Prologue
The smoky small room was tight. He looked at the desk in front of him. Fiddling with a cigarette in his hands.Papers. And even more papers.He wondered if he was ever going to get out of this heck known as paperwork.No light. Darkness surrounded him. Except for two small candles, which were barely flickering to begin with. He shuffled through the papers. Then, he came across a certain file."The Muppets....hmmmm...." He mused to himself.He set the file down, and stepped over to a small filing cabinet across the tiny room. He opened it up, and flitted through the papers, when he found one green file folder. He smiled, his fangs glin...
Keyla ran her hand over the array the stack of holoprojectors soberly. She counted them one last time though she well knew the number. Twenty. With a hitch in her throat as she closed the crate. She rose and rubbed her face ignoring the slight tremble in her hand. Keyla looked around her hut on Gymnos 1 from the cracked mirror to a collection of data pads and various other pieces of gears. She turned to a simple metal locker that looked out of place in all this green and opened it. There hanging neatly pressed was her dress uniform the rebel green with brass buttons. She studied it levelly memories welling within her....
Doctors Hate This Fat-Burning Trick! by xosepaj245, literature
Literature
Doctors Hate This Fat-Burning Trick!
🔥 Introduction: The Trick Doctors Don’t Want You to Know About
In a world flooded with weight loss pills, intense workout plans, and fad diets, a quiet revolution is happening — and it’s rooted in a place most people never consider: the liver. Yes, that’s right. Recent studies reveal that your liver could be the “master switch” for burning fat fast.
There’s one simple trick — natural, non-invasive, and surprisingly easy — that health experts claim is melting fat effortlessly, even while people sleep. And while it’s gaining popularity among fitness insiders and holistic healers, some doctors are not happy about it.
So, what is this mysterious fat-burning trick? And why does it start in your liver?
Let’s dive in.
🧠 The Liver: Your Body’s Secret Fat-Burning Machine
You might think of your liver as just a detox organ, but it’s so much more.
The liver is responsible for:
Regulating fat metabolism
Producing bile to break down fats
Filtering toxins that slow your metabolism
Balancing
Passing the Sword by TheBlackLotusWarrior, literature
Literature
Passing the Sword
Mass EffectThe New InvadersChapter 16: Passing the SwordArcee was walking around a large empty room with white walls with shadows that showed where pictures once were and blank screens, “This is it,” she said to no one, “This will be the last time that I’ll be in this room.”
“Arcee, you wanted to see…me…” said a surprised Luna from behind her as she entered the room, "What happened here?"
“Luna,” Arcee said still looking at the empty walls, “I suppose you are wondering why this room is so bare now.”
“I am."
“Well like I told everyone last week I’m retiring from the Imperium and you are my successor,” Arcee explained as she started to walk ...
To be Like Ones Enemy Part 1 by Terrenheim, literature
Literature
To be Like Ones Enemy Part 1
Deep in the remains of a fresh battlefield, among the still cooling corpses of humans and the mutilated limbs of inhuman things laid what appeared to be a woman’s head. Parts of her long white hair dyed red, dirtied, and unkempt from rolling in the dirt and mud. She twitched.
A pain of such magnitude shook her core and overflowed from her in a scream. She had to scream. If she did not, it felt as though the pain might build within her until she was torn asunder from within.
Tears flowed from her eyes. All other thoughts and sensibilities were pushed out. All that existed was grief. Her blue eyes were blind and ears were deaf to all else. I...