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"They're here again, boss."

"It is weekend, underling. Of course they are."

"Right, boss."

"You lads want a pick this time?"

"You mean... we get to choose first?"

"I am nothing if not generous, wouldn't you agree?"

The man's face betrayed no emotion, and Don Corneo briefly considered pulling the usual lever at the sheer insolence on display, when the henchman suddenly spoke again.

"... the one in the purple dress, if that's alright?"

"Ah, been a while since she joined you fellas hasn't it?"

"Yes, boss."

"You know what they say about variety. Alright, I'll allow it."

"... What about you, boss?"

"Just send in the girl in red. We have... business, to discuss."

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2024 begins with some more Cycles tests, featuring a rather deadly trio, if I may say so myself. Hope you had a nice new years folks! While it took me longer to recover from my hangover than I'd like to admit this year, we're now fully back in action, and the update schedule is resuming as always. I'll be cooking up a proper, big progress report for Friday with an elaboration on the projects in the plans, their status, and perhaps even a tentative roadmap or the likes, as well as some smaller changes to voting cooldowns and whatnot pertaining to the higher tiers. Either way it'll be a meaty one that I hope will get people up to speed on what we're doing here.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and for all of your kind words. Christmas times tend to result in quite a large dip in subscriber numbers owing to the sheer costs associated with the holidays, but this year was significantly softer than usual, so thank you for considering my work valuable enough to support despite all that. Hopefully you're all doing well out there, all things considered, and I am hoping that 2024 will bring some good tidings for us all.

Take care of yourselves, and each other!
/DH