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  1. So remember how Potato was in the ER? Well, her appendix just burst and she’s gonna have surgery in it in the next few hours.
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  2. Happy Saturday people! So I have a funny little story to share… Yesterday, Potato was super sick— throwing up and unable to move type sick. That sucks, right? Wellll… This morning I woke up to find that my parents had taken her to the ER. She most likely has appendicitis. We didn’t expect that, because the rest of us have been sick too.
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  3. If you're ever stuck in an awkward silence with somebody that lasts for a minute or two, remember that you can simply look up at the sky wth a wise face and say "I sense a disturbance in the force," and if they ask just continue with "I fear something has happened" and refuse to elaborate. This has been Thoughts with Fadran at 4:30 AM
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  4. I gave my final art paper today! And more than that, it went well for once because of how hard ive been practicing!!! I NEVER HAVE TO PICK UP A PAINTBRUSH AGAIN OR LISTEN TO MY TEACHER'S HATE COMMENTS also i went to the mall today with my parents and younger brother and it was so much fun! My hard work deserves rewarding; gonna spend the night reading with good music and a cup of tea (Look at this mug i bought today)
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  5. Lying in the sun. A cat on my stomach. Listening to Nightvale. Life is pretty good.
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  6. All my stuffed animals (and, no, none of them get removed from my bed when I go to sleep. They all just get kinda shoved to one side and I sleep with all of them.) (Also the three tiny octopi were made by @Teshbecause they are an incredible person) Maroon octopus: Malina Purple octopus: Amira Blue octopus: Reinita Flippy octopus: JC (blue)/CJ (yellow) Big elephant: Elmer Tiny elephant: Emory Parasaurolophus: Periwinkle Black dog: Muffin Red panda: Cuddles Sloth: Flash Kurzgesagt duck: Nettle Tan dog: Leia Frog: Strawberry Pancakes/Strawbo White bear: Sir Henry Baby Snazzypants III Tiny brown dog: Alex Leopard gecko: Leonard Orange bunny: Eve Penguin: Penelope Fox: Fay Shapes bunny: Bunny Wolf: Peter Moose: George Baby bird: Christine Baby bunny: Rosie Purple bear: Eden White raccoon: Raymond
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  7. Okay. I'm giving into my tunnel. @Araris Valerian Matrim's Dice, with the highstorm, in the billiard room and the discarded weapon.
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  8. Hey guys. I'm not going to be able to be on the shard for a while. One of my parents has colon cancer. I just can't juggle this anymore. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to post this sooner. I hope that I will be able to come back onto the shard eventually, but I just don't know... Goodbye for now.
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  9. Three things, first a follow-up to my reading recommendation and then two pieces of g a y in my life. For those of you who do end up reading Jersey Boy, y'all better update me the heck out of your reading experience. I've been forcing asking my friends to read it left and right (I read aloud the first two chapters to my roommates on my spring break trip and they absolutely l o v e d it) because that friggin' story has taken over my thoughts and I just cannot get enough of it. I have plans for SEVERAL pieces of art based on it (hey that's good advertising! Y'all, read Jersey Boy so you can see and understand the cuteness I'll be putting out) and I literally re-read moments of it way too often. Also a bit of advice while reading it... take it slow. I consumed the thing in two days (it's currently 110,000 words, which is the size of your average novel) which makes sense because it just leaves you wanting more, but when I read it aloud to people, I appreciate the wordcraft of the author even more than I did on my first reading. I have had TWO (2) non-male crushes recently, so heck yeah my pan-romantic heart. The first was actually last year, before I realized that I wasn't hetero. There was this girl in my lit class and she was just... literally the most aesthetic person I have ever met. And then she gave a book report and I was like this girl has good taste, I must have her. So I gave her my number like the smooth queen I am. Turns out she's straighttttt agh. And then the other one, a non-binary human in my choir class. I got to interact with them on the spring break trip. They were another person that was just... Aesthetic with a capital A at all times. Y'all enby folks really do embody that though haha. No gender, only aesthetic. I got extremely upset about this last night and I know it's something almost all of you on here will be able to relate to so I figured I'd mention it here. So I drew the main characters of Jersey Boy kissing and I was just over the moon about it because if you're an artist you KNOW kissing is hard but is incredibly rewarding to do well. Lemme tell y'all somthin', I had to erase this entire drawing like five times to get it right. It really didn't help that I was drawing most of it on the bus so it was so- friggin'- shaky- gah- *frustration noises* And then I realized that I couldn't gush about it to my parents because homophobia is a thing. When I first read the kiss scene in Jersey Boy, I read part of it aloud to my little sisters and they thought it was the cutest thing ever. But then my mom heard about it and she came down and gave me a lecture. It was especially painful because I've talked to my mom a lot and I really, really thought she was starting to be okay with it. But no, apparently when she kisses my dad in front of us that's not inappropriate, but two men kissing is s e x u a l. Like... Make it make sense. Make it make sense!
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  11. It's not you, unless you're as good of an actor as you are a guesser. Which I wouldn't put my money on. Edit: Legitimately the upvotes on this scare me more than anything else >>
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  12. After poking around their strange collection of objects for most of a day, J'aman voiced his own suspicion that Jariel was the killer, citing the fellow's partly empty flask of acid as a potential murder weapon along with a Korathi pendant tucked into Jariel's back pocket. An immediate impression filled J'aman and the other SPFers' minds that the accusation was incorrect, and the other folks refused to make their own voices heard. Whether this was due to an unwillingness to press forward so early into the investigation, or for more... nefarious reasons, remained to be seen. The Ja, sensing his communication had been successful, refocused his will in an attempt to give an extra clue to the Investigators. The effort exhausted him, but perhaps someone had received the message. xino, Cinnamon, Wiz, Bookwyrm, and Shining all failed to post in C1, and have been removed from the game. Xino has been replaced by @Whysper, so welcome her to the game! I'm waiting to hear from Stick and any other pinch hitters, but after a bit I'll announce any other pinch-hitters and where Accusation attempts have been redistributed to. Remember that removed players can still be Accused (and removed as the Witness). Spreadsheet The cycle will end at 5PM Eastern Time on Sunday the 19th! Oracle Clues: Player List:
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  13. feeling goofy, might do a full comprehensive look into all my writing projects. word count, motivation to do them, status reports on the progress of some of my favorites. might do this because it sounds fun. we'll see. keep an eye out though.
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  14. anyone feel like coming down to texas to watch me perform in my hilarious class play next wednesday? admission is free
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  15. Here's the report I mentioned in my most recent SU 5 hours ago. https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xDbEYChOhzTRnq4RWo3YPzVja1IS-O5FTgja-_A6Rw/edit#heading=h.joyd1utumnxm
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  16. Yeah. I also look at the most unlikely ways for something that I want to happen to happen, so that's a lot of what my reasons were thanks, that was fun
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  17. Okay. I'll concede this point. You argued it well, I think that there are a couple things that I could argue back, but i don't have a copy of TLM so if I do, that will have to wait. You clearly know a lot about that.
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  18. There are a few perks for kandras. They are immortal, can heal wounds (though less for poison/disease), muscle boosts, shape shifting (including to exotic bone arrangements) and don’t need to refuel by getting new metals. All of which can be done by any Kandra. I do believe that the Blessing of Potency only grants the strength boost from pewter, not balance and stuff. But maybe I’m biased because koloss. It does matter because pewter is among the best metals. But if you’re in the Cosmere, you can also be mind controlled by Ruin/Harmony and possibly Mistborn post Catacendre if you don’t have the Blessing of Stability I’ve flip flopped a bit on whether Feruchemist storing utterly sucks, especially in daily life. It was closer than I thought. All of the mental metals are good candidates plus F-Iron doesn’t really have drawbacks for storing. I also like F-Duralumin and F-Chromium. But I don’t really like any of the hybrid metals in Feruchemy. Even F-Gold may be less useful in daily life because you have to be sick and your average wounds/diseases could be fixed easier with A-Pewter. Meanwhile, A-Gold makes a good curiosity if nothing else. It may even be good for self reflection, like Miles does. Ultimately, I went for Mistborn, especially on Scadrial. True, Feruchemists do get plenty of more useful abilities and can put them on higher burn. But they also need to spend hours of feeling sucky and if they misjudge when to use their powers, they don’t get those back for a while. Mistborn have more freedom to spam their powers without really thinking about it. Not free, but far less cost. And A-Pewter is just so good for everything. But it was a difficult choice. I fully respect choosing Feruchemy, since you really can do better than a Mistborn if you have time and are willing to store.
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  19. Assuming the planet can't be put back exactly right, I think it'd be better to go too-cold than too-hot. It'd be way easier to adapt humans to an atmosphere somewhat richer in greenhouse gases than to Rashek's ash world. (If I could mess with the atmosphere at a molecular/atomic level, it might be possible to get away with no changes to humans at all, by creating relatively low toxicity, very strong greenhouse gases that are stable for 1000+ years ... like SF6.) There's way more outward room for error in the habitable zone than inward room (Mars is possibly technically in the habitable zone, it's just too small to remain habitable, possibly). I think that level of precision ought to be manageable.
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  20. The Ja felt the moment of death, knew the killer at once, and began channeling his energy into communicating to whoever might be sensitive to his powers. The SPF gathered together in a room, each having felt the Ja's efforts to clue them into the identity of the killer. They all had brought their assorted exotic weapons, Investiture, and other random knickknacks, which meant the room was rather crowded, in particular with somewhat dangerous objects. The Investigators set to work, eager to solve the crime and disband before something deadly was set loose. The game has fully begun! My clues are listed below, and you can also see them in the spreadsheet. Begin discussing, and anyone is now allowed to solve the crime. Just remember to @ me or it won't be counted. Cycle 2 will be posted at 5PM Eastern Time on Saturday! Link to Spreadsheet Oracle Clues: Player List:
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  21. [SPOILERS] As I was reading this book I began to wonder if there was going to be a Sanderlanche at the end, the book just seemed too laid back to have one. Then when we got to the moment where Tress sees the Crow's Song on the monitor I knew it had begun. I felt like I needed music to go along with it but I couldn't figure out what to choose. Then it cut back to the ship and Salay fighting the sea and Ann firing the cannon with Laggart aiming for her; I knew what music to play. 'He's A Pirate' from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies fits this moment so well. I highly recommend rereading it with the song playing.
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  22. I've occasionally seen posts asking about whether or not people would choose to be an Allomancer or a Feruchemist, or what other kind of magic user they'd like to be, but I haven't yet seen one for Kandra. But it seems like they have a lot going for them; they don't age (or hardly do, at least), they don't get sick, they can give themselves a perfect body- or pretty much any body (including non human ones) that they want so long as it conforms to physics, they can do neat things like turn off their pain receptors or graft flesh onto someone else to heal them, And to top it off they get a magical boon from their Blessings. So who wouldn't want to be a Kandra instead of a Mistborn, Feruchemist, or maybe even a Fullborn? Explanations of opinions welcomed.
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  23. I've been on the forums since August of 2022, i have just never posted. I have 4-5 friends on here that I know in real life (i cant remember if one of them is on here), except i don't know what their users are. woohoo! all imma say in case they see this is "seminary, "marmellow," and "giraffe." hopefully that's enough hints for them to figure out who I am
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  24. Yes. Cycle 2.5 Jounger Gerry's accusation rang throughout the hall, and it immediately resonated with the other Investigators. Several SPF members were dispatched to Roshar, and after a short while one of them returned, having found the deceased ravaged by a Highstorm, their discarded weapon blown to the ground beside them. The Investigators noticed that Jatrim had fled, but he would not be able to escape their justice for long. Congrats to @The Known Novel for correctly solving the crime! However, the Assassin and his Co-conspirators have one final chance to escape justice. In the next 24 hours they must correctly guess the identity of the Witness. @Matrim's Dice, your timer has begun, and will end at 9 PM Eastern Time tomorrow. Player List:
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  25. Just finished 19B! So Facepalm... I must betray you. I love Kevin. He's so sweet and nice
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  26. I play bass on my youth group's worship team, and earlier today my mom, who has her degree in music, was teaching me some things about chord progression and things like that. At one point, she was talking about First and Second Inversions for chords. I, of course, pointed out that the Second Inversion of a D chord (A, F#, D) should really just be called a backwards-D, because if you play the chord progressively, it's just a normal D chord (D, F#, A) but backwards. "No, no, that's not how that works. There's a specific terminology for everything in music." Yes mom I know that, but I want to be contrary today. She then proceeded to show me a the First Inversion of a D chord, which is F#, D, then A. I promptly called that the remix-D.
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  27. I'm not sure if gemheart damage would be definite death to a normal singer the way it is to a Fused (the Fused is basically a spren in the gemheart, except it's an invasive fatal possession rather than the normal spren-singer mutualistic symbiotic bond), but it'd definitely be very bad - the singer would lose their form (except maybe dullform) at the very least. Though an injury that deep would likely be life threatening anyway even if it didn't hit the gemheart, given that the gemheart of a singer is inside its sternum. A broken gemheart would kill the larger greatshells (like a chasmfiend) since they need the spren bond to keep from being crushed by their own weight. The function of a gemheart is to hold Stormlight and a bonded spren - a singer in mateform has a lifespren in their gemheart, a singer in workform has a gravitationspren in their gemheart, etc. Apparently they also resonate with Roshar's tones, from the WoB @alder24 posted above. A couple other gemheart WoBs Gemhearts are derived from minerals in the crem in Rosharan rain, and even small creatures without visible gems use similar chemistry: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/402/#e13335 https://wob.coppermind.net/events/88/#e756 (Syl's comment about "the heart of a beetle, so tiny yet powerful" might relate to these proto-gemhearts/not-quite-gemhearts?) Gemhearts are exceptionally chemically pure, more so than gems we'd mine on earth of "the same type" (like emeralds https://wob.coppermind.net/events/218/#e6625
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  28. I think that what we've seen of tin savantism has biased us towards the idea of losing a sense. I also think we need to acknowledge that we really don't fully understand what allomancy is or what it does. Take a-iron and a-steel, we say that they let you see the presence of and remotely affect metals, but that's not quite it. Kel describes what we've named "steelsight" as the sight of gods, and Wax believed while using the Bands of Mourning that he could use steelsight to see people's souls. Iron and steel may perhaps be better described as having the allomantic effect of allowing the physical portion of your soul to Connect with and influence the physical parts of other souls, the most obvious and common application being through metal, as metal seems to be the physical manifestation of certain spiritual ideals. But now I risk straying into wider Cosmere territory. My point is this, iron and steel savantism may not have much to do with steelsight or your ability to push and pull metals, but may have a deeper effect on the very soul of the savant.
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  29. So A mod was angered and randomness ensued Plus arguments about centaur genocide? Have i summed up the past 5 pages efficiently? Also what even is this topic for (Also chaos said that he edited the title, so im wondering what it was before the edit? If someone could enlighten me)
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  30. [OOC: Gotta love games with totally wild mechanics ] Edited to add: Yeah, I wouldn't completely rule out the Aon cases: We're not just looking to get into the mind of a killer, gentlespren. We're looking to get into the mind of one of the most Evil, most dangerous, bus-driving murderers in the whole of the splintered 17thShardsmere! We're trying to understand how Araris Valerian himself thinks; may God have mercy on our souls. Edited to add 2: @Amanuensis Question for you. Suppose the Location question is taken to be Evidence indicative rather than merely Method indicative. Does this change your view of what's possible? I could see Glow Paste or Hidden Message potentially re-entering in such a case.
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  31. Was going to post but waiting for someone - it's my lead option now actually. I have a bunch of yellows (maybes) but Acid is my main green. Jean-Guy muttered to himself and sipped his coffee. No Scene-of-Crime team. What the blazes was Silverlight playing at? What they did know came from the local Silverlight Oracle, who'd called himself the Ja. Back on Scadrial, the investigators would have set up a HQ and begun to work over the various leads. What they had were telepathic messages from the Ja, and Jean-Guy figured if that guy could put thoughts in his head, he could jolly well solve the bloody murder himself. "Fancy Investiture tricks," he muttered, disgruntled. No substitute for the proper hard work of asking the right questions and a good Scene-of-Crime team. Right. He pulled himself together and went over what the Ja had indicated. No point cursing out the kayana Silverlight people. There was a killer somewhere. Victim died completely naked, at noon, in a small hut or shack. Was engaged in religious worship at the time of death, and the victim's death was an accident, or, which Jean-Guy thought was far more likely, was made to look like an accident, which seemed to suggest that they were going to have a right headache trying to charge whoever it was with murder. Not his problem, though. His job was finding the killer in a way that could ensure some form of prosecution. Still, at least if they managed to prove the killer was trying to pass it off as an accident, that was mens rea down, cased closed, your Honour. Far as Jean-Guy was concerned, that sounded pretty good. As good as it got anyway when there was a murder. He sat down and wrote down what he knew in his notebook. A new notebook for each crime, that was the rule. Silverlight was lax, sure, but there was no sense in getting into bad habits. (Assumption 1): LOCATION is significant. [=It is significant that Araris chose Hut/Shack over 23 other options. This should instantly lead us to rule out options that are better suited to the marketplace/town square, to a safehouse, to an arena, the wilderness, or a battlefield. In my view, this removes most drowning-related options immediately. Similar for weapon-related options and Patji.] (Assumption 2): CAUSE of DEATH is significant. [=Araris would not pick a counterintuitive cause of death. Recall that Araris knows the Method and the Evidence selected by the Murderer. His job is to breadcrumb us towards getting it, within the rules of the game. I don't see Araris seeing poison and picking a contrived story with an accident without some factor, e.g. in the Evidence, forcing it. Similarly, I don't see Araris seeing something like a weapon and selecting accident instead of significant injury or bloodloss. The more contrived he gets, the more we struggle to get it.] (Assumption 3): NAKEDNESS should not be taken literally. [=Nakedness is a constrained choice - there are only so many options there, e.g. Bizarre, Neat, Untidy, Elegant, Shabby. I take Nakedness to loosely refer to anything from 'some clothing damage' to 'actually naked.' The fact we didn't get Untidy inclines me towards ruling out any Method that involves a scuffle between the victim and the murderer.] (Assumption 4): RELIGIOUS WORSHIP is a constrained choice. [=Similar reasoning to Assumption 3. I'm not as strong about this because I feel there's a decent chance that Nakedness and Religious Worship could point to the Evidence either being an article of clothing or religious in nature. That being said, again, there are only so many options, e.g. Feast, Trading, Social Visit, Assembly, Entertainment. I think the fact Araris didn't go for those allows us to rule out certain options like poisons (a shoo-in for Feast!) and wooden coins (don't feel as strongly about this but think that's a Trading shoo-in as well.) With these assumptions guiding him, Jean-Guy narrowed down some leads he reckoned should be investigated. Isolated Methods: Most Likely: Acid. Acid might cause clothing damage, though Jean-Guy was pretty sure the corpse itself would be in poor condition. Perhaps this was why Silverlight lacked a Scene-of-Crime team. Maybe: Aon Daa, Kandra Digestive Acids, Aon Ehe, Soulcasting, Steelrunning, Hemalurgic Spike, Highstorm, Fire, Aon Tia, Aimian, Essence Marks, Enhanced Strength, Midnight Essence, Lifeless Soldier, Mistwraith, Bloodsealing Of these, Jean-Guy hesitated on including the Aons, or Soulcasting, or Steelrunning, or Essence Marks. Midnight Essence and Lifeless felt like edge cases, but Jean-Guy couldn't really see a Lifeless-caused death, however accidental, taking place in a hut or a shack. Anything else that was remotely Invested seemed better classed as supernatural, rather than an accident. He'd tried similar restrictions to locate the key piece of evidence, but discovered there were just too many possibilities. Significantly, the known MOs were restricted to the following individuals: Jacob (Xino - Aon Daa, Kandra Digestive Acids), Jango (Wiz - Aon Ehe), Jariel (Striker - Acid), Jerome (Sart - Soulcasting), Jatrim (Mat - Steelrunning, Hemalurgic Spike, Highstorm), J'aman (Aman - Fire), Jello (Archer - Aon Tia), JJ (TJ - Aimian, Essence Marks, Enhanced Strength), Just Judge Jehoshaphat (Fifth - Midnight Essence), Jaculiferous Jack (Silho - Lifeless Soldier, Mistwraith), and Jorazh (Alpha - Bloodsealing.) The more Jean-Guy thought about it, he really wasn't sure. Methods such as Essence Marks seemed to be most intuitively supernatural, and yet he could plausibly imagine them being passed off as accidents. And he could not determine if that truly contravened Assumption 2; as a result, he left them in, despite indicating his uncertainty and his preference to focus on non-supernatural methods. Theoretically, the Ja should probably have realised there was some element of confusion there and accounted for it, which might be a strike against the notion of supernatural methods. Tabulating them against the results from evidence that could be classed as manmade, and restricting his table to only those he felt were fairly probable guesses, Jean-Guy scribbled: Assassin Method Key Evidence Xino Kandra Digestive Acids Horseshoes, False Beard Striker Acid Shu-Korath Pendant Mat Hemalurgic Spike, Highstorm Discarded Weapon Aman Fire Aluminium Ingots, Fancy Dress TJ Aimian, Enhanced Strength Musical Instrument, Wig Fifth Midnight Essence Wooden Coins, Aluminium Hat Silho Lifeless Soldier, Mistwraith Handkerchief, Uniform, Water Bottle, A'kar's Symbol The issue was, as far as Jean-Guy could tell, the combination of clues so far pointed towards Jariel (Striker.) Acid, as J'aman had pointed out, seemed to partly address some of their concerns, and the Shu-Korath pendant as evidence might explain why the victim had been found dead in the middle of religious worship. There were reasons Jean-Guy could give to discount a decent chunk of his table: Horsehoes and the False Beard were certainly manmade but gelled poorly with the idea of being in the middle of religious worship. This suggested there was a better fit somewhere. There wasn't really a clear connection between that element and Kandra Digestive Acids, either. For this reason, he was not so willing to suspect Jacob (Xino.) He felt that while the victim could have died to a Hemalurgic Spiking gone wrong, or to a Highstorm, the Discarded Weapon was a strange clue. To be sure, the rest of Jatrim's (Mat's) evidence items all appeared to be manmade apart from an atium bead, but they also better fit a Feast than religious worship. Fire was a method that appeared rather promising, but suffered from similar problems: the Aluminium Ingots pointed to Trading, while the Fancy Dress pointed to a Social Visit or a Feast, in Jean-Guy's eyes. An Aimian or Enhanced Strength might also have accidentally done for the victim, but the Musical Instrument was better placed for Entertainment or a Feast, and similarly for a Wig. It was just barely possible the Aluminium Hat might fit with a Religious ritual, but Wooden Coins seemed closer to a Social Visit, Entertainment, or Trading, and Jean-Guy reckoned he would favour an Assembly for the Aluminium Hat. No one was kayana enough to worship with aluminium, surely. Not even on Silverlight. Jean-Guy associated Lifeless Soldier and Mistwraith murders with other locations: battlefields and slums. A hut or a shack was a strange place. The evidence items too, with the exception of A'kar's Symbol, which was religious, appeared better suited for a Social Visit or a Feast. So yeah. That's where I am at right now. [OOC: Yes yes, hold your pants, Mr Ja Sir, I know, I am not making an Accusation right now, I am just laying out my case/thoughts ] Edited to add: [OOC: As I've indicated in Jean-Guy's thoughts, I'm in two minds about those. I can in general see them being passed off as accidents, but also feel that Araris has a more direct category for those, i.e. Supernatural cause of death. That being said, I could see something like edge cases like being killed by Midnight Essence, or Aon Tia dumping the victim someplace else. I'm leaning no for now until there's further clarity on the situation. I will say that I feel it is fairly clear in a number of cases that there are probably other reasons to discount them, e.g. Dakhor Ritual should've had Temple as the location - combined with Religious Worship, we would've gotten it off the bat. ]
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  32. That won't work. Earth's moon blocks only a small portion of sunlight during a solar eclipse and affects only a small region. You can't put a moon too close, because it will be ripped apart by tidal forces. And you have the power of Preservation, you can't create, you would have to take a portion of Scadrial and form a moon out of that. He didn't do anything to them, they were his "control" group in case he messed up humans with his genetic changes. And you are still outside the Goldilocks zone, oceans will boil.
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  33. I was a Utahn once.... Anyway, I would bring coconut curry chicken. We use apple cider vinegar. We don't usually use actual milk, either. The measurements are either a tablespoon or a teaspoon (I don't remember which; I think it's a teaspoon) per cup of milk.
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  34. Oh we've all been there my guy. (It's great for a password, ain't it?)
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  35. Kandra are AWESOME. I think the only downside to being a Kandra would be the immortality but, I think if my entire species was immortal I wouldn’t view it as negatively. I did have a hard time of it voting on the poll, trying to choose between full Feruchemist and Kandra because I love Feruchemy so much. I listed the pros and cons … and well Kandra won by a landslide.
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  36. YKYASW you just spent the last few minutes learning to pronounce and spell Numuhukumakiaki’aialumanor
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  37. Hah, this is embarrassing, y'all remember on Wednesday when I said I'd post a status update about my spring break on Monday? Well, I was extremely tired and forgot that I got home TODAY, not Monday. So, the moment you've been waiting for... (at least the moment Cinnamon has been waiting for, haha) For spring break this year, the school choir went on a tour to the southern USA. Over the past few days, I've been to Memphis, New Orleans, Gulf Shores, and Nashville. It was absolutely magical, you guys. (and also tiring Igottwohoursofsleeplastnighthahaha) I'll run down the highlights of what I did this last week, but definitely check out this photo album I made; y'all need to see the beauty of what I experienced. https://photos.app.goo.gl/7aNNWKUEMZjjC19w8 (hopefully the captions I spent time writing out show up for you) Saturday: Left Iowa at an ungodly hour of the morning to end up at the hotel around 10:00 PM. Naturally my roommates and I didn't go to sleep until past midnight. This would be the earliest we got to sleep. Sunday: Busiest day of the tour; I was NOT prepared to go through the emotional whiplash that was the Civil Right's Museum at the Lorraine Motel (which is the site of MLK's assassination.) Tears were shed. There's something about seeing a piece of history so perfectly preserved that is... Well, words escape me, so I'm going to go with "indescribable." After lunch, we headed to the Orpheum Theater to watch Ain't Too Proud: The Life & Times of the Temptations. Lemme tell y'all. I don't even like musical theater that much, and it was the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed humans do. The cast deserved their standing ovation a million times over. After visiting Sun Studios (which was pretty meh) we went on a riverboat cruise with a live band. I partied so friggin' hard (and did a little art on the side while I was resting). Monday: Saw Graceland (home of Elvis Presley). It was pretty and I'm glad I saw it, but eh. I hardly knew a lick about Elvis to begin with so it wasn't ridiculously impactful. Then we did a l o t of driving down to New Orleans, Louisiana and hunkered down for the night. Tuesday: Second favorite day of the tour, shopping in the French Quarter of New Orleans! For those of you who haven't been... Go. Please. I'm telling you. That city is literally the most magical thing in the world. I can just imagine a fantasy author like Brandon Sanderson going over the worldbuilding of that place. The history, the culture, the music, the architecture, the food, and plant life. I can't even. When we left dinner the night we got there, there was a friggin live jazz band blaring in the streets. I have to go back to that place and spend more than just a few hours exploring; I didn't have nearly enough time to satisfy my curiosity. At least I got beignets though; the wait in line for Cafe Du Mond and mountain of powdered sugar that got on my clothes was worth it! Wednesday: Best. Day. Ever. We traveled to Gulf Shores, Alabama and I was not prepared for the white sand beach, cloudless sky, majestic surf, and perfect spring weather. We buried each other in sand, stood in the waves, and looked for sea shells. And yet for as wonderful as that was, it didn't compare to the dolphin sunset cruise that followed. We fed the seagulls Cheetos, watched dolphins jump alongside the boat, witnessed the sky glow over the foamy wake behind the boat, and jammed to great music. Thursday/Friday: Mostly driving. Like... holy crap a lot of driving. We went from Gulf Shores up to Nashville for some dinner (and the food was amazing BTW) and a show at the Grand Ole Opry. I was... very pleasantly surprised by how awesome the Opry was. I am not a country fan by any means but dang guys, good music is good music. Say what you will about the genre, but I witnessed some of the most outstanding musicianship last night. And then we drove... Y'all we drove. After the Opry, we drove through the night and didn't arrive back home until 8:30. My lower back is VERY unhappy about the positions I attempted to sleep in. (in case you're wondering, the position that did get me my fitful two hours was with my back on the seat and my legs against the window.) So, yeah, I'll be getting to sleep as soon as possible. This trip was FAR from stress free, but the memories and new friends I made are priceless.
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  38. Immortality is underrated. That said, I rather like being human. As cool as Kandra are, I'm not sure I'd be willing to give up being human for their abilities. I tend towards full feruchemist. I just enjoy their power set more. A-tin and A-steel make mistborn tempting, but feruchemy has so many utility effects that I'd be using all the time that its hard to pass on.
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  39. No no, your idea has merit. It's definitely something worth considering, and isn't something everyone thinks about when they see a fictional character who is immortal. And actually, I agree with you in that immortality would not be all it's cracked up to be in most cases. If I were a high-Heightened Awakener, for example, I'd love to be youthful for one hundred years maybe, but without my loved ones sticking with me, things would go south quickly. Kandra do happen to have loved ones who stick around though, which is great. So personally, I think a Kandra's immortality is still nice.
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  40. Guys there is another loophole you have not thought about. Dalinar speaks of containing Odium which makes me think about the cold war. As we all know the USA and SU not being at war with each other did not lead to world peace. 1. Neutral countries like Shinovar (and the Honorblades..), are not mentioned in the contract. Conquering them is off limits. 2. The contract speaks of forbidding Odium to work against D. his allies and their kingdoms. But Odium is allowed to defend his allies. Therefore: if say a majority of Alethi princes rebelled, crowned their own, by rule of conquest legitimate king and went over to Odium on their own accord, Odium is allowed to defend them. (Remember House Sadeas, Queen Aesudan, Amaram, Moash, which were under Odium`s influence but you get my point). Todium can thereby win back the territories ceded to Dalinar in the contract in case he loses.
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  41. Insane cat profile picture!
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  42. funny, because stormlight archive is even slower. perhaps your tastes are changing, or perhaps you simply accepted to go through the slow parts as necessary preparation for the grand finale. I would like so much to comment on any of this, but I really can't think of anything to say that would not be spoiler.
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  43. That's exactly what was playing in my head when I got to that part!
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  44. I had this topic a while back: "Battle of champions. (I spent way too much time thinking about this topic, and here is the result)" This pretty much sums up my thoughts about a loophole: The weird thing about the setup of this battle is how relatively low the stakes are. No matter the outcome, Dalinar has already won. (Even Wit said that to Odium). The stakes basically are Alethkar, Herdas, and Dalinar’s soul. For us, the audience, the stakes are whether one of the heroes that we care about can die. When Taravangian took the shard, the stakes for Odium became even lower. His goal was always to save Roshar and now he basically has the power to end this war. For him, the outcome of this fight is even more meaningless than for Raise. The second weird thing is Taravangian-Odium thought about Raise being maneuvered into this deal: “The way to win was to make sure that, no matter the outcome, you were satisfied. Odium should never have entered a deal he could not absolutely control”. And literally the next sentence: “It can still be done”. And something about subtle possibilities. Both outcomes of the fight are unsatisfying for him. I think Taravangian really wants the same thing the Raise did: to be free of Honors restrictions. This is the outcome that he is looking for. Chapter Terms has this interesting bit: “What happens, Odium, if you break your word.” “Then the contract is void, and I am in your power. Same, but reversed, if you break the contract. You would be in my power, and the restrictions Honor placed upon me—chaining me to the Rosharan system and preventing me from using my powers on most individuals—would be void. But that is not going to happen, and I am not going to break my word. Because if I did, it would create a hole in my soul—which would let Cultivation kill me. I think this is the loophole that Odium will try to exploit. I see three possibilities here: 1) Dalinar refuses to become Fused (a very boring possibility) 2) Dalinar refuses to kill his opponent (child, Gavilar, etc). Terms are strict about the killing part. 3) Dalinar is not a champion but intervenes in the fight. The third option is the one I want to speculate on the most. Who will be Dalinar’s champion if not himself? I am leaning toward Adolin and Kaladin. Kaladin is Kaladin. He doesn’t need explanations. As for Adolin. Well, he is the best duelist. And from the narrative perspective, Adolin being chosen by Dalinar as his champion will be a very satisfying conclusion to their conflict: Adolin sees himself as not able to meet his father’s high standards. Dalinar choosing Adolin for the most important battle of this generation will be a powerful signal from his father that he sees him as a kinda cool son. But my bet will be on the fight between Adolin and Kaladin. Kaladin is Dalinar’s champion, and Adolin is Odium’s champion. That will explain why Dalinar is not fighting (not wanting to fight his own son). And this pair will allow for the same result: Dalinar will intervene if Kaladin will be on the verge of killing Adolin and vice versa. Why the hell Adolin will fight for Odium? It would have been a tough pill to swallow If Odium was Raise. Raise was the bad guy with bad intentions. But Taravangian can persuade Adolin that his father is the wrong party to support. And he can exploit the current shaky relationship between Adolin and Dalinar. The Evi part is painful and easy to use.
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  45. From the album: RP character doodles

    It's all of them not drawn to scale or even necessarily to their current ages. But there's a doodle of each of the eleven children. And since my handwriting is practically illegible... Top row left to right: Pry, Compile, Precious Second row left to right: Dawn, Light, Unity, Brethren, Warmer Bottom row left to right: Eon, Lineage, Freedom If anything, they were just fun to draw and finally have faces behind all of the names.
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  46. Nah, that's Kimmalyn.
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  47. I find this one funny.
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  49. From the album: Cosmere doodles

    Some character sketches.
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  50. Another "accident," eh? Sounds like we may have a serial killer. Or at the very least a copycat with a similar modus operandi. Time to start torturing people, I say.
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