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2021 PAMP Fender 351 Heavy guitar pick - limited edition, 10G sterling, absolute mint condition - $85
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2022 Cook Islands - Iron Maiden, Fear of the Dark - PF70 Ultra Cameo with box & COA - $140
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1889-O Morgan - Pretty great shape - $42
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Everything is priced below comps, let me know if I'm overpriced on anything 😎

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Thanks for looking & have a fantastic day!

Hi Folks!
Up for grabs today
☆ Everything is tested on a Sigma Pro
☆ All orders get a free 90% silver bonus and get entered to win a free (shipping too) 1oz SilverTowne bar, factory sealed! Drawing monthly, winner announced first post of each month, 1 ticket per item purchased.
☆ Trading: I'm looking for gold or platinum 1/10ths, mostly. I also really like SilverTowne casino / poker chips, and 90% junk. If it's not on my list, I might still be interested just hit me up :)

GOLD & PLATINUM

2000-W Bi-metallic Library of Congress - Proof - with all OGP including outer sleeve - This Proof gold & platinum coin is the first gold and platinum bi-metallic coin issued by the US Mint.
☆ Contains 0.2509oz of platinum surrounded by a ring of 0.2509oz gold - Asking $975 with free shipping!
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2022 Platinum Kook - BU w/capsule - $155 (low mintage)
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2020 Gold Maplegram - $90
Closeup and Reverse

BOXED & PACKAGED

2021 Niue - My First Treasures - My First Capital - Only 1000 minted! - Box, COA, packaging - $95
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2021 Palau - Inca Sun God with COA & display box - $160
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2022 Niue - My First Treasures - My First Diamond - Only 1,000 minted! - Box, COA, packaging included - only asking $80
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2017 Zombucks Walker Proof - with matching box and packaging. Small tears on top flap of outer packaging - $105
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2021 PAMP Fender 351 Heavy guitar pick - limited edition, 10G sterling, absolute mint condition - $85
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1992 Columbus Quincentennial - 1oz Proof with box & COA - $45
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GRADED SLABS

2022 Cook Islands - Iron Maiden, Fear of the Dark - PF70 Ultra Cameo with box & COA - $140
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2015 Palau - World of Wonders: Abbey of St. Gaul - Colorized, ER - PF69 Ultra Cam - $135
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2014 Niue Disney .5oz - Season's Greetings - Colorized - PF69 Ultra Cameo - $90
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Palau - Undated Good Luck Casino Set - Green - MS69 - $75
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2022 Niue - Hogwarts: Dumbledore's Office - MS70 Antiqued - Comes with packaging too - $150
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2021-S ASE - MS70 T1 FS EI - $77
2021-P MS69 T1 FS EI - $45
Closeup and Reverse
● Take both silver eagles for only $120!
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2019 Britannia - Reverse Struck Thru Error - MS69 - $185
Closeup and Reverse
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1/4 Onza PF70 UC - $47
1/4 Double Eagle PF70 UC - $47
1/2 Maple RP70 DCAM (#15 of 259) - $65
Fractional slabs and Reverse
● Take all 3 for $155, shipped!
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Australian MS70 DCAM Kooks - 2013-P + 2016-P - $50 each
Closeup and Reverse
● Take both and get free shipping!

FINE SILVER

Hand pours - RCM .9999 shot - Bravo's Coin - End the Fed (new stamp) ripple bar @ 6.4oz ($200) - End The Fed @ 4.9oz ($155) - End the Fed @ 2.8oz ($85) - FTF button @ 23g ($25) - Fuck the Fed button @ 27g ($29) -- Weights rounded down, these are fat... scale pics by request.
● Get $5 off any pour with purchase of any other item!
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● Take both buttons for $50
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Maple Pick 2 Lots! - 2x 1989 + 1x 1993 + 3x 2015 + 1x 2014 + 1x 2022 - pick any 2 for $70 - pick any 4 for $135 - BIN all for $270 and get free shipping. All with airtites.
Old style closeup (note the small burnish spot on one) - Old style leafs - New style closeup - New style leafs
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2022 Allegories - Germania & Polonia, with the convex airtite - Comes with COA too! - $39, only 2 left available!
Closeup and Reverse
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2022 KOMSCO Phoenix - $49
Closeup and Reverse
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2022 Niue Hawksbill Sea Turtle - $40
Closeup and Reverse
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2006 Cook Islands - 9/11 Freedom Tower - Proof - $44
Closeup and Reverse
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2oz 2017 Pheli Mint - Temptation of the Succubus - $86
Closeup and Reverse
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2013 Poland Mint - Magic Calendar, October - Swarovski crystal - $55
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2015 ASE - BU - $37 with airtite
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LOT: 2X Great Lakes Mint 1oz bars from 1973 - Rare - $110
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JUNK SILVER

1889-O Morgan - Pretty great shape - $42
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LOT: $10fv 40% Kennedy halves - 8.2x = $82 (2.958 ASW)
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1935 50% Fiji Florin - $12 or add to any order for only $9!
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Payments & Shipping

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Everything is priced below comps, let me know if I'm overpriced on anything 😎

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I havent cut in a while and tonight the thoughts had taken over. I've had to move to a new spot so people don't see it. I use to cut my upper thigh but with summer coming and everyone using hot tubs or swimming i've moved to my lower stomach/ hip bone.
I got a crappy cheap disposable razor and chopped away at the plastic. Ive cut my hip bone area but now I'm looking back at it, it looks pathetic. Why couldn't I cut properly? Why couldn't I of made the cuts go deeper? It just looks like a few cay scratches and I feel pathetic.

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Lots of thanks to u/Killsode-slugcat for helping me work through this chapter with editing.
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Memory transcription subject: Tevri, Venlil Romanticist
Date [standardized human time]: August 11, 2137
With eyes still closed, I stretched my legs and arms, paws pushing up against the inside of my sleeping bag. A sigh of contentment escaped my mouth.
I let the world in—light falling down in shafts that struck my still-waking eyes. No trees were around to provide cover from the rising sun that hung low in the east. The sounds of life surrounded me, occasionally being broken up by particularly strong gusts as well as a hint of something else.
My head turned to that hint, who still slept somewhat soundly off to my side. Last night Jack had set up his own sleeping bag less than an arm’s length from my own, citing our lack of a fire as the reason to gather closer to each other.
He tossed and turned, occasionally, muttering incoherently. At least he’s found some rest. After carrying me for over half of yesterday, he had certainly earned it.
It was actually quite surprising how well he had managed it all. His slim build compared to other humans that I had seen was betrayed by a hidden strength and incredible endurance. I suppose millions of years of evolution tends to allow such a thing.
Some part of me still felt bitter about what he had done the night prior to our last, but it was clear to me that his apology was sincere. I gave a quiet snort. He probably wouldn’t have carried you on your shoulders if he wasn’t at least somewhat sorry.
The covers of my too-big bag were thrown off and I sat up, holding my knocked knees with my paws.
Rocky rolling hills with low-grown shoots of grass lightly waved towards me. The nearby mountain range looked down upon us with its well-kept snow despite the summer season. Even three days of standing beneath them didn’t eliminate their wondrously looming presence.
I reached over to my nearby pack and grabbed my pen and journal. I clung to every thought that passed its way through my mind, marking them down the old fashioned way. There was something special about writing my feelings down on something physical rather than some pad or computer. It felt real in comparison to the alternative.
It was incredible to me how one of, if not the most dangerous planet to be found within known space was simultaneously one of the most fantastically beautiful worlds I ever had the pleasure of setting foot on. What a travesty it would have been had the federation actually managed to glass the biosphere. Ironically it had been the Arxur that prevented such a disastrous outcome. Those same savages had…
“Gah!”
Jack shot upright from where he had lain. He heaved harsh breaths, chest rising and falling as though he had just sprinted up the incline of a hill. I looked on with alarm, but didn’t think to disrupt the startled man. His eyes stared down at the dirt in front of him as he hung his hands between his legs.
“You okay?” I asked. He whipped to look at me like he had forgotten I was there. Slowly, he turned back to face the dirt. “Yeah. Yeah, I’m fine.” He took a curt sniff and ran his hands across his face as he took a deep sigh.
He was lying.
The restless sleep, the violent rise into consciousness, the obvious distress within those wild eyes—all signs of nightmares. It had been years now since I last worried about such things, but I knew all too well how difficult they were to deal with.
A thought, as intrusive as it was unwelcome, pushed its way through the crowded thoughts of my mind, forcing my heart to skip a beat. What would be enough to scare a predator—human—to scare a human within their dreams? Instantly, I shoved it back from wherever it had come. He needs you right now, just like how you needed her.
I gently crawled over to the distraught man and set a paw on an arm while he leaned forward. At my touch, he turned his head towards me, staring with those forward-facing eyes. “Are you sure you’re okay?” I asked.
A slight snarl of a smile crossed his face, but no answer came. Jack stood up and stretched his arms outward, leaning back and forth.
“C’mon, let's pack up and head out. S’always good to start out early.” He extended a hand down to me where I sat still. How could he just brush something so terrifying off so easily? My tail flicked absently I guess they always have been a rather resilient species. Why should they be any different mentally? I relented to his proposal, grabbing his hand and allowing him to pull me upright.
Breakfast—much like last night’s meal—consisted of dry pre-prepped rations. Without surrounding trees from which drywood could be scavenged, we were left fireless. The ‘breakfast bars’ as Jack called them were a sufficient substitute for warm food. Every meal with the human increased my interest in the cuisine of his species. I hadn’t imagined it would all be so wonderfully varied and delicious.
The bar itself was chewy, made of oats, filled with dried fruits and sweetened by sugar. Each bite gave a satisfying crunch as my taste buds reveled in the impeccably delightful taste.
After hydrating and filling ourselves with calories, we set off once more on the trail.
This time, I was actually able to walk properly, though less than an hour after we departed, I was left wishing that Jack could scare me sleepless again—that way I could guilt him into carrying me.
While we continued, I walked without thinking much about the placement of my paws. I worried for my human friend. His mind was clearly plagued by something terrible, but the answer of what continued to evade me. The only lead I had were my own experiences, and in chasing that lead, my mind wandered back to the past.
As I was dragged from our home without protest, Devra lambasted our parents. Velnik cowered to the side as he watched the ordeal, helpless with widened eyes. Dad practically had to peel my sister away from mom as I was shoved into our vehicle. The echo of her shouts faded away.
It was the first time my parents admitted me for predator disease screenings.
An iron grip held my hand and led me forward through the stark featureless halls of the facility. A glance over my shoulder revealed my parents walking along. They dared not to risk a look in my direction. Tears welled at the edge of my eyes as the echoes of distant screams shocked my ears and flooded my brain with fear-chemicals.
My tail wrapped around my body and my ears bent towards the ground. Why did they want to throw me in here with the monsters? All I did was explore.
The facility worker threw me in a chair within a purely white room other than the single large black wall. From the ceiling hung a projector that faced one of the three white surfaces. After the worker left, my eyes floated through the room, narrowing at a sight that practically screamed of its existence. Dark lines were scrawled into the furthest corner of the sterile chamber.
I didn’t have the time to think about its implications when the screen clicked on and the lights dimmed, enhancing the image before me.
The metal chair fell backward with me in it, creating a resounding clang that bounded back and forth across the walls.
My hands slipped and slid across the slick floor, carrying my body backwards. This scramble led the wall to smash against my back. Without a thought, my claws joined the countless other marks of those who had come before me.
A towering, onyx-shaded visage of the malevolent beast prowled beyond the edge of my vision, obscured by tears of terror that practically blinded me. The blood-orange eyes glowed greedily and its mouth was stuck in a perpetual snarl. Viscera of a horrifically familiar color dribbled down its chin from where the meat was in the Arxur’s razor-sharp teeth.
With a click, the sanguine show moved forward to yet another horrific display. Another click. Another. One more. Click. Click. Click. Silence.
My eyes were as raw as my bloodied paws. Their scraping and scrabbling joined me with the other souls who had faced this same experience. When the lights flicked on and the worker came back to collect me, I curled up trying and failing to back away. She stood me up, patting me down before pulling me from the room. Everything was a collective white blur, compressed into a single moment of unfocused voices until I heard the vehicle’s door slam.
The ride home was silent as I leaned my head against the padded surface of my seat. Shallow breaths rose and fell from my chest while Mom and Dad stared ahead. They hadn’t looked at me once since we left the facility—or even talked to me—since we left the facility.
Among the many questions I had, one clung to the surface of my mind before being swallowed by its sea of screams. Why?
When at last we arrived at home, I barely even noticed. Only when the door to the passenger cabin flung open did I somewhat rise from my stupor. A sudden surprise wrapped around me and pulled me from the car, dragging away from my supposed guardians.
In an instant, I was rushed to my room and placed upon the familiar comfort of my bed before being coated by two layers of warmth; one was the plush cloth of a blanket and the other the fluffy warmth of my sister’s fur. “It’s ok, Tev. You’re home. You’re safe.” My empty eyes had no tears left to give, so Devra lent me hers.
You’re home. You’re safe.
“Tev? Tevri?”
My repeated name yanked me from the memory. Ugh, I’ve got to stop wandering off like that.
“You in there sheep?”
With a grumble, I responded. “I told you to stop calling me that.”
Jack uttered a mischievous chuckle. “C’mon, let's get over this next hill then break for lunch. Sure seems you could use a rest.” Despite it going unnoticed moments prior, I now felt my heart pumping hard and each breath heaved just as harshly. A short break will probably do me some good.
Together, we crested the hilltop and sat down both our packs and ourselves. I greedily lapped up water from my bottle while the man beside me calmly took several swigs from his own canteen. The food he grabbed was a pair of packaged items that he called ‘pasta salad.’
The small noodles were coated in a layer of creamy sauce and mixed with a variety of colorful vegetables that I didn’t recognize, but just like everything else cooked up by these humans, it was delicious. The sweet, creamy sauce contrasted nicely with the savory taste of the noodles and the soft texture of the pasta paired with the lovely crunch of the vegetables made for a wonderful meal.
As I munched on my food, the wind lazily played with my tail. My heart drummed onward, steadying into an agreeable rhythm before finally, my breathing leveled out.
A field of purple flowers greeted us, climbing and falling with the rolling land. Down below us was the river we had loosely followed, bordered by nondescript bunches of shrubbery. Rapid white waters splashed up and against rocks, breaking the flow and sending up spray.
When together we finished our food, we sat there, enjoying the world around us. “So, Tevri,” as Jack spoke, I met his forward eyes, “we’ve been out here for two days now and I still know next to nothing about you. Why don’t you tell me a bit more ‘bout yourself.”
The sudden question caught me by surprise, but I tried my best to answer anyway. “There isn’t much to tell. I write stories and poetry about the nature of worlds I’ve visited.”
“Well, you must be one hell of a writer to throw around money like you do.”
At the compliment, I felt a rush of warmth to my face. “I—”
Jack’s calm demeanor became one of surprise in an instant. “Is your face ‘sposed to do that?” A pair of my paws clapped to my face, trying and failing to hide the spreading orange.
“Y-yes!” I squeaked. “It’s p-perfectly fine.”
“Huh, right.” He didn’t sound convinced in the slightest. “Well, uh, what about your family? You’ve met mine already, why don’t you tell me about yours?”
Just as the orange began to fade away, a shroud of mist met my eyes and my voice sunk with my ears. “I’d rather not.” The whiplash of jumping from a sense of contentment, to embarrassment, to sad longing was jarring to say the least.
“Ah.” He held his silence for a moment, allowing the blowing breeze and the distant rush of water to fill the space between.
“I’m sorry.”
“S-sorry? Sorry for what?”
Jack gave a huff. “You know it's funny really. You Venlil, us Humans. I never really saw it before, but even just a few days around you, it’s shown me just how similar our people really are.”
Again, wind and water.
“If it means anything, I’ve felt your loss.”
What?! How does he know? How could he possibly know?
He must have picked up my confusion before he responded. “After the battle of Earth I got used to hearing that answer of yours.”
Oh.
Jack rose, swinging his pack around his shoulders. “C’mon sheep, sun’s not getting any higher. Let's get going.”
“YOU—!” The dour mood was immediately washed away by my guide’s hearty laughter. Again with the emotional whiplash.
It was amazing how easily he managed to do that. Try as I might, I couldn’t stay mad at him. As I shook my head, I followed my guide’s motions and grabbed my bag to join him.
For a while we walked quietly, but once again, Jack tried to strike up a conversation. “So, you mentioned you’ve visited other worlds. What were they like?”
I gave the human equivalent of a shrug with my tail. “Some were better than others, but for the most part, they were quite beautiful.”
“You have any favorites?”
My ears perked up. “Oh yes! The sky cities of Nishtal were incredible. Dwelling among the clouds, it was a rather uplifting experience.” Jack groaned with a smile still on his face.
“That might be one of the worst puns I’ve ever heard.” In response, I simply chuckled.
“Nishtal, huh?” The smile on his face faded. “That’s the world of feathered sacks-of-shit, right?”
“What? The Krakotl? Don’t be dense now, they aren’t all that bad.”
Jack scoffed. “That’s easy for you to say. They didn’t try to wipe the Venlil from existence.”
“If they succeeded during the battle of earth, they very well could have. Not that it matters anymore. Nishtal’s skies are clouded by the ash of their once-lush swamps and their cities have been plucked from the skies. Their world died.”
Jack gave a gruff grunt. “What goes around comes around I guess.”
I was genuinely shocked at what I heard. The anger that began to bubble within me was not the same lighthearted stuff from earlier. “How can you say something like that?”
“They brought it upon themselves,” he barked.
“That bastard Kalsim was the one who brought destruction to his people and you know it. Billions of Krakotl were killed or captured by betterment. Can you honestly tell me, or even yourself, that any species deserves such a fate?”
Silence.
“No. No I guess I can’t” Mentally, I gave a sigh of relief.
With my tail, I gave him a gentle flick. “The Krakotl are functionally endangered now, you know? They may have killed a billion humans, but for each life taken, tens of their own were paid.”
My voice began to choke. “I had—have—friends among the Krakotl. If you think that the mourning you humans experienced was harsh, I just want you to think; how would you feel if less than a percent of your people survived death or capture”
These words of mine were followed by an air of silence. I wasn’t sure what it was exactly, but something I had said clearly struck a chord with the man. Unlike me, Jack seemed to ground himself in reality, but for the first time since I met him, his distant unfocused eyes made it clear enough that his mind was elsewhere.
The remainder of the day flew by beneath this same blanket of silence.
We passed from the wide grassy knolls into a sparse forest that was more brush than tree. The trail led beneath their branches and through the tall shrubbery, rarely veering one way or the other.
When we eventually stopped to make camp for the evening, the sun was still slightly above the horizon. The campsite was similar to the one we had stopped at on our first day. An old steel fire-pit was set in the middle and a steel food container lay to the side.
Even as we set up, the cold quiet remained.
Progress was slow. Jack usually did the majority of the work, but tonight, his movements were taken with less purpose than I was used to. More than once, his hands fumbled, dropping something only for him to robotically reach down and pick it up again.
Once he did finally unpack his belongings, he left to find wood for the fire. At least this time, I found myself less frightened than when he had last done so. The deafening silence of my thoughts was more disconcerting than the idea of any hunters prowling nearby.
Whatever I had said, it didn’t just strike a chord. No, this had shaken him. Not even those nightmares of his had affected him this deeply.
In much the same way that I hadn’t wanted to talk about my own family, it was clear that whatever this was, he had no desire to elaborate further. I did find it odd however that only after mentioning the near-annihilation of the Krakotl did he seem to change. Perhaps it had to do with whoever he had lost? If this was the case, then I couldn’t fully blame him for his hatred towards the Krakotl. Grief is a powerful accelerant for the fires of rage.
On the other paw, my poor heart broke for the poor avians. So many lost. So few left. When the news had arrived back on Venlil prime, I devoted every moment possible to comforting my grieving friends; to Dualo, Oqui, Icatl and Haiula.
For some though, the grief of their new reality was too strong. Several of my dear friends had been unable to overcome that grief. My ears fell and my head bowed. If nobody else would remember them, I would ensure I never forgot them. They deserved that much.
Despite the clouds looming over my mind, my ears perked up at the sound of footfalls and I turned to see a bundle beneath Jack’s arms. Minutes later, a brilliant blaze burned before us.
It felt good to have a fire again. The protective warmth felt like a familiar embrace. From my pack, I grabbed the same blanket my guide had lent me the day before and wrapped it across my body.
While I found myself shrouded in comfort, Jack prepared our food above the pit. It was yet another warm meal of packaged food. The smell of spice wafted up to the tips of my taste buds as he stirred it about with a metal ladle.
The clink of utensils against our metal bowls rose above the crackling flames. Their sun still peeked out from behind the trees, though soon enough, it fell and with it, came the night’s chill.
Countless stars that you simply didn’t get to see on Venlil Prime appeared in the night sky. A glance told me that I wasn’t the only one impressed by their appearance. My wide field of vision managed to capture nearly the entire sky. I wonder, which of those stars is home?
A gust of wind blew by sending shivers down my spine. The effect of the Wendigo’s story hadn’t been completely lost on me, but the terror it inspired had at least died down to a manageable amount. Staying near to Jack certainly helped.
Speaking of him, I’d had enough of this silence.
“Hey Jack, how would you like to hear a campfire story?” I asked, tossing aside the quiet that had covered.
“Hmph. A promise is a promise. Didn’t really have a fire last night to tell a story ‘round did we. Guess it’s only fair to give you a chance.”
My tail gave a flick of excitement at his agreeance. “I must warn you, this is a bit less of a story and more of a poem. It’s one of the last few that I wrote before my travels across the Federation ended. It isn’t quite as long of a tale as that Wendigo story you told me, but it means a lot to me.
Jack gave a thoughtful nod. “Very well, I call this poem ‘The Wandrer’s Curse.’”
“Across the stars we wandrers go,
not caring much for threat or foes,
The skies we see are not our own,
But from them wonder’s always shown.
From Nishtal’s clear and crystal skies,
To Fahl where golden deserts lie,
And ‘cross the cradle’s fruitful lands,
Our own horizons do expand.
It is amidst these very sights,
That we the wandrers oft delight,
For friends we seek and friends we find,
Across the worlds of species kind.
Thru mountains, oceans and the woods,
Where those long past once walked and stood,
The wandrers seek to find the past;
A simpler time, no clouds o’er cast.
Despite the friends which we have made,
The clouds above us cast their shade,
Upon the surface of our minds,
And seek our hearts with chains to bind.
It is our lot to flee from pain,
Brought on by smashing, lashing rains.
Til weary broken and undone,
We fall with legs which fail to run.
But such is life—that beautiful thing,
That brings one joy and suff’ring.
So with this final cloudless verse,
Remember thee, the wandrer’s curse.”
At the end of my poem, the crackling fire picked up where my words left off. My eyes raised to the heavens once more and I realized just how wonderful this life was. There was something truly sublime about existing right here during this exact moment; under the stars, surrounded by trees the whistling, beside a warm fire that staved off the cold.
Sharing it with Jack made it that much better.
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Before he joined us in January on loan from City, he played in the CL against FC Copenhagen.
I know he may not have had enough minutes but I was wondering if anyone whether he would still be classed as a winner and if he was eligible for a winners medal. Because that would mean that one of our players won the CL while playing for us.

Server IP - mc.WarOfEitr.com

War of Eitr has been an ongoing project for me for some time now. I've been looking for a way to revive players' love for community-driven towny servers while bringing in enough new content to keep the server interesting. That's what brought about War of Eitr, a Survival RPG towny server.
The server will be split into 3 realms, Towny, RPG & The War. Although currently, only the Towny world is live. Once we're happy with this we will continue to work on the other realms.
🏡 Towns
💵 Jobs
🐲 Dungeons
🗡️ Custom Items
🧙‍♂️ Classes
Towny
This is the first realm and the one that will be open on launch is the Towny world, a relatively safe area where the main threats to players will be PvP from rival towns and rouge bandits. Players in the towny realm are free to mine, build anything from a small hamlet to a huge sprawling city and PvP anywhere they like.
MMORPG
This is a custom world, to be built entirely by the team. It will focus on a few questlines that help to build on the lore of the War of Eitr. Quests will reward players with currency, items and special weapons to use in other realms. The world will reward exploration with hidden dungeons and side quests. This realm will be in ongoing development for the life of the server bringing players new items, areas, quests and challenges.
To ensure that the server launches as quickly as possible this will be put on hold, to begin with, and instead will be replaced with challenging instanced scripted dungeons. Dungeons will be a lot more practical to create and will give more replayability to players by giving randomized difficulty ensuring loot for each run. Dungeons will have dynamic difficulty to ensure that different group sizes can run these dungeons.
The War
For now, our final realm and one that won't be seen on the server for a couple of updates. This is the server's war world. We will run time-based events on smaller prebuilt battlegrounds. Events will rotate between Town vs Town PvP battles, free-for-alls, PvE survival and many more. Participants and winners will receive unique rewards.

Server IP - mc.WarOfEitr.com

War of Eitr has been an ongoing project for me for some time now. I've been looking for a way to revive players' love for community-driven towny servers while bringing in enough new content to keep the server interesting. That's what brought about War of Eitr, a Survival RPG towny server.
The server will be split into 3 realms, Towny, RPG & The War. Although currently, only the Towny world is live. Once we're happy with this we will continue to work on the other realms.
🏡 Towns
💵 Jobs
🐲 Dungeons
🗡️ Custom Items
🧙‍♂️ Classes
Towny
This is the first realm and the one that will be open on launch is the Towny world, a relatively safe area where the main threats to players will be PvP from rival towns and rouge bandits. Players in the towny realm are free to mine, build anything from a small hamlet to a huge sprawling city and PvP anywhere they like.
MMORPG
This is a custom world, to be built entirely by the team. It will focus on a few questlines that help to build on the lore of the War of Eitr. Quests will reward players with currency, items and special weapons to use in other realms. The world will reward exploration with hidden dungeons and side quests. This realm will be in ongoing development for the life of the server bringing players new items, areas, quests and challenges.
To ensure that the server launches as quickly as possible this will be put on hold, to begin with, and instead will be replaced with challenging instanced scripted dungeons. Dungeons will be a lot more practical to create and will give more replayability to players by giving randomized difficulty ensuring loot for each run. Dungeons will have dynamic difficulty to ensure that different group sizes can run these dungeons.
The War
For now, our final realm and one that won't be seen on the server for a couple of updates. This is the server's war world. We will run time-based events on smaller prebuilt battlegrounds. Events will rotate between Town vs Town PvP battles, free-for-alls, PvE survival and many more. Participants and winners will receive unique rewards.

Server IP - mc.WarOfEitr.com

War of Eitr has been an ongoing project for me for some time now. I've been looking for a way to revive players' love for community-driven towny servers while bringing in enough new content to keep the server interesting. That's what brought about War of Eitr, a Survival RPG towny server.
The server will be split into 3 realms, Towny, RPG & The War. Although currently, only the Towny world is live. Once we're happy with this we will continue to work on the other realms.
🏡 Towns
💵 Jobs
🐲 Dungeons
🗡️ Custom Items
🧙‍♂️ Classes
Towny
This is the first realm and the one that will be open on launch is the Towny world, a relatively safe area where the main threats to players will be PvP from rival towns and rouge bandits. Players in the towny realm are free to mine, build anything from a small hamlet to a huge sprawling city and PvP anywhere they like.
MMORPG
This is a custom world, to be built entirely by the team. It will focus on a few questlines that help to build on the lore of the War of Eitr. Quests will reward players with currency, items and special weapons to use in other realms. The world will reward exploration with hidden dungeons and side quests. This realm will be in ongoing development for the life of the server bringing players new items, areas, quests and challenges.
To ensure that the server launches as quickly as possible this will be put on hold, to begin with, and instead will be replaced with challenging instanced scripted dungeons. Dungeons will be a lot more practical to create and will give more replayability to players by giving randomized difficulty ensuring loot for each run. Dungeons will have dynamic difficulty to ensure that different group sizes can run these dungeons.
The War
For now, our final realm and one that won't be seen on the server for a couple of updates. This is the server's war world. We will run time-based events on smaller prebuilt battlegrounds. Events will rotate between Town vs Town PvP battles, free-for-alls, PvE survival and many more. Participants and winners will receive unique rewards.

It was over 10 years ago, I was going thru a horrible divorce and had just moved in to an awful apt. Went to the gas station by my house, checked the ticket outside, and it said- See attendant. He looked at it on his screen,a nd said- It is ant a winner. I said the machine outside said to check with you, he said that machine was broken. So I know it was over the maximum amount they could pay out by hand, and would have had to be sent in tot he lottery people. It could have been thousands of dollars or more, and I really could have used that money. Once in a while this really bugs me, but I dont have any proof or even the exact time it happened. They changed those machines to say- Big win, contact the lottery or something similar. I know I cant do anything, but what if it had been a million?

AHHHHH YEAH! IT IS MY CAKE DAY! You know what that means right? It is time to "Treat Yo Self!"
I like silver, I like gold, and I love a good deal.... but this isn't one of those "WTB as close to spot as possible" posts. I am going to pay your full ask and I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW what I will get!
That's right! I am buying your goods sight unseen and trusting you to give me a fair deal. For this reason I will only be considering offers from sellers I know and trust.
You send me a price and maybe a teaser to entice me... I pay that price and send you my shipping info... simple as that!
Budget is $326.11 via PayPal and $190.00 via Venmo. I will update these as deals are made. Be warned I may wait a couple of hours to give everyone time to respond and work on my WTS, but don't worry I will settle up tonight.
I would say we should try to limit the price to $100-$150 (or up to $190) shipped so I can get a few packages.... but if it is like last time, then if someone has something enticing enough I may be up to blow out the entire budget on your package.
Those of you that know me know what I like, however I am swimming in ASE's right now so unless it is a very unique Ugly Betty we may want to hold off on those. Other than that I a pretty open. Some unique bullion for my desk, a new coin for my world album, maybe something to add to my 7070, I don't know... and I don't want to know, this is all for you to decide!
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Reds @ Cardinals - Sat, Jun 10

Game Status: Final - Score: 8-4 Reds

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Reds Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Friedl - CF	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	.315	.365	.479
	Hopkins - LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.167
2	McLain - SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	.343	.395	.533
3	India - 2B	3	3	1	0	1	0	2	.275	.359	.413
4	De La Cruz - 3B	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	.316	.409	.632
5	Steer - 1B	3	0	1	3	1	0	1	.287	.367	.483
6	Stephenson, T - DH	4	1	2	1	1	0	3	.249	.333	.360
7	Benson - RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	5	.193	.258	.281
8	Fairchild - CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.234	.333	.376
9	Maile - C	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	.242	.296	.455
	Totals	37	8	10	8	4	4	18

Reds
BATTING: 2B: Maile 2 (5, Mikolas, Mikolas); India (16, VerHagen); Steer (17, VerHagen). 3B: McLain (3, Mikolas). TB: Benson; De La Cruz; Fairchild; India 2; Maile 4; McLain 3; Steer 2; Stephenson, T 2. RBI: De La Cruz (3); Maile 3 (9); Steer 3 (35); Stephenson, T (28). 2-out RBI: Maile 3; Stephenson, T. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McLain; Fairchild 2; Friedl; India; Benson. SF: Steer. GIDP: Stephenson, T. Team RISP: 5-for-14. Team LOB: 8.
FIELDING: DP: (McLain-India-Steer).

	Cardinals Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Edman - CF	5	1	1	0	0	2	3	.245	.304	.412
2	Goldschmidt - 1B	4	0	2	1	1	2	0	.284	.382	.486
3	Arenado - 3B	4	1	2	1	1	0	3	.276	.325	.481
4	Baker - DH	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	.308	.308	.308
5	Carlson - RF	3	1	3	2	2	0	0	.248	.316	.390
6	DeJong - SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	.228	.309	.441
7	Walker - LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.277	.330	.436
8	Donovan - 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.249	.347	.365
9	Knizner - C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.224	.250	.459
	a-Gorman - PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.263	.345	.540
	Contreras, Wn - C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.295	.362
	Totals	36	4	10	4	5	6	20

Cardinals
a-Popped out for Knizner in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B: Goldschmidt (19, Herget); Walker (4, Herget). HR: Carlson (3, 8th inning off Herget, 1 on, 0 out); Arenado (13, 9th inning off Díaz, A, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Arenado 5; Baker; Carlson 6; Edman; Goldschmidt 3; Walker 2. RBI: Arenado (44); Carlson 2 (14); Goldschmidt (28). 2-out RBI: Goldschmidt. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Arenado 2; Edman; DeJong 3. GIDP: Walker. Team RISP: 0-for-7. Team LOB: 11.
FIELDING: E: Donovan (2, throw). DP: (Donovan-DeJong-Goldschmidt).

Reds Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Abbott (W, 2-0)	5.2	5	0	0	3	4	0	105-65	0.00
Farmer, B	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	2.35
Herget	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	1	27-16	5.73
Sims	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10-5	3.43
Díaz, A	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	20-10	1.78
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	5	6	2

Cardinals Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Mikolas (L, 4-3)	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	98-62	4.02
VerHagen	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	38-20	4.80
Cabrera, G	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	18-11	4.88
Totals	9.0	10	8	8	4	4	0

Game Info
HBP: India (by Mikolas); Donovan (by Herget).
Pitches-strikes: Abbott 105-65; Farmer, B 3-2; Herget 27-16; Sims 10-5; Díaz, A 20-10; Mikolas 98-62; VerHagen 38-20; Cabrera, G 18-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Abbott 3-5; Farmer, B 0-0; Herget 2-1; Sims 0-1; Díaz, A 1-0; Mikolas 7-5; VerHagen 3-2; Cabrera, G 1-0.
Batters faced: Abbott 24; Farmer, B 1; Herget 9; Sims 3; Díaz, A 5; Mikolas 28; VerHagen 10; Cabrera, G 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Farmer, B 1-0; Sims 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Junior Valentine. 1B: Adrian Johnson. 2B: Manny Gonzalez. 3B: Quinn Wolcott.
Weather: 85 degrees, Sunny.
Wind: 8 mph, In From RF.
First pitch: 1:16 PM.
T: 2:47.
Att: 45,246.
Venue: Busch Stadium.
June 10, 2023

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Top 2	Luke Maile doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder Jordan Walker. Tyler Stephenson scores. Will Benson scores. Stuart Fairchild scores.	3-0 CIN
Top 3	Elly De La Cruz singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Tommy Edman. Matt McLain scores. Jonathan India to 3rd.	4-0 CIN
Top 3	Spencer Steer out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Tommy Edman. Jonathan India scores.	5-0 CIN
Top 7	Spencer Steer doubles (17) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Tommy Edman. Jonathan India scores. Elly De La Cruz scores.	7-0 CIN
Bottom 7	Paul Goldschmidt doubles (19) on a sharp line drive to center fielder TJ Friedl. Tommy Edman scores.	7-1 CIN
Bottom 8	Dylan Carlson homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Luken Baker scores.	7-3 CIN
Top 9	Tyler Stephenson singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Dylan Carlson. Jonathan India scores.	8-3 CIN
Bottom 9	Nolan Arenado homers (13) on a fly ball to left field.	8-4 CIN

Team	Highlight
CIN	Bullpen availability for Cincinnati, June 10 vs Cardinals (00:00:07)
STL	Fielding alignment for St. Louis, June 10 vs Reds (00:00:11)
STL	Starting lineups for Reds at Cardinals - June 10, 2023 (00:00:09)
STL	An animated look at Dylan Carlson's home run (00:00:09)
STL	Tommy Edman's diving catch (00:00:16)
CIN	Luke Maile's three-run double (00:00:27)
CIN	Elly De La Cruz's RBI single (00:00:21)
CIN	Spencer Steer's sacrifice fly (00:00:22)
CIN	Spencer Steer's two-run double (00:00:31)
STL	Paul Goldschmidt's RBI double (00:00:21)
STL	Dylan Carlson's two-run homer (00:00:18)
STL	Miles Mikolas' pair of punchouts (00:00:24)
CIN	Tyler Stephenson singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Dylan Carlson. Jonathan India scores. (00:00:19)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Reds	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1		8	10	0	8
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		4	10	1	11

Decisions

• Winner: Andrew Abbott (2-0, 0.00)
• Loser: Miles Mikolas (4-3, 4.02)

Division Scoreboard

NYM 1 @ PIT 1 - Bottom 5, 2 Outs
OAK 0 @ MIL 0 - Top 5, 0 Outs
CHC @ SF 07:35 PM EDT
Next Reds Game: Sun, Jun 11, 02:15 PM EDT @ Cardinals
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