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To say your week has been crazy would be an understatement. Work has been piling up, you’ve always got some random family obligation to deal with, and you’ve got to keep your house from falling apart. You just really need a break. Luckily, you cleared your schedule for the weekend and just prepare to relax and kick back. Your wife will be running her own errands here and there, but she promised to not bother you too much unless it's necessary. You just kick back, relax, and play some video games. Your wife returns home from the store after a few hours of you gaming, and as soon as she takes a seat on the couch next to you, the doorbell rings. You are both confused. Neither of you is expecting a visitor or a delivery, so it must be a person going door-to-door or something like that. You’d rather not deal with that today, but they ring again and so you reluctantly get up and see who is at the door. Your expectations are shattered as you open the door to find three men in black suits

It's a Date

  I’ve spent months searching far and wide for this ring and I finally found it. The ring of Venus, a mythical piece of jewelry that is said to hold the power of reality inside itself. I wanted the ring for obvious reasons, and while on a family vacation acting as a cover for my search, I finally found it. The cave that housed the ring contained a massive carving telling of the ring's power, and it revealed to me that it can only be attuned to one person every 500 years. I had intended to use it to play around with lots of people here and there, but I guess that limits me to only one. The remainder of the trip I thought it through. My parents probably thought I was crazy for how much I just wanted to sit and think after begging them to come out here with me. By the time we landed back home, I still hadn’t decided. I’ve felt the power coursing through me since I put it on, but I need to make the right choice of target or risk screwing everything up. As I unpacked my suitcase, I hear