Albums

Nyck Caution - Anywhere But Here (featuring Joey Bada$$, Denzel Curry, Kota the Friend, CJ Fly, GASHI + more)
NYUON - 4FROMNYUON
UnoTheActivist - Unoverse
Since99 - CARBON COPY (featuring Tony Shhnow & 10kdunkin)
Marco Polo - MP On The MP: The Beat Tape Vol. 1
K.A.A.N - Long Time No See (featuring Dax & Bleverly Hills)
704Chop - Carolina Superstar
2nd Generation Wu - Hereditary (featuring Inspectah Deck + more)
Healy - Tungsten
Eladio Carrión - Monarca (featuring J Balvin + more)
ZAYN - Nobody Is Listening (featuring Syd & Devlin)
Ashnikko - DEMIDEVIL (featuring Kelis, Princess Nokia & Grimes)
Project Youngin - Bigger Blessings (featuring Pooh Shiesty, Hotboii, Lil C & Trapboy Freddy)
Boogotti Kasino - The Gamble (featuring OMB Bloodbath + more)
G Fredo - Only the 3rd Chapter
SpaceGhostPurrp - Kill Ever Soul I See
Mister CR & Westcoast Kreations Presents: Project Blowed All-Stars (featuring Myka-9 + more)
Antahlyzah - The Ceremonial Gifted
Sleatford Mods - Spare Ribs
Lukah - When The Black Hand Touches You
not yet posted:
wowflower - Abel's Planet

EPs

Gabriel Garzón-Montano - Spotify Singles
dvsn - Amusing Her Feeings (featuring Miguel)
Cdot Huncho - H5 Deluxe
Araabmuzik - TRAP SOUL
Pollari & Tony Shhnow - Evil Twins
WHITE JOHN - CASE STILL PENDING (featuring OMB Peezy, Rucci & Big Sad 1900)
Chavis Chandler - Have a Little FUN, sometime.
RAY FUEGO - HEMELSCHIP

Singles

Juice WRLD & Young Thug - Bad Boy
Lice (Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman) - Ask Anyone
Ameer Vann - IDFIATOK
Benny the Butcher - Bills Mafia Anthem
Ariana Grande - 34+35 (feat. Megan Thee Stallion & Doja Cat)
Flo Milli & Kenny Beats - Roaring 20s
Family Bvsiness (Crooked I) - Skip This Ad (Produced by Eminem)
M24 x Fivio Foreign - Fashion
DaBaby - Masterpiece
Night Lovell - A Lot (feat. Lindasson & Ftg. Reggie)
DIVINE - Jungle Mantra (feat. Vince Staples & Pusha T)
Travis Scott - Goosebumps (HYME Remix)
Run the Jewels - Ooh La La (Remix) [feat. Mexican Institute Of Sound & Santa Fe Klan]
Gallant - Comeback
DJ Muggs The Black Goat - The Chosen One
Pooh Shiesty - Guard Up
YOUR LOSS - Chaos!
Bilal & Nikki Jean - Black Coffee in Bed
RiFF RAFF - TiPTOE 4 (fea. Yelawolf)
Emotional Oranges - Bonafide (feat. Chiiild)
Lous and The Yakuza - Amigo (with Joey Bada$$)
Retch - Sun Up
Larry June & Jay Worth - Dear Winter
BabyTron - Dookie Season (feat. RMC Mike)
Central Cee - Pinging (6 Figures)
Fredo Bang - In The Name of Gee (Still the Most Hated)
seeyousoon - Fever
scarlxrd - LET THE WXRLD BURN.
Ebhoni - Hit This
Remble & Drakeo The Ruler - Ruth’s Chris Freestyle
Tom The Mail Man - Forever
Video Dave (Mike Eagle's DJ) - Grift Em Up (Donald Trump Diss)
Saint Parrish - Blue Bills. (feat. Mick Jenkins)
F L A C O - You Know What
BigBabyGucci - Stuck in my System
Funkmaster Flex & Fivio Foreign - Game Time
Gullypabs X Skengdo & AM - #410 In Spain
Ghetts - Skengman (feat. Stormzy & Ghetto)
Las Cafeteras - If I Was President (Remix) [feat. Sa-Roc, QVLN, Mega Ran & Boog Brown]
Malz Monday & WESTSIDE BOOGIE - Tripping
Rich The Kid - Split
Lord Jahmonte Ogbon - Eleven (Remix)
Jae Stephens - What You Need (feat. THEY.)
Masiwei (of Higher Brothers - Why (为什么)
Mitchy Slick & Damu - Anything
Kenny Tea & Planet Asia - Stepped On Alpaca
Rio Da Yung OG & RMC Mike - PoundTown
Knarley Jai - Success (feat. Duke Deuce)
Khalygud - Modello
Top5 - 2 Cases (via 6ixbuzz)
Dessa - Rome
Body Meat - Ultima
Doe Boy - COVID-19
Bizzy Banks - Bless the Booth (Freestyle)* / Bandemic
A-WAX & KING ISO - BLEMISH
Mo Money - Deniable
Philmore Greene & Skyzoo - Time
Philthy Rich & Fenix Flexin - Separate
Smokepurpp - PIGEONS!
White John, Rucci & Big Sad 1900 - Thug Life
Jhyph - Rip da Goons (feat. OMB Peezy)
Spectacular Diagnostics - PETANQUE / PASS.OUT
FRESCODBFLYG – MOB TIES
Chey Dolla - Money Ain't Everything
YeloHill & Steelz - Strip
Russ Millions & Buni - Plugged In (Freestyle)
Langston Bristol & redveil - Psa
The Bad Seed - Daddy Dearest
Substance810 – Fortified
Senseigod - To The Sky (feat. Smoke DZA)
YN Jay - Coochie In Class / Smoove Back (Austin Powers Remix) / Las Vegas
Bronze Nazareth & Leaf Dog – Lisbon Dinners
Yung Jinx - Kickback (feat. Ab-Soul)
SebastiAn & Syd - Doorman (Vegyn Remix)
Wacotron & Southside - Toothpaste
KESHORE - Computer Science
Icewear Vezzo - 6Print
Yella Beezy - Is You Fuckin?
Lil Eazzyy - Onna Come Up (Remix) [feat. G Herbo]
RoadRunna White - HighClass (feat. G.T., Icewear Vezzo, Rio Da Yung OG, FGB Boomer)
Amber Window & Swarvy - A Child Is Born
Virgil Abloh & serpentwithfeet - Delicate Limbs (Special Request Remix)
Bobby Sessions - Made A Way (Remix) [feat. Lecrae]
Westside Tut - Cry Over (feat. Lil Durk)
Rome Streetz & VH$ - Bolilo (feat. A.M. Early Morning)
Haviah Mighty - Antisocial (feat. Old Man Saxon)
K. Forest - Bad Neighbors
Jamal Gasol- This Rap Shit Is Wrestling
Pro Dillinger - Conan
Substance810 – Fortified
The Bad Seed - Daddy Dearest
All Hail Y.T. & Yosonova - D Mack's Theme
Too Short – All The Kids On The Block (feat. Rayven Justice)
not yet posted:
Adam Snow & youngxdre - No Time
Cheat Codes & Bryce Vine - Stay (Blinkie Remix)
Jelani Aryeh - Angels
Joy Oladokun - wish you the best (feat. Jensen McRae)
Tony Njoku - ZORO (feat. Zoro Jackson)
Stack Skrilla - Need 2

Features

Racci - Pop Out (feat. Young Dro)
Fable - Songs from the Gun (feat. Jeremiah Jae)
D.Charmberz - Rap with a Legend (feat. Method Man)
Whethan & Oliver Tree - Freefall (Tchami Remix)
Mithril Oreder, Rappin' 4-Tay & DJ Pain 1 - Popular Demand
Young Franco, Denzel Curry & Pell - Fallin' Apart (Close Counters Remix) / Fallin' Apart (Human Movement Remix)
StarBoy - Show You the Money (feat. WizKid)
Arichussettes & Eto - Spit Nothing But Street
Faouzia & John Legend - Minefields (Hook N Sling Remix)
JGreen - All On Me (Remix) [feat. Jackboy]
215doubleo - Right My Wrongs (feat. Teejay3k & E Mozzy)
Swiggle Mandela - Needed (feat. WESTSIDE BOOGIE, Jasey Cordeta & Kenai)
Hass Irv - All Day (Remix) [feat. G Herbo]
GR$$D - THEY DON'T LIKE US (feat. Guapdad 4000 & Y2)
The Yutes & Curren$y - High Grade
Steib Boy Stretch - Floatin' Thru Da Trap (feat. Maxo Kream & Lil' Keke)
Mike Knox - Backblock (Remix) [feat. Beanie Sigel, Young Chris, Foreign Boy Osama & Quilly]
Baby Shae - Clout Shit (feat. Molly Brazy)
Sxtturn - Ella Me Llamo a Las 3 Am (feat. Kid Cole & Clasm Casino)
FROZEN4EVER - Lately 2 (feat. DC the Don)
Young AP - Drill Tonight (feat. Shef G)
LIL CBN - Devon Booker (feat. DC the Don)
Dramatik! - Baraka (feat. AKTHESAVIOR)
Taleban Dooda & T9ine - Chosen
BagBoy Po & Sada Baby - Count Me Out
Danny Foster - Don't Call (feat. Lando Chill)
Richie Valentino - Tiddys (feat. Jim Jones & Blue Diamond)
Frenglish - D'ussé (Remix) [feat. Slimelife Shawty]
Big Los - Back To Back (feat. BabyTron)
Lifeof9000 - No Where (feat. James Fauntleroy)
AcquiredTaste - SNAKES IN the GRASS (feat. 03 Greedo)
CxT GZUS - Votive Candles (feat. Joell Ortiz)
MeloBallin - What You Tryna Spend (feat. Payroll Giovanni)
* means not on streaming
project features are listed mostly just if the artist is recognizable
the "Features" tab are songs that haven't been posted that I discovered through the feature.
From KHDTX13 (will be updated):

SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS:

Fresh Singles

Fresh Albums & EPs

Hello everyone. A few years ago I posted a complete summary of the Borderlands games up to Borderlands 3. Today I am back to update the story summary with all of the new events and lore revealed in Borderlands 3. That original post can be found here. If I missed anything or got something wrong, please comment down below so I can amend it.
Be warned there are MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for Borderlands, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Borderlands 2, Tales From the Borderlands, Borderlands 3, DLC expansions, and the future of the series. Without further ado, here it is, the complete story of the Borderlands franchise!
Lore
Long ago, an ancient alien race known as the Eridians inhabited the universe. Originating from the planet of Nekrotafeyo, Their technological advancements far exceed anything the modern universe has been able to create thus far. The Eridians created Guardians, mechanical constructs, to protect their race and caches of technology, riches and weapons, known as Vaults. Powerful women imbued with supernatural powers known as Sirens begin to appear at some point. Only 7 Sirens can exist in the universe at a time, and when one dies, her unique powers are passed to another individual. Of the 7 known Siren Powers, we have seen 5 of them; Phaselock, Phaseshift, Phasewalk, Phasetrance, and Phaseleach.
At some point in their history, the Eridians encountered an immensely powerful interdimensional creature called The Destroyer. The Destroyer threatened all of creation, and in a final effort to stop it from destroying the universe, the Eridians sacrificed their race to trap the beast inside The Great Vault, a massive Vault the size of a planet. Nyriad, a Siren, completed the sealing of the Great Vault through use of a Powerful Machine on Nekrotafeyo. Following this, Nyriad, in an effort to prevent her Phaseleach powers from transferring to a new host, locked herself in the Vault on Nekrotafeyo to die. The Phaseleach powers would not be transfered to a new host upon her passing.
The Great Vault would later become known as the planet of Pandora, with her moon, Elpis serving as the Great Vault’s key. In an effort to keep the Destroyer dormant, a feeding hole was constructed through which sacrifices would be made every 200 years. A Vault Monster known as The Warrior was left behind on Pandora to protect the Great Vault, and a Vault Monster known as The Sentinel was left on Elpis to hold knowledge of the Great Vault’s purpose.
Fast forward millions of years to modern times. Humanity develops faster than light travel and begins to explore the galaxy. Typhon DeLeon, seeking a life greater than that of his turd farming parents, sets out on a universe-wide expedition to search for fame and glory. He discovers an Eridian Vault on the planet of Promethea. He sells the Vault's contents to a small company known as Atlas to fund further searches for Vaults. Typhon DeLeon would gain notoriety as the first Vault Hunter.
The riches within the Promethean Vault allow Atlas to become the largest and most powerful corporation in the galaxy. They establish their corporate headquarters on the Promethea and begin to explore and settle new worlds, one of which is Pandora. The Dahl Corporation arrives on Pandora soon after, and expands it's mining operations to the planet and her moon, while Atlas rules over its Pandoran settlements with its elite military unit, the Crimson Lance. The Corporate Wars, fought between massive corporations over resources began sometime after.
During DeLeon's travels, he meets a woman named Leda, with whom he accidentally discovers the ancestral homeworld of the Eridians, Nekrotafeyo, while making love. The couple would conceve their children within the Vault after opening it and slaying the Vault Monster within. Leda gives birth to conjoined twins, whom Typhon would separate so that they could survive, unbeknownst to the fact that they had absorbed the Phaseleach Siren powers of Nyriad. The twins were named Troy and Tyreen, and would later become known as The Calypso Twins. At some point of their childhood, Leda would be accidentally killed by Tyreen while exercising her Siren powers, resulting in Typhon becoming a stricter father. The twins would later escape from their protective father, fleeing the planet.
Pandora is bustling. Research facilities, mining stations and trade posts spring up overnight. A global network known as the ECHOnet is established, linking the planet’s populace. Little did the inhabitants of Pandora know, however, that they had settled during the planet's seven year winter. When the summer rolled around and the local fauna came out of hibernation, a nearly planet-wide exodus occurred. Those who couldn't leave took up shelter. The planet became a lawless frontier nearly overnight, with Dahl abandoning their facilities and letting loose the prisoners they had employed as slave labor. Hector, and his battalion are trapped and left in a mine on Pandora during Dahl’s exodus. Atlas abandons their the top-secret Gortys Project, which hopes to control the mysterious Vault of the Traveler, and locks away various pieces of the project across their facilities all over Pandora.
In the year 2873, 2 years before the events of the first game, Patricia Tannis, who was employed by Dahl, had uncovered fragments of a Vault Key, confirming the suspicion that a Vault was present on Pandora. The key was stolen by bandits and spread across Pandora. Speak of the Vault swept across Pandora...
Meanwhile, on Elpis, the situation was not much better. Dahl’s military force, led by Colonel Zarpedon denounced their ties to Dahl following Zarpedon’s encounter with the Vault on the moon. The military force became known as the Lost Legion and swore to protect the Vault. Extensive mining efforts by Dahl on the surface led to what is known as "The Crackening". The moon burst, opening great chasms and lava flows. The destruction of their mining facilities and the mutiny commited by Zarpedon forced Dahl to abandon Elpis. They fled the Pandora system shortly after.
With the moon under the control of a crazed military legion and Pandora, a lawless frontier, all seemed to be lost for the system, until...
Borderlands
The year is 2875. Four Vault Hunters; Roland, Mordecai, Brick and Lilith arrive at the small town of Fyrestone. Led by a mysterious ”Angel”, the Vault Hunters slowly begin clearing out local bandit populations until they encounter a bandit boss known as Sledge. Having killed Sledge, the Vault Hunters retrieve an Eridian artifact which is revealed to be part of the Vault Key. At the same time, Commandant Steele, acting Crimson Lance Commander on Pandora declares rule over the planet and demands any Eridian artifacts be turned over to the Crimson Lance.
The Vault Hunters travel to the city of New Haven, one of the largest surviving civilizations on the planet and learn about the location of Patricia Tannis. Tannis directs the Vault hunters to the next three pieces of the Vault Key, during which they encounter the Crimson Lance. Upon killing the bandit boss Flint who is believed to have the final Vault Key piece, it is revealed that Tannis had the final piece and was working with the Crimson Lance all along. Steele disables the ECHOnet and the Vault Hunters set out to the Crimson Enclave, a Crimson Lance base, to rescue Tannis.
Upon saving Tannis and reactivating the ECHOnet, Tannis sends the Vault Hunters after Steele who is attempting to open the Vault. The Vault Hunters fight through Lance and Guardians alike to reach The Vault just before Steele opens it. Upon opening the Vault, Steele is immediately killed by The Destroyer an ancient alien that was housed inside the Vault. The Vault Hunters kill the beast and return the Key to Tannis, whilst it is revealed that Angel, the guide to the Vault Hunters has been communicating to them through a Hyperion satellite the whole time.
Events Leading up to The Pre-Sequel
The opening of the first Vault triggered the release of an element called Eridium, which slowly begins popping up all over the planet of Pandora. Detecting the release of the element, the Hyperion corporation begins to move into the Pandoran system.
The Vault Hunters are summoned shortly after by an ex-Lance officer known as Athena. Athena assists the Vault Hunters in striking down an already crippled Crimson Lance and their sole surviving general, General Knoxx, driving the Lance off of Pandora for good.
Meanwhile, a Hyperion experiment that was intended to rid Pandora of Vault Hunters goes awry when a reprogrammed CL4P-TP unit, better known as a Claptrap unit sparks a revolution among Claptrap robots. Hyperion contacts the Vault Hunters and asks for help in dealing with the problem. The Claptrap revolution is shattered and the Claptrap robots are returned to normal, or at least as normal as Claptrap robots can be.
2 years pass between the events of Borderlands and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
The Pre-Sequel
With the Crimson Lance all but defeated, Athena seeks work as a hired gun. She comes across a distress signal put out by a Hyperion engineer by the name of Jack in the year 2877 who reveals his position to be aboard a Hyperion space station known as Helios. The station is under attack by Zarpedon’s Lost Legion who hope to halt the progress of construction of the station above Pandora. Athena, as well as mercenaries Wilhelm, Aurelia Hammerlock, Timothy Lawrence (who has undergone facial reconstructive surgery to pose as Handsome Jack's doppelganger), Nisha, and Claptrap travel to Helios to rescue Jack and save the station.
The Lost Legion are repelled by the Vault Hunters, and Jack launches the crew to Elpis in search of a jamming signal which is preventing fast travel off of Helios. The crew encounters Janey Springs who helps them get to the city of Concordia, a former spaceport before The Crackening. After dispatching some scavengers, the team enters Concordia, meeting up with Roland, Lilith and Moxxi who assist them in disabling the jamming signal, allowing Jack to fast travel off of Helios.
Jack confronts the Meriff, mayor and sheriff on Concordia and kills him. He then formulates a plan to retake the station. The team head to an old Dahl factory and assemble a robot army to retake Helios. This raises concerns among Roland, Lilith and Moxxi, however they go along with Jack. Jack and the team travel to Helios with assistance from their robot army and confront Zarpedon who reveals the location of a Vault before being killed.
Elsewhere on Helios, Professor NakayamaA deranged Hyperion scientist begins working on an AI prototype which he hopes he will be able to use to cheat death and upload a patient's consciousness onto a computer.
Roland, Lilith and Moxxi turn against Jack, seeing he is going mad with power. They head after the Vault, hoping to claim it before Jack. Jack sends his crew back to Elpis in search of the Vault.
The team dispatches Eridian Guardians as they head deep into Elpis, eventually reaching the Vault Elesser, beating Roland, Lilith and Moxxi. They defeat the guardian, The Sentinel, and Jack arrives just in time to claim an artifact inside which gives him visions of a new Vault on Pandora, home to an even greater power. Lilith enters Elesser and smashes the artifact, scarring Jack and pushing him over the edge. Jack adopts the identity of Handsome Jack with a mask covering his scarred face. With the company of Hyperion in his control, he begins seeking out the Vault on Pandora.
Events Leading up to Borderlands 2
Jack, learns of a secret weapon hidden away inside of Claptrap, known as the H-Source. Jack sends his crew inside of Claptrap’s mind in order to retrieve it. The team fights throughout Claptrap’s subconscious, learning more about the robot than they could ever care to know, until finally retrieving the H-Source and returning it to Jack. Jack uses the code to destroy all Hyperion Claptrap units. He executes the Claptrap belonging to his crew and dumps him off in Windshear Waste where he is discovered by Sir Alistair Hammerlock.
Athena and Aurelia leave Jack at this time, both disgusted by his actions. Athena settles down with Elpis native Janey Springs. The couple moves to the town of Hollow Point on Pandora shortly after, and much to the chagrin of Janey, Athena continues in her mercenary ways. She almost immediately picks up a contract put out by a man named Felix, who hires her to protect his two adopted daughters.
Aurelia disappears, whilst Nisha, Wilhelm and Timothy Lawrence stay by Jack's side.
Jack’s takes over the Pandoran mining town of Lynchwood for his girlfriend Nisha. Wilhelm, Nisha and Jack attack the city of New Haven, prompting Roland, Mordecai, Lilith and Brick to defend the citizens while they evacuate. Jack kills Brick's dog, while Wilhelm nearly kills the Vault Hunters, driving them away. Wilhelm and Jack then board a train commandeered by Helena Pierce, leader of New Haven and execute her as well as the city's residents.
This loss of New Haven and his dog causes Brick to snap and murder a Hyperion informant that the Raiders had captured in order to get intel on Handsome Jack. Roland kicks Brick out of the Crimson Raiders. Mordecai isolates himself, while Roland and Lilith begin assembling an army of ex Crimson Lance soldiers under the banner of the Crimson Raiders to protect Pandora. They face initial resistance from Jack and are slowly pressed back to their headquarters in the city of Sanctuary.
Jack, utilizing Eridium to power his weaponry and having declared himself dictator of Pandora, begins sending out messages drawing new Vault Hunters to the planet in search of the Vault. Jack systematically kills off all new Vault Hunters that arrive on the planet.
3 years pass between the events of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2.
Borderlands 2
A Vault Hunter team comprised of Axton, Maya, Salvador, Zero, Gaige and Kreig survive a train bombing and crash in Windshear Waste in the year 2880. They encounter Claptrap who leads them to Alistair Hammerlock in the small town of Liar’s Berg. All the while, Angel directs them and pledges to help defeat Jack. Hammerlock sends the Vault Hunters after clearing out local bandits, which opens the way for the Vault Hunters to travel to the city of Sanctuary. At Sanctuary, the Vault Hunters are informed that the Crimson Raider’s leader, Roland, has been captured by a bandit known as the Firehawk. The Vault Hunters confront The Firehawk, who turns out to be Lilith whose elemental Siren powers have been enhanced by the release of Eridium across the planet. Lilith sends them after another bandit tribe who has Roland, and upon freeing him, learn of a plan Roland has to defeat Jack.
The Vault Hunters attempt to recapture the Vault Key from a Hyperion train with the help of Mordecai and Tiny Tina, however they find Wilhelm, Jack’s enforcer instead. He is narrowly dispatched by the Vault Hunters, and a power core is retrieved off of him that Angel insists can be used to shield Sanctuary from Helios’s barrage of fire. The Vault Hunters return the core to the city, and upon plugging it in, the core drops Sanctuary’s shield. Helios opens fire on the city, prompting Lilith to teleport the city away.
With the city crippled, Angel begs to be forgiven, telling the Vault Hunters that Jack is using her to charge the Vault Key to open the Vault and release The Warrior, an ancient alien that will serve whoever releases it. Angel tells the team that if Jack opens the Vault he will destroy Pandora. Angel reveals where she is being held, in a Hyperion facility and urges the Vault Hunters to free her. The team, led by Roland, Mordecai and Lilith gather what they will need to assault the compound, recruiting Brick along the way. The team assault the Hyperion base and encounter Angel, who is revealed to be Jack’s Siren daughter. She tells the Vault Hunters to kill her to stop the key from being charged, and when they do, Jack kills Roland and captures Lilith in order to use her to finish charging the key. Following Angel’s death, her Siren powers are transferred to Tannis, who keeps her anointment of Siren powers a secret from the rest of the Crimson Raiders.
With Roland dead and Lilith captured, Mordecai and Brick lead the assault through the Eridium Blight to the Vault. The Vault Hunters arrive at the Vault just after Jack opens it and releases the Warrior. The Vault Hunters kill the Warrior and Jack and free Lilith. Lilith, wanting to destroy the Vault Key accidentally activates a map showing the locations of more Vaults all across the universe.
Events leading up to Tales from the Borderlands
The Vault Hunters split up, some traveling off planet to find new Vaults, others staying on Pandora, taking up mercenary work. During a game hunt with Sir Hammerlock, the Vault Hunters encounter Professor Nakayama holed up in a crashed Hyperion ship. Nakayama falls down a flight of stairs and dies. His body is recovered by traveler and collector Shade after the ship is looted by the Vault Hunters.
With Jack dead, a power vacuum is created on Helios. A Hyperion executive known as Saul Henderson takes control of the company, but he is murdered shortly after by Hugo Vasquez, who regains control of the company. At some point, Timothy Lawrence, as well as all of the other Handsome Jack doppelgangers are instructed to travel to The Handsome Jackpot, a massive casino space station, where they are trapped, facing the threat of being blown up by a injected bomb.
It is unknown how many years pass between the events of Borderlands 2 and Tales from the Borderlands.
Tales From The Borderlands
NOTE: Not all events in Tales From the Borderlands are canon. While the overarching story is canon, certain events, such as characters that died or survived or minor details may differ from playthrough to playthrough. Gearbox has not confirmed which events from the game are canon, or if certain characters died or are still alive.
In the city of Hollow Point, three con-artists, Felix and his two adopted daughters, Fiona and Sasha, set up a con involving a fake Vault Key. Fiona delivers the fake Key, built by Felix, to Sasha and her boyfriend August.
At the same time, a cybernetic enhanced Hyperion middle manager by the name of Rhys, seeking a promotion from Henderson, is shocked to find him dead, launched out of an airlock by Vasquez. Vasquez demotes Rhys to Assistant-Vice Janitor but not before letting a potential deal with a Vault Key slip. Rhys, angered by Vasquez, recruits his friends Vaughn and Yvette to interrupt the deal and get the Vault Key. They travel to Pandora where the face bandits in the town of Prosperity Junction. Yvette sends down a Loader Bot to help them. The Loader Bot flies away, dispatching the last of the bandits upon Rhys's order.
Rhys and Vaughn enter The World of Curiosities where they find the taxidermied body of Professor Nakayama. Rhys recovers a data chip off of the body before they meet Shade, who introduces them to August and Sasha, the owners of the Vault Key.
The deal goes awry when Bossanova, a dub-step loving bandit boss, and Zero, crash into the World of Curiosities in the heat of battle. The fake Vault Key is smashed and Bossanova takes the money and escapes, followed by Zero. Amidst the confusion, Rhys and Vaughn try to hijack Felix's caravan. The two are taken prisoner by Fiona, Sasha and Felix. Hoping to prevent being tossed out of the caravan, they reveal they can track the money. The two sides form a temporary alliance. Rhys, hoping to find the money, plugs the recovered data drive into his head and collapses, while Vaughn successfully tracks the money to an abandoned Atlas warehouse.
Rhys comes to and they form a plan to recover the money from Bossanova who offers it to whomever wins his death race. Zero crashes the party and kills Bossanova, and just as the crew are about to get the money, it is captured by Felix who betrays Fiona and Sasha. Depending on your choices during the game, Felix will be blown up by the rigged case, or will toss it and escape. Either way, the money is destroyed. The group begins searching the arena for something of value. Rhys stumbles into a cellar which contains rare Atlas treasure. Fiona and Rhys each obtain a mysterious artifact that, when joined together, displays a map to a Vault.
A construct of Handsome Jack appears to Rhys, threatening to kill him. Rhys, obviously startled, tells Jack that he is dead and is merely a hologram. They infer that Jack's consciousness was aboard the data drive he took from Nakayama. Meanwhile, Fiona, Sasha and Vaughn uncover the location of a secret Atlas facility which they hope will lead them to the Vault.
The team meets back up with Loader Bot, and travel to Hollow Point for repairs to the caravan. They are shot at by the moonshots on Helios, and Rhys and Vaughn are separated from Fiona and Sasha.
Rhys and Vaughn travel across the desert until they encounter Vasquez, furious at Rhys for the blown Vault Key deal. Rhys and Vaughn escape thanks to help from Jack and Loader Bot.
Fiona and Sasha arrive at Hollow Point, and with the help from Scooter, repair the caravan. The sisters are attacked by two goons whilst looking through their old home; Kroger and Finch. They escape from Kroger and Finch and run into Athena, whom they also narrowly escape from. The sisters are reunited with Rhys, Vaughn and Loader Bot, and they leave for the abandoned town of Old Haven, where the Atlas facility is located.
They discover an Atlas facility hidden underneath the town, but are ambushed by Vasquez and August. Rhys and Fiona take their artifacts and join them with a machine deep in the facility, all whilst Vaughn and Sasha are held at gunpoint. The machine connects the artifacts and releases an object known as Gortys, a large sphere. Rhys triggers the facilities security system, deploying drones. They meet up with Vaughn and Sasha amidst a firefight between August's goons and the facility's security drones, and manage to escape. Outside of the facility, the team run into a bandit boss by the name of Vallory who orchestrated the Vault Key deal. August and Vasquez emerge from the facility and are interrogated by Vallory, who kills Vasquez and demands that Fiona and Rhys hand over Gortys. Vallory attempts to execute Fiona before she is stopped by Athena, who scares off Vallory, her son August and their goons.
Rhys activates Gortys, and she reveals that she can locate and control the Vault of the Traveler, but needs a few upgrades first. Athena joins the crew as they set off for Gortys' first upgrade.
Along the way, Jack, who has been berating Rhys since revealing himself, and Rhys form a hasty alliance, although Rhys never fully trusts Jack.
The team arrives at an Atlas biodome situated far out in the tundra. They encounter an Atlas scientist named Cassius who reveals where the upgrade they are seeking is located. The team splits up, with Vaughn, Loader Bot and Gortys staying behind with Cassius, while Rhys and Sasha seek out the Atlas Security Station, and Fionna and Athena go after the upgrade.
Fionna and Athena recover the upgrade and are attacked by Vallory upon meeting back up with everyone. The group is separated once again across the facility. Rhys meets up with Sasha and Loader Bot and they attempt to rescue Gortys who is being pursued by August. Fionna, elsewhere, finds Athena fighting Brick and Mordecai, however they are both incapacitated. Vallory gathers the prisoners and tells them that they are working for her now to try and recoup her losses from the failed Vault Key deal. Athena is hauled off by Brick and Mordecai, who Vallory reveals were hired to remove her from the picture. Gortys reveals that her last upgrade is on Helios station in Jack's old office.
Back in Sanctuary, Athena recounts the events of the presequel to Lilith while being interrogated. Lilith orders her execution, but Athena is saved when a mysterious Guardian known as The Watcher tells Lilith that there is a war coming, and that they are going to need all the Vault Hunters they can get. Lilith, having already sent Gaige and Axton to Epitah in search of new Vaults, contacts them and tells them to spare the life of Aurelia, whom they found on the planet.
Fionna, Sasha, Loader Bot, Gortys, and August travel to Hollow Point to seek help from Scooter and Janey. Meanwhile, Rhys, Kroger and Finch travel back to Old Haven to recover the face of Vasquez, which Rhys says will let him digistruct a disguise to get them into the station. Vaughn is left at the biodome with Cassius. They return to Hollow point, and the team, along with Scooter, launch to Helios. Along the way, the rocket sucks up the corpse of Henderson, which requires immediate attention. Fionna and Scooter go outside to detach the rockets, but Scooter is caught and sacrifices himself to keep the mission going.
The team arrives on Helios, and Rhys, disguised as Vasquez, encounters a furious Yvette. Rhys knocks her out, out of fear of compromising the mission, while Fionna and Gortys attempt to infiltrate A Hyperion tour to gain access to Handsome Jack's office. When that plan goes awry, Jack reveals to Rhys that there is a hidden trapdoor into his office. Rhys, Fionna and Gortys meet up below Jack's office, where Rhys enters the office and retrieves the upgrade. Here, Rhys claims the deed to the Atlas corporation, which Jack has been holding onto since destroying the company. Jack convinces Rhys to sit in his chair, and either traps him and uploads himself into Helios's computer, or convinces Rhys to upload Jack of his own volition. EIther way, Jack now has control of Helios station, and tells Rhys that he is going to graft an endoskeleton into him so he’ll have a new body to control, however Rhys escapes.
Rhys encounters Yvette, who he explains to that Jack has control of the station. Yvette joins them as her and Rhys head for the reactor core while Fionna and Gortys are ordered to evacuate back to the shuttle.
Fionna and Gortys encounter August who leads them back to the shuttle, where they are betrayed by Finch and Kroger, who take Sasha, Gortys and her final upgrade.
Rhys and Yvette enter the reactor core, where Jack tries to stop them, however they successfully shut down the core, triggering a meltdown. The entire station is evacuated, and Loader Bot sacrifices himself to launch Yvette and Rhys's escape pods. Fionna escapes at this time, as does August.
With Helios falling out of the sky, the scattered crew lands in what appears to be the Eridium Blight. Rhys makes his way to Jack's shattered office, where Jack manages to jump back into Rhys. Rhys's mechanical arm is skewered on a piece of metal, and he rips it off, as well as digging his cybernetics out of his head, despite Jack's pleading. Rhys tears out his echo-eye, and either destroys the device or holds onto it. Either way, Jack is no longer a threat to Rhys or the crew.
Elsewhere, Fionna emerges from her escape pod, and begins searching for her sister. A fleeing bandit informs her that Vallory upgraded Gortys and that the Vault was opened. Fionna picks her way across the wreckage, finding Vallory shooting a rocket launcher off into the distance. She attempts to confront Vallory, but is stopped by Finch who says that her sister put up a fight. Fionna kills Finch and confronts Vallory, who says that they need to destroy Gortys (now a gigantic robot) because she is keeping the Vault monster on Pandora. Vallory is smashed and Fionna rushes over to the launcher and aims it at Gortys. Sasha appears and helps her, and the two destroy the beacon atop Gortys, which releases the Traveler..
With Gortys seemingly destroyed and their adventure over, Fionna and Sasha return to their old ways in Hollow Point, while Rhys travels back to Cassius's facility and is outfitted with new cybernetics. Fiona and Rhys receive ECHO beacons roughly a year later, which leads them to the town of Prosperity Junction, where the whole adventure started. They are both kidnapped by a mysterious Stranger, who demands they retell their entire story, from the Vault Key deal to the opening of the Vault.
They both tell their stories as they travel back toward the wreckage of Helios, where the Stranger turns them over to Kroger, in exchange for a captured bandit. Kroger threatens to kill Fiona, but is strangled to death by the Stranger. The bandit reveals himself to be Vaughn, who has adopted the leadership of the surviving Hyperion employees.
Vaughn leads Rhys and Fiona back to his home on Helios with the Stranger in tow, while explaining how Cassius helped him escape from the Atlas biodome following Vallory's ambush. Vaughn made his way to the wreck of Helios and began organizing the survivors.
Back at Helios, Rhys, Fiona and Vaughn interrogate the Stranger, who reveals himself to be Loader Bot. Loader Bot explains that he survived the crash of Helios and witnessed Fiona and Sasha destroy Gortys. Betrayed, he transferred himself into Jack's exoskeleton and formulated a plan to rebuild Gortys. He captured Rhys and Fiona to better understand what happened, but with the air cleared, Loader Bot revealed his plan. He scavenged up Gortys's parts and hopes to reactivate her, this time with proper assistance from Rhys and Fiona this time.
Vaughn shares a plan to defeat The Traveler, a massive Vault monster that has teleportation abilities. He tasks Fiona and Sasha with detonating a bomb inside the monster to cripple it, while Gortys will fight the monster into position in front of Helios's moonshot cannon.
Fiona recruits a team of people to help. Gortys is reassembled and the Vault of the Traveler appears. Gortys is adamant about fighting The Traveler again, however Rhys reassures her that this time will be different. The team forces The Traveler to teleport, at which point Fiona and Sasha jump the caravan into it with a bomb. Inside of the monster, Fiona plants the bomb, however as they make their escape, the detonator fails to work. Sasha sacrifices herself to detonate the bomb while Fiona escapes. The bomb is detonated and Gortys wrestles The Traveler in front of the moonshot, where The Traveler is blasted apart.
The team finds Sasha dead, but she is resuscitated by one of Felix's gadgets. While the team begins scavenging loot, Fiona and Rhys head toward the Vault, reminiscing about their adventure and Rhys's attraction to Sasha. They enter the Vault and head up a staircase leading to a chest. They open it together and disappear as they Vault teleports them away.
Events leading up to Borderlands 3
It is unknown what happens to Rhys, Fiona, Sasha, Vaughn, and the other Tales characters at this time. What we do know is that whatever Rhys found inside the Vault allowed him to rebuild the Atlas corporation with help of Zero. Vaughn stays on Pandora with his clan of bandits within the remains of Helios.
Colonel Hector and his Dahl Battalion escape the mine they were trapped in at some point after it was discovered by Cassius, and upon finding out Pandora is a desolate wasteland, become hellbent on creating the paradise the Dahl Corporation promised them long ago. The New Pandora military clear Vaughn’s bandit gang out of the remains of Helios and attack the Crimson Raiders’ base of Sanctuary with a toxic gas which leads to rapid growth of plant life, created by Cassius.
Lilith and the Crimson Raiders are forced to flee Sanctuary, and come across Vaughn in a bandit outpost known as The Backburner. They team up to stop Hector. The Raiders come across Cassius at the site of the collapsed mine where Hector and the New Pandoran army were trapped, and upon learning that the gas is being used for evil, Cassius agrees to help make an antidote. Hector floods the facility with gas, infecting Cassius who must be killed so that the Raiders can make an antidote. Cassius’ blood is harvested and an antidote is created. The Raiders assault Sanctuary, now overgrown with plants. Hector has ingested the gas, mutating him into a monster who consumes the Vault Key and Sanctuary. Lilith has no choice but to destroy the floating city, killing Hector and scattering the Vault Key somewhere in the Pandoran desert.
Now without a base, Ellie, sister of Scooter, is tasked with building a new base of operations for the Raiders, the Sanctuary III spaceship (don’t ask what happened to Sanctuary II)
Pandora experiences a period of (relative) peace, with the corporations gone and Hector’s New Pandoran army defeated. The Crimson Raiders mostly dissolve, with the Vault Hunters going their separate ways. Maya retires to the ancestral Siren world of Athenas to train a girl who will become a new Siren, Ava, Gaige becomes a wedding planner, Kreig secludes himself in a cave to mend his mind and conflicting personalities, and Axton and Salvador become game show hosts.
The Calypso Twins begin spreading their gospel about the Great Vault over the ECHOnet, gaining a large following. They find that the bandits and psychos of Pandora are especially susceptible to their propaganda, and the various bandit clans of the planet begin to unite under them, becoming known as The Children of the Vault. The sheer number of bandits and psychos following the Twins alarms Lilith, who begins to reunite the Crimson Raiders to fight back.
7 years pass between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3.
Borderlands 3
It is the year 2887. Lilith sends out a distress call for new Vault Hunters, attracting FL4K, Moze, Zane and Amara, a Siren, to Pandora, where they help Lilith assault a Children of the Vault base. Lilith tasks them with finding the Pandoran Vault Key that was lost following the destruction of Sanctuary. The team encounters Vaughn, who helps them recover the Key, which directs them to the ecumenopolis of Promethea. Before they can board Sanctuary III however, Lilith’s Siren powers are leached by Tyreen in an ambush. The Children of the Vault take off to Promethea, where they believe the Great Vault is located.
The Crimson Raiders follow them to Promethea where they find the planet under siege by the Maliwan Corporation, led by Katagawa Jr.. The Raiders make contact with Rhys, now CEO of the reformed Atlas, who requests their help breaking the Siege. The Raiders travel down to the surface and successfully hold off Maliwan forces, which have allied themselves with the Children of the Vault. Rhys directs the Raiders to Athenas, where part of the Promethean Vault Key is under protection of Maya and the Sages. The Crimson Raiders travel to Athenas and repel the Maliwan assault there, claiming a piece of the Promethean Vault Key and recruiting Maya and Ava.
The Raiders rejoin the fight on Promethea and manage to recover the other pieces of the Vault Key after killing Katagawa Jr. They travel to the Promethean Vault, believing it to be the Great Vault that the Twins are seeking. Inside the Vault however, they find a Vault Monster, The Rampager, and not the Great Vault. Tyreen and Troy arrive at the Vault after the Vault Hunters kill the beast, and Tyreen leaches the Rampager’s energy, revealing their plan to absorb the powers of Vault Monsters. Maya is killed while attempting to save Ava from the Calypso Twins.
The Crimson Raiders regroup on Sanctuary III. Tannis suggests that the Raiders slay the Vault Monsters before Tyreen can leach their energy. The Crimson Raiders travel to the swamp planet of Eden-6, headquarters of the Jakobs corporation. There, they meet Wainwright Jakobs, heir to the Jakobs corporation. He informs the Vault Hunters that Alistair Hammerlock, his lover, has been captured by his sister, Aurelia, who has claimed the Jakobs corporation with help of the Children of the Vault. The Vault Hunters rescue Alistair, acquire the pieces of the Eden-6 Vault Key, and confront Aurelia in Jakob’s Manor, killing her. They open the Vault hidden beneath the manor, and kill The Graveward before Tyreen can leach the monster’s power. Infuriated, she takes Tannis captive.
The Raiders pursue the Twins back to Pandora, where they rescue Tannis from bandit bosses, Pain and Terror. It is here that Tannis reveals her Siren powers to the Raiders. Troy begins the process of opening the Great Vault, activating its Vault Key, the moon of Elpis, which begins to tear Pandora apart. The Raiders assault the Children of the Vault headquarters, and kill Troy who is leaching his power from Tyreen. Upon killing him, Troy’s Siren powers, which were in turn stolen from Maya, are passed onto Ava. Tyreen escapes before the Vault Hunters are able to kill her.
The Vault Hunters are shortly contacted by Typhon DeLeon, who summons them to Nekrotafeyo. When the Vault Hunters meet the first Vault Hunter, he explains to them that Pandora is the Great Vault, and that if Tyreen wakes the Destroyer, she will be able to leach its powers and become the most powerful Siren in existence. He points the Vault Hunters to the Machine, the massive engine that sealed the Destroyer away in Pandora long ago. With the Pandoran, Promethean, Eden-6 and Nekrotafeyo Vault Keys, the Machine can be reactivated and the Destroyer can be sealed away once again. Before the Machine can be activated however, Tyreen teleports onto the planet, disabling it and mortally wounding her father, Typhon. Typhon tells the Vault Hunters not to be the last of their kind before succumbing to his injuries.
The Vault Hunters chase Tyreen back to Pandora just as she leaches the power of the Destroyer, merging with it. The Vault Hunters fight hard and eventually defeat Tyreen the Destroyer, which returns Lilith’s Siren powers. Lilith, in an effort to stop the Great Vault from being opened and destroying Pandora, sacrifices herself, flying up to Elpis and branding the moon with the firehawk symbol. Pandora, and the universe is saved.
Events leading up to Borderlands 4(?)
Following the battle, the Moxxi and the Vault Hunters travel to the Handsome Jackpot where they find Timothy Lawrence. After Hyperion collapsed, the station fell into chaos. Jack’s former court jester, Pretty Boy has gained control of the station, and is seeking Timothy’s “winning hand” access, which would allow him to take control of the Loaderbot factory deep within the station’s bowels. The Vault Hunters defeat Pretty Boy, and Moxxi agrees to go on a date with Timothy Lawrence.
Elsewhere, on the frozen world of Xylourgos Wainwright and Hammerlock prepare their wedding, planned by Gaige. It is briefly interrupted by a fanatic cult worshipping the still beating heart of a long dead Vault Monster, but it is nothing the Vault Hunters cannot deal with.
Tannis, in an effort to study the minds of psychos, begins examining Kreig’s broken mind, and helps him come to terms with what's happened to him and Maya’s death, bringing him back into the fold.
THE END
So far...
I believe this is the most comprehensive story of the Borderlands Series so far. If I missed anything or got anything wrong, please correct me in the comments! Thanks for reading everyone!

So we're familiar with the drugged out mother in the return. She says 119119119, what the hell is that?
Well after doing some lynch addition, it turns out there that every combination ends up in the number 6.
Lynch addition (is what I'm calling it for simplicity) is the process of taking a number and adding up its individual numbers, eventually getting a number between 0 and 10. In numerology, each of these numbers have a "story" so to speak. You can infer quite a lot from what they mean, or what David Lynch may have meant by their placement, but a couple of numbers are quite clearly tied up in the twin peaks mystery, purely through linking different parts of the story alone. If anyone is subscribed to David Lynch's youtube channel, he has a daily series where he takes a number out of a pot. It makes a lot more sense as to why when you realise that he is a big fan of numerology (and its link to eastern philosophy and so on).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M6mRIpEJSU Take a look at 53:30
David says that 7 is his favourite number, Madchen says that she loves seven and seventeen. Lynch replies that 17 is an 8.
So why is 6 important? Well, 6 is the number that is related to the black lodge - it's on the pole nearby ronnete pulaski's trailer where we hear the arm wooping, it's on another pole nearby where Richard Horne runs over a child, it's on a pole outside carrie pages home. https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Utility_pole
It's also on the door in the Mansion Room that leads to evil cooper's car's cigarette lighter. The door says 15 when it leads to Evil Coop's car which in Lynch addition is 6 (1+5), but the "American Girl" (played by ronnete pulaski's actor) warns cooper not to travel through there. The door changes to a three once cooper flicks the switch on the roof, and Major Briggs' head floats past and says "BLUE ROSE".
Anywho, back to the addicted mother.
The only meaningful dialogue that she says is 119!
She says 119 6 times in total, 4 times in part 3, another 2 times in part 6. (I just noticed that would make it 4+3 | 2+6. Which is 7 | 8. Which adds to 15, which adds to 6).
Now if look at the total amounts of 119 as 2 groups of 119, we get:
119119119
What's very odd about this number is that no matter how you slice it, using the lynch numerology method we end up with 6.
Here are some examples:
1+1+9+1+1+9+1+1+9 = 33
3+3=6
1+1+9 | 1+1+9 | 1+1+9 = 11 | 11 | 11 1+1 | 1+1 | 1+1 = 2 | 2 | 2 2+2+2 = 6
Now you're familiar with the lynch addition let me do some quick examples to save me the effort of typing all those plusses.
1|19119119
1|32
1|5
6
11 | 9119119
2 | 31
2 | 4
6
119|119119
11|22
2|4
6
1191|19119
12|21
3|3
6
11911|9119
13|20
4|2
6
119119|119
22|11
4|2
6
1191191|19
23|10
5|1
6
11911911|9
24|9
6|9
15
6
1191|1|9119
12|1|20
3|1|2
6
Even odd slices like this.
11|91|19|11|9
2|10|10|2|9
2|1|1|2|9
15
6
Try it yourself!
Okay, that's odd you may be thinking.
Well fucko! It's about to get even weirder because 119119119 is also a very particular colour.
Turns out, 119119119 is one of the RGB numbers for middle grey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_gray
What's middle grey? Middle grey is a colour that is described as the geometric mean intensity between black and white. It's something that is quite well known in the industry, espeically to artists, and especially to artists who work with black and white film - as the director would need to calibrate the light meter manually with reference to middle grey in order to get the correct exposure. It seems quite likely that David Lynch would know about middle grey. (Have a look at his short films, and other black and white work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV8CPB7u_rg&list=PLTPQcjlcvvXHSVp-ehnxbD9i4wQ9C_qMO&index=10)
Weird right? Well the hex number for the colour represented by 119119119 is #777777. Which in lynch addition is 42, which 4+2, which is 6 again.
The first time we hear the addicted mother say 119119119 is in episode 3 where dougie/coop is wins lots of one armed bandits at the casino ("Helloooooo!").
The second time is in episode 6 where dougie/coop uncovers insurance fraud with the insurance documents that he has scribbled all over earlier in the episode (with some assistance from MIKE, and the white lodge) at his job at lucky sevens insurance.
As a final cherry on top, middle grey is also described by ansel adams as residing in zone V, as a quick reference guide for photographers and filmakers to calibrate light source. Ansel Adams is known in film academia for his contribution for these zones. Zone 0 is pure black and Zone X is pure white. Again, middle grey resides in the 6th zone.
So, 6 is related to middle grey, which is the midway point between black and white. One could say if there was a gateway between black and white, it would be at 6. Not only does middle grey add up to 6 using the numerology method, but it is also inherently related to Lynch's favourite number 7, which is where Dougie receives lots of assistance from the white lodge!
For more reference Mark Frost also adds to this theory: according to Mark Frost, when questioned about the mother, he said "The people who have one foot in the other world have a pronounced tendency to speak backwards." https://www.salon.com/2017/11/07/the-last-word-on-twin-peaks-by-david-lynchs-co-creator-mark-frost/
So not only does the addicted mother possibly tie into the black lodge by speaking backwards (trying to say 911 as others have pointed out), she could be tied in numerologically speaking too.
So, can you think of any other addicted mothers in Twin Peaks who have one foot in the other world? Perhaps one Sarah Palmer springs to mind - both of the mothers drink whiskey and take prescription pills too. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl-nLSw7gkQ take a look at 16:27, and 16:59)
Laura Palmer's House? It's number 708... 7+0+8=15. 1+5 = 6.
Who answers the palmer residence's door when cooper knocks on in episode 18? It's alice tremond (https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Alice_Tremond). Remember how BOB entered Laura's room in Fire Walk With Me? It was through a painting. Who gave Laura the painting? It was Mrs Chalfront, the first Mrs Tremond, otherwise known as Alice's Mother. https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Tremond
Just to jog our memory, it's the Mrs Tremond that appears sitting in the convenience store when the Arm and Bob are discussing garmonbozia (which is a physical manifestation of pain and suffering) https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Garmonbozia
So, when Carrie Page is returned to the leyland residence and we hear Sarah Palmer calling out for Laura before Carrie Screams, it seems quite likely that she is being taken back to somewhere deeply interlinked with the black lodge.
Let me know what you think!
Peace

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Gov. Raimondo is expected to announce new restrictions for high schools (announced by WPRI and WJAR last night) as well as discuss Thanksgiving.
Self-promotion: Yesterday I started graphing data in a few other threads. It's really ugly right now and far from finished (I'll make a separate post on this sub when it's done) but I did start a GitHub site to view the graphs

11/19/2020 Data

RIDOH Dashboard

• 921 new cases (5.8% positivity)
• 4 fatalities
• 298 in hospital

Gov. Gina Raimondo

Intro

• Press briefings will be on Thursday from now on (exception of next week, which is Wednesday for Thanksgiving)
• Good news: Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 95% effective (data released Monday/Tuesday), RI will pilot Pfizer vaccine distribution - "there truly is light at the end of the tunnel"
• Until the vaccine is available (hopefully some availability by the end of the year, anticipating widespread availability by Spring), we must double down on following restrictions so as to not overwhelm hospitals

Data

• See numbers above
• 'Targeted restrictions' have not helped the situation
• Trending data is "alarming" - we have passed all three thresholds (5.9% weekly positivity, 247 hospital admissions, 535 cases per 100,000)
• "I have tried to avoid a lockdown" - targeted restrictions are NOT working
• "Severe restrictions" being laid out today

New Restrictions

Intro - Rationale

• With so much community spread, it's hard to pinpoint a single activity/location/group to trace source of infection
• Patterns among people testing positive: At-home social gatherings, people going to restaurants/bars, people with others outside household
• "Need to reduce mobility, reduce connectivity with people outside household"
• "We know that schools are not major spreaders" I can already guess what's staying open...
• High schools are more problematic than others

Path from now to end of the year

Current restrictions will be extended until the Sunday after Thanksgiving with two exceptions, effective immediately:

• Social gathering limit is lowered to a single household (No social gatherings with people you don't live with)
• All "big box stores" (>30,000 square ft) must have a plan for Black Friday crowds and cannot allow anyone without a mask cannot enter (stores should pass out masks)

Thanksgiving

• Please do not travel
• If planning to go to a restaurant, please use extreme caution
• Stay at home with the people you live with
• Rapid testing available at TF Green Airport Sat/Sun/Mon after Thanksgiving and Nat'l Guard to remind anyone who is returning from out-of-state to quarantine

Beginning 11/30 - "RI on Pause"

• "Two week pause" in effect until 12/13
• Hoping that this will ONLY be two weeks - if it does not work, total lockdown
• "RI ON PAUSE" restrictions (image)

Open

• K-8
• Childcare
• Manufacturing/construction
• Personal services
• Healthcare

Limited

• High schools will shift to limited/hybrid plan after Thanksgiving at discretion of superintendents
• Social gatherings limited to one household
• Indoor dining at 33%, outdoor dining/takeout not affected
• Retail at current capacity limits
• Houses of worship limited to 25% capacity with a max of 125 I understand distancing but that's insanity

Completely Closed

• Colleges will have NO in-person instruction after Thanksgiving and will test all students before they leave campus for the holidays
• All offices must move to remote work for everyone who can (521-HELP for technical assistance)
• Bars (drinks can be delivered to tables but no bar areas open)
• Bowling alleys, gyms, casinos
• Indoor sports, gyms, group fitness classes, all sports except college/professional

Stimulus grants announced next week for affected businesses

Comments on "pause"

• "This will only work if we do it" - threatening a full lockdown if this doesn't limit our numbers in 3 weeks
• "I have been utterly ineffective in getting people to follow rules in their own homes" - jokes about memes showing her arriving at people's houses (one of the few candid moments I've seen from her lately)
• Figuring out if it's working - reservation data at restaurants, test positivity, traffic data, enforcement data
• Hospitals are currently at 97% of COVID beds filled - we do NOT want to ration beds/limit care
• If COVID beds get filled, we may need to start cutting off other procedures incl. cancer screenings, important surgeries to make room for COVID patients
• We are on track to need Cranston field hospital by week after Thanksgiving
• Hospitals are working with colleges to hire medical students
• There will still be greater restriction after 12/13, but cannot comment on exactly what as it depends on how this goes

Improvements to testing

• 2,000 daily asymptomatic tests added
• 300 daily symptomatic tests added
• Expanding testing site at Wickford Junction
• New site at McCoy opened today
• New sites at Waldorf School and Stop & Shop in Greenville coming soon
• Contact tracing is behind but we are continuing to hire more staff
• Check results constantly and immediately isolate if positive (even if RIDOH has not called yet)
• Increasing hotels available to people who need to isolate
• Expanding food delivery services

Question Highlights

Q: CDC saying that in-person learning is dangerous (I'm glad someone asked)
A: "I believe that question is a mis-characterization of the data" - referencing Dr. Jha She sounds MAD about this question "we could argue about the risk, but children will suffer irreparable lifelong harm not being in school" She is trusting HS students to follow rules and "districts should keep kids in school if they can"
Q: "Wasn't the idea with PPE/testing that we wouldn't have to go back? What happened?"
A: "It turns out people don't follow rules very well when we have to do it for so long"
Q: What is the goal in terms of ease of scheduling/getting test results and do we need to scale back asymptomatic testing?
A: It isn't a perfect system (waiting to get tested) but we are working to fix it. "It's hard for me to believe you can't get a test at all" Personal note: I'm currently trying to get tested (possible exposure at work even though I have no symptoms) and I had to go online to CVS at 3:00 in the morning to get an appointment 3 days later
Q: Isn't distance learning with a teacher better than in-person with a substitute? Is there a percentage (like NY) where we would switch to full distance?
A: High schoolers work better with distance learning but younger kids really struggle. NY: We do not use a single metric to determine whether to shut down - "as long as schools can keep the environment safe" we will keep them open.
Q: Thoughts on a possible 4-6 week lockdown or advisory to governors to do so under President Biden?
A: "If congress would do their jobs" and send an appropriate stimulus, we could discuss a lockdown in RI
Q: Why is Twin River open until 11/30?
A: "If I could shut everything down immediately I would do that" but there is a need to be practical (restaurants who have increased inventory for next week will still be able to use it)
Q: Crisis standards of care?
A (Dr. Scott): Principles to help hospitals make difficult ethical decisions about care - we do NOT want to get here. (Gina): We cannot staff that many beds - patients may have medical students as nurses or not get checked on at all. We may have to "shut off" non-COVID procedures
Q: Nursing home staffing (can people volunteer to bathe their family members, etc)?
A: "Caregiver exemption" is in the works (allowing family to get certified to give care similar to CNA)
Q: Is RI still independently validating vaccine data despite Pfizer pilot program?
A: Yes.
Q: Will you get vaccinated?
A: I will not be first in line (not necessary), but yes.
My apologies, I missed a few questions
Q: General assembly?
A: They will need to meet before 12/31 to pass a 2021 budget - a space is being set up at the Vets to allow a safe in-person meeting or they may choose to do so virtually
Q: HS sports?
A: Winter season cannot start until January - no practices at all during pause

End of conference (2:25pm)

I'm not seeing a huge amount of knowledge on this subreddit, so I'm going to list some of the reasons why I'm hoping for some decent price increases..
If you find anything juicy that I've missed feel free to leave a top level comment or even message me and I'll add it. Perhaps we should keep updating this post and sticky it as a goto DD for SCTSCRF?

1. Score have the most popular sports app in Canada and second most popular in the US behind ESPN, this puts them in a somewhat unique position to integrate sports betting in to a popular sports app (though note FUBO just announced purchasing Vigotry with their intention to integrate sports betting in to their sports streaming service, they closed up 34.32% today on the news and likely caused the dips in the share prices for SCR and DKNG, even PENN's share price seemed to waiver around midday);
   
2. Score already have sports betting live in Colorado, Indiana and New Jersey;
   
3. Score recently did a share offering and raised $25,649,390 which can be used for growth and expansion of sports betting in the US - check out their careers page and click on available opportunities;
   
4. Score have a multiyear partnership with the NBA and the MLB to be an authorized sports betting operator, including access to official betting data and league marks/logos for the betting app;
   
5. Score have a strategic multi-state market access partnership with PENN, PENN have access to 11 states, further PENN have a 4.7% stake in Score with the potential for this stake to increase as additional market access fees become payable (the second link, which is from PENN, says the term of the agreement with PENN is 20 years, even DKNG only has a deal for 10 years subject to a 10 year extension);
   
6. Score have a 10 year partnership with Twin River to operate an online casino in New Jersey, extendable by 5 years at TheScore's option and a further 5 years upon mutual agreement;
   
7. In Dec 2020 Score was named the most impressive emerging company in sports betting. They are also in Canada's fastest 500 growing companies, Canada's top growing companies 2019 and a 2020 TSX venture 50 company;
   
8. Let's look at some user numbers. As expected they were down a bit during 2020 due to covid, but that is about to change across the industry with sports opening up properly and sports betting being legalised in many US states and hopefully Canada to help raise tax funds for covid expenses (never will sports betting have been more socially acceptable, almost encouraged!). They achieved 3 million active monthly users (4.3 million in q1 2019, should see this or higher again once sports start up properly - 62% of those users were in the US, 27% in Canada and the remaining 11% in other international markets). Users had an average of 70 sessions per month (75 the year prior), so 3*70 = 210 million users per month. 292 million video views for esports in just Q4 alone, year-over-year growth of 243%! Their esports tiktok account has over 1 million followers while their sports tiktok account has almost 2.5 million (up over 500k in the last quarter). Over 1.5 million youtube subscribers for their esports channel. Their twitter account has ~600k followers, almost double what DKNG have! Their social sports content across Twitter, FB, Instagram and TikTok achieved an average monthly reach of about 103 million;
   
9. Score appointed sports business leader and four-time Olympian Angela Ruggiero to its board of directors - she's a hockey player, got a medal at each of the Olympics she went to including a gold;
   
10. Score already cover women's sports, doing this without having to follow the competitors or have it requested by women shows a genuine interest in supporting women's sports. Hopefully this will extend to allowing sports betting on women's sports;
    
11. Score esports has been named exclusive English language broadcast partner for League of Legends' Demacia Championship, a marquee annual event featuring 24 of China’s top esports teams. Live event coverage will run from December 20-27 and be streamed across theScore esports’ YouTube and Twitch channels. The Demacia Championship will be theScore esports’ first-ever live event broadcast, with production originating from their esports headquarters in Toronto.
    
12. In 2019 Score partnered with Ubisoft for unique video content series;
    
13. In 2014 Score was named one of the world's greatest apps (and in 2013 was named one of the 100 best Android apps of 2013);
    
14. Score has joined the National Council on Problem Gambling as a Platinum member - this bodes well for support of Score from politicians and people normally critical of sports betting who are mostly onside at the moment through the need of raising tax money for covid related costs.
    

Future catalysts I'm hoping for:

1. There's a live webcast to report q1 f2021 financial results Jan 13 at 5:30pm EST (details here). Hopefully good news so we 🚀 rather than ☄️ short-term, but I'm still bullish long-term regardless because sports have not really started up properly yet, nor has sports betting opened up in many places yet. With a bit of luck the income from the share offering will be included in the revenue for this quarter which might help;
   
2. If we ever get uplisted to NASDAQ/NYSE and get out of the penny stocks then I would be surprised if it doesn't get pumped in numerous places including WSB;
   
3. Legalisation of sports betting across more US states and Canada. The governor of NY has now expressed interest after previously being opposed to the idea, so too has Texas for example. Score do not yet have a partnership with a NY casino, but hopefully they will get on to that, they do have access to Texas through PENN;
   
4. Partnerships with NFL and NHL would be awesome to go along with the NBA and MLB partnerships;
   
5. Successfully competing with the big players like DKNG (and now FUBO too), hopefully with juicy earnings reports in to the future (if we do, look at the performance and current prices of DKNG and PENN, I'd be extremely happy if we ever made it to CAD$20/share, if we got to DKNG's current USD price we'll be in tendie heaven);
   
6. Huge uptake in sports betting with a rally of public support to help cover the public costs associated with Covid;
   
7. Maybe esports betting could become a huge thing? TheScore seem like they're in a good position to earn a decent market share there, possibly even be the ones to introduce it and bring it to market?
   

tl;dr: 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 (hopefully at least 10x)
If you would prefer an ETF to have exposure to the betting market check out BETZ.
position: 42.8k shares

Bruce “B-Brazy” Parrish, 28 (December 12, 1974 – May 9, 2003) shot and killed in Inglewood.
Baby B-Loco
B-Mack
OG Bang
Batmite 1
Boom
Lil Bosko
Baby Bosko
Big Lil’ Brother, killed on 106th & Figueroa
Chuchu
Cricket
Trayvonnie “D Bone 4 / Kay S” Odom, 25 ( – February 10, 2013), shot and killed at Normandie Casino
Daymon
Dean
Ed Dog
Ed Pro
Evil AL
Frog Dogg ( – 1985)
G-Mont
G-Redd ( – 2009)
Wardell “G-Sexx” Mayberry (May 27, 1974 – Jan 15, 2001)
G-Will
Derrick “G-Redd” Porter, 35 ( – January 15, 2009)
Gangsta Kricket
Big Grim Lock
Lil Grim Lock
Hang Out 3 ( – 2008)
Hallow Foots
Jay Dee 2
Joker Face
Ju Ju ( – 1988)
K-Tone 2
Trayvonnie “Kay S / D-Bone 4” Odom (Jul 2, 1987 – February 10, 2013), shot and killed at Normandie Casino
Ken Dog ( – 1996)
Kev Dog
Knuckles ( – 2009)
Nicole “Koko” Elizabeth Thrower, 17 (Jan 29, 1975 – June 15, 1992) killed during a quintuple murder in Inglewood during a drug transaction on 3600 block of West 109th Street. She was the youngest among the five persons murdered.
Komoe
Konfuze
Kowboy
Jimmy “Kricket” Lee Lewis, 24 (Mar 25, 1968 – June 15, 1992) killed during a quintuple murder in Inglewood during a drug transaction on 3600 block of West 109th Street.
Krock
Lady Bug
Edtanisha “Lady Knuckles” Williams, 18 (February 19, 1990 – February 18, 2009)
Shane “Laniak 1” Leroy Wheeler, 23 (Jul 26, 1968 – Jun 15, 1992) killed during a quintuple murder in Inglewood during a drug transaction on the 3600 block of West 109th Street. Inglewood detective Russ Enyeart believes that brothers Victor (b. Nov 11, 1960 – ) and Purvis Herd (b. Apr 3, 1966 – ) were the shooters but as of 2014 they have never been charged.
Bryant Lemar “Laniak II” Hannon, 20 (November 16, 1973 – October 23, 1995) shot and killed at gas station. Ramone “Lee Bee 2” Lateef Humphrey, 25 (April 4, 1981 – June 9, 2006), fatally shot at 612 W. 111th St. in South LA.
Loco Will 1 ( – 1990 or 92)
Lonnie Lon
Deshawn “Mackie 3” Trenton Adams, 24 ( – July 22, 2007), was shot and killed by the Gardena Police
Marlin
Midnight
Molynthia “Mo” Smith, 19 (April 25, 1973 – June 15, 1992) killed during a quintuple murder in Inglewood during a drug transaction on 3600 block of West 109th Street. She was among two females that were murdered.
James “Mook / Shoota” Hill ( – 2014/15),
Mookie
Mouse
Nocchio
O 1
Oliver
Peabody, considered the founder of United Blood Nation in Folsom prison during the 1980s
Peanut 1 ( – November 1995), brother of Lil Peanut
Ramone “Peanut 2” McKissick, 19 (October 23, 1976 – November 15 1995), shot and killed at 642 W. 108th Street.
Pocahantas
Poo
Poppa 3
Poppa Smurf 3
Psycho Mike
Ray Dogg
Red
OOG Rick Lane
Deontra “Rob 2” Lornell Phillips, 36 (Apr 14, 1977 – Sep 14, 2013), fatally shot on 600 block of West 111th Street while sitting in parked car.
Skrap
Lil Slim
Snoop, first Lane to dies during the 1970s.
Stef
Baby Stone, died in car accident
Lil Suge
T-Roll
Tall Kan, shot and killed in Victorville, CA
Teresa
Tone Malone
Tony Jayce
Tray Dogg, died of an aneurysm in 2011
Lil Turtle ( – 1995), shot and killed
Lil Twin
Tyree
Vick Rock ( – 1988)
Woody Lanes
Woof
YG
Yoda
Lil Yoda
Ricky Lane, 43 ( – Feb 7, 2004) died of heart attack
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In P13, Dougie's colleague insurance agent Anthony Sinclair broke down and confessed everything to his boss Bushnell Mullins.

Sinclair: "And if it weren't for Dougie, I might have a murder on my hands."

Maybe he had a murder on his hands anyway. Earlier in P1, the bare bottom of Major Briggs's decapitated corpse was revealed in Ruth Davenport's bed. It had been covered under a large blue blanket. Why it had been covered was a little odd, but the blue blanket seemed to serve a specific absurd purpose connecting the Major and Detective Macklay.
There might also have been another purpose why the Major was covered. In P5, when Cooper showed up in Lucky 7 office for the morning meeting, Sinclair came to talk to him him. This was the first time he made an appearance.

Sinclair: "I covered for your ass, pal."

In the context of the scene, Sinclair referred to the three days that Dougie had been missing. But once again, it probably had another meaning as well.
Earlier, I have proposed that the Las Vegas storyline seems to have been edited together from multiple versions of similar but not the same events playing out, with at least two different characters in conveniently catatonic Cooper's likeness - also explaining why the story required him to be catatonic - stumbling from one hazardous situation to another, one being Cooper himself and the other Major Briggs. The reason for the Major going to Las Vegas as Cooper apparently was that in his alternate existence he was the real Dougie Jones, the body of whom was the headless corpse in Ruth's apartment, and he wanted to find a way to be back with his family, Janey-E and Sonny Jim.
Assuming then that this mindlessly stumbling Cooper was in fact Major Briggs, Sinclair telling he had covered for his ass makes it sound like a tip that Sinclair's character had been in Ruth's apartment, literally pulling that blanket over what was left of the naked Major, who was now standing in front of him in a different likeness, both of them in a different story.
Earlier, I also proposed that a contract killer Ike "the Spike" Stadtler was linked to what had been going on in Ruth's apartment. If both Sinclair and Ike were hinted to have been there, that might mean they were actually the same character, as two different incarnations in two different storylines.
For this to make sense, Ike and Sinclair should not exist in the same version of the story. Let's have a look if their paths ever crossed.
We first saw Ike in P6. He was playing dice in his motel room and appeared to be tasked with killing Cooper and some contract killer handler Lorraine when someone delivered him an envelope with Dougie's picture. Earlier in the episode, the same envelope was taken from a safe by Duncan Todd. In P7, Ike then tried killing Cooper but failed and ran away, losing his "whole palm" in the process. Before that, he had killed Lorraine for unclear reasons.
In P9, Detectives Fusco arrested Ike in a motel.
In P10, Brothers Mitchum were watching television about Ike being arrested. That was the last we saw or heard of him.
Looking at everything that was going on with Ike, there was not a single scene in which Sinclair crossed paths directly or even indirectly with him. Both Sinclair and Ike were linked to Duncan Todd that wanted them to kill Cooper but both were tasked to do so separately, without a hint that someone else had already got the same job before. Mitchum Brothers knew both Ike and Sinclair, but they never discussed them in the same scene. There was nothing about Sinclair in any scene that mentioned Ike's attack on Cooper.
So, it indeed seems that if we assumed Ike and Sinclair were ultimately the same character, there was nothing in the story that would be in unsurmountable conflict with it. It looks possible that in one version of the Las Vegas storyline, Ike was tasked with killing Cooper and in another that job went to Sinclair, both failing to get it done. Ultimately, though, it was the same character who tried to kill Cooper in both versions.
Sinclair's confession was his last scene. Lynch implied that we should get ready for some trouble from the corrupt policemen that he had been scheming with, but none of them ever showed up again either. However, we got a hint how this story would really continue.

Sinclair: "I vomited blood. I can't live like this. I only want to die or change."

As one the last things he said, Sinclair wished to change, and this probably meant that his character would turn out later again as someone else. With Ike heading to jail and Sinclair telling he was vomiting blood, we got a good tip where we could find him. But more of that later.
Who Ike and Sinclair then really were?
Earlier, I wondered if the original Arm actor Michael J Anderson's curious fallout with Lynch and the murky smear campaign that he initiated against the director had colored Lynch's handling of the character. While Lynch has seemingly remained silent about the whole thing, more of his private reaction might have been hidden in plain sight in Bushnell's words to Sinclair.

Bushnell: "Now that you're confessing, I have to admit that my anger, my contempt for you is subsiding. -- I trusted you, Anthony. I looked at you as my friend and my number-one sales agent."
Cooper: "Number-one sales agent."
Sinclair: "How can I make it up to you? I'm so ashamed of what I've done."

Overall, assuming this line of thought is as intended by Lynch and followed here with at least somewhat sufficient accuracy, the Arm appears to have been present in many different storylines as numerous different characters, all played by new actors. The same seems to have been the case with several other Twin Peaks alumni, such as Audrey Horne, Nadine Hurley, Pete Martell, Laura Palmer and Major Garland Briggs. Why this was happening is something interesting to think about.
When it comes to the Arm, Lynch appears to have been unable to resist hinting about this unusual storytelling device in his Rolling Stones interview in 2017 when they asked him what was going on with the Arm, also known as the Man From Another Place.

Rolling Stones: "OK, similarly, in that same final episode, the Man From Another Place – actor Michael J Anderson – says, 'When you see me again, it won’t be me.' What can you say about that?"
Lynch: "That it’s more true than you think (laughs)."

Mirages of Winter - puzzle adventure
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mirarigames.mirages.ofwinter
It's Stonetime
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aleks.kur
SUKAKKO - tactics chess strategy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PetremLabs.Sukakko
The Procession to Calvary - point'n'click adventure
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.JoeRichardson.TheProcessionToCalvary
Gloomy Toons - Roguelike Platform Dungeon Crawler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamez404.gloomytoons
YANKAI'S DIAMOND - puzzle
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kenny.sun.diamond
Pueblo Online
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.connectBazaar.Pueblo
+tons of games to clean my 2020 wishlist - all games are 2020/2021 releases with no f2p 5-100 iaps casino scheme and with less then +- 5k/10k downloads. Next week back normal list with 12 or less games, only 2021 releases.
Super Cops: Justice Keepers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.clashflash.justicekeepers
Fortress TD2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otgs.forttd2
Harrier Carrier Cold War - strategy puzzle tower defense
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=garmadon.harriercarriercoldwar
The Research Age - point and click adventure
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tra.theresearchage
Raceway Tycoon - raceway manager
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.godotengine.racetycoon
Shapik: The Moon Quest
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.ShapikTMQ
Tiny Island
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iceseen.idle.tiny.island
Galactic Knight: Space Shooter
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Phoenix.Spirit.Corp.GalacticKnight
Luna Story II - Six Pieces Of Tears
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.healingjjam.lunastory2
All the Queens Men - tactics RPG
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.CreativeOutput.QueensGuard
Ultimate Auto Battle
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TwistedLogicGames.UltimateAutoBattle
Unnatural Disaster - the ANTI-city-builder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RumorGamesLLC.UnnaturalDisaster
Kavel - match-3 puzzle
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DaringCaper.KavelGame
METBOY! - Google Play Indie Games Festival 2020 Top 3
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rebuild.met
Stumble upon Rumble: Kickboxing Fightclub Arena - skill based fighting game
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DavidSeegers.StumbleUponRumble
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - turn-based survival
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleverraven.cataclysmdda
Spirit Island - for tablets 7" and up
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handelabra.SpiritIsland
Brave Dungeons
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stasinc.bravedungeonexplorers
Tap To Sail
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.QuixelNetwork.TapToSail
Dread Rune: Roguelike Dungeon Crawler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MeatLab.DreadRune
Drish - The Challenge: Rabbit Action Adventure
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loovgames.drish
Escape from Computer - adventure platformer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DivisionDevelopment.EscapefromComputer
Throwdown Boxing 2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.godotengine.throwdownboxing2
3D Maze: POKO's Adventures
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yellowleafstudio.poko
Drift Addict
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.EightTwoSevenEntertainment.DriftAddict
Cosmos Arena - 2D action-platformer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Astire.CosmosArena
Bergbahnfieber - railway engineer sim
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.bitzgi.bergbahnfieber
Army Tactics
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iec.army.tatics
Seven Scrolls - turn-based strategy puzzler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.venbrux.seven_scrolls
Unit 404 - sci-fi puzzle platformer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onemanband.unit404
The Ninja 2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=space.jsgame.theninja2
Online Zoo Builder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drennansoftware.onlinezoobuilder
Moto Paint
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MingliGames.MotoPaint
King and Pig - adventure platformer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dcp.kingandpig
Caporetto
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ItIsTheEndLTD.Caporetto
The Innsmouth Case - interactive book Lovecraft universe
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robotpumpkingames.tic
Ace Of Space - Racing game
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.styoupidgames.aceofspace
Mad Pixels - Multiplayer Nonogram Puzzles
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=games.splitinfinity.madpixels
Orbital Invaders - twin-stick shooter Super Stardust clone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shaggydwarf.orbitalinvaders
Oramata
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.FInalAnimation.Oramata
PicoCiv - deep strategy gameplay
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rocks.frikadelki.picociv
SpedSim - Logistics Simulator
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.main.spedsim
Battle Creatures
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.KWDevelopmentLLC.BattleCreatures
Follow The Beat
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PrimatGames.FollowTheBeat
Escape to Moscow - adventure
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fishrungames.escapetomoscow
Rude Road - arcade racing
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.toinfinity.ruderoad
Dream A Little Dream Lite
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Dream.DreamaLittleDream
Not Chess
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crevasse.notchess
Don´t Lose Faith
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ElReinoDeLaOpresion.DontLoseFaith
Shadow Runner - endless runner
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TrilobytesStudio.ShadowRunner
Zeltrus - 2D puzzle platformer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Twogreaterthan.Zeltrus
Hunterwood
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.godotengine.hunterwood
PROJECT UNIVERSE
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.KaBIGames.PROJECTUNIVERSE
Snake Puzzle
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LOOOP.snakepuzzle
Snowflakes - puzzle
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DefaultCompany.itchwinterthemeeliaz
Type: Energy Evolution - Idle-clicker Match 3
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.krugames.type
SpaceUgh! - physics-based flying game
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tastyAir.SpaceUgh
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Polo shirts are possibly the most ubiquitous clothing item of the 21st century, undergoing a long journey from aspirational 1930s sportswear to becoming the default smart-casual option for millions of men. We’ve researched and tested 14 of the best polo shirts and think that the best polo is the Sunspel Riviera with its great fit, unique fabric and strong range of over twenty colours. If you’re looking for an elevated take on the polo then the John Smedley Adrian Polo is incredibly soft and will smarten up your wardrobe. Finally, if you’re on a budget the H&M Cotton Polo Shirt is a good quality take on the classic item at an affordable price point.
The original garment as we know it was based on a design worn by French tennis star René Lacoste aka ​“the Crocodile” in the 1930s as a practical, flexible, comfortable sports shirt. Unfortunately, from the 1980s onwards, creeping ​“casual Friday” dress codes made the polo shirt with badly fitting chinos an American business-standard. Later, it was the uniform of golfers and delivery drivers, security guards, and coffee chain staff not to mention the sometime uniform of the American far-right, in almost a parody of conformity.
What saves the polo shirt from fashion irrelevance is its potential for reinvention. Its been reclaimed by subcultures ranging from punks to skinheads and mods. As the tie disappears and the suit becomes increasingly relaxed, the polo shirt has become a place to experiment with shirting alternatives and continues its long tradition of reinvention, molding itself to the zeitgeist. For our review we tried to cover this range, from semi-activewear to knit-fabric classics to find the best polo shirt overall, looking as always at specialists who’ve produced these styles year after year in an attempt to find an ideal.

Best overall

Sunspel Riviera Polo
With a smart fit, retro-inspired basket weave fabric, and a huge range of tasteful colours, the Riviera is on its way to becoming a contemporary classic.
$105

The Riveria was introduced by Sunspel in 2006 after a design by Linda Hemmings for the James Bond film Casino Royale. The Riviera became something of an instant classic for a brand which up until then had been known largely for its undergarments. The references here (as the name suggests) are much more Talented Mr.Ripley than contemporary sportswear but it doesn’t feel like a period piece either. There has been some clever thought put into taking the best of that golden era and updating it.
The fabric has a looser, wider weave than most piqué polos, and a nice spongy texture with none of the coarseness that some piqué can have. After researching I found that the brand created the fabric with a vintage lace making machine in Sunspel’s HQ in Nottingham, and none of the competition I tried have a similar quality.
The fit is trim but not overly slim. The sleeves fall flatteringly halfway down the bicep, the length is standard and it has the classic split tail. The sleeves didn’t pull up into my armpits and I still had movement through the body. The collar is a fairly small point collar that sits well when buttoned up but also folds down easily into a camp collar shape when undone which allowed it to be worn cleanly both ways. The buttons are a discreet tonal plastic and the placket is a simple 2‑button design. I’m a fan of the pocket design though in a practical sense it’s not good for much and makes the shirt much more of a casual style.
Colours are another area where Sunspel gets it just right. They always have a strong seasonal palette which this year covers 20 options including a deep chocolate brown (seen above) an intense Yves Klein blue and a great brick red. Compared to their competitor’s depressingly basic ranges of pastels and neons, this quiet tastefulness is refreshing and it means that season to season it will be easy to update your wardrobe with some new additions.
Through washing and wearing over a number of weeks, I noticed no noticeable shrinkage or discolouring and the fabric kept its softness (which wasn’t always the case, especially if a garment has been chemically softened). I also kept an eye out for loose threads and buttons but found no faults.
Which brings us to the final question of value. Polo shirts are an interesting category in this sense as they are so tied up to a certain idea of aspirational dressing — and priced accordingly. Our testing found that the general quality and feel of a £10 polo from H&M didn’t massively improve when compared to its £80 Lacoste equivalent. But that’s to ignore the fact that you are paying for what that £80 polo says about you, what it represents in our culture, and the semiotics of that logo — a francophile or a football causal, a preppy or a punk. That said, if you’re like me and the branded polos aren’t your niche but you want something that feels premium, then, for the cost, you will have a beautifully fabricated, European-made polo shirt of notably better quality than its competitors in the same price bracket and that’s enough for us to award it the top spot.

Downsides

The downsides for the Riviera really come down to preference. I could imagine if you want a more classic fitting polo you may find it too slim or if you want one without a pocket that could turn you off. But as for the construction of the shirt itself or its fabric I couldn’t find any faults. Even the plastic buttons which might in other brands seem like a cost-saving measure feels more like a thoughtful design choice. It’s also more sportswear-adjacent than actual sportswear, but that feels like a quibble and true of any of the major polo brands at this point.

Also good

John Smedley Adrian Polo
Made from incredibly soft sea island cotton, this knitted polo is perfect if you want a softer, more formal style of polo.
$298

The Adrian Polo from John Smedley comes a close second to the Sunspel Riviera. The main attraction is the sea island cotton fabric which is incredibly soft with the best hand feel of any polo I reviewed. The placket length and knitted collar means it feels much more like the elegant mid-century polo shirt than something that would be mistaken for a 21st-century corporate uniform, albeit with some nice updates that make it feel more contemporary than other knitted polos.
Smedley is to fine knitwear what Burberry is to trench coats, or John Lobb is to shoes and considered to be the best in the world in the category (it’s where the Queen gets her knitwear). The Adrian genuinely felt like a luxury. Everything from the feel of the fabric to the way it fitted just right with substantial ribbing on the waist and sleeves (near the bottom of the bicep) with just the right amount of tension spoke to the care and attention that had gone into making it. It’s also versatile, working just as well under the lapels of my suit when I got married a few weeks ago as it did in our 35 degree London heatwave when worn with a pair of shorts although, it is a bit too formal to work with tracksuit bottoms. Out of all the styles I reviewed it felt much more like a smart option.
What the Adrian definitely isn’t on the other hand is a piece of grab-and-go sportswear that can be washed and thrown on like a t‑shirt or folded up at the bottom of your bag for destination holiday. I found myself hand-washing the delicate fabric to avoid rips and the collar, though it stands well, needs shaping with an iron after washing. Like a lot of luxury items, it’s delicate and requires a bit more care and attention than most and at £145 it’s not quite affordable enough to be a staple. That’s not saying it’s bad value necessarily, you can see the care and attention that was put into it and it’s UK manufactured but it’s probably not what most people are looking for when it comes to an everyday polo shirt, and those not quite the all-rounder that could hold the top spot. If you’re more likely to wear smart trousers than jeans and prefer a knit jumper to a hoodie then this is the polo for you.

Budget pick

H&M Cotton Polo Shirt
A great price paired with good fabrication and quality, the H&M polo offers the best value for money with their straightforward take on the classic polo shirt.
$12.99

If you’re unconcerned with logos and just want a classic polo shirt as a wardrobe staple you could do a lot worse than the H&M Cotton Polo Shirt. The piqué is soft and drapes well, the fit is classic, and straight (though as is often the case with H&M group, a bit long for me). In a blind test, I’m not sure I could tell the difference easily between this polo and the Lacoste L.12 which it’s clearly based it’s detailing on. And at £9.99 it’s extremely good value. Ethical clothing site Good on You’s review gives the brand an ​“It’s a start” rating for it’s environmental and ethical credentials noting that it’s environmental record is consistently improving while some issues with it’s supply chain labor remain.

What to look for

Range of colours: More than most sportswear, polo shirts are about colour, and we wanted our staple pick to have a good range of quality seasonal colours.
Flexibility: We wanted a Polo that looked good with a range of clothing from the formal to the ultra-casual (a pair of shorts or sweats)
Fabric: Has to work well in the heat, for most people a polo is a summer item and anything too heavy or coarse wasn’t going to cut it for us, we tried a range of synthetics and cottons of different qualities.
Fit: Piqué and knitted cotton are unforgiving fabrics so having a good fit is key to making a polo shirt work.
Collar: Does it stand up well, does it look okay when unbuttoned? is it easy to fold down or does it look sloppy.
Length: Long enough to wear tucked in but not long enough to look sloppy on its own.
Sleeves: We wanted the sleeve length to flatter the bicep but not ride up too high into the armpits, we also wanted easy movement as you’d expect from sportswear.
Easy Care: The best polos, like all good sportswear, should be easy to wash and care for.
Aesthetics: We wanted a polo that was more than a billboard for logo’s or an anonymous boxy t‑shirt alternative, the best would have a strong aesthetic quality.

The competition

The Fred Perry M12 & M3's are the most solidly constructed of all the branded polos I tried, and I was particularly keen on the thick ribbing on the sleeves and collar and the wide, reinforced placket. The collar had a slightly wider spread than most and which I found more flattering. The fit is trimmer than Lacoste and the hem is square so overall it has a neater, less sporty look. It's also nice that it's been continuously made in the UK since its introduction in the 1950s. The M12's aesthetic with its twin tips on the collar and sleeves have deep roots in the mod, Britpop, punk and skinhead subcultures in the UK and it can be a bit overpowering if you're looking for something more casual, but I love the simplicity of the M3's laurel crest and it has the same fit. Our favourite if you're looking for a logo.
We ordered from Lacoste as they're the originators of the style. The Lacoste L.12.12 is their staple and comes in a huge range of colours. It's hard to judge it fairly as it seems to be the most duped of all polo styles—the Ralph Lauren polo is said to be a copy of their pre-60s model after the designer was disappointed with the synthetic blend polos they produced in the 70s. It has a straight fit, flattering sleeve and fairly flat collar. The fabric is softer than most piques and the split tail is nice but there is nothing particularly stand out, though the mother of pearl buttons are a nice touch. In terms of transparency, they were probably the most disappointing of the branded styles as there was absolutely no place of origin for manufacture, not even a "made in" on their label (though I believe they are produced in Peru).
The Lacoste Paris Polo Shirt is their more contemporary update to the classic style and it features a slightly smaller collar, a bit of elastane in the fabric (6%) and a longer, narrower hidden placket and tonal crocodile patch. It's an interesting update, but if you're going for something so subtle I'm not sure why you wouldn't go for something completely unbranded.
The Ralph Lauren Classic Fit Mesh Polo Shirt was an interesting variant. Its piqué was solid and soft feeling, It had a really thick placket and nice mother of pearl buttons, but it was largely indistinguishable from the Lacoste L.12 and its dupe status makes sense. It has a slightly lower stepped hem and a surpassingly slim fit for a "classic" style. It comes in a huge range of colours (some pretty dubious) and is the most expensive of the branded options we tried, coming in at £85. It's also shorter than most of the polos we tried so could be a good option for smaller guys.
Kent Wang is one of menswear's best-kept secrets and we're a big fan of the Kent Want polo shirt. It splits the difference nicely between the more casual sportswear elements and smarter styles like the Adrian with thick quality pique, mother of pearl buttons and a high spread collar designed to look good under a suit jacket or jumper. If you want something with the formality of the Smedley and the easy-care of a classic polo then this is probably your best option and it has some of the most tasteful colours of any brand we reviewed (as well as a wide range of long sleeve options). It should be noted that the fit is quite slim and it's worth sizing up.
The Uniqlo Airism Jersey Polo is sleek and technical without seeming dorky. It kept me from sticking to the sofa when the heat in London got to a high of 35°C (95°F). It would be the ideal choice for a warm-weather tech enthusiast and looked pretty cool and sleek worn with my black running shorts.
The other Uniqlo style I tried was the Uniqlo DRY PIQUE polo, which I was less of a fan of. It was fine but not particularly interesting fit wise and has a slightly coarse plastic-y feel to the fabric.
I tried ASKET's Pique Polo and while it has the brands great fit range (you can choose the length from small to large) was a disappointment overall. The piqué was soft and mercerized but also the most transparent of all the ones we tested which meant nipples showed through. The collar was strangely floppy and unstructured so looked messy when buttoned up but also had trouble sitting flat when opened and the placket looked visually off centre. As usual with the brand, the environmental and social tracing is excellent and I hope they can perfect the style.
Finally, I also gave the H&M COOLMAX Polo a try and while I might appreciate it if I lived in a much warmer country, the texture just suffered in comparison to the pure cotton pique of their standard polo.
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Palantir and EV Stocks are a surefire ticket to Yolo, Tendietown but there are some other WSB ignored stocks making moves right now.
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This could be a bigger opportunity than even draft kings as it won't be limited to daily fantasy sports but allow for direct sports betting.
Since the news the stock has rallied 60% but has pulled back recently potentially presenting a buying opportunity.
This news is only a few days old but analysts who have updated guidance are looking at $55-$65 price targets once the market digests what this deal can mean.
As state budget's try to survive the upcoming pandemic related hangovers, expect more and more sports betting legislation to pass and this Ballys+Sinclair partnership has a nearly unmatchable reach in terms of audience reach.
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In P11, Mitchum brothers were sitting in their car, waiting for Cooper so that they could kill him. Perhaps due to a dream he had had, Bradley had started to question their plan but Rodney remained adamant.

Rodney: "Plus, he lost our 30 million, and then he takes our casino for 472 grand."

But in the previous episode, seemingly a night before, Rodney had counted their losses differently.

Rodney: "He took us ... for 30 million ... 447 thousand ... dollars."

Curiously, their losses had increased by $25,000. That had been the amount Janey-E gave to the loan sharks in P6.
This narrative inconsistency hinted more of the kind would follow. At 45:23, Rodney pointed us one. As the brothers were walking away from their car, Rodney's shoes made a strong sound against the sand. Right then, he turned around to look at the road and walked backwards for a while.
In the line of his sight, a sizable rock had gone missing. The rock had been there earlier when we got the establishment shot of the brothers in the car, waiting for Cooper. That had been followed by Bradley talking about his dream in which Rodney's face had been healed - and indeed, the bruise under the plaster was miraculously gone.
Next, the white stretched limo arrived, and the rock was back where it had been before. But as the driver opened the door, the rock was gone again. Cooper got out, carrying a large box.
Then there was a cut to a wider shot. With it, the rock was back once more. In an interrupted take, Rodney hushed the driver to leave, but Bradley started talking about his dream, explaining to Rodney that if there was "this one certain thing" in the box, they shouldn't kill Cooper. All the while, the rock was visible on the ground.
Then Rodney walked towards Cooper, pointing a gun at him. The rock was gone again. Bradley walked to check the box and found the cherry pie inside. The rock remained gone for the rest of the scene and didn't come back in any later shot as the brothers discovered the check for $30 million.
As usual, our observations were inconvenienced a bit. The driver's long shadow conveniently went right through the location where the rock was and wasn't, and Rodney's arm hid it from sight in a few shots.
Besides the rock, another inconsistency during the scene was Bradley holding the box differently in the wider shot and the closeup, implying he opened the box in both storylines and found the cherry pie inside in both.
Furthermore, when Rodney's arm hid the rock from sight, it looks like the cherry pie box was used to assist sorting out the story. When Bradley put the box down and started frisking Cooper, concluding that he didn't even have a wallet, the box was in a different position than in the shot that followed with the setting sun brightly reflecting from its cover. The evening shadows in the scene were otherwise exactly the same which meant the box had been moved quickly during the same take. The shot with the sun reflecting from the box was shown to have no rock on the ground.
Let's sum up and think a bit what was going on.
The scene was apparently mixed together from two similar but not the same storylines as seems usual for almost all Las Vegas scenes. There was, after all, "a doubleheader in Las Vegas", like Mr C had advised us in P9, a game played twice for the same audience in the same arena.
Both storylines had the brothers waiting for Cooper with ill intentions. Both times Cooper arrived carrying a box that Bradley opened and found a cherry pie inside. Both times Bradley seemed to expect it there.
However, it was in one storyline only that the brothers were shown to find an envelope in Cooper's pocket and the $30 million check inside the envelope. The other storyline apparently ended with Bradley saying Cooper didn't even have a wallet. Whether that storyline nevertheless continued similarly was not shown to us.
It might be tempting to conclude that the storyline that didn't have the rock on the ground was actually Bradley's dream, scrambled together with another storyline that showed him reacting to that dream.
However, this doesn't seem to be the case. In both storylines, Bradley appeared to react to a dream he had had, although in the other this was only revealed by the frantic manner how he said, "Cherry pie!" after opening the box and finding the pie inside.
It was emphasized Bradley didn't remember too much of the dream, only some parts of it, but there had been Cooper and a cherry pie in the box. For some reason, the pie in the box meant Cooper was their friend, even if he couldn't explain why it was so. That wasn't explained in either storyline we saw.
A possible conclusion is that the dream - seen by Bradley in both storylines - was a fuzzy window to the real story that explained why Mitchum brothers were connected to Cooper and Twin Peaks in the first place.
In P12, Audrey told us, "And dreams sometimes hearken a truth." Bradley's dream might even be linked to a scene in the original run, like Audrey's dance was, to a moment that had Cooper and a cherry pie.

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PART 1
Here's the second part of the Chapter one summary! It's way more plot-center than the first part, but that's why we love Piofiore : the romance isn't on the center of the story, even in the Fandisk!!
/ !\ Please be aware that English isn’t my first language.
I hope it will help some of you to wait for the so wished localisation !
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In a Meanwhile story, we learn that Emilio was fired because of what happened to the Grave Keepers. From now Orlok (who’s still alive) have to take his order from a mysterious men, who say that he have someone to present to Orlok, and the Meanwhile story end here.
Some weeks passed and nobody talked about the letter again. A day, a subordinate come to Yang to tell him that the preparation to London are way longer than they though it would be. In short, once Yang will be in London, he'll take the direction of an already implanted Liu Huang Hui's faction, and the mens of that faction don't cooperate with the Lao Shu's subordinates. So everything is ready on Yang's side, but nothing is good on London's. The men who came to explain it to Yang said that, maybe, it will be done at summer.
When everyone was waiting to Yang to kill the unfortunate subordinate who shared this very displeasant new to him, a young man appear, saying that if they let him do, he could finish it way faster. This men is Rui, the second that Yang asked to the mainland to replace Lee. Because he’s sure that it will be revealed at some point, Rui admit right away to be a spy sended by Yuan (The letter's sender).
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Rui
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What's happen next is a bit complicated, so I'll try to summary it as short and clear than I can :
- Yuan Ordered to Rui to come to Burlone, and if Rui don't follow it, he'll do way worse than just kill him. So Rui have to stay at Veleno if he want to stay alive. Since be a part of the Lao Shu will grant him free food and a free house, he think that it's the simplier way to follow Yuan's order. Dispite that everyone in the room want to kill him ASAP (some because he insulted them, others (Lan and Fei) because he's a Yuan's pawn), Yang seem quite interested by the young men. He let him explain what he have in mind.
- Rui said that the second place isn’t what he really want. What’s he's targetting is the leader place that will be free once Yang will go to London. We learn that's one of the reason why Yang asked for an underboss : No one in the Lao Shu as it's right now could take his seat once he'll be gone, so the Liu Huang Hui will loose the town. With Rui, who's intelligent and serious at work (even if he lack of motivation), the organisation could keep Burlone, who's a true goose that lays the golden egg.
- Once Rui explained everything, Yang - who's quite pleased by all of what he eared -give him the second seat, to everyone surprise (and disapointment : everyone wanted to kill Rui so bad that they encircled him during all of he's plea.)
Since it's a new characters, maybe it's important to share some of Rui's personality traits. So, he seem constantly unmotivated. Lili pointed to herself that he talks very cynically, but didn't seem to be cynicall himself : that's just his natural way to speak. He's the kind of men who goes right in the topic, what's make him sound really mean sometimes. And when Lan and Fei asked Yang if they can kill him now, Rui replied that they are still in the middle of their conversation, so they have to wait a bit, like if they were talking about a trivial thing and not his own life. (Personnaly, I really like Rui. He's the only new character that I find funny and who's not a total asshole xD)
Later at night, Lili ask to Yang if he’s sure that giving to Rui the second seat was a good idea. After all, Rui was sended from a men that Yang clearly dispite, and now that Yuan we'll know everything that will happened in the Lao Shu. Yang said that he don’t care, and if Rui do any wrong moove or if he gets on his nerves, he’ll kill him.
It revealed that Rui isn’t the first Yuan’s pawn to be sended to the Lao Shu. Lee was one of them as well. Thinking about this garbage make Lili uncomfortable, and since she's easy to read a smile grow on Yang's face. He asked her if she's daring thinking about another men in front of him, and when Lili try to explain herself, he push her on the bed while saying "I'm Jealous". Lili think that he's lying, and at this point of their relationship I think she's right. It seem to be an excuse to push Lili a bit, and because playing a jaelous men who have to remind his woman who's she belonged to seem to amuse him. Still, his "I'm jealous" is damn sexy xD.
In a meanwhile Story we have our first « spy » rapport from Rui to Yuan. Yuan is quite surprised that Rui is still alive after his meeting with Yang, but to him it’s a pleasant surprise : they have more time to do… what they have to do. This scene give some informations about Yuan : he sended one of his men to a place were he was sure he’ll be killed, and don’t try to hide it. Also, when Rui pointed that if he thinked that he'll be killed once at the Lao Shu, why did he send him here, Yuan reply « You’re alive, so what’s the matter ? », and Rui add that yeah, he's right... and after all Burlone is a safer place to be than London. It's my duty to add that Yuan's voice is so sexy that it should be a crime.
Back to the story, Liliana is eating with the Lao Shu members. Yang is still sleepy so he don’t talk a lot, while the twins and Rui are loudly fighting. The three of them seem to like food more than everything, and Rui is complaining that the part on his plate isn’t enough. The twins’s plate have more food on it, and that’s unfair. Then Lan explain to him that he have to ask the cooker early in the morning if he want a bigger part, like they did. Since he wasn’t aware of that Rui is keeping complaining that the Lao Shu is the worst place ever, and Lili timidly offer him her own food, since she didn’t touch it. Earing that, Rui don’t said a word but seem displeased (And Lili think a "ooops, maybe I should mind my own business". Indeed, she should.)
Yang intervenes. Did Lili really have the time to worry about someone else ? She didn’t touch her food (and everyone is remembering how Yang take to heart his « beloved » woman’s apetite). When Lili respond "don't worry, I do have apetite", he smile and said if is that so, the fact she didn't touch her food only can mean her poor littles arms aren’t strong enough to use a spoon. So, he’ll feed her.
Because it's simplier this way, I don't talk about the differents choices we have, I only pick the goods ones. But this time, the choice screen lead to a really interesting thing, so I'll explain it!
Lili can be docile and go on his knees, or said no and try to stay in place. For once, beeing the docile one is the good choice, in a very funny manneer : Yang is complaining that she’s too easy, and he’ll migh change his mind… and when Lili is about to think that she winned the game, he add a very pleased "Is that what you wanted me to say ?" Aaaaand that was the case : Lili know how her men is working, and she assumed that if she stay still, he’ll be bored and she’ll don’t have to go on his knees. Sadly, Yang seen trough it, and add a « You’re ten years too late if you want to trick me ». So Lili give up.
Personnaly I really loved this part. The fact that Lili know that go against Yang is something he’s enjoying, and that Yang know a docile Lili is a Lili with something behind her mind is sooooo good!! They start to know each other very well and I love that!!
After she go on his knees, it’s pointed that NO ONE around the table even care about it. It’s not something that happen daily, but see Lili on the boss’s knee became a common things that no one care about anymore. Exept Rui, who’s totally new to it and don’t approve it AT ALL.
Later, Yang ask Rui to go to with him : he have some works for him. After that we have a sneek peek to Yang, the Lao Shu boss (and not Yang, the Love Interest). And GOD, like Lili said to herself, it's a fascinating side of him to see.
True to himself Yang take decisions who'll make the Lao Shu in trouble, but everything is calculated. Rui have two works : First, sell a deal with a customers who worked with the Visconti (or Falzone) before, and second, take a rid of all the Visconti and Falzone survivors. Rui pointed that maybe it isn’t a good idea to make a deal with mens who worked with the ennemy before (for their image) and Yang reply that even if the olds mans from the Liu Huang Hui don’t like it, he don’t care. After all, if you want to be picky with your client, you have to be a saint yourself (what they TOTALLY aren’t). The second task seem more dangerous, but Rui take it without any complain. Yang put gazoline on fire by saying to him to don't try to get a rid on the Visconti based on Strano : It’s too much for him (with a smirk who mean "you're too weak kiddo" 8D). Of course Rui is really displeased by this last sentence, but said nothing and leave the room.
After all of that Lili finally dare to speak : Yang had her on his knee ALL ALONG his discussion with Rui and that was super inconfortable. At this, Yang smile and ask if his knees aren’t confortable (perfectly knowing that wasn’t what Lili was talking about.). Lili think that it’s being on it that's a problem, what’s imply that Yang’s knee are comfortable 8D (It's a detail that needed to be said.). Then Yang explain that he needed to show to Rui how his Leader is working, because if he's about to work for him, it's better for the young men to be accustomed to his way to be. Plus he had to show him that she’s his woman, just to be sure he’ll not try to touch something he should’nt.
Yang point that Lili seem to be quite interested by Rui. Lili explain that’s because he’s new to the Lao Shu, and she’s kinda affraid that he’ll start to hate Yang. Since she seem on guard about him, Yang ask « so what’s happened earlier ? ». He’s talking about Lili who’s asked Rui if he wanted her food. She assume that he’s moody because he wanted to be the one to eat her food (what's not stupid : Yang like to take a bite on her food).
It's an analys, so I may be wrong, but I think that this time, Yang showed his jealous side. It's not like the time were the Gentlemen kissed Lili's hand (at this moment it was more a "territory" problem that being jaelous), it's sweeter. He's not mad, he don't want to make her pay for it, he just needed to show to the men who's picked his women's curiosity that she's his. And Lili is unable to see it because the day before, he meanly joked about being jealous. So for her is it no way that Yang could be that kind of men (sadly).
Lili ask if she can go from his knee, and after a « Do as you please » Yang leave the room, clearly uninterested by her.
Yang's reaction make her thinking about her future, and what will happen to her if Yang don’t want her anymore. Will he kill her ? Will he get a rid of her ? What she’s sure about is that it will not take a lot of time to him to forget everything about her... and that future make her very sad. (DONT CRY LILI IT MAKE ME SAD TOO QAQ)
In another meanwhile stoy, we learn that Emilio wasn’t just destitued. He was locked in a donjeon, probably by the men that talked to Orlok earlier. This men said that he asked the chinese mafia to do something, but since he can’t believe them fully, he also sendend Orlok back to Burlone to do the same thing, and another men to take an eyes of what the young men do. This men (Johan) seem to be related in some way to Orlok. A way both of them didn’t know. The unknow men and Emilio are aware of this related thing, and they are agree that it should be keep secret from the two young mens. If not, it will be harder to manipulate them.
Back to the story, Lan run on Lili to take her to the dinning room. Yang is at the casino for some business, and Rui is working outside, so no of them are here. And because it’s the Lao Shu, no one want to wait for Rui to come back. So they all start to eat!
Rui is back some minutes later (In a meanwhile story we learn that he was talking to Yuan about how his work is doing), and since he’s late all of the good food are already eaten. Because of what was said before - that everyone have a part to eat, and have to ask for a bigger one if they want more food - it may imply another Lao Shu's way to be : if you're not here, the others will eat your part. More precisely, Lan and Fei will eat your part.
Because Rui is a big eater too, he take the food on Lili’s plate. When Lan scream that he don’t have to do that, Rui remind her that earlier, Lili proposed him to take her food if he wanted . So it’s all good, isn’t it ? At this moment the music stop, and he add a truth that no one dared to said before : "after all that's not like you actually paid for this food, right?". And that's it. That was at this moment I knew that I'll love Rui. Lili is astonished by this statement and just nod to him. Maybe Rui waited some riposte from her, but she remained silent (sadly, again.). That short sentence is the beginning of a huge questionning from Lili, the one the first game lacked : you're are maintained par a crime organisation, girl. Is that good with your beliefs?
The chapter finish on Lili who’s alone on Yang’s bed. When she woke up, Yang is by her side – he probably returned late at night – and that make her kinda relief.
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It was waaaaaay longer than what I though xDD. I hope my comments aren't bothering orz. I kinda make my review of the route at the same time xD. I don't know if I'll do the others chapters, since it's a lot of work, but I hope the first chapter will help you to wait for the localisation!!