#3079

[max-the-many]

Exactly what he wanted. He just couldn't hide it...

[sleepsucks]

[thewertsearch]

Ooh, I'm loving this visual style. It feels even more Earthbound than when Karkat did it.

Anyway - whacha got for us, Vriska?

JOHN: for what? you mean… JOHN: that windy thing? did i actually do that somehow? VRISKA: Well, yes, you did. And I suppose congratul8tions are in order for that too. VRISKA: 8ut mostly, I am congratul8ting you…….. VRISKA: FOR GAINING ALL THE LEVELS!!!!!!!! ::::O

The Heir has tripped over the level cap, and can now accidentally cause a planetary cataclysm. Our protagonist, everyone!

However, it seems like he still has some more tripping to do. Some sort of bonus levelling system, I guess?

VRISKA: Yes. You are now ready to 8egin your ascent through the god tiers.

Apparently so.

This is probably why Future Dave considers him so uniquely accomplished. John's going to unlock a tier of power usually reserved for munchkins like Vriska - a tier which only the most competitive Players are even aware of.

VRISKA: The thing is, from this point on, you can't make any progress while you're awake. So you've got to get to sleep!

Sounds like the god tiers are only achievable with your Dream Self.

Rose's sacrificial plan will permanently lock her out of her full potential. Is she aware of this?

VRISKA: 8ut not just any 8oring old nap will do. You will need to go to sleep in a special 8ed. VRISKA: You must find your Quest 8ed, John.

A special bed, which presumably has some effect on the game's dreaming mechanics. Perhaps there's an area of the Medium we haven't seen yet - a third dream location, imperceptible from anywhere but the Quest Bed.

[manoelt-finisterrae]

máis aló non hai bosques

e póñome na fila dos brazos como un suspiro estas dúas mans onde os extremos distantes das veas son a forma e a escuma da túa pel despois raíz paisaxe aínda baixo o mar que é respiración e carne torque arrizado do amor sen ningún cabeiro dor das ondas cando son fazula de seda as mans os beizos as ás dos ollos de mañá todo é promesa e desexo

© Manoel T, 2022

[honjitsuno1mai]

#3079 ＠ 埼玉県和光市白子〜中央

[gr8writingtips]

writing tip #3079:

you really don’t have to be good as long as you can be noticed

[nicholassabalos]

World Warships….

NORTH ARABIAN SEA (November 17, 2020) -- Warships from the Royal Australian Navy, Indian Navy, United States Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sail in formation during an allied training exercise.

The training exercise was called Malabar 2020....an annual event since 2002. Here’s more of the group....as we zoom-out from the top photo. (If you look closely, you’ll see the tip of a submarine’s conning tower poking above the water, and leaving a wake, to the far left of the third photo above.)

Over a dozens ships, a submarine, multiple aircraft, and other naval assets from the four allied navies participated in the two-week-long event.

This alliance of Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean powers projects a unified maritime encirclement of China as the Communist regime continues its aggressive, and sometimes hostile, encroachment on vast regions of the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean.

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Serving as lead ships for the four participating navies (top photo....from top to bottom) and the insignia for each naval force working together in Malabar 2020:

>>Australia....HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) -- frigate

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>>India....INS Vikramaditya -- aircraft carrier; Indian Navy flagship

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>>United States....USS Nimitz (CVN 68) -- nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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>>Japan....JS Murasame (DD 101) -- destroyer

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>>CLICK on the photos for a closer look at this impressive naval force....

>>Top photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Keenan Daniels, USN; photos #2 & 3: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaud, USN

[every-tome]