Rescue Paws International

Melio was the king of reactions on his favorite Discord server. Every message, meme, or joke was met with his signature skull reaction—a little emoji that had become his trademark. If Melio thought something was funny or dark, you’d see that skull pop up instantly. It became such a big deal that people started saying, “If Melio doesn’t drop a skull, it’s not funny.”

One evening, while everyone was spamming memes, Melio noticed something weird. He tried to react with his skull emoji as usual, but it didn’t show up. Confused, he clicked again—nothing. He tried on different messages, even on ones that usually got him laughing out loud. Still, no skulls.

“Hey, did Discord break? My skull reactions are gone,” Melio typed into the chat. The server erupted in confusion.

“That’s impossible!”

“Melio without skulls? That’s like pizza without cheese!”

But sure enough, even when others sent screenshots, Melio’s skull reaction was nowhere to be found.

As panic set in, an ominous message appeared from an unknown user:

“You’ve relied on it too much. The skulls are no longer yours.”

Melio tried everything—reloading, rejoining the server, even creating new emojis—but the skull emoji never worked for him again. No matter how hilarious or edgy something was, he was locked out of his signature move.

From that day forward, Melio had to use plain old emojis like everyone else. But it wasn’t the same. Without his skull reactions, it felt like he’d lost a piece of himself in the server, forever.

Breaking The Chains are in desperate need of new vehicles. Having spent two years inside of Ukraine evacuating thousands of lives and delivering thousands of tons of food, medical aid and other vital lifesaving aid throughout Ukraine, their vehicles are all but destroyed. Not only do their vehicles facilitate all that they do, they are also the lifeline for the teams, animals, and local populations inside of the conflict areas. Without fully functioning vehicles they are unable to operate safely inside the conflict areas and as a result lives are lost.

We are raising $50,000 to support our long-standing partners Breaking the Chains who have been based inside of Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Breaking the Chains not only work in the conflict areas but have also built their own shelter, veterinary clinic and wounded veterans rehabilitation centre inside of Ukraine. These vehicles will save and help lives of every walk of life inside of Ukraine and the true impact they will have is indescribable.