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ok no more goofing off and watching tv, i really need to get back on the job app grind today. i WILL apply to three (3) jobs today, no more procrastinating 😤
I hate you modern aesthetic I hate you monochrome I hate you rose gold I hate you painting kids’ toys to be joyless I hate you soulless white kitchens I hate you stainless steel I hate you exposed framing I hate you pristine white sofas I hate you parents who force their children to live in environments with no colour I hate you organised houses I hate you echoey houses I hate you perfectly cut emerald grass I hate you biscuit cutter houses I hate you conformity I hate you modern aesthetic I hate you modern aesthetic I hate you modern aesthetic I hate you modern aesthetic !!
Saw 5 is actually my favorite because I'm faceblind enough that I cannot for the life of me tell Strahm and Hoffman apart so the whole ending of that movie was extremely entertaining for all the wrong reasons and the reasons were every time the shot changed I changed my mind about who I thought I was looking at and completely mixed up who I was rooting for with the other and only put together what happened when the next scene said which one died and I was still unsure going into the next movie but they state it pretty early so lol
I think in Act One Serot has had his bond with Refhremmit pinged by the tadpole situation, and they're trying to reach out. Serot's memories start coming back, though they're difficult to parse. The problem is probably that the memories from multiple lifetimes are trying to resurface / getting all jumbled together. I think this results in once or twice a memory coming back in full and slamming him so hard that he accidentally tadpole connects with whoever's nearby and drags them into it. Presumably this can be resisted by passing a wisdom check.
Encountering the sussur blooms in the Underdark really knocks him on his ass. He suddenly gets slammed back into his lifetime as Neheb. He needs the rest of the journey through the Underdark to sit with everything, but by the end, his lifetime as Serot has also come back into clarity. His bond with Refhremmit gets tuned up, too. Now they can communicate clearly. Well, the distance probably poses a problem, but [hand waves]
Act Two I think is very difficult for him. It's not just contending with his memories resurfacing or learning Meresankh wasn't destroyed almost 2,000 years ago or that the shadow-cursed lands were tailor made to piss him off. I think, because the Negative Energy Plane went into creating the Shadowfell and he draws on / is especially attuned to that plane, he is thus doubly susceptible to the shadow-curse. Selune's Blessing + the Moonlantern do work for him, but he is looking physically ill the longer they stay there. His HP actually drops over time and can't be healed until the curse is lifted. He begins to look dead / undead over time as well. I think we're looking at constant migraines and increasing lethargy as well. Again, this heals up when the curse is lifted and they have time away from the shadow-cursed lands on the way to Baldur's Gate, but it's not a fun time while they're there.
On the plus side, he found a lead on an agent of Meresankh: Mystic Carrion. Balthazar was probably in communication with him, idk. I think . . . Carrion has some important relic of Meresankh's. Serot can consume it, which strengthens his bond to them. He can destroy it, which dampens their bond (and consequently his bond with Refhremmit; the two began to twine together after Neheb's death). Or he can simply take it, which will allow him to research how to dissolve the bond.
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Megatron in alt mode, a double bladed heli of some sort, large fusion canon on the front. Optimus lays knocked down into the snow.
Megatron: You are merely a distraction, Autobot. As are your pathetic friends.
Megtron's transformation sequence. The black tail of the heli reveals to be leg armour, shifting from his thighs, flipping down to calf. The legs spilt and feet unfold, his canon shifts down to arm, his other's hand unfurling. The heli's rotors morph inwards, the cockpit swings back, head rising, sending a glare over his shoulder. Close on his hand, fist raising to the air, and then striking a pose, canon up.
Action splash of Optimus running, a shot of the interior of the ship, with the Allspark, and Sari, a human girl. Optimus effortful yelling getting closer, slamming through the ship with Megatron in a tackle.
Megatron: Our struggle ends were it began, Autobot, aboard this ship.
He kicks Prime away, Prime fires both grapples at Megatron, who catches them inhand. He used them to wrap up Optimus, and drags him in close.
Megatron: Only this time, the Allspark is mine. [He throws Prime into a wall with a thud]
Kate pesters him to no end about learning magic, and he keeps blowing her off and skirting the questions. After a few days of this, she tells the other kids (in great detail and with the utmost drama) how impressive his skills with the action figures were, and they agree that this would be fairly interesting to see, if he wasn't always so intimidating.
After S. Q. gets situated, he hears Kate talking to the others about her next plans to wear Curtain down, and remembers hearing her ask about it on his first day there.
S. Q.: "Wait, you want my dad to teach you magic?"
Kate: "Yes, I've been asking him for a while, but he keeps avoiding the question. I'm not sure why..."
(Constance mutters in the background "I would say he's embarrassed. Action figures and conjuring would be a new low, even for him.", before Reynie and Sticky shush her. "Be nice, he's still S. Q.'s dad.")
S. Q.: "Well, I don't know where he learned it, but I know a few card tricks. I could teach you, if you want? He taught me a couple of things when I was younger, and I used to practice a lot when he was busy, so I think I'm okay at it."
Kate, ecstatic to finally be getting somewhere: "Absolutely! I would love to learn from you, I bet you're so good at it."
She starts chattering about how excited she is to be learning some magic, and how great S. Q. is at this, and how she can't wait to show her dad. S. Q. is actually quite skilled, ironically, and has figured out how to incorporate his slightly awkward movements into misdirection. It takes Kate a bit longer to get it, since she's all about efficiency and is more focused on moving the cards than she is doing it subtly.
But she gets it eventually, and begins scheming on how to show off her new skills in her quest to get Curtain to teach her. One day, when most of the adults are out of the house, she corners him while he's making tea.
Kate: "Mr. Curtain! Or, uh, Dr. Curtain? I'm not sure how to refer to you. Anyways, look at what S. Q. taught me!"
Curtain, expecting to see some sort of art skill: "What is it, Miss Wetherall?"
Kate: [showing off her magic trick] "He said that you taught him some stuff, and so he taught me! Will you teach me the rest of your tricks now?"
Curtain, fully caught off guard that S. Q. learned something from him and valued the information enough to share it but struggling to hold onto his composure: "I suppose I might be inclined to share my skills. But why would I teach you? You have got to be one of the worst students I've ever seen."
Kate: "Because it's so cool! And the world should have more magic in it, and since you seem determined to be gloomy, I'll have to do it for you. And besides, you don't do anything fun with your magic anyway. Magic should have costumes and knives and doves and things. And glitter."
Curtain: "That is still not a good answer. I seriously doubt the world needs more glitter in it."
Kate, smiling innocently and about to put the tactic she learned from Constance to use: "Well, you could always teach me to make up for being the reason my dad abandoned me for the past ten years."
Curtain, now wholly regretting his decision to leave his room for tea: "Well, that is at least a better reason. [sighs in defeat] Meet me in the upstairs study down the hall tomorrow at two o'clock sharp, and I will teach you. Speak of this to no one."
Once Curtain has beat a hasty retreat to his locked room, Kate wastes no time in finding her friends to share her victory, and begins brainstorming ideas. ("We can be a trio, with him, me, and S. Q.! Or maybe just a duo act, then at least he can use his name for something. 'The Great Kate Weathermachine and Ledroptha Curtain', no that's too long. 'The Great Kate Weathermachine and her Mystical Assistant'. Or 'The Great Kate Wetherall and her Stormy Assistant', that one sounds better!")
i barely slept at all last night because i was going through possible open jobs that i could apply for and then today i have just been writing and sending out several different applications to several completely different places and now i'm exhausted 😩