Some of you were wondering why I seem so calm and casual in the update when I'm discriminated against. The truth is that I am in a relationship with my boyfriend for three years now and the things that happen now are nothing compared to what I've been through. I receive hateful messages almost daily. Not only from their accounts but in general. And I learnt to ignore that.
There have been way worse situations. Such as when my boyfriend went to visit his family and I couldn't go with him. We kissed each other goodbye on the trainstation and when the train left and no one saw it a group of guys attacked me. I was sent to hospital because of severe injuries. Just to give you an idea what I had to deal with in the past.
And don't get me wrong we will report my SIL's family but what they are doing is nothing I haven't seen a thousand times before.

Hi all,
I purchased 4 tickets to Electric Forest in the Higher Love campsite, an upgrade over GA ($3.4K for 4, so about $850 per). It’s a new section this year and was called “Good Times” last year.
Two of my friends that I bought them for, said they no longer wanted to go so asked me to list on stubhub. I’ve never sold on Stubhub before but wanted to help so I put them up for $1K a piece at their request.
I went on stubhub and saw only three categories: GA, Good Life, Maplewoods. Since Higher Love was new, stubhub did not show that section as a selection possibility or allow a custom entry of a section. Good Life was the closest section as it was an upgrade over GA, so I listed under that selection.
A few weeks ago, I went on the forum and saw an updated map that showed Good Life is a different section than Higher Love, so I reached out to the support hotline to let them know of the difference, and to make sure that the buyer was aware of the exact section. Buyer said this was an issue, so I offered to lower $375 off the ticket price so that they would have less than face value for a sold out festival.
I’ve spent many hours on the line with them over the last two weeks, and Stubhub finally told me today that the buyer canceled, and they’ll charge me $2,000 as a penalty. They said they could try to list it for me, but there’s no higher love section they can find, so they could try to sell it as GA. That’s the exact issue I was dealing with to begin with.
I asked to speak with a manager, and they came on the line and said flatly that there’s zero chance to help, and that they’ll charge me $2K.
I’m quite sad and anxious at the fact that all I tried to was to help my friends, and to be as transparent and helpful as possible, and the only thing occurring is that I’m getting billed $2K due to the fact that Stubhub’s listing did not have this new section as a selection possibility in the app/interface, so I chose the closest type…
Does anyone have any advice for me? The supervisor (Michael) said there’s no one else to talk with, there’s zero chance to help, and I’ll be responsible for 100% of the listed costs. This seems wildly disproportionately punitive - it was a genuine mistake caused by stubhub’s interface, and I hoped to correct by reaching out early and openly, but stubhub’s seller-side manager was very staunch and said I owe $2K no matter what. Other reps were nice up til this point, but something changed with Chantel and Michael, the last two support folks.
I appreciate any feedback or help that you could give me.. this is a lot of money to me and has caused me a great deal of anxiety and worry.
Thanks all for reading and I appreciate any help or advice that you could provide.

I'm getting rid of my sealed collection and just keeping my open collection. I have multiples of some since I used to do Amiibo modding... I'll be updating this list with prices, and changing it as I go, but since it's long... today is just the list. I hope that's OK. Most are first print
3 Pack Mr Game and Watch/ROB/Duck Hunt NA
Bayonetta P2 NA
Bowser NA
Bowser JR JA/NA
Capt Falcon EU
Chrom NA
Corrin NA
Dark Samus NA
Dr Mario EU/NA
Falco NA
Fox NA
Ganondorf NA
Greninja EU/NA
Ice Climbers NA
Inciniroar NA
Jigglypuff EU/NA
King K Rool NA
Link NA
Little Mac NA
Lucario EU
Lucas NA
Lucina
Luigi NA
Mario NA
MegaMan NA
Ness EU
Olimar EU/NA
Pacman NA
Palutena NA
Pikachu NA
Pit NA
Piranha Plant NA
Richter NA
Ridley NA
Robin NA
ROB FAmicom NA
Roy NA
Ryu NA
Samus JA
Simon NA
Sonic NA
Zero Suit Samus EU/NA
Wii Fit Trainer EU/NA
​
OTHER GAMES
SilveGold Mario NA
Toad JA/NA
Gold Megaman (With Game) NA
Chibi Robo Zip Lash (With Game) NA
Mario 8bit Classic/Modern NA
Yarn Yoshi Pink/Blue/ MEGA
Alm/Celica
Tiki
Inkling Boy/Girl
Original Full Line of Monster Hunter Amiibos

Introduction:

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Early Life and Education:

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Medical Career and Specialization:

After completing his medical degree, Dr. Deepak Khandelwal embarked on a remarkable journey in the field of orthopedics. He pursued further specialization in orthopedic surgery and gained extensive training in various aspects of the discipline. Dr. Khandelwal's expertise spans across orthopedic trauma, joint replacement surgeries, arthroscopy, sports injuries, and spinal surgeries.

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Orioles @ Giants - Fri, Jun 02

Game Status: Final - Score: 3-2 Orioles

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Orioles Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Frazier - 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.240	.310	.397
2	Rutschman - C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.283	.404	.434
3	Santander - RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.271	.348	.492
	McKenna - RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.286	.369
4	Hays - LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.310	.352	.505
5	Henderson - DH	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.203	.330	.386
6	Hicks, A - CF	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.205	.293	.274
7	O'Hearn - 1B	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.283	.333	.500
8	Urías, R - 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.252	.344	.357
9	Mateo - SS	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.231	.276	.388
	Totals	30	3	4	3	1	7	5

Orioles
BATTING: 2B: Hays (14, Webb). HR: Henderson (6, 7th inning off Webb, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Hays 2; Henderson 4; Mateo; O'Hearn. RBI: Henderson (15); Mateo (24); O'Hearn (14). 2-out RBI: Mateo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Frazier. Team RISP: 2-for-5. Team LOB: 2.
FIELDING: Outfield assists: Santander (Wisely at home). DP: 2 (Mateo-Frazier-O'Hearn; Frazier-Mateo-O'Hearn).

	Giants Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Wade Jr. - 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	4	.271	.407	.459
2	Davis, J - 3B	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	.282	.369	.480
3	Yastrzemski - RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.262	.318	.469
4	Haniger - LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.239	.268	.393
5	Sabol - DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	.254	.322	.431
6	Schmitt - SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.322	.326	.471
7	Bailey - C	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.310	.326	.524
	c-Conforto - PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.249	.345	.462
8	Crawford, Bra - SS	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.196	.287	.353
	a-Slater - CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.357	.419	.536
9	Wisely - 2B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.190	.226	.316
	b-Flores - 2B	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233	.286	.419
	Totals	30	2	6	2	3	12	11

Giants
a-Struck out for Crawford, Bra in the 7th. b-Walked for Wisely in the 8th. c-Struck out for Bailey in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B: Wisely (4, Kremer); Yastrzemski (10, Kremer); Schmitt (7, Bautista, F). HR: Wade Jr. (8, 1st inning off Kremer, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Davis, J; Haniger; Schmitt 2; Wade Jr. 4; Wisely 2; Yastrzemski 2. RBI: Wade Jr. (17); Yastrzemski (16). 2-out RBI: Yastrzemski. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Conforto; Haniger. GIDP: Davis, J; Yastrzemski. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 5.
FIELDING: E: Bailey (2, catcher interference).

Orioles Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Kremer (W, 6-2)	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	100-61	4.43
Coulombe (H, 11)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15-9	2.08
Cano (H, 12)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19-11	0.90
Bautista, F (S, 15)	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	16-11	1.29
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	3	12	1

Giants Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Webb (L, 4-6)	7.0	4	3	3	1	6	1	97-74	2.85
Rogers, Ty	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-8	1.86
Brebbia	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	3.80
Totals	9.0	4	3	3	1	7	1

Game Info
HBP: Davis, J (by Cano).
Pitches-strikes: Kremer 100-61; Coulombe 15-9; Cano 19-11; Bautista, F 16-11; Webb 97-74; Rogers, Ty 9-8; Brebbia 11-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Kremer 1-6; Coulombe 0-0; Cano 2-0; Bautista, F 0-0; Webb 9-3; Rogers, Ty 0-2; Brebbia 1-1.
Batters faced: Kremer 23; Coulombe 3; Cano 4; Bautista, F 4; Webb 26; Rogers, Ty 3; Brebbia 3.
Umpires: HP: Nick Mahrley. 1B: Vic Carapazza. 2B: Jerry Layne. 3B: Adam Hamari.
Weather: 60 degrees, Clear.
Wind: 15 mph, Varies.
First pitch: 7:15 PM.
T: 2:29.
Att: 27,873.
Venue: Oracle Park.
June 2, 2023

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Bottom 1	LaMonte Wade Jr. homers (8) on a fly ball to right field.	1-0 SF
Top 2	Ryan O'Hearn singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brett Wisely. Austin Hays scores. Aaron Hicks to 3rd.	1-1
Top 2	Jorge Mateo singles on a ground ball to catcher Patrick Bailey. Aaron Hicks scores. Ryan O'Hearn to 2nd.	2-1 BAL
Bottom 3	Mike Yastrzemski doubles (10) on a line drive to right fielder Anthony Santander. J.D. Davis scores.	2-2
Top 7	Gunnar Henderson homers (6) on a fly ball to right field.	3-2 BAL

Team	Highlight
SF	Bullpen availability for San Francisco, June 2 vs Orioles (00:00:07)
BAL	Bullpen availability for Baltimore, June 2 vs Giants (00:00:07)
BAL	Fielding alignment for Baltimore, June 2 vs Giants (00:00:11)
SF	Fielding alignment for San Francisco, June 2 vs Orioles (00:00:11)
SF	Starting lineups for Orioles at Giants - June 2, 2023 (00:00:09)
SF	Logan Webb's outing against the Orioles (00:00:22)
SF	Wade Jr.'s solo homer (8) (00:00:24)
BAL	Ryan O'Hearn's RBI single (00:00:17)
BAL	Jorge Mateo's infield RBI single (00:00:25)
SF	Splash counter finally hits 100 (00:00:46)
BAL	Orioles nab Wisely at the plate (00:00:24)
	Yastrzemski's RBI double (00:00:19)
SF	Giants' successful challenge (00:00:30)
BAL	Henderson's go-ahead homer (6) (00:00:25)
SF	Crawford's dazzling play (00:00:19)
SF	Wisely robs Hicks of a homer (00:00:25)
BAL	Orioles seal a 3-2 win (00:00:29)
SF	Orioles' unsuccessful challenge (00:00:28)
BAL	Henderson on win and his homer (00:01:51)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Orioles	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	4	0	2
Giants	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	1	5

Decisions

• Winner: Dean Kremer (6-2, 4.43)
• Loser: Logan Webb (4-6, 2.85)
• Save: Felix Bautista (15, 1.29)

Division Scoreboard

TOR 3 @ NYM 0 - Final
NYY 4 @ LAD 8 - Final
TB 0 @ BOS 0 - Postponed
Next Orioles Game: Sat, Jun 03, 10:05 PM EDT @ Giants
^{Last Updated: 06/03/2023 01:41:04 AM EDT}

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CHC	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	6
SD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	4

Box Score

SD		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Bogaerts	4	0	1	1	0	0	.257
RF	Tatis Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	1	.253
LF	Soto, J	3	0	0	0	1	2	.255
3B	Machado, M	4	0	0	0	0	2	.225
1B	Cronenworth	4	0	0	0	0	2	.202
C	Sánchez	3	0	0	0	0	1	.250
DH	Carpenter	3	0	0	0	0	1	.179
2B	Odor	3	1	2	0	0	0	.216
2B	Kim, Ha	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
CF	Grisham	2	0	0	0	1	1	.190

SD	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Wacha	4.2	3	2	2	5	8	102-64	3.48
Cosgrove	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	17-10	0.00
Wilson, S	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	26-17	2.57
Hill, T	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	14-10	3.75

CHC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Hoerner	3	1	1	0	1	0	.286
SS	Swanson	4	1	3	1	0	1	.274
LF	Happ	4	0	0	1	0	2	.273
RF	Suzuki, S	3	0	0	0	1	2	.288
CF	Tauchman	2	0	0	0	2	1	.333
DH	Morel	3	0	0	0	1	1	.270
1B	Mancini	4	0	0	0	0	4	.247
3B	Wisdom	4	0	0	0	0	1	.207
C	Gomes	3	0	0	0	0	1	.263

CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Taillon	5.2	3	1	1	0	3	75-56	7.05
Hughes	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	13-8	4.50
Merryweather	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	16-10	4.30
Alzolay	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	6-4	2.25
Leiter Jr.	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	13-9	2.66

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T3	Ian Happ grounds into a force out, second baseman Rougned Odor to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Nico Hoerner scores. Dansby Swanson out at 2nd. Ian Happ to 1st.	0-1
T5	Dansby Swanson homers (6) on a fly ball to left field.	0-2
B6	Xander Bogaerts singles on a ground ball to third baseman Patrick Wisdom. Rougned Odor scores.	1-2

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Chicago, June 2 vs Padres	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for San Diego, June 2 vs Cubs	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for San Diego, June 2 vs Cubs	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Cubs at Padres - June 2, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down Michael Wacha's pitches	0:08	Video
Michael Wacha's outing against the Cubs	0:25	Video
Analyzing Dansby Swanson's home run through bat tracking	0:09	Video
The distance behind Dansby Swanson's home run	0:15	Video
Breaking down Jameson Taillon's pitches	0:08	Video
Jameson Taillon's outing against the Padres	0:26	Video
Wacha strikes out Suzuki in the first inning	0:08	Video
Wisdom makes a nice snag for out on Tatis Jr.	0:10	Video
Happ forceout brings in a run	0:22	Video
Machado gets the force out on Morel	0:09	Video
Swanson belts a solo homer in the 5th inning	0:28	Video
Sanchez catches Suzuki stealing at 2nd after review	0:08	Video
Bogaert hits an RBI single in the bottom of the 6th	0:15	Video
Jameson Taillon fans Manny Machado with a sweeper	0:12	Video
Michael Wacha fans eight through 4 2/3 innings	0:55	Video
Alzolay strikes out Tatis Jr. in the 9th inning	0:10	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Taillon (1-3, 7.05 ERA)	Wacha (5-2, 3.48 ERA)	Leiter Jr. (3 SV, 2.66 ERA)

Game ended at 11:30 PM.

Chicago Cubs 2 @ San Diego Padres 1

Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
Padres	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0

Box Score

Cubs Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OPS		Padres Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OPS
1 Hoerner 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.286	.733		1 Bogaerts SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.257	.738
2 Swanson SS	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	.274	.801		2 Tatis Jr. RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.253	.779
3 Happ LF	4	0	0	1	0	2	3	.273	.797		3 Soto, J LF	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.255	.903
4 Suzuki, S RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	.288	.859		4 Machado, M 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.225	.639
5 Tauchman CF	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.333	.841		5 Cronenworth 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.202	.683
6 Morel DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.270	.992		6 Sánchez C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.788
7 Mancini 1B	4	0	0	0	0	4	3	.247	.658		7 Carpenter DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.179	.659
8 Wisdom 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.207	.805		8 Odor 2B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.216	.723
9 Gomes C	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.263	.717		1-Kim, Ha 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.717
											9 Grisham CF	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.190	.667
Totals	30	2	4	2	5	13	17				Totals	30	1	4	1	2	10	9

BATTING		BATTING
HR: Swanson (6, 5th inning off Wacha, 0 on, 1 out).		2B: Odor (6, Taillon).
TB: Hoerner; Swanson 6.		TB: Bogaerts; Odor 3; Tatis Jr.
RBI: Happ (23); Swanson (24).		RBI: Bogaerts (21).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gomes; Suzuki, S.		Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Tatis Jr.; Machado, M.
Team RISP: 0-for-5.		GIDP: Bogaerts.
Team LOB: 6.		Team RISP: 1-for-5.
		Team LOB: 4.
FIELDING
E: Tauchman (2, fielding).
DP: (Wisdom-Hoerner-Mancini).

Cubs Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA		Padres Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Taillon (W, 1-3)	5.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	7.05		Wacha (L, 5-2)	4.2	3	2	2	5	8	1	3.48
Hughes (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.50		Cosgrove	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Merryweather (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	4.30		Wilson, S	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.57
Alzolay (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.25		Hill, T	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.75
Leiter Jr. (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2.66
Totals	9.0	4	1	1	2	10	0			Totals	9.0	4	2	2	5	13	1

Scoring Plays

Team	Inning	Play	CHC	SD
CHC	▲ 3	Ian Happ grounds into a force out, second baseman Rougned Odor to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Nico Hoerner scores. Dansby Swanson out at 2nd. Ian Happ to 1st.	1	0
CHC	▲ 5	Dansby Swanson homers (6) on a fly ball to left field.	2	0
SD	▼ 6	Xander Bogaerts singles on a ground ball to third baseman Patrick Wisdom. Rougned Odor scores.	2	1

Highlights

Highlight	Duration
Jameson Taillon fans Manny Machado with a sweeper	00:12
Michael Wacha fans eight through 4 2/3 innings	00:55

I am not The OOP, OOP is u/Doingokay_
Mysterious reoccurring blood splatter in our bathrooms… is my husband lying to me?
Originally posted to RBI
Original Post Mar 16, 2023
Buckle up, this one is a weird one. Since me (24f) and my husband (26m) have moved into our apartment 8 months ago, I have been finding random blood splattering on the walls, cabinets, and floors around our toilets, and once even our bathroom mirror. They’re usually tiny droplets but sometimes they get smeared on the walls or floor, I assume when they’re fresh/wet.
I know that the first suspect would be menstruation blood, however I have not had a period in 2 years thanks to my birth control.
I first noticed it about 3 or 4 months ago. I’ve asked my husband about it and the first few times he would tell me that he had no clue where it came from or how it got there. But after I would clean it up and new ones would appear, I kept would ask him again. Eventually he told me that sometimes when he blows his nose, his nose bleeds and it could be from that. I partially accepted that answer, however I can’t recall a single time where I’ve blown my nose and missed the tissue so much that my snot sprayed all around me? I also mentioned to him that your nose is not supposed to bleed when you blow it and maybe he should see an ENT to see what’s up but he refuses and says it’s fine.
So the cycle continues. I clean up blood droplets and they reappear around our toilets in a matter of days. When I mention them he gets frustrated and short with me and doesn’t want to talk about it. He has doubled down on the “it’s from blowing my nose” thing but I still can’t imagine how 1) he blows his nose so terribly that it sprays snotty blood in every direction and 2) his nose bleeds every day and he’s not concerned about it?
I recently asked him if his nose has always done that. I previously dated somebody with a “thin nose lining” and they once got a massive nose bleed from me doing the “got your nose” thing so I know it’s possible. But he said no, he “doesn’t think” it’s been like that always and then he pressured me to stop the conversation. Also, I would never find blood in our previous house’s bathrooms and we lived there for 4 years.
I’ll add that we have a regular sex life and I’ve seen basically every inch of him and there’s no sign of any cuts or trauma anywhere.
I’m sick of cleaning up blood and I’m also repulsed by the idea that he doesn’t know how to blow his nose without spraying bloody mucous everywhere. I’m also very concerned for him if he really has new nosebleeds every day, as a friend from high school had this happen and he ignored it and it ended up being cancer in his sinus cavities.
So here I am, asking Reddit, what the heck is going on? Is he lying to me? Is it really his nose? If so, why is he suddenly bleeding every day? Why is he so defensive about it? What is going on?!
Edit to answer some FAQs:
• Yes we have pets but the blood shows up only bathrooms, including the guest en suite where the pets are not allowed ever. Those rooms are closed off. No blood anywhere where the pets are allowed.
• I am in control of finances and there is no money missing ever. Both our direct deposits go into our joint account. He has a credit card but the only checking account he has is our joint one.
• He does have hemorrhoids but so do I (thanks Crohns Disease!) and I’ve never gotten blood anywhere but the toilet
• He gets medical anxiety and this could be why he is defensive bc he should probably see a doctor
• He told me that when he goes to the bathroom at night he doesn’t turn any lights on so that he doesn’t wake me (I’m a light sleeper) and when he blows his nose he doesn’t see the blood since it’s dark. He does have pretty bad allergies.
• He has had no behavioral changes since this started
Also adding a comment I made…
“For those suggesting drugs:
I am not dismissing you. I’m getting shamed for “ignoring” the comments suggesting it’s drugs but I’m still absorbing the possibility that it might be and I need TIME. I also can’t just willy-nilly accuse my husband of doing drugs without hard evidence because if I did and he isn’t doing drugs then that’ll put a huge strain on our relationship. If my husband accused me of shooting up in my spare time without evidence I would be pissed. Again, I’m not ignoring you or dismissing your theories, I’m just taking my time because that’s a shocking thing and I need to process the possibility.
So if he were hiding drugs in our tiny apartment, where should I look? I checked inside the toilets. I pulled apart every drawer. Our ceilings are too high for either of us to reach. If you have experience with addiction or living with someone with addiction, please guide me to finding more evidence.”
RELEVANT COMMENTS
peyerate

Do y'all have a dog that wags their tail a lot? Definitely a chance they have an injury that bleeds when they happily hit their tail all over the room. Or could be any other animal.

OOP replied

So we do have pets including a dog however I find the blood in both our master bathroom as well as our guest en suite bathroom and the pets aren’t allowed in the guest area. We keep them all shut off.

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snailhair_j

What sort of frequency does this occur? I'd ask to see how he blows his nose, that way you know a) if it's actually from his nose and b) if it is his nose then you'll see how he's getting it everywhere.

OOP replied

I rage clean the blood at least once a week which means it all appears within a week.
Also in the 6 years we have been together, I’ve never seen him blow his nose aside from the one time he had a sinus infection. And it wasn’t bloody, and it didn’t spray everywhere.

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VigilanteDetective64

Could he be cheating on you?
Don’t mean to be grim…but period sex can in fact cause blood splatter.

OOP replied

Oof but is he only cheating on my with girls on their periods? Bc it’s literally every week they reappear.
Also I really don’t think he is cheating.

Update May 27, 2023
An update some (probably very few) have been waiting for:
We solved the case of the bloody bathroom.
Now, I know that there will inevitably be some users who truly believe that my husband is discreetly hiding a drug problem despite this update and harass me about it, so I will be no longer using this account after it’s posted.
To preface, I received about 10 DM’s that offered to send pictures of what their, or a loved one’s, blood evidence of shooting up or snorting looked like and I was thankful that literally none of it looked like what I was finding. Those photos, the lack of gaps in our finances, no history of unexplainable personality changes, as well as the fact that I cleaned/searched every inch of our 800-square-foot apartment and found nothing suspicious, solidified my conclusion that it wasn’t drugs. I am pleased to announce that my husband… is just gross.
Before I continue, I’d like to thank those who sent me photos and personal anecdotes of their or their loved one’s drug use and I wish you all peace and good health in your lives.
So obviously it’s been a few months since my post. In that time, I was harassed in my DMs with people calling me ignorant, some suggesting that I divorce my husband based on this wild possibly that he might be using hard drugs. Firstly, if my husband had a drug problem, I wouldn’t leave him lol I’d want to help him; I love him and addiction is a disease and he would need support.
But alas, I found myself searching dark corners of cabinets and furniture crevices for secret drug-hiding spots and found nothing. I sat him down for yet another conversation about the blood and he reassured me he was having nighttime nose bleeds and promised that he would turn on the lights from then on to make sure he cleaned it up because I did not deserve the burden of doing so for him. He lived up to his promise and after that conversation I noticed he was turning the light on when he went to blow his nose at night and the blood drops stopped appearing.
Fast forward to two weeks ago, I was on Instagram and came across a reel that was titled “Signs you’re using your nasal spray wrong”. The very first “sign” was new, unrelenting nose bleeds. The metaphorical lightbulb over my head illuminated, as I remembered that since we moved to a new part of the state, my husband’s allergies have been worse and he started taking flonaise to control it. The time of the blood appearing was about a week and a half after he started taking the nasal spray. I know this because he uses my prescription ever since flonaise came out with a pill version that I like better.
As soon as he came home I showed him the video I saw, which also demonstrated how to properly use nasal sprays (YOU HAVE TO TILT IT!!! NOT shoot it straight up!!!). He took a week off of the flonaise to “reset” his sinuses and last week started using it again, the correct way. And holy cow. He stopped snoring. His voice sounds different. His nose stopped whistling. And thank the lord, he stopped having midnight nose bleeds.
No more blood, but also no more paranoia on my part and he can properly breathe out of his nose for the first time we moved here.
You may be wondering why he didn’t see a doctor when the nosebleeds started, its because we are poor and he has medical anxiety.
But yeah. Case solved!
TLDR: husband wasn’t using hard drugs as the internet suggested, he was using his nasal spray incorrectly.
THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT THE OOP

Braves @ D-backs - Fri, Jun 02

Game Status: Final - Score: 3-2 D-backs

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Braves Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Acuña Jr. - RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.323	.403	.549
2	Olson - 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.231	.359	.528
3	Riley, A - 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.262	.331	.452
4	Murphy, S - C	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.285	.395	.545
	1-Hilliard - PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.307	.449
5	d'Arnaud - DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279	.300	.382
6	Rosario, E - LF	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	.251	.280	.449
7	Albies - 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.248	.294	.459
8	Arcia, Or - SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.312	.368	.464
9	Harris II, M - CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.170	.254	.259
	Totals	32	2	7	2	3	10	9

Braves
1-Ran for Murphy, S in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B: Riley, A (12, Kelly, M). HR: Rosario, E 2 (7, 2nd inning off Kelly, M, 0 on, 2 out, 7th inning off Kelly, M, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Acuña Jr.; Arcia, Or; Murphy, S; Riley, A 2; Rosario, E 9. RBI: Rosario, E 2 (20). 2-out RBI: Rosario, E. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Arcia, Or 2. Team RISP: 0-for-3. Team LOB: 6.
FIELDING: E: Murphy, S (3, catcher interference). DP: (Riley, A-Albies-Olson).

	D-backs Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Perdomo - 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.285	.380	.477
2	Marte, K - DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.278	.336	.476
3	Carroll - CF	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	.288	.374	.513
4	Walker, C - 1B	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	.254	.316	.488
5	Gurriel Jr. - LF	3	0	1	2	0	1	2	.310	.357	.548
6	Rivera, E - 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.358	.449
7	Moreno - C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.283	.316	.372
8	Ahmed - SS	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	.228	.268	.315
9	McCarthy - RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.193	.268	.273
	Totals	28	3	6	3	2	10	10

D-backs
BATTING: 2B: Gurriel Jr. (16, Morton, C); Walker, C (12, Morton, C); Ahmed (5, Morton, C). TB: Ahmed 2; Carroll; Gurriel Jr. 2; Perdomo 2; Walker, C 2. RBI: Gurriel Jr. 2 (35); Walker, C (36). 2-out RBI: Gurriel Jr. 2; Walker, C. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gurriel Jr.; Rivera, E; McCarthy. GIDP: Rivera, E. Team RISP: 1-for-5. Team LOB: 4.
FIELDING: Outfield assists: Gurriel Jr. (Olson at home).

Braves Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Morton, C (L, 5-6)	7.0	6	3	3	2	9	0	99-68	3.62
McHugh	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	3.38
Totals	8.0	6	3	3	2	10	0

D-backs Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Kelly, M (W, 7-3)	7.0	5	2	2	3	8	2	100-68	2.80
Adams (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-7	2.25
Castro (S, 6)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15-12	2.13
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	3	10	2

Game Info
Balk: Kelly, M.
Disengagement violations: Kelly, M.
Pitches-strikes: Morton, C 99-68; McHugh 7-6; Kelly, M 100-68; Adams 15-7; Castro 15-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Morton, C 6-4; McHugh 1-1; Kelly, M 7-0; Adams 0-1; Castro 1-2.
Batters faced: Morton, C 28; McHugh 3; Kelly, M 27; Adams 3; Castro 5.
Umpires: HP: Tony Randazzo. 1B: Todd Tichenor. 2B: Brian Knight. 3B: Alex Tosi.
Weather: 93 degrees, Clear.
Wind: 2 mph, Calm.
First pitch: 6:40 PM.
T: 2:11.
Att: 27,469.
Venue: Chase Field.
June 2, 2023

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Bottom 1	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubles (16) on a line drive to left fielder Eddie Rosario. Geraldo Perdomo scores. Corbin Carroll scores.	2-0 AZ
Top 2	Eddie Rosario homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field.	2-1 AZ
Bottom 3	Christian Walker doubles (12) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Eddie Rosario. Corbin Carroll scores.	3-1 AZ
Top 7	Eddie Rosario homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field.	3-2 AZ

Team	Highlight
AZ	Bullpen availability for Arizona, June 2 vs Braves (00:00:07)
ATL	Bullpen availability for Atlanta, June 2 vs D-backs (00:00:07)
AZ	Fielding alignment for Arizona, June 2 vs Braves (00:00:11)
ATL	Fielding alignment for Atlanta, June 2 vs D-backs (00:00:11)
AZ	Starting lineups for Braves at D-backs - June 2, 2023 (00:00:09)
ATL	Charlie Morton's outing against the D-backs (00:00:20)
AZ	Lourdes Gurriel's two-run double (00:00:22)
ATL	Eddie Rosario's solo home run (6) (00:00:25)
ATL	Ronald Acuña Jr. out after review (00:00:29)
AZ	Corbin Carroll's nice diving grab (00:00:22)
AZ	Gurriel, Ahmed get Olson out (00:00:29)
AZ	Christian Walker's RBI double (00:00:29)
ATL	Eddie Rosario's solo homer (7) (00:00:30)
AZ	Merrill Kelly fans eight Braves (00:00:49)
ATL	Charlie Morton fans nine D-backs (00:00:43)
AZ	Miguel Castro earns sixth save (00:00:11)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Braves	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2	7	1	6
D-backs	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			3	6	0	4

Decisions

• Winner: Merrill Kelly (7-3, 2.80)
• Loser: Charlie Morton (5-6, 3.62)
• Save: Miguel Castro (6, 2.13)

Division Scoreboard

OAK 0 @ MIA 4 - Final
PHI 7 @ WSH 8 - Final
TOR 3 @ NYM 0 - Final
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Table of Contents

1. Russo-China rejects Biden
2. ZNPP as potential Chernobyl
3. Biden's Ukraine is desperate enough for scorched-earth tactics
   1. Battle of the Bulge at Bakhmut
   2. Fresh meat
   3. Teixeira leaks
   4. BRICS vs NATO
4. ZNPP's weak point is diesel fuel
5. Ukrainian saboteurs caught by ZNPP
6. BB / Red Skull / Inb4source / Q
   1. BB sent Q
   2. BB warns Zaporizhia is pivotal
   3. RS gives ZNPP sabotage warning
   4. Ukraine HVT: Nuclear tit for tat
   5. Inb4source / Red Skull 4chan posting history

Note: links redacted. See bottom for link to original.

Summary

Ukraine has allegedly sabotaged Zaporizhia to melt down like Chernobyl, to stop the Russian invasion and justify NATO peacekeepers.
Here's Biden's plan to avoid another Kabul:

• NATO operators sabotaged the ZNPP backup diesel generator fuel storage, causing it to leak.
• NATO is targeting diesel fuel shipments. See captured Ukro saboteurs with NLAWs.
• When diesel reaches zero, Ukros will shell the lone power line, breaking it for the 8th time.
• Up to 6x Chernobyl meltdown ensues. Territory Russia captured is ruined.
• NATO establishes "no-fly zone" and sends "peacekeepers".

Russo-China rejects Biden

"Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to fuck things up." – Barack Obama
Clearly we underestimated him. Americans can hardly believe that Biden blew up Nord Stream 2, essentially attacking our colony "ally" Germany. Perhaps they're still reeling from Kabul falling faster than Hanoi.
Normally Russia endeavors to cooperate with the sitting US president. However, Russian state media has begun airing the Hunter Biden laptop images, of Hunter engaged in drugs and pedophilia with preteen girls. This is retaliation for Biden crossing Russia's red line by repeatedly trying to sabotage Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). That's why Russia is willing to assist in the impeachment of a sitting US president, which is obviously an extreme step to take between two countries with enough nukes to blot out the Sun.
Rumor has it that China has also turned on Biden, which would make sense: China's economic backing allows Russia to survive US sanctions. China wants Taiwan, and Russia wants East Ukraine. They would be stupid not to cooperate.

• SHOWTIME FORMOSA; SMART MONEY IS SELLING TAIWAN EDITION pol BB May 17
• China Calls Biden a Fake President and Lloyd Austin a Fake Defense Secretary Michael Baxter May 30
• China declines US request for a meeting between defense chiefs Reuters May 30
• Xi Jinping tells China’s national security chiefs to prepare for ‘worst case’ scenarios CNN June 1

ZNPP as potential Chernobyl

A Redditor explains:

Kawaii-Gopnik Russia really needs that powerplant without any leak, to provide industry of surrounding regions with energy, but very few people understand contexts of the current situation: Soviets built complicated and very well ballanced energy system, including not only NPP, but also cascade of hydro power plants. Donetsk, Dnepr, Zaporozhe and Kharkov regions are just one big power hungry plant. NPP itself is reliant on hydropower and quality of water in Dnepr river. In case of really bad "accident" Russia will forget about development of the newly accuired regions, lack of energy produced by NPP is significant, nearly 30-40%. Accident will affect south of Ukraine with russian majority. It will also be also disaster for ecology of the WHOLE Black Sea. Rose of winds will spread nuclear dust to the West - Poland, Romania, Czechia and further. Nuclear zone will stop russian army from further territorial expansion. This will be border formed by Dnepr and nuclear zones.

The basic facts are documented by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Even while shut down, ZNPP needs external power grid or diesel to prevent its reactors from overheating.
Russia controls ZNPP. A nuclear "accident" would give NATO pretext to intervene, so Ukraine keeps trying to cause one.
How bad is this? Well, Chernobyl is in Ukraine. That was a 1k MW reactor. ZNPP has six. It is the 9th largest NPP in the world.
Hopefully the containment response would be much better than Chernobyl's, but that's hardly something to count on during WW3. Russia's nuclear doctrine includes pre-emptive strikes; who knows what they'd do. The USSR nearly launched twice during the Cold War.
Imagine if China assisted Texas in seceding from the USA to rejoin Mexico, and then caused a reactor meltdown at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant when the USA retook it. A lot of Southerners would want to lob a few nukes back at China. They might demand it.
It is foolish to assume WW3 will not happen because it hasn't happened yet. One should look instead at the historical record of continual warfare, and the difficulties in preventing WW3 so far:

• List of nuclear close calls Wikipedia
• WW3: Historical close calls Wikipedia

Thus one cannot rule out a radiation release 6x as bad as Chernobyl. Not that Ukraine needs anything so dramatic. It merely seeks a pretext to justify direct NATO intervention to "protect" ZNPP. A small leak will suffice.
Even if there is a major radiation leak, it will occur in Russian-annexed separatist territory, and help Ukraine defend her new border. Scorched earth is a valid tactic, whether the fire is conventional or nuclear. Ukraine survived Chernobyl and knows it can survive ZNPP too.

Biden's Ukraine is desperate enough for scorched-earth tactics

Battle of the Bulge at Bakhmut

"We have been working on the counter-offensive with Ukraine for 4-5 months." – Victoria Nuland
Why is Ukraine so desperate?
Ukraine depends on NATO aid to fight Russia. NATO aid depends on Democrat willingness. Democrat willingness depends on US public support. Therefore the illusion must be maintained to the American public that Ukraine is winning. For this reason, Ukraine has committed its reserves to a costly failed counter-offensive. Bakhmut fell regardless.
James A. Donald summarizes the strategic picture:

So, bright new plan. "The Greatest Ukrainian Offensive". The Ukraine would build up a big reserve of fresh troops, then suddenly hurl large chunks of them at particular points on the front. They would, the Americans planned, cut through a point in the front lines, penetrate to Russian rear areas, wreak havoc on those areas, and force Russian troops in danger of being encircled to hastily retreat from territory that had been slowly gained at enormous cost in grinding attritive warfare. I do not know how big the Ukrainian strategic reserve was, but if it was two hundred fifty thousand, they have now committed most of them to grinding attritive warfare, and cupboard is looking as bare of men as it is of artillery and rockets.

The USA expected to break Russia economically; China's economic support prevented that. Despite PMC Wagner's heartfelt complaints, Russia is unlikely to run out of convicts anytime soon. Russia is rotating divisions through Ukraine, seasoning reservists for a looming WW3. Russia's historical appetite for losses is much higher than its current losses. This is essentially a civil war, and the Russia bear considers being carved up an existential threat. By underestimating Russia's resolve, NATO is repeating the error of Napoleon and Hitler.
Despite having plenty of weapons, Ukraine's military manpower is exhausted and demoralized. Raw conscripts are thrown at the front lines with minimal training. Medvedev predicts that the Ukraine will cease to exist; half its people have already fled.

Anonymous Sat 27 May 2023 04:59:49 No.428438077 Report 428437208 Yeah, the killing has been excessive since they pretty much destroyed 95% of Azov fags and assorted true believers in the first 200k dead, now they overshot it by 100%. About 12% of the non-Russian speaking population's prime military aged men in Ukraine are dead or crippled. 12-20% of the same demographic has fled the country. It's over, desu. They are seeing much more of the polish and romanian mercs now, since they literally lack the manpower.

Western mass media wrongly assumes that Russia is losing because it does not take the entirety of Ukraine in a blitz, as the USA did to Iraq. However, Russia does not want West Ukraine; the people there do not like Russians. Russia has captured the territory it wants, and is now using the rest of Ukraine as a kettle or cauldron, in which to conveniently destroy whatever NATO wishes to send. This is a good way for Russia to gradually learn how to fight NATO armies in a low-risk environment.
The Spartans had a rule never to war too often against the same enemy, lest they train up a nemesis. It was foolish of NATO to believe that Russia had forgotten the lessons of attrition warfare that it learned so recently in Afghanistan.

Nehming Names 9h Russia's prudent caution in directly engaging the West is bringing dividends in perhaps unexpected ways. Russia is gaining strategic knowledge of the actual capabilities and weaknesses of our weapon systems and military tactics, with our supply of munitions draining to militarily unsustainable levels, as it engages allied forces in Ukraine. Russia is aware of the continuing progress of the Great Awakening in the West, that is, the knowledge that Western governments, military, and institutions are run by an elite hostile to their heritage populations, and therefore expects to see declining support of Western governments by their citizens. Russia can also see the precipitous decrease in every societal metric in the West: social cohesiveness, general morality, public health, financial stability, military readiness, etc.With these three degradative processes in play, the most strategic thing Russia and China can do is to bide their time, as time itself will act to sap the strength of the West to militarily engage their foes.

Fresh meat

Russian conquest of Kiev would air Biden's dirty laundry to the world, from Burisma kickbacks to pedophilic field trips and worse. This would result in US "regime change". A distant Chernobyl is a small price to pay, for top Democrats to avoid the hangman's noose.
Poland is itching to invade. Victoria Nuland is scheduling NATO air exercises. USAF propaganda asserts that Russia's air force is a joke. The question is, do Americans still believe Biden's false prophets of victory?
If not, they just need a little "encouragement": 9/11, Gulf of Tonkin, Pearl Harbor, Lusitania, Remember the Maine… Keep those rural Whites busy lest they make trouble at home!
Most Americans cannot find Ukraine on a map. (To be fair, it hasn't been on the map very long.) However, the architects of Biden's Ukraine policy, such as Victoria Nuland, Jake Sullivan, Antony Blinken and George Soros, tend to have grandparents of Eastern European origin. I am sure for them it feels important. There's no place like home.
A Redditor explains:

tinglevibestoo I listened to a former CIA agent talk about Ukraine the other day. He said that Ukraine is running out of time. It's not that they don't have the weapons. We've sent them a ton of weapons. It's that they don't have enough troops and they're running low on troops. That's how Russia will win. Ukraine can't sustain the manpower. It totally makes sense to use a nuclear false flag as a reason to bring in the extra manpower. Everyone would deem it justified too because it's a threat to the neighboring nations and it'd be an environmental (climate change) catastrophe.

Teixeira leaks

Some will bring up the US intelligence leaks by Jack Teixeira to support the idea that Russia rather than Ukraine is desperate. Unlike Snowden, Teixeiera was obviously a major security risk for patriotically-motivated leaking, with numerous red flags in his previous and ongoing behavior. Therefore Teixeira was probably a deliberate leak by US intelligence, using a patsy to generate the initial leak and then add whatever extra info they wanted released in the resulting confusion.

• Jack Teixeira Wikipedia
• Discord member details how documents leaked from closed chat group Washington Post

Teixeira's leaks served several purposes for the Biden administration:

• Allowed the mainstream media to walk back their false forecasts of Ukrainian victory.
• Provided a right-wing scapegoat for Ukraine's defeat.
• Justified increased social media monitoring and censorship.

Most importantly, it mitigated the potential political fallout from another catastrophe like Kabul, should Kiev fall.
The 4chan leaker BB/Inb4source asserts Teixeira was a patsy.

BRICS vs NATO

The foundation of the US empire is the petrodollar, which allows the USA to tax the world via digital debt seignorage. This is why the creation of BRICS as an independent financial and trading system rendered war between NATO and BRICS inevitable, as Kim Dotcom predicted. The US republic is a thalassocratic empire as arrogant as democratic Athens, and it is addicted to financial plunder. The Empire cannot afford to lose the USD's reserve currency status.
Reserve currencies and empires both have lifespans, and the USA has reached the end of both. It is at the stage where hubristic foreign misadventures prove fatal, and Ukraine and Taiwan will prove too much for the American eagle to handle. This is no longer WW2; the USA cannot win a two-front war against BRICS.

• Gold Reserve Fiat Currencies Monetary Gold
• World Reserve Currencies last on average 100 years. The US dollar has been the reserve currency for 76 years. Satoshi Chris

That is why Biden's NATO is desperate; the Empire is unravelling as the European Union and other allies such as Turkey and India lose their faith in NATO.
The fact that none of this is common knowledge speaks volumes about who controls public schools and owns mass media corporations.

ZNPP's weak point is diesel fuel

The situation at ZNPP is tenuous and grim, workers report:
Europe’s largest nuclear power station is on the frontline of the Ukraine war. SkyNews Twitter
The fact that the backup diesel reactors have not been maintained is particularly concerning, considering they have already been used 7 times.
UN nuclear chief raises alarm over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant Al Jazeera
Ukraine keeps trying to force a crisis at ZNPP to justify NATO intervention. In other words, Ukraine keeps shelling ZNPP to cut the one power line that still connects it to the grid.

Atlas

This is extremely dangerous, external power is required for reliable cooling of the reactors and pools containing spent nuclear waste. Western media spent months last year pretending Kiev wasn’t shelling ZNPP.
Notice that the Russian side keeps ZNPP connected to the power grid, while the Ukrainian side pretends it cannot until the Russian invasion ends:

• Update 153 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine 2023 April 13
• Update 159 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine 2023 May 22
• Russian nuclear terrorism in action: ZNPP switches to emergency generators for the 7th time Ukrainian World Congress
• Kiev blocked all IAEA’s initiatives on ZNPP security — Russian Foreign Ministry
• Grossi says Zaporizhzhia principles 'step in right direction' IAEA

As you can see, Ukraine is not interested in being reasonable. Russia is happy to leave the NPP free of heavy military equipment, but Ukraine demands the removal of all troops and landmines from ZNPP as well. That would leave the plant undefended, which is obviously unacceptable.
(This is how perverse incentives work. A little ally with nothing to lose can start a world war. It's almost like dividing the world into two hostile nuclear alliances is a bad idea.)
When ZNPP loses external power, huge diesel generators automatically switch on to keep the reactors cool. How much diesel does this consume? Truckloads per day:

Anonymous Sat 27 May 2023 05:18:50 No.428439721 Report Quoted By: >>428463646 428436425 Still easy to transport diesel enough to keep them going In what? If NATO ops and Mercs are sabotaging trucks coming in, what do you think they are gonna carry diesel in to the plant? Is Russia gonna pack in rotopack Jerry cans on their back. Fill a truck up with 5 gallon cans and hope they make it past the snipers and sabotage? Do you have any clue how much fuel those big generators suck down in a day? Those generators to run the plants during shut down or failures are huge 500kw or bigger they are the size of whole 18 wheeler trailers. Those things will drink 50 gallons an hour. You gonna haul in 2.5 gallon rotopacks one at a time to keep it going?

Nuclear power plants have tough shielding. Allegedly the diesel generators are hidden underground. However, the diesel fuel supply is still vulnerable.
Normally the diesel generators have enough fuel for 10 days. However, ZNPP's diesel stockpile recently dipped to 4 days, according to 4chan leaker Inb4source.

Ukrainian saboteurs caught by ZNPP

On May 27, Ukraine accused Russian of planning to cause a leak at ZNPP:

OSINTdefender The Main Directorate of Intelligence for Ukraine has announced that the Russian Military is preparing for Large-Scale Provocation in the coming hours at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Southern Ukraine that will reportedly Simulate an “Accident” at the Plant causing the Emergency Leak of Radioactive Substances which will be Blamed on Ukrainian Forces.

Then Russia announced it had caught saboteurs (presumably Ukrainian) in ZNPP's city:

Saboteurs who were preparing terrorist attacks on the NPP were detained in Energodar. They had with them maps and schematics of the nuclear power plant with marks for strikes that could lead to a nuclear catastrophe. The suspects are involved in collecting and transmitting information about the facilities of the Zaporozhye NPP on the instructions of the Ukrainian authorities. To communicate with the curators, they used foreign satellite systems, as well as foreign weapons for strikes and equipment for conducting reconnaissance and sabotage activities.

• Translated source message is from Telegram group Slavyangrad Chat.
• Original source message is in Russian from Telegram group WarDonbass, sent May 28 at 23:12.

Enerhodar is the city that contains the ZNPP: See Enerhodar Wikipedia
Some object that the footage is "staged". Of course it is staged. The primary consumer of the helmet-cam footage is Russian military intelligence. The evidence shot was staged for their benefit. The short edited video that was released to the public has distorted voices, and avoids showing any faces. Thus even if the footage is authentic, it is still "staged".
The ZNPP maps displayed in the video don't appear to match the announcement text. The maps could simply show where diesel fuel trucks need to go. Russia does not wish to advertise the specific nature of ZNPP's vulnerability.
The saboteurs appear to be 3-man team, equipped with 3 rifles and 3 NLAW missile launchers.
The saboteurs had 5 frag grenades. Normally soldiers carry 2 or 3 grenades, but heavy weapons soldiers don't have to. The three smooth grenades are RGD-5s, a cheap outdated Russian model. The Russian troops removed the fuses from the grenades on the evidence table to avoid unpleasant surprises.
Some object that Ukrainian saboteurs wouldn't be so careless as to have printouts of the reactor map. However, the saboteurs' presence in Enerhodar already makes their target obvious. Presumably multiple teams were sent to intercept Russian diesel shipments.
The Enerhodar saboteurs would've been notified when satellites spotted their target. Until then, they should hide in the safehouse behind blackout curtains to avoid detection. The fact that these saboteurs were caught napping suggests a degree of incompetence, compared to other teams who presumably either avoided detection or fought back. One can assume that Ukrainian specops have suffered extreme casualties.

BB / Red Skull / Inb4source / Q

BB sent Q

Qanon has lost a tremendous amount of popularity, as patriots grew disillusioned with the slow pace of the promised Great Awakening. They did not understand that Q is subordinate to a higher power with an agenda that does not necessarily include their survival.
Q aimed to help Trump save the USA. Q was sent by "Burning Bush", whose agenda is judging humanity, on the eve of WW3 and runaway de-terraforming. BB's personas started posting to 4chan's pol by 2016, whereas Q started in October 2017. (4chan is like the wild west of the Web: The world's spooks congregate there to exchange intelligence.)
BB goes by several nicknames; he began posting anonymously as "Inb4source" in 2016. A recent message implies the USA/Israel is Babylon the Great, and God (meaning him) has returned to judge her:

The world has turned it's back on *od now *od Is turning His back on the world. He Who Lets has been REMOVED. THE ANGEL OF DEATH HAS COME THE HARVEST OF THE TARES HAS BEGUN. And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. (Earthquake Lights) And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. (nothing ever happens) Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, inb4source

BB claims responsibility for the historical pendulum swinging rightward, via figures such as Elon Musk. His method of influence is the butterfly effect.
"Burning Bush" claims to be God. One can think of him as the God of the Old Testament, or as a pagan god like Zeus, or as merely a transcendent extraterrestrial. However, he also claims to inhabit a human-looking body, lives on a ranch in the USA, has children, caught COVID19, etc.
Whatever one's theology, the relevant portion of BB's message is that the USA did not sufficiently embrace the opportunity offered by Q. Anyone who has read the Old Testament knows what happens next: Ignore the prophet, reap the consequences. Thus Q's slogan "Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming" should be understood in the Biblical sense, like Noah's flood: The Ark is optional.
(As far as I know, Q is still posting to Truth Social. I don't follow that site.)
Paul Furber is the chief priest of BB. Before that, he was a major early proponent of Q. See Furber's book for many verifiable examples of fulfilled predictions and proven scoops.
BB normally identifies himself by the unique image hash of his burning bush picture. (Nobody can generate that hash unless they possess the original image.) However, BB also posts as an anon users nickname "Red Skull", for his signature images of red skulls. As Red Skull, BB avoids the extravagant Biblical claims of BB, but the style and modus operandi and interests are obviously the same – as are his implied godlike powers.
I recommend focusing on facts and trying to prevent nuclear WW3, rather than getting hung up on theology. BB is not asking anyone to worship him or sacrifice chickens. He does prescribe prayer and a life of action governed by virtue.
I certainly do not recommend taking everything anonymous spooks say at face value. If you are, like most people, unable to think in shades of gray between binary true and false, this essay is above your reading level.

BB warns Zaporizhia is pivotal

BB has repeatedly warned that keeping Zaporizhia intact is critical to the survival of NATO citizenry:

the Ukrainians attacking the Nuclear Power station in the hands of the Russians spewing radiation over enough territory that the Russians will turn Kiev into a furnace.

– BB 2022-9-24
Find other warnings by searching for keyword "nuclear".
Those who find it difficult to believe that nuclear weapons would be used in WW3 as in WW2 should note that COVID19 is already a bioweapon WMD deployed for WW3.

RS gives ZNPP sabotage warning

On the morning of May 27, BB's persona Red Skull leaked that NATO specops had sabotaged external power to ZNPP.
His scenario is plausible and severe enough to warrant investigation.
Here are relevant posts, datestamped 2023 May 27 0300-0500:

it's a little less than ten days… Until Nato SpecOps melt down the Uke Nuke plant and blames it on you.

He continues:

Nato SpecOps have sabotaged power to the nuke plant. As of this posting, 6 days of diesel fuel remain to provide power to pumps to cool the plant and spent fuel pool. Diesel shipments are being targeted and terminated.

He adds:

So now I need to tell you Russia intends a pre emptive strike if nuclear capable F16's are delivered.

On the evening of May 27, Red Skull updated:

Doesn't look good at Nuke Plant. Russia has 4 days to get more fuel to the generators. They are working on clearing a flight path. Ukraine will try to stop them on orders of U.S. Uniparty.

Sounds like a severe leak, to lose 2 days of fuel in under 24 hours.

Ukraine HVT: Nuclear tit for tat

On 28 May Red Skull asserted that:

• Ukraine just did an underground nuclear bomb test in a borehole, to contain the radiation.
• Russia may retaliate with a pre-emptive strike at any time, against 1-2 high-value targets.
• West Ukraine may be reduced to the stone-age.

Red Skull approved of this anon's summary:

Nuclear warheads that USA/UK sent. Specifically for the purpose of being exploded in Ukraine. The false flags will never stop until all out WW3 is declared, or until you root out the pedophile demon cult that is running the show and sending you monkeys to war. War for really no good reason at this point. The cities are destroyed, just withdraw. Ukraine is a kettle right now, a kill box. Do you understand what that means? And it was created on purpose.

On May 30, Putin announced that Russia had destroyed the Ukrainian military intelligence headquarters. Photos confirm the damage.

• Putin confirms strike on Ukrainian military intelligence HQ RT
• Putin Strikes Back - Destroys GUR Bunker? Simplicius

Intelligence chief Kyrylo Oleksiyovych Budanov may have died in the strike.

Inb4source / Red Skull 4chan posting history

Inb4source has posted on 4chan since 2016, but he doesn't always use an image hash identifier, making it impossible to verify the identity of all of his early posts. As his popularity grew, others began adopting his catchphrase ">inb4source".
18016 posts on pol contain ">inb4source".
The first page of results suggests Inb4source is a pro-Trump military intelligence officer. He began posting in Aug 2016, before Trump's inauguration.
Another early Inb4source catchphrase is "I AM The Source." This has a double meaning, both theological and journalistic.
The catchphrase doesn't appear in every Inb4source post. Searching for it yields 437 results, too many of which are irrelevant results.
Searching for both phrases together yields 50 results that look to be mostly legitimate. One could then search for additional posts by each unique ID from a session.
Searching for image hashes is a reliable method of ID verification, assuming no one else has the image. I know of two such images that Inb4source/BB uses: both are red skulls, giving him the nickname RS.

• 325 results
• 314 results

RS just announced that his devices (phone, computers) have been compromised, casting doubt on the legitimacy of future RS posts. This may be a response to my publication of his warnings regarding Zaporizhia onto Reddit and Gab; the timing is suspicious. I first mentioned Inb4source on Reddit 7 days ago, and Red Skull on Gab yesterday (as of morning June 3). I do not know of any other analysts writing about him or connecting him to his BB persona.
When evaluating his warnings and predictions, remember that publishing info about ongoing events can affect the outcome, and is often intended to do so. Unlike the concept of Biblical prophecy, the future is mostly probabilistic. However, he is certainly good at scooping the news.
Someone else can do an in-depth Q-proof style analysis of his accuracy; my focus here is Zaporizhia.
Read original with links here.

Blue Jays @ Mets - Fri, Jun 02

Game Status: Final - Score: 3-0 Blue Jays

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Blue Jays Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Springer - RF	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	.259	.326	.400
2	Bichette - SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.335	.370	.532
3	Guerrero Jr. - 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.286	.350	.452
4	Belt - DH	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	.252	.375	.378
5	Chapman, M - 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	.284	.362	.493
6	Merrifield - 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.299	.348	.390
7	Varsho - LF	4	1	1	2	0	2	3	.214	.275	.381
8	Kirk - C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.254	.350	.326
9	Kiermaier - CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.303	.348	.493
	Totals	33	3	8	3	3	10	14

Blue Jays
BATTING: HR: Springer (8, 1st inning off Verlander, 0 on, 0 out); Varsho (9, 9th inning off Brigham, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Bichette 2; Guerrero Jr.; Kirk; Merrifield 2; Springer 4; Varsho 4. RBI: Springer (23); Varsho 2 (24). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Varsho 2. GIDP: Belt; Merrifield. Team RISP: 1-for-4. Team LOB: 6.
FIELDING: E: Guerrero Jr. (3, fielding).

	Mets Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Nimmo - CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.290	.375	.425
2	Lindor - SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.216	.289	.414
3	McNeil - 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.361	.359
4	Alonso - 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.235	.331	.539
5	Baty - 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	.232	.302	.376
6	Marte, S - RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.245	.312	.310
7	Vientos - DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.172	.194	.276
8	Canha - LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.247	.330	.405
9	Alvarez - C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.246	.301	.509
	Totals	32	0	4	0	0	10	10

Mets
BATTING: 2B: McNeil (7, Bassitt). TB: Alonso; Canha; Marte, S; McNeil 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Alonso; McNeil; Vientos. Team RISP: 0-for-6. Team LOB: 5.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (Alonso-Lindor-Verlander; McNeil-Lindor-Alonso).

Blue Jays Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Bassitt (W, 6-4)	7.2	3	0	0	0	8	0	101-64	3.41
Mayza (H, 5)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	1.80
Romano (S, 14)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-8	3.13
Totals	9.0	4	0	0	0	10	0

Mets Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Verlander (L, 2-3)	6.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	117-77	4.25
Leone	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	4.50
Smith, Dr	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-6	3.66
Brigham	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	15-9	3.98
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	3	10	2

Game Info
Pitch timer violations: Nimmo (batter timer).
Pitches-strikes: Bassitt 101-64; Mayza 5-3; Romano 10-8; Verlander 117-77; Leone 9-6; Smith, Dr 7-6; Brigham 15-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Bassitt 6-5; Mayza 0-0; Romano 0-1; Verlander 4-1; Leone 0-2; Smith, Dr 2-0; Brigham 1-1.
Batters faced: Bassitt 27; Mayza 1; Romano 4; Verlander 25; Leone 3; Smith, Dr 3; Brigham 5.
Umpires: HP: Nic Lentz. 1B: Charlie Ramos. 2B: Jeremie Rehak. 3B: Chad Fairchild.
Weather: 73 degrees, Partly Cloudy.
Wind: 2 mph, R To L.
First pitch: 8:41 PM.
T: 2:36 (1:31 delay).
Att: 42,637.
Venue: Citi Field.
June 2, 2023

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Top 1	George Springer homers (8) on a fly ball to center field.	1-0 TOR
Top 9	Daulton Varsho homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Whit Merrifield scores.	3-0 TOR

Team	Highlight
TOR	Bullpen availability for Toronto, June 2 vs Mets (00:00:07)
NYM	Bullpen availability for New York, June 2 vs Blue Jays (00:00:07)
NYM	Fielding alignment for New York, June 2 vs Blue Jays (00:00:11)
TOR	Fielding alignment for Toronto, June 2 vs Mets (00:00:11)
NYM	Starting lineups for Blue Jays at Mets - June 2, 2023 (00:00:09)
TOR	Analyzing Daulton Varsho's home run through bat tracking (00:00:09)
NYM	Sarah Langs talks battle with ALS (00:04:43)
TOR	Springer's leadoff homer (8) (00:00:37)
NYM	Verlander talks Cy Young season (00:13:40)
NYM	Sarah Langs' pregame ceremony (00:00:16)
NYM	Justin Verlander gets out of jam (00:00:23)
NYM	Justin Verlander's eight K's (00:02:08)
TOR	Varsho's two-run homer (9) (00:00:41)
TOR	Chris Bassitt's eight K's (00:01:55)
TOR	Jordan Romano records final out (00:00:16)
TOR	George Springer's diving catch (00:00:29)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Blue Jays	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		3	8	1	6
Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	0	5

Decisions

• Winner: Chris Bassitt (6-4, 3.41)
• Loser: Justin Verlander (2-3, 4.25)
• Save: Jordan Romano (14, 3.13)

Division Scoreboard

OAK 0 @ MIA 4 - Final
PHI 7 @ WSH 8 - Final
ATL 2 @ AZ 3 - Game Over
Next Mets Game: Sat, Jun 03, 04:10 PM EDT vs. Blue Jays
^{Last Updated: 06/02/2023 11:53:23 PM EDT}

See my post history for info. I wanted to update my case since it’s not such a dire one and is resolving relatively quickly.
So I got back to the US on Monday and saw my primary care doc today. She confirmed that it is sciatica (technically “lumbar radiculopathy”) and that it’s almost certainly not a spinal issue in my case, given my age (57) and history. More likely swelling from a pulled muscle in my lower back. Either from sleeping in the weird hotel bed or washing a bunch of travel laundry in the hotel bath the previous evening. Apparently ruptured discs and other disasters are more common in the younger folks, who knew?
It’s already miles better, 10 days out, especially sleeping in my own bed. I still have some achiness and a little numbness. I also pulled a muscle in the calf of my opposite leg, likely from all the limping. So that sucked.
The doctor I saw in Amsterdam gave me prescription strength NSAIDs and Valium to sleep. I’ve now graduated to OTC ibuprofen and a muscle relaxant for nighttime.
Riding a bike was probably the only thing I could do without pain. I still managed to hobble at least 5 miles or so a day on the vacation.
At its worst, I would put the pain at 7-8/10. I’ve had a baby without epidural and would put the pain and cramping feeling right up there with advanced labor contractions. Now it’s at about a 2/10 and entirely manageable.
I’m to do some specific exercises, use ice and heat, take ibuprofen, and if it isn’t resolved in a few weeks, I’ll get PT. If it worsens, then scans are in order.
So, not every case is a massive injury, and some can resolve in a couple weeks. There may be hope. Hang in there.

Rockies @ Royals - Fri, Jun 02

Game Status: Final - Score: 7-2 Rockies

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Rockies Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Blackmon - DH	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	.277	.356	.447
2	Profar, J - LF	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	.232	.308	.379
3	McMahon - 3B	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	.260	.339	.490
4	Díaz, E - C	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	.318	.371	.489
5	Grichuk - RF	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.347	.404	.480
6	Castro, H - 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.278	.292	.339
7	Jones, N - 1B	4	0	1	2	0	2	2	.308	.333	.538
8	Doyle, B - CF	3	1	1	0	1	2	2	.247	.293	.430
9	Tovar - SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.241	.286	.398
	Totals	37	7	9	7	1	12	12

Rockies
BATTING: 2B: Tovar (16, Hernández, C); Díaz, E (12, Wittgren); Jones, N (3, Wittgren). HR: McMahon (9, 1st inning off Lyles, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Castro, H; Doyle, B; Díaz, E 3; Grichuk; Jones, N 2; McMahon 5; Tovar 2. RBI: Díaz, E 2 (29); Jones, N 2 (6); McMahon 2 (33); Profar, J (23). 2-out RBI: McMahon; Jones, N 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Doyle, B. Team RISP: 4-for-8. Team LOB: 4.
FIELDING: DP: (Tovar-Jones, N).

	Royals Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Pratto - 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.296	.402	.426
2	Witt Jr. - SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.228	.265	.427
3	Pasquantino - DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.263	.342	.465
4	Perez, S - C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.279	.315	.517
5	Melendez - RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.212	.301	.365
6	Olivares - LF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.234	.297	.414
	Garcia, M - 3B	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.262	.326	.357
7	Massey - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.235	.290	.340
	Bradley Jr. - CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.140	.196	.220
8	Lopez, N - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.357	.338
9	Waters - LF	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.211	.211	.368
	Totals	31	2	6	2	3	5	11

Royals
BATTING: HR: Olivares (5, 2nd inning off Anderson, 0 on, 1 out); Waters (1, 3rd inning off Anderson, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Melendez 2; Olivares 4; Pratto; Waters 4; Witt Jr. RBI: Olivares (12); Waters (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bradley Jr. 2. Team RISP: 0-for-1. Team LOB: 5.

Rockies Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Anderson	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	2	80-50	1.69
Suter (W, 4-0)	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	25-18	1.82
Bard, D	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	25-14	0.55
Lawrence (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	2.90
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	2

Royals Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Lyles	5.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	74-49	6.89
Clarke (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18-10	3.04
Cuas (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	18-12	4.56
Hernández, C (L, 0-3)(BS, 2)	0.1	3	4	4	0	0	0	28-19	4.76
Wittgren	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	30-19	7.20
Totals	9.0	9	7	7	1	12	1

Game Info
Pitches-strikes: Anderson 80-50; Suter 25-18; Bard, D 25-14; Lawrence 5-3; Lyles 74-49; Clarke 18-10; Cuas 18-12; Hernández, C 28-19; Wittgren 30-19.
Groundouts-flyouts: Anderson 3-5; Suter 0-2; Bard, D 0-0; Lawrence 0-0; Lyles 0-3; Clarke 1-0; Cuas 0-1; Hernández, C 2-0; Wittgren 3-0.
Batters faced: Anderson 21; Suter 7; Bard, D 5; Lawrence 1; Lyles 18; Clarke 3; Cuas 4; Hernández, C 5; Wittgren 8.
Inherited runners-scored: Lawrence 3-0; Wittgren 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Mike Muchlinski. 1B: Sean Barber. 2B: Alan Porter. 3B: Jim Wolf.
Weather: 84 degrees, Partly Cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, R To L.
First pitch: 7:10 PM.
T: 2:41.
Att: 23,482.
Venue: Kauffman Stadium.
June 2, 2023

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Top 1	Ryan McMahon homers (9) on a fly ball to right field.	1-0 COL
Bottom 2	Edward Olivares homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-1
Bottom 3	Drew Waters homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.	2-1 KC
Top 8	Royals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Jurickson Profar reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Nicky Lopez. Brenton Doyle scores. Ezequiel Tovar to 3rd.	2-2
Top 8	Ryan McMahon singles on a line drive to left fielder Drew Waters. Ezequiel Tovar scores. Jurickson Profar to 2nd.	3-2 COL
Top 8	Elias Diaz doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. Jurickson Profar scores. Ryan McMahon scores.	5-2 COL
Top 8	Nolan Jones doubles (3) on a ground ball to right fielder MJ Melendez, deflected by first baseman Nick Pratto. Randal Grichuk scores. Harold Castro scores.	7-2 COL

Team	Highlight
KC	Bullpen availability for Kansas City, June 2 vs Rockies (00:00:07)
COL	Bullpen availability for Colorado, June 2 vs Royals (00:00:07)
COL	Fielding alignment for Colorado, June 2 vs Royals (00:00:11)
KC	Starting lineups for Rockies at Royals - June 2, 2023 (00:00:09)
COL	Chase Anderson's outing against the Royals (00:00:26)
COL	Ryan McMahon's solo HR (9) (00:00:29)
COL	Ryan McMahon's diving stop (00:00:27)
KC	Edward Olivares' solo HR (5) (00:00:27)
KC	Drew Waters' solo HR (1) (00:00:29)
COL	Tovar's nice catch, strong throw (00:00:29)
KC	Patrick Mahomes plays softball (00:00:29)
COL	Brenton Doyle scores tying run (00:00:31)
KC	Nick Pratto's diving stop (00:00:11)
COL	McMahon's go-ahead knock (00:00:17)
COL	Elias Díaz's two-run double (00:00:28)
COL	Nolan Jones' two-run double (00:00:23)
COL	Nick Pratto's diving stop (00:00:29)
COL	Lawrence seals Rockies win (00:00:30)
COL	After review, Doyle is ruled safe (00:00:29)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Rockies	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		7	9	0	4
Royals	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	0	5

Decisions

• Winner: Brent Suter (4-0, 1.82)
• Loser: Carlos Hernandez (0-3, 4.76)
• Save: Justin Lawrence (1, 2.90)

Division Scoreboard

CLE 0 @ MIN 1 - Final
DET 0 @ CWS 3 - Final
Next Royals Game: Sat, Jun 03, 03:10 PM CDT vs. Rockies
^{Last Updated: 06/02/2023 10:39:51 PM CDT}

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Summer 4986, 15 Akamoth
Shaloon left the Firewyrm with the journeymen, tired and literally drained but smiling since she was allowed to help them feed and clean the animal specimens. Before continuing down the hall, the Archmage turned back to the small stable. She sighed as the Firewyrm hissed at one of the specimens for crowding too close to the bucket of meat she was dishing out to them. She was like a mother chastising over-eager toddlers. Shaloon’s lips curled in a sneer, her words slipping out in a growl of mixed languages, “Appropriate. Might as well be, her samples allowed for their evolution…”
“Archmage?” Journeyman Brom looked up from bottling the Firewyrm's blood. Fool, he would know all the words she'd said… But what sentence structure had she used? She couldn’t remember and hadn’t noticed. She walked away, having been talking to herself anyway.
She walked up the spiral stairs to the larger labs on the ground floor, the laughter of the Firewyrm ringing in her ears. Perhaps mother wasn’t the right word. The girl didn’t see them as children but as something else… “toys,” treasures.
She didn’t bother to knock before entering one of two main labs on the ground floor, and Morndancer didn’t bother to look up from his book, “We need purer samples.” she stated, leaning on the doorframe and crossing her arms to look down on him in the sunken room.
Morndancer snorted, “And where do you expect to find them? We have the Firewyrm.”
Shaloon growled, not looking forward to having this argument again. “She is tainted. Her samples mix on a molecular level, and the spell that changed her…”
“She is our greatest success!” Morndancer slammed his book closed, turning wide, mad, eyes on Shaloon, “You don’t think I tried to make something pure? Something complete? Do you have any idea how many priceless samples and artifacts we wasted before creating something that could actually survive? They are the closest things we have to true-”
“And yet, instead of focusing on replicating them, we waste our time trying to breed the beast out of animals!” Shaloon shouted then cursed, pushing roughly off the door frame, “I have sent to the central Talon and requested pure samples. They will be here in a month.”
“A month…” Morndancer mouthed, then his face twisted, “You sent for them over a season ago and are just now telling me? Why not cut your way there yourself if you are that eager to split our efforts?”
Shaloon turned her nose up at that. She had been transferred here, to this frozen backwater Talon, because she was one of the few Archmages able to cut a hole through space and teleport through the outer planes. She had allowed the transfer because she'd wanted to experiment with this man. What a disappointment. He'd been the greatest mind in the central Talon, making the most substantial progress seen since the extinction. But he refused to continue that line of study, and was now starting to ignore the last fifteen years of experiments here.
“You won’t even let me use the wyvern. It’s been cloistered away in caves for the last two and a half years while you ramble about gods and Chosen…”
“I saw one, Shaloon!” he shouted, jumping to his feet and knocking his book to the ground. Shaloon gasped, rushing down the steps for the book. Picking it up, she held the priceless tome to her chest as if cradling a crying child. “The Talons must shift their focus,” Morndancer paced around the room in circles, talking more to himself than to her, “If there is one, then there will be more. The wyrms gave them the power to reach across the planes. They will be the key. The children will create their own brood…”
Reverently Shaloon placed the book back on its pedestal and turned for the door. Morndancer had finally tipped over the edge. It was the inevitable fate of anyone who exposed their minds to the type of magic they studied. And he had reached deeper than any other. The human mind wasn't meant to converse with the forces that granted their power. She would fall too, eventually.
“But until then…” she turned back to the pacing Archmage, “The samples will be here in a month, escorted by Journeyman Karlo,”
Morndancer finally looked up, "Karlo will never advance past Journeyman, He's halfway to the Outerplains already."
Shaloon smirked, "Aren't we all?" and left the lab.
***
Veon-Zih cracked his neck and rolled his shoulders while he stood in line at the docks. Waiting patiently to present his papers to the guard signing off on the passengers disembarking from Oane. A second guard passed him, heading for a wagon to inspect the goods. The enlisted men looked tense, going through the papers and goods with more focus and efficiency than they usually would, A Paladin officer hovering over them, his hands clasped tightly behind his back and silver armor gleaming in the sun.
Veon-Zih smiled at the Paladin, handing his papers to the enlisted but speaking with the knight, “As much as I appreciate your inspired diligence, Sir, this would go so much faster if you didn’t have them checking and double-checking each signature three times over.”
“Proper procedure is key in keeping us safe, Mr…” he trailed off, looking toward the soldier who flipped to the front of the Monk's massive book to show his name, “Vee… ohn… Zee… ha?”
Close enough, “That it is good Sir. Carry on.” there was no point in arguing with Paladins over proper procedures. Even when it hampered efficiency.
Behind him, the wagon driver shifted nervously as the soldier began asking questions while perusing his trade logs. “I, um… Mr. Karlo?” Veon-Zih glanced over his shoulder as the driver stuttered. The portly man breathed an audible sigh of relief as a second man hopped from the wagon and addressed the soldier. This man was tall, or at least appeared to be, with his head stretched high and back held too stiff, his long straight robe seemed to give his slender body further length. But strangest was how he moved, in snaps and jerks, his head twitching back and forth as he spoke in a whisper to the guard.
“That’s not at all suspicious…” Veon-Zih muttered, taking his papers back from his own soldier and stepping out of the way of the line. Those who had gone before him had already disappeared into the port city, and those behind moved forward to take his place, passing the wagon to reach the free guard.
The driver had the unmistakable look of a merchant, with pouches lining his belt and his guild's badge displayed on his left breast. He should've crossed the straight to Clearhelm many times over as an apprentice before going solo. And yet, he'd stuttered nervously and deferred to his passenger, who was clearly not of the Merchants Guild. Most likely a Mage based on his robe's lack of a religious emblem.
Veon-Zih narrowed his eyes at the strange man as he passed over his papers. The book was nearly as thick as his own, though it bulged with the thickness. Either the Mage hadn’t updated the cover despite the increased pages or…
Veon-Zih cleared his throat, getting the Paladin’s attention, and gestured with his chin towards the wagon. The Paladin looked him over for a moment, his brow furrowed, then glanced towards the wagon. He had no reason to trust Veon-Zih but Paladins were not ordinary soldiers. If there was reason to worry, Hengist would urge him to look for the signs.
The guard shifted his weight just enough to turn his back to the Paladin before opening the book. Veon-Zih sighed, watching the man move. He wasn’t just turning pages. His arm pulled too far back rather than to the side. Most likely slipping something into his coat. The Paladin might not have been able to see, but he'd already caught the scent that something wasn’t right here and started forward, placing his hand on the guard’s shoulder.
“Everything seems to be in order, Sir…” the guard had a superb poker face, a sure sign he'd taken bribes before. He handed the Mage back his papers and turned to wave the wagon on.
Veon-Zih stepped forward just as the Paladin held out his hand to stop the driver. “Headed for the Mages Guild, perhaps?” Veon-Zih asked curiously, trying to sound innocent.
The Mage twitched violently, turning stunning purple eyes on Veon-Zih, “Yes. Very important samples…” he spoke slowly, as if he needed to consider each word before saying them out loud.
“Then why not take a gate?” Veon-Zih chuckled, “I’ve been across this fine kingdom of Daanlan many times over, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a wagon carrying Mage goods…” he tapped his own impressive book of papers against his leg, demonstrating his experiential authority on the matter. “What about you, Sir Knight?” he asked the Paladin, ceding control back to the Temple representative.
“Your papers,” the Paladin ordered, holding his hand out for the Mage's book. The Mage nearly vibrated with the speed of his twitching. The driver blanched but swallowed, keeping silent. Though it was his wagon. The Mage handed over his papers again, but then the Paladin added an order to the soldier, “Open the crates.”
The Mage’s eyes bulged, as the soldier he'd bribed moved towards the cart. Veon-Zih and the Mage both stared as the guard climbed into the wagon, opening the nearest crate without removing it. He nodded at the contents then closed the crate again. He had definitely accepted smuggling bribes before.
“Hold, good man…” Veon-Zih called. The guard glared at Veon-Zih, and the Monk grinned. If looks could kill…
“Sir.” the guard said indignantly to the Paladin as though the knight should be offended that Veon-Zih had inserted himself into this business. The Paladin, however, just frowned, waving the man down and nodding to Veon-Zih. Something in the knight's gut insisted that the Monk was to be trusted, and Veon-Zih’s grin widened as he approached the wagon.
Digging past some bottles labeled "griffin blood", he found what was making the driver so nervous, “Scales… dragon scale.” a nearly impossible-to-find, and highly restricted, magical component. Their owners having gone extinct millennia ago.
The Paladin growled, “All of you will come with me. Now.” he snapped the papers closed, shoving them under his arm and turning on his heel towards the Temple.
The Mage hissed like a snake, his arms coming up and black fire shooting from his splayed fingers toward the Paladin’s back. Veon-Zih grabbed the side of the wagon, swinging around it and sliding along the ground, he kicked the Mage's feet out from under him. The Mage tumbled backward, his fire barely licking the Paladin’s blue cape before going out.
The Paladin turned, reaching for his sword, but the Mage had blinked, disappearing before he hit the ground and reappearing ten feet away. “Damn magic users…” Veon-Zih jumped to his feet as the Mage began to chant, his arms becoming wreathed in shadow.
The guard who had inspected Veon-Zih’s papers drew his short sword and started for the Mage. A good man. Stupid. But his heart was in the right place.
Tentacles sprouted from where the Mage’s arms had been, twitching and writhing with the same jerky movements of the man himself. Veon-Zih sprinted forward, trying to close the distance and distract from the guard.
The Mage attacked, sending one tentacle out to strike Veon-Zih, who ducked, throwing his arm up to deflect the living whip. It shouldn’t have hurt this much. Veon-Zih blocked the pain, rolling forward. He needed to get to striking distance before…
The guard screamed, flailing his sword and cutting right through the second tentacle. As if made of smoke, the tentacle broke and reformed behind the swing, smacking the guard solidly on the head. The guard’s helmet flew off, and he dropped to the ground, clutching the side of his face. The skin between his fingers was black and blistering with red pustules.
Veon-Zih reached the Mage, striking up at the man’s chest as he stood, smacking him with the palm of his hand and knocking the wind from his lungs and spell from his lips. Lifting his foot high into the air, Veon-Zih slammed his heel down on the Mage's shoulder, sending him crumbling to the ground.
The Mage hit the stone hard, some of the cobbles breaking loose and flying into the air. His tentacled arms continued to writhe, whipping back and forth behind Veon-Zih, attacking the prone guard again as if on their own.
The Mage laughed. Giggled like a young child, his head lolling to the side, eyes staring at nothing.
Veon-Zih was forced to dodge a tentacle again, this time careful not to touch it. His arm still stung where it had burned through his clothes to reach his skin. Veon-Zih gauged the power needed to knock the man out without killing him. The Temple would want to question him. His fist hadn’t yet hit when the Mage screamed and thrashed. Veon-Zih turned to see the Paladin, sword drawn and glowing with a brilliant blue-white light, standing between the Mage's tentacles and his fallen guard. On the ground at his feet, twitched the end of one tentacle before dissolving into smoke.
The second tentacle whipped forward, thrusting like a spike to stab the knight. But the Paladin calmly cut through it, channeling the divine power of Hengist through his sword to split the tentacle down the middle. The Mage screamed again, then went quiet as Veon-Zih bopped him soundly on the base of his skull.
***
Shaloon burst through the door to Morndancer’s private rooms. The magical door made of starry night slammed into the wall and rattled the mirror across the way. “Something’s wrong.”
“Of course something is wrong,” Morndancer said absently, scratching the chin of the otherworldly pseudodragon draped over his wardrobe, “The world is being reborn, and all we can do is watch.”
“No.” she didn’t have time for his new nihilism, “Journeyman Karlo, we need to find him.”
Morndancer, for once, didn’t argue. He moved to the mirror, placing one hand in the center and holding his other out to Shaloon. She fished in her robes, pulling out a small jar, and upended it into his palm. A piece of flesh flopped into the Archmage's palm, and he closed his fingers around it, chanting softly.
The image in the mirror wavered out from his fingers as if made of water, and when it calmed again, they saw two men on its surface. A Paladin and an old man in lowly peasant garb with a shaved head. “It’s him…” Shaloon whispered.
Morndancer was more focused on the Paladin, “He’s been captured. What do they know…”
The Paladin held his helm under his arm and seemed to be watching them as he surveyed Karlo. “That was like no arcane magic I’ve ever seen before, Master Veh-oan-Zith. What kind of Mage casts spells like that?”
The Monk’s lip twitched in the merest hint of a smile, but it disappeared a moment later when he covered his chin with his hand, stroking it in thought. “The Warlock kind good Sir…”
“That’s enough,” Shaloon said with a sigh. Morndancer nodded, opening his hand and holding the lump of flesh out to her. Her shoulders slumped for a moment, another researcher lost… She draped her fingers loosely over Karlo's flesh and, with a word, set it alight with black flame.
***
“A Warlock, Master Monk? In Clearhelm?” the Paladin sounded horrified. Veon-Zih wished the knight would try and say his name again, just to add a little bit of levity to the solemn moment.
“I’m afraid so. This will be the third time I've faced one, and their magic is not one you forget,” Veon-Zih answered.
The twitchy Warlock was restrained in the center of the room, eyes open but mind far away. It appalled the Paladin how easily the man had almost gotten away with smuggling into his province, doubly so now that he knew the nature of the man’s magic. “He will be questioned thoroughly. Would you like to be present when-”
The Warlock screamed, struggling against his bonds. The Paladin reached for his sword and Veon-Zih dropped into a fighting stance but both had to shield their eyes a moment later as the Warlock burst into black flames from the inside. His eyes shriveled and burned, the flames licking out the sockets and catching his hair alight as his mouth continued to scream forth black fire.
The Paladin recovered enough to begin chanting some kind of healing or disenchanting spell but not fast enough. In mere seconds, the Warlock’s arms fell free from their bonds as they dissolved into ash, followed a moment later by the rest of his body. Leaving only the scorched chair, loose chains, and a pile of ash where once the man had been.
***
“We don’t know how much they learned,” Morndancer stated, turning accusing eyes on Shaloon.
Shaloon looked away, “They won’t find us.”
“You’re right.” Morndancer turned his back on her, “We are leaving. Make the arrangements.”
***
“They're still here then…” General Rasnah stood, looking out the window of her office towards the setting sun, clasping her wrists behind her back.
It had taken Veon-Zih a few weeks to reach Smilnda from the port city of Gehdran, though Rasnah had received the report of the Warlock incident much sooner, the same day in fact, through the Mages Guild mirrors. “Any new information?” Veon-Zih asked, moving to stand beside her. He'd returned to visit Shon in Hamerfoss, but would delay if necessary.
“No,” Rasnah sighed, “I've sent word to my counterparts in Oane and to the kingdom, we are trying to trace the man’s papers and cargo, but it will take time. They've covered their tracks well, probably have been for years.”
“At least thirty…” Veon-Zih muttered, turning away from the window and Rasnah. He took the seat in front of her desk with a road-weary sigh. “Why is it, my dear Rasnah, that you must tease me so?” he asked playfully.
Rasnah managed a laugh, “What?”
“Almost every time I come to Smilnda, something exciting seems to be brewing and then,” he snapped his fingers, “gone. We haven’t heard anything of these Warlocks for over five years, and just when I start to give up hope, bam, wyvern! I don’t suppose you killed it while I was away?”
Rasnah snorted another little laugh, finally turning away from the sunset and taking her seat behind her desk, “Please don’t remind me of the wyvern. It's been two years with no sightings, and Daunas still hasn’t stopped asking to hunt it with every report.”
“Does he want to avenge his father that badly?”
“How is it vengeance when Mung killed that one himself?”
“I wouldn’t think someone Daunas’s age would still be seeking glory…” Veon-Zih stroked his chin in thought, “He’s not much better than you 'retired' lot.”
Rasnah leaned back in her chair, lacing her fingers together, and finally gave him a real smile, “He works harder now than he ever did on the road. Us too, truth be told…”
“If you’re trying to convince me to join you again, you’re doing a very poor job of it,” Veon-Zih said, returning her smile. He didn’t want to return her mind to the serious issue at hand, but her’s wasn’t the only mind it was plaguing, “Now we have more Warlocks… possibly the same group. Are they going to disappear again? How many years before Smildna decides to dangle a true adventure under my nose once more?”
“Perhaps it’s a sign, my old, old... ooold friend. Perhaps these are adventures for the next generation.”
“Pah,” Veon-Zih waved that idea down as fast as he could, “I would rather not leave a mess for those coming behind. Besides, they aren’t ready.”
“They get closer every day, V. Don’t blink. As soon as you do, Shon will be Oath Sworn and off to hunt wyverns and Warlocks of his very own.”
Veon-Zih leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees, “How’s he doing, Rasnah?” It had been a year and a half since Shon had transferred to Hamerfoss for training. Veon-Zih had tried to visit at least once a season, and the jumps in his skills seemed outstanding. Yet something still nagged at the back of Veon-Zih's mind. Was he still disappointed the boy hadn’t chosen the Monk path?
“You’re headed there next, see for yourself,” Rasnah answered shortly, though she also pulled a drawer open.
“Humor me,” Veon-Zih said, but she already was. She didn’t even have to look for the folder, showing him clearly she'd been ready for this very conversation. Before they'd been distracted by internally combusting Warlocks.
She didn’t pass over the file, such breaches of privacy were strictly against protocols, but she did leaf through it herself. “He gets top marks in combat, particularly with ambidextrous weapons and anything that requires finesse over brute strength. His lecture grades are also high, though he struggles with decorum and etiquette. His armor scores are honestly abysmal. Though I’m not sure the blame for that lies with him…” still facing the paper, she glared up at Veon-Zih with just her eyes.
“Well…” Veon-Zih rubbed the back of his neck under that accusatory stare, “He won’t have a problem if ambushed in the bath…”
That got another little snort of laughter out of the Paladin, who closed the file, “If you want anything more personal, you'll have to ask him yourself.”
Veon-Zih nodded. He just hoped Shon had made at least a few real friends since his last visit.
***
"How?" Veon-Zih gaped open-mouthed at Shon while the other Squires tried to stifle their snickers around him, “How did you get injuries from dancing?!”
Shon let go of his dance partner’s hands, and the boy stuck his fingers under his arms as if to warm them from a winter chill. Weary blue eyes turned to Veon-Zih for only a moment before Shon looked away, his cheeks pink. One cheek was bandaged with a thick square of cloth taped in place. His rolled-up sleeves showed the ends of more bandages on his right arm, and he flinched as he rubbed his ribs nervously. Were those hurt too?
“Well, Squire? Answer the man…” Daunas called from a bench against the wall of the fortress courtyard. The Weaponmaster leaned back, his hands laced behind his head, legs stretched out and crossed at the ankles. He maintained that dancing was for nobles and Paladins and wasn’t the one giving this lesson. Though he'd chosen to come watch regardless.
Shon mumbled something inaudible then turned away to resume dancing. His partner shook his hands out before reaching for Shon, but Daunus called out again, “What was that, Squire? Something about you taking hits on purpose?”
Shon’s eye twitched, and the boys around him tried to smother their laughter, “I won, didn't I?!” Shon called to the Weaponmaster, who snickered. The boys stopped laughing at that. They were the ones he was defeating.
The Paladin giving the dance lesson, gasped, “Squire, push-ups. Now.” Shon saluted sharply and dropped in place to perform the punishment for his rudeness. Daunas laughed louder. “The rest of you get back to work. One two, one two, leaders, don’t let your followers take control. They had their turn earlier…”
Veon-Zih made his way to Daunas’s bench, plopping heavily down on it, “The Cleric?” Veon-Zih asked the Weaponmaster, who was still smiling, though he had closed his eyes to take in the sun while it lasted. Autumn was right around the corner.
“We told him last week they weren’t going to heal anything he could've prevented himself.” Daunas explained, “Your boy has a nasty habit of taking a non-fatal hit if it means he gets the win. Which he always does. But it’s a bad habit.”
“Stubborn…” Veon-Zih muttered, watching Shon jump back to his feet to resume the dance lesson. His partner flinched at Shon's touch but started to dance without further complaint. The boys spun in well-timed circles, some stepping on feet, others pulling a little too hard, but mostly doing well. Shon had the steps down perfectly but looked stiff, like a golem going through programming. Not really feeling the music flowing from the open box beside the teacher still giving the count.
“He’s your boy." Daunas snorted out another laugh at Veon-Zih’s expense, "Sure he’s not a blood relation?” The Monk chose to ignore the insinuation and seeing he wasn’t going to get a reaction from Veon-Zih, Daunus continued, “He really is a great fighter, but he’ll need to be better with plate if he wants to keep taking hits like that.”
“You can hardly move in plate,” Veon-Zih argued, annoyed. Daunas just shrugged, so Veon-Zih leaned back with him, resting his back on the curtain wall’s cool stones, “How about everything else? Has he opened up at all?”
Daunas sighed, “In his own way. He doesn't -not- get along with anyone, and the others seem to like him well enough. But he’s quiet that one, would rather watch and listen than participate during free time, and that's assuming he's not outside practicing! He’s started helping the ones that are falling behind in combat training. It works out. He hardly uses the time he gets off anyway, and before you accuse me of taking advantage, it was his idea. I asked, and he said if they needed extra training, he might as well join them. But before you get too proud, their friendship outside the extra practice seems the same as all the others.”
So nothing had changed. Veon-Zih sighed, was there even a point in wanting Shon to make friends like a 'normal' boy? This was his normal, and if he was happy, then why encourage something different? "I suppose if it isn't harmful..." Veon-Zih whispered.
The hour bell sounded, and the Paladin closed the music box, leaving the deep rings to fill the suddenly silent air as the Squires all snapped to attention. He waited until the last bell faded before calling “Dismissed!” Almost as one, the sixteen boys sagged in relief, laughing and joking with one another as they began their first hour of free time before dinner.
Veon-Zih pushed off the wall and started for Shon. The other Squires smiled and waved or saluted greetings towards him, and he smiled and nodded in response, his feet never wavering from their path.
“Damn Shon, I swear you’ve gotten colder…” Shon’s dance partner said with a smile, rubbing his hands together. Shon just shrugged, and the boy laughed, “See you at dinner then,” before he rushed off to join some of the others heading towards the fortress proper.
Shon turned, then, spotting Veon-Zih, looked away again. Reaching him, Veon-Zih crossed his arms and arched a questioning eyebrow, waiting for the young man to look up. Shon was almost as tall as Veon-Zih now, just a few more inches, and he would overshoot his Master. That didn’t stop him from sounding small as he muttered a soft “Sorry…”
“Are you really?” Veon-Zih asked, keeping his eyebrow up.
Shon looked up, a stubborn glint in his ice-blue eyes, “They never know what to do when a blow actually lands. It ends the fights fast.”
“So you end one fight, but what about the next? Or the one after that? How many little blows do you think you can take before you fall?” Veon-Zih didn’t yell, and Shon would've heard it all from Daunas already, but it was different coming from his Master. He ran his hand through his hair, cut regulation short so not at all in his face, looking truly ashamed for the first time.
“Sorry…”
Veon-Zih sighed, taking Shon by the shoulder, “Don’t be sorry, be better.” Shon just nodded, so Veon-Zih gave him a little shake and a smile, “What about life in general? Still enjoying the military?”
Shon’s smile was as small and subtle as ever, but to Veon-Zih, it lit up his face. Shon nodded, “It’s easy and organized. I wish the Church had been so structured. As long as everyone does what they're supposed to when they're supposed to, it’s perfect.”
Veon-Zih threw his head back and laughed. By the time he looked back down, Shon was staring at him, his eyebrow arched in question. “Shon… you were born to be a Paladin.” Veon-Zih answered.
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Tigers @ White Sox - Fri, Jun 02

Game Status: Final - Score: 3-0 White Sox

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	Tigers Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	McKinstry - RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.279	.390	.419
2	Baddoo - CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.363	.384
3	Báez, J - SS	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.230	.275	.324
4	Torkelson - 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.239	.322	.363
5	Maton, N - 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	5	.162	.286	.310
6	Haase - C	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.229	.291	.313
7	Cabrera, M - DH	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.202	.283	.245
	1-Short - DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.380	.523
8	Ibáñez - 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.178	.204	.300
9	Marisnick - CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.250	.250
	a-Nevin - LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.133	.229	.233
	Totals	33	0	6	0	3	9	19

Tigers
a-Popped out for Marisnick in the 7th. 1-Ran for Cabrera, M in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B: Haase (6, López, R). 3B: Báez, J (1, Clevinger). TB: Báez, J 4; Cabrera, M; Haase 2; Ibáñez; Torkelson. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McKinstry 2; Maton, N 2; Haase. Team RISP: 0-for-9. Team LOB: 9.
FIELDING: E: Torkelson (3, fielding); Marisnick (1, throw).

	White Sox Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Anderson, Ti - SS	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.268	.306	.317
2	Benintendi - LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.267	.324	.350
3	Robert Jr. - CF	3	0	0	0	1	3	2	.256	.311	.512
4	Jiménez, E - RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.267	.328	.448
	Frazier - RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.370	.348
5	Moncada - 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.255	.307	.396
6	Vaughn - 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.256	.336	.442
7	Grandal - C	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.263	.335	.397
	1-Zavala - C	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.153	.189	.235
8	Sheets - DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.240	.309	.430
	a-Burger - DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.268	.312	.598
9	Gonzalez - 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.216	.224	.432
	Totals	31	3	6	3	3	7	15

White Sox
a-Grounded into a forceout for Sheets in the 7th. 1-Ran for Grandal in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B: Anderson, Ti (8, Englert). TB: Anderson, Ti 3; Benintendi; Gonzalez; Jiménez, E; Vaughn. RBI: Anderson, Ti (10); Benintendi (14); Jiménez, E (21). 2-out RBI: Anderson, Ti. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zavala; Benintendi; Vaughn. Team RISP: 2-for-7. Team LOB: 7.

Tigers Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Olson (L, 0-1)	5.0	2	2	2	1	6	0	89-58	3.60
Vest	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	13-10	2.70
Shreve	0.2	0	1	1	1	0	0	13-6	5.23
Englert	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	21-13	4.64
Totals	8.0	6	3	3	3	7	0

White Sox Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Clevinger	5.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	73-53	4.13
Middleton (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-7	1.37
López, R (H, 6)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18-11	5.40
Kelly, J (H, 6)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	24-14	4.32
Graveman (S, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	2.66
Totals	9.0	6	0	0	3	9	0

Game Info
Pitch timer violations: Clevinger (pitcher).
Pitches-strikes: Olson 89-58; Vest 13-10; Shreve 13-6; Englert 21-13; Clevinger 73-53; Middleton 9-7; López, R 18-11; Kelly, J 24-14; Graveman 15-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Olson 5-3; Vest 1-1; Shreve 1-1; Englert 0-3; Clevinger 4-4; Middleton 3-0; López, R 2-0; Kelly, J 1-0; Graveman 0-1.
Batters faced: Olson 19; Vest 5; Shreve 3; Englert 7; Clevinger 19; Middleton 4; López, R 5; Kelly, J 5; Graveman 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Vest 2-2; Englert 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Jansen Visconti. 1B: Cory Blaser. 2B: Ron Kulpa. 3B: Carlos Torres.
Weather: 76 degrees, Clear.
Wind: 10 mph, L To R.
First pitch: 7:10 PM.
T: 2:32.
Att: 20,229.
Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field.
June 2, 2023

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Bottom 6	Andrew Benintendi singles on a ground ball to left fielder Akil Baddoo. Romy Gonzalez scores. Tim Anderson to 2nd.	1-0 CWS
Bottom 6	Eloy Jimenez singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Marisnick. Tim Anderson scores. Andrew Benintendi to 3rd. Eloy Jimenez to 2nd. Eloy Jimenez advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by center fielder Jake Marisnick.	2-0 CWS
Bottom 7	Tim Anderson doubles (8) on a ground ball to left fielder Tyler Nevin. Jake Burger scores.	3-0 CWS

Team	Highlight
DET	Bullpen availability for Detroit, June 2 vs White Sox (00:00:07)
CWS	Bullpen availability for Chicago, June 2 vs Tigers (00:00:07)
CWS	Fielding alignment for Chicago, June 2 vs Tigers (00:00:11)
DET	Breaking down Reese Olson's pitches (00:00:08)
DET	Reese Olson's first MLB strikeout (00:00:08)
DET	Nick Maton's slick catch (00:00:24)
DET	After review, Marisnick safe (00:00:38)
	Romy Gonzalez's sliding play (00:00:10)
CWS	Benintendi's RBI single (00:00:18)
CWS	Eloy Jiménez's RBI single (00:00:26)
DET	Will Vest In play, out(s) to Andrew Vaughn (00:00:11)
CWS	Gonzalez breaks up the no-hitter (00:00:19)
CWS	Tim Anderson's RBI double (00:00:25)
DET	Reese Olson's MLB debut (00:00:38)
CWS	Kendall Graveman earns the save (00:00:10)
CWS	Mike Clevinger K's six (00:00:36)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	2	9
White Sox	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0			3	6	0	7

Decisions

• Winner: Keynan Middleton (1-0, 1.37)
• Loser: Reese Olson (0-1, 3.60)
• Save: Kendall Graveman (5, 2.66)

Division Scoreboard

COL 7 @ KC 2 - Final
CLE 0 @ MIN 1 - Final
Next Tigers Game: Sat, Jun 03, 02:10 PM EDT @ White Sox
^{Last Updated: 06/02/2023 11:14:42 PM EDT}