LB log - 20131022
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, 23 Oct 2013 at 12:59 AM (3112 Views)
Today's highlight was having to remove a dead possum from the backyard. The temperature was rather cool today, so thankfully, by the time we went out to get the carcass into the garbage bag, it was already very stiff. It didn't seem to die from a fight or anything, as it wasn't a scene of gore at its place of death.
Draft.
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"Jesse, keep an eye on the soup. Frederic, come with me."
"Yessir." Jesse acknowledged the command by saying this and pulling a chair up to the stove.
Daron tied the wool scarf tightly around his neck before standing at the side of the door to hold it open. He nodded to Frederic, who hurriedly stepped out into the snow while tightening the straps around his coat.
"Where are we going?"
"Out." Daron vigorously slammed the door to the cabin shut with the answer. He walked ahead of Frederic and led the way to the side of the barn where the two horses were idly standing, then leaned against the east facing wall to shield against the wind. He addressed Frederic once stood at his side.
"I'm sorry to ask this of you, Frederic, but this situation has come up all the sudden and the best way it can be over is with your help. I'm expecting your refusal."
"Mr. Hoobler, I already mentioned that I would help you a few hours ago, as I have before, surely that shows-"
"This is different. Those children in there that you haven't seen before, Saul and Marian, their mother is gone at the moment. She left from here in search of her husband. She won't find him because her husband was here, and I killed him."
"Oh! Oh my God! How could you have ever-"
"It was self defense, Frederic. He had a plan to kill us in the middle of the night. I woke to find him strangling Jesse. His plan was to kill us both. That's why he sent for his family to come now, to come later on. She didn't expect to find anyone but her husband here."
"Oh, that is dreadful! How terrible."
"It is, but what's worse is that I didn't know how to tell her that this had happened. I didn't even tell her that he died. I didn't think of a way to make a story about it that would hold up."
"So, what? You're asking me to concoct a story that would conceal the man's death?"
"Not quite, no. I'm not sure that's needed, really. What I am asking for, though, is a way to make it appear that the man's death was official and recorded. Something which I could show to her that she would see as official confirmation of his death."
"Very well, so you're asking me to obtain a forgery." Frederic exhaled derisively with stating that confirmation. "This is worse and more difficult to do, you realize."
"It is, yes, but I already gave a tale about him being injured and laid up at a hospital in Baltimore. All that needs to be gotten is a death certificate from somewhere in Baltimore, and that will be enough for me to work with."
"Ugh, that's terrible."
"Well what in the hell else could I do? I had to say something! I couldn't just say he vanished like a ghost!"
"You could have told the truth about what the man tried to do and-"
"And then what? Have her live with me for a few weeks being absolutely despondent and shacked up with the man who killed her husband? With her children there too? She's stuck here otherwise! We're all stuck here, at least until Spring. I didn't see me having any other choice! And look, can't you ask around to have someone do it? Of course I would supply the fee, and the only reason that I'm asking is because you're the only person who has the ability to do this."
"This... this is abominable! You're essentially asking me to be an accomplice to your murder!"
"Well." Daron shook his head and laughed before he continued to speak. "This is about what I expected. I had to ask, all the same."
"... I. I'll have to make a long deliberation on this, Daron. Nor can I guarantee that I can ultimately help even if I agree to assist you. I can at least appreciate the difficulty of your situation but what you're asking of me is certainly amoral in several dimensions." Frederic stated this with a tone of defeat and resignation.
"That's the most I can ask of you, Frederic."
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Songs. I secured a new batch of Tricoro songs that have come out on BMS a while ago, so I'm setting the baseline plays here. Compared to the last extra batch, I think there were more songs here that I liked, though that might have evened out by the end once I hit all the titles with Japanese in them.
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 current play is new record).
Code:EX% & Rank EX.p/f pg.gr.gd.bd.pr combo nc onc %+nc date brave glow 43.67 D 1595.F 511.573.525.59.334 0081 1826 1188 053.70 2013-10-23T01:42:37:285Z 0/1 elemental creation 30.83 E 1622.F 510.602.929.167.900 0061 2630 2222 018.36 2013-10-23T01:46:33:572Z 0/1 empathetic 51.13 C 1395.F 496.403.337.40.208 0062 1364 1161 017.48 2013-10-23T01:50:27:732Z 0/1 fractal 50.76 C 1863.F 634.595.452.38.273 0158 1835 1713 007.12 2013-10-23T01:53:34:668Z 0/1 gaia 35.40 D 1722.F 567.588.663.230.919 0085 2432 1854 031.17 2013-10-23T01:56:40:308Z 0/1 new lights 53.35 C 2021.F 714.593.378.68.363 0147 1894 1306 045.02 2013-10-23T02:00:10:900Z 0/1 stulti 29.82 E 1264.F 431.402.626.207.965 0072 2119 1496 041.64 2013-10-23T02:05:17:361Z 0/1 synergy for angels 40.30 D 1783.F 633.517.594.192.665 0087 2212 1496 047.86 2013-10-23T02:10:56:235Z 0/1 timepiece phase 2 24.05 E 1158.F 378.402.833.259.1016 0053 2407 1571 053.21 2013-10-23T02:14:37:988Z 0/1 vega 40.37 D 1934.F 640.654.663.136.720 0134 2395 1670 043.41 2013-10-23T02:21:06:933Z 0/1 お米の美味しい炊き方 37.89 D 1519.F 505.509.548.176.609 0061 2004 1085 084.70 2013-10-23T02:26:04:836Z 0/1 カジノファイヤーことみ 33.80 D 1438.F 461.516.565.175.824 0052 2127 1477 044.00 2013-10-23T02:31:58:700Z 0/1 キャトられ恋はモ~モク 27.00 E 1820.F 590.640.985.477.1664 0027 3370 2120 058.96 2013-10-23T02:38:10:164Z 0/1 ラキラキ 56.93 B 1469.F 534.401.269.33.149 0129 1290 1016 026.96 2013-10-23T02:43:12:747Z 0/1 晴天Bon Voyage 50.93 C 1744.F 644.456.378.87.337 0083 1712 0915 087.10 2013-10-23T02:48:33:468Z 0/1 創世ノート 49.27 C 1840.F 648.544.392.101.456 0086 1867 1265 047.58 2013-10-23T02:52:23:070Z 0/1 即席!脳直★ 35.22 D 1650.F 565.520.658.255.885 0066 2342 1735 034.98 2013-10-23T02:58:19:082Z 0/1 虹色の花 45.00 C 1695.F 609.477.449.147.538 0083 1883 1367 037.74 2013-10-23T03:01:58:460Z 0/1