u/TexasNiteowl

I inked it with Taccia Midori and not the Wearingeul ink that comes with it.

It is my first Magico, but not my first Leonardo.

This is a limited release of only 75 pens and they just released a sister pen, Captain Hook, a Momento Zero Grande 2.0 in a dark red based resin. I am tempted by that too I have to admit. But for now have my sparkling green Pixie!

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Kaweco

I have never used / inked either of these 2 pens. Kaweco nibs can be hit or miss but since I have not used these, I cannot say which way these nibs lean.

1. SOLD! Kaweco x Goldspot transparent purple aka Royal Amethyst, M nib, [N] (new) condition
   • Bought because it's a purple Kaweco but I've never actually used it. (Have too many pens.) So, time to let it go.
   • Has original clear plastic sleeve and black sleeve/box that most Kaweco Sports come in
   • $110 OBO
2. SOLD! Kaweco Skyline Sport (silver trim) Blue / Aegean Blue, M nib, [N] (new) condition
   • My understanding is that this color was released in the US as 'Blue' and then remaining stock was purchased by the Greek distributor and was then informally known as 'Aegean Blue'. I was able to purchase one from a shop in Greece. As far as I know, it is now sold out in Greece also and no longer available.
   • It appears it may be the same color as the old classic edition blue but has the silver trim instead of gold. I don't have the classic blue one, I am only going off a youtube video that showed this. This old Classic blue is different from the current Navy Blue.
   • Even though I bought it new and never inked it, it does have extremely minor wear in the form of the light scuffs that some of the Kaweco Sports pick up very easily. I received it this way so possibly drawer wear from the shop or such? I've received other new Kawecos with some similar issues personally so either it is normal or I'm very unlucky.
   • Will either be bubble wrapped (no box) OR IF I have a spare Kaweco metal tin, I will send that
   • $90 OBO

Sailor

Sailor 1911 S aka Standard or Small, 11-1219-320, black with gold trim, MF nib, A2 condition (Mint, but has been inked)

• no converter but 2 Sailor black ink cartridges included (did not include a converter on purchase)
• will be in a Sailor box, but it is the plainer 2 piece cardboard box, not the more premium clamshell (this is how I received it)
• The MF nib is just too fine for my tastes. I did ink it and wrote with it but it's just too fine for my tastes. I'll stick to the Sailor M nib size. It wrote perfectly fine. Just too fine for me.
• NOTE: If you have not used a Sailor nib before, they are known for having feedback. Kinda similar to the way a good pencil may feel on paper. This is NOT the same as scratchiness. A scratchy nib has tines out of alignment or something and might feel like it "catches" on the paper. This nib has feedback but I experienced absolutely NO scratchiness at all. It wrote smoothly but is just too fine for me. (I have multiple other Sailors, mostly in the M size.)
• Price: $180 OBO

Any questions, please ask.

Note: I run Windows 11 and my browser is Firefox.

In recent weeks, everyone has been having trouble with the FFF setup because the alternative domain setting which most of us used now returns errors. Likely due to bot/AI usage and/or cloudflare settings, etc.

This means resorting to the "browser cache" method. Which simply means that fanficfare uses pages cached to your web browser to save the story.

For this to work, you will need to edit your FFF personal.ini.

Also, when downloading stories, you MUST HAVE YOUR BROWSER OPEN AND LOGGED IN to AO3, especially for locked stories.

Let me repeat...you must have your browser OPEN and you must be LOGGED IN to AO3.

Now, as I mentioned above, I am on windows 11 and use Firefox. You will have to identify the browser cache path for your own OS+browser. It will differ if you use Firefox vs. Chrome vs. Edge, etc. AND...I have ZERO experience with MACS. I believe there is a tweak you may have to set, and if I find it, I will add it either in a comment below or in an edit.

OK...that said...here are the lines from my personal.ini that are currently working for me.

Final note: if a line has a # or a ## those are comments and are ignored by FFF.

[defaults] 
#CHANGE THE FOLLOWING LINE BASED ON YOUR BROWSER
browser_cache_path:C:\Users\#myusernamehere#\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\kgl3ip34.default-release\cache2

[archiveofourown.org]
#username:username (not needed because you will have a browser tab open where you are logged in)
#password:password (same)
#is_adult:true (same as above)
slow_down_sleep_time:4
use_archiveofourown_gay:false
use_browser_cache:true
use_browser_cache_only:true
open_pages_in_browser:true

some people have also reported needing a line:

browser_cache_age_limit: -1

but I personally have not needed this so far.

Back to MAC users: you may have to set a Calibre Tweak 'openers_by_scheme'. See the following links for examples but I will be of no help myself since I do not have a MAC.

https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare/issues/1142#issuecomment-2743823775

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4496979&postcount=10447

That's about all I can say but this is working for me as of today.

After a lot of matches with just plain fire, water, earth...this happened. Now and then, a miracle happens. I had neither one of these and to pull them one right after the other? Miraculous.

Please note...I am not trying to backdoor into trading. I am not interested in trading so far. I've been playing to see what I can get on my own. So don't message me, etc. I just wanted to show an incredible bit of luck.

Candles: Banana Cream Latte & Blueberry Bellini were part of the $7.99, so yay. I didn't really need another Pink Lavender & Espresso (or Lavender Marshmallow which I also love) as I have 2 of both. But...just in case I grabbed an extra PL&E. I expect it will stick around each year, but you never know! I was seriously tempted to grab an extra Lav. Marsh. but managed to hold myself at just one of them.

Soaps: Not a great deal at only 50% off, but I also had the $10 off $40 coupon so I grabbed these anyway. Blackberries & Basil (x2) is a favorite but it doesn't seem to come around every year. Sunset Citrus Margarita (x2) smells nice to me...similar to one called Electric Lime maybe iirc? And Cotton Candy Grape because I had one a couple years ago and liked it.

Fragrance: I'm glad I went in store to check things out because several of the scents such as Cactus Blossom and Cashmere Glow and Country Chic are not for me. I like Open Sky but still have most of a bottle from the original release so skipped it. I was undecided on Secret Wonderland in store so will be testing it at home to see if it is a keeper or not. But I did like Rainkissed Leaves and Lemon Pomegranate. The mini Life's a Fairytale was a whim. Meet Me in Miami & Sea Salt were off exchanges from a previous purchase last week (the Vera Bradley Peach Blossom is not for me and neither is Neopolitan). As much as I love Vanilla Romance, I couldn't justify a spare bottle at the moment...though I was tempted. But I'm trying to stop buying backups...because my history of finishing mists is non-existent.

Honestly, this might be it for me...

I got the two gold from killing a player earlier today. Very lucky! Got the peanut and the gummy from a Sprite chest. Well, two different Sprite chests of course. I have not seen a zero point sprite at all.

editing to add...please do not message me about trading right now. I haven't even looked at that and don't know how it works so I'm not interested...yet.

The lip items were from a bopis order I did on Tuesday. I liked the Firecracker Pop lip oil they did last summer, so when I saw the lip sale on Tuesday I decided to grab a few of that formula in the new scents (though I wish they had Firecracker Pop again). And I threw in the Neopolitan gloss just because!

The mists were all from today when I went in store to pick up the lip order. I had a 20% coupon too, so yay.

I did my best to smell things in store since I hadn't been in for so long, but I only had about 30 minutes.

* Pina Colada Swirl...I hope I love it, but pineapple scents can do weird things on skin, so we will see!

* Neopolitan...I love the candle and I liked the initial spritz in store so we will see how this goes. I did also grab the mini because I had a coupon. If I love the scent I'll keep the full size and exchange the mini. If I don't love it, but don't hate it, I'll keep the mini and exchange the full size.

* Eau de Coconut...I liked it on my skin but we'll see how it lasts; could be a nice light-ish summer scent

* Coastal Dreaming...same as Coconut

* Gingham Fresh...threw this in at the end...but when I got home I realized I have a mini from last release that I've never finished so this may go back. I do like it but apparently I don't reach for it.

* Rapunzel...found it interesting but we'll see how it goes on my skin; I don't always get along with floral forward scents but this smelled nice on the card

* Peach Blossom & Nectar...not sure about it...I like it, but it also seemed to have a warmth, almost but not quite a spicy note, to it that we'll have to see how it does. It only very very slightly reminds me of the Bridgerton one which I actually did not like, so I don't know about this one.

Regrets/May go back for...Vanilla Romance. I haven't been hanging out here as much so didn't realize they are finally ditching it at SAS. Sad because it is so awesome. But I probably wouldn't want it til fall. Need to see if I can tell how much is left in my existing bottle.

Should have checked out more...Mulan. I gave it a quick sniff but got distracted. I feel like I liked it but didn't go back to it. I see it will be part of SAS? But I think I also saw they are starting the Disney stuff off at 50%? So...maybe I go back for this during this weekend? Maybe.

How did I go almost 3 months...ignored the constant emails and texts (I really should just opt out)...stopped checking in here everyday...reminded myself I hate my store's location and parking...shopped my stash...found some scents at the big box store I like (Tree Hut's Violet Victory scrub and shower gel are really nice! I don't have the mist yet though.)...just a combination of things...I'm not even sure I'm going to bother with SAS. I'll review the scent list leaks to see but it would take something special. I've also skipped all candles since March...I have too many and am just not burning through them fast enough (I'm considering trying to sell a few on facebook or something).

I built a backyard blacksmith and started it on tools. I set a production limit of 20.

A bit later on I noticed I have 53 tools!

What causes the production limit to be ignored?

I will say that during this play time I did have speed at 12x for a bit. Not exclusively, but for a bit. But still...production limit was set?

On the good news side...I'm getting better at things. I took a start that had no rich food (rich clay and rich iron) and survived the first winter with no one going hungry!

UPDATE: I did some writing in it and updated with a comment below along with pics. See my comment here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/1szf7d0/comment/oj3pn5h/

I had heard of Leuchtturm before but never tried. Apparently hitting HomeGoods/Marshalls/TJMaxx currently. My store only had 2 colors and the pink was only in one size. So my choices were dark red and dark red. Or whatever it is called. Still worth trying I hope!