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By 8.12pm on Sunday, Munroe Bergdorf is done in. It is a week since she was announced by L’Oréal as the face of True Match, a campaign that marries makeup to social justice, and three days since she was sacked unceremoniously. A BBC 2 producer is on the phone, talking to her about an interview with Victoria Derbyshire the next morning. “It has been the worst week of my life,” she tells him, trying to deflate the tension with a laugh. Prompted to explain why it has been so bad, she reels off “the death threats, threats of rape, threats of assault, people telling me to kill myself, the general bombardment and fear that something else will happen”. She pauses, then sighs. She hasn’t left her flat in days. “The most ridiculous thing is that you call out racism and they respond with more racism. It just doesn’t make any sense.”

Bergdorf, a 30-year-old, black, queer, trans woman who models and DJs, is no stranger to abuse and ridicule. Her very existence is subversive and threatening enough to the mainstream that a trickle of racist, homophobic and transphobic bile has become par for the course in her daily life on and offline – but now it has become a torrent.

As the Daily Mail reported it on Friday, “with a dizzying fanfare, she was brought in as the ‘face of modern diversity’. But days after she was announced as L’Oréal’s first transgender model, Munroe Bergdorf launched an extraordinary rant declaring all white people racist”. The story went viral, reported everywhere from Al-Jazeera to the New York Times.

“I’m trying to think of the best ways to get across what I actually said,” she tells me, over a picnic of French fries and apple Tango at her kitchen table.

[Bergdof, left, DJing with Lina Bradford, Munroe Bergdorf, Yasmine Petty in New York last November]

Bergdof _(left)_ DJing with Lina Bradford _(centre)_ and Yasmine Petty in New York last November. Photograph: Drummond/BFA/Rex/Shutterstock
She explains that, the morning after the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where an anti-racist protester was killed by a white supremacist, she wrote a Facebook post in response to that event. “It was an epic three-parter about how racism is a social structure and how, if this is the case, what can you do to combat racism?” She says the post was deleted by Facebook for breaching its terms on hate speech; the racist, transphobic comments made about Bergdorf, however, were left up. (A Facebook representative said: “We haven’t yet got to the bottom of what happened to Munroe’s post”, but “we are looking into it.”) The post was then filleted for its most incendiary lines: “Most of ya’ll don’t even realise or refuse to acknowledge that your existence, privilege and success as a race is built on the backs, blood and death of people of colour,” she wrote. “Your entire existence is drenched in racism. From micro-aggressions to terrorism, you built the blueprint for this shit. Come see me when you realise racism isn’t learned, it’s inherited and consciously or unconsciously passed down through privilege. Once white people begin to admit their race is the most violent and oppressive force of nature on Earth … then we can talk.”

Unsurprisingly, Bergdorf made some people uncomfortable, made some people cheer and pissed off many others, including her mother, who is white and reads the Daily Mail. “That was an awful conversation. I’m half-white. My mum thought I was lumping her in with everyone, but this isn’t about individuals. To understand my point, you have to take yourself out of the conversation – it’s not about you – and truly think about society, structurally, economically, as a whole.”

But isn’t that the trouble? Lots of people won’t and don’t understand. Not everyone reads Frantz Fanon and Patricia Hill Collins for kicks – academic theory will only go so far in convincing the average person on an average street that institutionalised, systemic racism is just as damaging as a violent, racist attack.

“I don’t regret what I said,” she says, calmly. “I’m an activist. Being an activist means calling people out, not just saying what everyone else is saying and what everyone else wants to think and upholding the common consensus. L’Oréal knew that when they hired me.”

[Bergdorf on ITV’s Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid]

Bergdorf on ITV’s Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock
This isn’t provocation for provocation’s sake; Bergdorf knows there is no time to pussyfoot until everyone else catches up.

“I can wholeheartedly say that the dictionary definition of racism was written a very long time ago and not by a person of colour. It doesn’t allow us to have a conversation about modern-day racism. If you’re not aware of it, then make yourself aware of it. Racism isn’t just calling someone something, it’s a whole system. If you think we live in an equal society, you’re living in a daydream. You need to recognise that there is such a thing as white privilege and you can be homeless and still have white privilege, because you can still have a better chance of getting out of homelessness than a person of colour in the same position.”

Isn’t the problem that the language is outmoded? It’s hard to get people on board when “racist” is a loaded catch-all umbrella to describe everything from unconscious biases in the workplace to US neo-Nazis.

“We do have the language,” she says, “but it needs to be out there: unlearning, microaggressions, being complicit, unconscious bias, privilege – these need to be taught, we need to address why syllabuses only teach white history, we need to speak about slavery and the brutality of colonialism.”

Bergdorf’s speaking voice is an even-handed murmur; she pauses occasionally, apologising for what feel like rocks in her throat. Someone she knew from university, she says, sold the story to the Daily Mail and bragged about it.

She deliberately hasn’t seen friends or family since the story broke because “I need to deal with it without being told constantly ‘It’s going to be OK’, when who knows if it will be.” Her flatmate has been around and friends have rallied, but, for the most part, she has been managing alone, without an agent or a PR. She has four upcoming campaigns this year; three of her clients have yet to call her to confirm that is still the case. It is irrelevant, she says, because her principles will always come first.

“My body has always been political – the way people respond to my body has always been political, whether or not it was about gender or race,” she says. “I grew up in a white-majority area on the borders of Hertfordshire and Essex ... but I’m mindful of my parents and giving too much away; they’re really worried.” She had a solidly middle-class upbringing, with one younger brother who is “straight and super woke and the first person I called”. Her dad is Jamaican and her mum is white English. “Dad was tough on me growing up as a very effeminate boy, but we’re very close now. Mum is feisty and super successful, heading up PR for a financial company.”

[Transgender model Munroe Bergdorf]

‘Dad was tough on me growing up as a very effeminate boy, but we’re very close now’ ... Munroe Bergdorf. Photograph: Teri Pengilley/The Guardian
Bergdorf was horribly bullied at her all-boys school and beaten up. She says the loneliness she felt through her teenage years was intense. “I lived in my own head and in make-believe. I was obsessed with Cyndi Lauper – I still am. She gave me a lot of strength: that quote ‘On my darkest days I wear my brightest clothes’ is still true for me.” We laugh – today she is wearing sombre, black tights and a grey marl top; understandably, she is not ready for dressing up. “The mornings have been the worst, as my anxiety has been super high and it’s difficult to get up.” She shows me pages of abusive social media screenshots. “I didn’t get out of bed till 1pm today.” Isn’t it a form of self-harm, to put herself through it? “No, I need to know what’s going on so I can feel in control. And I’m resilient: I worked hard at it.”

Bergdorf studied English at the University of Brighton. “I guess I was genderqueer, but there weren’t really the words to express my identity – I just started wearing makeup and heels.” A three-year career in fashion PR followed university before she “crashed and burned”. When she decided to transition at 24, she also learned how to DJ so “I could be myself, self-care and make money. Needing that time and space to yourself is why a lot of trans girls fall into sex work, because the process is expensive and the money is reliable”. She sighs. “Trans women of colour are being killed at an alarming rate.” When she was transitioning, she says the average life expectancy for a trans woman like her was 30. “At the time, I thought: ‘That’s only a few years. I should be speaking about this.’”

Bergdorf was raped during the period she was transitioning; she reported it to the police, but the attacker was never found. She took even more strongly to activism. “It wasn’t just standing up for rights that were my own,” she explains. “Islamophobia, antisemitism, anything I saw that I didn’t think was right, I would protest or post. I think that’s the stance everyone should take: if white people protested and worked to dismantle racism ... I would have loved to have seen the reaction around Brexit from liberals with racism. If people rallied around issues that don’t affect them as well ones that do, we’d be getting shit done.”

Bergdorf built an audience – and influence – within the LGBT community, partially through DJing. “It was the best investment. I was 25, got loads of gigs and it felt like it was what I was always meant to do. I had a lot of fun. I was a complete wild child and went off the rails and did all that rock star shit.”

Despite cabin fever, and stressful breaks to deal with her buzzing phone, Bergdorf is warm, smart and charming; on meeting her, you can understand how she has made the connections that have built her career. A shoot for a couture Lebanese Muslim collection was her first modelling gig; campaigns with Illamasqua and Boy London followed.

She was shopping on Thursday afternoon when L’Oréal called her about the story the Daily Mail said it was going to publish. “I kept explaining the context and the full post and they wouldn’t listen. They said not to go out and not to talk to anyone.” In a statement, L’Oréal said, without irony, that it “supports diversity and tolerance towards all people irrespective of their race, background, gender and religion … we are proud of the diversity of the ambassadors who represent this campaign. We believe that the recent comments by ... Munroe Bergdorf are at odds with those values and as such we have taken the decision to end the partnership with her.”

L’Oréal’s key ambassador, Cheryl Cole, was found guilty of assault for beating up a black nightclub toilet attendant, but evidently that doesn’t conflict with the company’s policies. (Cole was cleared of racially aggravated assault.) Clara Amfo, a Radio 1 DJ and a L’Oréal True Match ambassador, quit the campaign in solidarity with Bergdorf, partially in protest at the hypocrisy of the situation.

“It puzzles me that my views are considered out of touch and extreme,” says Bergdorf. But it is an argument from which she can’t run. “I said no three times to Good Morning Britain,” she says. “But then I thought: ‘This is what you’re meant to be doing and this is a conversation that needs to be had. A lot of people are relying on you.” On Monday morning, her conversation with Piers Morgan goes as we discussed it would the evening before: Morgan asks if he is racist, says he is offended at being considered racist or sexist and shuts down Bergdorf. “The split between support and hatred has been about 50/50,” she says later that day. “On the one hand, it’s amazing, but it is horrible and awful to think that people hate me.”

question: How does the world generally treat transgender people?

question: Would Bergdorf's life be any different if she wasn't transgender?

question: Discuss Bergdorf's path to transitioning.

answer: Munroe Bergdorf was born male to a Jamaican father and a white English mother. Growing up, her father was very tough on her because of her effeminate interests as a boy. Cyndi Lauper was her inspiration and still is till date, and lived by her quote, "on my darkest days, I wear my brightest clothes." However, her lifestyle choices as a boy made her easy prey for bullies at her all-boys school. She was also beaten up and felt lonely through her teenage years and enjoyed living in her head and make-believe. During her college years, she was genderqueer even though there weren't the right words to express her identity then. After studying English at the University of Brighton, she took up a three-year career in fashion PR before she "crashed and burned." She was 24 years old when she finally decided to transition and venture into DJing to be herself and make some money. However, being a trans woman of color when she was transitioning was a terrifying period because the average life expectancy for a trans woman was 30.

question: Discuss Bergdorf's negative experiences.

answer: Munroe Bergdorf had a tough childhood as a boy. Firstly, her father was hard on her because she was an effeminate boy. Secondly, she was horribly bullied and beaten in schools and endured intense, lonely teenage years. Then she secured a three-year career in fashion PR, but that did not last long. Afterward, she finally transitioned, but it didn't come without its pain. Being a black trans woman put her life at risk, given the life expectancy for black trans women was 30. To add to that, she was raped during the period she was transitioning. Although she reported the case to the police, her attacker was never found. She also received a series of backlash and threats as her existence seemed to be subversive and threatening to the mainstream.


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Rudy Giuliani. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo

Rudy Giuliani’s problems keep piling up.

His responsibilities are shrinking as Donald Trump’s TV-friendly personal attorney. His efforts to dig up dirt on the president’s political opponents have landed his highest-profile client in a congressional impeachment investigation. And two of his foreign-born business associates are headed to trial on charges that are part of a broader effort by federal prosecutors eyeing Giuliani himself.

The scrutiny isn’t coming just from the previously known probes by FBI agents and the U.S. attorney’s office based out of Manhattan, according to two people familiar with the investigation. The criminal division of the Justice Department in Washington has taken an interest in the former New York mayor, too, meaning an expansion of resources that indicates the politically sensitive probe into the president’s personal attorney is both broader and moving at a faster pace than previously understood.

Adding DOJ’s criminal division to the Giuliani probe is sure to place additional scrutiny on William Barr, who as attorney general has final say over all department business. Already, Barr’s reputation has taken hits over his handling of the public rollout on Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, with Democrats complaining he spun the special counsel’s findings earlier this year to give them a pro-Trump flavor.

Giuliani’s troubles aren’t just his alone. He has turned members of the Trump team he’s worked with over the past 18 months into potential witnesses for federal prosecutors, who are trying to unravel the tangled relationships he brought to the mix in advising the president while still juggling an international consulting business that promised proximity to the White House.

“He appears to be a subject, if not a target of an active investigation. So to have him be a part of the legal team would be troublesome to say the least,” said Greg Brower, who served as the FBI’s top liaison to Congress until 2018. “At best, it’s a messy situation and more likely it’s just completely dysfunctional.”

Notably, Giuliani was not at the White House earlier this week when his fellow Trump lawyers met with the president for a brief impeachment strategy session. Heeding concerns longvocalized by many of the president’s aides and outside allies that his media interviews were hurting the president, Giuliani has made no prime-time television network appearances over the past two weeks.

Giuliani’s only public comment in recent days was a cryptic Wednesday evening tweet, in which he said, “everything I did was to discover evidence to defend my client against false charges.”

The pullback comes as Democratic impeachment investigators circle Giuliani. They’ve collected testimony for several weeks from witnesses who put the president’s lawyer at the center of a campaign to leverage U.S. military and diplomatic might in exchange for foreign assistance from Ukraine that could help Trump win a second term.

Lawmakers’ hyperfocus on Giuliani prompted a decision by Trump’s legal team to sideline its most famous member from handling any Ukraine matters as part of the president’s defense should Democrats advance a specific article of impeachment addressing the subject, according to a person familiar with the lawyers’ strategy.

Giuliani did not respond to questions for this story. But in a series of text messages earlier this month, he downplayed his Ukraine work and insisted he could continue in his role as a Trump lawyer amid all of the scrutiny.

“I was never in Ukraine at all and my investigatory work was done when it was still possible Mueller would charge Russian collusion. Almost all of it was published in the Hill, so [Trump] and everyone else was aware of it," Giuliani saidin an Oct. 18 message. "Hardly anything not public.”

"Since the public record is more extensive than what I did, he and all of you probably think I did more than I really did," Giuliani added then.

A few days earlier, on Oct. 12, Giuliani argued that his role on the Trump legal team shouldn’t be disrupted just because he’s resisting a Democratic-approved subpoena for documents.

“You can't get a lawyer replaced by sending them a questionable request not for testimony but documents some or all of which are clearly covered by attorney client privilege,” Giuliani wrote. “At most it could be raised as a bar to participating in that proceeding but not general representation.”

“Finally the only reason they are doing this is to target me, as I knew they would, because I am making pay a very heavy price for this process devoid of even a fig leaf of due process. Supreme Court decision have held that due process applies even to Congressional hearings,” he added.

DOJ officials have declined comment for weeks about any specific investigation into the president’s lawyer, who during the Reagan administration served first as the nation’s No. 3 law enforcement official and then as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

But they’ve sent plenty of signals that Giuliani may want to lawyer up himself — a back-channel effort has been underway for more than a week to help find him an attorney — as speculation swirls that he could face charges on everything from violating federal statutes dealing with bribery, foreign lobbying registration and disclosure to making false statements to government officials.

Jay Sekulow, the longest-serving member of the Trump legal team, rejected the idea that Giuliani was in any kind of legal jeopardy. He also dismissed questions that Giuliani had put the rest of the president’s outside lawyers into any kind of bind.

“We have no concerns about any of that,” Sekulow told POLITICO. “He’s a member in good standing of the president’s legal team.”

There’s also the question of a $500,000 payment Giuliani has publiclyacknowledged receiving for work he did on behalf of a company owned by his two businessmen associates who are now facing federal campaign finance charges.

That case surfaced publicly earlier this month when the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan chargedthe two men — Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman — with orchestrating an alleged scheme to buy political influence on behalf of a Ukrainian government official and a Russian businessman. Both men pleaded not guilty during an arraignment Wednesday in New York where one of the topics of discussion among the lawyers and presiding judge centered around the defendants’ work for Giuliani and possible assertions of attorney-client and executive privilege.

Rebekah Donaleski, an assistant U.S. attorney from SDNY prosecuting the Parnas-Fruman case, said at the court hearing that the government’s “investigation is ongoing.” Later, she raised the specter that Giuliani’s communications might have been picked up by the FBI during the probe by noting investigators had obtained information related to at least a dozen telephone numbers, as well as email and social media accounts.

Giuliani has traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad with Parnas over the past year, according to interviews and a series of photographs Parnas posted to his Instagram account that were made public earlier this week by The Wall Street Journal. One picture from late March taken at the Trump International Hotel in Washington included a caption Parnas wrote saying he was at a “celebration dinner” with Giuliani and other members of the Trump legal team, including Sekulow, Martin Raskin and Jane Raskin. It was posted a day after Barr released a controversialfour-page memo summarizing Mueller’s Russia investigation that the special counsel would go on to criticize as failing to “fully capture the context, nature and substance” of his work.

Sekulow said he didn’t speak with Parnas at the event and downplayed the significance of the photograph posted from the March dinner at the Trump hotel. “He could have been at the dinner. I have no idea,” Sekulow said. “There were a lot of people at the event.”

DOJ’s interest in Giuliani has only grown over the past year, and the two people familiar with the investigation say it now includes additional resources and attention in Washington. Initially, federal prosecutors from SDNY and the FBI started examining the former New York mayor as the Mueller probe was nearing its end and as the Trump lawyer started publicly calling for Ukraine’s leaders to launch an investigation into the president’s political opponents.

Barr got his first briefing on the investigation of Fruman and Parnas after his February swearing-in, and another heads-up came before the two men were indicted earlier this month.

Additional attention to these issues has come from DOJ headquarters, which in August was tasked with examining Trump’s phone call asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to dig up dirt on the American leader’s political rivals. A statement released by DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec in late September said the department’s criminal division reviewed the official record of the call “and determined, based on the facts and applicable law, that there was no campaign finance violation and that no further action was warranted.”

“All relevant components of the department agreed with this legal conclusion, and the department has concluded the matter,” Kupec said at the time.

A senior Justice Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Kupec’s Sept. 25 statement was limited to the campaign finance issue raised by a referral from the Intelligence Community Inspector General and was not intended to rule in or out the possibility of Justice officials examining any other legal issues related to the Trump-Zelensky call, if warranted.

DOJ’s criminal division gave a public statement on Sunday through department spokesman Peter Carr that appeared to signal additional scrutiny for Giuliani, however. At issue was a meeting this summer with Giuliani that the head of the division, Brian Benczkowski, had taken alongside other DOJ lawyers about a different bribery case involving another client of the former New York mayor. Peter Carr told The New York Times that the DOJ officials who met with Giuliani “were not aware of any investigation of Mr. Giuliani’s associates in the Southern District of New York and would not have met with him had they known.”

According to a person close to the investigation, DOJ’s criminal division and SDNY have been pressed to more proactively work together in light of public confusion surrounding the department’s past statements on the campaign finance noncharging decision and the Giuliani meeting. This “happens all the time at DOJ, just usually not in such a high-profile case,” the person said. “It will lead to a natural decision to bring the resources together and to make sure they act at least in parallel and probably in coordination and not antagonistic to each other.”

A DOJ spokesperson declined to comment when asked about SDNY and the criminal division working in tandem.

A move to bring department headquarters — “Main Justice” as its widely known — deeper into the Giuliani probe is causing heartburn at SDNY, which is widely known for its autonomy and reputation as the “Sovereign District of New York.”

“You lose a certain amount of nimbleness and a certain amount of independence because now you are answering to someone above you,” explained a former senior SDNY official who said there’s “no way that Main Justice is not involved.”

“Is it something that people want? No,” this person said. “But in this environment it also gives you cover. You want Main Justice to be involved because it is politically sensitive.”

_Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein and Caitlin Oprysko contributed to this report._

question: What does the article say about Giuliani's relationship with Trump?

answer: Giuliani is seen as Trump’s TV-friendly personal attorney. He was trying to dig up dirt on the president’s political opponents. He has turned members of the Trump team he’s worked with over the past 18 months into potential witnesses for federal prosecutors, who are trying to unravel the tangled relationships he brought to the mix in advising the president while still juggling an international consulting business that promised proximity to the White House. Democratic impeachment investigators collected testimony for several weeks from witnesses who put the president’s lawyer at the center of a campaign to leverage U.S. military and diplomatic might in exchange for foreign assistance from Ukraine that could help Trump win a second term.

question: What does the article say about President Biden?


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The was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line subway in Tokyo, Japan, from 1983 until March 2017. A total of 38 six-car trainsets (228 cars) were built between 1983 and 1997 in five batches, and the design received the 25th Laurel Prize of the Japan Railfan Club in 1985.

The trains used a Train Automatic Stopping Controller (TASC) system allowing them to automatically stop at stations.

History

By the early 1980s, most of the rolling stock on the Ginza Line were showing signs of aging; some of which dated back to before the Second World War, giving a dated image of the line to its passengers. Hence, the 01 series was introduced in 1984 with the design theme being “functionality,” “brightness,” and “chicness”.[1] The prototype was completed in May 1983, delivered in September and commenced service in 31 December 1983.[2] It was followed by the introduction of production units from 1984 onward and the last unit, set number 38, was delivered in 1997 in time for the opening of . The 01 series was awarded the Laurel Prize from the Japan Railfan Club in 1985.[3]

Originally, the first 23 sets were not fitted with any air-conditioning system due to structure gauge restrictions caused by the small tunnel size of the line. In 1990, Mitsubishi Electric developed a compact air-conditioning unit of thickness 240 mm and refrigeration capacity of 16.2 kW.[4] A prototype air-conditioning unit was tested on set 16 in August and subsequent non-air conditioned sets were all retrofitted afterwards. To achieve this, the ceiling of the trains (both those already fitted with air-conditioning when new and those with retrofit) were lowered.

In November 1986, a practical test of a high-frequency shunt chopper control device that used a power transistor for the element of the field chopper device was conducted on this series for the Tokyo Metro 02 series.[5] In 2007, car 01-238 of set 38 was experimentally fitted with permanent-magnet synchronous motors.[6] From January 2011, the four intermediate cars of set 38 were experimentally fitted with LED lighting.[7] and in December 2011, set 37 was retrofitted with SiC-VVVF for trial purposes.[8]

Formations

The six-car sets were formed as shown below, with three motored (M) cars and three non-powered trailer (T) cars, and car 1 at the Shibuya end.[9]

+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Car No. | 1       | 2       | 3       | 4       | 5       | 6       |
|         | (to )   |         |         |         |         | (to )   |
+=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+
| Designa | CT1     | M       | T       | M'      | M       | CT2     |
| tion    |         |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Compone | MG/SIV2 | CHP/VVV | SIV1    | CHP/VVV | CHP/VVV | MG/SIV2 |
| nts     | CP      | F       |         | F       | F       | CP      |
|         | BT      |         |         |         |         | BT      |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Numberi | 01-1xx  | 01-2xx  | 01-3xx  | 01-4xx  | 01-5xx  | 01-6xx  |
| ng      |         |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

-   Note:
    -   CHP: Chopper control
    -   MG: 15 kVA motor-generator
    -   SIV1: 110 kVA static inverter (for cooling)
    -   SIV2: 40 kVA static inverter
    -   CP: Air compressor
    -   BT: Battery

Batches

  Batch       Set numbers   Year built
  ----------- ------------- ------------
  Prototype   01            1983
  1           02-23         1984-1987
  2           24-27         1990
  3           28-31         1991
  4           32-36         1992
  5           37            1993
  6           38            1997

File:Tokyometro01-118.jpg%7CSet 18, one of the production sets introduced in 1986. File:Tokyometro01-138.jpg%7CSet 38, which was introduced in 1997 in time for the opening of . This set is fitted with LED destination display instead of roller blinds and uses VVVF inverters instead of chopper control.

Undercarriage equipment

File:Tokyometro01-E-CHP.jpg%7CArmature chopper control on the 01 series File:Tokyometro01-F-CHP.jpg%7CField chopper control on the 01 series File:Tokyometro01-FS020.jpg%7CFS020 bogie as used on the 01 series File:Tokyometro01-FS520.jpg%7CFS520 bogie as used on the 01 series

Interior

File:TokyoMetro01-101-inside.jpg%7CInterior of the prototype set File:TokyoMetro01-137-inside.jpg%7CInterior of set 37, a VVVF set File:Tokyometro01cab-1.jpg%7CDriver's cab of the 01 series

Withdrawal

[Car 01-121 being cut up in March 2014] The 01 series trains began to be replaced by new 1000 series trains from spring 2012.[10] The first set to be withdrawn, set 38, was removed for scrapping in August 2013.[11] By 1 April 2016, nine sets remained in service.[12] The last remaining 01 series train was withdrawn from regular service on 10 March 2017, with a special commemorative final run for invited guests on 12 March.[13]

Resale

[Former 01 series cars 01-135 and 01-635 as a Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series in May 2016] In February 2015, driving cars 01-136 and 01-636 were sold to the Kumamoto Electric Railway in Kyushu and were also regauged to ,[14] where they became the Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series, entering service in March 2015 following the addition of pantographs and new bogies.[15] Two more cars, 01-135 and 01-635, were sold to the Kumamoto Electric Railway during fiscal 2015.[16]

Preserved examples

  Car No.   Set No.   Location
  --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  01-101    1         Nakano Depot in Tokyo
  01-201
  01-601
  01-129    29        Metro Museum in Edogawa, Tokyo (cab end only)
  01-630    30        University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science Chiba Experiment Station

Three cars of former set 1 (01-101, 01-201, and 01-601), withdrawn from revenue service in 2013, are kept for training purposes at Nakano Depot in Tokyo.[17]

The cab end of car 01-129 is preserved inside the Metro Museum in Edogawa, Tokyo.[18]

Car 01-630 was donated to the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science Chiba Experiment Station in Chiba Prefecture in 2017 for use on its 333 m long research test track.[19]

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question: What does the text say about the year 1984?

answer: In 1984, the Tokyo Metro 01 series was introduced with a new design theme due to the rolling stock on the Ginza Line looking dated. The look was going to be more functional, bright, and chic. It was followed by the introduction of production units from the same year and onward.

question: What does the text say about withdrawal?

answer: The first set of the Tokyo Metro 01 series to be withdrawn was set 38 in August of 2013. It was removed for scrapping. This came after the 01 series trains began to be replaced by new 1000 series trains in spring 2012. By April 2016, nine sets remained in service. The last of the 01 series was withdrawn from regular service in 2017.

question: What does the text say about aesthetic design?

answer: The Tokyo Metro 01 series had a design theme of function, brightness, and chicness when introduced in 1984. This was in response to the dated and aging appearance to the rolling stock on the Ginza Line. The series' design received the 25th Laurel Prize of the Japan Railfan Club in 1985. In 2011, four intermediate cars of set 38 were experimentally fitted with LED lighting.

question: Summarize everything that happened in 2018.


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_BATANG QUIAPO_ () is a 1986 Philippine action-comedy film directed by Pablo Santiago and starring Fernando Poe Jr. and Maricel Soriano.[1] The film is the first and only collaboration between Poe and Soriano, and was Poe's first film under Regal Films.[2] The film shattered box-office records of its time.[3][4][5]

Plot

The “King of Pickpockets” Baldo (Fernando Poe Jr.) has just been released from prison and is determined to start a new lease on life. Maria, a young pickpocket making a name for herself in the rough and tumble streets of Quiapo is drawn to Baldo and wants to become his understudy. Action and hilarity ensues as Baldo tries to put Maria through the straight path and along the way help the community rid itself of illegal drugs.

Cast

-   Fernando Poe Jr. as Baldomero “Baldo” Dimaguiba
-   Maricel Soriano as Maria
-   Sheryl Cruz as Sonea
-   Manilyn Reynes as Mona
-   Kristina Paner as Caring
-   Chuckie Dreyfus as Dodong
-   Christopher Paloma as Caloy
-   Mel Martinez as Totoy
-   Rez Cortez as Tikboy
-   Anita Linda as Iska
-   Augusto Victa as Minyong
-   Bomber Moran as Rading
-   Dencio Padilla as Momoy “Lugaw” David
-   Bella Flores as Mila
-   Geena Sablan as Ms. Ramos
-   Tony Carreon as Don Julian
-   Abbo dela Cruz as Daga
-   Rudy Meyer as Sgt. Lolomboy
-   Jose Romulo as Maj. Corrales
-   Karim Kiram as Minero
-   Tina Loy as Auring
-   Paquito Diaz as Kits
-   David Anderson as George
-   Nonoy de Guzman as Goon
-   Rene Hawkins as Goon
-   Belo Borja as Goon
-   Bert Garon as Goon
-   Bebot Davao as Goon
-   Renato Tanchingco as Goon
-   Boy Sta. Maria as Goon
-   Eddie Samonte as Goon
-   Romy Nario as Goon
-   Mario Caverio as Goon
-   Bebeng Amora as Goon
-   Jun Montano as Goon
-   Ernie David as Goon
-   Ronnie Olivas as Goon
-   Joe Estrada as Goon
-   George Wendth as Goon
-   Edgar Madriaga as Goon

Potential remake

Following the success of the television adaptation of _Ang Probinsyano_, _Batang Quiapo_ has been pegged by various news outlets as the likeliest next project by series lead Coco Martin and a possible replacement series for the former. The rumors of the possible adaptation of _Batang Quiapo_ as a TV series began when the film's theme, _Doon Lang_, was performed by Martin in a “duet” with Fernando Poe Jr. as the clip of the scene from the film was being played;[6] said scene originally featured Poe and Maricel Soriano singing in a duet.[7][8]

Martin has himself expressed interest in adapting more of Fernando Poe Jr.'s works for film and/or television,[9] as he had also previously adapted another Poe classic _Carlo J. Caparas' Ang Panday_[10] which was an entry into the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival.[11] In addition to the interest Martin has in adapting the series for the small screen, several names had been linked to the planned remake as a potential leading lady, such as Liza Soberano[12] and Martin's rumored girlfriend, Julia Montes.[13] Rumors of its supposed impending adaptation further intensified when Martin met with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno. The meeting though did not have anything to do with the adaptation of the film but was made to negotiate Moreno's cameo appearance in Martin's 2019 Metro Manila Film Festival entry, _3pol Trobol: Huli Ka Balbon!_[14]

However, with _Ang Probinsyano_{{'}}s unprecedented run, the show having been extended multiple times,[15] the film's adaptation remains in limbo.

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title: Batang Quiapo

question: What does Batang Quiapo mean?

answer: Literally 'Quiapo Kid'

question: What is the film about?

answer: The 'King of Pickpockets' is released from prison aiming to start a new life when he runs into a young pickpocket who wishes to learn from him, but instead he wants to put her on the straight and narrow.

question: Was the film a success?

answer: It shattered box-office records at the time, though it is not specified how.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A page summarizing the Philippine 1986 action-film Batang Quiapo and describing potential remakes in the future.


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_A LONG HAPPY LIFE_ () is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by Gennady Shpalikov.[1][2]

Plot

The film tells about the geologist Victor, who on his way home meets a girl named Lena, whom he falls in love with. Victor promises her a long happy life, but in reality everything does not turn out as he thought. He understands that his feelings are not as strong as at the first meeting, and she, in turn, was ready for this...[3]

Cast

-   Inna Gulaya as Lena
-   Kirill Lavrov as Viktor
-   Yelizaveta Akulicheva as Barmaid (as Ye. Akulicheva)
-   L. Babenko
-   Oleg Belov as Friend Lena (as O. Belov)
-   Larisa Burkova as Firefighter's Fiancee (as L. Burkova)
-   M. Verezgov
-   Liliya Gurova as Maid in a rest home (as L. Gurova)
-   Natalya Zhuravel as Bus conductor (as N. Zhuravel)[4]

[1] В китайском Пинъяо прошла ретроспектива советского кино

[2] Скончалась художник по костюмам “Ленфильма” Галина Деева

[3] Долгая счастливая жизнь

[4] Долгая счастливая жизнь (1966) Full Cast & Crew

title: A Long Happy Life

question: Who is the director of the film?

answer: The film is directed by Gennady Shpalikov.

question: When was the film released?

answer: The film was released in 1966.

question: Who are the main characters of the film?

answer: It may be implied that the main characters of the film are Victor, a geologist, and a girl named Lena.

question: Who plays the role of Victor?

answer: The role of Victor is played by Kirill Lavrov.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer:
The 1966 Soviet drama named "A Long Happy Life" was directed by Gennady Shpalikov.

The story revolves around Victor, a geologist (played by Kirill Lavrov) who meets a girl named Lena (played by Inna Gulaya) on his way home and falls in love with her. He promises her a long happy life but things do not go exactly as he had planned.


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_BIENERTIA CYCLOPTERA_ is a species of flowering plant that is native to the Middle East, south-eastern Europe, and central Asia. It is a succulent, smooth annual plant with long, curved, cylindrical leaves. Its flowers have both male and female reproducing parts and its fruits are small and spherical. _Bienertia cycloptera_ grows in hot, dry climates with little rainfall and tolerates soils with high salinity levels very well. Due to its specific growing conditions, _B. cycloptera_ is not a very common, nor widespread plant. Even over most of its range, it often grows sparsely in small patches of growth. One notable aspect of _Bienertia cycloptera_ is its unique C4 photosynthesis mechanism. Unlike most C4 plants, in _B. cycloptera_ the photosynthetic mechanism occurs within a single chlorenchyma cell, without Kranz anatomy.[1][2][3]

Distribution

_Bienertia cycloptera_ is located throughout the Middle East, south-eastern Europe, and central Asia. The plant can be found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The range of Bienertia cycloptera throughout the Eurasian supercontinent covers an area from 24° to 49° N latitude and from 43° to 67° E longitude. It has an estimated range of 180 sq. km. in the Yerevan floristic region of Armenia, but occupies a mere 28 sq. km. of area. It fits the Deborah Rabinowitz's definition of a rare plant, even though it has a wide geographical range but low abundance where it is present.[4]

Habitat and ecology

_Bienertia cycloptera_ grows in warm climates. It grows in regions where the hottest months have a daily temperature between 20 °C and 30 °C, and annual precipitation ranges from 400mm to 76 mm. _Bienertia cycloptera_ tolerates saline and, temporarily, moist clay soils. The soils are rich in sodium ions and sulfate ions, with salinity ranging between 21 ds/m to 90 ds/m. In most habitats, _Climacoptera turcomanica_ can be found alongside _Bienertia cycloptera_.[5][6]

_Bienertia cycloptera_ is an endangered species. Due to the historically saline soils of the Aarat Plain becoming more suitable for humans and therefore less saline, the _B. cycloptera_ have not been able to regrow. It falls under Category 1 of endangered species according to the Red Data Book of Armenia. Conservation efforts have been underway with a protected population in the Vordan Karmir Reservation. These efforts include monitoring the remaining populations and searching for new habitats.[7]

Morphology

[The cylindrical succulent-like leaves of the _B. cycloptera_ plants are shown.] _Bienertia cycloptera_ is characteristically a succulent, smooth, light green annual plant. It typically grows from 15 to 40 cm in length. Habitually, the plant exists in a shrub-like form. They do not have an extensive branching pattern. The leaves are long, cylindrical, and curved. They are directly connected to the stem. They extend outwards. Since many _B. cycloptera_ grow near each other, this pattern of leaves and the long stems lead to the shrub-like appearance of the plant.[8][9]

Flowers and fruit

[This shows the button-like fruits of _Bienertia cycloptera_] As a flower, _Bienertia cycloptera_ produces both male and female flowers on the same plant, classifying as a monoecious plant. The fruits are shaped as small bubbles with a concave head. In its natural habitat, the plant germinates in the spring and then develops into the fall where reproductive growth happens via flowers. There are not enough pictures and research done on _B. cycloptera_{{'}}s flowers and fruits that the distinction remains ambiguous.[10][11][12]

Medicinal use

In Persia, _B. cycloptera_ is widely used for use in alternative medicine, especially for properties associated with antimicrobial, antihyperglycemic, and lipo catalytic properties. However, there is little scientific research showing evidence of this. A recent article that sought to rectify this lack of knowledge by testing _B. cycloptera_ against different microbes and analyzing its lipid composition, finding a strong correlation with microbe reduction and a wide composition of lipids.[13]

Other significance

The plant _B. cycloptera_ has a unique photosynthetic arrangement. As for the cellular structure of the plant, chlorenchyma cells have rubisco in the chloroplasts of the cell separated by channels and the PEPC in other cytoplasmic channels of the cell. This allows for the unique structure of the single celled C4 plant.[14] This is a very unique structure considering that every other C4 plants have spatial separation in the form of cells. However, scientists found evidence for this arrangement by measuring the Carbon-13 isotope values and found it consistent with other C4 species.[15]

In the field of scientific research for agriculture, _B. cycloptera_ has been used as a subject for studying the potential changing of commercial crops from C3 to C4 photosynthetic plants. Studies on _B. cycloptera_ have found that C4 photosynthetic cells are remarkably similar to that of C3 photosynthetic cells, hinting that genetic manipulation may require less anatomical change than previously thought.[16]

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title: Bienertia cycloptera

question: Summarize the areas in which Bienertia Cycloptera is found.

answer: The areas in which Bienertia Cycloptera is native to is the Middle East, south-eastern Europe, and central Asia. This species of flowering plant grows in hot, dry climates with little rainfall. It tolerates soils with high salinity levels as well.

question: Summarize the habitat and ecology of Bienertia cycloptera.

answer: The habitat of Biernertia cycloptera can be described as regions where the hottest months have a daily temperature between 20 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Celsius. This species tolerates saline and moist clay soils. It is also considered an endangered species and falls under the Category 1 of endangered species. Because of them being an endangered species, more efforts to monitor the remaining population and searching for new habitats are being made.

question: Summarize the other uses that B. cycloptera has.

answer: The other uses that B. cycloptera has are medicinal uses. The properties of this plant are associated with antimicrobial, antihyperglycemic, and lipo catalytic properties. A scientific study done with this plant has shown a strong correlation with microbe reduction and a wide composition of lipids.  The other significance this plant has is that it has been used to study the potential change of commercial crops from C3 to C4 photosynthetic cells.


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It was a dark and cold night when the boy stepped out of his room. He had heard loud noises and great shouts. It was his father again ranting and fighting with himself in the living quarters, the father worked in the mines during the days and drank during the night. The boy who just turned 15 had two older brothers whom left home because of the toxic environment created by the Father. The Father was never always liked this, when the Mother had passed away five years ago in a murder the Father had become dark and lonely not talking with his children whom he prized very much. The Father turned into the warm arms of liquor and women. “David!, David do you know what I had to do to keep you boys alive all these years?” asked the Father. David had heard this questions many times over and each time there was a different answer. “Yes Father, you tolled many years in the mine to provide for us” said David. “Well let this be a lesson to you, don’t ya ever go into the mining, it will cut you worse than we cutting the rock. I never had the time to do anything I wanted and now I just did something great, but you’re too young to understand, now get back to bed.” Replied the Father, the longest time he spoke to his child since the death, as he lifted up his shirt there was a forearm lengthen gash across his chest, blood seeping out of the make-shift bandages. Overnight the Father bled out over the cot he slept in since he didn’t change the wrappings and even loosened it to sleep.

David awoke from his slumber, rubbing his eyes, and heads into the bathroom to freshen up. Once done David goes into the living quarters and shrieks as he looks at the pool of blood around his Father. Blood all over the floor, on the walls, David shakes his father and then runs out to the neighbor’s house. Annie is a worker in the mines and works with David’s father. As David bangs on the door Annie opens up “What is it?” Annie asks, naked as a goat. “My da is dying you got to help him” David said in a panic. “Oh yea what’s wrong with him, aint waking up” Annie winked, scratching herself. “There is blood everywhere, just come” David said with anger. David pulling Annie’s arm to into his house. “Dear god what did you do to your Pa, David?” Annie asks. “Nothing, I swear I did nothing” David says confused, he would not hurt a fly so why would he hurt his Father. Annie stumbles outside, she had her eye on David’s Father, Annie began to yell and gathers a crowd. “Look and help, Matthew is dead and his own boy killed ‘em. Look at the gash and beating he gave to his da!”. Miners begin to rush inside the house to view the body, some of the men grab David and force him on his knees, and some begin to question David, why did he do this. “I didn’t do it, I swear on me mum” David said weeping. It was too late men had bought rope with them and began to tie a noose around David’s neck.
	They watched the situation unfold while drinking tea in the Clock Tower. The two managers of the mining town had a duty to their stockholders to guarantee continuous profits and flow of goods. A easy way of keeping overhead low was to cut wages for workers and then keep them in a reliance position, for low pay was easier said than done since they would not be able to purchase necessity’s without any cash at all. By having alcohol and cheap women around men would spend their salaries and become dependent on their jobs to provide for more vices, a little of supply and demand. There was no space for negations and no other jobs for miles. “So should we intervene on this one?” asked Lawrence. “Nope I don’t think that is a good idea” said Jacob. “Oh why do you say that?” Lawrence asked. “Look at them they are in their bloodly frenzy, and the last one was only a few months ago” said Jacob. “You’re right, but he’s only a kid” Lawrence said with a panic tone. “Oh, I have forgotten this is your first time, you haven’t seen them kill a child, well in short, like a pack of wild animals they will tear into him, it’s quite enjoyable” exclaimed Jacob. “Seesh, you seem hungry for blood too” Jacob said with worry, will I be like that he wondered. “Well this is another way of controlling them” Jacob said coyly. “Well I want to know why they chose to hang this kid, I am going to see why.” Lawrence said as he walked away. “Have fun” Jacob said with a smile and chuckle

As the men begin to tie the rope on a high post, people began to throw rocks at David who was being dragged and heaved upwards. “Kill him, kill him” they all chanted. The women began to sing a song of their people when such life or death events occur.
	In the mines we are already at the mercy of god
	In the light we are blind and in the dark we see all
	When the rumbling begins we take our last breath
	It’s all over just think of our song
A shot is rung off. With that the rope goes taunt and David hangs three feet off the ground. Kicking around grabbing his neck but with nothing to support him David slowly dies with a broken neck. David has a flashback of his favorite times he spent with his family. David just could not understand why this was happened and he did not have the time find out.

Lawrence walks through the crowd “Why was this child hang?” Lawrence bellowed. “He killed his Father” someone called out. “Where is the proof he killed his Father” Lawrence boomed. The crowd looked distraught, why was this manager interrupting their ceremony. Lawrence pushed into the front into the crowd and asked where fathers the body is. Darren one of the men who hanged David walked up to Lawrence “The boy had killed his Pa with a cut to the body, follow me I’ll show ya” Darren said leading Lawrence.

title: [MS] The one who flew over the moon (5Mins)

question: Who has cut Father's chest?

answer: Father says he has just done something great. He must have confronted someone and got into a fight. Who knows what the motive was? Perhaps a fight over a woman? Perhaps he confronted the person he thought had killed his wife?

question: Why would there be blood on the walls if father had bled out in his sleep?

answer: Perhaps the fight that resulted in the injury happened in the living area. This may be born out by the bangs the boy heard and the beating that Annie says Father had suffered.

question: How and why are the mine bosses able to control their workers?

answer: They pay the workers low wages. There can be no negotiations. There are no other jobs for miles around. They also ensure a decent supply of loose women and cheap booze. The men get into a cycle where they are dependent on their money to support their habits.

question: Why Is Lawrence so keen to stop the lynching?

answer: This is the first time that Lawrence has seen a lynching so he hasn't become accustomed to it yet.

question: Write a ~16 sentence summary.

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David hears noises and shouts in the dark cold night. It’s his father again. He works in the mines by day and drinks all night. David is fifteen. His older brothers have left home because of the toxic home environment. It wasn’t like this until his mother was murdered five years earlier. Father turned from his treasured children to the arms of booze and women.

David sees that his father has a huge gash across. The father loosens the makeshift dressings in his sleep and by morning he has bled to death. David wakes his neighbour, Annie, to tell her that his father is dying. Annie tells the neighbours that David has killed his da. The men tie a noose around David’s neck.

The mine bosses watch from a distance. They manage their staff by balancing low wages with women and cheap booze. Lawrence wants to intervene and save the boy but Jacob tells him no. This lynch mob scenario has happened before not too long ago.


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Hello everyone. I've been a writer for quite some time. I have my own podcast but I miss creative writing since I started it. Please enjoy this piece, *Raid on Grey Watcher: Part I.* A practice session inspired by an idea for a novel and Diablo III aesthetics. (All right I'll just admit it right now you can imagine the Demon Hunter character narrating this.)

>In the silence of my dreams I know a world without answers. Yet I do not fear it.

— Grelda Stone, First Commander of the Umbra Order

We were assigned to investigate the Grey Watcher, a castle which had become so old as to lose its first name. Like the moss and vile vermin which had overcome its collapsed stonework, what was once known about it had since been devoured. Consumed by time. Replaced by speculation and the ill musings of those who forget to remember that, just like any other home, it once knew a life without phantoms. It was once bustling with people. Laughter. Lives. *Human* lives.

I’ve come to know—something that few know—that there are other creatures in this world looking to defend the name of ‘living’. And there are some creatures, my friends, whose stomachs stir with disgust to think of the word ‘human’ being beholden to it.

It was a late night when we started this fool’s errand. A winter’s night, too. Of course it was. Flooded with rain too indecent to become snow.

We were compelled to go. The whole town had gathered coin, tossed the lot in a bag and thrown it at us. Their eyes glittered from torchlight with a faltering hope. Rumours about our Order were fresh on their lips. The silver spilled out from the pouch when it hit the mud, such was its overflowing contents. The four of us had never seen so much coin in one place. And the townspeople had never given up so much in a single hour.

The four of us wanted to believe we weren’t seeing it. We’d be damned idiots not to accept it. Yet even then we all exchanged glances. Not one of us leapt out to claim the small fortune.

It was Morgan who grabbed the pouch and nodded at the gathering of citizens with a braver face than the rest of us. Once she turned from them with the payment in hand, there was no taking it back. Our Order has always had a policy with accepting payment and the verbal contract being signed therein. True enough. We could have turned tail on the lot. Forgotten about our allegiance. Split the pay. Swept off to brighter fates without so much as a backwards glance at that husk of a town called Birchwood’s Pass.

Maybe what stopped us was the same childish virtue that didn’t let us turn down the job in the first place. God knows the three of us fought Morgan every step of the way as soon as we were out of earshot.

Soon enough, we were piled into the armoured carriage and clattering down the Severed Road. As was typical, Jeremiah was steering through the weather hatch. Caitlyn was loading shot into rifles, pistols, checking flasks of holy water and pouring shots of whiskey. The way that substance snaked fire down the stomach seemed to be the only warmth in the world in that short ride.

“Why’d you take it?” I asked Morgan.

She fed bolts into her cartridge crossbow with a numb fluidity. “Get the pay. Do the assignment. Same as always.”

“No chance of me getting a better answer for you risking our lives before we had a proper discussion?” I asked.

“That right there, Captain, is a fortune,” she said, looking at the pay. “There’s your discussion.”

“Not if we’re dead,” I told her. “The stories they told of that place. If it’s at all true. No. If a tenth of it is true …” My mouth was dry. I swallowed and massaged the belly of my pistol.

“Every city and town’s got a ghost story,” she replied.

“Not one like that,” I replied. “I don’t think I intend to ever hear it again. I … it … much less live it. Ghost stories don’t kidnap thirteen girls and send back cauterised hands. Haunt everybody’s head. Give them all the same nightmare on the same night.”

“That’s where the fear got to them. That’s the fairy tale part of it,” Jeremiah said from the hatch. “Some murdering madman sends them all insane with grief. Sure as sin. But the second part of the story can’t be true. We’re not stalking ghosts. Just killing killers. A cult, if it was my best guess.”

“Are you certain?” I asked him. “The nightmare told them that whatever is responsible for this is in the Grey Watcher. And here we are … racing towards that damned castle! On the word of townspeople we can’t admit are sane because if there’s the smallest chance they’re right, we should all be pissing our pants right now!”

Jeremiah looked back from the road, his eyes lingering a little too long on mine.

“ ‘Every nightmare’s soul contains a crying infant. Each monster’s heart, a child helpless,’ ” Morgan interjected. “That’s what my father told me. Madman or phantom, there’s mercy for them at the end of a blade. Or bullet. It’s not their fault they’re this way.”

“Oh, not this sympathetic nonsense again,” Caitlyn piped in. But there was too much emotion in her eyes to keep her teasing. Hesitation. Fear. It was spilling out. She opened her mouth, then watched the passing scenery. And when that was too much, when the darkness from the surroundings rushed to fill her imagination of whatever nightmarish contrivance we were about to meet, she looked between her hands. Then she closed her eyes.

That was better.

Anywhere but here.

I brought the pistol to my lips and breathed a sigh against it.

“Elias,” Morgan said to me. “If all you have is fear when you raise your pistol, you’ll only be taking aim at yourself.”

“How’d your father die, Morgan?”

“Ghoul. Took a bite out of his neck.”

“Why’d he get close enough to let it happen?”

“He thought he could talk him out of eating the child in his arms.”

“Did the child survive?”

Morgan looked out from the window as the carriage rumbled on, saying nothing for a long while. The lantern burned a deep crimson against the midnight of her hair.

“No.”

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>Humans and demons are subtle allies, equally vexed by the Seven Sins. There is no species in Gehenna’s Plane for which we can empathise with better. Angels exist without flaw—for this, our two races are forever divided.

— The Umbra Order's Apocrypha, Vol. II, Augustus Elbridge

When our party reached the bridge which once joined the castle’s island with the mainland, we left the cover of our carriage. What was left of the bridge were gnarled stones like broken teeth sticking out over the Warren River. Its usually calm waters now flooded with anger from the storm. Our heels splashed in the muddied road, every step suctioned from the deep sludge.

Jeremiah and Caitlyn got to work unsaddling the horse while Morgan and I drew out our rifles, kneeling on either side of the carriage’s backside. We didn’t have long. Soon enough, rain would seep passed the covers which kept the ignition points of our flintlocks dry.

Morgan and I held our aim, watching the scenery beyond. Both of us could feel it watching us. Old Hungry, the town called him. Some kind of bog giant. Typical in places like this. They weren’t sure what it was, really. Once their livestock had started going missing they’d sent some people to investigate. After a few survivors came back to tell them what they saw, they moved their livestock away. Told their children never to enter the forest, so on and so forth. Problem solved.

Fact is, creatures like that get hungry. Starving it will only make it wander outside its territory. This spot being the only real entrance and exit to the Grey Watcher, we had what you might call a vested interest in making sure that creature wouldn’t be hungry on our return after a long fight.

Also, there was a bonus if we dealt with it. That helped. We didn’t have any real plans of killing the giant. That’s messy, usually takes a small army, or several hours if lacking the requisite bait. But, there’s no harm in feeding the thing and letting the town assume the best long after we’re on our way.

Plus, our horse had been getting old. This seemed a fitting way to say goodbye. At least she’d be used for something. Feeding the earth and all that.

“Damn chain is stuck,” Jeremiah grunted.

“Well jangling it won’t help,” Caitlyn said, taking over.

Morgan and I risked a glance at each other with our rifles aimed at the forest beyond. When she brought her eyes back to her sights, she muttered some unintelligible insult.

"You’re going to need to be faster than that!” I couldn’t help shouting backwards. “We haven’t got long! Rain. Gunpowder. *Not* an amazing combination.”

“Keep your voice down,” Morgan hissed.

“Over this storm? Can hardly hear myself. With any luck that thing’s just as bothered by the rain as we are. How’s it going back there? Let the damn thing loose already!”

“It won’t budge!” Caitlyn shouted back.

Then we saw it. Made to look even more amorphous in the darkness, the hands stretched out between the tops of tree trunks. Gigantic eyes to us, but still tiny for the size of its head, stared in a starved fixation towards us—a heaping mound of snacks.

“Douse the lanterns!” Morgan called back.

“Oh it’s too late for that,” I growled as the monster tentatively exited the forest’s edge. “Ever seen a sorrier lot of bait waiting to be killed? Damnit Jeremiah!” At the head of the carriage, Caitlyn and Jeremiah were taking equally ineffective turns to detach a single link of the horse’s harness, the last one keeping it to the carriage.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Jeremiah asked me as I approached, with what I can only assume was the most unfiltered look of annoyance and fury on my face.

A groan of expectation? The rumbling of its insides? I wasn’t sure what noise exactly was being emitted from the monster emerging from the forest. Only that its vibration lashed the ground. Our carriage shook, one of the lanterns jostled from its hook and shattered against the ground.

“That’ll just about be it for time, then!” Morgan shouted.

I cocked the rifle and took aim.

“Have you lost your mind?” Caitlyn protested.

The appropriate response, one filled with a plenty of profanities, was drowned from the shot’s explosion. A gunpowder cloud engulfed us with an irony spray. The startled horse flayed about, too fast for us to remove the saddle. That final link trailed behind it, its end smouldering as the beast ran off in the opposite direction towards the forest’s edge.

Morgan screamed a curse and dove under the carriage. Not due to the horse. The bog creature lumbered towards us, the steps throwing us off our feet, shaking the earth, causing more of the bridge’s edge to slither off into the river. We scrambled backwards, losing what ground we had to retreat on.

We could see it now. Indomitable, starving. A sopping hulk of branches, algae, and exactly the kinds of things you would think a bog would vomit out if they could.

It raised its arm up, looking to bring its fist down onto the carriage. As the hand fell, its eyes caught sight of the horse, and in a final reaction for the largest meal, it swung its mass around to catch it before the poor beast could get away. The bog monster took hold of the horse the way a toddler might grasp its doll. Then there was the first bite. A mulching chomp with deep popping sounds, like that of a hound unflinchingly grinding through a chicken’s shoulder bone.

We watched in stupor, almost just as satisfied as the creature, knowing that it wouldn’t be any of our bones emitting those horrendous noises. With half of the carcass hanging from its jaws, the massive silhouette, dreamlike in its silhouetted terror, slouched off towards the forest to finish its meal.

“Come on,” Caitlyn said, “we don’t know what kind of appetite it’s capable of. Best be off while it’s occupied. Morgan, you’ve got the grappling prepped?”

The archer unholstered a crossbow from her back that was daring to equal her weight in steel and wood.

“Jeremiah,” I said, “it’s best that you grab the pay from the carriage before we cross the river. In case Old Hungry gets curious about our transportation while we’re away. We don’t want to come back with empty hands once we’re out of this.”

“Captain,” Morgan said, priming the crossbow, “did I hear a tone of optimism in your voice?”

“Greed. You heard greed.”

Jeremiah came back, pocketing the pouch of silver into a satchel at his waist.

“Right,” I said, “Morgan. Fire that grappling into the boulder on the far side of the water. Make us a neat little tightrope towards that circus of Gehenna that town calls a castle.”

title: [SF] [Grimdark Fantasy] Raid on Grey Watcher: Part I

question: What was the contract that the narrator's group agreed to?

answer: The narrator's group had agreed to investigate the Grey Watcher, a castle that had become so old as to lose its first name. Like the moss and vile vermin which had overcome its collapsed stonework, what was once known about it had since been devoured. Consumed by time.

question: Why was the group compelled to carry out the assignment?

answer: The townspeople had collected money from everyone. They offered the group a bag full of money. Morgan accepted the money. The narrator's Order had always had a policy with a verbal contract being signed on acceptance of payment.

question: How did the party distract the ghoul?

answer: The party knew that the ghoul would be hungry. They decided to sacrifice their old horse to the ghoul's hunger. As soon as the ghoul emerged from the forest they unchained their frightened horse who bolted and the ghoul ate it.

question: Did the group succeed in its mission?


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Burger King will soon be the largest restaurant chain to offer a vegan burger.

The chain currently offers the MorningStar Farms Garden Veggie Burger, a meat-free patty made from carrots, mushrooms, oats, red bell peppers, and egg whites. As of earlier this month, the Kellogg-owned MorningStar brand committed to making its entire product line vegan by 2021, saving 300 million egg whites annually.

_“This is a very exciting opportunity for us – by making this change, MorningStar Farms favorites can be enjoyed by even more people at home and on-the-go who strive to add plant-based proteins to their plate,”_ said Mel Cash, head of global marketing for plant-based protein at the Kellogg Company, at the time.

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This update to MorningStar’s recipes means that Burger King, which has more than 7,000 locations in the U.S., will soon have access to a vegan burger patty. According to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Burger King’s sesame seed bun is vegan.

This would make the fast-food chain the biggest in the country to serve vegan burgers – currently, that title is held by Carl’s Jr., which has more than 1,100 restaurants in the US.

The prospect of a vegan burger means that Burger King will have even more options for those looking for a quick, cheap bite to eat.

Burger King fries are vegan, as are the Hash Brown Rounds. You can also order a Garden Side Salad without the cheese. For breakfast, diners can opt for oatmeal made with water instead of milk or the French Toast Sticks. There’s even dessert – the Dutch Apple Pie is free from all animal ingredients.

In June 2015, Burger King told Business Insider that it was looking to sell veggie burgers worldwide to meet the rising demand for plant-based food, particularly in the UK, where vegan food is extremely popular. Stateside, consumer eating habits are evolving to incorporate more vegan food – according to one recent sample survey, 59 percent of Americans eat at least one plant-based meal a day.

MorningStar has not yet announced when the Garden Veggie Patty at Burger King will be free from egg whites.

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question: Does Burger King currently offer vegan burgers?

answer: Yes, the chain currently offers the MorningStar Farms Garden Veggie Burger.

question: Which other restaurant chain offers vegan food items?

answer: Carl's Jr.

question: Which restaurant chain currently holds the title?

answer: Carl's Jr.

question: What all vegan items does Burger King have on their menu?

answer: Burger King offers vegan fries, Hash Brown Rounds, A garden side salad without the cheese. For breakfast, they offer oatmeal made with water or French Toast Sticks. The chain also serves Dutch Apple Pie which is free from all animal ingredients.

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Burger King is soon going to be the largest restaurant chain to offer vegan burgers. A title that is currently held by Carl's Jr. Burger King currently offers the MorningStar Farms Garden Veggie Burger, which is a meat-free patty. According to PETA, the chain's sesame seed bun is vegan.

Burger King offers vegan fries, Hash Brown Rounds, Garden Side Salad without the cheese. For breakfast, they offer oatmeal made with water. They also serve Dutch Apple Pie for dessert, which is free from all animal ingredients.

The chain is looking to sell vegan burgers worldwide as the demand for plant-based food rises.


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May 08, 2018  •   •  3 minute read

[Political commentator Andrew Lawton in London, Ontario on Septermber 6, 2013 TO GO WITH STORY BY IAN GILLESPIE MORRIS LAMONT The London Free Press]
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Two days after Ontario PC leader Doug Ford removed a candidate for homophobic remarks she made in 2014, his critics are demanding on social media to know why he hand-picked a London candidate whom they say has said far worse: outspoken London conservative Andrew Lawton.

A longtime radio host and blogger whom Ford chose to be the Progressive Conservative candidate in London West, Lawton used his platforms from 2010 to 2015  in ways opponents say disparaged the disabled, homosexuals, Muslims and the mentally infirm, among others.

In his first public comments Monday about his conduct, made less than two hours before the first Ontario leadership debate Monday, Lawton admitted making offensive comments, arguing in a Twitter post that what he expressed was a product of mental illness and not the man he has become.

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“I was reckless in almost all areas of my life. . . . There are significant chunks of this period that I do not remember,” wrote Lawton, who tried to kill himself in 2010. “I was active on social media throughout much of this time, posting things that are so removed from who I am and what I stand for that I can’t even fathom my frame of mind in writing them.”

Dismissed in March from his job hosting a talk show on 980 CFPL, Lawton’s last guest was Ford, who weeks later selected him to be his candidate in London West without a nomination vote in a riding in which other contenders already had thrown their hats into the ring.

In Lawton’s Monday tweet, he doesn’t address specific things he was alleged to have posted or said, which critics allege include:

-   In 2015, Lawton responded to a poll that found homophobia was a concern for London’s gay community, writing on Facebook, “Number of sexual orientation-motivated hate crimes in Canada per year: 185. Number of HIV/AIDS infections from men (who) have sex with men in Canada per year: 1,450. Who is the real enemy?’
-   Accused of mocking the deaf on his show in 2015, he tweeted, “I don’t think anyone impacted heard the segment.”
-   In a  2010 podcast, when his guest, flame-throwing conservative Ann Coulter, said of censorship, “It’s sad to see ‘retard’ go, but at least we have ‘negro,’ ” Lawton laughed  and said, “Yeah. Exactly.”
-   A screen grab of an apparent Lawton tweet from October 2011: “An immigrant, a Muslim and a communist walk into a bar. The bartender says ‘Hello Mr. President’”
-   A screen grab from an apparent Lawton tweet in November 2011: “I left the Anglican church when they made the decision to allow gay marriage.”
-   A screen grab of a Lawton tweet in July 2011: “The official internet code for gay sex is ‘ENTER : ###’ (sound it out)”

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The Free Press left messages for Lawton and a key member of his campaign team, the latter responding that the candidate had nothing to add beyond his statement on social media.

The Free Press also sought comment from Ford and his campaign team, asking about critics who question the judgement of the PC leader in selecting Lawton and keeping him as a candidate even in the face of allegations. “Lawton’s statement, which you referenced in your article, stands,” Ford spokesperson Melissa Lantsman wrote.

In his statement, Lawton argues he should stay in the race to become the next MPP of London West, writing that voters should show him the same compassion that his family and friends displayed.

“I have tried to make amends and offer apologies one on one where they are due . . .  I am grateful for my family and friends – especially my wife, (London Free Press reporter) Jennifer (Bieman) – for allowing me the opportunity to define myself as I am today. I ask the voters to allow me the same opportunity,” he wrote.

“To be clear, I am not seeking a pass on past actions. I am, however, seeking compassion and trust . . . I realize it will be a long road ahead to convince the voters that I should be their representative.”

Ford appointed Lawton to run in London West as the PC leader filled nominations in 11 ridings for the June 7 Ontario election, expected to be called Wednesday.

During the weekend, Ford dropped leadership rival Tanya Granic Allen in Mississauga Centre after the Ontario Liberal Party shared a video showing her expressing views seen as representing “hatred and homophobia.”

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question: What does the text say about Lawton's transgressions?

answer: The latest Progressive Conservative candidate Andrew Lawton says his past actions are due to mental illness, and he identifies differently now. His past actions include racist and homophobic remarks with acerbic language. Lawton says he's grateful for his family and friends for letting him redefine himself and asks the same from the voters while admitting that earning their trust will take effort.

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[Mario Tennis Aces]

Nintendo Treehouse is starting to gear up for Mario Tennis Aces. In a new blog, two types of characters are covered: all-around and technical.

The full post can be read below. Note that defensive and powerful characters will be covered next.

  Hi, everyone! Roxanne from Treehouse here. This post is part one of a series focusing on the character types found in Mario Tennis Aces. Think of it as sort of a Play Styles 101 on all the different Mushroom Kingdom favorites you can play as. Hopefully this will get you thinking about what types will fit your preferred strategy, or—if you’re a jack-of-all-trades like me—it’ll let you take a peek at the different play styles you can try out!

  In this first post, I’ll briefly introduce the All-Around and Technical types. Which of your favorites fall into these categories? Find out after the jump!

  ALL-AROUND CHARACTERS

  All-Around characters, which include Mario, Luigi, and Daisy, have well-rounded characteristics, as the type’s name implies. This character type is a great one to start with and master, since they have no glaring weaknesses: their shots are solid and their speed is good, allowing them to traverse the court proficiently.

  Of course, this isn’t to say that all characters in the same category play the same. Luigi, for example, has slightly weaker shots than Mario, but has phenomenal volleys and is a force to be reckoned with up at the net.

  TECHNICAL CHARACTERS

  Technical characters in Mario Tennis Aces include Peach and Toadette. Both of these characters have excellent ball control, are able to easily hit to the far corners of the court, have great footwork, and look fabulous in pink.

  Technical characters are my personal favorite characters to play as because they are great for hitting the ball juuuust out of reach of your opponents, particularly once you have gotten a read on how your opponent tends to move. Their Zone Shots and Special Shots may not be as fast as those of some other character types, but they certainly make those standard shots count! And the longer you keep a rally going, the more chances you have at storing up your Energy for some of those souped-up Special Shots.

  Every character has a bit of a quirk to how they play, and some traits that fall outside of a character’s class, such as their height and weight, can affect how well they can counter a type of shot or strategy. So, start thinking about what your own play style might be, and how well these characters might complement that, but save your final picks for when you can try them out for yourself after the game launches.

  Next time, we’ll cover Defensive characters and Powerful characters, which include…Chain Chomp! Hope you’re chomp-ing at the bit for the next part. See you soon!

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question: What is the objective of the post?

answer: It is meant to describe the character types in Mario Tennis Aces so that players can decide which types of characters will fit their preferred style of play.

question: Which characters would you choose and why?

answer: The characters that you choose would fit your personal style. I think that the Technical characters offer the best chance of winning the game because they are capable of hitting longer shots that are more difficult to return.


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The GREAT SACRED TREASURE (真・三種の神器 _Ma Sanshu no Jingi_, "True Three Sacred Treasures") is a massive weapon that debuted in _Kid Icarus: Uprising_. First appearing in Chapter 24, it is a replacement of the Three Sacred Treasures created by Dyntos.

-   1 Forms
    -   1.1 Full Form
    -   1.2 Pursuit Mode
    -   1.3 Mech Armor Mode
    -   1.4 Ultralight Mode
    -   1.5 Final Strike
-   2 Appearances
    -   2.1 Chapter 24: The Three Trials
    -   2.2 Chapter 25: The War's End
-   3 Battle Style
-   4 Idol Descriptions
    -   4.1 Great Sacred Treasure
    -   4.2 Great Sacred Treasure (Pursuit)
    -   4.3 Great Sacred Treasure (Mech Armor)
    -   4.4 Great Sacred Treasure (Ultralight)
    -   4.5 Final Strike
-   5 Gallery

Forms

Made out of pure orichalcum, the Great Sacred Treasure is capable of changing form and adapting when damaged, enabling it to be used continuously regardless of the situation.

Full Form

Its FULL FORM (完全フォーム _Kanzen Fōmu_, "Full Form") is the first form used. In this form, it is capable of shooting flurries of arrows from the cannon located on its chest, as well as a powerful explosive charged shot from the rifle on its right arm.

When battled in Chapter 24, it displays attacks such as small whirlwinds, the aforementioned arrows, energy shots, fireballs, and a dash tackle. Its most powerful attack is a large laser beam that can instantly destroy anything within its radius.

Pursuit Mode

PURSUIT MODE (高速フォーム _Kōsoku Fōmu_, "High-speed Form") is the second form used. In this form, the Great Sacred Treasure shifts into a slimmer appearance, equipped with a Gatling turret capable of firing powerful lasers, as well as rapid fire bullets.

Mech Armor Mode

MECH ARMOR MODE (格闘フォーム _Kakutō Fōmu_, "Fighting Form") is the third form used. In this form, the Great Sacred Treasure shifts into a more humanoid appearance, gaining arms and legs. It fires projectiles from the five points on its golden insignia.

After Hades detaches the top half of the Great Sacred Treasure from the bottom half, the Mech Armor form gains a new weapon in the form of a long, blue energy blade, which Pit then uses to slice Hades in half.

Ultralight Mode

ULTRALIGHT MODE (飛翔フォーム _Hishō Fōmu_, "Flying Form") is the fourth form used. Appearing as half of the previous form but with golden wings, this form is incredibly nimble. It can rapidly shoot green energy beams from its palms, as well as launch powerful waves.

Final Strike

The FINAL STRIKE (最後の一撃 _Saigonoichigeki_, "Final Straw") is all that remains of the Great Sacred Treasure after it is destroyed by Hades, with its only usable component being a single cannon. Fueled by Palutena's divine power, it fires a large laser powerful enough to destroy Hades's physical form.

Appearances

Chapter 24: The Three Trials

After the Three Sacred Treasures have been destroyed, Pit and Palutena seek out Dyntos to create a new weapon for them. However, Dyntos is reluctant to help, forcing Pit to participate in three trials to prove himself worthy first.

For Pit's final trial, Dyntos forces him to fight the Great Sacred Treasure, which proves to be an admirable foe. After its defeat, Pit begins piloting the Great Sacred Treasure, eagerly zipping around the room until he crashes it into the ground.

Chapter 25: The War's End

The Great Sacred Treasure enables Pit to keep up with Hades for their final battle together, switching forms and adapting to everything that Hades throws at the angel.

However, Hades destroys the treasure in a single clap, sending Pit plummeting to the Overworld. Viridi then grants Pit the Power of Flight while Palutena charges the remaining cannon of the Great Sacred Treasure, which they use to defeat Hades once and for all.

Battle Style

Despite being quite the sizeable mech, the Great Sacred Treasure is as nimble as it is powerful. It is capable of shooting a wide range of projectiles, summoning whirlwinds, charging full speed at its foe, inflicting a multitude of Status Ailments, and dodging predictable attacks by rolling or teleporting away.

Upon taking enough damage, the Great Sacred Treasure's strategy will change. Not only will it use its former moves, but it will also charge a massive beam that destroys half of the battlefield and instantly kills anything caught in the blast. In addition, it can also summon an orb that will gravitate its opponent toward the center of the stage, as well as fire huge laser beams.

Idol Descriptions

Great Sacred Treasure

_The Great Sacred Treasure was designed by Dyntos to be the ultimate weapon. Used in the final battle against Hades, the weapon is huge and incredibly powerful, yet can stop on a dime and change its form to adapt to damage._

Great Sacred Treasure (Pursuit)

_As Hades rushes to the surface world to refuel on souls, the Great Sacred Treasure jettisons its heaviest parts and enters the high-speed Pursuit Mode. Equipped with a gatling turret, its guns can fire both bullets and ring lasers._

Great Sacred Treasure (Mech Armor)

_Shedding even more parts from Pursuit Mode, the Great Sacred Treasure takes a humanoid form. This versatile mode doesn't require any specialized controls; it actually moves as if it were an extension of the user's own body!_

Great Sacred Treasure (Ultralight)

_The Great Sacred Treasure abandons all but its most necessary parts to enter this super-mobile mode. While it can keep up with Hades, the god of the Underworld destroys it with a single clap, leaving only its cannon behind._

Final Strike

_When the Great Sacred Treasure is destroyed by Hades, the main cannon loses power, requiring Palutena to concentrate on using her divine power to restore its energy. Luckily, Viridi steps in to keep Pit flying!_

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Artwork of the Great Sacred Treasure's Pursuit Mode.

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The Great Sacred Treasure, engaging Pit in battle in Chapter 24.

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Pit piloting the Great Sacred Treasure.

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The Great Sacred Treasure's Pursuit Mode in Chapter 25.

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The Great Sacred Treasure's Mech Armor Mode.

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The Great Sacred Treasure's Ultralight Mode.

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The Final Strike.

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Enemies in the _Kid Icarus_ series.
_KID ICARUS_
EelEye • Commyloose • Daphne • Eggplant Wizard • Erinus • Ganewmede • Girin • HEWDRAW • Holer • Keepah • Keron • Kobil • Komayto • Mcgoo • MEDUSA • Mick • Minos • Moila • Monoeye • Monolith • Nettler • Octos • PANDORA • Pluton • Pluton Fly • Reaper • Reapette • Rokman • Shemum • Shulm • Snowman • Specknose • Syren • Tamambo • Tanatos • Totem • Tros • TWINBELLOWS • Uranos • Zuree
_OF MYTHS AND MONSTERS_
Bat • Big Toe • Busy Bee • Cyclops Hopper • Cyclops Skull • Eggplant Wizard • FIRE SERPENT • Fireball • Fuzz Ball • Globe • Gruff • Gubble • King Krab • Komayto • Lunus • Merc • MINOTAUR • Monolith • Octus • ORCOS • Putt • Pythagoras • Reaper • Shadow Mask • SKULL WING • Slime • Snake • Spitball Blob • Spunky • Sticky Talon • Stone Golem • Totem • Wormser
_UPRISING_
UNDERWORLD ARMY
Monoeye • Wave Angler • MEDUSA • Octos • Keron • Gyrazer • Shemum • Nettler • Skuttler • Mik • Ganewmede • Crawler • TWINBELLOWS • Syren • Shrip • Porcuspine • Belunka • Handora • Coral • Boogity • Monolith • Splin • Specknose • Commyloose • Zurret • Shulm • Fire Wyrm • Shildeen • DARK LORD GAOL • Paramush • THREE-HEADED HEWDRAW • Komayto • Daphne • Stackjaw • Monomiknose • Minos • Merenguy • HEWDRAW HEAD • Mega Mussel • Gloomerang • HEWDRAW REBORN • Reaper • Reapette • Shelbo • Zuree • Orne • Tortolunk • Eggplant Wizard • Clubberskull • GREAT REAPER • Magmoo • Bluster • Fort Oink • Girin • Leox • Armin • PANDORA • Petribomber • Snong • Vakloom • Sinistew • Brawny Claws • Snowman • Frozum • Pluton • Zik & Zak • Bumbledrop • THANATOS • Remoblam & Remoblamling • Collin • Phil • Trailtail • Shootfly • UNDERWORLD GATEKEEPER • Igniot • Suit of Skuttler • Tempura Wizard • Erinus • Guttler • AMAZON PANDORA • Cellular Handora • Cellular Bluster • Cellular Monoeye • Cellular Komayto • Cellular Igniot • Cellular Sinistew • Cellular Snong • Cellular Skuttler • Cellular Gyrazer • Cellular Shildeen • HADES'S HEART • HADES

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SPACE PIRATES
Space Pirate • Space Pirate Sniper • Space Pirate Commando

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FORCES OF NATURE
RESET BOMB • Nutski • Trynamite • Zert • Blader • Dibble Dop • Parashooter • Lurchthorn • Pew Pew • Pip • Urgle • Hugworm • Toxiecap • Lethinium • Jitterthug • Boom Stomper • Mahva • CRAGALANCHE • Badoot • Bumpety Bomb • Mudrone • Cacaw • Skreetle • Captain Flare • Meeba • Megonta • Forces of Nature Guard • RESET BOMB POD • Flage • Clobbler • ARLON • PHOSPHORA

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AURUM
Tribyte • Blit • Quoil • Jyok • Claxis • Dohz • Plixo • Kolma • Taklax • Xoneme • Sio • Zaurum • Baglo • Rezda • Zrink • AURUM CORE • Roz • Nukleen • Biota • Aurum Monoeye • Aurum Mik • Aurum Pip • Aurum Fire Wyrm • Aurum Specknose • Aurum Skuttler • Aurum Urgle • Aurum Shemum • AURUM GENERATOR • AURUM BRAIN • AURUM PYRRHON

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PALUTENA'S ARMY
Centurion • Centurion Knight • Centurion Strongarm • Juggernaut • PIT'S BODY • PALUTENA

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CHAOS
CHAOS KIN • Shadow Pit

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UNAFFILIATED
Treasurefish • Rare Treasurefish • Souflee • Mimicutie • DARK PIT • KRAKEN • PHOENIX • CHARIOT MASTER • SOUL-EATING MONSTER • MAGNUS • PSEUDO-PALUTENA • GREAT SACRED TREASURE

question: What is the Pursuit Mode about?

answer: In this form, the Great Sacred Treasure becomes slimmer in appearance, equipped with a Gatling turret capable of firing powerful lasers and rapid-fire bullets.

question: What battle styles does the Great Sacred Treasure offer?

answer: The Treasure is capable of firing a wide range of projectiles, summoning whirlwinds, charging full speed at its foe, and dodging predictable attacks. After suffering enough damage, the Treasure will change its strategy. Now, it would charge a massive beam that can destroy half of the battlefield and kill anything caught in the blast. In addition to this, it can also summon an orb that will gravitate its opponent towards the center of the stage.

question: Summarize the Fighting Form.

answer: It is the third form used in the Great Sacred Treasure. When used, the Treasure takes up a more human-like appearance by growing arms and legs. It can now fire projectiles from the five points on its golden insignia. After the top half of the Treasure is detached from the bottom half by Hades, the Armor now gains a new weapon in the form of a long, blue energy blade which is used by Pit to slice Hade in half.