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Kickstarter Roundup: Feb 7 2021 | 20+ Ending Soon (including: Radlands) & 50+ New This Week (including: Maquis: 2nd Edition)
What this is:
This is a weekly, curated listing of Kickstarter board game projects that are either:
newly posted in the past 7 days, or
ending in the next 7 days (starting Feb 08) and have at least a fighting chance of being funded.
All board game projects meeting those criteria will automatically be included, no need to ask. (The occasional non-board game project may also sneak in!) Expect new lists each Sunday sometime between midnight and noon PST.
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Memory Decompression A solo survival miniatures gamebook. // Has raised $4,828 of $4,000 so far. (~121%) ☑
1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight The long-awaited return of Mike Hutton's game of tricky track-building and questionable corporate direction // Has raised $126,512 of $20,000 so far. (~633%) ☑
The W.A.T.C.H. RPG A tabletop role-playing game in which the players become paranormal investigators and cryptid hunters. // Has raised $5,714 of $1,500 so far. (~381%) ☑
Warbattle: a remote tabletop fantasy game A two-player tabletop fantasy battle game designed to be played remotely, designed by a 9 year old, his mom and his uncle. // Has raised $934 of $300 so far. (~311%) ☑
COLOSTLE - A solo RPG - make100 Discover a world of mountains, valleys, seas and cities, all within the colossal impossible structure of a castle's rooms and corridors // Has raised £32,937 of £250 so far. (~13175%) ☑
Drink To Forget Relevant themed drinking games to keep your party engaged and laughing the entire night. 8 Categories and 110 cards! // Has raised $9,130 of $10,000 so far. (~91%)
Pingyao: First Chinese Banks Pingyao: First Chinese Banks is an economic dice-as-workers placement game for 1-4 players and plays in 60-90 minutes. // Has raised $27,754 of $20,000 so far. (~139%) ☑
Dodoresque Jungle Fever - 2021 Edition It's a funny, fast paced Card Game about colorful Dodos including 12 Eco-friendly Miniatures. Your game for the whole family. // Has raised €592 of €500 so far. (~118%) ☑
XENOSCAPE - Extreme survival Sci-Fi RPG Are you ready to discover the secrets of Materia, a green and deadly raypunk world? // Has raised €19,465 of €5,000 so far. (~389%) ☑
Snack Attack: The Card Game Hungry dinos everywhere! Fast-paced and easy-to-learn, steal snacks in this family-friendly, competitive card game for 2-4 players! // Has raised $5,926 of $6,000 so far. (~99%)
BATTLE SQUARES: Trays and Bases Resin magnetic bases and movement trays for fantasy "rank and flank" wargames. // Has raised €2,633 of €500 so far. (~527%) ☑
Dice Dodgems - Make 100 A 30 minute, 2-4 player tabletop game that combines, dice, dodgems, strategic gameplay and tonnes of bouncing fun! // Has raised NZ$6,003 of NZ$6,500 so far. (~92%)
Bunny Party at Maple Valley Play as a bunny furiously decorating for a party in this card game where two players win! evansgames.com/bunnyparty // Has raised $6,698 of $3,800 so far. (~176%) ☑
The Full Shanty! Card Game Can you bluff,blagg and tradeyour way to victory?Collect cards to make aFULL SHANTY.The Shanty bases card game. // Has raised £1,158 of £1,000 so far. (~116%) ☑
The Belgian Beers Race US edition The US localization of Belgian Beers Race board game. Race through Belgium, visiting breweries and enjoying beers. // Has raised $11,114 of $1,000 so far. (~1111%) ☑
Wasted Wizards: A Party Game for Your Inner Nerd A board game that combines luck of the dice with classic drinking games. Get your friends together to have fun and slay the dragon. // Has raised $4,097 of $6,000 so far. (~68%)
A Universal Truth - International Version The Strategic Game of Courtship. This is a gamer's game for 1-5 players, now with an international version! // Has raised $1,724 of $8,000 so far. (~22%)
All in one Board Game: A tactical and competitive board game consists of advance Tic Tac Toe, advance Paper Scissors Rock and much more playing ways. // Has raised HK$922 of HK$37,500 so far. (~2%)
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3
$15 / HK$307
Mar 02
#lolwut
Badland Wolves Guided by the law of Tooth & Claw, the wolves now fight for the crown. // Has raised $12,363 of $10,000 so far. (~124%) ☑
Burger Builder Burger Builder is a fun new card game where players score points by building tasty food items using ingredient cards. // Has raised A$2,546 of A$2,500 so far. (~102%) ☑
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$16 / A$51
Mar 06
Card-opoly A combination of monopoly and Cardistry condensed to the constraints of the 8x8 for a different feel // Has raised $121 of $100,000 so far. (~0%)
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$100 / $61
Mar 05
#lolwut
Clinic Deluxe Extensions TWO new Extension boxes for Clinic Deluxe Edition containing more than 25 expansions for a level of simulation probably never reached i // Has raised $149,761 of $29,000 so far. (~516%) ☑
Core Worlds: Empires + Nemesis "Core Worlds: Empires" is the epic, standalone sequel to the "Core Worlds" card game. "Nemesis" is the original game's solo expansion. // Has raised $48,548 of $60,000 so far. (~81%)
Crayne: Fractured Empire, a mission, a game, epic... Crayne: Fractured Empire is a high-fantasy epic deck-building card game with combat, high replay-ability and near limitless strategy! // Has raised A$5,121 of A$20,000 so far. (~26%)
Cult of the Deep 4-8 player hidden role dice game. You are a cultist, establishing your faction's rise to power as you fight over rituals and monsters. // Has raised $21,877 of $15,000 so far. (~146%) ☑
D-D 1944 A roll & write wargame that simulates parts of WWII. / Un wargame estilo roll & write que simula partes de la 2da. GM. // Has raised €535 of €100 so far. (~535%) ☑
Dodoresque Jungle Fever - 2021 Edition It's a funny, fast paced Card Game about colorful Dodos including 12 Eco-friendly Miniatures. Your game for the whole family. // Has raised €592 of €500 so far. (~118%) ☑
DOOM MACHINE: A Mint Tin Card + Dice SOLO Game Can you destroy the ever-evolving DOOM MACHINE before humanity is lost? A pocket-sized pressure cooker fight for survival! // Has raised $24,577 of $2,500 so far. (~983%) ☑
Dragons Fire Games: Gambler Gambler, a stand alone saloon brawl expansion to our flagship game Gunslinger. // Has raised $1,861 of $850 so far. (~219%) ☑
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$15 / $124
Feb 28
Dragons Wild Quick Card Game of Mythical Creatures // Has raised NZ$1,396 of NZ$4,300 so far. (~32%)
Eggvolution Eggvolution is a strategy/random card game with the objective of destroying your friends. // Has raised €1,398 of €7,500 so far. (~19%)
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$25 / €34
Mar 06
Embryo Machine — A Mecha Wargame A compact and accessible wargame from Japan for 2-6 players ft. fast-paced mecha combat across a modular grid-based battlefield. // Has raised $31,771 of $15,000 so far. (~212%) ☑
ExeCUTEtion (Re-Launch) The Card Game of Adorable Capital Punishment // Has raised $3,292 of $20,000 so far. (~16%)
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$24 / $51
Mar 07
#take2
Food Time Battle in Space A 2-4 player retro restaurant card game on the moon. Pushing your luck, risk-taking and planning are all required to earn 5 stars. // Has raised £1,357 of £4,000 so far. (~34%)
Forbidden Psalm: Miniature gaming Inspired by Mörk Borg Table top miniature game. Inspired by and compatible with Mörk Borg. Rules light table top game.Miniature agnostic. Solo Play. Coop. VS // Has raised £2,870 of £300 so far. (~957%) ☑
GRIDWARS: Age of Cyberpunk Complete Skirmish Wargame! 77+ Cyberpunk Sci-Fi STL Models! Terrain, Environment & Web App included! Put your miniatures into action! // Has raised €46,345 of €10,000 so far. (~463%) ☑
Maquis: 2nd Edition - Reprint with NEW Content! Maquis, the award-winning solo game of strategic worker placement, is getting reprinted with new missions! // Has raised $76,245 of $6,000 so far. (~1271%) ☑
Metro - Deluxe Big Box - City Edition 20th Anniversary of Metro! Time for new artwork, new expansions, and whole lot of component upgrades. // Has raised $75,800 of $10,000 so far. (~758%) ☑
Posthuman Saga & The Journey Home Expansion The Journey Home is the new chapter in Posthuman Saga, a post-apocalyptic, story-rich, strategic survival board game. // Has raised $48,087 of $20,000 so far. (~240%) ☑
Recarded A super fun party game // Has raised £696 of £4,500 so far. (~15%)
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$35 / £39
Mar 05
Rock Paper Scissors: The Board Game A board game offering a new take on the classic rock paper scissors game! // Has raised €562 of €5,000 so far. (~11%)
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$35 / €31
Mar 17
Royalty Assemble great nobles of the 15th century in a fun twist to this classic card game // Has raised $81 of $2,000 so far. (~4%)
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5
$15 / $16
Mar 05
Space Weirdos A sci-fi skirmish wargame for whatever minis you have around. #zinequest // Has raised $921 of $100 so far. (~921%) ☑
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124
$4 / $7
Feb 18
The Belgian Beers Race US edition The US localization of Belgian Beers Race board game. Race through Belgium, visiting breweries and enjoying beers. // Has raised $11,114 of $1,000 so far. (~1111%) ☑
The Best Recycler Fun Card Game for sensitizing against recycling, and consume fairly. // Has raised C$1 of C$4537 so far. (~0%)
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1
$12 / C$1
Mar 21
The Elf Shelf High quality shelf solutions for your miniatures and dice. // Has raised $1,013 of $40 so far. (~2532%) ☑
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$29 / $72
Feb 17
#bling
The Fisherman Board Game All the magic of fishing for big ocean Fishes, unknown species, life on a boat, the crew and the sea in a unique board game // Has raised €299 of €15,000 so far. (~2%)
Toxic Takeover Board Game Dice duel and battle your way to home safe before the mad scientist takes over the world and you’re turned into a lil monster! Hurry! // Has raised $101 of $14,100 so far. (~1%)
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3
$55 / $34
Mar 08
Truth, Dare or Spoon! A game of Truth of Dare with consequences you can taste! // Has raised $1,491 of $1,000 so far. (~149%) ☑
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$39 / $88
Mar 04
Way of the Patriarchs Travel through the Land of Israel on the path of the forefathers - roll a die, collect cards, and move your piece through ancient sites // Has raised $3,007 of $8,000 so far. (~38%)
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Gene Kelly: Singing in the Rain, An American in Paris, Invitation to the Dance, It's Always Fair Weather, Summer Stock, It's a Big Country, Black Hand, Love Is Better Than Ever, The Devil Makes Three, Brigadoon, Seagulls Over Sorrento, Deep in My Heart, The Happy Road, Les Girls, and Marjorie Morningstar. Ernest Borgnine: Marty, China Corsair, Vera Cruz, From Here to Eternity, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Mob, The Whistle at Eaton Falls, Treasure of the Golden Condor, The Stranger Wore a Gun, Johnny Guitar, The Bounty Hunter, Demetrius and the Gladiators, Violent Saturday, Jubal, The Catered Affair, Run for Cover, The Last Command, The Square Jungle, The Best Things in Life Are Free, The Vikings, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Torpedo Run, and The Rabbit Trap. James Stewart: Bell, Book and Candle, Vertigo, Winchester '73, The Glenn Miller Story, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Naked Spur, Rear Window, Harvey, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Man from Laramie, Strategic Air Command, Anatomy of a Murder, The Spirit of St. Louis, Bend of the River, Thunder Bay, Broken Arrow, No Highway in the Sky, The Jackpot, Carbine Williams, Night Passage, The FBI Story, and The Far Country. Ward Bond: The Searchers, Mister Roberts, Johnny Guitar, Hondo, The Quiet Man, Singing Guns, Riding High, Wagon Master, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Operation Pacific, The Great Missouri Raid, The Halliday Brand, Rio Bravo, On Dangerous Ground, Only the Valiant, Hellgate, Bullfighter and the Lady, Thunderbirds, The Moonlighter, Blowing Wild, Gypsy Colt, The Bob Mathias Story, The Long Gray Line, A Man Alone, Dakota Incident, Pillars of the Sky, The Wings of Eagles, China Doll, and Alias Jesse James. John Wayne: The Searchers, Hondo, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, Rio Bravo, Operation Pacific, The Wings of Eagles, Big Jim McLain, Flying Leathernecks, The Sea Chase, Trouble Along the Way, Island in the Sky, The High and the Mighty, Blood Alley, Jet Pilot, The Conqueror, Legend of the Lost, The Horse Soldiers, and The Barbarian and the Geisha. Paul Newman: The Rack, The Silver Chalice, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Long, Hot Summer, The Helen Morgan Story, Until They Sail, The Young Philadelphians, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, The Left Handed Gun, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Marlon Brando: The Men, A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, Julius Caesar, The Wild One, On the Waterfront, Désirée, Guys and Dolls, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Sayonara, and The Young Lions. Orson Welles: Othello, Touch of evil, Mr. Arkadin, Royal Affairs in Versailles, The Long, Hot Summer, The Vikings, High Journey, Ferry to Hong Kong, Compulsion, Masters of the Congo Jungle, South Seas Adventure, The Roots of Heaven, Napoléon, Man in the Shadow, Moby Dick, Three Cases of Murder, Trouble in the Glen, Disorder, The Black Rose, Return to Glennascaul, Little World of Don Camillo, Man, Beast and Virtue, and Trent's Last Case. Montgomery Clift: The Big Lift, A Place in the Sun, I Confess, Indiscretion of an American Wife, From Here to Eternity, Raintree County, Lonelyhearts, The Young Lions, and Suddenly, Last Summer. Tony Curtis: The Prince Who Was a Thief, Flesh and Fury, No Room for the Groom, Houdini, The Black Shield of Falworth, So This Is Paris, Six Bridges to Cross, The Square Jungle, Trapeze, Mister Cory, The Midnight Story, Sweet Smell of Success, The Vikings, Kings Go Forth, The Defiant Ones, Some Like It Hot, Operation Petticoat, Sierra, Winchester '73, Kansas Raiders, Forbidden, Son of Ali Baba, Meet Danny Wilson, All American, Beachhead, The Midnight Story, The Perfect Furlough, The Rawhide Years, The Purple Mask, Francis, Woman in Hiding, I Was a Shoplifter, and Johnny Dark. James Dean: East of Eden, Has Anybody Seen My Gal?,Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant. Kirk Douglas: Young Man With a Horn, The Glass Menagerie, Along the Great Divide, Ace in the Hole, Detective Story, The Big Sky, The Bad and the Beautiful, The Story of Three Loves, The Juggler, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Man Without a Star, Lust for Life, Top Secret Affair, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Paths of Glory, The Vikings, Last Train from Gun Hill, and The Devil’s Disciple. Alec Guinness: Last Holiday, The Mudlark, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man in the White Suit, The Promoter, The Captain’s Paradise, Malta Story, The Detective, To Paris with Love, The Prison, The Ladykillers, The Swan, The Bridge on the River Kwai, All at Sea, The Horse’s Mouth, The Scapegoat, and Our Man in Havana. Charlton Heston: Julius Caesar, Dark City, The Greatest Show on Earth, Ruby Gentry, The President’s Lady, Arrowhead, The Naked Jungle, The Private war of Major Benson, Lucy Gallant, The Ten Commandments, Touch of Evil, The Big Country, The Wreck of the Mary Deare, Ben-Hur, The Far Horizons, The Buccaneer, Three Violent People, Secret of the Incas, Bad for Each Other, The Savage, The President's Lady, and Pony Express Rock Hudson: The Fat Man, Bend of the River, Scarlet Angel, Has Anyone Seen My Gal?, Magnificent Obsession, All that Heaven Allows, Never Say Goodbye, Giant, Written on the Wind, Something of Value, The Tarnished Angels, The Earth Is Mine, Pillow Talk, Winchester '73, Tomahawk, Horizons West, Twilight for the Gods, A Farewell to Arms, This Earth Is Mine, Captain Lightfoot, One Desire, Seminole, Bengal Brigade, Sea Devils, Gun Fury, Back to God's Country, The Golden Blade, Taza, Son of Cochise, The Lawless Breed, Peggy, The Desert Hawk, Iron Man, Here Come the Nelsons, Bright Victory, and Air Cadet. Burt Lancaster: The Flame and the Arrow, Mister 880, Jim Thorpe—All-American, The Crimson Pirate, Come Back Little Sheba, From Here to Eternity, Apache, Vera Cruz, The Rose Tattoo, Trapeze, The Rainmaker, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Sweet Smell of Success, Run Silent Run Deep, The Devil’s Disciple, Ten Tall Men, South Sea Woman, and Three Sailors and a Girl. Elvis Presley: Love Me Tender, Loving You, Jailhouse Rock, and King Creole. William Holden: The Horse Soldiers, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Stalag 17, Picnic, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Union Station, Father Is a Bachelor, Submarine Command, Born Yesterday, Force of Arms, Boots Malone, Executive Suite, Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach, The Moon Is Blue, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Escape from Fort Bravo, Forever Female, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, The Country Girl, The Key, The Proud and Profane, and Toward the Unknown. Cary Grant: An Affair to Remember, North by Northwest, The Pride and the Passion, Houseboat, To Catch a Thief, Indiscreet, Crisis, People Will Talk, Room for One More, Dream Wife, Monkey Business, Kiss Them for Me, and Operation Petticoat. Toshiro Mifune: Samurai Trilogy, Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Throne of Blood, Scandal, The Hidden Fortress, Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka, Engagement Ring, Elegy, Escape from Prison, Beyond Love and Hate, Pirates, Meeting of the Ghost Après-Guerre, Fog Horn, Conclusion of Kojiro Sasaki:Duel at Ganryu Island, The Life of a Horsetrader, Golden Girl, Who Knows a Woman's Heart, Vendetta for a Samurai, The Life of Oharu, Swift Current, Tokyo Sweetheart, Sword for Hire, The Man Who Came to Port, The Last Embrace, My Wonderful Yellow Car, Sunflower Girl, Eagle of the Pacific, The Black Fury, The Sound of Waves, All is Well part 1 & 2, The Merciless Boss: A Man Among Men, No Time for Tears, I Live in Fear, Rainy Night Duel, The Under World, Settlement of Love, Scoundrel, A Wife's Heart, Rebels on the High Seas, A Man in the Storm, Be Happy, These Two Lovers, A Dangerous Hero, Yagyu Secret Scrolls 1 & 2, Downtown, The Lower Depths, Holiday in Tokyo, Rickshaw Man, All About Marriage, Theater of Life, Yaji and Kita on the Road, The Three Treasures, Life of an Expert Swordsman, Boss of the Underworld, Desperado Outpost, and The Saga of the Vagabonds. Henry Fonda: Mister Roberts, The Wrong Man, Pictura: An Adventure in Art, 12 Angry Men, Stage Struck, The Man Who Understood Women, Warlock, The Tin Star, and War and Peace Dean Martin: Some Came Running, Rio Bravo, Career, Ten Thousand Bedrooms, The Young Lions, Little New Orleans Girl, Pardners, Hollywood or Bust, Artists and Models, Living It Up, You're Never Too Young, 3 Ring Circus, The Caddy, Road to Bali, Money from Home, Scared Stiff, The Stooge, That's My Boy, Sailor Beware, Jumping Jacks, My Friend Irma Goes West, and At War with the Army. Anthony Perkins: The Tin Star, Friendly Persuasion, Fear Strikes Out, The Matchmaker, On the Beach, Desire Under the Elms, Green Mansions, The Actress, The Lonely Man, and This Angry Age. Gregory Peck: Only the Valiant, Roman Holiday, Moby Dick, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Pork Chop Hill, Beloved Infidel, David and Bathsheba, The Gunfighter, Pictura: An Adventure in Art, The World in His Arms, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Designing Woman, On the Beach, The Hidden World, The Bravados, The Big Country, Night People, Boum sur Paris, The Million Pound Note, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, and The Purple Plain. Clark Gable: Mogambo, Run Silent, Run Deep, Teacher's Pet, Betrayed, Never Let Me Go, The Tall Men, Key to the City, Across the Wide Missouri, To Please a Lady, Lone Star, But Not for Me, Soldier of Fortune, The King and Four Queens, and Band of Angels. Gary Cooper: It's a Big Country, Blowing Wild, High Noon, The Wreck of the Mary Deare, They Came to Cordura, Ten North Frederick, Love in the Afternoon, Man of the West, The Hanging Tree, Friendly Persuasion, Vera Cruz, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, Garden of Evil, Springfield Rifle, Return to Paradise, Starlift, You're in the Navy Now, Distant Drums, and It's a Big Country. Robert Mitchum: Not as a Stranger, His Kind of Woman, River of No Return, Fire Down Below, The Night of the Hunter, Macao, The Racket, Where Danger Lives, The Lusty Men, River of No Return, Angel Face, White Witch Doctor, My Forbidden Past, Second Chance, One Minute to Zero, She Couldn't Say No, Bandido, Track of the Cat, The Wonderful Country, The Hunters, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, The Enemy Below, Thunder Road, and The Angry Hills. Humphrey Bogart: The African Queen, The Caine Mutiny, Road to Bali, Deadline – U.S.A., Sabrina, The Barefoot Contessa, In a Lonely Place, The Left Hand of God, Sirocco, Chain Lightning, The Enforcer, Battle Circus, We're No Angels, The Love Lottery, Beat the Devil, The Desperate Hours, and The Harder They Fall. Sidney Poitier: Band of Angels, The Defiant Ones, Porgy and Bess, Edge of the City, Virgin Island, The Mark of the Hawk, Something of Value, No Way Out, Cry, the Beloved Country, Go Man Go, Red Ball Express, Good-bye, My Lady, and Blackboard Jungle. 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James Mason: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Star Is Born, The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, North by Northwest, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Bigger Than Life, Julius Caesar, A Touch of Larceny, The Decks Ran Red, Island in the Sun, Cry Terror!, Charade, Forever, Darling, The Desert Rats, Prince Valiant, The Man Between, The Tell-Tale Heart, Botany Bay, The Story of Three Loves, Face to Face, The Prisoner of Zenda, 5 Fingers, Lady Possessed, One Way Street, and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. Sterling Hayden: The Last Command, The Asphalt Jungle, The Killing, Johnny Guitar, Hellgate, The Star, Journey into Light, The Golden Hawk, Denver and Rio Grande, Flaming Feather, So Big, Flat Top, Crime Wave, Fighter Attack, Kansas Pacific, Take Me to Town, Suddenly, Naked Alibi, The Come On, Top Gun, Battle Taxi, Shotgun, Timberjack, The Eternal Sea, Arrow in the Dust, Ten Days to Tulara, 5 Steps to Danger, Crime of Passion, Valerie, Gun Battle at Monterey, Zero Hour!, Terror in a Texas Town, and The Iron Sheriff. Harry Belafonte: Calypso, Carmen Jones, Island in the Sun, Odds Against Tomorrow, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, and Bright Road. Laurence Olivier: Richard III, Carrie, Father's Little Dividend, The Magic Box, The Beggar's Opera, The Prince and the Showgirl, and The Devil's Disciple. Jose Ferrer: Cyrano de Bergerac, Crisis, Anything Can Happen, Producers' Showcase: "Cyrano de Bergerac", Moulin Rouge, Miss Sadie Thompson, The Caine Mutiny, Deep in My Heart, I Accuse!, The High Cost of Loving, The Great Man, The Shrike, and The Cockleshell Heroes. James Cagney: Mister Roberts, Run for Cover, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, The West Point Story, Come Fill the Cup, A Lion Is in the Streets, What Price Glory, Love Me or Leave Me, The Seven Little Foys, Tribute to a Bad Man, Man of a Thousand Faces, These Wilder Years, Never Steal Anything Small, and Shake Hands with the Devil. Farley Granger: Strangers on a Train, Our Very Own, Side Street, Behave Yourself!, Edge of Doom, O. Henry's Full House, I Want You, The Story of Three Loves, Hans Christian Andersen, Senso, Small Town Girl, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, and The Naked Street. Bing Crosby: High Society, Alias Jesse James, Say One for Me, Anything Goes, The Joker Is Wild, Man on Fire, White Christmas, The Country Girl, Road to Bali, Scared Stiff, The Greatest Show on Earth, Little Boy Lost, Just for You, Son of Paleface, Angels in the Outfield, Riding High, Here Comes the Groom, and Mr. Music. Chishū Ryū: Tokyo Story, The Munekata Sisters, Home Sweet Home, Early Summer, Carmen Comes Home, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, Arashi, Twenty-Four Eyes, Early Spring, Tokyo Twilight, Rickshaw Man, Floating Weeds, and Good Morning. Ray Milland: Three Brave Men, A Man Alone, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, A Woman of Distinction, A Life of Her Own, Copper Canyon, Dial M for Murder, Lisbon, The Safecracker, The River's Edge, High Flight, Something to Live For, Jamaica Run, The Thief, Close to My Heart, Rhubarb, Bugles in the Afternoon, and Night into Morning. Alan Ladd: The Badlanders, The Big Land, Branded, Captain Carey, U.S.A, Shane, Botany Bay, Boy on a Dolphin, A Cry in the Night, The Man in the Net, Island of Lost Women, The Deep Six, The Proud Rebel, Saskatchewan, Drum Beat, The McConnell Story, Desert Legion, The Red Beret, The Black Knight, Santiago, Hell on Frisco Bay, Red Mountain, Hell Below Zero, A Sporting Oasis, The Iron Mistress, Thunder in the East, and Appointment with Danger. Ben Johnson: Wagon Master, Shane, Rio Grande, Fort Bowie, War Drums, Slim Carter, Wild Stallion, Oklahoma!, and Rebel in Town. Walter Brennan: Rio Bravo, A Ticket to Tomahawk, Singing Guns, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Far Country, Good-bye, My Lady, The Way to the Gold, Tammy and the Bachelor, God Is My Partner, Glory, At Gunpoint, Sea of Lost Ships, Come Next Spring, The Proud Ones, Surrender, Curtain Call at Cactus Creek, The Showdown, Return of the Texan, Best of the Badmen, The Wild Blue Yonder, Lure of the Wilderness, Along the Great Divide, Four Guns to the Border, and Drums Across the River. Ralph Meeker: Kiss Me Deadly, Paths of Glory, Jeopardy, A Woman's Devotion, Glory Alley, Somebody Loves Me, Teresa, 4 Num Jeep, The Naked Spur, Big House, U.S.A., Run of the Arrow, The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown, Code Two, and Desert Sands. Edmond O’Brian: The Turning Point, The Hitch-Hiker, 1984, The Girl Can't Help It, Julius Caesar, The Barefoot Contessa, The Greatest Show on Earth, Denver and Rio Grande, Pete Kelly's Blues, The Rack, The Restless and the Damned, The World Was His Jury, Sing, Boy, Sing, A Cry in the Night, The Big Land, Stopover Tokyo, Up Periscope, D-Day the Sixth of June, The Shanghai Story, Shield for Murder, China Venture, The Bigamist, Cow Country, Man in the Dark, Backfire, 711 Ocean Drive, The Admiral Was a Lady, The Redhead and the Cowboy, Between Midnight and Dawn, Silver City, Warpath, and Two of a Kind. Lee J. Cobb: The Left Hand of God, On the Waterfront, 12 Angry Men, The Brothers Karamazov, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Party Girl, The Trap, Green Mansions, But not for me, Man of the West, The Garment Jungle, Miami Expose, The Three Faces of Eve, The Racers, Day of Triumph, The Road to Denver, The Fighter, The Family Secret, Yankee Pasha, Gorilla at Large, The Man Who Cheated Himself, and The Tall Texan. Karl Malden: Baby Doll, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, The Hanging Tree, I Confess, The Gunfighter, Halls of Montezuma, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Diplomatic Courier, Time Limit, The Sellout, Bombers B-52, Ruby Gentry, Phantom of the Rue Morgue, Ruby Gentry, Take the High Ground!, and Operation Secret. Rod Steiger: The Harder They Fall, Cry Terror!, Teresa, On the Waterfront, Oklahoma!, The Big Knife, Jubal, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, Al Capone, Back from Eternity, Run of the Arrow, The Unholy Wife, and Across the Bridge. Aldo Ray: The Marrying Kind, Pat and Mike, Let's Do It Again, Battle Cry, God's Little Acre, Nightfall, The Naked and the Dead, Men in War, The Siege of Pinchgut, Three Stripes in the Sun, The Barefoot Mailman, My True Story, and Never Trust a Gambler. Richard Conte: I'll Cry Tomorrow, The Fighter, The Sleeping City, Hollywood Story, The Raging Tide, The Raiders, The Blue Gardenia, Desert Legion, Slaves of Babylon, Highway Dragnet, New York Confidential, The Big Combo, Mask of Dust, Full of Life, The Big Tip Off, Little Red Monkey, Bengazi, Target Zero, The Brothers Rico, This Angry Age, and They Came to Cordura. Tab Hunter: They Came to Cordura, That Kind of Woman, Gunman's Walk, Damn Yankees, Lafayette Escadrille, The Lawless, Gun Belt, The Island of Desire, Battle Cry, Track of the Cat, While We're Young, The Steel Lady, Return to Treasure Island, The Sea Chase, Fear Strikes Out, The People Against McQuade, The Burning Hills, The Girl He Left Behind, Mask for the Devil, Forbidden Area, Hans Brinker and the and Silver Skates. Robert Ryan: Born to Be Bad, The Secret Fury, Flying Leathernecks, Hard, Fast and Beautiful, Clash by Night, On Dangerous Ground, The Racket, Horizons West, Beware, My Lovely, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Naked Spur, Best of the Badmen, Inferno, City Beneath the Sea, About Mrs. Leslie, Alaska Seas, Back from Eternity, The Tall Men, House of Bamboo, The Proud Ones, Her Twelve Men, Escape to Burma, Men in War, Odds Against Tomorrow, Lonelyhearts, Day of the Outlaw, and God's Little Acre. Charles Laughton: Witness for the Prosecution, The Blue Veil, O. Henry's Full House, The Strange Door, Salome, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Young Bess, and Hobson's Choice. Lee Marvin: Teresa, You're in the Navy Now, The Big Heat, Gorilla at Large, The Caine Mutiny, The Glory Brigade, The Stranger Wore a Gun, Bad Day at Black Rock, Gun Fury, Attack, Seven Men from Now, Raintree County, The Rack, The Missouri Traveler, Violent Saturday, I Died a Thousand Times, Not as a Stranger, A Life in the Balance, Pillars of the Sky, Shack Out on 101, The Wild One, The Raid, Down Among the Sheltering Palms, The Duel at Silver Creek, Hangman's Knot, Eight Iron Men, Seminole, Diplomatic Courier, and We're Not Married!. Marcello Mastroianni: Lulu, It's Never Too Late, Black Feathers, Sunday Heroes, The Mute of Portici, The Most Wonderful Moment, Fathers and Sons, Sand, Love and Salt, White Nights, Girls for the Summer, The Bigamist, Piece of the Sky, Three Girls from Rome, The Eternal Chain, Il viale della speranza, Schiava del peccato, Tom Toms of Mayumba, The Island Princess, The Miller's Beautiful Wife, Too Bad She's Bad, House of Ricordi, Lucky to Be a Woman, The Law, Ferdinando I, re di Napoli, My Wife's Enemy, Everyone's in Love, Love and Troubles, Big Deal on Madonna Street, Doctor and the Healer, Chronicle of Poor Lovers, A Slice of Life, Days of Love, Sunday in August, A Tale of Five Cities, The Accusation, Tragic Return, Eager to Live, Barefoot Savage, Paris Is Always Paris, La valigia dei sogni, Against the Law, A Dog's Life, and Hearts at Sea. Glenn Ford: The Big Heat, Blackboard Jungle, 3:10 to Yuma, Appointment in Honduras, The Violent Men, The Man from the Alamo, Plunder of the Sun, The Americano, Cowboy, Don't Go Near the Water, Trial, Jubal, The Fastest Gun Alive, Ransom!, It Started with a Kiss, The Sheepman, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Imitation General, Torpedo Run, The Gazebo, Human Desire, Interrupted Melody, The White Tower, Convicted, The Redhead and the Cowboy, The Secret of Convict Lake, The Flying Missile, Follow the Sun, The Green Glove, Young Man with Ideas, Time Bomb, and Affair in Trinidad. Walter Matthau: The Kentuckian, Bigger Than Life, The Indian Fighter, King Creole, A Face in the Crowd, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Onionhead, Voice in the Mirror, and Ride a Crooked Trail. Jeff Chandler: Broken Arrow, Female on the Beach, Deported, Away All Boats, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, The Desert Hawk, Double Crossbones, Two Flags West, Sign of the Pagan, Taza, Son of Cochise, Drango, The Tattered Dress, Pillars of the Sky, The Lady Takes a Flyer, Man in the Shadow, Jeanne Eagels, Ten Seconds to Hell, Stranger in My Arms, The Jayhawkers!, Thunder in the Sun, Raw Wind in Eden, Foxfire, The Toy Tiger, The Spoilers, East of Sumatra, Yankee Pasha, Girls in the Night, War Arrow, The Great Sioux Uprising, Iron Man, The Battle at Apache Pass, Smuggler's Island, Meet Danny Wilson, Flame of Araby, Bird of Paradise, Son of Ali Baba, Because of You, Yankee Buccaneer, and Red Ball Express. Vincent Price: While the City Sleeps, Serenade, The Ten Commandments, Son of Sinbad, The Fly, The Vagabond King, The Baron of Arizona, Adventures of Captain Fabian, Pictura: An Adventure in Art, Champagne for Caesar, His Kind of Woman, Curtain Call at Cactus Creek, Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake, Dangerous Mission, House of Wax, The Tingler, House on Haunted Hill, The Big Circus, The Story of Mankind, Return of the Fly, The Bat, Casanova's Big Night, The Mad Magician, and The Las Vegas Story. Joel Mccrea: Wichita, Stranger on Horseback, Stars in My Crown, The Outriders, Frenchie, Saddle Tramp, The San Francisco Story, Hollywood Story, Cattle Drive, Rough Shoot, The Oklahoman, Black Horse Canyon, The First Texan, The Lone Hand, The Tall Stranger, The Gunfight at Dodge City, Fort Massacre, Trooper Hook, Gunsight Ridge, and Cattle Empire. Van Heflin: 3:10 to Yuma, Shane, Gunman's Walk, The Prowler, Tomahawk, Week-End with Father, South of Algiers, Tanganyika, Black Widow, Woman's World, Wings of the Hawk, The Raid, They Came to Cordura, Tempest, Patterns, Count Three and Pray, My Son John, and Battle Cry. Fred Macmurray: Woman's World, Borderline, Pushover, The Rains of Ranchipur, At Gunpoint, There's Always Tomorrow, Quantez, Gun for a Coward, The Oregon Trail, The Shaggy Dog, Good Day for a Hanging, Face of a Fugitive, Day of the Badman, Fair Wind to Java, The Caine Mutiny, Callaway Went Thataway, A Millionaire for Christy, Never a Dull Moment, The Far Horizons, and The Moonlighter. Zbigniew Cybulski: A Generation, Ashes and Diamonds, Wraki, Kariera, Tajemnica dzikiego szybu, Trzy starty, Krzyż Walecznych, Night Train, and The Eighth Day of the Week. Sam Jaffe: The Asphalt Jungle, Ben-Hur, The Day the Earth Stood Still, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, The Barbarian and the Geisha, Main Street to Broadway, and Les Espions. Richard Widmark: Panic in the Streets, Hell and High Water, Warlock, The Tunnel of Love, Pickup on South Street, Don't Bother to Knock, Halls of Montezuma, Time Limit, Night and the City, Take the High Ground!, No Way Out, O. Henry's Full House, Destination Gobi, The Frogmen, Red Skies of Montana, My Pal Gus, Backlash, A Prize of Gold, The Trap, The Law and Jake Wade, The Last Wagon, Saint Joan, Garden of Evil, The Cobweb, Run for the Sun, and Broken Lance. Yul Brynner: The King and I, The Ten Commandments, Anastasia, The Brothers Karamazov, The Buccaneer, Solomon and Sheba, The Sound and the Fury, and The Journey. Jack Warden: The Asphalt Jungle, From Here to Eternity, 12 Angry Men, That Kind of Woman, Darby's Rangers, The Sound and the Fury, The Bachelor Party, The Man with My Face, Red Ball Express, Run Silent, Run Deep, Edge of the City, You're in the Navy Now, and The Frogmen. Fred Astaire: The Band Wagon, Funny Face, Silk Stockings, On the Beach, Daddy Long Legs, The Belle of New York, and Royal Wedding. Anthony Quinn: La Strada, Viva Zapata!, Lust for Life, Wild Is the Wind, The Brave Bulls, Mask of the Avenger, The World in His Arms, Funniest Show on Earth, Fatal Desire, East of Sumatra, The Magnificent Matador, Attila, Seven Cities of Gold, The Long Wait, City Beneath the Sea, Seminole, Ride, Vaquero!, Warlock, Last Train from Gun Hill, The Black Orchid, Hot Spell, Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Ride Back, Man from Del Rio, The Naked Street, The River's Edge, Angels of Darkness, Ulysses, Ulysses, The Brigand, and The Wild Party. Donald O'Connor: Francis, Curtain Call at Cactus Creek, Double Crossbones, The Milkman, Francis Covers the Big Town, There's No Business Like Show Business, Anything Goes, The Buster Keaton Story, Walking My Baby Back Home, Francis Joins the WACS, Singin' in the Rain, Francis Goes to the Races, I Love Melvin, Francis Goes to West Point, Call Me Madam, and Francis in the Navy. John Gavin: Imitation of Life, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, Quantez, Behind the High Wall, Four Girls in Town, and Raw Edge. Richard Basehart: Fourteen Hours, Time Limit, Moby Dick, Tension, Outside the Wall, The House on Telegraph Hill, Side Street, Titanic, Avanzi di galera, Le avventure di Cartouche, The Restless and the Damned, The Brothers Karamazov, Jons und Erdme, The Intimate Stranger, Love and Troubles, Golden Vein, The Stranger's Hand, La Strada, Canyon Crossroads, Miracles of Thursday, Il bidone, Decision Before Dawn, Angels of Darkness,Fixed Bayonets!, and The Extra Day. Arthur Kennedy: Bright Victory, Peyton Place, The Lusty Men, Trial, Impulse, The Man from Laramie, The Ten Commandments, Twilight for the Gods, The Rawhide Years, Some Came Running, Home Is the Hero, The Desperate Hours, A Summer Place, The Glass Menagerie, Bend of the River, The Girl in White, Red Mountain, Crashout, and Rancho Notorious. Andy Griffith: A Face in the Crowd, No Time for Sergeants, and Onionhead. George Sanders: All About Eve, King Richard and the Crusaders, Ivanhoe, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Black Jack, Assignment – Paris!, Call Me Madam, Journey to Italy, The King's Thief, That Certain Feeling, While the City Sleeps, Never Say Goodbye, Jupiter's Darling, The Scarlet Coat, Witness to Murder, The Light Touch, Moonfleet, From the Earth to the Moon, Rock-A-Bye Baby, The Seventh Sin, The Whole Truth, That Kind of Woman, and Solomon and Sheba. Jack Hawkins: Mandy, Angels One Five, Twice Upon a Time, Fortune Is a Woman, The Prisoner, The Intruder, The Seekers, Front Page Story, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Man in the Sky, Ben-Hur, Gideon's Day, The Two-Headed Spy, Touch and Go, The Long Arm, Land of the Pharaohs, The Cruel Sea, The Planter's Wife, Malta Story, The Elusive Pimpernel, The Black Rose, State Secret, No Highway in the Sky, The Adventurers, and Home at Seven. Spencer Tracy: For Defense for Freedom for Humanity, The Actress, Bad Day at Black Rock, Broken Lance, The Old Man and the Sea, Desk Set, The Mountain, The Last Hurrah, The People Against O'Hara, Plymouth Adventure, Pat and Mike, Father's Little Dividend, and Father of the Bride. Sonny Tufts: Gift Horse, Cat-Women of the Moon, Run for the Hills, The Seven Year Itch, Serpent Island, No Escape, The Parson and the Outlaw, and Come Next Spring. David Niven: The Moon Is Blue, Separate Tables, Happy Anniversary, Ask Any Girl, My Man Godfrey, Bonjour Tristesse, Around the World in 80 Days, The Little Hut, Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, The Birds and the Bees, The King's Thief, The Silken Affair, Happy Ever After, Carrington V.C., The Love Lottery, The Toast of New Orleans, The Lady Says No, Appointment with Venus, Soldiers Three, Happy Go Lovely, and The Elusive Pimpernel. Off of Personal Preference Glenn Ford, Gene Kelly, and William Holden are my top three.
I just YOLO'd 150 shares on Canoo ($GOEV). Here's why....
Mods wouldn't let me post this to wallstreetbets (probably because of all the distractions on there) so I'm posting here instead. OK you degenerate gamblers, before I start, let me say I have 15 GME @ $340 and I ain't selling. 🙌💎 In fact, I'm buying the dip. But I also decided to get 150 shares in Canoo Inc. and I'm going to let it ride until mid-2022 at the earliest. here's why I like the stock....
FOMO: I missed the gains with GME and I got serious FOMO right now. Obviously the main reason but not the only one.
Price: Canoo has only been trading since December (entering the market at $10) and it already peaked at $20/share before. Right now it's below $15/share so it seemed like a good opportunity to YOLO.
Short Interest: Canoo has 15 million shares and hedge funds all have already short sold 10 million of them (66.66%). Given how many people are looking to buy Canoo in the near future, I wanted to get in while I could.... before there were any shortages.
Financials & Followers: This company has its own subreddit with 730 weirdos who are actually excited for the company and the stock. I'm financially illiterate, but the people over on GOEV have done a deep dive into the company and finances and my retarded monke brain can recognize that they're excited for the opportunity and some were remorseful they didn't buy sooner. So my monke brain saw their reaction and the current price and thought "this may bring many banana".
Canoo's existing Products: I like how Canoo is taking a different approach to electric vehicles. Most EV companies try to make their cars look good, but not Canoo! They currently have 2 vehicle models designed and both look like they were designed by the greatest Soviet industrial designers of the 1970s. They have a consumer model and a commercial model. The commercial van looks like it was built with forced labor using jailed political dissidents (the perfect delivery vehicle for a dystopian future - more on this below), and the consumer model looks like a minivan got punched in the face. MotorTrend called it "a sleek minivan with both its ends looking alike, as if it could go in either direction. Here's the Canoo with that very bi-directional ambiguity". This is a car for the 21st century! Anything LGBQT sells like hotcakes with the kids, and here a California electric car company has built the world's bisexul-minivan. This is about to take off!!
Canoo's future products: their cars are based on their "skateboard" model. All the important parts are built on to the chassis, so you just need to add a place to sit. You can turn their cars into anything! And to prove this point, they have a picture of a guy with a seat bolted on to a Canoo chassis going fast. No roll bars. No car body. Just a dude strapped to a chassis going balls out in the desert. That's a philosophy I can get behind.
Canoo's team: they have a group picture of their entire team on their website, and I like how this company doesn't feel pressured to hire good looking people. That shows character. They photographed these uggos from the other side of the parking lot because it still has to go on their corporate site, but you know they must really care about their products because of how little they care about their appearance. I like that. I also saw that they're in the middle of a hiring frenzy, so with so many new jobs being created there, it makes me think they're up to something.
Canoo's leadership & my conspiracy theories: so, I think we can all agree that the elites are using the World Economic Forum (WEF) to usher in the "Great Reset" that will destroy our lives and where we won't own anything, will have to eat bugs, and will be happy. Turns out that Canoo just elected their first board of directors in December, and the person with the top job used to be Vice Chair (2nd in command) of the WEF. so whatever those Moloch worshipping freaks have in mind for us, Canoo is going to be part of it and I want to get in on the ground floor!
Canoo's business model: it's just as weird as the Great Reset from the WEF. Canoo doesn't want its customers owning the vehicle at all! You pay a monthly subscription forever, and if you piss off the new world order they'll cut off your access to transportation. Sounds like a money maker - I'm in!
More conspiracy theories: we all know Washington is corrupt and they give away our tax dollars to their friends. Well, lots of people in California have friends in the Democrat party, and this, combined with Joe Biden's recent announcement that the US government will be replacing its vehicles with AMERICAN MADE electric vehicles, makes me think Canoo mught get some fat government contracts soon. Stonk can only go up!!
Industry recognition: Elon Musk is the king of electric cars and when he was recently asked about Canoo, he said "you mean, like a boat?". This company is so new it's not even on his radar! Now is the time to get into it! Also, I love the name. Most car companies try to name themselves after something fast, or fierce... not Canoo. They named themselves after the second slowest water vehicle, after a raft built of sticks. Strong buy.
Wish me luck, you bunch of gamblers. I'm gripping these Canoo shares with diamond hands until they reach Pluto... right around the same time we all get the mark of the beat put on us! I'll post my buy order as soon as I figure out why I can't use imgur here. 💎🙌 🦍🍌🚀🚀🚀🌚
Hey everyone. The price is going up, and I know that can be exciting, but let's not forget that this is the wild west of money supply. For all we know Bitcoin is getting manipulated out the whazoo either by tether or degen gamblers, and its rising tide is lifting every boat. I'd like to say why I got into Monero, and why I hope this Technical Project can continue to be built to serve the needs it set out to serve. I know a family who fled Vietnam because the North devalued their currency in the war and left them with nothing. They piled onto a boat and sailed for a week to the Phillipines, and from there made their way to America. This family piled 10 or 15 people into a single family home where they worked odd jobs until they achieved the American Dream. In Venezuela and other relatively oppressive places today, people's money supply is getting manipulated and peoples' livelihoods are being stripped for political reasons. In many other places such as China peoples' absolute and free ability to transact with one another without consequence is getting limited. I believe in Free Speech, self determination, and I believe that the ability to transact with others is a fundamental part of either of these. For these reasons, I run a Monero node and a beefy miner to help secure this network. On a fundamental level this is about the money. On a more fundamental level it's about liberating people to be able to fight back against Guns and the growing Technological Powers of others to limit our ability to transact in ways they may not like. Monero as it currently is may not be the solution. There will probably be hard forks, and disagreements, and the project may fail, but please keep your eyes on the prize. As the price rises, we must not be afraid of allowing near term change and improving the project because of risk to our holdings. There's no need to pump it, there's no need to proselytize it as an investment. Ideally nobody knows we even have any until it's truly disruptive. Forget being just an asset class, I want this to enable pirates to take us to uncharted waters. EDIT: The takeaway here is to not buy, hold and evangelize as an investment. The takeaway is to defend the network and start building tools to make this more accessible.
JoJo's Bizarre OC Tournament #5 - Round 5 Match 5 - Bert and Lemon Demon vs Casey Williams and Perseus Drakos
The results are in for Match 3… After one final wood-splintering impact, the clock tower suddenly fell back to it’s relative silence, broken only by the constant mechanical whir of the heavy gears. Keith glanced down through the central railing, and upon seeing Jenny’s writhing, pain-cursing, barb-filled body embedded into the wooden floor four stories below him, wiped blood from his nose before limping toward the south wall. The Temple had made no effort to conceal their newest addition, at least not yet; two walls of a completely different color jetted out of the southwest corner of the building to form a sort of corner-closet, protected by a heavy locked door. Spying a toolbox still open next to the setup, Keith’s eyes rolled as he sent a remaining cactus clone down to the fifth floor to see if the handyman had the key on him. He drew a long breath, the thought of his lost teammates still weighing heavy on his mind; the fight had let him vent the frustration from the news of their loss, and the anger he felt was likely to thank for pulling him through. With any luck, this whole scheme would be for something- ”Eeaaaugh..!” A scream from the earpiece Keith removed during the fight made him jump, immediately reaching for his pocket to re-equip the device. Metal objects fell onto a marble floor followed by something heavier, “Peart you… fucker… that book… since when..?” Heavily labored breathing made background noise tough to parse, but the deep voice of the reply was clear enough. “As I said before being so rudely interrupted, Mr. Killian, Fate blesses it’s devoted with myriad gifts; open eyes to see the path before us, and a bulwark of faith to see our journey safely.” The voice grew louder, approaching Kilroy’s body. “Trespassing onto this holy ground will not go unpunished, for you nor your friends in the tower. Tell Ms. Stanton when you see her that her district is now in better hands.” Keith gritted his teeth, running to the ladder to meet his cactus clone halfway with the key. That Syndicate idiot better have been right about this... He fumbled at the lock, clicking his tongue as he finally got it to turn. Inside was an almost completely barren set of shelves, holding only a small clear plastic case containing what looked to be a bloody heap of rags. Keith was momentarily transfixed, half-surprised to see anything at all, reaching in to grab the case and peer at it from different angles: it was two pieces of connected magenta-colored cloth, one thin and sporting what looked like eye holes while the other was larger with a cartoonish smile design, both badly faded and covered in blood; a mask of some kind? It looked like some kind of combination of a domino mask and a cloth mouth-mask, anyway… Before he could remove it from the container, a loud crash of glass came from below, pulling Keith back to the present and over to the railing. Jenny’s body was gone from the fourth floor below, leaving a trail of blood droplets leading to a nearby now-broken stained glass window. Keith nodded, making for the nearest ladder and sliding down to follow in escape. Stepping out onto a vertical path of cacti footholds, sirens and alternating red-and-blue lights approached the gate to the grounds below. The Winner is Keith Moon, with a score of 71 to Jenny Kidd’s 67!
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A reminder that a two-vote lead can go a very long way when exactly eight people get votes in, what started as an initial lead on Jenny’s part transformed over time into exactly the opposite in number by the end.
Industrial District, Red Clay Correctional Facility, Later That Night The metallic canine maw of Kaksi yawned, disinterested in the droning speech coming from the other side of the plexiglass wall. His user sat motionless on the prison cell bed, bathed in bright halogen light from all directions as she chewed away at her fingernails, staring blankly at the wall ahead of her with a tired expression. An attorney stood flanked by armed guards in the hallway adjacent, rattling off legal technicalities and case details at the seemingly distracted Emily. “...is apparently dismissible in court. I guess the court of Los Fortuna hasn’t heard of Stands yet, so evidence gathered using one is ‘tantamount to circumstantial at best’. Morons.” Aile sighed heavily, rubbing the bridge of her nose before continuing her ramble. Emily shot a glance at the suited attorney while her eyes were closed. Why are you doing this, Aile? Her eyes shot back to the wall ahead of her before she could be caught. Months together and I couldn’t give you the time of day. Refused to. I treated you like dirt, you had every right to leave and never look back… but you still… “...and the trip here, good lord.” Aile’s legal rant had, at some point, turned into a personal one. “Those ANVIL pricks seized the bridge, apparently. Had to get in by police boat, thank god the city could spare one in all this chaos. And even with an armed police escort, I was stopped every ten seconds by some checkpoint! The guards must be stressed out of their minds, some of them were just staring off into space, like we weren’t even there! PTSD, maybe? I swear, when the city council hears about the conditions of this facility…” Would take an army to stop you, wouldn’t it? An army, or one heartless idiot with her head up her ass… I was afraid. Afraid of dragging you into this fucking catastrophe I call a life. I didn’t believe you were strong enough… The electronic bleep of a guard’s radio interrupted the one-sided conversation. “Thirty seconds, Ms. Panther, facility is going on lockdown.” “Lockdown!? I’ve been through hell to be here for five minutes and you’re kicking me out?!” AIle’s hands wrung her manila envelope violently, nearly tearing it’s documents in half. “I am legally required to relay my client all necessary information pertaining to her case and-” “Out of my hands, ma’am. We got an incoming prisoner and the facility is already at maximum alert. All non-staff need to be escorted out to secure the indoctrination process. Twenty seconds.” Aile sighed angrily, straightening out the red sleeve cuffs underneath her blazer before addressing her client once again, stepping closer to the glass and speaking in a hushed tone. “It’s chaos out there, Emmie. The city’s enough of a wreck that it’s spreading out here. I’m doing what I can, but if things get any worse…” She sighed, putting a hand on the glass to eagerly await a response. You’ve done too much already! Emily’s eyes were still fixed on the wall ahead of her, feigning indifference even now with her mind racing. I’m sorry for using you, I’m sorry for putting this damned city ahead of you, I’m sorry for everything! Aile, please..! Standing from her bed, Emily turned away from her company and moved to her sink, muttering a blunt: “I’ll live.” “Time’s up. This way, Ms. Panther.” Aile took in a shaky breath as she stepped back, clearing her throat and turning on a dime to begin marching down the hall with a scowl. Looking back at Emily, who’s hands were planted on her sink looking down at the running water, the attorney ended the meeting with a very curt, impersonal, and disappointed response: “Goodbye, Emily.” The intrigue of the Gambler, the Church, and the city of Los Fortuna continues to build up. Meanwhile, under new management from the super-stylish Man in Black, a security company outsources developing a training regimen to four unscrupulous Stand Users. There’s only a few hours left to vote in that when this post goes up, so please give it a look - and a vote - if you haven’t! Scenario: Midnight Sun University District - A basement space underneath CaraMel’s Confectionery - Afternoon “Hmmm hmm hm! Hmm hm hmm! Something something I don’t know any Japanese~” Cutesy hum-singing filled the small, dimly lit well-ventilated chamber, as large bronze boots tapped against the sterilized floor, dark hands washing intensely before donning heart-covered rubber gloves, goggles, and a face mask, arranging and rearranging all number of medical-looking equipment, strange vials and flasks. Of course, she was still wearing plenty of pink, a lab coat over shorts over leggings, looking quite a bit more like a mad scientist than a chef, minus an onion-shaped hair net. Just because she was dressed for the utmost of lab safety and sanitation didn’t mean CaraMel Dansen couldn’t be cute, after all. She leaned in towards one particular test tube, kept within a glass case, holding a cluster of mysterious white semisolids which seemed to be moving, throbbing, and giggled, waggling her finger at the glass. “Feeding time’s soon, don’t worry! Oh, I wish I could put this on Insta today… But I must be strong!” She pumped her arms. “For his memory’s sake, I will resist you, social media!” Down the stairwell outside, a pair of sneakers hurried, let through a backdoor by the restaurateur’s younger brother, then hurrying down a stairwell, quite audible in the franticness of its pace. Finally, a sweaty pale hand moved towards the locked door. Knock knock knock knock. Rhythmic. Fist positioned against different distinctive parts of the door. This was the secret knock. So, a Stand body emerged to superheat a locking mechanism, causing its metals to weaken and the door to open, the yellow-hatted thirtysomething on the other side giving CaraMel an unamused look. “That’s a huge fire hazard, you know… If it was anyone but you, you would be yelling about that.” “Well, I’m just different! Anyway, c’mon, check out what Violet found me in Drankwater’s houseboat-lab! You know what it is, don’t you?” “I… No, how could I?” Theodore Lloyd was confused, stepping in and idly tapping at his eyepiece-Stand, ‘To Make Believe,’ as he continued, “just because I’m Institute doesn’t mean I can identify every weird thing that one of you guys discovers with a passing glance… Why was she going through his things anyway?” “Because I asked Oh No to ask her to!” She peppily answered, before growing, momentarily, more serious, “after what happened with the Ocean Soul… What he died for, and having that taken away in an instant, I just couldn’t help but think. The old wizard didn’t just do things for no reason, yeah? The sort of explosive growth you could accomplish with Calamus Root… I knew for certain he must have something in mind for it, some reason to go capture it personally. Something he was working on, yeah?” “I… I suppose that makes sense, but.” Teddy blinked. “You say that like No didn’t care about that part, so then why-” “All Oh No wanted was to learn to talk to that sea monster… Communicate, get it to open up. His entire term for the Institute’s cooperation with Peres was that Holiday would split the Stand off, let him keep and help the big angry sea monster communicate with a world that it never got the chance to understand. If you talked to him, you would’ve known that way way way before me!” “That… That sounds like that person, yes.” He stammered, pacing around carefully. “Mhm!” She nodded. “Anyway, one of the things that fascinated the Wizard most was Bert… Both as a harmless novelty, a ‘homunculus,’ and then, as the thing that destroyed Capital Island, broke fate, and killed like twenty-thousand people. He’d been studying his actions, researching his history, all for what’s in this tube here.” She gestured to it again. “A ‘bioweapon’ meant to be capable of ‘killing Bert…’ That’s what was in the Water Tower, hidden away, and what I intend to finish, with or without those groundbreaking medical advances people literally died for only for that to be wasted at the last moment!” Her voice grew even higher and cuter; a sure sign she was seething so hard she could set a person on fire. “No is still grieving over the Ocean Soul, so I wanted to ask you to arrange for it… Get the Institute to watch over this thing, and let me help cultivate it.” “I see… Heh. Guess he’s looking after us even now, then… Of course I’ll help.” He tilted his head, reading over what he’d just discovered of the ‘bioweapon’ with his own Stand… Unsurprised, ultimately. “Where do you factor into this, CaraMel? I thought you’d totally lost interest in biotech… I didn’t even know you’d kept all this stuff.” “It’s for when I get the food science urges!” She pivoted and huffed, crossing her arms over her chest and shaking her head. “And anyway… I became a chef instead because I wanted to make people smile. To be fed and happy and enjoying good food in a nice place and living, yeah? I know Drankwater would scoff with Dollars behind my back for that, but… He was still a mentor of mine, and this is something I can do so the final projects of his life weren’t for nothing. That ‘Bert’ is a threat to the entire planet if not dealt with… And nobody can smile in a world so terrible!” She kicked her boot against the ground, then, before adding with a roll of her eyes and a grumble, “plus, now that Byron went and got himself labeled a terrorist and killed a bunch more people, basically every big plan I had in the works for celebrating this February is shot. So I almost have something sort of resembling free time now!” Teddy chuckled at that, and was about to ask what else he could do, when his phone began to vibrate, and despite not recognizing the number, he had a strange feeling about this… It needed answering. “Y’hello, Mr. Lloyd… Is your refrigerator running?” A chill ran down his spine, then. That old, jovial voice… It couldn’t be..! Paralyzed with unease at what he was encountering, all he could say, then, was a small, “y… yes..?” “Well…” A dial tone rang out at Teddy’s feet; the very floor tiles below him seemed to transform into cell phone screens beneath him. Then, as his companion tried to shout something, tried to send her Stand forward to retrieve him, a Sonic blast from those newly-reformed floor tiles sent him and her Stand flying into the walls, knocking over countless pieces of equipment with a very clearly audible punchline to the booms. “YA BETTER GO CATCH IT!” The girl’s Stand only just able to stop anything from outright killing the weaker, older Stand User proved, predictably, far from the end of the troubles in the room. As Teddy struggled to stand with CaraMel’s Stand’s support, an old man in a bike helmet, flanked by a Stand of his own, stepped into the doorway, cracking his knuckles. “Eheh… Refrigerator running. Sometimes, the classics can still crack you up, yeah?” Naturally, CaraMel was knocked to the ground as well by the blast having struck her Stand, not to mention her own proximity to it, ears ringing and pained as she tried to gather her bearings, hearing a thumping against the walls closest to the ventilation shaft for the small room, only for the grate to be knocked out as something oblong and vaguely humanoid emerged, dress shoes stepping down with feet by her head, before with entirely too much flexibility, a stark white one-eyed figure was staring down at her and twisting his neck. There was something dark atop the being’s head, something she was having trouble making out, resembling… A cap of sorts, resembling a buck-toothed dog, with… Bert was wearing a fucking hat in the shape of Goofy, still boastfully bearing the tag from Walt Disney World. “Yes, hello, I’m here to pick up an order… I hope you’ve kept it warm.” CaraMel was alarmed, confused, in a horrid state of fight or flight, as her Stand could only be in one place at all, yet needing to protect Teddy, herself, and the bioweapon… How the hell was she supposed to do all three while boxed in like this? “You gave quite the speech, Dansen…” Bert continued as they paced around, the air tense even through the funny joke Lemon had cracked. His hand rested on the table the weapon’s tube sat on, and and he continued, “it was quite inspirational, I think… And quite enlightening.” He reached for the weapon, and CaraMel called out. “No, don’t!” “Don’t what? You are developing something meant specifically to take my life… Is it unfair of me to wish to investigate that? Now, let’s see what-” With a look on his sole eye indicating genuine surprise, Bert’s hand accidentally slipped and knocked the specimen meant to kill them to the ground, where it spilled out with a crack! The chef and the art school dean both cried out. “…haha! My fingers slipped! And right now, I don’t feel very dead… Not ready yet, as you said. Though that shouldn’t be a surprise, with what a nostalgic sight that was.” He contorted his neck to the tense scene with Lemon, Lloyd, and CaraMel’s Stand, over 180 degrees away, though turning his head the opposite direction would have been easier. “Lemon, companion and ally, tell my story, why don’t you? Or at least, introduce it…” “Gotcha!” The old man agreed, “see, my buddy Bert here… Some stuff in a lab made him, and he got out! And then they came here!” Lemon knew more, but he knew a bit when he saw one, and knew that Bert would want to hear themselves talk. It was why, for a Bertsmas gift, he got his good pal two cell phones. “I was born by what many deemed random luck, some chemicals mixed together just right in some lab… But such things, the creation of life anew, are not the domain of happenstance, or of old men with white beards… No, it’s as I told Walter on my sabbatical, when I popped into his secret chambers to discourse on life extension.” He took a seat on a counter. “‘New life’ is the realm of ‘God,’ don’t you agree? Yet I exist, and I uniquely survive, and I will find a way to yet create life anew myself.” He stood up, then, spreading his arms. “To blaspheme in this way is only within the realm of I, Bert, the one who subverted fate! Who raised the dead! I am going to supersede God itself, whatever form He takes. What chance did two graduates cooking in a basement have to deter me?” “You…” Teddy stammered again, clearly terrified, but looking to CaraMel, stood. “Your self important vision will die. You will be nobody’s God… You’ll be just another footnote in this city.” He turned, then, to his companion. “CaraMel, recall your Stand. Protect yourself, please. I won’t slow you down here. Do what you must.” “But… N-no! I refuse to let you play hero now! Think about-” “Ahahahahahehheaaahhh!” Bert laughed heartily, then, and Lemon snickered as well. “You have gall, you two… I can acknowledge that much at least. Yet it’s funny to me that you think either of you is leaving this room.” Around the start of CaraMel and Teddy’s conversation - The streets of the College Town
hey casey jill’s rly upset cuz a friend of hers did some dumb bullshit again the journalist? oh no… how bad? not like war crime bad but ‘legit a srs dick move and self important about it’ bad ugh. that’s always a pain… why tell me, though? well bc im tryna console her an figured she could cope with sweets! as one does. as one does anyway yea. u mind runnin to caramel’s an pickin up some of those sweet onion cream filled donuts? just a huge dozen to go to town on. ill pay u back promise. well have girls night itll be gr8 sure! jillian seems nice, and i never mind helping a friend of a friend!
Casey Williams looked over that text log again as she made her way to the Confectionery which had so often been a hotly desired source of nutrients and socialization about the college town and adjacent areas, frequented by students, faculty, and people just living in the very expensive college town alike, but most popular of all among young women, children, and couples, no doubt because of how cute and pink the place was. Food was damn good, even if it tended to be pricey. One of those onion donuts honestly sounded real good right now, though… Thus, to that end, Casey kept walking, stepping off of a trolley and moving through a piece of environmental art she’d grown entirely used to by now, something where that Andre guy sought to successfully recreate something looking like a recursively looping set of stairs in the middle of a public park, only to notice something in the corner of her eye; Perseus Drakos was sitting up high on one of the stairs in question, waving down at her and, with a cheery tone, calling out, “afternoon!” Then, he seemed to slip off of the heavy drop, yet still bore a confident look on his face. This time, he’d have an awesome heroic entrance; he’d do a somersault and jump up right in front of his teammate, and it would be so awesome, and- “Ow!” He winced, hitting the soft grass below as Casey looked concerned, offering him a hand up. “Are you alright? That was a hell of a-” “I’m fine!” Desperate to save face, Perseus jumped up, putting his fists at his hips and puffing out his chest. “The glass dragon won’t shatter like that! That’s all I wanted to prove to you right now!” “Are you well? You must let me catch you before you run off like that!” The Stranger’s ethereal voice came through, then, as it manifested, fixing Perseus’ posture as he tried to shoo his Stand away. “I got it, c’mon. I know what I’m doing!” He sighed, then, before turning back to face Casey. “So what brings you out this way? Mind if I tag along? I’d been trying to survey this area for signs of trouble or villainy, but so far it’s… Pretty safe. I think I could use more scenery!” “Oh, I wasn’t doing much, actually,” Casey answered, “just headed down to CaraMel’s to pick some stuff up for Violet… Cheering up a friend, so basically an emergency, yeah? I’m sure it wouldn’t be any trouble for you to hang out, though.” The Stranger and Perseus both gave Casey blank expressions. “What? Don’t want to after all?” “CaraMel’s closed early today. Like, right after breakfast early…” Perseus huffed. “I was gonna buy myself lunch there, too, so it was really bothersome…” “…huh, really. Hope nobody’s sick or something.” She got her phone out. “Guess I’ll just let Violet know that-” “Wait.” The Stranger’s voice cut her off, then, and Casey and Perseus looked to him. “Think about who we’re dealing with here… This Violet Lange. It isn’t the first or last time she’s goaded one of us towards something or another on secretive, even duplicitous pretenses. And with how connected she is… There’s no way she didn’t hear anything about that. Couple that with how CaraMel’s has been used as a base of operations for the University Board before, and…” “She was trying to get me to do something else?” Casey asked, catching on now. She considered Violet a friend, but she really could be a pain sometimes like this… “Exactly. Whatever it is you were actually sent there for… Proceed with caution, if you mean to proceed at all.” “Forget that!” Perseus defied his Stand’s warning. “If it’s that important, and that dangerous, we’re going to be a part of it! Don’t abandon your friend, and don’t even say a word about leaving me out, either! Because if you do, I’ll just follow you anyway!” Casey… Couldn’t rebut a word of that, and neither could The Stranger. Both simply nodded. “Follow my lead, and don’t do anything crazy, alright?” “Why are the ceilings so high here..?” Perseus asked as he led the way into the closed-yet-unlocked door. “I mean, it’s basically a bakery with house space above it, right? But so much bigger than everything else…” “Because it’s artsy… And I imagine Mr. Dansen appreciates the distance from all the kitchen noise, with his condition.” Casey mused. “Makes for a real nice climbing spot. Once I ran into that ‘Black Angel’ eating up there with Wrenn, and it really is a great view-” Their conversation was stalled, then, by the realization of what lay before them, tossed through a glass display case and with a rolling shelf knocked over. A tall, hurt-looking figure with blue hair was struggling to keep it from crushing him, a sight which, with an “oh my God!” from Casey, both MFAs hurried to remedy, helping pull him free and sit him up. “What happened?!” Perseus asked, not noticing a response, before realizing exactly why… The man’s ears were bleeding profusely, worse than anywhere else he’d been injured. “Hhh… hhahh…” He struggled to steady himself, trying and failing to stand and move towards a backdoor. “Sister’s… Still down there… Old man… Phones… Ghk, fuck..!” The young man collapsed again, quickly being steadied by Casey, who looked him in the eye and spoke slowly, yet firmly. “Don’t worry. We’ll help her. Just… Clear out.” Someone is attacking CaraMel’s..? But what for? Violet… Is this what you really sent me for? With that, then, she had to pick up her pace and run into the backdoor stairwell. Perseus had already begun to charge in. The stairwell was decorated with pink carpet and soft orange wallpaper, the railings a clean, sleek white. It was quiet… Uncomfortably quiet. Then, a door down below opened, and Casey had to grab Perseus by the back of his shirt to stop him from rushing blindly down to meet the threat. “I swear, to try and assassinate me with the first trick I ever learned… The audacity of it all. Well, at least that’s been nipped in the bud.” Casey and Perseus both froze, then, feeling their skin crawl. Of course, both had heard the recordings of Jack Aurel’s final stand, of the way a serial killer and an artificial human challenged him… And that self-important tone was unmistakable. “Hehh, yeah. Say, d’you think her brother’ll still sell us bagels? I know the sign said they’re closed today, but I really got a hankerin’ for an everything with dog-cream-cheese.” “Regardless of his willingness to sell to us, there will be bagels, my friend. I assure you they will be delectable!” “Ehehh, awesome! Can’t wait to-” Lemon Demon stopped, then, his humorous tone momentarily evaporating. “There’s someone up there. Two of them, looks like.” “Ah! Excellent catch,” Bert praised Lemon. “Lucky we ended that fight unscathed and unexhausted, then… I have a feeling that they’ll be more of a worthy trial than those two were.” Casey gasped, then, still trying to bide her time, observe their moves, now that the element of surprise was gone completely. “Yeah, you’re telling me, Bert. Imagine if we were hot off the heels of those Red Carpet guys, or Jack, or even that keytar guy… I told you about how I barely beat him, right? Still a dang shame, that… Gotta respect a man in a thong rockin’ and rollin’ in the ID. Reminded me of me back in the day!” Perseus felt himself grow even tenser, then… Angry, beyond even his usual hatred for villains, at such words passing. “Casey… This guy… I think the old guy has to be the one to…” He had seen how utterly devastated Aaron had been at the news of Rudolf’s death, and to hear someone speaking so casually about it, having clearly seen it, been there, probably been responsible… He called out, heroically, “Hey, Bert! Old-timer! Chat up all you like, because this is the last fight you’ll ever fight! Here and now, it’s over for you!” Before he could charge, however, Casey grabbed him and began running up the stairs, well aware that at this point, a fight in the stairwell was inevitable… Hell, hearing something like that, and knowing what was at stake, she couldn’t back away in good faith either! Every fight she’d been in so far, she could run away, leave the dirty work to someone else, but here, she wasn’t going to simply cower behind a child. She would get them a tactically advantageous spot, work out a plan, and beat these bastards here and now! “Those kids sound kinda mad… Hope I didn’t strike a nerve there.” Lemon remarked, nonetheless preparing for battle. He knew kids, how hotheaded they could get. This wasn’t a situation he could defuse with a funny joke or two, and hell, he didn’t really want to. “We’ll be striking more than just nerves in a moment, Lemon… We’ll be striking up another chapter in the Book of Bert. Just try not to bring the whole house down. Those bagels won’t taste half as good with drywall and concrete in them, after all.” OPEN THE GAME! (Credit to CaptainSpooky27 for yet more awesome match art!) Location: Inside of a stairway. This is a general reference image of the layout of the stairway. Note this image does not match up to the stairway in the match, only the general structure. So the railings, floors and stairs themselves are different. Here is a top down view of the general layout. The left and right sides are flat and the south and north are the stairs. The center is completely open. The stairs go upwards following the arrows. The flat portions are each 5 meters long and 2 meters wide. The stairs are 1 meter wide and there is about 9 meters between each floor. Bert and Lemon Demon start at basement level (on what would be the right side) and Casey and Perseus are 25 meters vertically above the other team and on the left side. Goal: RETIRE your opponents! Additional Information: Leaving the stairwell over the course of the match is prohibited. After all, there are civilians and bagels that will be in great danger if you retreat now!
“I see, you're above me... you're hanging on a branch, huh?!” You are starting from the very bottom of this stairwell, but rise and rise you will, until you tower over this entire city! Make creative usage of the verticality and arrangement of the stairwell!
“What would Koichi think if he sees a lit lighter resting on top of a piece of bread..? Would he think nothing of it? Definitely not! He would extinguish the flame!” Last big fight you went in, you destroyed an entire factory, and that looks like it got people real mad… Best to avoid that, and besides, bagels are on the line! Ensure that the stability of the building isn’t compromised over the course of the match!
“If they stand just 'above' you, it'll be over.” You have the high ground, and you intend to make damn good use of this fact. Make creative usage of the verticality and arrangement of the stairwell!
“For 24 hours, you are to guard that lighter without letting the flame go out!” These guys think they can just bust into someone’s home, someone’s business, and smash it to bits like it’s nothing? You will protect this place, and its occupants! Ensure that the stability of the building isn’t compromised over the course of the match!
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So i know this will be buried or whatever but I just want to rant for a bit. So dont get me wrong, I love RDO but how do I care for a game that isnt getting any love from Rockstar? Why do we have shitty clothing outfits? More players have come up with better ideas to bring into the game than who ever is running this fucking donkey show. Why is it that npcs and story mode have better clothing than most of us? Also, let me use the other parts of the role outfits with other clothes and let me make more changes to the story mode outfits. Also fuck the Voodoo outfit coming in Outlaw Pass 5, what am I? A Cartoon Voodoo Villian? Oh and fuck the furry belt buckles, who thought that anyone would like to wear those? Add in cops and military clothing instead of the outfits that look like theyre doms for the bounty hunter role. I'll move on to locations, add more things up in Ambrino. Maybe a more lively town or something where its not as dead. Also open up Paradiso and the top part of the states, so much opportunity to have a trapper town up north that could help with the trader role or something. They could easily open up the original area of Paradiso and add more land that is under Flat Iron Lake. Last put not least is roles and the online story mission. Was the last mission of the oline story really the last one? It was ok but I wish they would have a new story or something. Also why arent we running ranches, or plannin heist, or what ever else players can come up with. Let me be a smuggler running illegal goods across the states or across Paradiso or the Northern Territory. Let me run fight clubs for players or npcs and take bets on fighters. Let me be a big time gambler and let me own a gambling boat. But thats it for now so I want to hear yalls rants and complaints. Also maybe add a rant flair lol.
INAQ/Metromile - Perspective From an Insurance Industry Participant
Howdy fellow investors, speculators, gamblers, whatever. In response to a few posts I've seen (and wildly agreed with!) today about attempting to keep this sub quality only I have decided to offer up my two cents. For those who don't want to read there will be a TLDR at the end, but if you decide to be as bullish as I am I believe you should read all of this. My background: I have been in involved the retail property and casualty (P&C for short) insurance business since 2005 and in a big way since 2007. I use the term "retail" because that is an important distinction to be made which I'll cover again soon. The average age of one of my peers is mid to late 60's and I am far younger and this is important because while my peers all plan on simply enjoying this career until their eventual retirement within the net next several years I have not had that luxury and instead I have been contemplating two main ways that my career future would be badly altered. INAQ/Metromile is one of those ways. Retail P&C Insurance: Specific to auto insurance, and without overcomplicating things, people in the US buy auto insurance in two main ways: direct and via an agent. The two best examples of the direct model I can think of would be GEICO and Progressive. I believe they are #1 and #2 in market share in most states for the direct market. Then you have the agent model which simply means the consumer goes to a third-party (the agent) to buy a policy that the agent is authorized to sell direct to the consumer. Examples of this would be State Farm, Allstate, Travelers, Liberty Mutual, etc and depending on what state you live in you may have different ones or have seen more advertisements for one vs another. These two distribution models have been mostly unchanged for several decades and frankly they work fine but they have some problems. Problems with the two current models:
The "Direct" model can leave the policyholder feel disconnected from their insurance company. Meaning, you call a 1-800 number when you need service or you go onto an app/website and you'll never talk to the same person twice and there is no personal touch. The retention of a policyholder from term to term with this model is lower than the "Agent" model and the claims frequency of this business is much higher than the "Agent" model. Claims ratios with this model (ratio between premiums earned and claim expenses paid on those policies) can be as high as 100%! That is not a typo... GEICO may pay out every single penny they earn in premium in a given period of time to their policyholders! In other words, the profit margins can be VERY thin with this business, but the "Float" (as Warren Buffett calls it) which is the cash they get to hold onto in between when you pay your premium and when they eventually have to pay for your claim is a HUGE cash cow and given Berkshire Hathaway's success is certainly a substantial way to get investment growth over the long term by using somebody else's money.
The "Agent" model has a vastly better retention rate (ie the number of consecutive policy terms that a client remains satisfied and paying for their current policy) than the "Direct" model but it comes at a cost. The insurer who authorized the agent to sell their product pays that agent a commission for making the contract between the insurer and the policyholder and that commission rate has to go somewhere between the $X dollars of premium and $Y dollars of eventual claim payout. Commissions are typically 10-15% of the policy premium (depending on quality of policy) and the loss ratio (the ratio between the intake of premium dollars and outbound claims expense) can be around 50-80% depending on quality of policies written by an agent. But when you then add the commissions of 10-15%, the extra admin cost of having liaisons working for the insurers keeping good relations with the agents (translation: fuel costs, fleet car costs, expense accounts, etc) the profit margins can still be pretty thin.
The good parts of these two models have been illustrated just above... If insurers can price their policies appropriately to generate at least $1 or more per annum over the cost of paying their policyholders' claims then they are profitable, and to extrapolate that further if they can generate more than $1 in either net profit or investment returns then they are a profitable insurer. Most of these companies are Fortune 100 types because they're 1) Large, 2) Successful, and 3) Stable. So Why Do Potential Disruptors Want In? If you have stuck with me so far then you know the answer to this. If you see an industry that has been very profitable for decades, has predictable cash flows, offers enormous potential for cash float to be used for investments, and also offers you a chance to sell other products to your clientele (we are only talking auto insurance here but it's very easy to "upsell" a client to get a 2nd, 3rd, 4th policy on a house, a boat, perhaps life insurance, etc) then you would definitely want to be a part of it. And here are the two ways I see things changing over the next 2-5 years. The Two Things That Keep Me Up At Night:
Pay-as-you-go insurance is already being beta tested (as you may already know) and the results are positive. For people who live in cities and/or who telecommute (and I'm talking pre-Covid here) it was also a major point of anger (in my experience) that they'd be charged for a full month/year of insurance when perhaps they were only driving 3-4 days a week. Even in the suburbs if a policyholder was driving a few times a week (ie maybe one household car drives 5 days a week to work but the second household car only drives a few times, and very limited miles) it is a place where policyholders feel ripped off paying for something they don't use. Pay-as-you-go is EXACTLY what UbeLyft has been successfully piloting for years with their drivers and it actually follows very sound logic... you should only have to pay for the actual risk you are posing to the insurer, no more no less. Of course your rate is based on your age, driving record, zip code, etc but ADDITIONALLY it should be based on how much you actually drive.
This one I won't cover much here because it has nothing to do with INAQ/Metromile but manufacturers themselves have been wanting into the insurance game for awhile and this is also being beta tested right now. Porsche, BMW, and Cadillac all have programs in select cities where for one monthly fee you get a leased car, your insurance, and your maintenance (and some stupid concierge services too that I think will eventually go away). Tesla once spoke of wanting to do this too FWIW.
Pay-As-You-Go WILL Disrupt The ENTIRE Industry: As you've read above, the problem with the Direct model is the client is rarely bonding with the insurer and the problem with the Agent model is it is more expensive for the insurer. A benefit of the Direct model is arguably a lower cost of goods sold, so to speak, and the benefit of the Agent model is better retention and fewer claims. Pay-as-you-go addresses both of these in the following ways:
Every time a policyholder engages with the app it is a "touch" between the insurer and customer, and presumably the customer feels good because it means they weren't paying all those other times they were not driving.
If it eliminates the need for an Agent, or if it even allows insurers to pay a lower commission to the Agent for selling their product to the consumer then the profit margins could be better.
Pay-as-you-go will undoubtedly utilize GPS tracking (to count the miles) and so insurers will have HUGE amounts of data that they could sell to HUGE numbers of companies that would love to know where you drive, how often you drive there, when you drive there, and probably other things that I won't bore you with here.
In theory, and perhaps above all else, it will more appropriately price auto insurance for consumers which is something 100% of policyholders have been screaming about since the first time they bought auto insurance.
Ways Metromile Could Fail: None! Just kidding. Seriously though, Metromile could fail in infinite ways as a company but the greatest risks I see would be that they either misprice the product and then get massacred with an unusually bad claim scenario (ie natural disaster in a market where they have huge exposure) or they could prove the concept that other, larger insurers will simply copy and eventually dominate in (ie the first mover isn't always the long term winner). I personally think the first scenario is more likely than the second, or simply failing as an enterprise would be more likely than being the first to market and proving out the concept for others to take advantage of long term. Starting any new company from scratch is hard, scaling it across different markets is harder, and eventually unseating a competitor who has been a titan for decades is perhaps the hardest challenge. But as investors we don't have to stay on the ride forever, we only have to stay on as long as we want. Summary: I have no idea whether Metromile will be successful or not but I am positive that pay-as-you-go policies will become the norm in the near future for many drivers, particularly those in urban/suburban areas in the 50 and below age category. Direct insurers (GEICO, Progressive) are obviously already looking at this and Agent distribution insurers (State Farm, Allstate, Liberty Mutual, Travelers) are obviously looking at it too. If Metromile can capture even a single-digit percentage of market share to start they'll be in great shape and if they can build technology that other insurers want to license/acquire instead of building their own then they will be even better off! INAQ/Metromile could be the first in a long line of companies to evolve to this method of distribution but they don't have to insure every driver in their first year to make money. As decades have shown, you just have to earn more premium dollars than you pay out in eventual claims and/or you need to invest the earned premium wisely while you wait to have to pay claims and POOF! you are profitable. I don't care at all that Mark Cuban and other notable investors have money in this, they have money in a lot of things and not all of them will work out. But this is the way of the future and there is no reason why being an early investor in this company is unwise. If I thought the Fortune 100 companies mentioned above would evolve first I'd invest in them too but they're slow and hopefully Metromile will be faster. I suggest everybody do their own research of course and blah blah blah. If you don't want to do that at least buy some shares to make mine more valuable, but if you do some research I would certainly love to hear your thoughts below on anything I may have missed. I'm not an insurance analyst, just a participant in the industry and I see the need that Metromile addresses. TLDR: INAQ/Metromile is a play on the future on the disruption of an industry ripe for disruption. BUY NOW, THANK ME LATER. Maybe. Three bonuses for those who want to know even more about the P&C auto insurance industry:
Major insurers (Progressive, Nationwide, Safeco and others) are already offering discounted rates to customers who are willing to track their mileage. They aren't doing this to be nice, they are doing this to collect data on their customers to better refine their rates AND to see if they could determine a profitable rate structure using pay-as-you-go.
In most states insurers are required to file their rating structure with the state they operate in and this information is not private. It allows some companies to be very monkey-see monkey-do because they know exactly how their competitors are pricing their product.
In most states you must wait 12-18 months for a new rate filing to be approved for sale to the public. This means if Metromile (for example) operates profitably in State X and another insurer wants to start offering the same structure of rates to potential policyholders they must file their proposed structure with Sate A's insurance administrator and then twiddle their thumbs and wait for it be (potentially) approved before they can even sell one policy to compete with Metromile.
Positions: Holding 2,500 shares of INAQ held in non-retirement account with the intent of holding 12 or more months.
Trying to get over Qualifier by going back to Dating Apps
So I met someone on a dating app, spent one night with them, got instantly obsessed. It was the first time I had hooked up with anyone since I've been clean and sober, about 20 months. I had forgotten that I have an issue with Sex and Love and in my addiction I had been a sex worker. I don't know how I expected to resume a regular dating life after that, but I sure tried. I lost my dignity by being to needy to fast and this hookup, who is now my qualifier has not texted me for 4 days. I have had no contact for 6, only due to shame and embarassment I will not text him back, but I am obsessed with waiting for him to text me again. So yesterday I finally caved in and re-created accounts on 3 dating apps. If I had stayed off them to begin with, I wouldn't be in the position I am now. My mind tells me that if I don't go out and find someone myself, I may never have sex/love again. I am pretty sure this is a bad idea, and I'm about to pay for the apps to see who is interested in me to start something up. I wish I could just focus on other stuff. I am looking for a job, and just need something to do, really. Withdrawal has been so uncomfortable, because i keep playing things back in my head, like if I hadn't been so needy, I could be with this person. But that is me, and that is what I do. I just hate that part about myself. Has anyone had success with dating apps, finding a healthy relationship or sex/love interest, or am I just deluding myself. I almost feel like a gambler at a slot machine, and my right hand is numb from swiping left and right. Just wondering if anyone has been in the same boat, and how it worked out for them. using dating apps.
Cover Art First Chapter Story by Steve Hugh Westenra Dashel: The Throne Room: Qemassen Dashel stood scrunched between perfumed nobles on the packed mezzanine of Qemassen’s throne room. The competing scents of qyphi, rose, and lily clouded in the air around him until they were sucked inside his nose, dizzying. In his own plain cotton tunic, sweat-soaked from his day in the hot sun with the royal children, Dashel was out of place. But Moniqa wanted him here, to spy for her, to see things she might miss. No one would question his presence. He gripped the railing with damp palms, surveying the courtiers below. They milled at the rounded end of the great hall, framed by huge, arched windows behind them. The court hadn’t been so packed in weeks, and it was hard to spy on the Semassenqa with the room so full. Moniqa’s cousin—tall, muscled, and imposing—was easy to spot. The exiled Indan prince, Shaqarbas, pushed his way through the crowd to stand at its head. He stopped a few feet ahead of the rest of the Semassenqa. The merchant Qanmi looked him up and down before whispering something to his brother Sabeq. The two shifted subtly till they were flush with Shaqarbas. Even from Dashel’s spot on the mezzanine, the gold of Qanmi’s earrings glinted in the light, reflecting off the polished onyx floor. Qanmi was always the most ostentatiously dressed at court—like he thought he was a prince himself. He wasn’t a prince at all, just rich, and no friend to Samelqo. There wasn’t much point in watching him. The Ajwata ambassador was close behind them, but the Anata ambassador from eq-Anout and the Lora ambassador were both missing. Dashel scanned the crowd for their faces. They definitely weren’t here. It seemed odd, but maybe they’d tired of Samelqo’s pronouncements of doom. At the head of the room, not so far from Dashel’s vantage, Qemassen’s queen and king—Moniqa and Eshmunen—sat upon their thrones, each seat resting on a tiered dais. The third throne sat empty. Where was Samelqo? His throne stood to the right of Eshmunen’s, on the lowest tier of the dais. The lowest, even though everyone knew Eshmunen was only a puppet. Samelqo was Qemassen’s real king. It was him Moniqa needed Dashel to watch. Moniqa was sure he was plotting something against her. A minor noble nudged Dashel’s side as though to press past and get a better view, but Dashel was tall and strong for a man of fourteen. He planted his feet firmly apart and nudged the noble right back before gripping the railing again. He’d promised Moniqa he’d be here for her tonight, promised her he’d stand at the edge of the gallery so she’d know where to find him. It was all worth it, because Dashel was needed. It was worth missing his last night with Isef. He ran his tongue over his lips, remembering Isef’s kiss this morning. Dashel’s skin still tasted of olives, just like Isef's. Isef's mother had arranged a marriage for her son—a pretty girl from Lorar. Usually Isef's mother hated anyone who wasn't a real, Qemassen-born Erun, but apparently an Eruna girl from Lorar counted as long as she got Isef away from Dashel. Well, that was fine. Dashel still had the memory of his lips. He gripped the railing tighter, shifting his attention from Isef and back to what he was supposed to be doing. Moniqa’s many-hued skirts spilled from the dais to the floor in front of her—expensive silks traded from distant lands, displaying her wealth and power to everyone assembled. It was a perfect gown in which to stand up to Samelqo. Today was her first day at court since the royal twins had come screaming into the world. A sweat had gripped her until five days past, and Dashel had spent most of that time at her side, or with Aurelius, or attending court as her eyes and ears. Samelqo's underlings had tried to bar his entry, but Moniqa had put a stop to that with a word to the king. Dashel wasn't sure how good his reports had been, but Moniqa always thanked him, and paid him, and smiled. Dashel kicked at the rail with his foot, and his sandal scuffed the floor, squeaking against stone. He grinned, sheepishly, at the courtier beside him, but no one seemed to have heard. Everyone was chattering about tonight’s festival—staring and pointing at the more important nobles standing below them, at the far end of the curved hall. Dashel straightened. And so what if they had heard? Everyone knew he was Moniqa’s favourite. No one would dare say a word to him. “Why tonight, is what I don’t understand,” someone said nearby. “And where’s the heq-Ashqen? He should answer for this. I can’t spare what I have plumping up peasants for some festival—” Dashel turned his attention back to the hall below. Samelqo’s empty throne was like a gaping wound. A few months ago, Samelqo had claimed demons sent by the death god, Molot, were responsible for both the dryness of the river Izzat, and the Lora mercenaries attacking the trading ships and caravans that normally crowded Qemassen’s famed harbour and merchant quarter. Everyone had thought it funny at the time, but now? Molot’s gardens were packed with supplicants, the ground seasoned with ashes. For a moment, the perfume of the courtiers was replaced by the pungent smell of smoke, and Dashel shuddered. Staring at Samelqo’s seat, he could almost see the demons crawling from the void it represented, black and burned. Samelqo’s festival had been announced only a few days earlier, its details left vague. Dashel's sister Sarah had told him that Eshmunen's slaves had bought up the remainder of her date stores in preparation. Dashel liked festivals, but Massenqa ones were often gloomy affairs—there was good food and good drink, but instead of eating it they just burned it in big piles for their strange gods. And since the spring, they burned more than food. Dashel shifted, and stared down at the marble pillars that supported the mezzanine on the other side of the hall. His gaze slipped from pillar to pillar until it reached the vast arches of the windows, whose light still spilled across the floor. It was warm in the throne room, even in the shade, but thinking on Molot always gave Dashel a chill. The last time they’d passed the death god’s gardens, his mother and father had talked about how soon the Massenqa would tire of burning their own. Then they’d turn on the Eru, start blaming them for the drought. Dashel’s people would have to leave. If that happened, Dashel would stay. Qemassen was the only home he’d ever known. Dashel believed in Adonis like any good Erun, even if the sages’ lectures put him to sleep, but his place was with the royal children. It didn’t matter that they were Massenqa. Besides, Moniqa would protect him. She’d protect all of them. He tore his gaze away, settling his attention on her. She turned Dashel’s way, chin angled upward, searching for him. His heart beat faster. He grinned, then waved. From all the way up here, he could just make out her smile—and she’d smiled it for him. Then Eshmunen leaned toward her and spoke, and she turned away. Her shoulders slumped. She still looked beautiful in her silks that spread around her like the petals of a flower, but it was like the world had crashed down on her with her husband’s words. The atmosphere about the palace must be adding to Moniqa’s unease. The mood was anxious, confused. Then again, her melancholy might be from the sapenta Dashel had brought her earlier. Three slaves holding a ney, a sistrum, and a cymbal skittered from the marble pillars beneath the mezzanine and stopped at the centre of the room. Together, they played the melody that signaled the start of a session. The rattles of the sistrum were not so different from those of some living thing—like a field of insects laying in the grass. No sooner had one slave lowered her ney from her lips, than the doors across the hall flew open, and Samelqo strode inside. With his robes whirling about him, his steps long and firm, he looked nothing like the wreck Dashel had seen earlier in the gardens. The musicians scrambled back into the shadows beneath the mezzanine like mice scattering before a cat. Samelqo surveyed the room quickly, then bowed to his king and queen. King Eshmunen barely looked up. He was hunched against his seat, one fist propping up his chin as his other arm fell lazily over the throne's sphinx-headed armrest. The sphinxes' blind faces seemed to stare endlessly past the great windows opposite, past Qemassen and its rounded harbour. As Samelqo took a few slow, deliberate steps to the centre of the room, Moniqa trailed him with her gaze. Dashel turned to the rest of the Semassenqa. A heaviness had descended on the court, like the tension in the air before the summer storms. The horses in the stables beside his father’s elephants would squeal, and rear, and kick when the thunder came, and sometimes before it even started. No one was kicking or squealing now. Somehow it was more frightening. Samelqo was taking his time. He prowled the floor, and as he prowled, Dashel followed his every movement, as transfixed as the Semassenqa. He swallowed. Evening sunlight shone against the bald dome of Samelqo’s head, casting the heq-Ashqen’s golden skin an angry orange. Samelqo was always so prim and arch, like an evil sorcerer out of a story. It had felt good earlier in the garden to see his mask cracking. Maybe if it cracked enough, the king would finally see past Samelqo’s avian gaze to the serpent under it. The crowd were fidgeting and shifting on their feet. At last Samelqo spoke. “Beloved children of Qemassen.” He raised a rolled scroll high up in the air, and as he did so his robes swiveled about him as though to emphasize his every word. His voice echoed throughout the hall, clear and commanding. “I come before you with further proof of the gods' displeasure. The harmony of the Helit Sea is unbalanced. Lora conquerors have set sail for Zimrida.” The hush of the court burst into a flurry of whispers. Dashel’s heart leapt to his throat. He darted a look at Moniqa, whose skirts rustled as she shifted on her throne. She was gripping her handrests. Eshmunen didn’t even look up. He'd known. He'd known before the meeting was called. The queen had not. From the unhappy looks on the Semassenqa’s faces, no one had yet been told. And how had Dashel missed this news? He had plenty of friends at the docks—sailors and traders who would have known about a Lora attack. He should have been paying more attention to his work and less to Isef. “Have ships been sent?” Queen Moniqa rose from her throne. “How long have you known this?” Samelqo didn't turn around to address her. “The ships were sent, but too late. Molot has delayed them, or demons attacked them. The speed of our oars is nothing against the will of the divine.” He turned so that he surveyed the Semassenqa as he spoke. “Only three days ago word reached us that our outpost was besieged, and today our informers in Ledan confirmed the island was taken. There is no sign of our ships, Queen. They never reached Zimrida.” Samelqo paused. “They never even reached Ledan.” Dashel darted a look at the Semassenqa. That must be why the Anata ambassador was missing. Ledan was his nation’s capital. As the closest landmass to Qemassen’s outpost on Zimrida, Ledan should have sent word earlier. Moniqa’s cousin Shaqarbas brushed past the merchant Qanmi, and stepped halfway onto the floor of the hall. “Never reached Ledan or weren't reported? What proof do we have that these informers are loyal to Qemassen?” He, at least, wasn’t frightened of Samelqo. “How do we know the Anata themselves haven't been bought with Lora coin? Anyone here worth the gold on his fingers knows demons don’t helm ships, but pirates and traitors are more than willing.” “Demons have no need of ships,” said Samelqo. Some of the Semassenqa were nodding in agreement. Were they so desperate for reassurance they were suddenly willing to swallow Samelqo’s stories? Moniqa had told him there’d been droughts before. Qemassen would survive. “They come up from the seafloor or take shape from the wind itself,” Samelqo continued. “They scatter men's bones along the shore and drag warriors off to feast upon beneath the waves. We have come to laugh at our demons and the gods they serve, but that laughter twists back on us now. Rivers dried and scouting parties missing? Ships vanished and seedlings suffocated by barren sands? What of Indas? What of She?” Dashel’s throat felt thick, strangled. How dare he speak of Moniqa’s home? Samelqo's voice reverberated throughout the hall as the sun's light faded. The shadows deepened across the room, across Shaqarbas's face. At the mention of his homeland, Shaqarbas looked like he might take those last few steps and strangle Samelqo where he stood. Dashel’s heart fluttered with the hope, but Prince Shaqarbas didn’t move. “Qemassen is great, as once was Indas,” continued the heq-Ashqen. “Qemassen forgets its gods as Indas once did. It is not the Lora we should fear, but ourselves. I shall tell you of Indas the Great―of the fall of her cities and her towns. Where now is the great city of Ipsis, but clutched greedily by Lorar? What of Lera, whose palaces burned with fire from the torches of her own Inda people? It is a Loran king who governs in the City of Reeds, and it is a Loran king who will govern these sacred halls and call himself Semassenqen.” Dashel’s squeezed the railing. Samelqo was laying fallen Indas, naked and shamed, before the Semassenqa—it was as though he’d stripped Moniqa bare. Moniqa was trembling—not with tears, Dashel thought, but with anger. For Samelqo to have publicly slandered the Inda people, and Moniqa's family in particular, was a dangerous tactic. Everyone knew how Eshmunen loved his queen. The people loved their queen. Yet Eshmunen did nothing. No one did anything as Samelqo ranted on, commanding quiet with his every word as his gaze danced across the faces of the assembled nobility. “The temples of Molot and Abaal were razed to the ground in Ipsis, and the Adonis of Elu held up in their place. It is easy for a mighty people to forget their benefactors and grow lax. It is easier to worship one god than many. It is easier to burn lambs and leaves than human hair and bone, and it is easiest of all to grow complacent in our wealth.” As Samelqo moved, the very torchlight made a specter of his shadow, which stretched long and looming behind him. “Who here goes starving like the woman in the street who peddles her sex for milk and olives? Who here makes sacrifice as Elibat's people were once taught to do? The common people of Qemassen know what this drought means, even if we do not. The common people of Qemassen, whores and gamblers and degenerates, know better what is required of them than the kings and queens of this mighty city.” Dashel’s skin crawled with the legs of a hundred creeping insects. “You preach as though you speak for your king, Ashqen,” snapped Moniqa. She didn’t sound tired now—she sounded like a queen, like Dashel’s queen. “It is you who forgets who rules in Qemassen. Who his allies are.” Before Samelqo was forced to answer though, Qanmi eq-Sabaal took a step forward. “What allies? The men promised us died long ago in lands most of us have never seen.” He cracked his gold-ringed fingers as he stared Moniqa down. “I paid well to sit your brother on the Inda throne. I hoped my trading barges might find safe harbour in his ports. Perhaps the new king in Indas would recognize the agreement if I sent a fallen Indat princess in place of pots and linens? I hear Lorar looks kindly on those who bow in defeat.” Qanmi couldn't have said such a thing a year ago, yet none now seemed surprised by the threat. King Eshmunen shifted in his seat for the first time since the beginning of the meeting. His greying curls hung limp against his chest as he straightened. Dashel had to lean forward to hear the king’s hushed voice. “There will be no talk of defeat inside Qemassen's walls. Bowing to Lorar would mean the death of us. They can't afford for Qemassen to be left standing.” Eshmunen gestured vaguely with his hand, as though to indicate the west, and Moniqa’s homeland. “The loss of Indas was great, but there are other potential allies. Envoys have been sent across the Helit Sea to treat with the northwestern clansmen. The chiefs of the Feislands are joining their armies to fend off Lora raiding parties, with talk of electing a leader. The king of the Feislands won't refuse a prize as great as the future ruler of the Helit. A marriage alliance would solidify our friendship.” Dashel cringed, trying to picture pretty little Qwella forced to marry a brutish tribesman in furs. From the stirring of the court, it sounded like they were as concerned as Dashel. The court would be filled with Feislanda beasts. Samelqo held out his hands. “The king has decided this after much thought. The Feislanda are not what they once were and bring with them many warriors and much territory. Farming territory.” Shaqarbas cut Samelqo off with a laugh, grinning ear-to-ear. He would stand up for Moniqa’s children when her husband wouldn’t. “And marrying a woolly northern elephant, was that something the gods commanded, Samelqo? If so, I feel sorry for our young heir. Someone should tell the child, so he can crawl back inside his mother. Of course, we could always send our heq-Ashqen to the Feislands. I'm sure there must be some poor hag, blind enough to welcome him to her bed.” Dashel chuckled at Moniqa’s cousin in the darkness. He wished the king would send Samelqo to the Feislands. “Common sense commanded this alliance of the king,” Samelqo answered, pinched. “If the gods find fault with his decision they will inform us.” A chill passed over Dashel. There was something he wasn't understanding, buried in Samelqo eq-Milqar's words. He looked out the windows behind the Semassenqa. Slaves had come and lit the torches in the room and the sun had nearly disappeared from the sky. The red and purple sunset still spilled across the walls here and there, but the shapes had taken on a sinister bent, and for a moment Dashel could have sworn he'd seen the face of a real demon painted in crimson on the white walls. “And what are we to do with this news?” asked Shaqarbas. Samelqo inclined his head. “Pray.” Shaqarbas snorted, arms folded across his broad chest, but he stepped back. “The Ashenqa have been praying for years.” “Then the manner of prayer must change.” The manner of prayer? The merchant Qanmi crept forward, his earrings and metal-ornamented braids tinkling against one another. “You can't ask that of us. My Titrit is nearly twelve.” “I do not ask it of you, nor does our king.” Samelqo stood rigid, oddly emotionless suddenly. “Then what is it he does ask?” said Qanmi. “It is written in the Book of Abaal that following seven years of plague and meagre yields a gift of two hundred children was made in Molot's gardens. That spring, the rains flooded the banks of the Izzat. Molot rewards those who follow the proper observances, and punishes those who refuse. Yet we live in a time even more uncertain than those first days, with enemies to either side of us, and silence from the skies above.” Dashel had always lived in Qemassen, a friend to its people, but even at his age there were areas of the city he feared to enter, and the gardens most of all. When he was small, Sarah had told him ghost stories about the bodies buried in those grounds, and of the graves left empty when the flames took everything. Only once had he chanced to see the great gold statue of Molot, with its bull's head and outstretched hands. He'd been riding in a litter with the queen, and Moniqa had parted the curtains to point toward the temple entrance behind the statue, its giant steps leading down to a sandstone walkway that extended all the way to Molot's back. The smoke that hung perpetually over the quarter these days had not been there then, but the image had shaped his nightmares for months. “Stop dancing around the question,” said Shaqarbas. “Explain what you mean if it's not the murder of our children. The poor men burning babes they can no longer feed is one thing; it's another to butcher healthy heirs.” Samelqo spoke so fast he nearly cut Shaqarbas off. “Our people are suffering. The Lora are on Zimrida, perhaps sailing for Ledan. Our Indat queen,” Here, at last, he turned to face Moniqa and Eshmunen, “has taken a foreign god as her own. In answer to our withered orchards she squanders the last riches of our city on herself, and on a son she named for a man of Lorar. While the cries of poor families drown Molot’s gardens in grief, the Indat Moniqa spares not a date from her table. I ask you, what do the Semassenqa do when its peasants are holier than its crown?” Dashel wanted to run to Moniqa, who was crying now, but he stopped himself. It would do none of them any good. His gaze darted to the king, waiting for him to decree Samelqo's imminent dismissal, but the word never came. The king looked bored and distant, grimly resigned to what was to come. “Molot requires retribution for the insult of Moniqa's godlessness,” Samelqo said. “The queen is loved, however, by our good king. Hers is not the blood the gods require. Qanmi need not worry for the life of his daughters, nor Shaqarbas his sons. Following the birth of his seventh child, King Eshmunen offers up his son as tribute, to be burned in Molot's garden tonight, before the people of Qemassen.” Dashel forced down the sickness in his throat. Moniqa looked as though she'd been struck. Her right hand that gripped her armrest trembled, her nails digging against the sandstone as though hoping to bury themselves in the rock. She turned to Eshmunen, but his face was covered by his hand. Dashel understood that the king might not want to be the one to announce to his wife and court that their son was going to die, but surely he could pay Moniqa the courtesy of looking her in her eyes. A stronger man would have; a stronger man would have held her hand. None of the Semassenqa protested—who valued the life of his own child below that of a boy they hadn't met and didn't love? Two of Moniqa’s other children had died after only a few months, and the male child was sickly. Perhaps, if this had to happen, it was the best of many bad choices. Qanmi eq-Sabaal bowed before the royal family, a sudden solemnity to his pose. “Will the young heir also be brought before the people tonight? It would ease the minds of the Massenqa, and dull the sting of a royal death. Our king's sacrifice isn't unappreciated, but there are those who consider such things macabre.” Samelqo smiled bitterly. “Foreigners, you mean. Well, I suppose it is both a joyous and terrible event, just as Molot is joyous and terrible. Yes, the heir will be present, as will the twin. They will be introduced following the ceremony.” Murmurs flitted, slowly and then faster, as those gathered mulled the meaning of Samelqo's answer. “What do you mean? If the twins are to be brought forth after the sacrifice, who is to be burned?” Qanmi asked. The heq-Ashqen's composure faltered a moment, as though he found it difficult to give his intentions breath. “The first son. The boy Aurelius.” No. Dashel thought the word, even as Moniqa spoke it. “No.” The queen was on her feet. She stepped down the raised platform of her throne, legs shaking. She tripped on her gown and fell into a crouch, palms flat against the black of the floor. “No,” she whispered. “Not him, not my Aurel. You can't―take the other one—I don't . . . .” Her words squeaked from her lips, cracking as she swallowed back sobs. “Any of them. You can have all of them, just not him. Don't take him. Please.” Dashel’s eyes widened. She truly would give up any of the others, Qwella and Himalit both, if they would let her keep Aurelius. Some brave man amongst the Semassenqa would have to stand up for her, and when he did, Dashel would join him. He'd find a sword and they'd get Aurelius from wherever Samelqo had hidden him, and all the other children too, and they'd leave the city, through the elephant pens and to the hills, or across the sea in a boat. Something tapped against his leg. He looked down and saw that it was his own hand, trembling near as much as the queen's. Samelqo looked pitying as he responded to Moniqa's stilted pleas. Dashel hated the old man more than ever then. How could the priest do this, when he'd known Aurelius all the boy's life and lectured him and taught him prayer? “I'm sorry, my queen, but it has always been tradition to take the eldest son. It seems cruel to us now, but with time it will be seen as a kindness.” Moniqa threw herself at Samelqo. The heq-Ashqen cried out, and several of the Semassenqa leaped to their feet. Samelqo eq-Milqar's imposing aura slipped from him, and he was instead a frail, brittle little creature, falling backward in a panic. “I'll cut you!” The queen yelled, shaking the heq-Ashqen. “I'll rip you to pieces and feed you to the dogs if you touch my boy, if you touch him.” Samelqo tore his arm from Moniqa's grasp, but she grabbed the talisman about his neck, and twisted it. The amulet cut his skin, drawing blood. Eshmunen stood finally, overlooking the spectacle with that same distracted blur in his eyes. He turned and nodded to someone Dashel couldn't see, and then there were soldiers everywhere. It seemed a lot of men to restrain one woman. Soldiers rushed to prop Samelqo up as he coughed into his sleeve indecorously. They dragged Moniqa toward her throne. She looked mad: wailing open-mouthed, face streaked with tears. Samelqo rubbed his neck where Moniqa had strangled him. The courtier who’d been standing beside Dashel shoved him and shuffled by. The mezzanine was clearing out, everyone frightened by the chaos. Dashel clenched his fists at his side. Samelqo had promised Moniqa would not be harmed, and he had to trust that. So instead of going to her as he wanted, he stepped back into the shadows, where he couldn’t be seen by Eshmunen’s guards. “The boy will be brought before the people, and before our gods,” Eshmunen announced, to be heard over the crowd. “A wise choice, as the heq-Ashqen made clear,” said Qanmi. “You'll find no opposition from your Semassenqa, only gratitude for taking this upon yourself.” “The gods are with us, and your son Aurelius. A true child of Qemassen,” said a woman from the crowd. “A true child of Qemassen.” The voices of the court joined in unison to echo the Semassenqat's words. Dashel looked at Moniqa—she was staring at him. He hadn't known anyone's face to look so afraid, or so much like a corpse, yet there she was, mouthing something at him, though it seemed she should be unable. He shivered. He shook his head at her, for she wasn't close enough for him to hear, but it soon came to Dashel that it didn't matter. He knew what that look meant. He knew what Moniqa wanted, as he had ever known. He’d been so certain Samelqo’s choice was the best of many evil ones, but now? He girded himself, glaring down at the heq-Ashqen. He couldn't let the boy die, nor the two girls he'd grown up with, nor even the newborn babes. It was an evil thing that had forced the queen to offer her other children in exchange for Aurelius's life, and evil things had to be stopped. Some things were simple like that, and true. And impossible. But Dashel, Yeremi's son, had been born into Qemassen to protect Moniqa’s children. No task was so noble, no need so urgent. Fleet in his sandals, Dashel ran. He darted past the pillars as night came upon the palace on the hill, its halls lit only by fire, and its silence broken only by the sounds of a mother's cries and the pounding of his heart. Next
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