There had always and constantly been issues with achievements for CK2 or rather complaints about it. Originally posted by Myll:This wasn't an isolated event to just me. Some say that Achievements are selectively occurring, but it appears that most are not. Further more, Paradox is making tons of money off this game, now with an additional Subscription model/option, just raking in the dough, yet their patch for the Subscription seems to have broken many/most of the Achievements. Again, I'm not an Achievement Hound but this can be very upsetting to some Steam gamers, when a game doesn't work (or reward) as advertised. Yeah so imagine a game where you put about 40 hours in and get 4-5 of the achievements in that one game, so you think - until you then notice that none of them actually were credited to you. Especially considering the type of game it is, many of these achievements would only trigger once ever couple of hundreds of hours of normal play, so if you're playing casually it kind of sucks to see that something you did doesn't register with the game or that achievements have been disabled without notice. Drunk:I love the game, but the achievement system has to be one of the clumsiest of any game I've ever played. What's up Paradox/Dev's? If all this is broke, it makes me wonder what else inside the code is broke compared to what's supposed to WAI. Yes, I progressed, regardless that Achievements are broken. Not a Tribe (play as Tribal leader and reform to Feudalism). Actually just did this, one of the reasons I was prompted to look up what else didn't trigger.ĥ. It's Good to be King (go from Count to King with single character). I had that plus others because I had 3x separate diseases occur due to satanists in my realm causing diseases.Ĥ. I had several favors owed to me in recent game plays.ģ. You Owe Me (have someone owe you a Favor). And I had a 100% discontent Council, all thumbs down at one point.Ģ. One is Not Amused (as ruler, council is not content). I'm not an Achievement hunter, but after noticing that no Achievements had triggered from my prior 2 plays of the game after the Subscription became active, I had done the following but no Achievement earned:ġ. I use no Mods, and always start a game with verified Ironman mode with Green Text confirmation that Achievements are ON. Bear in mind - I bought into the Imperial Collection so I own 100% of the game, and all DLCs always active for every time I play. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Not sure if this is due to recent patching for the Subscription, or some other reason that the game is broken for some achievements right now. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does.Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests. If you are using the Brave browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse, then send that data back to a third party, essentially spying on your browsing habits.We strongly recommend you stop using this browser until this problem is corrected. The latest version of the Opera browser sends multiple invalid requests to our servers for every page you visit.The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests.
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The inert gases with a valence of 0 sit to one side of the table. In doing so, we discover that the periodic table is a representation of the valences of the elements: elements in the same group all share a common valence. We can proceed in this manner to assign a valence to each element, by simply determining the number of atoms to which this element's atoms prefer to bind. Correspondingly, it is not surprising to find that, for example, the combination of two potassium atoms with a single oxygen atom forms a stable molecule, since oxygen's valence of 2 is be satisfied by the two alkali atoms, each with valence 1. Therefore, they also have a valence of 1. Lithium, sodium, potassium, and rubidium bind with a single halogen atom. This concept also applies to elements just following the inert gases. have a valence of 3, and carbon and silicon have a valence of 4. is assigned as 2, since two hydrogens are required to satisfy bonding needs of these atoms. What we mean by a valence of 1 is that these atoms prefer to bind to only one other atom. We thus assign their valence as 1, also taking hydrogen to also have a valence of 1. Each halogen prefers to form molecules by combining with a single hydrogen atom (e.g. We thus assign their valence as 0, meaning that these atoms tend to form 0 bonds. The inert gases do not tend to combine with any other atoms. To begin our analysis of chemical bonding, we define the valence of an atom by its tendencies to form molecules. For example, they may be hypersensitive to sounds, smells, touch or light, or they may suffer from anesthesia and analgesia, in which they are unaware of pain, touch, or internal physical sensations. They may engage in risky behaviors that compound these conditions (e.g., smoking, substance use, and diet and exercise habits that lead to obesity).Ĭomplexly traumatized youth frequently suffer from body dysregulation, meaning they over-respond or under-respond to sensory stimuli. Adults with histories of trauma in childhood have been shown to have more chronic physical conditions and problems. Children with complex trauma histories may develop chronic or recurrent physical complaints, such as headaches or stomachaches. An absence of mental stimulation in neglectful environments may limit the brain from developing to its full potential. Stress in an environment can impair the development of the brain and nervous system. These responses, while adaptive when faced with a significant threat, are out of proportion in the context of normal stress and are often perceived by others as “overreacting” or as unresponsive or detached. For example, an individual may experience significant physiological reactivity such as rapid breathing or heart pounding, or may "shut down" entirely when presented with stressful situations. Later on, when the child or adult is exposed to even ordinary levels of stress, these systems may automatically respond as if the individual is under extreme stress. When a child grows up afraid or under constant or extreme stress, the immune system and body’s stress response systems may not develop normally. Normal biological function is partly determined by environment. Physical Health: Body and Brainįrom infancy through adolescence, the body’s biology develops. A child with a complex trauma history may have problems in romantic relationships, in friendships, and with authority figures, such as teachers or police officers. Our ability to develop healthy, supportive relationships with friends and significant others depends on our having first developed those kinds of relationships in our families. They have trouble controlling and expressing emotions, and may react violently or inappropriately to situations. Children who do not have healthy attachments have been shown to be more vulnerable to stress. The majority of abused or neglected children have difficulty developing a strong healthy attachment to a caregiver. When primary caregivers exploit and abuse a child, the child learns that he or she is bad and the world is a terrible place. When those relationships are unstable or unpredictable, children learn that they cannot rely on others to help them. Through relationships with important attachment figures, children learn to trust others, regulate their emotions, and interact with the world they develop a sense of the world as safe or unsafe, and come to understand their own value as individuals. The importance of a child’s close relationship with a caregiver cannot be overestimated. As a child grows up and encounters situations and relationships that are safe, these adaptations are no longer helpful, and may in fact be counterproductive and interfere with the capacity to live, love, and be loved.Ĭomplex trauma can affect children in a multitude of ways. These kinds of learned adaptations make sense when physical and/or emotional threats are ever-present. They may withhold their own emotions from others, never letting them see when they are afraid, sad, or angry. For instance, they may be overly sensitive to the moods of others, always watching to figure out what the adults around them are feeling and how they will behave. Children whose families and homes do not provide consistent safety, comfort, and protection may develop ways of coping that allow them to survive and function day to day. Change Budget to Goal if you want to use the spreadsheet to track your savings goals.The expense tracker can be used for income tracking by making just a few changes to the labels. In the latest version, I changed the date format to the default * format so that dates will display as d/m/yyyy or m/d/yyyy depending on your computer's locale settings.Expense planning or tracker helps you to keep your finances in check, i.e. When inserting a new category, insert the new column to the left of the Other column and then copy/paste formulas in the header and total rows. Introduction to Expense Tracker in Excel. Two of the columns are hidden - to make it easy to insert new expense categories. So I asked you to prepare a personal expense tracker as part of our 10,000 RSS Subscriber Milestone contest. Realtors may use various mileage tracking apps and then add this information into their accounting software. Keeping track of your expenses is one of the fundamentals of living good life. Specific to real estate agents, they will need a way to track their mileage. This will help make sure the Totals update correctly (you should probably check to make sure you don't mess up the formulas, though). Learn how to create an expense tracker in Excel with a simple formula and a drop-down menu. In addition to spreadsheets or software, real estate expense data are held as receipts, bank statements, or credit card receipts.
Each KC-135 costs roughly $39.6 million, versus over $240 million for each KC-46. The Stratotanker can be used for aeromedical evacuations, and carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo and up to 37 passengers. But the Air Force’s fleet of nearly 400 KC-135s remains flying and refueling around the world. The Air Force has been working to phase out KC-135s for a generation, first with KC-10s - which themselves will now all be retired by the end of 2024 - and the KC-46 Pegasus. Get the latest military news and culture in your inbox daily. The Air Force’s oldest KC-135Rs that are still active were delivered and accepted into service inventory in the summer of 1958. The KC-135 can refuel two receiver aircraft at once. Almost all of its internal fuel can be pumped through the aircraft’s flying boom, with a boom operator stationed in the plane’s rear of the plane during in-flight air refueling. The KC-135 Stratotanker is primarily used for aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and allied aircraft. Air Force on Apto become a part of the museum’s permanent collection at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Post a job on LemonWire.A KC-135R Stratotanker at the National Museum of the U.S. If you’d like to submit a resume or apply for this position, please contact Premier Veterans at All are free to apply! in accurately indicating cuts, bends, holes, angles, and shapes to be produced and experience in the use of special tools and machines to fabricate items requiring extreme precision within close tolerances. WG-10 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have 18 months of specialized experience in planning, fabricating and constructing complex non-standard aircraft sheet metal equipment experience in assembling, disassembling, adjusting, repairing, and installing sheet metal systems and component parts of various kinds of metal experience in analyzing, interpreting and following work orders, blueprints, specifications, and sketches to prescribe necessary work specifications on the item or systems to be manufactured or repaired experience in the use of layout process such as parallel line, radial line, triangulation and other methods, and the use of scribes, height gauges, triangles, protractors etc. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education or training which demonstrates your ability to develop patterns, layout, cut, form, join, assemble, and install sheet metal parts and systems and the skill in the use of those tools and equipment specific to a Sheet Metal Shop. Technicians will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor (grade inversion). Enlisted – CMF 15 MOS 68A or 68W Supervisor must verify that selected individual occupies a compatible military position. Selected candidate must be MOS qualified within 12 months from date of appointment. Selected candidate will be required to be in a compatible military assignment prior to effective date of placement. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter at 1-800-GO-GUARD (1-80) prior to applying for this position. Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership. This is an Excepted Service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state’s National Guard. MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Compatible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective date of placement. SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) (TITLE 32) – Springfield, MissouriĪrmy National Guard Units, Department of the Army The opening is for a SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) (TITLE 32) in Springfield, Missouri Feel free to browse this and any other job listings and reach out to us with any questions! Below you’ll find a Qualification Summary for an active, open job listing from the Department of the Army. The United States government is a massive employer, and is always looking for qualified candidates to fill a wide variety of open employment positions in locations across the country. Geben Sie als Suchbegriff FluidSIM 5 Demo ein. Rufen Sie die Windows Suche durch drücken der Windows-Logo-Taste auf. Klicken Sie das angezeigte Suchergebnis um die Demo zu starten. Navigate to the directory: C:Program Files (x86)DidacticFluidSIM5-Demobin. Open the Windows Explorer with the keyboard shortcut Windows logo key + E. Windows 8 and higher Windows 7 Windows Explorer. This piece of software is not for everyone, but those ones who need it will realise it is a really good one. Rufen Sie die Windows Suche mit der Tastenkombination Windows-Logo-Taste + S auf. The link to the FluidSIM 5 Demo is located in the folder Festo Didactic within the list of all apps. Despite complex physical models and precise mathematical procedures simulation is amazingly fast.įinally, FluidSIM provides a good range of possibilities for communication with other software via DDE and OPC and thanks to the support of Festo EasyPorts a link up to real hardware is also possible. It also offers a new simulation core need not fear a comparison with more expensive special program, so professionals get a good advantage. By this way, FluidSIM is perfect for use in lessons and for the preparation thereof and as a self-study program. Simple and effective.įluidSIM offers an intuitive circuit diagram editor with detailed descriptions of all components, sectional view animations, component photos and video sequences. You only have to place the items in the circuit as you want to view them and build the circuit intuitively. You'll be able to create circuits easily by using drag&drop. FluidSIM is comprehensive software for creating, simulating, teaching and learning electropneumatic, electrohydraulic, digital and electronic circuits. FluidSIM is a comprehensive software for the creation, simulation, instruction and study of electropneumatic, electrohydraulic and digital circuits. Miedinger and Hoffmann set out to create a neutral typeface that had great clarity, had no intrinsic meaning in its form, and could be used on a wide variety of signage. Hoffmann was the president of the Haas Type Foundry, while Miedinger was a freelance graphic designer who had formerly worked as a Haas salesman and designer. Notable features of Helvetica as originally designed include a high x-height, the termination of strokes on horizontal or vertical lines and an unusually tight spacing between letters, which combine to give it a dense, solid appearance.ĭeveloped by the Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei ( Haas Type Foundry) of Münchenstein ( Basel), Switzerland, its release was planned to match a trend: a resurgence of interest in turn-of-the-century "grotesque" sans-serifs among European graphic designers, that also saw the release of Univers by Adrian Frutiger the same year. Over the years, a wide range of variants have been released in different weights, widths, and sizes, as well as matching designs for a range of non-Latin alphabets. Its use became a hallmark of the International Typographic Style that emerged from the work of Swiss designers in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming one of the most popular typefaces of the mid-20th century. Helvetica is a neo-grotesque design, one influenced by the famous 19th-century (1890s) typeface Akzidenz-Grotesk and other German and Swiss designs. Helvetica, also known by its original name Neue Haas Grotesk, is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann. When installing a font, the «Fonts» application automatically checks it for errors.Not to be confused with Helvetia, the national personification of Switzerland. You can also double-click the font file in the search program, then click the install font button in the dialog box that appears. Another way is to drag the font file onto the «Fonts» application icon in the Dock. One way is to open the «Fonts» application, click the «Add» button on the toolbar, find and select the font, then click «Open». You can install fonts on your Mac in several different ways. After installation, the font will be available for use in any program. Administrator rights are required to install the font. To install the font on Windows, right-click on the font file and select «install» from the context menu. Select the font from the list and apply it to the document. New fonts will appear in the Microsoft Word font list. Right-click the desired font and select install to add the font to Microsoft Word. Click the «install font» button at the bottom left of the program window, and Adobe Photoshop will automatically sync with the new fonts. To add the font to Adobe Photoshop on macOS, double-click the font file. The font will be copied to Adobe Photoshop automatically. To add the font to Adobe Photoshop on Windows, simply right-click the font file and select «install». We will tell you how to install the Inheritance font so you can start using it in your projects. To preview the Inheritance font, simply enter the desired text or characters in the field below: The font preview text generator is a convenient tool that allows you to see how the font text will look. websites (WordPress, HubSpot, Joomla, WooCommerce, Drupal, Wix, BigCommerce, Shopify).phones (iPhone, Samsung, Google, OnePlus).computers (Acer, Apple, ASUS, HP, Lenovo).applications ( Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Twitter, CapCut, Telegram, Facebook, Snapchat, PixelLab).programs ( Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, CorelDRAW).operating systems ( Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS).TrueType – a font format developed by Apple in the late 1980s. Detailed information about the Inheritance font: Along with controlling fan speed, it can display memory usage, CPU/GPU temperature, FPS (Frames Per Second), GPU voltage, and frequency in real-time. If you really know what you’re doing, there are even options to make the reports available via a simple built-in web server, while publishing its data via WMI means it can be accessed and used by other software.īut perhaps best of all, there’s no installation here, no drivers, nothing intrusive at all: Open Hardware Monitor just consists of an executable and a few DLLs, 1.25MB of files in total, which you can use almost anywhere. MSI Afterburner (For Windows) MSI Afterburner is free software that allows you to overclock your computer. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to check CPU temperature on Windows 10/11 using third-party software: Download and install a third-party CPU temperature monitoring software, such as HWMonitor, Core Temp, or CPU-Z. Maybe you’re only interested in a single value? Right-click it for an option to display an indicator in your system tray, or on a desktop gadget. Click View > Show Plot, then check the "GPU Core" Temperature and "GPU Core" load boxes, for instance, and you’ll find out how your graphics processor load relates to its temperature. Open Hardware Monitor can also plot graphs of your chosen values over time, though. As your CPU heats up, your Distance to TJMax will decrease. Each core on these processors has a digital thermal sensor (DTS) that reports temperature data relative to TJMax which is the safe maximum operating core temperature for the CPU. Or maybe print your system status as a text report for easy reference later. Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all modern Intel processors. Our test PC displayed detailed sensors for its motherboard, CPU, graphics card and hard drives, for instance, as well as more general information like available RAM, free hard drive space and more.Īt its simplest, you can just browse the tree, checking the values, or watching them as they update (running some heavy duty app to see how it affects your CPU temperature, say). Pyhodi 3.5in Computer Temp Monitor, PC Temperature Display with Holder, Live Readouts GPU Internet Speed Weather Visual Theme Editor, PC Sensor Panel Display, PC CPU RAM HDD Data Monitor. No submissions about memes, jokes, meta, or hypothetical / dream builds.Good hardware support means you should get details for most key devices.No titles that are all-caps, clickbait, PSAs, pro-tips or contain emoji.Step 2: Right-click the entry you want to see on. If your computer gets too hot, its performance will suffer and the CPU could get damaged. To display CPU temperature on the Windows taskbar: Step 1: Launch the Open Hardware Monitor app and locate the Temperatures section under your CPU. Again, we’ll use Core Temp here as our Windows 10 temperature monitor. Since UEFI/BIOS can’t function as a long-term PC temperature monitor, you’ll need a software solution. No submissions about retailer or customer service experiences Keep Cool and Carry On: How to Monitor Your CPU Temperature. Direct sunlight can also heat things up quickly, so be sure to use a laptop temperature monitor when computing outdoors.No submissions about sales, deals or unauthorized giveaways To check your CPUs temperature on Windows 11 without a third-party tool, access your BIOS/UEFI and look for a 'CPU Core Temperature' value. Site24x7 Server Monitoring Start a 30-day FREE Trial.No submissions about hardware news, rumors, or reviews.Instead, you can boot into UEFI or BIOS before Windows starts up. Please keep in mind that we are here to help you build a computer, not to build it for you. Windows 11 doesn’t have a built-in method for checking the CPU temperature. Submit Build Help/Ready post Submit Troubleshooting post Submit other post New Here? BuildAPC Beginner's Guide Live Chat on Discord Daily Simple Questions threads Now, I invite you to take a look at some of the best calligraphy fonts. For more details of his activity see the following link: This artist and many others, who do the same, deserve, of course, a greeting of respect from each user. One of them, especially noted by me, is Dieter Steffmann, a font designer with an imposing activity, both for correcting many fonts from the public domain and for composing other new free script fonts. In my web searches, I have come across many artists who offer free fonts. In this case, I think it is nice to reward the artist with a True that for a small project, for example – commercial promotion, you can try The licensed version for commercial use is always more complete and more secure than the free version.įees are usually reasonable, depending on how you want to sell your work. Now, let’s be serious, for a project where you want to make sales, I think it’s good to have a license. You can encounter such situations even on the sites of the authors, also used to attract as many visitors and potential customers. For commercial use, you will see a polite invitation to buy the license. Therefore, when you want to download the letters, you receive a message that says that you have free only for personal use. There are many specialized sites in this field that display the free use of the creations of many artists for advertising purposes only. Although we have carefully selected these calligraphy letters from secure sources, each user should make their verification (to their author) to be sure of their use in commercial projects. This gorgeous script font comes packed with ligatures and stylistic alternates, most notably beginning and ending. Basyirah is ideal for wedding designs, logos, labels, and more. With its smooth and classic lines, depicting brush strokes Basyirah is a perfect choice for all your project needs. This article comes to the aid of graphic designers who urgently need such writing, sparing them a tiring search over the Internet. Basyirah is a chic and modern calligraphy font. An emergency for typography can happen at any time. Even if we do not use this handwriting frequently, we still need to be prepared with such a list of calligraphy fonts, provided free of charge by their authors. The best way to find a good balance is to use a calligraphy font with a medium-weight stroke and to pair it with a font that has a similar weight.You are here, in the most suitable place for inspiration and artistic creation with free calligraphy fonts, for personal or commercial projects.Ĭalligraphic writing is an elegant cursive font perfect for graphic applications such as wedding invitations or any other festive event, posters with retro images, commercials, product presentation clips, movie generics, fashion presentation events, T-shirt prints and more. Conversely, if the fonts are too different, then they will clash and look jarring. If the fonts are too similar, they will blend, and your text will be difficult to read. On the other hand, if you are using a more subdued calligraphy font, then you can pair it with a more decorative font.įinally, make sure that the fonts you are pairing have enough contrast between them. MALIBU is a handwriting font that encapsulates the carefree spirit of a tropical summer getaway. In addition to the overall mood, you also need to take into account the specific style of the calligraphy font that you are using.įor instance, if you are using a calligraphy font with a lot of ornate flourishes, then you will want to pair it with a simpler font so that your text is easy to read. However, if you are looking to create a more relaxed and informal atmosphere, then you can get away with pairing your calligraphy font with a sans-serif font. If you are going for a more formal look, then you will want to pair your calligraphy font with a serif font. Download the best Calligraphy fonts from the web that are robust, gorgeously designed and perfect for any design project. Its stylish alternates and ligatures make this font the perfect match for any project. There are some general guidelines that you can follow when trying to decide what fonts to pair with your calligraphy font:įirst and foremost, it is important to consider the mood that you want to create with your calligraphy font. Madalyn is a smooth, refined script font that emanates sophistication and elegance. One question that often comes up when discussing calligraphy fonts is: what fonts pair well with them? The answer, of course, depends on the specific calligraphy font in question and the overall tone that you want to set for your project. On a budget You can still get that handcrafted feel with these free script fonts. The Red District was a place where shadows danced The 141 were not to be trifled with.īut beneath the veneer of normalcy lurked a darkness that I understood all too well. Two years in this twisted paradise had taught me well. The 141 had designated this space as a "Safe Zone," enforcing a strict no-tolerance policy for any criminal activity. The crime rate in this area was significantly lower compared to the other territories. The first and second floors were my personal quarters, while the ground floor housed the shop, and the third floor served as a storage space. Bought and renovated during my first year in the Red District, it served a dual purpose: my haven and my place of business. The building that housed my shop was a testament to my meticulous planning. The local news blared, its voice droning on about a drug epidemic and the discovery of another body. The scent of a thousand different blooms filled the air, a stark contrast to the stench of the street outside.Īs they browsed through my floral haven, I switched on the radio. I opened the door with a flourish, allowing them to enter. McTavish had herded her son and his purchases towards my shop, her voice a constant stream of anecdotes and childhood tales about her son and two daughters. "Lucy," he murmured, his voice barely above a whisper. Johnny offered a weak smile, his cheeks flushing a light pink. "He's the wonderful florist I told you about!" McTavish declared, oblivious to her son's discomfort. "Maa," Johnny groaned, his voice laced with a hint of exasperation. Like his mother, his accent was thick, each word heavy with the rhythm of his homeland. He lumbered towards us, his once-military posture weighed down by a heavy bag of gardening supplies. The old woman's eyes sparkled with excitement as she prattled on about her son, John, a handsome young man with a tired expression etched on his face. I have a new shipment of rare orchids arriving, and I believe you might find them quite fascinating," I suggested, the smile never leaving my face. "Delighted to hear it! Perhaps you should stop by the nursery soon. "The poppies are doing splendidly! I followed your advice to the letter, and they're simply glorious," she beamed, her thick Scottish accent weaving a melody through the air. McTavish, to what do I owe the pleasure?" I inquired, a saccharine sweetness tainting my words. McTavish, a sprightly woman whose smile could rival the sun's brilliance. "Lucy!" A cheery voice pierced the cacophony, drawing my attention away from the morbid scene. And it was in this moral abyss that I, Lucifer, the gardener with a taste for blood, thrived. Here, life was cheap, meaningless, and expendable. Yet, amidst the decay, life clung on, its perverse beauty evident in the raucous laughter spilling out of dingy clubs and the brazen smiles of painted women. Used condoms and discarded syringes lay scattered like fallen soldiers, a testament to the depravity that permeated this place. With a practiced ease, I turned away from the body, its presence now insignificant amidst the detritus of the street. Whispers spoke of their allies - The Liberators, Los Vaqueros, and others who lurked in the shadows, their allegiances as shifting as the sands of the desert. They kept the others in check, a precarious balance maintained through a potent cocktail of intimidation and brutality. The 141, their name whispered with a mix of fear and grudging respect, held the largest territory. Then there were the so-called protectors, self-appointed knights in shining armor who enforced a twisted form of order. El Sin Nombre, the enigmatic drug lord, held sway over the minds and bodies of the desperate, while The Konni Group, a network of human traffickers, treated human lives as mere commodities. The Shadows, notorious for their illegal arms trade, lurked in the shadows, their influence as pervasive as the dampness that clung to the air. Sex, drugs, and violence were the lifeblood of this concrete jungle, each corner carved into fiefdoms ruled by ruthless warlords. A fitting name for this festering wound in the heart of the city, where sin and despair bloomed like grotesque flowers. A chilling satisfaction coursed through me as I watched the red mingle with the grimy rainwater, a macabre dance of life and death. His face, once contorted in fear, was now a pale mask, devoid of color. Rain pattered relentlessly, washing away the last vestiges of life from the man crumpled at my feet. The crimson stain on the cobblestone glistened under the harsh glare of the streetlamp. “The devil disguised himself as an angel to trick me into losing my heart.” Stats: Published: Updated: Words: 12,873 Chapters: 8/? Comments: 18 Kudos: 11 Bookmarks: 2 Hits: 197 John Price Acting as Task Force 141's Parental Figure (Call of Duty).Shepherd (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2).Simon "Ghost" Riley/Original Male Character(s).Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. |
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