M, 33, 73kg Result: 01:26:xx
A: 1:29:59 B: 1:31:59 C: 1:34:59
Background: I've a decent background playing sports since I was kid, and competed in athletics/track up until my late teens in long sprints (400-800m) as I preferred the training despite always having a tendency to do better aerobically in training. I generally kept in shape during my 20s, and had a few spells of getting back in competitive shape for 400m, but always ended up getting injured which would put me out for months at a time and going back to square one. I have a tendency to over-do things which probably contributed to that cycle in hindsight!
During covid I started getting into distance running consistently as a way to spend time outside, but again was hit by the typical new distance runner injuries a few months in from doing too much too soon. Shin splints, and achilles tendinopathy x2. I do not recommend either! I ran a few 5k Park Runs when that became possible and got into the low 19min range fairly quickly before injury hit again.
So, starting from scratch again last October after the better part of 2 years of an incredibly frustrating training->injury->back-to-square-one cycle, this time around I have been very careful about pacing and recovery and lo and behold that's resulted in my longest stretch of injury-free training in years. Funny that, eh?
My training in the lead up to my first ever HM was 90% easy running with a focus on increasing volume towards a target of a trail Ultra (46km) in June (this coming weekend!!) I deliberately avoided doing much in the way of tempo/intervals and just added strides once a week as a way to keep in touch with true speed. The HM was a nice mini-target a few months into my training to see where I was at. Given I had barely done any work at speed I had no idea what I was capable of over HM, and especially given the course was famously hilly (c 250m elevation gain) but having done a 5km on a tough course a few weeks before in 19:25, I decided to have a crack at sub 90 but wasn't very confident I would get it. Volume was up to 50-70km depending on the week, with 5-6.5hrs time on feet and running on 5 or 6 days.
Pre-race: The race itself was fantastic, with an unbelievably scenic route and extremely well organised with shuttle buses to the start in the tiny village of Leenane from a few pre-appointed parking areas. The weather was extremely good for the West of Ireland in April, with clear skies and temps up to 16°C+ in the sun.
I lined up towards the front with the 1:30 pacers and asked what their pacing plan was, as I had pre-loaded targets for a slight neg split on my watch to try avoid blowing up too much. They said they were planning on banking some time in the first half as the route had a big hill from 16-18.5km and would definitely slow people. I'm glad I made the call on the spot to go with them as it turned out to be a good decision. Atmosphere was very positive at the start line, and I felt a good sense of conraderie that I'd never experieneced in my years running track.
The Race: The start gun went boom-boom, we were underway, and about 30 athletes took off ahead of my pace group as we navigated the short downhill through the village before turning left into a decently long climb out of Leenane and into the wilds of Connemara. I felt like I was working to keep up in the first couple k's but HR was OK and I stayed with it.
3-5k's in and I was feeling much better, up at the front of the pace group and in control as we rolled through undulating short climbs and downhills into the middle section of the race. There was plenty of encouragement from the two pacers and we had a nice group of 10-15 working together.
5-10k and I was feeling great. I took at gel at 30mins in with one spare for the hour mark. I noticed I was taking time out of everyone else on the downhills, something I had been working on in my training but it was good to see it in action without any effort.
Around the halfway point the group was down to 3 plus the lead pacer and we were 3mins ahead of target. The pacer at this point dropped back to try help some of the others who needed more help and the three of us started working together. There were some lovely views during the third quarter of the course and I made sure to take on water at the aid stations. Soon it was just me and one other dude working together, we were both feeling strong and we had started picking off people who were struggling to stay with their early pace. It was around this point I made the mistake of not taking my second gel as I was feeling great and I decided I didn't need it.
At around 16k we hit the big daddy climb and it did not disappoint! I was starting to work harder and the pace dropped a little but we were still well under target pace. I was confident now that I was going to smash my targets. 17k, still climbing and we passed a photographer on the road. I knew he picked that spot because of the stunning views but I doubt if many runners were looking their best at that point in the race, least of all me. Nevertheless, onwards and upwards, still passing runners. Then all of a sudden, just as we were about to crest the peak I felt a twang in my right hammer and then a full blown cramp. Shot by a sniper. Sht sht, double-sh*t!! I pulled up, let my comrade go and stretched it out. I don't know how much time I was stopped for but it must have been at least 30s before I shuffled tentatively onwards, adjusting my stride to a flat or kind of heel-strike motion to change up the firing pattern on my stricken hammer. Thankfully I was soon over the top of the hill and was able to cruise into the long downhill before the final 2.5km flat to the finish-line at Maam Cross.
Luckily that was the end of the cramping and I managed to not get passed by any of the runners I had previously overtaken, in fact I finished strong and passed a couple more runners, while being cheered on by a few groups of people on the roadside. Once I had the finish line in sight I pushed as much as I had left and saw the clock just hit 1:26 as I approached, elated.
Official finish time low 1:26 and inside the top 15 finishers in a field of over 1000, which I was absolutely over the moon with. Absolutely smashed it. I got chatting to the guy who I'd run with up until the cramp and he'd done sub 3 in the marathon before but had gone conservative here due to the hilly course. He was training for sub 2:50 in October so I took a lot of encouragement from being able to hang with him for so long.
Overall it was a fantastic experience for me and a race I will 100% return to.
Post-race and next steps: Next up for me is my A-race Ultra (well, mini-ultra). My training has been fairly consistent since this HM at the end of April but if anything my average volume has gone down a little. Despite that, I'm feeling very positive heading into the weekend and don't have any running commitments immediately afterwards. The immediate focus will be some down time before I pick the training up again in the second half of July and probably work towards a sub 80 HM. I think I have it in me to bridge that gap but will require some more dedicated training at goal paces.
Thanks to anyone who read this far, it ended up being a bit of a monster!

Period: 39.89 days

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65. Ok_Rice4694 (365 points, 125 comments)
66. Ok_Proposal_9149 (349 points, 13 comments)
67. ADITYA290804 (343 points, 60 comments)
68. sezonthebeat (340 points, 7 comments)
69. ken_kaneki07 (334 points, 40 comments)
70. Avinash_Paryani (329 points, 33 comments)
71. aryaannnn (325 points, 35 comments)
72. lujolka (322 points, 59 comments)
73. kshmrmusic (319 points, 3 comments)
74. No_Raspberry_9514 (316 points, 15 comments)
75. Tanish1308 (315 points, 18 comments)
76. Usual_Release_6134 (314 points, 19 comments)
77. itzSKIT (312 points, 44 comments)
78. Grizzlyrang (303 points, 78 comments)
79. Archiet_Tanwar (299 points, 58 comments)
80. Puneet_7164 (295 points, 18 comments)
81. Weak_Comfortable1844 (284 points, 14 comments)
82. Parkour_daredevil (283 points, 28 comments)
83. rewanshh (282 points, 35 comments)
84. Zealousideal-Ask-538 (281 points, 19 comments)
85. Lit_Extreme05 (277 points, 28 comments)
86. Harsha_Bhosde (275 points, 11 comments)
87. Fuzzy-Woodpecker-673 (273 points, 15 comments)
88. suckurmoda (272 points, 65 comments)
89. en1_gma (266 points, 62 comments)
90. CoolnamePanda (266 points, 46 comments)
91. Andhainsaan (256 points, 34 comments)
92. No_Boat_3622 (252 points, 48 comments)
93. Y0han_liebert (248 points, 29 comments)
94. slashinghunter45 (245 points, 15 comments)
95. ___sohammmm (240 points, 17 comments)
96. Actual-Honeydew-4109 (239 points, 32 comments)
97. pratap_10 (232 points, 28 comments)
98. Accomplished_Path233 (228 points, 16 comments)
99. Impressive_Camera173 (228 points, 8 comments)
100. venix124 (227 points, 56 comments)
101. dexter2503 (227 points, 30 comments)
102. v1ntag33 (222 points, 10 comments)
103. Sure_Good_3807 (221 points, 18 comments)
104. 9ighteye (220 points, 26 comments)
105. Lamb_Shiftquantum (217 points, 35 comments)
106. vp1593 (216 points, 42 comments)
107. XXTALKSICK (212 points, 87 comments)
108. YakLost2632 (202 points, 14 comments)
109. okk_123 (197 points, 17 comments)
110. Affectionate-Bad3670 (195 points, 31 comments)
111. shoot-a-lot (194 points, 11 comments)
112. killerscradle (191 points, 44 comments)
113. dam2o (191 points, 21 comments)
114. Cyranizzyyy (189 points, 41 comments)
115. Otherwise_Pace_1133 (189 points, 32 comments)
116. Industry-Beautiful (188 points, 30 comments)
117. youngboypain (188 points, 9 comments)
118. Known_Assumption_383 (186 points, 26 comments)
119. Iyushy00 (185 points, 41 comments)
120. Bhutiya_Memer (185 points, 27 comments)
121. TraditionalArticle88 (185 points, 19 comments)
122. Careless_Landscape45 (183 points, 53 comments)
123. Solid_Phase9878 (183 points, 6 comments)
124. oichu (182 points, 12 comments)
125. obscure-reality (181 points, 39 comments)
126. Hungry-Grocery-2646 (181 points, 11 comments)
127. pawan270319999 (178 points, 14 comments)
128. whatever_his_name_is (177 points, 21 comments)
129. BluEsCREwer (175 points, 32 comments)
130. BIG_P0PPA_ (172 points, 57 comments)
131. Big-Thanks7910 (172 points, 44 comments)
132. Ill_BLOGGER_633 (172 points, 30 comments)
133. Affectionate_Tune203 (170 points, 19 comments)
134. Fit_Neighborhood6332 (170 points, 15 comments)
135. Xomet (169 points, 8 comments)
136. MysteriousCup1836 (163 points, 14 comments)
137. belikepac (163 points, 11 comments)
138. Additional-Peak-1755 (162 points, 60 comments)
139. Glum-Highway-7403 (161 points, 43 comments)
140. Guilty_Surprise5534 (161 points, 28 comments)
141. shutupmatsuda (159 points, 29 comments)
142. I_Am_Useless_1 (158 points, 39 comments)
143. rittesh1234 (156 points, 16 comments)
144. Scary_Career_6081 (153 points, 31 comments)
145. N-o-va (152 points, 38 comments)
146. Every_Cauliflower_98 (152 points, 31 comments)
147. ChutiyaChutney420 (150 points, 19 comments)
148. MysteriousBicycle577 (149 points, 26 comments)
149. Few_Satisfaction8170 (149 points, 15 comments)
150. Appropriate-Bird6642 (148 points, 12 comments)
151. spacemonkey___ (147 points, 12 comments)
152. BhargavK_18 (146 points, 19 comments)
153. enough_cheesE (145 points, 16 comments)
154. 2ded4u (145 points, 12 comments)
155. organic_mineral (144 points, 10 comments)
156. io866 (143 points, 21 comments)
157. tangrikebab (142 points, 5 comments)
158. AN-Rexxx (141 points, 20 comments)
159. lying_hips (140 points, 8 comments)
160. ZealousidealChange11 (139 points, 23 comments)
161. Low_Apartment_3911 (137 points, 36 comments)
162. tatakaealways (135 points, 36 comments)
163. WarmRelationship8483 (135 points, 17 comments)
164. Shivy0999 (134 points, 42 comments)
165. r0cks33n9915 (134 points, 36 comments)
166. JaiJai011 (134 points, 8 comments)
167. an0nym0us_buddy (134 points, 3 comments)
168. nuanshed (133 points, 10 comments)
169. EconomyAd4071 (131 points, 8 comments)
170. Vast-Professional-82 (131 points, 6 comments)
171. dedlife18 (130 points, 45 comments)
172. Ok-Tonight-8723 (129 points, 17 comments)
173. fuddhu (129 points, 9 comments)
174. LordJ92 (128 points, 17 comments)
175. REALISMONPEAK (126 points, 35 comments)
176. imdumb_sike (126 points, 17 comments)
177. The-Volumee (125 points, 23 comments)
178. Beginning-Kick1946 (125 points, 17 comments)
179. Substantial_Spare345 (125 points, 4 comments)
180. Aarav_Parmar (123 points, 31 comments)
181. rnt7520 (123 points, 29 comments)
182. paranoidnotandroid14 (123 points, 12 comments)
183. GreenCucumber1677 (122 points, 24 comments)
184. Amriteshgautam (121 points, 5 comments)
185. Easy-Repair-3614 (120 points, 18 comments)
186. Actual_Employment_89 (120 points, 12 comments)
187. sirtansejuda (117 points, 14 comments)
188. aryan_gami (116 points, 41 comments)
189. frikuser (116 points, 22 comments)
190. padh_le_beta (116 points, 18 comments)
191. Gusion- (116 points, 15 comments)
192. Ancient_Scientist_04 (116 points, 7 comments)
193. fatherless_milf (115 points, 20 comments)
194. MIHIR1112 (115 points, 9 comments)
195. Agitated-Detail1466 (115 points, 5 comments)
196. NightAxeblad3 (114 points, 23 comments)
197. abhinavred123 (114 points, 11 comments)
198. dark_king_2002 (113 points, 23 comments)
199. Mammoth_Attention_73 (112 points, 14 comments)
200. relevant_juniper (111 points, 22 comments)

Top Submissions

1. Iconic photos of Desi hip-hop. by adolf-dumblewhore (451 points, 124 comments)
2. Haath Varti - Kshmr X Mc Stan Out this Friday by ___sohammmm (354 points, 76 comments)
3. 101% THE BIGGEST!! by GodKodse (323 points, 72 comments)
4. KARMA - YOUNG GALEECH by M_A_G_M_A (302 points, 274 comments)
5. Two Tone extended version coming soon ft. Talhah Yunus by Puzzleheaded-Act-10 (290 points, 27 comments)
6. youngest Indian to feature on Billboard by lolxdmekaisemaanlu (256 points, 47 comments)
7. Chaar Diwari Moshpit at Pune by Every_Cauliflower_98 (238 points, 30 comments)
8. Encore abj freestyling on his live today (01/05/2023) by bucck2929 (233 points, 54 comments)
9. Using AI to make Eminem sing KR$NA's verse in Overdrive by Tusharr7 (227 points, 41 comments)
10. Yungsta Has Revealed Meen's Artwork by MrKayPavlov (215 points, 35 comments)

Top Comments

1. 250 points: Harsha_Bhosde's comment in I'm convinced
2. 233 points: ankubhagat's comment in KARMA - YOUNG GALEECH
3. 210 points: kshmrmusic's comment in MC STAN, KSHMR, Phenom - Haath Varthi
4. 184 points: Exotic_Phone2651's comment in Karma - How To Tame Your Beast
5. 177 points: GantaiREAPER's comment in KARMA - YOUNG GALEECH
6. 169 points: anujmaral12's comment in Young Stunners - TWO TONE
7. 166 points: Anxious-Progress3480's comment in Young Galib - Kulfa-Kar-Ma
8. 163 points: PuzzleheadedCan4466's comment in Why is no one talking about this?
9. 145 points: slashinghunter45's comment in Ikka announces the release of “RAPMAN” in collaboration with Raj Comics.
10. 144 points: Final-Sample-'s comment in KARMA - YOUNG GALEECH

Generated with BBoe's Subreddit Stats

Company Name	Title	City
Cargill	Batcher	Dodge City
Cargill	Maintenance Mechanic	Dodge City
Cargill	Production Worker	Dodge City
Precoa	Funeral Sales Representative	Fredionia
Cargill	Batcher	Garden City
Cargill	Food Processor	Garden City
Cargill	Production Worker	Garden City
Cargill	General Production: $2,500 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus	Hanston
Cargill	General Production	Hanston
Cargill	Food Processor	Hanston
Cargill	Production Worker	Holcomb
Cargill	Food Processor	Holcomb
Cargill	Food Processor	Jetmore
Cargill	Poultry Processor	Jetmore
Cargill	General Production: $2,500 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus	Jetmore
INSPYR Solutions	Security Installation Technician	Lenexa
INSPYR Solutions	Security Service Installation	Lenexa
Belfor	Carpenter	Overland Park
Cargill	Maintenance Mechanic	Spearville
Strategic Staffing Solutions	IT Asset Management Support I	Topeka
CNH Industrial	Production Manager Final Assembly	Wichita
Pizza Hut	FOH Manager	Abilene
Pizza Hut	Shift Manager	Abilene
Pizza Hut	Food Service Manager	Abilene
Pizza Hut	Shift Manager	Chapman

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So what‘s your thoughts on publishers running the same game campaign on two different crowdfunding platforms?
This is not about projects that use a pledge manager on another site (KS then GF for PM). This is about funding a game twice back to back for more money. It’s already a thing for funding other language editions, but this is a first for the exact same game within days for the 1st campaign.
Imo it feels like they really are using crowdfunding as a preorder system. Especially if they overfunded on the 1st and the 2nd is for the sake of getting more money. I worry this will start a trend of publishers doing this more regularly. It also locks backers into commenting on one platform and makes it harder to share info between backers.
Edit: added some other thoughts that came to mind:
What the consequences of this as a new trend? Will we be seeing more campaigns fail to reach their goals because the first contains the true minimum goal and backers wait until their preferred platform is available.
Or will they potentially underfund because publisher start to bank on their 2nd or 3rd campaign meeting the total minimum goal over the multiple campaigns because divided backing across platforms makes it difficult to meet the minimum funding amount on just one of the platforms.

Hi all,
I've backed a few games on Kickstarter and Gamefound. However, I noticed one of the games I backed was on both platforms. I was wondering if this was common in crowdfunding, it's the first I've seen. I looked at my bank statements but only saw one charge. But I have a order id in bot KS and GF. I sent a message through Kickstarter a few weeks ago but haven't got a response. Is there a chance this will be two separate orders?
Thanks for any help!

Company Name	Title	City
HealthMarkets	Insurance Agent	Colwich
HealthMarkets	Insurance Agent	Derby
Cargill	Batcher	Dodge City
Cargill	Conveyor Operator	Dodge City
Cargill	Maintenance Mechanic	Dodge City
Cargill	Production Worker	Garden City
Cargill	Batcher	Garden City
Cargill	Food Processor	Garden City
Cargill	General Production: $2,500 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus	Hanston
Cargill	Food Processor	Hanston
Cargill	General Production	Hanston
Cargill	Food Processor	Holcomb
Cargill	Production Worker	Holcomb
Cargill	Poultry Processor	Jetmore
Cargill	General Production: $2,500 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus	Jetmore
Cargill	Batcher	Jetmore
Cargill	Maintenance Mechanic	Spearville
HealthMarkets	Insurance Agent	Valley Center
HealthMarkets	Healthcare Benefit Provider	Wichita
Pizza Hut	FOH Manager	Abilene
Pizza Hut	Shift Manager	Abilene
Pizza Hut	Food Service Manager	Abilene
Holiday Resorts	Occupational Therapist	Americus
Holiday Resorts	RN- Charge Nurse	Americus
Holiday Resorts	COTA	Americus

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I am currently trying to get a public trust clearance. When I submitted my eqip, I disclosed this: that my taxes were late due to being rejected. I filed by mail. Well, they aren't actually late. I explained to him multiple times that neither state were filed late. Just the returns got rejected and I filed by mail.
Now he wants proof that aren't late (which is fine) but he wants proof they were resubmitted to both states (also fine) but wants it by June 6th. I lost my receipt from the post office and my returns are not confirmed as received on either state's DOR sites. My guess is my returns are in but not processed (they have not been returned to me so I assume they are at the correct location). KS explicitly told me that mailed returns would take 14-16 weeks to process.
I am all out of moves. The only thing left to do is let it fail and appeal. I just feel thoroughly fucked over by this entire process because I had applied for a similar position earlier this year and the first company never started the background check for me. I applied for this current position because it was similar but the job posting never mentioned a clearance being required.
Edit: I went to the post office to see if I could get my receipt reprinted. Clerk said it only goes back 21 days. The only other proof I can offer up is my bank statement from April. Unless the DOR from both states update with confirmation soon. I ain't got nothing.
Edit 2: After detailing again why I had to mail my taxes, the documentation that the investigator asked for got waived. I will never get a receipt from the post office and not take a picture of it again. Because this has been crazy stressful.

Last cycle: 519-522 MCAT 3.9x GPA, IL/Midwest ORM, public state school
400 hours clinical (CNA @ nursing home, volunteering @ free health screenings)
1800 hours research wet lab (1 pub, 1 poster)
400 hours volunteering (tutoring at elementary schools, spreading awareness about vaccines)
1 leadership role org
No IAs/red flags
Applied Jun 25, submitted secondaries early through late August to 29 MDs (hurt me a lot probably). School list wasn't top heavy but included some OOS-unfriendly public schools that I probably didn't have much chance to begin with.
Result: 6 II -> 5 WLs
This cycle, I have added
400 hours research (3 posters, senior thesis, 1 award, 1 leadership position)
80 hours clinical volunteering
100 hours volunteering (food bank, tutoring)
100 hours shadowing
2000 hours clinical anticipated (PCT @ large hospital)
Reworked personal statement
Will submit by first week Hoping to complete all secondaries by end of July
This time, will apply to 45ish MDs (also 8ish DOs but will decide those later):
Umissori Kansas City, MO
UIC
Northwestern
SLU
Rosalind franklin
Carle
UChicago
Mayo clinic
SIU
Wayne State
Hofstra
Albert Einstein
USF Morsani
Iowa
Loyola
Wmed
Creighton
URochester
WashU
Kaiser Permanente
Uminnesota
Cincinatti
Case Western
Umich
Icahn
Pitt
Stony Brook University
Vanderbilt
UVA
Ukansas, Kansas City, KS
UNebraska COM Omaha
Wisconsin School of Public health
Tulane
Duke
Rush
Uarizona Pheonix
UCLA
USC/Keck
Cornell
Stanford
NE Ohio Medical University
Ohio State
Umissouri Columbia, MO
Medical college of Wisconsin
Thomas Jefferson
BostonU
Oakland Beaumont
​
Thank you for the help. Much appreciated!

The year is 2004, I Mahatma I and 3 hit u is the pinnacle of top tier pking. Get some good rng on the whip hits, then 4 click the spec bar to dds that noob out. sit nerd.
Watching all these new BH videos, its clear that glory days are back.
All you gotta do is pray to rng-sus to bless your whip, then click that spec bar. If your fingers are getting a little tired from having to click 4 times with the VLS, don't worry. Just whip out the Voidwaker so you only have to click twice to get that sweet, sweet KO. Bank the spade then head back out.
We did it everyone. The glory days are back.

• Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023
• Websites: Website; Wiki
• Date: 29th May - 4th June
• Prize Pool: $250,000
• Streams: Twitch.tv
• Hosts: James "BanKs" Banks, Freya "Freya" Spiers
• On-Air Team: Anders "Anders" Blume, Mike "DarfMike" Winnick, Adam "Dinko" Hawthorne, Alex "Hawka" Hawkins, Henry "HenryG" Greer, James "JZFB" Bardolph, Alex "Machine" Richardson, Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez, Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg, Jason "moses" O'Toole, Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Tres "stunna" Saranthus, Janko "YNk" Paunović
• Format: Group Stage: Two double-elimination format groups, each group has eight teams, opening matches are Bo1, all following matches are Bo3; Playoffs: single-elimination bracket, all matches are Bo3
• Teams: 9z Team - 9z ; Astralis - AST ; Cloud9 - C9 ; Complexity - COL ; ENCE eSports - ENCE ; Evil Geniuses - EG ; FaZe Clan - FaZe ; Fnatic - FNC ; FURIA Esports - FURIA ; G2 Esports - G2 ; Grayhound Gaming - GHG ; Heroic - Heroic ; MOUZ - MOUZ ; Nouns Esports - Nouns ; OG - OG ; Team Liquid - TL

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Group Stage, Day 1, Monday - May 29th

• Quarterfinals

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
A	Inferno	G2	vs	Nouns	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
B	Inferno	FURIA	vs	OG	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
C	Mirage	Heroic	vs	9z	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
D	Nuke	FNC	vs	MOUZ	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
E	Mirage	FaZe	vs	EG	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
F	Nuke	ENCE	vs	COL	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
G	Overpass	TL	vs	AST	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
H	Ancient	C9	vs	GHG	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

• Semifinals

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
I1	Mirage	Winner of B	vs	Winner of A	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
I2	Inferno	Winner of B	vs	Winner of A	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
I3	Ancient	Winner of B	vs	Winner of A	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
J1	Mirage	Winner of C	vs	Winner of D	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
J2	Overpass	Winner of C	vs	Winner of D	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
J3	Nuke	Winner of C	vs	Winner of D	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

• Losers' Round 1

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
K1	Nuke	Loser of C	vs	Loser of D	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
K2	Overpass	Loser of C	vs	Loser of D	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
K3	Ancient	Loser of C	vs	Loser of D	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
L1	Inferno	Loser of B	vs	Loser of A	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
L2	N/A	Loser of B	vs	Loser of A	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
L3	Mirage	Loser of B	vs	Loser of A	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

Group Stage, Day 2, Tuesday - May 30th

• Losers' Round 1

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
M1	N/A	Loser of E	vs	Loser of F	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
M2	Overpass	Loser of E	vs	Loser of F	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
M3	Inferno	Loser of E	vs	Loser of F	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
N1	Inferno	Loser of G	vs	Loser of H	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
N2	Mirage	Loser of G	vs	Loser of H	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
N3	Nuke	Loser of G	vs	Loser of H	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

• Semifinals

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
O1	N/A	Winner of E	vs	Winner of F	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
O2	Overpass	Winner of E	vs	Winner of F	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
O3	Ancient	Winner of E	vs	Winner of F	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
P1	Ancient	Winner of G	vs	Winner of H	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
P2	Mirage	Winner of G	vs	Winner of H	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
P3	Inferno	Winner of G	vs	Winner of H	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

• Losers' Round 2

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
Q1	Ancient	Loser of I	vs	Winner of K	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
Q2	Mirage	Loser of I	vs	Winner of K	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
Q3	Inferno	Loser of I	vs	Winner of K	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
R1	Inferno	Loser of J	vs	Winner of L	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
R2	Vertigo	Loser of J	vs	Winner of L	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
R3	Mirage	Loser of J	vs	Winner of L	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

Group Stage, Day 3, Wednesday - May 31st

• Losers' Round 2

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
S1	Inferno	Loser of P	vs	Winner of M	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
S2	Ancient	Loser of P	vs	Winner of M	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
S3	Overpass	Loser of P	vs	Winner of M	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
T1	N/A	Loser of O	vs	Winner of N	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
T2	Nuke	Loser of O	vs	Winner of N	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
T3	Inferno	Loser of O	vs	Winner of N	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

• Winners' Finals

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
U1	Inferno	Winner of J	vs	Winner of I	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
U2	Ancient	Winner of J	vs	Winner of I	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
U3	Mirage	Winner of J	vs	Winner of I	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
V1	Overpass	Winner of O	vs	Winner of P	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
V2	Nuke	Winner of O	vs	Winner of P	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
V3	Mirage	Winner of O	vs	Winner of P	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

• Losers' Finals

#	Map	Team 1	vs.	Team 2	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Discussion
W1	Mirage	Winner of Q	vs	Winner of R	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
W2	Inferno	Winner of Q	vs	Winner of R	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
W3	Vertigo	Winner of Q	vs	Winner of R	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!
X1	Mirage	Winner of S	vs	Winner of T	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
X2	Inferno	Winner of S	vs	Winner of T	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV
X3	Ancient	Winner of S	vs	Winner of T	Twitch	YouTube	Highlights	HLTV	Spoilers!

Company Name	Title	City
Cargill	General Production: $2,500 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus	Dodge City
Cargill	Conveyor Operator	Dodge City
Cargill	Food Processor	Dodge City
Cargill	General Production	Garden City
Cargill	General Production: $2,500 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus	Garden City
Cargill	Food Processor	Garden City
Cargill	General Production: $2,500 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus	Hanston
Cargill	Food Processor	Hanston
Cargill	Production Worker	Holcomb
Cargill	Food Processor	Jetmore
Cargill	Poultry Processor	Jetmore
Cargill	General Production	Jetmore
Cargill	Electro Mechanic Technician	Kansas City
Cargill	Utility Operator	Kansas City
Cargill	Production Worker	Spearville
Cargill	General Production: $2,500 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus	Spearville
Cargill	Food Processor	Spearville
Pizza Hut	Shift Manager	Abilene
24/7 Travel Stores	Shift Manager	Colby
24/7 Travel Stores	Assistant General Manager	Colby
Pizza Hut	Shift Manager	Great Bend
Pizza Hut	Cook	Lyons
Pizza Hut	Shift Manager	Lyons
Pizza Hut	General Manager	Lyons
24/7 Travel Stores	Shift Manager	WaKeeney

Hey guys, here are some recent job openings in ks. Feel free to comment here or send me a private message if you have any questions, I'm at the community's disposal! If you encounter any problems with any of these job openings please let me know that I will modify the table accordingly. Thanks!

Watch Keynote Here

Gaming Announcements

Title	Article Links	Video Links
Introducing NVIDIA ACE For Games - Spark Life Into Virtual Characters With Generative AI	Article	Video
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Company Name	Title	City
Lazer Logistics	Class A Driver	Edgerton
TMX Finance	Store Lead	El Dorado
Lazer Logistics	Class A Driver	Gardner
Amare Medical Network	Travel RN	Hutchinson
Frito-Lay North America	Web Merchandiser	Kansas City
Lazer Logistics	CDL A Driver	Kansas City
Clearwave Fiber	Direct Sales Specialist	Lansing
Frito-Lay North America	Sales Driver	Lawrence
TMX Finance	Store Lead	Lawrence
Bishop Seabury Academy	Middle School Instructor	Lawrence
UnitedHealth Group	Crater	Lenexa
Robert Half	Finance Clerk	Lenexa
Robert Half	Accounts Payable Clerk	Lenexa
Boys & Girls Club of Manhattan	Head of Operations	Manhattan
Enterprise Bank & Trust	Financial Advisor	Olathe
Lazer Logistics	CDL A Driver	Olathe
Frito-Lay North America	Web Merchandiser	Olathe
GHR Travel Nursing	Telemetry RN	Overland Park
Robert Half	Accounts Payable Clerk	Overland Park
Whole Foods Market	Keyholder	Overland Park
Frito-Lay North America	Sales Driver	Salina
Jobot	Maximo Engineer	Wichita
Surgicare Wichita	PACU RN	Wichita
Spears Manufacturing Co	Immediate Openings 3rd Shift Operators Caney	Caney
Spears Manufacturing Co	Manufacturing Worker	Caney

Hey guys, here are some recent job openings in ks. Feel free to comment here or send me a private message if you have any questions, I'm at the community's disposal! If you encounter any problems with any of these job openings please let me know that I will modify the table accordingly. Thanks!

There’d been another shooting today, in some dainty little cafe downtown, in the places tucked so neatly away only people who had visited there their whole lives went. Pete Cordell sighed to himself as he stepped past the shattered glass. Once, the scene inside the cafe would have made his stomach turn. These days, the sight of eviscerated bodies and rooms painted with blood barely fazed him. The entire cafe was ruined, bullet holes riddling every surface imaginable. He whistled, low.
“They must have used up ten mags to do this much damage,” he observed out loud.
“Hey, you’re finally here!”
Pete looked up at the new voice - a man he’d worked with for a bit under four years now but still barely knew anything about - Wesley Smith. “Crazy shit, isn’t it? You’d think it was an action movie in here with the amount of bullets they dumped.”
“I’ll say,” Pete grumbled.
“That ain’t the weirdest shit though. Come over here.” Dividing the cafe in half was a massive sheet, and Wesley brushed past it as Pete followed. He stared.
On the ground was a gun - which wasn’t the first thing to draw his attention. What did draw his attention was the pool of blood on the ground, way too large for any normal injury to have caused. He moved his gaze around and his jaw slackened. Slumped against the wall were the remains of a black-robed man - although remains were generous, considering all that remained was a single arm, a head, and blood-soaked garments. The wall behind the remains was cracked and severely dented, as if something great and powerful had rammed into it. A few feet away, a body had its head entirely gone, nowhere to be seen, with only a spray of blood, a stain of flesh and the same deep impact on the wall where the head should have been.
“Pretty freaky, right?” Wesley’s facade of bravado wouldn’t have fooled even a child. “Makes you feel like you’re in one of them horror stories, you know?”
“I’ll say,” Pete repeated, coughing to get rid of his shaky voice. A buzz from his radio drew his attention, and he held it up to his ear.
“All officers to the station now. I repeat, all officers to the station now.” The voice on the other end was… strange, but Pete chalked that up to his wracked nerves.
He nodded to Wesley and ignored the strange feeling in his stomach. “Alright. Let’s go.”
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A few days later, Pete was flipping pancakes in the kitchen. His wife came up behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist as the kids squabbled around the table.
“Had a good sleep?” He asked as she rested her chin on his shoulder.
She hummed in affirmation. “How was the latest case?” she asked.
He frowned. It’d been another shooting, in some dainty cafe downtown, and he’d… hang on, what had he done? Before he could strain himself too much, a memory slotted into place and he relaxed.
“Oh, nothing special. Nothing special at all.”
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It was just a few minutes into the breaking of dawn that a massive clanging woke Devona up. He shot out of the bed, not falling out of the bed but instead scrambling for the lightswitch as he got to his feet. His brain pushed past the fight or flight instinct that had shattered his sleep and he relaxed again as his memories came back. A few months into WICCA’s formation, during the time that they had been starting to talk to each other for purposes other than business, they’d headed over to Cirius’s abode.
“And here is my bed!”
They all stared at the bare mattress lying upon a metal frame, only a thin scrap of fabric and something that was barely a pillow upon it. The rest of the apartment wasn’t faring much better, with only a mini-fridge in the kitchen and one of each bathroom item. The walls were a murky grey with the wallpaper peeling, and there was a stench of alcohol in the air.
Axon let out a whistle. “Damn, you live like this?” Her expression turned solemn. “Seriously, though, these conditions are pretty rough.”
Cirius shrugged. “Eh. Could be worse. I used to just find a dumpster that wasn’t full and sleep in there.”
Devona sucked in a breath. “That’s… really bad.”
Cirius gave another shrug. “Some dumpsters aren’t that bad actually. Getting chased away with a broom for being an intruder or like, getting shot, is worse.”
“Well, moving on from that depressing bit of background, you could for sure get a better apartment with how much you’re being paid,” Axon interjected.
Cirius’s eyes widened. “I could?”
“Yeah, man. You know how much money you have. It’s all in your bank account.”
His eyes widened further. I have a bank account?”
“What do you mean? I sent the details to you through your email…” Understanding dawned across her face. “Goddamn it.”
There was a crash outside of the apartment, drawing their attention towards it. Devona walked open to the door and gingerly opened it to reveal two men tussling upon the ground, swearing angrily at each other.
“Hey John!” exclaimed Cirius cheerfully as the man on top lifted his fist and slammed it on the other’s face.
Devona stepped forward with his hands held out placatingly in front of himself.
“Alright, now, let’s calm-”
Devona was interrupted as he was talking by a fist swinging straight towards his face. As he reeled back, another hand was already closing over it and forcing the assailant down. Harlow stared down at the man they were forcing down with a singular hand, watching as his expression strained to continue to look defiant through the pain.
They pressed down further, causing the man’s expression to shift into pain as he hammered onto the floor with his free hand, hollering to let him go.
Devona gingerly placed his hand on their shoulder. “Hey, I think that’s enough now.”
Harlow raised an eyebrow at them. He tried to punch you.
“Well, he didn’t punch me.”
Harlow tilted their head but let go of the person, allowing him to run off with a bruised ego and most likely a bruised wrist. The other man got up and staggered away, the smell of alcohol fresh in the air. Devona let his hand drop as Harlow watched them go, wiping their hand upon their cloak.
After that, Cirius had thankfully used the money to get a proper apartment. Or rather, several proper apartments since he kept getting kicked out. And now he had found himself inside Devona’s new house. Devona sighed and rubbed his eyes to get rid of the tiredness, heading down the stairs to see what the commotion was all about. Cirius was sprawled upon the floor, his pillow several feet away, the couch he was staying on half tipped over and his blanket looking like it had been attacked by a savage animal.
He waved. “Hey bossman.”
Devona stared. “How.”
“Well, you see, I kinda woke up. And stuff was like this.”
Devona sighed and picked Cirius up. He held him like a cat, with his hands underneath the arms as Cirius’s legs dangled, and plopped him down onto the couch after pushing it down with his feet. He began to clean up the rest of the mess. Cirius shot to his feet instantly.
“I could-”
Devona waved him off. “It’s fine. It’s early, just try to get some more rest in. I’ll get another blanket.” He continued to clean up in silence, blinking the sleep from his eyes. He turned and Cirius was still sitting up, shuffling his feet awkwardly.
“Well, if we’re not going to sleep again, why don’t we eat breakfast? I’ll get the cereal.”
They ate together in silence, letting the sound of chewing fill the air. As Devona was thinking about setting up a garden outside, Cirius spoke up.
“Sorry for the blanket. And for waking you up. And-“
Devona raised a hand. “I told you, it’s fine.” Internally, he frowned.
“Was Cirius still hung up about that?” He had noticed an uncanny silence, but he had drawn that up to tiredness. Speaking of, was Cirius even tired? Cirius had been wide awake every time Devona had gone to bed, and wide awake when Devona awoke. One time, Devona had walked blearily down the stairs to get a glass of water in the dead of night, and almost got a heart attack from Cirius suddenly talking.
“So, what’s the mission for today, bossman?” Cirius interrupted his train of thought, rocking on his chair and back to his usual bounciness.
“Well, if you read your email, you’d know,” Devona deadpanned before relenting. “It’s just an attendance to some event that acts as a cover for underground dealings. While Claren deals with negotiations, we mingle with the crowd unless Harlow needs some backup. They’ll be off stealing some documents.” He polished off the last of the cereal. “We should get some more rest before the mission. Don’t want to be too tired.”
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Claren and Harlow were already there when Cirius and Devona arrived. They were all dressed in suits again, like they had been at that party months back. Claren took a few seconds to assess their outfits. Before the mission, Claren had talked with Devona, telling him that he would stand out too much. His height was the most obvious, but according to Claren his posture was ‘too subdued and open to pass as a crime lord’. Instead, Devona would be with Harlow, finding the documents, while Cirius would be a possible back-up to Claren. Really, it was because it was doubtful that he would be able to carry out a stealth mission.
Devona went over to greet Harlow. After exchanging conversation, he grabbed Harlow by the shoulder and the two of them vanished. Claren adjusted his suit, the light glinting off of the two rings on his fingers. “Well, you can go and mingle with the party. If I’m in trouble, try to cause a distraction.”
Cirius nodded thoughtfully. “Explosions?”
“Try to keep those to a minimum.”
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Cirius was mingling, but he was not mingling happily. The people really did hold themselves in a different way than Devona did, with pushed up chests and little hand waves. Everyone who talked to him seemed to need to suddenly leave, so Cirius was currently standing by the food table chomping on dishes.
“Real boring party,” a voice drawled.
Cirius turned. He tilted his head and stopped biting down on the plate. Leaning up against the table with an easy casualness, dressed in a full tuxedo with bowtie and tailed coat, the speaker plucked a grape from the stem and popped it into her mouth. Her rainbow scarf swished as she swivelled her head to look down at him, and her mismatched eyes were lit with amusement. She seemed familiar, but Cirius couldn’t put his finger on why. “Wouldn’t you say so?”
Cirius thought about this. “Eh, it’s alright. I remember one time I blacked out at a party like this and woke up in a bathtub filled with ice.”
She threw her head back and laughed. “You’re a pretty funny guy,” she snickered, waving a fork at him.
Her smile tapered into a grin, and her eyes narrowed. “But in my opinion, this party could really use some better entertainment.” She pulled a mask over her face - one of a white demon with small, pointed horns, and drew a glaive from her back. She threw it. The glaive soared through the air, and Cirius watched as it trailed dried intestines through the air before embedding itself deep inside the chest of one of the guests. Screams tore through the air and Cirius remembered that murder was not good.
“Claren, there’s been a murder! That’s not good!” he yelled, his voice drowned out by the din of panic and magic. The woman dodged past beams of energy and fire, grabbing onto the handle of the glaive and swinging it in a wide arc around her, carving into anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby. Claren burst out from the room, his eyes narrowing and shield wrapping around him as soon as he realised the situation. He pressed up against the wall and then shot forward, like a rubber ball that had suddenly been decompressed. The woman’s cackling was interrupted as he slammed into her full force, sending the both of them crashing across the floor.
“Laurel Pariah. I didn’t expect you to show your face again so soon.” Cirius was close enough to hear them, and it helped that everybody had either ran away or died.
“So, my reputation precedes me,” Laurel responded brightly, kicking Claren off and swinging her glaive right at him. He raised his arm and it glanced off the glimmering shield, giving him an opportunity to land a blow at her gut. She stumbled back and he struck her across the head as she was darting backwards. Her glaive sliced through the air but ricocheted off of Claren’s shield, and he grabbed the bladed end to bring Laurel in closer. She kicked at him, causing her leg to bounce back and almost knock her over, only being held above ground by an uppercut directly into her stomach. She managed to stagger backwards, coughing.
“Wow, you really don’t play around do you?” she wheezed. “I didn’t expect to use my magic so soon, but I guess it can’t be helped.”
Claren moved back, tilting his head towards Cirius. “Go herd the people outside to safety. I’ll deal with her.” Cirius flashed him a thumbs up and headed in the direction of panicked shouts. Claren’s eyes scoured the room, as if looking for whatever Laurel may use against him. Speaking of Laurel, something strange appeared to be happening to her. Her skin seemed pale, almost bright. No, definitely bright - glowing, in fact. Before Claren could register it fully however, Laurel pivoted with a kick and sent a bolt of lightning slamming into him.
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The two of them had gotten past security with ease, Devona stealing documents from right under noses and Harlow repeating the pattern of fingerprints upon keyboards. The two of them were currently sitting upon beams, dangling their legs high above the ground.
Just a few more, and we’ll be out of here soon.
Devona tilted his head to the side. “These people really love to party, huh.”
Harlow chewed their cheek. Well, it’s sort of a coping mechanism. Unlike the more recent sorcerers like you and I, these people grew up in a society wholly made from those who possess magic. There’s a certain sense of… superiority within those places. To them, death was less of a constant presence. That was until the Scourges came. Suddenly humans, magic or not, were all pushed down a level on the food chain. That sudden shock of mortality, paired with the changing landscape of the world, is certain to cause some stress. They leaned backwards on their hands. Not to mention, it’s a pretty good cover for criminal activity.
Devona hummed. “Yeah, the world's a chaotic place.” He bowed his head slightly. “Do you think we can win? Against the Scourges, that is.”
Their tongue traced the inside of their mouth as they mulled, an action mirrored from others despite their mouth never being used to talk. It’s unclear. We don’t even know where the Scourges are coming from or what they are. There could be only a small handful left in the world, or there could be legions waiting to invade. We manage to push them back, but not without loss. The Scourge at Scotland was one of the weaker ones. The teleporting Scourge was one of the less destructive ones. And yet they managed to cause so much devastation. They tilted their head to meet his gaze. But I think we’ll win.
Devona smiled. “I hope so.”
How’s it going with Cirius at your place, by the way?
Devona scrunched up his forehead as memories came flooding in. “Well, he doesn’t eat unless I make him. Or really visit the bathroom since he doesn’t eat. I don’t even think he sleeps, at least not most of the time. I’ve also never seen him change his clothes. He seems weirdly nervous at times though. He’s probably destroyed like five of my blankets by now. He keeps giving me heart attacks at night by scurrying around the house. He tried to cook once and blew up the entire kitchen. I’m not even exaggerating, he had third degree burns all over his skin. Took me ages to patch him up, especially with him refusing to remove his clothing.” Devona sighed and noticed Harlow’s expression. They had a bemused expression on their face. “What is it?” You’re quite an attentive person, that’s all. They turned their gaze elsewhere. The last of the physical documents should be three doors down on the rightmost corridor.
“What will you be doing?”
Attending to my own business. I’ll meet you afterwards.
Devona nodded and vanished, leaving Harlow alone underneath the clouded sky.
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The hierarchy of the world was simple. At the bottom were the plants, the insects, the ones who barely fed themselves and were gorged upon or crushed by a wayward hand. On top, edging them out were the small predators, the mice and shrews of the world. And above them this and this and that until up on top the world, the pinnacle of power, was humanity. Of course, there was division within humanity. Some believed it to be race, or gender, or sexuality, or any other sort of arbitrary difference they’d use to hold a sense of superiority over others. But the true division, the fissure that stretched across like the mouth of a god, was magic.
Opal Pact was currently walking upon the tightrope across that fissure. To live in a world of magic without any of your own was common, given how billions of people did it, but to know about magic and to live in its world was less so. Of course, it was a lot less dramatic than her mini-monologues in her head, like the one about hierarchies, had made it seem. Most would expect fabulous displays of power, magic that could bend and buckle nations. Instead, they got people who could throw fancy balls that were basically slower, less effective bullets, or throw fireballs which were once again slower, less effective bullets, or become pinnacles of physical brawn who were immune to bullets and who were as susceptible to chemical warfare as anybody else. Even the ones who held incredible power weren’t immune to a knife in their neck in the dead of night. The point was, Opal was less of walking upon a tightrope and more of peering into a secret party and inviting herself in. Besides, if those unedited videos of cities’ destruction were anything to go buy, humans weren’t the top of the food-chain anymore, magic or not.
She whistled to herself, the tune of some forgotten song as she twirled a crowbar between her fingers. She knocked on the door to the security room and then smashed it open, interrupting the guard who was in the middle of trying to figure out why several of the cameras had stopped working. The smashing of the crowbar into his face sent several of his teeth scattering, and he collapsed onto his desk. He’d be fine, probably. Opal mentally shrugged with that thought and pushed him off the wheely chair, letting him flop onto the floor as she took a seat. She grabbed a can of oil from her bag and poured it out the door, letting it run down across the hallway. The tinted plastic she’d stuck to the lights before she’d made her entrance were just yellow enough that anyone who came rushing in wouldn’t have time to notice the oil until it was too late.
Opal slammed the door as shut as she could, kicking her feet onto the table and popping a piece of gum into her mouth. She chewed, letting the sugar flare upon her tongue as her fingers ran across the keyboard. There was a sound of people yelling, then the sound of bodies slamming against the wall and floor. She stretched her arms behind her head, kicking off of the desk to avoid the blast of energy that ripped right through the door. It was shoved open and Opal pushed off the wall towards the attacker, pulling out her taser and jabbing it into his stomach. He staggered and then slipped, falling chin-first onto the floor. She stepped off of the chair and kicked it, sending it bouncing around and knocking down the few guards who managed to remain standing. She slid across the floor, using the slickness to her advantage to weave past grasping hands and past the oil. Grabbing a matchbox from her hand, she struck a match and held it loftily between the fingers. The effect was immediate, with all the guards scrambling across the floors on either all fours or trying their best to stand up. She tossed the match to the oil-slicken ground and slid into the next room. The oil wasn’t flammable.
The oil eventually rubbed off from the friction, leaving Opal to walk along the floor. She eventually found what she came for. She smashed the lock off of the door, the alarm already having been disabled by her in the security room. She popped her bubble of gum and pushed the door open. Standing in the room, looking incredibly confused, was an incredibly tall man. He stared at her, the documents on the desk in front of him. She stared at him. He stared at her. She grabbed the tablecloth and threw it over his head, snatching up the documents as he stumbled back.
Opal dove out the door before the man could get his bearings, skidding across the floor and breaking into a sprint. She pulled out a bag of marbles and tossed it behind her, spilling the contents all across the floor. She used the crowbar to jam the door behind her shut, running past the winding hallways. The exit wasn’t far, and soon she’d be able to hop on her motorcycle and be scot free.
She wheeled around the corner and almost collided into a group of sorcerers. She could tell they were sorcerers since they immediately threw blasts of energy her way as she ducked behind the wall. One of them charged forward and punched the wall where her head had been. He lifted his arm to strike again and then vanished.
“Huh?” The other sorcerers seemed equally confused. Something appeared from nowhere and smacked into the face of one, leaving the last to look around panickedly before the frying pan knocked him out. The man from before appeared out of thin air, looking much more annoyed than he had before. He waved his pan at her face.
“Alright, who the hell are you?”
“Invisibility, probably. Strong as well if he managed to bypass the crowbar so easily, or crafty if he found another way to track me,” her mind supplied.
Opal rooted around for her spray-can. “Who am I? Oh, no-one really. Just a gal trying to make her way in the world.”
The man narrowed his eyes. “Would you be willing to hand over the documents?”
Opal pressed her thumb and index to her chin. “Eh, probably not.”
He sighed. He vanished right as Opal lifted her spray can and sent a blast of black into his face. She broke into a sprint, shoving the documents into her pocket as she continued to dash.
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Being short certainly had its shortcomings. Cirius couldn’t shout louder than the clamour, so he climbed onto whatever surface he could find and grabbed onto a plate and a fork. He scraped the prongs along the ceramic and the screech was loud enough to catch everyone’s attention.
“Alright, alright, listen up! I’ve been told to get you guys out of here, so that’s what I’m going to do.”
The people still seemed panicked and extremely suspicious. One of them aimed a hand full of fire at him. “Who the hell are you? And why should we listen to you?”
“You guys are running around too much! Look, that guy has other people standing on top of him!”
“Help.”
“In an emergency situation, it’s always good to have someone to direct everyone else. People tend to panic and move erratically, so having a leader allows the people to calm themselves down and move in a controlled manner, minimising the risk to themselves and each other,” Cirius recited. He felt a dash of smugness for remembering the entire thing.
The people did not seem very impressed. They stared up at him with confused and vaguely disgusted expressions.
“Anyways, the point is, we’re going to leave now.”
“What about the people back there!” one person exclaimed. “I have a husband who’s possibly dying right now!”
Cirius frowned. “What did he look like?” “He had- he has blonde hair, is wearing a suit with a blue tie-”
“Oh, I think I saw who you’re talking about!”
“Really? Was he alright?”
Cirius scratched his head. “Uh, well, if he can survive without his head on then he should be good.”
“What the hell is wrong with you!”
“Come on, man!” “Why would you say that?”
Exclamations and cries of dismay rose up from the crowd and suddenly everyone was yelling at him.They started to throw plates and utensils at him, throwing insults along with them.
“Alright, alright, let’s just calm down,” he tried to say over the clamour. A plate smacked onto his head and dazed him for a second. Frustration bubbled in his chest as the people kept on yelling and yelling and the noise built up and up until the frustration melded into anger and burst from him.
“Shut up! Shut up, all of you!” he yelled, his own voice barely rising above the chaos. He grabbed a plate of his own and threw it into the crowd. “I’m trying to save your goddamn lives you idiots!”
Something bright came flying at him and he felt his body light ablaze, the fire rapidly spreading over his clothes and flesh. A silence fell over the crowd, their expressions now of shock and bewilderment rather than outrage. He moved his head towards the one who threw the fireball, the slight movement drawing gasps from the people around him. He jumped down from the table and walked towards the attacker, everyone else clearing a wide berth around him. He dug his fingernails into his bubbling flesh, tearing deep and causing blood to spill out, dampening the flames with a hiss. Blood dripped onto the floor as he flexed his hand before pulling his arm back and punching the elemental in the face. His hand practically exploded, spraying gore and viscera all over the man’s features. He fell to the floor with a horrified scream, too distracted to notice Cirius lifting a chair until it was already coming down on his head. Cirius patted down his body, ripping away at skin where the fire refused to die out. He turned to the crowd - or at least, the blurry outline of the crowd.
“So, are we ready to go now?” he asked brightly. He lifted his hand to scratch at his face and felt bone. The crowd nodded, subdued. “Pick that guy up, by the way.” He turned to the exit and they all followed suit.
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Devona was not having a good time. He’d managed to avoid most of the spray, but he’d needed to wipe away at his eyes before they stung too much. He floated past the groaning guards on the oil-slick floor, up the stairs to the upper floors. Marbles were strewn across the ground, and one man was rolling around while clutching his spray-painted eyes. The window on the far end was smashed open despite the latch being unlocked. Peeking his head around, he could see the perpetrator running along the rooftop, sticking her tongue out at the people on the ground. She grabbed an egg from her pocket and slung it at the head of one, exploding it all over his face as he tried to grab his gun.
She ducked down and slid along the tiles as bullets fired above her head, grabbing the side and swinging down into the window. A few seconds later, a chair was flung out and slammed into the remaining guards. A guard rushed up to the window next to Devona, pulling out a machine gun. Devona wasn’t a fan of excessive violence against his enemies, so he introduced his face to a frying pan. At the same time, the thief, as Devona had dubbed her, was thrown from the window. She managed to grab onto the curtain and ripped it as she slid down the wall, landing with a thud onto the ground. Standing there in the doorframe, holding onto ruffled documents as air swirled was a guard, more filing around her with magic swirling in the air.
Devona felt movement behind him and phased out, dodging the blast of energy that would have taken off his head. He grabbed the guard and phased them out with him, using their newfound weightlessness to throw them as hard. All eyes snapped to the man as he flew through the air, giving Devona enough time to swoop down and phase out the thief.
He dropped the two of them on the roof of the building overlooking the guards as they looked around in surprise. The thief immediately got to talking.
“So, you can phase out, huh? I thought you might have been a Neoteric, seeing as you look less out-of-touch than a lot of other sorcerers. Do you have a cool name for your discipline?”
Devona glanced at her. “It’s incorporealism.”
She rolled her eyes. “Bo-ring. You develop a whole branch of magic and you give it some lame name like that?”
“It’s not- whatever.”
She sighed and rolled her shoulders. “Why don’t we make a truce?” she said suddenly. “Just until we get the documents. Especially since they see us now.”
Devona looked down just in time to weave to the side and let the lightning pass by him. There was a woosh of air and all the guards were upon the roof, one of them still holding the documents in her hand.
A gust of air, a blast, and several bullets connected with nothing as Devona vanished. He grabbed one guard and threw them off, lashing out with only his foot physical and kicked another guard right in the stomach. Weave, dodge, strike, move back, more forward. The movements weren’t as fluid as they could have been, and he winced from a graze across his arm, but it wasn’t long before he and the thief were the only people still standing upon the roof.
She raised an eyebrow at him. “Wow. Not bad. You’re quite the combatant.”
Devona started looking around for where the documents had fallen, turning his back to her. “Thanks.”
“What’s your name by the way?”
He lifted up one of the unconscious bodies. “It’s Devona. Yours?”
“Bergeron.” A strange name, but Devona wasn’t one to judge. “Say, I’ve just to ask, why did you save me back there?”
Devona frowned. “Is it not enough to not want to see another person die?”
She hummed. There was a bit of movement from behind him, and Devona phased out as a taser struck where he had just been. He phased back in, lashing out with a pivot and kick that slammed into her gut. He grabbed his pan and swung it at her head, clipping only her hair as she ducked down and he withdrew his body as she jabbed with her taser again. He slammed his pan onto her arm before she could reel it back in. Her taser dropped and Devona managed to strike her across the head, sending her stumbling back. She clutched his arm as if it was broken and Devona faltered slightly, just long enough for her to lash out with another hidden taser and hit him right in the gut. She grabbed onto her crowbar and smashed it against his head, with him managing to only slightly dodge the impact. He phased out again and grabbed her by the arm, throwing her against the wall. He stumbled, his vision turning white as rivulets of blood ran down his nose. Before he could recover he felt the crowbar slam into his hip and his legs buckled. The cool metal of the taser pressed into his back and jolts ran through his body.

Hi team, I (F42) currently save 4% into KiwiSaver (Superlife) and wanting to increase savings to 6% in next couple of months and increase incrementally over coming 5 years until I’m saving at least 10% or more. I don’t think putting it into my KiwiSaver fund is the right approach, so am thinking of opening another investment fund so that should I need the funds in the future they aren’t locked in until 65. What are your thoughts on best approach re provider? My preference is not to go with a Bank provided fund, but also wondering if I should select a separate provider from my KS fund? Does this reduce risk if I chose a different provider? Is this approach worth the fees etc? Anything else I need to consider?