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Ultimis Richtofen: Throughout the years

For this, i wanted to analyse the characterisation and traits of ultimis richtofen throughout the different games and maps using in game quotes/ radios, especially how he as a character has transformed through the years. Part 1 of 3?? I think.

Early years: Not too much is known about Ultimis Richtofen's past, however some quotes over the years hint at details, although it is unlikely whether all are fully accurate due to Richtofen suffering from memory loss due to both the apothicons influence/overexposure to element 115. In Ascension, he mentions having a sister, whose dolls he crushed to make her cry.

Not much is known about Ultimis Richtofen's parents. I doubt he was an orphan from the get-go like Primis Richtofen, as he does mention his mother in multiple quotes. He also stated when around the campfire in Tag der toten, that he always saw Maxis as a bitter rival, when Primis Richtofen opened up about viewing Maxis as a father figure growing up.

In Shangri-la when getting the spectre from the box, he implies he was close to a former college roommate, 'who had a little gun, but a large barrel'. In Shangri-la, he also claims 'he was conceived in a mine cart... or was it in a lab?' However, he's likely to be bullshitting.

Ultimis Richtofen before touching the MPD: Ultimis Richtofen before his descent into insanity acts much like his Primis self did in Origins - sane, incredibly intelligent and still with a sense of morality and good intentions. He disagrees with Maxis' decision to secretly make weapons for the nazis, making the very reasonable argument that scientists from all over the world work at group 935. He also seemingly cares about the well-being of colleagues such as Dr Groph and Schuster, treating them with respect and conspiring with them against Maxis.

At the same time, Edward had still joined the Illuminati, an organization seeking power and control over the world, with the intent to spy on and leak information from Group 935, showing that even before losing his mind, Ultimis Richtofen was still likely a power-hungry and morally dubious individual with an obvious agenda. The Apothicans' influence may have just fueled this darker side of the man. I also believe Ultimis Richtofen probably suffered from mental health issues long before he teleported to the moon, something that may have made it easier for the Apothicans to influence his mental state.

Ultimis Richtofen after touching the MPD: On January 4th 1940, despite Dr. Schuster's warnings, Richtofen boldly opted to use himself as a test subject in his attempts to master teleportation, the result eventually leading to the destruction of countless lives, Edward's sanity and the world itself.

Immediately after his fateful encounter with the MPD, Richtofen began hearing whispers, who he originally mistook for Schuster. He didn't have much time to ponder on it, as he was swiftly teleported from the moon to a jungle in Shangri-la. There, he was presumably captured after being chased by the locals and was deemed a 'god' by them. Much of Richtofen's time ruling the jungle is a mystery; its stated he lived among them for three weeks studying vril devices and the element 115 that was found there. He also encountered the focusing stone for the first time, something he needed later for his plans to retake the MPD from Samantha and find Agartha. The natives' worship of him may have also played a hand in Richtofen developing a god complex.

It's evident that Richtofen's mental state also deteriorates rapidly as after a mere three weeks when rejoining Schuster, he's acting noticeably manic and obsessive in his goal to reach Agartha, and is already talking aloud about the voices. He is also incredibly secretive, not answering any of Schuster's questions, and only barking orders at the man.

Following his return, Richtofen then begins plans to make a base on the moon where the MPD is located using the teleporters named Griffin Station. He employs Groph, Schuster and many other dissatisfied workers of Group 935 in a coup against Maxis.

Around this time, Edward curiously leaves the Illuminati's service. When asked why, he states only that 'teddy is a liar'.

In a personal log in 1942, Maxis expressed concern for Richtofen's mental state and no longer trusted the man, showing in turn that by this point in his corruption by the apothicans, Richtofen was most likely struggling to hide his sadistic desires and mental health issues.

Stupidly, Maxis continued to have Richtofen babysit Samantha while he was away on other business. Richtofen most likely resented having to look after his nemesis' daughter and grew to hate Samantha almost as much as Ludwig Maxis. It's been stated multiple times that while in Edward's care, Richtofen ran multiple experiments on the child, including injecting her with doses of element 115. I'm not sure how long exactly, but Samantha most likely spent years primarily in the care of Richtofen. This, along with the experiments performed on her, most likely twisted the young girl's mind long before she took control of the MPD and witnessed her father's death.

It's clear by at least 1942, Edward Richtofen has no moral compass left whatsoever, and he is willing to harm any living being if it means achieving his own goals.

In 1942, Schuster and Groph also learn that MPD is powered on the souls of the living when they shoot a rat near the chamber. After learning of this, Edward orders the tanks to be filled, which they do by executing prisoners by gunshot near the MPD.

On July 15th 1945, Richtofen, with Samantha still in his care, is sent to a Siberian facility to conduct experiments on three test subjects for the super soldier program the Nazis sought - Nikolai Belinski, Pablo Marinus and Takeo Masaki.

However, by early September, Pablo Marinus died at the hands of Richtofen when his spleen was removed. Shortly before this, Tank Dempsey was captured in Verruckt attempting to rescue Peter Mccain and was brought to Siberia to replace Pablo.

Richtofen's mannerisms and personality in the Call of the Dead diary entries seem extremely similar to how he acts in Kino onwards. He displays an irrational hatred of monkeys and Americans. He uses drugs as well as both physical and psychological torture to control and manipulate the test subjects and shows no remorse for any of his actions. He views the test subjects similarly to toys, lamenting 'breaking' the Mexican.

Richtofen is also increasingly paranoid about spies infiltrating their ranks, correctly guessing that both Harvey Yena and Peter Mccain are spies acting in America's interest.

Richtofen's hatred of Dempsey starts here, as unlike the other two test subjects, Tank keeps breaking through the restraints and insulting Richtofen. Nikolai's alcoholism may begin here as well, as the doctor injects the Russian with Element 115 mixed with Vodka to get him to accept the stimuli.

While at the Agarthan facility, Edward also manages to create another part of the Agarthan Device - the Elemental Shard, by binding his and the three test subject's souls to a piece of Element 115.

However, before Richtofen could complete the Agarthan Device, Harvey Yena reported to Maxis that Richtofen had been suffering from 115-induced delusions, and had been using 935 resources for personal projects. It was there that Yena revealed Maxis had ordered all development of the DG2 to be halted and that Maxis wished to speak to Richtofen at Der Riese.

He is obviously fully insane by this point and by the last diary entry, he knows Maxis won't follow through on his promise to mass produce the Wunderwaffe DG2, and plans to callously kill both him and Samantha.

Richtofen then returns to Der Riese with Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, and Samantha in tow. He places the test subjects into sleep, ready to be awakened whenever. While in Der Riese, he and Maxis argue about Richtofen's loyalty to Group 935 and the matter of the mass production of the Wunderwaffe DG2 being cancelled. The two scientists then prepared to work on the teleportation tests together, with Richtofen secretly revelling in his plan to kill Maxis and Samantha, and finally taking control of the MPD.

On October 13th, 1945, Maxis and Richtofen performed teleportation test trials on Test Subjects Number 3, 4, and 5. All tests failed, including Test 5, where Maxis uses Fluffy, Samantha's dog. All the while, Richtofen is putting on a convincing act of pretending to still be the sane, dutiful assistant he had been in the past to Maxis. Samantha runs into the room, spots Fluffy, now a hellhound, and rushes into the chamber. Maxis tries to stop her and almost gets her out of the test chamber, but before he can, Richtofen shuts the door, trapping Maxis and his daughter inside with the zombified dog. He then activates the teleporter, teleporting all three away.

Samantha was teleported to Griffin station while Groph and Schuster were working on the MPD. Running into the MPD, the girl was drawn inside of it, where she became corrupted by the Dark Aether. Maxis was teleported to the Crazy place from Origins and developed the power to merge with electricity (??).

Richtofen then shortly returned to the moon, where he quickly learned that Samantha was trapped in the MPD. He then ordered Groph to teleport Maxis there to coax her out of the device. In an effort to free Samantha, Maxis, at gunpoint, approaches the MPD in an attempt to persuade her to come out. Once she did, Maxis gave her an instruction, to "Kill them...all." Maxis then kills himself and merged with the technology of Griffin Station, while Samantha unleashes the undead upon the base.

With Samantha now in control of the MPD, and subsequently, the zombies, Richtofen then returned to Der Riese and, after fighting through the undead horde, awakened Dempsey, Takeo, and Nikolai. With no recollection of who they were or who Richtofen was, they agreed to help him.

The four of them then travelled to the Rising Sun facility, in search of Richtofen's missing diary.

Shi No Numa: I see Shi No Numa as an almost prototype Richtofen, this first incarnation of the character especially leans into the mad nazi doctor stereotype as well as him being a military figure, with his quotes about having a Hitler youth knife and his military-like shouts to his teammates 'show no fear!' 'Stick together!'. His voice is also noticeably deeper in both shi no numa and der riese.

Strangely enough, Richtofen thinks he is still a member of the Illuminati in both Shi No Numa and Der Riese despite leaving the group in 1940: 'Illumaniti, I WORK FOR THEE!' 'The Illuminati would be pleased with you, Nikolai!' Out of universe, I think this is because the storyline is still very new and has since undergone many retcons and changes. In Universe, I think a possible explanation for this is that Richtofen suffers from memory issues relating to both his exposure to element 115 and the effects of the MPD. He most likely gets confused fairly often and forgets past events.

Interestingly enough, the doctor dislikes killing the hellhounds, a trait carried over to future maps.

His favourite weapons are the MP40, STG 44 and of course the Wunderwaffe DG2.

At this point, Ultimis Richtofen still treats the rest of the crew like comrades, calling them 'brothers' in multiple quotes, likely to attempt to gain their trust and eventually establish himself as the leader of the group. Shi No Numa Richtofen also doesn't seem to know that the demonic announcer is Samantha, believing that the power-ups he and the rest of ultimis pick up are sent from 'the dark one/his masters/the voices'. Richtofen is also less afraid of the voices in Shi No Numa than he is in future maps, readily obeying them instead of attempting to shut them out.

Overall, I'd say Richtofen is more sane in both Shi No Numa and Der Riese than he is from Kino Der Toten onwards, though he also acts much more under the direct control of the Apothicans/voices than he does in later instalments, which I find interesting.

Despite small changes, Richtofen's madness, bizarre mannerisms and overall sadism are still very prominent and an integral part of his character.

Der Riese: Much like how he was in Shi No Numa, Der Riese Richtofen is slightly saner compared to later maps. His status as a scientist and doctor seems more emphasised than before. His annoyance/dislike of Dempsey and approval of Nikolai are also made more clear in this map: 'Dempsey do you mind keeping the noise down? Some of us ARE TRYING TO WORK!!' 'You are head and shoulders above them Nikolai!' At this point, it's made explicit that Richtofen is keeping secrets from the rest of the team, pretending not to know how the teleporters work and about Group 935 in general.

Funnily enough, Richtofen admits to not being very skilful with most weaponry: 'To kill quickly ja. With skill, no.' Quotes from Dempsey, admittedly probably biased, also imply that out of the four, Richtofen is the worst shot and least active: 'Hey Richtofen, I'm glad you fired your weapon, but you missed!' 'The doctor is... a really bad shot!' 'Richtofen fired his weapon again... hell must be freezing over.'

Kino Der Toten: Richtofen in this map and onwards is much more stereotypically flamboyant - his voice is pitched higher and he has a slight lisp at times. He's even more emotionally unstable than he was in the previous two maps, having very childish outbursts at times: crying when he's out of ammo, crying about what was done to the hellhounds, shouting 'FLASHY LIGHTS!' at times when there's a fire sale etc.

Edward is also fond of referring to himself in the third person: 'the doctor is on his way!' 'no touchy the doctor... unless he asks.'

He distrusts his former test subjects, as seen in the opening line in Kino Der Toten: 'I still do not trust my unconventional allies, but they are of great use to me. BUT! I digress.'

He also appears surprised that the MPD is capable of time travel, something that happened unplanned as a result of Dempsey firing a wonder weapon while in the middle of teleporting back in Der Riese (Spoiler alert, Dempsey yet again does this in Shangri La. Goddammit Dempsey.)

Richtofen previously acting as a parental figure towards Samantha is also implied in some of the following quotes in this map: 'Samantha, didn't I teach you a lesson about this?' 'Samantha! Samantha where have you run off to!'

Overall, I'd say Richtofen's comical traits start to become a bit flanderized from this map onwards, for better or worse. Though in universe, I'd say this is most likely due to Richtofen's mind actively deteriorating from stress, past untreated mental illness, the Apothicans/voices and element 115.

Ascension: While Edwards acts much like he did in Kino, albeit sounding slightly more tired and deadpan, there are some interesting quotes in this map that reveal details about his past. For one, it's revealed that Richtofen may have had a sister. He states he used to crush her dolls as a child to make her cry. If this is true, which is dubious, this shows Ultimis Richtofen may have always had a sadistic streak, even as a child.

Richtofen is also wearing a spacesuit for some reason. Perhaps he was separated from the rest of Ultimis for a while, probably attempting to go to the moon and take control of the MPD earlier, before realising he needs more components first.

In the Black ops 3 remaster, you can see the shadow man's silhouette watching Richtofen and the rest of the group from a window in this map, clearly paying close attention to what his pawn is doing.

#analysis #character analysis #edward richtofen #ultimis richtofen #nazi zombies #cod zombies #call of duty #call of duty zombies #long post #lore #shi no numa #der riese #kino der toten #ascension

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Payday's Most Forgotten Main Character - Speical Agent Jordan Griffin

Introduction

Hello, as my description at time of writing says I am Jordan Griffin's number #1 fan but you see I haven't given myself this title because I've made lots of fan content (I'm working on that) but because I am one of only two of her fans (I recruited a friend to her Fandom). (Might be three but IDK who wrote the Payday 2 character tv tropes page)

I want to have to fight for this title, I wanna see others think about & explore her character.

So I am writing this! It will cover all of her canon appearances, where I would have taken her character within Payday 2's plot & some theories and headcanons.

Payday: The Web Series

Jordan is one of the main characters of The Web Series & outside of Bain, Vlad Kozak Gage & brief scenes is one of the only characters to appear in multiple episodes. She is also the only character I would agure has a arc thoughout the episodes & acts as a recurring pov.

The audience first meets Jordan Griffin in episode 3, she is discussing with her partner (Agent Riker) about her thoery that Hector Morales is working for Crime.Net, Agent Riker attempts to brush off this thoery by both pointing to how little evidence she has found about Crime.Net & pointing to her mental health (stating that she must just be tried, implying she is not in her right state of mind). When this scene ends it is revealed Bain already has eyes on her and placed Riker as a mole.

This scene established a lot of interesting stuff

Jordan with the limited info of the events of PD1 & the earliest heists of 2 was able to put enough evidence together to both figure out Crime.Net existed & its name. Remember that during the events of the web series it is just coming out of beta, likely meaning it's number of users was low & trusted allies so for Jordan to find all this meant some serious digging

I forget if it's on the board or if she says it (limited wi-fi so avoiding watching stuff) but she mentions Bain's name as the owner of Crime.net, not the most impressive as it seems like his name is mentioned a lot in the criminal world to the point that even yakuza clans know about him. Still I feel it worth noting.

This scene is also the first we see anyone (on screen, obviously off screen between 1 & 2 the FBI found out) in the FBI suspect Hector of being related to the Payday gang, it's also worth noting that Jordan already has him pinned of other crimes, possibly the same ones that got him got by the fbi. It's also interesting she didn't know he was a rat for the fbi & was working to arrest him.

Speaking of the board I mentioned, she has a whole conspiracy board in her office for the payday gang & crime.net, it has multiple of the contractors on it, including Vlad (whom at least by the time of Hoxton breakout the FBI believe is a law abiding civilian).

It is also established that Jordan deals with some ableism as a part of how Bain tries to deal with her, it's seen in Rikers comment and made more notable by the fact that Jordan is shown later taking unknown meds from a prescription bottle.

It is also established that Bain considers Jordan enough of a threat to have a mole specifically keeping an eye on her.

As a whole I consider this a strong start for building her up as a threat to the gang & a foil to them, much like them she is working semi out of the system to achieve her goals & like them is seeking answers for questions much bigger than herself, only issue is these traits are directed at taking down Bain & Crime.Net.

In Episode 4, Jordan interviews Dallas whom is undercover as the bank manager for First World Bank, thoughout this Jordan is very suspicious of him & he ends up leaving earlier than likely planned, taking his obertunity when Jordan is called away for something.

I find two things about this very interesting, first being that the series went semi out of its way to allow Dallas & Jordan to meet, while the cover was also used for the heist & the scene also allows for a interesting story telling device of showing different versions of scenes the audience already saw the scene could have easily been from Dallas pov woth random cops but no: it's a mixed pov scene & Jordan is used despite it actually making little sense given how she's treated in the FBI (I will get into that later)

I also find it noteworthy how Dallas treats her, it's very much as a real threat & he does his best to tell her the cover story straight but as it becomes clearer that she is suspicious & isn't falling for it he ends up taking a chance to escape before she can ask more questions.

Also funfact is that this scene is what established Nathan Steele as Dallas civilian name. Jordan also established in this scene being particular about being called Special Agent (Jordan) Griffin.

In Episode 5, Jordan manges to leak to a reporter her theories about crime.net, which ends up in the tv news. Jordan & Riker get pulled aside by their boss and get royalty told off because as it turns out, this isn't their job! Jordan has just been doing all of this on top her real cases for the fbi! She hasn't been getting any backing for them & clearly couldn't ask for help with the case given gets in trouble for it! No one told her to do this! She has just been doing it for herself while everyone tells her no!

She follows this up in the next scene by revealing to Riker that she suspects that there is a mole within their department of the FBI, it's later confirmed that she suspects him & told him as much, though also still keeps him close at hand, including when she goes otherwise alone to confront a member of Crime.Net.

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY REVEALING THAT RIKER'S HANDLER IS FUCKING VLAD "THIRD SHADIEST CONTACTOR & KATRU KING" KOZAK

So uh, yeah a lot happens at the end of an episode about the worst assassin Crime.Net ever hired aka Greta.

But wait! There's even fucking more! In episode 6 aka the finale of the web series most of the focus is on her & Vlad (well it's more about Vlad dealing with her) (& Gage but this ain't about him, I'll talk about him when I talk disability in Payday)

this wild episode starts off with Vlad getting called by Bain warning him that Jordan has taken an interest in him & has placed a tracker on his truck, this results in him blowing off Sofia (Aka the woman he has with him when visting the safe house) & as she insists on him staying with her that night (intercut as Vlad thinks with Jordan doing research about Vlad) he ends up pulling a gun on her asking if she isn't useful why does he keep her around. (This is interrupted before goes farther) (I'm noting that last bit for a reason.)

Next we see of Vlad he's getting driven to the spot that's been set up as a trap for Jordan as she follows, he is singing in a slavic language during this (also in previous scenes he has mostly talked in a slavic language besides from his threats to Sofia)

Then the big scene is next for the Jordan & Vlad storyline, Jordan arrives at the parking garage, this is when she confirms in banter with Riker that she is sure that he is the mole, she searches for a lil bit being very on gruad & then reaches the stairs.

This is when Vlad appears & holy hell this convo is interesting to me, especially looking back knowing a lot more about Vlad. So I am going to break this down a lot.

First Vlad says hello to Speical Agent Jordan Griffin, he very clearly already knows some of her quirks well. Meanwhile Jordan jumps right to questions, speaking in the same Slavic language Vlad has throughout the episode used when speaking with his men, she starts off asking how he knows her name which he answers a little birdie told him. Which does line up with what Bain did, including referencing her full status while warning Vlad.

Vlad follows up with

"I know many things, especially how in over head you [Jordan] are."

I'll come back to this later.

Vlad was interrupted by having to tell one of his men to stand down & that he has everything under control.

Vlad then tells Jordan that he doesn't have time to explain things but:

"-You must understand: You got too close to the truth and they will not let you live if you get any closer." -Vlad

Jordan then questions who "they" is, suspecting Crime.Net & Overkill (this was made back when the company included itself as refs & didn't decide yet the name belonged to a biker gang).

Vlad follows up by not answering but saying

"I like you special agent, we are like each other, more than you know."

He then shares that this all has been a "friendly" warning & warns that the next one won't be the same.

He then says that he hopes the pair will meet again under better circumstances, to which once again in a slavic language Jordan repiled with "Perhaps"

Vlad then leaves with his enforcer. Riker whom was waiting in the wings, gun ready arives as Jordan steps back to the floor they parked and when asked she says that she lost them.

Now lemme break down what I can

It is very interesting to me that throughout episode 6 using slavic language is almost showing your in with Vlad, when Vlad is pissed at Sofia he speaks in English, also speaking with Bain & Riker in English but with his enforcer in Slavic & then Jordan starts off speaking in his language and when he says he hopes they meet again under better circumstances it's also in slavic. This to me really shows there was at least some idea that Jordan would continue to be a force in Vlad related stories, perhaps working with him?

This is the first we see of Jordan actively lying & no less lying to cover her & Vlad's assess, til this point she is not shown actively lying

This is also we see of Jordan choosing to not chase a trail and call it quits before getting herself in shit, I do honestly believe in a convo with someone else Jordan would have not lied at the end saying they got away but instead tried to press forward.

Vlad in the very same episode made it clear that even minor things done by people he doesn't need may result in death, which to me brings up: what does Vlad want from Jordan? What does she have that neither Bain or another FBI agent could supply?

Thoughout the convo he treats her with more respect than really anyone else we see him in canon talk to, not once swearing or acting out but instead acting very calm & put together.

From some of the stuff he says it seems like he honestly wants to tell Jordan more but can't (he blames a time issue, but tbh I feel like it's more because the location was set up by Bain likely meaning he was watching.)

I also find the lines he says about her search for the truth really interesting as it really reminds me of what later happens to Bain, when he starts getting closer to the truth about the Katru he is nearly killed (in the bad ending is fr killed)

I also find the line that they are alike curious, at this time in the story Vlad wasn't too known for a inquisitive nature nor had he shown much interest in uncovering hidden truths. In the context knowing the story wasn't planned from the start I'm not sure what they were planning with this line BUT looking back with what lore we have for Vlad by the end of 2... I'll get to what I think in its own section.

Since this was the final episode this is the last we see of her in live action & even if she shows up again I think will be with a revast or non-live action as her actress is now a right-wing news caster in france 🙃

Appearances In Game

Jordan has two in game appearances!

First is on the second day of Hoxton breakout where she is one of the models spawned in FBI agents can have (model based off her episode 1 outfit).

She does not have any special A.I or anything else meaning any of the following can happen

Her model does not spawn, implying she was not at the office during the attack.

Her model does spawn but one way or another the gang does not interact with her, implying she hid during this.

Her model spawns & the gang zip ties her, leaving her somewhere she isn't killed, this is personally my hc for the canon of the game)

Her model spawns & she guns down a member of the gang, good for her! (This probably the least likely since she is not a special unit & would be in combat with the gang before any assault waves meaning fullish health)

Her model spawns & she is killed (Outside of not spawning this is one of the most likely for a player to do)

Her model spawns & the Joker skill is used on her, making her help the very gang she is trying to catch, possibly dying along the way.

At the end of the day this heist does very little to actually tell us anything about her or her fate as it is totally random what state she's in by the end, especially because as the tv tropes page for her points out most players don't even know who they'd be killing.

But... There is another heist she can spawn in, which neither the tv tropes page nor her wiki (which I need to update) mentions.

Her model can spawn in the Payday 2 version of Taxman, which if I'm not wrong is one of the few remasters that is a flashback/not happening a second time.

Which means that Jordan, likely unknown to Bain or the gang has been long on their trail, this also lines up with what her actual job in the fbi is (which in short is wire fuad, which is mentioned in a episode but I forget which one).

On the flipside if this isn't a flashback we can assume that Jordan is still alive post Hoxton breakout & that it sets a president that unless it's outright a part of the story of the heist named characters like Jordan don't die in heists where there's other options (Makes sense since Bobble Head Bob like Jordan can spawn in heists & die like she can)

I also suspect that Jordan can spawn whenever the game calls for a unarmored FBI agent to spawn but I am yet to test this. But if true basically means Jordan survives well into the endgame & only could for sure have died post Breakin' Feds.

Why I Wish She Was Used More/How I Would Fit Her Into The Plot

Why I Want More:

1. She is my blorbo & I love her 💖💖💖

2. The gang's enemies look like this rn (not counting post game dlc or 3):

A guy relying on the fbi to protect him who was merely a pawn of the fbi (Hector)

A bunch of mindless male police officers

A male police caption who only provides a physical threat

A male fbi head who is only a puppet to people

A male technical guy + military guy, provides a very real intelligental thread with implied help from a female hacker, later redeemed and helps the gang (Locke & Joy)

A mostly male (we never see a woman in Murkeater but I'm gonna assume there's at least one) paramilitary that doubles as a conspiracy group, provides both a physical & social threat

A male puppeteer master, is the only non-physical threat.

You might already see my point, thr gang lacks any non-male enemies which isn't great when combined with theor already low female cast. The developers have mentioned that they wanted to do better on that front & I think a female antagonistic force to the gang would have helped.

Also the gang is really lacking in intellectual threats, only briefly having Locke/Joy hack them which is resolved quick & they aren't a real threat after this & The Dentist whom pulls strings & is a threat to everyone's identities, their serach for The Secret & the world.

But really I think having another intellectual threat, especially one uninvolved with Murkwater would both help feel like the gang has a real risk of something like getting arrested or having their identities leak, I think it would also balance the cast a lot more.

Now while I wanna fix the above making Jordan a main angtag from the get go would change a lot & deserves its own post so here is some closer to canon ideas.

Here's a few ideas of how she could have been used, keep in mind these ideas are based off the limits that 1. The story wasn't planned from the start, 2. The story is mostly shown in heists & fbi files & 3. Jordan is not a main character & 4. My core Jordan thoery is not canon, otherwise this section would be more complicated & require inorging the lack of a plan plotwise.

Without the above limits I would just be giving a pitch for a fanfic I am planning.

Route 1: Mole For Vlad

This in my opinion is one of the more boring options but it is one of the more likely options they would have went with in canon.

For this Jordan would likely off screen started working for Vlad as a dirty fbi agent & in game either be mentioned as a informent or as someone setting things in the fbi hq for the gang in heists they go there.

This route would work well for fics or art that wants a easy route for Jordan to interact with the gang on friendly terms but I feel like outside of fanwork options this isn't the best route.

Ultimately it would make Jordan a bit of a non-character & betray the very justice focused Jordan we see in the web series plus it doesn't address the problems above.

But it is a option that other than what we did get is close to likely.

Route 2: FBI Pov

In this Jordan would remain looking into the Payday gnag though not being as forward, until the FBI files were added.

At that point I would have Jordan serve as the owner of the fbi computer that was hacked, perhaps having her leave notes on all the fbi files about her theories & what she's found.

Perhaps this results in a heist where the gang has to retrieve her evidence & kill her like the Hector heist.

It could also lead to her being the fbi member Kento contacts & sends codes to, perhaps desperate to catch the gang she helps him arrest The Elephant & possibly other contractors.

Or perhaps she remains uninvolved with the emails & instead serves as a pov for the fans not secret hunting by leaving confused files about the Katru related heists & files on clues she doesn't understand.

Route 3: Katru Investigator

Okay so this slimmer to the above, having her leave notes on fbi files & the hacked computer being hers but... The emails aren't, she hacked into the commissioners email & leaves notes on the emails, perhaps acting like a hint for them.

She would also take up what Spetkicguy did in the arg, hacking into things & finding more clues about Mrukywater.

This route likely ends with a callback to what Vlad said, Jordan would get too close to the truth of Murkwater and they would kill her.

My Core Thoery For Jordan Griffin/Route 4: King's Watcher

Okay before I start with this theory let me establish a few things that I will write metas about later:

Vlad is a Katru king, a member of a group of three humans that were selected by powerful beings to guard their secrets, this granted conditional immortality.

The other kings are The Elephant & The Dentist

Each king has a watcher, it is unknown how they are picked but I suspect it is decided by a higher power at their birth. They are meant to prevent the kings from abusing their power, they are also the condition for their King's immortality when they are alive their king cannot die & when they are dead their king can die. (after Dentist loses his he is able to be gunned down)

The known watchers were Bain & Kento, Bain leaves notes about this & Duke comments on & notes that Kento is a watcher as well which lines up with his role in Murkwater

Now that we have that established onto the thoery, which simply put is that Jordan is Vlad's watcher.

Let me first address the main counterpoints

Vlad's watcher is the Commissar!: that is a theory which well would make Dentist wanting the guy dead make sense. It would not make sense that Vlad never mentions him, we know Vlad loves revenge, he won't let his watcher being killed slide no matter how much he likes the gang

Vlad's Watcher Is His Brother In-Law!: Okay this is more likely than the last one & is one of the more likely canon options, so I won't aurge against this theory. Simply it isn't my taste, I find more interesting stories can be told with other options for watchers.

Vlad can die in dlc heists!: Yeah, that does point to his watcher being dead but there is nothing pointing to Jordan having to still be alive at this point. We also don't actually see his death, just that the timer says that but that could be either obsecing Vlad's involvement with the secret or simply not thinking out a different wording. So while him dying is what is said to happen I feel like for a thoery like this. Which is already... Shaky since it rests on a forgotten character I don't think it kills the thoery

Now onto my supporting evidence!

Vlad goes out of his way to make sure Jordan survives & was personally dealing with her. We see him both push aside others in his life like Sofia to focus on Jordan & go against the spirit of Bain's orders who said to deal with her by simply warning her.

The lines: "I know many things, especially how in over head you [Jordan] are." & "You got too close to the truth and they will not let you live if you get any closer." Which Vlad says to Jordan can both read as simply a detective being warned to avoid criminal conspiracy but... It's also close to some of the stuff Bain & the gang says as they investigate the Katru.

There is also that Vlad wanted to tell her more but couldn't, again he said it was a time issue but I really believe it was because he knew Bain was listening in.

Vlad drawing a comparison towards himself & her would make more sense if there was a literal bound between them, as the scribe/a king I'm sure Vlad has done a lot of the sort of stuff Jordan is doing & probably has had watchers like her before.

Thematically it'd line up for Jordan to be unknowingly in his inner circle given that language = Vlad's good graces thing I got talking about.

There are a lot of parallels between Jordan & Bain, especially if you put together some of the stories from clothes that imply Bain was a cop or in the fbi at some point. Both start off locking into things beyond them, both have blue as their main color (Jordan's outfits are mainly black & white say for her periwinkle shirt which her model wears), they both start getting so deep that people are sent after them & with outfit lore in mind it seems like Bain had a encounter with Elephant slimmer to the one Jordan had with Vlad.

Thematically wise it'd be nice if there was 1 criminal watcher, 1 corrupt lawful watcher & 1 justice minded watcher. Bain is morally grey, Kento's morals got fucked up & Jordan has pretty clean morals compared.

It'd also mean that Bain's mind games with Jordan later get reflected at him as Kento played mind games with him & unlike Bain dealt with the person getting close to the truth. In short watcher on watcher violence.

Also sanity is a theme with Vlad, he is the "mad king" the one that found things thay broke his mind & even in the modern day is considered insane. This is intrestingly mirrored by how Jordan is both dismissed based off mental state & likely has a mental illness she takes meds for.

I will probably think of more & make a post just about this thoery eventually but for now the last reason is that I simply think it makes for a interesting story, it means all the watchers are pitted against each other, it means Vlad has another thing to hide from the gang, it means Vlad's watcher is an established character whose a bit complex, it means at least a single woman is relevant to The Secret.

As for what this world look like in story? Well it depends on how you veiw the watchers but for my own hc's & theories I am planning a fic about this.

I will also note that if something makes it clear someone else is Vlad's watcher I will keep this as a au instead of theory/hc.

Ideas For Fan Content

So after reading everything here I hope you dear reader wanna give me a lil more challenge in calling myself her biggest fan by including her in your own content!

To help get this started I'm gonna list a few ideas of how to include & use her in fan content. Obviously I would also be trilled to see ideas not listed written about & if you do make something based off tbe list below or theories & ideas I talk about on this meta you don't have to credit me, I just want to show off a character I like!

Jordan easily can fill the role of a fbi agent that would otherwise go unamed or be a one-off oc, so say for a fic you want to add pressure by having a agent on one of the heisters trail, Jordan would make a good fit!

Jordan would also work well as a mentor or partner to a fbi oc, being able to quickly inform them of details about the payday gang & either aid them if they are a enemy of the Payday gang or provide tension if they are/start helping the gang.

Jordan would also work well for writing enemy to lovers fics since she is a enemy of the gang but it's based off impersonal things, so becoming close with specific members isn't out of the question & could lead to interesting drama for all parties.

Jordan also works well for if you need a pov outside the gang but is aware, let's say you're writing a mystery fic & you need someone to first find something or encounter the killer before it's revealed to the gang. Jordan would work! She would likely investigate that sort of thing but lacks ways of telling other members of the cast.

Jordan does at the end of her story show some more willingness to do shady things, so having a story explore her becoming more & more involved in crime would work really well, this would also be great to use for fics about Vlad's criminal stuff (Just please, I beg, do not have Jordan start working at his postuion house, that I am asking you to not do on this post. I can't stop you but I am gonna read or share stuff about that)

Jordan would also work in camo appearances, need something for Vlad or Bain to be doing before being interrupted? Perhaps they were keeping an eye on a special agent.

Jordan could also work as someone to info dump info about things that happened off screen in your fic, maybe you're writing a future fic & want to quickly establish what everyone is doing, having a scene or a few where Jordan is sharing her theories with someone would be a good way to do it in universe & add some unreliable narratorness to it if you want to hide info.

Also Jordan would work well as some canon fodder to be blunt, as much as I love her it doesn't seem like she's amazing at tech, so if you want establish a character killing enemies of the gang or some mass death event like a zombie au Jordan could work 😶‍🌫️

Lastly there isn't a lot about Jordan outside of what's here, we don't know her past, or much about her future past the web series & there are a lot of parts about her personality we won't have got to see so she's a character that could really be expanded on.

ETC

Agent Riker: Funniest Non-Clown

Yeah I couldn't fit this anywhere else but thoughout the series Riker is really funny due to how it seems like he is almost always moments from a mental breakdown. He will often swear to himself shouting loudly FUCK almost everytime Jordan is getting deeper in the mess.

It's also funny how degented he looks while his boss scolds him & Jordan, they both look like kids getting told off.

It is also extremely funny to me that Jordan straight up tells him to his putposly sweating face she knows he is the mole & then still takes him as backup to confront Vlad which like...

While Riker pulled out a gun & was waiting in the wings it also took him forever to call out for her & it was pretty unclear what his game plan was. He is like less than useless to both Jordan & Vlad.

He also has a family which he mentions when talking to Vlad also it was hard for me to make out his name due to my hearing sorta sucking so I had to find his name on the imb page for the series

Jordan's Job:

I wasn't sure where to mention this but in one of the episodes, I believe when being told off by her boss it is mentioned she works in wire fuad. I believe due to her having her own office space in the department that she is likely either very high ranking or it's local head.

How I Incountered Jordan:

So I was vaguely a Payday fan at the time, I knew things like Jacket x Sokol & things like the Halloween nightmares for the crew but I had yet to see the wider picture.

This is when I decided to read the tv tropes page for Payday 2, specifically the characters page & then I read the Minor Characters page & read Jordan's section.

Which made me interested enough to go & watch the web series & then I watched more & more videos until I ended up watching The Knowley's lore series & since then I have been searching for more lore & info.

And that won't have happened if some tv tropes writer I will never likely meet hadn't decided to put Jordan on the page & describe her well in tropes & in the little bio.

The Wiki:

So a funfact is that I am the one who made Jordan's wiki page & added her to the web series page. Admittedly the page needs some work to better explain things but I thought something was better than nothing & I will work on it more.

#meta #lore #payday 2 #payday the heist #pd2 #payday Jordan Griffin #special agent Jordan Griffin #Jordan Griffin #Payday: The Web Series #vlad kozak #bain #Agent Riker #Hector Morales #katru #headcanons

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thirty years:

charlie inviting duffy round for dinner and wine👀

ethan and lily watching cal and alicia together and lily’s like “just when i was starting to think she wasn’t quite as dumb as she looks” and ethan goes “you’re not jealous are you?” and she’s like “no, just full of pity. some women are beyond help.”💀

iain and jez come over and say how alicia and cal must be official now then and lily’s like “it’s like watching a baby antelope at the watering hole” HELPSJDKFJJ

ohhh this is the scene! iain says a few of the lads are going out for a drink later and invites lily and she says sure and when iain’s gone ethan goes “well, someone’s going home with a hunky paramedic” BI ETHAN BI ETHAN BI ETHAN🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 bc describing your male colleague as “hunky” is a very heterosexual thing for a man to do /s lily goes “ha, please” and he goes “don’t forget the five year plan lily! tick tock!” I MISS THEIR FRIENDSHIP SO MUCH😫😫

yknow if ethan’s gonna go travelling with bodhi i’m gonna choose to believe he’s going to go visit lily in hong kong. i should write a fic. i have actually been to hong kong myself but i was like 4 so i don’t remember what the city was like or anything.

lmaoo alicia comes over and ethan’s like “i think lily needs our help” “oh?” “yeah, trying to find a man.” lily goes “no i don’t” and ethan mouths “she does” to alicia behind lily’s back sjskdkfkg

why did ethan just fully take on a gay best friend role in that scene😭😭 this made me wonder if this ep had the same writer as handcuffs (rashan date ep) but no it doesn’t so there are TWO writers (at least) who were absolutely determined to make ethan queer! i thank them for their service!

also why is matchmaking ethan and alicia’s thing sjdkdjfj like them teaming up in s33 to get rash and gem back together, and, like here, they weren’t actually together themselves then either! (though they ended up getting back together at the same time, leading to them overhearing rash and gem having sex sjsjjfkfk)

lmaoo why is elle going “karen please don’t do this! karen!” while her patient runs away while making no actual effort to stop her😭

sjdkfkfk now alicia’s trying to help lily find a man, asking her what her type is and lily isn’t telling her so she looks around and suggests dylan “consultant? very eligible?” and lily goes “i once considered dr keogh but he still has that dog and mental health issues can be genetic, plus he lives on a barge” alicia’s face while she’s listening to that SKDKFKKF can you imagine dylan and lily though they would not work at all😭 too different flavours of autism

alicia’s begging for something to work with and lily’s like “someone like ric griffin” and alicia’s like “isn’t he acting ceo now??” and lily goes “exactly” wkdkfkkfkf

duffy’s son threatening charlie shdjfjjfj

poor tanya😢

ah sebastian’s dad. he’s locuming there so he can check up on him?

aw seb tries to stand up for his patient but his dad just shoots him down, and dylan also tries but mr grayling asks his name and then goes “ah yes, i know the name. curious business with the number 4?”

sjskfkfk alicia and lily were watching and alicia looks horrified and goes “what a—“ and lily goes “him.” saying he’s her type😭😭

lmaoo alicia introduces herself and lily to mr grayling and leaves lily to speak to him and goes to stand the other side of the nurses station and like motions for her to check his hand for a wedding ring and stuff SKDKKFKF

LMAO alicia goes up to mr grayling and fully just asks him if he wants to take lily out on a date😭😭 he’s like “extraordinary. you can tell dr chao to meet me here at 7 o’clock sharp”

lily’s like “i cannot believe you just did that! what am i gonna wear?” sjsjfjfkfk

aww duffy’s granddaughter is born

charlie and duffy talking about how they’ve had 30 years of friendship and duffy’s like “it wasn’t just friendship though was it?”👀👀

aww lily all dressed up for her date! sebastian’s like “seriously, dad? she’s my age!”😭😭

lily talking to ethan and alicia while seb’s standing up to his dad. and she tells iain she can’t make drinks anymore. aw ethan’s like “have fun!”

oh are charlie and duffy about to kiss?

yup now they’re snogging in a store cupboard

#classic casualty #thirty years #if you watched just this episode in isolation not only would you not realise that ethan liked alicia #you’d probably think he was gay

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So i’ve become obsessed with Transformers. so it’s time to info dump (Part 2)

Now it’s time to info dump about Rescue Bots and Rescue Bots Academy (only the 1st seasons though)

Heatwave: he runs Kade through the ringer and it’s absolutely fuckin justified. also hes a very grumpy man Chase: He and chief burns seem to be the only people in this show taking their jobs/mission on earth seriously. and honestly, every team needs the tired, overworked dad who needs a break Blades: he’s feels so queer coded im shocked they got away with it, and im glad Dani reached an mutual point of respect with him, cause man he never gets any slack Boulder: is this just another bulkhead? if so im 110% down lets fuckin gooooooo more giant metal himbos Cody: Everyone is on his case but he only means well, his family needs to cut him some slack with the amount of weight he’s pulling on this team Frankie: absolute icon. need i say more I will say i miss the presence of a medic bot... unless in season 1 it’s not really explained but Griffin rock not having an ambulance rescue bot strikes me as weird... though i know that Dani and Blades do air rescues... where is the actual like. health care in this town ------- Rescue Bots Academy Hot Shot: This man is just a fuckin shonen protagonist you can’t convince me otherwise Wedge: absolute bumblebee simp, and honestly who could blame him? Bee is great... but also like. man has some serious confidence issues Hoist: my beloved, my absolute darling someone please protect this anxious boy from consequences, he’s the most forward thinking member on the recruit team and everyone busts his servos for it. cut him some slack... please ;-; Medix: I honestly didnt think i’d relate to a character more than medix, and after reading his TFwiki page, and seeing that he was almost certainly, albeit not strictly intentionally, coded as being autistic/neurodivergent... it aboslutely makes sense. Whirl: i feel like she’s a mix between the prime version of optimus and chase, she’s all about protocol, and almost excessively knowledgable in it. i cant say i dislike her though, she’s adorable

#transformers #transformers rescue bots #transformers rescue bots academy #transformers rb #transformers rba #macaddam #boulder #heatwave #chase #blades #cody #frankie #rba hoist #rba medix #rba whirl #rba wedge #rba hotshot

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Random Fandom Character's Witcher Schools

Had a wierd ADHD thought I couldn't get out of my head: Fuck sorting characters into Hogwarts houses! Here are some of my favorite fandom characters and what Witcher school I think would fit them well. Before we get into the characters, here's a quick breakdown for each school so you know the criteria:

Wolf School:

-Consummately professional

-Probably a main character

-Little bit good at everything

Griffin School:

-Knightly/Heroic in a traditional sense

-Likes magic

-Nerd

Bear School:

-Hates authority to a fault, even in their own organization

-Hotheaded, valuing personal autonomy above everything else

-Buff as shit

Cat School

-Misunderstood rebel

-Untreated mental health issues

-A wet cat of a person

Viper School

-Likes to stab/poison you

-Stealthy Goths

-Loves to study the Lovecraftian horrors of the cosmos

Manticore School

-Horse Person

-Probably a town guard

-Likes the government

Now that that's out of the way, lets get to categorizing:

Gideon Nav: Bear School. Hands down. The Bears encouraged "insolence towards authority" even in their own organization. No way Miss Gideon "Look at my muscles, I try to escape the Ninth every other minute" Nav would not make an amazing Bear Witcher. Also can totally hear her saying the founder of the Bear's line :"You want to see a REAL sword? <boastful laughter>" about her beloved zweihander.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus: Torn between Viper, Cat and Griffin on this one but ultimately going with Cat. They're very similar in ways but the after reading HtN the Cat school fits her perfectly.

Caitlyn Kiramman: Another toss up, this time between the Griffin and the Manticore. Ultimately, she is so outright heroic, and smart, that I think Griffin fits best.

Vi: She was a lot easier to sort. Bear. The stubbornness, the defiance towards authority, even Vander's. Plus the Bears and Griffins have a whole Sun and Moon Aesthetic going on, so it fits with Cait's school.

Indiana Jones: Griffin, hands down. He has a code, is a huge history nerd, and there is nothing more heroic than fighting fascists. Easy.

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower: Viper. Another easy one with the gothic, eldritch horror meets steampunk aesthetic of Bloodborne, she even has the same fighting style as the Vipers, a sword in the main hand, dagger in the off hand.

That's it for now! If anyone else wants to continue this with their own picks for each school feel free to do so!

#arcane #indiana jones #Witcher #the locked tomb #bloodborne

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I haven’t seen The Black Phone, but I’m really enjoying the content I see about it from other people. I loved your headcanons, especially the ones about Vance! Absolutely no pressure, but do you have any other headcanons you’d care to share?

I don't have a ton yet since my brain has hyperfixated on Vance the most and I've already posted most of the ones I have for him, but I do have some for group dynamics (and a few random ones thrown in there as I remember them);

Robin and Vance are really protective of each other (and the whole group, but in a very different way) in the sense that they have a 'ill watch your back if you watch mine' type of way. like Robin can break up a pack of bullies bothering any of the other boys without fear if being out numbered because he knows Vance has his back if he needs help. and Vance doesn't have to worry about shutting down or being in public places (he has a shit ton of PTSD from the grabber and hates public spaces/being touched/having strangers behind him) because he knows robin will always be right behind him, and will always watch his back without fail. they may not be the closest friends in the traditional sense, but they're insanely protective and you normally don't see one without the other.

Finney is the mom of the group, and he acts like he hates it, but it's actually a very self appointed role. (this is about to get so projecty it's not even funny). Finney gets anxious when he's not in control of a situation, so he acts like a mom for his own sanity. when they're out in public he's the one doing a head count every five seconds and corralling everyone together. if the groups taking to long to move on from one spot and some of the boys are starting to wander he will walk laps around the whole group to keep them together. the best way to describe him is a herding dog (specifically a collie) cause he naturally likes to keep things in order and gets really anxious if he can't. he definitely has a bag purse that he carries everywhere, it's got everyone's shit in it, a fully stocked first aid kit, water, snacks you name it he's got it.

random one (related to Finney's bag) Vance, Griffin, and Billy are asthmatic. griffins is the most persistent, but mildest in terms of actual symptoms. Vance doesn't have symptoms often but his attacks are really bad. Billy is the sweet spot between the two. Finney makes sure they always have their inhalers. Vance also has a bad nut allergy, so Finney's also carrying his epi pen. (I might do a whole other post on just my health issue hc's, cause ad a chronically I'll person I have so many)

Vance is Griffin's big brother, he's a jerk to him some days, other days he's super affectionate. sometimes he just throws something at him for the sake of throwing something at him, and other times hell just hug him from behind and won't let go till griffins clawing his way out of the embrace. they aren't the cutesy over played brother dynamic, they are the realistic love hate relationship brother dynamic and I live that for them. (this can also be read: Vance feels such an immense need to protect this little human it honest to God overwhelms him because he has never felt so much love and affection for a singular human in his entire life. the hold this kid has him scares him more the he'd like to admit. he would die for Griffin without a second thought, if anything were to ever happen to him, you better pray to any and all gods you know of because Vance will make you regret being born. he doesn't know how to act around Griffin because he isn't good at showing your average everyday feelings let alone these big scary all consuming feelings.)

Gwen is the group's sister, they've claimed her as theirs, no matter how many times Finney tries to say that she's his sister. she just loves her entourage of boys, especially since she has them wrapped around her finger. she can get away with anything cause they either let her do it, or they cover her and give her alibis. her and Bruce love to do spa days together (I got part of this from @ares-da-god ) and she will assist in holding the boys down so Bruce can do their skin care. Vance is actually super protective of her and is kinda just putty in her hands, he doesn't try and fight back because he doesn't want to accidentally hurt or scare her with his underestimation of his own strength (she's tussled with him before, but it always makes him nervous, despite how many times shes said it's fine and that she handle it). she likes getting her hands dirty so she's always outside with Griffin, making med pies or playing with bugs, just being kids (it melts Vance, he likes seeing the kids getting to be kids together, especially his kids). Gwen and Billy shit talk together constantly, they'll just walk around town with Billy's dog talking about all the recent drama, or complaining about whatevers on their mind. Finney and Gwen are just super close, they're each other's right hand man, they do everything together, they barely even fight or anything, just very close but very casual sibling bond.

Billy is generally the most kept to himself. he likes to be independent and enjoys his space, but at the end of the day he loves knowing he has a support system he can fall back on when needed. like he would gladly do his own thing all day just to come home and join the pile of sleeping boys+Gwen knowing he is safe and welcome right there. definitely a bif of s prankster when he's sticking with the group, intentionally getting on Vance's nerves to get Vance to prank him back. he's like a year round secret Santa, he earns quite a bit from being a paper boy (and I hc that he doesn't similar things in his spare time. he bags groceries or shops for the elderly, he collects recycling, walks dogs, etc. so he always has a fair but of spare change) so the busy will find little unmarked gifts randomly and know it's from Billy. he's actually really good at it cause he listens to their conversations a lot so he knows just what to get them.

Vance and Finney are actually pretty close. Vance tries to pretend he doesn't love the little fucker, but whenever he needs help or is stressed he knows he can turn to Finney, and he makes sure Finney knows the same goes for him. Finney's the best at interpreting his nonverbal communication, so there's a lot of trust that's been built between the two. Finney is also just really good at handling Vance when he's upset and can't understand his emotions, he can just kinda hold onto him and make it feel better, he pats at his hair and hushes him gently, and it doesn't make Vance feel small or pitied. and Vance may not be good with the emotions crap like finney is but he's really good at reading Finney and knows when to pull him away if he's getting to stressed or anxious. he also knows that Finney won't leave a task without a fight so he'll just bear hug him until he starts to calm down, and then redirects him with something else. they manage each other really really well.

that's all I have for now, hope you enjoyed <3 (:

#the black phone #vance hopper #finney blake #bruce yamada #robin arellano #billy showalter #griffin stagg

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Friday, October 13, 2023

Water woes (Financial Times) The world will experience an “increasingly erratic” water cycle as climate change drives new patterns of both extreme flooding and drought across the globe, the World Meteorological Organization has forecast. The agency said hydrological cycles were “spinning out of balance” and that more robust monitoring systems were needed, particularly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as it released a report on global water patterns in 2022. Droughts, extreme rainfall and melting snow and glaciers threatened long-term water security, the WMO said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill expanding conservatorship law (AP) More Californians with untreated mental illness and addiction issues could be detained against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a move to help overhaul the state’s mental health system and address its growing homelessness crisis. The new law, which reforms the state’s conservatorship system, expands the definition of “gravely disabled” to include people who are unable to provide themselves basic needs such as food and shelter due to an untreated mental illness or unhealthy drugs and alcohol use. Local governments say current state laws leave their hands tied if a person refuses to receive help. The bill was aimed in part at dealing with the state’s homelessness crisis. California is home to more than 171,000 homeless people—about 30% of the nation’s homeless population.

The Californization of the Texas Housing Market (WSJ) Texas has long had a reputation as an affordable place to live, in large part because homeownership stayed within reach for the middle class. Now the state is being walloped by the same forces that have made homes a lot less affordable in many cities previously known for reasonable prices: pandemic-era migration from California and other more expensive areas. California to Texas was the most popular interstate relocation route in the country in 2021, according to an analysis by storage-space search site StorageCafe. During that year, about 111,000 people—about 300 a day—moved from California to Texas. Soaring prices have left many longtime residents grumbling.

Panopticon (The Markup) Amazon Ring, the doorbell camera that many people install on the front of their homes to deter would-be package thieves, has developed into a massive, interconnected network that supplies posts and videos to police departments around the country. As of September, 2,604 police departments in the U.S. have some sort of arrangement with Amazon’s Ring network, receiving automatic emails that forward posts from the companion social app Neighbors, which is where the most paranoid people in a given neighborhood can post updates about everything they or their cameras see.

Argentina wildfires create apocalyptic scene of blazes at city’s edge (Washington Post) Fires that surrounded populated parts of Argentina, creating apocalyptic scenes that triggered international concern on social media, were largely brought under control Wednesday, authorities said. But the country remained under “extreme” fire danger amid dry and windy conditions. Firefighters were battling as many as six wildfires in the Córdoba province of central Argentina, where dozens of people were evacuated, according to the Associated Press. Images and video posted to social media showed flames and black smoke approaching urban areas outside Villa Carlos Paz, a resort city west of the city of Córdoba.

Never start vaping, says 12-year-old girl with lung damage (BBC) A 12-year-old girl who suffered a lung collapse and spent four days in an induced coma has told the BBC that children should never start vaping. Sarah Griffin had asthma and was a heavy vaper when she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems a month ago. Her mum Mary told the BBC she feared she was going to lose her daughter. The UK government has announced plans to restrict the marketing and sale of vapes targeted at children. Recent figures suggest that one in five children aged 11-17 have now tried vaping—three times as many as in 2020.

At NATO, Zelensky Secures More Ukraine Aid as Allies Balance Support for Israel (NYT) President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made a surprise visit to NATO headquarters on Wednesday, urging the military alliance to maintain its flow of weapons to his country for its war against Russia, even as much of the West turns its attention to the brutal outbreak of violence in Israel. Top NATO officials sought to reassure Mr. Zelensky, pledging more than $2 billion in additional military aid to be delivered before Ukraine’s winter sets in.

As Turkey intensifies war on Kurdish militants in Iraq, civilians are suffering (Reuters) Seventeen-year-old Samir Saado was finishing his cleaning shift at the village medical center when an airstrike hit the building. “I didn’t see anything other than dust and smoke,” said Saado, a member of Iraq’s minority Yazidi community. “My leg was stuck under the rubble. I called for help and people were coming but the planes kept striking.” At least four civilians were killed that day, local officials said. The strike was part of escalating attacks by Turkish aircraft and drones in mainly Kurdish areas of Iraq and Syria, which have continued.

CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic as it revisits ‘Argo’ rescue (AP) While revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times—the spiriting out of six American diplomats who escaped the 1979 U.S. Embassy seizure in Iran—the intelligence agency for the first time has acknowledged something else as well. The CIA now officially describes the 1953 coup it backed in Iran that overthrew its prime minister and cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as undemocratic. Other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, but the CIA’s acknowledgment in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup remains classified 70 years after the putsch. In Iran’s telling, a straight line leads from the coup to the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ultimately toppled the fatally ill shah. It still fuels the anti-Americanism that colors decisions made by the theocracy. The coup also led the CIA into a series of further coups in other countries, including Guatemala, where American clandestine action in 1954 installed a military dictator and sparked a 40-year civil war that likely killed some 245,000 people.

The Retired Israeli General Who Grabbed His Pistol and Took On Hamas (NYT) Israel Ziv, a retired Israeli Army general, was taking a bike ride Saturday morning when a flood of alarming calls started coming in. A huge barrage of rockets had been fired from Gaza. Gunmen from Hamas, the armed Palestinian group that controls the territory, were pouring across the border. Soon he would learn a friend’s son was trapped in a kibbutz. He raced home, put on his uniform and grabbed his weapon, a nine-millimeter pistol. Within minutes he was flying down a deserted highway in his new white Audi. As he neared the Gaza border, columns of black smoke rose in front of him, and the Israeli Army, at least at first, was nowhere to be seen. Hamas attackers were running across the landscape, hunched under the weight of heavy machine guns and rocket propelled grenade launchers, shooting at him. Mr. Ziv, stocky, spiky-haired, a bit irascible, and the former head of the operations directorate of the Israel Defense Forces, is a well-known figure in Israel, especially now. His actions over the weekend—driving headlong into the battle zone armed only with a pistol, organizing a confused group of soldiers into a fighting unit and overseeing evacuations—have been widely publicized on Israeli news channels. In the process he has become an avatar of Israel’s D.I.Y. spirit—and of the failure of its military and intelligence agencies. So weakened is public faith in the country’s military that one of the biggest issues Israelis are talking about is arming themselves. Many already own weapons, but the government announced this week that it was purchasing 10,000 assault rifles for civilians, along with bulletproof vests.

Complete siege (Washington Post/BBC) Defense officials have ordered a “complete siege” of Gaza after militants broke through its border wall into southern Israel on Saturday and killed more than 1,000 people, many of them civilians—the deadliest day in Israeli history. “No power, no food, no gas,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said. “We are fighting human animals, and we act accordingly.” The Gaza Strip, a 140-square-mile stretch of land with more than 2 million people, depends on Israel for most of its electricity and other basic services. Cutting off gas and power from the territory could leave many residents not only without power, but without clean drinking water, proper sanitation and health care. On Wednesday, Palestinian authorities said Gaza’s only power plant has run out of fuel and stopped operating. “Within a matter of days Gaza will be in a blackout,” said Miriam Marmur, public advocacy director at Gisha, an Israeli nonprofit organization. Even before this escalation, residents in Gaza spent almost half the day, on average, without power. Israel says the siege of Gaza will not end until Israeli hostages, which are thought to number at least 150, are released by Hamas.

Israel calls for civilians to leave Gaza City as 'significant operation' looms (Reuters) Israel's military on Friday called for all civilians of Gaza City, more than 1 million people, to relocate south within 24 hours, as it amassed tanks nearby ahead of an expected ground invasion after a devastating attack by the militant group Hamas. "Now is a time for war," Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday as Israeli warplanes continued pounding Gaza. The Israeli military said it would operate "significantly" in Gaza City in the coming days and civilians should only return when advised. More than 1,500 Palestinians have already been killed in retaliatory attacks.

Life on the other front (BBC) Tensions on Israel's northern frontier have soared since Hamas' bloody incursion in the south. Israel says it has reinforced its northern area with thousands of extra units after trading fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Correspondent Anna Foster wrote: In these northern Israeli border communities, people are nervous. They can see the high grey concrete wall that separates them from Lebanon, with Hezbollah observation posts towering up at regular intervals on the other side. One man shows me a video on his mobile phone of armed men firing on the very hillside we’re standing looking at. The sound of gunfire echoes loudly. These were Palestinian Islamic Jihad infiltrators who made their way over the barrier on Monday and killed Israeli soldiers. Families who live here are being told to stay as close to bomb shelters as they can.

Human Cells Display a Mathematical Pattern That Repeats in Nature (Smithsonian) In an effort that began more than ten years ago, scientists have estimated just how many cells make up the human body: Using data from more than 1,500 published sources, researchers determined that men are composed of about 36 trillion cells, women have some 28 trillion cells, and a 10-year-old child has roughly 17 trillion cells. What’s more, these cells follow a mathematical pattern based on size and mass that appears elsewhere in nature. The new data revealed that if a human’s cells of similar sizes are grouped together, each group contributes about the same total amount of mass to the body. Similar size distributions can be seen across scientific fields. In ecology, for example, marine organisms from bacteria to whales display the same pattern. This wide-ranging pattern suggests there may be “some deep underlying mechanism that could be common to all these different things,” lead author Ian Hatton, a biologist with the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Germany and at McGill University, tells Science News.

#headlines #news

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The chronorun reports: starting from anew:

(The following is an excerpt from a news article from early 2023 detailing the founding of two prominent foundations and the investigation of rogue science cases. The article had been declassified per the request of the HOSC and MPIC, mostly for their eyes.)

"The House of Scientific Commerce (HOSC) was founded by one Abraham Van Helsing in 2016 after the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, Victor Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. [Redacted] Griffin, and Time Traveler cases were just starting to be looked into by the Mission Persons investigative committee (MPIC).

The Committee was in turn founded by Gabriel John Utterson and Alfred Poole, two people who have been stated as knowing the aforementioned chemist Dr. Jekyll, after his whole PSS-16 experiment seemingly failed and thus took it as their first case. Utterson already being his lawyer and childhood best friend gave them a bit of a head start in trying to solve the case.

Poole, on the other hand, had been working under both Jekyll and Utterson for some time, also giving him a head start with the case. He had even helped Utterson figure out the connection between the doctor and… whatever Hyde is.

To start, the doctor had been experimenting with ways to "split the psyche" so to speak. Even though he ran a multitude of blood tests (to make sure it didn't kill him when he took it), he had no way to know that the main objective would be completed. He had also inadvertently made weapons for the military in the process of these blood trials (The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde| Dr. Ilonna Marchal et al. August 2022). Something called a "blood boiler" being a horrifying example of one such chemical.

The reasoning behind the potion (the aforementioned PSS-16) was a classic case of untreated repression among a history of other untreated health issues (paranoia and delusions being prominent examples). As Dr. Jack Seward (MD, administrator of an insane asylum near Carfax, England, and psychiatrist) put it, "That Dr. Jekyll is said to have a history of trauma and unhealthy coping mechanisms, given that information, I'm surprised he didn't follow through with the poisoning when he was about to be caught." I'm no psychologist but I'm pretty sure that's not something you say about someone who is clearly dealing with a lot, especially if you yourself are supposed to be helping them through it.

Blatant ableism aside, we do have notes from the doctor himself and a few from his colleagues at the Arcane Studies Society (yes we know what the acronym would be, no I don't think he would name it that intentionally. Hyde would have though, that's for sure). The notes in question detail the ingredients needed, how goddamn long it took to make, how much longer it took to find chemical salt that had another essential ingredient in it after the first batch was done (some unknown impurities that somehow made it work), and more.

One such note was from Marishka Bondar, one of the society's techies (although most people call her an engineer), that starts with a note on the name (PSS stands for "psyche splitting serum" and the dash 16 is interrupted as meaning "made in 2016"), she also notes the ingredients:

The chemical salt

The aforementioned impurities (that make the transformation work somehow, I don't know I'm not a chemist or an anatomist, I'm just a journalist)

Something called "base 13" (again I'm just a journalist, so I have no idea)

From there she goes on to say something about the military stuff as follows, "...he has made more potions but this one is the most famous as it is the latest and most public formula (also it went tits up so that helps too). Apparently, he has also made some for the military (blood boiler, flash freeze, agglutination, etc.) which, Jesus Christ man. Also, they probably gave him hush money in exchange for chemical warfare."

Now, I agree with her sentiment about the idea of something that literally makes your blood boil while it's still in you, but considering this is a public news source I'm not too fond of the inclusion of the holy spirit's name and reference to female chest's but I digress….." the article continues but the writer is noted as being Per Sundt, a Norwegian journalist, and apparently a member of the morality police.

"Look, someone as Puritan as you," Gwen started, just as tired of censorship as the next person in their line of work, "Maybe you two could be friends."

The house members were sitting around the table, with the detective reading the article out loud to everyone. He had to look into where they got this information and what other information they might have on the house, for safety reasons obviously.

Van Helsing was worried for his brother, as worried as anyone can humanly be without fainting (looking at you Victor), but still worried. He had no idea his former student and friend would say that about him, especially given his profession.

"Really, that's what you're getting from this?" the chemist in question replied, unsure what this meant for him.

"She probably wants to distract you from the fact that this could get you arrested if you're not careful." the detective let out while also having the same kind of thought, I mean they put it in the article, why comment on it right there? Also, where did Marishka, or Ilonna for that matter, get the information about the military transactions? I mean Marishka wouldn't dare work for the government, it goes against her whole shtick. What about Ilonna, does she work for the government, if she does why didn't Mycroft tell me just in case we ran into each other? Does he know I'm alive too? Did the transactions even happen in the first place?

Sherlock wasn't the only one, if everyone else could read his mind right now they would have (mostly) the same questions. The group had to be careful as any wrong move could tick anyone off and it could be traced right back to them. Jekyll's serums, as the article refuses to call them, were a prime example of what could be used as evidence.

Now that people knew that he was alive, it was only a matter of time before the MPIC found them. No one would know what they would do to them when they did, but rest assured…

they would have a plan.

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This took me ALL FUCKING DAY!!!! Then I had to do formatting bullshit, the story duplicated itself somehow and I only realized it when I suddenly had to format it again and when I actually realized this, I had to go and delete everything PARAGRAPH BY PARAGRAPH!!!

(this is why I don't post stuff like this on here, I just post links to Wattpad)

#the chronorun reports #tw abelism #tw mental health #Tw suicide mention

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does my muse desire romance? is it something they would actively seek out, or prefer to happen more ‘ naturally? ’ what is their love life like? do they have any exes or past flings, or crushes?

Carleigha - Part of her does desire romance, she enjoys the affection and cuddles (especially playing with hair) and she adores watching love blossom especially for her friends and family, however for herself, she knows the reality of her health issues and hates the idea of burdening someone with those troubles. Because of this she leans toward casual relationships or flings and gets skittish when feelings are involved.

Zeke - Growing up seeing his parent's marriage he can't help but want that for himself. He does seek it out, but he wont deny that his feelings for Ace have developed naturally over their friendship, not that he's gotten up the nerve to tell him or risk their friendship. He's had relationships in the past and he's found that the danger of the work he does is hard for some to accept.

Alexandria - Alex has always been more focused on work and building up Heira tech. Love, Romance and even relationships tended to take a back seat. It was an easy excuse really to hide her fear that she would just ruin things. A year ago, something clicked in her when she found herself falling for Hannah, she panicked thinking about the future. Her friend talked her down but also made her realize that if she was ever going to be open to a relationship she needed to try living for herself and not for the image she wanted preserve for her parents. While she didn't handle things with Hannah in the best way she is working on healing those old wounds.

Mel and Griffin - Both Melissa and Griffin have spent their past years focused mostly on daughters. Its ironic that both daughters have prompted their parents to seek out love. Both are even on dating websites.

#maesthetic #aaesthetic #gaesthetic #caesthetic #zaesthetic

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Don’t Fear The Reaper

I was searching google docs earlier and came across a story I started writing back in May of 2019.

Clarke Griffin despised the suffocating humidity of St. Louis in August. Despite blasting the air conditioning, the hot and muggy air persisted, making her long for the comfort of her home. She wasted no time getting into her SUV and commencing her daily commute. While St. Louis was not her ideal city to reside in, she ended up staying after being accepted into several medical schools following her undergraduate degree. Washington University offered the most comprehensive program, and with six years of residency and medical school behind her, Clarke had grown attached to the city.

As Clarke turned into the quiet subdivision, she couldn't help but notice the usual suspects milling about outside. Some of her neighbors were keeping a watchful eye over the children playing while others tended their immaculate gardens or indulged in the latest gossip. Clarke received a few friendly waves from those she passed, but most just glanced at her SUV before returning to their respective activities. Despite the overall congeniality of her community, a handful of residents seemed to hold a fanatical adherence to the HOA bylaws, treating them like holy scripture. Clarke knew this all too well, having been the recipient of a passive-aggressive letter after keeping her Christmas wreath up past the second week of January. She had been working insane hours and barely had the time to eat at home, let alone take down decorations. But that didn't seem to matter to Karen Louwoda, one of the HOA zealots. Clarke couldn't help but seethe with anger every time she saw Karen, even after two years had passed since the incident.

As she pressed the button to open the garage, the familiar sound of the door rolling up gave Clarke a sense of relief. She pulled her SUV into her side of the garage and hit the button again to close the door. With the outside world shut out, she breathed a sigh of relief. Carrying her backpack, she made her way inside, already planning a simple meal and an evening of mindless TV before turning in for the night.

As Clarke entered her house, she instinctively hung her keys on the hook and kicked off her sneakers, relishing in the feeling of being barefoot on the cool hardwood floor. "This weekend, I am definitely getting a foot massage," she thought to herself as she flipped on the lights and began ascending the stairs to her master bedroom. As she undressed from her scrubs and changed into a comfortable t-shirt and shorts, her eyes fell on the half-made bed, prompting a slight sense of guilt for sleeping in. With a sigh, she made her way back downstairs to the living room, switching on the television to catch up on the latest news.

President Wallace stated he will be calling for an increase in military spending over the next four years.

In Los Angeles, police are investigating a fatal shooting Saturday evening at the airport. According to a police spokesperson, an individual was acting erratic and accosted several passengers in a terminal waiting area. After officers arrived at the scene, they attempted to subdue the suspect but were attacked. Officers opened fire and the suspect was hit and died at the scene. No word has been released on the passengers or injured officers' conditions.

In health news, the CDC has issued a warning that flu activity is expected to be fairly high this year, and supplies of flu vaccine could be in short supply with the increase in vaccinations. They remind everyone to get your vaccination by the end of October to maximize your immunity as it takes two weeks for your body to mount a protective immune response. The CDC urges that everyone ages 6 months and older get a flu shot especially anyone with a chronic medical condition.

Cece Cartwig people are wondering about the weather forecast for …...

As she walked to the kitchen, Clarke's phone chimed with a familiar greeting on the screen. "Hey Princess," it read.

She smiled and quickly typed a response as she walked. "Hey Babe. How's the convention going?"

Finn's reply came in a moment later. "Making lots of contacts. Have a meeting with Diana Sydney in a few. Will be flying home this evening."

Clarke pondered for a moment before replying, "Want me to wait up?"

It took a few minutes for Finn to respond, but eventually, his message came through. "Nah. Get some sleep. I'll try to be quiet when I come in."

Clarke couldn't help but chuckle at Finn's definition of "quiet." She knew he would likely turn on most of the lights and bang around the kitchen making a midnight snack. "Ok babe. Love you," she typed back, feeling content knowing that her boyfriend would be home soon.

Her stomach rumbled, reminding her that she hadn't eaten anything substantial since breakfast. Clarke walked over to the fridge and opened it up, hoping to find something to satisfy her hunger. As she scanned the shelves, her eyes landed on a container with a note in Finn's familiar handwriting. "Eat This," it read.

A small smile tugged at Clarke's lips as she reached for the container. Finn was always looking out for her, especially when it came to her eating habits. With her hectic schedule at the hospital clinic, Clarke often forgot to eat or didn't have time to grab a proper meal. She appreciated Finn's thoughtfulness and concern for her well-being.

Clarke leaned down to inspect the container and opened it to find a homemade chicken salad. She smiled to herself, knowing that Finn’s cooking skills had vastly improved since they started dating. She grabbed a fork and headed to the couch, turning on the TV as she ate.

As she finished her meal, she couldn't help but think about Finn’s desire for her to find a private practice. She knew he meant well, but the thought of leaving the clinic where she had trained and worked for the past six years was daunting. She still felt like there was so much to learn and she was making a difference in the community. But she also knew that Finn was right. The clinic was great for training, but it didn’t offer the stability or salary that a private practice could provide. She sighed and made a mental note to bring up the topic with Finn when he returned home.

Chapter 2

The sunlight peeked through the gap in the curtains of Diana Sydney's hotel room. She tried to shield her eyes from the intrusive rays, but her body trembled. Her head ached, and she could feel the heat radiating from her face. "Did I catch the flu?" she wondered to herself, realizing that maybe she should have listened to her friends when they said she hadn't been taking care of herself lately.

With a burst of determination, she forced herself to sit up in the bed and take in her surroundings. The hotel room was a standard layout with the usual furniture - a dresser, desk, armchair, and bed. The door and the bathroom were situated to her right. Looking down at herself, she realized with a sinking feeling that she was still wearing the same clothes from the night before, which were now a wrinkled mess and clinging to her skin from the sweat. Throwing back the comforter, she saw that her skirt had ridden up around her hips and her pantyhose were nowhere to be seen, likely thrown off at some point in the night. Despite feeling like she should just lay back down and succumb to the fog in her mind, her bladder had other plans.

Summoning all her strength, she swung her legs over the edge of the bed and tried to stand, but her legs gave out and she fell to her knees. Gasping for air, she was suddenly wracked with a coughing fit that shook her entire body and only reminded her of her urgent need to use the bathroom. Knowing that standing was out of the question, she began to crawl towards the bathroom, hoping to pull herself up onto the toilet once she got there.

Reaching the bathroom, the cool tile floor felt like a soothing balm on her hands and knees. She couldn't resist the temptation and lay down, her body grateful for the relief. Time seemed to slip away as she soaked in the coolness, her thoughts slowly clearing. However, her bladder had other plans and she knew she had to get up.

Slowly, she pulled herself up, feeling the weight of her own body like a burden. With a hand on the sink, she steadied herself, taking deep breaths to calm her racing heart. Finally, she managed to turn around, pulling down her underwear and collapsing onto the toilet with a sigh of relief.

As she sat there, her body slowly relaxed and she felt a sense of calm wash over her. But just as she began to let her guard down, a coughing fit wracked her body once again. She closed her eyes, giving in to the exhaustion and drifted into a deep sleep.

She roused from her slumber when her body slumped into the wall, struggling to open her eyes. She blinked several times until her surroundings came into focus. The bathroom wasn't pitch dark, but it was dim enough that she could barely make out the layout of the room. She glanced down at her wrist and squinted to read her watch. The first digit was a seven. Was it morning or night? Her groggy brain couldn't tell. Realizing she needed help, she searched for her phone. She didn't have her normal contacts since she was at a sales convention in a hotel. However, she knew she could call the front desk for assistance.

With the decision to call for help made, she summoned all her strength and attempted to stand up, using the sink for support. But her legs gave way, and she collapsed back onto the ground. The fever was making her body weak and the fall triggered a new bout of coughing that wracked her body. After the coughing subsided, she started crawling slowly, inching her way towards the nightstand where she knew the phone was. It felt like an eternity, but she finally arrived at the nightstand and saw the phone sitting on top. She stopped to catch her breath, feeling the exhaustion and weakness enveloping her body. She closed her eyes for a moment to rest, but before she knew it, an hour had passed, and her breathing had become shallow and labored until it eventually stopped altogether.

Diana's lifeless body lay on the floor, as the hours ticked by with no response to the unanswered calls and knocks on the door. But as the evening approached, her body suddenly stirred. Her limbs convulsed and her eyes opened, but they were not the eyes of the woman who had fallen to the floor hours before. No, these were different - darker, hungrier, and filled with an insatiable urge.

As she struggled to her feet, Diana felt an overwhelming need to feed. It was as if her body had been reborn with a single purpose, and that purpose was to consume flesh. She stumbled towards the door, her movements jerky and uncoordinated, driven solely by her ravenous hunger.

Diana's body, now a vessel for the infection, jerked uncoordinatedly around the room, colliding with walls and furniture in search of prey. She heard a noise in the hallway and stumbled toward the door, but her lack of coordination prevented her from opening it and reaching the potential meal outside. Frustration fueled her growls and wild clawing at the air. She then turned her attention to any new noise in the room, moving aimlessly from the window where the construction site's noise seeped in, to the nightstand when the phone rang, or towards the door at the sound of someone passing by. Her body remained in perpetual motion as the infection consumed her, driving her hunger and spreading its hold on her.

This cycle went on for hours until Monday morning, when a knock at the door offered Diana a chance to escape her prison and feed.

Guara Poda, a hardworking immigrant from Mexico, had been employed in various Las Vegas hotels for the past decade. She was particularly proud of her job in this hotel, where the pay and benefits were better than most. Although the work could be exhausting, especially after big conventions, she never complained. She often wondered if people were as messy and destructive in their own homes as they were in the hotel rooms.

Luckily, most of the convention-goers had already checked out for their early morning flights. This made it easier for Guara to move from room to room, and she was pleased to find that the rooms weren't as bad as she had expected. In fact, she was ahead of schedule and feeling quite accomplished. Despite the physical demands of her job, Guara took pride in providing a clean and comfortable environment for hotel guests.

As Guara Poda approached room 1009, she wrinkled her nose at the pungent odor emanating from under the door. It reminded her of rotten food, but she couldn't be sure. Despite the "do not disturb" sign hanging on the doorknob, she had a job to do. She parked her cleaning cart in front of the door and fished out her master key. As she opened the door, a faint shuffling noise caught her attention.

"Housekeeping?" she called out, hoping to receive a response.

Startled, Guara turned her head towards the source of the sound and saw a woman stumbling towards her from the depths of the room. The woman's movements were uncoordinated, and her face was twisted in a grotesque grimace. Guara took a step back in alarm as the woman shuffled closer, emitting a low, guttural moan.

Guara froze, unsure of what to do as the infected woman lurched closer and grabbed her arm with a vice-like grip. The housekeeper's heart raced as she felt Diana's teeth sink into her flesh, causing her to scream in pain and wrench her arm away. She stumbled back and ran for the door, her hand clutched to her chest where the wound was bleeding profusely.

Fumbling with the elevator buttons, Guara prayed that it would open quickly. But when it didn't, she turned to the stairwell door and bolted towards it, leaving the room door wide open behind her. As she reached the security room, she desperately tried to report the attack, but her words were incoherent. The infection was already spreading through her body, and within an hour, she would be dead.

Meanwhile, Diana, now freed from her confinement, had left the room and started wandering down the hallway, heading towards the elevator. She heard the ding of the elevator and instinctively turned towards the sound, making her way to the door where a wedding party was checking out.

#I guess this was at the height of Fear #I don't even like horror #and here I was writing it #2019 was a fucked up year

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The National Coalition Party, Finns Party, Swedish People's Party and Christian Democrats are currently negotiating on the content of a programme for a new government.

Iltalehti writes (siirryt toiseen palveluun) that the big question in the talks is how the future government plans to curb spending in the social and health services sector in Finland. According to Iltalehti's sources, the NCP is continuing to seek significant savings in social and health expenditures.

The paper looked at some of the proposals by the Ministry of Finance which are being used as a basis for negotiations.

For example, the costs of the health and social services sector will take up almost a third of the state budget this year, and so is under pressure to achieve savings.

According to the Ministry of Finance, it is practically impossible to reduce the funding of wellbeing services counties without a corresponding reduction in their tasks and obligations.

The ministry has proposed the repeal of the patient-to-staff ratio requirement in residential care facilities mandated by the government headed by Sanna Marin (SDP). That plan calls for a ratio of 0.7 personnel per patient starting in December 2023. Fewer staff in these facilities could save 240 million euros as of 2024, according to the Finance Ministry.

It also suggests that fees for social and health services could be increased "moderately", for example, for specialised medical care.

Fees for specialised care currently covers about 4 percent of operating costs and is more than 300 million euros per year. A 10-percent increase in fees would bring in around another 30 million euros.

Helsingin Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun) reports that Petteri Orpo (NCP), who is leading the talks, told the press on Tuesday that an agreement on the financial framework of a government programme was reached among the parties "relatively easily".

In contrast, Riikka Purra, chair of the Finns Party, stressed that there is still no consensus on all of the issues. The same was said by Swedish People's Party leader Anna-Maja Henriksson, who, however, emphasised that there is consensus about the broad outlines of fiscal policy.

Southern manoeuvres

Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun)is among the papers reporting that a special forces military exercise dubbed "Southern Griffin 23" begins today, Wednesday, in parts of southern Finland and will run through 21 May.

Spearheaded by the Finnish Army's Utti Jaeger Regiment, the exercises also include units from the United States and Europe.

According to the Finnish Army, the aim of the exercise is is to further develop the joint operating ability and interoperability of the Finnish Defence Forces' special forces and special forces' aviation together with other units and international partners.

In addition to ground forces, the manoeuvres also include helicopters, transport and surveillance aircraft, and commando boats.

The exercises will be taking place on land, sea and air, and the army has said that in particular the flight activity and weapons firing may cause noise disturbance across the training exercise area.

Hockey traffic arrangements

The first puck drops in this year's Ice Hockey World Championships in Tampere on Friday, and Aamulehti reports extensive changes in the city's traffic arrangements for the duration of the games.

Bus routes, as well as driving and parking arrangements for private vehicles will see changes in areas nearby the Nokia Arena as of Friday 12 May and will continue in force through Sunday 28 May.

There will also be traffic and parking restrictions in the areas of Pyynikki and the city's Central Square.

Aamulehti provides readers with a full listing of changes (siirryt toiseen palveluun)(in Finnish) to traffic services during the games.

Finland's state railways VR is also adding 30 extra trains to its schedule during the championships, with special services on the Finnish team's game days to Turku, Vaasa, Jyväskylä and Helsinki after the matches.

VR says that departures will be flexible. If the last matches of the day drag on, departures will be delayed so that fans can still catch the last train home.

Finland heads into Eurovision final

One piece of news was headlined by nearly every newspaper in the country on Wednesday morning—the results of the first semi-final round of the Eurovision Song Contest which saw Finland's Käärijä now heading into Saturday's finals.

Ilta-Sanomat writes (siirryt toiseen palveluun)that it's no exaggeration to say that Käärijä got the biggest applause of all the evening's performers, both in the arena and in the press centre.

In addition to Finland, the entries from Sweden, Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Israel, Portugal, Serbia and Norway made it into the grand final after Tuesday's round.

Käärijä told the press that he is thrilled by the fact that he is competing with a song in the Finnish language.

"There are a lot of people in Finland who didn't believe in a song in Finnish. I want to show that we can win with a Finnish song. That's why I'm here," he said.

The second semi-final of the competition will take place Thursday evening and the Eurovision Song Contest final will be on Saturday evening, 13 May.

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