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Beyond getting GTA5 today, I have acquired a new phone and have taken a bold step into the current era of technology. It's a Nokia Lumia 521 or something. I was mostly interested in having one so that I could have easier access to online content like the online kanji dictionary (jisho.org) so that I could merely bring that with me to work rather than have a physical kanji dictionary taking up weight in my backpack (and that's only the standard joyo kanji book, which means that there's already been a few times that I looked something up only to discover that it wasn't in the book). I'm sure it has some other nice features to it that I'll come to discover in the future and otherwise not notice or care about.

Draft.

18581206 09:06:51

MW-S-2400

Charles Angelo sat in an ornate wooden chair opposite of the door from where the three men adorned in the white fencing practice uniforms emerged. Cook came out first with his head lowered to an extent that his chin made contact with his chest. Tazewell followed, and glared from one side of the room to the other as if he was expecting to be seen, or at least fearful of that prospect. Massac came out last and lazily yawned while scratching the outer side of his thigh, then crossed his arms as he took his position to stand to the left of the other two men.
"Very well." He said no more than this before he stood up from the chair and walked across the floor to inspect the men more closely. Their faces did little to hide their current discomfort. From one man to the next, Charles was able to see small issues to address and touch up. Despite trying to mentally prepare himself for the sight of it, his head was filled with equal parts amusement and disappointment as he saw these black men in white suits which were hastily thrown on and did not suit their physique or appearances.
"He's treating this like a fashion show now, heh." Massac's interjection did help aleviate some of the silent tension in the room and brought Charles to focus.
"Yes, and you must forgive me for having the instinct of presentation in mind. I'm aware that the full supplication and adherence to the French style of fencing is not the intent here. With that, gentlemen, if you can draw your swords, I would appreciate it, as it would inform me of what tools we shall be working with."
Without hesitation, the three men each placed their hand over the metal chains wrapped around their waists and compelled the links to swiftly liquefy and reform into their swords. Charles has not seen the weapon transition before and reflexively flinched backwards as this occurred, though he was not near their physical path.
"My heavens, that is certainly, uh, that is. That is just amazing. I was told about it before and not that I doubted it, but it's something awful to see in person. So um, Jesse, is it? Are you able to hand me your sword then? Is it true that you cannot?"
"Yes, that's right. The sword only keeps its shape when its in my hand. You can feel it revert to the link chain if you were to hold it. Care to see?"
"Oh, no, thank you but that won't be necessary. I will need to find a way to see how much weigh these swords have though, and with what agility these can be used. Could you at least show me a few simple attacks that you would do now? The quickest, most direct strikes you would do. Fencing demands precision and dexterity."
Cook took a step forward as the other two stepped away from him, and prepared to swing by holding the holding the sword upward and at an angle, nearly resting the back of the blade upon his shoulder. He audibly took a breath, focused, then snapped the blade down with all the force he could muster in his arms and wrists. The tip of the blade came down to nearly touch the ground at the end of the swing.
"Again." Charles made this request after a few seconds of silence.
Charles studied Cook's wrists as he made the second swing, and saw that they had barely moved in the motion; it seemed that Cook was using all of his force in his arms. It was apparent that he had a lot of instruction ahead of him.

tbc>>

Songs were decent today. I didn't think I'd have another increase on Life Scrolling, as I recall having a large increase with the last time I made a new record with it, but yet again I had a feeling in playing it that I was getting to more notes than usual. On the subject of that song, the resultant differentials tell me that I should play some elevens in an upcoming lottery draw. Shooting Star has a patch towards the middle that simply cannot be recovered from if it's filled with enough difficult chords from the randomization.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
First line, by column; song title, EX score percentage and letter grade rank, EX score value and pass/fail, judgment readout (just great, great, good, bad poor), highest combo reached, note count of chart under Extra Mode, original note count of chart, percentage increase of Extra Mode notes over original note count, timestamp.
Second line, by column; pass count / play count, EX score percentage difference from record, EX score value difference from record, judgment readout difference from record (if current play is new record), highest combo reached difference from record (if current play is new record), timestamp of old record (if currentl play is new record).

Code:

			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
dancer @		70.52 A		1364.P	537.290.115.10.38	0316	0967			2013-09-18T02:55:58:617Z
12/12			05.32-		0103-

V @			55.25 C		1673.F	578.517.313.26.141	0118	1514			2013-09-18T02:59:05:665Z
0/6			05.54-		0168-

shooting star @		64.75 B		1549.F	573.403.172.9.67	0162	1196			2013-09-18T03:01:59:521Z
5/8			04.72-		0113-

衰色小町メランコリア @	51.63 C		1923.F	703.517.390.96.407	0046	1862			2013-09-18T03:05:16:025Z
0/7			01.66-		0062-

ride to hard @		48.04 C		1551.F	581.389.360.84.382	0150	1614			2013-09-18T03:10:44:346Z
0/7			00.52-		0017-

life scrolling @	47.24 C		1883.F	661.561.475.126.447	0117	1993	1102	080.85	2013-09-18T03:15:00:648Z
0/9			02.34+		0093+	52+11-11+11-84-		0043+				2013-06-05T01:25:51:892Z

wonder walker @		37.90 D		1889.F	665.559.630.256.980	0151	2492			2013-09-18T03:20:24:913Z
0/8			00.70-		0035-

end of the century @	84.43 AA	1231.P	520.191.17.0.5		0722	0729	0729	0	2013-09-18T03:24:16:508Z
6/6			02.27+		0033+	28+23-4-0·0·		0215+				2013-04-26T03:25:17:877Z

castle on the moon @	38.77 D		1441.F	505.431.453.187.681	0134	1858	1305	042.37	2013-09-18T03:29:05:945Z
0/2			02.39+		0089+	54+19-32-28-50-		0003-				2013-06-19T01:54:20:288Z

liberation @		37.72 D		1884.F	625.634.666.217.816	0093	2497	1744	043.17	2013-09-18T03:32:54:321Z
0/3			00.74+		0037+	3-43+51-29+97+		0009-				2013-02-06T03:14:36:463Z

red nikita @		62.56 B		1026.P	369.288.138.1.57	0183	0820			2013-09-18T03:36:32:208Z
2/2			04.26-		0070-

mermaid girl @		64.08 B		2120.F	813.494.199.52.203	0231	1654			2013-09-18T03:40:16:825Z
0/12			00.48-		0016-

marine snow @		36.01 D		1229.F	433.363.427.238.665	0108	1706			2013-09-18T03:44:09:905Z
0/8			01.95-		0065-

tant pis pour toi @	64.14 B		1102.F	393.316.128.2.33	0230	0859			2013-09-18T03:47:53:473Z
4/4			06.81-		0117-

route 80s @		59.88 B		1078.F	400.278.143.14.104	0102	0900	0900	0	2013-09-18T03:52:00:097Z
0/5			02.51+		0043+	26+9-21-7-21-		0013+				2012-03-25T04:01:48:261Z

sexy sexy chevy @	45.02 C		1718.F	617.484.455.158.489	0039	1908			2013-09-18T03:55:38:489Z
0/8			00.96-		0037-