Something similar to skyrim, that isn't Skyrim and that is faster. I only have mouse and keyboard to play and I'm linda tired of FPS, other genres don't work Very well with M&S so I'm left to resort to this.
I'd really prefer that It focuses more on meelee weapons or special abilities/magic. It can still have some guns as long as a decent part of the gameplay is still the special abilities.
I did enjoyed a lot BL2 with krieg, so If you know any First person games with meelee as crazy as that, do recommend.

I’m FTM trans (21). I have a coworker who just started at my place of employment who’s also 21. When they first arrived, they didn’t seem like they were trans, they just struck me as a cis male. When they asked me for my pronouns and I said he/him, they had said they mistook me for a tomboy (boyish female), and I, not wanting them to know my business, told them I was born with mild dwarfism cause at the end of the day, it’s nobody’s business what my identity is.
A few days later, they pulled me aside and said they were trans MTF, but didn’t want me to use she/her pronouns, only they/them. Odd, but I rolled with it and continue to respect it. They said they don’t often tell people because of trauma, and that’s when I came clean and said “oh, well I’m not a dwarf actually, I’m trans FTM”
I’ve noticed their behavior is not feminine at all. They’re very masculine, and while I acknowledge you don’t need to fit into a mold at all to be trans (I’m a huge softie who loves unicorns and cute plushies AKA not masculine at all), I wouldn’t have known unless they told me. They also seem to really like attention and might even be a compulsive liar from behavior I’ve picked up on… They said they’ve never heard of Red Bull but then said to someone else they think Red Bull is delicious, and they claim to be allergic to coconut, but then wants to sample a pina colada drink we offer in the summertime which mind you contains COCONUT.
Tonight I was discussing this odd behavior with my manager, and she said that it’s odd, and they only told me and another coworker who’s gay, that they’re supposedly trans. I came to a realization that maybe they clocked me, and wanted to see if they could catch me in my lie about being a dwarf, but I can’t be sure… Cause if you wanted to go by certain pronouns, wouldn’t you say so and let more than 2 people know?
Now, it is not my jurisdiction to determine if they are truly trans or not, I’m just looking for advice here. Are they closeted and just REALLY good at masking it? Are they looking for attention? Did they only tell me and my gay coworker cause they clocked us and wanted to coax the info out somehow? Did they mean to say non-binary? I want to see what you all think, because I am completely conflicted and have no idea what is going on with them…

I need a working for-dummies guide to places where I can find a girlfriend. I live in a large metropolis, currently working a moderately decent job and doing my PhD.
Until we broke up last autumn I have been with my one and up to this moment only girlfriend, whom I met in class during the first year of university. I was planning to marry her but it appears she had other plans. Now I am again single and have no idea where to meet girls. I am not interested in hookups, since if all I wanted were sex I could easily buy that. I have no hobbies that allow me to contact with lots of women. I am not shy nor am I too socially awkward, but I have zero experience approaching girls (my ex-girlfriend was a friend of a friend so I had no need to "approach" her). I am not bad looking though I am by no means super fit
So far I can think of several options, but as of this moment non of them have born fruit:
-Finding a girlfriend at my university: eadier said then done. I have no idea how to approach girls I don't know and many are already taken.
-Dating apps: so far I have achieved nothing but getting scammed. And I have only been using them a week. I have not given up yet but I don't feel optimistic.
-Night clubs. I have never been to one and I don't know the rules of the game. Is that a good place to search for a girlfriend?
Any real advice? What should I do? What is my best bet?
Disclaimer: I am not from America or an English speaking country, but I live in a rich modern European city so I hope your advice should still apply.

Good morning and a happy Tuesday, welcome back to another selection for our sub's weekly listening club. Each week, we'll listen to a piece recommended by the community, discuss it, learn about it, and hopefully introduce us to music we wouldn't hear otherwise :)
Last week, we listened to Gernsheim’s Symphony no.1. You can go back to listen, read up, and discuss the work if you want to.
Our next Piece of the Week is Franz Schreker’s Prelude to a Drama (1914)
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Score from IMSLP
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Some listening notes from Paul Conway and Cris Posslac for Naxos records:

Schreker wrote the text of his opera Die Gezeichneten (‘The Marked Ones’) in 1911, at the request of Alexander Zemlinsky, who asked for a libretto about the tragedy of an ugly man along the lines of the Wilde novella Schreker had already treated in his pantomime. In the event, Schreker set his own libretto, completing the score in 1914. His use of highly chromatic musical language in the context of a lurid Italian Renaissance drama involving murder and madness established his credentials as an exponent of Expressionism. The premiere in Frankfurt am Main in 1918 won critical acclaim and made him one of the leading opera composers of his generation. The Overture is a distillation of the opera. The coruscating opening bars adumbrate the score’s rich sonorities and harmonic ambiguity and the ensuing material introduces themes associated with the three main protagonists: a sinuous melody depicting the hunchback Alvino Salvago who, with his longing for beauty and love, has created an Elysium on an island near Genoa; the swaggering, Italianate signature tune of Count Tamare who has been using the island as a place for rape, orgies and even murder; and the veiled chords representing the elusive quality of Carlotta, the recent target of Tamare’s affections. A concert version of the Overture, featured on this recording, appeared as Vorspiel zu einem Drama (‘Prelude to a Drama’). Commissioned by Felix Weingartner in 1913, it was premiered in Vienna on 8 February 1914. For the concert version, Schreker created a comprehensive and condensed symphonic drama which contains the most important elements of the plot. It does not follow exactly the emotional trajectory of the opera but uses a sonata form structure, with a recapitulation of the main ideas following a volatile central development section.
The oscillating mixture of B flat minor and D major in the opening should sound (as Schreker instructs) like ‘an indistinct, blurred buzzing, whirring and glitter’—it is soon joined by a long, chromatic, sinuous melody representing Alviano’s longing. After the first climaxes the music switches to the third act ([1] 2:05) where a Bacchanal is taking place with, among others, strange mythical creatures—fauns and naiads, etc. During this procession Tamare appears (3:42) with his almost Puccini-like signature tune (to be played ‘with savage passion’), taking Carlotta and fervently holding her in his arms. The flute recalls the first dispute between Carlotta and Tamare (4:40), and her own motif is heard (7:10) in a sequence of frail, tender chords, mixed with Alviano’s characteristic minor seventh. The Overture to Die Gezeichneten ends a few bars later with a recap of the B flat minor–D major sequence. In the concert version, Schreker leads to a middle section in E major which is a musical depiction of the island and the grotto (8:10), which despite all its alluring and seductive beauty (‘in soft and dance-like movement’) is time and again undermined by the ongoing crimes on the island and the threat of discovery by the Genoese police. Then Schreker leaps into the Bacchanale again (11:33) followed by a literal repeat of the first part until he moves to the end of the Overture (17:20) taking up the delicate, glittering ‘distant sound’ of B minor and D major, thus creating a musical circle with an island as its centre.

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Ways to Listen

• Michael Gielen and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra: YouTube Score Video, Spotify
  
• JoAnn Falletta and the Berlin Radio Orchestra: Spotify
  
• Carlos Izcaray with the American Youth Symphony: YouTube
  
• Josep Pons and la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia: YouTube
  
• Vassily Sinaisky and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: Spotify
  
• Christopher Ward and the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pflaz: Spotify
  

Discussion Prompts

• What are your favorite parts or moments in this work? What do you like about it, or what stood out to you?
  
• Do you think you need to know the “story” of the drama in the title, or does this piece work better as an abstract evocation of an opera? And why?
  
• Have you ever performed this before? If so, when and where? What instrument do you play? And what insights do you have from learning it?
  

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What should our club listen to next? Use the link below to find the submission form and let us know what piece of music we should feature in an upcoming week. Note: for variety's sake, please avoid choosing music by a composer who has already been featured, otherwise your choice will be given the lowest priority in the schedule
PotW Archive & Submission Link

I started trying to seriously lose weight back in January, starting at 117 kilos, my highest weight ever after being a skinny kid for most of my life. Back then, my first goal was to lose around 20 kilograms
.... and I've done that, 6 months later lol. I'm now about 96.2 kilograms. Tbh I stopped keeping track of my weight properly over a month ago (still making an effort to lose weight, but just not tracking it), so it took me ages to realize that I've actually hit the first goal that I set out to reach over 6 months ago.
It's been hard for me to notice a difference in my appearance because of it, but I've no doubt made a big change, because I can finally wear a bunch of my old clothes again which is very nice. I can see the difference in pictures as well, when I compare myself 6 months ago to me right now, I look far better than I did before.
I'm still overweight though, so next I'm gonna aim to get down to at least 85-90 kilograms, which is around what I was before I gained a shit ton of weight in the last 3 years (getting my first job and £150 a week was a disaster for my physical health)

Hi There,
I'm a 21 year old AMAB non-binary/femboy living in Brisbane's westside, I've self-administered Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for approximately one year, primarily using a cyproterone-centered regimen while microdosing estradiol. A month ago, I exhausted my supply of cyproterone and tried increasing my estradiol dose to achieve monotherapy.
Everything progressed smoothly until I was notified via mail that customs intercepted my DIY HRT refill order, which from what I've read, suggests the package is as good as gone. I'm kind of relunctant to get it re-shipped as customs might have a strike against my name, who knows?
My current "Brazillian bathtub" estradiol supply will last roughly two more months, however, I prefer not to rely solely on estradiol as my goal isn't full feminization. Recent increases in facial hair growth and skin oiliness have led me to question whether my testosterone is being adequately suppressed.
In response to this, I scheduled an appointment with Rhys Young at Holdsworth House. A friend, who is a transgender woman and had a positive experience with Fiona Bishopp at the same clinic, had recommended them. Despite our friendship ending due to political differences, her endorsement was impactful.
There's some ambiguity regarding how this situation will unfold, as I've encountered both positive and negative reviews about Rhys Young's propensity to gatekeep. I'm uncertain if I will be treated via an informed consent model, given that I am not a transgender woman. I have no prior health or mental conditions, aside from ADHD, and although some friends suggest I may be on the Autism spectrum, I haven't received an official diagnosis.
I believe I have the capacity to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the risks and outcomes of HRT.
An additional concern is the possibility of my current estradiol use potentially impacting the baseline blood tests.
In light of these circumstances, I seek advice to better anticipate potential scenarios and mentally prepare myself for the upcoming consultation.

"Would you like to have a near-death experience? By crossing the boundary between life and death."

Yukari Yakumo

Themes:

• Necrofantasia:
  
• Night Falls ~ Evening Star: 7.5, 10.5, 15.5
  
• Yorimashi Between Dreams and Reality ~ Necro-Fantasia
  

Yukari Yakumo is a legendary youkai with the ability to manipulate boundaries. She is one of the sages who created Gensokyo in the first place, and a good contender for its most powerful resident. Despite this she is also exceptionally lazy, spending most of her time sleeping and foisting most of the problems off on Reimu or Ran. Still, her incredible intelligence and completely inhuman nature means one can never tell quite what she's thinking, and making her angry is a very bad idea.

Notes

• Source Index
  
• Perfect Memento in Strict Sense and Symposium of Post Mysticism is an in universe book written by Hidea no Akyuu. She has a tendency to exaggerate and speculate, so her claims should be taken with a grain of salt.
  
• Yukari herself is noted to lie quite a lot, so her own claims should also be taken with a grain of salt.
  
• In 15.5 Yukari makes use of the urban legend Teke Teke, but her attacks while using this urban legend are fairly in line with her normal capabilities. As it's unclear what effect the Urban legend is having, these feats will be included in this section but marked with Occult
  
• Yukari scales to a large number of characters, so here is every Touhou respect thread for the games
  

Defining Some Terms

Spell Card System: The Spell Card Rules were put in place by Reimu Hakurei in order to make duels between everyone fair, formalized, and safe. It is also the method nearly all Touhou characters will use in-character. Spell card battles have very clearly defined rules and attacks that are agreed upon before a duel with the purpose being that the most beautiful attacks win. In general Spell Cards are characters going easy on the foe, with ZUN outright stating they're not something the characters would ever use if they were serious.

• Given the original rules of spell card battles and a characters being introduced to the spell card system stating it would prevent useless bloodshed, there is at least a decent amount of implication that Spell Card battles are inherently non-lethal.

Danmaku: Danmaku are the "bullets" fired in a bullet hell, take many different forms, and are able to be fired by most Gensokyo citizens. They're an essential part of duels in Gensokyo, being used to control an opponent's movement and overwhelm them. They can either be fired in intricate patterns, or just fired rapidly from a single point.

• Danmaku is intentionally not efficient or effective for serious combat
  
• Danmaku in general can be lethal to normal humans
  
• Danmaku from major characters is very consistently able to break rock
  
  • Seija is considered notably weak
  • Sanae is considered nothing special as far as humans in Gensokyo are concerned

Youkai: Supernatural beings typically born from humanity's fear of the unknown, and the primary residents of Gensokyo. Youkai can be highly varied, but tend to be highly resistant to physical attacks while far more weak to spiritual attacks, such as names and traditions.
Gensokyo: Genoskyo is the region Touhou takes place in, and is a small landlocked region of Japan. It is fully enclosed by the Great Hakurei Barrier (more information bellow). The clearest picture of it shows it containing a few mountains, with it also being noted Gensokyo is small enough to see almost all of it from the Hakurei shrine

• The Sages of Genoskyo (of which Yukari is a member) are the beings responsible for the creation and maintenance of Gensokyo

Urban Legend Incident: Due to the occult balls various Urban Legends begin to manifest in Gensokyo, and some characters are capable of controlling an urban legend in battle that matches their tempermant. It's worth noting that the effects are present even after the occult balls are removed from Gensokyo though Reisen notes it will soon settle down.

Boundary Manipulation

General Description: Summarized, Yukari's power allows her to manipulate the boundary between any two things.This can apply both to physical boundaries (such as between Gensokyo and the outside world), or even the boundary of concepts (such as human and youkai or night and day).

• Both her profile and she herself state that she can manipulate the boundary between any and all things
  
• An official magazine says her power can affect anything, and that for narrative purposes she has to limit herself to the spell card rule or it wouldn't even be a game
  
• The manual states the danger and potency of her power is beyond imagination
  
• Akyuu states that her power fundamentally undermines reality. She states that it can create new existence and reject existence, is the most powerful ability held by any youkai. Additionally she states it can be applied to pictures, peoples dreams, and even stories
  

Direct Combat Usage

• Feats/Statements
  
  • Being able to draw boundary lines along surfaces means there is nothing she can not split in two
    • Sumreiko comments on her seemingly cutting space, with opening gaps in space also being her main method of transportation (see below)
  • Her barriers can destroy large amounts of enemy danmaku and damage her foes
  • Creates a large boundary around the entirety of Suika's mist form, and then suddenly makes it much smaller to force her back into her physical form.
    • Suika's mist form covered all of Gensokyo
• General
  
  • Uses a barrier to block enemy danmaku and strikes
  • Creates a boundary line with her strikes to hit her foe
  • A fan granting her powers is able to crash through all obligations, directly hitting a foe while they're guarding
• Skills
  
  • Boundary of Intellect and Feet: Runs a straight boundary to split her foe
  • Universe of Matter and Antimatter: Creates two gaps that do nothing on their own, but when they collide they create a huge distortion attack
• Spell Cards
  
  • Border Sign "Quadruple Barrier": Creates several overlapping boundaries to produce a barrier that can strike foes
  • Sign I "Quadruple Barrier": Another version of the above spell card
  • Barrier "Charming Quadruple Barrier": A larger version of quadruple barrier that sucks the foe in
  • Boundary "Quadruple Barrier of the Imperishable Night": Creates a larger quadruple barrier to protect herself and attack her enemy
  • Border Sign "Boundary of 2D and 3D": Creates a boundary that travels along the screen edge and changes directions to follow the movements of the screen
  • Barrier "Objective Barrier": Fires off four linked borders that travel along the edges of the screen
• Last Word
  
  • [Occult] Lend Me Those Beautiful Legs!: Locks her foe in place with boundary lines and then uses a gap to split them in two before putting them back together

Gaps and Warping

• Feats/Statements
  
  • General
    • Able to travel to entirely different locations by opening up gaps in space, with (according to Akyuu) it being said that this can also access pictures, dreams, and even stories
    • Can open gaps in thin air
    • Opens up a large gap, and is gone when it clears away
    • Repositions a gap to use as a seat
    • Spiriting away Kosuzu doesn't leave a single trail any other youkai can follow to locate her, not even leaving a trace of her soul behind
  • Travel/Range
    
    • Uses gaps in space as her main means of transportation, with her warping around Gensokyo, up youkai mountain, and even to and from heaven (though how direct these trips are isn't clear given how the time of day changes)
    • Reimu states Yukari can travel anywhere she wants to in a flash
    • Is able to freely travel past the Great Hakurei Barrier into the outside world, and pulls Rinnosuke back into Gensokyo after he's accidentally pulled into the outside world
      • Casually travels out of Gensokyo to see cherry blossoms
      • Comments to Mamizou about what's currently going on in Sado
      • Sends Sumireko and dream Sumireko from Gensokyo to the outside world
    • Off screen travels overseas and brings back a Hobgoblin, which she states are a Western creature
    • Instantly sends Marisa from the Hakurei shrine to the forest of magic
    • Easily travels to the netherworld (though in Gensokyo the netherworld is a location you can physically travel to
      • Summons Ran and Chen to her while within the netherworld
    • Suddenly goes from behind Luna to in front of her
    • Disappears to somewhere... literally
    • Placed a gap in a doorway so that Flandre traveled from the Scarlet Devil mansion to deep underground without even realizing she had done so
    • Pulls Sumireko out of the dream world (though Doremy implies this isn't something she's supposed to do normally)
      • Reimu refers to the dream world as another reality that is two sides of the same coin with the real world
      • Is often lurking in the dream world
  • Utility
    
    • Claims to have an undending supply of electricity, kerosene, and nitroglycerin, and fills up Rinnosuke's heater with fuel while having a conversation with him, without him even realizing she had done anything
    • Covertly drops money into the shrine's donation box while having a conversation with Reimu
    • Puts a hand through a gap to block a hammer and grab a gameboy
    • Makes food disappear from right out from under Reimu's nose
    • Summons other characters like Reimu or Chen
    • Reimu implies Yukari can send just some body parts through the Great Hakurei Barrier
    • Left her arm dangling through a gap while asleep, and then puts her hand through another gap to douse a candle
    • Hid some of her own energy inside of a gap to revive herself after having all of her magical energy drained by Mizuchi's possession. Though she states it will soon run out and she needs to rest after. Also sticks her hands through gaps to grab cookies and wave at Reimu independently of her body
• General
  
  • Warps from one side of the screen to the other and grants Reimu the ability to do the same
  • Vanishes to dodge a spell card
  • Leans back into a gap while firing projectiles
  • Sticks her arm into a gap to strike her foe with an umbrella from another location
  • Drops into a gap and then appears in midair
  • After being knocked to the ground, creates a gap below and above her to redirect back to standing up
  • Opens a gap through which several pieces of wood fly out at her foe
  • Spawns street signs to attack her foe
  • Opens gaps through which rapid fire danmaku and lasers fire out
  • Summons a monstrous arm out of her gap to grab or strike her foe
• Skills
  
  • Rest on Stone, Rinse in Rivers: Opens up a hole that swallows up projectiles and stores them
  • Rinse with Stone, Rest in Rivers: Fires off stored projectiles
  • Chimera's Wings: Places a gap that she can then warp back to.
  • Fantasy Maniacal Rift: Disappears into a gap and keeps moving, before coming out to strike her foe
  • Flesh Dismantler: Drops down into a gap before leaping out while spinning her umbrella
  • Urashima's Box, Filled With Lament: Opens a gap in the sky to drop debris on her foe
  • Home is Where One Lays to Rest: Hits her foe with several pieces of wood
  • [Occult] World's Most Agile Torso: Uses a gap to send her upper body forward to attack her foe while her lower body remains in place
• Spell Cards
  
  • Evil Spirits "Yukari Yakumo's Spiriting Away": Repeatedly teleports around while firing off danmaku
  • "Boundary of Humans and Youkai": Vanishes entirely and attacks the foe with danmaku patterns while not physically present
  • Splitter "Thing That Splits All Into Two": Repeatedly jumps in and out of and moves through gaps while spinning her umbrella
  • Fantasy Nest "Flying Noctilucae's Nest": Opens up several gaps that fire danmaku forwards, always in the direction of the foe
  • Boundary "Overflowing Flotsam": Sends several pieces of wood flying at her foe
  • Abandoned Line "Aimless Journey to the Abandoned Station": Opens a gap through which an abandoned train comes from, though (in gameplay at least) it takes time to open the gap
  • "Unmanned Abandoned Railroad Car Bomb": Summons three train cars that fly into her foe before exploding

Great Hakurei Barrier

• The Barrier Itself
  
  • Feats/Statements
    • The Great Hakurei Barrier is a barrier of sense that surrounds all of Gensokyo, and keeps living creatures and their tools from passing through while allowing non-living things to pass through without issue. Via non-Euclidian space a person attempting to pass through the barrier will find themselves wandering endlessly, and they will find themselves back where they started upon turning around.
    • Even when Reimu and Marisa traveled to the moon they never left the barrier, and they consider getting through the barrier to be harder than going to the moon
    • Gensokyo is designed to be the opposite of the outside world, and things that contradict that concept cannot pass through the barrier
    • Akyuu states the barrier is a barrier of common sense and keeps the outside world's common sense outside, and that it's composed of multiple smaller barriers, but that it periodically weakens every 60 years
    • There is at least some difference in the seasons between Gensokyo and the outside world
    • Sumireko was unable to fully penetrate the barrier from the outside
  • Limits
    • Non-living things and certain creatures are able to pass through the barrier more easily
    • It's noted Remilia's scarlet mist would have spread past the boundary into the human world
    • Objects that violated common sense from the outside world being used on the barrier would threaten its very existence
• Manipulation
  
  • Yukari was one of the sages to suggest the creation of the Great Hakurei Barrier, though whether she's the actual creator is unclear. Reimu refers to her as the original creator but Yuyuko thinks the barrier is too strong for Yukari to make
  • States that she has torn holes in the barrier
  • Creates a powerful distortion in the barrier
  • Repairs the barrier after Reimu does something to weaken it
  • Whenever a human from the outside world wanders into Gensokyo, it's because of fluctuations in the barrier caused by her

Gensokyo's Boundary of Reality and Illusion

• General
  
  • Created a boundary of illusion and reality around Gensokyo, defining Gensokyo as illusionary and the outside world as real, so anything that becomes viewed as fantasy is pulled into Gensokyo, even from outside Japan. This was performed 500 years ago and still going strong.
  • Yukari seems to have at least some amount of awareness of those who enter and leave Gensokyo through this method
• Living Things
  
  • A snake wakes up in Gensokyo as soon as he transforms into a youkai, with Mamizou stating that when you turn into a youkai you wind up in Gensokyo. Said snake is potentially originally from India
  • When there's a demand for Zashiki-Warashi in the outside world they start vanishing from Gensokyo, and later return when that demand fades
  • New youkai created in the outside world immediately appear in Gensokyo as well, but due to not having a clear form they disappear just a quickly
  • Rinnosuke notes that Gensokyo is rather multicultural, as youkai brought with them foreign cultures as they were pulled into Gensokyo
  • A real life human shows up in Gensokyo after becoming a god
  • Animals that become endangered or extinct (at least in Japan) are more prevalent in Gensokyo
  • A completely ordinary seal winds up in Gensokyo after being forgotten while a youkai well integrated in human society could remain in the outside world
• Nonliving
  
  • Items that fall out of use in the outside world wind up in Gensokyo
  • People doubting or forgetting the moon landing is enough to cause several magazines about it to appear in Gensokyo as well as the Soyuz spacecraft
  • Lyrica implies that instruments and even noises can fall into fantasy
• Buildings
  
  • The Scarlet Devil Mansion is a western style mansion housing multiple powerful youkai that is assumed to have arrived in Gensokyo fairly recently, with Akyuu also noting that it seemingly wasn't designed for Japanese climates
  • Another western style mansion housing the Prismriver sister also exists in Gensokyo
  • Unused radio towers occasionally appear in Gensokyo
  • After Miko is forgotten by the outside world, her entire mausoleum arrives in Gensokyo
• Large Scale
  
  • Due to Kanako making it fall into fantasy the Moriya shrine and the nearby lake move to Gensokyo
  • According to legend the Bamboo Forest of the Lost appeared in Gensokyo after being washed away by a tsunami
  • It's thought (according to Keine) that Youkai Mountain in Gensokyo is the original mythical form Yatsugatake, before it had been torn down by a god, back when it was taller than Mt. Fuji

Misc

• Boundary of Reality and Illusion - Moon
  
  • Erases the boundary between the real and illusionary moon, turning a reflection of the moon in the water into a portal to the moon itself that allows for instantaneous travel
  • Can return to Earth by doing the same thing to a reflection of the Earth
  • Leaves the portal open by shoving an umbrella into it
  • The Watatsuki sisters state she can freely travel between the Earth and moon, and that she once brought a throng of youkai to the moon with her
  • Implies this can only be performed when the moon is completely full, and that she was trapped on the moon when the full waned more quickly than expected
• Netherworld
  
  • Weakened the barrier between Gensokyo and the Netherworld so Yuyuko could more easily enter Gensokyo. She is also responsible for its repair
    • The Netherworld's barrier weakening causes the boundary between life and death to become vague, with Youmu wondering if it's okay to leave the boundary between this world an the next so ambiguous, though Youmu also notes it hasn't changed up the natural order too much
  • States that she caused the borders between Hell and the Netherworld to fade
    • Both the Netherworld and Hell are massive, but it's not clear to what extent she actually merged them
• Lunar Capital
  
  • Breaks through the barrier of the lunar capital, but it takes her a while due to the complexity
    • This barrier separates the living fantastical moon from the scientific dead one, and requires a specific route in order to reach the capital
  • Opens a whole in the barrier hiding the house of the Lunar sage with her thumb, and leaves her glove in the gap so that Yuyuko and Youmu can later use it to enter the Lunar Captial
• Misc Conceptual
  
  • States she can manipulate the boundary between Gensokyo and the outside world, the worlds of the living and the dead, human and youkai, or even day and night
  • Claims she can give the immortal Mokou a near death experience by manipulating the boundary of life and death
  • States she thinned the barrier between human and youkai, possibly making Reimu a youkai temporarily
    • States she could set the boundary between human and youkai for Mai and Satano to make them one or the other
  • Manipulates the boundary between daylight and moonlight to cause both to happen at the same time
  • Makes the moon as bright as daytime by manipulating the boundary between day and night
  • Marisa speculates that Yukari manipulated the border between danmaku for play and danmaku for combat for one of her attacks
  • States she can easily manipulate the boundary between spring and winter
  • States she causes noctambulism (sleep walking) in humans by manipulating the boundary between asleep and awake
  • Manipulates the boundary of master and slave, causing both teams using perfect possession to swap said roles
    • Doing this required interfering with the dream world

Other Abilities

Note that a number of feats here potentially involve boundary manipulation, but it's less explicit
Energy Projection

• Feats
  
  • Individual needles can break rock, and destroy a large boulder with sustained fire
  • Effortlessly defeats the three fairies of light, throwing out projectiles made of light and non-light
  • Marisa considers Yukari's danmaku harder to deal with than Yuyuko's
  • Surrounds herself with rings of danmaku
• General
  
  • Fires out large amounts of danmaku in various patterns
  • Fires off danmaku in front of her with a swing of her fan
  • Attacks with lines of energy
  • Fires off several orbs trailed by lines of energy
  • Creates spirals of energy around her body
  • Using a bomb, unleashes a pulse of energy that knocks back her foe
• Skills
  
  • Purple Needles of Painful Reproach: Rapid fires needles in front of her
  • Bewitching Bait: Creates a bird's eye that high speed projectiles then fly through at random paths
  • Spacetime Seam: Creates a pulse of energy projectiles in all directions around her, possibly by cracking space
• Spell Cards
  
  • Standard Danmaku Pattern
    • Barrier "Curse of Dreams and Reality"
    • Barrier "Balance of Motion and Stillness"
    • Barrier "Mesh of Light and Darkness"
    • Evil Spirits "Dreamland of Straight and Curve"
    • Evil Spirits "Bewitching Butterfly Living in the Zen Temple"
    • Sinister Spirits "Double Black Death Butterfly"
    • Barrier "Boundary of Life and Death"
    • Yukari's Arcanum "Danmaku Barrier"
    • Outer Force "Infinite Superspeed Flying Object"
    • Border Sign "Boundary of Form and Emptiness"
    • Border Sign "Boundary of Wave and Particle"
    • Photon "Doppler Effect"
    • Aerial Bait "Hyperactive High Speed Flying Object"
    • "Yakumo's Nest"
    • "Impossible Danmaku Barrier"
    • "Casebook of Luck, Resilience and Perseverance"
  • Combo Attack with Others
    • "Perfect Possession and Dream Seal": With Reimu
    • "Boundary of Spirit Medium and Divine Spirit": With Reimu
    • "Secret God Barrier": With Okina
    • "Shoot the Danmaku Barrier!": With Marisa
    • "Unauthorized Danmaku Photography is Strictly Prohibited": With Reimu
    • Paper Sign "Barrier-Enclosed Zener Card Shuriken": With Sumireko
  • Misc
    • Aerial Bait "Addictive Bait": Opens several locations through which high speed projectiles travel from
    • Fantasy "Perpetual Motion Machine of the First Kind": Creates a perpetual motion device that automatically fires danmaku without her input
    • Spirit Medium's Melancholy: Fires off danmaku that only hits one part of a perfect possession duo
• Last Word
  
  • "Profound Danmaku Barrier -Phantasm, Foam and Shadow-": Creates an everlasting bullet pattern with her finger deciding its life and death

Shikigami: Shikigami are spirits that have been turned into tools via a patter, that have software installed to control them

• Feats/Statmenents
  
  • Has the ability to control shikigami, which like computers will follower her commands exactly. Her primary shikigami is Ran, who herself has her own shikigami Chen
  • Has shikigami possess various crows which she uses for scouting
    • A crow rapidly flies over large swaths of the lunar surface in what is implied to be a short span of time. Its flight is also described as unnaturally straight, with it following the special path required to reach the Lunar Capital with computer-like accuracy
    • [Limit] A crow is killed by being possessed exposed to the vacuum of space
  • Has eyes all over Gensokyo... literally, with this eyes noted to be her familiars
• Skills
  
  • "Apparotation Needle": Has Ran chase after he foes while firing off danmaku
  • Eyes that View Change: Opens a gap holding an eye, which attacks the enemy when it sees a weakpoint based on specific programming
• Spell Cards
  
  • Summoning Rand and or Chen to attack enemies
    • Shikigami "Ran Yakumo"
    • Sign III "Ran Yakumo"
    • Shikigami "Ran Yakumo +"
    • Shikigami "Chen"
    • Shikigami "Ran Yakumo & Chen":
  • Other
    • Magic Eye "Laplace's Demon": Opens up several gaps holding eyes which attack when they see an exploitable weak point

Umbrella

• General
  
  • Hits her foe by spinning her umbrella
  • Creates spirals of energy around her umbrella
• Skills
  
  • Bewitching Butterfly Lurking in the Zen Temple: Envelopes her umbrella in energy and spins it while slamming into her foe
  • Fantasy Manji-Parasol: Gathers spiritual energy on her umbrella, then spins and fires it off as a projectile
  • Full Moon Umbrella: Creates a ring of energy around herself with a swing of her umbrella
• Spell Cards
  
  • Sign II "Manji-Parasol of Yakumo"

Senses

• Sees the human village despite Keine attempting to hide it by trying to make it appear that nothing had ever been there by eating its history
  
• Youkai can see perfectly by moonlight
  
• Claims to see the backside of the moon bathed with sunlight, even during a new moon
  
• Detects that a tree is from the outside world
  
• Eavesdrops on Sakuya's conversation while not physically present, and speaks to Reisen before warping to the location
  
• Claims to clearly see the launch of the Scarlet Devil Mansion's rocket from a ways away
  
• Senses Eiki's presence
  
• Senses the weakening of the Great Hakurei Barrier while presumably asleep
  
• Realizes the Shinmyoumaru in front of her isn't the normal one
  
• Sees the outside world beyond the Great Hakurei Barrier
  
• Sees the flow of energy from living things and helps Youmu to understand it
  
• Able to see the god that Utsuho had absorbed the power of
  

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It first came to my attention in my 100-level Political Science class.
Week one, the class was absolutely packed. There was energy. Debate. Discussion.
Five weeks in, and now it looks like nearly half the class is gone.
Mind you, Professor Weldon was not only an exceptional lecturer who explained concepts with passion and great insight - he was also a very easy grader. It made no sense to me that people were transferring out of his class. A couple of stragglers dropping off once they realize that Poli Sci isn’t for them? Sure. But this was ridiculous.
It happened in my other 100-level classes too: four weeks in, and a little over 40% of the class transferred out of English 101. Psychology? A lecture hall of roughly 200 people had been reduced to 120 or so.
I brought it up to my friends on campus who were also in their first year.
“People dropping classes in their first few weeks is totally normal,” replied Dinesh. “If I saw you sitting there in one of my classes with that dumb expression on your face, I’d drop it immediately too.”
Ha-ha. Very funny.
I turned to Mallory. She just shrugged and said “I don’t know man,” and went back to reading her book.
I’d known both of them for close to five years now. While none of us were in the same program (Dinesh was a robotics geek, Mallory was obsessed with history), we’d all been very close since high school. We were outcasts who clung to each other over our shared love of D&D, video game music, and badminton. After weeks of nervousness hoping all of us would get admission to this university, we were thrilled to find out that we’d all made it - our little trio would get to continue.
“Guess I’m just overthinking things, then. Don’t know why this isn’t sitting well with me,” I responded to both of them.
As we continued hanging out in the mezzanine, I couldn’t shake the fact that the campus, as a whole, looked much emptier than usual for a Monday.
–-
As usual, I showed up early for the Poli Sci lecture. Yes, I am a tryhard, and yes, it’s important to me that I’m as close to a model student as possible in this new chapter of my life.
I watched as students shuffled into class. I also paid attention to Professor Weldon’s pre-class demeanor. He was his usual chipper self.
I took the opportunity to go up to him and ask a quick question.
“Hey, Professor Weldon…”
“You can call me Michael!”
“Right, hey… Michael, so obviously, we’re only like five weeks into the class and it’s my first year so I’m new to this whole thing… just wanted to confirm it’s normal for students to transfer out of their classes in the first few weeks? I’ve noticed a really big drop off in all of my classes including this on–”
“Totally normal! I mean, students are still figuring out what their interests are and what their overall class workload needs to be, so this is all very standard stuff. Great question though!”
Well, alrighty then. I think I just needed to hear it from a professor. I started questioning why the whole drop-off thing was even bothering me in the first place. I turned to go back to my seat.
“Don’t ever ask that again, alright?”
What?
I turned around. Did the prof just whisper what I thought he did?
He doubled down with a hushed response.
“I’m not gonna say anything about it, but a word of advice. For your own good, just listen to the material and study it. You really don’t wanna be asking people around here questions like that. Are we clear?”
All I could do was muster up a nod and walk back to my desk.
And with that, the lecture kicked off. As Professor Weldon discussed the various types of political systems around the world, I tried my best to forget the weird exchange I just had with him. To his credit, he defaulted to his regular sunny disposition throughout the presentation. I even answered a few questions he posed to the group, and he called on me as if nothing had even happened.
There were moments though, as I looked around the class, where I felt like I wasn’t alone in my… hypervigilance. Most of the students were tuned in or dozing off as usual, but I spotted a couple of faces who seemed… nervous? Like they were anxiously contemplating something?
In the midst of my surveying of the room, my eyes were drawn to a student sitting near me: a student who I remembered being quite outspoken in earlier weeks of the class, but who now seemed very reserved. From my vantage point, I could make out some of the notes he was scribbling in his notebook:
Follow up Q’s for the Dean:
- Has my drop out request been approved?
- Am I allowed to tell my family?
- Why are only some students notified about this?
- Does it emerge from Williams Hall?
As you can probably tell, these questions had absolutely nothing to do with the class.
I wrote them down in my journal. It was time to do some research.
–-
After class, I invited Dinesh and Mallory to my (unfortunately) tiny dorm room for an evening conversation about everything that happened today.
While I waited for them to arrive, I spent my time doing online research to see if I could uncover anything that would shed light on the happenings - looking up things like “dropoff rates increasing” or “odd occurrences” at my university. I unfortunately wasn’t able to uncover much of anything - everything online was very boilerplate and sanitized.
The note - “Does it emerge from Williams Hall?” - from class earlier was the only thing that led to something of moderate substance. After searching through our school intranet, I realized that Williams Hall had been more or less designated as “off limits” for a number of years now. Outside of being the location of some of our final exams and student body meetings, the building had been cordoned off so that construction and renovations could be completed there.
Strangely enough, my research also showed me that prior to Williams Hall being sequestered, it used to be the hub for our Faculty of Arts, and was the former homebase for a lot of our major university clubs (theater, debate). These classes and clubs had all been moved into other buildings at the university over the last fifteen years or so.
As I continued digging, Dinesh arrived.
“Hey cuckoo bird,” he said as he came in. Before I could cut him off and tell him that this was kind of serious, he continued–
“So, uh, something happened actually and… maybe you’re not totally completely nuts.”
“Okay…,” I responded.
“So, we’re in week five right? Up until last week, my robotics class was basically at capacity - one or two stragglers dropped off in the first few weeks, but we were more or less a full group. Today, I shit you not, half the class was missing. I asked the prof, and he said they dropped out, and then he just changed the subject. I looked into it, and if you drop a class after week three, you’re required to pay a full refund. Why the fuck would anyone drop a class this late?”
I nodded. “It’s not just dropping classes and switching into other ones. I think it’s–”
“People dropping out of the university altogether,” Dinesh said, cutting me off. “Feels like there’s… less people in general now, at the campus.”
A rush of anxiety hit me as I realized that Mallory hadn’t responded to any of my texts today. I shook it off.
“So… something really weird happened in Poli Sci class today.”
–-
I filled Dinesh in on everything. He was a bit incredulous, and didn’t totally believe the exchange I had with the instructor (his interpretation being that Professor Weldon was simply offended I was pointing out that people were dropping his class).
Nonetheless, he helped me with my research.
We scoured the web, searching up old Reddit posts, blog posts, discussion board conversations - anything at all that mentioned Williams Hall or bizarre events at the university. Aside from jaded former students calling out the difficult grading scale here, everything we came across was useless. But, we did notice a suspicious trend…
The year 2008 was very interesting for the school… in that there was no record of anything happening here that year. No campus events that took place here (or events that were hosted at the university in general, for that matter), no sports records, no graduation records, the list goes on. Nothing. Were there any professors that taught here in the year 2008? Not that we could find. A 2008 yearbook? Nope.
Dinesh and I went deeper and deeper down our rabbit hole, as I tried to push aside concerned thoughts of still not hearing back from Mallory. Dinesh mentioned that we should hone in on the year 2008 and try to use the Wayback Machine, in case that could help us find anything that might’ve been archived or deleted since. It took a little while, but we were able to dig up an old message board conversation, which I’ll share below.
​
Thread: So are we going to talk about that?
Fuckyou37
06/10/2008, 12:03PM
Title says all… June 8 at Williams Hall. won’t say more at risk of exposing myself, but I know there are lots of others who go to this school or went here, and were there when it happened. Why the actual fuck is no one talking about this?!?
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LostInTranslation
06/10/2008, 4:33PM
This some Skull & Bones Society shit? :)
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Fuckyou37
06/10/2008, 4:46PM
No.
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Fuckyou37
06/11/2008, 12:00PM
bump.
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Fuckyou37
06/12/2008, 12:05PM
bump.
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KungFuKid89
06/15/2008, 8:49PM
Yep. Count your blessings and stfu. Nothing more you can do. Remember what they said happens if you blab about it.
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Fuckyou37
06/16/2008, 9:52AM
That’s insane.
that no one has called the cops in this whole fucking time is insane.
also I swear to god they told some kids to get out of dodge before it happened. Knew a bunch of ppl who pced out a few weeks before. linguistics class with a certain hot professor was emptyyyyyyyy. No one else had a clue…
btw: Have any proof you were actually there? Also wtf is reality? Like that actually happened.
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KungFuKid89
06/16/2008, 7:46PM
I’m sure people tried to call the cops.
I was the only guy that crawled to the door when it was all over. Apparently the rest of you just stood up and walked out. Maybe different reactions to shock for all of us?
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steve2204
06/16/2008, 11:18PM
heard about this through a friend, friend knew a guy who went there and said something really messed up was happening there and that the rumor mill was in full swing, like the *final exam* wasn’t normal, he tried to drop out but they wouldn’t let him(?), but left nyways. Apparently they found his body later.
I never believed him tho lol my friend says shit a lot of dumb shit when he’s blazing >_>
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CidHighwind
06/17/2008, 7:20AM
Thread locked due to inappropriate content.
​
We also found two other threads on a different message board, both created by the same person in 2008. The posts didn’t mention Williams Hall or the university explicitly, but they did mention the June 8th date. The post was of a mother claiming that her daughter randomly disappeared after going to the campus one day. The mother detailed how she didn’t buy the official story she was told by the police that her daughter simply “ran away”. She said that she was speaking with other parents in the area who were dealing with the same situation, and that she would provide updates as they came. Both threads were locked soon after posting.
As I jotted down the recurring date that was coming up in these threads (June 8th, 2008), I heard the door open.
Dinesh and I exhaled as Mallory entered. But that relief washed away quickly - something was off. Mallory was not herself. She’s always been quiet and reserved, preferring to be 'near people but not participating', but this time felt different.
We slowly started filling her in, trying to find a way to make our disconnected musings make sense. She listened as we talked about the student drop-offs in our classes and the overall campus feeling more empty, the peculiar goings-on in my Poli Sci class earlier in the day, and the archived message board posts we discovered during our online research. As we detailed our findings, we realized that we both sounded a little crazy… all of these things were, ultimately, random occurrences that we were stitching together like some sort of conspiracy theory.
But then Mallory spoke up.
“I had a meeting with the Dean earlier today. I’m going to drop out.”
–-
The hours after Mallory said that were stressful. Obviously, Dinesh and I were shocked, confused, and most of all, deathly curious on what spurred this on for her.
Frustratingly, she wasn’t giving us too many details.
She asked us if the Dean had organized a meeting with either of us earlier in the week. When we both said no, she looked really, really miserable. Her reaction only added to our confusion.
We asked her if her reasons for dropping out were similar to what we were researching, and she begrudgingly said yes. When we asked her to elaborate, she said she was sworn to secrecy and couldn’t speak further.
“Why can’t you tell us what’s going on?!” I asked her, for probably the 30th time in our back-and-forth.
“I just can’t. If I say anything more…”
Her eyes trailed off, as if suggesting there was some terrible fate that would befall her if she elaborated further. Most of her answers to our following questions were just a simple “I’m sorry.”
Our one-sided conversation with Mallory continued for quite some time. Eventually, Dinesh asked the question that was lingering at the back of my mind. A question that seemed utterly ridiculous but also very necessary.
“Do you… do you think we should drop out too, maybe?”
It took a while for Mallory to respond. She chose her words carefully.
“I guess it’s random,” she started. “It’s random… which students they explain this whole thing to, and which ones they don’t. If they call upon you, you’re given the option to drop out. But if the Dean didn’t meet with you…”
“What the fuck does that even mean?!” Dinesh responded.
“It… means that I don’t think they’ll approve it. Even if you want to leave.”
Dinesh turned to me with a look of bafflement.
“I mean… we could just, like, leave though, right? Like… physically get up and leave? Like, how could they actually stop us from doing that?”
I saw Mallory’s eyes widen as Dinesh spoke those words to me. I knew that she wanted to say so much more to us, but she just couldn’t. The look in her eyes made it clear to me - us running now would be a mistake.
We struggled to get anything more out of Mallory. Eventually, I jumped in with a softball question that I prayed she’d answer. Referring to the research we were doing, I asked her plainly –
“If Dinesh and I keep digging, do you think we’ll be able to figure out what’s going on?”
She paused for a moment, and then nodded.
And that was all I needed.
“I think it’s time we go on an adventure, Dinesh,” I said.
“Goddamnit,” was his reply.
As we all left my dorm room, the three of us reluctantly gave each other a group hug. We’re not the mushy, touchy-feely types, so this was the first time we’d ever done anything this sentimental. It was awkward and not great, but everything felt too serious for us to not do it. As we let go of each other, I saw the first tears I’d ever seen Mallory cry.
“I”m really sorry I can’t say more. I’m really, really sorry,” she said. All good, Mal.
And with that, Dinesh and I headed out on a nighttime trek towards a certain building.
–-
We made our way through the nearly pitch-black, empty courtyard, towards a bunch of construction signs and scaffolding that suggested we were getting closer and closer to Williams Hall. Dinesh, continuing his research on his phone, was chiming in with some “fun facts” –
“This building’s been under construction for like over a decade… how?”
“It’s probably just an excuse,” I responded.
Past a collection of tools and barriers, we arrived at a side door to the building. To my surprise, it wasn’t locked.
We entered, using our cell-phone flashlights to maneuver through the dark. Past the scent of old wood and peeling wallpaper, in a hallway that I can best describe as “rickety”, a word that I’m aware doesn’t make sense in this context but is the only one that comes to mind -
We arrived at the foyer. The ceiling stretched high above us. We maneuvered around a wet spot on the floor reflecting back at us (probably a leaky pipe somewhere) as our phone lights illuminated the dusty engraving above us that read Faculty of Arts.
“Which way do you think we should head?” I asked as our lights spun around the room, taking in every inch of the once-bustling building. The beam from my cell phone cut through the air, creating a glow that illuminated relics around us: various seating areas that seemed carelessly assembled, abstract art installations that were now covered in grime, and a collection of aged plaques adorning the walls, preserving the wide smiles of professors and administrators of years past.
A sign off in the distance that read Final Exam Room caught my attention. I motioned to Dinesh and he followed.
With our footsteps across the marble floor of yet another hallway that had seen better days, we approached our destination. Along the way, we encountered empty classrooms on both sides of the large corridor. Our brief peeks into all of the rooms revealed perfect preservation and consistency: desks and chairs neatly arranged, and the boards in each room having only one simple message written on them:
REMINDER: FINAL EXAM - JUNE 8TH
“Does every class do their final exam on the same day?” I asked Dinesh.
He didn’t reply. He was drawn to the large doors at the end of the hallway. I flashed my light at the engraving above them -
FINAL EXAM ROOM / STUDENT BODY MEETING ROOM
Huh. Weird combination if ever I’d seen one.
“I feel like coming here was beyond stupid,” Dinesh said.
“Yep. But we’re here now.”
Dinesh shined his phone light on a small sign posted up beside the doors.
Final Exam Room
Most Recent: June 8, 2008
Next Exam: June 8, 2023
Don’t forget to study!!!
We froze up. The obvious question for both of us was why a seemingly abandoned and under-construction building would have a note about an upcoming final exam scheduled for just a few days from now… an exam taking place only half-way through the semester, mind you.
“Do we go in?” Dinesh asked.
I wasn’t voted “most inquisitive” in high school superlatives… because it wasn’t a category. If it was, I would’ve secured it, no competition. This whole thing had been nagging at me from the first couple of weeks. I needed to know what was going on.
“Yes. We go in.”
We opened the doors, revealing a large room with hundreds of desks, all perfectly spaced out from each other. It was an exam, after all.
The hall stretched far and long. As we inched our way in, a pungent smell flooded my senses - like nothing I’d ever experienced before.
I pointed my phone light from desk to desk as I walked on by, realizing why the abandoned room felt so “lively” to me from the second we opened the door.
Nearly all of the desks were occupied by the headless and decayed bodies of students seated upright. Hands on the table. Coats on the chair behind them. Bags under desks.
Before the shock of the sight could overtake us and force us to get the fuck out of there, the sound of footsteps from the other end of the large exam hall caused us to redirect our phone lights to the source of the sound.
A figure emerged from the shadows, dressed in attire that was unmistakably formal. His hands were clasped behind him, a posture of composure and control. A face that I hadn’t seen since my first week orientation. The Dean?
He addressed us.
“Gentlemen - the exam isn’t for a few days now. I suggest you get back to studying.”

I've uploaded a new video on my channel. It presents an unconventional way (on the Internet, at least) of looking at the Übermensch. I would love to read your comments and opinions about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgTRRt_5ItQ&ab_channel=JoyfulWisdom
Abstract: Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch, or the overhuman or superhuman, is usually interpreted as an ideal of individual cultural excellence. But there's an equally important ecological and global side to the Übermensch that isn't talked about as much. I talk about it in this video. I introduce three interpretations of the Übermensch from respected Nietzschean scholars, Adrian Del Caro, Martin Heidegger, and Vanessa Lemm, all of which highlight its ecological and global meaning. In these interpretations, the Übermensch is a vision of a hypothetical future humanity who would be able to rule the Earth responsibly and who would understand itself as an inherent part of nature, not superior to it in any way. Such a new self-understanding would compel humans to ascribe the same ethical rights and moral concerns to all non-human organisms as to all humans, since nature would be thought of as a necessary part of what makes human beings human.

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Mut/E/25 .44 Pistol
Ari/FF15r SA Revolver
Ari/E/15r SA Revolver
Gou/FF15r Pipe
TS/FF25 BA Pipe
Q/FF15r Pipe Revolver
N/FF15r Gamma Gun
B/VHC/15c Double Barrel
F/E/15r Double Barrel
Q/E/1A Double Barrel
TS/E/90 Pump Shotgun
Ass/E/15c Lever Action Rifle
MS/FF15r Lever Action Rifle
Q/DWA/15r Lever Action Rifle
T/E/25 Hunting Rifle
Sup/E/25 Hunting Rifle
Ext/50c/15c Bow
N/50c/25 Crossbow
Ari/50c/15c Thirst Zapper
Melee:
Aa/FSS/1S Board
Jug/FSS/1S Board
F/FSS/1S Bowie Knife
Gou/40pa/90 Chainsaw
Mut/40pa/1S Chainsaw
MS/40pa/1S Chainsaw
N/FSS/90 Chainsaw
Aa/FSS/1S Combat Knife
BeFSS/1S Combat Knife
T/FSS/1S Deathclaw Gauntlet
Ari/40pa/40 Drill
T/FSS/1S Drill
B/FSS/1S Fire Axe
Exe/FSS/1S Golf Club
Ari/FSS/1S Guitar Sword
F/FSS/1S Guitar Sword
Z/FSS/1S Hatchet
Gou/FSS/1S Meat Hook
N/FSS/1S Multi-Purpose Axe
Jug/FSS/1S Pipe Wrench
I/FSS/1S Pole Hook
BeFSS/1S Pool Cue
Ext/FSS/1S Security Baton
Jug/FSS/1S Security Baton
Junk/FSS/90 Sheepsquatch Staff
Mut/FSS/1S Ski Sword
BeFSS/1S Slegehammer
Ext/FSS/1S Slegehammer
N/FSS/1S Slegehammer
Mut/FSS/1S Super Sledge
Sup/FSS/1S Walking Cane
Sup/FSS/1S War Drum
Z/FFS/1S Baseball Bat (Lvl 15)
-/FSS/1E Slegehammer
85k Ult 5mm rounds
Armor Pieces:
Ari/AP/AWR Ultracite Right Arm
Ari/AP/AWR T-45 Right Arm
Ari/1C/Cav Raider Power Left Arm
Ari/1A/Cav Raider Power Right Arm
Ari/AP/HTD Forest Scout Chest
Ari/AP/HTD Marine Right Leg
Ari/7LED/HTD Urban Scout Right Arm
Ari/7LED/HTD Urban Scout Right Leg
Ari/AP/Rad Urban Scout Left Arm
Ari/7LED/AWR Wood Left Leg
Ari/AP/5ED Robot Chest
Ari/1S/Cav Raider Right Leg
Ari/1S/WWR Leather Left Leg
Ari/AP/5FD Combat Left Leg
Ari/7LED/AWR Combat Right Arm
Ari/AP/5FD Marine Left Arm
Ass/AP/Cav Heavy Combat Chest
Ass/7LED/Sent Heavy Combat Chest
Ass/AP/JWR Raider Power Right Leg
Ass/AP/AWR Marine Right Arm
Ass/1S/Sent T-45 Left Arm
Ass/1S/JWR Robot Left Arm
AS/AP/HTD Heavy Leather Right Arm
AS/AP/Cav Robot Left Leg
AS/AP/WWR Marine Left Arm
AS/1S/AWR Sturdy Robot Right Leg
AS/AP/JWR Raider Power Right Arm
AS/7LED/Sent Excavator Left Leg
Bol/1S/Cav T-45 Right Leg
Bol/1A/Sent Raider Power Left Arm
Bol/1E/Sent Raider Power Right Leg
Bol/1S/Cav Excavator Left Arm
Bol/1I/WWR Ultracite Chest
Bol/AP/JWR Heavy Raider Right Leg
Bol/AP/5FD Marine Left Arm
Bol/1S/Cav Leather Left Leg
Bol/1I/Sent Combat Right Arm
Bol/1E/Cav Combat Left Arm
Bol/1S/Cav Sturdy Combat Left Leg
Bol/1A/WWR Forest Scout Right Arm (Urban Scout Reverse)
Bol/Poison/FDCWR Urban Scout Left Leg
Bol/Poison/AWR Heavy Raider Left Arm
Bol/1I/Cav Trapper Chest
Bol/1C/Sent X-01 Right Arm
Cham/AP/JWR Leather Right Leg
Cham/AP/HTD Robot Left Arm
Cham/AP/HTD Sturdy Robot Right Leg
Clo/AP/5ME Leather Left Arm
Clo/7LED/AWR Sturdy Leather Left Leg
Clo/AP/Sent Leather Right Leg
Clo/AP/HTD Forest Scout Right Leg
Ext/AP/JWR Marine Left Arm
Ext/AP/WWR Sturdy Robot Right Arm
Ext/AP/JWR Sturdy Raider Right Leg
Ext/7LED/WWR Heavy Metal Right Leg
Ext/7LED/Sent Raider Power Left Arm
Ext/H&T/Sent Raider Power Right Leg
GS/1S/Cav Marine Left Leg
GS/7LED/Cav Sturdy Metal Chest
GS/1I/Cav Raider Power Right Arm
GS/1I/Cav T-45 Right Arm
H/AP/AWR Forest Scout Right Leg
H/AP/WWR Marine Left Leg
H/1I/WWR Marine Left Arm
H/1I/FDCWR Raider Chest
H/1S/Sent Raider Power Right Leg
H/1S/AWR Urban Scout Left Arm
H/AP/FDCWR T-45 Right Leg
H/7LED/Sent T-45 Left Arm
H/AP/Cav Sturdy Robot Left Leg
H/1S/AWR Raider Right Arm
H/AP/JWR Raider Power Right Arm
H/AP/AWR Marine Left Arm
H/AP/Rad Marine Left Arm
H/1S/Sent Leather Right Leg
LS/7LED/Cav Sturdy Combat Chest
LS/1S/WWR Marine Right Leg
LS/1S/JWR Marine Left Arm
LS/7LED/5FD Marine Left Arm
LS/1S/JWR Heavy Raider Right Leg
LS/1E/Cav Urban Scout Left Leg
LS/1E/FDCWR Urban Scout Right Arm
Mut/1S/5ED Marine Left Arm
Mut/AP/JWR T-51b Left Arm
Mut/Rad/Cav Heavy Raider Left Arm
Mut/1S/HTD Sturdy Robot Right Leg
Mut/1S/FDCWR T-45 Right Arm
Mut/7LED/FDCWR Forest Scout Left Arm
Mut/1S/FDCWR Urban Scout Chest
Mut/AP/5PD Trapper Right Leg
Mut/Rad/FDCWR Trapper Left Arm
Mut/AP/50BS Ultracite Right Leg
Mut/1S/Cav Ultracite Left Leg
Mut/1L/WWR X-01 Chest
Mut/AP/AWR X-01 Left Arm
MS/1S/Sent T-45 Right Leg
MS/1S/HTD Sturdy Combat Left Arm
MS/1S/Sent Marine Right Leg
MS/AP/Cav Marine Chest
MS/1S/WWR Marine Left Arm
MS/Fire/Sent Marine Right Arm
MS/1S/Cav Trapper Right Leg
MS/1S/Cav Ultracite Left Leg
N/Rad/WWR Excavator Right Leg
N/7LED/Cav Wood Right Leg
N/1S/FDCWR Metal Right Arm
N/1S/FDCWR Marine Left Arm
N/7LED/Sent Marine Left Arm
N/1L/Cav Marine Right Arm
N/1A/Cav Marine Chest
N/1S/WWR Leather Left Leg
N/AP/HTD Trapper Right Leg
N/1I/FDCWR Trapper Right Leg
N/1S/HTD Heavy Metal Left Leg
N/1S/WWR Sturdy Metal Right Arm
N/AP/50BS Forest Scout Left Arm
N/Fire/Sent Wood Chest
OE/AP/FDCWR Heavy Combat Left Arm
OE/Cryo/FDCWR Forest Scout Left Leg
OE/Poison/Sent Forest Scout Left Leg
OE/AP/FDCWR Forest Scout Chest
OE/Fire/FDCWR Forest Scout Chest
OE/1I/WWR Leather Right Arm
OE/7LED/Sent Raider Right Leg
OE/AP/JWR Trapper Left Arm
OE/AP/FDCWR Marine Right Leg
OE/1A/Cav Marine Left Leg
OE/1A/AWR Metal Left Arm
OE/AP/Frost Wood Left Arm
OE/7LED/Sent T-45 Right Leg
OE/1S/FDCWR T-45 Left Leg
OE/1I/Sent Raider Power Chest
Regen/1S/WWR Sturdy Leather Left Leg
Regen/AP/Sent Ultracite Left Arm
Regen/7LED/Sent Urban Scout Right Leg
T/7LED/Cav Excavator Torso
T/AP/Sent T-51b Torso
T/AP/FDCWR Trapper Left Leg
T/1S/Sent Sturdy Combat Left Leg
T/1S/WWR Marine Right Arm
T/AP/Cav Combat Left Leg
T/AP/Cav Raider Power Chest
Uny/1L/JWR Raider Chest
Uny/AP/JWR Robot Chest
Uny/AP/JWR Sturdy Robot Right Arm
Uny/AP/- Sturdy Combat Chest
Uny/Cryo/Cav Heavy Combat Left Arm
Uny/1Int/- Wood Right Arm
Uny/1Int/- Heavy Metal Right Leg
Uny/Fire/Cav Marine Chest
Uny/1A/Cav Marine Left Leg
Uny/Poison/Cav Marine Right Arm
Uny/1S/Sent Metal Right Leg
Uny/1E/Cav Forest Scout Chest
Uny/1L/Cav Forest Scout Right Arm
Uny/25DHTD Forest Scout Left Leg (Lvl 40, Urban Reverse)
Uny/1E/Cav Urban Scout Right Leg
Uny/Cryo/Cav Trapper Right Arm
Van/AP/Cav Sturdy Combat Chest
Van/AP/AWR Marine Right Leg
Van/7LED/FDCWR Marine Left Arm
Van/1C/Cav Marine Right Leg
Van/Poison/Cav Marine Left Leg
Van/1L/Cav Marine Right Arm
Van/1L/FDCWR Marine Chest
Van/1P/FDCWR Marine Left Leg
Van/7LED/WWR T-51b Left Arm
Van/1S/5MED T-51b Chest
Van/1E/Cav T-45 Left Leg
Van/1C/Cav T-45 Right Arm
Van/H&T/Cav T-45 Right Leg
Van/1C/Cav Excavator Left Arm
Van/AP/HTD Trapper Left Leg
Van/AP/- Wood Left Arm
Van/1S/Cav Wood Right Arm
Van/AP/JWR Forest Scout Left Leg
Van/1E/Sent Forest Scout Right Arm
Van/AP/Fall Urban Scout Chest
Van/Poison/Sent Robot Chest
Van/1E/Sent Heavy Robot Chest
W/AP/- Heavy Combat Left Leg
W/AP/FDCWR Trapper Chest
W/AP/5ED Forest Scout Right Leg
W/AP/Fall Forest Scout Right Leg
Z/1S/Cav Forest Scout Left Leg (Urban Reverse)
Z/AP/WWR Leather Right Leg
Z/AP/HTD Urban Scout Right Leg
Z/1S/HTD Forest Scout Chest
Z/1S/Sent Raider Power Right Leg
Z/1S/JWR T-45 Right Arm

Interested in other g roll armour too but listed is priority

Wants:

Armour;
uny - 7led / AP - SENTt / WWRu heavy raider RA, RL
uny - AP - FDC scout CP, RA
uny - AP - HTD fsa CP, RA
uny - AP - SENT heavy combat LA, RA, RL
uny - AP - WWR wood LA, RL
uny - AP - any 3rd heavy robot CP, RL
Weapons
B - 50c - 25 auto EPR

Trades:

FIXERS:

AA - E - 25
AA - 50c - 25
ARI - 25 - 25
B - 25- 25
EXE - 50c - 25
H - E - 25
JUG - 25 - 25
MUT - 25 - 25
Q - 25 - 25
Q - 50c - 15r
Q - 50c - 90
Q - 50vhc - 15r
Q - AP - 15r
Q - E - 90
Q - E - SF
SUP - 25 - 25
V - E - 15r**

HANDYS:

AA - 25 - 25
B - E - 50dr
B - 25 - 25
B - 50vhc - 15r
EXE - E - 15r
GS - 50c - 25
H - 25 - 25
I - 50vhc - 25
MED - E - 15r
MED - 25 - 25
Q - AP - 15r
Q - E - 15r
Q - E - 25*
Q - 25 - 25* x2
Q - 50c - 25
Q - 50c - 90
TS - E - 25
V - E - 15r*
V - E - 25
V - E - 50bs

PIPE IS LIFE:

AaE15r auto pipe
Bz2525 auto pipe
IE25 pipe revolver
Q50c15r auto pipe
QE25 auto pipe***
Sup50c25 auto pipe
Ts2525 auto pipe
V2525 auto pipe****
VE15r auto pipe

COMBAT + ASSAULT RIFLES:

AaE25 ar
BE15r ar
BE15r cr
B2525 cr
B50vhc25 ar
Bz50c25 cr
Sup50vhc25 ar
VE25 cr

LASERS:

AaAP25 nu
B50c25 uc
Jug50vhc25 nu
Q2525 uc***
Ts2525 nu
VE15r (no longer E)

TESLAS:

Bz2515r
J2515r
Q50c50break
Q50vhc15r
QAP15r***
Stalker50c25
Sup2515r*****

RADS n RAILS:

ExeE25 railway***** (lvl 40)
Exe2525 radium
Ext2525 railway
F2525 radium
JE15r railway
J50c25 radium
MsE25 railway
St2525 radium

RIFLEGADGE or GAL

A2515r Gauss rifle
BE50bs marksman’s sniper rifle
B2525 lever action
F2515r Gauss rifle
FE25 hunting rifle
GourE25 marksman’s sniper rifle
I50vhc25 lever action
V50c15r lever action
VE15r lever action

HANDCANNONS:

Aa50c25 10mm pistol
AaE25 10mm pistol
B50c15r gamma
Gour50c25 gamma
J2515r 10mm pistol
St2525 single action
Sup2525 gamma
TroubE25 10mm pistol
Ts2525 gamma
Qap15r gamma**
QE15r 10mm pistol
VE15r 10mm pistol
V2515r gamma***
V50c25 quantum thirst zapper**

LOST + FOUND:

AriE25 double barrel shotgun
B50vhc25 double barrel shotgun
Gour50c25 compound bow
J2525 combat shotgun
IE25 smg (Tommy gun)
Med2525 smg (Tommy gun)
Qap15r 10mm smg
QE15r combat shotgun
Q2515r assaultron head
TsE25 pump action shotgun
Ts2525 10mm smg

HEAVIES:

Aa2515r 50. Cal
Ari2515r LMG
BE90 50. Cal
B25a15r flamer
B2525 flamer
B2590 gat gun
B2590 minigun
BzE15r minigun
Bz2515r flamer
Bz2590 flamer
Exe2590 gat gun
J25a15r m79
J2515r flamer
MutE15r LMG
Q25fms cryo
Q2590 cryo*
SupE15r minigun
Ts50vhc25 m79**
V25a15r AGL
V2550bs flamer**
V2590 gat plasma**
V2590 50. Cal

MELEE:

AaSSs mmg
AaSS40 chainsaw
AriSSs guitar sword
BSS25 ripper
Bz4040 shishkebab
Exe4040 power fist
ExtSSs meat hook
FSSs Chinese officer sword
FSSs drill
GourSSs bone club
JugSSs shovel
SupSSs assaultron blade
SupSSs bone club
V4040 drill**
V4090 chainsaw*
V40s drill
VSS40 chainsaw*
VSS super sledge (2 star)
ZSSs pole hook

ENCLAVES

All have reflex and stabilised stock
Exe50c15r (auto aligned)***
Med50c25 (true flamer)
Q2590 (aligned flamer)
V2550bs (aligned flamer)*
Unrolled
aligned auto x9
aligned flamer
aligned sniper
aligned splitter
stabilised sniper w/recon scope

Aligned flamer barrel x7
Aligned sniper barrel x3

This inclusive women's shelter allows for non-binary people, trans women, and cis women to to be here, yet I am closet case trans man who is here. I wouldn't trust myself to be around cis men in a shelter because I know what it's like to be taken advantage of by them.

I've developed a free browser extension that reads YouTube subtitles aloud on Edge, Chrome, and Firefox without any ads. It's designed with language learning in mind, as studies (linked below) have shown the benefits of passive exposure for language acquisition. Realistically speaking, for more than picking up some words and phrases (for example hearing “securidad”, then hearing “security” in subtitles, and connecting, passively that it’s the same thing, but for way more words), it takes thousands of hours.
That’s also how I learned English, as a Slavic language native speaker – by consuming material even when I didn’t fully understand it, I learned from context, just as kids do when they learn their first language.
This extension can also benefit the blind community, offering easier access to foreign content and passive language learning. Personally, I use it to watch foreign videos, allowing me to focus on other activities while still absorbing the content.
After installation, voice selection/speed/volume sliders show when you click extension’s icon. To make it play "voiceover", one would need to select a checkbox next to language name underneath a YouTube video. It has to be a checkbox though, as above that field, the links will be just for downloading subtitles. If no subtitles are provided with the video, then it will be written underneath the video that no subtitles are available. Generally, some channels are better than others with providing subtitles.
Chrome Web Store link (will work with Edge browser too)
Firefox Browser Add-ons
For non-English languages, Edge offers high-quality AI voices, Chrome supports various Google Translate voices, and Firefox has a very limited selection. Additional voices installed on your system should also be detected.
If you try the extension, your feedback is highly appreciated. It took me loads of time to make it from a point where it was useful for me only, to the point to make it usable by other people.
I'm open to ideas. My goal is to create unique and useful stuff for my portfolio, enhancing my prospects of getting a software development job. Rather than cloning existing software, like many other people who also want to get a job, I would rather develop practical and beneficial tools, which definitely helps with motivation. Often, sadly I get an idea, only to find out that something like that had been already created.
Links to related scientific studies follow:

• Research demonstrated that systematic exposure to a foreign language enhances talker learning and perceptual learning, which precedes sentence comprehension.
• Another research study focused on the impact of controlled exposure in a classroom setting and found that systematic exposure had a positive effect on the acquisition of complex structures, such as passive voice sentences.
• A study conducted with intermediate Spanish students of English as a foreign language examined the potential learning effects derived from watching subtitled media. The study explored the impact of watching a TV drama with English, Spanish, or no subtitles and its effects on language learning.

Minimal Permissions and Open Source Code

I structured the extension to require minimal permissions and the source code is open for inspection. I believe in transparency. By keeping permissions to a minimum, we ensure that your browsing experience remains secure and protected.

Resource Efficiency

The code of this extension has been developed with resource efficiency in mind. I have some formal software engineering background, which allowed me to optimize the code for performance. For example, I employed binary search algorithm to enhance an array search functionality, minimizing resource consumption. I made sure the code does no more than it's absolutely necessary.