Unfortunately I like Orlok Nosferatu now...

Worry 1: WHY IS EVERYONE LEAVING?

So by the end of the day, the time will have finally come to raid the Quartet’s lair. Hell yeah!

Except a bunch of the protagonists for some reason think they have time for side-questing.

I get this isn’t really the Rescher’s battle, but still feels a bit douchey of Olivier to leave Riot’s side bc she wants to see witches in their natural habitat.

And I get that stopping the Black Rains is important to Diggory but when Riot asks “Can this wait till tomorrow?” the answer is YES IT CAN. Olivier don’t got no deadline and Diggory’s got a deadline of 50 years, so a few hours ain’t gonna matter.

Diggory claims they’ll be a only few hours and Olivier says they’ll be back by sunset. I can believe this, they’re both speedy people, but why put this pressure/anxiety on Riot now when you could… y’know, wait till after the raid???

It’s a bit stupid. I am down for Clara to be more involved and for more scenes with Olivier and Friday. But this is stupid.

Worry 2: MULDER ALLEN BETTER NOT BE THE FIDDLE!

Mulder was one of my suspects in S5, mainly bc who else would be a part of the Quartet and want to spare Shelby’s life?

But then we had the episodes Plots and Stands, where the Quartet are all accounted for at the Chapel, and Mulder is in the Root District finding Shelby and Shank chilling at his place.

This should mean Mulder had an alibi because it’s hella unlikely Fiddle bolted it all the way from the Chapel to Scout City before Cole and Vincent.

So I thought Mulder was clean, but now Mulder’s been grievously wounded and bed bound, suspiciously after Fiddle took a swan dive off of Danielle’s balcony. (Similar to how we see Heather limping in S5 after Drum gets shot at the end of S4).

Doesn’t help that we see Shank recognise Fiddle’s face in a bonus story, or that Fiddle isn’t present when Tiberius wakes.

There‘s one thing though that irks me about this and that the fact that Mulder wasn’t mentioned to be grievously harmed during the movie night at Raj’s place!

Movie night was after Fiddle fell and after Scout City’s fire, suggesting that either Mulder was greatly injured during movie night and Nikignik didn’t think to narrate it, or Mulder got hurt helping people with the fire after the fire had been put out? It doesn’t add up, I hope I’m missing something here

Random thoughts:

Shelby’s got a new hand now, which I want to say is cool but I found it cooler when she declined Jonah’s off for one. Weird that she calls it a “rental” from Milo. Does that mean Milo’s gonna take it back at some point, that’s a bit mean. Is Shelby being paid to test drive the Graspentwine or smt? That could explain her change in wanting a prosthetic. Perhaps she just wants it for the Quartet raid.

I am enjoying Scout City’s Botantechnology. The four plant inventions we’ve heard so far all sound like Pokémon names.

RIP to Stormaiden + Shelby, I don’t know why I thought this ship would be instant and uncomplicated

RIP to Fishbone, Mort would’ve loved you.

I was hopeful Fishbone would just respawn at the Industry like Polly and Barb did but I’m guessing Urnundurn erasing doesn’t allow that. 

Omen better stay clear of Tiberius!

Worry 1: WHY IS EVERYONE LEAVING?

So by the end of the day, the time will have finally come to raid the Quartet’s lair. Hell yeah!

Except a bunch of the protagonists for some reason think they have time for side-questing.

I get this isn’t really the Rescher’s battle, but still feels a bit douchey of Olivier to leave Riot’s side bc she wants to see witches in their natural habitat.

And I get that stopping the Black Rains is important to Diggory but when Riot asks “Can this wait till tomorrow?” the answer is YES IT CAN. Olivier don’t got no deadline and Diggory’s got a deadline of 50 years, so a few hours ain’t gonna matter.

Diggory claims they’ll be a only few hours and Olivier says they’ll be back by sunset. I can believe this, they’re both speedy people, but why put this pressure/anxiety on Riot now when you could… y’know, wait till after the raid???

It’s a bit stupid. I am down for Clara to be more involved and for more scenes with Olivier and Friday. But this is stupid.

Worry 2: MULDER ALLEN BETTER NOT BE THE FIDDLE!

Mulder was one of my suspects in S5, mainly bc who else would be a part of the Quartet and want to spare Shelby’s life?

But then we had the episodes Plots and Stands, where the Quartet are all accounted for at the Chapel, and Mulder is in the Root District finding Shelby and Shank chilling at his place.

This should mean Mulder had an alibi because it’s hella unlikely Fiddle bolted it all the way from the Chapel to Scout City before Cole and Vincent.

So I thought Mulder was clean, but now Mulder’s been grievously wounded and bed bound, suspiciously after Fiddle took a swan dive off of Danielle’s balcony. (Similar to how we see Heather limping in S5 after Drum gets shot at the end of S4).

Doesn’t help that we see Shank recognise Fiddle’s face in a bonus story, or that Fiddle isn’t present when Tiberius wakes.

There‘s one thing though that irks me about this and that the fact that Mulder wasn’t mentioned to be grievously harmed during the movie night at Raj’s place!

Movie night was after Fiddle fell and after Scout City’s fire, suggesting that either Mulder was greatly injured during movie night and Nikignik didn’t think to narrate it, or Mulder got hurt helping people with the fire after the fire had been put out? It doesn’t add up, I hope I’m missing something here

Random thoughts:

Shelby’s got a new hand now, which I want to say is cool but I found it cooler when she declined Jonah’s off for one. Weird that she calls it a “rental” from Milo. Does that mean Milo’s gonna take it back at some point, that’s a bit mean. Is Shelby being paid to test drive the Graspentwine or smt? That could explain her change in wanting a prosthetic. Perhaps she just wants it for the Quartet raid.

I am enjoying Scout City’s Botantechnology. The four plant inventions we’ve heard so far all sound like Pokémon names.

RIP to Stormaiden + Shelby, I don’t know why I thought this ship would be instant and uncomplicated

RIP to Fishbone, Mort would’ve loved you.

I was hopeful Fishbone would just respawn at the Industry like Polly and Barb did but I’m guessing Urnundurn erasing doesn’t allow that. 

Omen better stay clear of Tiberius!

Pilots and other transportation workers have absurd hours of service requirements that start your rest period as “the moment you shut the vehicle down” and can be as short as 9 hours in some cases.

Railroad workers have to be available on-call 6 days a week and be ready within two hours notice. They don’t get sick time.

Retail workers have to keep a veneer of politeness against any and all abuse or they can be fired.

Truck drivers get paid by mileage and rarely see pay for shipper or receiver delays.

As of this morning I was reluctantly looking for jobs because I love my job and don't want to leave it, but see: $10k raise problem solver.

As of noon today this was no longer an issue, because my boss called me with the news that I was getting a $10K merit raise.

I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. This is roughly $200 extra per paycheck. Enough to pay off debt faster, rebuild my savings, and spend a weekend a month in Milwaukee getting obscenely laid. The sex I'm going to have on $200 extra per paycheck. You can't even.

This has been a common method for a long time in some states