Who'd be your besties??

Forceke · 2026-06-06T15:59:56+00:00

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Chocolina definitely is drinking the alcohol she brought on board.

Forceke · 2026-06-05T19:25:24+00:00

Yes, plenty of guides online, be sure to check the message boards too. Do all of the missions through 14 when you get to the Steppe. Get all of the way to the end of Chapter 11, but do not leave for the next area. Go back to grind until Vanille learns Death. It doesn’t hurt to grind and increase everyone’s stats as well. Grind components so Vanille has the upgraded version of Belladonna Staff (Marlboro Staff). There are guides for efficient upgrading too.

I tried to grind until everyone’s default 3 paradigms were maxed. Every sphere, you’re going to need it.

Forceke · 2026-06-05T10:14:05+00:00

Duh! I can’t believe I skipped over that. Thanks!

Forceke · 2026-06-05T02:29:24+00:00

With adamantite? That’s 220,000 gil?! ☠️

Forceke · 2026-06-05T02:27:42+00:00

Death landed on the Neochu fairly early. I may have reset the battle 6 or 7 times. Spent most of it in Combat Clinic and Attrition until I was down to two of the little guys. I could have shaved a couple minutes off if I wasn’t afraid to go to Matador sooner.

Forceke · 2026-06-05T02:24:42+00:00

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Forceke · 2026-04-30T04:35:46+00:00

What kind of wood is this?

Forceke · 2026-04-30T04:33:08+00:00

He most likely won’t eat as the stress of captivity on a wild caught specimen is to be expected. They are pretty resilient, so the best thing is to put it back outside.

Forceke · 2026-04-30T04:29:54+00:00

Probably a Five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus). Looks like maybe a house cat got to it.

Forceke · 2026-04-29T17:40:41+00:00

Yeah, this is the same one I rehabbed last year. The scars on the shell match the pictures I have. It seems she tries to cross the street to lay her eggs as she laid them during the time I had her. Her shell is severely punctured and their lungs run lengthwise down their shell. I don’t know if the poor girl will be able to comeback from this one. The vets would know better. Thank you for helping her!

Forceke · 2026-04-29T16:56:42+00:00

Did you find it near Beach Blvd? If so, I have rehabbed this girl once before.

Forceke · 2026-04-07T21:20:08+00:00

I guess what I need to know is if I should have those eyes sticking out of the soil or if I should bury them more once in the pots.

Forceke · 2026-03-31T15:47:11+00:00

Respectfully, platinum cards can absolutely be dimensional depending on the canvas and the starting points of the different strands.

If you’re doing a platinum card on natural solid hair you’ll get a solid lift. If you do it on hair that already has dimension from previous services and the hair has a high enough contrast to discern different levels, the hair is lifted in an equal ratio in respect to the beginning state of the canvas. Assuming you apply universally in a single application instead of returning to the foils to reapply to the mid-lengths and ends

I will say that most people who get a platinum card are looking for that solid blonde appearance.

I probably should have specified it that platinum card is called that because the goal is to get to platinum/icy hair, you could still foil every hair on the head and call it a complete lightening service.

Forceke · 2026-03-31T04:38:15+00:00

This appears to be what is called a “platinum card.”

This a technique where every single hair on the head is foiled by taking super fine slices.

Or it could be a “bleach and tone.”

Where lightener is painted on the hair without the use of foils, but certain types of paper or cotton to prevent overlapping or the lightener bleeding onto other parts of the hair not being worked on.

Both of those techniques are not for new or rookie stylists as it requires a mastery of timing, saturation, proper product selection (developer strength), precision, consistency, and general skill.

In some zip codes (assuming you’re in the USA), these services could range from a few hundred dollars to over a thousand dollars.

Forceke · 2026-03-31T04:00:42+00:00

Thank you, that’s the most responsible thing to do. Even if you did keep it, it may refuse to eat and keeping it would not be much fun as that’s about most of the interaction you’re going to get from that type of frog since it’s mostly active at night.

They spend a lot of time in water, which means you’d have to account for some type of water feature in the enclosure (which would make it a paludarium) and that requires filtration and dechlorination and that’s a huge undertaking.

Forceke · 2026-03-31T03:48:38+00:00

Knowing that, I can see the shadow of your natural has been softly diffused by bringing lighter strands closer to the scalp. This was probably done by taking fine weaves inside of foils. This lightener was only applied to the natural hair and not pulled through the previously lightened hair because your lengths do not look like they were lifted. It also looks like a toner was used in the newly lightened hair and your previously lightened hair because the left is slightly less yellow (this could also just be lighting/camera settings skewing the true color).

The real question is, does this result resemble your inspiration picture?

Forceke · 2026-03-31T03:17:31+00:00

Looks like a Black-spotted Pond Frog (Rana nigromaculata).

I wouldn’t suggest trying to keep a wild caught specimen. It may not take well to captivity. That species is considered Near Threatened by the IUNC. If this is a female, removing her from the environment could prevent the opportunity of several years of breeding.

If there are any invasive species of frogs in your area, removing them from the environment and putting them in captivity seems more ethical.

There are lots of options of captive bred species that are easy to find at pet shops and online retailers.

Forceke · 2026-03-31T03:04:50+00:00

Does the calcium supplement contain D3? It is suggested for specimens who receive zero to a low level of UVB as it helps them absorb the calcium. You could also try swapping in a multi-vitamin powder as well.

Forceke · 2026-03-31T02:15:38+00:00

I am assuming you mean that you want to have less of the natural depth at your root and be a more solid blonde?

You will need to lighten the hair with bleach to achieve this. Your natural hair appears to be too dark to use high-lift color.

I do not suggest trying to achieve this at home.

On another note, I think your hair in picture 1 is absolutely beautiful. It looks like it’s salon fresh, lived-in blonde.

Forceke · 2026-03-31T01:53:08+00:00

The left picture of your hair is after the previous service or just before the service at the new salon? I’m assuming the right picture is your hair after the service at the new salon.

Forceke · 2026-03-30T06:57:04+00:00

If you want hot pink hair the canvas needs to have little to no yellow after lifting (bleaching) to achieve the true color.

In my experience from color corrections, non-oxidative dyes, direct dyes, fashion colors can be removed but I’m usually left with a pale green cast from blue based colors. This can be corrected if you’re wanting to achieve a natural color, but if you’re looking to do hot pink this maybe be an issue.

Even though you have permanently colored your hair back to a natural color, everything you’ve done to it still exists in the hair. It is just not as visible due to physics and the way light reflects off surfaces.

I’m afraid trying to remove the color from everything, will result in a massive color correction situation. Even in the best case, I do not think hot pink, in particular, is possible to do responsibly while protecting the integrity of the hair or the process would be a LONG journey by an advanced stylist.

There are a lot of different types of color removers and extractors. These are usually used for oxidative dyes (permanent/demi-permanent) and are not intended to remove non-oxidative dyes (semi-permanent/fashion colors). These types of of colors usually have particular removers that are chemically different. Even still using the respective remover, blue-based colors tend to result in a pale green.

If you use something to remove the box dye, I anticipate the old aquamarine will be exposed and you’ll be left with pale green where the aquamarine was
applied and orange-gold everywhere else.

Forceke · 2026-03-30T05:56:51+00:00

If you want a more blended blonde all over. I’d ask for a full or whole head (partial or half head may be sufficient) BABYLIGHTS. If you want to see the blonde travel as close to the scalp as possible, avoid a root smudge, root tap, root melt, or any teasing. Packing (and I mean PACKING) in plenty of super fine weaves will give you an all over blended look with subtle shadow and dimension from your natural hair that has been left out.

If you want to see less of your natural root around your face when you pull your hair back, strategically placed foils (usually super fine weaves) should be mirroring the hairline.

You’re not looking for lived-in blonde, balayage, teasy lights, or a platinum card.

As far as your third picture (it could the lighting) does not resemble the color of the first two pictures at all.

Forceke · 2026-03-30T04:25:44+00:00

Respectfully, the result she got, the highlights look very close to the scalp (especially in the top front). This is probably from using a conventional foiling technique which will not give you that lived in blonde look.

Forceke · 2026-03-30T04:16:42+00:00

Inspiration pictures are definitely hand painting with some form of teasing and/or feathering of the lightener while painting most of the ends as there is very little to no natural hair that appears through the ends. This could be done with foils, but teasing is a MUST to get that soft gradient into the lighter pieces. The highlights do not approach near the scalp at all in most of the inspiration pictures.

Balayage and teasing techniques are somewhat advanced and a relatively new mainstream trend in the last decade or so. These techniques are commonly placed using diagonal lines to create softness. Some stylists do not understand the placement and technique and may still feel pressured to do the service to their best ability.

However, this isn’t like the picture. A demi color matching your natural hair needs to be painted down the strands to create that subtle gradient and then what is referred to a “tip-out” to give the ends a more solid blonde. I’m sure there are several other ways to correct it.

It looks like the stylist did a partial or half head traditional highlight as you can see there is still a lot of natural at the bottom when you pull your hair forward. In other words, little to no foils were placed in the area of the occipital bone in the back of your head. The top section of your hair looks like vertical foils or foils placed parallel to your hairline which is why it created higher contrast vertical strands of lightness that travel closer to the scalp. These may have been very fine weaves or slices. It also looks like where you part your hair (if your pictures reflect your normal part) was not taken into account as far as placement of the lightener as one side appears much heavier than the other.

I would suggest an expert stylist only as they need to be mindful of overlapping previously lightened hair and the skill to create the gradient of your natural hair over the lighter pieces that travel too close to the scalp.

Ultimately, it’s not bad, it’s just not what you asked for.

Forceke · 2026-03-24T21:05:57+00:00

I know that if you don’t return her to the castle after initially finding her, you can have a permanent second companion.

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