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Previously on Saga of the Jewels…The life of seventeen-year-old RYN, bookish son of a wealthy landowner, changes forever when his hometown is destroyed by the EMPIRE and everyone he has ever known is killed. Ryn discovers that the Empire are seeking TWELVE PRIMEVAL JEWELS which grant the power to manipulate different elements, and that his father had been hiding the FIRE RUBY. He sets out to take revenge on the Imperial General who killed his family and retrieve the Fire Ruby, and along the way meets NUTHEA the lightning-slinging princess, SAGAR the swaggering skypirate, ELRANN the tomboy engineer, CID the wizened old healer, and VISH the poppy-seed-addicted bounty hunter. Together the companions decide to find all of the Jewels in order to stop the EMPEROR from finding them first and taking over the world. They have thus far succeeded in retrieving the Fire Ruby, borne by Ryn, and the Lightning Crystal, borne by Nuthea. They have now come to the land of FARR where they intend to compete in a hand-to-hand fighting tournament in order to attempt to win its prize, the EARTH EMERALD…EPISODE FORTY-THREE: SEMI-FINAL TWOAn empty, grey void sat at the centre of Sagar's stomach.His loins, which had recently been so awake and alive, now ached dully. The wind had gone out of his sails, the air from his blimp, the swagger from his strut.What's the point? What's the point of any of this?He had landed a kiss on a woman. A real kiss. And on a real woman! And it had been returned. A real connection. He could still practically taste her soft lips on his own, slightly salty from sweat, could still remember how they had parted and stirred in response to his.But he had thrown that all away, as quickly as he had chanced upon it. He had broken their kiss and literally thrown the woman out of the arena, all in an effort to win a shiny green rock he wasn't interested in anyway.Of course, he did have his reputation to think of, and it wasn't like the great Captain Sagar, Scourge of the Imfisi skies, could have let himself lose a fighting match to a woman...But still…A real kiss.He had run after her straight afterwards to try to apologise and talk to her some more, and caught up with her in the dugout, managing to catch her by the hand.She spun to face him, all well-defined lines and short dark hair, and he was hit by her beauty again. Her cheeks were glistening, though recently dabbed–she had been crying.“Look, Hiuna,” he said, painfully conscious of the other quarter-finalists in the enclosed earthen chamber–the baldy, another shorter Farrian, and some Frikian woman, “I'm really…sorry. I shouldn't have taken advantage of you and finished the match like that. Please accept my apology.” He could barely believe his own ears, but he meant every word of it. He looked into her eyes, green like new life. “I feel like we had a connection, and I can see that I've upset you.”Hiuna yanked her hand out of his grasp. “I'm not upset because you took advantage of me, you chump!” she snapped. “I'm upset because I lost the match! My whole life I've been trying to prove myself in the face of men like you, and the moment I get my chance to do so, you go and do that and hit me out of bounds! Argh! Don't come after me!”She turned to leave, but Sagar grabbed her and again.“Hiuna, please–”“Get off me!” the Farrian woman shouted, and palm-punched him in the chest with her spare hand, pulling the other one free in the process.Sagar landed on his arse with a thump. He watched Hiuna running off out of the dugout's far exit.Huld was staring at him.“What are you looking at, baldy?” he said.*A moving pillar of stone smacked upwards into Sagar.He was knocked backwards and into the air with a painful jolt.As he sailed through the air, he realised that had been so distracted and lost in his memory that he had completely missed the announcer calling the start of the match and that the baldy had whacked him with an earth attack and was going to have hit him out of bounds in one strike.He summoned the wind, and powerful currents caught him, then held him in place in the air as he held out his arms, levitating weightlessly.The crowd cooed with surprised wonder. He lapped it up.Might as well give them a good show, he thought. Though the truth was, he didn't care about this stupid tournament anymore. What he cared about was getting Hiuna to accept his apology, and he was pissed off that she hadn't, mainly at himself.Baldy was looking up at him from the arena floor, chunky brow wrinkled, barefoot and green-robed, still with his hands held out in a ridiculous pose from having launched his earth attack.Might as well channel my anger somewhere, Sagar thought.Keeping part of his concentration on the air currents cushioning him in the air, Sagar thrust his palms forwards and shouted “Windaaaaaaaaarrrraahh!”A gale-blast of air wooshed forwards from his hands, hard as a hurricane.The baldy set one foot in front of the other and raised his arms above his face, crossing them and making fists to shield himself from the wind in a defensive stance. He even made some of the stone of the arena floor rise up and secure itself in two moulds around his feet to hold himself in place.Behind him, the audience members in the path of the gale screamed. The ones at the front clutched the wooden barrier to avoid being blown away. But they didn't have anything to worry about–they were only getting the blow-back; Sagar was focusing the brunt of the attack on Huld.On Huld, who remained completely still and unmoved by the wind. It was as though he might not have even bothered taking his defensive stance at all.Well, the old timer wasn't lying then, Sagar thought. Looks like my wind powers are completely ineffective against the element of earth.But he had known that much from that stupid temple. It didn't matter. He hadn't expected the attack to do anything anyway.Sagar leaned forward, dipping himself into the massive gale that he was directing at Huld. At the same time, he ceased the pressure from the gusts that had been keeping him up in the air, and instead changed their course to push him forwards, launching him even faster into his own wind attack.The gale caught him and he rode it, his hair and the loose parts of his shirt flapping around him. The exhilarating sensation of weightlessness took him, for a moment replacing even the dull ache for Hiuna, as he flew straight at Huld.He came in fast, stretching out both his arms in front of him for a double-fisted-punch.He smashed into Huld's stomach, below the monk's upraised arms……and glanced off him, hitting the arena floor on his side and rolling over a few times.He came up.The gale having ceased, Huld dropped his defensive posture and broke his stone-shackles, then began to walk towards Sagar.Kufe it. The baldy was tough. Of course Sagar had known that too, but he hadn't realised just how tough. He hadn't had occasion to hit him before now.He called the wind, setting up another vicious gale to whip at Huld.The monk put one open hand up to shield his eyes, but he kept on walking. At least the wind served to distract him somewhat.This time Sagar ran at him, using the gale to lend him speed, but instead of rushing in head-on, when he was a few paces away he kicked off from the floor and sprang to the right, then jumped back towards the monk with a flanking side-kick.Huld's hand snapped out and caught Sagar's leg in mid-air, fingers constricting around it tightly.Uh-oh.The monk twisted, and twirled Sagar in a circle around him once, twice, thrice, several times, getting faster and faster. The audience members became increasingly blurry.Then Huld let go and threw Sagar out of the arena.Weightlessness took him again. He soared through the air, over the audience, who craned their heads up to track him. He was going to land among them, well out of bounds.Well, at least he would have if he hadn't been able to fly.He summoned the wind again and used it to catch him, then divert his course, sending him flying back head-first towards Huld.A calm smile on the monk's face. No surprise, no shock or awe or frustration or even a defensive stance this time. Just a calm smile.Arrogant kufer.Before he made impact with the monk, Sagar dived early, instead making impact with the arena floor with his two outstretched hands.His arms bent, and he flipped over and pushed himself off the floor at an angle, launching himself at Huld feet-first in a double-handstand-kick.The monk stepped out of the way and punched Sagar in the stomach.He smacked against the floor on his front.Ouch. His head rang.He rolled over onto his back, then froze as the monk's massive bare foot appeared above him, about to stamp down.He rolled again, with the wind, to dodge out of the way as Huld's foot crashed down to the ground, sending a shockwave through the stone floor that jolted Sagar as he rolled. He leapt up to his feet and staggered backwards the edge of the arena.The monk just watched him carefully.“Damn you!” Sagar yelled at him, furious at his immovability.The skypirate started to run again, calling the wind to lend him speed, not straight at the baldy this time, but round him, in a wide circle around the perimeter of the arena. He ran faster and faster, keeping his wind projection up against his back, and sent random gusts of air at Huld, flinging them out with his hand at erratic intervals.The monk didn't even bother rotating to watch him. He just stood there in the centre of the arena, and on each pass Sagar glimpsed that same infuriating, calm smile.Sagar kicked off the floor, darting inwards at Huld from behind, rushing along the ground with the wind.He landed a right-handed punch in the small of the baldy's back.This time monk didn't even move.Sagar howled with rage and threw a barrage of follow-up punches, calling the wind to lend each of them force.Huld took the full force of each blow on his back. Sagar must have hit him ten, twenty, thirty times, feeling the force of his punches reverberating through his fists, but the monk remained unmoved.He ran out of steam, and came to a rest with one fist still against the monk's back, panting and drenched in sweat and with aching arms.Now Huld turned, slowly, to face Sagar as he dropped his throbbing arm, still with that stupid smile on his face.“How are you so strong?!” Sagar asked in desperation, only loud enough for just the monk to hear.“No matter how much the wind howls,” Huld said, “the mountain will not be moved by it.”Sagar's lip curled. “Don't quote your stupid religion's proverbs at me, baldy!” he yelled.“Very well,” said Huld. “I won't.”The monk kneed Sagar in the face.The skypirate wasn't aware of what had happened until he was flying backwards, nose and mouth bright with pain. He flipped over in the air involuntarily, and landed on his back at the edge of the arena, head just poking over one of the border tiles, looking up at the dark cloud-filled sky.He put a hand to his agonised mouth and it came away wet with blood. His tongue found that his front two teeth had come loose. He would need the old timer to heal that after this was over.The cheers of the crowd filled his ears, loud and resonant with bloodthirst, almost drowning out the announcer's count. They must be very glad to see one of their own dominating his foreigner opponent in a semi-final.Huld's knee had kicked up so quickly that Sagar hadn't even had a chance to react. The baldy was strong and fast.Sagar didn't see a way that he could win this. Much as he hated to admit it, he was outmatched by the monk. Not only were his wind attacks completely ineffective against the Earth-Emerald-touched baldy, but the man was just a stronger, faster and better hand-to-hand fighter than him.Kufe it, but this match is pointless. It was just like all his attempts to get with women: doomed to failure from the outset. He ground his teeth, and almost let out a growl.But damn him all the same if he was going to just give up this easily. Captain Sagar Edbini, Scourge of the Imfisi Skies, did not give up this easily. He would see this through to the end; he wasn't going to go down without a full, proper, finished fight. He had a reputation to protect.At least the monk hadn't followed up straight away with another attack. Apparently he was waiting to see whether Sagar was going to get up or not.Sagar turned over onto his front with a groan and began to push himself up.He stopped when he saw a face nearby, staring intently at him. A tomboyish but female face with short black hair.“Hiuna?” he said.She was standing in the small cordoned-off area of the crowd reserved for other combatants to watch from, currently its only occupant, right up against the wooden barrier. Only about six paces away from Sagar.“Did you really mean it?” the woman said, her deep frown indicating deadly seriousness.“Mean what?” asked Sagar, still on his hands and knees.“What you said. Did you really kiss me because you wanted to?”Sagar blinked. He remembered what she was talking about, and found he didn't need to lie: “Yes.”“Did you really regret throwing me out of the arena like that?”“Yes.”“Did you really think that we had a connection?”“Yes.”“Prove it.”Sagar got up fully now. The people in the audience around them were staring at them quizzically, starting to mutter and whisper and grumble, but he didn't care.“What do you mean ‘prove it'?” he asked Hiuna. “How?”“Forfeit this match. You might never have been in it anyway if you hadn't thrown me out of bounds when you did. If you really regret it, you won't mind forfeiting now. If you forfeit, then…we'll talk some more. That's all I'm promising.”She folded her arms and looked up at him, defiant challenge sizzling in her face. But not just that. In those bright green eyes, that tight line of mouth, there seemed also to be some desperate hope that he would show himself true by forfeiting this match.Two different forces smashed together inside Sagar's heart. On the one hand, there was his reputation, and his pride, and his ego, to maintain, and his tempestuous fury at not being able to beat Huld. On the other hand, here was Hiuna, whom he had recently kissed, and who had kissed him back. She was only promising that they would talk, but Sagar found that that would be enough for him. He just wanted to be near her again.“Sagar of Imfis!” the announcer yelled out of all a sudden, yanking him out of his thoughts. “Are you going to carry on with this match?”The skycaptain turned. Huld was still waiting calmly for him in the centre of the arena wearing his infuriating serene smile; a green, immovable mountain.Sagar made his decision.“No,” he said loud and clear to the announcer. “I yield.”The crowd issued a collective gasp, then immediately erupted into a complaining chorus of boos and jeers.Sagar ignored them, walking out of the arena, and went to go and speak with Hiuna. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sagaofthejewels.substack.com

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Previously on Saga of the Jewels…The life of seventeen-year-old RYN, bookish son of a wealthy landowner, changes forever when his hometown is destroyed by the EMPIRE and everyone he has ever known is killed. Ryn discovers that the Empire are seeking TWELVE PRIMEVAL JEWELS which grant the power to manipulate different elements, and that his father had been hiding the FIRE RUBY. He sets out to take revenge on the Imperial General who killed his family and retrieve the Fire Ruby, and along the way meets NUTHEA the lightning-slinging princess, SAGAR the swaggering skypirate, ELRANN the tomboy engineer, CID the wizened old healer, and VISH the poppy-seed-addicted bounty hunter. Together the companions decide to find all of the Jewels in order to stop the EMPEROR from finding them first and taking over the world. They have thus far succeeded in retrieving the Fire Ruby, borne by Ryn, and the Lightning Crystal, borne by Nuthea. They have now come to the land of FARR where they intend to compete in a hand-to-hand fighting tournament in order to attempt to win its prize, the EARTH EMERALD…EPISODE THIRTY-NINE: THE TOURNAMENT: QUARTER FINAL TWO: SAGAR OF IMFIS VS. HIUNA OF FARRTen minutes earlier.Sagar strode out of the dugout shoulder to shoulder with his opponent.He felt almost naked without his coat and swords, but his shirt and trousers would have to do.As they reached the open air of the little concourse that led from the tunnel mouth to the stone tiles of the arena, people must have spotted them, because a wave of cheers and applause from the thousands-strong Farrian crowd swelled to greet them……then subsided again to about half its original volume, breaking into a buzz of confused chatter.No wonder, Sagar thought as he stepped onto the arena floor and began to make his way over to one side of it. I'm not a Farrian, after all; I'm another ‘filthy foreigner' you weren't expecting–just like the pup was.And his opponent was a Farrian–but she was also a woman. As far as Sagar understood, women did not normally become monks, or fight, in Farrian culture, as was quite right and proper. How this woman had managed to progress to the quarter finals, he had no idea. Maybe she had had a free pass like him, Ryn and Vish for some reason.He regarded her where she took her place now opposite him about fifteen paces away on the other side of the arena, standing in a simple stance with two fists bunched and knuckles-down on either side of the top of her hips. She wore a leaf-green robe liked the baldies did, tied with an earth-brown sash at her waist. Her build was slight and slender. Like all Farrian women she had dark hair, except it was cut short like a Dokanese man's. Only the femininity of her cheekbones betrayed her as a woman, but had you not been told you might be forgiven for mistaking her for a man.Why do I always get paired up with these women who act like men? Sagar thought. It was like someone was trying to teach him something. At least hopefully this one won't also turn out to be my long-lost sister.He had begrudgingly learned not to underestimate women who looked a bit like men from his experience with Elrann. But Elrann had so far only beaten men in drinking competitions (probably by cheating) and only been able to make a laughing stock of him when she had her firearms at her disposal. Elrann had never fought him hand-to-hand, and Sagar knew that if she ever did, he would win. Just like he was going to win in this fight against this Farrian woman.Because if there was one thing that growing up on his father's skyship had taught him, it was how to fight, with a sword–or without one. He hadn't needed the scumsucker's ridiculous ‘training'.So I'm sorry, little Farrian girl, he thought, still regarding her with his exposed eye, but there's not going to be any glory, or prize money, or Jewels for you today. Those belong to me.“Ready?” the announcer said to him.Sagar nodded, smiling.His opponent did the same.“Then…...FIGHT!” The announcer shouted the word so loud it rang out over the crowd, then immediately rushed off to the sand that bordered the side of the arena to get out of the way.The woman standing across from Sagar pointed a finger at him and called out in a loud, theatrical, somewhat angry voice:“Sagar of Imfis! My name is Hiuna of Farr, and I am going to win this tournament! My whole life I have sought to prove my right to fight alongside men, and in this tournament I am going to do just that, first by defeating you, Sagar of Imfis!”Sagar winced at the repetition of his name. Did she have to underscore that, when he was a man wanted by the Empire? The woman, ‘Hiuna', had shouted loud enough for the whole audience to hear. They went quiet in the wake of her strange announcement, tensing to see what would happen next.“Er…okay?” Sagar said at a normal volume. Who did she think she was to challenge him, a fearsome pirate skycaptain? “Show me what you've got, then,” he invited, beckoning with a finger.And then Hiuna was sprinting straight at him.“HA!” She gave an aggressive yell, then leapt into the air, aiming a flying side-on kick at Sagar's chest.He got his hand up in time to deflect it as he stepped to one side out of the way, but boy did it hit hard as it glanced off his palm, sending a ripple of shock down his arm.Hiuna landed, then immediately sprang back up and launched a barrage of punches at him. High. High. Low. Middle. High.Sagar blocked or dodged all of them, then jumped backwards to put some space in between him and the woman and buy himself some more time.But she didn't give him any. She ran forward at once, closing the gap, came in with another kick, another flurry of punches, more kicks.Sagar blocked them all, tendons tightening in his neck from the effort.Hiuna came out of a roundhouse kick and continued rotating with her body, spinning around with a wicked surprise punch aimed at Sagar's stomach.Time slowed.Sagar could see that he was going to be able to block the punch in time, but it was coming towards him with such force that the impact of it might just knock him backwards all the same…backwards and out of the arena, the perimeter of which Hiuna had driven him to with her barrage of strikes.His instincts activated.Just before the punch connected, Sagar summoned the wind.A localised gust of air rushed from the open palm with which he had been about to block the woman's punch, so forcefully that it stopped her fist in mid-air, then pushed it–and her–backwards.Sagar stepped into the gust and drove his palm forwards to conceal his wind attack, connecting with Hiuna's hand as it moved backwards and making it look as if he had somehow blocked her blow and followed through with a counter-strike in the same rapid movement.He extended his arm fully, and Hiuna went staggering back a few paces towards the centre of the arena, grunting, almost losing her footing and falling over.She regained her balance, then came back into a fighting stance, this time with her two fists held out in front of her ready to fend off whatever Sagar might throw at her next.But Sagar did not follow up with another attack…yet.He was trying to work out if he could win this without more obviously resorting to his wind power, or ‘projection', or whatever the princess called it.She had pushed him to use it so soon. Much sooner than he had anticipated needing to use it in this tournament.The Farrian's delicate face was still fixed in an angry frown of determination, but now her brows crinkled even further, betraying puzzlement.She knows something is amiss.“You have some skill!” Sagar called out so the nearby audience members would be able to hear, deciding to follow up with a verbal assault, “I'll grant you that. Not bad, not bad at all, especially for a woman who wants to be a man!”A few snickers fluttered across the crowd, reaching Sagar's keen ears. He needed to keep up this momentum.“But you're still outmatched, I'm afraid!” he yelled, baiting her for all she was worth. “I'll make quick work of you, woman!”“You got lucky, foreigner!” Hiuna shot back. Sweat beaded on her forehead. Good. “I almost had you beaten in ten strikes! You got a lucky hit in, somehow! I won't let that happen again!”Pounce when they least expect it, rang a remembered voice in Sagar's head. The voice of the man he hadn't known was his father until it had been time for him to say goodbye. When they're most riled up and ready, that's when you get the jump on them. It supposedly applied to bedding, but also to fighting.Sagar bounded forward, coming on with a vicious right hook aimed at the woman's head.She got her forearm up to block it, and he followed up with a left jab, which she smacked out of the way with her other hand.He kept the pressure up, bombarding her with more punches. She blocked three more, then danced out of the way of the next.Damn it, he thought as he kept up the barrage, unable to land a hit. She is skilled. And surprisingly strong. He wished that he could take off his eye patch to see with both eyes. He would have to resort to his other trick again.He counted one, two, three more useless punches, then suddenly crouched and spun, whipping out his leg like a dog flicking out its tail, bringing it around in a low, sweeping kick.As he did so he summoned the wind to assist him so that he spun round impossibly fast, his kick moving with the speed of a gale. A small whooshing noise followed his leg round.He felt the kick connect with the woman's legs before he saw it happen. The back of his calf blossomed with brief impact as he swept her legs out from underneath her and she went over on her back, smacking against the stone with a satisfying slap.Sagar came up immediately and sprang forwards, aiming a gut-punch at her prone form.Before he landed, the woman rolled to the side and out of the way, and he punched the air where she had just been, pulling back just in time to stop his knuckles from hitting the stone of the arena floor.He watched as the woman kept rolling, then pushed herself up from the ground with her hands and, keeping her momentum, twirled around several times in the air, before landing in her double-fisted fighting stance again some distance away.Well, that was pretty impressive, he supposed.The woman scowled at him, more furious than ever.“What are you doing?!” she called out. “I am your better many times over, and yet you keep scoring surprise hits on me! You are cheating, somehow, foreigner!”Sagar shrugged exaggeratedly, making a show of it. “You can think that if you like, lady! Whatever helps you to feel better about yourself!”“Raaargh!” she cried out in anger and rushed at him again, arriving with a furious punch which he parried. She kept on at him, throwing strike after strike, so that Sagar had to consistently use the wind to speed up his responses, to nudge himself out of the way of an attack, to nudge her slightly away from him.She was throwing everything he had at him, making him sweat now, too.And it would have been enough…were it not for his special ability.Sagar pushed one of her high punches further up, past his shoulder, then saw an opening. Her stomach was exposed.He brought his knee up hard, even harder than he could normally, by propelling it with a gust of air.Spittle and a humiliating “Urk!” issued from the woman's mouth as she took the hit, then flew backwards through the air and landed on her back on the arena floor again.The skypirate turned away out of embarrassment for her.To his great delight, the crowd was cheering his name.“SA-GAR! SA-GAR! SA-GAR!”Apparently they knew a good fighter when they saw one, ‘filthy foreigner' or not.“One!” someone yelled. The announcer beginning his count.“Save your breath,” Sagar said to him where he knelt in the sand at the edge of the arena near to where Hiuna had landed. “I hit her very hard. She won't be getting up any time soon.”“Two!” called the announcer.He turned back to the crowd and started motioning with his hands for them to cheer louder. They obliged him.“SA-GAR! SA-GAR!”He clasped his hands together and held them aloft, shaking them together to proclaim himself the champion.“Thre–oh!”The crowd gasped all of a sudden.“Huh?”Sagar spun round just in time to see Hiuna running towards him.She barrelled into him, grabbing hold of his arms and headbutting him in the face.Pain erupted across Sagar's nose. He went over backwards, the woman still gripping his arms.His hit the ground and on instinct rolled to the side, immediately hoping to pin Hiuna down just as she had tried to do to him.Instead they kept rolling across the arena floor, shoulders banging against the stone, as the woman kept converting their momentum into another roll, and he did the same in turn.Eventually, their momentum ran out, and Sagar found that he didn't quite have the strength left to bring her over in one final roll.He sank back against the stone, banging his head. The woman lay on top of him, her face close to his, bright bands of pain around his forearms where she still held them tight.Damn, but she's surprisingly strong.“I don't know what trick you were pulling, foreigner,” Hiuna growled, huffing and puffing right in his face, expression furious and determined, “but I'd like to see you try it while I'm holding onto you.” Her breath smelled of jasmine.Sagar tried to think up a response, but found that his mind–and his body–had suddenly become very distracted by something.He had a woman on top of him. This was the first time he had ever had a woman on top of him.He had dreamed about it plenty of times, of course, but this was the first time he had ever had a real woman on top of him. In real life. Reality. A woman.And she was quite beautiful, if you took the time to notice. Her cheek-lines had a kind of delicate defiance to them, and her eyes burned with a green fire.And through his shirt, through her robe and under-garment, he could feel pressing up against him the unmistakable shapes of two small, but nonetheless round and firm, breasts.His loins stirred. So what if apparently he had a thing for women that looked a bit like men? At least she was still a woman.Hiuna must have noticed something was happening because her frown deepened. A very pretty frown, really, if you took the time to notice. Above pink, inviting lips.The woman's face was just inches away from Sagar's.He tilted his head up a little, closed his eyes, and kissed her on the mouth.He felt her body tense with surprise. Then, after a moment, to his own surprise and delight, she relaxed, and kissed him back.A hot, sticky kiss. A passionate, heat-of-the-moment, wrestling-on-the-arena-floor sort of kiss.His first ever kiss.“Five!” the announcer shouted somewhere above them.What?Sagar managed to ignore his shock and continue kissing Hiuna, but only barely.“Six!”The announcer had started the count and he hadn't even noticed. That's right, he was being pinned to the ground, after all!Was that why Hiuna was kissing him back? To keep him pinned down?“Seven!”But if she was doing that, then why had she also relaxed her grip on his arms?“Eight!”Did he even want to win this tournament any more, or had he found something–someone–better to preoccupy himself with?“Nine!”But she might just be trying to win too. What was he thinking?! Of course he wanted to win this tournament. Death or glory!He brought his free hands in under Hiuna's stomach.Her eyes opened wide and her face spasmed, breaking the kiss, just before...Sagar pushed upwards.As he did so, he projected a gust of air, and managed to get his feet up and under her too to lend the appearance of a double-footed kick helping her on her way.Hiuna flew backwards off of him, over his head.Sagar managed to scramble up and twist his body around in time to see her arms and legs flailing wildly as she described a high arc through the air, turning over a couple of times, then landed with a thump in the sand to the side of the arena.“Out of bounds!” the announcer yelled immediately. “Sagar of Imfis wins!”The crowd roared.No sooner than he saw her hit the ground, a dread weight tugged down at Sagar's guts, and his head went foggy and dizzy.What was this feeling?Oh, poodoo.He hadn't recognised it at first because he wasn't used to feeling it.It was guilt.He had made the wrong decision.Had he? Hiuna had only been kissing him back in order to keep him pinned in place, hadn't she? Or had she?He sprinted across the arena floor to where she was standing up and brushing herself down, face set in grim fury.“Hiuna,” he said when he reached her, ignoring the announcer who was squawking something behind him. “I'm sorry!” The unfamiliar sound of his own apology astonished even himself, but he meant it. “I didn't mean to–”“Don't!” Hiuna burst out at him, voice atremble. She began to run towards the dugout, covering her face with her hands. Was she crying?“Wait!”Sagar ran after her, following her into the dugout. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sagaofthejewels.substack.com

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Cole Bagley, Utah Mammoth insider for KSL Sports, joins the program to break down wins for the Mammoth over Seattle and Vancouver ahead of a homestand that starts with Edmonton.

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Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to react to Illinois basketball's 84-70 loss to Michigan. LaTulip breaks down what went wrong for the Illini, what they learned and what must be cleaned up in the final two regular-season games against Oregon and at Maryland. LaTulip also discusses the careers of seniors Kylan Boswell and Ben Humrichous. Follow the Illini Inquirer Podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/3oMt0NP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Xan2L8  Other: https://bit.ly/36gn7Ct   Go VIP for just 50% OFF: https://tinyurl.com/2fkhmjdz  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following Nae'Qwan Tomlin's promotion to a standard NBA contract, the Wine and Gold Talk podcast with Ethan Sands, Chris Fedor and Jimmy Watkins dive into another win for Cleveland's player development pipeline — a system built to uncover low-cost, high-energy contributors around an expensive core. From there, the conversation shifts to the Cavaliers' final open two-way spot and who makes the most sense to fill it. The guys also take a hard look at NBA All-Star Weekend, questioning the competitiveness of the main event and the steady decline of the Slam Dunk contest. Is star pride getting in the way of participation? And could Evan Mobley's All-Star snub fuel another leap in the second half? The episode wraps with a preview of a looming “trap game” against a Washington Wizards team that appears firmly committed to the tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Utah Mammoth Analyst Nick Olczyk talked about the team winning their final two games before the Olympic Break. 

https://teachhoops.com/ Win the Season Making practice better—specifically for end-of-game scenarios—requires a shift from teaching "how to play" to teaching "how to win." Too often, teams lose close games not because of a lack of talent, but because they haven't rehearsed the "chaos" of the final two minutes. To master these situations, you must dedicate at least 15% of every practice to "Special Situations." This isn't just running a sideline out-of-bounds (SOB) play against air; it's about putting the clock on the scoreboard, setting a specific score (e.g., down 3 with 42 seconds left), and letting your players solve the problem in real-time. By simulating the pressure of a ticking clock in January, you ensure your players have the mental poise to execute when the lights are brightest in the postseason. A key pillar of game management is having a "Late Game Menu" that every player knows by heart. This includes your "Auto-Foul" rules, your "No-Threes" defensive stance, and your "Go-To" scoring action. Practice should include specific "What-If" scenarios: What if we miss the front end of a 1-and-1? What if the opponent has no timeouts left? Use these moments to teach your players the "mathematics of the game"—understanding when to attack the rim for a quick two versus hunting for a three. When you stop the drill to explain a decision, keep it brief and impactful. The goal is to build "Late Game IQ" so that your point guard knows exactly who the "safety" is on a press break and your shooters know exactly where the spacing "dead spots" are. Finally, ending practice with high-stakes situational play ensures that your team leaves the gym with a "finisher" mindset. Instead of traditional conditioning, use a "4-Minute War" where the score starts at 0-0 but every foul, turnover, or missed box-out results in a point for the other team. This forces athletes to maintain their focus and discipline when they are physically fatigued—the exact conditions they will face in the fourth quarter of a rivalry game. By filming these segments and reviewing them during mentoring calls or film sessions, you can identify which players remain "steady hands" under pressure. Simplicity is your ally here; don't over-complicate the sets. A simple, well-executed plan beat a complex, panicked one every single time. Basketball game management, late-game situations, coaching strategy, basketball practice, special situations, sideline out-of-bounds, end-of-game plays, basketball IQ, high school basketball, youth basketball, basketball coaching tips, clock management, situational basketball, coach development, team culture, basketball drills, pressure shooting, press break, defensive rotations, basketball strategy, basketball leadership, coach unplugged, teach hoops, basketball success, athletic director, game-winning strategy, basketball mentorship, mental toughness, sports performance. SEO Keywords Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you clipper systems are likely to produce an inch or two of snow across Chicago over the next couple of weeks. Will also watching one to two more significant winter storms moving across the country which also have a chance of impacting Chicago. Both systems have enormous potential. Currently system number one is favoring places well to our South such as Tennessee into North carolina. Stay tuned for for the weather updates. And also for updates regarding the end of next week or another system possibly strong appears to be developing according to the GFS possibly even a panhandle hook.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.

This episode originally broadcast on January 15, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/01/binary-system-podcast-489-star-trek-lower-decks-the-final-two-episodes/The last two episodes of the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks had everything: fantastic stunt casting, a squad of Harry Kims, mountains of technobabble, a version of Mariner who knows very little about jailbreaks, and Jack Quaid doing his best freaked-out screams. We LOVED it. Listen in as we spoil everything, miss most of the easter eggs, and get all the names wrong.This week's outro is a clip from Upheaval by Grumplefunk.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.

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It's time to give a prediction and preview for the FINAL two Big 12 football bowl games of the 2025-26 bowl season. Navy plays Cincinnati in the Liberty Bowl and Arizona takes on SMU in the Holiday Bowl.Mundo drops his predictions and picks for both games! Please consider a 5-star rating and review, it's all we ask to help the show grow! Have a great day and go Big 12!Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sam Moores is joined by Reach PLC's US sports writer Charlie Wilson to preview the final week of the 2025 NFL season, which will see the Steelers and Ravens, and Panthers and Buccaneers duel for the final spots in the NFL playoffs. The pair also discuss whether the Eagles and the Bills were equipped for a Super Bowl run before predicting every Week 18 game against the spread.---------------------------------------------Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up on the Full10Yards NFL Podcast 01:41 - Intro 05:43 - Eagles @ Bills reaction 09:58 - Seahawks, 49ers battle for NFC #1 seed 27:32 - Three-way battle for AFC #1 seed explained28:37 - NFC South title - Bucs or Panthers? 40:17 - AFC North title - Steelers or Ravens? 53:08 - Predicting every Week 18 game against the spread---------------------------------------------https://www.full10yards.co.uk

Carl and Mike get back into football talk and share thoughts on tonight's Falcons, Rams matchup as they discuss what the game may mean for Falcons' fans to which Carl notes he also believes ultimate the Falcons are playing for jobs from player to coaching personnel.

Rod Van Blake, Jocelyn Short, and Jordan Purnell Jackson give their thoughts on the final two episodes of Welcome to Derry season 1! Spoilers if you have yet to watch!

Best of Browns on 92.3 The Fan: What's most important in final two games? bonus 4719 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 caaGaL44eGZn9v9RUxTGa4FtaEFSTLyw sports The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima sports Best of Browns on 92.3 The Fan: What's most important in final two games? The only place to talk about the Cleveland sports scene is with Ken Carman and Anthony Lima. The two guide listeners through the ups and downs of being a fan of the Browns, Cavaliers, Guardians and Ohio State Buckeyes in Northeast Ohio. They'll help you stay informed with breaking news, game coverage, and interviews with top personalities.Catch The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima live Monday through Friday (6 a.m. - 10 a.m ET) on 92.3 The Fan, the exclusive audio home of the Browns, or on the Audacy app. For more, follow the show on X @KenCarmanShow. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player.ampe

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Andy and Dan talk about what the Browns' goals should be in the final two games of the season.

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MUSICRoger Daltrey of The Who is now SIR Roger Daltrey. He was knighted by Prince William at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. It's in recognition of not only his musical achievements, but also his charity work. Here he is on the award, and what his younger self and band would've thought back in the day. https://consequence.net/2025/12/sir-roger-daltrey-knighted/ Sharon Osbourne has given her first interview since the death of her husband Ozzy this past July.Appearing Wednesday on the British TV show Piers Morgan Uncensored, hosted by her longtime friend, she opened up about his health struggles, doing his final show this past July 5th in Birmingham, England, their last conversations and much more. You can watch the show on YouTube, and here are a few excerpts:Sharon Osbourne on the last two weeks of Ozzy's life. OC:...in seven years. :27 [Courtesy of Piers Morgan Uncensored]"He was so happy Piers afterwards. And he kept looking at the papers and he goes to me, 'I never knew so many people like me.' But that was the way he was. I mean, he knew he was famous, but not to the amount that people loved him. It's a whole different thing. And he was just so happy. Happier than we'd seen him in seven years."Sharon Osbourne on dreams Ozzy was having the last week of his life. OC:...he was ready. :26 [Courtesy of Piers Morgan Uncensored]"He was having dreams the last week of his life. He was seeing people that he never knew. I said, 'Well, what kind of people?' He goes, 'All different people. And I just keep walking and walking and I'm seeing all these different people every night. And I go back there and I'm looking at these people and they're looking at me and nobody's talking.' And he he knew. He was ready." Sharon also talked about the first time she and Ozzy met, when they fell in love, how she will never want to get married again, how if she didn't have kids she would have killed herself when he died, and the thing she misses most is holding his hand.On a lighter note, she also talked about how she wanted to get back at Roger Waters for the negative things he said about Ozzy after he died. And that was by sending him a Tiffany box filled with feces, which she used to do to critics who wrote negative reviews about Ozzy's shows without being there. When she did, it was her infant son Jack's poop that would be used.She ultimately decided against it, saying, “Even that is a waste, to send [crap] to him. It's a waste because he's really insignificant. But I just thought, anybody that passes has a family… you don't do that.” (Sharon's not the first musician's wife to do that. Paul and Linda McCartney sent some of their daughter Stella's poop to a journalist who earned their trust, then betrayed them.)Going forward, Sharon says she's continuing to work on an Ozzy bio-pic and that she knows who she wants to play him. When asked if it was Yunglbud she didn't confirm nor deny.https://youtu.be/aaLMsEJKZEQ Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E has been donated to the Royal College of Music London by Peter Freedman, who paid $6,010,000 for it at an auction in 2020. Megadeth have released a trailer for Behind the Mask, the documentary and listening event for their self-titled album that will be in theaters on January 22nd. Watch it on YouTube.Blumhouse Games has released a mini-documentary about Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails scoring the new horror video game Sleep Awake. Watch it on YouTube.Trailer for new U.K. documentary on David Bowie's final years titled "David Bowie - The Final Act" has been released https://ruralradio.com/rrn/abc_news/trailer-for-new-uk-david-bowie-documentary-released-abcid0409636a/ Guns N' Roses have announced the openers for their summer tour -- rappers Public Enemy will open for them when they are here at Busch Stadium in August. The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Kings of Leon, Lorde and The Black Keys are among the headliners at the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, commonly known as Jazzfest.The first weekend, April 23rd to the 26th, will feature Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Kings of Leon, Lorde, Jon Batiste, Tyler Childers, David Byrne, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, St. Vincent, Irma Thomas, The Isley Brothers and The Revivalists.The second weekend, April 30th through May 3rd, features will feature the Eagles, Teddy Swims, The Black Keys, Widespread Panic, Earth, Wind & Fire, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Alabama Shakes, Ziggy Marley, Lake Street Dive, Mavis Staples, Little Feat and Rickie Lee Jones.Passes go on sale tomorrow (Friday) at nojazzfest.com. TVJohn Stamos is joining the next season of Netflix's "Hunting Wives" show. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/john-stamos-cast-hunting-wives-drama-wife-questions-potential-nude-scenes Sigourney Weaver will appear in Amazon Prime's live-action series of Tomb Raider https://www.the-independent.com/tv/culture/sigourney-weaver-tomb-raider-phoebe-waller-bridge-b2883033.html MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS:"Ella McCay" (PG-13) Trailer - A comedy starring (British actress) Emma Mackey as an idealistic young woman trying to juggle family problems while taking over her mentor's job as governor once he accepts a cabinet position in Washington. Woody Harrelson is her sexually irresponsible father, Jamie Lee Curtis is her supportive aunt, and Albert Brooks plays her political mentor. (20%)"Silent Night, Deadly Night" (R) Trailer This is the second remake of a 1984 slasher about a kid who witnesses his parents being murdered by a guy in a Santa suit . . . then grows up, puts on a Santa suit himself, and goes on his own killing spree. It stars Rohan Campbell from "The Monkey" as your killer Santa, and Ruby Modine from "Happy Death Day" as a true crime junkie (slash) his love interest. (84%)"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (PG) Trailer The 25th anniversary re-release of the live action movie starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch, Taylor Momsen (from The Pretty Reckless) as Cindy Lou Who, and Christine Baranski as the woman who secretly has feelings for the Grinch. (50%)Will Smith hit with another major scandal—longtime friend turns on him in $3 million lawsuit Everybody's getting into the year-end roundup business. Even the deliciously gay hookup app Grindr!!! Here's a sample of their 2025 wrap-up:Mother of the Year: Lady GagaDaddy of the Year: Pedro PascalMother-In-Training: Sabrina CarpenterShow of the Year: "Overcompensating", Prime VideoAlbum of the Year: "Mayhem", Lady GagaSong of the Year: "Abracadabra", Lady GagaGay Dictionary . . . The Phrase on Everyone's Lips: Delulu. (Short for "delusional".)Hottest Man of the Year: Jonathan Bailey (Fiyero in the "Wicked" movies)Movie of the Year: "Kpop Demon Hunters"Bulge of the Year (!!!): Bad BunnyGayest Fashion Trend: Slutty little glassesBest Beef: Cardi B vs. Nicki MinajMost Bears: IrelandHighest Percentage of Twinks: Switzerland AND FINALLYWe all know the debate about "Die Hard". But there are plenty of other films that spark the same argument, "Is this actually a Christmas movie?" Here are 13 more:1. Every "Harry Potter" movie (2001 - 2011). All the "Potter" flicks . . . with the possible exception of the last one . . . have some kind of yuletide vibe . . . or at least a wintry one.2. "Batman Returns" (1992). One of the big set pieces is the lighting of the Gotham Christmas tree.3. "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999). Even though it was released in July, it takes place over Christmas.4. "Gremlins" (1984). This one has Christmas written all over it. And also little green, murderous demons.5. "First Blood" (1982). The first of the "Rambo" films has a Christmas tree in the background of one scene. So . . . Christmas movie!!!6. "Trading Places" (1983). There's a Christmas party, and Dan Aykroyd as a drunken Santa waving a handgun. But it doesn't end on December 25th. If it's a Christmas movie, then it also qualifies as a New Year's movie.7. "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (2005). This one takes place during the Christmas season in L.A. And it was released in November.8. "Edward Scissorhands" (1990). Kind of a no-brainer.9. "Lethal Weapon" (1987). Another one of those action movies that HAPPENS to take place around Christmas.10. "Rocky" (1976). This might be the greatest American holiday film of all time, because it includes Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. And also punching.11. "Hook" (1991). The scenes in the real world, outside Neverland, are set at Christmas. 12. "Iron Man 3" (2013). The whole movie plays out around Christmas.13. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993). Is it a Christmas movie or a Halloween movie? Why not both?AND THAT IS YOUR CRAP ON CELEBRITIES!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nick Wilson and Jonathan Peterlin react to the Browns 31-29 loss to the Tennessee Titans. The guys react to the great game for Shedeur Sanders, disappointment with Kevin Stefanski, and all the aspects of the Browns two-point conversion attempts.

Nick Wilson and Jonathan Peterlin take a look at the Browns final two-point conversion attempt in their loss on Sunday. They question why Shedeur Sanders wasn't on the field for the play.

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Adam Munsterteiger and Brian Howell shared their thoughts from Boulder after covering Colorado's press conference - with Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders, S Ben Finneseth & EDGE Arden Walker - on Arizona State game week.

Skyline Sports Bobcat beat writer Tom Stuber checks in with Colter Nuanez for an update on all things MSU through 10 games, including surprises, standouts and more. 

What will these final two months of trading hold for investors? We discuss with Trivariate's Adam Parker, NewEdge Wealth's Cameron Dawson and Invesco's Brian Levitt. Plus, Amazon surged following its first-ever deal with OpenAI. Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz breaks down what he thinks this partnership could mean for the AI arms race. Goldman Sachs' Tony Pasquariello reveals his message to investors as we kick off a new trading month. And, star analyst Dan Ives tells us why he's raising his price target on Palantir ahead of that company's earnings in Overtime.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dave talks about Heath's NFL Survivor Pool being down to the final two left in the competition. 

10-14-25 New Mexico United's Kalen Ryden joins TEAM Talk as United prepares for the final two games of the Regular Season

Brett & Danielle are back after two two-hour episodes and a double eviction which sent Kelley and Lauren packing to the jury house. Most importantly -- America's couple Vince and Morgan still survive.We dive into all of the big storylines from the last week, Keanu's ability to survive through it all, whether Ashley or Ava have a chance to win and why a Vince/Morgan final two is the most poetic and interesting result left on the board.Also, your listener questions & Danielle's impromptu live reading of Johnny Galecki's spot for Royal Kingdom.Follow Hey Julie on Bluesky and submit your questions ⁠⁠@HeyJulieBB⁠⁠.bsky.social, our ⁠⁠Discord server⁠⁠, or email us ⁠heyjuliebigbrother@gmail.com⁠!Watch Hey Julie on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠Follow Brett ⁠⁠@BrettRader⁠⁠.bsky.socialFollow Danielle ⁠⁠@DingDongDani.bsky.social

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Jon Machota joins the show for the final two hours. Did Micah say his goodbyes on social media yesterday? Are you blaming Jerry or Micah more in this contract issue? Below the Belt!

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! How you spend the final two weeks leading up to the bar exam can make a significant difference in your performance! In this episode, we provide a strategic guide for focusing on high-yield review and mental preparation. We have broken it down into specific daily frameworks, starting with Day 14 and up to the morning of the exam. In this episode, we discuss: The normal stress response before an important exam A two-track approach to final preparation Daily frameworks for Days 14 through to the morning of the exam Resources: "Listen and Learn" series (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-archive-by-topic/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-explaining-individual-mee-and-california-bar-essay-questions/#listen-learn) MBE Success Strategies: How to Beat the Most Challenging Part of the Bar Exam (https://barexamtoolbox.com/mbe-success-strategies-how-to-beat-the-most-challenging-part-of-the-bar-exam/) How to Practice Essays in the Final Weeks Before the Bar Exam (https://barexamtoolbox.com/how-to-practice-essays-in-the-final-weeks-before-the-bar-exam/) Practice a Full Bar Exam Sessions – Go for the Gold (https://barexamtoolbox.com/practice-a-full-bar-exam-session-go-for-the-gold/) Strategic Tips for Unwinding Stress (https://barexamtoolbox.com/strategic-tips-for-unwinding-stress/) Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-318-quick-tips-the-final-two-week-bar-exam-countdown/) If you enjoy the podcast, we'd love a nice review and/or rating on  Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-pass-bar-exam-less-stress/id1370651486) or your favorite listening app. And feel free to reach out to us directly. You can always reach us via the contact form on the Bar Exam Toolbox website (https://barexamtoolbox.com/contact-us/). Finally, if you don't want to miss anything, you can sign up for podcast updates (https://barexamtoolbox.com/get-bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-updates/)! Thanks for listening! Alison & Lee

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It's the big one! Saturday sees the finale of the domestic season as Bath and Leicester go head-to-head at Twickenham for the Premiership title. Will Bath lift the trophy for the first time since 1996? Or will Leicester win a record-extending 12 title and send Michael Cheika and their club legends off into the sunset? Is Cheika using the emotion of Saturday to motivate his players? We hear from the Aussie and from Bath legend Tom Dunn, who explains how the club has risen again to the top of the English game under Johann van Graan. Plus, we look ahead to the URC final with Tadhg Furlong and Hugo Keenan both missing the final the Leinster.

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