u/obsessed_FF7lover

I know how original but my idea for a game is one I haven’t seen before. It would definitely be horror and it pertains to my job, so I’d have a lot of knowledge on how to make things realistic for the characters. I’ve got a storyline and themes and a plot and all the good stuff. I’ve thought of two alternative endings.

The thing is I am painfully bad with anything electronic. I don’t even know where to begin with making a video game beyond what I have now.

Having very little or no money usually habitually

Hi hi all - I’m first time female international traveler and I’m going to Japan in August. My anxiety stems from worrying that I will not be well prepared enough for the situations I’ll be in, especially because I have a lot of allergies. I have a lot of questions that I feel like are better answered via experienced people rather than crummy “travel” websites or whatever AI search engines shove down my throat.

All that being said, here are my questions:

1. How many outfits are appropriate to bring for a trip like this? I’m hoping not to under or overpack.
2. I’m expecting to get my period halfway through the trip, am I able to buy menstrual products/ pain medication without any issues?
3. Are the Japanese really “conservative”? My partner, who’s never cared before, gently suggested I buy a couple new outfits that cover my chest/ most of my legs. I understand I’m visiting a new country and am more than willing to respect what’s acceptable to their citizens but it just seemed surprising.
4. Is female harassment/ “up skirting” really as bad as I’ve heard it is?
5. How intense can I expect the sun to be? Is shade easily accessible? I’m preparing to bring my own sunscreen/ medication to handle allergic reactions to the sun but relief from said sun is always the best option for me.
6. Are ticks/ mosquitoes bad in Japan? I am also quite allergic to these (also bringing medication), but if need be, can I buy bug repellent while there?
7. Should I experience a medical emergency, how is the care in Japan? Will they accept foreign travelers without much issue? Can I expect the expenses to be costly?

I am also just looking for general advice from female travelers as well. What you did, what you wish you did, how you packed/ prepped for the flight, what helps and what hurts.

I apologize if any of my questions are repetitive or stupid or silly. I feel both overwhelmed and excited for the trip and I want to ensure I am able to ease my anxiety and have a good time.

I’m more of a grazer than I am a “meal” person. I’m especially not fond of large, hot, heavy meals.

That being said my current snack selection is less than healthy. I’m mercifully very healthy as of now but I’d like to keep it that way :3.

I’m looking for inspo to replace my current less than ideal snacks (chips, candy, jerky, jello, etc). Preferably snacks that are low in sugar/ cals, higher in fiber and protein if possible, and ones that can be kept at room temp.

For some reason I’m completely blanking on every food I’ve ever eaten that fits the bill besides nuts (which I absolutely loathe).

No this isn’t a shit post or a joke or made up.

Basically I’m prone to reoccurring vivid dreams and nightmares, often with the same people. It’s usually my two ex-friends, my deceased father, and my ex in my nightmares.

I often have nightmares due to stress. Unfortunately it’s the way my body seems to manifest it the most because no matter what I change about my habits, the nightmares still come if my day was stressful. I will wake up from these nightmares with bad headaches or aching eyes. If they’re bad enough I wake up crying.

Lately however I’ve been having dreams where I’m alone, and I can’t find anyone and in my dreams I’m just so unbelievably terrified. I don’t remember even really running from “something”, I just remember I’m scared and need to find people. For the past week and a half I’ve had weird uncanny, “backrooms” like dreams where I’ve been upset, scared, extremely depressed or panicking and alone… and Micheal Jackson shows up.

He’s usually very sweet and will compliment me and comfort me and somehow (dream travel or whatever i guess) I magically end up around people in the dream and I feel okay again. When this happens the amount in the light will usually change as well. Think super dark, lots of shadows pre-Micheal and a bright sunny day post-Micheal.

It’s turned a lot of nightmares into… decent dreams. I’ll wake up pain free and I don’t spend my mornings taking pain killers and sipping tea.

I don’t think it’s the spirit of MJ coming to comfort my random ass; I was three when he died, never got to see him in person. I love his music, but I don’t listen to music very often. Definitely not often enough to have him start showing up in my dreams.

What could be causing this, if anything? I’m not too worried about it, if anything I’m grateful for whatever weird soothing techniques my mind is conjuring up.

Be me. Be 21. Be a functional adult with a career, car, rent. Be alone. Be watching TV. Be choke free for 21 years straight.

Be eating a gummy krabby patty whole.

Inhaled mid chew and the thing went down my throat. I couldn’t breathe, and I couldn’t cough it back up. I couldn’t reach it with my finger either. Panic definitely set in because I stood up, trying to get myself to spit it up. But my form was improper. I ended up on the floor with the noise from the TV fading, my chest convulsing… until, I shit you not, it just… rolled out of my mouth. I remember I’d been drooling a ton and had my tongue out. One second I’m struggling to stay awake long enough to get up again, the next second I’m able to flex my throat just right and… bleh, it rolled right out onto the carpet.

I cried for a good thirty minutes. Nobody would’ve found me til the morning, and I could’ve died with breaking bad in the background. I felt so dizzy and my throat burned. So at that point I just went to bed and hugged my parents extra tight in the morning.

Chew carefully and inhale even more so folks. I didn’t think that would be my first near death experience but here we are.

I’m in my early twenties, but I’ve only ever dated two people. First relationship was at 18, lasted under a year. I took six months away from that mess to understand what I wanted.

My current relationship is going on year two. Are they the most perfect heavenly angel ever and I have zero complaints? No, but I’m not a saint either, and my “complaints” aren’t anything serious or relationship ending. For example, they have a bad habit of stimming, repeating the same two verses of a song over and over. Is it irritating? Sometimes, but it’s a chance for me to accuse them of being a goober, connect, etc. If I politely ask them to stop and explain it’s starting to grate on my nerves… shocker, they stop repeating the lyrics.

My parents are acting like tiny things like that is enough to drop something that’s good. I feel at peace with my partner, comfortable and secure. They make me happy, they never make me feel stressed. With them I know I’ll be taken care of, safe and wanted. I love their side of the family, and that’s mutual. My family likes my partner… though from the topic at hand they clearly would prefer I see lots of other people.

My blood relative overlords talking about how “I’m young and need to explore, date around lots”, etc. it sounds exhausting, and it’s a horrible idea to just drop someone whom I love and cherish, my bestest friend, just to… what? I get that young people shouldn’t take relationships seriously and all that but I genuinely do not see a point to it.

When I broke up with my ex, I joined a couple dating apps and flirted around in person too. It was fun, definitely nice to get lots of compliments and meet new people. But damn if I didn’t meet a ton of creeps, a ton of boring people, a ton of people whom I’d prefer to be friends with who only wanted in my pants. I met and talked a ton, but only ended up ever going on one date, whom ended up being my current partner

It’s not like I’m some sheltered lamb in a pristine field, unbeknownst to the horrors that are dating. But I’m not very eager to keep hopping from person to person like that. It’s exhausting.

The sides, garnishes, and sauces that accompany a main course (e.g., the accoutrements of a steak dinner).

I’ll do my best to give as much into as I could remember, because I really am curious what a life like his would do to a human brain.

So, he was raised without parents. Mom died at birth, father practically absent, acting as another researcher. Sephiroth is considered genetically enhanced, so it could be assumed he feels things more intensely. He was raised by research scientists in a clinical environment. It is presumed that before the age of 10, he was being made to exercise, hone in various combat skills and practice with military training modules daily. In one of the games it is mentioned he "believed that his father would kill him with the modules", AKA being worked to the brink of
collapse. At the age of 10, he was put out into the army within the game, made to be a poster boy and key propaganda piece, and sent out on various missions in which it is assumed he has taken lives, destroyed property, and been injured without comfort beyond first and medical aid.

At the age of fifteen is when he has made his first
"friend", though he acts very cold, silent, "stoic", and initially rebuffs any interactions outside of missions. He heads a genocide against a race of people opposing the evil government in the game, and is comfortable frisking the corpses for items he was looking for. Sephiroth didn't care about the age or gender of his opponent; only that he neutralized them. By this point in his life Sephiroth is incredibly famous, "to the point where nobody in the world doesn't know his name". Micheal Jackson levels of both fame and infamy. People are terrified of Sephiroth, and this follows him into adulthood where he made a total of three friends. Sephiroth eventually learns the origins of his birth
(experimented on as a fetus), and goes insane as he believed himself to be "special", and now considers himself a monster.

After this initial break, a couple months pass before he resurfaces. He smiles a lot, something he never did before. Sephiroth believes himself to be the
"chosen one" to slaughter the planets living beings and use the planet to travel the cosmos in look for
"monsters like him". He enjoys mentally, emotionally and physically tormenting the main protagonists with violent, vivid hallucinations and painful headaches, repeatedly showing up over the course
of around five years.

That's all I could remember off of the top of my head, but im really curious about the science behind this fictional psycho.

I’m 5’4, 132.0lbs as of today. Doesn’t sound super bad, but a year ago I was 120lbs. I wouldn’t be super concerned about this weight gain… if my family wasn’t at higher risks for certain health issues. A lot of people in my family have ended up overweight and with a LOT of issues, especially joint pain and diabetes.

My mom finally said something; she’s worried about me. She doesn’t want me to go down the same path and she wants me to nip it in the bud before it blossoms so to speak. And I respect her for catching me early.

So. I’ve been in a 300-400 cal deficit for close to 2 weeks. My starting weight was 135lbs so I’m happy to see I’m shedding at least some water weight, glucose, what have you. I’d like to descend slowly into 125lbs and see how my energy levels hold.

I cannot stop thinking about food. Right now I’ve chugged some water to fill my stomach, but it wants a fried chicken sandwich from Popeyes and a strawberry frosted donut from duck donuts.

I have a ten hour shift tomorrow. I can’t distract myself with any scrolling socials; they know. They’re showing me people eating sea food boil and fruit dessert mukbangs and fast food runs. I know sleeping is integral to weight loss just as much as a deficit but I’ve been thinking about food since 6pm today. It’s 12am. I am an adult, with a car I own and gas in it, bought with my adult money. I think the one thing saving me from caving is my fears of driving. I would genuinely rather walk somewhere than drive.

My cats sleeping on me. He’s next if I can’t sleep soon. Pray for the kitty.

Just… ouchie