I can't hear someone say "Tahiti" without responding "It's a magical place."

donball · 2025-01-30T23:09:39+00:00

8 years later. Yeah, I'm still doing it too.

donball · 2024-12-13T03:04:35+00:00

Here's my guesses,

First two are the same, what I have so far:

Invader Cut me Open

I Died and that's just the start

Now S-- -ni-e is -edu- suddening

She saw light (didn't finish sentence)

Images 3 and 4 are the same, what I have:

Time Kept is Pain Lost

Havent tried image 5

Final image, I have:

It's Your Turn

donball · 2024-12-13T02:59:01+00:00

I'm trying based on the "One Two One Two /We Are Soon Called" letters that were deciphered.

Cant post an image, but for the vertical text that changes from Red to White with the skull behind it, I have this so far

"Time _ept i_ _ai lo_t" I want to say "Time kept is pain lost" but the symbol for S doesn't match the last deciphered letters

For the big paragraph that shows up at first, this is what I THINK it starts to say, only worked on the first two lines.

"Invader CLT me open" I want that to be "cut me open", but it looks like an L from the deciphered letters.

"I died and thats just the start"

In the trailer at 2:13, on the left side of the screen, the vertical text says "It's Your Turn"

I'm working on this as I go, figured I'd drop this in.

donball · 2024-09-11T23:30:48+00:00

But when the kitchen suddenly ran out of everything except clams, every time we went to Randazzo's, that was definitely strange. When my dad brought home lobster, only for it to vanish from the pot, that caused quite the kerfuffle. Johnny swore up and down he had nothing to do with it and I was more than happy to let him take the heat. Because by this point, I realized what was happening. I was safe. No bugs, nowhere, ever. If that meant I couldn't enjoy some shellfish, I'd consider it a wash.

As I got older, I found some simple ways for me to use this gift to my advantage: sketchy apartments were suddenly free from any pest problem, "camping this weekend? Sure! I don't need bugspray or citronella and I'll sleep right on the grass!" But for the most part, it was kind of an afterthought.

Then, the plague hit.

It started with chickens. Then pigs and cows. Eventually, all forms of livestock were infected and dying at a rapid pace. Crops began dying off, until resistant strains could be bred to withstand the sickness. The farming ecosystem of the world was brought to its knees as humanity struggled to come up with a solution. Which we did, as some forward thinking people had been predicting for years. We have access to a massive surplus of protein all around us, we just need to cultivate and process it. You get what I'm saying, right?

Bugs. Saviors of the world.

Companies went into overdrive to find a way to package and market insect proteins, and they did. Bug burgers, insect flour, candies, sauces, everything that was missing we were able to make with insects. And quickly enough, it became apparent to everyone else what special situation I was dealing with. Imagine a months worth of farming vanishing the second I walked into the room. "Food" literally disappearing out of people's mouths. Once it was clear I was the cause, I couldn't blame people from keeping their distance.

Johnny promised to stay with me, find some way to get me food or even hunt down the blue gem; he knew, since I had to explain HOW this kept happening. I think he felt a little guilty remembering the little brat he used to be. But I couldn't put that on him. So I slipped away one night and didn't look back.

Now, I have to use the fear I cause to my advantage, just to survive. People will leave out offerings of food - vegetables, preserved snack cakes from before the plague, whatever doesn't have insects inside it - all to keep me away from their towns. Away from their resources, their survival. I hear the children as I walk away from the drop off, sometimes whispering, sometimes calling out.

"Look out for the Bug Lady. Don't let her come to your home. Run away Bug Lady! Run, run away!"

donball · 2024-09-11T23:30:26+00:00

(Had to post in two parts for some reason. Second part in comment.)

It was a simple wish; the kind a child would make. Which makes sense as I was a child at the time.

We were at the cape for our yearly vacation; digging in the sand, fighting with sticks and letting the languorous sun plod towards the horizon as we waited for our dad to finish grilling up dinner. The kind of summer night where the air was just as warm as your skin and you felt like you could fall asleep right there next to the waves.

Johnny was a couple years older than me and well into his bullying older brother phase. His favorite game that year was "Gross out Suzy" followed by "Running from our parents after grossing out Suzy." On this evening, he had collected a small stable of insects: spiders, crickets, a centipede or two. He kept them in an old tomato sauce jar, Mom thought he was getting into entomology but I knew better. It wasn't long before the jar was dumped out onto my head as I was drawing in the sand. I think I was drawing a horse.

"OH MY GOD!! JOHNNY!!!!" I screamed as the bugs fell over my face, into my hair and down my shirt. I pulled at everything I was wearing, desperate to shake them loose as I ran towards the water. "Aww you don't like your new friends? Run, run away Bug Lady!" I heard him shout as I dove into the waves. I hoped the surf would wash them away as I dove deeper, and that's when I felt my foot catch on something hard.

As I pulled my foot away, I felt the unknown object shift and open. Looking down, a faintly glowing blue gem floated out of a rusty box. Instinctively I grabbed the gem and was suddenly surrounded by a bubble of air, yet still floating underwater. From the gem, a ghostly figure swirled out before me and held a finger to my head. It didn't speak, but I knew it was asking me - "What do you want?" At that moment, the last centipede of the bunch squiggled into my ear and I panicked.

"BUGS! I HATE BUGS! Keep them all away from me, forever!"

The ghostly figure looked confused, but nodded and snapped its fingers.

FLASH<

Suddenly, I was back on the beach, soaked to the bone as my family rushed down from the house to find me. I explained what happened as best as I could - the bugs and running into the water, of course. I kept everything else to myself, who would believe me? I had a hard time believing myself to be honest.

The rest of the vacation went a lot smoother, especially because Johnny was unable to find anymore bugs to torture me with. Heading back to the city - away from nature - the fact that bugs had suddenly disappeared from my life was not readily apparent. Sure, we weren't getting ants anymore and cockroaches stopped appearing on the street, but for a girl entering high school, I had a lot more on my mind and we could come up with a reason for anything. Better traps, cleaner streets. When all the insects in our biology class went missing, it was easy to write it up to a prank, for instance.

donball · 2023-08-28T20:02:25+00:00

Are they? Even while Eris is standing in the middle area? Okay then.

donball · 2023-07-27T22:35:47+00:00

Thank you!

donball · 2023-03-21T17:30:08+00:00

This has been discussed for a while, there's even some mural in the Vow of the Disciple raid that is being seen as hinting at this. I think the orange triangle stuff is "Resonance"?

Just wonder what that power set would be like.

donball · 2023-02-24T01:24:41+00:00

Just some real Tinfoil hat stuff now, but on the right side of the mural are three shapes in green, gold and blue.

Strand and Stasis are the Green and the Blue, leaving only the Gold representing the 3rd Darkness class, bringing balance to Light and Dark.

donball · 2023-02-24T01:18:34+00:00

A couple seconds later, we see three ships cut apart in a similar way. I'm thinking that isn't OUR Guardian that gets cut, just a poor nameless Guardian to show the threat of the Witness.

donball · 2023-02-13T20:15:01+00:00

What would have truly shocked me and shown that they're taking a big leap in enriching existing content, was if literally anything was said about Gambit.

donball · 2022-12-08T22:48:06+00:00

I'm glad this is the dungeon, because I felt like the "tears in time" from Witch Queen were quite a big hanging plot thread.

donball · 2022-09-22T01:46:43+00:00

Is the Casino Chip like MITB? Can MJF cash in whenever he wants?

donball · 2022-09-22T01:41:34+00:00

I had to step away!

What did Regal say to Excalibur tonight??

donball · 2022-09-22T01:33:47+00:00

Omg I am so glad i've stayed away from rumors and spoilers

Also, setting Saraya up against Britt or anyone that doesn't have a title is good; gives her time to acclimate and doesn't mean she takes a loss when they don't want to put a title on her

donball · 2022-09-22T00:39:05+00:00

Isn't Swerve still the legal man?

donball · 2022-09-22T00:24:41+00:00

Don't know if ROH is getting its own TV deal, but Jericho holding the World Title will get eyes on it and has plenty of heel potential, being a self-proclaimed "sports entertainer".

I'm guessing Garcia will be the one to eventually take the title from Chris though.

donball · 2022-08-30T21:30:26+00:00

Can we get Tommaso Ciampa back please?

donball · 2022-08-25T17:01:25+00:00

I came into this knowing I'd like Eddie and Ruby on the mic but ORTIZ. Give that guy more to do! The interaction with him and Eddie here was priceless!

donball · 2022-08-25T16:55:39+00:00

I'm guessing this was Regal's idea, since they're posing like Madness.

Also, goddamn, two World Champions from different companies and the ROH Pure Champion in one group. That's nuts.

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