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: 45/45 (1000/1000)
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-Approximate amount of time to 1000
6-8 Hours
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed:
1 (+4 Survival Modes)
-Number of missable achievements:
None (Chapter Select)
-Do cheat codes disable achievements?
No cheats
-Does difficulty affect achievements?
No (All achievements can be gained on Normal)
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-Unobtainable achievements?
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Kinect; 3 controllers
This game is a Kinect fighting game in which you are the hero. Your pictures will be taken before each chapter and those pictures will be put into a comic book story line. There is the option to skip taking pictures and the comic by pressing
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Step 1: Story (Normal Difficulty)
All achievements can be obtained on normal difficulty. If you want a bit of a challenge you can play on hard if you'd like. There are multiple in-game tutorials that teach you how to perform moves, powers, and what each mystic relic is for. If by chance you miss an opportunity for an achievement, you can use chapter select by selecting "Continue Chapter" and selecting which chapter you want.
Step 2: Survival Modes
There are 4 survival modes that you have to play:
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Survival: Masked Warriors
Survival: Horde is the only one that will require you to reach level 21. With the other 3 you only have to reach level 7.
Step 3: Multiplayer
This multiplayer is a bit different than most Kinect games. You'll have to fight off enemies using the Kinect while your opponents are controlled by the controllers. There is only one multiplayer achievement which can be gained by yourself having 3 controllers.
Step 4: Custom Game
This option allows you to pick which type of match you want against the enemies you want. You'll to play this at least once for the "Fast as Lightning" achievement. See the guide for other opportunies to use the Custom Game to your advantage.
NOTE: Most of the achievements can be gained in Custom Games, Multiplayer, and Survival modes. I recommend doing most of these in the story as you have to play through it anyway.
The game isn't that hard. The hardest achievement will be to reach level 21 in Survival: Horde which isn't that hard if you follow the guide. Although this is a kung fu game for Kinect, it isn't all that tiring to play. In several hours you will have earned another quick and easy 1000
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Dec 14, 13 at 11:10am ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
Chapter 31 - Reversed Clock (Part One): I want mah Wifey!
Mouldy Cheese stormed into the castle but was stopped by Squiggle in the hallways before she could reach Midnight's throne room.
"Don't you dare stopping me!", Mouldy Cheese shouted.
"The mistress is sleeping. She felt well enough to pleasure herself and me in the quickie shed today but she's tired now", Squiggle replied.
"We are getting annihilated and she still has the nerve to plug your entrances up with stuff? Fine, I shall wait until she wakes up before I demand my Megastone", Mouldy Cheese replied.
Meanwhile Midnight was having a dream about the events of the past years. It had been little over twenty years since she met the traveler who made her the queen of the still young Pokemon loom at that time. The little Midnight learned to speak and act like a somewhat normal person before the traveler returned.
"My, my... You haven't done much yet, did you?", he asked.
"I learned... How to talk", Midnight replied.
"That's a big step, but you need to share your queen's crystal with more beings in this world. It won't be long before this world expands far enough to put a huge strain on your body and you need to divide it. Did you already eye someone on the planet?", the traveler asked.
Midnight opened a small gateway and it showed a tiny purple-haired nubbasaurus and said "I want that one".
The traveler scratched his pointy hair a bit and said "Do you really want, uh, that?".
"It's small and it looks cute, I bet it's really squiggley too", Midnight replied.
The traveler sighed a bit and reached through the gateway and abducted the nubbasaurus and put the scared little critter in front of Midnight. Midnight reached for her chest and drew a tiny green crystal out and placed it inside the nubbasaurus.
"I shall name you Squiggle, you will be mah wifey forever", Midnight said while hugging the small critter.
"Perhaps it's better if I select a second one for you", the traveler said as he looked around via the small gateway.
"Ah, this sheep hoarder will do", he said and he pulled her through. She smelled like wine and wore a granny sweater with boring brown pants and a small cane while she still eyed young.
"Whoa, where am I?", she asked.
"The moon... But more importantly, what is your name, sheep hoarder?", the traveler asked.
"Sheep? Oh, you mean my speehs! Well, I'm Amsey... Amsey Katrop", Amsey said.
"Well then Amsey, will you help guide this queen of the moon, the true queen of this loom, to lead this world?", he asked as he reached out his hand.
Amsey accepted and that was the beginning of the PokeMod group. Midnight, Squiggle and Amsey began building up a wonderful world of peace and prosperity. And after eight years the world had grown so much that the amount of loom king's and queen's was the largest in the universe. Midnight, Squiggle, Amsey, Kubrick, Mouldy Cheese, Rayce, Shiny, MagnetBoy, Jeevs, Zeezow, MegaBassMan, Eiche, Coconut, FluffySk1lls, Circe the Snoopy with a wizard hat and magic wand, Phi the cat girl, Geo the Infernape with the iron gloves, goldensteelix the golden Steelix, Icekickseverything the tall man with a judge wig and a black robe and legs covered in thick ice, JessetheKing the humanoid Espeon, DannyB01 the merchant with a giant top hat and long blonde hair that reached the ground, Eon80 the small ball of light with a Togepi face, Nightwing the humanoid raven, Old Man Zangetsu who looked like Zangetsu from Bleach and Boo the little brunette who always carries a candy cane and wears a pink dress with black stockings. The world remained at peace even though Icekickseverything judged everyone too hard and yelled "Nein nein nein!" every time he did not agree with something.
Some time after this group was finally established, Amsey gathered with Midnight and Rayce in the throne room.
"I have a great idea mistress Midnight and I know my wifey already wants in", Amsey said.
"Pfft, you got a wifey too? Bitch please, I did it with Squiggle before it was cool", Midnight replied.
"Somehow the PokeMod women seem to have ghey tendencies", Rayce said while faceslapping himself.
"Well back on topic. I'm fabulous and we all have to agree... And I want to open a giant mall where I, erm, I mean everyone can shop as much as they'd like! A giant shopping centre, a Shopping district so to speak. Coconut already wants to be the giant guard", Amsey said.
"I understand and grant permission, but why did you invite Rayce too?", Midnight asked.
"Well, Coconut is gonna guard it, and I will do the marketing and statistics and we need a manager and I determined Rayce is the best suited for that job, plus he always walks around as a dog called Skittles anyway so no one knows his face outside us", Amsey replied.
"Basically you want to abuse me. Will it have a quickie shed like this castle too for you to nail every single guy you text with?", Rayce asked.
"All men want in mah pants but only few get it", Amsey replied.
"Only a few eh? I kept an eye on that and counted nearly two-thousand guys the past eight years. I only do Squiggle in my little shed", Midnight replied.
"Shit, found out!", Amsey shouted.
"Nevertheless, I'd feel honored to work more closely with you and Coconut. Anything to get me away from being Icekickseverything's and Eon80's slave", Rayce replied.
And after a year of hard work, the Shopping District was build and a happy everyday life began for the three. Of course Amsey slacked off everyday saying "I need to shave my legs at home, I'll text you guys later". It ways always "text ya later" as if it were her catchphrase. In the beginning Midnight could follow where she went to and eventually turned a blind eye but once that happened she vanished every now and then from the loom. Eventually Rayce and Amsey got their uniforms. A brown attire with a tie and two blue buttons on the shoulder. Rayce oftenly patrolled the building in his dog form, never showing his human form. Every regular came to know the dog as Skittles and thought of him as a stray dog who lived in the Shopping District, nobody knew he was a PokeMod. A year later, Amsey vanished more frequently then ever. Rayce's suspicions began when she openly began telling she was dating a guy in the evening and was sure to get in his pants, something she'd never tell.
End of Chapter 31
Note: as this is a chapter that occurs in the past, Aurigae will be named after her previous username to make sure the storyline is not weird considering the previous chapter.
no Zeezow
I selected a handful of old PokeMods for these chapters, not every single one though as that would be to many XD
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Dec 14, 13 at 1:19pm ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
*pops more popcorn in mouth* MOOOOM, WHERE'S THE REST OF MY POPCORN!?!?11!?
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Dec 17, 13 at 1:21am ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
Chapter 32 - Reversed Clock (Part Two): Ascension
Eventually the dream skipped to certain events from ten years ago. A royal banquet for the loom kings and queens. The castle was to small for Coconut so she had to go elsewhere but Midnight had promised her that she and her were gonna make up for it sometime and the party after that would be an open air one. The table was long and filled with food, room enough for everyone, everything was well lit up and the mirrors on the wall covered which is done every time Shiny visits the place. Eiche dug face first in the food and everyone was having a good time. Rayce received a test from Amsey saying she couldn't make it. It fed his suspicions even more that something was going on. MegaBassMan walked up to Squiggle and poked her back.
Squiggle turned around and said "What do you want?".
"I want your unicorn... I want to take her to the quickie shed and do funky stuff for an entire night", MegaBassMan replied.
"U wot mate?", Squiggle said.
"I want your unicorn, I want your unicorn, I want your unicorn, I want your unicorn", MegaBassMan said.
"U lukking for a fite? Cuz you got one right here!", Squiggle shouted.
Meanwhile Eon80 floated to boo and said "Hey Boo, I know I'm just a ball of light but can I drag myself over your face?".
"Um, ew. no", Boo replied.
"Yeah uh, stop being such a pervert Eon80", goldensteelix said with a laugh.
It seemed Circe had snoozed off while Geo and Icekickseverything had a manly fight. DannyB01 walked up to Rayce.
"Say Rayce, where is Amsey? I had something to ask her", he said.
"I actually have no idea... She's probably in bed with some other dude", Rayce bluntly replied.
"Ouch, that's a fair bit of rejection, eh DannyB01", JessetheKing said.
"Okay guise, it's time for our performer to do her stuff. Come on up our special stage Boo and show us your lively self!", Midnight shouted with a glass of rum in her hand.
"Is our queen drunk?", Nightwing asked.
"I think so", Old Man Zangetsu replied.
"I'm sooooo gonna score our drunken queen tonight", Eon80 said while a pedobear grin.
"I'm quite sure I'll sent you to my reverse world if you even try it, Eon80", Old Man Zangetsu replied.
Before Boo got the chance to sing, Kubrick knocked her off the stage and grabbed the mic and started to sing by himself. The sound made by him could not be described, that's how awful it was and it even made everyone's ears bleed. Even Eon80 who had no ears began bleeding out of his eyes. Midnight created a small black sphere in her hand and blasted Kubrick through a wall.
Zeezow appeared over the sleeping Circe with his dracula cape on and silently said "I want your fresh blood".
Circe woke up and slapped him away with her wand saying "Go away count chocula".
Jeevs was drinking heaps of oil during the entire night whining and saying "When will she give me a proper human body?".
MagnetBoy and FluffySk1lls patted his back and FluffySk1lls said "Atleast you can still do the robot. Ba dum ts".
Meanwhile Rayce received another text from Amsey asking if he could come to the Shopping District to pick up something. Rayce stood up and left the castle using his lightning aura to speed up his running making him appear at the shopping district in a flash. Everything was still going so he transformed into Skittles and walked through the building. The people tried to offer him various treats but he had something to do so he ignored them for the day. In the backroom he changed back to his human form and in their office was Amsey waiting for him. She wore her working outfit with with a cape and a piece of armor over her chest.
"What's with that outfit? Don't tell me you're gonna try hitting on me with some silly roleplaying", Rayce said surprised.
"What? NO! I have something to show you in the fuel chamber. We haven't inspected that in quite some time and i heard there's a leak", Amsey said as she walked up to Rayce and placed her right index finger on his head and she did something as it glowed for a second.
Rayce backed off and said "What did you do!?".
"No need to be so jumpy, it's merely for protection y'know", Amsey replied as she led the way.
The fuel chamber was filled with a dim orange light and big tanks surrounded Amsey and Rayce.
"Now that we are completely alone, can you tell me where you often wander off to?", Rayce asked.
"Oh that's right, you've been trying to track me. Say Rayce, have you never felt like doing something about these pitiful looms filled with war and fights? Felt like serving a greater cause?", Amsey asked.
"What are you talking about? Our loom is peaceful, the others are the responsibility of the other loom kings and queens!", Rayce replied.
Amsey reached for her right eye and pushed it further open and it changed to a glowing crimson color while mumbling "Beast Tamer Eye Activate".
"What are you doing?", Rayce asked as a giant fist slammed through the roof launching Rayce against a fuel tank hard enough to make it leak. Amsey quickly picked up a metal bar and stuck it through Rayce and bend it so he could not escape.
"Thank you Coconut", she said and the fist disappeared. "Don't worry, I simply used a mind control on her, she's not really on my side. After tonight you will not remember anything or anyone, you will become what i want you to be after my official ascension. This universe bleeds and the only way to fix it is to destroy it and build it anew", Amsey said.
Amsey picked a lighter out of her pocket and lit it saying "You're drenched in fuel bound to a fuel tank. You will be the sole survivor while all the people whom you cared for and who cared for Skittles will perish along with your memories. Goodbye Rayce", Amsey said as she dropped the lighter and vanished in a cloud of black smoke.
Rayce shouted as the lighter hit the fuel and everything began to burn including himself before finally, the entire Shopping District and all people in it, exploded.
In due time the alarm signal went off everywhere and the PokeMods gathered. They declared Rayce as a missing PokeMod and for some strange reason no one seemed capable of remembering Amsey. As if her so-called ascension erased her from everyone's memory. Rayce was only missing because he left with Swampert on that fateful day but Midnight was baffled by what had happened in her peaceful world. Eventually she went in search of two new creatures to replace Rayce and the void in her memory, GoldenMagikarp and Heibai. It was also notable that Coconut was blaming herself for something she could not remember and her herself in the southern forests.
Mouldy cheese and Squiggle looked at the still dreaming Midnight who began twitching in her sleep.
"What is she dreaming about?", Mouldy Cheese asked.
"I think she is gonna relive the events that ended our co-existence with the people in this loom now. The day the we fell from our grace", Squiggle said.
End of chapter 32
What was it that ended their peaceful lives? What bittered the PokeMods, what made them the persons Rayce and Swampert hunt? Find out in the next chapter.
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Dec 17, 13 at 2:35am ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
You interest me no more, Swampert X. Add me back again >>
Talking about the chapter, I found it better than the previous. Iunno half the characters tho.
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Dec 17, 13 at 3:50am ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
Dilute, most of them are former PokeMods who got their own little role in the story.
And you were only used for comical relief
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Dec 17, 13 at 5:28am ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
quote Swampert XYeah, I know that. Its just it was difficult for me to identify who was who
That was not nice dude
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Dec 17, 13 at 5:37am ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
Swampert X YOU MST UN-FAN ME AT ONCE. And then fan me back again.
This is just too good, this chapter was hillariez.
1600 postz yaay.
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Dec 17, 13 at 10:58am ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
Two amazing chapters, Swampert X, excellent job! I really enjoyed hearing the history of the loom, it adds even more dynamic elements to the story.
Also, my character was mentioned so, you know, it got like fifty times better.
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Cheerio, new chap! These chapters are great
Old'N'Gold Nuzlocke!
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Dec 20, 13 at 12:32pm ^re: The Adventures of Swampert & Skittles: PokéMod Hunters
Chapter 33 - Reversed Clock (Part Three): Fear my Glorious Chest Hair!
Meanwhile Midnight continued her dream and it skipped two years. The PokeMods did not take the destruction of the Shopping District and hundreds of lives well and most refused to accept GoldenMagikarp and Heibai as their own. GoldenMagikarp lived in the main rivers and often clashed with Zeezow. A torrential rain, a violent kraken and a muscular human Magikarp often followed. GoldenMagikarp usually looked like a regular useless Magikarp until he takes on his humanoid shape.
His opening line to Zeezow was often "Bro, do you even Splash?".
Heibai often clashed with FluffySk1lls on the subject who was fluffier.
"You look like a a plushie girls put in their bedroom". FluffySk1lls said.
"Atleast I get picked up by the girls", Heibai replied.
"I'd say touche, unfortunately those girls are usually six years old. Ba dum ts", FluffySk1lls replied.
"What are you even implying fluff wings", Heibai asked.
"I'm calling you a pedobear, care bear", Fluffysk1lls replied.
Suddenly Boo picks him up and started cuddling him.
"Aw, you're sooo cute and fluffy and I want to have tea parties with you", Boo said happily.
"Wait a sec, you're thinking of me as a toy, I'm a PokeMod, accept me as one!", Heibai shouted.
"Yeah of course you are, but right now you're my cuddly little bear", Boo said as she took him to her room and she gave him a pink dress.
FluffySk1lls laughed a bit and walked away.
Meanwhile Midnight left for her palace on the moon and stared at the main planet. Suddenly the traveler appears behind her in the shadows.
"Things have not been going well the past two years. Riots and murder sprees, everyone wants an answer on what happened to the Shopping District", he said.
"Yeah but we still haven't found out what it is that happened. I've sent my wifey, Kubrick and Geo out so often to investigate. Somehow Squiggle managed to get it on with Kubrick every single time but that isn't the problem right now", Midnight replied.
"Do you... Want more strength?", the traveler asked.
"Now why would I want that?", Midnight asked.
"A few looms have crumbled upon wars and riots and it seems the same thing might happen here", he replied.
"What kind of extra strength?", Midnight asked.
"I offer to put a large amount of my own energy in you and you should be able to amplify it to yourself and to who ever you wish to share it with. Level them up, or make them Mega, so to speak", he said.
The traveler stuck his hand through Midnight's abdomen and a faint yellow light came from her for a bit until he pulled it out. Midnight healed and the traveler slapped her through a wall with his finger.
Midnight emerged from the rubble, shocked, and said "What is the meaning of this?".
"Everything has been set now, no need to keep up appearances. You will be one of my main pawns like you've been all along. The reason the Shopping district was destroyed, the reason those recent looms were destroyed... I challenge you to appear at the Castle of the Loom Lord and use the new strength I gave you against me! I have created you all and I will decide where to end it all. Face your teacher and master in a war and submit to being a pawn in my games", the traveler said as he vanished in a cloud of black smoke.
"Tch, I've become bigger then you!", Midnight shouted.
Shorty after Midnight gathered the PokeMods with the exception of Coconut who still weeped over her actions and was slowly growing mad. Midnight explained the situation that their creator had challenged them to a war and gave her extra power to distribute.
"Wait, if he gave it to you and did that right after, doesn't that mean he plans on you using that, mistress?", Old Man Zangetsu asked.
"I agree... We cannot trust this new ability or power or whatsoever", Mouldy Cheese replied.
"I don't even know how to control it", Midnight said.
"How are we even going there?", MegaBassMan asked.
"I'm sure I can cast a spell which will enable everyone to fly", Circe said.
"Hurhurhur, a flying Steelix, what will everyone think?", goldensteelix said with a chuckle.
It took only a few days to prepare everything before Circe cast her flying spell on everyone except Heibai and GoldenMagikarp.
"Sorry guys, you aren't strong enough to come with us. Should anything happen to us, you'll be the ones in charge though", Circe said.
And in a flash they all took off and traveled through the loom gate into the empty space filled with purple lightning flashes until the Castle of the Loom Lord came in sight. The domain of their God, Redemption. Midnight and the others were expecting an army but instead a man in blue robes was standing on the edge of the floating castle. He walked inside with a sad face when the digital man walked out.
"Allow me to welcome you all. I'm a member of the Royal Guard and the founder of technology. My name is Lorx and I will be your host in this bloodbath", Lorx said as he took off the sheath of the sword on his back and revealed the symbol on his back, the Neoseeker symbol. From behind the castle, a giant dragon lifted up it's head. It's head alone was the size of the moon and at the base of it's neck above it famine chest was a glowing pearl with the Neoseeker symbol in it as well. Eventually the flares in the hallways lit up and you could see into the castle from a distance. The traveler, the king, the leader of the Royal Guard slowly walked through it with his cape on, his white pants and little black shoes, the appearance of a snotty child, blue bracelets, a black ribbon tied to his pants, wearing a small jacket with heaps of chest hair on his muscular chest, the Neoseeker symbol glowing on his left shoulder with a little goatee, the sides of his short spiky hair were gray, the middle part was black.
"Your guests have arrived, Lord Gotenks", Lorx said.
"He's the right hand of Redemption! I have to get out of here!", Icekickseverything yelled as he fled back to the Pokemon loom.
Geo took the initiative and charged at Gotenks full force and his him full in the face with his iron gloves. Gotenks's cape waved up showing the force behind Geo's blow but gotenks was unfazed and grabbed Geo's head and in a split second he crushed it. When gotenks opened his hand, not only parts of Geo's head dripped down but also the remnants of a gem.
"Oops, I crushed your king's crystal with your head. Seems yo won't be regenerating, or living, ever again", Gotenks said with a blunt voice.
End of Chapter 33
Coconut, GoldenMagikarp and Heibai left back in the loom, Icekickseverything fled, Geo killed in mere seconds. And 2 SuperMods and a giant dragon as your enemy... How will this day end?
The final Reversed Clock chapter will conclude this small arc of the past.
Added Lizz to the fanlist as you tend to reply once in a while ^^
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If I was a girl I'd be fangurlling right now, but I'm not one, so I'll give you an interweb-breaking pat on the back.
Old'N'Gold Nuzlocke!
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Oh mah Gad, I made an appearance. Fluffy bear Heibai is perfect. I love his personality already. ;3;
I'm really looking forward to the next chapter, Swampert X! Things are starting to get tense! xD
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Chapter 34 - Reversed Clock (Part Four): In the Pits of your Defeat
Gotenks threw down the body of Geo and burned the remains off his hand with Ki. He smirked a bit and stared at the PokeMods.
"We are supposed to be able to regenerate, how did you kill Geo?", Midnight asked shocked.
"We, the Royal Guard, created you loom kings and queens. It's only natural we have the means to destroy your king's and queen's crystals", Gotenks replied.
"Midnight, you rushed us into battle while we should've expected this if you thought it out", Old Man Zangetsu said.
"Ugh, you are right", Midnight replied with a derp face.
"Dynamite, be sure to not kill too many of them. Will ya?", Gotenks mumbled.
"Nightwing, goldensteelix, how about we try and take out the giant dragon?", JessetheKing suggested.
"You know what they say, the bigger the are, the more darkness it needs to swallow them", Nightwing replied.
"Eon80, Mouldy Cheese, Eiche, MegaBassMan and Shiny, shall we take down Lorx?", Old Man Zangetsu asked.
"The king requires the biggest group to take down. Squiggle, Zeezow, Boo, Circe, DannyB01, MagnetBoy, Jeevs, Kubrick, FluffySk1lls and Phi, will you help me take down Gotenks?", Midnight asked.
"Wow, what a gang up. I'm quite popular with the ladies it seems", Gotenks said with a chuckle.
"Quite sure me and a few others are dudes", FluffySk1lls said.
"The behavior of you guys tells me you got female hormones in you", Gotenks replied.
"HA! Gheeeeey!", Squiggle shouted.
"You know I'll always be ghey for you wifey", Midnight said with a wink.
Meanwhile, goldensteelix, Nightwing and JessetheKing charged at the giant dragon named Dynamite but she lifted up her giant head created a stormy wind that held them back and in one bite she swallowed them and sent out a flamethrower into a random direction and a final scream could be heard from inside her before the silence fell.
"Now where's the fun in that Dynamite? Killing them in on move... You better go somewhere else and keep out of this", gotenks shouted with a slightly angered look on his face.
Dynamite turned around and disappeared into the deep orange clouds in the distance.
"It's quite clear you want to lose Gotenks, if you sent her away", Midnight said with a smirk.
"Even when fighting those a lot weaker then you, you should always have fun in fighting. Dynamite clearly has shown me that she can only destroy. Hence her nickname Dynamite the Destroyer of Worlds", Gotenks replied.
Meanwhile Eon80 sent a barrage of lightballs onto Lorx but Lorx deflected them all with a single finger until he sighed and in a flash he appeared behind Eon80 and cut him in half destroying his king's crystal with it. Old Man Zangetsu created a long oversized blade with a ribbon attached to it and gathered a large amount of energy in it while MegaBassMan pulled forth his Infinity Edge and filled it with energy as well.
Old Man Zangetsu shouted "Getsuga Tensho!", as he released the bright white energy while MegaBassMan released the bright black energy from his black at Lorx. Lorx merely held up his black and a big explosion followed. The floor around Lorx was blasted away but Lorx himself was standing without any scratch and without breaking a single sweat. Old Man Zangetsu charged at Lorx and engaged him in sword combat. MegaBassMan helped him while Eiche sent out gusts of cutting wind, Shiny created multiple light ball barrages himself while Mouldy Cheese created a diamond hailstorm. Lorx was ganged up upon but deflected and evaded every attack as if it were nothing. Suddenly Lorx used the cables in his hands to shoot them through MegaBassMan, Eiche and Shiny and force them to their knees. old Man Zangetsu and Mouldy Cheese managed to avoid them. Mouldy Cheese gathered dust particles with light speed from around her and formed a colossal rock statue wielding a diamond blade with ribbons of liquid iron forming a headband around her head and band around the wrists.
"War Queen Susa, Mouldy Cheese", Mouldy Cheese mumbled.
The colossus tried to strike Lorx but Lorx blocked her with his blade. He did not move an inch despite taking a full power hit from a colossus. His blade glowed a bit and the colossus began exploding from the inside as if invisible cuts were dealt out. The colossus collapsed and Mouldy Cheese fell on the ground bleeding.
"We are nullifying your regeneration abilities as well. It's wise not to get up anymore", Lorx calmly said as Old Man Zangetsu charged at him.
Lorx stopped his sword using only his finger and stuck his blade through Old Man Zangetsu and threw him over the edge of the castle ground into oblivion.
"Fear not, I will not strike down the injured", Lorx said as he walked away.
At the same time, Boo shot a pink beam at Gotenks while Phi used her iron claws and Zeezow changed into the ZeeKraken to attack Gotenks. Gotenks formed a ball of Ki in his palm and shot it at Boo who stood next to Phi and Zeezow. The ball absorbed Boo's beam and exploded turning Phi and Boo into ash while burning half the body of the ZeeKraken and reverting him back to a severely injured Zeezow. FluffySk1lls, MagnetBoy and Jeevs charged at Gotenks but he evaded their close combat moves and hit them all in the neck and threw them next to Zeezow. Midnight got severely angered and flew up creating a massive black sphere in her hand the size of several houses and threw it at Gotenks.
"Oh wow, that's quite the attack. I will show you how futile this is", gotenks said as he stuck out a single finger at the sphere.
The sphere did not continue but was sent into another direction away from everything. Gotenks had entered his Super Saiyan state with his spiky blonde hair and glowing green eyes.
"If you had used the power I gave you, I may have transformed into a Super Saiyan Three instead", Gotenks said.
"Look! He changed into a Supernub!", Squiggle shouted.
Gotenks apepared before Squiggle and she transformed into her giant state and charged at Gotenks. Gotenks held out his hand and stopped the giant Squiggle. Squiggle tried to slap him off of her but Gotenks vanished and Squiggle hit herself full in the face knocking her down.
"Oops, you wrecked yourself", Gotenks said.
DannyB01 and Circe combined forces and created a powerful magical attack but it did not scratch Gotenks at all. Gotenks appeared behind them and destroyed them with a Ki blast.
"Uhm Midnight, with circe gone we don't know how long we will keep this flight ability. I suggest we retreat while we can", Kubrick said.
Midnight grit her teeth and created a black void taking in all the injured PokeMods while shedding a tear for those who were killed. She teleported herself and Kubrick back to her castle on the moon only to see a giant airship appear and attack her world. Midnight and Kubrick watched in horror as their world was nearly destroyed and the airship left. Midnight could not bear seeing this and let her people think their world was under attack. She appeared in Fiction City and made all the camera's aim at her.
With glowing red eyes she raised up her right hand in a claw-like form and said "My foolish people, tremble before my absolute power. Bury yourselves into this overwhelming despair and tremble before anyone with the title of PokeMod! Obey our every order and you will stay alive!".
She returned to her palace and set on her throne crying saying "Lie in the depths of my defeat my foolish race, that is our fate".
Moments later Kubrick walked in with a tied up Icekickseverything saying "I found the deserter who let us all perish while he fled".
Midnight glared at him and said "I will use you as my guinea pig for the power Gotenks has bestowed upon me before all this".
The dream ends with a scene two years before the current story where Kubrick brought in a rascal humanoid wolf. Midnight passed on Kubrick's king's crystal into him and changed this part of his memory into a key while she kept in her pocket before sending him back into the regular world.
"This way, we're ensured he will never have what he wants", Midnight mumbled.
And Midnight woke up and rubbed the tears out of her eyes.
"This same dream haunts me for years... How long until it ends?", Midnight asked.
End of chapter 34
Quixotic should know what the end of this chapter is based on
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I should, Swampert X?
Bank on it.
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DELAWARE WATER GAP — Reviewing books is essentially a
sedentary activity. One rests, reads, reckons and writes. So it was with
considerable interest that I anticipated the arrival of a book that promised
more than an armchair adventure. "Exploring Delaware Water Gap History:
A Field Guide to the Historic Structures and Cultural Landscapes of the
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area," compiled by Susan Kopczynski
and edited by William Dohe, is a delightful publication crafted in the
form of a self-guided auto tour.
The tour begins at Kittatinny Point Visitor Center in
NJ and follows Old Mine Road north along the Delaware River, then crosses
the river near Milford, PA and follows Route 209, River Road and Route
611 south, a total of about 90 miles with 84 stops. It is a comprehensive
look at the historic structures chronicling the history of the Delaware
River Valley.
"Exploring" provides a solid introduction to its subject
without overwhelming the reader with information. One learns just enough
about the geology of the Water Gap, its wetlands and wildlife, its earliest
inhabitants, its evolving industries and current state of affairs. The
tour itself delivers the rest, a substantial amount of detail, history
and lore, allowing the learning to come to life through real experience,
through adventure and discovery. And thus, this review on wheels got rolling.
The best adventures–and the best books–have this in common:
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experiences a pleasing sense of delight. So it was with this petite publication
and its charted course. Early in the book, one is advised to allow at least
four hours of driving time for the complete tour, with additional time
for picnicking, hiking or browsing at shops. Based upon my experience,
one could easily make a weekend of it. My companion and I spent four hours
visiting sites 58 through 84. We could easily have lingered longer, but
with the sun setting at 5:30, we found it necessary to keep moving. Along
the way, very little activity was going on, even in the towns. Although
we enjoyed being free to explore at our own pace, if you prefer the energy
of the tourist season, plan your trip for the summer months or early fall.
The tone of our tour was golden: withered corn stalks
at the road's edge, wind soughing through the mellow grasses, sharp sunlight
slicing the bare deciduous trees. Driving from site to site, following
explicit directions that even include information about parking, it is
easy to forget that the Delaware River, or one of its "braided" branches,
is always nearby. The book occasionally weaves in tidbits of information
about the flora and fauna along the route, noting Eastern red cedars "planted"
by birds that consumed the tree's berries, and explaining why the soil
has a reddish hue. I found these nuggets of knowledge to be interesting
and would have liked to see more.
Each stop is illustrated with a clear photo or painting
of the site described. Below the images, dates, details and historically
relevant notes provide the fodder for a positive educational encounter.
As we explored buildings and graveyards, limekilns and springhouses, it
was easy to imagine lives passing in these places. Here, people had gathered
for church picnics and quilting bees; there, an old farmstead lay in ruins,
the grand house completely gone, its outbuildings crumbled in heaps of
Aesthetically, "Exploring" is exceptionally appealing.
Like most field guides, it is compact and can be easily held in one hand.
The metal spiral binding makes the book a pleasure to use. But it is also
beautiful, boasting a heavy card stock cover and textured creamy pages
within. The sepia-toned ink lends the photos and paintings an enhanced
sense of age. There is even ample space where one can jot notes along the
journey. I would have liked to learn that the book was printed on recycled
papers, but could find no evidence of this.
Beyond the book's appearance is its promise. If one takes
the tour to heart, opening mind and senses to the experience, wonderful
things can happen. On the back wall of a building displaying the stonework
of John L. Snyder, I discovered a burst of skunk cabbage poking from between
the stones, doing its best to gradually undo human endeavor. In the old
Dingman School, now the Pennsylvania District Ranger Office, I could almost
hear small feet pattering across the wooden floors. And throughout the
Hialeah Picnic Area, where tables and trash receptacles have replaced what
used to be vacation cottages, exotic specimens of Japanese maple and yew
provide living testimony to human presence.
A path leading away from the picnic grove provided a
stunning view of the Delaware River at sunset. The water's surface, reflecting
the metallic sky, lay framed in the arms of the darkening trees. I stood
listening to the liquid ribbon, just one more person passing through, picking
up a sense of this place. Back at the car, a field of mummified sunflowers
stood sentinel, swaying ever so slightly as I lifted the book from the
Who will enjoy such a book? History buffs, poets, lovers
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anyone with a sense of adventure and an interest in how the past has determined
the present. Copies of this publication are available for purchase from
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Phase two of Team Sky's, sorry, Team GB's Summer of Domination™ gets under way on Saturday just six days after Bradley Wiggins rode into Paris with the yellow jersey.
Having largely reduced world champion Mark Cavendish to a road-rashed water-carrier and Cat.1 mountain novelty pace-setter, the Tour de France champion will look to repay the Manx Missile for his hard work — just like he did on the Champs Elysees last Sunday.
For Cavendish, the 2012 season was always about netting an Olympic Gold on home soil — and everything has been geared towards the 27-year-old triumphing in London. All roads lead to Box Hill (nine times) and The Mall for Cavendish, whose new sleek figure was carried out with those hilly circuits in mind (not to mention that Head & Shoulders advert on the TV).
With the world watching as Cavendish races on 'home soil' the last thing Team GB wants is for their man to be distanced on Box Hill and for the race not to come down to a bunch sprint.
Cavendish will have Sky team-mates Chris Froome, Ian Stannard and Wiggins in support as well as Garmin-Sharp's David Millar: four Tour stage winners, plus, in Stannard, the UK national champion. They'll have some familiar faces in the 144-strong peloton too — with both Rigoberto Uran and Sergio Henao representing Colombia, Bernie Eisel riding for Team GB — sorry, Austria — and Edvald Boasson Hagen turning out for Norway.
Inter-team alliances are pretty common in the Olympics, where with such small national teams it's hard to control a 250km race. They're not a given, mind: having already slogged away most of July for Wiggins and Cavendish, you'd expect Boasson Hagen (a rider ideally suited to the London course) to have had a few choice words when approached by Dave Brailsford with the metaphorical brown envelope.
It's also hard to see Australia's Mick Rogers working for Sky: after all, the route passes through Fulham and near Earls Court — two of London's largest Antipodean strongholds. If Rogers thought the boos from his countrymen were loud in the Alps, just wait until there's any suggestion of him pulling for Cavendish across Putney Bridge.
Indeed, one of the primary reasons why Christian Knees was not selected for Germany was over fears that the Sky rider's alliances may veer towards his paymasters.
Interestingly, it is that German team of Andre Greipel which may work alongside Team GB in a bid to keep the race under control and ensure a bunch sprint takes place in front of Buckingham Palace. Greipel, like Cavendish, is not the best climber and will struggle to stay on the front once the repetitive nature of the nine 15km loops of the 5% Box Hill get in full swing.
But Greipel has also beaten Cavendish head-to-head this season in sprints — and the powerful German will fancy his chances despite his rival's 'home' advantage. (If only there were gold medals for extraordinarily large thighs...).
Unlike Team GB, Germany have a Plan B in John Degenkolb. Should the youngster get in any break that forms, he would stand a good chance of winning. France too can play on the two tables — with Sylvain Chavanel one for the break and Arnaud Demare in the running for a sprint finish.
The break — and one will certainly form — will be a key factor in the race. Should the right riders get out in front and build up a big enough lead over the Box Hill circuits, it may well prove too hard to reel them in despite the flat 45km run-in to London.
The kind of riders who will be looking to get into breaks are (although not exclusively) Boasson Hagen, Belgium pair Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert, Holland's Niki Terpstra, Spaniards Alejandro Valverde and Luis Leon Sanchez, Irish family duo Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin, Italy's Vincenzo Nibali and that man Peter Sagan.
The Slovak tyro won the green jersey and three stages on his debut Tour — and this is ideal terrain for Sagan, even if he's Slovakia's sole rider. Not that that will faze the 22-year-old in a race that's shaping up to be (in the words of Gilbert) "everyone verses Mark Cavendish".
You see, there aren't many teams who will want it to come down to a bunch sprint. Besides Britain and Germany, you can perhaps also count the USA (although Tyler Farrar looks more likely to distance the field on Box Hill than he does out-sprinting even Borut Bozic on his current form).
Australia will be wary of playing the Matt Goss card — primarily because Gossy (winless in the Tour) hasn't got the better of Cavendish since one stage in the Giro when his former team-mate crashed in the finale. (Although, let's not forget, Australia will be one man up when you consider the likely contribution of GreenEdge's Eritrean wildcard Daniel Teklehaymanot).
Talking of such virtual unknowns, in any Olympics or world championships you do have the jokers of the pack to factor in. Algeria's Azzadine Lagab, the poetically-named Byron Guama de la Cruz of Ecuador, Greek pocket-rocket Ioannis Tamouridis, Hong Kong rouleur Kam-Po Wong and Iran's fearsome Haghi-Sohrabi-Zargari trident: these riders may stand as much chance of winning the race as Namibia's Dan Craven, but they could well get their musette caught in their spokes and bring down large parts of the peloton.
Some of these chaps have probably never been to London before — let alone race alongside Cavendish in a peloton — so you can image the potential for carnage as they pass some of the city's famous landmarks.
If you want to consider a few viable outside names, then here are some: Sergey Lagutin of Uzbekistan, Michael Albasini of Switzerland, Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus and Russia-Costa Rica hybrid Andre Amador Bikkazakova.
The Olympic Road Race is a classic in many senses: for its similarity to the long spring monuments, and also for the unpredictable drama that it promises. Should Cavendish win, we'll all be saying "I knew it". But a strong break forming and Cavendish not being a factor could also be a distinct possibility — and one which, in hindsight, would not be a surprise.
If Team Sky/GB can pull it off, then a win for Cavendish would be yet another cherry on the top of a resplendent British summer trifle. Despite the storms predicted on Friday, things should cheer up in time for the race on Saturday — and while it won't be as hot as the past scorching week in London, the sun should be out over the North Downs in Surrey.
There is a growing sense that the sun will be shining on Sagan come the finish, however. The 22-year-old with a penchant for swashbuckling wins is having an outstanding season — and (at least in his mind) must be motivated at the prospect of standing atop the Queen's balcony overlooking The Mall while being given a gold medal and a kiss by quasi-royal podium girl Pippa Middleton...
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In 1985, Irish vocalist Coughlan appeared on that country's Late Late Show; the rousing performance resulted in a record deal and an avalanche of praise. But the leap from squatter to songstress left Coughlan deeply dependent on alcohol and drugs; she retreated from the clamoring music business and submerged herself in amber waves of comfort. It wasn't until 1993 that Coughlan completely dried out.
Three years later, she signed to indie label Big Top, which released Live in Galway. That CD inspired director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) to hire her as Julia Roberts' vocal coach on the set of Michael Collins. The steady work led directly to Coughlan's most recent album. Graced with vocals three parts Marianne Faithfull and one part Nina Simone, After the Fall is a sober, yet lovely, waltz through a smoke-filled cabaret where the cracks are visible through its denizens' war paint. Like Faithfull, Coughlan's troubles have given her voice a deeper resonance: "Woman Undone" is on level with Faithfull's "Broken English" -- seductive and difficult to forget. Coughlan performs at the Great American Music Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10; call 885-0750.
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WASHINGTON—Small towns and nonprofit groups warn they face higher borrowing costs because Congress failed to renew cheap incentives that encourage the purchase of their tax-exempt bonds.
The "bank qualified" incentives, as they are known, allowed small and rural municipal borrowers that sold $30 million or less in bonds to avoid going to Wall Street each time they needed to sell debt. Instead, local banks could buy the bonds and write off most of the costs they incurred to purchase and hold the debt.
The incentives helped hundreds of projects throughout the country at below-market rates, from a drug-treatment center in Billings, Mont., to a new nursing school building in La Crosse, Wis.
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The higher bank-qualified cap was projected to cost the federal government about $250 million over 10 years, which proponents argue is a pittance.
Despite its support among states and localities, the issue got lost last year amid the partisan dispute over the overall effectiveness of the stimulus. It also was lumped in with Build America Bonds, another stimulus program for the tax-exempt municipal market, which Republicans opposed extending.
Amid dim prospects for any renewal for BABs, state and local groups have made heightened bank-qualified limits a key priority in 2011.
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Gallup locked into rates that will save it about $300,000 in lower interest costs when it sold $17 million of bank-qualified bonds last year. The bond proceeds will finance a series of infrastructure projects in the town of 20,000, including a new soccer field, community center and fire station.
If voters in Gallup approve a ballot initiative next month to issue additional debt to finance an $11 million library, the town will be forced to issue the bonds over multiple years so as not to hit the now-lower $10 million cap. The town has already sold $4 million of bank-qualified bonds in 2011, so it can't sell more than $6 million for the rest of the year.
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- The influence of chronic morphine on the canine cerebral 5-HT2A receptor availability measured with SPECT
- Reversed-phase fused-core HPLC modeling of peptides
- The influence of ketamine on the regional cerebral perfusion and on the binding index of the selective 5-HT2A receptor radioligand 123I-R91150 measured with SPECT in the canine brain
- 2011
Recognition of anatomical predilection sites in canine elbow pathology on bone scans using micro-single photon emission tomography
2011) VETERINARY JOURNAL. 188(1). p.64-72 Mark(
Neuro-imaging the serotonin 2A receptor as a valid biomarker for canine behavioural disorders
2011) RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE. 91(3). p.465-472 Mark(
- Blood-brain barrier characteristics of opioid peptides
Desirability function combining metabolic stability and functionality of peptides
2011) JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE. 17(5). p.398-404 Mark(
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging of the dopamine transporter in healthy dogs
2011) VETERINARY JOURNAL. 188(3). p.356-358 Mark(
Dry heat stress stability evaluation of casein peptide mixture
2011) FOOD CHEMISTRY. 128(1). p.114-122 Mark(
- 2010
- Analytical characterization and comparison of the blood-brain barrier permeability of eight opioid peptides
- Comparative drugability evaluation of MOR opioid peptides in functional brain research
Hydrophilic interaction LC of peptides: columns comparison and clustering
2010) JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE. 33(6-7). p.728-739 Mark(
- Functional drugability of MOR-opioid peptides through desirability
Morphine decreases 5-HT2A receptor binding measured with SPECT in the canine frontal cortex
2010) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING. 37(suppl. 2). p.S389-S389 Mark(
- The influence of morphine on 5-HT2A receptor availability using SPECT: a preliminary study in dogs
Serotonin 2A receptor imaging in canine behavioural disorders: an animal model for human psychiatric disorders
2010) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING. 37(suppl. 2). p.S389-S389 Mark(
- 2009
- Concentration-dependent peptide losses during the drying step in the sample preparation: influence of additives
- Analytical characterization of the BBB functionality of the opioid-peptides EM-1, EM-2 and CTAP.
- Functional quality of new peptide drugs: receptor-binding and tissue-interactions
- Chemical and metabolic stability of lactoferricin-derived cationic antimicrobial tripeptides


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