“So who will win, ladies and gentlemen? Our Might Kathos?” The whole crowd yelled, “Or will the ‘Executioner’ be the one to put an end to our champions reign?” Only a few people in favor of Deser-Kest shouted, while they were over powered by negative responses by the rest of the colleseum. A large man with a section to himself, stood from his seat and raised a chalice, “May the gods of war bless this fight, and let righteous victory go to the strongest.” He made an obvious gesture towards his favorite, Kathos. The Executioner twirled and readied his weapon. There stood calmly the giant warrior, with no armor and two blades. “Executioner! Are you ready?” Deser-Kest slammed his Khopesh against his chest plate. “Mighty Kathos! Are you ready?” A simple nod. “Shed Blood!” Deser-Kest charged furiously toward Kathos, Khopesh aimed to pierce his heart. Kathos walked forward, Blades crossed and pointed to the ground. Deser-Kest twirled his Khopesh and brought the balde downward to Kathos’ shoulder, the champion threw one sword upward and knocked the long-arm away, and went for a strike towards Deser-Kests’ midsection. Executioner was fast to respond, spun his Khopesh as he back up and hit Kathos’ sword to the side. The fight continued in this back-and-forth dance for a few minutes, until Deser-Kest made for a feint and attacked Kathos’ shoulder once more. An audible thud sounded from where the blade struck, the crowd went crazy. “Still! Still no blade can piece our champions body!” the announcer gleefully yelled. Kathos’ blade sliced through the air as Executioner narrowly dodged the attack. The contender only became angry and attacked faster. Despite the increase in the cadence of his opponents attacks, Kathos was unfazes, and met the mans’ attacks every time with ease. (He’s holding back, I knew it! This fight was one sided from the beginning.) Though Deser-Kest. The rumors turned out to be true. The ‘Mighty Kathos’ was the impervious warrior. No blade nor beast had been able to damage him. Those scars that decorated his body were real, so why couldn’t Deser-Kest cut or stab him? “I am a shaman from the north. I sense no magic protecting you. This isn’t some trick of the arena, and I know that my blade is real. Why can’t I hurt you giant?” Deser-Kest readied his weapon and ran after Kathos. The champion had no response. Kathos continued to perry, dodge, and attack Deser-Kest until out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the Caravan Leader who sold him to the arena. A simple nod and a gesture with his beard was a signal to the champion to bring an end to the fight. Deser-Kest didn’t see the man in the audience, but he coud tell that Kathos’ attention had redirected mid fight, yet the man never lost his rhythm. Kathos’ tempo increased, his swings heavier, faster, and more accurate. The Executioner was being thrown from the force of Kathos’ swings. Like a cornered animal, Deser-Kest howled angrily and put everything into his attack. The blade broke off of the shaft and flew upward. Kathos’ skin was still free from damage. The contender lost his flame, and back away both infuriated and afraid. A manic chuckle left Deser-Kests’ mouth, “ I know you. I see you for what you are coward!” Kathos’ eyes widened in anger, he stepped forward and caught the blade that flew to the sky and shoved it into the Executioner’s abdomen. The crowd roared once again. Kathos lifted the man using the Khopesh that was imbedded into the Executioners belly until the two were eye level. In his last moments, the shaman from the north laughed once again,” Even with death in my face I laugh. All that power. You could have finished me easily from the beginning. You are no warrior. You are a trained mongrel.” He spat blood onto Kathos’ face, “To think I gave it my all to someone who lost their will to live. Akarat frowns upon you, giant, and me. Finish me, and go back to your masters, DOG!” Kathos dropped the weapon in his his other hand, then crushed Deser-Kests’ skull in his massive palm. The crowd went wild, mend punched and head-butted on another in celebration, some women fainted. Kathos raised his bloody paw, then painted his face, and the arena lost it, “Kathos! Kathos!” Several guards came out and escorted him back to his cell. His weapons were removed, then he stepped into his home. The home of a slave, a mongrel. The other prisoners, were cheering in his honor, congratulating him. “Another resounding victory for our champion, Kathos!” All the prisoners clanked on their cell doors in celebration, but were abruptly cut off by the roar of a titan and the sound of stone breaking. Kathos had punched a small crater in the wall of his home, his kennel. The words ‘mongrel’ and ‘will to live’ taunted him endlessly before he fell to his knees roaring like a mad beast again. The prison was silent. One guard sheepishly walked over to quell the raging giant, “That’s enough out of you, slave. You’ll get a flogging if you continue.” The fear was obvious in his voice. An empty threat to a man like Kathos.

In 2004 the earth was blasted with such a powerful blast from a Magnetar 28k lightyears away and it vaporized part of our upper atmosphere. If we would have been hit from 4 lightyears away we all would have all gone extinct.

@gabriel_true Day 108: Happy February first, Gabby and MO! I feel like this day flew by really quickly, but that's alright. I was able to make my family soup for dinner, so that was really nice...I couldn't help but to say yes to cooking it when my baby brother asked if I could do it for him instead lol (he's convinced himself that whenever I fix soup it tastes better). So, everyone ate some nice, warm soup for dinner, which is good because it's still freezing outside. Oh! God is already moving in amazing ways for me and my baby brother's Birthday this year! He's somehow allowed our mom to find multiple sales on really pricey items, and I can't wait to see my baby brother's reaction to one of them!! Our mom found two tickets for a basketball ball game ON SALE for only 40-something dollars, so our dad and baby brother are going the day after our B-Day. I'm so excited because he loves basketball a lot and is really good at playing it himself – I can't wait to see his reaction to the big gift! - God Is Beyond Good: Your Very Happy Friend

I love easy-listening music including jazz like T-SQUARE. This song is likely what inspired Mario Kart series music. https://youtu.be/-EEB7SVoyvs?si=Qn8rcSga_imsKoFy https://youtu.be/YL9J3qq3n4g?si=HJ4fz6dvhrWLAxBx https://youtu.be/bFWlPpu2LWg?si=pmCC_7aUEbA563zk I believe F-1 Grand Prix series by FUJI Television was very popular at that time thanks to auto sports and T-SQUARE's song "Truth" colliding together to make many play with go-carts, which might be what triggered the Mario Kart series. In America, NASCAR was also booming in popularity. https://youtu.be/-AsopbmzV0U?si=KT459tCqWrw2PvNc Which these game show themes at that time sounded similar. https://youtu.be/SR-_eooxmwI?si=TlIbw0Eovm0sLmOc https://youtu.be/QExo2OwQ3Rk?si=RYsKKp_MeOAdhby9 https://youtu.be/i-phm8hXds0?si=bFmuMnm4FjU7VixQ This inspired the Super Mario Bros. overworld theme "Running About" / "Above Ground BGM". https://youtu.be/9jicFDOPKM8?si=5AqcslOt-LRsbF1J https://youtu.be/BxEH806Mrj0?si=KOGoYN9mGTflpLeA This one likely inspired "Last Wave" from SEGA's Out Run. https://youtu.be/zVuDAcnqG3Y?si=kj5R4K51_4J1UhgZ https://youtu.be/xNzXjagY5eo?si=eOV-wwtw0lpU1R4A And this one likely inspired the Space Harrier Theme, another SEGA arcade game. https://youtu.be/ifmFkKRhc8E?si=ca_Qot4kJ-_tAK02 https://youtu.be/-_Tam9lv1KQ?si=BTshMYOUxO-lWPgS https://youtu.be/x9cz5EbmiaA?si=mMfcX1gecTK24Bk6

My friends when I was in the military introduced me to smoking and drinking. It was just the culture in the Army. We use to party all the time and go pick up woman. It wasn't about how the beer or liquor tasted I just drunk it to be lit and have a good time. Some of the most memorable time of my life. I miss my friends. Now I only drink when I see my gf or her family and I'm just mellow and nice. I busted out some supreme dance moves last night off the drank that i didn't know i had in me. It was nice to share different liquor with my flipino family. They like to drink sing karaoke and dance. They were teaching me how to dance lol. I smoke vapes I'm gonna crit and get cancer it is what it is. All hail the Supreme smoke break. Though Nile special from Africa and red horse from Philippines is my favorite beers. They actually tasty or don't taste bad at least.

The US is 100% preparing to strike Iran right now. They are the intelligence gathering state, preparing the perfect mission. I think at this point it could be within days before we hear something.