“Melody,” I suppose…
Then I’ll be “Kuromi.”
“Roulette.”
…!
I’ll take my second choice, then. Call me “Zero.”
Please address me as “Kira” from now on.
T-that’s an…interesting codename. Hehe...n-not creepy at all!
Anyway, I’ll be “Mecha,” 'cuz that’s short for “mechanic”!
Guess you guys can call me “Leaf.” Despite the circumstances, it’s nice to meet you all.
“Misao” is totally better than all your terrible codenames!
“Smile” seems fitting, I suppose...
Oh, I know, I know! I’m the one and only “–”!
“Dash,” huh?
No, no, no! It’s “–”!
That’s what I said!
Nuh uh! You said “Dash,” which is way wrong and you should feel really bad about yourself. I’m “–”!
...
One by one, the fifteen came up with codenames, and introduced themselves to the group. After everyone had named themselves, Monotaro threw Monopads to each of them.
Okay, don’t forget those codenames! And don’t forget this very important fact: the mastermind’s gonna strike again!
You won’t know how, you won’t know exactly when, but some innocent sap’s blood’s gonna be on your hands tomorrow if you don’t act! Ahahahaha!
Monokuma vanished. Monotaro stayed behind, briefly, as if he’d again forgotten his cue.
Oh! Right! So long, bear-well!
And then Monotaro was gone, too. With his departure, the fifteen were seemingly left to their own devices for the day. On top of everything they’d just heard about being thrown into a killing game with a murderous mastermind, there was still the matter of what to do with the unfortunate dead boy in the Library.
Could we…bury him?
Of course we can, Melody. This building must contain tools we can use, and there’s plenty of space outside to choose a lovely spot worthy of your classmate.
Yeah, what, uh, Kira said! It’ll look…nice.
Sounds like a plan. Who wants to help me carry him out?
I was the one who found him, so I sort of feel obligated to volunteer.
Then I’ll go grab a shovel from the warehouse. I didn’t have a lot of time to check it, but I know there’s gotta be one in there!
The fifteen became a procession, as the dead boy was carried out of the Library and up the stairs. Everyone went along, and outside, though they were trapped in a domed cage under a blue sky, there was a stone set in the grass around the back of the Academy building that marked a good, picturesque place to lay someone to rest. It was a natural gravestone.
Once the hole was dug, and the dead boy lowered into the hole, Melody said a few words.
I…don’t remember his name. I don’t think I knew him very well, either. I…remember wanting to, though…
She told the group about a memory she had of the dead boy, about a time he’d cared for an injured crane. Once she’d finished, one voice piped up. It was Dash.
All those pretty vague details about this random guy…you sure you’re not just lying for attention? That’d be pretty messed up.
That caused a bit of commotion, but the impromptu funeral was soon over. The rest of the day stretched out in front of the fifteen, trapped in this strange place, with strange people, playing a strange—and already deadly—killing game.
I know what Monokuma said. But he said what he said to get us to distrust each other. Even if there is a mastermind among us, we need to stick together. So, do you guys want to get something to eat? We’ll get a chance to get to know each other better.
Good idea.
That’s an acceptable proposition.
Hmph…whatever. But I’m only going with you losers because I’m hungry!
After finding the Dining Hall stocked with food, the hungry fifteen settled down to eat and learn a little bit about the group. It was clear that everyone’s memories were hazy, about almost everything, though there were bits and pieces that people still remembered of their past lives before being trapped here. This strange collective amnesia was puzzling, to say the least. While they couldn’t do anything about that, they could try to figure out as much as they could about this “Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles.”
We’re all sticking together until we find an exit. Everyone got that?
There has to be something Monokuma and Monotaro overlooked, right?
Right! We’ll definitely find a way out of here!
Things did not go quite so swimmingly.
As a group, the fifteen spent the rest of the day exploring the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles, trying to find a way out that their captors had overlooked. They uncovered many things during their search, as every floor of the Academy was open to them, and there were several other buildings to investigate, as well. Many rooms they could get into, but a few doors were locked.
One such door was the Ultimate ??? Research Lab on the Fifth Floor of the Academy building. Another was the sixteenth dorm room in the dormitory building, the one the group presumed to be the dead boy’s. The third was a futuristic-looking door in the Courtyard. And the last, found late in the day, when they were all feeling tired and some felt discouraged, was the underground metal hatch, protected by its electric barrier. Some felt hopeful that, at last, they’d found what they’d been looking for.
It was then that Monokuma showed up for the second time.
Thinking of going somewhere?
So sorry to burst your recently-blown bubbles, but getting through here’s a no-go without the code!
But since I’m such a nice bear, I’ll give it to one person, free of charge!
Puhuhu…who wants to be the lucky one? All you’ve gotta do is stop the mastermind’s killing spree with a kill of your own! Do that, and get away with murder, and the code’s all yours! Pretty easy, right?
Monokuma’s offer left the group at another dead end.
Somehow, guys, we’ll find that code. I’m sure of it.
Even if that exit sign is the truth, this killing game won’t end so quickly, once someone decides to kill.
I mean, come on. The game’s already started. We buried what’s-his-name today. The mastermind could even be one of us!
Still, her determination, in spite of the grim reality…it really is inspiring. We shouldn’t waste that hope!
Unfortunately, you just said it yourself, did you not? That hope has no place in our reality.
There was no further debate, as everyone was too tired from the long day. However, it wasn’t as if all were determined to leave things on such a negative note. At dinner, Kuromi and Melody had a proposal for the rest.
Melody and I will be hosting a little concert after in the Ultimate Pianist Research Lab for anyone who wants to come.
Hopefully, Kuromi and I can put on a show everyone can enjoy.
Two girls offering to put on a concert just for me? Hell yeah! No way I’m gonna miss that!
I believe they said they were hosting it for everyone, Mecha. Of course I’ll attend.
No way. Listening to whatever music you wanna play sounds like a good way to die of boredom.
Wouldn’t it be safest to stay in a larger group, Misao?
Hmph…fine.
Most agreed to go to Melody and Kuromi’s concert, but a few did not.
Pass.
…No thanks.
I will return to my room instead.
Go ahead and pretend everything’s gonna be okay if you want. See ya tomorrow…or maybe not! Nee-heehee!
As those four left for the dormitory building, the rest headed up to the Ultimate Pianist Research Lab, where Kaede’s piano playing and Sayaka’s singing serenaded them all. At least, until…
DING-DONG-BING-BONG!
Hiya! It’s now 10 p.m. Sleep tight and sweet dreams, you bastards!
Monotaro’s announcement marked the day’s end. And the impending arrival of a new one, when the mastermind would be free to kill again…

The next morning...

As the fifteen had previously agreed to meet for breakfast the next day, after Monotaro’s 8 a.m. announcement, most made their way to the dining hall. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the early morning’s quiet peace to be shattered, as Misao had to sit near Mecha.
Ugh, you reek!
…!
WAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
Hey! That was really rude, Mecha!
Not cool.
…
O-okay, okay, I didn’t mean like that, all right?
Ngh…hic…hic…I-it’s not my fault!
I can’t take a shower! I…I can’t tie my kimono sash by myself…
Don’t worry, Misao. I’ll help teach you how to tie it after we eat, okay? So, you don’t have to cry anymore.
…!
…O-okay, Smile.
Look, I’m sorry.
Huh? Who said that?
Oh, you're still alive. You smell so shitty, I thought the mastermind had already killed you or something!
After all that commotion, it took some time for the group to realize that they were one person short. Dash hadn’t shown up.
I had wondered where he was. Perhaps the mastermind has already struck?
Come on, seriously? Dash’s alive, just probably being a real pain in the ass somewhere.
Well, that’s probably true, but we still have to find him.
Yeah, we can’t abandon a party member!
Shall we organize into groups?
Most of those present then organized into small groups to search. A few others had different plans of how they were going to spend their morning. However, everyone agreed to meet up again for lunch at noon.

A little before 12 pm, in the Dining Hall…

Back in the Dining Hall, a few had arrived for lunch earlier than the others.
Where the hell is that guy, anyway?
Dunno. He’s still alive, though, I just know it.
…
Suddenly, Dash strolled in, acting as if he was without a care in the world.
What’s the food situation looking like, guys? I’m starving!
Dash! It’s so nice to see you unharmed!
As Dash got some cereal ready for himself, and as the others began walking in, the conversation obviously turned to where he’d been all morning.
Hey! We’ve been searching for you all morning, asshole! We looked around outside, we tried your room…where the hell were you?!
Oh, was that racket you guys? Nee-heehee…I was too busy plotting murder to open my door. You know how it is.
H-huh?!
Acting this way is playing right into Monokuma’s hands, Dash. This is exactly what he wants!
They didn’t spend their entire lunch talking about Dash’s disappearance, however.
There’s something everyone here should know. I found a Secret Door behind a moving bookcase in the Library. There was a Card Reader next to it.
Fenrir and I tried to find a way inside pretty much all morning.
…No luck.
And there’s one more thing. Just a question I’ve got. Anyone ever heard of the “Ultimate Hunt”?
First time I’m hearing of it.
Maybe…it has something to do with the Ultimate Research Labs?
It’s definitely a possibility.
Guess no one else knows either, huh. It was just in a random book in the Library, so I didn’t have high hopes. Anyway, that’s all I had.
There was one more topic of conversation at lunch.
Since we’re all here, I’d like to host a get-together in the Ultimate Cosplayer Research Lab after lunch. Think of it as…a chance to talk about ourselves. Maybe if we all do that, we’ll start remembering more things about ourselves. It’s worth a try, right?
Of course it’s worth a try, Kanata!
…
I could take some pictures during it, too, if that’s okay.
…!
A lovely idea!
Sounds like fun.
Put me down as a maybe.
If you’re sure me joining in wouldn’t be too much…
I-I’ll go, but I don’t wanna share stuff in front of everyone! Just Smile!
Well, it’s my get-together, so I have to be there, too…but we’d have until dinner. It’s plain to see we’d have time for everyone who wants to be there.
With some plans decided, the group of fifteen went their separate ways, promising to all meet up again at dinner…

6 pm, in the Dining Hall once more...

Only fourteen people made it to dinner.
Has anyone seen Leaf?
…
…
N-not me…
He was in the building, if that helps. I saw him a couple of times.
So did I…
Well, Dash was fine before, right? Leaf must be, too.
…Crossbow parts and bolts are missing from the Ultimate Assassin Research Lab.
…!
The parts themselves are useless unless someone knows how to put them together to make the weapon, but still. It’s out there.
I…I put it together earlier. Damnit…!
…Why?
…How?
I don’t know! I didn’t know I could! I was doing inventory, when all of a sudden…it was like I was possessed, and I put it together somehow! Then I ran outta there so fast, I forgot about the crossbow…!
H-how could you be so irresponsible?
Kyahaha! Star’s such a dumbass!
Yeah, like hell I’m gonna be your friggin’ sidekick! You did something way worse than what I did!
I know, I know, but I’m gonna make it right! I’m gonna find that missing crossbow if it’s the last thing I do!
Well, okay, you do that, but we still need to find Leaf. I can search in the building here, top to bottom. Who’s coming with me, and who wants to search outside?
Search teams searching for Leaf inside the Academy, searching for Leaf outside on the grounds, and searching for the missing crossbow in the Academy were figured out. With three distinct goals in mind, the fourteen split up and searched…

Just before 9:15 pm, at the bottom of the Basement stairs...

Who…wuzzat…Nee…hee…hee…
Don’t try to move around, okay? You’re hurt.
Mecha and Star soon came down the stairs, and were shocked to see what they saw. Zero and Kuromi were tending to Dash, who was bleeding from a somewhat-bandaged head wound.
Is he okay?!
W-what the hell happened to him?
I shouldn’t complain, but I’m glad you’re the last two down here. I won’t have to repeat this horrible story anymore…
As Zero recounted what had happened, other voices could be heard in the Library, too. When the late arrivals entered the library, they were met with another shocking scene.
…!
N-no fuckin’ way…
They saw blood in the Library. Blood covered a toppled tower of books, and a trail of blood led to the moving bookcase and the Secret Door. And, everyone besides Leaf was accounted for.
Several things soon happened in quick succession: Fenrir and Zero took Dash upstairs to check his wound; Melody ran out of the room, while Kuromi followed her; and Star began pounding on the Secret Door.
Leaf! Leaf! If you’re in there, try to open the door! Come on!
Leaf! Please!
If you can hear us, say something!
The rest just stood there, as if shell-shocked. Kira called for Monokuma to explain this horrible sight. Without a body, the bear would not confirm or deny that anything had happened to anyone. However, the black-and-white bear had this to say…
I told everyone, didn’t I? The mastermind will kill another each day, unless someone else does it first.
Monotaro’s 10 pm night time announcement would play soon enough. Those who hadn’t left already would leave the bloody crime scene in the Library. They would then leave the Academy building together. Some would try to keep the group together. Most would just head to bed, and await the next day.
Tomorrow, their number would possibly shrink even further at the mastermind’s bloody hands…
…Unless someone else killed first.
Hey everyone, Tri here again with the second preview. The third should be the last.
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More to come. :)

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The PC does have 2 small issues. The first one being the retainer clip on the primary PCIe slot broke off. I have found it to be purely cosmetic because the mounting screws do 99% of the work anyway. To ensure safety I even installed a GPU bracket because I am an overly cautious person. Second issue is one of the USB-A ports on top of the case doesn't work and I never bothered figuring out why.
As well as the PC, I have a babied (undervolted it's entire life) like new EVGA 3080 ti FTW3 for sale. I am the second owner of the card (bought from another user on HWS) and it still has (as of 5/23/23) 607 days left of a transferable warranty on it. I still have the original box and all the accessories that came with it. It was the original card in the PC build above.
I am selling the PC and the card due to lack of playing time. Bought a house recently and fixing it up has taken up most of my time and will take even more of it up with the summer coming since I'm a teacher and get the time off.
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Previous		Chapter 1

Richard heard his name. He swung his gaze towards the source, catching sight of a formidable man rapidly striding in his direction. This behemoth of a man towered approximately six-and-a-half feet tall, had a breadth akin to an orc, and showcased bulging muscles that flexed with each purposeful step. His complexion was peculiar, almost like a pink orc if one dared to envision such a creature. Unsettled and uncertain, Richard remained rooted, eyes glued to the advancing figure.
The colossal figure slumped without grace into the chair opposite Richard. The chair beneath him groaned audibly, protesting against his massive weight. Leaning over the table, his wild, unnerving gaze bored into Richard. Tangled beard and hair strained against the confines of a hair net, a requirement for all the cooks. “Richard, you old dog!” The man sneered, his mismatched eyes widening unevenly. Richard couldn’t help but notice the gaps in his teeth.
“Wait a minute. Where’s your scar?” The man’s voice boomed, echoes of a forgotten battlefield lingering in his tone. He squinted, his eyes narrowing into slits as they studied Richard. His pinkie, large and rough like the rest of him, traced a path down his face, starting from the furrowed forehead, crossing his left eye, and down to the weather-beaten cheek. “Don’t tell me you got rid of it. I worked hard, giving you that scar,” he growled, his voice filled with a hint of both pride and accusation.
Richard’s eyes went wide with surprise. This enormous man was the legendary Barbarian Battleax of the Battleax clan from the region of Battleax (not a bastion of creativity, those barbarians). Richard’s father, Richard (orcs, dear reader, aren’t particularly creative either), fought this man in the Orc Wars. They were mortal enemies.
A hush fell over the tavern, a silence so profound it could rival a crypt’s. The elf bard was watching with a mischievous grin. She was going to write an epic ballad about this fight.
Straightening his posture, Richard locked his gaze with the barbarian’s, his voice steady as he said, “You must be Battleax of the Battleax clan from the region of Battleax. I am Chief Richard, son of Chief Richard.”
Old Battleax cast his crazed eyes down to the table, “Oh, the old orc is gone?” Richard stayed silent. The old barbarian looked up, “He was a good orc. The best with a spear.” Battleax shook his head, “I hope I get to battle with him again in the afterlife. He was,” Battleax paused with a frown, “He was the best mortal enemy a guy could ever have.” His sudden pounding on the table startled everyone, “We’ll battle in the afterlife! It’ll be grand!” His eyes gleamed wild with a ragged, toothy grin.
Taken aback, a flicker of confusion clouded Richard’s eyes, “Do barbarians,” he started, his voice hesitant as he navigated this unexpected topic, “go to Orc Heaven?”
“No!” Battleax laughed, “It’s west of Orc Heaven, in the mountains. Ah, one day.” The crazy eyes went unfocused, and the old barbarian began to sing, “Rocky roads take me there, to a heaven so fair.” The barbarian took a big inhale and screamed out, “Wystginia! Free to roam, my heavenly home!”
“Dad!” shouted the woman who had taken Richard’s order, “Stop singing. You’ll scare the customers away!”
Battleax looked at her, his eye darting wildly, but then calmed. “Ah, Batty, you’re right.” He turned to the tavern and shouted, “Sorry!” He waved to the elf on stage, who, with some disappointment, began to strum her instrument.
“So, you are old Richard’s pup.” He pointed to the frowning woman beside him, “This is my daughter, Battleax. Behind the bar is my son Battleax. The one in the kitchen is my other son Battleax. By the door is my youngest, Battleax.” Battleax senior looked at a confused face of Richard and shrugged, “Uh, it’s an old family name. We stick with what works.”
Richard laughed, “Tradition is important. Is the bar cat’s name Battleax too.” He pointed to the cat sleeping on the bar.
Battleax’s eyes went wide, “No! That’s Cuddles.” The old barbarian leaned over the table towards Richard, “I’d be careful, pup. That ain’t no cat.” Before Richard could say anything, Battleax hollered, “Bat, another round of ale. Hey Ax,” He shouted into the kitchen, “Fix me some hot wings; I’m eating with my new buddy.”
Richard watched the Battleaxes go to work. “Batty, Bat, Ax,” Richard said, “Good way to tell them apart” He looked towards the door, “Uh, BA?”
Battleax roared with laughter, “Good guess, and it was. But the boy is going through a phase. Gave himself a silly nickname.” The old man turned to look at his son, “Isn’t that right, Greg!”
Greg rolled his eyes and looked away. Richard noticed that, unlike the other Battleaxs, Greg wore all black. His outfit looked like a robe or something a monk would wear.
“The boy don’t even want to carry a battleax,” The old barbarian grumbled, “He’s too good for it. Wants to carry something called nunchucks. Swing sticks on a rope. And that silly outfit. Bah!”
Richard laughed; he didn’t know what a nunchuck was, but from the bulging muscles of Greg, no matter what, it would hurt.
Batty returned with three plates and two new pints of ale. She slid two plates in front of Richard and one in front of Battleax, their contents causing wafts of mouth-watering aroma to float up and dance around their nostrils. One bore what looked like a perfectly round pieces of bread, its surface darkened to a crisp and speckled with grains of salt. The other matched the plate in front of Battleax. It was a mound of meat, its glistening surface seared to a perfect brown, and it had a smoky, spicy scent that tickled the senses.
Batty winked and said, “Good luck, and enjoy.”
Battleax grabbed a piece of meat off his plate and slurped the meat off the bones. He chewed, swallowed, and grunted before he grabbed the next piece. Richard followed the barbarian’s lead. He grabbed a piece of meat and sucked off the meat as best he could, leaving two bones.
Richard enjoyed the rich, spicy flavor. A faint burn began to register as he reached for the next piece. Abruptly, it transformed into a blazing inferno, searing the inside of his mouth. He seized his pint of ale, gulping it down in a desperate attempt to douse the burning. He wiped away the sweat beading on his brow.
Battleax erupted into laughter, hammering the table. “It’s got a kick!” He grabbed another wing, eating it without hesitation.
Richard liked it. Noticing the old barbarian was ahead of him, he picked up another wing. They matched each other wing for wing. Each taking long draws from their pint of ale, eyeing the other as they ate.
“Try the pretzel. It’s a tavern favorite.” Battleax suggested.
Following his lead, Richard took a bite of the round, salted bread - the pretzel. It lacked the spice of the wings but had its own unique appeal. He savored the added flavor of the salt.
Once they finished the wings, Battleax belched and rubbed this stomach. Richard nibbled on the pretzels.
“So, what brings you to my tavern?” Battle Ax asked.
“I wanted to see the elf sing; I heard he was good,” Richard said.
“She’s the best,” Battleax said, “Her dad was one of the generals during the Orc Wars.”
Richard thought for a moment. “Oh, uh, she’s good. That song was, it, was, like home.”
Battleax gives him a wink, “Don’t worry. I get those pronouns mixed up too. My old eyes don’t do so well anymore. Thought she was a boy for about a month until Batty took me aside and corrected me. She didn’t mind; she knew I didn’t mean no harm.”
Richard smiled, thinking of the twins. They didn’t mind their names and no one cared. They were who they were.
“So you just wanted to hear pretty music?” Batttleax asked.
“Well, I wanted to see what this tavern was like. I was looking for ideas.” Richard said.
“What? You starting a tavern?” Battleax started to get crazy eyes.
“No!” Richard held up his hands, “We are making bacon and eggs.”
“What!” Battleax shouted, “That’s you!” He laughed, “I’ve been meaning to get out there. Heard it’s the best breakfast around. You doing any barbeque?”
“No. Eggs, bacon, toast, BLT, coffee, and vanilla latte.” Richard said.
“BLT? Vanilla latte? I’ve never heard of those.” Battleax said.
“Dad!” Batty interrupted them as she sat down more ale, “We have to get vanilla lattes. I heard they are the best.”
Battleax waved his hand, “Sure, sure. We can go one morning.” He looked back at Richard, “Really, no barbecue? I remember your dad’s was the best.”
Caught off guard, Richard asked, “How do you know?”
“Well, we took turns cooking at night after the battle. The orcs made the best barbecue I’ve ever had. The only good thing about Wednesday was it was the orc’s turn to cook.”
“You ate dinner together,” Richard asked.
“Sure, just because we were at war didn’t mean we couldn’t be friends and eat and drink together. Hell, boy, when I gave your dad that scar, he made me a double helping of brisket.”
Before Richard could ask any more questions, a large plate of wings was sat down in the middle of the table. “You ready for round two, pup,” Battleax said with wild eyes.
“Hell yeah!” Richard shouted.
The ale flowed freely. The elven bard started to play an epic tune as the crowd in the tavern began to cheer the two on. Richard met wing for wing, the old barbarian. Plate after plate was devoured until the barbarian threw his hands up.
“I’m done!” He shouted. The crowd cheered. Battleax stood up and addressed the crowd, ”To my new nemesis Chief Richard, son of Chief Richard!” More cheering. Battleax held his hands up for silence, “I want everyone to try out Chief Richard’s new restaurant, uh,” He looked back at the orc, “What’s the name?”
Richard’s eyes went wide, “We haven’t named it yet.”
Battleax turned back to the crowd, “Try out the new unnamed restaurant on the edge of town! To Chief Richard!” The crowd chanted along. Richard waved. They were going to make stupid amounts of gold.
“Time for me to get back to work,” Battleax said to Richard, “I’ll be round to try that, uh, BLT and vanilla latte.” With a final wave, Battleax retreated back into the bustle of the kitchen.
Batty started to collect the dishes, “Need anything else, Chief?”
“No, what do I owe?” Richard asked.
“No, no. When you eat with Dad, you eat for free. Besides, you are his new nemesis. You’re family now!” Batty gave him a wink and a smile as she left.
Richard started to understand the stories his dad used to tell of the Orc Wars. He got up from his table to leave; he waved to Batty and Greg as he left the tavern. The daylight and fresh air felt good. His stomach not so much, but he enjoyed the food and his “battle.”
“Chief Richard,” Upon hearing his name, Richard turned around. A sense of comfort washed over him at the sight of Rose, Bob, and the imps. He was looking forward to the walk back to camp. He had learned so much, and they had much to discuss.
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I'm thinking the i7 7700k, a Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 for the system drive, and I'm thinking about using some sort of fast 4-8tb mechanical HDDs either internally using the SATA controller to do a raid or maybe an external USB 3 setup.
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Sometimes I think about what my life would be like if I had grown up with a white picket fence.
Two parents in love instead of in and out of rehab.
I’d have my own room upstairs with my siblings down the hall.
Instead of sleeping 3 in one room of a section 8 apartment.
I would’ve gotten braces, my crooked teeth just another childhood memory.
Maybe my mom would’ve packed my lunches, and my dad would’ve taught me how to drive.
Would I still be scarred? Would the world still feel so cruel?
Like a series of storms one, after the other.
They’re laughing in my face after they’ve blown my house away.
“You should’ve been more prepared. You knew you lived in Tornado Alley. You knew the weather was gonna get bad.”
But the only people I know with a tornado shelter, also have a white picket fence.
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I've finally gotten to a place where I can build my first PC. Beyond excited but I hadn't expected how overwhelming of a process this could be. I wanted to go with the AM5 chip but the cost of everything skyrocketed. Settled on the AM4 because it seems like it should be able to last a few years before I get the itch to make a second build. I came into this not knowing very much, and still don't, but I pieced this together after hours of research. Are there ways to get better cohesion with these parts? Can I save in certain areas?
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Build:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro Tempered Glass ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Monitor: Acer Nitro XV272U Vbmiiprx 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor
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Appreciate any help with the process. Thanks.

More good news and more bad news. I wonder how many times I'm going to start these letters like that. We can start with the good news this time; the cantaloupe survived the night. I went out as soon as I woke up to uncover the plants and they were perfectly fine. They weren't even wilted. Of course, the birds decided to attack some of the bush beans instead, leaving two plants completely bald of leaves, but I have plenty of bush beans. The bean plants are still in the ground, only lightly nibbled, so they'll probably survive.
Onto the bad news, I had computer trouble today. Perhaps it was the heat. It was a boiling 30º today and even in the shade, you could feel it. I still spent several hours out there because I'm a lizard but maybe I shouldn't hold everything else to such a standard. Though, part of me isn't sure if the heat was to blame. I didn't start working until the afternoon, once the midday peak of the heat had passed. Once I tried, most of my documents wouldn't load. I eventually gave up on working on my stories and instead decided to gather research for some of those articles. That doesn't require much actual writing or document loading; it's just copying and pasting link addresses. That is when I ran into another problem. I'm working on an article about strange books and I had one particular novel in mind but I couldn't not for the life of me, remember the title. I watched a video about it years ago but I could find the video; I tried looking up the best description I could recall but the plot of the actual book mostly escapes me. I didn't need the book for the article for its plot. I was interested in the book because, from what little I can recall, the author write it with the intent that the reader rip it apart. It was some nonsensical dystopian short story that was written for the express purpose of the reader destroying the book, perhaps without even reading it. That is all I can remember about the book and clearly, that isn't enough to job Google's memory of mine. I search for hours and found nothing. Unfortunately, I ended my day outside, frustrated and unhappy. On the bright side, I had ten other books to write about in the article so I can still finish it, but the disappointment of not including this particular book still plagues me. Will I ever remember the title? Knowing my luck, only after the article is finished.
Yours & Mine,
S.O. Skinner

Key and explanation of periods where Juggernaut was stronger or weaker than normal

• [50%] Briefly lost half of his power after Black Tom absorbed it
• [X] Was made weaker by Cyttorak after deciding not to do his bidding anymore
• [T] Was made weaker by Cyttorak after he was angered by Juggernaut temporarily becoming Captain Universe
• [Kuurth] Became possessed by one of the Serpent's Asgardian Worthy named Kuurth after picking up his hammer
• [Once and Future] Had his power completely removed by Cyttorak but regained it after taking the place of an alternate universe Cain Marko, though it began to fade
• [Unstoppable] Was given more power by Cyttorak than he had given anyone else

Striking

• Punches through a row of logs - Uncanny X-Men #12
• Punches through a thick ice wall - Uncanny X-Men #12
• Slams the ground hard enough to knock out Cyclops and create sonic waves that cancel out Jean Grey's telekinesis - Uncanny X-Men #32
• Punches through a stone wall - Uncanny X-Men #32
• Creates an earthquake across a valley that causes a cliff to collapse by slamming the ground - Uncanny X-Men #33
• Punches through machinery - Uncanny X-Men #46
• Stuns Hulk with his blows - Hulk #172
• Punches Colossus through a stone wall - Uncanny X-Men #102
• Knocks out Wolverine with a backhand - Uncanny X-Men #102
• Punches the stone floor under Colossus hard enough to shatter it and knock him into the air - Uncanny X-Men #102
• Punches through a metal wall and shatters the granite wall behind it with the shockwave while knocking out Nightcrawler - Uncanny X-Men #103
• Knocks out Spider-Woman with a slap and a punch - Spider-Woman (1978) #37
• Swats a car out of his way and crumples the fender of a semi truck with a punch - Amazing Spider-Man #229
• Punches through and smashes apart a door sheathed in steel - Amazing Spider-Man #229
• Backhands a 3 ton steel ball thrown at him by Spider-Man through a building, causing its side to collapse - Amazing Spider-Man #230
• Warps a pile of steel girders with a punch - Amazing Spider-Man #230
• Punches Spider-Man several times at awkward angles and severely injures him - Amazing Spider-Man #230
• Punches Colossus through a wall and incapacitates him - Uncanny X-Men #183
• Incapacitates the Thing in three hits - Secret Wars II #7
• Backhands Rogue across Edinburgh and through a stone wall - Uncanny X-Men #218
• Punches Captain Britain through hundreds of meters of ground and incapacitates him with two more strikes - Excalibur (1988) #3
• Sends Thor flying through a concrete wall with a backhand - Thor #411
• Incapacitates Doctor Strange with a kick and a punch while weakened - Doctor Strange (1988) #44
• One-shots Ajax, Ulysses, and Hector - The Incredible Hulk: Mayhem at the Mount #1
• Knocks out Professor Hulk after a prolonged fight while not wearing his armor or helmet - Hulk #402
  • Professor Hulk was strong enough to punch through doors capable of withstanding a nuclear blast - Hulk #410
• Levels a building with a punch - Deadpool: The Circle Chase #2
• Fights Venom three times in three days and overwhelms him in the exchange of blows, except for their last encounter - Venom: The Madness #1-3
• Knocks Storm out of the air with a thunderclap - X-Men Premium Edition #1
• Shatters rock and knocks the All New Exiles into the air with a stomp - The All New Exiles (1995) #Infinity
• Punches through a metal water skimmer and knocks out Bishop - Uncanny X-Men #334
• Knocks out Gambit with two fingers - Uncanny X-Men #334
• Punches War Hulk through several cars - Hulk #457
• Punches Post-Crisis Captain Marvel Jr. into the street hard enough to shatter it - Unlimited Access #3
• Punches Thor through a brick wall - Thor (1998) #17
• Embeds Stonecutter's head in machinery with a punch - Juggernaut (1999) #1
• Sends his fellow Exemplar Bedlam flying across a glacier with a backhand - Juggernaut (1999) #1
• Incapacitates his fellow Exemplars Conquest and Carnivore with a couple blows - Juggernaut (1999) #1
• Splinters apart the God Machine and the glacier it was on top of in an exchange of blows with Stonecutter and overpowers him - Juggernaut (1999) #1
• Knocks out Generation X with a thunderclap - Generation X (1994) #61
• Knocks down Cyclops with a thunderclap - Cyclops (2001) #1
• [X] Punches through Iceman's ice barriers - Uncanny X-Men #411
• [X] Levels a house with several punches - Uncanny X-Men #416
• [X] Hits Puck into the ground hard enough to crater it and knock him out - Uncanny X-Men #422
• [X] Punches Sasquatch through a police car - Uncanny X-Men #422
• [X] Shatters the arm of a golem made from the earth with a punch - Uncanny X-Men #422
• [X] Catches a punch from Exiles Mimic in his hand and hurts him with his own punches - Exiles (2001) #28
• [X] Shatters a wall with a punch - Uncanny X-Men #429
• [X] Punches Sasquatch through a house - Uncanny X-Men #433
• [X] Knocks Vindicator through a house - Uncanny X-Men #434
• [X] Punches Guardian through a tree - Uncanny X-Men #434
• [X] Punches Rhino into a concrete wall hard enough to shatter it - Uncanny X-Men #435
• [X] Punches down a metal door - Identity Disc #4
• [X] Breaks a giant Collective Man’s leg with a punch - X-Men (1991) #160
• [X] Knocks out Avalanche and dents his metal helmet with a backhand - X-Men (1991) #162
• [X] Punches the ground to get to someone buried deep underneath it - X-Men (1991) #162-163
• [X] Knocks out Spiral with a punch after being de-aged into a child - Uncanny X-Men #461
• [X] Shatters a thick stone wall with a punch - New Excalibur (2006) #3
• [X] Punches Earth 6141 Iceman into a chunk of ice hard enough to shatter it and knock him out - New Excalibur (2006) #3
• [X] Punches Captain Britain through a wall and drops him to his knees - New Excalibur (2006) #8
• [X] Knocks out Black Knight with a tap to the head - New Excalibur (2006) #9
• [X] Nearly beats another Juggernaut to death - New Excalibur (2006) #15
• [X] Knocks out Earth 6141 Beast in a couple punches - New Excalibur (2006) #20
• [X] Hurts Albion with a punch - New Excalibur (2006) #20
  • Albion and Captain Britain shattered windows across London from the shockwaves of punching each other - New Excalibur (2006) #5
• [X] Causes World War Hulk spit blood with a punch - World War Hulk: X-Men #2
• Punches a force field hard enough to create earthquakes registered at magnitude 4.6 and 8.0 - Hulk #602
• Overwhelms Skaar in an exchange of blows - Hulk #602
• [T] Collapses a large cavern - Thunderbolts #147
• [T] Scatters Veil in her gas form with a thunderclap - Avengers Academy #4
• [T] Shatters a rock wall with a punch - Thunderbolts #149
• [T] Hurts Thor with a punch - Thunderbolts #150
• [T] Pummels King Hyperion into rock hard enough to make him spit blood - Thunderbolts #153
• [T] Nearly beats an immobilized King Hyperion to death - Thunderbolts #153
  • King Hyperion was only briefly knocked out after Exiles Mimic flew into him at half the speed of light - Exiles (2001) #64
• [T] Shatters a large metal door with a strike - Thunderbolts #156
• [Kuurth] Destroys more than half of the Raft island prison with a strike - Fear Itself #2, Thunderbolts #158
• [Kuurth] Knocks away the Thunderbolts and craters the ground with a strike - Thunderbolts #160
• [Kuurth] Punches Moonstone miles away - Thunderbolts #160-161
• [Kuurth] Strikes the ground hard enough to create a massive crater and a tremor registered at magnitude 0.6 - Thunderbolts #160-161
• [Kuurth] Knocks a tank and Humvee into the air with his strikes - Fear Itself: The Home Front #3
• [Kuurth] Levels Salem Missouri with a strike - Fear Itself: The Home Front #3, Fear Itself: Youth In Revolt #3
• [Kuurth] Knocks Rage into the Stratosphere tower hard enough to fracture it - Fear Itself: Youth In Revolt #3
• [Kuurth] Creates shockwaves that destroy a gas station by striking the ground - Uncanny X-Men #540
• [Kuurth] Shatters a highway with a strike - Uncanny X-Men #541
• [Kuurth] Cracks Colossus's skull with a strike after he absorbed the power he had from Cyttorak - Uncanny X-Men #542-543
• [Kuurth] Colossusnaut's bones crumble when he punches him - Uncanny X-Men #543
• Knocks out Ragnarok in several punches with the help of Mister Hyde - Dark Avengers #182
• [Once and Future] Punches Man-Killer through a stone wall - Amazing X-Men (2014) #17
• [Once and Future] Makes Colossus spit blood with his punches and overpowers him - Amazing X-Men (2014) #17
• [Unstoppable] One-shots the Living Monolith - Amazing X-Men (2014) #18
• [Unstoppable] Slams the ground hard enough to create a massive crater - Amazing X-Men (2014) #19
• [Unstoppable] Punches Colossus through a forest and breaks several of his ribs - Amazing X-Men (2014) #19
• [Unstoppable] Punches through the hull of a ship and causes it to start sinking - X-Men: Blue (2017) #1
• [Unstoppable] Knocks Jean Grey and a metal railing into the air with a stomp - X-Men: Blue (2017) #1
• Shatters a block of ice he was encased in with a punch - Iceman (2017) #5
• Slams the ground hard enough to crater it and scatter the Avengers Unity Squad - Uncanny Avengers (2015) #28-29
• Punches through a magic shield created by Brother Voodoo - Uncanny Avengers (2015) #29
• Causes Thor to spit teeth with his punches - Thor (2018) #1
• Splatters a Dark Elf with a punch - Punisher Kill Krew #4
• Punches through some Asgardian creature - Punisher Kill Krew #4
• Works in shifts with the Punisher and Black Knight to break through a massive tunnel that had metal walls dozens of feet thick by punching and cutting them with swords, respectively - Punisher Kill Krew #4
• Punches through the head of a Frost Giant - Punisher Kill Krew #4
• Punches through Magneto's clone Joseph's force field - Uncanny X-Men (2019) #16
• Punches Blockbuster into a subway car hard enough to crumple it - Uncanny X-Men (2019) #18
• Backhands Fabian Cortez through a stone pillar - Uncanny X-Men (2019) #20
• Slams the floor of a building hard enough to knock large pieces of concrete into the air - Juggernaut (2020) #1
• Knocks out Immortal Hulk after a prolonged fight with the help of D-Cel and a gamma radiation siphon - Juggernaut (2020) #1
• Shatters a metal vault door - Juggernaut (2020) #4
• Splatters Primus with a thunderclap - Juggernaut (2020) #4
• Slams the ground hard enough to knock police cars into the air - X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #13
• Flattens Deadpool's head with a punch - X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #14
• Hurts the Human-Adaptoid with a punch after he turned his body into steel - X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #20
  • The Human-Adaptoid had the powers of a hundred superhumans - X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #16

Lifting, pushing, pulling, throwing, grip, etc.

• Snaps a steel cable as if it were paper - Uncanny X-Men #12
• Pushes back Cyclops optic blast as though it was a solid thing - Uncanny X-Men #12
• Sweeps the O5 X-Men aside - Uncanny X-Men #12
• Makes handholds in a solid wall of earth - Uncanny X-Men #13
• Severely injures Beast with his grip and disables his leg with a chop - Uncanny X-Men #13
• Rips apart a metal pole and propeller - Uncanny X-Men #13
• Sends a stack of crates flying into Angel hard enough to knock him out - Uncanny X-Men #32
• Rips apart a helicopter piece by piece - Uncanny X-Men #33
• Causes an energizer to explode and create shockwaves that knock out Jean Grey and Cyclops by clogging its air intake - Uncanny X-Men #46
• Shoves part of a chunk of ice encasing him into Iceman hard enough to knock him out - Uncanny X-Men #46
• Rips up part of the ground and throws it into Angel hard enough to knock him out - Uncanny X-Men #46
• Pulls Hulk's head from behind and starts to break his neck, though he overpowers him due to getting angry - Hulk #172
• Hurls Storm's lightning bolt back at her after getting hit by it - Uncanny X-Men #102
• Rips out and throws part of a stone wall - Uncanny X-Men #103
• Tears apart a solid concrete wall reinforced with steel - Spider-Woman (1978) #37
• Grabs Colossus from behind the hull of a ship and pulls him through it - Spider-Woman (1978) #38
• Crushes a solid steel hatch cover - Spider-Woman (1978) #38
• Grabs Spider-Man's arm with one arm while it was behind his back and holds him in place - Amazing Spider-Man #229
• Rips down a wall - Amazing Spider-Man #229
• Shoves a bus out of his way - Amazing Spider-Man #230
• Crumples a steel girder - Amazing Spider-Man #230
• Rips off and lifts the corner of a building - Amazing Spider-Man #230
• Rips out a bar counter and swings it on top of Colossus - Uncanny X-Men #183
• Pulls down a wall and causes a building to collapse - Uncanny X-Men #183
• Lifts a tank by its turret and swings it onto another tank hard enough to wreck both of them - Marvel Team-Up #150
• [50%] Black Tom with half of his power suplexes a building - Marvel Team-Up #150
• [50%] Throws a car into Colossus hard enough to make him drop Spider-Man - Marvel Team-Up #150
• [50%] Starts crushing Rogue with a bear hug - Marvel Team-Up #150
• Throws the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak into orbit - Marvel Team-Up #150
• Throws several cars in quick succession - Uncanny X-Men #218
• Pulls down a building - Uncanny X-Men #218
• Rips apart a concrete wall and tanks - Excalibur (1988) #3
• Throws a car and bus at Thor - Thor #411
• Throws a boxcar into a weakened Thor hard enough to hurt him before lifting another one and ramming it into him - Thor #411
• Shatters an iron rail wrapped around him - Thor #412
• Sends a pile of debris created from two boxcars getting thrown into him flying with a shrug - Thor #412
• Shatters a steel cocoon encasing him - Thor #412
• Rams a stone pillar into Thor hard enough to make him drop his hammer - Thor #429
• Hurts Achilles with his grip - The Incredible Hulk: Mayhem at the Mount #1
  • One of Achilles powers is invulnerability - Hulk #381-382
• Knocks away Professor Hulk, Spider-Man, and Wolverine - The Incredible Hulk: Mayhem at the Mount #1
• Knocks Hercules and Vision into the air by throwing Professor Hulk through them and a couple other Avengers - Hulk #404
• Rips a fire truck in half - Thunderstrike (1993) #2
• Swings a robot dinosaur by the tail into a destroyed one hard enough to wreck it - The All New Exiles (1995) #Infinity
• Sends tanks flying with a swipe of his arm - The All New Exiles (1995) #1
• Holds up a collapsing building - The All New Exiles (1995) #3
• Grapples with Prime and overpowers him - The All New Exiles (1995) #4
  • Prime was strong enough to fly miles underground and unharmed from a nuclear warhead exploding next to him - Prime (1993) #9
• Wrecks a building and flips and throws cars during a rampage - X-Men Unlimited (1993) #13
• Wraps a truck around someone - Juggernaut (1997) #1
• Halts a steamroller and throws it into Beast hard enough to knock him out - Professor Xavier and the X-Men (1995) #14
• Rips up a massive chunk of the street and throws it into a SWAT van hard enough to crumple it - Spider-Man (1990) #84
• Throws a truck through a building while weakened - Uncanny X-Men #361
• Rips off and swings the corner of a building while weakened - Uncanny X-Men #361
• Throws a bus into a building - Thor (1998) #17
• Starts crushing Thor with a bear hug - Thor (1998) #17
• Rips down a metal wall and throws it into his fellow Exemplar Decay hard enough to knock him out - Juggernaut (1999) #1
• Throws Monet/Penance off of him - Generation X (1994) #61
• Grabs onto some rock and keeps himself, Toad, and Mystique from being pulled in by the force of a vacuum - X-Men Forever (2001) #6
• Restrains Hulk - Defenders (2001) #10
• [X] Throws Wolverine from the ground to a plane in the clouds - Uncanny X-Men #412
• [X] Throws rocks through a stone wall - Uncanny X-Men #416
• [X] Rips out a concrete wall - Uncanny X-Men #420
• [X] Swings a tree into Polaris hard enough to knock her out - Uncanny X-Men #426
• [X] Throws a car into Guardian hard enough to knock him through a house - Uncanny X-Men #433
• [X] Tears apart Guardian's armor - Uncanny X-Men #434
• [X] Piledrives Rhino into a concrete floor hard enough to shatter it - Uncanny X-Men #435
• [X] Swings a sign post into someone with the full power of the Juggernaut hard enough to knock them through a building - Uncanny X-Men #436
• [X] Rips off the helmet of someone with the full power of the Juggernaut - Uncanny X-Men #436
• [X] Lifts and tosses a huge metal beam - Uncanny X-Men #442
• [X] Fractures a giant piece of concrete with his grip and pushes it out of his way - Uncanny X-Men #442
• [X] Lifts several tons on an X-Men weight machine, though he struggles while not even at Colossus-level - X-Men (1991) #157
• [X] Pushes a tank onto its back - X-Men (1991) #160
• [X] Tears apart Black Tom - X-Men (1991) #162
• [X] Swings Mammomax through three trees and into the ground hard enough to crater it and knock him out - X-Men (1991) #164
• [X] Lifts and throws Mojo's Exiles using a curtain after being de-aged into a child - Uncanny X-Men #461
• [X] Flexes out of ice that was covering him - New Excalibur (2006) #2-3
• [X] Breaks out of some crystal the Warwolves encased him in that they thought would stop him - New Excalibur (2006) #4-5
• [X] Wraps some metal beams around the Warwolves - New Excalibur (2006) #5
• [X] Lifts a train car - New Excalibur (2006) #6
• [X] Holds onto a metal beam with his fingers while being dragged underground until it snaps in half - New Excalibur (2006) #7
• [X] Overpowers mechanical tendrils that dragged him through a metal beam - New Excalibur (2006) #7
• [X] Swings a dragon-like alien into another alien - New Excalibur (2006) #12
• [X] Throws a bus off of him and into the Wrecker hard enough to knock him out - New Excalibur (2006) #13
• Breaks the neck of his predecessor as the Juggernaut - New Excalibur (2006) #15
• Straightens a steel girder wrapped around Spider-Man to free him - Amazing Spider-Man #628
• Temporarily restrains Captain Universe - Amazing Spider-Man #628
• [T] Pushes a boulder into a large human mutated by the Terrigen Mists to crush them - Thunderbolts #147
• [T] Knocks down and warps a metal door by shoving it - Thunderbolts #147
• [T] Crushes the head of 20 Hand ninja that joined bodies with one arm - Thunderbolts #148-149
• [T] Lifts a few tons on a weight machine - Thunderbolts #150
• [T] Pins down Luke Cage - Thunderbolts #150
• [T] Throws a boulder - Thunderbolts #151
• [Kuurth] Shrugs Colossus off of him - Uncanny X-Men #541
• [Kuurth] Magneto can't stop his hammer after he throws it despite it being made of metal - Uncanny X-Men #541
• [Once and Future] Breaks free of ice covering his legs - Amazing X-Men (2014) #17
• [Unstoppable] Flexes out of ice covering his legs and chest - X-Men: Blue (2017) #1
• Lifts a carousel - Iceman (2017) #5
• Throws a car over his shoulder - Uncanny Avengers (2015) #29
• Rips off an icicle the size of a person and throws it through a Frost Giant - Punisher Kill Krew #3
• Swings an Asgardian dragon by the tail and into the ground hard enough to crater it - Savage Avengers (2019) #14
• Throws a large piece of concrete through Quicksand's neck - Juggernaut (2020) #3
• Pulls the Lizard and Grey Gargoyle off of Spider-Man and tosses them away - Sinister War #4
• Digs a large hole through the ground and a metal roof - Legion Of X (2022) #5

I'm autistic and I had no close friends in high school and when I graduated, I just felt empty because I didn't get to make memories with anyone. After that my life fell apart. I failed college because I didn't fit in and didn't have anyone to help me figure out what I wanted to do, so I just stopped going to class. I'm 32 now and have never had a job and my family made me move with them to an isolated area in the middle of nowhere, and I never get to go out anywhere because I can't drive and there's no bus system nearby, so I feel trapped and hopeless.
I feel like my life is ruined because I missed out on being young and I don't see the point in getting older. It makes me want to scream when I think of how many young people are in high school right now and get to have a group of friends to grow up with and go to the prom with and cheer for them when they graduate. I NEVER felt accepted or like I mattered growing up because other kids don't care about you when you're autistic, they just think you're weird and not worth it. It's not fair that they get to have best friends to go to the mall or the movies with, or go on trips to Disneyworld with, or celebrate their birthday with! It's not fair that they get to have friends to hug them and give them emotional support when they're feeling down because I never had anyone who reached out to me or helped me feel like I belonged anywhere! And all these movies and TV shows that glamorize being a teenager and getting to develop a sense of identity with their friends and be independent just make it worse. I sometimes have dreams where I'm back in high school and this time I make an effort to put myself out there and the other kids are smiling at me and inviting me to do things with them and then I wake up and just feel more miserable. Those dreams are really the only time that I ever feel happy anymore.
I really don't have any hope in the future and I don't want to get any older, I just want to go back and re-do those years and if I can't then I should just die because life has no meaning now.

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CPU Cooler	Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler	$19.89 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI PRO B550M-VC WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$119.99 @ B&H
Memory	Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$49.97 @ Amazon
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I hold on to the pain of the past because it's all I have left of it, all I have left of you.
I rage and curse your name, because the hate is all i have left, all I have left of you.
I refuse to forget and I tear myself apart at night believing you are back in my arms, because that memory is all I have left, all I have left of you.
I sculf at others always turning them away because that loyalty to you is all I have left, all I have left of you.

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*Motherboard* [GIGABYTE Z790 UD AC LGA 1700 Motherboard (USB 3.2 Gen2X2 Type-C/ Intel Wi-Fi/ 2.5GbE LAN/ PCIe EZ-Latch/ Multi-Key)](https://pcbuilder.net/component-details/motherboard/gigabyte-z790/) $194.99 @ Amazon (US)
*CPU Cooler* [ARCTIC Freezer i35 A-RGB - Single Tower CPU Cooler with A-RGB, Intel specific, Pressure optimized 120 mm P-fan, 200-1700 RPM, 4 Heat Pipes, incl. MX-5 Thermal Paste - Black](https://pcbuilder.net/component-details/cpu-coolearctic-freezer-i35-a-rgb-acfre00104a/) $47.00 @ Amazon (US)
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*RAM* [G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB 2 x 16GB 288-Pin SDRAM DDR5 6000 CL36-36-36-96 1.35V Dual Channel Desktop Memory](https://pcbuilder.net/component-details/ram/g-skill-trident-z5-f5-6000j3636f16ga2-tz5rk/) $189.99 @ Amazon (US)
*Storage* [Samsung 960 PRO Series - 2TB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD ](https://pcbuilder.net/component-details/storage/samsung-electronics-960-pro-mz-v6p2t0bw/) $359.31 @ Amazon (US)
*Storage* [Samsung EVO 970 1TB PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe M.2-2280 Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology & 1024MB Cache](https://pcbuilder.net/component-details/storage/samsung-970-evo-mz-v7e1t0bw/) $209.99 @ Amazon (US)
*Case Cooler* [ARCTIC P12 PWM PST A-RGB 0dB (3 Pack) - 120 mm PWM case Fan Optimized for Static Pressure, case Fan, semi-Passive: 0-2000 RPM, 5V 3 pin ARGB LED](https://pcbuilder.net/component-details/case-coolearctic-p12-pwm-acfan00232a/) $42.99 @ Amazon (US)
*Power Supply* [Thermaltake Toughpower PF1 850W 80+ Platinum Single Side SMD Compact Design Ultra Quiet 120mm Hydraulic Bearing Smart Zero Fan Full Modular Power Supply](https://pcbuilder.net/component-details/power-supply/thermaltake-toughpower-pf1-ps-tpd-0850fnfapu-1/) $149.99 @ Amazon (US) *Total* *$3,708 @Amazon (US)*

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Chapter Master Marneus Augustus Calgar

Chapter Master Calgar is the Current chapter Master of the Ultramarines. Considered to be the most successful Ultramarine period short of Guilliman himself, Calgar had relatively humble origins as a servant-boy named "Tacitan". Tacitan's best friend was the noble scion of House Calgar, the original Marneus Calgar whom he idolized. When the original Calgar was killed by a chaos corrupted trainer, Tacitan took the name of "Marneus Calgar" in his honor and eventually went to become a full fledged Space Marine.
Calgar has a long and storied history as the Ultramarine Chapter Master with notable deeds of marshalling the defense of Ultramar against Hive Fleet Behemoth, being the last man standing defying the Ork Hordes of Zalathras and facing down Abaddon the Despoiler upon Vigilus. Calgar's career and repitoire continues to grow, especially after crossing the Rubicon Primaris now nicknamed the "Calgar Procedure" due to him being the first volunteer to become Primaris as a firstborn Space Marine.
Feats are labelled "Primaris" are done post Rubicon Primaris. Any feat not labeled as such is prior.

Strength

• As a child, fights and kills wolves (he is the dude with the knife) Marneus Calgar Issue #2
  
• As a child, kills a bunch of wolves offscreen. Note: He is the one with the knife. Marneus Calgar Issue #2
  
• As a child, has to jump through this trench and not fall in Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• As a child, had to climb some unspecified tall wall with wild animals attacking him Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• As a child, kills a dude by vampire biting him Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• Is a big dude by Space Marine standards The Chapter's Due
  
• Cuts through various vegetation with just strength Calgar's Siege
  
• Throws aside dead Orks Calgar's Siege
  
• Rips an Ork's arm off Calgar's Siege
  
• Karate chops an Ork and decapitates it and then rips another Ork's head off Calgar's Siege
  
• Uses the body of one Ork to beat 6 others to death Calgar's Siege
  
• Lifts up another Space Marine and rips him in half Calgar's Siege
  
• Blocks a sword swing which creates a shockwave that causes nearby Space Marines to fall over but is brought down to a knee Calgar's Fury
  
• Pulls off the head of a Daemon Prince Calgar's Fury
  
• Forcefully pushes a Necron Pylon to rotate and aim at its own building Warzone: Damnos
  
  • These Pylons are quite big so forcefully rotating is quite difficult
• Blocks an enemy space marine's mace swing Primarch Rising
  
• Primaris Rips half a man's torso off Marneus Calgar Issue #1
  
• Primaris Mario stomps a cultist into gore Marneus Calgar Issue #3
  
• Primaris Rips his way through a metal wall Marneus Calgar Issue #3
  
• Primaris Rips a dude in half and throws him against the wall Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Primaris Pulls a dude's head off while having a sword wound in his chest Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Primaris Crushes a skull by squeezing Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Primaris One hand lifts a gigantic metal head despite the sword through the chest from earlier Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
  • Author's Note: This scene is often take out of context. Marneus does NOT defeat the Lord of Skulls 1v1.
• Primaris Breaks a man's arm just by grabbing and lifting him Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Primaris Cracks Abaddon's jaw by punching him Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Limit Cannot outmuscle a Daemon Prince The Chapter's Due
  
• Limit An unspecified amount of Chaos Space Marines dogpile him to the ground Primarch Rising
  
• Limit Primaris A Keeper of Secrets is physically stronger than him and can push a spear into him after he's caught it Vigilus Ablaze
  
  • Keepers are pretty gigantic however

Durability

• As a child, endured the cold night exposed to the elements Marneus Calgar Issue #2
  
• As a child, had to spend at least a day not freezing to death in the snow Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• As a child, is given redununt organs, fused rib cage and better musculature Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• As a child, is shot and lives. He does have some implants described to the right by now. Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• As a child, has reduced need for sleep Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• As a child, walks through some kind of toxic enviorment Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• As a child, has innate resistance to vacuums and extreme tempatures Marneus Calgar Issue #4*
  
• A shuttle crash from orbit only draws blood from him and leaves him relatively uninjured. Calgar's Siege
  
• His Iron Halo provides an energy shield based defense against various attacks Calgar's Siege
  
• Rarely feels tired, and his armor holds up against countless attacks Calgar's Siege
  
• Did not sleep for 2 weeks while constantly fighting Calgar's Siege
  
• Tanks chainswords from Orks Calgar's Siege
  
• Get's shot in the head by a bolt pistol and is only momentarily blinded, even 'welcoming' the pain Calgar's Siege
  
• Takes repeated beatings from Ork mobs Calgar's Siege
  
• No-sells normal guns Calgar's Siege
  
• A Daemon Prince strong enough to tear apart stone pillars like clay simply by moving through them punches him once, then mario stomps him and he gets right back up Calgar's Fury
  
• Broken begins begin healing mid-combat Calgar's Fury
  
• Resists a poisonous atmosphere but slowly takes damage from a highly radioactive world Calgar's Fury
  
• Feels his broken bones healing in real time Calgar's Fury
  
• Tanks a bunch of Daemons attacking him The Chapter's Due
  
• Tanks but is injured by a Daemon Prince attacking him The Chapter's Due
  
• Is injured from Daemons swarming him but keeps fighting through it The Chapter's Due
  
• Trades blows with a Daemon Prince after a fist clash that drops all the snow from the mountains around them The Chapter's Due
  
• Tanks not-mentioned weapons from enemy Space Marines Rise of the Primarch
  
• Was briefly KO'ed when a bunch of Chaos Space Marines mobbed him Rise of the Primarch
  
• Primaris Chainswords break on his armor Marneus Calgar Issue #3
  
• Primaris Tanks cannon shots from a Helbrute Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• Primaris Survives this plane crash with no injuries Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• Primaris No-sells a shotgun? Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Primaris Tanks a bolt-shot but we see the bullet hole + bleeding. Then deflects a Daemonic Sword Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Primaris Gets stabbed through the chest by a Daemon sword and then proceeds to pull one of the stabber's head's off Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Primaris Is fine after getting stabbed through the heart and having his throat cut Vigilus Ablaze
  
  • This did require rushing him to medical aid to survive and recover fully.
• Primaris Tanks bolter shots from the Talon of Horus but Abaddon tearing off one of his gauntlets causes it to get skinned Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Primaris Is briefly KOed but lives from having his two hearts cut Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Primaris GETS UP despite having the two aforementioned hearts cut and kills a possessed Chaos Space Marine in the process Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Primaris Even manages to later walk himself to medical attention despite the above injuries Vigilus Ablaze
  

Speed

• As a child had to outrun a monster in order to make it past the first test. Marneus Calgar Issue #2
  
• As a child, uses another person's body as a human shield from bullets Marneus Calgar Issue #3
  
• As a child, had to crawl through gunfire while being attacked by wolves *Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• Kills six orks in mere moments Calgar's Siege
  
• Goes from punching to shooting in the blink of an eye Calgar's Siege
  
• Dodges a point-blank bite from a Daemon Prince Calgar's Fury
  
• Despite being in Terminator Armor which actively slows the wearer down and makes them larger, he is able to dodge an attack from a Daemon Prince The Chapter's Due
  
• Catches a knife too small for his hands and uses it stab a Daemon that was about to bite him despite being less than a meter from its face The Chapter's Due
  
  • Author's Note: M'kar is in intense pain due to just having had his true name spoken.
• Primaris Is able to catch a spear thrust from a keeper of secrets but gets out-muscled by it Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Primaris His Primaris armor makes him far faster than before Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Scaling The Swarmlord whom Calgar had not one, but two duels with moves and attacks in blurs The Devastation of Baal
  
• Primaris Scaling Abaddon whom Calgar has an extended duel with was capable of bolter timing in conversation distance Wolfsbane
  

Stealth

• As a child, sneaks up and kills one of his chaos corrupted classmates Marneus Calgar Issue #3
  
• Is able to walk quietly despite weighing half a ton Calgar's Siege
  
• Makes no noise while moving in a temple Calgar's Fury
  

Willpower

• As a child, is given hypnotherapy to 'know no fear' Marneus Calgar Issue #4 )

Senses

• Has a variety of enhanced senses and can learn memories by drinking/eating the flesh of a creature Marneus Calgar Issue #4 )
  
• Bionic His bionic eye has infrared vision Calgar's Siege
  
• Can easily smell blood in the air as clear as a scarlet flag Calgar's Siege
  
• Helmet His helmet can distinguish blood that belongs to his guys or not Calgar's Siege
  
• Can deduce an animal has received implant-based armor despite it being a mile away Calgar's Siege
  
• Bionic His infared vision can see through smoke calgar's Siege
  

Intelligence

• As a child, was taught how to track Marneus Calgar Issue #2
  
• Knows the name of every crew member on a ship Calgar's Siege
  
  • This is 1,100+ people
• Had issued a 'superhuman campaign of defiance' against superior invaders Primarch Rising
  
• Is a superlative warrior and talented strategist Space Marines Codex 9e
  
• Masterminded a campaign seeing his army winning hundreds of battles Space Marines Codex 8e
  
• Possesses prodigious strategic cunning Ultramarines Supplement 8e
  
• Demonstrates 'Grand Strategic Acumen' Ultramarines Supplement 8e
  
• Devises hundreds of firing solutions and contingencies in the span of a single battle (with help) Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Can read dozens of data slates and watch multiple videos at once Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Manipulates multiple enemies into engaging each other Vigilus Ablaze
  

Skill

• Hits an undetermined amount of headshots as plenty of Orks die and another character mentions that non-headshots would only 'tickle' them Calgar's Siege

Wargear

The Gauntlets of Ultramar have underslung bolters. Fists versus Bolter will be delineated as such.

• Bolter Blows up two large Orks Calgar's Siege
  
• Bolter Guns down a lot of Orks Calgar's Siege
  
• Bolter Blasts the eye out of a cybernetically enhanced 80-100 ton beast Calgar's Siege
  
• Bolter Guns down various Chaos Space Marines Calgar's Fury
  
• Bolter Forces a Daemon Prince to retreat Calgar's Fury
  
• Bolter The shots would penetrate ceramite and blows up half a mans' body Marneus Calgar Issue #1
  
• Bolter Another sizable explosion is seen on this panel Marneus Calgar Issue #1
  
• Bolter Blows a man's arm off Marneus Calgar Issue #1
  
• Bolter Shooting a Chaos Space Marine causes him to lose his whole head Marneus Calgar Issue #2
  
• Bolter Blows up a dude from neck up Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Bolter Kills two people with one shot(?) Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Bolter One-shots Chaos Space Marines Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Bolter Six bullets turn a person into basically soup Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Bolter Bolt shots from the gauntlet are enough to make Abaddon not want to close in on him Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Fists Cuts through vegetation with its disruption field Calgar's Siege
  
• Fists Damages a Daemon Prince Calgar's Fury
  
• Fists Kills a bunch of Daemons The Chapter's Due
  
• Fists Is able to stagger a Daemon Prince into dropping him when its distracted from pain The Chapter's Due
  
• Fists Pounds his way through a Daemon horde The Chapter's Due
  
• Fists A fist clash with a Daemon Prince drops all the snow from the mountains around them The Chapter's Due
  
• Fists Pulverizes Necron heads + torsos Warzone Damnos
  
• Fists Utterly annihilates a man's body Marneus Calgar Issue #3
  
• Fists Annihilates a Chaos Space Marine's entire torso Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• Fists Punches through a Helbrute and causes it to fall off a building Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• Fists Punches through a transport hull Marneus Calgar Issue #4
  
• Fists Ragdolls Abaddon an unspecified distance Vigilus Ablaze
  
• Both His bolter dismembers Orks while his fists tear Orks to pieces Calgar's Siege
  
• Both His bolter fires a volley that flays 12 Orks, and then disembowels Orks with punches Calgar's Siege
  
• Both His bolter disintegrates Orks, and then his fists tears them apart Calgar's Siege
  
• Both Decapitates a big Ork and then guns down plenty others Calgar's Siege
  
• Both Disintegrates a Chaos Terminator's head and then guns down multiple enemy space marines Rise of the Primarch
  
• Both Calgar with two hearts cut and having just been KO'ed gets up and immediately kills a possessed with a punch + bolter combo Vigilus Ablaze
  

Misc

• Has been through a lot of shit Marneus Calgar Issue #5
  
• Off-screen defeats an army of Orks Space Marines codex 8e
  
  • Kinda sorta. He was the last able combatant and did fight on alone for at least a bit solo and ultimately won by calling in an airstrike
• Limit Did lose a 1v1 to the Swarmlord Ultramarines Supplement 8e
  
  • Won the rematch at least

I (54F) am newly diagnosed. Still trying to figure out what it all means for me (like, my whole life, I've been called lazy, but now I'm realizing some is overwhelm, bad time management, etc). This sub is helping a lot!
Cliche. Down to last 2 ADHD pills. Clear memory of picking up Rx, so must be ... somewhere. Low-key rip house apart (so husband doesn't do an 'I told you so'). Eventually asked him if he'd seen pills. Nope.
Finally, break down & call pharmacy to see if I can get another bottle. Prepared to grovel and mock myself. Notice there had been no refills left on the Rx. So I couldn't have received a refill. Which means my clear memory was of receiving that bottle. And I'd waited to call for more for no reason except fear of looking foolish. And because I procrastinated dealing with the problem.
How on brand is it to lose track of the meds that are supposed to help you think more clearly?

Ok I’m my brain life does not have a inherent value anymore live is just live and doesn’t mean anything anymore not just my own but everybody else’s live also means nothing anymore my brain feels just like it is trying to tear it self apart but there is nothing left to tear and I just fucked up more and more memory doesn’t work anymore and I can’t recall anything about my childhood anymore my brain has thrown all emotions out the window of the memories I have left and now I am a lonely dude ho is just besicly already dead inside and outside I don’t have friends anymore and live means nothing and it has been this way for 12 years and I just want to disappear but I am disolving mind mush and the 1 memorie I do have is painful and comming back again and again sorry for bad English and spelling non-native

Hello! I'm posting on here because this is my first computer I'm building myself, I've had a computer before but I have no idea how to put together a pc, or what parts I should get. I've been doing a bit of research(scrolling on reddit) and I've found these parts! I have no clue about anything when it comes to computers (I have two monitors and I heard that some mother boards don't support two monitors??) basically I just need to know if the parts I picked are good enough for the tasks I will be doing, which is streaming, editing, and playing every video game you could imagine(but mostly AAA games)! Any advice would be appreciated!!!
PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor	$311.31 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$159.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$163.64 @ MemoryC
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$64.95 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$64.95 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$139.00 @ Amazon
Video Card	EVGA FTW3 ULTRA GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB Video Card	$889.95 @ Amazon
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case	$139.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair RM850 (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$211.99 @ Amazon
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit	$117.98 @ Other World Computing
Case Fan	Corsair LL120 43.25 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack	$82.99 @ Best Buy
Case Fan	Corsair LL120 43.25 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack	$82.99 @ Best Buy
Headphones	Apple MD827LL/A Earbud With Microphone	$12.98 @ Other World Computing
Webcam	Logitech BRIO Ultra HD Pro Webcam	$132.79 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total	$2575.50
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What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

• 1080p 60+fps gaming. New AAA releases, LoL, WoW, CoD, RPGs, etc.

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

• $1500 preferably less

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

• Within the month, but maybe waiting til holiday season if it's worth it.

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

• ToweOS

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

• USA, IA - no Microcenter nearby

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

• Open to anything considered reputable.

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

• Yes, a little, maybe not at first.

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

• 1tb+ m.2

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

• Mid-tower, probably black, don't care about LED lighting, 3070/4060 or comparable, 12700k or comparable, 32gb memory, open to AMD builds as well I just don't know the parts.

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

• Yes, 10 or 11

Extra info or particulars:

So a week ago I was diagnosed with bipolar 2. My husband identified what he believed to be full mania from 4 years ago that I don't remember very well. So possibly bipolar 1.
Since then, so many memories are fresh in my mind. There were so many signs and I just never saw it.
One of my best friends describes my depressive episodes as me being in my "tower". He's been saying that for many years. I just thought of that now and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I wish I would have gotten mental help years ago when I was struggling.
I know it's really hard, and there isn't always time/money/transport etc but if you're reading this and you are mentally struggling, please get whatever help you can right now, in the next month if possible. I wish I would have gotten psychiatric help sooner, but the therapy I did, the friends I made, and the husband I married somehow carried me through life and I hope I get to hold on tight to them forever.

So, like. Ok. I don't think this is ever going to actually become A Thing™, obviously. But that hasn't stopped me before, and it isn't going to now.
I've listened to a little Tally Hall for a while, but recently I've gotten more into them by way of Miracle Musical. Every now and then, when I get really into an artist or band, I'll start creating stories to connect their songs together (especially if some of those connections and stories are already in the music), and sometimes that takes the form of drafting out a jukebox musical. Which is what I'm gonna share in this post.
The working title is Marvin's Marvelous Miracle Musical. Definitely wouldn't be the actual title, but it does kinda accurately reflect the structure of the musical: Act I is an assortment of songs from MMMM and Good & Evil, while Act II is the entirety of Hawaii: Pt II in album order. Also, it's a funny name.
In this post, I'll give y'all what I've got so far: The cast list, a list of songs in each act (with who's singing what in parentheses), and a short bit of plot summary next to each song (which will also cover some of the in-between-songs material). As things currently stand, each song is sung in its entirety with no lines changed (though there are a few where small word changes would also work, and like it would be kinda helpful to have an English version of 宇宙ステーションのレベル7 lol). There are ideas for symbolic arcs and staging/acting choices and interpretations of specific lyrics that I won't be going into here but are, like, in my brain because reasons, so feel more than free to ask questions ^^
Heads up: This is going to be a long post.

Cast:

• Simon (name from The Mind Electric/Inside the Mind of Simon): Joint protagonist and childhood friend of Juno.
• Juno (name from Ruler of Everything): Joint protagonist and childhood friend of Simon.
• The Siren (name from Dream Sweet in Sea Major): Joint antagonist and Simon’s imaginary friend.
• The Erlking (name from Murders): Joint antagonist and Juno’s imaginary friend.
• Marvin (name from, like, the concept of MMMM): Juno’s father and town mayor.
• Violet (name for the fact that the Korean word for purple/violet is “bora”): Simon’s mother.
• Sally (name from T.H.I.S. skits “The Pretty One” and “What’s Wrong?”): A friend of Juno.
• Ryan (name from T.H.I.S. segment “Questioned Answers/Tally Mail”): A friend of Simon.
• Ensemble: Various other characters, including school friends and bullies, adult citizens of the town, and assorted spirits and illusory figures.

Act I:

Hidden in the Sand (Marvin, Ensemble): Marvin and Violet meet on the beach, having not seen each other since they broke up years ago. Both, now married to other people, briefly catch up on each other’s lives and watch their kids meet each other for the first time.
Turn the Lights Off (Juno, Simon, Ensemble): Simon and Juno grow up together and become fast friends. They’re misunderstood and often bullied by other kids, but find an escape in the form of imagination games, pretending to be wizards and ghost-hunters and the like. They each create an imaginary friend, and imagine their new companions defending them against the meaner classmates.
The Whole World and You (Ryan, Sally, Ensemble): Simon and Juno are in late middle school, and with how close they are as friends, many other students assume they’re dating. Their other friends give them the idea that maybe they really do like like each other, and they ultimately decide to give things a shot.
Out in the Twilight (Juno, Simon): Now about to graduate high school, Simon and Juno have been going strong; still, much of their relationship seems like more of the same adventures and escapades they went on as kids, just without the make-believe. They’re as of yet unjaded, and greatly looking forward to being more independent and making their own calls in life.
Ruler of Everything (Erlking, Siren, Simon, Juno, Ensemble): Simon and Juno are now married adults, and the faults in their relationship become clearer the more they try to hide who they truly are and fit the mold that’s expected of them, both in their interpersonal life and in the world at large. The Siren and Erlking, their old imaginary friends, resurface and watch from afar as the two live their lives, calling out the couple’s facades to no avail.
Just Apathy (Simon, Juno): Simon and Juno confront the problems in their relationship—in part, both realizing/owning that they aren’t straight, and have been trying to force a romantic attraction that isn’t there—and while ultimately they seem willing to commit to one another platonically, they don’t feel their relationship can continue the way it’s been going.
A Lady (Erlking, Siren, Ensemble): The Siren and the Erlking formulate a plan while Simon and Juno are sleep, out of fear that if the couple is no longer with each other, they’ll forget their old friends entirely, thus causing them to fade from existence. As the two are dreaming, their not-yet-fully-forgotten imaginary friends try to inspire them back into their old ways.
Misery Fell (Juno, Simon, Siren, Erlking, Ensemble): Having had strange dreams the night before, Simon and Juno grow disenchanted with the life they’ve been trying to lead, and find a sudden burst of motivation to seek out a better way of being (this being the Siren and Erlking’s doing). They run through the town, at first starry-eyed and eventually near-manic, and at the end of the song, an unspeakable idea seems to have struck them both.
Taken for a Ride (Marvin, Simon, Juno, Violet, Ensemble): Marvin is burnt out from mayoral duties but soldiering on with a more resentful and power-hungry attitude. Over the course of the song, he steadily breaks with reality, and it’s revealed that Simon and Juno are ostensibly behind this, with the two performing a ritual that mirrors the magic they played out as kids, only more potent. While their goal was only to bring more wonder and weirdness to the town, the damage is much more acute. Marvin is found alive but unwaking the next day, and when Violet tries to figure out what happened to him, she too gets too close to the gap between reality and dream and falls unconscious in much the same way, this time before Simon and Juno's eyes.
Fate of the Stars (Simon, Juno, Ensemble): As the sun sets, Simon and Juno attempt to figure out what’s happening, it dawning on them that they’ve done something seriously wrong. Reality slowly appears to turn into a stranger and stranger funhouse mirror reflection of itself, with the ensemble of their friends singing ominous warnings to them as if possessed, until the two suddenly find themselves decidedly “not in Kansas anymore.” They eventually make it solid ground, but are unable to wake up from whatever dream they’re in.
& (Erlking, Siren): The Siren and the Erlking, now appearing as adults, confront Simon and Juno to make their motives clear. Since the two were bound to leave each other one way or another, the imaginary friends sought out another means of securing their existence: pulling their creators into their reality so they could have them for themselves, with Marvin and Violet as mere unintended collateral. As twilight fades and night begins, the two pairs (Simon and the Siren, and Juno and the Erlking) find themselves torn from each other. While both imaginary friends seem eager to spend eternity in this dream with their humans, Simon and Juno push them away, eventually causing them to temporarily disappear with a promise that they'll eventually be back for more—if the couple doesn't seek them out or bring them back themselves.

Intermission

Act II:

Introduction to the Snow (Simon): Considerable time has passed within the dreamscape between acts. Both Simon and Juno are trying to find ways to reunite with each other for longer than a single twilight, and to escape the dream. Turning to the sort of magic that brought him here, Simon gains a prophetic glimpse into the way his story will ultimately end: in a snowy place, without Juno, and with him joining the Siren, who promises that he will "live forever tonight."
Isle Unto Thyself (Juno, Simon, Ensemble): Juno, with the methods she's been working at over time, is briefly able to hear Simon, from which she gains the impression that he’s decided to leave her and stay with the Siren (when in fact, he’s only seeking out the Siren in order to eventually escape with Juno). Juno sings about her feelings of heartbreak, while Simon prepares to call forth the Siren within the confines of a summoning circle, for negotiations.
Black Rainbows (Siren, Ensemble): Simon successfully summons the Siren, who explains how she plans to make things right, by reworking the dream and allowing it to continue indefinitely in a state of created perfection. Juno will finally live a happy life in a world that accepts her, and with a partner who can “fully love her”, and Simon will do the same; the implication that the two will have to be apart for things to be perfect is strong, though unspoken directly. The Siren regales Simon with a wild display of rainbow lights as she speaks, in an attempt to impress and distract him.
White Ball (Simon, Siren): While Simon is distracted, the Siren escapes the summoning circle, and steadily works a spell over Simon to make him fall in (some form or another of) love with her, ultimately so he’ll forget his quest for Juno and go along unquestioningly with her own plans instead. The two dance together as the magic slowly grows stronger and stronger.
Murders (Juno, Erlking): Having caught another brief glimpse of Simon, Juno becomes enraged and begrudgingly seeks out the Erlking’s assistance. They meet at the Fountain of Infinite Mirror, and the Erlking pushes Juno to murder Simon within the dream, dipping a dagger into the fountain’s psychically poisonous waters to give to her as a weapon. Dawn arrives, and Simon and Juno are able to see and hear each other at last. Juno goes in for the “kill,” only to find that as Simon desperately explains what he was trying to do for the both of them, she is momentarily unable to control her actions and stabs Simon in the head, before the Erlking withdraws the magic he’s been working over her.
Space Station Level 7 (Violet, Simon, Ensemble): Violet emerges from the recesses of the dreamscape as the song begins, searching for something or someone she recognizes, and telling herself that she’ll be alright in the end. She finds Simon, still alive in some sense, but clearly deeply confused and in anguish. She stays by his side and sings to him in his distress, reassuring them both that they’ll make it back home—that as many painful memories as life there holds for both of them, those are ultimately what make the good moments truly valuable. As the sky grows darker and the dreamscape grows more chaotic, Violet runs and attempts to take Simon with her, but he stays behind.
The Mind Electric (Erlking, Simon, Juno, Ensemble): Juno attempts to find her way through the fracturing dreamscape, while the Erlking tells her his plans for what to do with the dream. The longer they stay, the closer the dream gets to total undone chaos, but he promises to make something new, something better (than the current state of things and than the Siren's proposed ending), from the wreckage of the old—so long as Juno doesn’t leave or forget about him. It's strongly implied that the attempted murder of Simon was a ploy to make Juno more likely to go along with this plan. Juno remains skeptical. As the song switches direction, she finds Simon in a nightmare of his own mind’s unwilling creation, and sticks it out with him while both the Siren and Erlking attempt to regain control over their former friends, and ultimately over the eventual state of the entire dream. Simon and Juno fight back, shaking off the magic cast over them only to gain a much clearer picture of the danger they’re truly in—that if the dream does go to ruin, they'll go with it.
Labyrinth (Siren, Juno, Simon): Simon and Juno find themselves trapped in a labyrinth of their imaginary friends’ joint creation, their last desperate bid to get what—and who—they want. It seems as though there are only two ways out: towards the Siren’s ending, or towards the Erlking’s. The couple try to make their way through, facing various fears within the labyrinth along the way, while repeatedly dodging the fear that one of those two paths is ultimately inevitable if they want the pandemonium to end. They eventually reason that, even if it's only pushing the end down the line, there is a third way out for now: the twilight is soon to be over, and the two will be pulled away from this place. Over the end of the song, the two manage to find some amount of peace within the labyrinth as they await their escape, mixed with the grief of leaving each other again and the fear of what will come next.
Time Machine (Marvin, Juno): Day breaks, separating Simon and Juno. The dream continues to destabilize further and further. Juno finds Marvin, who’s been desperately scrambling to go back in time to before his sense of reality broke—and, as Juno finds, to before he and Violet left each other, so he can get a second chance at their relationship. Juno stops him (if Marvin and Violet never break up, then Juno and Simon both cease to exist), but realizes she can make use of the strange contraption he’s pulled together. She considers the places she could go—far back in time to live a life she didn’t get the chance to live... maybe even far forward, to when everything sorted out as per the Erlking’s plans, if it really must come to that. Before making her leave, though, she stops at the next twilight to say her goodbyes to Simon.
Stranded Lullaby (Simon, Juno): Juno finds Simon in the middle of the ocean, reluctantly drifting towards the Siren's shores out of the same sense of defeat she felt in the time machine. In that moment, she finds herself unwilling to leave him behind. While afloat in the nearly-broken dream, the two sing to one another about reuniting, about the ways they failed each other in the past, and about their inability to control where they’re headed anymore. In the last moments before it seems their fate is to be decided, they resolve to do as right by each other as they can: to try to better understand each other without needing to fix anything.
Dream Sweet in Sea Major (Simon, Juno, Siren, Erlking, Ensemble): Simon and Juno wash up on the shore of the snowy place that Simon had foreseen; the Siren waits for him, and the end she planned seems near. Simon, however, chooses Juno instead, with the two abandoning either plan presented to them and electing to find their own way through the chaos together. Initially unsure of what to do, the two become lucid to what happened to them while asleep back in Act I, and how they might be able to pull the same tricks as their imaginary friends did then. They find their real-world sleeping selves through the cracks in reality, wake them up (along with Marvin and Violet), and gently guide their real selves away from their old habits and external pressures and towards the things they wish they'd done sooner, before easing off the reins and watching themselves live the lives they actually wanted to. Real-life Simon and Juno ultimately start relationships with Ryan and Sally respectively, while remaining faster friends with each other than ever before. The Siren and Erlking accept that they are going to die, and try to make their last night together as romantic as they can as the world vibrantly falls apart. At the end of the song, the parts of Simon and Juno that remain in the dream—perhaps the selves they used to be, or that they tried so hard to pretend to be—realize they’re going to die as well, as the true Simon and Juno live on.

After the Show:

The Bidding (All): The cast members and portions of the ensemble come on stage one by one for bows, with the ensemble (led by Sally and Ryan) singing the choruses and post-chorus and the main cast singing sections of the verses and bridge in this order: Violet, Marvin, Erlking, Siren, Juno, Simon.
(Welcome to Tally Hall or Good Day (All): Optionally, the cast and crew all sing this on stage after bows.)
"Score" Playlist