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HAVE QUESTIONS? CALL US AT 1-800-935-9935 (WE ACCEPT OPERATOR RELAY CALLS) • WANT MORE INFO? SEE THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT AGREEMENT 1 CHASE TOTAL CHECKING ® A GUIDE TO YOUR ACCOUNT † It’s important that you understand how your Chase Total Checking account works. We’ve created this Guide to explain the fees and some key terms of your personal account. MONTHLY SERVICE FEE* Monthly Service Fee $12 How to Avoid the Monthly Service Fee During Each Monthly Statement Period $0 Monthly Service Fee when you have any ONE of the following: • Electronic deposits made into this account totaling $500 or more, such as payments from payroll providers or government benefit providers, by using (i) the ACH network, (ii) the Real Time Payment network, or (iii) third party services that facilitate payments to your debit card using the Visa® or Mastercard® network • OR, a balance at the beginning of each day of $1,500 or more in this account • OR, an average beginning day balance of $5,000 or more in any combination of this account and linked qualifying deposits1/investments2 ATM FEES Non-Chase ATM (Avoid these fees by using a Chase ATM) $3 for any inquiries, transfers or withdrawals while using a non-Chase ATM in the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Fees from the ATM owne network still apply. $5 per withdrawal and $3 for any transfers or inquiries at ATMs outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Fees from the ATM ownenetwork still apply. Fees for using your account when you don’t have enough money in it or it’s already overdrawn OVERDRAFT FEES Overdraft (may also be referred to as Insufficient Funds): Chase pays a transaction during our nightly processing on a business day when your account balance is overdrawn $34 Overdraft Fee per transaction during our nightly processing beginning with the first transaction that overdraws your account balance by more than $50. • Maximum of 3 fees per business day (up to $102) We won’t charge an Overdraft Fee: • With Chase Overdraft AssistSM, if you’re overdrawn by $50 or less at the end of the business day OR if you’re overdrawn by more than $50 and you bring your account balance to overdrawn by $50 or less at the end of the next business day (you have until 11 p.m. ET (8 p.m. PT) to make a deposit or transfer). Chase Overdraft Assist does not require enrollment and comes with eligible Chase checking accounts • If your transaction is $5 or less • If your debit card transaction was authorized when there was a sufficient available balance in your account • If your check or ACH is returned unpaid. However, we may charge an Overdraft Fee if a previously returned check or ACH is presented again and paid • If your debit card transaction or ATM cash withdrawal request is declined You can avoid overdrawing your account by making a deposit or transferring funds to cover the overdraft before the business day ends and we start our nightly processing. Here are the cutoff times for some ways of making a deposit or transferring funds from another Chase account: • At a branch before it closes • At an ATM before 11 p.m. Eastern Time (8 p.m. Pacific Time) • When transferring money on chase.com or Chase Mobile® or using Zelle® before 11 p.m. Eastern Time (8 p.m. Pacific Time) If you deposit a check, this assumes we do not place a hold and the check is not returned. Additional cutoff times apply to other transfers, including transfers from non-Chase accounts. Please visit chase.com or Chase Mobile for more information and service agreements. † For the complete terms governing your account, please consult the Deposit Account Agreement. The terms of the account, including any fees or features, may change. * New and converted accounts will not becharged a MonthlyServiceFeeforat least the first two statement periods.After that the MonthlyServiceFee willapply unless you meet one of the ways to avoid the MonthlyServiceFeeeach statement period (if applicable). 1 Qualifying personal deposits include Chase First CheckingSM accounts, personal Chase savings accounts (excluding Chase Premier SavingsSM and Chase Private Client SavingsSM), CDs, certain Chase Retirement CDs, and certain Chase Retirement Money Market Accounts. 2 Qualifying personal investmentsinclude balancesin investmentand annuity products offered through JPMorgan Chase & Co.and itsaffiliatesand agencies.Formost products, we use daily balancesto calculatetheaverage beginning day balance for such investment and annuity products. Some third party providers report balances on a weekly, not daily, basis and we will use the most current balance reported. Balances in 529 plans, donor-advised funds, and certain retirement plan investment accounts do not qualify. Investment products and related services are only available in English. J.P. Morgan Wealth Management isa business of JPMorgan Chase & Co., which offers investment productsand services through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS),aregistered broker-dealerand investmentadviser, member FINRA and SIPC. Insurance products are made available through Chase Insurance Agency, Inc. (CIA), a licensed insurance agency, doing business as Chase Insurance Agency Services, Inc. in Florida. Certain custody and other services are provided by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMCB). JPMS, CIAand JPMCB areaffiliated companies under thecommon control of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Products notavailablein all states. INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE PRODUCTS: • NOT A DEPOSIT • NOT FDIC INSURED • NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE HAVE QUESTIONS? CALL US AT 1-800-935-9935 (WE ACCEPT OPERATOR RELAY CALLS) • WANT MORE INFO? SEE THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT AGREEMENT CHASE TOTAL CHECKING® 2 CHASE DEBIT CARD COVERAGE SM AND FEES 3 (Please visit www.chase.com/checking/ debit-card-coverage for additional details.) Chase Debit Card Coverage: You can choose how we treat your everyday (not recurring) debit card transactions when you don’t have enough money available. Please note: Regardless of which option you choose for Chase Debit Card Coverage, you may also want to sign up for Overdraft Protection if you are eligible. Please visit www.chase.com/OverdraftProtection for more details, including terms and conditions. OPTION #1 (YES): You ask us to add Chase Debit Card Coverage This means you want Chase to authorize and pay your everyday debit card transactions, at our discretion, when you don’t have enough money to cover a transaction (this includes available funds in your linked Overdraft Protection account, if enrolled). Overdraft Fees may apply. Overdraft $34 Overdraft Fee per transaction during our nightly processing beginning with the first transaction that overdraws your account balance by more than $50. • Maximum of 3 fees per business day (up to $102) We won’t charge an Overdraft Fee: • With Chase Overdraft Assist, if you’re overdrawn by $50 or less at the end of the business day OR if you’re overdrawn by more than $50 and you bring your account balance to overdrawn by $50 or less at the end of the next business day (you have until 11 p.m. ET (8 p.m. PT) to make a deposit or transfer). Chase Overdraft Assist does not require enrollment and comes with eligible Chase checking accounts • If your transaction is $5 or less • If your debit card transaction was authorized when there was a sufficient available balance in your account • If your check or ACH is returned unpaid. However, we may charge an Overdraft Fee if a previously returned check or ACH is presented again and paid • If your debit card transaction or ATM cash withdrawal request is declined OPTION #2 (NO): No Chase Debit Card Coverage (If you don’t choose an option when you open your account, Option #2 (No) is automatically selected for you) This means you do not want Chase to authorize and pay your everyday debit card transactions when you don’t have enough money to cover a transaction (this includes available funds in your linked Overdraft Protection account, if enrolled). Since everyday debit card transactions will be declined when there is not enough money available, you won’t be charged an Overdraft Fee for everyday debit card transactions. You can avoid overdrawing your account by making a deposit or transferring funds to cover the overdraft before the business day ends and we start our nightly processing. Here are the cutoff times for some ways of making a deposit or transferring funds from another Chase account: • At a branch before it closes • At an ATM before 11 p.m. Eastern Time (8 p.m. Pacific Time) • When transferring money on chase.com or Chase Mobile or using Zelle before 11 p.m. Eastern Time (8 p.m. Pacific Time) If you deposit a check, this assumes we do not place a hold and the check is not returned. Additional cutoff times apply to other transfers, including transfers from non-Chase accounts. Please visit chase.com or Chase Mobile for more information and service agreements. See the next page for other fees that may apply. 3 Important details about your Chase Debit Card Coverage: An everyday debit card transaction is a one-time purchase or payment, such as groceries, gasoline or dining out, and includes PIN and non-PIN point-of-sale transactions.Whether or notyou chooseto haveyoureveryday debitcard transactionscovered will notaffect the way wetreatyour recurring debitcard transactions(such asmonthlymovierentals,gymmemberships orsubscriptions) when you don’t haveenough money in youraccount to cover thetransactions. We may,at our discretion,authorizeand payarecurring debit card transaction that causesan overdraftand chargean Overdraft Fee. HAVE QUESTIONS? CALL US AT 1-800-935-9935 (WE ACCEPT OPERATOR RELAY CALLS) • WANT MORE INFO? SEE THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT AGREEMENT CHASE TOTAL CHECKING® 3 HOW DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS WORK The Order in Which Withdrawals and Deposits Are Posted During Our Nightly Processing Posting order is the order in which we apply deposits and withdrawals to your account. We provide you with visibility into how transactions are posted and in what order to help you better manage your account. When we transition from one business day to the next business day we post transactions to and from your account during our nightly processing. The order in which we generally post transactions during nightly processing for each business day is: • First, we make any previous day adjustments, and add deposits to your account. • Second, we subtract transactions in chronological order by using the date and time of when the transaction was authorized or shown as pending. This includes ATM and Chase banker withdrawals, transfers and payments; automatic payments; chase.com or Chase Mobile online transactions; checks drawn on your account; debit card transactions; wire transfers; and real time payments. If multiple transactions have the same date and time, then they are posted in high to low dollar order. - There are some instances where we do not have the time of the transaction therefore we post at the end of the day the transaction occurred: • We are unable to show the transaction as pending; or • We don’t receive an authorization request from the merchant but the transaction is presented for payment. • Third, there are some transactions that we cannot process automatically or until we’ve completed posting of your chronological transactions. This includes Overdraft Protection transfers or transfers to maintain target balances in other accounts. We subtract these remaining transactions in high to low dollar order. • Finally, fees are assessed last. If you review your account during the day, you will see that we show some transactions as “pending.” For details, refer to the section “Pending” transactions in the Deposit Account Agreement. These transactions impact your available balance, but have not yet posted to your account and do not guarantee that we will pay these transactions to your account if you have a negative balance at that time. We may still return a transaction unpaid if your balance has insufficient funds during that business day’s nightly processing, even if it had been displayed as a “pending” transaction on a positive balance during the day. If a transaction that you made or authorized does not display as “pending,” you are still responsible for it and it may still be posted against your account during nightly processing. When Your Deposits Are Available (See Funds Availability Policy in the Deposit Account Agreement for details) • Cash deposit – Same business day • Direct deposit/wire transfer – Same business day • Check deposit – Usually the next business day, but sometimes longer: - If we place a longer hold on a check, the first $225 will be available by the next business day - The date your deposit is expected to be available will be displayed on your receipt - In some situations, we may notify you at the time or after your deposit is made that your funds (including the first $225) will not be available for up to seven business days A “business day” is a non-holiday weekday. The cutoff times listed in the section above will determine the “business day” for your deposit. OTHER ATM AND DEBIT CARD FEES Card Replacement – Rush Request: You request express shipping of a replacement debit or ATM card (Avoid this fee by requesting standard shipping) $5 per card, upon request Non-ATM Cash: You use your Chase Debit Card to withdraw cash from a teller at a bank that is not Chase 3% of the dollar amount of the transaction OR $5, whichever is greater Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustment: You make card purchases, non-ATM cash transactions or ATM withdrawals in a currency other than U.S. dollars 3% of withdrawal amount after conversion to U.S. dollars. For additional information on exchange rates, refer to the Deposit Account Agreement See the next page for other fees that may apply. CHASE TOTAL CHECKING® 4 WIRE TRANSFER FEES4 Domestic and International Incoming Wire: A wire transfer is deposited into your account $15 per transfer OR $0 if the transfer was originally sent with the help of a Chase banker or using chase.com or Chase Mobile Domestic Wire: A banker helps you to send a wire to a bank account within the U.S. $35 per transfer Online Domestic Wire: You use chase.com or Chase Mobile to send a wire from your account to a bank account within the U.S. $25 per transfer Consumer USD/FX International Wire: A banker helps you send a wire to a bank account outside the U.S. in either U.S. dollars (USD) or foreign currency (FX) $50 per transfer Consumer Online USD International Wire: You use chase.com or Chase Mobile to send a wire from your account to a bank account outside the U.S. in U.S. dollars (USD) $40 per transfer Consumer Online FX International Wire: You use chase.com or Chase Mobile to send a wire from your account to a bank account outside the U.S. in foreign currency (FX) $5 per transfer OR $0 per transfer if the amount is equal to $5,000 USD or more OTHER FEES Stop Payment: You contact us and a banker places your stop payment request on a check or ACH $30 per request Online or Automated Phone Stop Payment: You use chase.com, Chase Mobile or our automated phone system to place a stop payment on a check. Only some types of stop payments are available $25 per request Order for Checks or Supplies: An order of personal checks, deposit slips or other banking supplies Varies (based on items ordered) Counter Check: A blank page of 3 personal checks we print upon your request at a branch $3 per page Money Order: A check issued by you, purchased at a branch, for an amount up to $1,000 $5 per check Cashier’s Check: A check issued by the bank, purchased at a branch, for any amount and to a payee you designate $10 per check Legal Processing: Processing of any garnishment, tax levy, or other court administrative order against your accounts, whether or not the funds are actually paid Up to $100 per order SAFE DEPOSIT BOX ANNUAL RENT Assessed annually at lease renewal. We currently do not rent new Safe Deposit Boxes Varies by size and location, includes sales tax where applicable 4 Financial institutions may deduct processing feesand/or charges from theamount of theincoming or outgoing wiretransfers.Any deductions taken by us,and ouraffiliates, may include processing fees charged by Chase. HAVE QUESTIONS? CALL US AT 1-800-935-9935 (WE ACCEPT OPERATOR RELAY CALLS) • WANT MORE INFO? SEE THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT AGREEMENT JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Member FDIC © 2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Effective 3/19/2023 FEETABLE-TOTAL-0323-ONLN
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2023.05.31 02:11 bloodstreamcity Transmission
Transmission
by Brian Martinez
Let me start my story by telling you something about me, the most important thing, in fact: I find things, and I fix them. That’s who I am. If you don’t know that, you don’t know me.
I’m a second-generation auto mechanic, born-and-bred. I’ve been repairing cars since before Ford Pintos were blowing up, when cars were made of steel and Route 66 wasn’t just something for the cartoons. These days I’m fortunate enough to own a shop downtown between two of those chain coffee places. It’s small, sure, but it has a reputation for saving cars so far-gone no one else will even touch ‘em. So if you live in the area, and you’ve ever been stuck with the sourest of lemons, or maybe your kid drove your minivan into the pool, we just might have crossed paths, you and I.
That reputation is what led to me getting a phone call from a guy I’d never met, saying he had something that might interest me. His name was Burt and he’d apparently just purchased a piece of property that sat unowned for the better part of twenty years. I knew of the area he was talking about. It’s out in the hills, where there isn’t much to look at. Most of the land there went to weed years ago; acres and acres of old woods and burnt-down barns just waiting for nobody in particular to see the value in them. And, well, it seems Burt was that nobody in particular.
I honestly didn’t know what Burt’s purchase had to do with me, and told him just that, figuring he must have had the wrong number. But the next words out of his mouth told me he knew exactly who he was talking to.
Apparently when old Burt started walking around his new property, digging around in the dirt, so to speak, he made an interesting discovery. So interesting, in fact, that it got me to grab my keys, hop in my truck, and drive up into the hills without so much as a pause to wash my hands.
Some things, you see, don’t wait for a man to look presentable.
As I drove up into the hills to meet Burt, I started to think about my father and the drives he used to take me on. He liked to get a feel for whichever car he was working on, and those drives, they always ended with a detour into the hills. ‘Nothing tests a vehicle like elevation,’ he used to say, and I have to admit, I still agree with that statement. All those long inclines, sharp turns and fast descents- not to mention the occasional slam on the brakes- really put a car through its paces.
Dad knew a thing or two about cars, even if he knew nothing about how to raise a family.
Other than maybe a slight fear of commitment, the main thing I got from my father was a passion for restoring old cars in my spare time. It’s a hobby of mine, and I do it in the garage at my house. I’m especially a sucker for rare cars, and the rarer the better. That little hobby of mine, more so than my day business, was why I ended up driving out to the middle of nowhere with dirty hands and a head full of ideas.
The road up was just as long and winding as I remembered. I almost missed the entrance for the property, a hidden driveway marked with little more than a broken mailbox and a rotting signpost. The private road got smaller and smaller by the minute until I swore the trees were going to swallow me whole and spit the bones back out.
When I finally reached what could pass for a clearing, a guy with a face like a junkyard dog was waiting for me next to the newest, cleanest Ford pick-up I’d seen outside of a dealership. He introduced himself to me as Eddie, an associate of old Burt. I told him I’d been expecting to meet Burt himself, but Eddie explained that Burt didn’t like to meet new people, and rarely came out in the cold weather. It was a bit raw, I had to admit, so I dropped the whole thing and let Eddie get down to the business at hand.
We left our cars behind and Eddie led me into the woods, where the walking was slow-going on account of the overgrowth of vines and dead branches. I’m not one to spook easily, but the more we walked the creepier those woods got, until I was fairly sure Eddie was going to use that French Mastiff face of his to tear my throat out. But just when I was thinking about turning back and saying screw it to the whole thing, I caught sight of what we’d come for.
The very first car I saw was a white, 1974 Pontiac Trans-Am. It was missing its door and tires, and it was buried under a layer of dead vines, but the body shape was unmistakable. Under the rust I could even see what was left of the telltale Firebird emblazoned across its hood in blue.
I couldn’t believe a car like that was just sitting out in the middle of the woods, waiting for anyone to come along and find it. As I got closer, though, I saw just how bad the condition of the car was. The insides were rotted out from rain and mold, and the floor was so eaten up by rust it was ready to fall out.
Before my brain could process the loss of such a beautiful machine, I caught sight of another car. This one was a Datsun 210 with a tree growing right through the hole where its trunk used to be. Wet leaves and newspaper filled the back seat, and the dashboard was an abandoned nest that crawled with leggy insects.
Old Burt hadn’t been pulling my leg: those woods were a graveyard for abandoned cars. From what I could tell, about three acres of woods were absolutely littered with the corpses of old autos. Some were in pieces, most were covered in dead leaves and rust and all the other things that happen when anything is left outside for years and years, but they were there. The sight of so many classic cars in one place, virtually unknown to anyone, both excited and saddened me.
For close to an hour I walked around random piles of tires and glass to stare at rusted-out Range Rovers and Jeeps with their headlights hanging out like popped eyeballs. Finally, like I’d woken up from a spell, I asked Eddie what Burt expected from me. And that’s when he told me the strangest, most interesting offer he could have told me in that moment.
He said if I could make every, single one of those cars disappear in three day’s time, at no cost to old Burt, I could keep them.
The words nearly knocked me off my feet. I’d have to call in every favor to every salvage yard and tow truck operator I knew, but it was possible. Still, nearly all of the cars I’d seen were beyond repair, even for a guy like me. At most I saw some parts that could be salvaged. Maybe a few of the newer, less damaged ones could be saved. I knew a few guys in my circle who might be interested, and I figured if I played my cards right I could make a few bucks out of the deal to boot- or at least land a good trade or two. Still, there weren’t any cars that I was interested in for myself.
Until, at the edge of the property, tucked away in a spot I’d nearly overlooked, I saw it. It was as if I’d been drawn there. Like I was meant to find it.
The car was familiar-looking, yet like nothing I’d ever seen. Cross a Chevelle Malibu Classic SE with the modern retro feel of the ‘97 Plymouth Prowler, add the large rear spoiler and flared wheel arches of a ‘99 Nissan Skyline GT-R, and you still won’t come close. It looked like something one of the big three manufacturers had made and yet I’d never seen or heard of its like ever before. It had no logos, no hood ornament, no identification of any kind. I practically ran around to the back of it to look for a name, a logo, something to identify it, tripping over hidden rocks and broken glass to do it.
But there was nothing. Nothing to betray the make and mark of the strange car in front of me. I even asked Eddie if he knew what it was. He only shrugged, clearly wanting to wrap up our little outdoor meeting. I half-heartedly agreed. It was later than I’d realized. Between the dwindling sun and the discovery I’d made, I’d started to get a chill I couldn’t shake. I had a bad tooth I’d been neglecting, and even that was starting to hurt from the cold.
So I agreed to Burt’s deal. I shook Eddie’s hand on it and got out of there, giving one last glance at the strange car in the woods on the way out.
The next day, after making more phone calls than a politician on election night, a swarm of flatbeds, wheel-lifts and salvage trucks descended on those woods. For two days they scooped out every piece of metal and glass in the place, while I oversaw the operation like a choir conductor from hell. I directed trucks this way and cutting crews that way. They snipped and cut and tore out every dead tree standing in the way so the truck crews could do the rest. I even got in there myself with the old chainsaw when it was needed.
It was an exhausting two days, but I managed to keep my word to Burt and clear every abandoned car off his property with about an hour to spare. Some of the cars went to the junkyard, others to various garages I’d made arrangements with.
I was dead on my feet by the time I got home. I was ready for a shower and a bed, in what order I wasn’t sure. And yet a crackle of energy went through me when I saw what had been dropped off in my garage.
My mystery car. Without the shadows of the woods hiding it, I could see it had been painted silver before the rust took over. It had been a fast sucker once, like a bullet to a werewolf’s chest. That had been a long time ago, and yet I sensed there was still some life in the old girl. I wanted so badly to start digging around under the hood, to see what I could find out, but my legs were ready to collapse and my eyes could barely focus. Intending to wake up early and hit the garage, I stumbled off to bed.
You know that feeling you get when you realize someone’s been talking to you for the past minute, thinking you’ve been listening, and you only just figured it out?
That’s the feeling I woke up to.
I sat straight up like a vampire rising from his coffin. My bedroom was still dark, which meant it was the middle of the night. In my half-sleep I tried to make out the clock on my nightstand but couldn’t read the numbers, so I fumbled for my glasses and shoved them on. It was just past two in the morning: way too early, even for me. No way was I getting up, strange feeling or no.
I was about to take my glasses off and lay back down when I heard the reason I’d woken up.
Whispering.
A man was in my room, whispering in the dark. I lunged across my bed and turned on the lamp, nearly knocking it over. I didn’t have a weapon, but if I could see the intruder I could do something about it. I spun back, back to the whispering, to see who it was, to shout at them or jump on them, whatever I had to do to save my life from the psycho in my bedroom.
But the room was empty. Just me and a pounding heart.
I was so confused, I jumped out of bed and tore around the room, making sure no one was hiding, but I didn’t find anyone. I was alone.
Then I heard it again, and I knew: the whispers were coming from down the hall.
With bare feet I followed it, trying to make out what it was saying, but it was too low to understand. I grabbed a knife as I passed through the kitchen and held it in front of me with sweat beading on my face despite how cold I kept the house.
I followed the whispering to the garage. The overhead light flickered on, lighting up the strange car in my garage. In my half-sleep, half-terror I’d nearly forgotten about it. But there it was, like a bear hibernating in its cave, waiting for the end of winter. It felt alive somehow. Not dead, just asleep and dreaming.
And it was whispering.
I knew how crazy that sounded, how crazy that was, but I swallowed hard and approached the car, knife first. The blade shook in front of me. The whispering got louder the closer I got, and yet I still couldn’t understand the words it was saying. Was someone hiding inside the car? Had I inherited a homeless man when I’d had it towed to my house? If so I had to get him out of there. Get him help, sure, make sure he had a place to sleep, but he couldn’t stay in my garage, whispering through the night. No way.
With my free hand I yanked on the driver’s side door. It didn’t open. Rusted shut. I slowly walked around to the passenger side and yanked again. It opened.
The whispering was louder now, louder but not clearer, like an old television tuned between channels, like a frequency not being picked up, like a…
Like a radio.
The whispers were coming from the radio. I laughed under my breath, realizing how ridiculous I’d been. But then I remembered there was no way the radio could be working. The car wasn’t turned on. If it even had a battery under the hood, it was probably little more than a square pile of rust and battery acid.
I clutched the kitchen knife tight, and with the other hand I slowly reached out to turn the volume knob. I needed to know if the whispers were coming from the radio, and if they were, I needed to know what they were saying. My temple throbbed as the whispers grew louder and louder, louder and louder, louder and-
The moment my finger touched the knob, the whispers stopped.
I felt like I was going crazy. I looked around the inside of the car, noting the strong smell of mildew and animal with a tinge of rotten leather. Other than my own breath echoing back at me, it was silent.
No whispers. No nothing.
I went back to bed, but I barely slept.
The next day was the day I usually took off from the shop, which was a relief since I woke up almost as tired as when I’d gone to bed. As I ate my breakfast, the night before still sat fresh in my mind. But the more I went over it, the more I thought it had been a bad dream, brought on by exhaustion and an imagination run wild. I had to admit the mystery car sitting in my garage had gotten my mind racing faster than a Formula 1.
I’m the kind of guy who likes a simple explanation, something I can touch and feel and, yes, fix, so I started to think that I could have picked up some kind of rogue radio transmission from a trucker, or even a passing plane. The police scanner I owned in my younger days had certainly picked up its share of random broadcasts, and when it comes to working on junkers I’ve learned to expect the unexpected.
After I’d eaten my breakfast and downed my coffee I got right to work on the car. I wanted to clear the air of whatever had happened, and I was dying to see what that baby had going on under the hood. The mystery of who the hell had made the thing was still heavy on me.
But the enigma only deepened the more I looked. Under all that rust and dirt and oil I couldn’t find one damn mark that told me who’d made the car. I almost wanted to say it was a custom build, but the work was too precise, the system too well-planned out to be an after-market job.
I worked on it all day, so wrapped up in it I forgot to eat lunch. I ate dinner like a raccoon digging through a dumpster. Then I worked on it some more.
I was just crawling into bed when I heard it again.
The whispering.
This time I ignored it, hoping it would go away on its own. But it didn’t stop. Not until I got up, walked across my house, went into the garage, and touched the radio. Then, it stopped.
I decided right then and there not to go to the shop the next day. There was just too much work to be done.
I’d been working on the car for four days straight before I got it started up. Four days of stripping and cleaning and rebuilding. Four nights of whispering. I was even starting to hear it during the day, but low, barely audible, like a television playing somewhere in the house.
After I got the engine started, the first thing I did was pull my code reader down from my tool wall and hook it up to the dashboard input. I’d been pleasantly surprised to find an input on the car, even though I was fairly certain it had been built after '96. To my shock the screen filled up with a bunch of random trouble codes I’d never seen before, then went blank. I tried to get it powered up again but apparently the connection had completely overloaded the device.
I’d had the reader for years and it had never given me a problem. I put it down and got back to the car, deciding to stick to the old-fashioned way and get a feel for what was wrong with it. Just like dad used to do.
With my foot on the gas I revved the engine good. It sounded better than I’d expected, like a beast waking up from deep sleep. But there was also something rattling around under the hood, something loose knocking around inside the carburetor or possibly even the manifold.
I tried a few options, opening up this and that, until I narrowed it down to something completely unexpected: the transmission.
With considerable force I managed to open up the transmission, and sure enough I found something inside. Something dark and red. I pulled it out and studied it under the light. It looked like a small rock covered in old transmission fluid. How it got in there I didn’t have a clue. But I decided to clean it off and get a better look at it, in case it pointed to a bigger problem. As I walked it to the slop sink, I noticed the whispering, usually a dull static during the day, had started to grow louder. I could almost make out individual words now. But I ignored it and ran the small rock under the faucet, watching the dark red fluid swirl down the drain.
That was when I discovered something I wasn’t prepared for. The thing in my hand wasn’t a rock- it was a tooth.
A human tooth.
The whispers had grown so loud I could barely hear myself think, barely feel the disgust rising in the pit of my stomach. With the whispers practically shouting in my ear I dropped the tooth and it bounced and clattered inside the sink, coming to a rest near the edge of the drain.
The whispers grew quiet again. A dull roar tickling at the back of my skull. I stared at it, the tooth in the sink, the impossible tooth from the impossible car. I had the urge to throw it out. To get it out of my house and never see it again. But I didn’t do that. I couldn’t tell you why not.
Maybe because that meant touching it again.
Maybe something else.
Feeling like I should give the car a rest, I worked on getting my code reader working again, otherwise I’d have to run to the store and buy a new one. I changed out the batteries and gave it a good, solid whack. A few seconds later I was happy to see the screen turn on. I thought I’d have to do a factory reset to use it again but I was surprised to find it worked perfectly fine. Not only that, the trouble codes it had read off the car were still stored in its memory.
There were pages and pages of codes like I’d never seen in my life, more than I think are even in the tool’s programming. In fact I couldn’t find a single one of them anywhere in the manual. I figured they were probably just random numbers, and yet there was something strange about them, like they had a pattern to them. I dusted off my old computer and typed in the problem codes, figuring if I could get a better look at them I might be able to figure out their meaning. If not, I could at least print them out and show them to somebody who could.
After twenty minutes I’d barely made a dent in typing up all the codes. I gave up on the idea that I could copy them all. I pushed away from my computer and stood up, rubbing my eyes from the strain. Between the glare of the old screen and the noise in my ears, my head was killing me. It all felt so pointless. So inconsequential.
Just before I shut the computer down, I happened to glance one last time at the screen. And when I did, I noticed something that made my skin go cold.
The codes. The pattern. The numbers and letters and spaces between them. They were starting to form a face. A human face, with two eyes and a screaming-
I shut the computer down as fast as I could, then unplugged it to be safe. Then I marched to the garage and disconnected the radio, practically ripping it out of the car.
The whispers stopped.
The house was quiet.
But not for long.
For three days I told myself to get rid of that car, tow it out of my garage and dump it somewhere no one could find it. Maybe even drench it in gasoline and light a match. For three days I ignored the whispers and the doorbell and the phone calls from my shop asking when I was coming back. For three days I buried my head under the hood and worked and worked and worked.
On the fourth day, when the whispers from the radio had grown louder than my own thoughts, louder but still unclear, without words I could understand, I lost it. I threw my wrench at the tool wall, knocking down chisels and socket wrenches and a dozen other tools clattering to the ground. I pounded on my ears, cursing them, willing them to go deaf and stop hearing the whispers.
But they didn’t stop hearing. And the whispers didn’t stop. So I decided. I decided that if I couldn’t stop hearing them, I at least needed to know what they were saying.
I went back to the slop sink. The tooth was still there, perched near the edge of the drain. I’d prayed for it to slip down and wash away on its own but there it was, round and sharp and real as ever. So I picked it up, and the whispers grew louder. Clearer. But still not clear enough to hear. Not enough to make out what the radio was saying. To understand what it wanted from me. It was like a broken antenna, only tuning in half the frequency.
The garage was a mess. I was a mess. Rancid grease stains everywhere. A hole in my tool wall where the wrench had struck it, the ground littered with hammers and screwdrivers and …
Pliers.
Before I could talk myself out of it, I grabbed the pliers from the ground, shoved it onto my mouth, got a good hold of my bad tooth, and ripped it out. It was easier than I expected, but it still hurt, and it bled a lot. But I didn’t hesitate. I pushed the tooth I’d found in the transmission into its place.
The moment I did, it was as if everything came into focus. As if the radio was inside my skull. No, as if my skull was the radio, and I was the antenna. I could hear the transmission clear as day now, a man’s voice inside my head.
Whispering to me.
Telling me where to find the rest of him.
I told you all of this, not because I expect you to believe me, but because I’m about to walk out my door and do something I might not come back from. And if that’s the case, if I don’t return today or any other day from this thing I need to do, I want people to know why.
Because I find things. I find things and fix them. If you don’t know that, you don’t know me.
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by Brian Martinez
Let me start my story by telling you something about me, the most important thing, in fact: I find things, and I fix them. That’s who I am. If you don’t know that, you don’t know me.
I’m a second-generation auto mechanic, born-and-bred. I’ve been repairing cars since before Ford Pintos were blowing up, when cars were made of steel and Route 66 wasn’t just something for the cartoons. These days I’m fortunate enough to own a shop downtown between two of those chain coffee places. It’s small, sure, but it has a reputation for saving cars so far-gone no one else will even touch ‘em. So if you live in the area, and you’ve ever been stuck with the sourest of lemons, or maybe your kid drove your minivan into the pool, we just might have crossed paths, you and I.
That reputation is what led to me getting a phone call from a guy I’d never met, saying he had something that might interest me. His name was Burt and he’d apparently just purchased a piece of property that sat unowned for the better part of twenty years. I knew of the area he was talking about. It’s out in the hills, where there isn’t much to look at. Most of the land there went to weed years ago; acres and acres of old woods and burnt-down barns just waiting for nobody in particular to see the value in them. And, well, it seems Burt was that nobody in particular.
I honestly didn’t know what Burt’s purchase had to do with me, and told him just that, figuring he must have had the wrong number. But the next words out of his mouth told me he knew exactly who he was talking to.
Apparently when old Burt started walking around his new property, digging around in the dirt, so to speak, he made an interesting discovery. So interesting, in fact, that it got me to grab my keys, hop in my truck, and drive up into the hills without so much as a pause to wash my hands.
Some things, you see, don’t wait for a man to look presentable.
Dad knew a thing or two about cars, even if he knew nothing about how to raise a family.
Other than maybe a slight fear of commitment, the main thing I got from my father was a passion for restoring old cars in my spare time. It’s a hobby of mine, and I do it in the garage at my house. I’m especially a sucker for rare cars, and the rarer the better. That little hobby of mine, more so than my day business, was why I ended up driving out to the middle of nowhere with dirty hands and a head full of ideas.
The road up was just as long and winding as I remembered. I almost missed the entrance for the property, a hidden driveway marked with little more than a broken mailbox and a rotting signpost. The private road got smaller and smaller by the minute until I swore the trees were going to swallow me whole and spit the bones back out.
When I finally reached what could pass for a clearing, a guy with a face like a junkyard dog was waiting for me next to the newest, cleanest Ford pick-up I’d seen outside of a dealership. He introduced himself to me as Eddie, an associate of old Burt. I told him I’d been expecting to meet Burt himself, but Eddie explained that Burt didn’t like to meet new people, and rarely came out in the cold weather. It was a bit raw, I had to admit, so I dropped the whole thing and let Eddie get down to the business at hand.
We left our cars behind and Eddie led me into the woods, where the walking was slow-going on account of the overgrowth of vines and dead branches. I’m not one to spook easily, but the more we walked the creepier those woods got, until I was fairly sure Eddie was going to use that French Mastiff face of his to tear my throat out. But just when I was thinking about turning back and saying screw it to the whole thing, I caught sight of what we’d come for.
I couldn’t believe a car like that was just sitting out in the middle of the woods, waiting for anyone to come along and find it. As I got closer, though, I saw just how bad the condition of the car was. The insides were rotted out from rain and mold, and the floor was so eaten up by rust it was ready to fall out.
Before my brain could process the loss of such a beautiful machine, I caught sight of another car. This one was a Datsun 210 with a tree growing right through the hole where its trunk used to be. Wet leaves and newspaper filled the back seat, and the dashboard was an abandoned nest that crawled with leggy insects.
Old Burt hadn’t been pulling my leg: those woods were a graveyard for abandoned cars. From what I could tell, about three acres of woods were absolutely littered with the corpses of old autos. Some were in pieces, most were covered in dead leaves and rust and all the other things that happen when anything is left outside for years and years, but they were there. The sight of so many classic cars in one place, virtually unknown to anyone, both excited and saddened me.
For close to an hour I walked around random piles of tires and glass to stare at rusted-out Range Rovers and Jeeps with their headlights hanging out like popped eyeballs. Finally, like I’d woken up from a spell, I asked Eddie what Burt expected from me. And that’s when he told me the strangest, most interesting offer he could have told me in that moment.
He said if I could make every, single one of those cars disappear in three day’s time, at no cost to old Burt, I could keep them.
The words nearly knocked me off my feet. I’d have to call in every favor to every salvage yard and tow truck operator I knew, but it was possible. Still, nearly all of the cars I’d seen were beyond repair, even for a guy like me. At most I saw some parts that could be salvaged. Maybe a few of the newer, less damaged ones could be saved. I knew a few guys in my circle who might be interested, and I figured if I played my cards right I could make a few bucks out of the deal to boot- or at least land a good trade or two. Still, there weren’t any cars that I was interested in for myself.
Until, at the edge of the property, tucked away in a spot I’d nearly overlooked, I saw it. It was as if I’d been drawn there. Like I was meant to find it.
The car was familiar-looking, yet like nothing I’d ever seen. Cross a Chevelle Malibu Classic SE with the modern retro feel of the ‘97 Plymouth Prowler, add the large rear spoiler and flared wheel arches of a ‘99 Nissan Skyline GT-R, and you still won’t come close. It looked like something one of the big three manufacturers had made and yet I’d never seen or heard of its like ever before. It had no logos, no hood ornament, no identification of any kind. I practically ran around to the back of it to look for a name, a logo, something to identify it, tripping over hidden rocks and broken glass to do it.
But there was nothing. Nothing to betray the make and mark of the strange car in front of me. I even asked Eddie if he knew what it was. He only shrugged, clearly wanting to wrap up our little outdoor meeting. I half-heartedly agreed. It was later than I’d realized. Between the dwindling sun and the discovery I’d made, I’d started to get a chill I couldn’t shake. I had a bad tooth I’d been neglecting, and even that was starting to hurt from the cold.
So I agreed to Burt’s deal. I shook Eddie’s hand on it and got out of there, giving one last glance at the strange car in the woods on the way out.
It was an exhausting two days, but I managed to keep my word to Burt and clear every abandoned car off his property with about an hour to spare. Some of the cars went to the junkyard, others to various garages I’d made arrangements with.
I was dead on my feet by the time I got home. I was ready for a shower and a bed, in what order I wasn’t sure. And yet a crackle of energy went through me when I saw what had been dropped off in my garage.
My mystery car. Without the shadows of the woods hiding it, I could see it had been painted silver before the rust took over. It had been a fast sucker once, like a bullet to a werewolf’s chest. That had been a long time ago, and yet I sensed there was still some life in the old girl. I wanted so badly to start digging around under the hood, to see what I could find out, but my legs were ready to collapse and my eyes could barely focus. Intending to wake up early and hit the garage, I stumbled off to bed.
That’s the feeling I woke up to.
I sat straight up like a vampire rising from his coffin. My bedroom was still dark, which meant it was the middle of the night. In my half-sleep I tried to make out the clock on my nightstand but couldn’t read the numbers, so I fumbled for my glasses and shoved them on. It was just past two in the morning: way too early, even for me. No way was I getting up, strange feeling or no.
I was about to take my glasses off and lay back down when I heard the reason I’d woken up.
Whispering.
A man was in my room, whispering in the dark. I lunged across my bed and turned on the lamp, nearly knocking it over. I didn’t have a weapon, but if I could see the intruder I could do something about it. I spun back, back to the whispering, to see who it was, to shout at them or jump on them, whatever I had to do to save my life from the psycho in my bedroom.
But the room was empty. Just me and a pounding heart.
I was so confused, I jumped out of bed and tore around the room, making sure no one was hiding, but I didn’t find anyone. I was alone.
Then I heard it again, and I knew: the whispers were coming from down the hall.
With bare feet I followed it, trying to make out what it was saying, but it was too low to understand. I grabbed a knife as I passed through the kitchen and held it in front of me with sweat beading on my face despite how cold I kept the house.
I followed the whispering to the garage. The overhead light flickered on, lighting up the strange car in my garage. In my half-sleep, half-terror I’d nearly forgotten about it. But there it was, like a bear hibernating in its cave, waiting for the end of winter. It felt alive somehow. Not dead, just asleep and dreaming.
And it was whispering.
I knew how crazy that sounded, how crazy that was, but I swallowed hard and approached the car, knife first. The blade shook in front of me. The whispering got louder the closer I got, and yet I still couldn’t understand the words it was saying. Was someone hiding inside the car? Had I inherited a homeless man when I’d had it towed to my house? If so I had to get him out of there. Get him help, sure, make sure he had a place to sleep, but he couldn’t stay in my garage, whispering through the night. No way.
With my free hand I yanked on the driver’s side door. It didn’t open. Rusted shut. I slowly walked around to the passenger side and yanked again. It opened.
The whispering was louder now, louder but not clearer, like an old television tuned between channels, like a frequency not being picked up, like a…
Like a radio.
The whispers were coming from the radio. I laughed under my breath, realizing how ridiculous I’d been. But then I remembered there was no way the radio could be working. The car wasn’t turned on. If it even had a battery under the hood, it was probably little more than a square pile of rust and battery acid.
I clutched the kitchen knife tight, and with the other hand I slowly reached out to turn the volume knob. I needed to know if the whispers were coming from the radio, and if they were, I needed to know what they were saying. My temple throbbed as the whispers grew louder and louder, louder and louder, louder and-
The moment my finger touched the knob, the whispers stopped.
I felt like I was going crazy. I looked around the inside of the car, noting the strong smell of mildew and animal with a tinge of rotten leather. Other than my own breath echoing back at me, it was silent.
No whispers. No nothing.
I went back to bed, but I barely slept.
I’m the kind of guy who likes a simple explanation, something I can touch and feel and, yes, fix, so I started to think that I could have picked up some kind of rogue radio transmission from a trucker, or even a passing plane. The police scanner I owned in my younger days had certainly picked up its share of random broadcasts, and when it comes to working on junkers I’ve learned to expect the unexpected.
After I’d eaten my breakfast and downed my coffee I got right to work on the car. I wanted to clear the air of whatever had happened, and I was dying to see what that baby had going on under the hood. The mystery of who the hell had made the thing was still heavy on me.
But the enigma only deepened the more I looked. Under all that rust and dirt and oil I couldn’t find one damn mark that told me who’d made the car. I almost wanted to say it was a custom build, but the work was too precise, the system too well-planned out to be an after-market job.
I worked on it all day, so wrapped up in it I forgot to eat lunch. I ate dinner like a raccoon digging through a dumpster. Then I worked on it some more.
I was just crawling into bed when I heard it again.
The whispering.
This time I ignored it, hoping it would go away on its own. But it didn’t stop. Not until I got up, walked across my house, went into the garage, and touched the radio. Then, it stopped.
I decided right then and there not to go to the shop the next day. There was just too much work to be done.
After I got the engine started, the first thing I did was pull my code reader down from my tool wall and hook it up to the dashboard input. I’d been pleasantly surprised to find an input on the car, even though I was fairly certain it had been built after '96. To my shock the screen filled up with a bunch of random trouble codes I’d never seen before, then went blank. I tried to get it powered up again but apparently the connection had completely overloaded the device.
I’d had the reader for years and it had never given me a problem. I put it down and got back to the car, deciding to stick to the old-fashioned way and get a feel for what was wrong with it. Just like dad used to do.
With my foot on the gas I revved the engine good. It sounded better than I’d expected, like a beast waking up from deep sleep. But there was also something rattling around under the hood, something loose knocking around inside the carburetor or possibly even the manifold.
I tried a few options, opening up this and that, until I narrowed it down to something completely unexpected: the transmission.
With considerable force I managed to open up the transmission, and sure enough I found something inside. Something dark and red. I pulled it out and studied it under the light. It looked like a small rock covered in old transmission fluid. How it got in there I didn’t have a clue. But I decided to clean it off and get a better look at it, in case it pointed to a bigger problem. As I walked it to the slop sink, I noticed the whispering, usually a dull static during the day, had started to grow louder. I could almost make out individual words now. But I ignored it and ran the small rock under the faucet, watching the dark red fluid swirl down the drain.
That was when I discovered something I wasn’t prepared for. The thing in my hand wasn’t a rock- it was a tooth.
A human tooth.
The whispers had grown so loud I could barely hear myself think, barely feel the disgust rising in the pit of my stomach. With the whispers practically shouting in my ear I dropped the tooth and it bounced and clattered inside the sink, coming to a rest near the edge of the drain.
The whispers grew quiet again. A dull roar tickling at the back of my skull. I stared at it, the tooth in the sink, the impossible tooth from the impossible car. I had the urge to throw it out. To get it out of my house and never see it again. But I didn’t do that. I couldn’t tell you why not.
Maybe because that meant touching it again.
Maybe something else.
There were pages and pages of codes like I’d never seen in my life, more than I think are even in the tool’s programming. In fact I couldn’t find a single one of them anywhere in the manual. I figured they were probably just random numbers, and yet there was something strange about them, like they had a pattern to them. I dusted off my old computer and typed in the problem codes, figuring if I could get a better look at them I might be able to figure out their meaning. If not, I could at least print them out and show them to somebody who could.
After twenty minutes I’d barely made a dent in typing up all the codes. I gave up on the idea that I could copy them all. I pushed away from my computer and stood up, rubbing my eyes from the strain. Between the glare of the old screen and the noise in my ears, my head was killing me. It all felt so pointless. So inconsequential.
Just before I shut the computer down, I happened to glance one last time at the screen. And when I did, I noticed something that made my skin go cold.
The codes. The pattern. The numbers and letters and spaces between them. They were starting to form a face. A human face, with two eyes and a screaming-
I shut the computer down as fast as I could, then unplugged it to be safe. Then I marched to the garage and disconnected the radio, practically ripping it out of the car.
The whispers stopped.
The house was quiet.
But not for long.
On the fourth day, when the whispers from the radio had grown louder than my own thoughts, louder but still unclear, without words I could understand, I lost it. I threw my wrench at the tool wall, knocking down chisels and socket wrenches and a dozen other tools clattering to the ground. I pounded on my ears, cursing them, willing them to go deaf and stop hearing the whispers.
But they didn’t stop hearing. And the whispers didn’t stop. So I decided. I decided that if I couldn’t stop hearing them, I at least needed to know what they were saying.
I went back to the slop sink. The tooth was still there, perched near the edge of the drain. I’d prayed for it to slip down and wash away on its own but there it was, round and sharp and real as ever. So I picked it up, and the whispers grew louder. Clearer. But still not clear enough to hear. Not enough to make out what the radio was saying. To understand what it wanted from me. It was like a broken antenna, only tuning in half the frequency.
The garage was a mess. I was a mess. Rancid grease stains everywhere. A hole in my tool wall where the wrench had struck it, the ground littered with hammers and screwdrivers and …
Pliers.
Before I could talk myself out of it, I grabbed the pliers from the ground, shoved it onto my mouth, got a good hold of my bad tooth, and ripped it out. It was easier than I expected, but it still hurt, and it bled a lot. But I didn’t hesitate. I pushed the tooth I’d found in the transmission into its place.
The moment I did, it was as if everything came into focus. As if the radio was inside my skull. No, as if my skull was the radio, and I was the antenna. I could hear the transmission clear as day now, a man’s voice inside my head.
Whispering to me.
Telling me where to find the rest of him.
I told you all of this, not because I expect you to believe me, but because I’m about to walk out my door and do something I might not come back from. And if that’s the case, if I don’t return today or any other day from this thing I need to do, I want people to know why.
Because I find things. I find things and fix them. If you don’t know that, you don’t know me.
2023.05.31 01:30 Usakiia [WTS] Handmade Cosmic Themed Bullet Journals [N]
https://imgur.com/a/uJGtpJW
Blue Constellation/Zodiac Journal: $45 OBO, has a printed blue marble affect end pages
Purple Moon/Sun Zodiac Journal: $45 OBO, blank, white end pages
Both are 5mm dotted pages throughout, made from French Pop-Tone 70 lb paper in the color 'Whip Cream'. The test inked pages are the same paper, but on a lined personal journal I created in a similar fashion to the two I am selling. Very minimal ghosting, even with rather heavy inking from a glass dip pen.
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Blue Constellation/Zodiac Journal: $45 OBO, has a printed blue marble affect end pages
Purple Moon/Sun Zodiac Journal: $45 OBO, blank, white end pages
Both are 5mm dotted pages throughout, made from French Pop-Tone 70 lb paper in the color 'Whip Cream'. The test inked pages are the same paper, but on a lined personal journal I created in a similar fashion to the two I am selling. Very minimal ghosting, even with rather heavy inking from a glass dip pen.
2023.05.31 01:21 SOTG_Duncan_Idaho Any recommendations for low volume home laserjet?
I'm finally going to break down and get a home printer. I can no longer use the office printer (hah) and I hate going to kinkos!
Basically I want to print the occasional sheet music, legal document (not legal size paper), car registration, etc. that comes up every month or so.
So, what I need is a printer that is:
I'd be willing to spend up to 300 if necessary.
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Basically I want to print the occasional sheet music, legal document (not legal size paper), car registration, etc. that comes up every month or so.
So, what I need is a printer that is:
- Laser (f*** inkjets)
- used for 10 pages/month at most
- non-colored (unless colored is nearly the same cost)
- known to last forever with low print volume
- wired or wireless is fine
- windows 10/11
- economical
- I don't care about scanning or faxing or other crap, I just want a decent printer.
- I don't care about print speed (as long as it's remotely reasonable)
- also, f*** HP
I'd be willing to spend up to 300 if necessary.
2023.05.31 00:19 baghdadcafe Epson Ecotank ET-2850 printing blanks after a paper jam
This printer had a paper jam.
All visible paper and debris removed.
Now the printer will print but all pages are blank?
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All visible paper and debris removed.
Now the printer will print but all pages are blank?
2023.05.30 23:12 hypoxictrader Help with ink transfer
Help with ink transfer
I made a Coptic bound book as a gift for someone. The first 10 pages or so I used a typewriter to add some text. The rest of the pages (another 30-40) I left blank with the intention of adding more text later.
I’ve tried looking into heat transfer or some other transfer method to print using a standard printer and then transfer into the book but I can’t find much beyond t-shirt ink transfer info. Anyone have experience with this?
Anyone have any suggestions on how to transfer ink/text without taking the book apart? I’m hoping to avoid having to re-bind it by hand.
Thank you!
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I made a Coptic bound book as a gift for someone. The first 10 pages or so I used a typewriter to add some text. The rest of the pages (another 30-40) I left blank with the intention of adding more text later.
I’ve tried looking into heat transfer or some other transfer method to print using a standard printer and then transfer into the book but I can’t find much beyond t-shirt ink transfer info. Anyone have experience with this?
Anyone have any suggestions on how to transfer ink/text without taking the book apart? I’m hoping to avoid having to re-bind it by hand.
Thank you!
2023.05.30 16:10 SilverShad0vv Customized NFC Card Artwork Showcase
 | Hey, fellow Amiibomb enthusiasts! submitted by SilverShad0vv to Amiibomb [link] [comments] I wanted to share my latest project with all of you. I've created a series of customized artwork for NFC cards using canva.com, and I'm thrilled with the results. These printable stickers are perfect for enhancing your Amiibomb experience! To check out the complete set of images, head over to my project on Canva: Link to Canva Project. You can view and even download/save them if you'd like to use them for your own Amiibomb collection. When it came to printing the stickers, I found that using glossy sticker paper (Link to Glossy Sticker Paper) worked best. I used an HP OfficeJet Pro 9020 and utilized the print and cut option from Cricut for precision. Pro tip: When printing on glossy paper, make sure to select photo quality to ensure the ink cures properly. For those who prefer different dimensions, feel free to recreate the project using your preferred ratio. I personally used a rectangle shape with rounded corners, with the dimensions set to Wide = 3.15 and Height = 2.099. Note that the stickers don't cover the entire height of the card. I carefully applied each sticker by hand, and the end result looks fantastic. I hope this project inspires you to get creative and personalize your own NFC cards for Amiibomb! Feel free to share your thoughts, ideas, or any questions you may have. Happy Amiibombing! |
2023.05.30 09:53 AutumnCrystal Holmes again, Holmes again…
I printed off a pdf of Holmes D&D and pasted this on or near the back of it(the blank last page, back cover, how to use dice and TSR product section, to be precise). It triggers a memory of buying Holmes and being disappointed that it was another Basic Set after I already had the “B”s from Mentzner and Moldvay. I thought this must be the fabled original game, with that archaic cover(small town)…I had mail ordered Blackmoor as my first D&D purchase after being introduced via 1e and somehow thought this bright box must hold…the rest? Lol I dunno, long time gone. Blackmoor baffled me into the arms of Mentzner, I played AD&D but somewhere there was this “just” D&D that involved this Arneson guy somehow and I wanted to make worlds and games but not cut into buddys’ 1e DM lordship(he was cruel, but harsh, and firmly held to Gygax’ Protestant work etho. Job had an easier time leveling up than we). It’s funny 0e was actually the last edition I played, better late(even WAAAYYY late) than never. Anyway, Meepo.
I like HOLMES ‘77 and Journeymanne…in fact the latter is in the mail…but I think I might like this best. It’s not slick(although already leaps above the lbbs), and no flys on the Doctor for that, not his department. What is is is utile. Understandable. And the Meepo clears up the glaring flaws(which were likely a Lost in Translation issue) and makes it what I thought it was, all those years ago. A complete standalone, samesame but different game of D&D.
As with Sir Pellinore’s Book, a one-shot(at least) with these rules will be had by me this summer.
Meepo highlight? The two-weapon rule. The two-handed weapon rule, eh. Didn’t like bastard sword rules in Companion either, though I loved bastard swords(1e gets a pass because Gygax is infallible;)…I just like the idea of the possibility of receiving that sweet 1hp “just a scratch” damage.
Holmes highlight? Not even explaining you’re killing monsters to take their stuff, it’s just nonchalantly assumed you couldn’t be so stupid as to not at least know that.
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I like HOLMES ‘77 and Journeymanne…in fact the latter is in the mail…but I think I might like this best. It’s not slick(although already leaps above the lbbs), and no flys on the Doctor for that, not his department. What is is is utile. Understandable. And the Meepo clears up the glaring flaws(which were likely a Lost in Translation issue) and makes it what I thought it was, all those years ago. A complete standalone, samesame but different game of D&D.
As with Sir Pellinore’s Book, a one-shot(at least) with these rules will be had by me this summer.
Meepo highlight? The two-weapon rule. The two-handed weapon rule, eh. Didn’t like bastard sword rules in Companion either, though I loved bastard swords(1e gets a pass because Gygax is infallible;)…I just like the idea of the possibility of receiving that sweet 1hp “just a scratch” damage.
Holmes highlight? Not even explaining you’re killing monsters to take their stuff, it’s just nonchalantly assumed you couldn’t be so stupid as to not at least know that.
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2023.05.30 05:47 mjn9457 Comprehensive Guide To Ticketing in Japan
 | (I apologize in advance for the visible links, I did not figure out how to hyperlink until after I posted and it will not let me edit them! ^^) submitted by mjn9457 to seventeen [link] [comments] Hello everyone! I’ve noticed an uptick in the number of posts on the subreddit asking how to ticket in Japan, as Seventeen is having an increasing number of events and concerts here. I thought I’d make a comprehensive post about what you need to know about ticketing in Japan! This guide will cover concerts, fanmeetings, the Seventeen museum, the Seventeen Cafe, and pop-up shops. I will also tell you how to sign up for the memberships in Japan. Many of these use the same type of ticketing system. Here https://www.seventeen-17.jp/ is the official Seventeen Japan site that every event is posted on, and they also have a Seventeen Japan Twitter https://twitter.com/pledis_17jp?s=20 that announces events and posts links when it is time to ticket. Concerts/Fanmeetings I’ll start with these, because this is the most frequent post I see on this subreddit! In Japan, ticketing is done through a lottery system. Seventeen uses Lawson Ticket (ローチケット）and has for the past few years. There are multiple rounds of lottery, starting with the fanclub, then CaratMobile, then general sales. Both the fanclub and Carat Mobile have multiple draws, as you can see herehttps://www.seventeen-17.jp/statics/2023_fanmeeting_love on the most recent fanmeeting ticketing page. https://preview.redd.it/00hvopxckx2b1.png?width=1449&format=png&auto=webp&s=4c1f6f0487ae27120f9b2a20f69a57b13070c340 The options, under ticketing, are as follows: Fanclub Premium Seat/regular seat lottery Carat Mobile Premium Seat/regular seat lottery Second fanclub lottery (Regular seats + annotated seats) Second Carat Mobile lottery (Regular seats + annotated seats) Lawson L-encore card holders (Regular seats + annotated seats) General Ticketing (Not lottery, first come first serve) Annotated seats are regular seats, but they may have some stage equipment or something like that in the way, so your view could possibly be obstructed. You can also pay a monthly fee to become a Lawson premium member. This ups your chances of winning, though I don't know for sure how much it actually helps! If anyone wants to do this or needs help with it I can make a different post for it, I ran out of photo space on this post (Reddit limits to 20 pictures per post)! Lawson Ticket When doing fanclub or carat mobile ticketing, Lawson will ask for your membership number before you can apply to anything. If you are not a member of the fanclub or mobile, you will not be able to apply for these lottery tickets :( In the past there have been general lotteries, but there was not one for this fanmeeting. For Be The Sun, there was a lottery for general Lawson members that anyone could apply for. To do any lottery ticketing, you will have to sign up for a Lawson Ticket account. It will ask for a phone number when you sign up. This is where you sign up https://l-tike.com/login/newcustome?rtu=01010101 . When you click this, it will ask for an email address, password, and to accept the terms of service. It looks like this. https://preview.redd.it/6mao4ivsdx2b1.png?width=593&format=png&auto=webp&s=a0a2a0b657eadead45d87e41d14edf7b48dd1493 Once you click the box at the bottom, the blue button will light up, and then you can press next (the button on the right). It will then send you an email, and once you confirm it you can keep going. This is what the email will look like, make sure to check different mailboxes in case it goes to spam. https://preview.redd.it/nrklpefudx2b1.png?width=1501&format=png&auto=webp&s=749aaeb37eda6adb3b27b1c8f5fa23c8834aafc9 Click the link, and it will now ask for your password again. After that, we’re on to account information. If you do not have an address in Japan, use the address you are currently staying at, or have a friend lend you theirs. They will not send the tickets to the address, so you don’t have to worry about that. Just get something in there! The page looks like this, and I put in English what you need to put in! PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS IS ALL RIGHT!!! If you are selected for tickets, you may get your name checked at the gate on the day of the concert, and if your name doesn’t match up they could refuse you entry. They check every name for premium seats, so if you are applying for those please be extra careful! For your katakana name just look up a Japanese katakana chart and try to match your english name as best as possible, it doesn’t really matter because your name will be printed in both English and Katakana on the ticket. https://preview.redd.it/1f5sqzpvdx2b1.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1c7a62f352c46801b103349f69c634d12cec13d Don’t forget your last name goes first, then your first name! For this tutorial I used one of my family’s American phone numbers and it took it with no questions, so just put your real phone number in and it should be fine! After this page, you have finished signing up! Now that we have our account, we can apply for tickets. Back to the Seventeen Japan page screenshotted earlier in the post, there will be open links when it is time to apply for tickets. The boxes with red lettering under tickets https://www.seventeen-17.jp/statics/2023_fanmeeting_love will turn into links when it is time to ticket, and there should also be an active link in the description box when you push the arrow on the side for more information. For when the tickets are open, Lawson has a guide for you, here https://l-tike.com/en/howto.html) is the link. Because you’ll come straight from the Seventeen website it’ll dump you straight on the ticketing page, so you can ignore the first step! After you apply to the lottery, you will receive confirmation emails for your entries. They look like this. https://preview.redd.it/i6uqgii9ex2b1.png?width=793&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9e86f628a22afd5af02f11dad1ec7b232a3cd53 It will tell you on the email when they will announce the winners. These results came out on March 24th at 11 am. You can see your results on My Page on the Lawson ticket website at that time, but usually the servers are so crowded you will never be able to log in. Other than that, and what I usually do, is wait for the emails. You will get an email telling you if you have gotten the tickets or not. A losing email is on the left, and a winning one is on the right. As you can see by the time stamps, the winning one comes in a few minutes later. Since Seventeen started using Lawson ticketing, it has been my experience that the winning emails always come late. If you get two fail emails together and are waiting for a few minutes on a third, it most likely means you've won!!! :D https://preview.redd.it/6zssz7v9fx2b1.png?width=1137&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fc46bdfb298880a0d7fc8b8913fb27114eba7df The word signaling you've won is 当選. It is in the second line of the email towards the end of the sentence. In the losing email, the third line ends with できませんでした which means you failed. Since I chose to pay at the convenience store, I had to go pay at a Lawson using the Loppi machine (instructions herehttps://l-tike.com/en/howto.html#panel2) . To pick up tickets, you need the phone number you used, as well as the number under the artist name (I blanked mine out). The first date in March in this email told me when I needed to pay by (March 28th at 11:00 pm) and the second date in May is when I could go pick up my tickets (from May 12th at 1pm to to March 27th at 11pm). When you go to pay, the cashier will give you a slip of paper that shows you paid. Make sure to hang onto this!! I always hold onto my receipt too just in case. When you go to get your tickets, you just give the cashier that paper, and they print the tickets out for you. As you can see, the pickup date ran all the way until the day before the last day of the fanmeeting, so if you aren’t in Japan until right at the date then that is okay! Just make sure to pick them up at any Lawson before your time runs out! You won’t know your seats until you pick up your tickets. General ticketing is not a lottery. You will need to get onto the fastest wifi you can and fight everybody tooth and nail for these tickets. I have tried general ticketing for 5-6 years, and I have never been successful. Lol… But I will cheer all you general sales people on!! You got this!! Make sure to follow the steps above for an account well before the date, as you will get tripped up and miss your ticketing chance if you don’t pre-register. Also be sure to have your debit/credit card entered, as I have heard of much more success from those who pay by card rather than convenience store pay. Fanclub Before I get into fanclub and carat mobile, I want to let you know that if you do not have an address or phone number in Japan, getting into these is basically impossible. The fanclub sends you mail, so you can’t just put any address in. Carat Mobile is only available on phones, and you have to have a Japanese phone number to actually have an account. I’m sorry :( The Fanclub does its sign ups through Lawson, and you pay a year’s sum when you sign up. Go to the Seventeen Japan website and click the button on the top left of this picture! https://preview.redd.it/xajnwm9gfx2b1.png?width=777&format=png&auto=webp&s=b157ba890aed5c190fdf382eb4110474eda1fa01 Scroll down to the white box at the bottom, and make sure the little box above it is checked to agree to Lawson terms. You’ll go on to Lawson, where you come to this page. https://preview.redd.it/9vkoc07nfx2b1.png?width=837&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f00c9b62d59b1d2e83b12394d00b4d3a798fedf The button on the left takes you to the application, and the button on the right takes you to what’s included in the membership. Click the left button! On the new page, scroll to the bottom and agree to terms, then click the blue button on the right and login to your Lawson account. The next page will ask for your details. Because you already signed up for an account it should be automatically filled in. Just make sure everything is right, as again they will be checking your name for premium or VIP seats. You also get a Carat ID card in the mail when you sign up for the fanclub, so make sure everything is spelled correctly! Don’t forget that your last name goes first, then your first name! When you press next, it will take you to a page that asks your bias and your favorite unit. Members are listed in fanchant order, the units are 1. Vocal 2. Hip Hop 3. Performance. Choose and press next! :) On the next page, it will confirm that all of your information is correct. Please triple check that everything is correct!! Next it will ask for a payment method. Credit card is on the left. Put in your card details, and you’re finished! You’ll get an email with your fanclub member number and a link, press the link and it will prompt you to set your password. Here’s what the email looks like. https://preview.redd.it/mtxlep2yfx2b1.png?width=652&format=png&auto=webp&s=712e0642f903010cde9bcc438834ac0988368797 You are now signed up!! Your ID card and pin will be in the mail within two months :) Within the past two years the fanclub has introduced ticket trading, where if someone cannot go to the concert but has tickets, they can put them up for sale. The Seventeen Japan Twitter usually posts when this becomes available, and you can only access it if you are a fanclub member. Tickets are available for face value + handling fees. I have not done this before, so I have no advice or guidance for this part! I am sorry! I assume it will be mostly the same as the other ticketing in this post though, so hopefully if you choose this route you can use something from here to help. Carat Mobile Now for Carat Mobile. Carat Mobile is a better option for those who cannot or do not want to pay the larger fanclub fee all at once. The monthly fee is 550 yen, or about $3.92 usd. Carat Mobile is only available on your phone, so scan the qr code from the website here https://www.seventeen-caratmobile.jp/statics/pc and continue to sign up on your phone. Once you scan the QR code, click the three bars in the top right of the screen. Then, click the button under "Gallery" to go to make a new account. Once you are here, it will ask for an email address and for you to accept the terms of service. Check your email for a sign up email. The email looks like this. The link will expire in 24 hours, so make sure to complete registration right away! https://preview.redd.it/o1dc7ew4gx2b1.png?width=382&format=png&auto=webp&s=690df8d8bf1ccc549f936960070ae10c77e9aea3 It will ask for these things, in order: Password (choose yours) Password confirmation Last name First name Last name (Katakana) First name (Katakana) Sex Birthday (YY/MM/DD) Phone number Address (Zip code > Prefecture > Street number + Apartment building name + Apartment number) Bias Once you finish putting these in, push confirm (bottom button) and it will take you to a payment site. Press credit card, put your silly numbers in, your name, agree to the terms of service, and press the very bottom button. It will take you to the finishing page, where it will give you your member number. The number will be seven numbers starting with an M. You are now a Carat Mobile member! Congrats! It will bill you monthly. Unofficial ticketing If you lose all the lotteries or cannot access Carat Mobile or the Japanese Fanclub, you can go the unofficial way: Twitter or proxy sites! These tickets are much riskier, as Japanese venues randomly check names on tickets. If you are checked and the name doesn’t match your ID, the staff will turn you away and you will not be able to enter the venue. If you want to look for tickets on twitter, here is your format. I’ll use the Love Fanmeeting as the example. Type this into the twitter search bar. SEVENTEEN 2023 JAPAN FANMEETING 'LOVE' セブチ ペンミ ファンミ チケット 求 (want)▶︎5/28 東京ドーム 1枚 (date you want + how many, this one says tokyo dome 1 ticket) 譲 (will give) ▶︎定価+手数料 (list price + handling fee) Or switch it around, but it should give you the same result! I.e. 求 (want)▶︎ 定価+手数料 (list price + handling fee) 譲 (will give) ▶︎ 5/28 東京ドーム 1枚 (tokyo dome 1 ticket) Listings look like this. https://preview.redd.it/s97mgwvhgx2b1.png?width=770&format=png&auto=webp&s=77c81e968732a15f10b45ab80daf65e3b5cb11b6 Once again, Premium Seats/VIP seats will ALWAYS check your name. DO NOT BUY THESE SECOND HAND!! People make burner accounts just for selling, like this one is. They are asking for list price and handling fee, but some people ask for you to name a price. These tickets will be very expensive, as it is competitive and these people usually have many people asking for tickets. When you’re looking for tickets, make sure that the characters are in the correct place. What the person in the tweet is looking for is under this kanji: 求 What the person in the tweet is in possession of is under this kanji: 譲 When buying tickets from twitter, the people will usually meet you at the venue with the tickets. They should take them out and show you to prove they are real. You then hand them the money. This is probably the safest way to go if you’re doing unofficial sales, as other sites may make you pay in advance. If they are a scammer, your money is lost :( Unlike other countries, there are no official resale sites. Be careful, and godspeed! Seventeen Cafe Now for all the other smaller events you can go to!! The Seventeen Museum and Cafe happen once a year. Each time it happens, there is a new webpage for it. I’ll use the most recent cafe, 2022 Winter Camping, to show how to get tickets. Here https://seventeen-cafe-wintercamping.jp/ is the link to see! First, you’ll have to make an account with the company that runs the cafes. At the top right of the page, press the left button. The first page is terms and services, accept these. It will ask you for your email, and will then take you to this page. https://preview.redd.it/59sjppzsgx2b1.png?width=608&format=png&auto=webp&s=dbefb629003f164561698cc907c0e5bc33030f6a Make sure to remember last name, first name! To make sure foreigners can also access this, I made a new account with an overseas phone number, and it worked! :) It will take you to the info confirmation page next, where you just make sure everything is right. There are two buttons, a black one on the left and a white one on the right. Even if the colors change, their positions should stay the same. Click the one on the right. And you’re finished! Now you can make a reservation. Weekends and Friday evenings fill up very fast, so if you can’t go on weekdays get to reservations right when they start! The Seventeen Japan Twitter will announce when they start. Hover over the reservation tab and pick the store you want to go to. They are usually in English, just make sure you pick the right one!! Scroll to the bottom of the page and it will show you the available dates. https://preview.redd.it/u0lcltdbhx2b1.png?width=647&format=png&auto=webp&s=e2d4fe7bcb5474729109bb99819cfea56bd5a9e3 I can’t click on any because it is over, but when you click on the date it will show you the available times. Pick your time, how many people you want ( I think it’s up to two), and finish the registration. It will send you an email. This is what the email looks like! If you chose to pay at the convenience store, it will also have the number you need to input into the machine to pay at the store. You usually get random goods when you go as well, so it will tell you that too. https://preview.redd.it/wf77ko2fhx2b1.png?width=748&format=png&auto=webp&s=110e87ebc5715bf3fb5cef7db2e5be882ff484eb On the day of your reservation, show up about 5-10 minutes early. Other Carats will start lining up then too. The staff will go down the line and confirm your tickets. Go to “my page” on the website and click the first button. https://preview.redd.it/u0gascd7hx2b1.png?width=772&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1f32c8438342f6c5a6aa0b37c7198d90ee1f4aa It will come up with a QR code that the staff will scan. When it has gone through, the webpage will change, so it can’t just be a screenshot! You have to show the actual webpage. When you enter the cafe or when you sit down you will get to randomly draw your benefits! For this cafe it was a random plastic card and a card case. Study the menu and things beforehand, as when you line up the staff will give you a clipboard where you pick what you want to eat and drink. Each of the members have a meal, and there are also drinks with coasters. You pick which member you want on the coaster when you check which drink you want on the paper. The staff will also give you small cards with numbers on them when you sit down. They will call each number up 4 at a time to go to the merch area and purchase what you want. This is your one time to grab merch, and you can’t go back up. Choose wisely and quickly!! If you’re very brave, you can try to trade with other carats at the cafe for your bias. You can usually see whose bias is whose because of the photocards and merch each person brings. I love going to the cafes, it’s so fun to see other carats and enjoy the cafe with them :) They play music videos and a video that the sebongies shot for the cafe, they tell you to have fun and talk about the theme of the cafe. You have an hour and a half to sit! If you have the chance to, please go!! Have fun! :) Seventeen Museum Getting tickets for the Museum is a lot like the cafe. If you want weekend/Friday night tickets, get reservations early! Museum tickets are on Lawson ticket. Log in before we start to streamline the process! The museums are announced on the Seventen Japan Twitter! This https://www.seventeen-17.jp/posts/information/lzzacj was the page for the 2022 museum. This is where you went for tickets. The top links are for those who want to go in the earlier month (September) and below was for those who missed ticketing for September or could go in the later months (October and November). If you don’t want to do it online, you can also buy tickets when you get to the museum, but they may turn you away if the time slot is filled. https://preview.redd.it/xbbvgqwohx2b1.png?width=610&format=png&auto=webp&s=03387b5f317d36d179bd0114574d5e7d584117b1 Once you click a link, it will have you accept Lawson terms of service. Click the right button to continue. You will go through the same process as you would with concert tickets. Make sure you pick the right venue! They have merch for the museum, and this time there was a random draw when you enter for one bromide picture of a member (I pulled cheol hehe). Because it’s the same as the concert tickets, please refer to the concert ticket section if you need help there! Pop up stores When there is a comeback and before a concert, there are pop up stores. There are albums, concert merch, and other things, as well as a photo spot to take pictures. Same as the cafe and museum, get there very fast for weekend and Friday night spots. I’ll use the most recent Love popup https://svt-tokyo.weverse-ticket.online/ for this example! These tickets were sold through weverse. The following picture is the button for making reservations! https://preview.redd.it/r0ep2ckhix2b1.png?width=826&format=png&auto=webp&s=d988613e18bbd70471a81ad5efc5dfaa6232b4ec Next page, push the big purple button to go on. https://preview.redd.it/xtgn7kl7kx2b1.png?width=637&format=png&auto=webp&s=7abd866915b1f940dab99b1df92523858dbdc9ac Though the buttons/colors will change for each pop-up shop, the words on the buttons shouldn't change, so for other events just make sure the kanji lines up! It will take you to weverse login. After login, scroll to the bottom of the page, accept terms of service, and click the bottom button, it says the same as the button above, お申込に進む . The next page asks for your information! https://preview.redd.it/77z8q3yvjx2b1.png?width=772&format=png&auto=webp&s=2632447a036488b38ef0945da541e6a6756fa4b5 Small Japanese lesson for furigana! In Japanese, there are multiple alphabets; hiragana (furigana), katakana, and kanji. Non-Japanese names will be in katakana, which is the way that foreign words are written in Japanese. Hiragana is the basic Japanese alphabet, and furigana is written above kanji to indicate its pronunciation. I feel like the easiest thing for those who do not know Japanese is to use a hiragana generator. Here's https://www.sljfaq.org/cgi/e2k.cgi one I found with a quick google search. Okay back to ticketing! After you confirm your details, this is the next page; selecting your tickets. Because the shop is finished, we can’t see the dates and times anymore, but I’ll tell you what’s up. https://preview.redd.it/be2p1266kx2b1.png?width=746&format=png&auto=webp&s=add82ef59bf231fd842bc1b88ec5e436d2650429 So pick your date and time and finish! You don’t have to pay to get in, but slots go so fast, so be quick with your picks! :) You will be able to tell you're at the right spot by the huge line of carats outside the store lol. And that's what I have! If I've missed something or anyone else wants to add anything please put it in the comments!! I made this to help you all participate in these events, and I hope you all get in to the things you want to go to. This took me about four hours, so I hope it helps at least one person lol! Let's keep loving and supporting Seventeen for a long time^^ |
2023.05.30 05:25 Beneficial-Owl-2562 I am very bad at making decks, I just made one and I feel that something is very wrong with it. Could someone give me card recommendations for my new deck or any advice?
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2023.05.30 02:13 FozzTexx 2023 May 29 Stickied -FAQ- & -HELPDESK- thread - Boot problems? Power supply problems? Display problems? Networking problems? Need ideas? Get help with these and other questions!
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- Q: I only have one outlet and I need to plug in several devices, what do I do? A: They make things called power strips aka multi-tap extensions.
- Q: The red and green LEDs are on/off/blinking but it doesn't work, can someone help me? A: Start here
- Q: I'm trying to run x86 software on my Raspberry Pi but it doesn't work, how do I fix it? A: Get an x86 computer. A Raspberry Pi is ARM based, not x86.
- Q: Should I add a heatsink, fan, or some kind of cooling to my Raspberry Pi? A: If you think you need one then you should add it
- Q: Can I use this screen that came from ____ ? A: No
- Q: I run my Pi headless and there's a problem with my Pi and the best way to diagnose it or fix it is to plug in a monitor & keyboard, what do I do? A: Plug in a monitor & keyboard.
- Q: My Pi seems to be causing interference preventing the WiFi from working A. Using USB 3 cables that are not properly shielded can cause interference and the Pi 4 can also cause interference when HDMI is used at high resolutions.
- Q: I'm trying to use the built-in composite video output that is available on the Pi 2/3/4 headphone jack, do I need a special cable? A. Make sure your cable is wired correctly and you are using the correct RCA plug. Composite video cables for mp3 players will not work, the common ground goes to the wrong pin. Camcorder cables will often work, but red and yellow will be swapped on the Raspberry Pi.
- Q: I'm running my Pi with no monitor connected, how can I use VNC? A: First, do you really need a remote GUI? Try using ssh instead. If you're sure you want to access the GUI remotely then ssh in, type vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1920x1080 and see what port it prints such as :1, :2, etc. Now connect your client to that.
- Q: I want to do something that has been well documented and there are numerous tutorials showing how to do it on Linux. How can I do it on a Raspberry Pi? A: A Raspberry Pi is a full computer running Linux and doesn't use special stripped down embedded microcontroller versions of standard Linux software. Follow one of the tutorials for doing it on Linux. Also see question #1.
- Q: I want to do something that has been well documented and there are numerous tutorials showing how to do it with an Arduino. How can I do it on a Raspberry Pi Pico? A: Follow one of the tutorials for doing it on Arduino, a Pico can be used with the Arduino IDE.
- Q: I'm trying to do something with Bluetooth and it's not working, how do I fix it? A: It's well established that Bluetooth and Linux don't get along, this problem is not unique to the Raspberry Pi.
- /AskElectronics
- /AskProgramming
- /HomeNetworking
- /LearnPython
- /LinuxQuestions
- /RetroPie
- The Official Raspberry Pi Forums
2023.05.29 23:40 conflictedideology Is there a good printer for elderly parents?
What would you like to accomplish?
I would like to not have to constantly provide printer support to my early 80s parents.Are there any models you are currently looking at?
Sorry I don't know the actual models. There aren't any that I'm looking at but they had an HP all-in-one and between the ink situation and wifi issues it would work when I would fix it and then wouldn't when they needed to print later.They also have a Canon all-in-one that would never, ever stay connected to wifi (I had to reinstall everything every time but then it would just stop in the next day or three) so I direct connected it to one of their computers ("Just send it to Mom's computer and print from there") but that's also apparently a problem.
More Details:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Budget: | There is literally no limit to the amount of money I would pay to be able to not have to deal with the slew of calls and texts saying "We can't print our medications and we have a doctor's appt tomorrow, this is a massive emergency!" several times a month |
| Country: | USA |
| Color or black and white: | I'd like to say black and white but I'm not sure if their occasional cruises/luggage tags require color |
| Laser or ink printer: | Whatever will work |
| New or used: | whatever will work |
| Multi-function: | They do seem to need to occasionally copy/scan stuff. No fax. |
| Duplex Printing: | Nope |
| Home or business: | Home |
| Printing content: | Mostly recipes from websites/LibreOffice, stuff for doctor's appts, or cruise luggage tags |
| Printing frequency: | several times a month (but why they can't reuse what they just printed for one doctor for the other is beyond me) |
| Pages per minute : | any |
| Page size: | usually standard 8.5x11 |
| Device printing from: | PC |
| Connection type: | Wifi never seems to work for them (or rather keep working for any length of time after I connect it) but yeah ideally wifi. |
Any other details:
I think I've described the situation but I'm absolutely happy to answer any questions/provide more info though Im not sure how much more there could be.Please help me.
2023.05.29 14:14 Wallcorners_wall_art Transform Your Living Room With 6 Beautiful Wall Decor Ideas for Blank Spaces
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Woven Textile Living Room Wall Art:https://wallcorners.com/vintage-european-landscape-coastal-poster-botanical-art-print-textile-canvas-oil-painting-wall-picture-living-room-home-decor-2/The woven textile living room wall art weaves together a tapestry of creativity and cultural expression. Crafted with skill and artistic flair, these textile pieces showcase the rich heritage of weaving traditions. From intricate macrame designs to vibrant tapestries, each artwork tells a unique story through its patterns, colors, and textures. Hang them on your living room wall to infuse your space with warmth and character, as well as to celebrate the beauty of textiles as an art form. Let the woven textile wall art become a captivating focal point that sparks conversation and adds a touch of global charm to your living room. Dan Hobday Living Room Wall Art:Dan Hobday’s living room wall art captivates with its mesmerizing abstract expressions. Each piece is a testament to Hobday’s unique artistic vision and masterful technique. With bold brushstrokes, vibrant colors, and a dynamic interplay of shapes, his artworks create a captivating visual experience. Hang Hobday’s living room wall art to infuse your space with energy, intrigue, and a sense of artistic sophistication. 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The combination of gold accents and carefully chosen pieces elevates your living room, creating a space that exudes timeless sophistication and reflects your impeccable taste. Let the Gold Living Room Gallery Wall Decor Kit become the centerpiece of your home, drawing admiration and inspiring conversation. Ronan Bouroullec Living Room Wall Print:The Ronan Bouroullec living room wall print embodies a captivating fusion of art and design. Created by renowned artist and designer Ronan Bouroullec, this print showcases his distinctive style and innovative approach. With bold colors, intricate patterns, and thoughtful compositions, Bouroullec’s artwork adds a striking visual statement to your living space. Hang his living room wall print as a centerpiece, allowing it to become a conversation starter and a source of artistic inspiration. Let the artistic vision of Ronan Bouroullec grace your walls, transforming your living room into a gallery-like haven of creativity and aesthetic delight.Tufted Sunset Wall Living Room Wall Hanging:https://wallcorners.com/nordic-sunset-clound-wave-beach-seascape-wall-art-canvas-poster-and-print-murals-painting-decor-modular-picture-for-living-room/The Tufted Sunset Living Room Wall Hanging is a serene tapestry that brings nature’s beauty into your living space. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this wall hanging depicts a breathtaking sunset scene in tufted form. Litha Canvas Wall Decor for Living Room:The Litha Canvas Wall Decor for the living room captures the essence of natural beauty and brings it to life within your space. With vibrant colors and intricate details, this canvas art celebrates the enchantment of the natural world. From lush forests to blooming flowers and serene landscapes, each piece evokes a sense of wonder and tranquility. Hang the Litha Canvas Wall Decor as a focal point, allowing its artistic brilliance to transform your living room into a sanctuary that reconnects you with the awe-inspiring power of nature. |
2023.05.29 06:16 Chemical-Truck-2940 HP LaserJet 200 color M251nw keeps printing out unnecessary symbols and pages
Hi, so my dad tasked me with trying to fix my mom's printer but I don't know anything about printers. My mom has had it for a few years more that 2 for sure but I'm not sure the exact time, anyways recently it's been having an error by constantly printing the symbols "▲a♠☻▲a♠☻" and wasting paper by printing those symbols on like 10 pages then the paper she chooses to print out, along with the symbols. Does anyone knows what's wrong?(the symbols come out on the top left and bottom left on "blank" pages and on the left corner of the "intentional" pages)
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2023.05.29 05:28 hypoxictrader Help with ink transfer
I made a Coptic bound book as a gift for someone. The first 10 pages or so I used a typewriter to add some text. The rest of the pages (another 30-40) I left blank with the intention of adding more text later.
I’ve tried looking into heat transfer or some other transfer method to print using a standard printer and then transfer into the book but I can’t find much beyond t-shirt ink transfer info.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to transfer ink/text without taking the book apart? I’m hoping to avoid having to re-bind it by hand.
Thank you!
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I’ve tried looking into heat transfer or some other transfer method to print using a standard printer and then transfer into the book but I can’t find much beyond t-shirt ink transfer info.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to transfer ink/text without taking the book apart? I’m hoping to avoid having to re-bind it by hand.
Thank you!
2023.05.29 02:55 CompSci99 Thin gaming laptop under $2,000 USD (USA)
Total budget:
Are you open to refurbs/used?
How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?
How important is weight and thinness to you?
Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.
If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?
Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?
Things that I would like to have:
Laptops I'm currently looking at:
submitted by CompSci99 to SuggestALaptop [link] [comments]
- $2000 USD, but I'd prefer to spend under $1,800 so that I can upgrade the RAM and buy an SSD.
Are you open to refurbs/used?
- No
How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?
- Thinness/portability
- Build qualify
- Battery life
- Performance
How important is weight and thinness to you?
- Pretty Important since I'll be lugging the laptop around in a backpack.
Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.
- N/A
If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?
- Mount and Blade (Warband and Bannerlord) FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Rimworld FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Elder Scrolls Online FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Final Fantasy XIV FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ High/Ultra.
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- NBA 2k23 FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Assetto Corsa FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Golf with Friends FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Ultimate Chicken Horse FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Rocksmith 2014 FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Red Dead Redemption 2 FHD/QHD & 60 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- Titanfall 2 FHD/QHD & 120 FPS+ & High/Ultra.
- 60 FPS+ in any game with at least medium settings.
Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?
- A great keyboard.
- Decent compatibility with Ubuntu. I'll mainly be using Linux for coursework and projects, so I don't care if there's "minor" issues such the speakers not working.
- Reliable build quality
- Quiet when completing typical coursework (Essays, PowerPoints, Etc.) and coding in Ubuntu.
- A non-gamer aesthetic.
Things that I would like to have:
- More than one storage slot so that I can dual boot Ubuntu.
- Non-soldered ram.
- 120hz+ display
- 16:10 display
- QHD display
Laptops I'm currently looking at:
- ASUS - ROG Zephyrus 14: GA402XV-G14.R94060
- AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, 16 gigabytes (soldered) DDR5 4800 megahertz, 512 M.2, 100W+25W RTX 4060. Price: $1,727.99 after tax.
- Pros: Nice design, good battery life, great thermals, and it has a QHD 165HZ 16:10 display.
- Cons: One RAM stick is soldered and there's only one nvme slot.
- Dell XPS 15: 9530
- i7-13700H,16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5 4800 MHz, 512 GB M.2, and a 40W+10W RTX 4060.Price: $1725.06 after tax.
- Pros: great design, two nvme slots, a 16:10 display, and the RAM isn't soldered.
- Cons: The XPS line is know to have terrible thermals, the display is 60hz, and the GPU is limited to 50 Watts.
- MSI Stealth 15:
- Intel Core i5-13420H, 90w RTX 4060, 16GB DDR5, 512GB NVMe SSD. Price: $1,230 after tax.
- Pros: It's by far the cheapest option, it might have two nvme slots, has a vapor chamber, and the RAM isn't soldered.
- Cons: 16:9 display and I can't find any reviews.
- HP ENVY Laptop 16t-h1000:
- i7-13700H, 512 GB nvme, 16 GB DDR5-5200 MHz RAM (2 x 8 GB), RTX 4060. Price: $1,783.61 after tax.
- Pros: Nice design, two nvme slots, a QHD 120hz 16:10 display, and the RAM isn't soldered.
- Cons: GPU wattage is unknown and I can't find any reviews.
- Lenovo Slim 7i Gen 8:
- i7-13700H, 16 GB DDR5-5200MHz, 1tb nvme, 115W RTX 4060 Price is $1,534.77 after tax
- Pros: A QHD 240hz 16:10 display, two nvme slots, and great thermals.
- Cons: One RAM slot is soldered, and I'm not a big fan of how the laptop looks.
- I'm heading back to college this Fall, and I've been setting aside money from my Co-op so that I could splurge on a laptop. I'm looking for a thin gaming laptop that doesn't scream "Gamer," and doesn't sound like a plane is taking off when not gaming. I'd also like the laptop to have a battery life of 6+ hours when doing basic tasks or watching media.
2023.05.28 17:46 mashmato Writers Workshop- spam? Or have I forgotten that I signed up for something
This is what I got:
Dear Writers,
I am pleased to announce our workshop for writers who want to regularly get published. It's called The Write, Edit, Publish Plan.
This course gives you a simple process for going from the blank page to getting your words in print – and then builds the habit of repeating the process, so you can get published again and again.
During this course Ella Peary will give you personal feedback on your writing, a list of publishers who are good fit for your work, and a personal one-on-one consultation – all designed to guide you through the complete process of writing, editing, and publishing your work.
Ella’s thoughtful style, her experience as an author, and her work as an editor for Authors Publish make this course a wonderful opportunity.
If you’re interested in this course, I encourage you to learn more right away.
/Link which I removed/
Let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Jacob Jans Authors Publish
PS: Please note that enrollment is strictly limited. Once the class fills, we will immediately close enrollment.
PO Box 50228 Toronto RPO Sunnybrook, ON, M4G 0B5, Canada
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Dear Writers,
I am pleased to announce our workshop for writers who want to regularly get published. It's called The Write, Edit, Publish Plan.
This course gives you a simple process for going from the blank page to getting your words in print – and then builds the habit of repeating the process, so you can get published again and again.
During this course Ella Peary will give you personal feedback on your writing, a list of publishers who are good fit for your work, and a personal one-on-one consultation – all designed to guide you through the complete process of writing, editing, and publishing your work.
Ella’s thoughtful style, her experience as an author, and her work as an editor for Authors Publish make this course a wonderful opportunity.
If you’re interested in this course, I encourage you to learn more right away.
/Link which I removed/
Let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Jacob Jans Authors Publish
PS: Please note that enrollment is strictly limited. Once the class fills, we will immediately close enrollment.
PO Box 50228 Toronto RPO Sunnybrook, ON, M4G 0B5, Canada
2023.05.28 13:46 Euphoric_Attitude164 TTGO T-Display esp32
Hi guys, I'm using a TTGO esp-32 to see the stress level with a pulse sensor and gsr sensor. What I want to do is to create a web server which has 2 buttons, one to start the program on the device, one to turn it off. Also I would like on that webserver to also see the stress level and the values that were read. But the most important are the buttons. I tried to write a code for it.
#include // includem biblioteca TFT_eSPI pentru afișajul TFT #include // Inlocuiti cu SSID-ul si password-ul rețelei Wifi la care va conectati const char* ssid = "ssis"; const char* password = "password"; // Setare numar port pentru web server WiFiServer server(80); // Variabila pentru memorarea cererii HTTP (HTTP request) String header; // Variabila pentru memorarea starii curente a LED-ului (on / off) String stressLevelStare = "off"; // Current time unsigned long currentTime = millis(); // Previous time unsigned long previousTime = 0; // Define timeout time in milliseconds (example: 2000ms = 2s) const long timeoutTime = 2000; char c; TFT_eSPI tft = TFT_eSPI(); // Initialize TFT object int sensorPin = 36; // Pinul senzorului de puls unsigned long lastBeatTime = 0; // Timpul în milisecunde de la ultimul puls unsigned long thisBeatTime = 0; // Timpul în milisecunde de la pulsul curent bool beatInProgress = false; // Indicator pentru a verifica dacă pulsul este în progres sau nu int beatsPerMinute = 0; // Numărul de bătăi pe minut #define GSR_PIN 32 // Pinul senzorului GSR #define GSR_SAMPLE_COUNT 100 // Numărul de eșantioane pentru senzorul GSR float stressLevel = 0; // Variabilă pentru a stoca nivelul de stres void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); // Inițializăm serialul la 9600 de biți pe secundă // Conectare la reteaua Wi-Fi cu SSID si password de mai sus Serial.print("Connecting to "); Serial.println(ssid); WiFi.begin(ssid, password); while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { delay(500); Serial.print("."); } // Afisare adresa IP locala a placii ESP32 si pornire web server // Accesarea web server-ului se va face dintr-un browser tastand // in bara de adrese aceasta adresa IP Serial.println(""); Serial.println("WiFi connected."); Serial.println("IP address: "); Serial.println(WiFi.localIP()); server.begin(); tft.init(); // Inițializăm ecranul TFT tft.setRotation(1); // Rotim ecranul TFT cu 90 de grade tft.fillScreen(TFT_BLACK); // Umplem ecranul TFT cu culoarea neagră tft.setTextSize(2); // Setăm dimensiunea textului pe 2 } void loop() { WiFiClient client = server.available(); // Verificare solicitari de acces (Listen for incoming clients) if (client) { // Daca s-a conectat un client nou (If a new client connects,) currentTime = millis(); previousTime = currentTime; Serial.println("New Client."); // Afisare mesaj pe Serial Monitor String currentLine = ""; // Creare sir pentru receptionarea datelor de la client (cerere HTTP) // bucla ce ruleaza atata timp clientul este conectat while (client.connected() && currentTime - previousTime <= timeoutTime) { currentTime = millis(); //RECEPTIE CERERE HTTP client if (client.available()) { // Daca exista bytes de citit de la client, char c = client.read(); // se citeste un byte, apoi Serial.write(c); // se trimite la Serial Monitor header += c; // concatenare byte in sirul cerere HTTP if (c == '\n') { // Daca byte-ul este un carater newline // if the current line is blank, you got two newline characters in a row. // that's the end of the client HTTP request, so send a response: if (currentLine.length() == 0) { // HTTP headers always start with a response code (e.g. HTTP/1.1 200 OK) // and a content-type so the client knows what's coming, then a blank line: client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK"); client.println("Content-type:text/html"); client.println("Connection: close"); client.println(); // functia indexOf cauta in sirul header textul "GET /2/on" care // va fi interpretat ca o comanda de aprindere a LED-ului if (header.indexOf("GET /2/on") >= 0) { tft.fillScreen(TFT_BLACK); measureHeartRate(); uint32_t gsrValue = 0; for (int i = 0; i < GSR_SAMPLE_COUNT; i++) { gsrValue += analogRead(GSR_PIN); } gsrValue /= GSR_SAMPLE_COUNT; float voltage = map(gsrValue, 0, 4095, 0, 3300) / 1000.0; if (beatsPerMinute > 0 && voltage > 0) { stressLevel = (((beatsPerMinute - 60) / 90.0) * 90.0 + (3.3-voltage) * 10.0); } // Afișează BPM, GSR și nivelul de stres pe ecranul TFT tft.setCursor(0, 0); tft.setTextColor(TFT_RED); tft.printf("Stress Level: %.2f", stressLevel); tft.setCursor(0, 30); tft.setTextColor(TFT_WHITE); tft.printf("BPM: %d ", beatsPerMinute); tft.setCursor(0, 60); tft.setTextColor(TFT_WHITE); tft.printf("GSR: %.3f V", voltage); Serial.println(voltage); delay(100); // Așteptăm 100 de milisecunde }}} else if (header.indexOf("GET /2/off") >= 0) { tft.fillScreen(TFT_BLACK); } // Display the HTML web page client.println(""); client.println(""); client.println(""); // CSS to style the on/off buttons // Feel free to change the background-color and font-size attributes to fit your preferences client.println(""); // Web Page Heading client.println("
"); // If the stressLevel is off, it displays the ON button if (stressLevelStare =="off") { client.println("
"); } else { client.println("
"); } client.println(""); // The HTTP response ends with another blank line client.println(); // Break out of the while loop break; } else { // if you got a newline, then clear currentLine currentLine = ""; } } else if (c != '\r') { // if you got anything else but a carriage return character, currentLine += c; // add it to the end of the currentLine } } } // Clear the header variable header = ""; // Close the connection client.stop(); Serial.println("Client disconnected."); Serial.println(""); } void measureHeartRate() { int sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin); // Read the analog value from the pulse sensor if (sensorValue > 400 && !beatInProgress) { // Check if the sensor value is above 400 and heartbeat is not in progress thisBeatTime = millis(); // Set the current time in milliseconds since the last heartbeat beatInProgress = true; // Set the heartbeat in progress indicator to true } else if (sensorValue < 400 && beatInProgress) { // Check if the sensor value is below 400 and heartbeat is in progress lastBeatTime = thisBeatTime; // Set the time from the last heartbeat thisBeatTime = millis(); // Set the current time in milliseconds since the last heartbeat beatsPerMinute = 60000 / (thisBeatTime - lastBeatTime); // Calculate the heart rate in beats per minute beatInProgress = false; // Set the heartbeat in progress indicator to false } void measureHeartRate() { int sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin); // Read the analog value from the pulse sensor if (sensorValue > 400 && !beatInProgress) { // Check if the sensor value is above 400 and heartbeat is not in progress thisBeatTime = millis(); // Set the current time in milliseconds since the last heartbeat beatInProgress = true; // Set the heartbeat in progress indicator to true } else if (sensorValue < 400 && beatInProgress) { // Check if the sensor value is below 400 and heartbeat is in progress lastBeatTime = thisBeatTime; // Set the time from the last heartbeat thisBeatTime = millis(); // Set the current time in milliseconds since the last heartbeat beatsPerMinute = 60000 / (thisBeatTime - lastBeatTime); // Calculate the heart rate in beats per minute beatInProgress = false; // Set the heartbeat in progress indicator to false } } First of all I have an error which says 'measureHeartRate' was not declared in this scope. Also, if I fix that still on the serial monitor, after I put the ssid and password I have no ip adress, so no web server and I have the wifi connection alright. Could anyone help me fix this of maybe another code which shows what I need? Thank you
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#include
ESP32 ----- Web Server
"); // afisare stare curenta a LED-ului, and ON/OFF buttons for GPIO 2 client.println("Stare stressLevel - " + stressLevelStare + ""); // If the stressLevel is off, it displays the ON button if (stressLevelStare =="off") { client.println("
"); } else { client.println("
"); } client.println(""); // The HTTP response ends with another blank line client.println(); // Break out of the while loop break; } else { // if you got a newline, then clear currentLine currentLine = ""; } } else if (c != '\r') { // if you got anything else but a carriage return character, currentLine += c; // add it to the end of the currentLine } } } // Clear the header variable header = ""; // Close the connection client.stop(); Serial.println("Client disconnected."); Serial.println(""); } void measureHeartRate() { int sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin); // Read the analog value from the pulse sensor if (sensorValue > 400 && !beatInProgress) { // Check if the sensor value is above 400 and heartbeat is not in progress thisBeatTime = millis(); // Set the current time in milliseconds since the last heartbeat beatInProgress = true; // Set the heartbeat in progress indicator to true } else if (sensorValue < 400 && beatInProgress) { // Check if the sensor value is below 400 and heartbeat is in progress lastBeatTime = thisBeatTime; // Set the time from the last heartbeat thisBeatTime = millis(); // Set the current time in milliseconds since the last heartbeat beatsPerMinute = 60000 / (thisBeatTime - lastBeatTime); // Calculate the heart rate in beats per minute beatInProgress = false; // Set the heartbeat in progress indicator to false } void measureHeartRate() { int sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin); // Read the analog value from the pulse sensor if (sensorValue > 400 && !beatInProgress) { // Check if the sensor value is above 400 and heartbeat is not in progress thisBeatTime = millis(); // Set the current time in milliseconds since the last heartbeat beatInProgress = true; // Set the heartbeat in progress indicator to true } else if (sensorValue < 400 && beatInProgress) { // Check if the sensor value is below 400 and heartbeat is in progress lastBeatTime = thisBeatTime; // Set the time from the last heartbeat thisBeatTime = millis(); // Set the current time in milliseconds since the last heartbeat beatsPerMinute = 60000 / (thisBeatTime - lastBeatTime); // Calculate the heart rate in beats per minute beatInProgress = false; // Set the heartbeat in progress indicator to false } } First of all I have an error which says 'measureHeartRate' was not declared in this scope. Also, if I fix that still on the serial monitor, after I put the ssid and password I have no ip adress, so no web server and I have the wifi connection alright. Could anyone help me fix this of maybe another code which shows what I need? Thank you
2023.05.28 13:24 Perkelton Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: May 28 2023 30 ending soon (incl. Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game, Botany) & 21 new this week (incl. Carson City Big Box, Age of Steam Deluxe Expansion Volume IV + Acrylic Track Tiles)
What is this?
This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST
The criteria for the lists are as follows:
Ending soon
- Sorted by number of backers
- Kickstarter projects ending in the next 7 days, that have at least 100 backers (or marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter), will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the filters:
- No DnD books
- No zines
- No 3D printing
- No dice sets
- No magazines
- No shirts
- No playmats
- No furniture
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I live in Belize/Canada/Nicaragua/USA, why are you posting on a Saturday?!Because I'm writing this from Europe in the future where it's already Sunday. Timezones be crazy.
Why are there a bunch of non-board games in the board game list?
Because the Tabletop games category on Kickstarter includes anything remotely related to board games and sometimes things slip through my filters.
Why is this future award winning board game and literal saviour of humanity missing from your list?
Sometimes my filters get a bit overzealous and discard actually valid projects. If you feel something is missing for this reason, leave a comment and I'll add it (maybe).
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Ending soon (30)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
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| BOTANY: Flower Hunting in the Victorian Era | Experience the thrill of the hunt in Botany: the ultimate Victorian flower collecting game for 1 to 5 botanists. | 11148 | $780,234.00 (15605%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 10+ 45-90 min. | 🎉💰🔥🌱 | BGG |
| Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game | Hunt massive monsters with giant weapons in this co-op boss battler board game! ⚔️ Based on the hit video game. | 9199 | £1,326,230.00 (884%) in 10 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ | 🎉💰🔥🌳 | BGG |
| Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game | Explore the ever-changing island of Dead Cells in this ruthless co-op metroidvania dungeon crawler. Explore. Kill. Die. Mutate. Repeat. | 8222 | CA$1,003,754.98 (2008%) in 12 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 45 min. | 🎉💰🔥🌱 | BGG |
| Leviathan Wilds | A solo & co-op, boss-battling board game about climbing massive creatures. From the designer of Imperial Assault. | 3227 | $163,972.50 (1640%) in 19 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 10+ 45-90 min. | 🎉💰 | BGG |
| Raising Robots | Gear up for an expert level, engine-building game with simultaneous play and adorable robot companions. | 2509 | $168,802.00 (844%) in 19 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 1‑6 players age 14+ 60-90 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Axe-A-Lot-L | A quick, chaotic card game for people who love axolotls. And also axes. | 2073 | $34,193.50 (263%) in 25 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 7+ 15-25 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Detective: Saints and Sinners | Detective: Saints and Sinners is the newest expansion for Detective: City of Angels, which is an epic narrative-driven board game set in the dark and violent world of 1940's Los Angeles. Most players will step into the shoes of LAPD Homicide detectives that will do whatever it takes to solve the cas… | 1436 | $93,705.15 (469%) in 12 days | 2023-06-03 | Gamefound 1‑5 players 120 min. Cooperative | 💰 | |
| Wishland: Dreams from America | Expand your own theme park in this tableau building, worker placement & point salad eurogame for 1 to 5 players. | 1264 | €69,681.00 (465%) in 26 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 12+ 60-120 min. | 🎉💰 | BGG |
| Cities of Venus | A Euro Board Game where players establish floating cities in the clouds of Venus before contact is lost with Earth | 1048 | CA$112,269.59 (561%) in 26 days | 2023-05-31 | Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 8+ 45-90 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Warzone Eternal | An officially-licensed skirmish miniatures game set in the techno-fantasy Mutant Chronicles universe. | 727 | $140,963.00 (201%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter 2 players age 12+ | 💰 | BGG |
| Chiefdom: a Worker Placement Roll & Write Game | A single sheet, 3 dice, much fun | 702 | €2,307.00 (2307%) in 13 days | 2023-05-31 | Kickstarter 1‑6 players age 8+ 30 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| disrupt | Become Silicon Valley's new Unicorn Startup! A fully asymmetric economic board game with worker placement and card-driven mechanics! | 547 | €19,384.00 (242%) in 12 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 50-90 min. | 🎉💰🌱 | BGG |
| Gettysburg 1863 | Volume IV in Worthington's Civil War Brigade Series. Refight the battle of Gettysburg on the largest mounted board we have ever made. | 468 | $53,665.00 (2881%) in 13 days | 2023-06-03 | Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 13+ 120-600 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Holy Guacamole | A church game for party people. | 462 | $28,974.00 (232%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter | 💰 | |
| Roll and Control | Conquer the land in this roll and write game. Area control board game in print and play format. | 422 | €2,893.00 (1447%) in 20 days | 2023-05-29 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 10+ 20-45 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Unhappy Campers: Camping has never been so miserable! | A strategic and sarcastic camping-themed card game where players race to build campsites and roast other campers! | 386 | $14,327.00 (260%) in 40 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 12+ 30-60 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Drakerion TCG | Dark Fantasy Trading Card Game - Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/EhSCqCfvcC | 335 | €137,191.00 (343%) in 30 days | ⚠️ 2023-05-28 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| One Page Space | Print one page at home and start the game. You have to defeat the alien armada that has invaded the Earth colonies | 322 | $2,318.90 (232%) in 24 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 1 player age 8+ 15-40 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| 18Rhl-Rhineland | Cross the Rhine with railway lines and run the Rheingolg-Express for maximum profit! | 289 | €22,053.00 (88%) in 15 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 3‑6 players age 14+ 240 min. | BGG | |
| Lindyhop the Card Game | A cooperative card game for two people about swing dancing. | 252 | NZ$11,079.42 (170%) in 30 days | ⚠️ 2023-05-28 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| Personal Preference - Updated Edition | An update on the wildly popular 1980's 'how well do you really know each other?' party game, by original creator Don Carlston | 228 | $27,339.00 (109%) in 28 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter 2‑16 players 40 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Premium Card Sleeves | Premium card sleeves for your board games with the best price. Each pack per 1 euro, easy! | 203 | €11,339.00 (756%) in 33 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| Havoc! The Combat Card Game | A fast-paced cards-and-dice game of medieval combat. | 202 | $20,372.71 (204%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter 1‑10 players age 14+ 20-120 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Al Chile-Balconea a tus amigos | El juego perfecto para balconear a tus amigos y saber que piensan en realidad de ti. | 198 | MX$218,896.80 (116%) in 33 days | 2023-06-03 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| "RustBots - The Robot Building Card Game" | "RustBots" is a turn-based strategy card game for 2 to 6 players. Compete against your friends to become the ultimate engineer! | 192 | $15,680.00 (105%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 8+ 30-60 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Which Craft? - A fast-paced game of deduction and bluffing. | Players must capture an evil Witch before she can gather enough potions to unleash a terrible curse upon the village! | 157 | $7,912.00 (132%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter 4‑7 players age 10+ 10-30 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| ORAO - Oint Generation | Be the leader of the new mankind in this 1vs1 card game. Manage resources on a checkered gamefield to survive. Your choices are crucial | 155 | €11,038.69 (1104%) in 39 days | 2023-05-31 | Kickstarter | 💰 | |
| Tablut | ancient Norse board game + 4 more historic games | A classic Viking game of siege and escape and 4 other "large-format" Peg Pastimes games. | 129 | $10,146.00 (254%) in 23 days | 2023-06-04 | Kickstarter 2 players age 8+ 45 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| KINGS of ROME | Lead Rome to its eternal glory in this historical boardgame | 121 | €7,809.00 (156%) in 24 days | 2023-06-03 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 10+ 180-360 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| 9th Circle: a Diabolical 2-5p game of Take-That Area Control | Take your place as a Demon Lord vying for the favor of Malacoda while you fight for control of the realms! | 86 | $4,560.00 (152%) in 12 days | 2023-06-02 | Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 14+ 60 min. | 🎉💰 | BGG |
New this week (21)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
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| Carson City Big Box | The Carson City Big Box edition is a complete collection of everything that Carson City ever offered, all expansions and an all new solo mode are included. | 1359 | €121,782.00 (304%) in 5 days | 2023-06-14 | Gamefound 1‑6 players 120 min. Area Control | 💰🔥🌱 | |
| Age of Steam Deluxe Expansion Volume IV + Acrylic Track Tiles | A fourth Expansion Volume for Age of Steam Deluxe plus accessory Acrylic Track tiles. | 1121 | $123,242.73 (548%) in 3 days | 2023-06-09 | Gamefound 1‑6 players 120 min. | 🎉💰🔥 | |
| The Medusa Report | A thrilling tabletop puzzle adventure about a missing spy, a nuclear physicist and Cold War family secrets. | 687 | €47,014.00 (392%) in 5 days | 2023-06-20 | Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 14+ 100-240 min. | 🎉💰 | BGG |
| RUSE - INSTINCTS OF THE DEN | Fox-themed Euro-style strategy game. Unique design with worker placement, territories exploration, resource and dice management. | 566 | CA$58,273.29 (216%) in 5 days | 2023-06-15 | Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 12+ 50-100 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Murder on the Moon: An immersive puzzle adventure. | Escape room in a box that combines puzzles, technology and a thrilling story to help you solve a murder... ON THE MOON!! | 479 | £30,639.00 (306%) in 6 days | 2023-06-22 | Kickstarter 8‑24 players age 18+ | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| McBaron - Bravery in the Sky | An action-packed solo Print and Play Wargame. Fly over the battlefield, accomplish missions, and prove your bravery! | 432 | €1,827.00 (1827%) in 6 days | 2023-06-09 | Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 12+ 20-30 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| SlackJack - A Pirate Game of Bluffing and Deception | A 10-minute game of blackjack and social deduction for 4-8 players! | 362 | $8,961.00 (179%) in 5 days | 2023-06-10 | Kickstarter 4‑8 players age 10+ 10-20 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| El Burro: A La Granja Game | El Burro is a new standalone game where you are developing your farm but have to move your goods to the port of Palma. The game uses multi-purpose cards and dice-drafting like La Granja. | 281 | €22,743.00 (91%) in 2 days | 2023-06-11 | Gamefound 1‑4 players age 12+ 75-150 min. Card Game Dice Game | BGG | |
| 『ゾンビサイド2.0』 日本語版 | 現代版ゾンビサイドの第２版が、日本語版になってついに登場！ 高品質のフィギュアと、遊びやすくなったルールを、拡張セットと共にお届けします New Japanese Edition. This project is only available in Japan. | 259 | ¥11,939,509 (1194%) in 6 days | 2023-06-07 | Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌱 | |
| Thunder Rolls: The Garage Expansion | More mayhem, cars and fun for the Thunder Rolls game by Richard Launius | 214 | $14,770.00 (369%) in 5 days | 2023-06-07 | Kickstarter 1‑8 players age 8+ 20-60 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Loam | Loam is a set-matching strategy game about building healthy soils. You are a plant, who for obvious reasons is into that sort of thing. You also have a lot more power and agency over your environment than humans often give you credit for. Sculpt the soil’s weird and wonderful biodiversity to assembl… | 162 | $8,288.77 (83%) in 5 days | 2023-07-01 | Gamefound 1‑4 players age 12+ 15-40 min. Card Game | BGG | |
| Go Ahead Punk! | A One-vs-All hidden movement board game inspired by classic 70s cop cinema. | 152 | £10,406.00 (110%) in 5 days | 2023-06-22 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 12+ 60-90 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Rainbow Puppy Poopy Party | The game that gets you talking, laughing, moving–in a different way every time you play. | 143 | $7,603.00 (152%) in 5 days | 2023-06-22 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| Overlords: In Training | Survive, outlast, and outwit your enemies long enough to take on the Boss and become the next Overlord! | 131 | $9,097.00 (45%) in 5 days | 2023-06-27 | Kickstarter | 🌱 | |
| A new collection of 3 Print and Play games | A new great collection of 3 Print and Play, Roll and Write games | 115 | €817.00 (817%) in 3 days | 2023-06-20 | Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Realms Of Enchantment | Experience the epic battle in a solo, co-op, or competitive combat adventure with a series of challenges to defeat the dark force. | 114 | €10,122.00 (228%) in 5 days | 2023-06-22 | Kickstarter 1‑6 players age 13+ 60-180 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Hard Level | From the computer screen to roll and write gaming experience | 107 | €864.00 (864%) in 6 days | 2023-06-12 | Kickstarter 1 player age 10+ 15-30 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Escape Family Box | Experience the real-time, frantic board game in this Anniversary Edition! | 74 | €6,126.00 (123%) in 4 days | 2023-06-03 | Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 8+ 10 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Blank Me. | An outlandish and easy to play party game! Fill in the blanks for your friends, then perform a monologue filled in for you! 17+ | 72 | CA$4,774.29 (48%) in 4 days | 2023-06-15 | Kickstarter 4‑99 players age 17+ 10 min. | 🌱 | BGG |
| Anima Mundi - A Fantasy Board Game of Magic and War | Strategy, simplified. | 23 | $3,987.00 (30%) in 1 days | 2023-06-26 | Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 12+ 30-120 min. | BGG |
Notable filtered projects (9)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knave RPG: Second Edition | The Questing Beast toolkit for creating and running sandbox campaigns packed into a lean, beautiful hardback. | 9308 | $558,985.20 (5590%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter | 💰🔥 |
| Tales of the Valiant RPG: Launching Black Flag Roleplaying | The heart of 5th Edition: core rules for high fantasy games, including a Monster Vault and a Player's Guide to power your campaign! | 6125 | $749,202.00 (749%) in 5 days | 2023-06-24 | Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌳 |
| Shuffle Up & Play: Season 2 | Help us bring Shuffle Up & Play to the next level! | 2927 | $241,539.69 (372%) in 3 days | 2023-06-23 | Kickstarter | 💰🔥 |
| Kinks and Cantrips | A 5e source book focused on exploring yourself and learning about kink. | 2545 | $44,006.00 (8801%) in 58 days | 2023-05-30 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 |
| The Last Spell - The Board Game | Fight shoulder to shoulder with your friends in this exciting and innovative coop 1-4 player rogue-like RPG with a tower defense twist! | 1987 | €249,387.85 (249%) in 4 days | 2023-06-16 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 120-150 min. | 🎉💰🔥🌳 |
| The Ultimate Game Master Screen: Customizable & Affordable | The fully customizable, magnetic, portable and affordable game master screen for TTRPGs | 1496 | $264,483.05 (2645%) in 3 days | 2023-06-24 | Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌱 |
| The Emporium of Wonders 5E | Surprise and delight your players with 400 new magic items for the world's favorite roleplaying game! | 1263 | A$40,270.32 (2237%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter | 💰 |
| The Mystery Flesh Pit National Park RPG | The official tabletop RPG of the MFPNP website. | 1070 | $55,067.00 (367%) in 26 days | 2023-06-01 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 |
| FILLER - Storage System for Pocket Board Games | Elevate your gaming experience with a perfectly organized collection, created by gamers and designers | 1067 | €79,820.00 (798%) in 5 days | 2023-06-22 | Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌱 |
2023.05.28 02:35 llun-ved Replacing a very old HP inkjet with color laser
I print infrequently, so laser. I print documents that include color and images, so color. I like crisp printing, so native 600x600 minimum. Native 1200x1200 preferred. Scan and copy is rare and I have other equipment that can handle it.
I hope people have good things to say about Canon. Canon has several MFPs, but their site lists only one print-only model (lbp622cdw) Amazon/Staples list other print-only models (lbp632cdw, lbp674cdw)
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What would you like to accomplish?
Hello printer people. I need to replace my ailing HP MFP inkjet I got at Costco years ago.I print infrequently, so laser. I print documents that include color and images, so color. I like crisp printing, so native 600x600 minimum. Native 1200x1200 preferred. Scan and copy is rare and I have other equipment that can handle it.
Are there any models you are currently looking at?
Long ago I had a brother fax machine and swore I'd never buy another Brother device. Convince me I'm wrong. Currently I'm swearing never to buy another HP device. Convince me I'm wrong.I hope people have good things to say about Canon. Canon has several MFPs, but their site lists only one print-only model (lbp622cdw) Amazon/Staples list other print-only models (lbp632cdw, lbp674cdw)
Minimum Requirements:
- Budget: $200-$700
- Country: US
- Color or black and white: color
- Laser or ink printer: laser
- New or used: new
- Multi-function: not high priority
- Duplex Printing: yes
- Home or business: home
- Printing content: documents with some imagery, shipping labels.
- Printing frequency: once every two weeks.
- Pages per minute : don't care
- Page size: 8.5x11, 8.5x14 would be nice, but not a dealbreaker.
- Device printing from: macOS, Linux
- Connection type: wired or wireless network.
Any other details:
I will not "subscribe" to a printer for anything.2023.05.28 00:25 PhesteringSoars [SF] Paige & Caroline (3,622 Words; 20,273 Characters)
“Now Paige, you’re sure there isn’t anything for me to sign?”, my mother asked.
“No mom. It’s ‘Bring your sibling to work day’. Caroline is 10 and old enough for the summer training, even though she can’t officially serve as an Imperial Page for two more years.”, I reply.
At 14 myself, I’ve been an Imperial Page for 2 years now. “I did the summer training.”, a month each, for two summers starting at 10, “I wanted to see if she might be interested serving as well.”
“I just don’t want her getting in someone important’s way.”, mother continues.
“She’ll be fine. The shuttle flights in/out off-world will be the most exciting part. ‘Court’ is currently in session on Tau Ceti 9a, with the Emperor himself at one of the orbital Space Stations. He’s overseeing rescue, recovery, and restoration operations dealing with the aftermath of the two recent super-typhoons on the planet. We’ll mostly be delivering snacks & meals and hand delivering documents and supplies all day. Routine stuff.”
“I just don’t want her to do something to upset the Emperor.”, mother said.
I reply, “He’s trying to help people in distress mom. People left with next to nothing. He’s just a man.”
Mother shakes her head and mumbles, “I worry about that too.”
I snort, “He wouldn’t do anything to us and the Sezrakeen (the Imperial Guard) wouldn’t allow it anyway.”
I remember something they told us in training . . . “Even if you see the Emperor in a room, seemingly by himself, two of the Sezrakeen are always there. Though they can be invisible, and you may not see them. One to protect him from evil in the world and one to protect the world from any evil in him.” No one in the Imperial Court has treated me badly.
Mother finally relents, cleans up after breakfast, and sees us off. We catch the community transit to the city-center, then on to Lacross Spaceport. One shuttle to the regional military base, then a shuttle combining many groups to go to / from wherever Court is in session at the current time.
With 7,645 inhabited worlds in the known multiverse, “Imperial Court” moves around every few months trying to spread the attention around. Currently there are 74 regional centers large enough to house the staff of the traveling court. 17 of which could be classified as “Palaces”. (Including “The Winter Palace” the Emperor built by himself, by hand on Beatrice Nine. It’s beautiful and one of my favorites to visit and serve in, though knowing he was abandoned alone on the planet for almost 40,000 years, time enough to build the central structures by himself . . . sort of brings a melancholy air to the place.)
Caroline and I arrive at R44 (the closest Regional Center), and I take her to Security while we wait for the morning shuttle. I scan my left forearm under the ID scanner. You can wear a ring, bracelet, pendent, or carry a card or pen-sized wand for ID . . . But I opted for the radial (bone) implant. It’s much harder to forget and leave your left arm at home. And since it registers body heat and blood flow, it can’t practically be taken from you and used by someone else. (I did “neglect” to tell my parents I opted for the implant 18 months ago.)
Caroline gets her biometrics recorded. (Photographs, walking gait, finger-hand prints. Reads a sample text for voice capture and a pinprick for DNA.) She opts for a subtle ring ID and asks me, “Why does it look like I’m the only sister or brother here?”
I respond, “It’s only you today. I just wanted you to see what a day was like in the Imperial Court.”
“What do you mean ‘only you’? Is it really ‘Bring your sibling to work day?’”
“As far as I know there is no such thing. I just wanted you to come and see the Emperor and the Court.”
“You’re just bringing someone to see the Emperor of the Known Multiverse and the Imperial Court? Who approved it?”
“I did.”
“You can do that?”
“An Imperial Page can do what they need to.”, I say as we finish her setup. Most of the biographical info (date of birth, relatives, placed lived) I entered to her personnel record weeks ago. I scan my ID and vouch for her to match the biometrics to the central data personnel record.
“Let’s go, the Shuttle will be ready for boarding about the time we get there.”, I put my left arm around Caroline’s shoulders and nudge her in the right direction.
Feeling the tenseness in her shoulders I ask, “Are you worried?”
“A little bit.”, she says with a bit shaky voice.
“Don’t. Just keep your ears open. Follow me and help me whatever I’m doing. Unless someone there directly addresses you, try not to interfere. You’ll hear things meant to be kept private. Try and let it flow in one ear and out the other without thinking about it or remembering it. Normally its boring procedural matters running the Empire. But for the past few weeks at this odd location there has been a lot of ‘sad news’ from the deaths, injuries, from the storms. It’s been turning around a bit. Back to more rebuilding hospitals, schools, city halls, and some factories. You can whisper me questions but try not to bother the others there. You’ll do fine.”
The morning shuttle we are on (of 6 per day cycling in/out wherever court is) arrives and docks with the station. The contents depart and scan past security checkpoints. Caroline her ring and me my forearm. Which leaves Caroline with a perplexed look. (I didn’t explain yet that the implant was an option, and she sees no ring on my hand.)
I lead Caroline past stationed guards, secretaries and administrators, dignitaries, and court personnel to one of the inner facility rooms. One of the court cooks sees me, points to a cart loaded with coffee and tea Thermos’s, water pitchers, cups, and an assortment of donuts, sweets, ‘breakfast things’, and says “Conference L2 Room 6a.”
I begin pushing the cart to the Lift for Level 2, room 6a. Caroline stays almost glued to my left hip. She’s being inordinately quiet. But then I remember what it was like for myself, only a few years ago.
More guards at the conference room recognize me and one holds the door as I push the cart in. One points at Caroline. I simply say, “Sister.” The guard nods.
Caroline and I spend the next 10 minutes distributing drinks and retrieving used cups/plates, and occasionally pulling my sister gently along by her arm. With over 7,000 inhabited planets and an average population of 2 billion, a good 80% of the 14 trillion in the known multiverse have seen images/video of the Emperor. But it’s quite another thing to pass by him close enough to touch for the first time. Not to mention Admirals, Generals, and dignitaries of all sorts around the conference table and outer ring chairs many with a dizzying array of medals, epaulets, and such.
She hands me things as I place them on the table. (So, if she spills anything, it’ll only get me, not a General) and I place them on the table.
I half listen as Admiral Burns shows video on the large screen at the end of the room and describes the current situation on the planet below.
“. . . Rescue operations have officially completed everywhere. Recovery (of human/animal remains) and final demolition of dangerous structures continue in the Rangor and Balok districts.
Next, I’ll go over how we plan to deploy Military-Imperial construction teams to begin assisting with infrastructure repair and restoration . . .”, as the Admiral’s aide works on a laptop on the conference table to bring up the next presentation.
An imperial aide I recognized pops their head in the end door and says, “Sire, message on F23.” The emperor says, “One second Admiral.”, and taps some keys on a tablet at his right hand.
The presentation clears on the end video screen and a woman dressed in what I’ll say is a doctor's white cloak appears on screen. Momentarily fazed upon seeing the Emperor himself, she stutters, “I uhh,”
The Emperor said, “Its fine Doctor. How can we help you?”
The woman tries to continue, “I, uhh. I’m sorry, I . . .”, closing her eyes for a second and opening, “I’m Doctor Akins on Brandenburg 2, Jellico City Memorial Hospital. I have a patient, Angela Graham. I’m afraid she’s had a heart attack and at her age of 97, I fear she won’t last more than a day or two, despite our best efforts. Her son a . . .”, looking down at a tablet she was holding, “. . . Captain Angus Graham was listed as family-emergency contact with instructions to call the Regional Base and explain any issues. I vid-called and two people later and I’ve somehow ended up with you.”, she adds hesitantly, “Sire”, not quite sure the proper form of address for the Emperor.
The Emperor responded, “He’s on station here with his Star Carrier the Perecles so they bounced you through to us. I’ll find him and let him know to go home. Thank you, Doctor Akins.”
The Doctor nods and the screen returns to the aide’s presentation slide.
Caroline and I had been clearing coffee cups and snack dishes from afternoon tea away from the conference table and were pushing the tray to the door to leave when the Emperor held up a hand towards us.
The Emperor asked aloud “Donna? (The computers name) Locate Captain Angus Graham”.
Donna: “Captain Angus Graham has just entered the Officers Lounge on Deck 23, at Bulkhead 41.”
The Emperor hand wrote a note on a sheet of paper, folded it in half, looked my way and said “Paige”.
Paige was an inconvenient name to have in my position, I was never quite sure if he knew my name and was saying Paige or just Page.
“You heard the location?”, the Emperor asked
Paige, “Yes sire.”
“Directly to Gus.”, the Emperor said, handing me the folded note.
I nodded.
Pushing the tray on through the door, I saw another page standing nearby and said, “Please.”, pointing to the tray and nodding to the closest kitchen. Thomas nodded and began pushing the tray in that direction.
We, Caroline and I, headed for the nearest Lift. (The multi-axis elevators that span the height and breadth of the station.) And I spoke tilting my head up a bit, “Deck 23, closest Bulkhead 41.”
“Deck 23, Bulkhead 42.”, the Lift responded.
The station bulkheads are about 50ft apart, so not that far to walk.
I opened the folded note and read it silently.
Caroline, still at my side and mostly silent since a flurry of questions when we stopped to have lunch, finally spoke inside the Lift, “Can you read the note?”
I responded, “An Imperial Page can do what they need to.”
We reached the Lift destination. I spoke to a nearby common terminal and said “Officers Lounge Deck 23, Bulkhead 41.”.
The terminal responded back, “The Mango Room. Light Blue”, simultaneously a Light Blue courtesy light appeared on the wall-track and began moving at a walking pace to the right.
Caroline and I followed the dot as it matched pace to lead us.
We reached The Mango Room double doors.
I tried the door handle but while it turned, the door didn’t unlatch. I tapped the “knock” button on the rightmost door.
A few seconds later a man about 40, with slicked back black hair and a pencil thin mustache appeared on the screen above the knock button. Seeing me, he only said, “Beat it kid. This is the Officers Lounge.”, and the screen went blank again.
I pressed the button again.
This time when he appeared, I spoke before the man could, “I am an Imperial Page with a message to be hand delivered to Captain Graham. I believe him to be inside.”
“I don’t give a fuck who you are ‘Little Girl’. Children aren’t allowed in here to bother the patrons. Get lost.”, the man sneers and clicks off again.
I turn and retrace steps to the Lift, Caroline following.
I tell the Lift, “Armory”.
Scanning arm ID at the doorway, we enter and I approach the wire cage behind which stands a man I have never seen before. I fill out a “request form” on the tablet nearby, tap it to and scan my ID to the nearby sensor.
The man looks at the list popping up on the screen on his side of the cage, “A bit young, aren’t you? Why don’t you try back in a couple years.”, snickering and turning back to his desk behind him.
Back out the Armory door, to the Lift and back to the conference room with the Emperor.
I enter, holding one palm back, indicating for Caroline to stay in the doorway of the room.
Saying nothing to anyone, I walked around to the left of the Emperor and pulled the Imperial Signet off the little finger of the Emperor’s left hand and placing it onto my right index finger, while he continued to ask questions about Engineering Group deployments on the planet below.
Outside the conference room, I pointed my index/middle finger in the direction of two Imperial Marine Guards on the distant side of the room, in self-contained fully body armor then motioned with a cupping hand a ‘follow me’ hand signal.
Four of us in the Lift this time.
Back at the armory. I held my right hand up in a fist, index finger with signet facing the clerk, then swept the signet over the ID reader and entered the Emperor’s personal 18 character passcode.
The display lit up on the clerk’s side of the cage . . .
Things moved much faster this time.
The Armory attendants fitted us both with PDS’s (Personal Defense Shields), I pointed at Caroline and said “Openers”.
One Armory tech clipped two breaching charges on Caroline's belt, as I reached for the thermal viewers and mid-sized carbine the other tech held.
Facing the two Marines that had accompanied us, I waved my left hand in their direction and said, “Released.” They turned and left.
The tech previously holding the carbine asked, “You know . . .”
I turned the side of the weapon towards him and said, “Kill/Stun”, clicking that lever to Stun pointed at a 2nd switch “Rate of Fire, Single, 3 shot burst, Full Auto”, and pointing to the last, “Power Setting”.
I turned to leave with Caroline in perpetual tow.
Caroline asked, “A gun?”
I responded, “The Power settings for Stun go from level 1 to 5. One would sting. Two feels like a dozen angry bees stung you with the pain fading over the next hour. Three might knock out a child. Four would definitely knock out ANY ordinary man/woman, unconscious for an hour or so. Five would stop a charging elephant and bring it to the ground for three or four hours.”
I click the carbine settings to Level Two . . . Full Auto.
Back at “The Mango Room” doors, I swatted Caroline with the back of my hand to see our PDS fields light up and confirm it on like mine, flipped down the thermal viewer over my eyes and look to see if anyone is standing directly behind the doors.
“Take one of the breaching pucks off your belt.”, holding my hand up as if I was carrying one on my fingertips, “Set the dial on the side to 2.”
I look down the hallways to the left and right. No one on the left. I hold up one flat palm and stop a group to the right in their tracks about 20 yards away.
Speaking to Caroline again, mimicking the motion I say, “Fling it towards the center-line between the two doors.”
She flings the puck, it self-orients to flat-on face the two doors.
A half inch from the doors it discharges. The central 90% of the doors vaporize and blow back past Caroline and me in a plume of smoke and wood-metal shards. Harmlessly skittering off and around our PDS’s.
Mustache man steps out from beside the doors and seeing me begins to approach. I aim the carbine at him and hold the trigger down moving the impact point around his body.
They shoot you once during page training at settings two and three. A single shot at level two hurt worse than anything I’d felt to that point in my life for the next hour. A week later when they did Three . . . I was out for an hour.
I can’t imagine 2 seconds of Full Auto felt pleasant as mustache man crumpled to the floor.
Officers and Civilian Dignitaries around the room stood up from their tables upon seeing/hearing the door breach.
I took the opportunity to step up from one of their chairs to a nearby table, trying to dodge drink glasses.
Addressing the room with a firm voice, “I am an Imperial Page. With a message from the Emperor for Captain Angus Graham. Captain Graham present yourself.”
The crowd somewhat parted as a man in his late 60’s answered, “Here Miss.”
Stepping down from the table/chair, slinging the rifle, and approaching Captain Graham, I didn’t remove the note, but chose simply to speak directly to the Captain.
“Gus”, (the Captain understood it was the Emperor speaking), “Word just came through and it seemed better to deliver it in person. Your mother has suffered a heart attack and we fear her time is near. If your responsibilities allow it, take my shuttle and go home while you still can. Spend what time you need with her. I’m very sorry old friend.”
The Captain responded softly to me, “Thank you John.”
I stepped back and to the side, using my right hand to wave Caroline back out of the way.
Captain Graham passed through the crowd, presumably to gather personal items and head home.
I, with Caroline following, turned to follow Captain Graham out.
The “very angry” bouncer was just getting up on one hip, trying to push himself up on one hand and yelled through clenched teeth, “Why you little Bit. . . ”
He didn’t finish the sentence. I clicked the gun up to level 4, single shot, pushing him back 3 feet, and pinning him to the wall. Unconscious for at least a couple hours this time.
Caroline and I returned to the armory, dropping off the Carbine, Thermals, PDSs, and one un-expended breaching puck. Signing them back in. Logging one puck as “expended”, and 0.2% down on the carbine charge.
Back in the Lift to return to the conference room, I notice out the corner of my eye, a still silent Caroline, looks over and up at me with a thousand questions on her face.
I continued looking forward at the Lift doors and said, “An Imperial Page can do what they need to.”
I reentered the conference room, Caroline still in tow. Walked around the Emperor to his left, lifting his left hand and placing the signet back on his little finger and whispered, “Thank you John.”
As a video of reconstruction projections continued on the vid-screen at the end of the room, the Emperor nodded to me, understanding the message was from Gus and after I had crossed around behind him, looked to his right and said, “Thank you Paige.”, nodding to my sister, “Caroline.”
Caroline, her eyes as big as dinner plates, half bowed, half curtsied, and we left the conference room.
I looked over at Caroline, “It’s been a long day for you. We can just catch the next shuttle back to R44 and home if we leave now.”
Off the local transport, our parents were just stepping out of their personal car. Dad had two grocery bags in each hand, mother had two in one hand and was reaching for the last one in the open trunk-hatch.
“You survived!”, she said teasingly, looking our direction.
“Yes mother.”, I said.
“Did anything interesting happen?”, she asked.
“No mother. It was just another ordinary day. Passing out coffee, meals, and delivering notes.”, I replied
Caroline picked up the last of the grocery bags from the car while mother closed the hatch.
“How about you nibblet?”, Father asked, stopping to look at Caroline, “Were you bored to tears? Do you think you might like to be a Page in two more years when you’re old enough? You’d have to go through the training classes for the next two summers like your sister did.”
“Yes father. I think I’d like that.”, and lead the way into the house.
Caroline sets the grocery bag on the kitchen table and moves into the living room to sit down on the sofa. She faced the vid-screen and clicks it on. One of the weekly shows is on about one or another of the nation’s larger zoo’s. But she’s got that “glazed over” thousand yard stare . . . That I probably had after my first day after seeing the Imperial Court.
I wonder to myself if she’ll follow in my footsteps. Someone, from somewhere will need to replace me in about two years. In theory you can stay an entire career as a page. Some do.
But in two years I’ll be sixteen. And with four years’ experience as an Imperial Page, I can begin training for a range of other jobs in the Imperial administration.
“Combat Courier” sounds interesting.
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“No mom. It’s ‘Bring your sibling to work day’. Caroline is 10 and old enough for the summer training, even though she can’t officially serve as an Imperial Page for two more years.”, I reply.
At 14 myself, I’ve been an Imperial Page for 2 years now. “I did the summer training.”, a month each, for two summers starting at 10, “I wanted to see if she might be interested serving as well.”
“I just don’t want her getting in someone important’s way.”, mother continues.
“She’ll be fine. The shuttle flights in/out off-world will be the most exciting part. ‘Court’ is currently in session on Tau Ceti 9a, with the Emperor himself at one of the orbital Space Stations. He’s overseeing rescue, recovery, and restoration operations dealing with the aftermath of the two recent super-typhoons on the planet. We’ll mostly be delivering snacks & meals and hand delivering documents and supplies all day. Routine stuff.”
“I just don’t want her to do something to upset the Emperor.”, mother said.
I reply, “He’s trying to help people in distress mom. People left with next to nothing. He’s just a man.”
Mother shakes her head and mumbles, “I worry about that too.”
I snort, “He wouldn’t do anything to us and the Sezrakeen (the Imperial Guard) wouldn’t allow it anyway.”
I remember something they told us in training . . . “Even if you see the Emperor in a room, seemingly by himself, two of the Sezrakeen are always there. Though they can be invisible, and you may not see them. One to protect him from evil in the world and one to protect the world from any evil in him.” No one in the Imperial Court has treated me badly.
Mother finally relents, cleans up after breakfast, and sees us off. We catch the community transit to the city-center, then on to Lacross Spaceport. One shuttle to the regional military base, then a shuttle combining many groups to go to / from wherever Court is in session at the current time.
With 7,645 inhabited worlds in the known multiverse, “Imperial Court” moves around every few months trying to spread the attention around. Currently there are 74 regional centers large enough to house the staff of the traveling court. 17 of which could be classified as “Palaces”. (Including “The Winter Palace” the Emperor built by himself, by hand on Beatrice Nine. It’s beautiful and one of my favorites to visit and serve in, though knowing he was abandoned alone on the planet for almost 40,000 years, time enough to build the central structures by himself . . . sort of brings a melancholy air to the place.)
Caroline and I arrive at R44 (the closest Regional Center), and I take her to Security while we wait for the morning shuttle. I scan my left forearm under the ID scanner. You can wear a ring, bracelet, pendent, or carry a card or pen-sized wand for ID . . . But I opted for the radial (bone) implant. It’s much harder to forget and leave your left arm at home. And since it registers body heat and blood flow, it can’t practically be taken from you and used by someone else. (I did “neglect” to tell my parents I opted for the implant 18 months ago.)
Caroline gets her biometrics recorded. (Photographs, walking gait, finger-hand prints. Reads a sample text for voice capture and a pinprick for DNA.) She opts for a subtle ring ID and asks me, “Why does it look like I’m the only sister or brother here?”
I respond, “It’s only you today. I just wanted you to see what a day was like in the Imperial Court.”
“What do you mean ‘only you’? Is it really ‘Bring your sibling to work day?’”
“As far as I know there is no such thing. I just wanted you to come and see the Emperor and the Court.”
“You’re just bringing someone to see the Emperor of the Known Multiverse and the Imperial Court? Who approved it?”
“I did.”
“You can do that?”
“An Imperial Page can do what they need to.”, I say as we finish her setup. Most of the biographical info (date of birth, relatives, placed lived) I entered to her personnel record weeks ago. I scan my ID and vouch for her to match the biometrics to the central data personnel record.
“Let’s go, the Shuttle will be ready for boarding about the time we get there.”, I put my left arm around Caroline’s shoulders and nudge her in the right direction.
Feeling the tenseness in her shoulders I ask, “Are you worried?”
“A little bit.”, she says with a bit shaky voice.
“Don’t. Just keep your ears open. Follow me and help me whatever I’m doing. Unless someone there directly addresses you, try not to interfere. You’ll hear things meant to be kept private. Try and let it flow in one ear and out the other without thinking about it or remembering it. Normally its boring procedural matters running the Empire. But for the past few weeks at this odd location there has been a lot of ‘sad news’ from the deaths, injuries, from the storms. It’s been turning around a bit. Back to more rebuilding hospitals, schools, city halls, and some factories. You can whisper me questions but try not to bother the others there. You’ll do fine.”
The morning shuttle we are on (of 6 per day cycling in/out wherever court is) arrives and docks with the station. The contents depart and scan past security checkpoints. Caroline her ring and me my forearm. Which leaves Caroline with a perplexed look. (I didn’t explain yet that the implant was an option, and she sees no ring on my hand.)
I lead Caroline past stationed guards, secretaries and administrators, dignitaries, and court personnel to one of the inner facility rooms. One of the court cooks sees me, points to a cart loaded with coffee and tea Thermos’s, water pitchers, cups, and an assortment of donuts, sweets, ‘breakfast things’, and says “Conference L2 Room 6a.”
I begin pushing the cart to the Lift for Level 2, room 6a. Caroline stays almost glued to my left hip. She’s being inordinately quiet. But then I remember what it was like for myself, only a few years ago.
More guards at the conference room recognize me and one holds the door as I push the cart in. One points at Caroline. I simply say, “Sister.” The guard nods.
Caroline and I spend the next 10 minutes distributing drinks and retrieving used cups/plates, and occasionally pulling my sister gently along by her arm. With over 7,000 inhabited planets and an average population of 2 billion, a good 80% of the 14 trillion in the known multiverse have seen images/video of the Emperor. But it’s quite another thing to pass by him close enough to touch for the first time. Not to mention Admirals, Generals, and dignitaries of all sorts around the conference table and outer ring chairs many with a dizzying array of medals, epaulets, and such.
She hands me things as I place them on the table. (So, if she spills anything, it’ll only get me, not a General) and I place them on the table.
I half listen as Admiral Burns shows video on the large screen at the end of the room and describes the current situation on the planet below.
“. . . Rescue operations have officially completed everywhere. Recovery (of human/animal remains) and final demolition of dangerous structures continue in the Rangor and Balok districts.
Next, I’ll go over how we plan to deploy Military-Imperial construction teams to begin assisting with infrastructure repair and restoration . . .”, as the Admiral’s aide works on a laptop on the conference table to bring up the next presentation.
An imperial aide I recognized pops their head in the end door and says, “Sire, message on F23.” The emperor says, “One second Admiral.”, and taps some keys on a tablet at his right hand.
The presentation clears on the end video screen and a woman dressed in what I’ll say is a doctor's white cloak appears on screen. Momentarily fazed upon seeing the Emperor himself, she stutters, “I uhh,”
The Emperor said, “Its fine Doctor. How can we help you?”
The woman tries to continue, “I, uhh. I’m sorry, I . . .”, closing her eyes for a second and opening, “I’m Doctor Akins on Brandenburg 2, Jellico City Memorial Hospital. I have a patient, Angela Graham. I’m afraid she’s had a heart attack and at her age of 97, I fear she won’t last more than a day or two, despite our best efforts. Her son a . . .”, looking down at a tablet she was holding, “. . . Captain Angus Graham was listed as family-emergency contact with instructions to call the Regional Base and explain any issues. I vid-called and two people later and I’ve somehow ended up with you.”, she adds hesitantly, “Sire”, not quite sure the proper form of address for the Emperor.
The Emperor responded, “He’s on station here with his Star Carrier the Perecles so they bounced you through to us. I’ll find him and let him know to go home. Thank you, Doctor Akins.”
The Doctor nods and the screen returns to the aide’s presentation slide.
Caroline and I had been clearing coffee cups and snack dishes from afternoon tea away from the conference table and were pushing the tray to the door to leave when the Emperor held up a hand towards us.
The Emperor asked aloud “Donna? (The computers name) Locate Captain Angus Graham”.
Donna: “Captain Angus Graham has just entered the Officers Lounge on Deck 23, at Bulkhead 41.”
The Emperor hand wrote a note on a sheet of paper, folded it in half, looked my way and said “Paige”.
Paige was an inconvenient name to have in my position, I was never quite sure if he knew my name and was saying Paige or just Page.
“You heard the location?”, the Emperor asked
Paige, “Yes sire.”
“Directly to Gus.”, the Emperor said, handing me the folded note.
I nodded.
Pushing the tray on through the door, I saw another page standing nearby and said, “Please.”, pointing to the tray and nodding to the closest kitchen. Thomas nodded and began pushing the tray in that direction.
We, Caroline and I, headed for the nearest Lift. (The multi-axis elevators that span the height and breadth of the station.) And I spoke tilting my head up a bit, “Deck 23, closest Bulkhead 41.”
“Deck 23, Bulkhead 42.”, the Lift responded.
The station bulkheads are about 50ft apart, so not that far to walk.
I opened the folded note and read it silently.
Caroline, still at my side and mostly silent since a flurry of questions when we stopped to have lunch, finally spoke inside the Lift, “Can you read the note?”
I responded, “An Imperial Page can do what they need to.”
We reached the Lift destination. I spoke to a nearby common terminal and said “Officers Lounge Deck 23, Bulkhead 41.”.
The terminal responded back, “The Mango Room. Light Blue”, simultaneously a Light Blue courtesy light appeared on the wall-track and began moving at a walking pace to the right.
Caroline and I followed the dot as it matched pace to lead us.
We reached The Mango Room double doors.
I tried the door handle but while it turned, the door didn’t unlatch. I tapped the “knock” button on the rightmost door.
A few seconds later a man about 40, with slicked back black hair and a pencil thin mustache appeared on the screen above the knock button. Seeing me, he only said, “Beat it kid. This is the Officers Lounge.”, and the screen went blank again.
I pressed the button again.
This time when he appeared, I spoke before the man could, “I am an Imperial Page with a message to be hand delivered to Captain Graham. I believe him to be inside.”
“I don’t give a fuck who you are ‘Little Girl’. Children aren’t allowed in here to bother the patrons. Get lost.”, the man sneers and clicks off again.
I turn and retrace steps to the Lift, Caroline following.
I tell the Lift, “Armory”.
Scanning arm ID at the doorway, we enter and I approach the wire cage behind which stands a man I have never seen before. I fill out a “request form” on the tablet nearby, tap it to and scan my ID to the nearby sensor.
The man looks at the list popping up on the screen on his side of the cage, “A bit young, aren’t you? Why don’t you try back in a couple years.”, snickering and turning back to his desk behind him.
Back out the Armory door, to the Lift and back to the conference room with the Emperor.
I enter, holding one palm back, indicating for Caroline to stay in the doorway of the room.
Saying nothing to anyone, I walked around to the left of the Emperor and pulled the Imperial Signet off the little finger of the Emperor’s left hand and placing it onto my right index finger, while he continued to ask questions about Engineering Group deployments on the planet below.
Outside the conference room, I pointed my index/middle finger in the direction of two Imperial Marine Guards on the distant side of the room, in self-contained fully body armor then motioned with a cupping hand a ‘follow me’ hand signal.
Four of us in the Lift this time.
Back at the armory. I held my right hand up in a fist, index finger with signet facing the clerk, then swept the signet over the ID reader and entered the Emperor’s personal 18 character passcode.
The display lit up on the clerk’s side of the cage . . .
Things moved much faster this time.
The Armory attendants fitted us both with PDS’s (Personal Defense Shields), I pointed at Caroline and said “Openers”.
One Armory tech clipped two breaching charges on Caroline's belt, as I reached for the thermal viewers and mid-sized carbine the other tech held.
Facing the two Marines that had accompanied us, I waved my left hand in their direction and said, “Released.” They turned and left.
The tech previously holding the carbine asked, “You know . . .”
I turned the side of the weapon towards him and said, “Kill/Stun”, clicking that lever to Stun pointed at a 2nd switch “Rate of Fire, Single, 3 shot burst, Full Auto”, and pointing to the last, “Power Setting”.
I turned to leave with Caroline in perpetual tow.
Caroline asked, “A gun?”
I responded, “The Power settings for Stun go from level 1 to 5. One would sting. Two feels like a dozen angry bees stung you with the pain fading over the next hour. Three might knock out a child. Four would definitely knock out ANY ordinary man/woman, unconscious for an hour or so. Five would stop a charging elephant and bring it to the ground for three or four hours.”
I click the carbine settings to Level Two . . . Full Auto.
Back at “The Mango Room” doors, I swatted Caroline with the back of my hand to see our PDS fields light up and confirm it on like mine, flipped down the thermal viewer over my eyes and look to see if anyone is standing directly behind the doors.
“Take one of the breaching pucks off your belt.”, holding my hand up as if I was carrying one on my fingertips, “Set the dial on the side to 2.”
I look down the hallways to the left and right. No one on the left. I hold up one flat palm and stop a group to the right in their tracks about 20 yards away.
Speaking to Caroline again, mimicking the motion I say, “Fling it towards the center-line between the two doors.”
She flings the puck, it self-orients to flat-on face the two doors.
A half inch from the doors it discharges. The central 90% of the doors vaporize and blow back past Caroline and me in a plume of smoke and wood-metal shards. Harmlessly skittering off and around our PDS’s.
Mustache man steps out from beside the doors and seeing me begins to approach. I aim the carbine at him and hold the trigger down moving the impact point around his body.
They shoot you once during page training at settings two and three. A single shot at level two hurt worse than anything I’d felt to that point in my life for the next hour. A week later when they did Three . . . I was out for an hour.
I can’t imagine 2 seconds of Full Auto felt pleasant as mustache man crumpled to the floor.
Officers and Civilian Dignitaries around the room stood up from their tables upon seeing/hearing the door breach.
I took the opportunity to step up from one of their chairs to a nearby table, trying to dodge drink glasses.
Addressing the room with a firm voice, “I am an Imperial Page. With a message from the Emperor for Captain Angus Graham. Captain Graham present yourself.”
The crowd somewhat parted as a man in his late 60’s answered, “Here Miss.”
Stepping down from the table/chair, slinging the rifle, and approaching Captain Graham, I didn’t remove the note, but chose simply to speak directly to the Captain.
“Gus”, (the Captain understood it was the Emperor speaking), “Word just came through and it seemed better to deliver it in person. Your mother has suffered a heart attack and we fear her time is near. If your responsibilities allow it, take my shuttle and go home while you still can. Spend what time you need with her. I’m very sorry old friend.”
The Captain responded softly to me, “Thank you John.”
I stepped back and to the side, using my right hand to wave Caroline back out of the way.
Captain Graham passed through the crowd, presumably to gather personal items and head home.
I, with Caroline following, turned to follow Captain Graham out.
The “very angry” bouncer was just getting up on one hip, trying to push himself up on one hand and yelled through clenched teeth, “Why you little Bit. . . ”
He didn’t finish the sentence. I clicked the gun up to level 4, single shot, pushing him back 3 feet, and pinning him to the wall. Unconscious for at least a couple hours this time.
Caroline and I returned to the armory, dropping off the Carbine, Thermals, PDSs, and one un-expended breaching puck. Signing them back in. Logging one puck as “expended”, and 0.2% down on the carbine charge.
Back in the Lift to return to the conference room, I notice out the corner of my eye, a still silent Caroline, looks over and up at me with a thousand questions on her face.
I continued looking forward at the Lift doors and said, “An Imperial Page can do what they need to.”
I reentered the conference room, Caroline still in tow. Walked around the Emperor to his left, lifting his left hand and placing the signet back on his little finger and whispered, “Thank you John.”
As a video of reconstruction projections continued on the vid-screen at the end of the room, the Emperor nodded to me, understanding the message was from Gus and after I had crossed around behind him, looked to his right and said, “Thank you Paige.”, nodding to my sister, “Caroline.”
Caroline, her eyes as big as dinner plates, half bowed, half curtsied, and we left the conference room.
I looked over at Caroline, “It’s been a long day for you. We can just catch the next shuttle back to R44 and home if we leave now.”
Off the local transport, our parents were just stepping out of their personal car. Dad had two grocery bags in each hand, mother had two in one hand and was reaching for the last one in the open trunk-hatch.
“You survived!”, she said teasingly, looking our direction.
“Yes mother.”, I said.
“Did anything interesting happen?”, she asked.
“No mother. It was just another ordinary day. Passing out coffee, meals, and delivering notes.”, I replied
Caroline picked up the last of the grocery bags from the car while mother closed the hatch.
“How about you nibblet?”, Father asked, stopping to look at Caroline, “Were you bored to tears? Do you think you might like to be a Page in two more years when you’re old enough? You’d have to go through the training classes for the next two summers like your sister did.”
“Yes father. I think I’d like that.”, and lead the way into the house.
Caroline sets the grocery bag on the kitchen table and moves into the living room to sit down on the sofa. She faced the vid-screen and clicks it on. One of the weekly shows is on about one or another of the nation’s larger zoo’s. But she’s got that “glazed over” thousand yard stare . . . That I probably had after my first day after seeing the Imperial Court.
I wonder to myself if she’ll follow in my footsteps. Someone, from somewhere will need to replace me in about two years. In theory you can stay an entire career as a page. Some do.
But in two years I’ll be sixteen. And with four years’ experience as an Imperial Page, I can begin training for a range of other jobs in the Imperial administration.
“Combat Courier” sounds interesting.