Some people may avoid caffeinated drinks for health reasons, it can keep us awake for one thing and insomnia is bad for us. Not getting enough sleep means the body doesn't regenerate properly, at first it manifests itself as irritability and moodiness, but in the long term it can reduce life expectancy.
It's probably best that people avoid drinking caffeinated drinks before bed. Unless you do night shift work hours, during the morning when you wake up is the best time for it because this is when the body needs to be energized and active for your everyday tasks, that is of course if you're making sure to consume enough fluids and electrolytes.
I posted a link mentioning that there is a misconception about tea and coffee leading to dehydration, while it is true caffeine is a diuretic, the reality is the water is being replaced by the water that is already in the tea and coffee that people drink, and milk contains electrolytes, so it's not that simple. That doesn't necessarily mean caffeine is good for you though and it's probably a good idea to avoid it during the summer when you're losing a lot more water and salt by sweating.
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I use Windows 11. Hopefully will be using Mac OS X at some point in the future.
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I've been trying to.
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I've never drank coffee really, I just prefer non-caffeinated drinks.
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Of course gamers are readers. If there is more than one gamer that is a reader, then logically there are gamers that are readers.
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I have just re-joined the forums on this account, it has been years.
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Trixie sighs at what Revel says, she sits down on...whatever she is standing on. She starts thinking about who she would like to be. She didn’t want to be anything like what she was. She wanted to be free, not a person who always worried about what other people thought of her. She wouldn’t care about power or ego like Trixie did either. All of those things didn’t help Trixie in the past anyway. She imagines a girl with no ties to her previous life in any way….
…This girl would be 17. Old enough to make her own decisions, but she would hardly have a care in the world. She’s attractive, because why not? But she wouldn’t even care about that either…. Her name would be Aella, and would be somewhat short and petite, but stronger than any other girl her size and is very agile. Her eyes are a light green and have excellent sight. She wears modest clothing, a little dull though. Perhaps like a man with trousers, a top and boots. Her hair is a light brown. Not too long, but it’s a little bit messy and flows around wherever, just like her personality…. Aella would go where she pleases and do what she wants whenever she wants to. She would be a free spirit. Just like the wind…. Speaking of the wind, that would be her unique power as well, not fire, ice, dark magic or anything like that, aella would be an air mage instead. Yes, she would have the ability to control the wind, and perhaps even other parts of the weather at times.
Now Trixie starts thinking about Aella’s history. Where did she come from? What sort of life did she have? Trixie imagines she would be from a small town named Tiago... far to the South of Waise. Aella grew up there, but most of her childhood was rather unimportant. Her parents encouraged the young Aella to learn Air magic, as they were air mages themselves. She accepted and she eventually mastered their teachings. But for many years she had no idea of the great power she was really capable of. This all changed when she was 15. Whilst she was leaving school one day, a beastly bear-like creature attacked the town, and this was the event when Aella realized how truly powerful she was, even greater than that of her parents or anyone else in her town had ever known. That was the day she was crowned a hero to her people.
When the monster entered town the villagers ran from it, and many were caught by surprise being injured and died. But Aella didn’t run. She confronted it, because the love for her people filled her with unexpected courage and she grew angrier and angrier upon each passing moment the beast was alive. She automatically focused on the teachings of her parents and her anger somehow made her realize much more than she had been taught. A new level of her power was unlocked.... Miraculously, the beast soon collapsed, Dead. Aella had channelled her energy and stole the air from inside it, causing the beast to suffocate.
After this incident, she was called a hero by the many villagers. She impressed her parents, she impressed everyone. For heroic deed, a green bow, forged from refined Viridium (A green metallic rock found in the mountains near her village) was awarded to her. The Viridium was light, durable and made an excellent material for a bow. The arrows were also crafted from Viridium, and some of these arrows were tipped with Viridium Crystal, a special crystal that is naturally formed in the same way that diamonds are formed from coal, and found naturally in the mountains around the village as well. Since Viridium Crystals were said to hold their own magical properties, Aella separated them from the other arrows and reserved them for special occasions. (the special magic of these arrows will be revealed later)
It wasn’t difficult for Aella to learn how to use the bow, it was like second nature to her. Over the next two years she became a master of archery. It also turned out to be an excellent tool to use in conjunction with her Air Mage abilities - Naturally these air magical abilities could assist many things such as levitation, helping her move and run at amazing speeds, remove the air from lungs or larger spaces, and slow her descent when falling from dangerous heights - but she could also use the same air manipulation to alter the course of an arrow, speed up its velocity, slow it down, and even bend its path around corners.
Because Aella is small, the bow was practically the same length as her and she almost always carried it in one hand, not on her back. It was more than just a bow. It became a multipurpose tool; a staff to conduct air spells (even though she didn’t need it to do that), a melee weapon for close combat, a cane to help in hiking and mountaineering, even while walking she would walk the bow at her side in one hand as a companion, and while standing still she would hold it like a native holds a spear to lean on with one foot resting on the knee of the other leg. For all intents and purposes, the bow became an extension of her body.
While Trixie imagines the existence of this person and all her special gifts, she also knows that in the end Aella is human and has weakness like any other human; she can be injured, she can bleed and she can die. But Trixie also knows because Aella is only young, she still has a lot to learn about herself and her magic abilies…
She then looked to Revel, wondering what he thought of this.
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Trixie narrows her eyes at the hooded man. She picks up a chair and hurls it in his direction. She ran around for a little, being careful not to be near his blade. A fiery orange fireball forms in her hand and she sends it flying in his direction. She starts forming another.
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Trixie glanced over at Revel and nodded. It took a few seconds for her to hear Sluggy basically screaming her name at the top of her lungs. Trixie sighed and went on over, and tried to reach him. Glancing over at Ezra occasionally, holding her wand in a defensive position.
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Sunset lays down on the ground, and uses her bag as a pillow. Its not all that comfortable, but its better than using the floor as her pillow. Slowly but surely, she drifts off into the land of dreams. Sleeping.
Trixie looked rather amazed at this 'poop throwing ape' 's abilities. She gave Orson a hard glare, and then looked down at her body. Her pony form was completely gone, what was left was quite frankly...astounding and shocking to her. Her pinkish purple eyes go wide at what she sees. She then looks to Revel. "What the..." she mutters and then goes silent. "HECK!??" she shouts in utter confusion, and probably horror. She starts hyperventilating a bit. "How?? You must be...so Great and Powerful!" she says to Revel, and then looked confused at what he said about 'unexpected side effects'.
She tried to stand up, she barely manages to do so. And shakes, trying to get her sense of balance in her new form. The halo and wings are no longer there, unsurprisingly. She also held a bluish wand of sorts.
(Looks like this)