User:	death_note (posted by sueona)
	Date:	2009-11-16 14:23
	Subject:	Awaken Chapter Six
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Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note, if I did L would still be alive.

Warnings: Angst, character death.

Pairings: L/Raito

Summary: The one night, L was meant to die but he didn’t. Why is L still alive? What will happen to Raito since L is still alive?

Notes: Thanks for all the reviews/comments for the story so far. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please tell me what you think.

	User:	kurosaki_clinic (posted by yamitoyoru)
	Date:	2009-11-16 19:44
	Subject:	Glance Collection: Moth
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Title: Moth

Pairing: Hichi/Ichi

Words: 507

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Romance/General; Poem-like

Warning: I wonder if Hichi isn’t a bit OOC, heavy writing.

Beta: zealot1138

A/N: Um, not much to say ‘bout this one except – I do not have an eye fetish XD. And yeah, it’s not divided like a poem – I couldn’t make myself rewrite it ‘cuase I like the way it is right now – but since it’s ‘choppy’ (I like that word XD) and poemish and rather heavy... Anyways!, enjoy whatever this is. I still have the feeling that Hichi is OOC, but I want to finally get this off of my mind. I know, I know, I should work more on my writing. Maybe next time =P.

Oh! And go an vote in the pool (either on my LJ or FF.net profile)!

	User:	kakairu (posted by cptnsuz)
	Date:	2009-11-16 10:01
	Subject:	Kakashi Iruka comic
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Greetings! I'm de-lurking to post a short Kakashi-Iruka comic I found online. My apologies if it's made the rounds before.

Link to comic

Sadly, I can't read Japanese, so I don't know if it's 'ship or friendship or what, but I still thought it was pretty dang cute. (Maybe some nice person will write us a synopsis of the dialogue in the comments?)

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	User:	tenipuri (posted by thesundaywriter)
	Date:	2009-11-17 05:01
	Subject:	Fic: Perfect (Shiraishi/Fuji)
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Title: Perfect
Pairing: Shiraishi/Fuji
Rating: G
Summary: Shiraishi Kuranosuke was someone who was not easy to impress...
Author’s Notes: written for the latest round of thepotcrackxchange

read the fic

	User:	tenipuri (posted by xyrekamods)
	Date:	2009-11-16 12:50
	Subject:	Xyreka
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A Tenipuri RPG The continent of Xyreka is the home of mages, elves and humans. All races live together in peace and protect their homes from the beasts that lurk in the land's forests. Raytin was the first Kingdom ever created. For a long time it was the only one ruling over the continent. But when the King and Queen had twin sons who both wanted the crown, everything changed. After the death of their father the twins parted ways and soon another kingdom, Risath, was created to compete. Both had peaceful intentions and neither stepped on the others toes. Rulers changed and there were no signs of war. It was all ideal. Then something went terribly wrong, when a group oh rebels from Risath's side wanted to take over Raytin to create their own kingdom. This was seen as a sign of war. Even if their attack was halted, Raytin could not believe it was not an act from Risath itself. A war began and it shook the continent for many years. Now there is peace again, but many say that it's only fake. That it's "temporary". Rumours about the Kings planning each others demise have been going on for ages. And there are still rebels who want to create their own path. It's time to see what future brings. Rules | World | Races | Apply

	User:	tenipuri (posted by zen_strike)
	Date:	2009-11-16 07:59
	Subject:	FIC: Zero [Horio/Tezuka, PG, Crack]
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	Mood:	blank

Title: Zero
Fandom: The Prince of Tennis
Rating: PG
Genre: Crack/Horror
Focus Characters: Horio, Tezbear and Inui.
Pairings: Horio/Tezuka
Summary: Horio is a natural failure.
Notes: Originally written for the latest round at the potcrackxchange , and for ezyls_girl . Totally ridiculous.

( Follow the Fake Cut )

	User:	death_note (posted by tenkensmile)
	Date:	2009-11-16 08:20
	Subject:	HELP SAVE L !!!
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Sorry for my rudeness.

I'm a fan of L's fan page on FB: http://www.facebook.com/L.Lawliet.fanclub

"You must confirm this Page's affiliation with the brand, company, person, or entity that it represents. Please take one of the following actions:

The admins have tried many verification methods but FB didn't respond. Viz can't help us, either.

1. Add a badge or a Fan Box widget to your website that links to your Facebook Page.
2. Add an email address to your personal Facebook Profile that is officially affiliated with the entity of your Page.
3. Add another admin to your Page who has an email address that is officially affiliated with the entity your Page represents.

Thanks in advance!!!

	User:	death_note (posted by zaburokkata)
	Date:	2009-11-16 22:11
	Subject:	Fic Dump: 4 Death Note Drabbles
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	Music:	Learning To Fall - Boys Like Girls

Tiny fic dump of 4 drabbles for your enjoyment~ Centered mainly around the Wammy kids :3

You can find all of them here @ redcandystripes

•••[01] (dis)belief
••Near + Mello [G]
•Summary: When acceptance is too hard to handle, disbelief is always easier. [175 words]

	User:	hj_hikari
	Date:	2009-11-16 03:46
	Subject:	why hello there monthly update
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Earthbound/Mother series = 名作保証.

MOTHER2　全くわからないけど実況してみる → Part 1 start!
I didn't get it when a JP game poll had Earthbound (and not Mother 3) as the top 5 games that made people cry, but I have to take that thought back now. Syuu's playthrough of the ending was so touching! Made me cry sincere tears..。・ノД｀)・。
And I guess Syuu was a perfect player, since she really looked through every inch of the game, which the developer said in 1992 "I want someone who rushed through the game to watch that beginner playing and feel a twinge of regret and think, 'Hey, I never saw that!'" ...He was right on, damn.

友達に涙腺弱いと言われた自分がMOTHER3初プレイ実況 → Part 1 start!
And the Mother3 one that lead me to Syuu's Mother2 series. w
Mother3 is suppose to be depressing, but he really does cry a lot! Σ・ω・
For probably the first time, the comments actually got in the way of the video. To some extend this apply to the Mother2 series as well, like spoilers, people fighting over which game is better, and other unpleasant comments that kind of kills the atmosphere.
→ /disable comment for final boss =_,=

Next, to watch Syuu's Mother1 series! Best overall music + deepest of the three imo, despite being 8-bit and everything.


(Actually it kind of started like this-
Brawl → Earthbound Zero → Earthbound → Mother 3, then subsequently waste a lot of time watching liveplays = 作業妨害 = life is over /(^o^)\

Oh and FINALLY finished Twilight Princess dot dot dot, starting date was like two years ago, epic fail ;(

	User:	tenipuri (posted by lucathia_rykatu)
	Date:	2009-11-16 00:37
	Subject:	PairPuri Vol 1 Atobe x Sanada profile translation
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One translation from Sai the Shaman today from the awesomeness that is PairPuri! PairPuri is the newest Tenipuri fanbook based off of Shin Tenipuri. It's not pairing Atobe and Sanada off romantically or anything, though you can read hints into it if you want to. Seems like there are a few people who have been avoiding PairPuri because the title says Atobe x Sanada. XD;

File 01: Profiling (the newest profile for Atobe and Sanada with Shin Tenipuri taken into account)

	User:	little_details (posted by tamtrible)
	Date:	2009-11-15 18:46
	Subject:	Depression era medical school
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time: shortly before ww2 place: somewhere in the United States (not quite Real World, but functionally equivalent) search terms: depression era medical school, with and without appropriate quotes

Our Heroine is hired as an army surgeon (possibly technically a contract surgeon, depending on exact year, it hasn't been determined yet) some time in World War 2. (Yes, I know that female surgeons of that era would have been incredibly rare. She's atypical.) What I'm trying to figure out is:

1. How young could she plausibly be, if she started college at 17 and didn't have any delays in her education? (Money is Not an Issue, within reason, her family was very wealthy, and remained reasonably wealthy even during the Depression. Also, she's very smart and studied hard.)

	User:	little_details (posted by areteus)
	Date:	2009-11-15 23:31
	Subject:	Treatment for drug overdose
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Setting: A galaxy far far away, quite a way into the future with human colonists on a distant world.

Searches tried: Looked up various pages on Mescaline and the physical and mental effects and side effects. Cross referenced with a little of own knowledge.

The situation: A character has just taken a dose of a more potent derivative of Mescaline in order to induce a vision quest style thing (there's more to it than that, but I don't see this being relevant to the problem so I'll keep it short). His girlfriend is a qualified Doctor (she's a research medic but can still practise medicine) who administered the drug and is, of course, aware that things are going wrong. My question is: How will she react in order to attempt to save his life?

The technology level of this setting is a little more futuristic than the modern world. They have slightly better medical tech (such as the ability to synthesise drugs) a little more knowledge about drug interactions on the human body and how to manipulate chemical structure to improve effects or reduce side effects (but not eliminate them completely and in some cases not at all due to that reducing the wanted effects) and a little better knowledge of pathology. However, they do not have any fancy 'star trek style' insta-heals or hyposprays or anything like that - I want medicine to be gritty and bloody and still involve things like needles in the arms and breaking the ribcage doing CPR.

Looking at this issue I have found all the symptoms of mescaline use (tachycardia, raised or lowered blood glucose, perspiration and nausea and so on...) but I think I need to get a medic's opinion on what she would do to diagnose and treat all these symptoms. I am assuming the following:

- she is under the impression that his current physical state is life threatening and he will die if she does nothing. This may or may not be the case but her triage tells her it is the case and she has to act now.
- They are in the middle of a forest, miles from anywhere. She could get help summoned quickly but she still has to act to stop him from dying now. Besides, what they are doing is 'slightly illegal' so she would prefer to do it without involving anyone of authority but will do so if it is essential.
- She is prepared for this eventuality, knowing what the drug was and that he intended to take it. This is an experiment he is conducting and she has come along specifically to prevent his stupidity from killing him. So, she can have a doctor's bag with any drugs or equipment in it that she thinks she would need.

So, what would a modern doctor do in this situation? I ask this so I can extrapolate some sci fi treatments to fit the setting.

What would be the most likely of the physical symptoms that are life threatening? Is it the tachycardia? Is it the effects on blood glucose (I notice that the effect changes dependent on dose - raised if low dose, lowered if high - so I am assuming low in this case but does it get as seriously low or high as it can in a Type I Diabetic to the point of risking death?) Or is there another effect I have not mentioned which may be the one that risks death? Bear in mind these symptoms can be greatly exaggerated as the drug is an untested, modified version.

Thanks in advance for any help with anything to do with this situation.

	User:	little_details (posted by limina)
	Date:	2009-11-15 17:08
	Subject:	Turning A Flute Into A Galton Whistle
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Posting for a friend!

(Previous searches: Galton whistles, flute making and many variations thereof.)

The story is set in Europe in the middle ages, so something of the period would be awesome, but the story is flexible enough for a certain amount of handwaving to get the instrument I need.

My story requires a wind instrument that can play music both within and beyond human hearing. Does such an instrument exist? If not, would it be possible to modify or custom build some sort of flute or recorder that could do it? What would be the physical characteristics of the instrument? (I'm guessing longer and thinner than a regular flute.) Would it require special skill to play it? I know that if you blow hard enough into a regular flute or recorder, the sound will go up an octave. Perhaps a "Galton flute" could only be correctly played by somebody with immense lung-power? (This would actually be a major benefit, story-wise.)

Thank you in advance.

	User:	kurosaki_clinic (posted by incandescens)
	Date:	2009-11-15 18:39
	Subject:	[fic] a flexible nature (Yoruichi/Orihime, PG)
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Title: a flexible nature
Author/Artist: incandescens
Rating: PG
Warnings: Innocent girl. Guilty cat.
Prompt: November 15th - Bleach, Yoruichi/Orihime: touching - "I wish I had a tail as expressive as yours"
Word count: 558

a flexible nature

Orihime is clearly a girl who has stroked cats before . . .

	User:	mushroom18
	Date:	2009-11-16 02:06
	Subject:	Do you believe in soulmates?
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	Mood:	mellow
	Music:	This Fire - Franz Ferdinand

Le Marais is a short French film directed by Gus Van Sant, director of Good will Hunting and Milk. This gay-themed piece is part of a whole film entitled Paris Je t'aime.

Le Marais is short, sweet, and beautiful. Only 6 minutes long (or short), there is something magical about its simplicity, something fulfilling captured in a single moment. I remember when himitsu_no_hime and I watched this short we were like wow, but that was so simple but memorable. My other favourite shorts include Bastille, Tour Eiffel and Place des fêtes (they made me bawl like a baby), but I do recommend watching the rest. ♥ Or you can watch this, it won't take too much of your time!

Another reason why this short struck me is how I feel the same way, somehow. Before coming to Tokyo my Japanese was barely there, so I had to communicate through other ways (like making weird faces). Without our voices, what else do we have left? Can deep relationships develop? Without words, do we really know each other?

	User:	little_details (posted by sabrina_il)
	Date:	2009-11-15 15:55
	Subject:	French names in Canada, modern day
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I have a character who is mid 30s/40s, male, Canadian. The story is set in 2100-2150 or so. So, not-so-distant-future. He's from Quebec and his first language is French. I am very torn about what to name him!

I'd like his name and last name to signal his French background, if possible. I've sort of been in love with the Jean-Something construction, but:
1. I don't know which Jean-X names are/aren't currently in fashion in Canada and which you'd expect to find in someone 100 years in the future (probably whichever names sound horridly old fashioned now).
2. Since he's going to be referred to by his first name by the other characters, whichever name I pick I'd also need to know how French speakers would shorten it (if at all) and how English speakers would shorten it, assuming non Francophone Canadians or Americans.

My research has turned up that men named Jean-Pierre or Jean-Francois sometimes go by J-P/J-F but in that case I'd also like to know how that's pronounced. Would they introduce themselves as "JP Lastname"? Would French speakers pronounce the letters in French and English speakers in English?

Finally, failing the Jean-X thing, my backup option is Mischel. I've known a few Mischels in my time but none of them were Canadian so I don't know how popular the name is in Canada.

googled: canada boy names common, french boy names, jean (wiki)

Thank you for your help!

	User:	tongari
	Date:	2009-11-16 00:08
	Subject:	raiho and naruhee
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canis_m is strictly responsible for this, although man this was a long time in the making. i die from an overload of awesome every time i read this DRSK fic YOU SHOULD TOO (read it i mean, not die)

off again tomoz ugh am so tired of traveling. hope this is the last time this month. good night!

	User:	death_note (posted by kurosaki_akane)
	Date:	2009-11-15 14:13
	Subject:	Death Note got its own shoujo manga.
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With great amusement, people at 2ch have noticed a recently released shoujo version of Death Note called "Hal" (pronounced Haru, like Halle Lidner).
The main girl looks like a female (and shoujo style) version of Light, and she meets a shinigami (bishounen this time) in very similar circumstances. The plot seems to also involve she wanting to kill people with the help of her shinigami.

If you scroll down in the link I posted above, you'll find bigger versions of the pages. I'm not an expert in the first arc, but I think that some of those panels look really similar to some Light and Ryuuk scenes. The Shinigami is also seen reading Jump magazine in one of the panels.


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	User:	little_details (posted by spockings)
	Date:	2009-11-15 00:34
	Subject:	Common British Nicknames (Family)
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Hi! I'm looking for common nicknames that could be tossed around in a contemporary British household, particularly between siblings. What would an older sister call her younger brother? Or perhaps there is no general nickname for a little brother? (I don't need a nickname that is a spin-off from the actual brother's name. I've got one already.)

Honestly, I haven't got the slightest clue. I've googled things like "British nicknames", "British nicknames for siblings", "British nicknames for younger brothers". I usually just keep getting British nicknames for people from a specific place in England or nicknames for British army units.

I know that, for instance, my little brother calls me Tata, which is obviously not my name. But, we're Cuban, and in our culture, generally, the older sister is called Tata. Just a nickname like saying "Mum" or "Dad". I was wondering if perhaps the same thing existed for the Brits.

Thank you!

	User:	little_details (posted by little_missmimi)
	Date:	2009-11-14 22:59
	Subject:	Childbirth in the Philippines (1940s-50s)
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What sort of medical care would there be in the Philippines in the late 1940s/early 1950s? The character is lower class, and I'm wondering if she would have her baby in a hospital or her home? If she was at a hospital, would a doctor or midwife deliver the baby? If she was at home, would there be a midwife? How would they care for the baby immediately after birth? The baby is a girl, and her mother doesn't keep her. I'm guessing that there weren't adoption agencies then; would she have left the baby in a public place or an orphanage or something? She didn't kill her child, but the child has to get to the U.S.