Liquid Bandage

... turns around and grabs a bandage off of the nightstand and... it up." Jin pats the bandage - a mistake as pain ... by a sickening splatter of liquid. The screaming stops while a ...

Parents used "monkey blood" when I was growing up. I looked for it a few years ago not knowing it had been banned. I found another product called "liquid bandage" and use it instead now. It smells just like fingernail polish and I imagine thats what it is. Miss "monkey blood" though....

... a seizure. Foul, reeking, black liquid was violently expelled at force... with the same dark, rotting liquid. Taylor stared at it briefly... spell on: [Write-in] [ ] Disinfect and bandage the wound with what the ...

..., black hair whipping behind like liquid ink. "Esfelto!" The mage chanted... fix back home with a bandage—for she hated to rely...

..., black hair whipping behind like liquid ink. "Esfelto!" The mage chanted... fix back home with a bandage—for she hated to rely...

... state to something more like liquid that drifted away, eventually disappearing... is more than just a bandage to apply and forget." "It's...

... his best to wind a bandage tight around Al's midsection as... mouth open to pour the liquid in. Joanie winces but says ...

... [DNT] [AUTOGEN] 12PH_LEG_undead_alchemy_table.M2". Ethereal Bandage Heals 8% of your health... - Walk. Mounts Ground Mounts Liquid Hot Magma Slug (New) -... Ground Mount. Liquid Hot Magma Slug. "Also referred...

From Liquid Skin website: “ Liquid skin (or liquid bandage) is a topical adhesive used ...] Popular over-the-counter options include New-Skin Liquid Bandage and Liquid Skin by My Medic, both... a thin layer of the liquid over the cut or scrape. ...

... murky surface rippled as brown liquid dripped into it from a... tilted his cup slightly, watching liquid slosh against the side. "It's... dipped his pinky in the liquid and tasted it. It was ... pinky was half in the liquid again when Chizue coughed suddenly, ... gruffly. She looked away. A bandage stained with old blood was ...

... the morning light, inspecting the liquid through the glass. "The bottle's.... The former Finger had a bandage wrapped around the top half ...

... the morning light, inspecting the liquid through the glass. "The bottle's.... The former Finger had a bandage wrapped around the top half ...

... almost like a sea of liquid honey stirred by the warm... with sweat, and the makeshift bandage wrapped around his head had ... blood immediately appeared on the bandage around his arm. Lyria let ...," she said carefully, adjusting the bandage she had prepared earlier on ...

... with it. He touched the bandage stuck to his nose. He... hands. She looked at the liquid for a second and then ...

... injured palm throb beneath its bandage. He kept working. The bark... powder refusing to absorb the liquid. Victor stirred patiently, applying gentle...

... try the New Skin Kids Liquid Bandage Paint, for FREE! This could... to sample New Skin Kids Liquid Bandage Paint for FREE and provide...

... try the New Skin Kids Liquid Bandage Paint, for FREE! This could... to sample New Skin Kids Liquid Bandage Paint for FREE and provide...

... Our New Skin Kids Liquid Bandage Paint! New Skin® ...out with a new liquid bandage just for kids! Our New... Skin® Kids Liquid Bandage Paint is the first and... only pain-free bandage that can be painted ...antibiotic free formula, the liquid bandage is easy to apply and ...Vibrant Bright Purple Pigmented Liquid Bandage Kids Will Love Fits Any ... New Skin® Kids Liquid Bandage Paint for FREE and provide...

... Of Our New Skin Kids Liquid Bandage Paint     Apply For A FREE... come out with a new liquid bandage just for kids! Our New... Skin® Kids Liquid Bandage Paint is the first and... and antibiotic free formula, the liquid bandage is easy to apply and ... Germs Vibrant Bright Purple Pigmented Liquid Bandage Kids Will Love Fits Any ... our New Skin® Kids Liquid Bandage Paint for FREE and provide ...

... anymore. You also put a bandage cloth in her mouth. She... the sounds of glasses and liquid being poured into them. Are ...

... due to my astigmatism, the bandage contact lens they put on ... of bed screaming because the bandage lens was hitting all over ... wrote down a prescription for liquid oxycodone. but in his haste, ... with half a liter of liquid oxy in it, he prescribed ...

...was encased in so much bandage as a knight after a... to his delight the liquid did not sting at all, ...his voice carried through the liquid as though it had been ...first breath rippled in the liquid. "I… feel sick," he said. "...and dissolved into the bloody liquid as they rolled down. All ...snapped spine, he thought. The liquid made his work both easier ...too hot. I'm awash in liquid, he realized, and now it ...

... silent, fluid, moving with a liquid grace that didn't belong to ... of an ambulance with a bandage on her forehead, told the ...

... silent, fluid, moving with a liquid grace that didn't belong to ... of an ambulance with a bandage on her forehead, told the ...

Hi. I was doing an experiment on an already popped needoh pup and I put super glue on it and it held for a long time. But, I tried liquid bandage and it completely melted the side of it. Kind of cool. But does anyone know why this happened? What is in liquid bandage that melts rubber? submitted by /u/baku_no to r/NeeDoh [link] [comments]

See title. Thank you! submitted by /u/Pizzapatron to r/DermatologyQuestions [link] [comments]

submitted by /u/186times14 to r/HolyShitHistory [link] [comments]

Never in any life, did I ever think I’d have to go pull out the old Thermal Grizzly®️"TG Shield" for anything except a motherboard… but here we are. I’ve got this nasty split starting right beside my fingernail (that classic hangnail spot)...running down about a quarter inch at an angle on the front of my finger. Every time wind, water, or soap hit it, it burned like hell and the d@m thing just kept splitting wider every time I bent my finger or typed. Tried my ancient bottle of New-Skin liquid bandage from 2012....it did jack squat & I wasn't heading to the store for a bottle of New Skin super glue....so I told myself and my kiddos screw it & YOLO! Broke out the red conformal coating, and painted that bad boy like I was doing touch-up work on a PCB or GPU.. It’s been roughly 2 days and I’m honestly shocked at how good it has worked. The burning has completely stopped from the (elements hitting it) with every movement without cracking or peeling off...I have showered 3 times & no sign of cracking. Applied a generous amount to fill in my cracked finger the first time, and it stung about 90% less than Regular liquid bandage! I'm on day 3 and it seems to be healing up nicely... 🔗Here's a photo of my finger via ❇️↗️[Imgur] ☝️---------☝️ Thermal Grizzly could literally tweak a couple chemicals and market this exact stuff as a waterproof finger crack / cut liquid bandage. They’d clean up down here in Florida every time the weather flips from warm to cold or in my case...(cold to warm lol) Anybody else ever used PC repair products for random body fixes, or am I the only one out here MacGyver-ing my fingers? 😂 I just wanted to share this so it would be documented on the web and internet archives if someone's ever in my shoes, has no other option & worried about if anyone else has ever used conformal coating on a small cut/scrape. I hope this can stay here to help others in the future!! Godspeed TG friends! 🧡 submitted by /u/HaywoodJBloyme to r/ThermalGrizzly [link] [comments]

hey everyone i had a colposcopy last wednesday. wanted to share my experience and also ask a question. i felt pretty unprepared for my procedure, pretty much all i was told was to prepare was to take advil (i took it upon myself to also take my prescribed* xanax). i have pretty high pain tolerance, my IUD was super easy. the colposcopy was pretty quick. the speculum goes pretty deep, probably deeper than usual so that was uncomfortable. she just put a solution on that didn't bother me, looked at everything, and did two punch biopsies. for each she told me to cough hard. they weren't bad, basically just a pinch. definitely not as much pain as the IUD. however, after when she cleaned it and put on the monsel's solution, it really burned and stung. honestly it was pretty bad. it doesn't take all that long, i think i might've bled more than average (i usually do) so she was putting a lot on. that was really the worst part of everything. i didn't cramp after, but i felt pretty internally sore. almost like muscle pain, hard to describe. it went away by the next day, i didn't spot or anything. now it's been 5 days, still not much spotting, and the most annoying thing is the smell. i keep telling my friends i smell like band aids, blood, and wet dog food. it's actually so fucking nasty i am surprised by it. i passed one small piece of the liquid bandage. now the bulk of the liquid bandage is like stuck at the entrance of my vagina but i know i shouldn't pull it out. i really want to though. anyways feel free to ask questions about the procedure. my questions for whoever had it already: what was your pap result vs your colposcopy result? when the fuck does this bandage alien come out? it's like, stuck all in one piece. did you pull yours out?? Edit: literally wrote this post sitting on the toilet and it JUST came out and it's GROSS hit my line if you wanna see submitted by /u/miserablesalad to r/TwoXChromosomes [link] [comments]

I recently found a liquid bandage spray that I've been using on some open wounds on a tattoo and it got me thinking- would liquid bandage spray be a plausible alternative to plastic wrapping/tegaderm (especially for those with weird sensitivities) for fresh tattoos? Y/N and why so? submitted by /u/DovahBay to r/tattoo [link] [comments]

** A warning that there are some gross topics regarding fluids are discussed ** About 5 months ago I was told my precious girl Kilala had mammary cancer and that the prognosis of surgery was not great, so after a lot of talking with family and the vets, I decided going the palliative route was what I had to do. In the last 5 months so much has happened with her tumours in terms of progression, so much so that up to a week ago it had scabbed over so much that I couldn’t even see the tumour anymore, but I could smell it always. But in cruel fashion as the universe loves most, I went in to give her a new years smooch at midnight and the scabbing was hanging off her tummy like a door hinge, and I saw what was happening under there for the first time in a couple months. And it’s awful. The upper tumour is so red and pink and purple and wet, and the lower tumour she has just has a hole eaten through it and leaking a yellowy liquid. I had no idea that it was like that in there and now I think I have to say goodbye soon. I know a lot of people will question why she’s even still here when it’s like that and that I “should have known” but she’s never changed. This whole time from diagnosis she has remained herself. There have been small changes, like sleeping a little more than usual, or eating slower than most days, and I can tell more recently in the last month or so that she sometimes looks to have trouble staying comfortable when sleeping. But that’s really it. She is still so happy to be around. She still purrs the second I look at her, wants to follow me everywhere and runs if she has to, jumps on and off of things, wants her favourite treats, wants to play, loves to cuddle and has had no bathroom trouble at all. The vet said they were suspicious that it may have metastasized to her lungs a few months ago but there’s been no real signs of any respiratory distress throughout it all. But I worry about her real quality of life. she’s had a soft doughnut cone on every day and nearly every hour since August. She can’t properly clean any part of her self besides her back feet and tail. She wants to play, but I can’t let her. Her tumours are so delicate and in a spot where if she played too hard or did those stomach kick things she does that she could make it all so much worse. Ever since the scabbing has been loose she has to be wrapped in cloths and tape so that it’s not just an open gooey mess and nothing get into it. And it’s clearly gotten more uncomfortable. She used to have no problems with me looking at her tummy to check but the last two days she doesn’t love it. She doesn’t get mad but she does try to get away. It seems to rough for her to find a comfortable way to sleep, and when she does sleep it’s normally more than 15-20 minutes at a time. She spends most of the time sitting on our heater in a loaf position. But I cant keep bandaging her forever. I’m only able to do it now because the scab is still there and I can use it between the open sores and the cloth to protect it. But if the rest comes off it’s over. I can’t protect it anymore and there’s nothing the vets can do either. This just hurts so much and I know the choice to make that call can’t be the wrong one, but it feels awful. Does anyone have tips for a situation like this? For coming to terms with things like this, or making myself and my family feel better about everything. Are there certain things we should do before or activities you recommend? I’ll miss her so much. I’ve had Kilala for over half of my life, I don’t remember much from before her. I genuinely don’t know what life will be like without her. I’m just so happy and thankful that she made it through my birthday in October, and Christmas (I gave her an early one in November just in case; so she got two!), and she also got to see 2026. She’s worked so hard. submitted by /u/Loose-Agent1153 to r/seniorkitties [link] [comments]

If you are here after being bit and looking for help quickly here are my tips: GET THEM OFF YOU!! Hognoses will latch on and keep chewing on you if they think you are food. I have read other people say that pushing up on their little noses (almost like pulling on a soda can tab) will do the trick. But it is very important to get them off quickly, because the more they chew the more venom you will get and the worse your reaction will be. Clean the area of the bite! Apply a WARM compress. I used a wash cloth soaked in warm water. Do not use cold water or an ice pack. You will probably not need to go to the emergency room. I saw a lot of people online say this, and after my experience I agree with them. Of course you should go if you are worried, but in my case and a lot of other people’s cases, it was just a waste of time and money as there is not really anything they can do for you. So here is the full story. Back on March 10th, 2025, I was bit by my hungry hognose, and was being way too careful about getting him off me. All my other snakes are constrictors, meaning on the rare occasion they have bitten me thinking I was food, they would eventually let go if I waited it out. But Hamlet (my hognose) just kept chewing and chewing into me. I tried running water over his face, gently tugging him off, etc. I was worried about hurting him, and so he chewed on me for probably a solid two minutes before I was more forceful in getting him off (this was before I knew about the soda tab method). After he was off, I began cleaning the area (my sister insisted I put liquid bandage on the wound, which is why it looks like that in the pictures. I do not recommend doing this as it was very itchy and annoying) and my thumb immediately began swelling up, then the swelling just kept spreading to the rest of my hand and fingers. This part was pretty painful, and the severity of it was making me freak out a bit. With my hands no longer preoccupied with getting Hamlet off, I started looking up online what to do for a hognose bite. People talked about “light swelling,” “some numbness,” and warned against going to the emergency room. I think I only saw one or two pictures of people’s swollen bite areas. This was making me freak out more, because my swelling seemed WAY worse than what I was seeing anyone else talk about. I was also surprised by how painful it was, the skin on my hand was turning white in places from being stretched out so much so quickly. And the swelling just kept spreading, it had started going down my wrist and forearm. In the pictures you can see what I called the “lump of swelling” where it is traveling down my forearm. You can also see the ice pack that I initially got to help. In normal situations, swelling = cold/ice pack to help the swelling go down. But in this case, the swelling isn’t “normal” swelling, you are going to swell no matter what. So having cold against your skin will “shrink” it and will just make the swelling hurt more. Online I finally found people recommending heat instead. I soaked a wash cloth with warm water and the relief was instant. I didn’t take many pictures after this because I was busy keeping a warm towel on my hand to stop the pain of the swelling, but the swelling kept traveling down my arm. I must have had a very bad reaction, or let Hamlet bite me for too long, because I could not find anyone else online who seemed to have swelling as bad as me. Oh and also, my whole hand was either numb or tingly. My thumb, where I was bit, was completely numb. The swelling kept going past my elbow and eventually stopped on my upper arm a few inches away from my armpit. The next morning, my arm was so swollen I couldn’t physically bend my elbow or any of my fingers. I called out of work (my coworkers were very surprised by the reason lol). My family was of course very worried and urged me to go to the emergency room, but after what I read online about how futile that was I told them I would only go if things got worse. For the next day or two my arm pretty much stayed the same, the swelling might have even gone down a little bit. But then on the third day I started to develop a rash. Now, you could barely see this rash at first, but it was very painful. Anything that touched my skin, even just a gentle brush of fabric, felt like sharp needles. So, I (regretfully) decided to go to an urgent care. This was kind of funny but also kind of not, but the person who saw me at the urgent care literally couldn’t spell the word “snake.” I saw them type it out incorrectly on their monitor twice before asking me, saying it had been a while since they’ve needed to spell that word. They of course couldn’t do anything for me, and told me to go to the emergency room. I went, explained to the people there that I was bit by a hognose snake, which is technically venomous, but it was my own pet snake and the venom isn’t lethal to humans. There were a lot of people waiting, and I thought I was going to be there for ages, but I was immediately taken back to a room. I think they heard “snake bite” and thought the situation was much more dire than it actually was and gave me priority treatment, which made me feel a bit guilty due to all the other people in there who had probably already been waiting a while. They tested my blood for an infection, did an EKG to make sure the swelling hadn’t reached my heart, and then did X-rays on my arm. After all that, a doctor finally comes in to my room just to tell me “It would seem that you definitely got an envenomated bite.” I guess I looked surprised, because he started explaining to me “you see, sometimes when a snake bites you they don’t use any venom” blah blah. But I was just surprised because, duh? OBVIOUSLY I got a bite with venom?? My whole entire arm is swollen and I cant move my fingers? Of course the average doctor isn’t going to know all about different snake species, so I shouldn’t have been surprised I knew more about them than he did. I started explaining to him how hognose snakes work, that the venom isn’t in their fangs rather their saliva, but realized he will probably never need to know this again and he also didn’t look like he cared lol. Basically I paid over $4,000 to find out I got an envenomated bite, from a venomous snake. I guess it was also a relief to find out my heart was unaffected and I didn’t have an infection, although they sent me home with antibiotics anyways. It did also help my family to stop worrying about me. Over the next several days, the swelling went down and the rash developed more. Luckily, even though the rash began to LOOK much worse, it was really only painful the first two days when you could barely see it. Most of the pictures I have included are of this rash, it was the weirdest rash I have ever seen. It had the appearance and texture of those weird bubble head goldfish who look like you can see their brains. The red dots that would appear in the rash were apparently blood vessels bursting because the skin membrane was so thin, according to my coworker’s nurse boyfriend. The swelling I think took one week to fully go away, and the rash took over two months to fully disappear. The last arm picture is what my arm looks like right now, in late December, 9 months after the bite. In the right lighting, I can sometimes see the very outline of where the rash was, my skin just barely has a different color and texture. I almost wish I had a cool scar or something people could ask me about haha, but you really cannot tell anything happened at all. The only lasting effect from this incident is that part of my thumb is still numb. When Hamlet was chewing on me, there was a moment when he bit down and I felt what I can only describe as a bolt of numbness shoot up my thumb. Like he got me right in the tendon or something. My thumb went immediately numb when this happened, and that was also the moment I kind of freaked out and decided I needed to stop being so gentle and get him off me. Most of my whole hand was numb for a couple days after the bite. Unfortunately, I never regained full feeling back, although the numbness is only in a small section of my thumb and not the whole thing. I included a picture where I tried to draw a circle representing the area that is numb on the side of my thumb. So it could have been a lot worse. And of course, I still love Hamlet. This was the first and only time he has ever bitten me to date, he is a little bit stupid but a really cute guy and usually everyone’s favorite out of my snakes. All snake owners know the risks when owning these reptiles and I would never blame him or be mad at him for biting me. I hope this story is helpful or at least entertaining! I have never really posted to Reddit before, but I wanted to share my experience and also the pictures to be educational for anyone else looking for what to do after a bite! submitted by /u/sssydthekid9821 to r/snakes [link] [comments]

Seriously if you have grade 1 gyno give this stuff a try. I'm 31 and have had gyno since puberty. My chest looks basically normal when my nipples are hard but they stick out when they're soft. I read on this subreddit about this stuff and decided to go buy it straight away. What you do is rub an Ice cube or anything cold on your nipples or pinch them. Whatever you can do to get them to harden and shrink as tight as possible. Then make sure they're dry and you paint a coating of this stuff right over your nipples and blow on it for a minute to dry. Viola - You have permanently hard nipples that don't stick out anymore. I went to a car show and bar hopping last night and didn't have to think about my chest the entire time. I wish I had read about this a LONG time ago because it could have saved me so much grief and bullying. submitted by /u/clay4u to r/gynecomastia [link] [comments]

If you’re taking kids to a busy place like a theme park, zoo, or fair, take a moment before you arrive to write your phone number on the inside of their wrist with a waterproof marker. If you get separated, they can simply show it to a staff member or responsible adult and you can be reunited quickly. The inside of the wrist works better than the hand - it’s less likely to rub off or wash away, and it can't be lost or forgotten like a note or bracelet/wristband can. You can make sure it lasts all day by covering it with clear liquid bandage or a band-aid. Alternatively, if you're hesitant about using ink on the skin, write your phone number on a band-aid, and stick that on instead. It’s just one of those little things you hope you’ll never need, but if you do, you’ll be so glad you did it. submitted by /u/FlyBoy7482 to r/LifeProTips [link] [comments]

I don’t see anything stated on the box and I’ve tried googling an answer. You buy a bottle full of this liquid bandage paint stuff for cuts and scrapes, (blood and ooze naturally will be present) and it’s a big enough bottle to be used numerous times. How does the brush/applicator remain sterile for use by multiple people, like in a family? Is there no concern about the product remaining sterile or obvious contamination with wiping the brush/applicator on your wound and then wiping it on someone else’s wound? Or is this meant for only one person and different additional bottles are required for any other people? submitted by /u/ravenswritings to r/NoStupidQuestions [link] [comments]

A small bottle is $3 at Walmart, and probably comparable elsewhere. The ingredients include benzethorium chloride: antiseptic(bacterial killer) and diclonine hydrochloride: analgesic (painkiller) and of course it becomes a bandage after it dries. Comparably, box of bandages, even the generic brand will run you about two to three dollars, and have no antiseptic properties or analgesic properties, and the glue will go bad after a year or two. In addition, liquid bandage is applicable in places that regular bandages are not, like small crevices or areas that sweat frequently. I have been using it for decades and highly recommend it *If you have allergies, especially allergies to latex, of course consult with your doctor before using it. submitted by /u/MilkiestMaestro to r/Frugal [link] [comments]

Currently on a trip and was climbing sandstone slopers and after a few goes I checked my tips and five of them were bleeding. Typically I have pretty decent skin so this was a shock to me also I rested a few days before the trip, btw this was day one of a week trip. So I've been resting for the past two days and planning on climbing tomorrow. They're still pretty raw so I got liquid bandage and was thinking of applying this plus a good tape job and super glue to seal the tape. Feeling a bit lost on what to do, wondering if this idea is good or if someone has other suggestions. Btw first pic is right after climbing and second is current state of skin submitted by /u/Rude_Lifeguard_9991 to r/bouldering [link] [comments]

RECOMMEND PRIOR READING: Onso One-Shot [Public Bonus Chapter] submitted by

submitted by /u/abirdbrain to r/WhatsWrongWithYourDog [link] [comments]

First | Prev | Next --- Memory transcription subject: Captain Sovlin, Federation Fleet Command Date [standardized human time]: October 2, 2136 A harsh buzzing drifted into my ears, rousing me from unconsciousness. I stirred on the thin cot, and grunted at the mattress’ inflexibility. Terror flooded my mind as I realized where I was. Gravity this authentic could only mean I was on Earth. I had received a military greeting as soon as I neared the Sol system. When I informed them of my name and intent to surrender, the humans ordered me to power off my vessel’s engines. A breaching ship jostled my shuttle, and pumped a sleeping vapor through the ventilation shafts. The predators weren’t taking any chances of trickery or resistance. The accommodations were reasonable, with every basic necessity available. By comparison, the Arxur kept their captives in squalor; a pen designed for five soldiers would be the size of my room’s bed. The reptiles had no qualms about piling us on top of each other and degrading our dignity. Water and a fruit bowl were sitting on a small table. The drinking liquid wasn’t the unsanitary sludge I’d expect from predators. My cell was caged by a barred door, but it was spacious enough to walk around. The barrier slid open as the buzzing noise finished, and shoe thuds echoed through the vicinity. I might never see a person that’s not a predator again, I realized with a chill. That’s very likely. A pudgy Terran male in layered garments entered, studying me with a calculating gaze. My spines felt like they were about to worm their way out of my back. Those eyes were revolting; an unyielding assertion of dominance! Was he dissecting me in his mind, or searching for my vulnerable areas? The predator tugged out a metal chair, and beckoned me to the table with a finger. I steeled myself for the physical pain I knew was about to occur. “Well.” I slunk over to the opposing chair on shaking legs. “Go on then.” The crown of fading white hair signified his age, I presumed. He fished a stack of papers out of a briefcase, and placed some glass adornment over his eyes. The beast looked like he engorged himself on flesh regularly; how else would he have fattened up like that? Words were insufficient to describe the numbing dread, snowballing in the pit of my stomach. Figures that the humans waited until I woke up to start reciprocating the cruelty. I was on the other end of Marcel’s plight, caged with a monster with no way out. “Hi Sovlin. My name is Anton Kozlov, and I’m your legal counsel,” the human said. I cleared my throat. “L-legal counsel?” “Yes. If you are unsatisfied with my services, we can find you another representative,” he replied. “I…I don’t understand. Representative…represent me for what?” “You’re going to be put on trial for crimes against humanity. Your case has been referred to the International Criminal Court by the UNSC. Er, that’s the United Nations Security Council.” My ears could hardly process what they were hearing. Humanity had a proper court system, that relied on evidentiary claims to establish guilt, and stable institutions?! It all sounded so tame and normal. And United Nations? Since when is the humans’ government unified? Every source says they do nothing but war with each other. “First off, such d-d-decorum is…undeserved. T-there is no question that I did what I am accused of,” I stuttered. “Why would there even be a hearing?” Anton’s lips curved down. “Everyone has the right to a trial. Presumed innocent until proven guilty. We are a civilized species, with laws and justice systems, you know.” “I wish you weren’t.” Savage retribution would at least alleviate my guilt over my own sadism. This calm professionalism was twisting the knife. The self-proclaimed lawyer had to know he was defending someone who would’ve killed his whole species, in a heartbeat. If I stumbled across him in my domain, I would’ve tormented him without refrain. “Anyhow. Let’s go over the charges, and the facts of the matter. The ICC believes that your case has gravitas enough to fall under their jurisdiction.” The predator passed a packet in front of me, which detailed my crimes in their angular script. “While you tortured a single human, it was intended as an attack against our entire species. You’re the first alien to face trial by Terran law, so I’d say that’s important enough.” “Okay.” “You also bore the intent to genocide civilians, which granted, there is less direct evidence of. If you cannot understand these charges, let me know. We can try to translate them into your language, though I cannot vouch for the accuracy.” “I have a translator. I understand just fine.” I lowered my head in shame, despising every word of sophistication he uttered. “How do I confess? I am guilty. I don’t wish to dispute the charges.” I definitely don’t want to see evidence of what I did to Marcel. I wish I could forget about that beast. Oh stars, what if he comes to watch the proceedings? “You can plead guilty, but I think there is a solid defense in the making. Of course, the evidence against you is airtight.” The human paused, and tapped a finger to his temple. Maybe they tried to use their hands like we used tail signals. “With your innate resentment of predators, I think there is substantial evidence to argue insanity. We can beseech the court for leniency on those grounds.” “What? That’s not what I want. You’re predators. You can think of a brutal and agonizing way for a man to die.” “I beg your pardon?” “I want my actions repaid. Request the worst imaginable sentence your government can give…please. Something torturous!” Anton squinted at me. He poured a glass of water, and pushed it toward me with a sigh. The primate must be mocking me by concocting such a defense; there was no psychological excuse for my untenable hatred. I failed at every opportunity to revert my course, and never used a scrap of logic. The last thing I wanted was for Terran judges to empathize with my perspective. The predators needed to prove themselves to be a little unhinged or vindictive. Maybe they could have some feelings, but they weren’t just ordinary, docile people. “Prisoners are not tortured on this planet,” the human explained. “It’s explicitly forbidden by our laws. While you are in UN custody, your needs will be cared for. You will be imprisoned if convicted, likely for a period of 10 to 20 years.” My eyes widened. “That’s it?” “That’s it.” “Imprisoned where? Like where I am now?” “Yes. This facility was specifically set aside, in case we captured any Federation prisoners of war.” “Make an exception. WHAT KIND OF PREDATORS ARE YOU?!” The lawyer eyed my flailing claws nervously. “You need to calm down. I’ll be back when you’re ready to discuss your case.” The predators had a much better grasp on their aggression than I thought. There wasn’t a scratch on my physical form, nor had there been the deployment of intimidation tactics. Even screaming at Anton couldn’t evoke the violent reaction I desired. If anything, my antagonization seemed to frighten the old man. “If you’re just going to dream up excuses, don’t come back at all,” I growled. “I don’t need legal counsel.” The white-haired human collected his belongings, shaking his head in what I thought was frustration. That refined conversation wasn’t at all on par with my expectations. They were supposed to enact all sorts of predatory compulsions on me; not confine me under humane conditions, to ponder what I had done. This is the worst outcome. They have every chance to return the favor, yet they choose to be better. “Listen. If you want to plead guilty, that’s your right.” Anton paused at the door, as he was buzzed out by the guards. “But let me test the waters first. See what sort of deal the UN are willing to offer.” “Why would they offer anything?!” “You’re still one of the Federation’s most brilliant tacticians. That counts for something.” “I…fine. I really don’t care anymore.” “Excellent. Oh, and Sovlin. There’s…oh shit…someone else here to see you. You may want to refuse him.” “Would Cap here dare to turn me away?” A steaming voice hissed, so throaty that it sounded like a snarl. “I have a right to face him.” The lawyer hurried out, and a muscular silhouette appeared by the door frame in his place. The new predator was baring his teeth, with strained breathing that verged on panting. This must be the interrogator I was waiting for! I curled my claws for the humans to send him in, assuming they were monitoring the cell somehow. They must not have understood. “Do you wish to speak to the visitor?” a gruff voice crackled through a speaker. “There is no established visiting area at the moment. We can arrange a separate meeting under more defined circumstances, if you wish.” I blinked slowly. “No need for pomp and circumstance. Send him in now.” The bars creaked out of the way. The human stalked in, with a guard tailing behind; my visitor limped like he was wounded. One arm was placed in a sling, and a bandage was tied around his leg. His short hair bore an orange tinge, but it was no more than stubble on his scalp. The predator’s face was beet-red, marred by three long scars that carried a lighter shade. The pattern of those marks clicked with the nagging images in my head. I gasped in horror, and struggled to keep myself still. My eyes turned toward the floor, as Marcel shoved his crooked nose inches from my face. Every part of me wanted to hide under the bed; it would be much easier to pretend he wasn’t here. At least I didn’t kill him. His skeleton is much healthier…and he’s lopped off what little hair humans have. Stars, he is hideous. “LOOK AT ME!” the Terran roared. I took a shaky breath, and gazed into his hazel eyes. The human’s expression was contorted, with a coat of water swelling around his pupils. The depth of emotion, when I truly looked, was staggering; not the soulless abyss I saw them as before. It was a looking glass to his conflicted mind, which was beleaguered by resentment and recollection. “Every time I close my eyes, I’m back there. I can’t be touched on the neck, without thinking of your fucking collar.” Marcel’s raspy voice sounded choked, and I heard snot bubbling in his nose. He furiously wiped a tear away. “I can’t look in the mirror, without seeing your fucking scars! I’m reminded of you by everything.” My skin tingled from the feel of his warm breath on my snout. Guilt plagued me, twisting my insides into knots. How could the human return to his society and act civilized, after being treated like an animal? Wetness trickled down my own cheek, and my vision grew fuzzy. I could see truth in his words, that the anguish wreaked havoc on his mind daily. Maybe beating the shit out of me, or killing me, would give him some closure. “I don’t want to hurt you again. B-but when you start attacking me, I won’t be in control anymore. I suggest you start with the claws, or t-tie up my paws,” I croaked. The predator slammed a fist on the table, baring his teeth. “All I want is to know why. What have I ever done to you? Why did you do it?” “Because when I look at you, I see the Arxur. I’m s-sorry.” “You’re sorry?! Fuck you!” he spat. “You’re a piece of shit, you know. A lying sack of shit!” “I…h-how am I lying?” “Tell me the real reason. You said they took everything from you, when you were about to kill me. What did you mean?” “You don’t care. I don’t talk about that, ever.” “Don’t you owe me that much?!” I drummed my claws on the chair. If Marcel could derive meaning from that wretched tale, it was something I had to rehash one more time. Sorrow filled my throat, just reminiscing about it. Arxur shuttles snuck past our defenses, and the reptilians went on the hunt. One of the first places they landed was my neighborhood. The Gojid armada’s efforts failed to stave them off; therefore, it was my fault that those monsters tormented my family. Unspeakable things were done to the only two people I loved. I spectated the whole event, from a holopad that was dropped on the floor in panic. The awful screams were something I tried, and failed, to blot out of my mind. The reason I led that famed charge against the Arxur fleet, was the paralyzing grief I felt that day. It was meant as suicide; dying in a righteous blaze of glory. Instead, I was saddled with a heroic mantle, and consigned to live for nothing more than vengeance. “They killed my family. While I was on a call to wish my daughter good night…happy? It’s no excuse.” Marcel stepped away at last, pacing by the door. I was surprised he didn’t throw that back in my face, and try to reopen the wound. Even if humans could feel empathy, there was no reason to extend that to me. Slanek’s words about how “kind and gentle” this predator was rang in my ears; the Venlil staked his life on that belief. This isn’t someone who is cruel and sadistic. This is a good person, who is dying on the inside… because of you. “Indeed. There’s no excuse for what you did,” the predator decided. “But I saw what the Arxur do. I saw a lot of things I can’t begin to describe.” “Saw how? It’s not the same on television.” “I didn’t get shot twice sitting on the couch, Sovlin. I deployed on your ‘cradle’, don’t you call it? You don’t even give your fucking homeworld a proper name.” “How is that any worse than naming your planet ‘Dirt’?” “Well…fine, on your cradle. I saw Arxur soldiers munching on a Gojid’s organs in the middle of a fucking battle. Them plucking people off the streets to God knows what fate; us racing to evacuate anyone. Cities wiped off the map, and explosions all around us.” Marcel’s voice quavered with horror, and his eyes stared blankly at the wall. There was a grim sincerity in his testimonial. It would be easy to interpret his anecdote as gloating, but he seemed saddened by the destruction of my homeworld. The humans hadn’t wished such a senseless fate upon us; it was us who yearned for a genocide against their race. I chewed at my claws with despondency, mourning the infinite loss of the cradle. The question nagged at my mind, whether any humans partook in the flesh consumption, but I bit back that morbid curiosity. I should just let the predator continue uninterrupted. “There were children crushed to death by their own parents, left broken in the streets,” he recalled. “A massacre as far as the eye can see. The stench of death, flies buzzing in the air…you all did that to yourselves. Humans would never do that to our kids.” A predator speaking as though a stampede was a conscious choice, and claiming the moral high ground; this was all so bizarre. The notion of humans caring for their young, or having any kind of family unit was jarring. To think of them forming attachments felt alien to my brain. “Somehow, you’re the worst of it all, Sovlin. I will never escape what you did.” I swallowed. “So what do we do now? Are you going to kill me?” “Oh, I dreamed about killing you. Tearing you from limb to limb.” Marcel pinched the bridge of his crooked nose. “But that’s not who I am. Not to Nulia, not to Slanek, and not to myself. You don’t get to take that away from me.” “I d-don’t understand. Take what away?” The predator’s lips curved up into a snarl, revealing his pointed canines. “How I treat a monster…it says a lot more about me than you. I’m proud to be human, and I wake up every morning without feeling like a total piece of shit. Can you say the same?” Marcel stalked away with a limping gait, and the door clanged open at his behest. The human receded down the corridor, as did the UN guard shadowing him. The heavy clops of their feet faded out of earshot. My spines began to settle, left without the company of any predators. That final question resonated through my head; the scarred flesh-eater knew that answer as well as I did. It was my treatment of a perceived abomination that shaped me into one myself. And no…I don’t think I’d ever feel pride or contentment again. The spark that made me Sovlin, the brazen officer, was gone for good. When the Terran lawyer returned, I decided to go along with his merciful plots. Humanity treated monsters with dignity for their own sake, and who was I to ruin it for them? --- First | Prev | Next Support my writing on Patreon | Species glossary on Series wiki submitted by /u/SpacePaladin15 to r/HFY [link] [comments]

submitted by /u/Obvious-Carry5618 to r/Cyberpunk [link] [comments]

Holy crap. I can't believe I never knew about this before now. I just scraped up my leg by losing my balance and falling off an electric scooter going 15 MPH. My friend recommended liquid bandaids, and I'd never used them before, so I quickly grabbed a spray bottle at my local CVS and applied it. After 3 days of healing, the liquid bandages are finally starting to peel and... it is an AMAZING substitute to be able to peel this off versus my actual scabs. My biggest concern when I had gotten scraped up was, "OH NO now I'll have A TON of scabs to pick at, FUCK!" And now that this liquid band aid allowed my wounds to heal up enough to where it's pretty difficult to get my nails under the edges of the scabs, at LEAST I can zone out and pick away at the dried-up, thin, translucent layer formed by the liquid band aid. Moving forward, if I ever get the urge to pick again, I'm just going to apply this anywhere on my skin, let it dry, and peel away at that. Holy fuck. This is amazing and I hope y'all can get SOME sense of relief with your dermatillomania, too!!! submitted by /u/Arlitto to r/Dermatillomania [link] [comments]

Some things I like about it: It's fun to "paint" on It's clear and not obvious It stings a bit, which triggers that same feeling I get when I've "gone too far" messing with a spot and it starts to hurt. It makes me feel like "I'm done now" It has a film which stops me when I'm scanning It's an antiseptic so it's keeping things nice and clean Anyone tried this stuff? Do you have any tips? The only thing I'm worried about is the package says not to use on "draining" wounds, so I'm hesitant to put it on a freshly picked spot because it weeps a bit. submitted by /u/trippytigeress to r/Dermatillomania [link] [comments]

submitted by /u/abbyj3228 to r/PublicFreakout [link] [comments]

Hello buddies, I want to know about your advices from your experience, I'm having some dates with girls, and now that summer is coming and girls like to go to the beach I'll need to try to hide it at least to look "good". My problem is that my chest look good when it's cold or when it is estimulated(obviously i can't be touching my nipples every minute, it would be weird). So what's your advice to go to the beach without worrying if she will like how you look. I'm trying to drop by % BF, and working my chest out as hell. Drinking like one gallon of water everyday and avoiding salt. What's else would you add? I'm aware that this is not a solution for my problem, but I'm not gonna tell a girl that I don't wanna go to the beach coz this fucking issue. Some kind of gel to apply in the nipples to make them hard for some hours? Any help or advice would be extremely appreciated. As soon as I can, I will try the surgery tho. But now it is impossible and I will try to find some temporary solution. Thanks a lot. submitted by /u/nbalifee17 to r/gynecomastia [link] [comments]

submitted by /u/darthaditya to r/politics [link] [comments]