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what is your opinion on the situation?
I've been at work all day so I haven't been able to sit down with stuff fully, it also seems like Caiti is planning to release a statement later today with more information I think? So I'd like to get her response there, but based on what I've seen so far I think I fall more on the side of "people made some dumb choices and should learn from them" than anything else.
Consent is messy and it gets messier when people start lying or are drunk. In this case, both Caiti and George were drunk. From what I understand, either Caiti had a 21+ wristband from the vidcon party, or her friend group did and assumed since she was drinking with them, she was also 21+.
Honestly, when it comes to the matter of underage drinking, I don't think it's even remotely fair to place blame on Dream/George for that. The blame there lies with Caiti deciding to drink while under 21, and on her friends, Ghostie and the other person present who were both over 21. Unlike Dream/George, both of them knew Caiti and knew exactly how old she was and were letting her drink. They were also letting her drink with no one sober and no one making sure she got home.
Now, Caiti is 18 and also I'm not a goddamn square, I'm not gonna stand here and be like "oh no drinking at 18 clutch my pearls" but like, if people are going to blame other people for that situation, that very much lies with Caiti's friends who knew they had an underage person drinking with them. I feel like people are weirdly assigning blame to Dream/George for not like, iding every person they hang out with (particularly if she had a 21+ bracelet at vidcon, which would mean she already got IDed). While completely avoiding placing any blame on the people who 100% knew they were taking an 18 year old drinking without a doubt.
Putting that aside, from my understanding George's side is he believed at the time that she was having fun, and the most they did was cuddle on a couch with other people there. He believed at the time that everything was cool, and that she later decided she was uncomfortable with what happened.
Honestly, I don't really think that's an unfair reading. At this same party, her best friend was there and from Ghostie's own words, she also didn't realize Caiti was uncomfortable until several months later when Caiti told her. If her best friend didn't notice she was uncomfortable or see anything wrong, then I find it hard to think anyone else would pick up on it.
There's certainly risks taken here that I wouldn't have taken. I think that George needs to do better with checking for consent and maybe vetting the people you're hanging out with. Although I also understand that doing a full background check on everyone you ever meet is an absurd requirement and if, at the time, they trusted the person that they actually invited, I get how that shit happens. Per consent, given that he was also drunk, I get how it may've appeared to him that he had consent. I do think it's still something to work on, but I'm also perfectly aware that in real life, people are often going off vibes and social cues, and sometimes those don't mash.
I also think that Caiti's friends have been pretty shitty throughout this. They take no responsibility for having let an 18 year old drink and then ditching her. They are absolutely milking drama out of this shit and they have a weird obsession with blaming Dream for shit he had no fault in.
As for Dream, I don't think he did anything wrong here. Full stop. If Caiti's best friend didn't notice that she was uncomfortable or unhappy, it's insanely unreasonable to expect Dream to have managed that. He was also drunk and hanging out with people, and he had no way of knowing Caiti was underage. None of that shit was his fault, and his statement seems very measured and reasonable. People are trying to blame him for things that he had absolutely no part in, and the UK group are absolutely trying to pull that shit.
Overall, sounds like several people involved made dumb choices, I hope they learn and grow. Otherwise all of this honestly sounds like shit that should've been talked out privately and not tossed to the internet for speculation. Human beings are messy and will fuck up sometimes. This feels like a case of miscommunication and people making risky choices that left people with some hurt.
Again, I may change my mind with further evidence presented, but that's how it feels to me.
#dreamwastaken#georgenotfound#discourse#sif speaks#sif answers#idk man I think I just have more irl experience with these sorts of situations#like#shit happens in real life#and I think maybe part of the problem with like twitter#is you have a lot of 15 year olds that have never been drunk or fucked in their lives#who are totally sure they know exactly how consent works and how sex goes in real life#I really liked the greendot talk I got about it back in college#I should find a recording of that sometime for people#It laid it out really well that consent is not an on-off switch#It's a door that you're opening#and depending on the circumstances you take risks with how you're opening it#0 risk is like the two of you have a formal plan#and have signed contracts#and then you start to move up through situations that can be more risky that something goes wrong#and someone gets hurt#And honestly for irl consent I found that was so much more of a valuable framework to look at things through
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On BlueSky social, Both Brett Simons (one of Megamind's writers) and @neil-gaiman (cause he's one of my favorites and I love him.) responded to my questions about how things were with the strike finally nearing completion with better pay and protections for the writers.
This is what they said.
How can you help?
Now negotiations are still being made and as of this moment, the contracts are not signed, but you can help them by donating to the causes, and/or spreading the word!
Solidarity friends!
#writers#writers strike#wga strike#sag aftra#sag aftra strike#Unions#solidarity#psa#please rb#rb#fandom psa#It is still not over!#The contracts have not been signed!#Do your part and spread the word that they still need our help!
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day 1609
#amphibian#frog#frogsona#amphibidextrous#its so funny i started the project to have something to do after signing the contract but before starting my new job (~month long period)#but got distracted by other projects and only finished like 20% and then slowly did like. 1 seam a month#until last week when i went “i wanna wear it to a party i should finish it”#(didnt finish it in time for the party but by that time i had the momentum to finish it the day after)
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i know christian horner posting puppy pics on insta shortly after charles made his obsession with mimi clear is just a coincidence, but the thought of him like “GERI GET THE DOG I’VE FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET HIM” has me laughing hysterically
they are truly desperate over there at rbr god bless
#christian like contract signing tonight queen?#I’ll bring a puppy queen#you can have puppies in your drivers room queen#rbr Charles#charles leclerc#christian horner#f1#socmed#*delphi
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#9!! silver RUN!!! hes trying to convince him to sign to switch dorms. can u imagine the leverage he'd have to try and get closer to malleus#like 'wooowww crazy! one of ur guards just so HAPPENS to be in my dorm! hes fantastic. if u ever need anything id be MORE than happy to hel#i think its funny!! iirc theres a dj with silver in octavinelle its a silly concept. that boy doesnt belong there#hes generous (real) not generous (octavinelle)#i think silver would be susceptible to signing a contract w azul. but i dont think itd be a Bad contract bc azul knows mal would murder him#twst#twisted wonderland#twst silver#azul ashengrotto#suntails
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it's really cute when a character is completely obsessively devoted to someone they are entirely aware is toxic. submissive not because they're naive but because they are completely content with being taken advantage of.
#i like when it isn't just pure ''oh i love you no matter what'' and is in fact an all-consuming sort of madness#spiraling them ever-closer to destroying themselves and their beloved if they don't comply.#''you can take advantage of me. i am a tool for you in exchange for you being mine. but being mine is non-negotiable''#''and you have already signed the contract by biting first'' sort of vibes#lamb with poisonous blood and a wolf out of their depth and unprepared for how hungry the lamb's obsession is. moe.#not fandom#what im saying is i like when both parties in the relationship are a little fucked up
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a model in business
#furry#furry art#furry anthro#anthro art#furry cat#scalie#RAPTOR ?!? HECK YEAAAA#have signed plenty contracts
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The Firstborn Son
dp x dc | Batman 👻 tw for: dead body, brief reference to human trafficking
(Part II available now!)
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Once upon a time, there is a boy who dies forever...mostly.
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Once upon a time, there is a man who wants to live forever.
He does.
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Once upon a time, there is a daughter born to an immortal man.
"I need an heir," her father commands.
She gives him one.
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Once upon a time, there is a King.
(He is a dead boy.)
(Most do not know that.)
"My heir, for a hundred years of your power," the immortal offers; the King accepts.
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Once upon a time, there was a family of acrobats.
There isn't, not anymore, but the son still loves his mother and father, and gravity cannot steal his wings forever.
He sleeps restlessly, and rarely in his own bed. The allure of flying is too much to resist. At night, when the world is quiet, the acrobat joins the black darkness of an endless sky, and claims it as his own.
His guardian is one with the night.
The petit Robin is bright light and spectacle, no matter how well he hides his colors. He is spotted first.
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Dick didn't really remember waking up from his nap. Alfred had put him down for a cold; his head hurt, and he was sleepy all the time, so B was out without him and Dick was stuck in a too-big bed in a giant, dark mansion, all alone.
Except. At some point, Dick must have gotten out of bed. Because now he's in the chandelier.
Dick doesn't remember jumping to the chandelier. And jumping to the chandelier is hard work; it's not something he could have done in his sleep. It requires weight, heft; the shirking of gravity. The night is dark around him; there are no street lights outside of their windows to light up the hallway. The darkness makes the grand persian carpet so much farther away than it is in the daytime-- entirely, unfathomably far below him. Pale moonlight flickers across cut shards of crystal. It's Dick's own little bird's nest.
Dick and the chandelier gently sway. He doesn't notice the-- the ghost, the illusion-- for a whole minute. It just looks like moonlight, until it doesn't.
It's a body. A boy's body-- not much older than Dick. Suspended, midair.
His heart drops. But Dick doesn't scream.
For a second, there are two boys midair, silent and still in the morning moonlight.
The body raises its head. Hello, Richard.
Dick doesn't move.
I have a question for you. The body blinks sightless eyes. Does your guardian treat you well?
Dick...doesn't know what that means. He rolls his weight forward, careful, so careful not to tip himself over the edge and send him plummeting.
"...Why are you asking?"
I need something looked after, the body says. Its limbs sway in wind that isn't here. It is very precious to me.
"Oh." Well, B is Batman, sometimes. And when he's not Batman, he's Bruce Wayne, and he is in charge of a lot of people. "Yeah, he's respons- reponsbile- he does a good job. Can I see it?" Dick's interest is piqued.
The body stills. And then-- like a zombie clawing its way out of its grave, it reaches through the rotting skin of its own stomach and removes. Something.
It's a baby.
Dick leans so far forward that he almost does go toppling but he's gripping the silver of the chandelier so that he doesn't, and, look! It's a baby! It's so small and tiny and it's still purple!
"He's so new!" Dick gasps, and releases one arm from its death grip to make a grabby hand. The body only floats close enough that Dick can pet the baby's cheek with a careful finger, can feel the softness of the baby's hair.
He is my charge, the body explains. As such, he is precious to me.
The baby is so small. Dick wants to bounce him, like he's seen mamas and papas do with their little ones. "Can I hold him?"
The baby disappears back into the body. It looks like a maggot burrowing back into the corpse it's eating, and Dick is heartbroken and sick about it. No. Not until I know it's safe.
Dick pouts. Also, he needs to know how to get the baby away from the...body. Babies need a lot of light and warmth. A dead body monster can't give him that.
Your guardian played his part in making the little heir, the body says. This baby was given to me by his grandfather. His mother passed him onto her own father, and her father sold him to me.
"Oh no!" Dick gasps. That is one of the things B has had to explain to Dick, one of hundreds of terrible things that happens to people in Gotham. And it happened to B's baby?
Yes. The body floats sightlessly, thin skin sliding over too-pale eyes. I must know if he is safe before I leave the baby in his care. Will you help me?
Dick...doesn't know what that means. He bites down on the soft presence of his lip. (He tastes blood.) "How?"
The body and the baby inside it are still. Quiet. Dick is two stories off the ground, midair, and any wrong motion could be his-- his-- Dick can't even see the ground. It would hurt so much. He's so high up from the distant hardwood floor and with only ghosts to keep him company.
...It would be very scary.
Dick swallows.
Do you trust that he would come get you, if you were in danger?
Dick knows so. He nods.
Do you trust he would be smart enough to find you? Mean enough to defend you? Care enough to comfort you? the body asks.
Dick nods.
The body floats closer. Closer. Until they are almost touching-- limp limbs entangling on the crystalline arms of the chandelier. It would be very scary, if you said yes, the body admits, as heavily weighted as any corpse that cannot help you hold it. But you would be in no danger. Should your guardian succeed, I will entrust him with this precious thing.
One circus boy's fears for the safety of B's baby. It's an easy choice. Dick is Robin. He is always going to pick helping people over maybe getting hurt.
His pinky touches the cold, dead flesh of the body's.
And then Dick wakes up sweating and heaving in bed.
#ooo spooky ooky#idk kid maybe ask your dad about this before you agree to anything??#this is why I can never finish anything#I always have like ten things in reserve#contracts signed by minors without consent are illegal DANNY#dp x dc#Danny Phantom#DC#DCU crossover
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Like, in many ways,
Snufkin 🤝 chilchuck
HOWEVER... They are also like, diametrically opposite types of (adorable little animated) leftist guys. Snufkin is a very chill anarchist drifter who is homeless & unemployed & above all else loves trespassing. Chilchuck is a very angry & very dedicated trade unionist who values hard work & professionalism, & above all else Sticks to The Terms of his Contract. They would NOT get on.
#I believe that Snufkin is principled. I also believe he's never signed a contract in his life. Let alone upheld one#They are the kind of guys that less-political mutual friends would be like haha you two should deffo hang out u have a lot in common#And they then try to have One Drink together and NEVER speak again#Me Fein#Moomins#dungeon meshi#snufkin#chilchuck tims#I am aware that trespassing is kind of chilchucks job#But ALSO it isn't because he has a permit and he is on the clock! He would not be exploring dungeons otherwise lol
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what I love about the Ushers is, yes, some of them didn’t deserve it. Leo was just any drug addicted asshole who treats the people around him like shit but he clearly cared about his family even when they hated him and he grew up around drugs and addiction. Tammy was emotionally and verbally cruel to Bill and coerced him into a life he didn’t want but she did love him no matter how hard she tried to hide it and she wanted to be a better person. Lenore was just a girl who hoped for a kinder world for her mother and herself, who did nothing wrong but trust in her grandfather. That’s the point. Some of the children are horrible and violent and unkind and some of them are just people, messy, disturbed people. They deserved a chance just like anyone else. But they don’t get one. When somebody gambles your life before it begins, before you’re even conceived, you lose. When we let the rich and the powerful play God and do awful things, the poison seeps all the way down. Even to the good ones. Even to ones who could have been good. Nobody ever wins.
#like that’s the tragedy!!! leo could have had rehab. tammy could have seen a therapist. lenore had a whole life ahead of her.#it could have been so good! Frederick could have been a dentist and a father and a husband and a kind man#but in this world he’s a cocaine addict and a mutiliator and an abuser. because his father signed his life away#that’s the unforgivable bit about the tragedy. not what could have the usher siblings been.#but what could their bloodline have been. what could the world have been. how long would Lenore have lived and been loved.#it isn’t their fault the contract was signed. but it is their tragedy.#tfothou#the fall of the house of usher#the house of usher
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sometimes things happen to alex and im like um??? and then i give it a second and im like actually that checks that’s definitely a thing that just happens to alex. like he’s not even directly involved in this and yet. alexexistingcore
#other examples include:#when he was six and was the only person out of 10k people to correctly guess the top placed finishers at silverstone#when helmut marko called him to tell him to come to austria and after making small talk for ten minutes being told we’re announcing#ur a red bull driver in thirty minutes call who you must before it drops#when he got trapped in a gate the first night he met lily irl#when he lost his passport a handful of hours before signing his williams contract and banged down a red bull chief execs door at 3am#and he was like bro it’s not even here u must have left it at the tv studio and he was like oh shit yeah thnx lol#that’s alexexistingcore#alex albon#brazil 2023
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how would the housewardens react to walking in on you pleasuring yourself??
Riddle walks in, hardly spares you a glance for more than a second, before he's swiftly turning on his heel and slamming the door shut behind him. He immediately apologizes for intruding without knocking and his face is the brightest shade of red. He doesn't know what else to say, so he awkwardly leaves it at that. But you're all he can think about for the rest of the day.
Leona leans against the door frame so casually, his features alight with cocky pride. He won't say anything, merely admiring the pretty view, but when you notice him he'll smirk at you and tell you to keep going. Don't let him stop you. Unless you'd prefer if he helps you. :) if that's the case, he might as well show you how it's done. Since you let him use your lap as a pillow before, he supposes he can let you ride him. After all, the real thing is so much better than cheap silicone.
Azul opens the door, sees you, and promptly shuts it. He has to mentally reset himself after seeing a sight he has only witnessed in delusions and dreams. He can't look foolish. He has to be casual about this. He has to look suave. He opens the door again and there's the faintest hint of blush on his face and his voice is higher than it normally is, but he tries so hard to be smooth when he asks if you need a hand. Or two. Or three. He has ten at his disposal. Azul doesn't think you'll agree to this, let alone sign a contract, but he still tries because it can't hurt to do so when he's caught you in a vulnerable state. And depending on your answer, you might just surprise him.
Kalim thinks you look so cute when your face is twisted in pleasure, and he'll verbalize every praise that comes to his mind. You shouldn't be so embarrassed. There's nothing wrong with pleasuring yourself! And he wants to join you! Let him have some fun with you; he promises it'll feel good if it's with him. After all, it's so lonely doing things solo. Kalim is also the type to see what toys you use, if any, and will offer to buy you the best of the best. You shouldn't have to use cheap toys that are prone to breaking. Let him spoil you with the best, most high-quality products. <3 it's what you deserve!
Vil is pleasantly surprised. Of course he knew you were beautiful both inside and outside, but there's a certain level of intimate beauty in viewing you from the doorway while you're so wrapped up in ecstasy, oblivious to his arrival. As tempting as you look, it's unbecoming to leer and Vil is always one for mannerly conduct. He will shut the door and be on his way if you haven't noticed him, but if you do he will apologize for interrupting and offer to leave without another word. But if you ask him to stay, how can he possibly say no?
Idia never leaves his room, so he's probably watching you through the secret cameras scattered throughout Ramshackle Dorm. Or perhaps you're aware of their existence and want to give him a little show. :) in any case, it has Idia choking on his energy drink because this is a first. He's only ever observed you studying in the lounge or sleeping in your bed or playing games with your friends or marathoning movies. So this is a new sight and he definitely isn't complaining. He'll record the entire thing for his own enjoyment and for later reference when he needs new material to masturbate to.
Malleus often visits without warning, so it really shouldn't be so surprising to see him in the window. Although this is the first time he's happened upon you while you were busy with your own private affairs. Malleus doesn't find it embarrassing; rather, he thinks you look so very darling on your bed, practically glowing in the moonlight. There's nothing to fret over; nudity isn't something you should be so flustered by. After all, he thinks you look so perfect with and without clothes on. Malleus is so unintentionally smooth and genuine in his approach. He'll leave if you really wish it, but he has no problem staying to keep you company in more ways than one so long as you're okay with it.
#twisted chit chat#n/sfw#azul with his voice cracking and shaking: c-c-c-c-can we... can i um maybe we could uhh um uuummm sign my contract and have my children!!!!#T_T he is not a rizz master
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While yes illiteracy amongst the working class was high during the golden age of piracy and yes many pirates came from a working class background not all pirates were illiterate. OFMD exaggerates this to illustrate how disconnected Stede is from the lives of his working class crew. But even then at least two members of his crew can read and write; Lucius and Jim. While we don't have a lot, there are some surviving documents written by pirates. This includes a Matelotage agreement.
[Matelotage agreement, c. 1699, via ‘Piratical Schemes and Contracts’: Pirate Articles and their Society, 1660-1730 by E.T. Fox.]
B[e] it knowen to all men by these preasants that Francis Reed and John Beavis are entread in Consortship together, And in Caise that any sudden Axsedent, should happen to ye forsd Francis Reed That what gold, Silver, or any other thing whatsoever shall Lawfully become, or fall to ye forsd John Beavis
As also if that any sudden Axsedent should happen to ye above written John Beavis, That what gold, silver, or any thing ells shall Lawfully be Come, or fall to the forsd Francis Reed.
Written at Port Dolphin the year of god one thousand six Hundred and nyntie nyne. March ye tenth day.
Sign’d and seall’d before these witness
Robert Arnott
Francis Billing
Francis Hood
John Beavis his marke
This document is written by one of the witnesses Robert Arnott. Intriguingly Arnott writes Francis' name as "Francis Reed" while Francis signs his name "Francis Hood". It's possible that Francis had enough literacy to sign his name but not enough to proof read the document. Meanwhile John Beavis signed with his mark suggesting he may have been completely illiterate.
#seen some people saying that matelotage contracts didn't exist because pirates were illiterate but matelotage contracts did exist#not all pirates were illiterate#and illiterate pirates would sign contracts that were (or at least should have been) read aloud to them#our flag means death#historical fiction
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the key to a good music taste headcanon honestly is just not projecting your own music taste onto characters. i don't listen to nu metal, but jude perry definitely does. and if you do project, then it's about knowing which aspects of your music taste to project. gertrude robinson would 100% listen to the taxpayers, but she would not listen to will wood. but annabelle cane might. and if a character is weird and unwell, you gotta reflect that with your headcanon. jonah magnus would listen to the stereosexuals
#saying things i've already said in a new and different way#i have to keep annoying the tma fandom about my music taste headcanons for forever i signed a contract#tma#the magnus archives#tma headcanons#jude perry#gertrude robinson#annabelle cane#jonah magnus
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I do have on thing to say about the fact that "one of the passengers is a 19 year old" for the Titan.
A 19 year old is still a "teenager" but that is a whole ass adult. That is an adult who has been an adult for a year and acting like he has no self agency to not make the choices he did is just ridiculous and I'm seeing *way* to many people on this site pretty much just infantalize him. 18 is *also* an adult. A new adult, but still an *adult*. If you are seriously in the mindset of "but that's a child still!" You need to step away from Tumblr and just think about how you view the various human stages of development.
19 year olds aren't kids. That man made that choice to go down there.
(also as a trans man who's rights are under attack and that people are using the argument of "kids can't consent" to get their foot in the door and then further take them away from literal adults, some under the argument of "well a lot of y'all are autistic and Don't Really Understand what's happening even though you're adults!!" This shit infuriates me. Stop infantilizing people!!! This may not be about my rights as a trans person but the issue of infantilizing literal adults is still the same!!!)
#titan#oceangate#the titanic#like it sucks people probably died but honestly i don't hold a ton of sympathy for these people. who are all ADULTS.#like they made the choices#they all signed the literal waivers knew to some extent the risk#and eithsr all adults have agency or none of us do.#just bc we make the choice not to read the full text of like phone legalese doesnt mean we arent able to if we take fhe extra time to do it#there is argument to be made that stuff Iikw that is needlessly overcomplicated and should be more thoroughly regulated but for corps#not on the “oh well pwople cant agree to phone contracts now bc they're too hard to understand :(”#like. do you see how ridiculous that sounds#and the titan waivers *woudlnt have been anywhere as complicated*. ive read risk of death is mentioned 3x on the first page alone.#can't quote ehere so it moght not be true but still. point being its a literal trip to rhe bottom of fhe ocean.#that alone carries inherent risks *i dont want to take even in the safest submarine*.
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ais flower post "lost memories".....ais eyebrow scar..... did he bonk his head :(
#CHECK RBS FOR MORE THOUGHTS#touchstarved game#ais#u guys dont know how insane i am about the eyebrow scar (i have a scar on the same eyebrow)#thinks dreamily of ais w. next to no memories signing a contract with ocudeus for power
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