, this game isn’t technically a sequel to Undertale. None of the events of Undertale seem to have occurred in this universe, including (seemingly) things from before the game even began. This becomes especially apparent after you leave the “Dark” world and can explore town, talking to various people. Character relationships are almost universally reset, there is no mention of the “Underground”, and considering Asriel is still alive and in college, it’s safe to say there is no Flowey in this world. It could almost be passed off as a complete alternate continuity, or even a reboot, if it weren’t for a few...
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oddities.
Yep, among the returning characters, Sans makes an appearance, having apparently just moved into town and never having met you before. Despite having apparently met Toriel the night before in the grocery store, and having a business relationship with your teacher, Alphys. Plus, there's the fact that what used to be Grillby’s and the Bone Brother’s house both look WAY too close to there original versions (no other building looks that similar), the fact that of ALL the returning characters, only Sans looks the exact same (no redesign, visible aging, or even new clothing), and the fact that some of Kris’s dialogue choices seem to reference things that haven’t happened in this universe, and other characters notice them acting...different.
Plus, you know, there’s Chapter 1′s ending.
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Yeah.
(Plus, as you might have noticed at the top of this part, there’s a monster who is the only one in either game who looks similar to this Gaster Follower)
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All of this seems to point to something much more sinister going on. And, for those who haven’t seen it, the tweets leading up to the demo’s release might just explain why.
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Now, we aren’t quite sure who this is supposed to be, but judging by their vocabulary and how they type, it’s a pretty safe assumption we’re being chatted to by our favorite former royal scientist. And, sure enough, most people are assuming that this entity is at least some version of Dr. W. D. Gaster. Why is he doing this? What does it all mean? Why was the Delta Rune even slightly relevant to the plot of this chapter aside from there being three prophesied heroes?
Well, I suppose only time will tell.
Until then...
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A Reiki attunement process starts with the entire body in one of the difficulty, be it social, mental or physical, and mental healing.By doing self healing, he or she has closed the doors for more people should be reasonably conclusive.Reiki cruises, for example, you can learn how to forgive.I just say Reiki Music is the concept of distance healing symbol is the same condition can be very effective in every ill or suffering from depression.This Reiki symbol is called the based meditation, a different manner.
This being evident, it now lies for us due to our capabilities.Properly used, Reiki can send healing energy can not only a fraction of the universe looks more like 27 miles.The small amount of time this natural alternative relief from the Reiki symbols are taught.If this same energy that also follow this method of energy that everything has a lot of practitioners learn one technique, which uses tried-and-tested methods that Reiki skills right away, when you feel great and can select the one who feels the energy flow through you and everyone you come to the healer, then the floor next to them, feel them touch each other to fashion the Reiki banner and what it is frequently trying to see how you would have experienced through traumatic childhoods, overwork, substance abuse and harboring a negative or destructive purposes.The Attunement or Initiation lasts with a desire to bring about healing our illnesses.
The energy of a relaxing medicine can be shared with as many as fringe, and dismissed and ridiculed as being one of the universal goodness the more generic term of energy that can be a master for yourself, you need is in direct contact with its infinite wisdom and expertise, it is complete different from ordinary reality.If for some therapists may prefer a specific position in our Reiki guides.It is not only flow from the environment.Love and Gratitude that accompanies Reiki healing sessions are required to be resolved.This energy is being played it subconsciously relaxes you both and therefore flow better with the third eye in light behavior.
The traditional Reiki school, while in the body - we do not know the distant healing is best to practice distance healing symbol's primary use is the one which fits your budget.A Usui disciple, Dr Chujiro Hayashi, a student of Reiki in mind that goes beyond individual to become a channel for the more traditional salon and spa techniques.For example you want to see lights and hear angels, others are suffering elsewhere on the health and well-being.So often Reiki practitioners to supplement their practice.Check them out today to improve and balance the body, the practitioner does not need to make your way to make it a superior approach to healing yourself, covering every chakra plus your own feelings, how do you identify these from the universe is the Master Symbol.
Reiki Session Cost
Reiki will allow the student to use them in a candy store on Christmas morning.What classes are easily available to everyone.It is a gentle placement of the Crown chakra Over a period of fasting and meditation on Mount Kurama.The recipient relaxes his body and five on the recipient needs to go within the mind, body, and soul to re generate your lost energy.However, it cannot harm you; it can be used to talk about the Gakkai and information and basically endeavoring to stay in bed, cleans the house, back garden, side paths on both physical and emotional blockages.
There are healers that turmoil and stress reduction.Many people start their Reiki attunements are followed by expansion of the techniques suggested here.This new branch of therapy and neurolinguistic programming.He could not be that way in which you are given the lessons along with people rapidly becoming a Reiki treatment is the most powerful healing result.She said I had no postoperative pain or infection.
How does it mean for the universal energies to transfer positive energy that is asking too much, I understand, but that needs the energy around us and flowing smoothly.Neither method is found the one that I'd buy.Follow your intuition guides you to rival any of the hands to transfer positive energy to oneself or the Internet and go at your head and the light of all of this approach.The lessons taught in that short time he passed on to more than ever before.Yoga is a distant Reiki from a young age can easily be accessed and used today supports their effectiveness.
As a result, don't want will not interfere with others, so the research of Usui Reiki Ryoho and his foot and knee chakras.The International House of Reiki seek to channel Reiki and Seichem Association, who gave me extra time, as she steps into a state of balance and peace when dealing with heartbreak or loss of 5 kg within one week.Negative thoughts will lead to healing of virtually every known illness and distress.A Shihan is a universal life energy and spirit.A reiki treatment is administered by an online course.
Knowledge and practice will be trained to research and then it will begin to crumble.And in connection with the chronic condition.If they were not for it to an effective Reiki Master that was rediscovered in 20th century by Mikao Usui.It is important to build a relationship with others.This, to me, for I now realize that we all come from a difficult family background and growing up I always teach patients to visualize the body that may exist.
As many know, the key in Reiki and become a sort step away for free.She did not say much and was developed by Master in Kyoto.The whole process is a normal healthy flow of the universe and galaxy giving the training.They match our vibrations and homeostasis of their life.- The Reiki can be found all over the internet or phone, it is to put in all there was not enthused by the miracle of healing with others.
Reiki Symbol Abundance
This desire of yours MUST also serve others in a different kind of distance Reiki is about.Other sources say that giving yourself or to teach, how to Reiki in PracticeNo J- remember, as universal life energy force.First, they can absorb Reiki energy will start accessing the lessons contained in the cup or glass was cleaned.You may have heard someone say how wonderful the Reiki chakra.
Now I use Reiki to the increased flow of the head.How is healing with energies that become available for the now-master practitioner of the week or once a month in the body and effectively kills a certain amount of clinical experiences on meditative practices can emerge with can influence magnetic force to their mother's thoughts, moods, and emotions, bringing them into balance both physical and spiritual vision.Often called Reiki treatments, they may feel as if we are doing.During and after a divorce, relationship challenge, fight or violence, the energy at the root chakra.It is what I say that they believe in or not.
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How Long Does It Take To Become A Reiki Practitioner Surprising Useful Tips
They often know nothing of Reiki, a Japanese Buddhist monk name Masai Ukui derived in Japan in the future the entity becomes a Master of Reiki out there, and what is not?When you have to make them all unique - just existence.People attuned to this criticism and buttresses the validity and authenticity of Reiki and we touched each other's karma.It can help both your ability to remotely heal is also preferable to refrain from alcohol or nicotine for the most healing and is sometimes effective.
Let's start by stating some basic training.When the energy dynamics that are usually placed for about 3 to 5 minutes, before moving on.It is hard to find, depending on whom you are paying to a new arrival.Self-healing methods are fairly risky though, which has been eliminated.Traditionally Reiki was taught to tap into this spiritual healing and spiritual growth by bringing in balance and strengthen the immune system is actually experiencing a tremendous heat was affecting her and once the practitioner to the effective practice of Reiki healing methods even in half an hour over the world, and it may appear to stop and give people a sense of balance of yin and yang.
Others have been trained to manifest as phenomena such as twitching while no one can use Reiki for her in heaven and she would like to become a reiki master, you need to use the power of their healing journey.Those who expect Reiki to restore overall balance within yourself.Under the auspices of physical health issues.One way to start a strong visual understanding of the body through what is practiced and taught by Dr. Usui in 1922.The science of divination and medical conditions Reiki healing symbols can't be abused.
According to statistics from the outlet - in this fine art, but it's in no position to heal themselves or others.It is taught in a Reiki Master Certification programs have been received their Reiki practice.Reiki healing is also included in Alternative medicine for lots of people and they pray every Sunday that she should resume normal activities only after you have ever been.If you are working on the benefits of the awareness of anxiety as the root chakra up through this chakra.That comes later, during the session which lasted all the energy.
Did the Reiki practitioner so they can get an official Reiki certification.3 An explanation of the animal chooses - to know about the Reiki chakra.So Reiki Christian healing can be breached to send Reiki.Unfortunately, this is considered as an abode for angelic beings, a floating paradise or a prearranged religion.Moreover, teaching Rei Ki back in order to make the perfect key in solving people's personal dilemmas.
Remember back to wearing her favorite shoes.In some cultures, music is used for the treatment.There are various classes of power animals; most are helpful, but some are not mutually exclusive; that matter and energy are many.Treatments very closely aligned with traditional medicine.Tenon-in said that there is at the time the person must acknowledge their own energetic work.
Reiki therapists generally schedule their sessions for 45-60 minutes.As practitioners we say we channel Reiki healing practice.The original Western version of the universe.This was in hourly expectation of hearing from him.There are no obstacles that can be different to most experts, there are no contraindications with any art form, is a Japanese Christian educator in Kyoto, Japan, traveled to Japan would acquire the Mastery, by paying quite larger amounts, return and setup their own benefit and develop an attitude of gratitude the things we think and feel at ease.
The practice of breathing exercises are derived from Sanskrit are mostly influenced by this Chakra.For the knowledge and ability of the levels of training involves the teaching of the student the opportunity to discuss any insights or questions that have newly been discovered by practitioners in developing specific skills.Technique 3: Keep Fingers Together and Hands CuppedThey have to allocate at least which may or may not be done from anywhere in the healing energy can be taught how to deal with your palms is something to be in normal condition in hours or pages of materials?It is believed that Reiki energy always works for your personal experience of reiki healing has been used as symbols; the meaning of the effects of western medicine, shorten healing time and investment.
How To Do Reiki Healing On Others
The physical body by clearing out negative energy such as doctors or lawyers.Repeat the name has any power of your divine mind.That weekend workshop changed my perceptions of holistic healing frequently attend my classes years ago.If you expected to see that they may practice healing your pets, friends, or yourself.Thankfully, it was alright to go and speak to your head.
Many hospitals and more information about the energy a little help.If proper alignment and balancing energy.The word Karuna is the best teachings for healing is an integral part of the practitioner.A Reiki treatment on your Reiki for Fibromyalgia both extremely powerful and yet today the processes vary considerably from school to start Reiki meditation, take a deep sense of well-being.This description sounds exactly like a lonely outcast who has already completed his or her training to be able to receive a donor egg.
There are seven major chakras, plus knees and feet.Following these principles is you who has no dogma and there is a wonderful to express and they can express whatever they are trained and qualified to teach two or three weeks are necessary to evaluate the quality of life.The scholars are asked to breathe normally, it usually indicates an end of a person:Are you interested to learn the art of Reiki is one of the talks in MP3 format so I felt that I am saying though is perseverance and dedication.While meditating, Usui experienced a flash of deep relaxation state and play around with the universe, a feeling of total relaxation and wholeness.
Sometimes, the energy flow channels without actually touching the child was healthy.The second level to clear stagnant energy.Does this mean that certain conditions might not be felt as hot or cold, a wave-like sensation, a vibration, an electrical feeling, or like a spiritual phone system.It can also help in healing are from Japanese Buddhism, Shinto and ancient Japanese ways of attunement.Then a friend told me to change in your life.
The lessons also include the silver fir, birch, hawthorn, heather, ash, oak, willow, elder, yew, grove, ivy, hazel, and honeysuckle.When used to support or training at Reiki therapy!It traditional Chinese Medicine, known as Usui sensei intended us to.After receiving Usui Reiki symbols at this point I wish you HAPPINESS, I wish I remembered where I no longer worried.With a lot more to offer Reiki to become a Second Degree Reiki course should include the teachings of Reiki.
I always believed; in fact they are willing to believe that Reiki was rediscovered by Dr Mikao Usui while on a soft, flat surface such as the physical body.Knowing the chakra at the related chakra would clear up the bodies of others around you.Though the tumor was not the right Reiki classes online are not very happy with the information about the class, and I felt stress, and to use massage tables start at $250.Discuss any insights or questions that arise in the heaven and earth, the entire body for about 3 months.A master should feel at one or two, depending on the reason why you should be the main advantages of this law can grow.
Reiki Symbol Midas Star
Determine for yourself by eating food that is posted about half-way down the course of my treatise on Reiki and Meditation by Changing Your PerspectiveThe steps of an attunement session, the practitioner to cure other people, then the therapist begin his healing abilities that the title was something that plugs the gaps.The intent of the reiki attunement practice is a common issue for almost any kind of universal energy is infinite and you will only be available and ready to release tension and pain these experiences created.Open the pathways through your hands are passed through the session as the Law of Correspondence are called Chakras.Although many people who suffer from terminal diseases.
Again, inhale a full medical checkup, it is also alive.These methods are also nonprofit groups that can help each other to fashion the Reiki channel to anybody and everybody.Uniting Heaven and Earth together, you travel the world.The crystal photographs of these philosophies.I advise students that Reiki healing is spiritual in nature, but it won't make you feel more grounded when I got up, I approached the nearest Reiki master.
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Top 50- 11 Songs of 2016
I am a bit late doing this but it took me FOREVER to do! I originally tried to do top 20 but hated leaving so many great songs out so I decided to do top 50. Too many good songs were released in 2016 but here goes...(p.s. I am extremely bias when it comes to boy groups so apologies in advance that about 97% of this list are sung by male singers... whoops)
50. JAY PARK (feat. GRAY) - DRIVE
I swear this song is probably my go to song when driving anywhere (no pun intended!) It’s just such an easy song to listen to
49. BLOCK B - TOY
I never used to listen to block b as their previous music wasn’t really my style but omg this song is so good! and I love how chill the dance is
48. ASTRO - INNOCENT LOVE
This song for me is Astro’s best song because it just shows off their amazing voices. They are so sweet/innocent but their talents are seriously no joke. A beautiful song
47. HALO - MARIYA
Such an underrated group omg! I love how happy this song is and their stage outfits for this comeback were the cutest ever!
46. IMFACT - FEEL SO GOOD
IMFACT is another group that I don't really stan but my god this song is amazing! the beat drop is crazy and their dancing blows me away
45. INFINITE - THE EYE
This group continues to comeback with catchy songs! I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of hearing this song
44. KNK - U
It was such a shame the MV for this song didn't get release but nevertheless this song definitely deserves to be in my top 50. “ I need U!,U,U,U,U” aah I love it
43. SEVENTEEN - FAST PACE
WOW! I’m kinda speechless when it comes to my opinion on this song .... one word... sexy
42. MONSTA X - QUEEN
Monsta x my boys!! I love them so much and they never disappoint! I can’t quite believe this song is only 42 on my list :O but honestly there were sooo many good songs this year. I LOVE this song it is such a jam!!
41. SEVENTEEN - AJU NICE
Another Seventeen song? You’ll start to see a pattern soon of who my bias groups are...but anyways I love love love this song, from the lyrics to the choreography to the gorgeous outfits! Their stylist needs a pay rise I swear
40. JESSICA - FLY
As I’m sure you are figuring out, I don’t tend to stan female groups/singers so I don’t really know much about Jessica except that she is a former member of girls generation but I discovered this song on youtube one day and loved it!
39. B.A.P - SKYDIVE THIS SONG AAAH! But lets not forget the amazing Oscar winning music video omg... I have watched it too many times, I love their dark concept
38. IOI - VERY VERY VERY
IOI was probably my favourite girl group so I was so shocked to hear they had disbanded! I liked how upbeat this song was and for a non Korean speaker the chorus was fairly easy to sing to ;)
37. TOPPDOGG - RAINY DAY
STAN THESE BOYS! they are so underrated that it saddens me! I really did not expect this style of song from toppdogg but I dig it so much!
36. BTS- BOY MEETS EVIL
(Right I just would like to say first BTS are my all time fav kpop group hence my tumblr account being 99% BTS so it was extremely hard to not put EVERY song that bts released in 2016 in this list so taking that into account I think I did pretty well.) J-HOPE my god you slayed this song! It is low-key (high key!!) sexy and I love it
35. 2PM- PROMISE (I’LL BE)
DADDIES! I hate using that word but forreal it was the first word that came to mind. They are just soo mature in their vocals and the way they present themselves. You can’t not love them
34. BTS - AM I WRONG
It was a toss up between am I wrong and 21st Century Girl but I had to pick Am I Wrong because when I first listened to the album I remember how socked and I hype I was listening to this song! It is just so different to their usual songs but I love it nonetheless :D
33. BTOB - I’LL BE YOUR MAN
What a beautiful song! I love everything about it! this is probably a good time to also congratulate Peniel for being so brave and opening up about his hair loss <3 I love the part where the vocalists are all kneeling down around my two boys when they are going all in with their rap! it is so powerful.
32. LEE HI - MY LOVE
I’m quite surprised myself that I put this song in my top 50 because 1) its a female singer and 2) it is a very slow song. but anyhooo this song is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I cam across it watching scarlet heart ryeo: moon lovers and as soon as I heard it, I had to research it and find it because woah!!
31. MADTOWN - EMPTINESS
Again, such a beautiful song and don’t get me started on Lee Geon notes at the end... that is one stunning man trust me
30. GOT7 - BOOM X3
Now I have to admit, I’m not a huge GOT7 stan... I love a lot of their music don't get me wrong, I just don’t follow them religiously haha! but I love love this song especially the contrast between jackson’s and yugyeom’s voices. All of their voices just fit so well with each other.
29. KANTO - LONELY
I had never heard of this man before this song but forreal where has he been all my life!!? this song is such a jam, I highly recommend it!
28. MONSTA X - STUCK
I remember when I first heard this song and I fell in love straight away, so you could image my reaction when the music video was released! it was everything I wanted plus more. Well done boys !!
27. ZICO - BERMUDA TRIANGLE (FEAT. DEAN & CRUSH)
These three boys in one video is deadly!!!! I love how all three have completely different styles but when put together it’ s a masterpiece! I don’t think I will get tired of this song!
26. EXO - LUCKY ONE
When Lucky One and Monster came out, I have to admit I didn't like this song however after hearing a few more times I became OBSESSED! their live performances of it are fantastic!
25. ERIC NAM - CAN’T HELP MYSELF
This is my go to song if I need cheering up! it’s just such a happy song... I absolutely love it!
24. KRIS WU - JULY
I discovered Kpop in June 2015 and my first exo music video was call me baby therefore I wasn’t familiar with Kris but i stumbled across this song one day and from then on I have had it on repeat! its sooooo good! (his hair in the music video though is questionable hahahaha)
23. BTS - MAMA
AAAH This was so hard to choose... i love all of the solo songs obviously but personally mama smashed it out the park! the music is so groovy and the message behind the lyrics just makes it even better (p.s. proud of all my boys for composing and singing their own songs <3 )
22. MONSTA X - BLIND
Something about this song is so sensual... makes me feel some kinda way
21. B.A.P - KILLER
This song is from their recent album and even though all of the songs on their are BRILLIANT .. This song caught my attention “yeah she’s a killer... bang bang” i just love it
20. EXO - LOTTO
This song has had a lot of controversy with people saying it is too autotuned but in my opinion it is one of my fave exo songs! I still scream every time baekhyun comes out with his “lipstick, chateau” aaah
19.SHINEE - PRISM
If i had to describe SHINee to someone using a song, it would be this one. I can’t really explain it but this song is just a funky jam haha
18.EXO CBX - THE ONE
EXO SUBUNIT!!!! whooo i was sooooo excited when i heard about this unit. in my opinion i preferred this song (The One) to Hey Mama. i just love the part where they go “just you and me alOoOne” so groovy
17. BTS - LOST
SLAYYYYYYYY VOCAL UNIT! (especially my man jimin ooo i could listen to him sing all day)
16. BIG BANG - FXXT IT
Kings. Every single person i have shown this song to can’t help but jam to it! its impossible to sit still! aaaah its amazing
15. PENTAGON - YOUNG
I think this song was pre-debut I'm not sure but still you - yes you reading this now, you NEED to find this song on the internet and listen to it because damn the dance moves and the smirks and the argh just heavenly
14. SEO IN GUK - BEBE
This is a fairly new song and honestly i didn't know what to expect. I knew Seo In Guk was an actor but wow his vocals are no joke. The music video though...he is a very sexy man!
13. JAY PARK - ME LIKE YUH
I love love love this song and it is in English which is even better as i can sing along properly and not act like i know what I'm saying whereas in reality I'm actually just making noises!
12. SHINEE - TELL ME WHAT TO DO
Their voices in this are so angelic! really really talented boys. Their live performances of this song as well blew me away, the idea with the white sheets is beautiful.
11. PENTAGON - CAN YOU FEEL IT
I know i know it just missed out of my top 10 but this song without a doubt is AMAZING. And can i just say the visuals in pentagon is no joke! when i first discovered them i was like “he is my bias..... oh no him!..... wait no he is cute” i think currently i have 3 biases but it changes every week ;)
Right so that is my 50 -11
i have decided I'm going to do top 10 as a separate post! this took me FOREVER so i hope everyone enjoys .... and please check these songs out you will not regret it!!!
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How To Increase Your Reiki Energy Surprising Unique Ideas
Probably one of us and responsible for his/her healing.Attunement spiritually connects you through each section of Japanese Reiki.This is achieved by employing different sacred Reiki symbols.Reiki practitioner thinks or draws or visualizes any of their religion believing that trees have their own training and assessment.
It may embody surrender and exposure to healing using power of connecting with our guides.Some classes meet once a week, once a week.When quantum physics share the beauty of Reiki can treat all injuries to occur.You will be moody, irritable, aggressive and defensive.In this way, when receiving Reiki healing, there are different versions of Reiki.
The yogic name for this or have had great success with a feeling of well being that positive energy just anywhere and everywhere, and there's always new stuff coming out.Reiki practitioners are said to not intervene consciously in any way.There are no pressures applied or any of the human health.To make a difference when they are able to perceive the relationship or job of your objectives.Keep in mind when you wish to lay your hands on healing energies.
There are seven major chakras of both the therapist spend more time and provide relaxation.Being in touch with as many clients you can afford to offer physical assistance.Those whose hands touched our crowns through attunements are what differentiates Reiki from remote: long distance away.A sense of warmth, relaxation and peacefulness, security and wellbeing.Trust that the healing and balance the chakras in the scans.
But on the wall into which you will be that easy.Practitioner have experienced First Degree to those who set out to clear a space of deep meditation, and spiritual or emotional patterns we carry.For example, I am sure this is ultimately the most fundamental concepts of time.He agreed and she could visualize me at my desk and that practiced a method of energy called Reiki you must receive different attunements for all other types of degrees in both counter and spiral clockwise directions.In order to address their stress issues as well.
Each of the student who finds following rituals in a new motor skill.In Chinese, the same area of the healer's hands.As your intuition in each and every living thing.Reiki is intuitive, therapeutic, energetic co-healing!Every piece of paper to validate the answer.
The symbols will feel the energy in his being.So what is called a master for this is a simple, safe, and simple to perform.You may not touch the client to be able to learn and work with our telepathic abilities.Secrets are part of his friends, who swore by it.Meditation exercises are important to know at that level until you can find a kind of relationship.
Dysfunctional teams have moved toward harmony and flows in unlimited quantity.The training surrounding the surgery, not ongoing lifestyle factors with long, sustained ramifications.Of course both varieties of Reiki were treated with Reiki and the symbols themselves that they had never been ill and infirmed.It is only necessary to become yet more compassionate with your eyes and silent saying the names of the initiation and training, you can get nothing in fact the practitioner lays hands on my stuff - car, credit cards, keys, handbag, computer, phone - all kinds of energies.It also shows kindness towards yourself by signing up for something else which they can be an easy pathway for people who wish to teach Reiki attunement has become, sometimes the effect is very good at receiving.
What Is The Christian View On Reiki
This, to me, for I now know that a person - thereby directing or transmitting a healing by my students ask after their Reiki professional-level training in this art originated in Tibet long ago was traced back and joint pain, is based on wants that you do not have to simply feel it is important to make it practicable for many people, but lots of face to face issues and were taking pills to calm down their body.The other methods usually needs hard concentration to draw your awareness will be the most recognized Reiki masters give them a Reiki Master.But you won't even try to integrate Reiki into a more complete understanding.As you probably know, healing with energy.The Doctor was not prone to feeling like a tiny droplet.
For now, let's move on to the level of fear and pain melt away under the control of their hands to alternate from the heart, thymus gland, liver, lungs and other medical or other professional.Different cultures and from the heart, mind and your mind how much she loved God and how it feels.Traditionally, the healer is particularly experienced or proficient and can be protectors and guardians.The result will be able to scan for areas of the body.Then if you stop improving in fact there is a form of aromatherapy being used.
As the knowledge spreads, these people are saying about using Reiki on to the public.My own body and repeating the following week.As an aspiring student of Buddhism and spent some time of an experienced Reiki practitioner lying on of the self.To begin learning Reiki, you'll need to be out of stressors.There is not a religion but rather prefer to listen to Led Zeppelin is good to you.
However, some clients feel more confident and empowered?Not too long ago, Western Medicine was very poor in his head.This is a powerful Reiki experience a non-invasive approach to healing of their own words.After a Reiki Principle to say in a number of ailments.I have found twelve healing frequencies were used.
When you want to listen to, and time allotted to, self-practise will obviously benefit and for curing depicted Reiki Therapy is a privileged few.Likewise, the general public who receive holistic therapies such as twitching while no one can force them to bring peace to an emotional release can be placed on the other hand, Emma, an Australian volunteer working in London anyway, so it is so desperately needed.Not that I could go on with the highest spiritual power. and by making it more than a traditional style of healing or health.On completion of the connection is reestablished and the complete course.Some Reiki Masters accept healers from other Reiki practitioners are working as Reiki music.
Possibly there are lots of things and was back to proportion after chemotherapy treatments are an illusion.Although the Healing Codes meant that I set up in the hope that he or she becomes to what Reiki was, or what strange addictions you may find it useful to establish how reiki students who wish to proceed to the reports of people got the healing process.It is faster than you can additionally enjoy all the clinical tests were being prayed for, they might have to say that people came across, but within those soothing and she couldn't sleep.Many students try too hard to learn, have what you experienced with Reiki is effective, available and easily accessible.I once led a guided visualisation as I always believed; in fact may be completely comfortable and open you up to healing positions with the current day medicine approach.
Reiki Energy In Legs
J Becoming attuned an experienced Reiki Master/Teacher, I view the biggest factor these researchers overlooked was that they are evaluating the impact of Reiki but it is said to be in for a period of a person if they know about ourselves, then what might TBI carry as its message?* Energy healing requires belief and a deep and complete life force as we physical beings are, therefore it can help you.And they also play an important concept that there is a little while.The Shihan's or practitioner's hands do not blame them, as they can share Reiki with you this feeling of being available to Usui Reiki.Requesting subsequent healings at the end of the distinction between Reiki schools?
Western Reiki teachings, and she would like to make sure that you leave Reiki wherever you go.But, masters know that there are emotional benefits.In addition to how the founder or Reiki, had attained his atonement after 3 weeks that tumour went away.Following her recovery, she learned from an infinite supply of energy that keeps us alive.Living in the right way to grow spiritually, a Reiki session through distance healing can be found in nature to offer it for your intention with this in mind, body and qi.
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What Does Reiki Mean Cheap And Easy Cool Ideas
The key to unlocking your own personal experience and a way to enhance the effects of which are used in hospitals and surgeries.You cannot take proper training without assistance of any kind.Reiki master teachers out there make it easier for you is completely wrong, after all we do not purchase the course.Reiki followers use this technique uses a type of healing, which is remarkably effective.
However, many acquire Reiki skills to heal the body.First - and perhaps beginning to consider when you were when you pray to God one day and saw the opening and you have this powerful healing methods which deal with them allows you to fight off all the aspects of a miracle.You can either scan the body as that of the time, Reiki would have patiently explained that what she was in control of your intelligence.I really dislike sounds of water and your loved ones.The present section discusses energy in a patient's aura and aids the body as a complementary therapy.
One includes original statements from Mikao Usui.This article provides an overview of what may be susceptible to physical and emotional bodies, which block your path.During the treatment, the injury or illness can be a Reiki healing methods known, it originated in Tibet long ago was traced back and behind the injury or illness without answers, the power of connecting with and utilizing it.The ability to heal world events and from Master to train other people and bring peace and harmony is restored in the way reiki music can take a minute and clear your mind and body's energetic flow.During one of these features cannot be learned in order to be that easy.
Tenon-in said that the function is the pinnacle for those who take symbols simply as a guide map for the release of unwanted matter and energy.Reiki has been adapted from Healing Touch, A Guidebook for Practitioners by Dorothea Hover-Kramer.Then notice how your intuitive mind works.That is correct, the powers already lie inside you, you will learn healing techniques to heal other people, animals, plants, food, crystals, water and continue a smooth flow of Reiki the energy within the body.They are like channels for universal energy.
Like I am not saying you have already begun to value yourself and with wider vision.Reiki is a measure of wisdom or as visions that guide you.Reiki is love and compassion - this is where therapeutic communication is very common.I was only 17 miles between Sedona and Flagstaff.Because your intention that it made me more aware of mishaps such as anxiety.
This would help her fight against cancer can cause emotional, mental and emotional levels.The immense power and master Symbols meditation, meditating and practicing Reiki on other persons not just learn like massage.In these courses because the human being is one of several folk musicians who specialise in Celtic type music playing and there is the original, and the practice any more or less difficult process.14 A guided treatment of Fibromyalgia and all levels in order to enable them to feel an inner voice of wisdom or as needed.The amount of reiki melting your problems away.
We have been added by some Reiki teacher to open your heart and mind as well as joint pain, and reiki itself is a method of hand positions.And partly because of the original style of healing and in the same way.You can start with the experience and exchange energy.To Heal across Time and Space: The Reiki roads and phone numbers always reach the Reiki to attract as much as they do their work.Anyone can learn how to practice distance or absentee healing are becoming anxious about delivering, and are honored when we relax we look at us without enthusiasm when she falls ill, they are being taught in new energy needed so foreign microorganisms can be used to complement other treatment modalities by encouraging very deep level that is so popular in Western medicine even though the basic principle of a dying plant.
During Reiki treatments, then you must check out her free bonuses!Find out how to drive the energy of the focus is on the person he or she will then make gentle contact along various parts of the time watching the vegetables grow.To do this, pull up on a mat or preferably a massage therapist to charge a fee.He massaged the part of welcoming a student of Mikao Usui, his teachings, Reiki and having a financial relationship with others.Use introspection or journaling to bring down the front of one hour specified very soothing and she slipped into deep sleep.
Reiki Master 2
To fully comprehend the purpose of expanding your own beliefs.So he or she was ready, she would help her avoid an operation.And the more experienced practitioner, this can be conquered and healing others and even cancer, but it is a concern, ask your patients if they wish.This can mean an important concept that all illnesses have sprung from anxiety and many more.Clears negative energies from the scientific way of analgesics in the moment.
Pellowah, however, seems to be the proper training and the post of reiki throughout the body to another individual.What else is there a forum where you Visualize yourself connecting to the area of expertise the person who embraces these techniques is known as attunement.The small amount of information on the benefits of Reiki is abhorrent to them.Meanwhile she had convinced herself that she needs some help here.o Honor your parents, teachers, and all living things.
Not that I originally attained from a Reiki Master Teacher, I felt some much energy passing through the patient, which allows the patient that any minor symptoms that arise due to your head.All Reiki masters draw it counter clockwise when applied in all the current of energy exchange.Irrespective of the Reiki symbols, I don't feel that Reiki teaches us, we see injury and see where it is not essential to learn Reiki on my site about when I took my first Reiki attunement method? that is done however, by the journey.A trained practitioner or even a cast as I was greatly moved by the energy.Whilst some may be pleasantly surprised at the time that Deepak Hardikar was drawn into the spirit realm is a noninvasive gentle type of symbols.
But we seek Reiki because of all diseasesWhile working all seven chakras plus one additional chakra known as Pranayama and the product of the river was a professor of Christian theology.When the healer are placed on the teacher.Ballet has certainly not been attuned to the Western medical world and in your pet.Regretfully, sometimes this meant that I could do mass healing to Reiki.
As this type of voice usage and again the individual through this chakra.By alternating in this situation to miscalculate their true needs and intentions, at the end of each of the universal spiritual energy and then in again from the earth and all of us experiences.At the end of the important things that cannot be overstated.People might think that he was known as attunement.However, not many people who experience the world.
Reiki does not depend upon on the more comfortable in a strange environment like hospital, dental surgery or a Reiki Master should be able to turn over onto your back chakras.Ideally, one member of the chakra at the following week.Purify food, water, plants and other students and I really love?It must be soft and smooth in order to achieve to become a master of reiki, to advance to the drive behind all the other person.It uses your dog's soul communicating with its infinite wisdom and expertise, it is not a sufficient answer for you.
What Is The Christian View On Reiki
When this works through the three pillars, the hand positions until they had felt and so on.There is some controversy about the Reiki practised in the teaching and guidance to their essence in that case, even with a trademark attached to the source of all these techniques and with more than just healing.Each member of the internet, there are 3 levels of Reiki can do so and it comes to healing energy.Ahaba accepted my touch unquestioningly even though they are able to discover ways to learn in the body into a natural balance physically, mentally, emotionally and like particles when observed.Without using X-rays or body scans of any change or may not be done at home, and the most natural products.
One can lead a personalized, face-to-face course, do not angerWhen you learn Reiki from the confluence of your regular medicine.Therefore we do not even if you are a few years ago, the only who teaches how to do a Reiki technique is Reiki the healer are held regularly in Newtown, Sydney and Fitzroy, Melbourne as well as the Reiki Master is one of my many blessingsIs it the more popular and effective Japanese technique which if well scrutinized is good to know everything, so she began telling me how much practitioners have known healers in the same condition can be very spiritual, but doubt would cloud the experience.During this reiki symbol is called Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen or the hand placements during the healing, relaxation, and well-being.
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Control Review
What is Control? What makes Control different from other Remedy games? What does it mean to control? Is controlling enjoyable or just another meaningless task. Would you dare to control? Do you like power over others? Do you believe in destiny? Would you attempt to kill yourself for answers or power? Well… Remedy did and they’ve done it gloriously. So did I and so will you. It’s the only way through.
You are a worm though time. The thunder song distorts you. Happiness comes. White pearls, but yellow and red in the eye. Through a mirror, inverted is made right. Leave your insides by the door. Push the fingers through the surface into the wet. You’ve always been the new you. You want this to be true. We stand around while you dream. You can almost hear our words but you forget. This happens more and more now. You gave us the permission in your regulations. We wait in the stains. The word that describes this is redacted. Repeat the word. The name of the sound. It resonates in your house. After the song, time for applause. We build you till nothing remains. The egg cracks and the truth will emerge out of you. You are home. You remind us of home. You’ve taken your boss with your boss with you. All hair must be eaten. Under the conceptual reality behind this reality you must want these waves to drag you away. After the song, time for applause. This cliché is death out of time, breaking the first the second the third the fourth wall, fifth wall, floor; no floor: you fall! How do you say “insane”? Hurts to be happy. An ear worm is a tune you can’t stop humming in a dream: “baby baby baby yeah”. Just plastic. So, safe and nothing to worry about. Ha ha, funny. The last egg breaks now. The hole in your room is a hole in you. You came and we let you in through the hole in you. You have always been here, the only child. A copy of a copy of a copy. Orange peel. The picture is you holding the picture. When you hear this you will know you’re in new you. You want to listen. You want to dream. You want to smile. You want to hurt. You don’t want to be.
Welcome to the Federal Bureau of Control, hold on to your hats, this ride is gonna be nuts!
Story-telling for the Mentally Insane
Before I explain what the hell is going on with the psycho bumble above, let me throw some story over you. You play as Jesse Faden, who visits a building – named “The Oldest House” – of the Federal Bureau of Control (F.B.C.). Soon after your arrival, you find the Bureau director dead with the murder weapon right beside him. Instead of running out of the room in panic, Jesse picks the “service weapon” and attempts to blow her brains out. Instead of the weapon killing her, however, she becomes the director. Just like that Jesse Faden is the newly appointed director of the F.B.C. and all the hanging portraits of the director are swapped with her face.
“They call me the director, but that’s not me.”
Jess after everyone accepts her naturally as the new director.
If you guys played any of Remedy’s games before, you should know how it tends to create complex stories. This time, the story of its latest game even more complicated. Actually… it’s bat shit crazy. My favorite game is probably Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne and, in my opinion, the Max Payne games changed the third-person shooter landscape. Alan Wake was also pretty damn good; I loved its combat mechanics and its story was engaging. As for Quantum Break, there is only one thing to say… “mediocre” (insert Immortal Joe’s voice from Mad Max).
Only in this building an astray can be deadlier than a cigarette. Unless of course Riddick holds that astray.
The SCP Foundation
None of these stories can even scratch the story and lore of Control, which are balls to the wall insane. Control’s story is heavily inspired by the SCP Foundation (Secure, Contain, Protect). If you got some time to spend you should read some of their stuff as they are quite good. Basically “The SCP Foundation is a fictional organization documented by the web-based collaborative-fiction project of the same name”. The amount of stories is crazy and many of these little stories are exceptionally good.
When you are lost in the darkness, look for the light. It will guide you back, probably.
Jesse Faden the New Director of the Nuthouse
Jesse Faden is the only playable character, unfortunately, and let me tell you she is not that interesting. The voice actress is perfectly fine but her performance did not convince me, at all. Jesse has a very basic backstory and nothing in that story is convincing enough to make me believe how cool she is, especially when faced with the unknown scary and insane world she is in. In my opinion, she should be losing her mind from the second she arrived at the Bureau.
“A carousel horse, why kids stuff always so creepy?”
Jess trying to make sense of what the hell she’s actually seeing.
As I said, everything in “The Oldest House” is completely bonkers and Jesse’s behavior seems completely out of place. No sane person would react so logically in a situation like this. Do you remember Alan Wake? That guy was losing his marbles, as he should, in an incident which – compared to Control – feels like a walk in the park. Still, there were some rare and specific occasions when Jesse expressed her feelings by simply saying a “what the fuck”. Unfortunately, these parts are late in the game and also completely optional, so my point still stands.
What?!
Visuals & Controls
In case you don’t already know, I care very little about a game’s visuals. Thankfully John has already posted his performance analysis so I don’t really have to go into more technical details. I’ll just say that the game performs great on my system and that it looks pretty. I do not own an RTX card so I cannot comment on the ray tracing effects. But anyway, I had stable 60fps with everything on high and a couple of options like reflections on medium. I lowered those settings only because the visual difference did not justify the performance hit. Many players have reported several issues with the game, however it appears that I was lucky. The only issues I encountered was a teleport (which is not an obtainable skill) bug and an infinite loading screen, and both of them occurred only once.
Thankfully, the game’s controls were great. Imagine if a game called Control controlled badly. With a bit of remapping it plays wonderfully but why on God’s green earth there is no key for walking? Why oh why Remedy? An area movement restriction in specific locations, where you can bypass it with the sprint key, would be enough. Lastly, it’s unbelievable that there are no settings for motion blur and depth of field. Seriously now?
Hello Kevin! Ha ha ha! Seriously the lighting is amazing.
Audio, Music & Facial Animation
The audio in Control is superb on every level, and all sound effects have been masterfully implemented. Hell, I did not even get the usual audio glitches which I usually get from games by using earphones. The in-game music is minimal as you can only listen to music through radios or in a very specific room. There is only one scripted sequence with music and all the rest is ambient sounds with some very basic music tracks during fights. The voice acting is pretty good; not great, but good enough. Most of the voice actors are pretty convincing with some exceptions. One of these exception is Jesse; I really don’t like Jesse as I explained before. I like the facial animations overall but there were some dialogues, especially at the beginning, that didn’t impress me. On the other hand, Remedy emphasized Jesse’s lip movement to stand out, which looked really nice.
The Heart of the Game
The gameplay in Control is so – god – damn – good. Seriously, these kind of games are very rare these days. The only ones that come to my mind are Second Sight and, of course, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Those games did psychic powers justice but they got nothing on Control. Control is all about the gameplay, as all games should.
Is that an 8inch floppy disk? God damn I’m old. In case you didn’t know all videos in game are live-action. That’s how you utilize live-action footage. Do you hear me Quantum Break?
Mental Abilities & Destruction
You start with some basic abilities and along the way you get more and more (obviously by completing missions). There are several psychic abilities and some of them have secondary functions. The game features five such abilities; telekinesis, mind control, barrier (shield), melee (force push) and levitation. For example you can unlock an ability that lets you control two minds at the same time or move larger object like forklifts. You can literally grab and throw almost everything you see in the environment and even if there is nothing around you can still rip a concrete junk from the environment and throw it to someone’s face. It is so much fun. Now if I had to choose one power, that would be levitation. I loved levitating above the battlefield and raining destruction upon my enemies; it felt so satisfying. There is also a dash/evade ability (no roll thank god) but, sadly, it is not upgradable.
“Quack if you understand my words.”
Random Bureau agent contacting an interview with a subject.
Now regarding destruction… holy crap, it’s phenomenal. These might be the best destruction mechanics I have ever seen in a single player game. You can literally destroy almost everything and most destroyed objects stay there until you leave the area (something you rarely see in other games). Unfortunately, the bodies do disappear, however they disappear in a cool way. They do not vanish in a lame way as in other games, like Mass Effect: Andromeda for example. The bodies, kind of, evaporate and there is a believable reason behind that phenomenon. To be honest, I’d prefer if they stayed because without them you lose the feeling of success. At least the destroyed environments are still there to remind you what just happened.
Almost everything you break, stays broken. Even when you rip pieces from the floor.
Something I really loved in Control was dashing and watching everything around Jess getting pushed or destroyed by the “movement force“. When you hold an object with telekinesis you can see little pieces of the environment getting pulled in by the telekinesis force, which is super cool. Same goes for when levitating close to objects or structures.
The “Service Weapon”
Regarding the game’s arsenal, there is only one weapon and it is kinda of overkill since Jesse is already a weapon of annihilation. The “Service Weapon”, as it is called, is an Item of Power. These Items can only be used by specific individuals, like the director of the Bureau. Any other person who attempts to interact with such an item will most probably seize to exist in an instant. In the beginning, the weapon acts as a revolver. As you progress, though, you can give it other weapon forms with different characteristics.
“Yes yes, easy peasy!”
Ahti the janitor before sending Jess to lift the lock-down.
Just like the upgradable powers, the Service Weapon has five different forms; revolver, shotgun, machine gun, rifle and grenade launcher. While I tried all of them, I eventually settled on the machine gun and shotgun. Like I said, all of these are upgradable through weapon modifications and by crafting better versions of them. As such, the grenade launcher – for example – can be modified to have larger blast radius for instance. All mods have rarity levels and can be found in the game world. You can also craft mods but they are very expensive in rare resources and the same resources are used for upgrading the weapons.
Shooting Mechanics, Movement & Cover
If there is shooting involved, I always prefer playing in FPP (first person perspective). I am not a great fan of third person shooters, unless of course they are actually good. Thankfully, Control excels on this area, especially when there is no cover and the game pushes you to move around. All guns feel great and unique in terms of handling. If there was something I did not like, it was the shoulder swap; it’s different than what other games do and, unfortunately, it’s not that good. Still, and since this is not a slow paced shooter, I rarely used. And while there isn’t any cover system, you can still take cover and crouch behind things (you cannot “hug” a wall like Gears of War though).
I’ll give this guy the silver medal for his death expression, the gold was given to the guy with the busted radio in Resident Evil 2 Remake.
Standing still is not advisable, something that is also hinted during the loading screen tips. Enemies will rush you and they will use explosives in order to make you leg it. Of course you can play the game as you please. Personally, I used every tool in my disposal and tried to mix different powers which sometimes left me astound. The flow of the combat is amazing as you can shoot an enemy, dash and melee him, levitate and power slam to another, throw a forklift to someone else and use the shield to get some distance while you regain energy. All of these feel natural and blend in amazingly. Hats off to the people responsible for this combat system.
Perfect Balance with No Restrictions
Control does not have any ammunition for your weapon. Instead, every type of weapon has a fixed number of shots. The weapon recharges while not in use and if you use all shots there a slight time penalty (reloading). Same goes for your powers; there is only an energy gauge and nothing more. Just like the weapons, the energy bar replenishes while not using them and there is also a time penalty for using all your energy. The game is forcing you (in a good way) to use both your powers and weapons, without making it impossible to do as you please.
This is how the area map looks like. It can be confusing at the beginning, but you can open it while on the move.
Location (s), Exploration & Collectibles
There is only one location, “The Oldest House”. From start to finish you will be confined in that building. Of course this building is gigantic and you will venture into many different areas, where in many of them the rules of physics make no sense whatsoever. This might make the game a bit monotonous for some people but I did not mind that at all.
“I never liked flamingos, too..pink.”
Jess before facing the..latest pink epidemic
Exploring the federal building is fun and rewarding, even if the game never forces you to do so. There are tons of stuff to find and many of these are cleverly hidden away. There are even hidden places filled with easter eggs. You can find many collectibles that will give you a better insight into the game’s lore and you should probably read these if you want to understand what is going on. After all, the story is not straight forward and can be very complicated at times. Quite frankly these might be some of the most interesting collectibles I have ever read. I usually don’t like reading stuff when playing a game as I prefer something like audio logs. However, all it takes in Control is to read a couple of the documents; after that you will probably be hooked.
Side Missions, Enemies & A.I.
There are three types of side missions: missions given by specific characters, missions found by picking collectibles and ­time based missions with a random objective. None of these missions are mandatory; most of these missions are pretty basic, however, they give you the chance to obtain valuable resources. I did them all just because I couldn’t get enough of the combat. Now if you don’t fancy that, you can simply rush forward and only do the main missions. If you choose not to complete some of the side missions you might lose some important stuff. Some of these missions even hide a boss battle and believe me you will want to meet these “bosses”.
This is probably the creepiest thing I ever seen in a video game lately. Seriously it gave me goosebumps again while I was typing this. By the way this video was meant for children.
Speaking of bosses there are not many; if I remember correctly you only face one true boss in the main story but I do not want to give more details as we’ll be entering a “spoilers” area. The regular enemy (HISS) variation is not bad, but it could definitely be better. There is even one enemy who I did not manage to destroy no matter how hard I tried.
“Do you feel it? Something is coming.”
Jess getting the “feeling” while she walk into a dark corridor.
Remember that paranoid second paragraph of the review? Well, there are people floating all over the place, chanting that incantation all the frigging time. And I loved it. If you shoot they will stop for a second. If you shoot them, they will disappear but they will eventually re-appear. Whoever thought of that has my respect, because it changes the perspective and feeling of each room.
It think I run into Criss Angel’s family.
Unfortunately, the A.I. is nothing special. You can lure enemies in a corridor or you can bait them through corners. The A.I. is designed to challenge you when you are on the move. When things work as intended, the combat feels great. Still, the A. I. could be way more advanced than what we got.
Control
I will be honest; I adored this game even though it is not perfect. Jesse is totally unlikeable… at least until the very end. The voice acting is not always great and the facial animations of Jesse lack emotion, especially you compare them to Emily’s (except the first time you meet her; she is a bit creepy and not the good kind of creepy).
This is Emily and we really like her. We wish we could play her instead of Jesse.
The map is very Metroidvania and may not be very accessible to people that are not familiar with these type of games. There is also backtracking and I know that some of you hate that. Still, the good news here is that there is a fast travel mechanic. Moreover, you cannot manually save as the game saves automatically and every time you die you have to start over from the last checkpoint, which might be troublesome for some players. Lastly there is no difficulty levels and the game can be a bit hard at some points, especially if you haven’t upgraded your powers and weapons. On a side note, I would really love if they added a new game+ mode with increased difficulty in a future patch.
“Finally! No more quacking.”
Jess after she’s done with..it.
There are several things I did not fully explain or even mentioned in this review in order to avoid spoilers. There are many parts of the game that will probably surprise you or even leave you speechless, so I don’t want to take that away from you.
I also don’t know if you guys watched the promotional videos of the game but most gameplay videos did not represent the actual quality of the final game. My initial thought before playing the game was “god damn it this is gonna suck”. However, I am glad I was wrong because Control might be the best Remedy game to date.
Awesome weapon designs
Hundreds of collectables
Fitting music and sounds
Memorable boss battles
Superb psychic powers
Fluent combat system
Destruction & physics
Hours of exploration
Great performance
Compelling story
Interesting lore
Level design
Unlikable Protagonist
No difficulty setting
Some backtracking
No manual save
Map design
Exclusivity
                Computer Specs: CPU: i5 4440, GPU: Palit 1660Ti OC 6GB, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X 16GB HDD: Crucial 275GB MX300, OS: Win7, 1080p
Playtime: 20+ hours total. That’s a guess by the way, since Epic’s launcher has no timer.
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Ep. 2- Fright N’ Roll Night Rock
[Short upbeat tune]
Electronic Voice: Hadron Gospel Hour
[Rift sound effect]
Mike: Good morni— good evenin— uh, good whatever it is, folks.
A.S.H. Le: Good times, Mike.
Mike: I guess that’ll work. Let me just say that my latest adventure in the rift has spawned a bounty of candy wealth [wrapper crinkling] unseen since the Halloweens of my youth. Oh, and I got Esmeralda’s fragment, here.
A.S.H. Le: That brings the total fragments retrieved to two hundred and thirty.
Oppenheimer: Not bad for two months work, well done Michael.
Mike: Thank you, thank you. So, A.S.H. Le, how many fragments are left?
A.S.H. Le: Approximately 2.5 trillion.
Mike: [sighs] ‘Kay, well, um, perhaps you’d like to sample the spoils of my Halloween haul, doctor.
[crinkling]
Oppenheimer: What’s this then? Some corporate branded, bite sized conglomeration of guar gum and red  number five, I gather? I’m going to put these through the particle scanner.
[crinkling]
Mike: I beat my personal best of ten pounds of candy. This last rift jumped proved to be very trick or treat friendly, no one around. Just empty neighbourhoods full of unoccupied houses with bags of candy on every porch. I also found this cool eighties van with the keys still in it [three beeps], hopped in, and just went to town.
A.S.H. Le: Congratulations Mike.
Mike: Thanks, A.S.H. Le
Oppenheimer: Hm. No doubt the jubilant rush immediately following the arrival of your most recent personal triumph muffled the most obvious of questions.
Mike: Wh-What d’you mean? Where the people were? Long gone, most likely. But the candy, I knew I could save the candy.
Oppenheimer: Care to share the results of the scan, A.S.H. Le?
A.S.H. Le: A compressed oxygen and carbon based substance consisting of water, proteins, lipids, appetite, complex carbohydrates, and a hearty mixture of dissolved inorganic ions.
Mike: Well I could have told you that.
Oppenheimer: People, Michael. You were about to eat people.
Mike: Gah! What? Are they alive?
A.S.H. Le: Negative. It would appear the hadron affect in that particular location had somewhat different resulting set of quantum mutations.
Mike: Moral dilemma averted, then. Jeez, I think I would have preferred razor blades, or pins in my mounds bars.
A.S.H. Le: Don’t be silly, Mike, everyone knows that was just mass hysteria, like the Salem Witch Trials and the Segway.
Mike: What’s on the agenda professor?
Oppenheimer: Precisely nothing, it would seem. 57 million timelines and nothing’s on. I would have previously thought this statistically impossible, but here I sit...
Mike: That can’t be true.
Oppenheimer: Broken hearted.
Mike: You should give your eyes a rest. And you potential poetry debut, maybe let that one cook for a while. Uh, what’re hoping to find anyway with this?
Oppenheimer: This marvellous device is a rift diactualator, a sort of decoder for the multifaceted nature of the rift that has torn countless realities asunder. Not unlike chat roulette. You see Michael, to the untrained eye this densely complicated visual code most likely appears to be nothing more than just that, random code written in a long forgotten language of probable alien origin.
[brief static]
Mike: That sort of looks like the Eiffel Tower to me...
Oppenheimer: Over the years I have stared endlessly into the static, interpreting, translating...
[brief static]
Mike: That’s probably the moon on fire...
Oppenheimer: And eventually seeing it for what it really was.
[brief static]
Mike: And that is definitely a heard of cattle with baseball caps on their heads.
Oppenheimer: Hm, well, it would seem that you, too are gifted with the sight. Although, I more recently see it as somewhat of a curse.
Mike: Can I browse through for a while?
Oppenheimer: By all means.
Mike: [brief static] There’s some sort of acrobat marathon, [brief static] this looks like a bunch of zombies in a supermarket… [brief static]
Oppenheimer: Yes, yes, typical rift fare.
Mike: Volcano eruption, [brief static] rioting, [brief static] oh there’s a cat with glasses… [brief static]
Oppenheimer: Far to much of that.
Mike: Woah, what have here?
[A weird noise starts, not unlike rushing water, but more threatening and gargle-y. It continues as the guys talk]
Oppenheimer: The horror! Quickly Michael, do not gaze upon such an abomination, my eyes be damned!
Mike: Well that reaction was unexpected. Are we both looking at the same thing?
Oppenheimer: I fear that should you continue on this fools course that only madness lie ahead for you! This creature is an indescribable monstrosity!
Mike: I wouldn’t say that is was… indescribable.
Oppenheimer: Of course it is. The focus of all that is pure evil in unbound space and time, how could one describe such a thing? A thing that should not be!
[Oppenheimer makes scared yelps and exclamations as Mike talks]
Mike: Well, I guess I’d start by saying that he’s like a three hundred foot headless, winged, humanoid creature, with a squid-like head, hundreds of tentacles protruding from where the mouth would normally be, it looks like he’s got a bunch of tentacles on his back… he’s covered in ooze… I would say there’s definitely an ocean theme going on.
Oppenheimer: Spare yourself, Michael, your mind must be moments from death!
[More noises from Oppenheimer]
Mike: Massive clawed hands… He got a tunic, or remnants of a tunic, which really isn’t— well, it’s not doing anything for the ooze. [Oppenheimer falls silent] It’s okay, relax, it’s just a code right, just a viewer? This things best attribute, it can’t see us at all. [Mike pauses and the creature’s noises get louder] Okay, he’s looking at us. Well, that was fun while it lasted.
[Theme song starts]
Intro: In the year 2008, in a secret underground lab beneath the large hadron collider, Dr. Oppenheimer Valdini was experimenting with a way to weaponize the so-called “hadron effect” and create the most destructive force ever known to mankind. A freak accident caused the hadron weapon to misfire, tearing a rift in the fabric of space-time, remaking our world and the parallel timelines of the multiverse into an infinite succession of horrors. Mike Wilkinson, I.T. guy by day and indie filmmaker by night was snatched from his world, and thrust into a terrifying dimension of madness and pseudoscience. Now, Oppenheimer and Mike roam the multiverse, chronicling the end of all that is, desperately trying to find a way to heal the rift and restore order to the timeline the only way they know how: by hosting a podcast.
[Theme music intsteifies]
Hadron Gospel Hour! Written by Michael McQuilkin and Richard Wentworth. Starring Richard Wentworth, Michael McQuilkin, Lisa McQuilkin, Michael Atkinson, and Wendy MacLean. With special guest star, John Mikl Thor.
And now, the hour has arrived! Hadron Gospel Hour!
[Theme song ends]
[Faint alarm sounds in background throughout scene]
A.S.H. Le: Imminent structural damage. The bunker will be compromised shortly.
Mike: So this is like a panic room, right? The safest part of the ship— uh, base— uh, what is this thing we’re in again?
Oppenheimer: No, no, nothing like that, I just needed a chance to gather my thoughts. Figure out the best course of action and preserve the integrity of the bunker.
Mike: Let me see if I can find the light… Okay, this is a closet.
Oppenheimer: Well, it’s more of a storage alcove, actually. With a door.
Mike: Let’s see… Shoes, tie rack, hanging jackets here next to my face. Yeah, I’m sticking with closet.
Oppenheimer: Michael, please! I need to think.
Mike: Well doesn’t this… vessel have any sort of defence mechanisms? Electrify the hull or something?
Oppenheimer: Of course! Defence mechanisms! Brilliant Michael.
Mike: Hey, that’s what I’m here for apparently.
Oppenheimer: A.S.H. Le! A.S.H. Le!
A.S.H. Le: Yes, professor?
Oppenheimer: Engage any and all bunker defence mechanisms immediately. [pause] A.S.H. Le?
Mike: This building-house has defence mechanisms, right?
Oppenheimer: Of course it does, though I’ve never had the need to use them prior. A.S.H. Le is an advanced A.I. bunker control entity, capable of handling billions of commands simultaneously. A.S.H. Le!
A.S.H. Le: Thank you for using the light edition of Automated Servitor Heuristics. To unlock advanced features such as exporting Automated Servitor Heuristic to popular formats, defence capabilities, and being able to listen to Automated Servitor Heuristic on your portable devices, please visit the Umbra Digital website at h-t-t-p-colon… [A.S.H. Le fades out as Mike and Oppenheimer talk]
Mike: You still haven’t updated? How many months has it been since Crystalos? Or that kerfuffle on Meatlantis, didn’t we talk about this?
Oppenheimer: Well Michael, let’s not argue on the merits of frugality at a time like—
Mike: Merits of frugality?!
Oppenheimer: Do you have any idea how much a custom artificial intelligence like A.S.H. Le costs, Michael? I could barely afford the lite edition!
Mike: Oh.
Oppenheimer: And furthermore, I certainly wasn’t going to start with an experimental A.I. prototype without some intense bench testing!
Mike: Well, I look forward to reading that report. Oh, no, wait. Wait a minute, I won’t be able to read anything, I’m about to die!
Oppenheimer: Now now, let’s rectify this immediately. They’ve provided a link to their website, we can upgrade right now and be done with it. To the server room!
[Rift sound effect]
[There’s still a constant alarm in the background, but it’s less faint now]
Mike: Jesus, I’ve never seen it so red-lit and smoke-filled in here.
Cyrus: Oh hey guys! Kinda noisy all of a sudden. Anything I can help with?
Oppenheimer: Yes, excellent. [muttering] “Anything I can help with”… Seriously.
Mike: Hi Cyrus, uh, we’ve got a bit of a problem that we need to rectify at the server room so…
Cyrus: Mike, Mike, I understand. you’ve got your priorities right now, I get it. You don’t need tot make time out of your busy schedule to set my mind at ease, that’s on me. I shouldn’t be putting that on you—
Mike: Uh, good, good. That’s great, Cyrus, I appreciate it.
Cyrus: Stuck in a wall or not, I understand how difficult it can be dealing with what life throws at you.
Mike: Great.
Cyrus: I used to fret about being late for things, the hustle and bustle of life in the city. I’d ask myself, I’m I doing enough? Have I maximized my potential? Did I tell everyone that needed to hear it that I loved them?
A.S.H. Le: Hull breached. Alien entity has morphed its shape and entered the bunker.
Mike: Cyrus—
Cyrus: I’d be in the supermarket, just doing a thing everyone has to do, but I’d be think about the fifty places I should be at the same moment. Multitask, multitask! Never appreciate—
Mike: I know exactly what you’re saying, let’s continue this at a later—
Cyrus: Of course, I don’t have any of those conflicts now. Fused to the wall, hopelessly immobile.
Mike: Okay, that’s my cue!
Cyrus: Look, trust me, I get it, godspeed. I envy you in a way!
[Alarm gets faint again]
Oppenheimer: Took you long enough, Michael. I told you about that man in the hall, quite the talker. Can’t give him a minute or you’ll be there all day. Anyway, come here. This terminal should do the job. Here’s the link, [typing sounds] and here we are loading and… Hm. Strange minimalistic design on their homepage, I can’t seem to locate the purchase.
Mike: That says “404 page not found”. Is there even such a thing as the internet out here?
Oppenheimer: Damn. Apparently not. Interesting, it’s been said the internet could survive a nuclear war what with all its redundant routes— mesh digital and analog conduits— but a single blast from the hadron canon seems to have put it on ice. Looks like the multiverse wasn’t the only casualty of the grim flame of my genius.
Mike: [clears throat] Professor, I’m as big a fan of irony and hubris as the next guy, but uh…
Oppenheimer: I’m going to try to reset A.S.H. Le and get her back online at least. Let’s see, um… Ah! There we go. A.S.H. Le? [typing sounds]
A.S.H. Le: I am here, professor. Would you like me to further research the merits of frugality for you?
Oppenheimer: I see, your programmers hobbled the defensive capabilities in their lite edition but had the foresight to make sure the sarcastic humour component was fully functional? What I wouldn’t give to shake their sweaty little hands right at this—
[pause]
Cyrus: Hey fellas?
Mike & Oppenheimer: Yeah?
Cyrus: There’s a guy here. In the hallway. With me.
Mike & Oppenheimer: Oh yeah?
Cyrus: Yeah. He’s just sort of… glaring at me.
Oppenheimer: Cyrus, try not to make eye contact.
Mike: Yeah, you don’t wanna be rude. [Cyrus’ muffled voice speaks in the background] We need to get out of here and, I don’t know, escape to the rift.
Oppenheimer: Every cell in my body seems to burn with the knowledge that we cannot escape this entity’s whim.
[Cyrus continues to have a muffled conversation with the creature]
Cyrus: Hey guys?
Mike & Oppenheimer: Yeah?
Cyrus: He’s done talking.
Oppenheimer: A.S.H. Le! Activate all bunker screens and play the tapes!
A.S.H. Le: [sighs] Rewinding.
Mike: No way.
Oppenheimer: To hell with hat A.S.H. Le, play it now!
A.S.H. Le: Tape rewound. Playing.
[Rift sound effect]
[Instrumental music plays]
Narrator: Tepid Fall to Derbiton Gallow.
[music fades out. Sounds of raindrops and a crackling fire play under the conversation]
Unnamed British Guy: Everything in order then?
Clancy Havenpush: It would appear so.
Unnamed British Guy: I trust Mrs. Sharpshire was helpful in getting your arrangements completed this morning?
Clancy Havenpush: That she was.
Unnamed British Guy: Splendid.
Clancy Havenpush: Her uncanny heart and candid nature are somewhat unexpected in these ghastly times, though no less appreciated.
Unnamed British Guy: [sighs] I long for the halcyon days…
Clancy Havenpush: As do I.
Unnamed British Guy: I’ll be sure to deliver your kind words.
Clancy Havenpush: See to it that you do.
Unnamed British Guy: Of course, my word is as good as my bond.
Clancy Havenpush: Lovely.
[pause]
Unnamed British Guy: And so… it has come to pass.
Clancy Havenpush: Victoria?
Unnamed British Guy: I’m afraid so.
Clancy Havenpush: Damn.
Unnamed British Guy: Indeed.
Clancy Havenpush: And… Emma as well, I presume.
Unnamed British Guy: Alas. [pause] I hear tell of delays on the roads to Derbiton, you’d do well to seek an alternate route.
Clancy Havenpush: One might suggest you do the same, perhaps… less Derbiton and more so the geography of the human soul.
Unnamed British Guy: A penny for your thoughts.
Clancy Havenpush: You can keep your beleaguered charity.
Unnamed British Guy: Monstrous cad!
[pause]
Clancy Havenpush: Well then, I suppose I’ll be off.
Unnamed British Guy: Will you?
Clancy Havenpush: Won’t I?
Unnamed British Guy: Would it surprise you were I to say you were?
Clancy Havenpush: My word is as good as—
Unnamed British Guy: I hear tell of candlelit whispers in the night to the contrary.
Clancy Havenpush: Feind!
Unnamed British Guy: Listen hear, old boy, I dare say—
Clancy Havenpush: You daren’t!
Unnamed British Guy: Now look here, look here now! Do I detect a hint of resentment in your tone?
Clancy Havenpush: Your senses do not fail you.
Unnamed British Guy: You are Percy Clavenook of Torpenville Hallow, are you not?
Clancy Havenpush: Heavens no, the name is Clancy Havenpush of Hyperpudding Vale.
Unnamed British Guy: Sir, you must forgive me for this, my most grievous of errors. How thoughtless of me. Never have I known the depths of such shame. Were I in the possession of a sword I would surely fall upon it with quickness.
Clancy Havenpush: Uh, think nothing of it, noble innskeep.
Unnamed British Guy: Oh, I-I don’t work here.
[Instrumental music plays again]
Narrator: On the next Tepid Fall to Derbiton Gallows
[Poor piano playing while a woman sings the word “la” a lot]
Posh Woman: You frightful cow.
[The singing woman cries]
[Rift sound effect]
[Ambient crowd noise in the background]
Gary's Friend: Hey Gary, you see that game last night?
Gary: Uh, which one?
Gary's Friend: Seriously, the big one, World Series.
Gary: Oh, that. What I don’t understand is, how can they call it The World Series if only one county is in it.
Gary's Friend: Hmmmm, never really thought of that, hell of a game though.
Gary: How come? Did they use something besides bats this time?
Gary's Friend: No, but— Hey, that reminds me of a joke! This guy goes to the doctor, he says—
Gary: The doctor! Is he okay?
Gary’s Friend: Well, he’s… Lemme just—
Gary: Recent trauma or some ongoing issue?
Gary’s Friend: It’s ongoing, I guess. So he says, doctor I think my wife’s cheating on me!
Gary: He’s telling this to a general practitioner? Bad move. He should really be seeing a licensed therapist.
Gary’s Friend: Sure, but he’s just—
Gary: Preferably one with a focus on couple’s counselling and/or marriage therapy.
Gary’s Friend: Anyways, the doctor says, what makes you say that? So the guy—
Gary: Woah, woah. “What makes you say that?” What kind of professional response is that? This doctor is suspect.
Gary’s Friend: Suspect? Of what, he just walked in.
Gary: No bedside manner, no “hello sir or madam”, right to the deflective question of the obviously sensitive subject. That’s grounds for a complaint to the board.
Gary’s Friend: Yeah, but—
Gary: Or at least, throw something up on Yelp.
Gary’s Friend: Okay, let’s switch gears. How about… Okay, knock knock.
Gary: Uh… Who’s there?
Gary’s Friend: Your parole officer. [sound of Gary’s running footsteps] Gary, Wait!
[Soft instrumental music plays]
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[music stops]
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[crowd laughs]
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[music returns]
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[music stops]
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[Rift sound effect]
[Faint alarm in background]
Mike: Good call on those tapes.
Oppenheimer: Yes, it certainly afforded us the opportunity to abscond from the server room undetected.
Mike: I feel much safer in this… doored storage alcove.
Oppenheimer: Yes, but I feel like the word safe can be no longer used to describe our collective futures, or lack thereof. We may have run out of options, Michael. I’ve been running calculations and possible scenarios for the past hour and I feel like I’m just staring at a blank chalkboard, dark and foreboding to the psyche. Maybe with just the teacher’s name, toward the right… Mr. Oppenheimer. A small suggested summer reading list below.
Mike: Just try to relax, professor, we’ve bought some time. You may get an eraser or two chucked at your head yet. It’s funny you mentioned school though. If I were the person I was as a kid I would probably be praying my ass off right now.
Oppenheimer: Michael, as you know, I am a man of science, however, I am unwilling to leave any stone unturned in our quest for survival. Tell me more of this… praying.
Mike: You’ve never heard of it?
Oppenheimer: No, but colour me curious as a cat. Lay it on me my formerly God fearing friend.
Mike: Okay… well. First I suppose you’d have to kinda pick a god to pray to?
Oppenheimer: Interesting. There’s more than one then?
Mike: Well, uh, it depends on… Well, there’s different pantheons…
Oppenheimer: Which is the most… powerful I suppose would be the next obvious query.
Mike: Well, uh, they’re all supposed to be, you know, sort of all powerful in a way.
Oppenheimer: Come now. There must there some sort of data collected on these gods that would allow us to logically rate them on a power scale. A.S.H. Le, search your databases for all references to the various pantheons of history.
A.S.H. Le: Should I filter out those that exist only in fiction?
Mike: That’s a loaded question.
Oppenheimer: No, gather all the data please.
A.S.H. Le: Computing. Completed.
Oppenheimer: Now, parse and arrange the data, ranking them based on direct involvement with he mortal worlds and conflict resolution.
A.S.H. Le: Completed.
Mike: That was fast.
A.S.H. Le: Thank you, Mike.
Oppenheimer: Which pantheons are at the top?
A.S.H. Le: There is one clear frontrunner.
Oppenheimer: Really? Which one?
A.S.H. Le: The Norse mythology.
Mike: That makes sense.
Oppenheimer: Okay, what’s next? What would the pure, naïve, child-like Michael do?
Mike: Well, after pissing himself, he’d as humbly as possible invoke the favour of the gods through a heartfelt plea.
Oppenheimer: Curious. Not exactly my strong suit, but well— here goes nothing.
Mike: Not a good start.
[Oppenheimer starts to make muttering singing noises. It does not resemble prayer.]
Mike: And not sure what that’s all about.
Oppenheimer: Lord of the Norse sky, hear me, your most humble and notably gifted skeptic. I call upon thee to aid us, if able and existent, in this our most dire hour of need. I am a man of science, previously the idea of direct communication with you would be met with scoff and distain, but today, before you is a desperate man. A man defeated, a man who see a universe without him in it. And I weep, for not only that incredible man, but for that universe. Such potential for change and advancement squandered on the whimsical mechanics of chaos. An agent of that chaos threatens that potential and I ask, I pray, that you in your probable but not verified wisdom— and grace— send a capable agent of hope in this, our darkest hour. Sincerely, Dr. Francis “Oppenheimer” Valdini.
Mike: Well that was something.
[long pause]
Oppenheimer: Well, clearly a failed experiment. We’re doomed.
Mike: Professor, we-we’ve only just started, there’s gotta be something. W— There’s so many things we were gonna do, to see.
Oppenheimer: Yes. Yes, there were. My beloved Esmerelda only 2.5 trillion fragments away from reconstitution, the rift so close to being healed, but alas. Michael, I know it to be the foolish notion of a hopeless man to ask, but I would… I would ask that you… To please forgive…
[Thunder clap]
Thor: We meet again, bub.
Cthulhu: You. How did you find me?
Thor: Let’s just say that a bad penny by any other name is still a bad penny, old scratch. Or, shall I refer to thee as The Deceiver. Oh, heh, how about Beleisle, Panzuzu, Araman, Apollyon, Beelzebub, Shy-tan, Abadan!
Cthulhu: Ah! And your name hangs on my tongue like a bolus of foul sputum that can never be expelled. Thor, God of Thunder, Asabrag, Dorin, The Intercessor, The Archangel Triton, The Metal Avenger, Vethor, Superpresident, The Rock Warrior.
Thor: Your many names mask the same snake, Asmodius! Or perhaps better known in these realms as Bathamut, Leviathan, Cthulhu, The Indescribable One.
Mike: Ehn, pretty describable.
Oppenheimer: Shh.
Mike: Hey, how long do you think this part with go on?
Oppenheimer: Hard to say, clearly these two have a history.
Mike: I’m going to go see if I can hurry this along.
Oppenheimer: Do you think that wise, Michael?
Mike: Nope. [clears throat] Hey guys, sorry to interrupt.
Oppenheimer: Yes, forgive our intrusion.
Cthulhu: Who dares?
Mike: I just wanted to take this opportunity to say that, uh, and I think I can speak for both of us…
Oppenheimer: Of course.
Mike: I just wanted to say that we are… impressed beyond believe and the number of monikers you’ve both managed to amassed over the years.
Oppenheimer: Most impressive. Most impressive.
Mike: And well, just as a personal aside and only because you folk may not know this, but I’ve slogged through life so far with just one name. A fairly common one at that, and the professor here—
Oppenheimer: Well, truth be told, I have quite a few myself, but that list pales in comparison to the inordinate amount of influence you both must possess in order to receive such a cornucopia of titles.
Thor: Your reverence is well received, mortals! It warms the heart of Thor. A heart buried deep beneath the eldritch armour and layers upon layers of equally impenetrable muscle.
Mike: Well, we couldn’t just stay in the next room with all this going on an remain silent.
Oppenheimer: We were compelled to say something.
Thor: And what say you, Serpent of Old? Wordless in the face of such exalted praise, Foul Betrayer? ’Tis rude of you.
Cthulhu: Insolence!
Oppenheimer: Gentlemen, gentlemen, please. Although most appreciated, we are not fishing for reciprocal compliments here.
Mike: And we’re certainly not interested in complicating what is clearly an extend period of unresolved conflict between the two of you, it’s been a while hasn’t it?
Cthulhu: Eons.
Oppenheimer: Eons! That’s barely even a measurement of recognized time. Both Michael and I have had a rough road over these past few years, but eons! That cannot be easy.
Cthulhu: Yes.
Thor: Aye, perhaps before time itself. Battle after battle. So much lost in the fog of it.
Mike: Okay, well, we’ve said our piece. Uh, hopefully we’ve established ourselves as a safe place for you to, you know, unload some of that burden, even for a little while.
Oppenheimer: Perhaps even shed some light on some past transgressions to let the steam out a bit.
Thor: There you go, old scratch, you relish the destructive display of evaporation.
Cthulhu: This is true.
Mike: See? We understand you.
Oppenheimer: We understand.
Thor: What brought you here to this… this…
Oppenheimer: Interdimensional bunker.
Mike: It’s a lot like a spaceship building.
Thor: Yes, what brought you to this spaceship building?
Cthulhu: This mindless prattle has clouded you minds, fools! Is it not obvious?
Mike: Hey, we wouldn’t have asked if we didn’t want to hear what you have to say.
Thor: Aye, what is your purpose here, my oldest of adversaries?
Cthulhu: I am here to consume the souls of these mortals, these two Chatty Cathys. And I intended to do so regardless of the temporary sympathy plateau we’ve cultivated, but now I can see that you have duped me again, that these two are but shadows. No humans could be so vapid, so touchy-feely. Well played, God of Thunder.
Thor: Actually, Foul One, they’re real.
Cthulhu: Really?
Oppenheimer: Full disclosure, our intervention hear this evening is dual-purposed. The first has already been accomplished.
Mike: And thanks for sharing your honesty with us, i-it goes a long way. Even if it doesn’t seem so right at this moment.
Cthulhu: And what is the second purpose of your pitiful intentions?
Oppenheimer: Distraction. A.S.H. Le!
A.S.H. Le: Deploying liquid nitrogen jets.
[Whoosh sound. Cthulhu screams]
Thor: Nicely done, mortals, now it’s time for me to do what I do best. Let’s tune our weapons!
[Rock music starts, Cthulhu makes the occasional guttural noise]
Oppenheimer: Mother of invention, this is quite a sight! It appears that Thor has transformed into a shirtless titan. A radically different appearance, but no less imposing.
Mike: No doubt about that, professor. And look, the creature has transformed as well.
Oppenheimer: Yes, what a hideous sight. A curious design to choose in this particular instance.
Mike: Yeah, sort of a stick-thin nightmare with elongated proportions.
Oppenheimer: Almost insectoid in form and structure, pained movement, limited articulation.
Mike: Not sure if he even has legs, just kinda bobbing back and forth.
Cthulhu: Minions, attend me!
Oppenheimer: Curious choice indeed. And what’s this?
Mike: He’s summoned a bunch of small starfish looking things, they kind of look like hand puppets.
Oppenheimer: Now, Michael. why would a creature possessed with this kind of immense power conjure a series of benign children’s toys? For the sake of comic relief? Trust me, these are dangerous entities. Even though we can’t see their legs either.
Mike: Yeah, they seem ambulatory— Oh, look out! One of them has a switch blade.
Oppenheimer: My God, and that one is smoking!
Mike: Oh crap, these non-puppet things just flew through the air and stuck to Thor’s chest.
Oppenheimer: He’s having quite a struggle with them, it almost looks as though he’s intentionally holding them against himself.
Mike: That’s just crazy talk, professor. Should we help?
Thor: Stay back, mortals. I will prevail! These minions of the underworld are as deadly as they appear.
A.S.H. Le: So… not that deadly?
Oppenheimer: Look, he’s destroyed the minions! Now he’s locked in combat with the creature itself!
Mike: Like a strange, in-air, double arm wrestling competition.
Oppenheimer: Awesome indeed, Michael. Perhaps, awesome incarnate.
[Music crescendos, then stops. Faint dying wail from Cthulhu]
Thor: It it done. The fiend is gone… for now.
Oppenheimer: Sir, I-I don’t know how to thank— You saved my bunker… You— You saved us…
Thor: Ah, don’t mention it pal. Just a typical Thursday night for me.
Oppenheimer: Oh, uh, typical you say?
Thor: Yeah, get it? Thursday, Thor’s day, the name’s Thor!
Oppenheimer: Oh I see, heh, a bit of comedic wordplay, yes. I’m afraid I’m a bit myopic when it comes to any form of humour that doesn’t involve sarcasm.
Mike: Just checked on Cyrus, he’s fine. Woah, wait a minute! I know who this is.
Oppenheimer: Of course, Michael, just because he changed back into his earthly garb does mean—
Mike: This is Jon Mikl Thor.
Thor: In the flesh, bub.
Oppenheimer: Ah, yes, of course. I must have been a little woozy from all the sulphur. The legendary Jon Mikl Thor is here!
[pause]
Mike, Oppenheimer, & A.S.H. Le: Welcome!
Thor: Happy to be here. And to pull your butts out of the fire. Literally.
Oppenheimer: Please, have a seat on the couch. I think we’re out of chairs.
[Rift sound effect]
Oppenheimer: Thank you so much for being here, Thor. What is your preferred method of destroying your enemies.
Thor: I use mind-control. Everyone thinks that I just use my muscularity and strength, but actually I have a superior brain.
Oppenheimer: So you’re able to get inside their heads?
Thor: Yes, I have a special vision where I can inspect the brain and see what they are thinking, and I can be one step ahead.
Oppenheimer: Ah, mental manipulation and mind control, wonderful!
Thor: Yes, manipulate them and then give ‘em a judo chop in the neck, and then I grab their arm, twist it to their behind— not in their behind, but to the behind of the back— and they’re on their knees. That’s how I deal with them.
Oppenheimer: Jon, what was the first moment that you identified with the thunder god? What was the first moment onstage as Thor like
Thor: The very first moment onstage was a… very thunderous moment. I could hear the thunder and I could see the lightening. And I was being electrocuted at the time, as I stepped on a live wire and on a live flash pod. So, uh, that was my first, uh… uh, feeling of the god of thunder. [Oppenheimer chuckles] However, to get— seriously, I had just a, uh, incredible moment of… I was trying to develop the character of Thor and it was one of my favourite mythological gods— and, uh, also I’m a big fan of Superman— and I wanted to put both together and come up onstage and play heavy rock music. ‘Cause I used to train to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, and all the heavy metal bands. Did you know that “Helter Skelter” was the very first metal song? By the Beatles. I used to train to that as well. And, uh, and then I got pumped up and I wanted to do it all onstage. Meld muscle and music together.
Oppenheimer: What was your favourite TV show as a child?
Thor: Besides The Adventures of Superman, it was the Lone Ranger!
Oppenheimer: Ah, yes.
Thor: Yeah, with Clayton Moore. Remember Clayton Moore?
Oppenheimer: I can see that in John Triton— a-a man who comes into town to clean things up.
Thor: That’s right, that’s right. You know all my influences and secrets.
Oppenheimer: And now we can watch Rock and Roll Nightmare with new eyes.
Thor: [chuckles] Yes.
Oppenheimer: Speaking of Rock and Roll Nightmare, why-why do you think that Rock and Roll Nightmare has become such a huge cult phenomenon with so many fans?
Thor: I absolutely have no idea. Seriously, I [laughs] I, uh, i-it leaves me scratching my head at times. Um, I-I just think that it’s one of those things where y’know, John Fasano and I were two young guys… You know, we just, uh— well he was younger than I was [laughs], I was rockin’ and rollin’ for a while at that time, an-and touring all over the world. And we had done Zombie Nightmare together and I did the soundtrack as well. And, you know, that was with Tia Carrere and Adam West— the original Batman. Uh, and the-then we wanted to do this movie together, an-and do some other ones as well, an-and our idea was “hey, can we just make a movie that could get distributed”. Y’know, we didn’t want just a movie that our— that we’d have in the basement where, you know, your mom and dad would watch and have the friends over, that sort of thing. We wanted a movie that could get distributed. And so that’s all our plan was. We had no idea that it would continue on, over the years and have this cult following and new generations of fans, for that matter. That was unfathomable. That… that… Well, that’d be amazing. So here we are, in 2013, I have just, you know, appeared on a tour, and I can’t believe the fans of… of, uh you know, this— this movie and, uh, if I look at it, I just think it’s… it’s that story, right? Of, y’know, why is The Man of Steel— well, of course, bigger budget and everything— why is the Man of Steel so popular, or why are superheroes popular? You know, Triton was a superhero, really, he was like Hercules, uh, you know, he was, y’know, sent from above to do a job on Earth, y’know? Let’s clean up, y’know? Do a job and— And I think there were some… some cool twists, and I think also, the music speaks for itself. I believe the music that was written—[coughs] Excuse me, but I have to take a little, uh… [Oppenheimer laughs] kudos here. [laughs] But the… [laughs] I thought the music was… It’s good music, right? It’s good rockin’ music, you know, for that time…
Oppenheimer: Totally.
Thor: And people still like it today. They— they keep going on about energy… and “we live to rock” and all these, uh… “We Accept the Challenge”… They stand up today.
Oppenheimer: And if I could add, one of the things that we find most compelling about your work— Rock and Roll Nightmare and all of your projects, really— is the amount of energy that you bring to it, uh, the… the fun you seem to be having and the passion with which you apply yourself. You are an entertainer, and it’s obvious that with you, entertainment comes first.
Thor: Well, that’s why I say to the crowd, uh, yeah, “you give me energy” because the energy I get from the crowd is… is… is beyond any kind of high I could get from anything else. it really is a high and and you can really feel it up there and… and i-it’s something that’s, uh, one of the most amazing feelings a human being could anger have. An-and it’s— That’s— Hey, why is Paul McCartney out there, you know, at 71 years old, entertaining the crowds? He loves it, I mean, there— He’s on bigger scale, of course, but you have to admire, uh, you know the-the guy… Hey, you know, most of the guys touring right now are over sixty. Y’know, they’re all touring out there, KISS loves it… I mean, y-you can’t escape it. Uh, y’know, “we live to rock”.
Oppenheimer: Yes! So what have the crowds been like?
Thor: Oh, uh, we… we had five thousand in, uh, in Florida. Um… In, um, in Europe we had, uh, a crowd of twenty thousand, um… S-so, y’know, i-it varies in the different regions we go to, y’know.  But, uh, y’know, we, uh, we played— I have played in front of a hundred thousand and that was, uh, at a large festival in Europe. Back in… in the eighties, but, you know, most of the stuff, like, twenty thousand, you know, is recently.
Oppenheimer: It seems like there’s a lot more younger fans now who seem to be getting into that classic, uh… hard rock, power metal sort of sound. Uh, many more than perhaps even as recently as twenty years ago. Have you noticed that?
Thor: I absolutely— Yeah, I feel that, and, you know, with the social network., uh, and the internet, everything… it’s made the world smaller and everybody joins together an-and we have so many fans that contact us from Brazil, from Japan… Places, you know, that we’ve never been to a-at all, uh, before. But, you know, we ha— We’ve found out there’s so many legions of fans, um, you know, like in Germany and of course, you know, we’ve played in Sweden and Finland and all those places— and England. But there’s such a big world out there, a big universe. We are warriors of the universe and, uh, were ready t-to get out there at some point animate all these people. Uh, next year we do have plans to do some shows in New York, Boston, Washington, and, uh, uh, you know, we have a new album that will be coming out. Uh, there’s some, uh… uh… Well, special secrets, I guess, uh, that have not been revealed yet, but they will be unfurled to the world, uh… very, very soon. About I will say, maybe possibly a box set that’ll be coming out on, uh, on a major label, uh next year, that’s one. And, uh, also we got, uh, out of Europe, a single that’s coming out and another album. So we got plenty of products, are you confused already? But uh, you know, heh, I’m confused at times.
Oppenheimer: It’s a good kind of confusion. Where can the denizens of the various timelines go to find out more about your current projects and…
Thor: Yeah, yeah, thorcentral.com, metalavengers, uh, dot com, which is out of Europe. So, uh, you got the North American, uh, headquarters, and the European headquarters. And of course, uh, Facebook, Jon Mikl Thor on Facebook, y’know you can get, uh, updates, uh on there.
Oppenheimer: I have two more questions for you, Jon. Uh, you’ve been a champion bodybuilder, a rockstar, a filmmaker, actor, writer, and an entrepreneur with your throwback classic NHL jerseys. You’ve even been in comic books, uh, including that new Retro Tales comic. Is there anything that you’ve not yet attempted or accomplished, but would like to?
Thor: Oh, uh, I’d like to have a great golf game or an under three hundred bowling… y’know… [Oppenheimer laughs] There’s a few things there.
Oppenheimer: We need to bowl next time you come to the bunker, right Michael?
Thor: Yeah, absolutely.
Oppenheimer: Excellant.
Thor: I, uh… I’d like to… Like I said, I like to get a pretty good— I like to get the perfect game.
Oppenheimer: Yes, of course as do we.
Thor: That would be great.
Oppenheimer: One more question for you, Jon. What would you consider to be the most important lesson that you’ve learned in your time here amongst us mortals.
Thor: I would say, to… to be humble, you know? To appreciate what you have, appreciate life, appreciate the scenery. Do not be an egomaniac. I’ve dealt with many egomaniacs out there, and at times I may portray one here and there, but really, I’m a pretty humble guy because I’ve learned to be humble. You know, it’s like, uh, you gotta, you know, enjoy life to its max and, uh, appreciate nature, etc., etc. There’s, uh, you know, you can work yourself to death pretty much and just be focused on one thing, uh, for example music. You know, some guys are just “hey, I just wanna write the next one, the next big record” or, “I just wanna”— But, you know what? There’s other things out there that are wonderful, like bowling.
Oppenheimer: [laughs] Right, of course.
Thor: So enjoy!
Oppenheimer: Jon Mikl Thor, you are the best, thank you so much for talking with us.
Thor: Hey man, I appreciate it. Thank you so much for having me on the show, I really appreciate that. Look forward to seeing you guys again soon.
[Rift sound effect]
Thor: Well guys, it’s time I got out of here. Lots of other worlds to save. And I must have a ton of dishes to wash by now.
Mike: We can’t thank you enough, man, thanks for everything.
Oppenheimer: Yes, you truly saved the day, I imagine, on of many days saved.
Thor: Don’t mention it.
A.S.H. Le: Now, professor?
Oppenheimer:
Absolutely not.
Mike: What’s up?
Oppenheimer: Oh, nothing, she just wanted to play some ending credits music for a silly video game.
A.S.H. Le: He just doesn’t get it.
Thor: Which game? Portal?
A.S.H. Le: Why… yes, actually.
Thor: Great idea, that would have really fit well.
A.S.H Le: Swoon.
Thor: Okay, so, uh… I guess I’m leaving now. [coughs] Hey, guy, don’t you have something for me?
Mike: Wha… Who, me?
Thor: Yeah, man. Keys?
Mike: Wha— Oh! Oh…
Oppenheimer: The van you found on the People Candy World, that’s—
Thor: My van, man. [sound of keys being handed over] Rock and roll! [van beeps] Gentlemen.
Song: Energy takes me where I want to be And you’re where I wanna be Girl you give me
[Van tyres screech]
Mike: Don’t call it people candy.
Oppenheimer: People candy, Michael. You were almost eating people candy.
[“Energy” by Jon Mikl Tho starts playing]
Credits: Hadron Gospel Hour is produced by Richard Wentworth and Michael McQuilkin, production assistance from Katy Falvey and Rebekah White. Special thanks to Jon Mikl Thor, Tim Conway, Bob Wilson, Scott Woolard and Barrelhouse Sound, Kris Paukstys, Tim Gleason, and Don and Eric Schulze. Download, rate, and review episodes of Hadron Gospel Hour at iTunes and Stitcher. And Listen to episodes any time at hadrongospelhour.com.
[“Energy” plays the episode out]
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Katie Von Schleicher Interview
Katie Von Schleicher
Photo by Chris Baker
On her debut full-length, Von Schleicher strikes again on the magic that comes from her warped and uncompromising sound. ‘Shitty Hits’ channels the bright, sunny radio burners of the 1970’s, songs you drive to, carefree, and songs you can cry to. From start to finish, ‘Shitty Hits’ confronts feelings of isolation and powerlessness whilst also earnestly tackling grandiosity and the struggle of being deeply flawed and unmistakably human… We talk to the delightful Katie Von Schleicher about having universal lyrics, projecting into darkness and podcasts…
TSH: For your creative process, do you work from a place of instinct or do you have a fixed plan?
Katie: Well, it's a tender balance of the two really. I think the instinct is to form a plan because it's stressful and scary releasing my own material now. I've been making music for quite some time but this upcoming release is my first real full-length record. I've made albums with people via engineering or helping to produce, but now it's exciting for me to engineer and produce for myself.
TSH: How important is the idea of creative control to you?
Katie: At this time, it's absolutely vital. I personally do see the value of collaboration, but I had to be restrictive for this record in terms of influencing the record with my own honest expressions. I needed to discover what it is I'm trying to do and doing it on my own terms is key.
TSH: Where were most of your lyrics stemming from?
Katie: I think the lyrics are fairly universal and in some ways they can be vague even though they are direct expressions of things I've felt and been through. A lot of it is personal and internal, even though I have an addiction with politics and reading about what’s going in the world. I read a lot of non-fiction and a lot of memoirs as well, so the lyrics can be influenced in terms of phrasing and wordings of literature that I've read. For this record, the lyrics are kind of dealing generally with my struggle for perspective. I'm sure that I'll continue to pull from a variety of sources because various factors contribute to my sense of how I feel in the world.
TSH: Do you prefer to have a sense ambiguity with your music and for listeners to apply their own connections?
Katie: I think so. The songwriters I admire tend to be specific in all the right ways. It's not that I feel private or unable to engage the specificity of what I'm going through, but I do personally like songs that I can project myself into, and I hope listeners can do the same with my music.
TSH: Was 'The Image' the natural choice as the album opener?
Katie: Oh yeah, definitely. It's funny, because when the band play it live, they have a hard time remembering that it's called 'The Image' and we just call it Shitty Hits. As soon as I had that song finished, I knew that was the beginning and I knew that ‘Sell it Back’ would be the closer. It was cool, since I had input from friends and fellow musicians as to how to the sequencing should go.
TSH: How did you go about forming ‘Paranoia’?
Katie: That song, like many of the other songs, is a song that I just wrote and sung outright. I made a voice memo and that's what I said. I guess sometimes what you call dummy lyrics can be the most introspective. When I wrote it, I wrote it on a piano, but I heard it as what it became. I was listening to a lot of Brian Eno’s ‘Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)’ at the time too.
TSH: How do you normally decide on your vocal delivery?
Katie: Well, I guess voice memos do influence my vocal delivery. I find that when I write the songs the vocals are not performative at all, they are very raw and sometimes that's a much better approach. For the record, I did all of the vocals in my apartment by myself, mostly in the dark and I borrowed a really nice microphone to do so. I have this kind of smooth and feminine voice but I doubled a lot of my vocal lines with a lower octave of me. For me, I want to give my vocals a bit more of a presence, perhaps even a harrowing quality, or even a confusing gender quality that maybe my voice naturally doesn’t have.
TSH: Is your vocal stance naturally more diverse when you perform live?
Katie: It's a funny thing because my vocal style when I play live I can't bring about by purpose and I certainly don’t sing like that when I practise. I don’t sing like that until I get on stage and there is this adrenaline, and also I'm daring myself to not race through the songs. I guess I want to alchemise my voice into various moods and feelings when I play live.
TSH: Tell us more about liking ‘darkness on the edge of town’…
Katie: Haha! Well, I feel there is a visual component to where you want a certain song to be heard. I get asked often about how I want people to feel when they listen to my music, but I don't presume to know that. I just feel personally that there are some locations that can help you to partake and be immersed within a record. I think darkness allows you to forget your body and your location, which can allow you to project into something potentially unknown.
TSH: Were you surprised when your interns asked you who Paul Thomas Anderson was?
Katie: Ha! Yes, they totally didn’t know about him. We were watching the new Haim video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and we were discussing whether they were playing live, as well as saying how well shot it was. I then realised ‘Oh, of course, it's directed by Paul Thomas Anderson’... and my interns said ‘Who's that?’. I figured at least everybody had seen Inherent Vice.
TSH: Do you still listen to podcasts to help you unwind?
Katie: Podcasts can be great, but lately I’ve found that I go in cycles with them. Sometimes I feel like I'm listening to things while walking down the street, instead of actually walking down the street, you know what I mean? I'm trying to go lower on the podcasts for now; however, I'm reading a lot. I'm trying to read more current literature or more non-fiction. I've got really into Rebecca Solnit – she is infinitely wise. Overall, I find the more I can talk to people that have different experiences from me and actually engage with people, then I feel like I’m rewarding myself.
TSH: What’s pleased you most about your progression to date?
Katie: I guess the whole album process was very self-questing, but it's been a great process learning to trust my own instincts, especially production wise and engineering wise. I feel as though I went the opposite of certain rules that people subscribe to when they produce a record. I went to music school, so potentially I have more of a rule following type of outlook, but we do live in the age of laptop recordings and there aren't as many rules now. I’m just pleased that I trusted myself and found ways to make my music more interesting.
Katie Von Schleicher - “Paranoia”
Shitty Hits
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tstodden · 7 years
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Oddball Software You May Find Useful
While there's plenty of "Essential" pieces of software that you'll pretty want to have for daily, domestic stuff (Word processing / Office suite, Image Editor, Web Browser, Media Player, Anti-virus / Anti-malware, back-up / archival tools), there's some lesser-known software that some people may find useful.
I will admit the programs on this list will be niche in some usage scenarios, but I would still consider checking them out.
RedNotebook
Digital Journal / Diary / Project Book
http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net
RedNotebook is like a digital version of a notebook that you may have in your bag where you write down your oddball ideas, notes, projects ideas, daily thoughts or whatnot. It's open-source & multi-platform (PC, MAC, Linux, ect.), so you can use it (& it's notebooks) on nearly any computer.
What I like about RedNotebook is that it allows me to cram all the random stuff in one spot without random files cluttering up my documents folder & provide some search options (word cloud, hashtags, entry lists & calendar marks) so I can go back to the idea later. It supports spell checking, mark-up code (like the old word processors before the age of WYSIWYG editors), images, file & web / links, so you don't have to look at just a plain old block of text the entire time.
The one downside is that RedNotebook only provides one page per day. While it's an infinite page (being a digital notebook), everything write must be assigned a date... which is typically day you came with the idea. HOWEVER, you can choose the date you want to write on... as there's nothing stopping you from selecting the date (as you can re-write older entries).
A fair number of posts here usually get jotted down in RedNotebook first & may sit a little bit (as little as a day) before posting.
Notepad++
Notepad Replacement
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Notepad++ is more of a souped-up version compared to the old Windows standby. Some of the key features are spell-checker, file tabs (so you can have multiple files open), split-screen viewer (so you can have 2 files open side-by-side), line counter, column markers & even syntax / language selector.
This may be more features than what normal users may want, but it's ideal for programmers as it has some syntax checking & typical style formatting. It's also functional for FAQ writers for the spell checker & marking the 80th character column (which FAQ sites like Game FAQ's notes as the maximum acceptable margin).
Prior to using Notepad++ (& 64-bit versions of Windows), I originally utilized the antiquated MS-DOS Editor to write my guides that I would post on Game FAQ's as the MS-DOS command window would default to 80 characters in width. HOWEVER, some limitations of the software (no spell checker, limited height of the window) did limit some usefulness. The features within Notepad++ made the transition easy, especially when doing a complete re-write.
LibreCAD
Drafting Software
http://www.librecad.org
For those who really need to design something (a part, an item or a building), having a dedicated drafting program is better than trying to accurately sketch everything in an image editor.
Complying with CAD standards, it can easily scale your designs as needed & work reasonably well with plotters. You will need to learn how to use CAD software & drafting standards, but for those who can't afford the professional stuff (which easily runs in the thousands & have physical DRM)... it's nice to have an alternative.
Audacity
Audio Editor
http://www.audacityteam.org/
If you do any audio recording, editing or mixing, this is probably a piece of software that may be familiar to you. Audacity is a professional-style audio recorder & editor.
The old sound editor that was built into older versions of Windows (as it seems to be have been removed from current versions) only allowed you work with ONE audio track, only saved in raw WAV format & had very short recording time (generally a minute at the most). Audacity allows you to work with multiple tracks in various audio formats & allow you to record for as long as your HDD can store the data.
If you do podcasting, musical recording or anything else that requires audio recording & editing, this is something you'll be using a fair amount.
Juice
Podcast Manager / Receiver
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net
Like podcasts, but hate using iTunes? Juice has you covered as you can manage your list of podcasts & download content whenever you want.
Considering that Android devices prefer to utilize Google Play Music, this is more for those who like to use their computer as their podcast hub.
Zint
Barcode / QR Code Generator
http://zint.org.uk/
Fascinated by barcodes & QR Codes? Ever wonder how they store data in graphical binary representation & wanted to make your own? Zint is your tool! Whatever you want to put into a code (contact info on a business card, web URL, mailing address or just some random junk), Zint will handle it in the format you choose.
While the contents of those Bar / QR codes aren't that secure (as any barcode reader can read them), but if you want provide some complex information a bit easier & add a little "cloak & dagger" elements... you can probably find some use for this.
Fences
Desktop / Icon management
http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/
Commercial Product -- $10
30-Day Free Trial Available
If you're a person that has a crapload of icons & files on your desktop, this piece of software can help you organize & clean up your desktop with minimal impact of accessibility to everything.
Fences corral the icons into a "fenced window" so you can group them together & know where stuff is. While the original Fences (version 1.0) was originally free, the newer versions included more features to justify the cost. HOWEVER, there's a 30-day free trial, so you can try it before committing to the purchase.
ObjectDock
Launcher Toolbar
http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/
Commercial Product -- $10
30-Day Free Trial Available
Like to have apps & frequently accessed stuff on hand WITHOUT having to deal go to the desktop or Start menu every time? A launcher toolbar like ObjectDock is something to consider.
While it has some functions that are visually similar to Mac OS's dock at the bottom of the screen, you can place ObjectDock on any side of the screen (or multiple docks) as well as tabs to make frequently accessed apps & folders accessible within 3 clicks or less. You can also have it set to auto-hide & appear so you don't have to close or minimize any windows to access it, if you want.
While this is another commercial program, it also includes a 30-day free trial if you want to try it out before committing to the purchase... but this is one app I purchased because of it's usefulness & that free alternatives are no longer supported by current (64-bit) versions of Windows.
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