Demographics: Korean female, 1st gen, suburban Indiana, <30K family of 3 (low income)
Intended major: Biochemistry or Biomedical Engineering
GPA: 3.89/4.24
SAT: 1230 (gonna try to raise it)
Coursework
APs: AP Calc AB, AP European History, AP Calc BC, APUSH, AP Lang + Comp, AP Chemistry, AP PsychologyDual Credit: PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science, PLTW Human Body Systems
Honors: Biology 9, English 9-10, Chemistry 10, Geography and History of the World
Regular Classes: Psychology (1 sem) and Sociology (1 sem), Visual Communications, Drawing I and II, German I-III
Classes taken over the summer: Gym (freshman), Health (sophomore), Econ (summer before 12th), and Gov (summer before 12th)
What I plan to do senior year: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Biology, AP Physics (calc based), German IV, PLTW Medical Interventions, Study Hall/Tutoring (for volunteering), Calculus 3/Multivariable Differential Calculus
Awards + Honors (what I have rn): Questbridge College Prep Scholar, National Honor Society, Academic Achievement Award (for my hs), 2020-2022 IASB Individual Competiton Award (Gold rank in 2022)
Extracurriculars (including what I will do senior year):

• IASB (spell bowl): 9th-12th, captain for 12th, went to state every year, got 2nd 10th and 3rd for 11th
• IASSB (science super bowl): 10th-12th, captain for 12th
• Model UN: 10th-12th, executive board member since junior year
• Key club: 9th-12th, regular member
• National Honor Society: 11th-12th
• MathCounts coach 11th-12th
• Volunteering at the Hospital: starting soon
• School Tutoring: 12th
• Freshman Helper: 12th
• YJA, editor + a state chair
• stem-based club, director of research

Paid Internship for cancer research at Notre Dame from June 2022-July 2022 (centered in an biochemistry lab), which was 40 hours each week, also got the chance to present at ND's cancer research day. I have another paid internship this summer at Notre Dame but it will be based on an engineering lab
I also work at a math-based tutoring center for K-12, I also did some private tutoring during freshman yearI’m mainly aiming for Notre Dame, Purdue, UMich, Columbia. Columbia might be out of reach but I thought it would be fun to try yk. If I get into ND, I’m aiming for either biochem or engineering but if its Purdue, then I’m aiming for engineering. I'd like feedback on what I could do more to strengthen my application pls

I get it, communication is key and it is good to talk about big decison making (where to live, how finances are done, how to approach parenting).
But what would you do if your spouse wanted to let their friend move into your house for 8 months to help him back on his feet (friend lost their job, couldn't find work in his state), well knowing that living issues could arise from doing this? They want to make the offer to their friend, but they put the driving decision on you to agree or disagree.
What do you do? Is bringing this up to reach out and communicate a tough decision? Or does putting you in this position take advantage of you by putting the responsibility to decide on you?
For some reason I didn't like either option of this decision: if I said "no" then I'm the reason why his friend is living out on the streets. If I said "yes" then I'm the reason he's doing better but at the sacrifice of my own privacy, access to the guest rooms/bathrooms to your house, and seeing some guy take his time getting his life together (i.e. if you'd ask him about the job hunt, he say he's not settled in yet, doesn't have meds, not adjusted enough, can't find a job that's comfortable, he set his goal at to get one at 3 month mark).
Any time I need to make a decision that would put out my husband I just don't do it, or if I'd bring it up I tell him that it's not in our best interest (e.g. My friend wanted us to take their baby in for 1 year due to issues, I told my spouse that even if I/we could be capable it would be hard for everyone involved, declined, and referred her to other services.)
I confronted my spouse on this, but the argument stands that I could have just said no in the first place. At the same time, I was given a hard decision I didn't expect in the first place. I'm at a loss.

Started a build based on Tolkien's Beorn using Enai's Growl mod. Got the beast blood and transformed into a werebear. Found I was unable to access the beast perk tree. Quick google search yielded a Reddit post about this being a common problem with werebears in Growl. https://www.reddit.com/EnaiRim/comments/eqpa9y/growl_werebear_form_not_able_to_open_the_skill/
Reloaded an earlier auto save and choose werewolf and still was unable to access the perk tree. Disabled Sensible Interface, https://mods.bethesda.net/en/skyrim/mod-detail/4281278, which contains hotkey controller mappings, loaded a werewolf form save and was able to access the perk tree.
Per the description for Sensible Interface, I downloaded Hotkey Controller (also by DMHand which I used extensively and exclusively prior to downloading Sensible Interface) https://mods.bethesda.net/en/skyrim/mod-detail/4222970, placed it below Sensible Interface, loaded a prelycanthropy save, acquired the Beast Blood, chose werebear and was able to access the per tree.
WHY DID THIS WORK?
Can anyone shed light on why the controller function in DMH's Sensible Interface won't work with Growl perk trees (or even vanilla beast form perk trees) but DMH's standalone Hotkey Controller does? Happy I got it sorted but I Dont get why. I'd assume DMH used a similar hotkey controller function in both mods. They function almost exactly the same. Did I overlook some incompatibility?
DISCLAIMER
Im not posting to bash any of DMH's mods, I habitually use numerous mods of his and particularly like the Sensible Interface mod I recently downloaded. I think it looks great and has its own hotkey controller and mod manager, saving me 2 slots from Ugh! and Hotkey Controller. Unless Im running Growl, then apparently I only save 1 slot.
Glad I didnt nuke my saves and start another build. Hopefully this saves someone else from deleting their saves and starting over when encountering this. Thanks in advance for reading this long post and any insight on this.

Hey y'all! I would love to know how the community feels about the vanilla game, especially on PC. A lot of what I've read are along the lines of "Vanilla Skyrim isn't worth it!" or "You need USSEP!". I have a modest PC, but the area I'm temporarily residing in has... less than optimal wifi for downloading mods [i.e. <1MB speeds, sigh]. I've gone through the vicious cycles of modding, as well as trying Wabbajack packs, but Wabbajack packs either add too much content, or are just missing mods that I'd love to have.

Add me on Steam (Steam profile is linked below) or contact me on Discord (my Discord is Pollen#8322) to discuss specific pricing for your inventory.
I currently price keys at $1.81 (USD) per key. Updated 6/2/2023.
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My Cashrep is equal to over $51,000USD in TF2 trades, some CSGO trades are listed there as well
I just started a CSGO rep thread, for the most part I have previous CSGO trades listed on my TF2 rep page, I didn't know there was an entire thread for CSGO trading rep too.
Not interested in Sticker Crafts
B/O: TF2 Keys at 1.60$
If there are no fees (US sellers) I can do $1.73 each TF2 Key.
Reputation:
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I've got a costume party coming up and I'd like to go as a California state park ranger. I've looked up the key basics for the uniform, but some of the prices are a little bit up there in price. So I wanted to see if there's any former rangers that have some extra pieces of uniform to donate or sell.
Silver Tan Shirt needed: XL OD Green Pants needed: 36 waist, 32-34 inseam CA Park Ranger Hat: 7 5/8
I've found some pieces online, but wanted to check here first to see if anyone has stuff they just don't use anymore.

Welcome to June, and also the latest Project: Gorgon update! This update contains a new much-requested skill, Angling, as well as new UI features, quests, balancing, and a ton of bug fixes.
Bugs!
Update: the following are known bugs in this update -- no need to report them. If you see OTHER bugs, please report them!

• Animal forms are able to angle - kind of - and that is unintentional. Angling is intended to require hands.
• The Angling ability 'Catch and Release' gives 25% XP, not 25% bonus XP.
• You can target certain angling fish before they exist. You shouldn't be able to target them at all.
• Some of the angling abilities have old test descriptions.
• The new AoE indicator doesn't display in some outdoor areas.

Main Story

We've expanded the main story quest-line by a few steps. If you've already reached the point in the storyline where you were asked to have dinner with Jessina (via a hang out), the hang out is now available, and you should log in to see that your character has a "reminder quest" to hang out with Jessina.

New Camera Types

Players come to us from different games with different control schemes and camera views, and they often ask us if we can imitate the camera styles they're used to. So we gave it a try! We know that getting movement behavior just right can be tricky, so please give us feedback on how these work for you.
There are now 3 camera types to choose from, located in Settings > Controls:

• Traditional Camera: How the camera has always worked. Right-click rotates your character, left-click rotates only the camera. Mouse is always available.
• Free Camera: Camera control is completely separate from character control. Mouse is always available.
• Action Camera: Mouse movement always controls character. Mouse cursor is only available when a UI window is open, or when the Toggle Cursor key is pressed (configurable). NOTE: only available in the new selection system!

AoE Visibility

Area-of-Effect abilities that are centered on the caster now have a visualization for their range.

• When an ability is used, the AOE range briefly displays on the ground as a circle.
• When an AOE ability icon is hovered over, its AOE range displays on the ground for as long as it's hovered over.
• Visibility is configurable via Settings > GUI > Windows & HUD > Abilities & Items > "Show Beneficial AOE Areas" & "Show Detrimental AOE Areas". By default they are "Party Members Only" & "Self Only" respectively. Detrimental enemy AOEs will always display.
• Many "aura"-type pets display their aura ranges in a similar fashion, such as a druid's Healing Sanctuary or a fairy's Fae Conduit. These should also follow the visibility settings described above.
• Note: as of this update, all AoE abilities are centered on the caster, except for two Weather Witching abilities that are explicitly centered on the target. Previously, all AoEs were centered on the target, but the game didn't say that anywhere, and most players assumed it was centered on the caster! So this seems much more intuitive. But if there are specific AoE abilities that you feel should be centered on the target instead of the caster, please let us know and we'll consider it.

Angling

Traditionally, fishing in Project: Gorgon has involved scooping fish up out of the water with your bare hands -- what we might call 'tickling' the fish. And that's fine, as far as it goes. It takes real skill! But not all fish can be caught this way. (And more importantly, players have told us that an MMO "needs" to have traditional fishing in order to feel like a complete MMO.)
So we've expanded Fishing with a new sub-skill: Angling. All you need is a fishing pole, some bait, and a body of water with catchable fish. (Also Fishing 15. And hands!) In order to get started, talk to Roshun the Traitor in Serbule.
The precise mechanics of Angling aren't spelled out in the game at the moment. Since this game focuses on exploration, we expect players to be able to figure out how Angling works. Please let us know what parts of the system were hard to figure out, and we'll work to make those bits more obvious.

Skills & Abilities

From here out (and probably through the rest of beta), we'll be making small balance changes. We don't want to overnerf/overbuff things, so most changes will be relatively modest, and then we'll re-evaluate and adjust further after more observation.
Warden:
We've revised the formulae used for damage reflection, which resulted in nerfs to Privacy Field. On the other hand, multiple bug fixes actually increase the Warden's power significantly in other ways.

• Privacy Field abilities: reduced base ability damage (Privacy Field 5 changed from 196 -> 138)
• Treasure: "Privacy Field deals +60 damage to all melee attackers, and the first melee attacker is knocked away": 60 => 42
• Treasure: "Privacy Field also deals its damage when you are hit by burst attacks, and damage is +86": 86 => 47
• Treasure: "Privacy Field also deals its damage when you are hit by ranged attacks, and damage is +57": 57 => 48
• Treasure: "When Privacy Field deals damage, it also ignites the suspect, dealing 156 damage over 12 seconds": => 156 => 80. Note: previously this effect did not work at all, so this is technically a huge buff, not a nerf!
• Treasure: "While Privacy Field is active, melee attacks that hit you have a 100% chance to restore 20 Power to you" : 100% chance => 75% chance. Note: previously this effect did not work at all, so this is technically a huge buff, not a nerf!
• Treasure: "Apprehend deals +48 damage and hastens the current reuse timer of Controlled Burn by 2 seconds (so it can be used again more quickly)" : 2 seconds -> 1.5 seconds. Note: previously this effect did hasten Control Burn at at all, so this is technically a huge buff, not a nerf!
• Controlled Burn: area-of-effect reduced from 15 meters to 10 meters.
• Aggression Deterrent: area-of-effect reduced from 10 meters to 6 meters.

Weather Witch:

• New ability Summon Sandstorm: This is a variant of Summon Tornado intended to be more convenient in groups. It does not knock back foes, instead dealing bonus Armor damage. All tiers of this ability can be learned from the Sand Seer in Ilmari.
• New rare ability Summon Doomstorm: This is a variant of Summon Tornado. It does not knock back foes. Instead it deals Darkness damage. Damage is improved over base version. This pet is marked as undead for purposes of ability targeting. In other words, heals that don't work on undead don't work on this pet either. Buffs that work on undead DO work on this pet. For now, all tiers of this ability can be found as loot scrolls.
• Fixed bug that caused high-level summoned tornados to move incredibly fast. Normalized tornado speeds.
• Summoned tornadoes accidentally had vulnerability stats for Cold Spheres. They now correctly have vulnerability stats for Tornadoes.

Giant Bat:

• "Your Confusing Double deals +67% damage with each attack": 67% => 45%
• "Confusing Double summons an additional figment. Each figment deals +77 damage with each attack": 77 => 50
• "Confusing Double Reuse Timer -15": -15 => -10

Fire Magic:

• "Fire Breath hits all targets within 8 meters and deals +30.5% damage, but reuse timer is +3 seconds and Power cost is +33%" => "Fire Breath hits all targets within 8 meters and deals +60 damage, but reuse timer is +3 seconds and Power cost is +40"

Settings

• The "Reset" button in Settings now resets the currently-selected tab to its default settings. The old functionality, undoing all current changes, is still doable by simply closing the window.
• Added new experimental settings for Tab Targeting. You can find them in settings under GUI > Targeting > Tab Targeting (Experimental).
  • Combat Range: Control the max range of tab targeting when you are in combat.
  • Combat Lock: If your current target is in combat, only other in-combat enemies will be targeted via tab, unless none are in view.
  • Prioritize Unlooted Corpses: When tabbing through corpses, should all un-looted corpses be targeted before looted corpses?
  • You can now tab through targets as quickly as you can press the button.
• Overwriting a keybind that's already bound now shows a confirmation prompt, including the name of the keybind being overwritten.
• Reorganized and renamed several Settings, to make them more intuitively grouped and easier to find.

UI Changes

• "Controls" settings have been organized into Camera & Character controls, with sub-menus.- Allow clicking through entities in the new UI, similar to how it works in the old UI. If you click on something that's already selected, it selects the entity behind it (if there is one).
• Reduced precision of click-selecting entities, so they can be selected without hovering directly over them.
• All stat bars (and globes) now smoothly animate when they change, instead of statically changing to the new value.
• Item stack size font now resizes properly for vaults (including saddlebag).
• Fixed nameplate placement for mounted humanoids.
• Fixed bug causing mouse cursor to disappear completely if mouse-dragging while zoning.
• Fixed bug that caused very large tooltips not to display sometimes.
• Removed hover-text about avatar portraits coming soon -- because they're here now! We live in the future!
• Ability tooltips now display Special Values before Special Info, as those make more sense grouped together with the other numerical data.
• Polished the lootable-corpse particles a bit.
• Nameplates now fully fade out with distance instead of just the names.
• Better handling of left-clicking nothing to deselect your current target.
• Improved display of Crafting button when no hotkey is assigned.
• Fixed quest window display bug when objective count number was very large.
• Removed the "1" from the item slot in the bug report window.
• Fixed bug causing stack sizes of items in the sidebar to get out of sync.

Graphics & Animation

• Wolves & cows now animate at proper speed when going up and down hills.
• Replaced wolf's Hunting Speed animation with a howl animation.
• Polished bard animations, so they flow together better now. The play-lute animation now always plays when you are playing a bard song, even if you use other abilities while playing the song.
• Improved instrument-playing animations.
• New VFX (animations, particles, & shader effects) for all Battle Chemistry abilities.
• You can no longer auto-move while jumping. Doing so previously resulted in some very strange-looking animations.
• Fixed weird animation bug when trying to do certain things while sitting or kneeling.
• Failure to interact with something now returns the player to idle stance.
• Fixed bug with Thentree armor causing weird shadows on male characters.
• Mage Armor is now more polished, a bit darker, and has glowier gems
• Fixed bug that would cause a dancing pig's mud to stick around forever.
• Fixed bug where mounting while dancing would continue some dancing effects.
• Improved texture for Spring Fairy armor.
• Fixed face cam for Pigeons.

Other Bug Fixes & Tweaks

• Some legacy equipment that should have been Mastercrafted wasn't. Those items should be fixed now.
• When you un-legacy equipment by pulling an invalid power off of it at the transmutation table, the legacy and broken state of that equipment is now properly updated.
• Fixed bug allowing recipe items to be summoned from anywhere.
• Updated Shadow Feint tooltip to display the correct AOE distance for blinking back to position.
• Phrenology-based Mentalism & Psychology bonuses to critical chance now properly affect heals.
• Improved logic related to channeling abilities; this should hopefully fix stuck-in-channel bugs.
• Modified Mutation Injection ability descriptions to make it a bit clearer how they work.
• Lycanthropy ability "Become Wolf": the skill check to disable wolf mode is no longer downleveled when your combat skills are downleveled.
• Newly learned abilities, Wild Endurance, & First Aid should now correctly auto-rerank.
• Dying by falling through the world now shows a special button in the death window, "Teleport to Last-Touched Ground", which teleports your dead body to the last ground you were standing on. While this isn't an ideal solution, it should allow you to be revived in party situations
• Fixed bug causing skeleton warrior pets to repeatedly retreat a short distance when fighting something.
• Astounding Cloth Shirt (Max-Enchanted) and Camouflaged Astounding Shirt (Max-Enchanted) recipes now require the correct ingredients.
• Pressing spacebar while in an animal-mount form will no longer play the horse neighing sound.
• Fixed typo in Evasion Boots (Enchanted) recipes.
• Changed icon color for Acid Bomb to more of an acid-y color (and match the new VFX).
• Acid Boost Potion recipe now correctly states that it lasts 30 minutes.
• Fixed typo in quest "Holistic Wellness: Yarn" (twelve -> twenty-four balls of yarn).
• The tsys mod, "Psi Health Wave grants all targets +X Mitigation vs. Electricity, Acid, and Nature attacks for 20 seconds" now displays in the effects list when it's active.
• Fixed Dwarven Fixer causing screen brightness (instead of hiding it).
• "Toxic Flesh" tooltip now takes poison damage buffs into account.
• Using Objective Orienteering on "The Borghild Lead" quest now leads to the correct area.
• Fixed typo in quest "The Borghild Lead" (south -> north).
• Harry now hints more strongly that his Minor Panacea will not cure ALL curses, just a specific one.
• The quest "Goblin Avenger: Ratkin!!!" now correct gives 10 Xedrite.
• JSON users: Note that in skills.json's level-up rewards, "Ability" can now refer to a single ability or an array of abilities.

case StandardReportEnum.price_list: const categories = (productCategories && productCategories.length > 0) ? productCategories : ``; // eslint-disable-next-line no-console console.log(productCategories); // eslint-disable-next-line no-console console.log(categories); if (categories === undefined) { let q = '?productCategory=null'; downloadFromAPI(`${resourceBase}price-list/${funeralHomeId}/${q}`, dispatch); } else { let q = `productCategory=${categories}`; q += '&productCategoryIsSet=true'; // eslint-disable-next-line no-console console.log(q); downloadFromAPI(`${resourceBase}price-list/${funeralHomeId}/?${q}`, dispatch); } break; 

AND (${productCategoryIsSet} = FALSE OR p.category in (${productCategory:csv})) 

21:20:50 error: invalid input value for enum product.category: "casket,vault" task(GET /api/standard-reports/price-list/1): SELECT fh.key AS fh_key, COALESCE(p.category::TEXT, 'other') AS product_category, p.name AS product_name, p.cost AS product_cost, p.base_price / 100.00 AS base_price, m.name AS manufacturer, p.model_number AS model_number, p.sku AS sku, CASE WHEN p.tax_rate_id IS NOT NULL THEN 'Yes' ELSE 'No' END AS is_taxable, CASE WHEN p.is_hidden THEN 'Yes' ELSE 'No' END AS is_hidden FROM product.product AS p INNER JOIN public.funeral_home AS fh ON fh.id = p.funeral_home_id LEFT JOIN product.manufacturer AS m ON m.id = p.manufacturer_id WHERE fh.id = 1 AND (true = FALSE OR p.category in ('casket,vault')) 

I am appealing to those more knowledgeable than I. I have two 878s one green button, one blue button. Both have the same firmware and the same code plug. However only the older 878 will trigger my Hotspots (I have two; one for work and one for home.) Both will receive transmissions from the Hotspots. The blue button will transmit on analog just fine. When I key down on the blue button it shows transmitting (Screen and antenna bars) but does not trigger the Hotspot. Again, both have the exact same codeplug and my correct DMR ID. Suggestions?

I am having some running friends over, at the end of a run, and I'd love to make a round of drinks to show off a little bit. I think there will be 20 or so, maybe a few more, so it has to be something either quick to make or prepared in advance. I've been thinking about molecular gastronomy, like watermelon spheres or mojito spheres, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgYJltYY6YA, or something with a neat ice (maybe skeleton leaves). Any ideas?

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Does anyone know if you can rebind the keys for the consumables(default 8,9,0) in the 2023 version of System Shock? Also, is there any use for ID tags or can I just vaporize them?

I have a 2016 MacBook pro and the screen is completely black but the touch bar and keys are still responsive. Hell, I can even sign in with touch ID fine and well. But Im currently not able to upgrade my laptop as of yet. Does anyone have any good suggestions for external monitors so that I can still use the laptop until I can upgrade to another MacBook pro? Has this happened to anyone else? Should I try to take my chances and take it to the Apple store and pay the premium repair cost? My apple care coverage expired and I'm pretty certain the apple store would charge me a pretty penny to fix the display.
Thanks!

The song in question is King Gnu - The Hole (the link seems to be redirected to the official music video, which has a few seconds long nsfw scene in it, just a heads up): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyRWSeXJNo8
Song key is Ab Major
This chord is used in the verse (0:22) and Chorus (1:13) and it's not in key. On the verse it also comes before another out of key chord which is C/E.
Here's the chord progression for the verse
https://imgur.com/G2M8UZP
and Chorus
https://imgur.com/YqejPAV
I'm new at passing chords and reharmonization (secondary dominants, tritone subs, etc) and I can't figure out why it sounds good, I'd love to know what this movement is called so I can use it in my own compositions I think it's great!
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I'd really appreciate your help, I've been scratching my head at this! Thanks

"Despite everything you've done for us, I cannot allow you to stay on the force." He said. "Turn in your badge and your gun."
I nodded, it was reasonable, after everything was said and done. I removed my badge, placed it on the table, and then placed my gun down. He looked at it in horror. "What the fuck is that?" He asked.
"It's a long story." I said. "But the short of it is, that is my gun."
Chief of Police James Knox simply gave me a confused look. I gestured to the chair beside me, cocking my head to the side, wordlessly asking permission. He nodded, his gaze flitting to the vaguely gun-shaped thing on the table.
"Before I can even begin to explain this thing, I need to go over the Anderson case. The report I filled out was a complete lie."
"Go on." He said, unsettled, but maintaining a level of calm that only someone who had seen their own fair share of horror could.
The Anderson Case was a weird one. The old Anderson house was the town's local haunted house- really it was condemned but the asbestos used in its construction, along with a myriad of other unsafe substances, made demolishing it an expensive endeavor that nobody was willing to foot the bill on.
Not even collectively.
It began when I received a report of a disturbance at the Anderson house, probably some kids causing a ruckus and needed a quick ride back to the station so we could call their parents.
Y'know, scare them just enough to make sure they didn't come back.
Now, we have a fairly remote town here, the only thing connecting us to the outside world is a single road and the internet.
"I arrived on the scene at 20:35, as I said in my report. You might recall that I wrote that I was attacked. Well, I was, just not the way I wrote."
I didn't even have my gun in hand, nobody takes on a call like this and has their gun out. We at least prided ourselves on trying to be the good cops.
The front door was shut, locked, I walked around the perimeter of the building, looking for any obvious sign of egress. Nothing. Even the cellar was chained shut. I had begun to walk away when it occurred to me that the chain was too brand new to have been there since we last replaced it, like someone had cut the chain and replaced it.
I have a set of lock picks, I keep it in my car, tucked away where they can't be seen. Everyone at the station knows, because I bought them simply because the key to the records room was locked and I was getting sick and tired of ruining a perfectly good library card just to unlock the door.
"I wrote in my report that I retrieved my lock picks, used them to unlock the chain, and entered the house from there." I said. "I went through the house, exactly as outlined, and encountered a group of gang members to attacked me."
"How does this factor into whatever the fuck that thing is?" James asked.
"They weren't gang members." I replied.
The moment I entered the attic, I was hit by a godawful smell, I remembered it from my time as a homicide detective in the next town over- it took me everything I had to not freak the fuck out.
I drew my gun, thumbed the safety off, and as I racked the slide back, I stepped out and held my gun out.
"Freeze! Put your hands up where I can see them." I had said.
I rubbed my hands together at the memory, "I froze. Here were these five guys in something that made the fucking Meat Dress look pleasant." I said. "It was as if they took someone's internal organs and made these absolutely disgusting robes out of them. They looked at me, one of them raised their hand out at me, and their fingers grew into these long, writing tentacles that pierced my torso. That's how I got 'shot'."
"Jesus." James uttered.
"That's when the Hellmouth opened up."
I was laying there on the ground, tentacles writhing inside my body. I saw them sever from the man's hand and could feel them slithering into me. It was all I could do to yank them out, and even that was a trial and a half by itself.
I missed one. "It's still inside me, for the record." I said. "But since its master is dead, it's a part of me."
"What."
I continued. The Hellmouth opened as they finished their ritual, I had one tentacle still burrowing into my body, I was probably going to die, and right there in front me was a gaping, fleshy hole opening up from out of nowhere, with monstrosities approaching.
I did the only sensible thing, I shot the five fuckers dead, but not before some of the monsters got out.
"It was a gamble." I said. "But it destabilized the Hellmouth, which began to close. So there I was, bleeding out, most certainly dying, and one of them walked over to me. Shot him a couple of times in the face, but I may as well have been shooting spitballs. It gave me a choice."
The Demon loomed over me, horned, flayed skin, sharp teeth. "You are about to die, mortal, and I need a strong vessel. You will either bleed out and die, denying me a vessel, or you will consent to my possession of you. One will end your suffering before it can even begin, or you can have the remote possibility of consuming me and gaining my power."
I looked at the gun on James' desk. "I took the offer." I said.
There was a long silence, broken only by the squelching of my gun. James stared at me in horror.
"What... does that make you, exactly?" He asked.
"The Demon entered my body, cracking my jaw wide open while it shoved itself in. I felt it taking control over my body, felt these evil thoughts begin to run through my head, of walking up to someone and tearing their throat out with my teeth and drinking their blood, flaying them alive and turning them into a still-living chair that knows only suffering." I paused. "I should have been horrified, but I was filled with such glee at the thought, it was hard to not let him have his way."
I paused, taking a moment to rein in my darker impulses. "When a Demon possesses you, it doesn't kick you out, it doesn't kill you. It merges with you, its desires become your desires, and your desires become twisted in turn. I fought back, my desires won out. That makes me a rebel Demon."
I chose that moment to reveal what I'd become, my body was exactly like the Demon's, except I'd gained a few features that he hadn't. I reverted back after letting him have him a look.
"Bullets don't work on me." I said, pointedly looking at the hand that was fumbling for his magnum. "Even in this form, it's just an inconvenience."
"So, what now?" He asked.
"I hunted down every single Demon, killed their hosts, and consumed them. It's the only way to kill them permanently, and it prevents them from possessing someone else. I'm the only one who remains, and killing myself is just going to kill the part of me that's holding myself back."
I held my hand up, my gun returned to my hand, and I pointedly holstered it, where it took on the form of my assigned firearm.
"I am not telling this to you to scare you, I'm telling this to you because I cannot leave my firearm here. Anyone who takes it will be corrupted, they can't handle the evil thoughts it inspires, they can't withstand the process that turns them into a Demon."
I sighed. "So, we're left with a situation in which I'm functionally immortal, carrying weapons I can't part with for one reason or another, and the sole being with the knowledge and capability of opening another Hellmouth- and I can't guarantee I can keep things from getting out."
"And if I fire you?" He asked.
"I'll leave, I'll have to smuggle the gun out, maybe find a replacement for it, and keep it where nobody can get to it. You'll never hear a single thing about me, no good deeds, no evil deeds. I'll live the rest of what should be my natural life in town, and when I should be dead, I'll leave, disappear without a trace, and watch over the town from the shadows, just in case some idiots decide to open another Hellmouth."
He nodded. "I want a full report." He said. "Tell me everything you've done, and I'll keep you on, it'll avoid the messy business of smuggling the gun out. Anything fucked up happens, you deal with it and make sure I know what happened. Understood?"
I nodded and held my hand out. He looked confused.
"I'm a Demon." I said. "The best way to ensure I behave is a Contract. The terms are simple, I remain on the force, and you have my compliance to the letter and spirit of the law, unless a Demon rears its ugly head."
He hesitated, then shook my hand. "This Contract is sealed. I now need to spend less effort on not going on a killing spree."
I got up and left, ignoring how much I simply wanted to possess him and not have to deal with the scrutiny.