So, I'm evaluating ChatGPT as a assistant for Godot game development. I am starting work on a subsystem that uses Godot's graph nodes to display and edit Mermaid markdown trees. This is a clearly defined goal (both Godot and Mermaid have online documentation and are open-sourced), and I would be able to complete the task on my own without the help of an AI. (though it would take a while) My main hope is that using GPT would help me speed up development time and reduce the amount of monotonous boilerplate tasks that I would otherwise need to do myself. I've played around with it a bit, but haven't gotten many satisfactory results. If anyone would be willing to offer advice, I'd greatly appreciate it:

1. How large of tasks can ChatGPT reliably handle? Is it better to ask GPT to create one large system, or do you usually ask for individual functions? Do you do a lot of back and forth in one conversation, or do you back up and just try a different prompt?
2. Is it better to ask general questions, or to provide pseudocode or empty functions for it to fill?
3. When conversing with GPT, at what point do you just finish debugging the output the traditional way? I tried shelving and diffing results using Git to see what changed from generation to generation instead of asking GPT to explain each line.
4. Is test-driven development more or less useful with GPT? I heard that it's pretty good at writing tests, but twice the code is twice the code, and I don't want to run into token limits.
5. Is it worth paying for GPT-4 for this task? I saw a lot of discourse about using Bing or Bard instead for certain tasks. I was using GPT 3.5 for a while, but Godot 4 came out early this year, so I had a lot of trouble trying to explain how to write code for an engine that isn't in the training data.

I'm sure a lot of this is basic, so feel free to point me to any tutorials or whatever if you'd rather not explain it. A lot of this is so new that it's a bit hard to find resources compared to C programming or whatever :)

Hey I am just passed 6 months sober. Christmas and new years was easy as I was still ‘newborn’ in my sobriety and felt so super fresh about it. I still kind of am, and find myself thinking: “wow!! I actually never HAVE TO drink again”. Before sobriety I would often be concerned about WHEN I could drink again so that’s a major change in attitude for me at least.
Now summer is coming up and I am worried that I’ll find myself on a hot summer day and being handed a cold beer, ice cold rose or something similar and not being able to tell myself ‘no’. Not being able to reason with myself. Telling myself “it wasn’t THAT bad”…. But it was. I was spiraling downwards and the path I was heading was NOT a healthy or bright one!
So, since I am not going to AA and getting ‘tokens’ I have started to reward myself with presents for milestones. One month sober, three months sober and six months sober I bought something nice to remember that milestone or created an experience on my bucket list (don’t want to be more explicit due to anonymity). So; how did you celebrate your one year mark. Please help me “keep my eyes on the prize” by creating a reward that I can focus on when someone hands me that beer.

Occasionally I've found myself wanting to display a menu from a command with more choices than will easily fit into a single minibuffer line, and none of the built-in features (at least that I've found so far) seem to fit what I want. In particular, I want to be able to select an item from the menu with a single keystroke, and the menu itself should display in a consistent, predictable place within the frame.
So far this is what I've come up with (WIP, so not the cleanest code I've ever written):

(defun read-char-prompt-window (full-prompt chars &optional short-prompt position) "Read and return one of CHARS, prompting with FULL-PROMPT in a window. FULL-PROMPT may be a string to display in the prompt window, or a function of zero arguments, in which case it will be called and its return value displayed instead. CHARS should be a list of characters; the function will ignore any input that is not one of CHARS. SHORT-PROMPT is displayed as a brief prompt in the minibuffer if non-nil. POSITION nil (or `bottom') displays a prompt window at the bottom of the current frame. POSITION `current' displays the prompt in the current window instead." (let ((position (or position 'bottom))) (save-window-excursion (when (equal position 'bottom) (select-window (split-window (frame-root-window) nil 'below))) (switch-to-buffer " *Choices*" :norecord) (setq cursor-type nil) (erase-buffer) (insert (if (functionp full-prompt) (funcall full-prompt) full-prompt)) (goto-char (point-min)) (if (equal position 'bottom) (fit-window-to-buffer) ;; expand the existing window if necessary, but don't shrink it (fit-window-to-buffer nil nil (window-height) nil (window-width) t)) (read-char-choice (or short-prompt "choice: ") chars)))) (defun choose-by-letter (choices &optional short-prompt position) "Prompt for a selection from a pre-defined set of choices. CHOICES should be a list with elements like (CHAR NAME VALUE). The prompt buffer will display CHAR and NAME for each option, and `choose-by-letter' will return the element corresponding to the entered CHAR. SHORT-PROMPT and POSITION are the same as for `read-char-prompt-window'." (let* ((choice-prompts (mapcar (lambda (e) (format "%s %s" (propertize (key-description (char-to-string (car e))) 'face 'minibuffer-prompt) (cadr e))) choices)) (prompt (mapconcat #'identity choice-prompts "\n")) (chars (mapcar #'car choices)) (entered-char (read-char-prompt-window prompt chars short-prompt position))) (assq entered-char choices))) 

An example of usage would be:

(defun insert-space-char () (interactive) (let* ((space-characters '((?b "U+00A0 no-break space" #x00A0) (?n "U+2002 en space" #x2002) (?m "U+2003 em space" #x2003) (?3 "U+2004 three-per-em space" #x2004) (?4 "U+2005 four-per-em space" #x2005) (?6 "U+2006 six-per-em space" #x2006) (?f "U+2007 figure space" #x2007) (?t "U+2009 thin space" #x2009) (?h "U+200A hair space" #x200A) (?z "U+200B zero width space" #x200B) (?J "U+200C zero width non-joiner" #x200C) (?j "U+200D zero width joiner" #x200D) (?B "U+202F narrow no-break space" #x202F) (?m "U+205F medium mathematical space" #x205F) (?w "U+2060 word joiner" #x2060) (?i "U+3000 ideographic space" #x3000))) (choice (choose-by-letter space-characters "Insert space character: ")) (code-point (nth 2 choice))) (insert (char-to-string code-point)))) 

So far this seems to be working well enough, but I'm wondering if there's a good package for this sort of thing that I can use instead.
Also, I was thinking of modifying choose-by-letter to allow nested sub-menus, so e.g. if a given choice is like (CHAR NAME VALUE SUB-MENU) where SUB-MENU is itself a list of choices, it will then display that menu in turn, and so on until reaching a leaf node. But am I just reinventing the concept of keymaps at this point?

Rough Outline
T.J Detweiler, Jose Caroilica, Panchito Pistoles, Vince LaSalle, Gretel Grant-Gomez, Molly McGee, Oliver "Ollie" Chen, Scratch, Andria Davenport and Libby Stine-Torrez are all same floor neighbors at the Boonchuy-Plantar Hotel's 25th floor, Andria’s parents handles the hotel’s finances of the Boonchuy-Plantar Hotel Libby’s mother reads poetry at the lobby while T.J’s mother is assistant curator of the natural history and Vince’s father handles reception while his mother is a bellhop the show would also follow Boonchuy-Plantar Hotel heiresses Anne, Sprig, Polly and Frobo, candy counter girl Willow Park and her assistant Candace Flynn, hotel manager Peter Prickly. Hotel assistant manager Major Francis Monogram, and the staff includes Murial Finster, Martin Chatterley, Dr. Jan, Dr. Frakes, Terri, Camellia Noceda, and Carl Karl the founders of the Boonchuy-Plantar Hotel Hop Pop, Mr. Boonchuy, and Mrs. Boonchuy. Mr. X and Agent Jenner would also be major shareholders in the Boonchuy-Plantar Hotel.
Main cast

1. T.J Detweiler
2. Jose Caroilica
3. Panchito Pistoles
4. Vince LaSalle
5. Gretel Grant-Gomez
6. Molly McGee
7. Oliver "Ollie" Chen
8. Scratch
9. Andria Davenport
10. Libby Stine-Torrez
11. Anne Boonchuy
12. Sprig Plantar
13. Polly Plantar
14. Frobo
15. Willow Park
16. Candace Flynn
17. Peter Prickly
18. Major Francis Monogram

Recurring cast

1. Martin Chatterley
2. Murial Finster
3. Dr. Jan
4. Dr. Frakes
5. Terri
6. Camellia Noceda
7. Carl Karl
8. Hop Pop
9. Mr. Boonchuy
10. Mrs. Boonchuy
11. Mr. X
12. Agent Jenner
13. Darius Deamonne
14. Raine Whispers
15. Terra Snapdragon
16. Adrian Graye Vernworth
17. Mason
18. Vitimir
19. Hettie Cutburn
20. Osran
21. Luz Noceda
22. Eda Clawthorne
23. King
24. Hooty
25. Edric Blight
26. Emira Blight
27. Boscha
28. Willow Park
29. Gus Porter
30. Amity Blight
31. Owlbert
32. Lilith Clawthorne
33. Hunter
34. Flapjack
35. Candle Fox
36. Kif Chatterley

Episode count
Episode 1 Hotel Friends: T.J and Vince struggles to find some friends at the Boonchuy-Plantar Hotel, however when they cross paths with the likes of Gretel Grant-Gomez Molly McGee, Andria Davenport and Libby Stine-Torrez the six realize they have more in common than they think and T.J shares some of his best moments at school including pulling practical jokes. Meanwhile Anne and Sprig introduce the Coven Heads at the hotel. Hearing the news, T.J and his pals devise a plan to pull a practical joke on them.
Episode 2 Secret’s Out: T.J Detweiler and his friends tries to keep the fact that he and his friends lives at the most luxurious hotel in Los Angeles a secret but that’s out the window when the school bus picks them up at the front of the hotel now that everyone knows where they live, T.J Detweiler is torn between wherever to invite fellow peers or not invite them at all.
Episode 3 Photo Perfect: When T.J Detweiler and Jose Caroilica read up on a news article about a famous gay couple (Gladstone Gander and Roy Fox) getting married at the hotel, the picture of the couple’s first kiss is estimated to be worth $600,000. With a 4K UHD camera T.J and his parrot pal Jose gets the winning picture shot with some assistance from Anne Boonchuy.
Episode 4 Sick on the 25th Floor: T.J Detweiler is stricken with a severe case of chickenpox and has to stay home for three weeks. With Darryel and Scratch of all people watching over his recovery. Meanwhile Anne and her friends partake in the girl’s soccer team and wins the national championship
Episode 5 Baseball Drop: Peter Prickly takes T.J, Jose, Wander and Sylvia to a Dodgers game and when Wander catches the baseball that wins the Dodges the game, Wander becomes the most beloved person in L.A. Meanwhile Candance Flynn and Anne Boonchuy are selected to co-host this year’s Oscars awards but Candance is nervous about this having stage fright so Anne assists Candance get over her stage fright.
Episode 6 Rumor Mill: When Anne starts a rumor about Candance and Jeremy getting back together and they go on break, in response, Candance spreads rumors that Anne and her parents support hardline Republicans who support machine gun legalization (repealing the NFA), enacting a federal 6-week abortion ban, hiring 870,000 ICE agents to deport entire families and massively expanding the fossil fuel industry. Then Anne spreads rumors that Candace and her parents support hardline progressive Democrats who want to make public utilities publicly owned and it’s employees government workers (making them eligible for union benefits), make the rich pay 94% in income taxes, a 65% wealth tax and make campaigning and elections publicly funded. Meanwhile T.J and Libby are selected to represent Third Street School at the Week in Washington program.
Episode 7 Heck’s Kitchen: When Fox News’ Greg Gutfield and Tyrus arrive for a stay at the Boonchuy Plantar Hotel, it’s all hands on deck, things take a turn for the worse when Emeril Lagasse (voiced by himself) is out sick. Vince LaSalle with his cooking and his parent's party affiliation impresses the host so much he offers guest spots to him and his family on his show. However this concerns Anne as Greg Gutfield and Tyrus are both Republicans and that Anne and her parents align themselves with Democrats.
Episode 8 Bowling Team: It’s revealed that Vice LaSalle possesses a gift for bowling and enrolls in the school's bowling team.
Episode 9 Detweler x Davenport: After T.J spends some time with Andra Davenport, he introduces some of his favorite hobbies and she introduces him to her hobbies.
Episode 10 Frightmares at Room 208: Lawson dares T.J to spend a week at Room 208 inhabited by Frghtmears and in order to make it through the week he convinces Ollie to join in.
Episode 11 Christmas at the Boonchuy-Plantar Hotel: When a major snowstorm snows in everyone at the Boonchuy-Plantar and with that comes delays in presents, T.J reminds everyone that Chrsistmas is about spending time with your loved ones and is the greatest Christmas gift of all.
Episode 12 Thanksgiving at the Boonchuy-Plantar Hotel: It's Thanksgiving and everyone is looking foward at the
Crossover with the following shows

1. Recess (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Recess)
2. Amphibia (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Amphibia)
3. The Owl House (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Owl_House)
4. Hamster and Gretel (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Hamster_%26_Gretel)
5. Phineas and Ferb (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb)
6. Milo Murphy’s Law (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Milo_Murphy%27s_Law)
7. The Ghost and Molly McGee (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ghost_and_Molly_McGee)
8. Kiff (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Kiff)
9. Star Vs The Forces of Evil (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Star_vs._the_Forces_of_Evil)
10. Big City Greens (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Big_City_Greens)
11. The 7D (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_7D)
12. Gravity Falls (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Gravity_Falls)
13. DuckTales (2017) (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/DuckTales_(2017_series)))
14. The 7D (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_7D)
15. Wander Over Yonder (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Wander_Over_Yonder)
16. Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Kick_Buttowski:_Suburban_Daredevil)

Quotes

[After T.J Detweiler had pranked Darius Deamonne with electromagnets Anne Boonchuy slams T.J Detweiler against the wall and pins him and several jelly bean jars are dropped to the floor Willow Park just watches from the counter]
Anne Boonchuy: Are you froging kidding me?! Pulling a prank like that in my lobby? On a Coven Head of all the guests you had to choose?!
T.J Detweiler: Come on Anne? It was a good prank.
Anne Boonchuy: Really especially when it makes me and my parents’ hotel look bad! Man if your parents heard about this they would be just as mad as I am.
Ellie Detweiler (walks in): Not by a long shot, all T.J was doing is being a boy, I mean, ever heard the phrase, “boys will be boys”.
Anne Boonchuy: Really what about “what’s good for businesses”.
Ellie Detweiler: Come on Anne, so T.J made a mistake, I mean a talking to would have suffice but going Tony Soprano on him is a little excessive. just let it slide.
T.J Detweiler: Please. I mean I just made some friends here.
Anne Boonchuy: Alright fine I’ll let it slide.
[T.J Detweiler eyes at the candy]
Anne Boonchuy: Forget the froging jelly beans, go!
[T.J Detweiler walks off and Anne Boonchuy picks up all the jelly bean jars that fell on the floor and hands WIllow Park a cash stack
Anne Boonchuy: Keep the change and you saw and heard nothing.
Willow Park: Lips are sealed.

Pros: Would evoke the nostalgia of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody fans
Cons: Everything in “The Suite Life of T.J.” would be non-canon for the following shows; Amphibia, The Owl House, Hamster and Gretel, Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy’s Law The Ghost and Molly McGee, The 7D, Wander Over Yonder, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Kiff, Star Vs The Forces of Evil, Big City Greens, The 7D, Gravity Falls, DuckTales (2017), The 7D, Wander Over Yonder and Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil pretty much like Chibiverse, also there would have to be one art style for all characters.

Android
I have upgraded my Android Studio to
Android Studio 3.2Build #AI-181.5540.7.32.5014246, built on September 17, 2018JRE: 1.8.0\_152-release-1136-b06 x86\_64JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.oMac OS X 10.11.6 I create a new Project using Empty Activity template
Sync GradleCleanBuildRun my application logcat shows this exception on startup
2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: Rejecting re-init on previously-failed class java.lang.Class: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroid/view/View$OnUnhandledKeyEventListener;2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat.setBackground(android.view.View, android.graphics.drawable.Drawable) (ViewCompat.java:2341)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.support.v7.widget.ActionBarContainer.(android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet) (ActionBarContainer.java:62)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(java.lang.Object[]) (Constructor.java:-2)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(java.lang.Object[]) (Constructor.java:334)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at android.view.View android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, android.util.AttributeSet) (LayoutInflater.java:647)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at android.view.View android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(android.view.View, java.lang.String, android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet, boolean) (LayoutInflater.java:790)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at android.view.View android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(android.view.View, java.lang.String, android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet) (LayoutInflater.java:730)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser, android.view.View, android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet, boolean) (LayoutInflater.java:863)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser, android.view.View, android.util.AttributeSet, boolean) (LayoutInflater.java:824)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at android.view.View android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser, android.view.ViewGroup, boolean) (LayoutInflater.java:515)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at android.view.View android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(int, android.view.ViewGroup, boolean) (LayoutInflater.java:423)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at android.view.View android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(int, android.view.ViewGroup) (LayoutInflater.java:374)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at android.view.ViewGroup android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.createSubDecor() (AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:607)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.ensureSubDecor() (AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:518)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(int) (AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:466)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(int) (AppCompatActivity.java:140)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void com.manacle.secondmanacle.MainActivity.onCreate(android.os.Bundle) (MainActivity.java:11)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.app.Activity.performCreate(android.os.Bundle, android.os.PersistableBundle) (Activity.java:7009)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.app.Activity.performCreate(android.os.Bundle) (Activity.java:7000)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(android.app.Activity, android.os.Bundle) (Instrumentation.java:1214)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at android.app.Activity android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(android.app.ActivityThread$ActivityClientRecord, android.content.Intent) (ActivityThread.java:2731)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(android.app.ActivityThread$ActivityClientRecord, android.content.Intent, java.lang.String) (ActivityThread.java:2856)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(android.app.ActivityThread, android.app.ActivityThread$ActivityClientRecord, android.content.Intent, java.lang.String) (ActivityThread.java:-1)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(android.os.Message) (ActivityThread.java:1589)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(android.os.Message) (Handler.java:106)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.os.Looper.loop() (Looper.java:164)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void android.app.ActivityThread.main(java.lang.String[]) (ActivityThread.java:6494)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) (Method.java:-2)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run() (RuntimeInit.java:438)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: at void com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(java.lang.String[]) (ZygoteInit.java:807)2018-09-27 13:51:41.116 22090-22090/? I/zygote64: Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "android.view.View$OnUnhandledKeyEventListener" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.manacle.secondmanacle-6Ra5peoMwc4HH30iTlEXCg==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.manacle.secondmanacle-6Ra5peoMwc4HH30iTlEXCg==/lib/arm64, /system/lib64, /vendolib64]] I have made no changes to the template app generated by Android Studio.
Why doesnt the generate template app start cleanly?
I tried migrating to androidX, however the issue remains exactly the same.
Why cant Android Studio generate a "clean" template application?
My gradle files resemble this:-
``` buildscript { repositories { google() jcenter() } dependencies { classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.0' // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong // in the individual module build.gradle files }}allprojects { repositories { google() jcenter() }}task clean(type: Delete) { delete rootProject.buildDir}

```

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'android { compileSdkVersion 28 defaultConfig { applicationId "com.manacle.secondmanacle" minSdkVersion 21 targetSdkVersion 28 versionCode 1 versionName "1.0" testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner" } buildTypes { release { minifyEnabled false proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro' } }}dependencies { implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar']) implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0' implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.0-alpha2' testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12' androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.1.0-alpha4' androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.0-alpha4'}
Answer link : https://codehunter.cc/a/android/how-to-resolve-noclassdeffounderror-failed-resolution-of-landroid-view-view-onunhandledkeyeventlistener

with a new upcomming sweden dlc i think sweden should have some historical CB and coring options. obviously norway should be annexed as they just got their freedom from sweden 20 years earlier same with finland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_III_Vasa Poland had a swedish king and a right to the throne there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_Russian_monarchs if u check the russian dynasty tree the original settlers were swedish vikings rurik was related to the great ragnar high king of sweden. https://www.vogue.com/article/the-crown-what-really-happened-between-the-british-royal-family-and-the-romanovs the romanovs and the british crown are related and the brittish crown is descendent from wilhelm 1 the conqueror who were the descendant of rollo of normandie who was kin to ragnar. so sweden should have a claim to both the imperial federation and all of soviet. going the monarch path. since wilhelm was french and bonaparte were french they should have a claim to france too.
the king gusaf adolf was married to sibylla who were german royals so sweden should have a claim to HRE of germany
via the kalmar union and a claim on denmark which have a claim on iceland which the norse explorer leif eriksson founded vinland so the nordic empire should be able to core all of america.

Residents of the village of Levye Solontsi on the left coast of the Dnieper occupied by Russia have not been evacuated from the flooded area for the fourth day after the breakthrough of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, volunteers and relatives of local residents told Layout.
“According to the information of volunteers and relatives, there are more than 100 people in the village of Levye Solontsy who are in a very distressed situation. People are escaping on rooftops, on a hillock, waiting for help,” volunteer Natalia told Layout.
According to her, information about this group of people was transmitted to the Ministry of Emergency Situations several times on June 8, but neither relatives nor volunteers received a positive response from the rescuers. The fact that rescuers do not take people out of the village was also confirmed by Valeria, who has two relatives in Levy Solonetsy.
Evacuation from the settlement is complicated by the fact that volunteers cannot get there due to strong currents, in addition, military operations are taking place in this territory. “Everything is terribly flooded there. It turns out to take out little and slowly: you have to walk on the water between the trees for two hours, ”said Yekaterina, a volunteer, to Layout.
On June 9, “a couple of groups” of volunteers nevertheless reached the Levy Solontsi, coordinator Yaroslav Vasiliev told “Layout”. They distributed food and took "a few people" out. However, he also did not hear about the fact that employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations visited there.
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I'm 19f and I moved to the US 9 years ago and started living with my dad and my step mom. My bio parents got divorced when I was 2 and I have no memory of them being together. Then my father left and came to US when I was probably 4 and I lived with my mom, aunt and grandparents.Me and my mother we were close but she usually was at work.Then when I was about 6 we moved to turkey and I lived there with her for 1 year. She wanted to become a citizen in turkey, and she had to turn Christian in order to become citizen and we were born Muslim.We went to church and all that. Anyway, It was december and it was Christmas night and we were hanging out at her lawyers house, her lawyer and his wife pressured her into trying some wine which she did, and I was a young child and I didn't care or try to be in anyone's business but I told her don't do it but she did it anyway. She was drunk all night. Nothing crazy she just flopped around. And looked like she was gonna fall asleep on the floor. Then the next night her friends (lawyer, wife and their son), came to our apartment. After a few hours I went to the kitchen and our kitchen was very small and had a door, I opened the door and I see a cigarette in her hand and the wifes hand and they are talking and laughing till they see me. I said "what are you doing?" She responded "oh nothing!!" "Are you smoking?!" " no no! I just um...turning on the stove!" "I'm not dumb!!!" While tears start to cover my eyes I ran to my room and slammed the door. After about an hour she came and apologized. Anyway few years later, I came to US and the last time she saw me I was I think 8. We talked on the phone a few times a week. My last call was in 2016, which I then decided to not talk to her again. Basically she wanted me to go to Disneyland with her and my parents had a plan to go on a cruise so they were pretty happy I could go to Disneyland. My mother said that she won't pay for my flight ticket plus anything else for the trip. Then she said she's bringing her friends as well, like you haven't seen your daughter for like 5 years and instead of hanging out with her your bringing your friends???. Anyway, then the first things she asked was my weight (which was very bad apparently) and my height. She said: " you need to lose weight. I don't want my friends to see you like that." Then I told her I want to gain some muscle and look fit. She said woman need to be petite and no im not allowed to get any muscle and i need to lose weight. And after my father found out about the things she said he told her that I'm not going. I haven't talked to her since and she hasn't tried to reach out or message me or call me. The only thing she did was send me a heart emoji on my 18th birthday. My mom's family tell me she loves me and I shouldn't ignore her and IM doing something wrong. I haven't cared about her for 9 years now, just like her. So I don't see any reasoning into talking to her or calling her. So yeah sorry it was a long one.

In a few years from now I will graduate college and work. I am wondering about where I should live or what place is right for me. Right now I live in a small town in Indiana. I was thinking about moving to a somewhat bigger city in Indiana, but now I’m not to sure if I want to stay here or not. One of my friends thinks I would like it in Japan and another thinks I would like it in California. So I’m going to list my preferences for what kind of area I would want to live in or just random information that might make a difference.
-I prefer to live in a suburban type area. (Somewhere that isn’t a huge city but not a small town either.)
-I want to live in a house. I would hate living in an apartment building forever.
-I would want to have my own car and drive it around. I don’t think I would like being in a subway all the time.
-I don’t want to live somewhere that has a high crime rate. I want there to be little crime.
-I want to live in a safe place. I don’t want to deal with dangerous places weather that be people or issues with nature.
-I think it would be cool to live in a beachy area but I also don’t want to deal with hurricanes.
-I think it would be cool to live in California but they have a lot of wildfires and things are expensive there. But maybe it wouldn’t matter if I made a lot of money.
-I want a decent sized backyard. I want to own a trampoline.
-I don’t plan on having kids and I probably won’t get married either.
-I want to be able to walk around and get exercise.
-I would want there to be nice places to shop.
-I don’t want to live in a boring place with nothing to do.
-I would love to explore my city and go to new places in it and walk around a lot.
-I would prefer to be in a liberal area. I would want to be around people that are pro lgbt.
-If I ever got raped and got pregnant I would want to get an abortion.
-I want to live around kind and chill people.
-I want it to be quite around my house, or at least pretty quite. As for in town I don’t care as much.
-I can’t handle supper hot environments. I have been to Florida and it’s too hot for me. I wouldn’t prefer to live in a super cold environment either but if I had to choose I would prefer a cold environment over a hot one. But a place with like a 60 degree Fahrenheit temperature would be nice.
-I don’t want to live in a poor area. I want to live in a place that I would make a lot of money from or at least a decent amount. (I plan on becoming an interior designer.)
-I would probably need to live in a somewhat busy city for my job. There aren’t many interior design jobs in small towns.
-I would probably prefer to live in the U.S. If I did move to a different country I would probably go to Canada.
-I hate super busy traffic.
-I get lost easily and I need to use a GPS a lot.
-I don’t know if I really care about being around relatives. A lot of my friends and family live out of state and my parents and grandparents and a couple of other relatives live in Indiana. I wouldn’t mind not seeing them all the time.
-I would want to live in a house that’s modern, minimalistic, and an average size.
-I would prefer to live at least somewhat close to work.
-I don’t want to work more than 40 hours a week. A couple of hours less would be cool. I would want a lot of vacation breaks. I would not want to work on the weekends. I would probably like a normal Monday through Friday 9-5 job.
-I would prefer to stay in one area and not move around all the time.
-I have a tree but allergy so even if I did move to a random country I would have to be careful about the food. I also hate seafood.
-I want to do my own laundry at my house.
-I like cloudy weather the best.
-I hate snow and ice and I get super anxious when driving in the winter.
-I don’t like wind and I don’t care for super sunny weather.
-I don’t mind rain that much.
-I don’t want to be in a super foggy place.
-I want to be able to hang out with friends on the weekends.
So based on this information, what place do you think would fit best for me? Thanks!

Saw this build and decided to recreate and share it along with thoughts and recamondations
Lusat's glintstone staff from a boss in the town of magic in cailid use a sumon if you want there are two enemies
Comet azur from lusat himself in mt gilmure
Tera magica spell from school of magic have to go through a cave/boss fight highly recommend a sumon to help as there are two enemies for the boss and are a bit more difficult than the last ones
Graven school tailsman which will boost your magic damage even more don't need to really fight a boss to get it but it's before the red wolf fight false bookshelf to left if your coming up the stairs to the fight or to your right if you exit the boss arena twords the stairs you came from the bookshelf will be to your right
and last you'll need two tears for your physic flask one will boost magic more and one will give you 10 seconds of free unlimited FP the extra boost comes from a tree avatar in lyunia of lakes the minor erdtree kinda close to the grand lift grace the 10 seconds of free FP is in mt gilmure not really sure on the location
Stats required to do this: at least 63 intelligence to do this
Recommend:70 intelligence along with 63 mind because if you want to use it before you get the 10 seconds of free FP it's gonna take a lot to use it even for a bit
This build will one shot most slow bosses and bosses that'll be distracted by summons like radahn u could try it on melania but good luck if the boss is fast and quick to doge it most likely will be ineffective make sure your abit away from the boss so you can build up to use this power because it does take a minute to set up this one shot so be mindful good luck tarnished also feel free to share thoughts and opinions about the build

So I was talking to my friend last night about our narc dads and how different they were but a crucial difference that stood out to me is that my dad is an isolated narc, and her dad is a social narc. She knows that even with her dad out of her life, he’s got his many girlfriends and social events to distract him and she’s found comfort in the fact that he’s “happy” living his life in his own way. However, my narc dad is a loner, he’s pushed everyone away, falls into deep depression, he spent Christmas alone which honestly breaks my heart. I’m trying to stay NC (9 months today), but all I can see is this sad old lonely man getting older despite all the horrific things he’s done. Based on what I’ve heard as well, he’s just getting worse with age, more paranoid, clingy, controlling which I definitely want to stay away from, but at the same time I can’t help but think he’s this way because of his own childhood traumas.
To those who have a similar experience, how do you navigate these extremely complex feelings?

Throwaway account. All names are changed for privacy reasons.
During the first week of December, two friends that live together needed jobs. We'll call them John (31M) and Sam (21M). John had been job hopping every few weeks for the past several months, and Sam followed him since he had no vehicle to reliably travel on his own.
I (22F) offered to get them jobs where I worked. They accepted, and started work the following Thursday. We worked the rest of that week, but come Monday, they called off.
When I texted John after work, he claimed that they were too sore after working Thursday and Friday to come in. The next day, they showed up, but John left without Sam within the first couple of hours in.
I convinced Sam to stay over at my place for the week so I could make sure he got a reliable ride to work. When we got to my apartment, my partner, Sam, and I had a come to Jesus talk about his living and job hopping situation.
This conversation revealed that John had been lying over small things to everyone close to him, making excuses for quitting jobs he didn't care about, making Sam his gopher, making Sam clean up after him, yelling at Sam for expressing any concerns he had, and borderline stalking his ex that recently broke up with him.
Over the course of the week, Sam and I talked a lot more on how we would handle the situation. My partner and I agreed to let Sam move in with us until he got on his feet, and Sam and I were preparing to talk to John.
We didn't want to just cut John out of our lives. He had helped us both through a lot of hard times, but change was necessary. We were also both uncomfortable with talking in person on such a topic, as I don't handle yelling well, and John is a generally temperamental person and quick to steer the conversation how he wants it to go.
We settled on each of us sending our own texts that addressed our own personal concerns involving John. We did, however, decide to wait until after the Christmas party I was hosting at the end of the week.
The day after the party, we each sent our messages.
My message was very long, but the gist of it was addressing the lies, inability to hold down a job, then offering my support and encouraging him to do some soul searching to figure out what he wants in life.
He immediately began to explain away his lies instead of owning up to them. However, when Sam sent his message, he flew into a hailstorm of insults and accusations. Hearing how he responded to Sam, I just took a break from texting for a bit.
The next day, I found out that John had removed Sam and me from FB.
At first I felt I had handled the situation as best as I could, but now I feel like I could've handled things a lot better. I might have been an asshole by waiting until after a Christmas party just to avoid tensions, and I feel Sam and I kind of ganged up on him by sending out confronting messages on the same day.

I’ve read a lot of things on this sub and would just like to give my two cents at this point.
I do not claim anyone’s experience, especially with psychedelics. But I believe very strongly in this medicine and know what it has done for me and others. And I just want to encourage people to respect them and understand them.
First and foremost, I am not a medical doctor, certified therapist, or trained practitioner. I claim no knowledge outside of my own.
I hope to one day use this complex, difficult, and wonderful organism to help others. In whatever way that should manifest.
I believe that we are all inherently struggling to find that truth, or purpose, or understanding, or reason, or joy, or whatever that draws our searching minds to question.
Mushrooms are not an answer.
They illuminate and guide you down a new path of understanding, reflection, and love.
Or not. No two people will ever see the light the same way.
We will all dance to the same melody, but feel the words on our own.
At the end of the day, no one thing can, or should alleviate your pain. That would render your scars insignificant.
Forever, imbibe, take the plunge, strap in, ride the wave. It’s way scarier on the ground than in the air, and even then, it’s not scary at all.
But always, find the right time, place, people, and most importantly, you.
Respect the medicine, let go, and have fun.
Maybe you learn something.
Maybe you laugh at trees with your friends.
Fucking have fun.

I 22F and my boyfriend 30M need help. I can’t seem to wrap my head around his family and his 6F daughter
I (22 f) need help adjusting. Also I would like to add that I am going to be 23 very soon and our age difference would make more sense if I gave more information on how we met but I will not.
I need helping adjusting, or just a person whose gone through something similar to tell me what to do. I have been with my boyfriend for almost four years now, we met in a very unconventional way, that I don’t feel like sharing with the internet. But for some background on us that I am will to share: When we met, we were friends and the plan was that we’d only be friends due to his age which he’s slightly older than me but due to how we met and us not really aiming for a relationship it didn’t matter. I also didn’t want to be in a relationship with anyone as my last relationship was a complete mess and I almost lost my life. After 8 months of us being attached at the hip we ended up dating. When things are good between us they’re really great, however my fear has always been that my vision might be clouded because my two serious relationships before him (as serious as they can be for my age) have damaged my perception tremendously and yes I am in the process of getting a therapist and yes I am medicated to make myself easier to deal with. But overall he’s been there, as I have for him. That’s what I find so amazing about us is that genuinely were there. It doesn’t matter how mad we are at each other we’re the first person to show up for each other and we do what we need to do for the other. I’m not sure if that really makes sense and I do apologize it’s late and I’m very tired but also I can’t sleep until I feel like I get this off my chest at the very least. Anyways the problem is a year into being together, our dynamic changed. I want to stress this however. I am very happy for him though it brings me a lot of doubt. A year into the relationship he got in contact with his daughter and I was happy for him completely he worked very hard to get that. And again for some background the reason he didn’t have contact with her originally was due to her mother placing her up for adoption and then telling my boyfriend about it a year after she was born. So we’re one year into our relationship and his daughter is two at this point. He was always very honest with me about having a child and the relationship he had with her mother was not great at all. Before she got him into contact with the adoptive mother he hated her and had to block her because she would call him nonstop throughout the day, when we were still just friends I remember thinking that it was odd she just wanted to call and yell at him but we were just friends so I didn’t think anything of it. He would take me to his friends houses and they would say how obsessive she was over him and that she still wants him very badly even though they only dated for three months almost 10 years ago now but they would occasionally hook up and that’s how they had a child together but after she got pregnant she disappeared for the 9 months and didn’t try contacting him once which I also found weird but again we were just friends so I ignored it again. Sorry I got off track but anyways, the problem was and is after he got into contact with his child and obviously her biological mother his friends words stuck with me, and I began to get upset because this is something I’ll never be able to share with him and even if I could have children he wouldn’t want any as he never really wanted one in the first place. I kept quiet and stayed supportive of him, I pretended to be happy for him and hear about his visits and look at the pictures he’d send me. But then august 15th of 2021 came and he wanted me to meet her. I broke. I got defensive and completely blew up I told him I didn’t want anything to do with that part of his life and he should be more considerate and not talk about her in front of me. It clearly hurt his feelings and after the dust had settled and I realized what I had said I got in my car and for the first time in almost two years I went home to my moms house and didn’t speak to him for a week. Not because I was mad but I was more ashamed that I had acted that way. I still regret it to this day but we’ve moved past it but since that day he hasn’t talk about her again, not around me. Which I feel guilty that it makes me feel better. I’m still happy for him but at the same time I never would have dated someone with kids because it has always hurt knowing I could never have children of my own, I do love being around kids but seeing someone I love get to live that with someone else when I can never have that for myself hurts. It hurts even more knowing even if I could he’d never want that. My question is, how do I get over this so he doesn’t feel like he has to walk around on eggshells or avoid talking about his child? He has respected my wishes on not wanting to know anything about her or even hear about visits but I don’t feel like that’s fair. I have wanted to break up with him over this before because it just doesn’t seem fair. But it also doesn’t feel right to be the one breaking up with him because he has said he doesn’t mind keeping the two lives separated but that’s recently gotten difficult because his birthday is very close to Father’s Day which he is invited to go camping with the adoptive parents on his birthday when we already had plans. I told him it was fine and I could just go into work that day but he doesn’t want me to do that because I already had to miss out on Christmas with him for the same reason and he wants to be more included in his daughters life without losing me at the same time. I feel if I can’t get over this then we can’t be together anymore because it’s not fair to him. I also would like to add his friends still openly explain how the child’s mother is still obsessed with him and she does call alll the time and I wouldn’t care if my own friends haven’t expressed that they always cheat with the mother of their children because they will always love them. I have a lot of issues due to my past and I don’t know how to heal enough to be better for him. He deserves better and I want to be better.

I'm trying to find all the warding spots and I was thinking of writing some python code that can calculate the vision given by a ward at every co-ordinate.
I'd need the co-ordinates of every tree and also the elevation of every point on the map, which I'm sure might already be coded in the game somewhere.
Is there a way to find it out? Access it?
Thank you for any and all the help.

Background: i live in a newly built house I'm a grown man 6'2 (230 lbs) I have three dogs, an older Yorkie , a middle aged Chihuahua and a very territorial Maltipoo (all lap dogs small)
My uncle passed away about two weeks ago from what we believe is a heart attack that triggered him to fall and smack his head. Anyway, my mom found him dead sprawled out on the living room floor. His wishes were to be cremated so all of the family was called to say our goodbyes.
When we found him, we was already dead for perhaps an entire day, cold and lifeless and bleeding from his nose. (Prior to this, i didn't know a body could bleed) After the police cleared the scene we all proceeded inside to cry, mourn and say our goodbyes. Being inquisitive by nature, i took it upon myself to use my phone to shine a flashlight on his wound. When I did that for the briefest moment, i feel like i messed up spiritually even though I was physically fine and continued to look.
What's weird is that since then, I've had really crappy experiences. From having my vehicle hit three times in parking lots, to almost getting into a head on collision to nearly being electrocuted on a construction site to nearly being crushed by tree. Over and over for the last couple weeks, I feel like death has tried to get me
tonight my mother brought me some personal effects of my uncle and i accepted despite telling her i wanted nothing from the estate. Tonight i also slept next to my fiancé as usual and had the bedroom door open for the dogs could come and go. Sure enough, 2:45 a.m, while I'm doing work on my laptop, t.v. off, no noise in the house with just the nightstand light on, I see a flash or shadow out of the corner of my eye above my screen (my bed faces the door and my laptop was at eye level) and the bedroom door moved ever so slightly making a faint noise. Suddenly, all three of my dogs (Chihuahua in the towel closet on top of laundry 10 feet from my door Yorkie at the end of the hallway and one in bed) go absolutely fcking nuts. My Maltipoo, next to me, foaming at the mouth growing and barking very angry sounds and the other two dogs that i can't see, i imagine are doing the same.
My first instinct was that someone was inside of my house and somehow the dogs let him make it all the way upstairs and didn't alert me until they were at my bedroom door. This being my thought, i slam my laptop down and grab my gun and rush to the door. Pass the threshold, tap off my safety and search. Nothing. I check my laundry room, bathroom nothing....
I go downstairs and turn the lights on. Immediately i see my reflection in the sliding glass door in the dining room and someone standing directly behind me. I turn ready to kill them dead, and there's nothing. I turn on all of the lights on the main floor and keep ready and there's no one in my house. With the adrenaline wearing off, i turn the lights off and go back to the staircase. I look back at the sliding door and decide to check the deck.
I'm a big guy that's armed, noone was outside... Tell me why, when I close the sliding glass door, I see someone run up the staircase in the reflection and it numbs my entire body. Fear like I've never felt in a long time with my entire body feeling cold washes over me and the dogs that stopped barking begin again.
Of course I run up the staircase and there's no one there and of course the dogs calm down immediately. All three dogs, staring off into space all expressing the same thing as myself. "What the fuck"....
Now it's 4 a.m, the dogs are asleep, and everything is quiet. The only things different is that the door is now closed and all the dogs are nearby.

『Forever your #1 Fan』
「#slice of life #romance #rivals to lovers #heartbreak #drama 」
For Natsumi, it was but a faraway memory of when the world had seemed limitless and she had so much more courage than she could imagine now. Thinking back, the smile on her face was always accompanied by tears flooding her eyes but she had never regretted it.
They had met at that academy for the gifted. Even though they were in different faculties, having met up in the same corners of the library to enjoy their peace and quiet, they had ended up spending a lot of time together. In other people's eyes, none of that might have been special but Natsumi kept every single conversation close to her heart. Perhaps, it helped that she had kept the ginkgo leaves dropping onto the pages of the books they had pretended to read.
She remembered that she only had found out about his talent when they had begun walking home together. Despite the trees rustling in the background, the whole world was drowned out by his voice; crystal clear and soft like water and the way his eyes looked sometimes when he was looking at the sky.
He had become her greatest muse because she wanted to capture his colours with all her might; put the fleeting beauty of his life to paper as she watched him. With his songs and the joy he radiated at even minor gestures like a shared bento, he had brought colour back to her previously monochrome world, her black and white art had touched the rainbow.
Natsumi held onto that memory, clinging to it because it was so ephemeral - he had been so mysterious all the time, and there was barely anything solid about him to remember, but she remembered his thoughts, at least. His perspective.
And the way he looked at her because, for a brief time, they had been in love. She had attended his concerts so many times in that short timeframe. It was a wonderful time to be together - he was just breaking through, after all.
But then, his voice cut out. That was when the memory of someone creeped up whom she would rather forget.
Natsumi never knew about the details. She only knew that Mitani Yukiko was powerful; that she was promised to him somehow, even though he had even run from home to evade those familial shackles. But above all that, Mitani had the financial backing to do what Natsumi could not.
He needed a surgery on his vocal cords.
So Natsumi sacrificed her dream. Yukiko was not cruel enough to force him to love her but she was cruel enough to demand Natsumi to leave his life, so she would pay for the surgery.
It was a no-brainer for Natsumi who had never seen him in person since then. She had dropped out of that school, chosen to live a normal life, far away from that glamorous world where she might meet him again, and watched his career on the internet or on TV every now and then.
It had been five years now since she had made that pact. But Natsumi figured that he would have forgotten her now, so she decided to purchase a ticket for a live show, just so she could cheer him on in person for a change.
And because it was her birthday, it was a special treat.
Maybe it was fate.
Maybe it was to be.
Because as soon as the show was over, their eyes met for a brief moment like an omen for what was to come.
Life was not a movie, so nothing happened that day, but only a few days later, at night, just outside of a konbini where she had been heading towards, too, a figure seemed to be waiting for the rain to pass. When she offered him her spare umbrella, the voice responding to her was oh so familiar. "Natsumi?"
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Hi, as you can see, I'm obviously trying to pull on your heartstrings with this plot.
Just for the vibes and the underground music scene I'd like to involve currently, I would like to set this in Japan. To make this somewhat authentic, I'd like t play with someone at least semi-familiar with life in Japan/East-Asia, preferably into music, and willed to play a male.
In return, I offer my 10 years of experience RPing , usually mirrored post length and active ooc as well, if you want to talk. I have finished years-long RPs in the past and would love to repeat the same with you.
My DMs are open and if you'd like to impress me and you've read until here, tell me your favourite word in the subject for your DM.

『Forever your #1 Fan』
「#slice of life #romance #rivals to lovers #heartbreak #drama 」
For Natsumi, it was but a faraway memory of when the world had seemed limitless and she had so much more courage than she could imagine now. Thinking back, the smile on her face was always accompanied by tears flooding her eyes but she had never regretted it.
They had met at that academy for the gifted. Even though they were in different faculties, having met up in the same corners of the library to enjoy their peace and quiet, they had ended up spending a lot of time together. In other people's eyes, none of that might have been special but Natsumi kept every single conversation close to her heart. Perhaps, it helped that she had kept the ginkgo leaves dropping onto the pages of the books they had pretended to read.
She remembered that she only had found out about his talent when they had begun walking home together. Despite the trees rustling in the background, the whole world was drowned out by his voice; crystal clear and soft like water and the way his eyes looked sometimes when he was looking at the sky.
He had become her greatest muse because she wanted to capture his colours with all her might; put the fleeting beauty of his life to paper as she watched him. With his songs and the joy he radiated at even minor gestures like a shared bento, he had brought colour back to her previously monochrome world, her black and white art had touched the rainbow.
Natsumi held onto that memory, clinging to it because it was so ephemeral - he had been so mysterious all the time, and there was barely anything solid about him to remember, but she remembered his thoughts, at least. His perspective.
And the way he looked at her because, for a brief time, they had been in love. She had attended his concerts so many times in that short timeframe. It was a wonderful time to be together - he was just breaking through, after all.
But then, his voice cut out. That was when the memory of someone creeped up whom she would rather forget.
Natsumi never knew about the details. She only knew that Mitani Yukiko was powerful; that she was promised to him somehow, even though he had even run from home to evade those familial shackles. But above all that, Mitani had the financial backing to do what Natsumi could not.
He needed a surgery on his vocal cords.
So Natsumi sacrificed her dream. Yukiko was not cruel enough to force him to love her but she was cruel enough to demand Natsumi to leave his life, so she would pay for the surgery.
It was a no-brainer for Natsumi who had never seen him in person since then. She had dropped out of that school, chosen to live a normal life, far away from that glamorous world where she might meet him again, and watched his career on the internet or on TV every now and then.
It had been five years now since she had made that pact. But Natsumi figured that he would have forgotten her now, so she decided to purchase a ticket for a live show, just so she could cheer him on in person for a change.
And because it was her birthday, it was a special treat.
Maybe it was fate.
Maybe it was to be.
Because as soon as the show was over, their eyes met for a brief moment like an omen for what was to come.
Life was not a movie, so nothing happened that day, but only a few days later, at night, just outside of a konbini where she had been heading towards, too, a figure seemed to be waiting for the rain to pass. When she offered him her spare umbrella, the voice responding to her was oh so familiar. "Natsumi?"
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Hi, as you can see, I'm obviously trying to pull on your heartstrings with this plot.
Just for the vibes and the underground music scene I'd like to involve currently, I would like to set this in Japan. To make this somewhat authentic, I'd like t play with someone at least semi-familiar with life in Japan/East-Asia, preferably into music, and willed to play a male.
In return, I offer my 10 years of experience RPing , usually mirrored post length and active ooc as well, if you want to talk. I have finished years-long RPs in the past and would love to repeat the same with you.
My DMs are open and if you'd like to impress me and you've read until here, tell me your favourite word in the subject for your DM.

Hi! I just adopted the sweetest little orange kitten girl two days ago and I have never had a cat before so I'm a bit new to this all! I have dogs who used to try and eat bedding and hay from my guinea pig's cage (ew!) so I know they will probably try to get into my kitten's litter box once it is accessible to them.
So, through my research I have decided on pine pellet litter in an enclosed litter box with some kind of sifting mechanism to keep smell down and also to make clean up easier. I know she will use the pellets because right now she has a cheap dollar tree litter box with pine pellets and is using them just fine, thankfully!
My dilemma though is that I can't seem to find anything that actually works online! Is my best option to DIY? I have seen the tidy cats breeze but people are saying the sifting tray is too low to work well/ the plastic is very soft. The arm and hammer tray looks good but it's not hooded!
Is there anything that has worked for you guys? Should I just cut a hole in the side of a plastic bin and cut up some chicken wire for a sift? Wouldn't that leave a lot of sharp edges?
Thank you for the help! Any ideas or brainstorming is ofc welcome too! I don't want to smell like cat litter and I don't want my dogs eating it, but that seems like an impossible task right now haha.

『Forever your #1 Fan』
「#slice of life #romance #rivals to lovers #heartbreak #drama 」
For Natsumi, it was but a faraway memory of when the world had seemed limitless and she had so much more courage than she could imagine now. Thinking back, the smile on her face was always accompanied by tears flooding her eyes but she had never regretted it.
They had met at that academy for the gifted. Even though they were in different faculties, having met up in the same corners of the library to enjoy their peace and quiet, they had ended up spending a lot of time together. In other people's eyes, none of that might have been special but Natsumi kept every single conversation close to her heart. Perhaps, it helped that she had kept the ginkgo leaves dropping onto the pages of the books they had pretended to read.
She remembered that she only had found out about his talent when they had begun walking home together. Despite the trees rustling in the background, the whole world was drowned out by his voice; crystal clear and soft like water and the way his eyes looked sometimes when he was looking at the sky.
He had become her greatest muse because she wanted to capture his colours with all her might; put the fleeting beauty of his life to paper as she watched him. With his songs and the joy he radiated at even minor gestures like a shared bento, he had brought colour back to her previously monochrome world, her black and white art had touched the rainbow.
Natsumi held onto that memory, clinging to it because it was so ephemeral - he had been so mysterious all the time, and there was barely anything solid about him to remember, but she remembered his thoughts, at least. His perspective.
And the way he looked at her because, for a brief time, they had been in love. She had attended his concerts so many times in that short timeframe. It was a wonderful time to be together - he was just breaking through, after all.
But then, his voice cut out. That was when the memory of someone creeped up whom she would rather forget.
Natsumi never knew about the details. She only knew that Mitani Yukiko was powerful; that she was promised to him somehow, even though he had even run from home to evade those familial shackles. But above all that, Mitani had the financial backing to do what Natsumi could not.
He needed a surgery on his vocal cords.
So Natsumi sacrificed her dream. Yukiko was not cruel enough to force him to love her but she was cruel enough to demand Natsumi to leave his life, so she would pay for the surgery.
It was a no-brainer for Natsumi who had never seen him in person since then. She had dropped out of that school, chosen to live a normal life, far away from that glamorous world where she might meet him again, and watched his career on the internet or on TV every now and then.
It had been five years now since she had made that pact. But Natsumi figured that he would have forgotten her now, so she decided to purchase a ticket for a live show, just so she could cheer him on in person for a change.
And because it was her birthday, it was a special treat.
Maybe it was fate.
Maybe it was to be.
Because as soon as the show was over, their eyes met for a brief moment like an omen for what was to come.
Life was not a movie, so nothing happened that day, but only a few days later, at night, just outside of a konbini where she had been heading towards, too, a figure seemed to be waiting for the rain to pass. When she offered him her spare umbrella, the voice responding to her was oh so familiar. "Natsumi?"
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Hi, as you can see, I'm obviously trying to pull on your heartstrings with this plot.
Just for the vibes and the underground music scene I'd like to involve currently, I would like to set this in Japan. To make this somewhat authentic, I'd like t play with someone at least semi-familiar with life in Japan/East-Asia, preferably into music, and willed to play a male.
In return, I offer my 10 years of experience RPing , usually mirrored post length and active ooc as well, if you want to talk. I have finished years-long RPs in the past and would love to repeat the same with you.
My DMs are open and if you'd like to impress me and you've read until here, tell me your favourite word in the subject for your DM.