IGS Rep: https://www.reddit.com/IGSRep/comments/vujw39/whodunits_igs_rep_page/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Also a note: I might take a while to respond starting off, I'm posting this early in the morning and will probably respond later during the day, thanks for your offers!

Games I Have:

In NA, should be global keys. All are Steam unless stated otherwise in []. Notably I have all of the June Humble Monthly except for Ghostwire: Tokyo and Remnant.
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11-11 Memories Retold
3000th Duel
A.I.M.2 Clan Wars
Almost There: The Platformer
AUTOMACHEF
AVICII Invector
Blazing Chrome
Call of Duty®: WWII - Call of Duty Endowment Bravery Pack
Call of Duty®: WWII - Call of Duty Endowment Fear Not Pack
Comedy Night
Company of Crime
Curse of the Dead Gods
Deleveled
Earth 2140
Earth 2150 Trilogy
EARTHLOCK
Eldest Souls
El Matador
Eternal Threads
Family Man
Fury Unleashed
GRIME
HELLO NEIGHBOR + HELLO NEIGHBOR HIDE AND SEEK COLLECTION
Honey, I Joined a Cult
HORIZON CHASE TURBO
I Am Not a Monster: First Contact
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
Levelhead
Meeple Station
Men of War
MindSeize
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Moon Hunters
NecroVisioN: Lost Company
One Finger Death Punch 2
Parkan 2
Puss!
Railway Empire
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Relicta
Revolver 360 Re:Actor
Seeds of Resilience
Size Matters
Strategic Command WWII: World at War
Streets of Fury EX
Survivalist
THE AMBASSADOR: FRACTURED TIMELINES
Tom Clancy's The Division™ (Ubisoft Connect) (NA Region Locked)
Tom Clancy's The Division™ - Survival (Ubisoft Connect) (NA Region Locked)
Total Tank Simulator
Turbo Golf Racing
Unmetal
World War II: Panzer Claws
X-MORPH: DEFENSE
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Games I Want:

Offers are fine, I mostly enjoy RPGs, Strategy, and the like, but feel free to offer other stuff too! I am mainly looking for Warhammer 40000 Chaos Gate Daemonhunters.
​
Aeon of Sands
Age of Empires 3
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Apotheon
Banner of the Maid
Battletech Urban Warfare
Biomutant
Caesar 3
Children of Morta
CK3 DLC
Cossacks 3
Darkwood
Death's Gambit
Endless Legend
Field of Glory II: Medieval
Greedfall
Hand of Merlin
Hylics
Imperator: Rome
Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut
Love Esquire
Medieval Dynasty
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Rogue: Genesia
Sands of Salzaar
Shenmue 3
State of Decay 2
Stellar Tactics
Total War: Rome Remasted
Umurangi Generation
Vigil: The Longest Night
Way of the Samurai 3
Zeno Clash 1 and 2

I have a 2008 CRV. Has never really given me any trouble. Unfortunately, that also means that I am a bit unfamiliar with mechanics. Anywhoo. My windshield wipers are acting funny. The front sometimes works in all settings but most times only on the highest setting. The rear one comes on automatically when you start the car and will not go off for about 3 minutes. The rear does not really respond to me turning them on or off or using the washer. Mechanic says its the motor but it feels more electrical to me. Would a motor cause this. I did have the motor replaced in about 2010 due to a car wash incident.

I'm in search of a compact SUV that can fit my needs for a budding bakery business, be a functional personal vehicle, and won't cost me an arm and a leg. I have never bought a new car, and am currently driving a '99 Toyota Carola (that little thing is a work horse). Any opinions are super helpful! I've been considering a Nissan Rogue and have been interested in a scion xb, but PLEASE tell me if I'm wrong I these options. Thank you!

Hey lovely people of this community!
So I finally decided to get a car. It is worth noting that this is going to be my first car and is going to be shared with my brothers - one of them knows how to drive but the other doesn't (just letting you know if that makes any difference in the decision making)
Now coming to the problem: I have two options. Until today, I was going with 2020 Swift Zxi that is clocked at 5k, getting it for 6.3lac. Decided to go with this as it got all the fancy features such as

• auto ac
• auto foldable and adjustable ORVMs
• parking sensors
• height adjustable seats
• rear adjustable head rests
• rear defogger, wiper
• an audio system

It seemed like a complete package to me with only android auto, apple carplay missing which is something I can always go with aftermarket solution later.
But then someone confused me by showing their Nissan Magnite base model. The guy had an audio system, central locking, arm rest installed from aftermarket.
Nissan Magnite is available for around 6.65lac (base model). So yeah now I am confused. Does it make sense to go with the new vehicle i.e. Magnite or the old one i.e. Swift.
I was about to finalize the Swift today but now not sure what to do.
I am turning to you guys for your opinion so please help me out here and drop your thoughts or suggestions.
Thanks a lot

IGS Rep: https://www.reddit.com/IGSRep/comments/vujw39/whodunits_igs_rep_page/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Also a note: I might take a while to respond starting off, I'm posting this early in the morning and will probably respond later during the day, thanks for your offers!

Games I Have:

In NA, should be global keys. All are Steam unless stated otherwise in []. Notably I have all of the June Humble Monthly except for Ghostwire: Tokyo (And now I have traded Remnant too).
​
11-11 Memories Retold
3000th Duel
A.I.M.2 Clan Wars
Almost There: The Platformer
AUTOMACHEF
AVICII Invector
Blazing Chrome
Call of Duty®: WWII - Call of Duty Endowment Bravery Pack
Call of Duty®: WWII - Call of Duty Endowment Fear Not Pack
Comedy Night
Company of Crime
Curse of the Dead Gods
Deleveled
Earth 2140
Earth 2150 Trilogy
EARTHLOCK
Eldest Souls
El Matador
Eternal Threads
Family Man
Fury Unleashed
GRIME
HELLO NEIGHBOR + HELLO NEIGHBOR HIDE AND SEEK COLLECTION
Honey, I Joined a Cult
HORIZON CHASE TURBO
I Am Not a Monster: First Contact
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
Levelhead
Meeple Station
Men of War
MindSeize
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Moon Hunters
NecroVisioN: Lost Company
One Finger Death Punch 2
Parkan 2
Puss!
Railway Empire
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Relicta
Revolver 360 Re:Actor
Seeds of Resilience
Size Matters
Strategic Command WWII: World at War
Streets of Fury EX
Survivalist
THE AMBASSADOR: FRACTURED TIMELINES
Tom Clancy's The Division™ (Ubisoft Connect) (NA Region Locked)
Tom Clancy's The Division™ - Survival (Ubisoft Connect) (NA Region Locked)
Total Tank Simulator
Turbo Golf Racing
Unmetal
World War II: Panzer Claws
X-MORPH: DEFENSE
​

Games I Want:

Offers are fine, I mostly enjoy RPGs, Strategy, and the like, but feel free to offer other stuff too! I am mainly looking for Warhammer 40000 Chaos Gate Daemonhunters.
​
Aeon of Sands
Age of Empires 3
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Apotheon
Banner of the Maid
Battletech Urban Warfare
Biomutant
Caesar 3
Children of Morta
CK3 DLC
Cossacks 3
Darkwood
Death's Gambit
Endless Legend
Field of Glory II: Medieval
Greedfall
Hand of Merlin
Hylics
Imperator: Rome
Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut
Love Esquire
Medieval Dynasty
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Rogue: Genesia
Sands of Salzaar
Shenmue 3
State of Decay 2
Stellar Tactics
Total War: Rome Remasted
Umurangi Generation
Vigil: The Longest Night
Way of the Samurai 3
Zeno Clash 1 and 2

Just wondering if anybody has experience anything weird mine 🤔 the seat belt light will come on even though the seatbelt is in and also another weird one happened to me yesterday it rained I pulled in the garage an put the car in park an turn the windshield whipers on then the car acts like it wants to die then fault on the dash for windshield wipers an also unknown fault in start stop function come back 20 mins later start car nothing illuminated on the dash anymore ? ? ?

I live in apartments across the street from a golf course, today i found my car windshield badly shattered. It seemed to be pretty obviously from a golf ball by the size of it. Who’s liable? could i get the golf course to pay up? My apartments already have a petition going for the golf course to set up a net or something because this seems to be a common occurrence. I’m so broke and this extra expense is devastating to me:,/

My 2020 Mazda 3 won’t start. I tried the push start at the whole electric system started glitching like crazy. My windshield wipers began moving as if my car was possessed ( I could not stop them from moving) and the battery slowly drained haha. Help

The onboard HUD has experienced three generations of upgrades, continuously optimized imaging quality, continuous increase of information, and greatly enhanced the sense of technology. At present, W-HUD is the mainstream in the market, and AR-HUD is accelerated for mass production.
The first generation is the C-HUD (Combiner HUD), a combined head-up display system. C-HUD uses translucent resin board as the display medium, which has the advantage of convenient installation, but the imaging area is small and the display information is less. Because C-HUD is installed on the vehicle in the form of accessories, it is easy to cause secondary injury to the driver in case of an accident.
The second generation W-HUD (Windshield HUD) windshield head-up display system, which is currently the most widely used HUD, has achieved mass production. The W-HUD uses optical reflection to project driving information onto the front windshield of the car. W-HUD shows a larger range and further projection distance than C-HUD.
The third generation AR-HUD (Augmented Reality HUD) augmented reality head-up display system is a new head-up display technology. Compared with the traditional W-HUD, AR-HUD has a large projection range and more information, which can better combine the data collected by ADAS for scene fusion. Through the superposition of digital images and real scenes, it can enhance the sense of practicality and technology of HUD.
In 2020, the market began to accelerate the iteration of W-HUD to AR-HUD. Because AR-HUD displays increased information compared to W-HUD. AR-HUD collects the data of the external environment through the front-facing radar and camera equipment, calculates the required image and data information through the AR algorithm, and then reflects the image to the windshield through the optical structure in the AR-HUD, and produces a virtual image superimposed on the real object in front of the windshield.
There is no doubt that, as one of the representative features of the intelligent cockpit, AR-HUD is expected to become the final form of HUD in future vehicles. AR-HUD technology has been attracting the attention of the industry. Some institutions expect that the market size of China’s AR-HUD industry will exceed 7 billion yuan in 2023.
Technology is a solid barrier to WiMi
On the eve of the market explosion of AR-HUD, it is reported that WiMi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ: WIMI) is working on building AR-HUD-related products. Its light field AR-HUD has multi-faceted optical imaging capabilities, which can achieve a better AR fusion effect and a more natural visual experience. In addition, WiMi Hologram Cloud technology solutions are in rapid progress, with uHD key capabilities, to provide rich application scenarios such as instrument information display, AR navigation, safety-assisted driving, night vision/rain and fog enhancement tips, and audio and video entertainment. Project virtual images in different locations in the real world, so that real objects in different positions can visually integrate with HUD virtual images, and may become a dark horse on the track in the future.
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WiMi Hologram Cloud As a leading holographic AR application technology provider, fully aware based on AR-HUD technology is gradually become the focus of auto manufacturers, years committed to through independent innovation, positive research, and development, through AR-HUD transmission to holographic AR image display various digital information, an intuitive way to guide driving, improve the intelligent experience, make AR-HUD intelligent cockpit interactive hub, to improve the safety of driving, to help reduce the risk of accident.
With the further development of AR technology, WiMi Hologram Cloud will focus on the core capability of “visual interaction” in the future, while consolidating the dominant position in the field of intelligent automotive electronics and gradually developing products with technological technology such as AR-HUD. It can be said that this is an effort and attempt in emerging industries such as autonomous driving. It is expected to form a perfect human, car, road, and network ecology, and open up a new entrance for the next generation of augmented reality Internet. In addition, WiMi Hologram Cloud will continue to focus on related fields and technologies, and further participate in the larger holographic AR industry track.

What is the size of a 2013 Sport’s front windshield?
Or can anyone recommend a sun screen that I can put on it? There is no shade available at work and my car gets HOT!!!
TIA 😎

Part 26: https://www.reddit.com/Viidith22/comments/141nvay/my_roommate_is_slenderman_part_26/
(Terry)
I awoke an hour later, brain pulsing. I was in the back of the van laying on the floor, “The prodigal son returns, welcome back you crazy son of a bitch!” Tucker laughed.
“Took on a god face to face. Pretty sure the only one with bigger balls than that would be Abraham. Though, balls didn’t save you.” Doc said, looking up from his book.
“Took the last core I had, but at least I can say I’ve killed a god now.” Tucker snickered with a smirk.
“Concentrated light, can’t say it’s what I would have thought of, but it was effective.”
“Yeah, wasn’t effective portably until we came across some anti-matter from a crashed–”
“What?” I tried sitting up but failed.
“Right.” He stood, propping up the left row of seats, and pulled out a black case. Flicking it up he aimed it down at me, “Anti-matter annihilation laser. Think you can piece it together.” There were about five lenses that each shrunk, narrowing the barrel to a tip. Everything but the lenses was coated in a vanta black paint, “Each lens reduces the energy state while also–”
“I couldn’t give less fucks if I pulled them out of Doc’s patients. You killed him with that thing?”
“Yup, his head’s probably gettin' breathed in from the wildlife out here.” He clicked the case shut, put it back in place, and sat.
“And the data is intact?”
There was a brief pause, “While it is, I feel it’s important to be more concerned about yourself. You have major skull fractures, a concussion, you’re missing your face flesh, your back had to be clotted to avoid you bleeding out, and you are severely low on blood. You should be sleeping right now.”
“I just, I had to know.”
“Knowing you, you’ll be back on your feet in–”
I passed out again before he finished talking.
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When I awoke, I was on my bed, Sepratine was applying herbs to my face, “Ho–”
“16 hours, Doctor Sadist and Rachel are busy. You really ought to be more cautious, this isn’t one of your video games.”
“Yeah, I’ll keep that in mind. You heard from Jones?”
“No, apparently he passed out at the wheel after he parked. The Sadist said they’d be out for a while. He’s having Rachel look them over once she finishes a project she’s working on.”
“Shouldn’t you be helping her?”
She put her mortar down and sighed, “Flip onto your side, I need to replace the bandages on your back, then you need to eat.”
She finished tending to me in silence, then went to cook. The whole time, I just wanted to get up and finish everything. But even if I did, the data wasn’t fully recovered until it was sifted through. So I resigned to wait until the detective got back to me.
Sepratine came back a while later with a plate toppling over itself and a glass of water. Not to get too detailed, but both were empty in a matter of… 30 seconds or so? “Now get back to sleep. Your face should be back to normal in another day, and your skull is still fusing back together.”
“Let me know when Jones has the info.” She stood, taking my plate and cup.
“Someone will I’m sure. Get some rest, and don’t do anything I wouldn’t. You were reckless enough… Whatever, goodbye.”
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When I came to again, my face was dry, the medicine Sepratine had put on felt like a cracked desert, leaving a green crust behind. I stood, heading to the bathroom to wash my face. I took my meds, then removed the bandages from my back. Heading back to my room, I grabbed my phone, seeing several missed calls and texts. I immediately opened the message from Jones.
Call me when you wake up, I’ve got it, you’re not gonna believe where it is.
The phone rang four times, “Eh? Terry, that you?” He yawned.
“Yeah, what’s the deal?”
“You remember when you first met me?”
“No.”
“Well, I was headed to a town down in southeastern Oregon, one that wasn’t on any maps. And you’re not gonna believe this shit, but Tenyit Lane, the place I went, that’s where he’s being held.”
“So you know where I need to go?”
“Yeah, the place is a hot zone for organizations. There’re at least seven that I’ve recorded since I first went, and that’s not including–”
“And?”
“Well, point is, there’s security everywhere, people are gonna be everywhere, and the police and government officials are gonna be too busy counting bodies to care about one missing person.”
“Send me the coordinates.” I took a picture of my wall, putting the phone back against my ear.
“I’ll do you one better, I still have an old map to the place, I’ll send it over.”
“I don’t care what you say, I am paying you after this.”
I was already out the door, wearing nothing but a hoodie and sweatpants. I started the car, threw on EDM, and headed down to find Joseph.
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A grey smoke rose in the night air above the town. I had a good ten miles left on the empty road before getting to the one stop on the entire strip. As I climbed the mountain, I turned my windshield wipers up more and more. The road was coated in a light crust of white, the speckles dropping ever so carefully in the light wind.
As I rounded a bend, I saw a flicker of headlights through the pine trees. Rounding the next one, I saw the lights again, this time coming around their own turn, before heading in my direction. The snow picked up as I met the gaze of the other driver, it was her.
I screeched to a stop, whipping a U-turn that nearly sent me into the rails. I stopped, having noticed her car was pulled over to the railing too. I jumped out of my car, running over to her, and grasping her in my arms, “I thought I’d killed you Tresca!”
Setting her down, my brain fully processed its surroundings. The person in front of me was Joseph, he was a bit shocked, but the rest of him reminded me of how he looked when we first met, “I-I’m sorry, I just–”
“Look, Terry. Honestly, it’s great to see you, great to have clear evidence I’m not crazy, great to know all those fun ass memories at the apartment were real. But…”
“I’m just so glad you’re okay.”
He smirked, but his eyes were hollow, “Yeah, okay…”
“I mean, you’re alive though!”
“Terry, this isn’t going to work.” He looked up, “I can’t ignore what you said when you saw me.” He looked back at me, nervous, “I read up on you, it was intrusive, and I’m sorry for that, but I can’t keep being a replacement. I need to live my own life, I need to get away from all this, I…” His eyes filled, but refused to streak, “I want to live a life away from all of this. I know a normal life isn’t really an option anymore. But I still wanna do what I can.”
“You… read my files?” I glanced at my phone, thinking about the picture I’d taken before leaving, “Which ones?”
“Your old life, hers too. Once I got ahold of my files, I decided to do some digging. I was me, but not I guess, I had to get an understanding of who the people I used to know were. I know about Tresca, I remember your conversation with Maerod.”
“I…”
He waited for a while, a few cars flew by us before he took the rope, “I will never regret the time we had. We had fun, we had some adventures and even a few emotional tipping points. Without you and everyone else, I’d probably have a slab of a ruck on top of me now. I don’t feel like dying anymore, but I also don’t feel like living. I’m sorry, but… I need to find my life out there.” He threw his arm up, gesturing around, “But if I stay with you, I’ll never get that chance.”
I tried to maintain myself, for seemingly the first time, taking Joseph as a person in. His overgrown brown hair, his blue eyes, broad shoulders, bland outfit. “You look different from before.”
“I feel different.” He shot a breath out his nose.
I staggered, “Let me grab something from my car before you go. You mind coming with?”
He nodded, gazing up at the grey sky. Several more cars flew past us as we made our way to mine. When we got there, I pulled out a small bag,
I reached into my car, pulling out the contract, “This was the guy that placed a hit on your wife. He’s dead now.”
A car flew by, lighting up his face to reveal his frozen face, “Y-you mean it? Who killed him?” He snatched the paper from my hand, looking over the entire sheet.
“The detective put on her case, the original guy is my understanding. Goes by Jones, he’s a P.I. now.”
“Really? Where is he?”
I cleared my throat, “You su–”
“Positive, where is he?”
I rubbed my arm, but looking at his hopeful face, I caved, “Apex Investigation Office, downtown Albany.”
He hugged me, “Thank you… Seriously, this…” He cried into my stomach for a time before pulling back and recomposing himself. Rubbing his nose dry, he turned around.
“Wait!”
He stopped, turning his head to me, “Yeah?”
I held onto my phone, debating to show him the picture or not. We stood still as two more cars flew by, followed by one with sirens. I pushed my phone back into my pocket, “Where are you going?”
He turned back to his car, holding up the contract, “To repay a debt. You’ll get yours too one of these days.”
Sitting in his car, he drove off without another word.
I sat in mine, pulling the phone from my pocket, and opened the gallery. I had one recent picture, it was one of the walls in my room, one with several posters. All of which were had drawn anime style portraits of Tresca. “Maybe Abraham was right, and maybe, Joseph has the right idea too.”
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(Joseph)
Epilogue:
I dried my face as I left him behind, unsure of what to do first. I sat with music blasting for the first hour, mind flashing through the events like a slideshow. When I eventually came across a convenience store. It was a 24/7 place, the kind that had hot dogs on the roller for days at a time, and the only people that worked there couldn’t get a job anywhere else.
I pulled into a parking space and picked my phone off the passenger seat. I’d already decided I’d go to the detective’s place last. But I’d never been to Rachel’s before, and I didn’t remember her phone number. “What if I?”
I dialed a number, letting it ring a good five times when “Chad’s Cads how can I help you?”
“God, tell me that isn’t the name of your shop.”
“Joseph? Is that you bro?”
“Yeah, it’s been a while, good to hear from you.”
“Where the hell have you been man!? Terry’s out look–”
“It’s all sorted now. I don’t mean to be callous, I promise I’ll catch you up to speed later. But do you have Rachel’s number?”
“Oh, yeah. Everything good dude?”
“Yeah, she apparently told Terry to have me see her when he found me, so…”
“Oh for sure.”
“So can you send me her number?”
“Oh right, yeah. Good luck bro, come by when you have time. I wanna see how strong you are.”
“Sounds good Chad.” I hung up, smiling. A minute or so later, I had her number.
“Joseph?” Her voice was smooth.
“Hey Rachel I…”
“Chad messaged me.”
“Gotcha, Terry said you wanted to see me?”
“Yes, there’s a lot you need to know biologically if you want to pass for human.”
I sighed, rubbing my side, “Where should I meet you?”
“I’ll send you the location, Sepratine will be here too.”
“Oh, yaaaaaay.” She was alright, but she always had a whole bag of chips on her shoulder.
“See you soon. Oh, and did you happen to feel an aching in your right side at any point?”
“More than you know.”
“How frequently?”“Well, I was starved for a few days at one point, aside from that though I’d say a couple times a week if not more?”
“...Was that the entire time you were gone?”
“Not entirely sure, the first month or so is still kind of hazy, but since I was moved into town yeah.”
“...Okay, just… See you when you arrive.” Click
“I thought Doc was supposed to be the cryptic one of the bunch,” I smirked, a tear forming in my eye. “Goddamnit.” I wiped it, clicking the address she’d sent me, and heading on my way. Only after I picked up some gas station food.
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“Oh my.”
“It’s me.” I did jazz hands, wearing a faux smile.
“Your soul is much… larger than I anticipated. Come inside, I’m sure you’re hungry.”
A whiff of cedar and sweetgrass slapped me in the face, “Wow, that’s… pungent.”
“Apologies, my sense of smell isn’t very strong, and Sepratine is….”She took a sharp intake of breath, closing the door behind me.
Looking around, the house seemed pretty standard, aside from the greenhouse in the living room, “So uh, what’s this you got goin here?”
“Take your shoes off please,” She did the same, “Creating chemicals from what’s in the air is taxing, it’s more convenient to just have the plants you need on hand.” She headed toward a door down the hall, “My equipment is downstairs.” She opened the door and I followed.
The air was a solid 80 or so, with humidity so thick it was like snorkeling, pollen so strong it activated allergies I hadn’t had since I was five. “Quite the quaint home you have here.”
“Oh right, sorry again.”
“No, you’re good, I’m just gonna need a few boxes of tissues is all.”
“Oh Jo–Joseph, my gods, you’re… wow. Different is a word, what happened to your soul?” Sepratine was turned to us, standing in front of a table with apparently every plant unknown to man of it.
“That’s kinda why I’m here.”
“Oh right, don’t mind me, just running a few experiments, Rachel has the perfect climate down here for a few plants.”
“Alright Joseph, hop on the bed.” Rachel stood in front of a wooden table, I couldn’t help but notice vials and jars stacked neatly on a counter that circled half the room, as well as a set of tables that held assorted plants with different lights hovering over them.
I sat on the table, “You need me to turn my head and cough?”
“No, first I need you to eat. It’ll be easier if you’re digesting food.”
She headed to a small closed-off area, then came back, plate in hand. Mostly just leafy greens. Maybe some kind of bean too?
“Go ahead, this should pass through you at just the right speed for me to catch it.” She turned, heading to another room, “Oh right, when you’re done I’ll need you to take off your shirt and lie down.” Then she headed through a door.
A few minutes passed and I finished the salad. Putting my plate on an open section of a counter and throwing my shirt to the side, I laid down, “Sepratine, you know anything about Vampirism?”
“Only rumors, they’re rare, so you’re the only one I’ve met.”
“Rarer than what you are?”
“Dryads are uncommon for sure. But given my personal experience, I’d say you’re one of a kind.”
“Awwwe, thank you.” I said sarcastically, “But is that all? They’re rare?”
“You’re here for Rachel because they’re rare. She’s met something like five, even got to do a lab experiment on one of them, saw how their stem reacted to stimulus. She’s the closest thing to an expert I can think of.”
Rachel made her entrance with the smack of the door on the wall, “Alright, don’t worry Joseph, I’m not going to cut you open today, I just want to see how large your stem has gotten. Based on your soul, you might be around half to ¾ vampire. But the only way to tell for sure is to see the size of your stem.”
“I’ve been meaning to ask, but everyone else I’ve met who knows about it has been a psychopath. What’s a stem?”
“Oh, kind of like a parasite is my current understanding.” She picked up a large metal plate, pressed it against my stomach, and used a metal rod to probe my right side.
“Come again?”
“Well… it’s more like a symbiotic relationship? Consider it another organ, only it’s wrapped around a portion of your large intestine. A full vampire has them fused, and it becomes an addition. But a partial, you can still see where they are two entities.”
“So you can cure me?”
She scoffed, “No.” Putting the plate and rod away, she pulled out a roundish object and squeezed some kind of gel onto the end before rubbing it against my right side. “If it’s removed, both entities die. You’re a symbiote now, you each rely on each other. In return for giving it nutrients, it gives you cells that allow you to regenerate anything short of half or more of it. They’re akin to stem cells, but enhanced. It extracts your DNA and replicates what it needs to to keep you alive for as long as possible. That’s the working theory I currently have anyway.”
“So I have a parasite in me?”
“A symbiote, you two aid each other, there are only benefits for each of you. Not to mention the enhanced soul… which I’m not entirely sure what causes that yet. Though the more vampirized you are, the more spiritual power a vampire seems to have. Considering that’s how it’s been with the last five, it’s only an assumption. But if that is the case, I am curious about the correlation.” She put the device down, handing me a towel, “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to see the images I got back. Time to see how far along you are.”
Patting me on the stomach, she walked out of sight, and I wiped my side down. Sitting up, I hopped off the table, picked up my shirt, throwing it back on. Then, it was dark.
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My eyes shot open, I was upright on the hardwood table, eyes darting around for the threat.
“Relaaaax, you’re fine.” Rachel and Sepratine stood beside me, and I loosened up, wired as hell.
Standing, I regained my balance, “Which one of you knocked me out?”
“Neither.” Rachel said, offended, “You fainted, you had several nutrient deficiencies, and call me crazy, but I don’t think you were willing to hear what I had to say.”
I mulled it over, a burst of panic surging when I thought about the thing inside me. But I managed to push it back into its little jar. Which I promptly placed back on the shelf with the rest of my emotions. “I’m fine.”
“Yes, now. But I have to be honest with you, the ultrasound came back more worrying than I expected. You’re only about ¼ so far. Your soul is far larger than any of my calculations suggested.”
“Right on.”
“Joseph, you have far more potential than I expected. While I advise safety, occasionally fasting may build up your soul to around as strong as Smudge.”
“Cool beans.”
“The issue is that you have an extremely high-functioning stem. You’ll need extremely nutrient-dense foods with extremely specific nutrients to maintain yourself as you are, let alone grow stronger. I’ll have what you need, but if you don’t want to go on a killing spree every few days, you’ll need an extremely strict diet.”
“How much is that gonna run me?”
She sighed, rubbing her eyes, “Quite frankly, I’ll charge you what it costs me. I don’t want you going on a murder frenzy. You’re my friend, but that’d also guarantee your death. As not only an alchemist, but a scientist, I can’t allow that. I’ll charge you at the end of each month. How does that sound?”
“Cool, do you have an estimate?”
“Joseph I feel you are hearing me but not listening.”
“No, I’ve got it.”
“This will be in the ballpark of 1500 dollars a month, and that’s alongside normal meals. Which should help you not only maintain but build up. The pain will feel like you’re being digested if you get to the point of dangerous starvation. Now, repeat everything I just said back to you.”
When I did from start to finish, she rubbed her face, “Alright, you can pick up your supply weekly from here. For now, though, I have something that should hold you over until next Friday, when I’ll have the actual supplies.”
She helped load a few milk crates into my overstuffed car, and when I went to start my car, she gestured for me to roll the window down. “Yes?”
“There are places you can get help you know?”
“I think I can handle the vampirism thing.”
“Joseph…” She stared at me, tugging at my bucket of guilt, tipping it ever so slightly.
“I’ll be fine. Thank you Rachel.” I flicked the button up and the window went with it as I pulled out of her driveway in the suburbs of West Salem.
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“Joseph?” The familiar guy behind a desk just across from me stared, eye agape.
“D-Detective? What uh… what happened to your erm… you?”
“Long story. What happened to you?”
“Long story.”
He chuckled, “Guess you were in that town for a while. What are you doing here?”
I held up the contract, “I’ve got a debt I needa pay.”
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Author’s Note:
Hey guys, 4Shot speaking. Holy FUCK guys. This has been my longest-running series, it’s been 3.5 years in the making. Hell, it was the series that got me into this whole writing shebang. It feels weird to be saying goodbye to Joseph, given this series has been with me since the start. I’ve seen my ups alongside this story, and those who read or listened to the poker scene in my detective series will know I’ve had my downs.
Though, it’s not exactly the end. I have one final series I’ll be writing to wrap everything up. Those who have followed my first three may notice a trend. And yes, the final series will be a continuation of Jones’ tale. It’s been a long time coming, and I hope to complete it before february, which is when I’ll be taking an extended hiatus. I’ll be back, but I have some things I want to do first. This entire unraveling story will have been a part of my life for over 4 years by then, something like that is hard to just let go, and I have some life I wanna experience. So I may be gone for around 6 months to a year when I’ve finished the Detective’s story.
I’m glad so many of you have enjoyed my stories. I honestly never expected to go anywhere with any of this, thought I’d give this series up around part 3, and writing would just be another dead hobby of mine. But here we are. Honestly, there are a lot of people to thank, but the main people are my boy TeeStache who got me into writing, NaturesTemper who picked up my terrible rough draft of this series, and Viidith who first found my detective series and asked to narrate it, and proceeded to narrate my Lighthouse series.
It’s been a crazy ride out there, and I only intend to make it crazier in the future. Thanks again guys, cheers.

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Gotham Central HC 2. Excellent condition. Opened, but I don’t remember ever actually reading it. $17
Gotham Central HC 3. Excellent condition. Opened, but I don’t remember ever actually reading it. $21
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East Of West Hardcovers 1, 2, and 3. 1 and 3 are sealed. 2 is the DCBS variant and not sealed. 1 is in perfect shape. 2 looks great. 3 has a small ding on the bottom of the back cover. Asking $240 for the set. Pics
Tomb Of Dracula Complete Collection TPB set of Volume 1, 2, 3. - True first editions from 2010/2011(All the ones I've seen on ebay are the 2017 editions, with a different cover design). The paper is not fully glossy like in the omnibus editions, and they look amazing. These three books cover the same material as Omnibus 1. These are read, but reasonably well cared for. Volume 3 has damage near the bottom of the spine, as shown in pics. Asking $130 shipped
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Essential Web Of Spider-Man Vol 1. $25
Essential Web Of Spider-Man Vol 2. (Cool for Kraven’s Last Hunt complete in black and white). $25
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Howard The Duck Omnibus (Gerber). Sealed. $90
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BPRD Hollow Earth & Other Stories TPB (first print). $6
Nick Fury Agent Of Shield TPB. Printed on nice, not-glossy paper. $20
Thor Masterworks 1 (Comiccraft cover). $25
Thor Masterworks 3 (Comiccraft cover). $25
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(Marvel) Taskmaster The Right Price. $5
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 1 - $2
Fingerless. Spugna. Signed $10
Lowriders Blast From The Past. $2
Spera Volume 1. $2
King Of Nowhere Vol 1. $2
Power Rangers Vol 1 TPB. $3
Hunters. $2
Blackout Vol 1 (Dark Horse) $2
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Doorknocker. $2
Croc N Roll with signed bookplate and ashcan. $2
Marvelous Land Of Oz. Skottie Young. $2
Suicide Squad Rogues TP. $3
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Black Candy. $2
Granny Candy. $2
The Family. Pat Higgins. $2
Becoming Horses. $3
Horror Vacation. Edition of 150. $2
Good Boy Magazine 1. $2
Ghost Hog $2
Big Book Of Thugs. $2
Scumbag For Hire. Keenan Marshall Keller. $2
A Bleeding Cut. $1
Montana Diary. $2
The Freak. $2
Gun Land 3. $2
Destroyer. Kirkman. $2
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