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𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

@AshganModest street lights from outside. The candles still lit inside the space where the therapy 'session' was. Cellphone lights. Other than that, there is no electricity in this particular building. You'd definitely see the creature, movement and silhouettes, but maybe not details of the flesh, eyes, or possible hair. And of course, you can hear it.

The emergency exit is at the opposite side of the hall, so it is not blocking a way out. It's no more than fifteen meters away from where the characters would exit the therapy session room.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

Looking to get us started this week. Some people might be in the character sheet process still, but it's no rush. Everyone does not have to be a 100% ready. The first parts of the story will concern a non-player character, Lucille, and her secluded settlement/monastery. She's the one who has located the Herald of Light, or so she believes.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

@AshganAh, logical. But I think we'll have to sort of assume that some things happen at the same time, even if posts are staggered. It's difficult to simulate 'surprise' in a play-by-post setting. It's easier in the traditional pen-and-paper setting when everyone is there at the same time.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@FetzenLooks good. Post it up in the character tab.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

Don't be scared now, kids. Think about how you're going to deal with this!

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@MegaOscarPwnYes. Our characters, this story, in this time, will begin in the same place.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

Update: Added @Terminal's 'Hecuba' to the creature section of Environment of the character tab.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@TerminalAbout Hecuba. Do you want to control her as a hostile encounter, a secondary character of sorts, maybe of chaotic allegiance? I'll list her under Environment details and monsters, but you can control her if you so desire.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@FetzenThe baseline of your character looks good. Go ahead with your adjustments, if any, and I'll look at it again.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@Nib@Torack@Grif of Hearts@MegaOscarPwn@Anders@TsarDev@Terminal@Dead Cruiser@Ashen One@Fetzen@Dusty@VeridianSeekerNew additions to the OOC. Posting them here as well along with tags. If I miss someone's tag, it's just because my mind is scattered. I do apologize. Let me know if there are any questions or if you want me to add more details.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘, 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚏𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚢𝚜𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙰𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕.

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 ‘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕’, 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊 ‘𝚑𝚢𝚖𝚗’ 𝚘𝚛 𝚊 ‘𝚑𝚎𝚡’ 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚟𝚒𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚢𝚖𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜. 𝙰𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚢𝚖𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎.

𝙷𝚢𝚖𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜. 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕. 𝙷𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗, 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜, 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚢𝚖𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚜.

𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚎: 𝙸𝚏 𝚊 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚘𝚛 ‘𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌’, 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎.

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝙸𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙳𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚑, 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍.

𝙾𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 ‘𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜' 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚜.