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lvl 16 half-orc nerd. jazz lover. freak for synths. education @vercel.com. education products at @badass.dev. building @egghead.io since 2013. now 👉 https://joelhooks.com/now PDX (Vancouver, WA)

Kech's Epic Natural 20 Finisher
The perfect strike! As your fist connects with Dominic's skeletal form, time seems to slow. The Keystone Seal blazes with ancestral power, its runes flowing up your arm like liquid silver. Your Mark of Warding ignites in response, the two magics intertwining around your striking hand.
Your knuckles shatter through his ribcage with a thunderous crack that echoes throughout the chamber. The impact creates a shockwave of blue-white energy that ripples outward, shattering the magical bindings throughout the room. Contracts begin to ignite and crumble to ash.
Dominic's skeletal form collapses inward, his skull the last to disintegrate as your fist passes through where his heart would be. The golden cross and medallions clatter uselessly to the floor.
As the blue energy of broken contracts swirls around you, your voice cuts through the chaos:
"My clan sends their fucking regards. The dead are free now—and so are the living."
The Keystone Seal pulses once more, completing the purpose it was created for centuries ago, as the last corrupt contract turns to dust.

a cute couple that's been married for a quarter century after yoga

Decorated sugar cookies cooling on a black wire rack. The cookies are frosted with various colorful designs including holiday themes and characters: there's a ghost or skull face in white frosting, what appears to be trees with red and green decorations, star shapes with red and blue patterns, and various other cookies with pink, brown, yellow, and multicolored icings. Some cookies have sprinkles and detailed piping work. The frosting appears to be royal icing that has set to a glossy finish.

A "Game Over" screen from what appears to be a poker or card game video game. The statistics screen shows various game metrics including a high score of 1,572,570, 259 cards played, 177 cards discarded, 71 cards purchased, and 25 times rerolled. The most played hand was a Straight (23 times), and the player reached round 22. The game mode appears to be "Big Blind" with a seed code of "DCF62TY9". The interface has options to "Copy" the stats, start a "New Run", or return to "Main Menu" against a blue background with playing card decorations.

A first-person view of someone relaxing on the floor with a calico or tortoiseshell cat sleeping nearby. The room appears to be a lived-in living space with a leather couch covered in blankets and pillows, bookshelves with books and games, framed artwork on the walls, and a geometric patterned rug. The person is wearing black pants and there's a light-colored blanket visible. The scene has a cozy, casual atmosphere with various personal items and decor visible in the background.

A status window or pane showing multiple identical rows. Each row displays a green checkmark icon (✓), followed by the word "Ready" in white text, and a blue hyperlinked "Inspect" option in parentheses. The list appears to be in a dark-themed interface with a header titled "Status" at the top. There are 12 identical rows shown.

A ceramic mug containing what appears to be a green smoothie or matcha drink. The mug has a unique design with a face sculpted into it, featuring raised eyes that give it a whimsical, drowsy expression. The ceramics has a mottled glaze finish in cream with subtle touches of blue and coral red streaks. The mug is being held up and photographed against what appears to be a kitchen counter or stovetop background.

An album cover for "I THINK I'M GOOD" by Kassa Overall, released in 2020. The cover features a school photo of what appears to be a young Kassa wearing a blue and white v-neck jersey. The title "I THINK I'M GOOD" is repeated around the photo in a square frame against a golden yellow background. Below the main image is a list of collaborating musicians including Paul Wilson, Julius Rodriguez, Mike King, and others. The image shows this is a jazz album in lossless format from 2020.