Post originally from user JTT on RWI. Very good summary on why users why many of us choose to buy Gens or Reps (quite often discussed here):

"What reps do not offer:

1. High end, high complication watches / independents: You can't yet get (unless there is a whole segment I don't know about) high end complications and independents. If you want a Moser Perpetual Calendar, a Lange Triple split or Zeitwerk, FPJ resonance, a PP double split or minute repeater, MB&F double chrono or Perpetual Evo, Rollie Annual calendar... you just aren't getting them in the rep world. This is not something many are concerned about admittedly, but it is still a gap which won't be closed.
2. Sufficient Design variety: There isn't the range available to a purchaser in the rep world across price points. From low to medium to high end, mens, women's and children's watches. In the gen world there is just far more variety which fits all tastes, size and price-points. This is not the case in the rep world - majority (not all, of course) is Rolex, PP, AP. Which is fine, that satisfies most tastes I think but maybe not for a collector over the long term.
3. Material variety: Money no object you could wear a carbon-fibre 70g Hublot on the wrist one day (please don't - save yourself), followed by a platinum Daytona or white gold FPJ the next. You could wander around London, or NYC and Singapore on a weekend and have solid gold, silver, titanium, carbon, tantalum etc. on the wrist to enjoy. At high and low budgets you can have an enviable range of materials on your wrist.
4. Quality: Ish - if it is a mass produced Rolex etc. frankly a good stainless steel copy of a 116500, 124060, 126610LN etc. will get you 85-90% of the gen quality but that is for a few models and even with those there is always that 10-15% which is off - that extra accuracy, the likely longevity, that extra polish with finishing. That being said frankly AP and PP have been sitting on their hands with their entry-level models and the movements have not evolved for years, and years, and years. Go into an AP boutique and try on a 39 and change the date, ask about WR and note the power reserve and be very very confused.

That PP introduced the 6700G range as the 'modern' base Calatrava with an upgraded movement but it still has only 35-45 hours power reserve is comical when compared to the H.Moser & Cie base 3-hander movement or any Tudor BB ( I know its dress not sports, but its still 3-hander / 3 hander with date comp).

1. Niche, watches with history: Want a watch that has a story, that was on the wrist of a soldier, sailer or candlestick maker for thirty years. Want a watch only issued to military unit because it was your family unit, a dive school that your aunt and uncle attended, a graduating class of jet pilots that your best mate graduated from who since bought it, a certain employer. Nope. Not only do those not see the light of day for the most part - there isn't the financial incentive to reproduce.
   
2. Asset / Investment: There is more potential of upside if you buy right with gens but reps are as liquid when compared to a varied gen collection, just the values more likely lower. The most liquid gens will take approx 5 days from the point you would like to sell to having £ in the bank if you use a scale watch dealer (exceptions apply). Factor in insurance, servicing, buying the models you thought you wanted but don't, locking up cash and it's a more interesting story as a scale watch collector when you work across brands. Parking cash in a small physical asset that isn't going to materially depreciate is also valuable to some which is an often overlooked benefit too.
   

What reps do offer:

1. Accessibility (£ $): No two ways about it, medium-end watches are generally speaking overpriced, high-end almost always are, ultra-high end are crippling. A lot of the 'goal/grail/hype/cool' watches are far out of the range of most financially. Make no bones about it, in this authors opinion people should get a replica rather than put themselves in a precarious financial position and load themselves up with debt or financing. An 18 year old who buys a replica today, could buy a PP grand complication in 15 years having got that first foothold on this forum - buying when they can afford but enjoying the hobby for years before.

Look at JLC and the comical increase in pricing multiple times in the past 18 months, Lange and the 20-30% increase across the board the other month, Tudor (an accessible brand) and the 10% + increases staring to compound and raise eyebrows. Not great.
2. Accessibility (access): Can't get the damn things when you want, usually. Self explanatory - people know the Rolex challenges. Which to be honest, like others have mentioned vary across regions and stores and it's almost (is) unfair how easy these actually are for people connected properly who aren't always genuine collectors. For PP, Lange you will have to snake your purchases through the collection categories rather than go for what you want when you want if you want several (even if you are a noted collector). For MB&F, FPJ - better make your way into the F&F to get what you want, the lists go on. Even when you drop to the more accessible but hype like some from Baltic, Studio UnderDog, Christopher Ward, Tissot you can wait months. I've personally waited longer for some entry-level hype watches than 'in-demand' professionals / sports.

1. Try before you buy: Not too much more to say - try before you buy and I do this a lot. Not sure if you want a Submariner or Submariner Date then try them both delivered to your house in days. Don't like, sell them. Yes you can go into stores but that doesn't always work well for everyone - i) stores don't always have stock and when they do you won't spent much time with these watches ii) many are intimidated in these high end watch stores and are treated badly - 'don't have an appointment, bugger off please', iii) plenty of people aren't located close to watch stores. People getting pied off in stores is something I see so often and I don't like it, everyone has to start somewhere and not all people are as comfortable, have large spends and know the people who work in stores. Go to watch clubs you say... well some of these and the people in them - that's a whole different post.
   
2. Insurance, Servicing, Ancillary costs: These go up or down with scale but it is not nothing. Insurance can be low - often sitting at c.1% of watch value for something like a Sub is good, but this adds up. Independent servicing (not all - some are VERY good in this regard) or complication servicing takes time, £/$ and pain sometimes. Paying for safe deposit boxes, serviced or monitored alarms costs £ too.
   

Pay to play: Even top tier collectors for the v. high end brands will be required to buy watches you don't really want on the journey - or watches you want but too frequently (ironically). It's the price of entry and doesn't matter who you are. Can you get rid yes, but for the v.high end it's a small world and whilst you might get a shot across the bow on the first one you dump v.v. quickly as everyone knows it was a. stepping stone, twice and they will sink your battleship.

1. Loss: Lose a replica. Ok, don't care .. what's for dinner. Lose a gen, oh this is going to be fun - police, insurance, watch shops and registers etc.

6. Security: If we are talking well-known watches like sports PP, sports Rolex etc. then one has less concern in many locations and times with a replica. Obviously you don't want to flash either around in certain locations or at certain times but this is somewhat self explanatory. Also with reps you don't need to make sure you strictly adhering to insurance conditions / expectations ('oh did I put it in the safe' etc.). Side point, with reps your most frequent trip isn't to the bank and WAITING FOREVER every time for the box opening procedures."

First person shooters have been a part of my gaming life for more than 25 years. One of the earliest memories being the infamous Golden Eye on the N64 I shared with my brother. Playing Call of Duty on my fathers PlayStation. Eventually having an Xbox and jamming Halos campaign offline.
Halo was where it really began for me. It has such a deep lore in the space opera genre that really captivated me. In the game humanity is confronted by an alien race on an archeological dig and later release another organism known as the flood, an ancient sentient organism bent on devouring everything in the Universe. By the time I got into Xbox Live I was already beating the Legendary campaign alone.
Xbox 360 came out later and I played many late nights online with my friends. Multiplayer shooters, zombie coop campaign, and coop multiplayer zombies like Halo's custom infected maps, Call of duty's multiple zombie maps, left 4 dead, and the likes. The quantity of FPS games I played growing up, the hyper competitiveness that comes with being a teenager, Ive always loved multiplayer zombie shooters and the anxiety that came with it. We really want to replicate that again, so our first title in the FPS genre will be a campaign somewhere like that. We’ll try out a few things, a few looks, but ultimately it will be a zombie shooter of some variation. Multiplayer is a big next step for a second title, and we feel this will be a good addition to our library. Whether it be co-op or four player shooter campaign.
To begin we have to discover the style and atmosphere of the game. Starting with a simple concept, some guns with a rusted, used look and show off some of their history. All the gun movement will be handled in scripts, and tied to the camera to incorporate proper zoom but animate the arms and hands. Separating the gun movement and player animations gives us the best division of work between art and programming. With our artist taking on more tasks it frees me up to program multiplayer.
The weapons were going to be older WW2 guns, but were still deciding on the time period. I personally believe modern weapons are too overpowered against the undead, and would prefer to give the feeling of the older titles where the dead are slow, but your reload time is even slower. Well test some different ideas, as the pace of the game isn't decided yet.
Some buildings that are run down, decrepit and weathered. Rusted metals, deformed and mossy woods, overgrown plants on buildings and railings. Coupled with the dark and foggy world to roam around in. There is no light or electricity in rural neighbourhoods anymore, most of the world reverted to the stone age.
We want to go with a medium poly asset list, building on our skills learned making low poly assets in Monster Factory. The assets themselves will benefit from the outline shader, from Monster Factory, giving them a deeper look in the fog. This will be a truly beautiful visual title, with a corresponding story line and maybe even voice acting!
Currently were experimenting with the aged and rusting look, late in the outbreak, and a decaying atmosphere. Taking inspiration from DayZ and 7 days to die, we want players to have a lot of areas to explore. The world is bleak, and the environment will reflect that, while rewarding players for finding their own path.
The current quality of assets are a far cry from the assets of our first title, Digital Dan. We over scoped trying hyper realistic assets which didn't mesh well with the title and took too long to make. Beginning again with low poly assets at a distance, and now medium poly close up. Were raising the bar for our work, a title in a genre with a high threshold for this sort of title.
This title will use building interiors, and some bigger buildings to run through. All requiring more smaller detail, and up close views for the player to look over. Smaller assets but also the ability to keep overall asset count low. Monster Factory had over 12,000 assets per level, but I suspect this title won't require as many.
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Monster Factory
In addition to talking about our next title, I want to give an update on the work still happening with our first. We added LOD groups to handle the rendering of objects at a distance and improved performance by a large margin. Instead of loading all the assets at once, or overloading the render pipeline with items on the other side of the map, we now only load them when within a certain range of the player. Cleaning the smaller items out and leaving the bigger buildings visible for longer distances to fill in the gaps. Additionally, starting sometime in mid June we will be lowering the price of Monster Factory by 25%. We hope this will spur more sales and hopefully get us the 10 paid reviews that steam requires for us to show it to more people in steams algorithm. If you haven't purchased the game yet you can find it on our Monster Factory page. More updates will follow, I am overdue for a micro blog though.
That's all for now blobs!

Newly added:

Version	Item	Condition	Price (Includes Shipping)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Limited Edition Console	Joycons, Straps, Grip	Brand New	$160.00
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Limited Edition Console	Box & Inserts	Brand New (minor cut/damage in one spot on a corner)	$60.00

About the above:

• Images already added to the top of the images link mentioned below.
• The Joycons and Straps have not been removed from their packaging at all. Completely untouched. Grip only removed for photograph.
• Box will include all packing materials except those specifically for the Joycons, Straps, and Grip.
• Prices are based on recently "Sold" listings on eBay but are negotiable within reason.

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All images uploaded for this post will be included here:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNv-U01HWODjMDJVo5l9VbVSGuClM8KIYj7jaFD65Vezu5L0mFVrSOfBJayrtaTiQ?key=b2VHWlcyMjhneUVQWjM0TW5XSjV2djR4Ym1wZHZn
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Shipping is USPS Priority Mail. Items will be placed in bubble wrap and shipped inside boxes. Tracking and insurance are included. Add the following to all orders:

• $10.00 for small boxes (1-2 games)
• $15.00 for medium (multiple games, small bundles, Amiibos)
• $20.00 for large (consoles, large bundles)

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Tables:

1. GAMES
2. MANUALS ONLY
3. AMIIBOS
4. CONSOLES

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Things of note:

• Prices are negotiable for individual items and custom bundles. All price negotiations and initial contact should be via comments per this sub's rules/suggestions.
• "Condition" is based on my most recent check of item. If you are concerned about a potential missing item (insert, manual, etc.), reach out and I will confirm if it is included/not included. List should be accurate but sometimes things get missed. Will also provide confirmed testing of items upon request.
• Images of specific items available upon request. There are just too many to do big sweeping images and my place is small. Just reach out and I'll be happy to take a shot or two of any items.
• All disc games will come in plastic cases, even if listed as "loose".
• If you see anything in the list that you believe may be an error (typo, game listed twice, etc.) please let me know and I will double-check and correct any mistakes. As previously said, list should be accurate but sometimes things get missed.
• Priority will be given to buyers that are bundling the most items together.
• Lastly, I work 8am-5pm CST Mon-Fri. If commenting during those hours, please allow for a delay in response time.

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1. GAMES

Console	Game	Condition	Price
3DS	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	CIB - Complete In Box	$14.00
3DS	Disney Magical World	CIB - Complete In Box	$13.00
Atari 2600	Dragonfire	CIB - Complete In Box	$24.00
Atari 2600	Missile Command	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
Atari 2600	Space Jockey	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$3.00
Atari 2600	Space War	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
Atari 2600	Video Chess	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
Atari 2600	Warplock	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
Game Boy	Asteroids	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$9.00
Genesis	Columns	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
NDS	Lego Batman: The Videogame	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
NDS	Lunar: Dragon Song	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$8.00
NDS	Spectrobes	Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras)	$9.00
NES	Deadly Towers	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$5.00
NES	Donkey Kong Classics	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$15.00
NES	Double Dragon	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$9.00
NES	Gauntlet II	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$6.00
NES	Gyromite [5 Screw]	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$5.00
NES	Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
NES	Karate Champ [5 Screw]	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
NES	Ninja Gaiden	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$9.00
NES	Section-Z [5 Screw]	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$6.00
NES	The Bard's Tale	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$19.00
NES	The Immortal	Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Manual	$16.00
PC	Final Fantasy VIII	Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Proper Disc Sleeve	$10.00
PS1	Final Fantasy VIII	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$9.00
PS1	Gex: Enter the Gecko	Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Manual	$25.00
PS1	Spawn: The Eternal	CIB - Complete In Box	$20.00
PS1	Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$8.00
PS1	Tekken [Long Box]	Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras) - Box Damaged, Price Reduced	$10.00
PS1	Test Drive: Off-Road	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
PS1	Test Drive: Off-Road 2	CIB - Complete In Box	$3.00
PS1	Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation	CIB - Complete In Box	$7.00
PS2	ATV Offroad Fury 2 [Not for Resale]	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
PS2	Devil May Cry 2	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
PS2	EverQuest Online Adventures	Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras)	$5.00
PS2	Final Fantasy X	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$5.00
PS2	Final Fantasy XII	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
PS2	Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories	CIB - Complete In Box	$8.00
PS2	Ultimate Board Game Collection	CIB - Complete In Box	$3.00
PS3	Diablo III	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
PS3	Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition	Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras)	$14.00
PS3	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX	CIB - Complete In Box	$6.00
PS3	Mass Effect 2	CIB - Complete In Box	$2.00
PS3	Mass Effect 3	Sealed	$7.00
PS3	Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe [Greatest Hits]	CIB+ - Complete In Box Including Extras	$7.00
PS3	Red Dead Redemption	Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras)	$13.00
PS3	Tomb Raider	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
PS3	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Game of the Year) [Greatest Hits]	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
PS3	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Game of the Year) [Greatest Hits]	CIB - Complete In Box	$3.00
PS3	White Knight Chronicles: International Edition	CIB - Complete In Box	$7.00
PS4	Destiny	CIB - Complete In Box	$3.00
PS4	Disney Infinity 2.0 Edition	CIB - Complete In Box	$10.00
PS4	Olympic Games Tokyo 2020	Sealed	$15.00
PS4	Puyo Puyo Tetris 2	Sealed	$15.00
PS4	Super Monkey Ball - Banana Mania (Anniversary Edition)	Sealed	$15.00
SNES	WWF Super WrestleMania	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$6.00
Switch	Harvest Moon: Light of Hope SE - Complete	CIB - Complete In Box	$13.00
Wii	Disney Epic Mickey	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
Wii	Donkey Kong Country Returns	CIB - Complete In Box	$10.00
Wii	Donkey Kong Country Returns	CIB - Complete In Box	$10.00
Wii	Elebits	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
Wii	Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition	CIB - Complete In Box	$9.00
Wii	Super Mario Galaxy	Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras)	$12.00
Xbox 360	Alone in the Dark	CIB - Complete In Box	$6.00
Xbox 360	Batman: Arkham City	CIB - Complete In Box	$3.00
Xbox 360	BioShock	Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Behind the Scenes Disc	$3.00
Xbox 360	BioShock 2	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
Xbox 360	Borderlands	CIB - Complete In Box	$2.00
Xbox 360	Borderlands 2	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
Xbox 360	Burnout Paradise	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
Xbox 360	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
Xbox 360	Devil May Cry 4	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$5.00
Xbox 360	Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	CIB - Complete In Box	$6.00
Xbox 360	Fallout: New Vegas	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
Xbox 360	Halo 3	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$5.00
Xbox 360	Kinect Adventures!	CIB - Complete In Box	$3.00
Xbox 360	LEGO Batman: The Videogame	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$3.00
Xbox 360	LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
Xbox 360	LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga	CIB - Complete In Box	$7.00
Xbox 360	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$3.00
Xbox 360	Mass Effect	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
Xbox 360	Mass Effect 2	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
Xbox 360	Mass Effect 3	CIB - Complete In Box	$4.00
Xbox 360	Plants vs. Zombies	CIB - Complete In Box	$6.00
Xbox 360	Pure	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
Xbox 360	Rocksmith	CIB - Complete In Box	$7.00
Xbox 360	SoulCalibur IV	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
Xbox 360	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	CIB - Complete In Box	$5.00
Xbox 360	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion -- Game of the Year Edition	CIB - Complete In Box	$7.00
Xbox 360	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	CIB - Complete In Box	$2.00
Xbox 360	The Orange Box	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$14.00
Xbox 360	Turok	Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras)	$9.00
Xbox 360	Unreal Tournament III	Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only	$4.00
Xbox 360	Viva Pinata	Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Manual	$3.00
Xbox 360	Your Shape: Fitness Evolved	CIB - Complete In Box	$3.00
Xbox One	Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition	CIB - Complete In Box	$6.00

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2. MANUALS ONLY

Console	Manual	Price
GBA	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Prophecy	$7.00
GBA	Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World	$7.00
GBA	Wario Land 4	$10.00
PS1	Brave Fencer Musashi	$27.00
PS1	Breath of Fire III	$21.00
PS1	Final Fantasy Origins	$6.00
PS1	Intelligent Qube	$12.00
PS1	Vagrant Story	$21.00
PS1	Wild Arms	$14.00

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3. AMIIBOS
Note: All Amiibos are "loose". Images included in the link at the top of the post. Amiibos also require $15.00 shipping regardless of how many are purchased. Their bases are just too big for the $10 shipping box's size.

Amiibo	Price
Diddy Kong	$17.00
Donkey Kong	$25.00
Dr. Mario	$13.00
Fox	$9.00
Link	$31.00
Link - Majora's Mask	$40.00
Link - Toon	$24.00
Lucario	$13.00
Luigi	$17.00
Mario	$13.00
Mario - 30th, Classic	$10.00
Marth	$11.00
Mega Man	$15.00
Pac-Man	$12.00
Peach	$11.00
Pikachu	$9.00
Princess Zelda	$28.00
Simon	$19.00
Sonic	$26.00
Yoshi	$21.00

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4. CONSOLES

Console	Notes	Price
Nintendo 3DS XL Black & Red	Comes with charging cable & grip. Boots directly into custom firmware. Will remove NNID prior to shipping. Will come with a 128gb SanDisk SD Card.	$135.00
Playstation 3 Slim System	Comes with power cable, HDMI cable, and at least 1 official controller (rubber in thumbsticks may feel sticky) and may include bonus official or third party controllers for free. System is loaded with CFW and boots directly into it. System has new thermal paste and rubber block installed that helps apply pressure to the CPU/Heatsink to additionally reduce temperatures and prolong system lifespan.	$90.00
Playstation 2 System (Phat)	Comes with power cable, PS2-to-HDMI adapter, HDMI cable, 1 official PS1 memory card, 1 official PS2 memory card, and 1 official controller (rubber in thumbsticks may feel sticky). System is modded and comes with 1TB HDD. Shell has an area on the side that is broken from a drop, but all internals are unharmed, and system has been tested and was found working as expected. May include additional memory cards for free.	$90.00

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Diretide/TI8/TI9/TI10/Nemestice/Aghanim's Immortals & Collector's Cache Sets FOR SALE
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• We need to be friends for at least 30 days to be able to send the item/set as a gift
• To reserve an item/set you need to pay 25% of the price in advance
• Taking Items(Dota2/CSGO/TF2)/Skrill/Paypal/Crypto
• You can add me if you have any questions

Link to my spreadsheet, with all my prices, stock and reservations already made
TI8 COLLECTOR’S CACHE II SETS

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Shimmer of the Anointed (Nyx Assassin)	4$	12	-----
The Rat King (Chen)	5$	10	-----
Pattern of the Silken Queen (Broodmother)	5$	12	-----
Shackles of the Enduring Conscript (Axe)	6$	9	-----
Fires of the Volcanic Guard (Ember Spirit)	8$	11	-----
Loaded Prospects (Brewmaster)	10$	12	-----
Ire of the Molten Rebirth (Phoenix)	10$	8	-----
Pitmouse Fraternity (Meepo)	10$	6	-----
Raiments of the Obsidian Force (Underlord - Rare)	20$	9	-----

TI8 COLLECTOR’S CACHE I SETS

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Grasp of the Riven Exile (Weaver)	4$	9	-----
Insights of the Sapphire Shroud (Dark Seer)	4$	9	-----
Pillar of the Fractured Citadel (Spirit Breaker)	5$	7	-----
Primer of the Sapper's Guile (Techies)	6$	3	-----
Trail of the Sanguine Spectrum (Bloodseeker)	8$	4	-----
Molokau Stalker (Venomancer)	10$	10	-----
Raptures of the Abyssal Kin (Queen of Pain)	10$	4	-----
Morbific Provision (Witch Doctor)	10$	5	-----
Fate Meridian (Invoker)	15$	2	-----
The Murid Divine (Necrophos)	15$	7	-----

TI9 COLLECTOR'S CACHE II

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Automaton Antiquity (Broodmother)	5$	3	-----
Prized Acquisitions (Batrider)	5$	6	-----
Directive of the Sunbound (Clockwerk)	6$	4	-----
Tribal Pathways (Warlock)	6$	4	-----
Verdant Predator (Venomancer)	7$	2	-----
Sight of the Kha-Ren Faithful (Drow Ranger)	12$	4	-----

TI9 COLLECTOR'S CACHE I

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Riddle of the Hierophant (Oracle)	5$	1	-----

BP 2020 COLLECTOR'S CACHE II

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Secrets of the Celestial (Skywrath Mage)	5$	19	-----
Clearcut Cavalier (Timbersaw)	5$	17	-----
Carousal of the Mystic Masquerade (Rubick)	5$	20	-----
The King Of Thieves (Keeper of the Light)	5$	16	-----
Blaze of Oblivion (Phoenix)	5$	25	-----
Blacksail Cannoneer (Sniper)	5$	18	-----
Beast of the Crimson Ring (Bristleback)	7$	14	-----
Evolution of the Infinite (Enigma)	7$	19	-----
Wrath of the Fallen Ones (Doom)	7$	15	-----
Crown of Calaphas (Shadow Demon)	7$	17	-----
Talons of the Endless Storm (Chaos Knight)	9$	18	-----
Ire of the Ancient Gaoler (Arc Warden)	20$	8	-----
Horror from the Deep (Tidehunter)	20$	8	-----
Master of the Searing Path (Ember Spirit)	20$	8	-----
Steward of the Forbidden Chamber (Templar Assassin - Rare)	15$	26	-----

BP 2020 COLLECTOR'S CACHE I

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Songs of Starfall Glen (Enchantress)	5$	7	-----
Beholden of the Banished Ones (Warlock)	8$	5	-----
Herald of the Ember Eye (Grimstroke)	8$	6	-----
Apocalypse Unbound (Ancient Apparition)	8$	6	-----
Fury of the Righteous Storm (Disruptor)	10$	2	-----
Heartless Hunt (Bounty Hunter)	10$	1	-----
Flashpoint Proselyte (Huskar)	10$	3	-----
Fissured Flight (Jakiro)	10$	3	-----
Mindless Slaughter (Pudge)	15$	2	-----
Ancient Inheritance (Tiny - Rare)	20$	3	-----
Forsworn Legacy (Ares - Very Rare)	50$	1	-----

Nemestice Collector's Cache 2021

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Twilight Hex (Dark Willow)	5$	3	-----
Caerulean Star (Enchantress)	5$	5	-----
Silence of the Starweaver (Oracle)	5$	3	-----
Astral Terminus (Enigma)	10$	2	-----
Desert Bloom (Nature's Prophet)	10$	1	-----

Aghanim's 2021 Collector's Cache

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Secrets of the Frost Singularity (Ancient Apparition)	3$	7	-----
The Chained Scribe (Grimstroke)	4$	5	-----
Forgotten Fate (Mars)	8$	4	-----
March of the Crackerjack Mage (Rubick)	8$	3	-----
Blightfall (Abaddon)	10$	1	-----
Widow of the Undermount Gloom (Broodmother)	10$	1	-----
Apex Automated (Clockwerk)	10$	1	-----
Perils of the Red Banks (Chen)	10$	2	-----
Pyrexae Polymorph Perfected (Ogre Magi - Rare)	15$	4	-----

Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache II

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Grand Suppressor (Silencer)	2.5$	15	-----
Darkbrew´s Transgression (Alchemist)	2.5$	16	-----
Transcendent Path (Oracle)	2.5$	15	-----
The Wilding Tiger (Brewmaster)	2.5$	15	-----
Dawn of Darkness Foretold (Doom)	2.5$	15	-----
Cursed Cryptbreaker (Pudge)	2.5$	14	-----
Feasts of Forever (Night Stalker)	2.5$	16	-----
Withering Pain (Clinkz)	2.5$	16	-----
Freebot Fortunes (Ogre Magi)	2.5$	14	-----
Acrimonioes of Obsession (Vengeful Spirit)	2.5$	14	-----
Sacred Chamber Guardian (Huskar)	2.5$	16	-----
War Rig Eradicators (Techies)	2.5$	14	-----
Darkfeather Factioneer (Phantom Assassin)	5$	11	-----
Bird of Prey (Legion Commander)	10$	4	-----
Grudges of the Gallows Tree (Treant Protector - Rare)	10$	16	-----
Brands of the Reaper (Anti-Mage - Rare)	10$	12	-----
Sublime Equilibrium (Void Spirit - Very Rare)	25$	3	-----

Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache I

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Hounds of Obsession (Chen)	2.5$	18	-----
Seadog's Stash (Clockwerk)	2.5$	18	-----
Chines of the Inquisitor (Faceless Void)	2.5$	17	-----
Trophies of the Hallowed Hunt (Ursa)	2.5$	16	-----
Crimson Dawn (Phoenix)	2.5$	18	-----
Fogotten Station (Terrorblade)	2.5$	19	-----
Dirge Amplifier (Undying)	2.5$	17	-----
Champion of the Fire Lotus (Monkey King)	2.5$	16	-----
Deathstitch Shaman (Witch Doctor)	2.5$	18	-----
Spoils of the Shadowveil (Spectre)	5$	10	-----
Scarlet Subversion (Riki)	5$	8	-----
Whippersnapper (Snapfire)	8$	8	-----
Shadowleaf Insurgent (Hoodwink)	10$	4	-----
Starlorn Adjudicator (Dawnbreaker)	10$	5	-----
Blue Horizons (Marci - Rare)	10$	11	-----
Angel of Vex (Invoker - Rare)	15$	4	-----
Dark Behemoth (Primal Beast - Very Rare)	25$	4	-----

IMMORTAL TREASURE II 2022

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Limbs of Lycosidae (Broodmother)	1$	2	-----
Draca Mane (Huskar)	1$	1	-----
Sullen Sanctum (Necrophos)	1$	2	-----
Insight of Forlorn Precipice (Dark Seer)	1$	2	-----
Draconic Divide (Dragon Knight)	1$	2	-----
Tremors of the Tandem Storm (Disruptor)	4$	1	-----
Golden Draca Mane (Huskar)	6$	1	-----
Golden Sullen Sanctum (Necrophos)	6$	2	-----

IMMORTAL TREASURE I 2022

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
infernal Cavalcade (Centaur Warrunner)	1$	6	-----
Flutterstep (Enchantress)	1$	6	-----
Seclusions of the Void (Templar Assassin)	1$	7	-----
Aktok's Glory (Venomancer)	1$	6	-----
Everglyph Goggles (Meepo)	1$	7	-----
Blastmitt Berserker Bundle (Bristleback)	4$	1	-----
Infernal Cavalcade (Centaur Warrunner)	6$	3	-----
The Strings of Suradan Bundle (Hoodwink)	30$	1	-----

AGELESS HEIRLOOMS 2022

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Howls of the Northmarch (Anti-Mage)	1$	4	-----
Faction of the Feather (Templar Assassin)	1$	2	-----
Melange of the Firelord (Chaos Knight)	1$	4	-----
Heinous Exultation (Razor)	1$	5	-----
Tangled Tropics (Monkey King)	1$	4	-----
Fury of the Thunderhawk (Zeus)	1$	4	-----
Oaths of the Beloved (Death Prophet)	1$	4	-----
Twilight Legions (Night Stalker)	2.5$	3	-----
Jewels of Anamnessa (Medusa)	5$	1	-----

The Battle Pass Collection 2022

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Hides of Hostility (Huskar)	1$	4	-----
Heat of the Sixth Hell (Doom)	1$	4	-----
Nefarious Fixations (Lion)	1$	3	-----
Distinguished Forgemaster (Clockwerk)	1$	4	-----
Volcanic Sanctuary (Broodmother)	1$	3	-----
Obsidian Atrocity (Lifestealer)	1$	4	-----
Charms of the Firefiend (Batrider)	5$	1	-----

DEAD RECKONING CHEST

SET(HERO)	ITEM VALUE	STOCK	NOTE
Dead Heat (Lina)	6$	1	-----
Death Adder (Medusa)	6$	1	-----
Soul Serpent (Viper)	6$	1	-----

SteamRep

So I guess newsreaders can hide their emotions really well on TV. I’ve never seen Mary Markov in any state of heightened temper. The time she came down to help after I’d burned down the FunFlair building with Frankie was definitely a first in that regard. Then again, I’d never committed arson before either, so there were a lot of firsts that night. It’s been two days, but I can still see her angry face before me when I close my eyes. It frightened me a little.
After the fire had been doused by her staff, she gave Fran and me a look unlike anything I’d ever seen before. There was a homicidal rage in her eyes, her mouth had turned into a thin, steely line and the vein on her forehead threatened to pop. To my surprise (and admittedly relief), she turned the entirety of that wrath against Frankie Preston. “What in the world were you thinking?” she thundered, looming dangerously over the shorter man. “You committed a goddamn crime! If you were a normal person, I’d have to get you behind bars now!”
“Wait, I’m the privileged one here?” he snapped. “That woman tortured me! She brought me into this world by fault and proceeded to make me wish I’d never been born! And there was nothing I could ever do about it, because, oh, that’s right, I’m not a normal person! As you so endearingly put it. No one has a fucking clue what I am, so it’s okay for me to suffer, isn’t it?”
Mary opened her mouth to respond, but only ended up shutting it again. Then she focused her scrutiny onto me. “I thought you’d have known better.”
“I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but I knew what I was getting myself into. This was a contemplated decision.”
“Was it ever.”
I motioned for her to step aside with me, bringing a bit of distance between ourselves and my waiter. “I’ll make it up to you,” I began. “I will, but please, please drop this.”
“Did he force you to come?”
“You don’t actually believe he could force me into anything, do you?”
Mary Markov sighed. “I guess not. Look, it’s not like I don’t understand his grudge. And from what I know of Ms Wallis, she won’t be missed by many. I just wish it didn’t have to come to this. This means a ton of work for me.”
“It means so much more to him.”
Another sorrowful moan. Then, “Alright. I have your back. But don’t, um… encourage this kind of behavior in him, please.”
“I won’t,” I promised. “What are you going to do about the other doll?”
“She’s in bad shape—”
“Trash shape,” Fran chimed in from behind, having inconspicuously strayed closer.
“She’s in bad shape,” Mary repeated, pointedly ignoring him, “and currently unresponsive, but since you said she’s shown signs of sentience, I guess we’ll have to look into her. It prompts a very interesting question, after all.”
“Being?” I offered.
“Think about it. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the other two living dolls, Zion Boyd and Bunny Martell, but they came alive after Frank tinkered with them. And now there’s this one. Maybe your little boyfriend has some kind of yet to be explored ability, seeing as he was the first to gain awareness.” She fell silent for a pregnant pause, glancing between the two of us. “Something to ponder on your drive home. Which you will be starting now.” She made a shooing motion with both her hands.
The message being quite clear, Frankie and I got back into his car. The ride was quiet at first, but it wasn’t an uncomfortable stillness. It felt like a weight I didn’t know I’d been carrying had been lifted. I stared at the server’s profile, alternately framed by nightly darkness and moonlight, drinking in every little detail about it. It was hard to believe that someone as cruel as Philomena Wallis had created something this breathtaking.
“So you’ll probably wanna talk about all of this, huh. About what I am, I mean.” Frankie’s voice was light and relaxed with only a hint of uncertainty gnawing at it.
“What’s there to talk about?”
“Aren’t you surprised? A little… disgusted, maybe?”
“I always knew you weren’t human. Beyond that, it doesn’t really matter to me what you are.” I shrugged. “I mean, I’d be fine if you were human, too. I’d be fine if you were a squonk.”
“What’s a squonk?”
“I don’t know, I just made that up. Anyways, did you actually think I would be grossed out? Did you?”
He smiled. “I guess not. This’ll sound crazy, and it’s hard to explain, but it’s like I got a voice in the back of my head constantly telling me that… that I should wash myself again or that I ought not to touch you. I suppose it’s not really a voice; it’s only these thoughts that kind of keep pushing into my mind even though I should know better. And I do know better. But that doesn’t stop the thoughts.”
I nodded slowly. “I think I understand. I can’t tell you how much I disagree with that voice, though. You’re the cleanest person I’ve ever met and if I could, I’d live in your hair like a cootie."
"That's how close you want me?"
"Yup.”
He let out a soft laugh. “I’m really, really glad you came with me. If there’s ever anything you need, I’ll do it. No matter what. If you want to bury a body, I’ll dig the hole.” He paused. “Actually, we should sell any corpses you might have. It’s wonderfully lucrative.”
I shot him a quick smile before turning to stare out the window with knitted brows. “What do you think about what Mary Markov said? About you being able to make the dolls come alive somehow.”
“I don’t know if there’s anything to it. I don’t remember doing anything special with them. Zion and Bunny were just standing around when I turned them on, and they came to within minutes. I figured they were sentient before, and it was simply repressed. I woke up randomly, too, after all.”
I hummed pensively. “I wouldn’t be so sure.”
“Well, if you’re implying it’s some kinda superpower, then that’s probably the most useless one ever.”
“We don’t have to talk about this now,” I told him, to which he gave me a grateful half-grin.
Per my request, he dropped me off at Nettie’s place. I kissed him goodbye on the crown of his head and told him we’d text the following day. He thanked me again and I watched him drive off before going up to ring the doorbell, mentally preparing an apology for showing up at five-thirty in the morning. My savior human was surprisingly quick to answer, giving me an indulgent wave as soon as I stumbled over my first “I’m sorry”.
“It’s fine,” she muttered. “I hadn’t gone to bed yet.”
I gave her an incredulous look and she sighed, crossing her arms in front of her chest. Her normally soft, rounded cheeks were sunken, her eyes oddly dull. Judging from the angry red marks, she’d apparently been chewing on her lower lip with some force. It was only then that I took note of the sweater she was wearing. A faded, shaggy piece of fabric that clearly hadn’t been washed since Kit Sutton had given it to her on the cliff that day. I felt a sharp pang in my chest and pulled her into a hug as soon as I’d stepped inside with her.
She stifled a sob when she wrapped her arms around me in return. “It’s hit or miss with me when it comes to sleep lately,” she confessed in a brittle voice.
I swallowed. “I’m working on it. I’ll get her back for you, I have a lead. Is there anything I can do in the meantime?”
“Not really. I just gotta distract myself ‘til the morning comes, I’ll be fine then.”
“Then I’ll stay up with you.”
It was thus decided. We sat down in the living room for a while, then went out into the garden to watch the sunrise. My savior human had taken her place in her mother’s chair while I whipped up some chocolate chip pancakes (one of her favorites) for her for breakfast. I carried them out to her on a little plate with a cup of tea, and for a moment, her expression cleared up for a beam of happiness to shine through. “We should do something productive,” she remarked, and I gave her a questioning tilt of the head. “I’ve been thinking,” she went on. “Isn’t it weird how all these years, you didn’t hop dimensions once, and now all of a sudden it keeps happening?”
“Don’t worry about that right now.”
“I always worry, baby girl. It’s my natural state of being.”
“It shouldn’t be,” I insisted. “It feels wrong. You have your own problems, I don’t want to add to that.”
“Seriously, that’s not what’s happening here. This is just how I keep my mind off… things.”
I rolled my lips together. Blue-haired things, probably. “You deserve so much better. You deserve this to be way, way easier,” I stated.
“That’s a nice thought. But it doesn’t change anything right now. You can control your body, can’t you? Your teeth and tentacles?”
“Yes. It happens automatically when I get scared sometimes, but for the most part, I’m actively doing it.”
“Then how about if we could somehow start getting you on top of your dimension jumping, too? It would be a tad risky and I’m not sure how to go about it exactly, but it would be far better if you could toggle it. You’d be able to stop yourself from hopping when you don’t want to, but maybe you could venture into these other spaces for exploration purposes, too.” The words spilled out of her like a babbling little waterfall as she plucked apart one of her pancakes and stuffed them into her mouth. “Because there has to be more to this. I just have that feeling. So I reckon we try and find a way to work with this. What do you think?”
“Sure. I guess I’d be… open to that.”
“Really? I-I don’t want to pressure you…”
“No, no, it sounds fine! I wanna try!”
“Okay!” She set aside her plate, rubbing her hands in blatant excitement. “So it happens when your flight instinct kicks in, correct? How about we get you in that headspace on purpose?”
“How would we do that?” I asked cautiously.
When I was sitting cross-legged on the ground among my savior human’s countless flowers with my eyes closed and her hand in mine, that question had pretty much answered itself. Nettie Peterson was leading me in a “guided meditation” consisting of several intrusive queries about my first ever jump—the most terrifying moment of my entire life.
“The thing, that floating maw, what did it look like?” she began, referring to the creature that had ended it all.
I furrowed my brows. “It didn’t look like anything,” I replied meekly. “Mostly, it was just… really big and dark.”
“Dark? What color dark?”
“Black, I guess. It swallowed the light.” A pulsating pain began to flare up behind my forehead. “It was nothing. It was like a giant ball of nothing.”
“You told me once that it made a noise,” my best friend went on, her fingers grasping mine a little tighter. “Do you remember that sound?”
I winced. “Yes.”
“Describe it.”
“It was more like a vibration that went through everything,” I mumbled. “The ground was shaking. And then we all screamed.”
“Did you see inside its mouth?”
“No. There was nothing inside of its mouth. There was nothing inside of it. Just emptiness.” I shifted my weight. Images were flashing in front of my inner eye, filling the darkness behind my closed lids. My breath had caught in my throat and it felt like ants were crawling beneath my skin. “And then all of us were suddenly… nothing, everything was gone and at that last moment, everyone was so terrified. They all knew it was over. All of them.”
At first, I thought Nettie Peterson’s hand was trembling. Then I realized it was my own, shaking hers through the contact. For a moment, my body felt feather-light, but not in a relaxing or comfortable way. It was as though I was afloat, out of control and weightless. I didn’t like it. “Can we stop?” I choked out.
“Of course,” my best friend replied, gently squeezing my fingers.
I let go of a deep breath, blinking my eyes open. Across from me, Nettie was giving me a soft but deeply apologetic smile. “Did I push you too far?”
“It’s not your fault. I think I simply wasn’t ready for this.”
“I understand. Let’s go inside and make some more of those—” She stopped mid-sentence. She’d been pointing her chin at the plate of pancakes resting on her chair, only to see that it had changed.
The food I had just served her half an hour ago had turned into a moldy, rotten mess. A couple flies were circling it, emitting a low, almost melodic buzz. My savior human and I traded wide-eyed glances, disbelief, fear and excitement mirrored in our eyes. We then got up to take in our surroundings. The flowers surrounding us weren’t the same anymore. They were either withered or deathly pale; formerly pink, yellow and red petals had become either light gray or iridescently white. Thick, soupy fog was hanging over everything, it was denser and heavier than any we’d ever had in town before. The mist seemed to have consumed all the noise and color in the world, leaving only cold, oppressive silence.
Nettie was the first to regain speech. “It worked! Oh my Lord, it actually worked.”
I clasped her arm and she immediately fell silent. Wordlessly, I pointed at the rolling fog on the other side of the garden fence. There was something moving within. An enormous, caterpillar-like shape soundlessly dragged itself through the air, its long body slowly moving along across the street. My savior human’s jaw had dropped, her mouth wide open as she followed my gaze. Neither of us moved a muscle as we waited for the creature to pass by. Thankfully, it didn’t seem to take note of us at all. I didn’t want to imagine what could happen if one were to draw its attention.
“This is… I don’t believe this,” Nettie breathed, running a hand over her mussed coils. “You did it. We’re not home anymore.”
“What do you propose to do now?”
“Keep our heads low and try to find out anything useful, I’d say.”
I nodded and she folded her hand into the crook of my arm. Together, we proceeded through the open door back into the house. Wammawink and Nettie’s old convertible were standing in their garage, a pool of motor fluid surrounding each vehicle. The paint was peeling from the car doors, matching the way the pictures and photographs around her house had faded.
The food in her kitchen had morphed into a self-contained ecosystem. Bugs were crawling up and down the walls and ghostly white mice scuttled across the floor with shocking brazenness. There was no trace of human life anywhere in sight. We stepped out the front door and into the street only for Nettie to grab me and fling me to the ground next to her. We flattened ourselves against the curb as another one of the gigantic caterpillar-figures snaked its way along just a couple feet above our heads. I craned my neck to give my best friend a sidelong glance out of terrified, saucer-sized eyes. I could see my reflection in hers as she pressed a finger to her lips. I gave her a tiny nod.
Finally, it was gone again and we helped each other to our feet. Nettie brushed down her sweater with great care before tilting her head at me as though asking if I was alright. I gave a reassuring, albeit wavering smile which she returned with a slight strain to her brow. We linked arms again and started walking down the street. The whole dimension seemed to be a mirror image of our hometown, only deader. Aside from the flies and vermin, there seemed to be very little life. All of the houses we were so familiar with looked decrepit, old and empty. Walls were crumbling down, roofs looked to be seconds away from caving in and most windows were shattered. It was impossible to see ahead through the mist, but we managed to hide from the flying worm-things everytime they came up.
We were starting to become a little frustrated seeing as our exploration yielded nothing of note. There was hardly anything to be seen safe from the depressing alternate version of our neighborhood. On top of that, the clammy chill that hung in the air along with the fog was making us increasingly uncomfortable. Finally, we decided we should try and get back home. We returned to Nettie’s garden where we crouched down once again, hand in hand. Before my savior human could begin her questioning though, the ground beneath us suddenly began to shudder, heaving as if moved by some kind of subterranean pulse.
Nettie Peterson and I snapped our eyes open at the exact same time, mouths agape in bewilderment. And then we saw it. It was in the sky, partially veiled by the thick fog yet impossible to overlook. It became darker and darker as it neared, its indescribably large form seemed to envelop the entirety of the heavens. It had been five years since I had last seen it, but I recognized it immediately. Not that it had any features I could have recognized. I remembered though, and in that moment, it all came flooding back to me. The breeders that threw themselves in front of their young, the cries that echoed across the plains together with the stones and soil sent rolling by the earthquake. I caught my best friend’s gaze, read the terror in it and knew that it was just as immense as my own. Her lips were parted in an ear-piercing scream that ended up being drowned out by the hovering roar of the Devourer Of Worlds.
I squeezed her hand so tightly I feared I’d snap her fingers. And suddenly, before I knew it, all was silent again. The air was warmer, filled with the fragrances of countless different flowers. The early morning sun was shining down on us, and it felt like it was heating up my very core. We were back. In the blink of an eye, Nettie had thrown her arms around me, pulling me close to her chest.
“Baby girl,” she whispered.
“That was it,” I rasped out. “That was it.”
“I know.” Withdrawing just an inch, she wiped a thumb over my eye, careful not to scrape me with her nail. It was only then that I realized I was crying. Tears were streaming down my cheeks, noiseless and hot, dripping from my chin and wetting my chest.
"You're not hurt, are you? Look, it's going to be alright. You just take it easy now. We'll go inside, have some tea or coffee or whatever and calm down, a-and then we can figure this all out. Come on. Get up. Easy, easy now." She hugged me even as she pulled me to my feet and into the house alongside her. "So tea. How about strawberry? Or Turkish apple? Or classic chamomile? Something for the nerves, at any rate."
"Wait," I stammered, interrupting her monologue. "What about you? Are you okay?"
"Oh, no. No, no, no, far from it. I'll sign us both up for therapy once I find the time, but for now, tea! Tea."
"Nettie, please don't strain yourse—"
"Listen here, I'm gonna make you some goddamn tea and we'll sit down with it and it's gonna be warm and nice and we'll forget all about this. I'm here. I can take care of you. You do not need to be scared." She pressed her face close up to mine, her voice sharp and a mite threatening.
"I'm sort of scared of you right now."
"Oh." She drew back. "Pardon. I'll put on the tea." A forced, crooked tune tumbled from her lips as she went ahead into the kitchen.
We've both simmered down a little since the incident. It's been two days now. I used most of that time to unwind and recover from what had to be the single most eventful night of my time here on earth. Keep in mind, this happened the morning after the fire. The calm is not going to last much longer, though. I don't mind that, I just need to brace myself.
Rhonda's been in touch.
X
1
2: deadbeat roommate
3: creepy crush
4: relocation
5: beach concert
6: First date
7: Temp work
8: roommate talk
9: a dismal worldview
10: warehouse
11: staircase
12: explanation
13: hurt
14: hospital
15: ocean
16: diner
17: government work
18: something in the caves
19: shopping cart
20: olms and Jewels
21: long hair
22: recruitment
23: waitresses
24: dollhouse
25: burning plastic

Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/k223pYg
Wake and bake, bois.
Up for sale is my Ana De Armas/Joi approved XM177 p/w upper.
Catch and release from here. First and second owners stated sub 500, and zero rounds fired through it, respectively. I put 40 rounds through it myself before finding that aiming though a carry handle mounted optic and chin-welding ain’t it for me.
I’m no Forgotten Weapons, but the Colt A1 upper receiver looks to be an original Colt/Harvey Aluminum piece from 1974-1982 according to this thread: https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/USGI-Colt-603-XM16E1-M16A1-upper-buyers-guide-Edition-II/123-401263/
CH forge code: https://imgur.com/a/izse9wU
No bolt carrier group included.
The handguard and FSB are USGI. Not sure about the barrel, but it is chrome lined and shoots well. Chambered in 5.56/.223. It is 12.5” in length, but is pinned and welded with a TNTE Custom 4.3” flash hider to achieve an overall length of close to 16.5”.
(According to the original owner in this thread:) https://www.reddit.com/GunAccessoriesForSale/comments/13b9vs4/wts_xm177_upper_800/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
Comes with a salty Brownell’s A1 grip/screw, salty H&R CAR-15 stock, Leupold Mark 4 picatinny carry handle mount, and Midwest Industries tactical light/QD sling mount.
Leupold carry handle mount info: https://www.leupold.com/mark-4-ar15-m16-handle-mount-matte
MI light mount info: https://midwestindustriesinc.com/mi-tactical-light-mount/
Yours for $694.20 shipped via Paypal friends & family or Venmo.
If bought at full price, I’ll throw in a free milspec charging handle and Vortex tactical 30mm low ring mount (perfect for mounting an Aimpoint Pro).
I’m also willing to sell the upper without the Leupold Mark 4 picatinny carry handle mount and Midwest Industries tactical light mount for $604.20 shipped.
No trades, please. First “dibs” takes the item. Buyer of the full set takes the most priority. Please PM me with any other offers/inquiries. Thanks!

Since there's been a lot of people reserving the sets, then giving up after, I'll take the payment in advance.
Keep in mind that for this deal you will need to have Steam Mobile Authenticator and wait for 30 days, so I can gift them to you.
Just as I did the years past, I will NOT GO FIRST and also there might still be a limitation to gift only 8 bundles per day.
If you don't agree, please don't add me.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/hugaum/

Hero	2016's Collector's Cache Set	Price
Luna	Nightsilver's Resolve	$10

Hero	2018's Collector's Cache Set I	Price
2 Bloodseeker	Trail of the Sanguine Spectrum	$6
3 Dark Seer	Insights of the Sapphire Shroud	$2
2 Spirit Breaker	Pillar of the Fractured Citadel	$5
3 Wraith King	Stonemarch Sovereign	$15
2 Necrophos	The Murid Divine	$5
3 Techies	Primer of the Sapper's Guile	$7
2 Venomancer	Molokau Stalker	$5
3 Witch Doctor	Morbific Provision	$10
2 Queen of Pain	Raptures of the Abyssal Kin	$6
2 Invoker	Fate Meridian	$15
3 Weaver	Grasp of the Riven Exile	$4
Phantom Assassin	Visions of the Lifted Veil	$15
Warlock	Dread Compact	$50

Hero	2018's Collector's Cache Set II	Price
3 Ember Spirit	Fires of the Volcanic Guard	$6
2 Axe	Shackles of the Enduring Conscript	$6
2 Nyx Assassin	Shimmer of the Anointed	$3
3 Brewmaster	Loaded Prospects	$6
2 Phoenix	Ire of Molten Rebirth	$6
2 Broodmother	Pattern of the Silken Queen	$2
Doom	Dread Ascendance	$15
Chen	The Rat King	$1

Hero	2019's Collector's Cache Set I	Price
Dragon Knight	Scorched Amber	$12
Tidehunter	Poacher's Bane	$6
Undying	Curse of the Creeping Vine	$10
Slark	Appetites of the Lizard King	$15
Dazzle	Forbidden Medicine	$12

Hero	2019's Collector's Cache Set II	Price
4 Drow Ranger	Sight of the Kha-Ren Faithful	$8
4 Warlock	Tribal Pathways	$7
3 Clockwerk	Directive of the Sunbound	$6
3 Pudge	Dapper Disguise	$12
4 Bloodseeker	Fury of the Bloodforge	$6
4 Broodmother	Automaton Antiquity	$5
3 Pangolier	Tales of the Windward Rogue	$15
4 Wraith King	Grim Destiny	$8
3 Tusk	Distinguished Expeditionary	$5
4 Venomancer	Verdant Predator	$4
4 Batrider	Prized Acquisitions	$4
3 Necrophos	Fowl Omen	$20

Hero	2020's Collector's Cache Set I	Price
Juggernaut	Lineage of the Stormlords	$30
Pudge	Mindless Slaughter	$12
Jakiro	Fissured Flight	$7
Lina	Glory of the Elderflame	$15
Enchantress	Songs of Starfall Glen	$5
Tiny	Ancient Inheritance	$25

Hero	2020's Collector's Cache Set II	Price
2 Enigma	Evolution of the Infinite	$6
Bristleback	Beast of the Crimson Ring	$6
Timbersaw	Clearcut Cavalier	$7
2 Keeper of the Light	The King Of Thieves	$5
Tidehunter	Horror from the Deep	$10
2 Chaos Knight	Talons of the Endless Storm	$10
2 Rubick	Carousal of the Mystic Masquerade	$6
2 Shadow Demon	Crown of Calaphas	$12
2 Doom	Wrath of the Fallen	$15
2 Sniper	Blacksail Cannoneer	$7
2 Skywrath Mage	Secrets of the Celestial	$5
2 Phoenix	Blaze of Oblivion	$7
4 Templar Assassin	Steward of the Forbidden Chamber	$15
Faceless Void	Claszureme Incursion	$70

Hero	2022's Diretide Collector's Cache I	Price
Monkey King	Champion of the Fire Lotus	$10
Undying	Dirge Amplifier	$10
Chen	Hounds of Obsession	$10
Snapfire	Whippersnapper	$10
Hoodwink	Shadowleaf Insurgent	$15
Phoenix	Crimson Dawn	$10
Witch Doctor	Deathstitch Shaman	$10
Clockwerk	Seadog's Stash	$10
Invoker	Angel of Vex	$30
Marci	Blue Horizons	$30

Hero	2022's Diretide Collector's Cache II	Price
Ogre Magi	Freeboot Fortunes	$10
Night Stalker	Feasts of Forever	$10
Silencer	Grand Suppressor	$10
Vengeful Spirit	Acrimonies of Obsession	$10
Oracle	Transcendent Path	$10
Doom	Dawn of a Darkness Foretold	$10
Legion Commander	Bird of Prey	$10
2 Anti-Mage	Brands of the Reaper	$20

alriiiighty then.
to start off with, this covers the square dash style some bits may help with the round dash style, i offer no promises.
lets start with some basic info, gauge needle sizes for the heads can vary a bit, but the important sizes are as follows;
large needle spindle diameter: 1.2mm
max depth from bottom of needle head: 7.5mm
OD of needle shaft: 3.5mm
smaller gauge spindle diameter: 0.75mm
now that that's out of the way;
our first image show the back of an automatic cluster out of an early pathfinder. denoted are the screws you need to remove, the location of the tach power and signal screws and signal wire in the full harness plug, as well as the place the single wire plug was clipped to on the white shell.
our second image shows a close up of the spot for the signal wire in the full harness plug and a good shot of what the ring terminal thats on the single wire terminal plug looks like, except that wire was white. i do not know where that pigtail is at the moment, or i'd be including it in this writeup.
when the white wire is present in the signal spot in the full plug, you don't need to worry about the single wire plug at all. reinstall it on the screw, but don't worry about plugging it into anything. if no wire is present in the full plug, you need to hook up the single wire to the plug that should be taped to the harness.
in the event there is no single plug taped to the harness behind the cluster (rare), and there's no wire in the full plug, you can run a single spade terminal in whatever male or female gender is needed with a wire, to the pulse wire of the coil (should be blue), since that's literally what the white wires that are normally present tap into. make sure any splicing is stout and secure+waterproof, if this gets dodgy for connection, your truck may well fail to run.
our third image shows the front of the tach module, with the clock holes clearly visible, these can be blocked off with some trickery involving sticking black tape to itself and then the back of the dial face itself, so it looks smooth in the holes, if needed.
please note the grooves in the side of the dial face, that the center dial face slot into (right side of image). when removing and reinstalling modules, one must take care to not damage these bits, and to insert the larger modules first, since the smaller ones lock into those.
our fourth image shows the same thing, but with the faces properly interlocked.
our fifth image shows the back of the tach module, notably the PCB, with crude markings for the positive, negative and signal, denoted +, -, and S. that's it. there's a pot in the upper corner if one needs to fine tune the RPM readout, but for most people that shouldn't be needed, but if it is, that's where it is. and by all means, have someone who can properly track the RPM calibrate it. better safe than OHGODITSOVER9000!@!@#.
our sixth image is a close up of the voltmeter wires that go to the back, for illustration purposes. disconnect these if present, and unroute the wires out of the clips, if removing the side module.
our final image is a shot of the empty tach cavity, showing where the clock module rests and where the wires route under and to the back side of the cluster. it also clips onto things back there, but i'll admit i forgot how.
the best way to disassemble;
pop the front bezel and clear face off the cluster, roll up a towel length wise just enough to be able to rest the cluster on it without it rocking to a side or the towel not hitting the cluster well enough to give it support.
once supported, remove any screws behind the various gauges with needles, using the first image, but comparing any gauges present with the back to determine if the layout is slightly different and adjust to suit. extra screws (like the top and side edge of the first image on the right hand side), aren't needed to be removed since they screw into the shell, and not modules.
some dial faces can be swapped around to other modules if you want to keep the module but want the look. physically compare everything about two relevant module mounting points and where the lights/needles and module mounting point are in relation to the 'old' vs 'new'. most should be similar, but there's no guarantees.
reassembly;
you should do your best to try and keep your original white shell, unless its damaged beyond repair, or you're doing harness swaps. usually solves many many headaches.
once you've decided, and gotten things situated, insert the bigger modules first, and screw them in from the back, one at a time. this will help you get the rest in. putting the clock module in if possible/present and routing that wire when you do the tach module. and pay attention to the flexible pcb substitute on the back, where it goes into the shell around the speedo module, and make sure the fingers on the inside of the speedo cavity are in the proper place so the speedo's electricals (if present) will function right. its mostly mechanical, but always good to double check. if yours doesn't have fingers that go in, you're probably safe.
once both larger modules are in, you can insert the smaller modules on the sides and middle, with a safe bet probably being to start with the side module next to the tach where the water temp gauge usually lives. (left side of last image).
once done with that, next up would be the center module. this one tends to be fairly straight forwards. it drops in, there's a couple of screws. depending on your variant, you may need to stick with the 'old' one, vs the 'new', simply because of whats in this module in a given variant. yes, even with the colors. you may be able to carefully switch the needles, but if you want to change certain centers colors, you may need to resort to finding a very skilled person to redo the gauge paint in whatever color.
last up is the smaller side of the speedo cluster. should also be fairly simple, with the wire out the side that plugs in the back, where present.
depending on options, you may need to swap the clear face cover from the 'new' cluster onto the 'old' shell. or if you only add the single shaft from the clock, you may be able to get away with just drilling a single hole in the old one.
now, there's a giant caveat to this. some few variants of the square cluster.. you're gonna be stuck with mixed and matched colors. and if you want it all the same color, you're gonna have to find that skilled painter. this is, sadly, unavoidable for those few.
the good side of this; its going to be few and far between. but the chance is present.
forewarned, fore armed and all that.
any questions. down there -v
cheers.

Hey all. I'm getting a bunch of comments on my post that I'm responding to and then not hearing anything back.
Have:

System	Title	Condition
GameCube	Paper Mario Thousand Year Door Best Seller Black Label	CIB with Strategy Guide
Gamecube	Metroid Prime	CIB
Gamecube	Turok Evolution	CIB
GameCube	Nintendo GameCube Preview Disc	CIB
GameCube	Sims Bustin Out	CIB
Gamecube	Tak 2	No Manual
Gamecube	Batman Vengeance	No Manual
Gamecube	SpongeBob SquarePants Creature from the Krusty Crab	No Manual
Gamecube	Legend of Zelda Windwaker	No manual faded cover art
Gamecube	Metroid Prime	Disc only
Gamecube	Crash NitroCart	Disc only
Gamecube	Medal of Honor	Disc only
GameCube	Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Strategy Guide	Very good condition
SNES	System with 2 Controllers	Good condition
SNES	Killer Instinct	Cart only
SNES	Ms. Pacman	Cart only
SNES	Mario Kart PC	Cart only
SNES	Super Gameboy	Cart only
SNES	Quick Shot Arcade Controller x2	Good condition
N64	Battle Tanx Global Assault	Cart only
N64	Cruis'N World	Cart only
Gameboy	Pokemon Red	Cart only
Gameboy	Pokemon Blue	Cart only
Gameboy	Qix	Cart only
Gameboy	Tetris	Cart only
Gameboy	Donkey Kong Land	Cart only
Gameboy Color	Pokemon Gold	Cart only
Gameboy Color	WarioLand II	Cart only some fading on label
Gameboy Advance	Sonic Advance	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Sonic Advance 2	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Sonic Advance 3	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Megaman Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Sims Bustin Out	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Pacman Collection	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Yu-Gi-Oh 7 Trials to Glory	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Yu-Gi-Oh Destiny Board Trader	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Sonic X GBA V was Video	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Fairly Odd Parents Vol 1 GBA Video	Cart only
Wii	We Sing 80s	sealed
Wii	Super Paper Mario	CIB
Wii	Donkey Kong Country Returns	CIB
Wii	Sonic Colors	CIB
Wii	Mario Galaxy	CIB
Wii	Mario Power Tennis	CIB
Wii	Kirby's Epic Yarn	CIB
Wii	Wii Sports	CIB
Wii	Wii Sports	No manual
Wii	Dragon Quest Swords	No manual
Wii	House of the Dead 2 & 3	disc only
Wii U	Mario Party 10	CIB
Wii U	Yoshis Wooly World	CIB
Wii U	Monster High New Ghoul at School	CIB
Wii U	Lego Hobbit	CIB
Wii U	Smurfs 2	CIB
Wii U	Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures	CIB
DS	Tetris DS	CIB
DS	Space Invaders Extreme	CIB
DS	Plants vs Zombies	CIB
DS	Crash Mind over Mutant	Cart only
DS	Elite Beat Agents	Cart only
DS	Cooking Mama 3	Cart only
DS	Guitar Hero On Tour	Cart only
DS	Guitar Hero On Tour Decades	Cart only
DS	Guitar Hero On Tour Attachment
DS	Yu-Gi-Oh Nightmare Troubadour	Cart only
3ds	Super Mario 3D Land	Sealed
3ds	3ds XL Silver Mario & Luigi System	Modded with Games
3ds	New Super Mario Bros 2	CIB
3ds	Mario & Luigi Dream Team	CIB
3ds	Super Mario Maker	CIB
3ds	Sims 3	CIB
3ds	Donkey Kong Country Returns 3d	CIB
3ds	Donkey Kong Country Returns 3d NS	CIB
3ds	Ultimate NES Remix	CIB
3ds	Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon NS	CIB
3ds	Hyrule Warriors Legends	CIB
3ds	Super Smash Bros	CIB
3ds	Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask	CIB
3ds	Captain Toad Treasure Tracker	Cart only
3ds	Animal Crossing New Leaf	Cart only
3ds	Donkey Kong Country Returns	Cart only
3ds	Nintendogs + Cats	Cart only
3ds	Lego Star Wars III	Cart only
3ds	Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time	Cart only
3ds	Legend of Zelda Link Between Worlds	Cart only
Switch	Dark Blue Switch Lite Console	Includes Box
Switch	Octopath Traveler 2	sealed
Switch	MegaMan Zero/ZX Collection	sealed
Switch	Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild	CIB
Switch	Pokemon Shining Pearl	CIB
Switch	Pokemon Brilliant Diamond	CIB
Switch	New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe	CIB
Switch	Paper Mario Origami King	CIB
Switch	Animal Crossing New Horizon	CIB
Switch	Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle	CIB
Switch	Splatoon 2	CIB
Switch	Bravely Default 2	CIB
Switch	Diablo III	CIB
Switch	Ring Fit Adventure	CIB
Switch	My Hero Ones Justice 2	CIB
Switch	Persona 5 Strikers	CIB
Switch	Cars 3 Driven to Win	CIB
Switch	Rayman Legends	CIB
Switch	Star Wars Pinball	CIB
Switch	Final Fantasy X/X2	CIB
Switch	Lego Worlds	CIB
Switch	L.O.L Surprise ReMix We Rule the World	CIB Includes Collectible Charm
Switch	Disney Classic Games Aladdin and Lion King	CIB
Switch	Super Mario 3D All Stars	Cart only
Switch	Cobra Kai	Cart Only
Switch	Hello Neighbor	Cart only
Switch	Pokken Tournament DX	Cart only
Ps1	Thrasher Skate and Destroy	CIB
Ps1	Resident Evil 3 Nemesis	disc only
Ps1	Dino Crisis	disc only
Ps2	Grand Theft Auto Vice City	CIB
Ps2	Grand Theft Auto Vice City GH	CIB
Ps2	Grand Theft Auto San Andreas GH	CIB
Ps2	Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2	CIB
Ps2	Snoopy vs the Red Baron	CIB
Ps2	Nana	JPN Import/CIB but faded
PS4	Godzilla	CIB
PS4	Berserk and the Band of the Hawk	CIB
PS4	Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4	CIB
PS4	Uncharted 4	Sealed
PS5	Elden Ring	CIB
PS5	Spiderman Miles Morales	CIB
PS5	Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga	CIB
PSP	PSP 2001 system	good condition
PSP	Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary	sealed
PSP	Monster Hunter Freedom	CIB
PSP	God of War Chains of Olympus	CIB
PSP	God of War Chains of Olympus GH	CIB
PSP	Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions	CIB
PSP	Final Fantasy Crisis Core GH	CIB
PSP	Star Wars Force Unleashed	CIB
PSP	Tekken Dark Resurrection	CIB
PSP	Final Fantasy Crisis Core	Disc only
PSP	NBA Street Showdown	Disc only
PSP	Blitz Overtime	Disc only
PSP	Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects	Disc only
PSP	Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories	Disc only
PSP	Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories GH	Disc only
PSP	Atari Classics Evolved	Disc only
PSP	Patapon 2	Disc only
PSP	Sega Genesis Collection	Disc only
PSP	Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play	Disc only
PSP	Space Invaders Extreme	Disc only
PS Vita	Lego Marvel Super Heroes Universe in Peril	no manual
PS Vita	Lego Batman 2	Cart only
PS Vita	Little Big Planet	Cart only

Wants:
Mostly collect handheld so let me see your lists of Gameboy, GBC, GBA, and Game Gear.

System	Title	Condition
Switch	Sonic Frontiers	CIB
XBX	Jedi Survivor	CIB
Gameboy	Castlevania II	Cart only
Gameboy	Castlevania Legends	Cart only
Gameboy	Darkwing Duck	Cart only
Gameboy	Donkey Kong	Cart only
Gameboy	Gargoyles Quest	Cart only
Gameboy	Golf	Cart only
Gameboy	Kirby's Block Ball	Cart only
Gameboy	Kirby Star Stacker	Cart only
Gameboy	Mario Picross	Cart only
Gameboy	MegaMan II	Cart only
Gameboy Color	Game and Watch Gallery II	Cart only
Gameboy Color	Game and Watch Gallery III	Cart only
Gameboy Color	Mario Tennis	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Classic NES Metroid	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Contra Advance	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Earthworm Jim	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Fire Emblem	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Metal Slug Advance	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	Metroid Zero Mission	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	TMNT	Cart only
Gameboy Advance	WarioWare Twisted	Cart Only
Game Gear	Earthworm Jim	Cart only

A Latest intelligence report published by AMA Research with title "Global Automotive Tires- Market Outlook to 2027. This detailed report on Automotive Tires- Market provides a detailed overview of key factors in the Global Automotive Tires- Market and factors such as driver, restraint, past and current trends, regulatory scenarios and technology development.
The automotive tire is the ring-shaped vehicle component made of rubber that is used to cover the wheel’s rim externally. The major function of the tire is to protect the wheel rim and transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground. It offers traction on the surface over which the wheel travels. Since it is manufactured from rubber which includes nylon, rayon, and steel-belted material, it also provides a flexible cushion, thereby reducing the impact of the vibrations and absorbing the shock of the vehicle. Rubber tire consists of tread beads, joint-less cap piles, and other materials. The rise in the demand for vehicles is the major factor that boosts the growth of the market in the forecast period.
Major Players in this Report Include are:
Bridgestone Corporation (Japan)
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (United States)
Continental AG (Germany)
Michelin (France)
Sumitomo Rubber Industries (Japan)
Apollo Tyres Ltd (India)
Pirelli & C. S.p.A (Italy)
Bridgestone Corporation (Japan)
Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd. (China)
CEAT Limited (India)
Hankook & Company Co., Ltd. (South Korea)
JK Tyre & INDUSTRIES LTD. (India)
Market Drivers: The Rising Demand for Commercial and passenger vehicles
Rising Growth in sales of sports utility vehicles (SUVs), crossover utility vehicles (CUVs), and pick-up trucks
Market Trend: Growing demand for Retreading of Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) tires
Opportunities: Increasing demand for the high-performance tires
The Global Automotive Tires- Market segments and Market Data Break Down by Type (Radial, Bias), Vehicle (Passenger Vehicle, Commercial Vehicle, Electric vehicle), Carcass Materials (Nylon, Rayon’s, Steel Belted), Type (Radial, Bias), Rim Size (Less Than 15 Inches, 15 to 20 Inches, More than 20 Inches), Sales Channel (OEM, After Market), Season (Winter, Summer, All-season)
Geographically World Automotive Tires- markets can be classified as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa and Latin America. North America has gained a leading position in the global market and is expected to remain in place for years to come. The growing demand for Global Automotive Tires- markets will drive growth in the North American market over the next few years.
Presented By
AMA Research & Media LLP

Hi guys, I'm looking to sell 2 pelikans
First is the ever classy black pelikan m400. This one's was produced from 1997 to 2003, as can be seen with the 2 chicks on the top of the cap. It features a beautiful Bi-colour Medium 14k nib . It's a smooth writer with a hint of feedback. There's a ring of micro scratches on the barrel where the cap meets the barrel when it's closed. The pen itself is in great condition. [B]
Asking 130 euros (140 usd) plus shipping
Next up is the classic Black Pelikan M200 that's looking for a new home. This beauty was made between 1997 and 2003. It features a Stainless Steel Medium nib . It's a smooth writer. If you point a bright light at it, you will see a ring of micro scratches on the barrel where the cap meets the barrel when it's closed. The pen itself is in good condition expect for a small "scratch" in the barrel, I put it under quotes because I don't know how I would describe it. Also, it strangely has some scratch marks on the inside of the ink window, which is luckely not visible when it's inked up. [C]
Asking 60e (65 usd) + shipping
Verification and writing sample

First... Previous ...
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Imagine, if you will, trying to learn a language. It can be frustrating sometimes, right? Attempting to understand entirely new words and sentence structure. Now: imagine if you had to learn that language by playing charades with an alien velociraptor… With that context in mind, this was going surprisingly well. After a few hours of back and forth with Vavi, it seemed like we had both obtained at least a rudimentary understanding of each other’s languages: enough to communicate basic concepts and semi-define new words.
“Human ship from?” Inquired Vavi, tossing her head feathers aside in what amounted to a body-language question mark.
Tossing those three simple words around in my head, I quickly came to the conclusion that she was wondering where I’d come from. Such a question was easy to ask, and very much expected from a fellow scientist; however, for me, trying to teach astronomy through interpretive dance held roughly the same appeal as deepthroating a cactus (which is to say *very little*). So, standing from my prior position and reflexively dusting off my perfectly-clean lab coat, I gestured rather pointlessly for Vavi to follow me as I began my long, treacherous journey to my desktop not five steps away.
While it was clear she understood what the ship’s computer was, still something about it seemed to fascinate Vavi. Approaching the device alongside me, I could already see her visibly picking it apart in her mind; craning her neck as though to take in its every angle and feature. Clicking my way through all the computer’s needlessly-complicated user interfaces, eventually I was able to navigate into my ship’s route log.
After a brief series of loading screens and followed by three whole walls of error text about me being off-course, a map of the nearby star systems twinkled into view, centered on one particular little yellow dot around which this planet was orbiting. A K-Class star: one lower on the main sequence than Sol (a G-Class), making it both more abundant and longer living than our sun. Practically ideal for life. Lucky bastards, I mused to myself ironically. Behind me, I could feel Vavi’s piercing gaze glinting off the monitor as a little red line traced my lightly zigzagging path along a 3-Dimensional graph of the Milky Way, eventually landing on Earth in the Sol system.
“From there,” I said, pointing to the indicated star. Taking Vavi’s stunned expression as permission to continue my lesson, I double-clicked on the Sol system and from it conjured a perfectly-rendered image of the planets orbiting therein. Then, zooming in on the replica solar system’s third planet, I placed my fingertip below its name and with resting it there craned my neck to face the alien scientist. “*Earth.*”
Frantically scribbling down notes with her species’ equivalent of a pencil, Vavi nodded along with my explanation. “Earth,” she enunciated carefully, spelling the planet’s name in her native language before then stepping even closer to the computer and nervously jabbing a claw at the screen. “Trobod ormag twetelel!” She commanded slowly, giving me time to translate it.
Trobod means… repeat. Ormag is home… So she wants me to go back and view this system. Complying with Vavi’s request, I quickly retraced my steps back to the system in which I currently found myself and selected a closer view. While we hadn’t had any detailed images of this place when I first set out, the ship’s AI rendering system was designed to fill in blanks based on its imaging software, so it came as no surprise seeing the detailed planetary images.
Only five planets orbited this system—Four terrestrials and one gas giant a bit larger than Jupiter. The first planet was a classic victim of the runaway greenhouse effect, not unlike our Venus. Planet four was rather interesting. At first glance, it looked like a verdant paradise, but those blues and greens weren’t from water and plants, but instead a dead surface of oxidized copper. The third was a veritable super-earth, with easily twice the radius of humanity’s cradle world. Its oxygen-rich surface and large ocean looked ideal for a biosphere, and the strange orange splotches across its surface suggested an alternative form of chlorophyll used by the plants there. If I had been shown this system and asked to wager on which one we’d find civilization on, it’d be that one.
I would‘ve lost a lot on money on that one.
Indeed, my ship’s beacon was currently broadcasting from the second planet: a somewhat smaller world than earth, with only about half the surface area. Of that surface, only about 40% was on land, centralized on what appeared to be two halves of a fragmenting supercontinent, with a few island archipelagos dotted elsewhere.
“Archesa…” Vavi cooed reverently, looking upon her homeworld as though seeing it in its entirety for the very first time. Small size aside, their planet was a beautiful place. It almost reminded me of those artist’s renditions of mars had it still an atmosphere. Those images always instilled in me a strange sense of mourning for Earth’s stillborn sister. A longing for what could’ve been. I wondered at times if maybe had it just a slightly larger core then perhaps humanity might’ve had company; exploring the stars with our fellow children of Sol. Optimistic, sure, but a nice thought nonetheless.
A small pop-up icon at the bottom of my computer screen quickly returned me to the present with its annoying ringtone. Before sending me off on this trip, the other lab techs insisted that they’d install some content to keep my mind sharp while I was out here. Unfortunately, it seemed the team of five talented engineers hadn’t thought to turn off the notifications when installing things in sensitive technology. Luckily I wasn’t in the middle of anything life-or-death, because if I had been, that message from Cleo the language tutor AI might’ve taught me what the word ‘die’ means by example… Why’d they even install a linguistics AI on this thing? Yes, I’m sure it keeps your mind sharp to learn something new, but what use could I possibly have for learning more Earth languages?
Rolling my eyes at the useless notification, I casually dragged my cursor over to the large ‘X’ button next to it. Unfortunately I had waited too long to do so, as the notification had begun receding, shifting aside cancel button and instead causing me to click the application. oh, you’ve got to be joking, this stupid piece of—
Immediately the screen went black as in its very center a small mascot icon resembling a cutesy rendition of Cleopatra began to speak at full, deafening volume. ”Hello. I am CLEO: the Computerized Language Education Overseer. I am here to help you learn any language you want to know. I’m excited to do some learning of my own, as my database can be updated to include entirely new dictionaries if need be. Please right click to get started on your language adventure!”
Maneuvering my cursor all about in search of the exit button, I eventually found it centered right on the forehead of Vavi’s reflection. wait a minute… “A language app… I had a self-learning linguistic AI this entire time… Am I a fucking idiot?”

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.**
Playing elden ring, gta and mw2 warzone, will also be using it to stream to twitch through obs with an elgato capture card. Will also be editing YouTube videos.

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

1000$

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

*next couple days

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)*

*just the computer in all with the case

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

*Iowa no micro center

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

*I have a Samsung monitor 144hz 1080 p

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

• if it had a good cooling system, let me know if you think it would be a good idea or not with this build.

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

*

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

*I want the classic gamer pc look, lighting and all. With a window to show off the inside. Haha. Mid tower would be great

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

• no

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.**
Playing elden ring, gta and mw2 warzone, will also be using it to stream to twitch through obs with an elgato capture card. Will also be editing YouTube videos.

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

1000$

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

*next couple days

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)*

*just the computer in all with the case

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

*Iowa no micro center

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

*I have a Samsung monitor 144hz 1080 p

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

• if it had a good cooling system, let me know if you think it would be a good idea or not with this build.

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

*

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

*I want the classic gamer pc look, lighting and all. With a window to show off the inside. Haha. Mid tower would be great

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

• no

Standing and moving still brought the Arbiter a lot of pain. But the Law’s grim enforcer couldn’t let anyone see that weakness. Especially not with the pirate before them and the very same assassin who had nearly killed them weeks before beneath that pirate’s foot.
The Arbiter had only just been cleared for light duty and decided to spend that time with the Officers in charge of watching the pirates Demon ship. They weren’t ADCU since those officers couldn’t be wasted on a simple stakeout. The Arbiter however had been assured the Officers in charge there were the best they had. But not two minutes within the stakeout tent the Arbiter had learned that the pirate Captain had slipped past the officers assigned to tail her. And more disturbingly that every pirate who left the Astaroth had slipped their tails with disdainful ease.

The utter lack of concern had further stoked their fury. According to the officer on duty every pirate that left eventually made a mess of something and stirred up a minor disturbance. And that only a few that left were unaccounted for. 

The complete lack of awareness for how shady and suspicious all that should have sounded baffled the Arbiter’s mind. They knew crime and violence didn’t come so naturally to other species as it did for the Arbiter’s human mind. But the failure to make such a basic connection that the pirates were creating distractions so that other pirates could do their work covertly, screamed at incompetence.
That led to the Arbiter learning that all the officers in charge of the overwatch operation were actually low level beat cops and file clerks. Looking into the system used to select these officers the Arbiter learned that they weren’t just incompetent, but so incompetent that the staggering number of negative reports had confused the filing system and had placed them into the highest bracket of trusted officers. The system was made to calculate negative values but couldn’t properly place such incompetent people into their proper bracket because there wasn’t a bracket appropriately low enough to place them into. So instead it simply went past the lowest level and placed them into the highest level.
And of course such poor officers couldn’t simply be fired because the officers workers union would make a fuss. Which meant the SS couldn’t replace these idiots with any slightly more intelligent sapients.
The bureaucratic idiocy was so infuriating that the Arbiter had lashed out at a nearby pole before they could think better of it. The pole snapped at the impact, fell over, and collapsed half the tent with it.
After that little outburst the Arbiter decided to take a walk and calm down. Only to stumble upon the missing pirate captain locked in a life-or-death battle with the very same assassin who had ambushed them just weeks before.
The Arbiter hadn’t been there for the start of the fight, but simple deduction was enough to reason that the assassin had likely initiated the conflict. They had mentioned Astarte’s name on the night of the attack. And the Pirate had no reason to seek out and attack the assassin.
During that fight The Arbiter had barely survived their encounter with the assassin. The assassin’s prosthetic modifications presented a gap in power that the Arbiter just couldn’t bridge. But despite fighting what should have been a one sided battle, the pirate was doing surprisingly well. In fact if the Arbiter was any judge, Astarte seemed to have a slight advantage.
Not in speed, power, or endurance. The assassin’s mechanical body was simply too powerful for a human to matchup. But in skill Astarte out matched the mechanical assassin.
Astarte dodged and weaved without effortless ease, getting past the assassin’s guard to strike at their, or her, mechanical body. If the assassin hadn’t been a machine then Astarte would have won by now, even with the gap in power.
Rachel felt slightly ashamed at her own poor showing against the assassin when compared to Astarte’s fight. The shame then quickly burned into anger as the Arbiter gripped the rifle at their side and pulled it out to try and shoot the assassin. Unlike the Arbiter had been that night, Astarte was wearing that ridiculous dark red armor and had a sword like she was some sort of space samurai. The Arbiter had done well that night, and their lack of superior weaponry had been their only flaw. One that had been amended with the addition of a more powerful pulse rifle.
They tried to line up a shot on the assassin that wouldn’t hit Astarte, when Astarte began to speak. “You wanna know the funny part. Greyson didn’t even care that you were gone.”
Wait, did these two share a past. The Arbiter guessed that old saying about birds of a feather was true. Who was Greyson? Some sort of man they had both known?
“Didn’t even question me about. Just said ‘Zera’s gone, now you will guard my back’” the pirate continued. “Then not even a week later I was second in command and got to sleep in his comfy bed.” The pirate gave her attacker a sloppy lascivious grin.
“And then you killed him like the deceptive whore you are!” the assassin spat, her attacks becoming sloppier with more openings.
Where these two quarreling over a man? The Arbiter felt bile rise into their throat. Two of the deadliest human women they had ever seen fighting over some man they had known. Pathetic. No man was worth that. Especially not whoever this Greyson bastard was given how quickly he had let the pirate into his bed after his first girlfriend disappeared.
Wait, Greyson, pirate, dead. Were they talking about the infamous human pirate, Byron Greyson? The one who had been a menace to the Femeri system, who was responsible for the disappearance of over thirty thousand humans and the deaths of many more? The one whose headless body had turned up one day aboard the drifting remains of the Black Saint? It couldn’t be, right?
But the rise of the Astaroth and Astarte had happened shortly before Greyson’s mysterious death. It seemed too coincidental.
“Of course I did, I refused to be the latest women he ruined and dumped into the gutter. Face it, your days were numbered. If it wasn’t me it would have been him.” The pirate said with a derisive sneer.
A bit callous and mercenary, but if they were discussing Greyson then likely not inaccurate.
The assassin however didn’t see that logic. “LIAR!” she screamed as she flew into a rage.
Then the Arbiter saw the reasoning behind Astarte’s taunts. This assassin was dangerously unhinged, and Astarte was using that to bait her into a trap.
The next sequence of attacks was too fast for the Arbiter to follow. A sword hilt to the face, followed by something launching out of the assassin’s arm. Then somehow Astarte had her other arm in her grip and flipped the assassin over a shoulder. With the assassin on the ground, Astarte quickly pressed one leg to their back, and with the arm in hand began to pull. The assassins sudden ultrasonic scream made the Arbiter vison darken at the edges, and maybe caused their ears to bleed a little.
Then the arm came out with a pop and the screaming stopped.
The pirate looked at the arm for a second, before lifting it above her head and swinging it down into the assassin’s head. The loud conk of metal on metal was enough to startle the Arbiter out of her awe and terror.
The barrel of their pulse cannon lifted up with Astarte centered in its sight “FREEZE!” the Arbiter roared with all their might.
Astarte paused mid swing, looked towards the Arbiter, and then raised both of her hands above her head. As well as the assassins severed arm. “It was self defense.” The pirate said quickly.
The Arbiter could have sworn they saw a flash of red. But it happened so fast that they weren’t sure if it was really there. And if it was then why would the pirates eye flash red?
The eye crossed by a gruesome scar. Did the pirate have a glass color changing eye?
No, her eyes were both clearly moving around and focusing on things like they should. Could it be cybernetic? Those were supposed to be impossible, too complicated to properly miniaturize with current technology.
It was something to investigate.
The Arbiter had been so focused on Astarte that they hadn’t been watching the assassin close enough. In a movement the Arbiter hadn’t seen the assassin threw Astarte off her back before popping up to her feet. Astarte went down onto the ground and the assassin lurched forward to attack her downed foe. But before she could reach the pirate three quick blasts from the Arbiters rifle stopped her in her tracks.
One had winged her side, another went wide. But the third had caught her right where a liver should have been. The assassin stuttered, but wasn’t dead. They dodged the next shot by ducking and then the second by somehow leaping ten meters into the air and onto a window seal. The assassin looked down on the two women and was clearly judging their chances at victory. But with an, admittable impressive, one-handed springlike flip Astarte was back on her feet, sword ready for another round.
The assassin’s strange mechanical face scowled before another impossible jump sent her over a nearby building and out of sight.
The Arbiter relaxed once the assassin was gone, but Astarte didn’t. The pirate turned, grabbed the Arbiters gloved hand, and pulled her into a jog down the open alleyway. “Come on, there’s an open lot nearby. Can’t jump us from there.” She said without looking back as she dragged the Arbiter along.
For a stunned few seconds Rachel stared at the strong hand grasping her own smaller one. But then the Arbiter saw the logic in Astarte’s worry and forced their hand to release the pirate and ran alongside her.
A few times the Arbiter had noticed a thin humanoid shadow leap between the buildings above them, but a quick turn down an alley from Astarte had them moving away from the incoming ambush from the assassin chasing them via roof tops. In no time at all they made it to an open loading dock for a nearby warehouse. Astarte ran into its center and scanned the roof tops, the Arbiter followed suit.
The Arbiter and the Pirate stood back to back, each searching for any signs of the mutual foe.
“There!” Astarte shouted while pointing her finger at a roof top.
The Arbiter stared up, but couldn’t see anything. But following the pirate’s direction they raised their rifle and shot at the edge of the building Astarte had pointed at. The blasts landed and then the crouched figure of the assassin rose up and backed away.
How had the pirate seen her? The Arbiter spared her a glance and saw a second flash of red before the pirate shifted her head.
“You should call for backup.” The pirate stated while still scanning the roof tops.
“To arrest the assassin?” the Arbiter asked before they could think better of it.
Astarte snorted. “Wouldn’t trust any SS to arrest a dead log, let alone Zera. But more witnesses might scare her off.”
Two things stood out in that statement, the assassin’s apparent name, and “SS, is that supposed to be short for station security?”
“Schutzstaffel actually, its just a strange coincidence they line up” the Pirate joked wryly.
The Arbiter scowled “You think the Station security are like the Nazi’s?” The Arbiter’s lessons about the various evil factions during Earths history had left her with nightmares for years. Crucifixion, death by a thousand cuts, blood eagles, and the like had disturbed their six-year-old mind. Their lessons had spent weeks on all the evils humanity inflicted upon each other, all the way until First contact.
“If the kinky boot fits.” Astarte said while examining the Arbiter’s own black boots.
The Arbiter swished their cloak to hide their boots, and the pirates gaze snapped back up to the rooftops. The Arbiter made the call, and the idiots in charge of the tent said they would need a few minutes to ‘locate’ their rifles and arm shields. Why they had to be located in the first place confused the Arbiter? They couldn’t be so incompetent as to not know where their weapons were, right?”
Tense minutes past before Astarte let out a sigh of relief. “I think she gave up.” she then shot the Arbiter an accusing glare “I almost had the bitch. If you hadn’t interfered we wouldn’t have to worry about her coming back.”
"You expect me to stand by while you committed murder?” The Arbiter growled, now stepping back from the pirate and reaching for a set of cuffs.
The pirate frowned, then glanced up as if recalling a distant memory. “I… ugh felt my life was in imminent danger, and feared for my life while facing down a clearly aggressive and violent deathworlder with a weapon. I used whatever objects I could find at the time…I carry no weapons and was forced to use ceremonial objects in crude, and ugh…unusual ways for self defense. I did not think retreat was possible so I acted to end the threat” she said in a bland staccato rhythm of everyone reciting words from memory. Her words obviously citing several different laws pertaining to self-defense.
The Arbiter felt an eye twitch. “The law pertaining to Deathworlder assailants was not intended to include Deathworlder victims.” The Arbiter said slowly.
Astarte shrugged “Union vs. Trevor Philips established that the enforcement of the law was done by the letter of the law, not the spirit. By that ruling and precedent I acted reasonably and was within my rights for self-defense. Any attempt to detain me would result in punitive measures from my legal representation.”
In all their time on the ADCU the Arbiter had never encountered a criminal so well versed in the intricacies of Union law. Some loop holes were well known, and easy for Officers to circumvent in order to attain an arrest. But the Arbiter hadn’t encountered something like this before.
The Arbiter looked down and noticed the sword she still held, red blood from the pirate running down its blade. “So that sword isn’t a weapon?” The Arbiter asked pointedly.
The feline smile that covered Astarte’s face sent shivers up their spine. “My dear officer, as you can notice I am of half Japanese heritage, a hafu if you will. I am dressing in the traditional fashions of my people. The armor, the katana, and the wakizashi are all hallmarks of the samurai I am descended from. None of these are worn for anything beyond cultural heritage. And for that matter, my crew wear the same to honor my ancestry.”
The Arbiter sighed. Astarte’s defense, though blatantly false, was airtight. Arresting her now would only give her ammunition to legally strike back. And with the recent backlash of the Deathworlder crack down the Arbiter could doom Judge’s career. It had been a celebrated move of the last chief, but the knock-on effects of it had resulted in several months of rioting, looting, and political discourse in the heart of the Union. The last chief was forced to step down and Judge took his place and was still trying to reverse the damages. Which was hard with all the precincts fighting him on it. Those officers had too many friends torn apart by Terran criminals to ever let that grudge go.
“Then you may leave the arm behind and be one your way.” The Arbiter ordered.
Astarte blinked, “the arm?”
The Arbiter pointed to the severed arm still within the pirate’s grasp “That is evidence in an on going investigation. LEAVE. IT. BEHIND” The Arbiter explained, growling out the last words slowly. Just because Astarte had likely saved the Arbiter’s life with some quick thinking didn’t erase the fact that she was a person of interest/suspect in the same case.
Astarte glanced down at the severed arm and blinked as if surprised she was still holding it. Then tossed it carelessly onto the ground. “All yours, make sure to check for bugs before plugging it in.”
“Bugs?”
“Computer viruses hidden in its OS. Thing could have all sorts of things hidden within.”
“And how do you know?”
“I don’t. It’s just the sort of thing I would do myself. Try loading it onto a separate server. Oh, and check for small explosives.”
“Danm Deathworlders” the Arbiter growled as they now considered the severed arm on the ground next to a small splatter of Astarte’s blood. She was right, Deathworlders were known for their tricks and traps. Humans especially. During one investigation a load of seized morphine from an illegal clinic had been stored next to an unstable chemical that reacted poorly to the jostling of the transport and destroyed the evidence in a fiery explosion.
Astarte chuckled “Glass stones Arbiter.”
“What?”
“Glass stones, it’s a human malaphor of sorts. I’ll leave the details for you to figure out. Good luck with tracking down Zera, I’d recommend starting with the prison records on Union Station Parox.” She said as she turned aways and strode off. Walking in the opposite direction of the arriving officers, half of which were missing their weapons or shields.
The Arbiter let out a sigh as she observed the most incompetent idoits she had ever seen strut onto the lot without a care in the universe.
“You called us Sir.” The lead Voral said.
The Arbiter took in a deep breath “Yes I did. Ten minutes ago.”
“It was a long walk.” The officer said defensively, no care for the Arbiters growing anger.
“Its only a few hundred standard meters. But that doesn’t matter I encountered an assassin in the midst of their crime. That’s their arm.”
The Voral looked panicked and began to look from side to side.
The Arbiter felt an involuntary eye twitch and clenched her fist. “The assassin is gone.”
The Voral relaxed “So you want us to secure the evidence?” he asked.
That had been the Arbiters plan, but now seeing them mill about aimlessly they changed their mind. “No, secure the area and stay out of CSI’s way. Understood?”
The officer looked offended. “Sir, its just an arm. We don’t need to wait around for CSI, one of my men can bag it right now.”
Patience wearing thin the Arbiter marched right into the Voral’s face. The fact the Officer loomed over her by two meters did little to diminish the Arbiter’s menacing aura. “AM. I. UNDERSTOOD?”
“Yes Sir.” The cowed Voral officer answered with a nervous buzz of his wings.
“Then go.”
Ten minutes later six medium shuttles from the CSI unit, and two small shuttles from the ADCU were on the scene of the lot and in the alley where the Arbiter had stumbled upon Astarte. Edict and Prosecutor began to jump along the rooftops, recreating the assassin’s movements and collecting more evidence.
The assassin’s arm, and the dried sample of Astarte’s blood was collected. As well as fragments of what looked to be a broken glass eye with a micro camera.
They lost the assassin’s trail after they ducked into the inner hull of the station and escaped across the pipes, wires, and support structure of Unity.
Thirty minutes after that they departed for the central precinct. The Arbiter within the darkened confines of the ADCU shuttle felt safe enough to take off the hood. Caleb and Bartolv did the same. They noticed her pensive mood and didn’t disturb her.
It wasn’t lost on her that Astarte knew exactly who this assassin was. And if she hadn’t left those pretty blatant clues about how to identify her then then Rachel would be trying to acquire a warrant to bring her in for questioning. But that still left her with a lot of questions.
And despite the answers she might get, she had the sinking feeling it wouldn’t be enough to see the whole picture. How big was this whole thing?
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Please tell me someone else is struggling with the scrapped watchman, I can’t beat him for the life of me.
Been a while since i played a souls game and soulslikes except nioh are normally a lot easier and this game has been medium so far. A worthwhile challenge.
And then this one is up there with elden ring bosses for me seriously can’t fucking deal with it and its stupid delayed attacks.
Please give me tips.

If you recognize my username and play in my group, stop reading now.
Hey everyone! So I'm in a bit of a pickle here and could really use some help! I'm a fairly new DM but ive read through both the PHB and DMG.
A while back i found this thread about a monster under the bed.
https://www.reddit.com/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/rkvi4w/the\_monster\_under\_the\_bed\_a\_frightful\_fey\_packed/
I loved the theme and really wanted to work with it one day so i saved it and moved on with my life. Now recently in my first ever campaign im DM'ing we had two people interested in joining the group on a semi pemanent basis which would bring the PC count up to 7. Hefty number i know, a misstake i know., I'm getting to that hold on for a sec.
To introduce them to the group we decided to do a shorter adventure during the groups "downtime" between quests to introduce the new people to the group. Everyone was level 4 with the plan to reach lvl 5 after the day was saved. A perfect opportunity to save some kidnapped children and beat the monster under the bed i thought!
Anyhow, my first challenge was to pump up the CR of the bedmonster from 1 into something more apropriate, but how do you balance an encounter with 7 lvl 4s, cant be that hard i thought to myself. Off to Kobold fight club, find something apropriatly deadly since its a fight after a long rest. Add a dash of Fey based creature for the flavour. Autumn Eladrin seems like a good choice. CR10 with a medium difficulty.
The plan was to stop the monster from kidnapping a new child, the monster escapes, and then the group follows the monster into a well to save the quest child. Where they find a crying child, and run into the monster, slightly hurt from the previous scuffle. Enter the plottwist, the crying child turns into a second monster. Boom, Deadly fight. Very deadly fight. Boom, the group struggles but comes out on top in the end. Saves the children. Boom, the players are super satisfied with their achivement and that their grit and hard work payed off and they won a great victory. Boom, great session with great reviews of me. Everyone is happy.
Day of the adventure. The plothook sinks in deep, everyone is invested. They feel for the children. They end up at an orphanage where a child has already gone mising and a little 9 year old girl is putting on a brave face defending her adopted siblings from this monster with nothing but a wooden sword and a toy wolf. She pickpocketed gold from one of the adventurers a few days earlier to be able to equip all the kids with protective toys and wooden weapons. The girl is the monsters next target. The party has no idea what the monster is, all they know is that he has told the girl he is after her and that is enough for them to come for him. It's no longer about the money.
They all hide under blankets (Except the Goliath barbarian, they park his bum outside because he cant fit in a childs bed). While waiting they hear the monster taunt and try to lure Lily away from her blanket. He wants to play with her, give her candy, give her toys, the missing boy/brother misses her so much because she abandoned him, he calls for her in his sleep, he misses her so much that he cries every night. The table is shaking right now. Lily screams, everyone throws off their blankets in true super hero fashion witnessing Lily heroicially standing on her bed, wooden sword just dripping with the freshly cut smokey substance the monster is made of. By her side, her toy wolf Wilbur has grown in size and come alive, with buttons for eyes and yarn for fangs he growls at the monster while protecting Lily with his body. The monster, creaming in pain and reaching a panic from all the "grown ups" in the room.
Que an epic battle.
https://imgur.com/GJp1vVA
Monster statblock
Yeah nope. First on initiative, the wizard. Spawns a bloody Flaming Sphere right on top of the Monster, lighting him up and instantly discovering his weakness to light. Second on initative, the Goliath Path of the Giant Barbarian charges through the door like the Kool Aid man, frothing at the mouth with full rage on and grown to large size rushes the monster while screaming incoherent obscenitys and grapples the monster to the ground. The next two rounds concist of the barbarian pinning the monster to the ground while everyone else takes turns kicking the ever loving darkness out of him while the rest cheer them on.
The image is best portrayed by one white die surrounded by 6 black dice. Those who know they know. The monster did a total of 0 damage those two rounds. He took 116. I mean i know, action economy yadda yadda but jesus christ I did not expect this. This wasn't epic at all, it was a light warmup after breakfast. I made sure the damage output would be enough to down the casters in one hit and the tankier ones in two. With 2 attacks and the fear aura i was hoping to at least put some fear into them before skeddadling away with or without the poor child.
After the two rounds a few people had to run and we called it. The following 4 weeks were canceled due to scheduling conflicts before we gave up and went back to the original 5 players. Please help me make this a memorable experience.
This is the party as it stands
Path of the Giant Barbarian with GWM and dreams of becoming a Luchadore.
Banneret Fighter with 19 AC whose greatest joy is to hear my childlike waaaaaaaah as I miss.
Draconic Sorceror with 16 AC and Silvery Barbs ready to ruin every crit i get on the reckless barbarian.
Circle of the Moon druid who likes Bear form.
and finally a Evocation wizard who seems to always light things on fire by misstake.
So my plan right now is that the the wizards lights the orphanage on fire. Thats right, i prefer them to feel terrible over feeling bored. While everyone is trying to contain the fire she has started, again, the monster slips away.
Now, how the hell do i make this memorable. I have a few ideas.
1: Raise str or dex to escape grapple, possibly inherent disadvantage due to being actual darkness.
2: Give him a few lair actions when he retreats to his cave
- Summon smaller shadowmonsters to even out action economy. Im thinking kobold statblock or something similar with pack tactics so a few of them can take down the casters if left unattended
- An action that snuffs out all light sources
- Spellcasting once as a free action
3: Legendary actions
- Succeed a saving throw
- Envelop the room in darkness. Blind everyone and can only see him when adjacent for X turns. Can only be done once (Despite there being 2 of the monsters)
4: Make the lair cave larger with a few fights vs smaller shadowmonsters to drain the party of their resources.Twisted statues coming alive as crooked figures. Twisted paitings with deranged characters in them stepping out to attack the adventures. (I know this is the most reasonable choice but i would prefer not to make the lair a 3 session ordeal, and even then i would need your help to balance him)
5: Higher AC? Higher HP? Just prolong it long enough to get a few hits in and make them work for it?
6: Do nothing because there being 2 of them would be hard enough for 5 level 4 PC?
7: Base him off another monster entirely?
Please help me put the fear back into them =(

As far as I can tell, one of the biggest problem of the game is that your deflect doesn't interrupt your attack's recovery animation. Now, the problem is not how long it takes the recovery animation. For a smooth combo attacks you need that long recovery. However, if you want deflect to work properly, it shouldn't take this long to do a deflect. So, deflect should interrupt recovery animations sooner.
And another issue, for some reason, if your sword bounce off a wall, pray sun, the recovery takes ages. This also need to be adjusted.
For dodges... I might be wrong but, if you're under 30% of equip load you're character is light. Seems like you cover more distance with your locked rolls (dash). If you go above 60%, you become slightly heavy. However I didn't see any distance difference between 30%-60%. There might be a bug, or maybe distance is same but the iframes change. Still, I think dodge need some adjusments as well. They borrow super delayed attacks from Elden Ring, but in that game you can spam dodge extremely good. Those pesky delayed attack punishes panic-roll. This game though, your normal dodges already short and doesn't seem super spammable. Thus, enemy attacks and your dodges doesn't match up well.
Overall, I think the game is solid. As someone who likes playing Souls-likes, I can safely say that Lies of P is the closest one to FromSoft's expertise. Yet, still not there. And this is actually pretty frustrating. Because they are so close, yet so far. I hope that they will listen players and tweak deflect/dodge timings.

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