#I dunno glitchy game is glitchy sometimes

[victorluvsalice]

And then, as Alice amused herself giving the living room bonsai bush a trim and Smiler, having finished editing and uploading their video, gave Snappy a quick spraying for bugs (which -- you wouldn’t think would be much of an issue for a Sixam Mosquito Trap), the guests began arriving for the weenie roast! Said guests being Heath, Grace, Cecilia, Nalani, and Aleah (random townie, one of the Realm of Magic premades, one of the Cottage Living premades, one of the Sulani mermaids, and the Granite Falls hermit). I quickly started adding them to Smiler’s group and directing them to the back yard so they didn’t just wander around and get into trouble, as uncontrollable Sims tend to do. :p Smiler came out and got the fire going for everyone to enjoy -- Alice, having finished up her bonsai trimming, went out to join the others, while Victor, done with Moory, took a moment to Repairio another busted water collector and catch a few locusts flying about on the lot --

Before heading to the grill to become unofficial grillmaster and make food for everyone, as per the goals! I ended up having him make choripán, a sandwich made with chorizo beef or pork sausage and crusty bread. It looked quite tasty when he finished it up, I have to say! Victor set that out for everyone to enjoy while Smiler tried to get a group story going -- the ACTION never completed, but the GOAL did, so, uh, win? O.o I then had them chill out by the fire and start throwing rocks into it and poking it with a stick (aka “play” with it as the game defines it) while the guests started wandering off to look for food and such. . .

[liauditore]

howdy! i’m dropping into your ask box because i sort of remember 3rd life too!!! too scared to reblog the chain of posts and let everyone know who i am so i’m doing this anon lol TvT

anyways- I remember seeing that same clip you posted sometime years ago- It really intrigued me but I could never find more on it. Almost like it never existed. When I found your post I honestly had to double take for a few minutes- I had almost started thinking I had dreamed it lol

I wasn’t born when the series was released so I asked my parents about it and my dad thought he might’ve owned it at one point? but he threw it out because the end episodes were filled with glitches and he thought the disk was bad or something. I dunno. He wasn’t entirely certain. I looked on Amazon to try and find a disk for it but I couldn’t find anything- I even tried for Last Life! I might try looking through some other websites later, i’d really like to watch them! I’m curious to see what this hunger games like show has to offer :)

i hope you have some luck with finding out more about the series!

sorry this sounds really silly but you mentioning the glitchy last episode actually gave me goosebumps lol

it's like. the more I think about it the more creepy I'm making it in my head. I was soo so terrified of those last two episodes but especially the very last one you have no idea. Again I'm sure it wasn't all that bad (I also got scared by like. the plants vs zombies game over screen. lmao) but I think it's the mystery of it that's messing with me. You know that creepypasta candle cove and the part about the screaming episode? same vibes as that.

anyway thank you so much for sharing and I hope you'll find something soon! I also couldn't find a single trace of this thing online other than that one clip so I can't help you there 🥲

Here's to hoping I can get that DVD working 🙏

[sotogalmo]

10 — 11:12

Weird facts (mainly body headcanons and such):

Yume knows some light Japanese! It's kinda alien- like in how it is, but not rlly. Imagine glitchy japanese audios, that's kinda how it is. He talks in that language when it's about his feelings on the subject of love.

Yume laughs quite a bit, much only does so to appease others.

Sebastian's body,, his legs have been somewhat compared to a lamb, as in. Like- meaty legs and such. Powerful legs to kick with and run on

Sebastian as the anxiety creature 👍

Yume's body is on the fairer slim skinny side of it all. Again, he was made to appease the aliens. He has protruding hip bones (perfect for holding him in place, having your hands have a rest, etc!)

Sebastian's hair is technically, lightly similar to his guardian Von. Mainly similar to his actual guardian Ald- to always go with the "pets look like their owners" thing, that the Von household has going on

Sebastian doesn't really like dolls. Or toys. And playing some games, he thinks there's always a second game that ends with something bad

Yume has a BIG love/hate relationship with Sebastian actually. He might threaten him so much but one time he had a revolution and he hated it (how similar Sebastian looks to Ald. And how sometimes, Seb doesn't know, but he sometimes acts like Ald in strange ways. The smelling; what Ald von and their cats do for comfort! and such. He hates it so much)

Basically Yume's type is just red-heads (Sebastian) or vampires (Ciaran). Double whammy if both (which is Ald)

Sebastian doesn't actually have much a type. Tho it's similar to his mom's,, he doesn't love that easy and fast because he's mainly Anxiety Creature™.

Yume sometimes dresses like KAngel/ame-chan. Only sometimes, he's mainly very formal and normal and professional.

Sebastian is a great runner-!

Sebastian actually has some muscle in his arms.

Sebastian is actually quite tall. He's taller than Yume who is taller than Ald

(tw; self harm) —

I dunno if I already said this before but Yume mainly harms his hand, not really his wrist and such. Sometimes he would harm his legs, but only in rare times.

He also has things carved into his skin-! Or like, some vivisection scars (surgical incidents because he always gets dragged back to the aliens that made him). The scars heal and aren't lethal. His skin heals very very fast (one of the things that makes me uncanny)

Ciaran: @starry-skiez

[brokenmusicboxwolfe]

I have been home for days and days, yet STILL haven’t posted properly. Trouble is, I never seem to have time. Well, that and my internet has gotten super glitchy since I got back.

Actually I don’t really have time to post now either, BUT I wanted to be sure to thank people for taking part in that book poll a couple weeks ago. So how did Mom enjoy my reading Monstrous Regiment ??

SHE LOVED IT!!!!!!

To be fair, she probably would have loved me reading her any Terry Pratchett. I don’t think she ever disliked any of his books. Really she had missed reading. She had also missed my sometimes reading to her. The experience probably mattered even more than book choice.

Mom had me reading to her past midnight. I would have to beg her to stop because my mouth would start aching. ** She was just sorry I hadn’t brought more books!

TBH, I hadn’t known what shape she’d be in. I’d heard very dark things, and since she is always so tired when I called I didn’t know if she’d even be up to one book. I didn’t want to over tax her.

Turns out she was GREAT mentally! And she went from sleeping 90% of the time to not even needing naps most of the time!

The trick simply seems to be to engage her. Talk to her. Read to her. Let her listen to the news. Watch things she wants to watch. Shocking, right??

At one point I turned on Doctor Who, muted, while she listened to something NPR I’d heard before. She told me to turn it up, which coincided with the opening of a new story….The War Games. A ten episode long story. TEN!! No way would she have the energy to watch the whole thing. Heck, I was sleep deprived enough I might doze off myself…..

She watched the whole thing! Every time I asked if she wanted me to stop she said “No. Interesting!” She had only seen the story once or twice before (a LONG time ago), so didn’t remember it. Still, to stay into it the whole time, then have me play another Good Omens ep, then a movie, then read to her…WOW!

My Mom is in terrible physical shape. She can’t even sit up. Only one arm works enough to sometimes eat with it (shakes and getting it to the mouth can be tricky). She as at the complete mercy of those caring for her.

And yes, post stroke it can take her a moment to process things you say to and she struggles to find some words. That’s hardly shocking.

Her brain is still great!!

TBH, that’s what upsets me. I’m here. She’s there.

She needs someone that will talk with her and too her, not at her or about her. She needs someone that asks her things and who is patient. She needs choices. She needs to be let to do what she can on her own.

I can’t go into any of this much. I don’t like writing about people, and this is family. I have no doubts about their good will and intent. But….

Mom’s brain is still buzzing along but she is being treated like it isn’t. And I fear, with her nature, that she will give in to the expectations. When I thought she was as out of it as I’d been told I thought it was tragic but “just the way it is”. But maybe it isn’t….

That was a LOT more than I intended to write! LOL

**I dunno if it was because my mouth is “out of shape” from all the days I don’t talk to anyone, or if the process of reading has me talking differently than even one of my monologuing calls to Mom when she is too tired to talk.

[chromaji]

(SONIC FRONTIERS SPOILERS, for anyone who reads this ask that hasn't beaten the game)

You had said you were disappointed that Sage was just a creation of Eggman, but I thought I'd point out in the post credits scene, he gets her running up on that computer and the symbol on the screen is the same symbol we see everywhere in all the ruins, which Sonic asks Tails about, who said it probably meant nothing.

So did he make her? Or is she a cluster of hopes, dreams, and data that he adopted and maybe gave a face? Cuz that evidence definitely seems indictive to me that she was pre existing in the ruins in some form.

im not sure how that symbol in the post-credits scene completely flew over my head BUT IT DID!! AGH!!! Now it’s hitting me that that symbol never got explained in-game!!!

Though Eggman had already created Sage before the events of Frontiers, shown in the prequel comic.

And she couldn’t be based on the ancients/Starfall Islands since Eggman hasn’t taken anything from the islands yet… which now that I reread this comic, Eggman says he wants to use the Starfall tech to make an ultimate creation… which never happens AGH NOW I WANNA SEE WHAT HE WOULD’VE MADE. What was he cooking.

Though maybe the way Sage acts got influenced by being downloaded into cyberspace? Maybe she downloaded the hopes/dreams/etc of some of the Ancients & they became a legit part of her instead of just data to sort. Thats possible… It’d make Sage lamenting while watching Sonic & Tails bond make even more sense if she also became a cluster of the Ancients’ memories, hopes, & dreams.

But then… there has to be SOME reason that Sage & the titans share color schemes right?? & cyberspace also being this glitchy red & black sometimes too? Agh I dunno 😭😭 I would say that Sage being downloaded into the Starfall tech influenced its colors & stuff, but the titans look the exact same in the flashbacks, so… I have no idea.

Anyway OOGH the idea of Sage’s personality through the game being the result of a mishmash of her analytical, eggman-created side & several Ancients’ personalities... This is seriously interesting to think about now. what’s Sage’s connection with that symbol I gotta know.

…Also this whole “view external media not available in the game to get more context” practice needs to change. Like, sega should’ve included this comic & the knuckles prologue in the game as bonus content or SOMETHING please!!!

[teddy06writes]

Glitch

requested by this anon: "Hi there! If requests are open may I please request DreamXD x reader who's a glitch? Like- maybe readers kinda like a god because they can teleport to other places or try to glitch the game to get items though their powers usually mess up somehow. Maybe their kinda immortal too? Its ok if you don't do this though! :D"

dreamXD x reader

trigger warnings: some swearing, also being told they shouldn't exist but idk if that should be tagged as derealization or not

premise: you had lived a relatively peaceful life, you had your cabin a ways off from L'manburg, and the small business you had created, selling off the netherite that you seemed to have a knack for find. But that all changed one day

{I was gonna have tommy calling reader glitch boy or smth but then Iw as like wait gender neutral, so I ended up with Glitch Bitch, uhhh sorry lol}

{also sorry if this sucked.}

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It had been a nice day, the day before you'd truly been discovered.

Tommy had visited your little home, complaining that he'd already lost the helmet you'd made.

"You really ought to be more careful with them kid." You sighed, turning to rummage through one of your chests, "ughhhh and I'm out of netherite too. I should start charging you people more per ounce."

Tommy frowned, "Well that wouldn't be very nice, you know that we need it for L'manburg."

"If that's what's suppose to convince me, I'll remind you, I have no loyalties, to anyone." You stood up as you spoke, pulling out what you had made into a makeshift com tablet.

"Woah, what is that thing?" Tommy leaned over, trying to see what you were typing.

"Glitches don't get coms, so I made my own," You explained, finishing the command, "Just give it one moment annnnnnddd...."

The netherite appeared, thumping heavily onto your table, "How much do you need?"

"Enough for a helmet." Tommy gaped.

You nodded, grabbing some of the bricks, and a spare diamond helmet before moving over to your crafting table, quickly getting to work.

As you smelted and poured and created, Tommy blabbed on about the goings on in L'manburg, and how Wilbur would probably take a trip down to your shop soon, looking for gaps.

"What the hell does he need gaps for? Even I know he can't fight for shit." You commented, sitting back away from the furnace.

"I dunno, he thinks something big is coming."

You sighed, shaking your head, before producing the helmet, "That'll be 11 diamonds."

Tommy sighed, but gave you the payment, heading out on his way with a, "See you later glitch bitch!"

You laughed to yourself, turning to begin putting away the extra netherite.

~~ The next day, rather than Wilbur coming to your little abode for himself, he sent Tommy down to summon you up to L'manburg.

"That lazy asshole." You muttered, tucking your com tablet into your knapsack.

"He really is a prick sometimes." Tommy agreed.

You went out, locking the door behind the both of you, before grabbing Tommy's shoulder, "I think I can get us up there faster."

"Ohhhh don't make me go all glitchy!" He yelled.

But it was too late, you were focusing your powers, a teleporting right up to the gates of L'manburg.

"Woah." Someone gasped.

"Holy shit! That was so cool! Holy shit!" Tommy yelled, jumping around, "Tubbo did you see that?!"

"Sorry- I- what?"

You turned to see Dream, looking rather surprised.

"Oh, uhh, Hi, I'm (y/n)." You offered, "Legally I don't exist."

"What?" You could see him starting to pull out his own com tablet.

"I'm a glitch. Just up here to do some business."

"Uhh huh, yeah I think I'm going to have to report you."

"To who? God?" You scoffed.

"Yes actually, DreamXD won't be happy to here this."

You frowned, turning to the L'manburgians, "Sorry, got to run."

With that, you popped out of that place, reappearing at your home. What would XD do? If he found out that there was a glitch still running around? You could still remembered what happened to the others.

As you frantically packed up your most valuable items you couldn't help but remind yourself, the near extinction of the glitches wasn't carried out by XD, but by the Old One.

Still, you ran.

~~

You didn't make it very far before the strange figure appeared before you, "Halt!"

You skidded to a stop, tripping over a branch in the effort not to crash into him.

From the ground you glared up at the strange masked man, "If your going to kill me it won't work! I've lost enough lives for seven men and yet I am still alive!"

He cocked his head, "No, my pet. I wouldn't kill you. I think... we need to get to know each other better."

Cautiously, you took the hand offered to you and pulled yourself up, "And why's that?"

"Because I have a particular interested in your powers."

You frowned, "I'm just like all the other glitches, only I stuck around longer."

"Your powers, they aren't as temperamental as the others, are they? No collapsing worm holes, so to speak? That netherite you willed in, thats still stable, isn't it?" He questioned.

Slowly, you nodded.

"Then you are more powerful than Dream could imagine. Come with me, darling. You and I, we could rule the server." He offered.

"Why would I want that? I liked how it was."

XD frowned, "But I like you... and you have power. Don't you ever wish you could have more than those children knocking on your door asking for riches?"

You paused, he did have you there.

After a moment, you looked up at him, "Fine."

He grinned as you took his hand, "I'm sure we'll have an excellent time, my pet."

[kingzephy]

Man. I just keep thinking about Dead Souls and how much I fucking love it. Im just gonna ramble about it under the cut

Im not finished w it yet im almost finished but. Its so criminally underrated and it sucks that it hasnt gotten a proper good localization or port that isnt janky and laggy. I dont regret buying or playing it in the slightest.

Yeah its absolutely got some issues and I could talk about them for a long time, but it scratches this itch for me that I just cant explain well. I love it. I love cheesy campy media thats so bad its good which is honestly a big reason why i like it. It doesnt take itself too seriously at all. In a way it almost reminds me of some games I grew up playing, like re4 and house of the dead in a sense. Its really nothing like those games but you know what I mean

I actually dont mind the controls too much (though to be fair I had to switch to the type b control scheme and that feels better to me). Not being able to do the auto aim and walk at the same time doesnt bother me as much as i thought it was going to but it’s probably cuz im used to that from re4. Thankfully theres multiple aiming modes which makes up for that and you can walk around with the strafe aiming which is actually mostly accurate and feels good to use

Some of the weapons like Majima’s shotgun or Ryuji’s gatling gun especially are really satisfying. Even if theres a few enemies in particular that drive me insane (the monkey boys and especially the molotov cocktail zombies are so annoying they are the bane of my existence) overall i dont have too many issues w the combat aside from. Heat snipes being difficult to trigger sometimes, the auto aim can be a little glitchy every now and then, and occasionally getting overwhelmed by hoards of zombies but thankfully theres good weapons and attacks for that. I like that they included shit like chainsaws and flamethrowers

I love all the characterization they squeeze in for Majima and Ryuji especially, Its always great getting to play as Majima of course and I kinda think hes at his best in this game in some ways for several reasons, despite the weird localization. Hes just out there living his best life and I love that for him. Its good getting to see him like. Actually kinda happy for once. Its always nice getting to see him interact with characters like Akiyama. AND it was good getting to see more Akiyama and Hana together ofc

I really love the hostess conversations and the nonchalant and casual banter, I eat that shit right up. So much interesting dialog. I really enjoy the substories quite a bit, some of them more than others but i love how they poke fun at certain tropes. Theres a few real stand out ones. The main story is enjoyable and funny in a ridiculous way, even if the pacing can be weird and the plot is objectively not done well but I love it anyway for its cheesy edginess. Theres a few scenes that have really stuck with me. I think its funny how a lot of the citizens are in denial or are straight up just unaware of the outbreak and act like life goes on like normal which is something that I think. Aged well. Given the current state of the world rn

As a fan of other survival horror games its fun seeing the very obvious references to other games and such (L4D, RE, etc). I like getting to see Kamurocho in a state of complete disarray, I think the idea of separating the unaffected areas and the quarantine zones is smart and a cool idea so theres not constant zombies everywhere, the game gives you a bit of reprieve (even if it means theres some backtracking and taking the long way around things sometimes). I like how the zones move and change over time as the story progresses and more areas get infected.

Anyway. I dont really care if a piece of media is objectively good as long as Im personally having a good time and having fun w it and I can definitely say Ive had fun. If I wasnt a yakuza fan I can tell you for a fact I would not like this game but. I dunno. I am not immune to its charm. If youre a big yakuza fan and you haven’t played it I recommend at least checking it out on an emulator or something

[trashyfanficcutouts]

CRINGE ALERT

[ One of my first finished fanfics... A terrible creepypasta fanfic from early 2016. Literally cried when I found this. It’s SOOOO bad! Everything about this is so bad, but I’m pretty sure it could be saved... not that I’m going to. Only sharing this to laugh at past me, that silly little idiot <3 

AHEM! May I present to the poor soul who has stumbled across this... 

“Griefer In The System”  (Except the title has nothing to do with the story and it was written by a young edgy pre-teen who wanted edgy romance.)

word count: 16,274 ]

Ben'S DEATH

Ben was just your average kid who loved video games, Legend of Zelda more specifically. His dad was a heavy drinker but it was never a real problem. When BEN got Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask he was so excited, he had wanted this game for a over a month now. As soon as he got it he rushed to his room and put it in his N64, he played it all night. He loved to be alone in his room, he did not have many friends but he did have many bullies. As he got further into the game he began to play it more, more than he should have. His dad was getting concerned about the time his son was spending on that game of his. He had made lots of plans for cool places they could go, but the plans never got carried out. Days went by and BEN was getting further into his game, to the final dungeon and more importantly the final boss. Yet in a way he didn't want to beat the game because his fun would end and he would go back to being the depressed little kid he was before. Although he knew that he could replay the game but it wouldn't be the same, It's never the same the second time you play it. All the wonder and difficulty it had the first time would be gone. BEN got to the stone tower temple on the final day, he then saved the game and went to bed. The next day his dad had a surprise that BEN would probably like. They were going to a local lake that usually had no people there. BEN did not get the choice to stay home, if he had stayed home he would have beaten the game. He would have lived. Almost as soon as they got to the lake his dad pulled out some beer. BEN hated it when his dad drank but he always found a way to deal with it. He sat on the until the heat finally got to him. BEN ran and jumped into the refreshing water, but he splashed his now drunk dad which was a horrible mistake. BEN's dad stood up clearly angry. "YOU SHOULDN'T OF DONE THAT!" he yelled. He began to chase after BEN, he grabbed him and slammed him in the water. BEN was not going without a fight, He quickly grabbed his dad's arm and twisted it making him let go. BEN bursted to the surface gasping for air, he began to swim farther into the lake till the water was deep enough to go over his head. Suddenly something blunt hit him in the head. He started sinking to the bottom of the lake, Somehow a shattering beer bottle to the head paralyzed him. Everything began to fade into darkness. But before it did the happy mask salesman popped into his head saying the familiar words "You've met with a terrible fate haven't you BEN?" That's when everything went dark and he ran out of breath.

Griefer or Bastard was in his room playing his Nintendo 64 he was playing Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The very first game he'd owned he's replayed the game about 50 times and has always found something new that he hasn't discovered before. He had gotten the game by accident. He'd been looking in his deceased grandfather's attic where the creepy stuff were. He'd found an old box and picked it up because it just seemed to be calling him. It was an odd thing, at first he had been frightened but then he gathered up as much courage as a five year old could and saw that it was only a couple of old games and took them out of the attic to see them properly. His mother asked where he found the box and he told her in the attic. She gasped and looked frightened for a moment but then she said 'put the box back where you found it.' Of course has didn't want to and argued with her saying 'I promise I will take care of the games. Please mom.' He said giving her the big kitty eyes that always won. After a moment's hesitation she said 'fine but you have to wear this.' She gave him a chain with a time stopper that had a teardrop in it that held real water. His mother explained that when he played his games or anything  that got too intense his power would be unleashed. He could see the dead or undead. 

His powers weren't supposed to show up until he turned fifteen but he was an early one. Too early. His powers were contained in the teardrop.   He was a master of time itself. 

Bas nodded. After that she looks relieved and smiled at him.

Bas looked at the time and yelled, "SHIT IMMA BE LATE!!!" He hadn't even gotten dressed but that didn't matter at the moment so he decided to put on some random shorts on and left his kawaii anime shirt that he'd fallen asleep with on. Then he did his daily routine fast and swung his LOZ one strap backpack over his shoulder and rushed out the door forgetting to do his hair. He thankfully arrived at the bus stop and sighed. James glared at him and said "Look what the cat dragged in." Bas just sighed and said, "What do you want." "I want you." Bas looked at him without emotion and said, "You know what screw you cause I don't want you. You freaking asshole." With that said the bus pulled up and he walked to fourth seat his favorite seat. No one sat there because they were afraid of messing with him because the last time someone took his seat he did something bad.

James looked at him as he walks by and winked at him. Griefer just looked away. 

Everyone knew that Griefer was LGBT he came out on his 8th birthday and was proud of who he was. 

Even though some people picked on him he didn't mind it when they called him terrible names. His father pretended to support him even though his mother tried hiring a stripper to get him to like girls but he ran away. His mother tried to make him act like someone he wasn't but he just couldn't take it anymore and ran away from home for the second time. After that his father found him and his mother beat him over and over again just because of who he was. His mother was ordered to never see him again, she was put in jail for 5 years this happened when he was super young around 7 he was now 12 it's been 5 years she was out there looking for him. Somewhere. It was a good thing they'd moved last year. But anyways back to school... I was walking on the school grounds with my close best friend, Glitcher. He was the best gamer around and even made several awesome topnotch games with the best graphics ever. I was kinda jealous of him because he usually got all the girls and guys or whatever. They like him because he was just that likeable. I even had a crush on him. But I knew that he wouldn't be my friend anymore if I said I liked him. But oh well. I needed to get to class now. I rushed to my class. As I rushed I felt someone staring at me. I turned my head and saw that it was Glitcher. He waved at me. I waved back and continued walking to my class. Which had to be ELA I hated that class the teacher always gave me a hard time and one time she went too far and I had a panic attack. It was terrible. After two hours of James being an asshole to me the bell finally rang and like always I was the first one out. I met up with Glitcher and we hung out and talked about the latest games. Then his current girlfriend walked towards us she was hot I had to admit. "So did you bring my stuff Glitchy. Or did you forget it again." She asked in a very bitchy tone. I frowned she shouldn't be talking to Glitcher like that no one should. I glared at her and then Glitcher said, " Of course Maddie I have your stuff." After she left I asked, "Why do you let her treat you like that?" "Why do you say that?" I sighed he could be so naive sometimes but I didn't say anything 'if only you knew' "Knew what?!?" Oops I guess I said that aloud. "Nothing." "Tell me." "No cuz then you'll make fun of me and won't be my friend." "I will always be your friend no matter what!!" I sighed and he knew that I was about to tell him something very important but really I was just good at lying. "I have a super awesome game that I've never told you about." This was true but it wasn't what I was supposed to tell him. "What! why didn't you tell me." "I dunno." After school we went home he dragged me by the arm and I smiled slightly by him touching me. When he looked back he asked what's wrong. I just smiled and said nothing.

We soon entered the house he wanted to see the game and console. I took him to see it and he looked so awed by it I laughed and asked him what he wanted to play. He said he wants to play Donkey Kong. Of course he would want to play the first game for this type of console. I smiled at him and dug in the box for it and put the cartridge in. We waited for it to load and played for over 5 hours writing down notes and some ways to cheat the game. "Wanna play LOZ." "Sorry I should've been home a long time ago maybe next time. Then we can beat the game 5 billion times. Hahaha." I smiled at his laugh and said "OK." When he left I decided to play LOZ by myself. I put in the cartridge and saw  one file titled BEN and saw all the achievements and I felt bad that they never did finish the game. Maybe this BEN person was also disappointed that they never finished or maybe the game was glitched. "It doesn't matter let's find out" I said speaking to myself. I made my own file titled GRIEFER because I would feel like crap if I deleted someone's hard work. I started playing the game and soon encountered some glitches like the game confusing me and BEN. I didn't really mind though. The occasional mix up was alright with me. Then I got to the part where the statue was following me around. "Ok ....sure this is kinda weird. Oh well... Imma go to sleep game so see ya when I wake up... Griefer needs recharge." Again I was talking to myself. "Damn I must be going crazy... Oh well."

I woke up in the morning extra late so of course I had to be late for class. I knew I was getting a beating tonight... Oh well. I mentally prepared myself since there was no point in going to school anyways. I would just ruin someone's day. I turned on the console and started playing where I left off. This time it was just a blank screen with the text YOU'VE MET WITH A TERRIBLE FATE, HAVEN'T YOU... "I guess so .... I mean I'm gonna get a beating tonight so yeah I guess you could put it that way... This game is so awesome... Dammit!!! I'm talking to myself AGAIN dammit!!!" When I finished being smart with the game another text appeared this one said THIS IS REAL YOU ARE NOT GOING CRAZY BUT YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU... "Ok." I said, "That's cool. I always wonder what it felt like to be killed. But can you please grant me the wish of choosing the way I die..." UMMM.... OK "Cool. I want to die by drowning." WHY? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO I AM? ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME!?!?! "What?!?! No!! I just always wanted to drown I mean I have thought of awesome ways to drown myself." YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT!!! "Done what??? I'm so confused. Also what's your name." BEN DROWNED IS MY NAME... WHAT'S YOURS... "Cool my name is .... Griefer or Bastard... I know it sounds fake but it's just Bas..." I said trying not to think about how suckish my life was. Too late I was crying. "DAMMIT GRIEF WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SUCH A WUSSY... WHY..." Then out of nowhere… 

A person who look like someone from a game I played along time ago appeared on the screen but with bloody eyes and looked at me and said "Would you like me to end your suffering..." I looked at him and said, "No matter what you did you couldn't end my suffering no matter what... I'm sorry but can you go my dad's gonna be home soon. I don't want him to find you here." He stared at me and said, " OK.. I'll go only for you but if I see something going on I will reveal myself..." "Ok." An hour later of me doing my homework and cleaning the house. Dad came home drunk and angry. "I HEARD YOU DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL TODAY BASTARD!!!" I flinched at the sound and murmured "yeah so what." He must have heard me because he came pounding on the stairs. He knocked down my door and slapped me. "NEVER SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT AGAIN... UNDERSTAND!!!" He yelled in my face. Again he slapped me and then punched me in the gut saying I shouldn't even be alive and that my mother should have had an abortion. I only smiled at him and said "Well mom should have known you raped my sister and that's why she died." He glared at me, “Well I'll give you the a reason to die.” He pulled held my neck tightly to the point where no breath could come out when BEN couldn't take it anymore and said YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT... My dad looked at him and said "Who the hell are you!!" YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE... When he said that he murdered my dad saying YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT... DUMBARSE... He then turned to me I looked down embarrassed of what just happened. He just asked me ARE YOU OK... I said yes I wasn't hurt. I'M GLAD...

After that day I stayed away from people even Glitcher I felt really bad. I was now with the only family i had left and hadn't seen BEN since that day. I kinda felt lost I just wanted to talk with someone. But I was ignoring everything even the teachers and the bullies made fun of me for losing my dad. "I bet you he's going to kill himself." Ashton said, a girl I really hated. She was just so rude. I glared at her. She smirked,  "What it's not like anyone's going to miss you." "I will." Dammit James just had to say that ugh I give up. "What do you want James." "I already told you before what I wanted. It's you." I didn't say anything but walked away from him and kept thought why does he keep bugging me sure I'm only 5'3 but That's no reason to pick on me. I mean he was already 6'4. Dammit James just leave me alone. James was following me again. I should really get a restraining order. "Ugh. Just leave me alone James." "Not until you're mine." "Know what I give up. Fine I'm yours now what. Huh." I said in a sassy tone. He smirked at me and said, "Took you long enough." I rolled my eyes at him. He put an arm around my waist and smiled kissing me on the cheek. Girls around us all shrieked and fangirled. They started whispering about us soon it reached the entire school and the last person it reached was Glitcher. He came up to me at lunch time looking like he was going to cry and said, "I need to talk to you about the game... Please." I looked at him and said, "ok." As I was gonna get up James pulled me back down and said, "You are mine... Remember." I just looked at him and said, "Whatever... He's my friend and I'm going with him or I'll end this." He looked at me and said, "Fine." He said glaring at Glitcher. We walked in comfortable silence until we reached our spot. He said, "ok the real reason I called you out is because i wanted to know why you've been ignoring me and why you are dating James. I mean it's cool if you're gay but why James... Just why..." But by this point he was a sobbing mess. I hugged him and said, "I'm so sorry, Glitcher. I didn't know." "I've been avoiding you because of something that happened on the day my dad died. I just couldn't handle people I needed time alone. And as to why I'm with James it's because.... I've given up on my crush ever liking me. They are too outta my league." I said close to tears myself. " I don't care... See the thing is .... I.... I .... ILOVEYOU...  I just can't handle seeing you with another person... I just can't." Then I woke up. Dammit it was just a dream why couldn't it have been real at least the part where he confessed to me. Ughhhhhh. I looked around my room, I had move in with my gran. She had decided to move all my old stuff from my old room to the new three story house. I was kinda happy that we left the old house. It held too many bad memories. My Gran also decided to homeschool me. I would be getting home schooled by the end of this last week. I was glad cause of that now I wouldn't get bullied. But the bad thing was that I wouldn't see Glitcher as much. "Well I will always have my games. I think... Unless Gran decides to punish me..." Oh well it didn't matter right now all that matters right now is my games. I got up and went to the console and plugged it in and turned it on. The first thing I saw was BEN he smiled at me and asked ARE YOU OK I thought about the question and said, "Sure I'm ok." WHERE ARE WE "Well a lot has happened and I moved in with my Gran she let me keep my games. Isn't that cool. Well there's a rule as long as I got to sleep before 1:00 then I'm good." WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL... "I'm getting homeschooled. Isn't that great." DON'T YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS "Do you think I don't?" WELL MOST GAMERS DON'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS AND SOME ARE JUST INTROVERTS... "I am mostly an introvert but I do have a couple friends." HMMM... WHO'S YOUR FRIEND... "His name is Glitcher... He's so awesome he helps me program my games. He is also the star athlete at our school even if he doesn't always have time for me because he's always with one of his girlfriend- I'm sorry I was talking too much.. I'm so sorry. " NO, NO IT'S FINE I LOVE YOUR VOICE... CONTINUE... I blushed and said "No now it's just awkward. Hehe but you seem really cool. I wonder- never mind..”

YOU WONDER WHAT "I said never mind." YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF ME WHY WEREN'T YOU AFRAID OF ME WHEN I FIRST APPEARED "Because I thought you were one of them but now I know that you're not or am I just hallucinating... Hmmmm" DUMBARSE "Wow rude much." WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF ME YOU KNOW WHAT NEVER MIND "Imma go to sleep." I said angrily. OK ... I'M SORRY "It's ok... I was being rude." With that said I got under the covers and slowly fell asleep with my music blasting through my headphones. I tossed and turned in my sleep.

I watched the kid toss and turn and finally I couldn't take it anymore. I came out of the TV and decided that I would go over to him and try to comfort him in his sleep. I guess I succeeded as the kid soon stopped tossing and turning. After a while I was going to go back into the game when he put his arms around me tightly and cuddled up next to me. I smiled even though I knew this wasn't supposed to happen. I pulled one of the many pillows the kid had and put one in my place and went back into the game. The next morning I saw the kid pick up a different game it was Call of Duty the latest one. He was about to put it in when he asked "Are you still going to be here if I change the game?" YES I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE "Umm that doesn't sound creepy at all..." Then he went ahead and put in the game. "Damn it!!! It's glitched... Hehehehe. Damn I'm stupid." LOL YES YOU ARE... "That's it I will defeat you!" NO!!!! "You crazy BAStard." Then he smiled at me. I laughed at his stupidity. He is a weirdly odd kid that I like to hang out with. WAIT WHAT!!! I DON'T LIKE TO HANG OUT WITH HIM HE'S JUST ANOTHER VICTIM... I THINK I started thinking and didn't realize he was talking to me until he yelled "DAMMIT PIZZA NUGGETS WITH NO FUCKS TO GIVE!!" I started laughing. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT "It was me trying to get your attention... I guess it worked." Wow. He sure was a weirdo. I looked back at him and smiled even though he couldn't see me. I wonder if he considers me his friend. "I do consider you my friend. Why do you ask?" HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING THAT... "I didn't. You just told me." DAMMIT GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER... "Pfft like I'm straight." OH... UMMM... OKIE... "Ye." UGH... YOU'RE WEIRD... "I know." WELL THEN... WHAT NOW YOU BEAT THE GAME... "YE." REALLY WHAT'S WITH 'YE'... HMMMMMM..... "It means YE..." DAMN YOU... "Serry..."

The next day I was being chased by James. Damn him... Ugh. Soon I got tired and decided I had to run home as fast as I could. When I got home which took about 30 minutes of me running nonstop. I finally arrived. My Gran slapped me even though she was supposed to be the nice one. Hahah I guess she turned bad or not I guess she was always secretly bad and didn't accept me. Oh well... She then slapped me again. "Why are you home so early you fag!" "It was a short day, Gran I'm sorry I didn't tell you." "LIAR!!" She yelled at me and punched me in the gut so hard that blood spewed out of my mouth. Damn her. Why does she do this. Ugh. I guess I just have to feel with the pain alone. Like always. *sigh* "Gran please, I'm sorry, I'm super sorry I- I just- I'm sorry... gran please NOOO-" Gran slapped and kicked me harder than ever before filled with such hatred for me. I just cried curling into a ball.  She didn't care if I was going to live all she cared about was that I was out of her way. I can't believe I trusted her. I can't believe I thought she was going to be there for me. Ugh. Why was I so STUPID. I'M A DUMBASS... WHY... JUST WHY DID I BELIEVE HER... Why... Why did I trust her... Soon it ended with me barely conscious. I soon had to crawl towards the front door I grabbed onto the door handle and pulled myself up I slowly started to clean up the blood and vomit off the ground. Then I slowly made my way up the stairs. I opened my door then locked it. No ones was there I was all alone. "Dammit dude, don't make this as depressing as it is. Jeez, dude." "Fine I'll try but like seriously this is sad I'm all alone... Like always..." "Really dude, you have us..." "Ummm... How about no." I said not really wanting to have them as my friends. "Oh ok then I just won't talk to you for a while. Baiii!!!!!! Stupid." I whispered "Bai nuggets... Why am I talking to myself again... Ughhhh." ITS CUZ UR CRAZY... DUHHHH... "Well that's rude. But it's true." LOL YOU'RE LEARNING SOMETHING... YAY... "Wow... You soooooooo petty... You rude tech." WOW... NOW I'M OFFENDED... "I'm really sorry TECH... hehehe." DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO CALL ME TECH MY NAME IS BEN. DUMMY... "Ye but I'm sorry... Kinda..." OKAY I FORGIVE YOU... KINDA... "Wow you are really petty." NO I'M NOT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT PETTY MEANS. YOU DUMB BUTT. "Ugh." DON'T GIVE ME THAT LOOK BOI!!! "BAII!!!" I said then walked out grabbing my 3Ds on the way out. the last thing I saw in the screen was 'HEY' then I shut the door and slowly made my way out I had only been in the house for about 5 minutes. I walked out of the house or was already dark out. I soon passed by a dark alley. I was found by someone. I couldn't see properly but I could only remember a white bloody sweater. Then everything turned black... I woke up to seeing the same sweater by me. I was in a nice comfy bed soon the figure started to get up so I closed my eyes trying to think. Why was I here... Oh right I passed out. "Hey you alive." I opened my eyes and nodded. I couldn't see anything cause it was dark in the room. Then a light turned on and I saw a bloody smile and  wide eyes. I didn't freak out or anything but asked, "What happened last night... Did we-" "Hahaha. I wish because damn that booty. Just kidding. But seriously damn I love your body. It's so... Pretty." I laughed and said, "Awesome smile, bro." "Thanks but why weren't you freaked out about me when you first saw me. Everyone is freaked out by me when they first see me." "Well I've seem creepier. No offense." "Nah. Its cool but just wondering how come you have fresh cuts and bruises. Did someone hurt you." "In a way... By the way who are you." "Hehe guess I forgot to introduce myself. Well anyways I'm Jeffery. Jeffery Woods." "No wonder I thought I saw you somewhere." "Really!?! How?" "I have my sources." "Oh you are just like Skinny never giving a straight answer. Hahaha." "Hmm.. I guess so." Hehehe if only he knew my real answer... Wtf is wrong with me. "Anyways you're probably wondering where you are-" "No I know where I'm at. The Killer mansion." "What!! How'd you know?" I just smiled at him and said “Because we're in the middle of nowhere in a forest. Duhhh." "Oh... Well what do you want to eat." "Waffles." I said without missing a beat. "Oh boy. You are so like Toby. I'll go get your waffles. So. Just sit tight." Then he left the room locking it. I could've left the room but I didn't I wanted to show that I was obedient and not make a mess of things like I've done before. The only problem was I could see no bathroom. Dang I need to go badly. What do I do. Dang it. Ugghhhh. That's it imma leave the room I need to go. Badly. I thought while slowly making my way towards the door. Just as I was getting my mind made up. Jeff came back with a plate full of waffles, they could wait I need to go. Jeff could sense something was wrong so he asked, "What's wrong... Wait don't tell me you want them to be made specifically. Cuz I don't tolerate that crap." I shook my head. "I need to go." "You can't leave." "No that's not it I NEED TO GO." I said indicating I was about to burst and piss all over there floor. "Oooooooooh. Sorry. I'll show you where it is but I have to be there with you. Ok." "Fine I don't mind as long as you don't look." "Ok." He showed me the bathroom and I started to unzip my pants and do my business. Of course he had to look. "Dang it Jeff. What'd I tell you. DON'T LOOK. AND WHAT'D YOU DO.. YOU LOOKED." I said giving him a lecture while taking a piss. "Umm sorry. I was just curious." "Curiosity killed the cat." "I'm not a cat." He said huffing.

After the little incident. He kept asking personal questions when we got back into the room. "Can you stop... I don't like personal questions like that. I'm sorry but I can't answer them." "Oh... Yeah I'm sorry it's just that I'm used to asking people questions like that to the other killers. Usually they answer because they are scared of me. It's pretty funny to see them stutter." He then laughed like a maniac. "Oh. You're not such a bad guy after all. In the books I've read they portray you as a big old meanie. I don't know why. You're such a nice guy to hang out with." I laughed. "Really? The other killers don't really like to hang out with me because of my smile.” He sighed,  “they always whisper behind my back telling me that I'm a weirdo or a freak when we are all freaks and crazy. Ughhhh." He had a sad look in his eyes. I wanted to comfort him so I gave him a very big fluffy hug. I felt so bad for him I cried for the first time in front of someone in a million years. I felt so embarrassed and humiliated. "Dammit Jeff why'd you have to be in so much pain. I wish... I wish I could help you but ... I don't know how. Is there anything I could do. Anything." "Well... There is done thing but will you promise to do it." "I dunno what is it." "Sleep with me." He saw the confused look on my face then said, "not sexually, but like just cuddle with me... Please. It would make me happy to know someone was there while I slept." "Oh. If that's the case then of course I'll be your cuddle buddy. Whenever you want I'll be there." I said drying off my tears and smiling happily at him. "Really! Thank you sooooo much. I'm so happy. You don't understand my happiness. Not even my closest friend would help me during the night." "Wow. Then That's not a really good friend." "It's ok cause I understand them." "Oh ok. If you're fine then I'm fine with it." I smiled at him and he smiled back. Then all of a sudden he was leaning in closer. I looked at him confused and he whispered. "You're so innocent. I want to take it away from you." What was he talking about? Then when he was about to close the gap between our faces. I looked away and he planted a blind kiss on my cheek. I slightly turned red. "What was that for?" "Sorry I don't know what overcame me." "It's ok." We spent hours just talking after that I soon got bored and wanted to play my video games. So I asked, "When can I leave. I really want to play my games." "I'm sorry... But you can never leave. I'm sorry but we can't risk you telling people we exist." "It's ok I understand. But can I at least say goodbye to my best friends and fake my death. It would be so awesome. Also I'll get a chance to say by to Tech." "Who's Tech?" "Tech is the little green guy. Hahahaha! Sorry  i had to say that. His name's BEN. My good friend." "Oh no. You don't realize how much danger you're in. That dumb nut. Ugh. He's in so much trouble. Anyways now that you're here... I need you to GO. TO. SLEEP." "Pfft. Hahaha nachos you thought I'd go to sleep but you see i'm already gone." With that being said I disappeared in a cloud of midnight blue smoke. I had been running for the past two hours and haven't stopped for anything. Finally I ran into my hometown. I saw the school and ran towards it. Who knows how long I've been gone. Maybe two days so that would mean it was Monday... Dang it. Oh well. I ran in and went to my first class. Which was with Glitcher. He smiled at me. No doubt he got a new girlfriend again. Jeeze. Soon it was lunch time which was that only time we could talk. "So where have you been. I was worried sick about you." "Sorry I was... I was... Ermmm... I don't know if I can tell you. How about I tell you at my house. So that way he'll get to know who you are." "Who are you talking about. Who's he." "He is my friend.  So I want you to be nice to him." "Is he your boyfriend. Cause if it is then I'm cool with it. You should already know that." "I do know that but I swear he's not my boyfriend. C'mon don't give me that look." We started walking up the hill towards the house and finally got there. 

When we got there he walked inside. He was the only person to make me feel safe that we until.  He shut the door behind me locking it and looked at me with a creepy smile. "So...  You wanna meet HIM. Or not.  Are you OK." "Why didn't you tell me you always had a crush on me. I want to know why you NEVER even thought about telling me. " "H-how d-d-did y-yu-you f-find o-out." "Don't be scared of me.  I feel the same way for you. I always have.  Please be my boyfriend. " I didn't know what to make of this and ended up having a panic attack then everything turned black.  The last thing I saw was worried eyes looking down at me. I came to hours later. I opened my eyes and saw Glitcher looking at me worriedly.  "Are you feeling better... I was so worried for you.  Please I never want anything like this to happen again." "... OK. " "But can you think about my offer earlier.  I will keep asking every week. I don't want to lose you you're my best friend and best friend's that end up together are more likely to stick together forever. " "The problem is how long do I have after what I show you. " I said looking at the floor. "It doesn't matter I'll love you forever into the next life and the next one over and over again ...I'll love you unconditionally. " "Please think about my offer. Griefer." He said going into the kitchen and getting something to drink. I was let with my thoughts for a while.  Why all of a sudden is he jealous..  I mean it thought I'd be the one who would finally lose it after all this time. I mean he is always doing something with a different girl. 

Maybe I should,  I know he's my crush and all but is he really the best option.  Sure he's known as a cheater but the girls love him.  Know what I think I'll give him a chance. Only one chance if he blows it, then it's over. "OK.  Glitcher I've thought about your offer and I've made my decision." "Really!" He said getting excited and running out if the kitchen. "What's your answer." Then as if by magic my grandma came out of the room and said, “I will not support your filthy kind. Not in my house!" She yelled.  I looked at her and said, "Then I'm leaving." "NO. YOUR. NOT!!" as she said that she grabbed me but the neck and pulled me close to her. I knew what she was going to do she was going to try and do.  I didn't want to be beaten in front of my friend. I tried getting away.  But my struggles we're all in vain. Damn her! I need. To. Get. Away!!! "LET. HIM. GO!!" Glitcher yelled slamming a fist into my gran. At that moment it didn't matter if she was a woman. He knocked her down along the way my gran lost her grip on me.  I ran upstairs and shut the door.  I looked at the screen which said WELCOME BACK... I smiled then said. "Sorry BEN. I have to go.  Do you want to come with me. I need to leave so make up your mind quickly. " As soon as I finished talking BEN said OF COURSE I'LL COME WITH YOU... I smiled that he was coming with me.  I took out BEN'S game and put it in my pocket.  I took my 3Ds and other small games that would fit in my pocket or a small bag that I had with me. Of course I had to take my awesome laptop and charger cause I'm not stupid. I then took out all the money I had left and said,  "Yes now time to leave this wretched place."

I ran to the back door and shut it behind me.  I then climbed up the back fence and ran into the woods as fast as I could.  I was glad no one saw me. It was almost too perfect. The silence was too much for me to take so I plugged in my phone and put on some Three Days Grace.  My favorite song was Pain.  I felt a connection with the lyrics. Anyways... I soon had to stop running and leaned against a tree to steady my breath.  I examined the tree and saw an X within a circle.  I smiled. "Ooooooo. I'm soooooo scared.  Ahh there's a spider. Hahahahahaha." I couldn't help but laugh at my own stupidity.  "Dang I'm stupid. Well if you want Skinny you can always kill me I don't care. Besides I have nothing to live for. Nothing at all. Or ya know I could always kill myself.  Hmmm...  Imma do it!! Yaya!" I skipped to the nearest pond.  It was crystal clear. I smiled, "Perfect." I started humming as i took of my small bag and took off my shoes. I put BEN in the bag and made my way towards the pond and sat there for a while contemplating life. "DAMN IT.  I SAID I'D DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE WITH MY LIFE BUT ALL I DID WAS DO NOTHING!!! UGH... oh well. I guess there was nothing for me to do. I had no purpose at all." I sighed "Welp this is the last of me.  Hahahaha." I finally stood up and dived in deep. I grabbed a hold of a root at the bottom and held it tightly. I let all my breath go and smiled. I didn't panic at all.  I just smiled and felt myself losing consciousness.

I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT HE'D DO AND WHAT I SAW SHOCKED ME.  HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF. I NEEDED TO STOP HIM.  BUT I COULDN'T IF HE DID COMMIT SUICIDE MY JOB WOULD BE OVER AND I WON'T HAVE TO SEE HIM AGAIN.  BUT THEN THAT WOULD MEAN I DON'T GET TO SEE HIS BEAUTIFUL FACE EVER. AND THE LAST MEMORY I'D HAVE OF HIM WAS WHEN HE KILLED HIMSELF. I MADE UP MY MIND I HAVE TO SAVE HIM.  I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE PAINFUL BUT I DIDN'T CARE,  NOT WHEN THE LOVE OF MY LIFE WAS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF. THERE WAS A FLASH OF BLUEISH GREEN LIGHT.  THEN I APPEARED I LOOKED LIKE A CHARACTER FROM LOZ. SPECIFICALLY LINK.  BUT I WAS DIFFERENT AROUND THE EYES THERE WAS BLOOD AND MY EYES WERE PITCH BLACK WITH RED IN THE CENTER. I RUSHED FORWARD TO THE LAKE LOSING MY BALANCE SEVERAL TIMES. I HADN'T SEEN THE WORLD LIKE THIS IN SO,  SO MANY YEARS. I HESITATED BY THE LAKE. THE PROBLEM WAS,  WAS THAT I HAD A DEATHLY FEAR OF WATER,  SEE I WAS DROWNED BY SOMEONE IN A LAKE. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN BUT I HAD TO SAVE HIM.  I MADE UP MY MIND AND DOVE IN.  THERE WAS A SMALL SPLASH. I SOON FOUND HIS BODY AND GOT HIM AROUND THE WAIST. I PULLED HIM AND SET HIM FREE OF THE THING HE WAS HOLDING. I BROUGHT HIM BACK UP.  HE HAD ALREADY TURNED BLUE. I PUMPED HIS CHEST SO MANY TIMES.  I HAD TO DO MOUTH TO MOUTH. IT WAS THE ONLY OPTION I HAD LEFT. I PINCHED HIS NOSE AND PUMPED OXYGEN THROUGH HIS MOUTH.  MINUTES LATER HE CAME TO.  I SMILED HAPPY.  EVEN THOUGH MY FORM WAS FADING.

I opened my eyes and saw him I saw BEN.  He was flickering.  I said,  "I finally get to see you. " He smiled at me and said,  "I can't stay long. If you want me to stay you'll have to summon me using my name,  the symbol,  and a life of someone you hate... Because that always brings out the love. " As he said this he turned blue in the cheeks. I didn't think anything about it except. 'Wow I didn't know anyone could turn blue like that. ' I realize later that I was soooooo,  soooooo damn naive. I was sooooo STUPID.  ANYWAYS I had to come back to town and I went to school. Like nothing was wrong. I mean I didn't hate James he only got on my nerves.  The person I truly hated so much that I wouldn't hesitate to kill was... Jenna.  I hated her so much that just hearing her name made me want to hurt the closest person near me.  Anyways I had to find another person that I hated.  Which was Elsa damn I hated that cold hearted freak so much. Like just even mentioning her and I got pissed off. Hmmmm that only reminded me to work on my anger management...  Ugh.  Oh well.  I walked up to the one of most popular girls in school,  AKA Elsa. I asked her to meet me in the back of the school because I needed to talk with her.

  I saw Elsa walk to the back of the school I let her come to me.  As soon as she was near me I started flirting with her.  And of course she fell for it and I soon stabbed her in the back.  I took out her heart with one easy swipe. I smiled then cleaned up the mess despising of the body in the trash can it will take a few days for them to find her. I then ran back into the woods and made my way to the lake BEN had disappeared in the game again. I said,  "This is my first time killing someone.  But surprisingly I liked it.  Does that make me bad. If so I don't want to be bad I only wanted to help.  But I don't care anymore... all that matters is that I helped you. " I put the heart by BEN'S game then turned away from him staring at the lake.  I was ashamed of myself for hurting an innocent person but hated that girl so who cares. She should've saw it coming.  Never trust me.  I should warn people. I don't want someone else to get hurt. Or do I.

I soon started crying like a baby. I was mad at myself for hurting an innocent person. I started blaming myself.  No wonder people hate me.  I really am a mental case. I should be in a mental hospital.  I should be dead. If only he had let me die earlier. Ughhhh. GRIEFER ARE YOU OK.. "..." PLEASE ANSWER ME. "..." I'M SORRY GRIEFER...  I REALLY AM... I SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED THIS OF YOU... "..." PLEASE FORGIVE ME... IM SOOOOOO SOOOOO SORRY... PLEASE YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE MAD AT ME...  I'M TERRIBLE...  "... No you are not. I'm mad at myself not you." THERE'S A REASON WHY I WAS STUCK IN THE GAME...  I'M A VERY VERY BAD 'PASTA...  ONE OF THE WORST EVEN JEFF IS AFRAID OF ME...  IT MAKES ME SAD... "You may be bad but you're still my friend...  No matter what happens you'll always be my friend.  Don't say bad things about yourself it will only make you feel worse. So please don't do that to yourself.  If not for yourself but for me or someone you care deeply about." He slightly smiled with tears threatening to spill from his eyes. Then he did the most asked,  "WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I DID TI SV CLAIMED THE WORST KILLER IN THE MANSION..." "You lil shit you take pride in being called the worst 'pasta don't you. But to answer your question sure I'd like to know what you did. "

  I saw him running away from me when he saw what I did.  I had murdered a creepypasta it was impossible to kill a creepypasta like so impossible because when you killed them they returned 10 seconds later.  But this time that didn't happen, this time the pasta he killed, Jane,  didn't come back.  He had killed her with his bare hands. Ripping out her heart and gouging out her eyes.  There was blood everywhere. Then someone knocked on the door while he was cutting her open. She should've come back by now.  Then the door opened. There was a scream. There we panic. They called Skinny. He declared her officially dead. He called BEN a freak. He said he was dangerous. No one was to go near him. No one was to anger him. Everyone left him. His best friend left him. No one tried helping him. They all avoided him. Made him feel like he was worthless. He believed all of them. Soon after believing all of them he felt hopeless like no one could save him.  No one cared that he was slowly killing himself by not eating,  by cutting himself. If someone noticed they didn't say anything to help him.  That all whispered he was an attention seeker. That he wanted them all to feel sympathy so that he could kill them later just like he did to Jenna. They had all thought that he liked her that why he was always mean to her.  They thought that he was going to ask her out but that never happened. They were so wrong.  He had killed her out of hatred. He had taken the first chance he'd gotten and stabbed her in the front.  Not back cause that wouldn't have been true friendship just like the song said. One day he woke up in a straight jacket. In a white room. Just white. It nearly drove him crazy seeing all the white. He bit the inside of his cheek and spit out the blood on the walls onto the floor and slowly devoured his own flesh.  No one noticed till the 6th day.  They called him a freak again. It happened again he killed Doctor Smiley. They weren't happy with him anymore. They said he needed to leave.  He didn't want to leave.  They forced him back into the game. They made sure he stayed there unless someone killed the person they hated and smeared the blood on the game. Then he would be freed.  He had been trapped in the game for over two centuries.  No food or water.  Just being passed back and forth by the old man. Person to person.  Hoping that he would be freed by one of them. He was never freed. Until one day he was.

  I had sat still listening to the sad story of how he was bullied and how much he was hurt for being different. No wonder he was surprised by my reaction finding out that there was a virus ghost dude in my game system. He was crying his eyes out making the black liquid leak. I smiled sadly at him then pulled him into a tight hug.  He was surprised and tried to get away but I hugged him tighter and didn't let go until his bobbing ceased. "Are you feeling better." THANK YOU SO, SO, SO VERY MUCH... IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY CARED ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO ME WHILE I STABBED THEM IN THE BACK... He was right he'd stabbed me without me noticing it I looked down at the knife penetrating my stomach. He then said,  YOU ACTUALLY THOUGHT I'D BE YOUR FRIEND...  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...  YOU LEFT ALL YOU FRIENDS BEHIND...  AND FOR WHAT ABSOLUTELY NO REASON....  MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH... I stared at him happily.  Little did he know I wasn't that easily killable. See my father wasn't actually my father it was some dude named Lucifer.  My mother was never really my mother,  that was my stepmother. I never had a mother. I had three fathers.  I know weird right well...  Anyways my other two fathers are Hisoka and another dude named Axel Jones. He was the only one's last name I knew. I wonder why. At least his name is kinda normal. I will always wonder why they have such weird names. Oh well.  I have to do something more important that talking with you. So imma go back to the story. Anyways as I lost conscience I saw him start to walk away and 2 seconds later I opened my eyes smiling sadistically.  No one and I repeat no one gets away with stabbing me.  I stood up picked up my belongings and chased after that ugly chicken nugget. He seemed very surprised that I was still up and running. HOW..  WAHH...  WAIT HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE...  USUALLY PEOPLE OR 'PASTAS STAY DEAD...  WHAT ARE YOU... I just smiled at him and said,  "I'm officially your new found enemy. Until you apologize for stabbing me,  I won't be your friend. Understood. " SORRY IM VERY SORRY... IT'S JUST THAT I'M NOT USED TO PEOPLE BEING KIND TO ME I THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD THINK ME A FREAK AND DESPISE ME AFTER I TOLD YOU THE STORY... I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO LIVE WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A PERSON LIKE ME... "Listen,  BEN...  No matter who you were in the past. It doesn't define who you are now. You could be a totally different person... Or you could be the same.  It doesn't matter to me. You are my friend. And as a friend I will make sure you are on the right path. Understand. I will ALWAYS be your friend until I die officially.  OK.  Got it." He smiled at me happy and started crying real tears and let out loud sobs and struggling for breath. I took out a water bottle and made him drink it until he calmed down. THANKS GRIEFER...  I REALLY NEEDED THAT... NOW... HOW ABOUT I TAKE YOU TO MEET THE KILLERS… I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY ENCOUNTERED JEFFREY... HE REALLY HAS A THING FOR YOU ... "What you're crazy that's disgusting. Besides I don't like him I like someone else." REALLY...  WHO... "I'm not going to tell you. " I said blushing. HMMM...  I WILL FIND OUT... SOMEDAY... I laughed at that then we started walking towards the mansion. Which would take us two weeks to get to.

TWO WEEKS LATER We finally made it.  The place looked so HUGE. The air smelled like blood and corpses even though there was no corpses nearby.  The mansion as something out of a horror movie.  The walls were so old it was chipped and cracked in some places and dry blood on the walls. No doubt of some poor human looking for the 'pastas. Oh well they deserved it,  they shouldn't have gone looking for them. I smiled as I looked at the place. This felt like I was home.  I looked over at BEN who had turned very tiny so I had to look for him on the floor.  He was the size of my finger. I bent down to pick him up and he smiled gratefully at me. KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND WHOEVER ANSWERS JUST SAY 'JANE IS DEAD' THEY WILL LET YOU SPEAK TO SLENDER. I nodded then noticed that my shoelaces we're uneven so I had to undo them bending down I untied them and felt a slap across my right butt cheek. Then I heard someone say,  "Dang dat booty." I turned around and slapped the person across the face.  Oops instincts. I felt bad for hitting the person but they should know not to hit someone on their butt. Then I noticed that it was Jeffrey. I was pretty sure he knew who I was too. "Hey it's you. " He growled. I smiled and said, "Jenna is dead." He immediately looked scared and said,  "I hope you know what you're doing. I wish you the best of luck. Anyways follow me." I didn't think about it and followed him. When I got inside the place looked so broken down,  like everything was either broken or really old,  and sharp things were littered across the floor. There was what seemed like fresh broken glass in the middle if the hall. I frowned and thought 'damn is there absolutely no one who cleans here.' "Sorry about the mess...  It's usually not this messy. " I raised an eyebrow at that and said "No it's ok.  Maybe someday it'll be clean. " He laughed at that and said,  "Yeah hopefully someday. " He then indicated I follow him. As I followed him I noticed that every 'pasta had there own rank and unique style of killing,  like Jeffrey liked killing people when they were barely getting to sleep. It was actually quite interesting knowing about how they all had their own style.  I also found out that they even had their own special hobby. We finally made it to a big brown wooden door. I was actually surprised that we hadn't run into anyone. I looked up at the big door and smiled. "So this is Slender's room. Amazing. " "Ugh. Wait till you meet him." Jeffrey said in an annoyed tone then knocked on the door. "Come in. " He opened the door.  I walked in and looked back to see that Jeff had left. That poop head.  Welp. I looked at the slender figure in front of me. Damn was he tall. "Oh.  And who are you? " "I happen to be Griefer Mr. Skinny. " He growled at me. I just smiled at him like the little brat I was. "Well, Griefer.  What have you done to be here. " "I killed my family. " I said lying a little.  Apparently he sensed that I was lying and said, "Why you always lying. " I cracked up with that and said,  "Because what I did was years ago before I was even able to know right from wrong.  Which was never. " "Hmmmm...  I need to know what you did. Or else I can't let you stay here." I thought about it then started off from the beginning.

  It was a warm Summer's Eve in the school of The Jewel. One person out of them all stood out in that big crowd. It was not the Jock,  not the cheerleader, not the popular one,  but the new one getting punched by the Jock,  getting called names by the cheerleader, and being circled by the popular ones. His name was known throughout the entire school for always being different. "Hey faggot. What's the difference between you and a watermelon...  One of them you eat and the other you can punch. " Said a cheerleader with a crappy joke. He was getting brutally punched being called horrible names that one should never be called. There as blood and vomit spewing from his mouth. He had one black eye no it wasn't even black more like a purple with a horrible yellow. He looked like a skeleton already but with the blood all over him he looked like some messed up vampire. What he found funny was that his pleas for help went unanswered. The teachers did nothing, they passed by as if they saw nothing. He finally started to get angry that they we're beating on him like some punching bag. He was tired of it. He felt unquestionable anger,  no it was fury. Man was he pissed off. He felt like a volcano ready to be set off at any given moment. And today we his day to be set off. All of a sudden there was a burst of silver coming from the boy that they've been beating on.  They all immediately back away. He didn't care that they were scared and curious about what was happening. All he wanted to do was hurt them like they've hurt him. He sent out a blast of fire,  burning them all. They screamed in agony begging him to stop. They kept begging but he didn't stop there. He wouldn't let them get off that easy. He sent out a burst of acid at them, peeling her skin slowly but making them pay for what they've done to him. They we're going to pay. After a couple of minutes those who were weaker started dying off. Then he started brutally stabbing them,  tearing them apart from limb to limb, literally. He made sure that when he was done with them,  well they would be dead by then.  After having his fun with the dead bodies he advanced forwards the one friend he had and it seemed as if time had slowed down. He did the unthinkable and hurt his own friend, Glitcher.

As I had been telling the story he had been silent I couldn't even hear anything from BEN. "Hmmm...  So what happened to your friend. " "Oh Glitcher...  We're still best friends. " "Even after what you did... Why though. " "That's because he knew I wasn't myself. He knew that someone else had taken over and he forgave me. This never happened again. " "My dear child.  I have some grave news for you..... "

"Welcome to the family." I looked at him and smiled happily. "Thanks... Mr. Skinny. " I smiled at him. Then I remembered about BEN. "Oh and Mr. Slendy you might want to know I freed BEN. " "...WHAT! " "Ummm... Ya but he said that he will be good and listen to your rules and whatnot. All he wants is to be treated normally. Not like he was going to just kill somebody anytime or kill them unexpectedly... He swears he'll be good. " "Hmmm... Where is he. " "Right here. " I said pointing to my pocket. " "He was here the entire time! " "Uhhh. Ya." “ ughhhhh... Why didn't you tell me earlier. " "Because I forgot and barely remembered. " " let me see him first. " "Hmmmm.... Okie. " I pulled the small BEN out of my pocket and smiled at him. He was in the palm of my hand facing me with crossed legs and crossed arms. I gently took off his hat and be reached for it. HEY GIVE IT BACK YOU GIANT... PLEASE... I smiled at him but shook my head. I held him out for Skinny to see. Skinny examined him. He picked him up gently with one of his abnormally long fingers. Ben squirmed all over and finally bit Skinny really hard. Skinny dropped him. I immediately reacted by catching him. "You clumsy little fool. " I said to BEN. Apparently he didn't like being called little and he bit me. I only smiled. WHY... YOU EMOTIONLESS FREAK... I smacked him on the head with one finger. "Take that shorty. " OK YOU WENT TOO FAR... "Well then... FUDGE YOUR CROISSANTS!!! ... WAIT... WHAT... "I dunno... Anyways Mr. Skinny now that you've examined him. Are you gonna let him stay. Please. " I said giving him a pleading look. "Ugh.... Fiiinnnneeeeeee. I hate to admit it but I missed my little toy. Besides that he's so damn adorable. Like seriously he's so damn kawaii. " WELL THANKS FOR EMBARRASSING ME. HE DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO KNOW THAT SKINNY FACE. WHY WOULD YOU TELL HIM THAT... "Awww Thats so cute. At least I know Skinny has a fanboy side to him. We should hang out sometime. We would get along so well." "That sounds like a good idea but one question first. Percabeth or Jercy." "Ooooo. That one is easy... Jercy." "Correct. " He said happily. "Woowoo. " I said smiling. AHEM. YA DO KNOW I'M STILL HERE RIGHT, CREEPS... I just smiled and pet his hair. "Sorry. It's just that you're so tiny I forgot about you. Hehehe." WELL THAT'S NOT RUDE AT ALL... "I know right I'm just soooo nice." UGH... "How long have you two known each other. " At the same time we said, "About two or three weeks. " I HAVE NO EFFING IDEA... "Really BEN. That's just sad. " NOT MY FAULT I'M JUST A 'VIRUS' LIKE THE OTHERS SAID... "BEN that's really sad. But anyways why were you asking Skinny. " "I was asking because you two remind me of a newly wed couple. " "Oh in that case... BEN I want a divorce. " OH HELL NAW YOU AIN'T LEAVIN ME... With that we started cracking up. We're so dang stupid. "I swear you two will be the end if me." Skinny said sighing. "Oh yeah since imma be a part if the family... Where is everyone. " "Well at this hour they are all either asleep or out hunting. I'll give you a schedule so you can know what to be doing at certain hours. Also every in has to cook at least once a month. It'll say on the schedule when it-" He got interrupted by me saying, "Umm can I just cook all the time cause I Like cooking and cleaning ya know and keeping the house in good shape. While also doing the other stuff that I have to do." Surprisingly he agreed quickly saying, " Of course if you're up for the responsibility of cooking for all he creepypastas in the house. Also I've been meaning to get Hoodie or Masky to clean the house but I've never found the time. " "Yes!! I am definitely up for the responsibility." I said happily. "Well OK then, just don't let them try to get you into a maid outfit. " "OK. " I said a little confused as to why anyone would want me in a maid outfit. "Ahhh. Such innocence. " Skinny said. "Huh. What do you mean by that. " "Nothing. " He quickly said. SKINNY YOU BETTER NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. "I have not the slightest clue what you're talking about Benny-boo. " OH DON'T ACT ALL INNOCENT WITH ME "Oh and what do you mean about that Lil BEN. " I just started laughing and said, "Y'all are pretty stupid. But now that you guys stopped arguing can someone please tell me where I will be staying. " "Right. Sorry bout that. Anyways based on your story you'll be staying on Jeffrey's floor which is also where the more scarier killers go. " "Oh kewl. " I took his silence as my cue to leave and thankfully he wouldn't announce my presence until next morning. So that all killers were there. Dang too bad I forgot to mention that I have anxiety. Oh well it'll pass. I walked up the steps to the very top floor and saw Jeffrey on the floor looking very bored just staring at the ceiling. "Take a picture. It'll last longer. " He suddenly said out if nowhere. I responded to his mockery with sarcasm as was my second nature by saying, "of course my beautiful princess I shall take as many pictures as you wish. " He turned his head towards me and then asked, "what's a noob like you doing up here does Skinny want something." "Huh. Oh no Skinny told me I would be staying up here. He's so cool too bad I can't kill him." "Ahhhh I see why he put you up here... You're in between sanity and insanity. Hahah sucker. " "Not cool. Anyways which room is unoccupied." He then pointed to the door all the way down the hall. "Umm... Thanks I guess. " I walked down the hall feeling him watching me. I opened the door and what I saw was a horrible sight, but I wasn't surprised... me. It was Offender on top of a lady. He was doing something to her that I couldn't understand all I knew was that I shouldn't have see this. "My poor eyes. " I whispered. "Why Jeffrey,  why." That was all I had to say to make the fall man that looked like Skinny aware of me at the doorway. He growled at Jeffrey but then his look softened when he saw me standing there looking confused,  and slightly worried for the lady that was in a puddle of her own blood. I ignored both of them and entered the room I notice some weird 'torture devices' but they were oddly shaped. I walked over to the lady who was gasping for air and like someone was holding a bag around her neck.  I immediately knew that she had asthma. I turned back to the tall man and glared then I turned back to the lady. I summoned a water bottle for her and had her lean against me in an upright position so she could drink the water. As she drank the water I told her in a soothing voice, "It's going to be OK.  Just tell me what happened because I've never encountered a scene like this. " "Awwww you are so innocent. That's cute. " The tall man said looking at me like he might gobble me up. I frowned at him and said,  "Ya well this 'innocent' kid might just rip you apart if you don't shut the heck up... So would you two please wait outside. Also I don't care about what you were doing to her walking corpse. " He frowned at me and was about to take step towards me when Jeffrey suddenly said,  "You touch him Skinny is going to be really mad. " "Fine but next time you tell me what to do and interrupt me while I'm doing my business I will make sure you pay. " He said growling at me.

I just glared and stayed by the ladies, who as I looked closer was only around 14-16, side and glared till they left.  I then turned to the lady and asked,  "What happened. " "H-h-he r-ra-raped me.” 

"That buttnugget. Why would he do such a thing. " "Awww it's true you are so innocent. You don't even know who he is...  He's...  He's Sexual Offenderman. " "Ehhhh.  What does that mean. " "Look it up. Cause I sure as hell won't be the one to ruin your innocence." "Oh...  Okie. "

After helping her clean up and giving her something to restore her health. She did something unexpected and brought one of the many knives to her chest and stabbed herself. 

Griefer stared at her lifeless body in shock and finally realized what it was to actually kill someone and knew now that he had made the worst mistake in his life. 

If only he could go back in time. But too bad he couldn't or didn't know how to bad he didn't know his father's or what they were. Ugh that's another bad thing about not knowing your parents. 

Griefer's sighed and cleaned up the bloody mess she left behind and put the ‘clean' blood and put it in a baggy for later. He then looked around the room and in a minute cleaned the room of all the white liquid he has found. 

Ugh what a dirty room. He thought then walked out and said to ‘Fender,  “she's dead my job is done,  at least she had a quick death.”

“WHAT!!  YOU KILLED MY TOY!!! “ He yelled at him and was about to grab him by the shirt when there was a cough behind him. They three of them looked and saw that it was…

“Oh shoot hehehe…  Umm hey Skinny,  bro,  buddy old chum. How's it going.”

“Brother what we're about to do… Well I'm waiting. “

“Ummm…  wait are you…  Are you… being overprotective.”

“No.  On the contrary. I can see he has a very great potential. Better than…” He fell silent and looked at the others then walked over to me and picked me up putting me over his shoulder. 

I frowned and knew that it would be useless to fight. “Ugh. Really Mr. Skinny,  why you do dis. “

He whispered something I couldn't hear. Then he said “what's your real name.”

I looked at him and said,  “Its Bas-”

“No your REAL name.”

“But that is my real name. “

“No it's not now tell me.” he said as we got to his room.

I gulped and said, “I have no other known name that I'm aware of. Is there one I should be aware of.”

He frowned at me,  “I know who your parents are and I know you're their bastard child so tell. me. your. name.”

Then as he was about to strike me Jeffrey burst into the room and said, “Slender how could you try and land a blow on him!!!  Let him go he's staying with me until you can prove yourself.”

Slender seemed to smile and said, “this was only a test to see if you actually cared about him…  You passed.���

“What the hell !!! Slender it's not cool to do that to someone.” Jeff yelled 

“But in all truth I do know who your parents are Greifer…  Be glad they decided to have you unlike the rest.”

“What do you mean? Who's the rest? “ I asked confused. 

“That is not my place to tell you.” He stated as if I should know. That bubblegum idiot. 

Ugh he knew who my parents were and I don't even know what get are like. This sucked butt.  I sighed. 

“Dammit Mr. Skinny I dunno my ‘REAL’ name. Shoot I don't even know what my parents look like. Ugh. Would you please tell me how to find them. “

“First let's go talk in your room I don't want anyone to know what we are talking about. “ He said looking at Jeffrey and ‘Fender.

Jeffrey looked at him then me and sighed. He walked back to his room.  ‘Fender just looked at me glared then said, “Until next time.” Then he walked to find his next victim. 

We walked to across from ‘fenders room into my new room. It's walls were painted midnight blue. Everything was bare it seemed empty even though there was a bed and some furniture and now me. 

I looked around and noticed that there was some dried blood in the bathroom. I wondered what happened here. My question was answered by Skinny. 

“Suicide Squidward stayed here we had to move him somewhere where his safety was all that mattered. We couldn't keep him here cause he kept making others worry and making them feel all depressed and crap. I know it we wrong of me to send him away but I had to. He needs someone who'll look after him. I couldn't provide that. “

I frowned and said, “I could help him,  where is he. I want to know where he is.”

“No.”

“And why the heck not. Hmmm.”

“Because I don't want you coming back looking all emo and shiz.”

“Wow. You are like soooo rude.”

“You're still going to try and find him aren't you.”

“Yep.”

“But why are you trying to help someone who is so far deep into depression. This is why I will never understand humans. “

“Correction I'm not human. At least I don't think I am. And to answer your question. I want to help because people deep into depression think that they are not loved or that they are unwelcome. They think this by people's actions… Did you by any chance try speaking with him. Or at least try to understand where he came from.”

“Umm… No.”

“That's where you went wrong… Haha the almighty Skinny doesn't know how to help others. Dammit Slaughter. Sorry about that.”

“Hmmm.  That's OK but who was that. Also do you by any chance have any oth-”

I cut him off and said,  “Yes I do their names are- Don't tell him you dumb butt. How dare you call me that Shy why aren't you stopping him. Because I don't want to. Wow what a good friend you are. We aren't friend then.  Why. Because you are a dumb butt.”

“This is quite amusing but who are they.”

“They are my friends and they usually don't show themselves unless it's something serious. So I guess when they want they all tell you their names. But since you already know Slaughter he'll be showing up more. Also don't make him angry. Actually don't make any of us angry.”

“OK. I'll try. But out of curiosity what will happen.”

“That is not my place to tell.” 

“Very well then.”

“Wait Skinny before I go.  Why did you abandon BEN. He is will very heart broken about being close date freak. Please apologize to him for me.”

“... I'll think about it.”

He soon left me not before giving me a schedule of what I had to do. I looked it over and saw that I had to cook in about six minutes.  

Yes I was about to meet all of the ‘pastas finally after waiting for like almost four hours. 

Then I remembered I never did find out how to find my parents.  Ugh dammit Skinny. He just avoided talking about them. Ggggghhhh… Now I'm mad. 

As I made my way to the kitchen. I felt eyes on me and I knew this time it wasn't Jeffrey.  I quickly turned around to see a man with a mouthguard in trying to flee. 

I caught his arm and turned him around and held him In a tight grip. He seemed surprised to be caught. Then I said,  “Who the doodlebutts face are you?”

“I-I'm Tic-ci Tob-y.”

“Wait what did you say.” Instead of answering he pulled tightly from my grip and ran off. “Well he's weird. Maybe I'll see him at lunch.”

I checked the time and ran off to the kitchen and prepared waffles and chicken, hamburgers, and pizza.  Then I just cooks kidneys,  flesh,  and guts for the cannibals in the house. For dessert I made candy apples. 

As I set the table little BEN decided to pop out of my pocket. 

HI GRIEFER…  WASSUP… 

“Bruh. I forgot you were even here. Cause you are so tiny. Like did you die bruh.”

NO I WENT TO AN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE… 

He said this with a lot of sarcasm,  ha too bad he couldn't beat me in a sarcasm match. 

“Ya well.  At least I'm not tiny,  if ya know what I mean.”

I'M BIGGER WHERE IT COUNTS…

“You nasty.”

As he was about to reply a man with a white mask and feminine looking lips and no eyes walked in. 

“Oh.” He said and looked at the table that was filled with lots of food. Then he looked at me. 

“Oh. I didn't know there was a new recruit.” Then stared at the food hungrily. 

“I'm Griefer.”

THIS IS MINE DO. NOT. TOUCH…

Ben said out of nowhere glaring at the masked man. 

Griefer was about to protest when the other killers started flooding in. Everyone started sitting down in their spots. 

I served everyone what they wanted no one looked at me twice. Except Jeffrey,  he seemed unusually quiet for a person I've only known for a couple hours. 

“Hey J-Jeffrey. Je-ffr-ey. Jef-f-rey. Je-ff-rey. Jef-ffffff-fffff-fffreyyyyy!”

I looked at Jeffrey from the corner of my eye and noticed that the guy with the mouth guard was annoying jeff. Jeffrey looked annoyed, but everyone else looked like this happened everyday. 

I looked around me to make sure no one noticed me and started making my way out. 

“Halt!” 

I heard someone call then grab me around the waist. All the other killers looked up at me and stared curiously. 

“YAY! New ‘pasta, and it's a girl.”

I was too shy to say anything so I just looked at the ground. Apparently the guy that called me a girl Decided to point out that I was shy. 

“Awwwww she's also shy. She's so darn cute.”

I frowned and looked up at the person who was holding me. It looked like another member of Skinny’s family.  The only thing was they looked more into the latest fashion. 

Then I started freaking out. This is bad he's touching me. Ewwwwwwww. 

“This is unsanitary. Let me go this instant. Who knows when the last time you washed those filthy hands of yours.” I said completely grossed out. 

Everyone looked at the man and then at me. Then they burst out laughing. A man that looked like a monochrome clown came in and said, “What I miss.”

“She called Trender f-f-filthy.” The man with a mask that held no eyes and liquid leaking out of them said. 

“Oh and nice ta meet ya-”

“I'm Griefer. And you are.”

“Eyeless Jack.” I could tell he was usually quiet. 

“Oh and I'm Laughing Jack. Eyeless is usually shy around everyone so don't be offended.”

I nodded and then turned to Eyeless who seemed to be blushing out of his mask. Thats weird. 

I wanted to tell Eyeless that I was a boy but everyone was too loud and I started thinking about the past this led me to start thinking badly so I ran out into the woods. 

I kept running till I was deep in the dark part of the woods. It took me a moment to calm down and I breathed a sigh of relief. 

“That was intense.”

“Yeah it was. I wonder what they think of me now.”

“Maybe that you should leave.”

“Naw. I believe they think that you are a special child and need more help.”

“Hahaha. Very funny, Gerald.”

“Don't call me that.”

I just sighed and let them argue when I heard the sound of faint footsteps. Lots of them.

“Guys shut up.”

“OK.” They both said then left. 

I sat down and sighed again for the millionth time. 

Dang they must think I'm weird… Hmmm maybe… Maybe not. Who knows. If they think I'm weird for having anxiety then they are the weird ones. 

I hear the footsteps stop by one of the may trees. One person kept walking I could tell they were young. 

Whoever it was didn't care if they were seen and walked all the way towards me. They stopped behind me. I didn't turn around until they put a hand in my shoulder. 

I reacted immediately by jerking away.  I stood up quickly and turned around looking at the small person. 

It was a girl just as I thought. She had brown hair, a pink nightgown and blood running down her forehead. 

“Hi. I know you don't know me but I-”

“I know who you are Sally Williams. I'm Griefer. Nice ta meet ya…What do you want.”

“I- I want to help you,  but I don't know how.” She said scared and confused. 

“No you don't no one wants to help me. I'm useless.”

“No you're not. Who told you that.” She demanded. 

“I can't tell you.” I said wondering if I should tell about them. 

I decided not to. I listened to what she had to say.  The only thing I heard was ‘help you.’

Then I looked at her with tears threatening to spill and I said, “Thank you but my anxiety won't go away,  I mean you can try to help me… Also I know you guys are here. So,  Like I dunno come out.”

I heard whispering and slowly they came out. They each looked down except for Jeffrey who saw that I had tears threatening to spill and ran towards me. 

Apparently BEN couldn't handle seeming someone run at me like that. Soon there was a blueish light appeared and a 5’9 BEN appeared and he growled at Jeffrey.  Jeffrey stopped, which cause everyone to stop and stare at him. 

There was fear written on all their faces. They whispered about how it was impossible for BEN to appear unless someone freed him. They all glared at BEN. 

Sally was the first to do anything. She ran up to BEN and hugged him. 

“BEEEEENNNNNNN!!! You're back!  YAY!” She turned and smiled at me. “Thank you so,  so, so much for bringing him back I've missed my BENNY-BOO.” 

Everyone looked at her then at BEN to see his reaction. He looked annoyed so Jeffrey walked up to him and said,  “Why are you back. Who brought you back.”

WELL IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS WHO BROUGHT ME BACK… AND AS TO WHY I'M HERE… WELL I'm ONLY CAME HERE CAUSE GRIEF NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY… 

“ BEN you can't stay here.”

I looked at both of them and pulled Sally away from them and I whispered to her,  “Go call Skinny.”

She nodded and ran off. I looked at them and got in between them. 

“Jeffrey calm down,  please,  just listen for a minute.” He looked at me for a moment and growled at me. I was startled by this and started crying. 

SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE JEFFREY… DONT YOU UNDERSTAND HUMAN EMOTIONS… HE'S A SENSITIVE PERSON… APOLOGIZE NOW… 

“N-n-no i-it's o-oh-ok I n-n-now k-know th-tha-that J-Je-Jeffrey h-ha-hates m-me…” Then I started crying again. BEN put his arms around me and held me trying to comfort me.  He glared at Jeffrey and whispered in my ear, 

“If you want to leave we always can.”

I looked up at him with my tear stained face and said, “No it's OK.” I wiped my tears away. 

“I don't hate you.  It's just why did you have to free him. He's evil.”

“He's not evil,  if he was I would have never spoken to him. He's not evil he only want you guys to treat him normally then maybe he won't be an outcast. It's mostly Slenders fault for doing this but everyone makes mistakes. Even BEN,  ugh I didn't want to tell you guys but I guess I have to…  Jane was never dead. She left. She decided to leave… I'm sorry.”

“What seems to be the problem.” It was Skinny. He ‘looked’ at everyone of us. 

“Well BEN appeared and then Jeffrey made Griefer cry.” Sally said simply. 

Apparently Skinny only got part of what she said. He rushed over to me and asked,  “Are you OK? Did he hurt you?  What did he say?”

“I'm OK Mr. Skinny. I also explained that Jenna had left… I'm sorry.”

“Yes, unfortunately Jenna left us by faking her death I only just figured it out when Griefer told me.” He paused as if though contemplating telling them something. Then he said, “OK. I wasn't going to tell you this but I see now that I have no choice… Griefer is a valuable member and has information that we all need OK. So please try and be nice to him. That is all for now. Also BEN has changed so try to get to know him again.”

They all hesitated and looked at each other and finally decided.  If Skinny said that BEN had changed then maybe he had,  they still had doubts but decided to trust Skinny and give it a shot. 

“OK.” They all said.

“We'll try to be his friend.” Laughing Jack said but put emphasis on try. He was one of those that wouldn't try to be BEN's friend. I only faked my best smile and looked at Jeffrey hopefully. 

“Ugh fine. I'll be your ‘friend' BEN. I mean we live on the same floor and whatnot.” This made me smile. 

It was already time for dinner when we started our way back home. I smiled happily, happy that everyone was getting along.

I look behind me and noticed that the boy who had been watching me earlier was talking with the masked guy. They soon noticed that I was making my way towards them and both stopped, looked at me, looked around frantically as if though looking for a way out.

I was confused, why did they want to run, was I that ugly. I wanted to cry right there but I have already cried too much, I have to be strong.

I walked straight up to them and grabbed the one with the mouth guard by the arm and said, “Why do you keep running from me, huh. Am I really that horrid to look at. Is that why? Well don't just stand there talk to me.”

He made some ticking noises and finally said, “Y-y-ou ar-e n-ot u-ug-ly.” He stated bluntly, then looked at the ground.

“Yeah as a matter of fact you're really pretty... I'm sorry what such bad manners of us, we didn't introduce ourselves. Im Tim.” The masked one said looking at me.

I looked at mouth guard boy and looked at him expectantly. He realized that he had no other choice but to answer, he looked up and said, “I-am To-oby.

I smiled and said, “Noice to meet ya mate… Wait that's what you said earlier. Hahahaha.I'm so dumb.” I said laughing. 

That earned laughter from both of them. Then we walked towards the mansion laughing our butts off until I asked, “Hey, Toby.”

“Y-eah.”

“Why were you watching me earlier?”

As he was about to answer Tim interrupted him by covering his mouth and saying, “ We were watching you because… ermm… because we wanted to know more about you.” 

I decided not to push the matter and said, “Ugh since I know you won't tell me the truth. I'll go along with what you said.”

They smiled at me and Tim said, “Thanks bro.” 

I just smiled and continued to walk to the mansion. As I got inside I saw that everyone was sitting at the table waiting for food. These lazy monkey butts… Hmph waiting for me to feed them, wow.

I made my way to the kitchen and started preparing their meals. After 10 minutes I was finished and in record time! That was something to be proud of. 

Anyways I placed the food on the table. Then I sat myself down next to a fully grown BEN. I looked around me and smiled happily. Everyone was getting along and playing with each other. 

I'M BORED WANNA PLAY A GAME WITH ME… 

“Sure it's gotten boring anyways.” I said happy to go do something.

YAY!

We went to BEN’s room which was next to mine and we started playing video games. We were playing Super Mario 64 on our nintendo's, we were trying to see who would get the highest score on mini games. Obviously he won since he was the gamer master. I just smiled happy that he was happy. 

BEN soon just passed out and I carried him to his bed. Then I left the room to go to sleep. I changed and plugged in my ear buds.  The song that came on was 32 woman by Green freaks. 

I soon fell asleep to Dance with the angels by Breaking jims. I know right I'm so weird but yeah that song makes me feel like I should know something but I have no idea what it is. Maybe it's my childhood. Maybe it's my entire life. 

Oh well I'll never know, but who knows right. I mean I'm a crazy person, pfft no I'm not. I'm just mentally unstable. Or am I just being who I truly am. 

I woke up with people yelling and I am never a happy person in the morning. This just made me angry and I did the only thing I could think of. That's right I yelled. 

“DAMMIT CAN'T ANYONE GET SOME PEACE AND QUIET ‘ROUND HERE!”

Everything immediately went silent. Then they were whispering. I went to sleep since it was only five o'clock. I woke up one hour later not happy but with just enough energy to cook and clean. No one was out of their rooms, I wonder why? 

HEY WHY WERE YOU YELLING EARLIER… 

“Huh? I was yelling? Are you sure?”

WELL YEAH I'M SURE YOU JUST STARTED YELLING IN SOME WEIRD LANGUAGE… ARE YOU OK… DID YOU FINALLY LOSE IT… 

“Ehhh… Lose what. My sanity cause if that's what you meant then no not yet or I'm not really sure.”

UGH YOU BIG DORK… IF ONLY YOU KNEW… 

“Knew what?  That you luuuuuuuvvvvvvvveeeeee me.” I said joking around. The next thing I knew BEN was blushing madly. I stared at him shocked. He 

me. 

YOU DUMMY OF COURSE WHO COULDN'T LOVE YOU… IT'S OK IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME LIKE THAT…

I stared at him thinking, “BEN I'll always see you as my brother. I'm sorry it's a Platonic love. Again I'm sorry.”

OH WELL I TRIED… WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS RIGHT…

I laughed, “Of course, BEN.”

After that we continued on like nothing ever happened. No one found out that BEN had confessed to me and no one had to know. We were currently playing video games. I beat BEN for the third time in a row. 

I laughed then told BEN I had to go restroom. He laughed then told me to hurry. I got to the bathroom only to see Toby was in there taking a piss. I immediately apologized. 

When I got back BEN saw that I seemed deep in thought and decided that we retire early. I agreed absentmindedly. I was in my room when I remembered I never went to the bathroom. 

As I was making my way down to the restroom. I bumped into somebody. It was Toby, jeez it was like he knew where I was 24/7. He looked at me shocked then ran off to his room.

I went to the bathroom to see blood in the sink. Ugh, couldn't people do their business elsewhere. Then I realize someone had left a small blade. I also figured out whose blood it was. 

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“Toby please open the door.”

“W-why.”

“I need to ask you something.”

“Uggghhh... F-fineeee.”

I took a step back and waited patiently for him to open the door. When the door opened I barges in. Showed him the blade and looked at him. He looks at the blade shocked. 

“I-it’s n-n-not m-mine, I-I sw-sw-ear.”

“Toby please just show me your arms.”

Toby then started crying and slowly pulled up his sleeves to reveal long deep cuts all over his arm. I cringed just looking at his arm. I gently too his arm and kissed his cut up arm. He seemed shocked and shivered. 

“Does it hurt?”

“No,  I can't feel remember.”

“Sorry.”

I woke up with arms wrapped around me. I slowly turned to see who was hoping me. I saw an unknown person and all I could think of was ‘oh what happened to Toby.’ Then I saw that there as a hold in this person's cheek. 

This was Toby, I chuckled who knew Toby would look so darn cute while sleeping. 

I slowly got out of the bed and put on my sweater. As I was making my way out Toby woke up. He looked at me and felt for his mouth guard frantically searching. I smiled sadly he was ashamed of himself. 

“Toby it's OK. Your mouth guard is next to you. Also take it from me,  no one care about what you look like all that matters is who they are inside.”

I then left leaving Toby no time to reply. I soon ran into Jeffrey as soon as I had taken ten steps from Toby's room. 

“Where were you all night, not that I care.”

“I was with Toby.”

“Toby. Why Toby, he's annoying.”

“Don't you dare insult Toby. Everyone has their own battles to fight and I will not tolerate you insulting someone like Toby. Understand.”

“Jeez, I'm sorry Grief. 

“It's OK it just that something happened last night and I'm just on edge about Toby, OK.”

“What happened to Toby?”

“I can't tell you.”

“Fine, playing hard to get. I like that.”

I just smiled and slapped him. He rubbed his cheek while I walked away. After that the day went uneventful. I soon got tired and just went to do my rounds early. 

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It been three weeks since the Toby incident. I have grown closer to BEN, Toby, and Jeffrey. They are my three best friends although I do wish my first friend, poor Glitcher. I had to learn to give up on living a normal life and adjust to life as a killer. 

I was walking up the stairs towards my room when I bumped into someone it was Toby. We both tumbled down,  I noticed he didn't have his mouth guard on. I landed on top of him, I tried keeping myself from falling on him but I failed. Our lips met, our eyes widened in realization,  I immediately pulled away. 

“I'm so sorry Grief.”

All I could do was nod and I left to my room. In my room I touched my lips and whispered,  “My first kiss was with a guy.”

I fell asleep and woke up to Jeffrey yelling at someone. Apparently he didn't care that I was trying to sleep. I got out of bed and walked down to the kitchen where Toby was trying to eat his waffles without crying. While Jeffrey yelled at him. I glared and did my own fair share of yelling. 

“JEFFREY! STOP YELLING AT HIM FOR SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM!”

Everyone immediately went quiet and stared at the two of us. I glared at Jeffrey and tapped my foot impatiently. He looked down and softly said, “I'm sorry Toby, it's just that I wa-nevermind.”

Toby accepted his apology then hugged Jeffrey, then went back to happily eating his waffles. I smiled at them then went to go make dinner. Skinny helped me in the kitchen, Toby and BEN went to go hang out, and Jeffrey watched us make the food. 

I hummed while cooking and Skinny joined, we hummed to a silly tune. Soon we find ished and Jeffrey went to go call the others. We all had a big family dinner, Skinny sat at the end of the table I sat between Toby and BEN. Jeffrey seemed to be glaring at the two beside me. I didn't understand why. 

Our dinner was interrupted by loud knocking. Tim went to go check who it as and only came back with a letter addressed to me. I took the letter and opened it Toby and BEN read the letter silently with me. They were really shocked as to what it said. I was left speechless and gaped at it. 

“Well are you going to tell us what it day or are we going to ask Toby.” Said a very curious killer. I sighed and said,  “The letters from one of my fathers, to be more precise it's from Axel Jones… He said we are all in danger that HE is back and looking for me and if we want to be safe, to try and find him. If we can't find him within six months we are doomed.”

I looked at all their shocked faces and smiled sadly. “I really liked this place.” Was all I was able to say before everything went black and the last thing I heard were screams. 

I woke up in a dark cabin room. I had no idea how long I've been out but it must've been for some time since my hair has grown longer, it was now to my waist. The other thing I noticed was that the shadows moved. I could also hear things. 

Then for the second time I blacked out. This time I woke up with a wet towel being put on my forehead. The person looked surprised and whispered, “Crap! You're not supposed to be awake yet.”

I then felt something almost like a needle was being placed into my neck. I felt everything slowly go away before I heard frantic whispering then everything was gone. I was left in the dark. Then as I was getting comfortable the darkness seemed to go away too and everything was suddenly just gone. 

[titleknown]

Well, I’m right at the door and I got two folks suggestions! Tooth is better than none at least! But, this Toothsome Crown’s got nothing to do with the actual suggestions, so I got no idea why I made that pun! But imma show you anyway!

I got no idea where I got it, I think it has something to do with tooth fairies and how they’re dicks and Fairy Lords don’t even like ‘em, I dunno, but I do know it makes your teeth grow real good! Incredibly good! Dangerouously good! Fangoriously good! And sometimes you have to take the crown off they’re so good!

But, if you’re gonna wear it for a time, for the lovva the Space Gods In Funny Hats make sure to brush it and keep it clean! Bad things happen when you don't brush it! Necrotic things! And also NEVER wear it if you have Tate-Fairchild syndrome which I MUST REMIND YOU does not disable the Westermark Effect, some people just like to pretend it does because they’re horrible!

That last fact had nothing at all to do with the crown, I just thought Tate-Fairchild awareness was important, MOVING ONWARDS!

@nausicaaharris said:

Ooky, ya got any artefacts from underwater cultures, and/or artefacts related to the King in Yellow?

BOY DO I!

Got this one from Carki as a freebie, I’m pretty sure this Hand Operated Clammup was either a religious effigy or some kinda Muppet, tho a lot of places have a lot of overlap! And now it’s a glitchy nightmare come from delving too deep!

Too deep into what? I dunno! Probably not Cthulhu, thing’s the manatee of cosmic horrors I tell you that! It’s contagious tho with that glitchy nonsensemabobbery, and probably useful to sorcerors trying to break reality by altering their bodies to putz with the geometry! For cosmic bumfights or whatever!

I got big into this one in my Moderately-More-A-King-In-Yellow-Fan days! Bought it in bulk from a Little Shop That Wasn’t There Yesterday Opening Day/Going Out Of Business Sale!

I’m pretty sure it’s some sort of really bootleg-y Noh mask, with face-y bits made of what Google Translate tells me are the Japanese characters for No! So you too can wear a Noh Mask that is No Mask! No mask? God I love these puns!

Ain’t worn it though! Thing’s probably evil as hell! And, speaking of hell,

These Faust Masks are kinda a multiversal constant, no matter if you got your music stole or just want a big fancy kingdom at the cost of doing everything wrong! And it gives you the fancy powers of Hell! Sorta!

Well, it’s less than the original dudes, but hey, you get it without selling your soul/the world, so you get what you pay for! Or don’t pay for! I’m not a talksmith!

[Crap, hang on just a sec, I need to search out the other stuff in the box...]

AHA! And, here’s the other stuff by our other asker, who has a very good show on hiatus to produce a very good horror novel trapped in not-very-good development hell, @thehungryreader!

What can you tell us about that thing that looks like a jar of dried cat noses?

I'm also curious about that small medical vial with "♃ " on the label

Well my dear parson... I’d hadn’t the foggiest what you were referring to on the first one until I turned ‘em around. And also, how do you know the contents of this place? ARE YOU READING MY THOUGHTS?! IS THE DAILY TINFOIL I’VE BEEN FEEDING THE HAT NOT WORKING?!

Anyhoo, this is the Kitnose Kit Jar! Yanno how those super-special-awesome-prepared crocodile tongues make living things bigger? These kitty noses make nonliving things smarter! Instant tsukumogami! Even though a depressing amount of magicians don’t get theirs ethically, which is how I got this one. By punching a kitty murdering magician in the face. FOR THE GREATER GOOD!

Of course, if you leave ‘em in the jar long enough the jar itself comes to life. Which, I can’t take ‘em all out, just lookit that vague simulacra of a face? How can you say no? They do regenerate, since living and all, so if I just take a bit out o there I can use ‘em with no harm done! Except when Quentin gets mad I just brought that thrift-shop DVD pile to life. OH WELL!

This one’s called Stan’s Oil! I think it uses nanomachines to make your skin metal and tin-y, IDK, I got it off an infomercial. It said it came right from Oz, but I don’t buy it, and as Royal Oz Historian and Bad Opinion-Haver Regarding King K Rool, you probably don’t either! They used way too much form the movies man, you’d think they’d at least be sellin the meat glue, or gettin a Chopfyt endorsement or something!

Well, that’s why I went to Oz, but anyway, it’s a good body-re-enforcement oil, that you should NEVER EVER let get in the hands of a presidental candidate. Trust me, I played that game of whackamole a couple of years ago, it ain’t fun!

Welp, I gotta go, but if you find any of the stuff from this or the last one in your worlds dear readers, feel free to try and show off them as long as you credit this blog’s host, Thomas F. Johnson, under a CC-BY Vanilla License!

Cause, I gotta have somewhere to hang my heck, and he needs a place to shill his Patreon to stave off existential dread!

Gnight everybody!

[nthsonata]

hey hey friend, can you do all of the questions for the adorable asks, please? 😊🌸🌸

1. Have you met your soul mate?Who knows?

4. Are you in love right now?Yeah, kinda?

7. First kiss details? (If you haven’t been kissed, reply how and if you would like to be.)I’ve yet to be kissed, and I have no idea how I’d like to be kissed :O

8. Do you own stickers, an stationary?No, I’m boring

9. What’s your aesthetic?Glitchy Neo-gothic?

10. Do you wear dresses, and skirts?I want to wear them more, but I only have two dresses and one skirt that’s too large for me

11. What is your hair like?Super curly! It usually looks dark brown, almost black, but underneath certain lighting it gets tinted red, as a really dark auburn. The ends are also dyed pink/purple, but the dye’s mostly faded by now

13. What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up?I try to go to bed between 21 and 23, usually at 22; I wake up whenever, which is really anytime between 4 and 14 honestly

14. Favorite sweet food?I’m not sure, haha

15. Tea, coffee, or hot cocoa?Hot cocoa!

17. Favorite game as a child?I liked playing hide-and-go-seek as a kid; video games-wise I liked Super Mario 64 (though I don’t know if I’d call it my favorite; that’s just too hard to choose!)

18. Comfort book?Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter and Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

19. Princess, Fairy, Mermaid, or Unicorn?Unicorn! (fun fact, in the digital industry, someone who can both design and develop is called a “unicorn”, because everyone wants to find one but they’re so rare; I happen to be one!)

20. Do you fall in love easily?Somewhat?

21. Favorite word?Depends on the day, haha. Here’s a fun one for today: ineffable

22. Describe your life in 3 words.Math, Music, Thoughts

23. Do you dance? Slow dance?Yeah! I’ve done ballet, and sometimes I like to improvise a bit when I’m listening to music. My elder sister @beanbluester is much better than me, though.

24. Do you wear fake nails, or paint your nails?No, but I kinda wanna get a manipedi

25. Has anyone ever confessed to you?Confessed what? I dunno

26. Do you lie?Sometimes

27. What makes you smile?Math, music, problem solving, video games, family, and friends (especially you!)

28. Have you ever cried in a book or movie?Not that I can think of, but I cried after finishing the game “The Beginner’s Guide”

29. When and who was your first crush?A girl in 7th grade named Abigail who had long black hair and glasses

30. Marriage or kids?Sure! Honestly I’d like to have kids just so I can witness firsthand the wonders of life and psychology

31. Are you superstitious?I wouldn’t really consider myself so

32. Who’s your 3 am thought?What’s this even mean?

33. Do you like candy? What’s your favorite candy?Sometimes! I like dark chocolate and mint!

34. Favorite holiday?Halloween! (TF2 definitely caused a bias there)

35. Favorite season?Fall, because it’s not too hot nor too cold, and it’s super pretty

36. Cat or dog person?I’m fairly neutral, although I lean towards cats (what can I say, I’m autistic; we like kitties!)

37. Are you quiet or loud?I’m pretty loud, haha; sometimes I have trouble realizing an inside voice

38. Favorite time period? (80′s, 60′s, etc.)I’m not really sure!

39. Favorite fashion fad that went away?Fashion? What’s that?

40. The best dream/ worst nightmare you’ve ever had?I’ve really no clue

41. Worst fear as a kid?The darkness

44. Do you flirt?Sometimes I platonicly flirt, mainly when I’m sleep deprived 

45. What’s your style?Kinda punk/goth/emo, but laid back

46. Do you blush?No, but honestly I’d actually like to, haha

47. Do you feel everything, nothing, or you don’t know what to feel?A mix of all of them honestly

48. Are you a crier? Do you smile?I really wish I could cry, but no matter how hard I try I’m not able to; I usually try to find some reason to smile

49. First love?I dunno

50. Last love?... You?

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GOTY 2017

2017 was a good year for games. You know it, I know it, it's been said by everyone who has any interest in this hobby at all. Having said that, putting this list together really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be! The peaks of the year were higher than any year in memory, but outside of those islands of excellence it was otherwise not too noteworthy for me. Maybe I just didn't play as many games as I'd like? I dunno, I think I get stuck in ruts sometimes and struggle to properly diversify.

In an ideal world I think I would like to play games from many genres, telling many different stories and coming from many different cultural and social backgrounds. I want to play large games at the top of the budget scale, and smaller games at the bottom. I want to play it all! That's the dream! But that's never the reality - what actually happens is that I get stuck playing the same games for weeks and weeks, pouring hours and hours into them while other things pass me by. I don't have unlimited time to game, and these fuckin things just keep getting bigger and bigger. Endless sidequests, unlimited padding, arbitrary gating and stalling mechanics... these things are probably the bane of my existence. I just need to fuckin learn how to let go, and feel good about walking away when I've had my fill.

Anyway let's talk about specific games that I enjoyed this year. In the past I have tried to only include games released within the specific year on my list, but I am making two exceptions this year with FFXV and Uncharted 4 because they were both a big deal to me and I didn't actually own a PS4 until this year.

Honourable mentions:

Stardew Valley

This was in my GOTY list in 2016 as well! I know it's not a new game per se, however the Switch port is new. I played and enjoyed this in the past, but the barrier that prevented me from being properly invested was always that I wanted it on a portable device. I wanted this game to be the game I played in bed in the evenings, and I wanted it to keep me entertained on train journeys and in front of the TV while watching other things. That wasn't possible for me until 2017, and now that I have it on the Switch I have finally managed to properly sink my teeth into it and get weeks of Good Good Farming under my belt. That is one heck of a good port! It doesn't feel new and fresh enough to make the numbered list, but I need to clarify that 2017 was definitely Stardew Valley's year in my opinion.

fuck jojamart, and fuck big business

Hiveswap: Act 1

I don't think this was good enough to make the jump into the numbered list either. I really enjoyed the writing, but it was all over too quickly. Even when poking every corner and reading every little nugget of writing it still lasted only 3-4 hours for me. It also doesn't help that it was kinda glitchy, to the extent that none of the cutscenes would play for me, necessitating that I keep a YouTube longplay open that I could tab into every time I needed to watch a cinematic. Presumably that bug got patched out, but by that point I had already completed it and didn't have any intention of playing it a second time.

The reason I'm singling it out here is because I feel lucky to even play this game at all! This has had one of the longest and most fucked up development processes ever. The Kickstarter for the Homestuck Adventure Game launched & completed in September 2012, and the five years that followed was just an endless stream of bad news, delays, restructuring, rumours of stolen funds, and other shady goings on that the public will never know about. For most of those five years people assumed that this game would just be vaporware, so I am super happy for the people who worked on this project that they actually managed to get it released. And I'm happy that it's good! And funny! And has a great soundtrack! And you know what? It managed to get me excited about the world of Homestuck, something that I thought for sure would never happen again. Here's hoping we don't have to wait another 5 years for Act 2 because I really want to see this story through.

what a long fucked up road it’s been huh

Final Fantasy: Record Keeper

I still play this game every day. Literally every day. I have never played a game with as much regularity as this one, and I have definitely never sank as many hours into one single game as I have FFRK. I love it! It maybe doesn't excite me as much as it did in it's heyday, but it still gets updated with interesting new content all the time. Looking at some of the stuff we have on the horizon, it seems like 2018 will have even more huge event additions and overhauls, so DeNA is definitely doing the work to keep this fresh. I will admit that a lot of the recent endgame-level boss battles have been making me feel pretty unsatisfied (fuck Magicites) but that doesn't mean I'm not excited for the next batch of them to drop in February.

I just think this needs celebrating. We've passed the 1000-day mark with this game, and in that time I reckon the number of days that I didn't boot it up is in the single digits. It's been fully integrated into my daily routine in a way that no video game ever has, and the fact that I can consistently clear endgame content with high-level relics without spending a single penny goes a LONG way to making me feel good about it. I cannot see myself ever loving another mobile game the same way that I love FFRK.

three goty lists in a row and still going strong

Anyway, now for the actual numbered list:

10. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

I played this at the beginning of the year, so I'm a bit rusty about it, but from what I can recall I'm pretty sure it was an exciting and swashbuckling race around the world with a surprisingly touching family story at its centre. As somebody who has never played any other Uncharted game (and had never really wanted to), I think I would have skipped this one entirely were it not for the fact that I got it as part of a console bundle with the PS4. Steff gets very antsy if I buy new games without giving the ones I already have a proper shake, and so partly for her sake I decided to give this game a spin after sitting on it for a few months. And you know what? I'm super glad I did, because otherwise I would have missed what was easily one of my favourite games of the year.

Gameplay wise there is a lot here I didn't like, so maybe that's what prevents it from climbing higher on the list here. Turning the difficulty on to easy mode was essential, but even after doing so I still felt like the combat sections were too drawn-out and numerous. Likewise I feel like there was a lot of environmental padding, and far more of my time was spent trying to get somewhere cool than actually doing stuff once I got there. Nate and Sam just cannot get from A to B without somehow stumbling across an entire mountain's worth of cracks, ledges and jumps. I felt a LOT like Milhouse whining and wanting to know when Itchy and Scratchy would finally get to the fireworks factory.

I wouldn't say the gameplay was ever outright bad, but I will say that it was kinda an ocean of average. Within that ocean however were islands of excitement! Like Nathan and Sam driving around for fucking months in a motorboat trying to find Hidden Pirate Utopia on the backside of Skull Island or whatever, I too felt like I was navigating these seas from exciting plot point to exciting character interaction, and then to dynamic unique gameplay sequence or well-choreographed cutscene.

Honestly the thing that I took away most from this was how nice it is to play a game with such a good cast of characters. Nathan and his extended friends & family felt real in a way that video game characters rarely do - I loved that there were characters who made bad decisions, and then doubled down on them when called out on it. I loved that there were characters who lied to themselves about what they want, and then deluded themselves into thinking they had legitimate reasons to do pointless and dangerous things. I loved that there were characters who argued, fell out, and then showed genuine regret as well as emotional maturity in how they chose to make amends for the harm they caused. The fact that all of this is wrapped up in a story about two brothers trying to hunt down a hidden pirate society is just icing on the cake really. I should probably play The Lost Legacy huh? You know, the Uncharted game that actually DID come out in 2017.

brb gotta climb this fuckin mountain

9. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

In a lot of ways, this is the best Fire Emblem game to have been released in years. I enjoyed Awakening when it was released and still think it's pretty good. I also enjoyed large parts of Fates despite the abysmal characters and dialogue, but I think neither of them are as good as this game. Maybe it's because this is a remake of a game that was originally released in 1992, but parts of this game feel unencumbered from a lot of the bloat that has bogged this series down in recent years. There's barely any support conversations yet the characters still feel fleshed out, and the relationships that exist feel satisfying even without being able to recruit the inevitable time-travelling baby that is spawned by the coupling (you know, like how it worked in the other 3DS games).

The fact that the underlying game is so old does have a downside though, as many outdated features were still kept intact in this remake. For example, the map layouts are almost always dull and strategically uninteresting - I'm pretty sure that like 90% of battles take place on a map which is just an empty field littered with a few trees and gravestones for cover. It's made worse by the fact that the only kind of mission is the 'kill all enemies' variety, and missions such as 'survive for X turns' or 'protect some NPCs' weren't retrofitted into it - the overall effect is an extreme lack of variety on a battle-by-battle basis.

It's still a lot of fun though, and the enjoyable characters and enemies kinda offset a lot of the dullness of the battles. I was particularly impressed by the quality of the voice acting and localization! Honestly I hope that future games in the FE series look to this game for inspiration... lol, ok no. You and I both know that ain't gonna happen. Nintendo has planted their flag in the fertile 'anime matchmaker' soil. Still though, if the next FE game makes use of the Switch's hardware to deliver a game with the same level of polish and execution as this one, it would probably at least look fantastic!

these guys wont be joining me in battle, they’re just for show

8. Pokémon Ultra Moon

What a weird game... ok so Pokémon Sun was my GOTY of 2016, and I stand by that assessment. I think it was the best Pokémon game in years, and I think it added a lot of variety to a series that was in dire need of a shakeup. You can't deny that in many ways it was hurried out the door though, probably in order to get generation 7 out in time for Pokémon's 20th anniversary. It has some cracks and holes that were plastered over, and I dunno about you but when Ultra Sun & Moon were announced I was hoping that we'd get a version of those games that had been fully repaired and restored. You know, a version with the benefit of an extra year to restore the obviously missing content and handle some of the plot holes. What we ended up getting was... not that.

This game is an alternate telling of the Sun & Moon story, and I think that's an interesting concept - despite starting off largely the same, you get some visitors from an alternate dimension who branch the story off in a completely different direction. Eventually everything goes off the rails, and we end up with something that is largely different in a pretty cool way! I think that the new additions to the plot are weirdly janky and not very well executed, but it was fun to play a version of a game I love where everything ends up playing out differently. It's a bummer that some of my favourite scenes from the original got cut in favour of the new Necrozma stuff, and it definitely hurt the characterization of Lillie and Lusamine along the way, but whatever. That's only a problem if you view Ultra Sun & Moon as a replacement for the originals, and I don't. I view them as a side project, one that doesn't replace the originals but rather takes it in a different direction.

Aside from the storyline, I think this is probably the best Pokémon game in recent memory. The improvements to the UI and menus are appreciated, and the addition of 100 extra Pokémon give it a level of variety and replayability that goes much further than expected. We lose a little in the narrative to gain a lot in the gameplay, and honestly I think that's probably a fair trade in this case.

rebattling these guys was, i’ll admit, a hell of a lot cooler than i was expecting

7. Splatoon 2

I'm someone who barely ever cares about online competitive games. I just don't - it's never been my thing. I don't come to video games to win. That's why I'm surprised that I was able to ever get as engaged in Splatoon 2 as I did! I played a good chunk of Splatoon 1 on the Wii U, but the loop of matching up against strangers online over and over again ad infinitum wasn't interesting enough to hold my attention too long. So why did the sequel (which is largely just more of the same) land so differently?

I think that the release landscape of the sequel was just much better than the original. It came to me at a time in my life when I was far more receptive to going out of my comfort zone on a game like this, and the fact that it was on the Switch was a huge point in its favour because it got swept up in the zeitgeist and excitement of this amazing new console. My time with it has probably ended, and if it were to be released now I don't think I'd ever be able to work up the same enthusiasm, but back there in August the stars aligned - it was absolutely the right game at the right time.

Salmon Run is so good - I think it's my favourite part of the game for sure. Collaborative multiplayer is so much more preferable to competitive multiplayer, and defending that grimy ocean base with a random spread of allies and weapons was fun every time - even the times we lost. My only gripe is the bizarre decision to withold it and only open the doors on a specific schedule, which I'm sure you can tell me there's a good reason for but still upsets me. I don't always get to play games as much as I'd like, and sitting down on a busy evening to enjoy a few hours of Splatoon only to discover that Salmon Run has locked up for the entire evening just feels disappointing.

I wish I could have participated in more splatfests, but I kept missing them! After the initial Ketchup vs Mayo one I completely failed to hear about any subsequent ones, and only found out about their existence after they had already wrapped up. When's the next one? Is it soon?

squid simulator 2017 improves on the 2016 model in many ways, with more accurate squid movement and squid noises

6. Disgaea 5

What the fuck is up with this series? But like... for real though, wtf? I've never played one of these before, but I had always kinda been interested in them because I'd heard they were one of the most complex and technical tactical RPGs in the genre. I guess that's true, and I can't deny that the idea of a good tactics RPG on a handheld console like the Switch was an enticing prospect, but BOY. What I ended up getting was NOT what I expected. In a good way though!... I think?

This series does a lot. It's like... ok, imagine a regular tactics RPG. Now imagine that 100 hands reach out and grab hold of every small nook and cranny of the game, and then they all pull it out in different directions leaving a misshapen and deconstructed mess. Now dunk that in a stupid anime plot with some lame-characters who sometimes spout really funny dialogue, and you have this game. If that metaphor makes no sense then I'm sorry, but this game left me very confused and frazzled and I'm really struggling to adequately vocalise why.

I think it's because of how much customisation you get? Like, every part of the game can be tweaked and adjusted - the game gives you all the sliders that control stuff like enemy difficulty, quality of the rewards, and strength of items. It also allows you to create characters from scratch, meaning that you sorta have free reign to basically approach any part of the game in any way you like. If you think that sounds broken and exploitable, then you are 100% correct - this game is absolutely broke as fuck. It knows so, and it revels in it. In fact, it seems to encourage players to find any ways of exploiting it they can. If you can find a way to powerlevel your characters up 20 levels at a time, outpacing any and all storyline bosses, then yes you should do it. Why wouldn't you? It's a demon's right to take advantage of anything and everything that gives them a leg-up over the competition after all. It doesn't detract from the enjoyment of the game, but rather it just makes it even more fun. After all, you might be steamrolling through the stages, but you're doing it on your own terms.

Yes there is a lot of grinding - especially in the endgame where you start getting your characters to level 9999 with 100000 in each stat. This game kinda makes grinding into an artform I guess, but it doesn't stop it being weird and time-consuming. I had a lot of fun with this game, but when I stopped playing I was feeling like I never wanted to see a number ever again.

i played this on the switch, so yes i am counting it as a legit 2017 release

5. Super Mario Odyssey

This game is the perfect 3d platform-collectathon-adventure-whatever-you-call-this-genre-nowadays. I think it wins best controls of the year, as it just feels and flows in such an intuitive and logical way. Once you master the art of throwing the hat and diving off of it, throwing it again and diving again you start to move around in worlds in ways you never expected and approach challenges from directions that seem completely wrong. There's a lot of satisfaction from nailing a complex series of jumps, landing somewhere far away, and thinking 'I don't know how I was SUPPOSED to get here but here I am I guess!'

An open world platformer like this is judged in how well you feel like you can memorise the world layout, discover shortcuts, and move swiftly between A and B, and in Mario Odyssey those things all come very naturally. If you can see a piece of level geometry then you can definitely get there, and there are no invisible walls keeping you on the 'correct' path and preventing you from wandering too far astray. I don't really know how to explain how good that feels - it just does. It feels Right.

If this game has a flaw, I would say that it is too much of a good thing. There's value in knowing when to step back, draw a line underneath everything and declare it complete, and I feel like maybe the devs didn't quite know when the correct time to do that was. The end result is that it feels bloated - too many moons have been crammed into a small space. Sometimes I felt like I could barely walk a few steps without kicking over some random rock and finding a new moon, and the novelty wears off once you realise there's like 900 of those fuckers out there. I barely made it halfway through that pile before I had completely grown tired of tracking them down, which is a shame! I feel like maybe if you eliminated about 50% of the moons from the game the whole thing would feel a bit tighter and more focused. Nevertheless, I didn't lose any sleep over the ones I failed to collect, and it didn't detract from my enjoyment. I played exactly as much Super Mario Odyssey as I wanted to, and that left me completely satisfied.

it me, merio

4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The highest compliment I think you can pay Breath of the Wild is that everything just makes sense. It's surprisingly free of video game contrivances, the sort of thing that you take for granted and don't really notice until they're gone. Most of the time, when you sit down to play a game it's like you're agreeing to a pre-arranged set of conditions about what you can and can't do in that world. You can walk around, but most scenery is not interactive in any way. You can use bombs to blow up rocks, but don't try to use bombs to blow up pillars because they're non-blowupable. Fish can be caught at a designated fishing hole, but the fish that swim in the river are decorational and obviously cannot be caught. Playing video games is often an exercise in learning what parts of the world are put there for you to play with and what parts are put there to simply act as barriers and shepherd you along your way, and the more games you play the more fluent in this language you become.

Breath of the Wild doesn't really truck with that kind of thing. If you think that something makes sense, then there's a good chance that it can be done. Trees can be chopped down to form bridges, enemies can be killed by rolling boulders onto their heads... I dunno, I guess that this game still has an internal logic, but it covers its tracks so much better than I am accustomed to. The most important thing it does is nurture the notion that there isn't a right way of doing anything - that you can go about completing your goals in any way you choose. It's just nice, and gives the entire game a feeling of freedom and creativity and discovery. I guess the same could be said for any large environment, but I dunno. The quiet understated way that BotW allows you to complete your goals in your own pace and fashion just feels very personal and intimate.

I think the biggest problem I have with the game is that it's sense of scale and discovery is purely a one-way street. You start off as a shirtless hobo with no memories or knowledge, and you gradually learn how to defend yourself and explore. Every play session is a new lesson in survival and accomplishment, and over time you build up a repertoire of gimmicks and tricks that you can use to help yourself. The world is big and scary, and enemies will DEFINITELY kill you in one hit, so every advantage you can take is worthwhile. But the world doesn't remain big and scary forever, and as you explore it becomes smaller and smaller, while you become stronger and stronger. By the end of the game you can go anywhere and do anything, and no enemies are a threat to you... but the spark of discovery has been extinguished, never to return. I actually felt a lot of melancholy when I stopped playing that game - I felt like a fish who had grown too big for its bowl, or an adult who revisits their childhood home later in life and is surprised by how much smaller everything has become.

the rain and weapon durability never even bothered me, i liked them

3. Final Fantasy XV

This was a great game, and one that I absolutely did not expect to like as much as I did. I mean... ok I love this series, so I'm a little biased here. Even though there were several aspects of the game that looked a bit suspect prior to release, I was willing to give it all the chances it needed to impress me. It turns out that such a level of lenience wasn't really warranted. It was a good game in and of itself! A great game even, with a fantastic setting, likable characters, and a story that was dull within tolerable standards.

The structure of the game is weird, and there are too many pointless sidequests with no narrative worth at all. "I know you're the crown prince of my city but I'm still gonna ask you to wander into the wilderness and kill 10 dogs for me." Uh, how about fuck off? But once you realise that you can safely ignore any and all of those, then the game actually becomes pretty liberating.

I think that it's no coincidence that the atmosphere resonated so well with me because of the specific time when I played it. I had just come back from a holiday in Iceland with friends, and the six of us had done a lot of sightseeing punctuated by driving long distances over beautiful natural landscapes. Lots of 'hey everyone look out the right side of the car right now!' and 'hey let's pull over here and take some photos of that waterfall!'. Coming back from that holiday and playing FFXV felt like a direct continuation of that excitement.

I remember one mission where Prince Noct and his Boy Squad were escorting Iris to some city, and they were all sitting in the car just chatting to pass the time. Crossing over a large bridge, the gang decided to pull over and have a wander around to check out the local wildlife, and so we did just that. This game is very pretty, and the five kids standing at the side of the road watching the sun set over this bridge, taking a few pictures and chatting lightly, really captured the fun and discovery of sightseeing in a way that was very dear to my heart. There was no great narrative or gameplay reason to stop and look around - it was just the joy of seeing something really cool in the company of people who are very dear to you.

For all it's flaws and weird fantastical JRPG contrivances, the long road trip that Noct & Co embark on felt very sincere and realistic to me. Having it come to an end was upsetting in the same way that it's upsetting to come to the end of a holiday, to have to travel home, say goodbye to your friends and go back to your boring real life. Of all the games I played this year, this one had the biggest gulf between 'how emotional I was expecting to get about it' and 'how emotional I actually got about it'. Don't even get my started on the final hour or two of gameplay, holy shit, way to build me up and tear me down Square-Enix.

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2. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Let me just say one fucking thing about Crash Bandicoot - he fuckin rules. Yes he may be a disgusting orange shirtless triangle with arms sprouting out the sides of his head, but man his games are good! I'm certain that most of my love for those games is because of rose-tinted nostalgia glasses, but I don't care. I've been playing those games since I was a child. Once a year I make a point to go back and play one of these games to completion, and this tradition has only strengthened with the knowledge that Steff also loves these games. The two of us play them together, and we have a jolly old time breaking crates and collecting Wumpa Fruit and that sort of thing. They have given me so much joy in my life, and this year they got polished up and re-released by Vicarous Visions so the whole world can once again experience Crash Bandicoot Fever all over again (as if I ever stopped having it)

This trilogy is kinda the perfect way to bring those games up to a modern standard. The controls feel good, the levels have been faithfully rebuilt, and everything looks so much prettier and nicer. For someone who has such a high level of familiarity with the original trilogy, it's an absolute delight to see them handled so well, and I can confirm that the feeling of playing those games has been perfectly upscaled.

I think what I loved most though is that this doesn't just upscale an old game, but it makes intelligent changes and additions as well - ones that don't feel out of place. Lots of quality of life improvements smooth over the rougher part of the decades-old level design, and new content is added in the forms of time trials on Crash 1 and 2 levels. This completely recontextualises the level design and gave me ways to explore these levels in ways that I hadn't ever done so before! I used to speedrun Crash 2 before I was too young to even know what speedrunning was, so having an actual in-game time attack mode get added to those levels was a level of personal nostalgia that I really wasn't expecting. It's like I'm back in 2004 all over again, playing Crash 2 on an emulator in my friend's conservatory as fast as possible, trying to distract myself from the scary bits of Event Horizon (and still getting frightened).

Of course, I guess I should point out that a lot of those Crash 1 levels are Not Built For Speed. At all. They're tests of stamina more than of perfect execution, and getting relics on them was... interesting, to say the least. It might have been frustrating and difficult at times, but it forced me to take knowledge that had been in my brain since I was literally a babby child, and utilise it for a purpose which it had never before been used. It was an amazing feeling and I loved every minute of it, even the minutes when I was swearing my sorry ass off and yelling after my hundredth death on that goddamn High Road, Fumbling in the Dark, or even (god forgive me) Stormy Ascent. And I would do it all again, and I WILL do it all again, probably once a year, until I die and leave nothing more than a comical skeleton in a Crash Bandicoot Tshirt and a speech bubble that says "WOAH".

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1. Nier: Automata

I don't really know what to say about Nier Automata that hasn't been said elsewhere - this game has a LOT of talking points, and everything it has to say has been explored by other people who are better at that sort of thing than me. There is one thing that I haven't really seen discussed all that much though that I'd like to touch on, and that's the way it handles recurring characters and elements from the original Nier.

With how many people are coming forward and saying that the game is a great jumping-on point to Taro Yoko games, and that most important plot details from the original game are referenced within Automata as well, it almost seems like this game is viewed as more of a replacement than a sequel. Not many people played Nier 1, and a HELL of a lot of people played Automata, which is a shame because I love that old game a lot!

That doesn't stop it from being an excellent sequel though! Automata does a good job at getting players up to speed on all the important plot details that need to be carried over, but my favourite parts of Nier Automata were the parts where it delved a little deeper and made direct reference to characters and events from the original game. I don't want this to be flooded with spoilers, but suddenly genre-shifting into text-only visual novel in order to explore Popola and Devola hit me harder than I had been prepared for, and was possibly one of the most affecting storyline beats of the entire game. Furthermore, stumbling upon Emil's underground house and recognising it instantly as Kainé's shack made me have to stop and take a break. The way the original Nier ended left me feeling as if I would never ever ever get a chance to revisit these characters, and that for better or for worse I had heard the last of them. The second I heard the opening piano notes of Kainé's theme in that underground cave and realised what I was about to hear however, I felt like a door that had been closed for a long long time was suddenly and unexpectedly reopened.

I appreciate it for handling characters and events from Nier 1 with a light touch, but I appreciate it even more for handling them at all. Honestly it just makes all the Emil stuff even more horrifically sad and upsetting, but hey - sometimes life is horrifically sad and upsetting. Everything that lives is designed to end. We are trapped in a never-ending cycle of life and death. Those are the words that bookend this game, providing both the beginning and the end of the narrative. But that's no reason not to stick with it and see it through nonetheless.

Who knows, maybe one day you'll get a shot at breaking out of the destructive and depressive ruts you find yourself imprisoned in and have a chance to do something else with your life. Maybe you could even help a stranger in their time of need, and show them that there is more to the world than abject despair? I can't return to the world of Nier Automata after ending E, but I can at least know that I made the world a better place for someone else who was trapped within a horrific cycle of their own. How unusual that such a depressing and bleak game could end in a way that imparts such powerful feelings of validation and empowerment in the player.

Fucking hell, Nier Automata is a good game.

[foxinerdium-blog]

A buncha' theories!

I just had a thought. Dunno why it took me forever to post, but I should before I forget. From the Kill Jacksepticeye video: "I wonder what will happen to your 'favorite' boy... next time..." By favorite boy, could Anti just be mentioning Jack? Literally- just Jack himself. Not any of the other egos. Jack. In that video, Anti just saw Shneeplestein as an obstacle in his way of killing Jack, so he manipulated the doctor into killing the in-game Jack. Notice also how heartbroken Shneep was, but there was no glitchiness during that moment of losing him. Realize that there was no indication that Shneep had been fully 'taken over' or even killed- the video was cut off for a moment before showing Anti and the wall. That's it. Just cut off. Shneeple would just be left to wither and mourn the loss of his dearest friend, which Anti probably thought was punishment enough. That being said, I don't think Anti would kill off his 'puppets', at least right away. I think Anti enjoys mentally and emotionally toying with both the other egos and us. He knows that it doesn't take much to get us to go nuts, and being that he resides within Jack's body and mind, there is reason to believe that he has access to everything there is to know about the other egos. That is all he needs to make them- and us- go ape shit. Through the egos and his fans, he is torturing Jack. That's Anti's main goal- destroy Jack. Erase him, like an unwanted file. Anti loves attention. He loves watching people squirm in both excitement and disbelief. The power from being able to manipulate us alone fuels him and allows him to evolve. He pays attention. He observes. And, most importantly, he learns. Learning is important to adapting to situations and crafting plans. He is more intelligent than we give him credit for. Another theory: could the egos just be byproducts and manifestations of Jack's ideas that came to life in a way, but only mentally? That could explain how Anti was able to easily 'corrupt' and manipulate Shneeple in the video- because he was an aspect of Jack. (Perhaps, this explains why Jack gets sick at the beginning of the video and then Shneeple appearing. And we all know the good doctor isn't exactly sane, so could he be delusional? It would make sense why he was desperate to save the in-game Jack- he thought the case with the game was real. Could this have all been due to him losing grip on reality? Could Anti cause such a delusion? Excuse me I'm rambling- onto the theories!) It is very similar to the way roleplayers get 'in-character', or an actor. You really have to know the character, feel the character, and sometimes talk to the character as if it were another person, to get in the zone. Eventually, that character literally becomes a part of you if you sit and develop them long enough, and bringing them to life is like a flip of a switch. Jack has taken on the role of these characters, gave them life in a sense, and it's very hard to be in character without truly knowing them from the inside out. This is what the paragraph above is all about. Because he gave them life, they have their own place in his psyche. (God, this raises so many theories to me.) As for the 'Next time...' comment nearing the end of the video, I believe he means his own appearance, and a subtle threat to the audience. Perhaps something even more nightmarish awaits us next time Anti decides to grace us with his presence? I'm sorry this was so long. My mind is racing with ideas. I didn't even post the entirety of my theories here because it was already turning into an essay. I hope you don't mind me tagging you guys in this post. I just thought it would interest you. c: @fear-is-nameless @schneeplestein-protection-squad @chase-brody-protection-squad @therealjacksepticeye

[someglitchbitch]

I was tagged by @heyimaphander !?? which?? thank you so much it’s incredible that someone noticed me bc i have like. 1 follower 

Rules: Answer the 30 questions then tag 20 blogs u would like to get to know better

1. Nicknames: Sometimes I’m called Bails or kiddo.. thats p much it  2. Gender: Umm... 3. Star sign: Pisces!  4. Height: A little under 5′ 3″ 5. Time: 01:03 6. Birthday: March 19th 7. Favorite bands: Not many, tbh. P!ATD, Imagine Dragons, Twenty One Pilots... I don’t listen to the last one too much anymore though because a lot of their songs were overplayed on the radio and I got tired of them :/ 8. Favorite solo artists: BORNS is my favorite. Also Troye Sivan, Alessia Cara, Halsey.. Does Thomas Sanders count? 9. Song stuck in my head: “You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me”, but CrankGamePlays’ cover. I’ve been listening to it a lot recently; it’s very calming. 10. Last movie watched: I think it was a Planet Earth I episode. Jungles or plains or something like that?  11. Last show watched: Pitbulls and Parolees, I believe.  12. When did I create my blog: Well, this blog is p new, I only made it like.. August 11, I think? I made this account just for fandom stuff bc I have too many sideblogs on my main account.  13. What do I post: Loooots of YouTube. I’ve had lots of free time recently and I’ve gotten back into YouTubers that I hadn’t looked at for a while and I’m kind of.. re-obsessed. So I just reblog a lot of art and screenshots and theories and stuff 14. Last thing I Googled: ....”what happened to the sonic kid”. For some reason I was thinking about that Sammy kid that became a meme because of his videos about new sonic games ? i dunno guys it’s late 15. Do you have any other blogs: Yes. I don’t have any sideblogs on this account but on my main account ( @susurrantsoul ) I have a sideblog for animal care ( @squidgepidge ) where I post all my pets on, and a couple sideblogs for just aesthetics and poems... there’s some other sideblogs but I don’t really use them anymore 16. Do you get asks: Lol nope 17. Why did you choose your url: I wanted to have something YouTube related and who better to be the face of my fandom blog than the glitchy dude himself! I might change it soon though; I just need to save the right one 18. Following: Only 37 on this account. I need to follow more people but I don’t know anybody!! 19. Followers: ....2 20. Favorite colors: Blue!!! Sky/baby blues and teals are my favorites. I also really like purples, and silver and gold, if they count as colors 21. Average hours of sleep: 5? It varies.. a lot 22. Lucky number: 10! I love the number 10.  23. Instruments: I wish.. I don’t really have good enough coordination or memory to learn anything.. I’d like to know how to play the piano or the ukulele if I could, though 24. What am I wearing: A shirt in my favorite shade of teal-y blue and quite comfy black shorts 25. How many blankets do I sleep with: As many as I can get my hands on. I love love soft, warm things and it’s killing me that it’s been super hot recently so I can’t sleep with my favorite soft blankets like I usually do :(  26. Dream job: Anything to do with animals. I’d love to work at the pet shop I volunteer at and just walk around with a bird on my shoulder all day. I’m also thinking about becoming a zookeeper!  27. Dream trip: Somewhere in Ireland. Maybe Waterford? I have a lot of family up there in Dublin and (I think) Cork so I don’t know why I haven’t gone yet but I crave the cold, rainy weather and the green hills and old castles 28. Favorite food: Spare ribs...... delicious. Those or TimTams. Or milk bottles. And watermelon. And strawberries.  29. Nationality: American? I was born here so i guess. 30. Favorite song right now: idk I have a lot. Crossfire-Stephen, Sense-Tom Odell, Location-Khalid, Clouds-BORNS.. I can’t choose!

(I don’t know 20 blogs well enough to tag them so I’ll just leave this here and say I tag whoever reads this if they want to do it?)

[boobachu]

What The T.C. thinks about the proposed TF2 weapon rebalancing

Crusader's Crossbow Spoiler: she makes a long god damn post

The Panic Attack! Okay well, I almost never use this weapon except as a sort of troll weapon, like it’s a good weapon, but I suck at it so I use it when I don’t care... I’m having a hard time visualizing the new panic attack.

I never was swayed by faster switch speeds which is why I never even tried the reserve shooter, more pelets okay? less damage... will this be another mafia shotgun?

The wide pattern? Okay so the better you do... the worse your shots? Am I reading that right?

Aunno it sounds like it sucks to me.

The Ambassador Alleluia! They want to nerf one of the n00biest weapons in the game!

Any Engie main will tell you how frustrating and unfair it is to have some stupid spy camp an awkward spot and spam headshots across the fucking map. Maybe? in comp this isn’t an issue, but comp isn’t the main game so I don’t care.

Spy’s always been and infiltration class, they shouldn’t be able to spam shots from across the map. Though honestly the default has a similar problem, are they gonna nerf that?

The Dead Ringer This is the other super n00by spy weapon. Like this weapon’s spy’s phlog.

...may I ask a question? ...how does this make the weapon more balanced?

The problem with the dead ringer:

Pyros can’t hurt spies, you light up a spy, they transform into Ringy Gonzales! The fastest shpee in all of Mexico! Then outrun you, you fire off a flare on the spy, and they take the hit, but still don’t catch on fire... then they come back to do it again.

Like, I guess it fixes the perpetual Ringy Gonzales problem, but I mean... Pyro is Spy’s counter! EVERYONE knows this!

I dunno, I guess? you’ll see it less, but this feels like when they nerfed the Perfect Phogistinator Pyro Mark III ...by only getting rid of the HPup rather than the fucking uber/quickfix taunt. Like... YEAH it’s a nerf, but it’s a lousy one that doesn’t fix the problem.

Your Eternal Reward This is probably the most interesting spy weapon... which... do people not use this? Like yeah it’s a little more difficult, but aunno it seems copacetic with what the spy is all about.

This change reminds me of the Eureka effect, where I found immovable sentries was a fine downside and it didn’t need retweaking, but I can kinda see why they do it.

Aunno, maybe it’ll make YER more interesting... aunno.

The Sandman This is one weapon where yeah, It’s cheap ... but it also requires skill I find. Like lesser skilled players won’t be able to do much, but those that have played since they were in their mother’s ballsack are probably going to annihilate you and question what God would allow this video game to exist.

I have no real opinion here, like maybe it’ll make the scout less annoying but aunno.

Bonk! Atomic Punch is... basically back to it’s original form.

I remember learning that the scout pants at the end of the bonk which was either supposed to mean the scout becomes slow or gets critted, I forgot which, but yeah it’s basically that again which... aunno I think it’s fair.

Though I doubt it’ll change that much really.

The Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol  Aw yeah! Finally this weapon looks decent!

This will change the design from a “Challenge weapon” to a “AAH I’m hit! Save me fox!” weapon similar to the blutsauger.

Crit-A-Cola RIP Crit fish strategy

I’m gonna be real. I never play scout properly. I just fish people. Which I liked using this thing to go fish people harder.

This sounds more fair, but I almost never saw people use the Crit-a-cola to begin with so aunno.

The Atomizer Well... hmm.

I guess I would like using this since I basically play n00by fish scout. Everyone else though would likely be upset by this change.

It’d pretty much add this to the garbage challenge mode pile.

The Flying Guillotine I think when people say The Sandman is OP... they mean this fucking weapon.

RIP The Flying Guillotine.

Well actually... this would turn the fucking Guillotine from OP to spam town.

Imagine... a team of scouts throwing these down Hoodoo’s chokepoint...

Imagine...

...said no one ever. SERIOUSLY?! Who has a hard time hitting these fuckers? If you can’t hit them it’s because your aim sucks.

What the fuck did Soldier ever do to you, Valve? AND WHY DON’T YOU FIX STOCK’S GLITCHY FIRING SPEED?!?!?

Thank you.

Darwin’s Danger Shield A weapon that’s supposed to protect you from headshots, but really only does against hackers.

Well, this makes it impossible for pyros to counter snipers long range and hackers just got stronger, thanks Volvo.

I guess from now on if a sniper keeps killing people, instead of spamming the scorch shot, I’ll just become the seventh sniper.

I wasn’t aware that this was a legit strategy...

The Razorback needs one thing and one thing only and that’s immunity to headshots because when a Spy sees this they just headshot you and IT’S WORTHLESS GARBAGE WEAPON

The Vita-Saw 

Congratulations, you just made a worse ubersaw.

Crusader's Crossbow

Well... I didn’t think it needed a buff, but fine? I guess Uber Arrer challenge just got easier.

Okay good, so I can creep around corners again... really I feel like the change was originally to nerf the tomislav, but there was no reason to throw the other guns under the bus.

The Gloves of Running Urgently I didn’t think these needed changing but okay.

So they’re basically the old ones... wait. Does that mean if a medic is healing me while I’m GRUing that my HP still diminishes?

WHO ASKED FOR THIS SHIT?!

WHO ASKED FOR THIS?!?!?!??!

The Heavy is the tank, having items that get rid of his Max HP IS THE STUPIDEST IDEA I EVER HEARD

These are garbage weapons now, this won’t work.

Fist of Steel Okay I use these for two reasons:A) being a distraction nuisance while my team charges and sometimes I get melee kills B) Stupid punch heavy

NOBODY TOLD ME LOSING MEAT YOUR MATCH MEANT BEING NERFED TO HELL!!!

Okay it’s not that bad. Medics almost never pocket heal the stupid punch distraction heavy... but still. Like, it needs more upsides if you’re doing this to it.

Most of the time people melee the fist o steel heavy, like people know its weakness. If you’re gonna do this then maybe get rid of knockback or SOMETHING

Gyah...

Man, fuck you Valve.

The Engineer’s life is hard enough. I would accept this if the Sigafoo save was possible again or you had six bolts or something!

I dunno most of these changes are either bad, not good enough, or okay, but these aren’t written in stone so maybe when the next update comes out it’ll be good.

Wait a second...

WHERE’S THE PYRO?!

[purple-chaos-buttonmaster]

rosè, clouds, silk, white sheets

[rosè: what’s your opinion on shyness?] Well, you’re free to be shy since I know that sometimes you can’t help it. Everyone will be shy sometime in their lives, so, yeah. You’re still you.

[clouds: list your top 5 songs at the moment and how they make you feel.] I will assume you mean my top five most played songs. -All That Jazz (Chicago) Peppy and excited, I love this song.-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (The song) Happy. It brings back great memories.-The Theme of the anime Escaflowne: Again, happy. Great song.-Break My MInd (DA Games) Powerful and glitchy. Like a robot?-Castle of Glass(I dunno by who) I don’t feel anything from this song.

[silk: list songs you listen to for a jam] Well! The songs listed above or the soundtrack to Teen Beach Movie. (Yes, I’m trash. Shush.)

[white sheets: where’s somewhere you would love to travel to? why?] Well, I’d love to visit London sometime. Just as a tourist. But, I’d love to visit Los Angeles since it holds lots of memories.

[garaviel]

OK so stuff i like about andromeda:

-such a big game wow

-scenery is so pretty

-dunno why people hate the voice acting i think its good

-i love the squadmates so much

-the 23756852 side quests are really good so far if a bit packed in

-lots of characters

-ryder is cute holy shit

-more dialogue options that actually matter

-you can fuck up in both major and minor things and it matters

-nice atmosphere even if it doesn’t feel super duper mass effecty all the time

-combats pretty nice

-powers/melee/weapons are great

-loyalty missions i have finished so far are great (especially liams holy shit)

-deep conversations

-tattoos and scars are nice ideas

AND things i don’t like about it so far:

-so easy to miss important stuff both in conversations and missions

-takes so long to travel anywhere

-not sure this “open world” works for the style of game it is

-character creation

-certain romances unavailable for certain ryders for no reason

-no skipping planet travel cut scenes

-doesn’t feel as close to squadmates as me2 did (though its understandable and i am not done with the game yet)

-kinda miss interrupts and not a fan of “impulsive” action prompts

-still no option to edit faces in game when u realize the eyes are neon oops

-feels a bit cluttered? too many task missions, too many variables to certain things, so many areas and planets and how many times do i have to travel back to the nexus for the “on hold” crap to update

-so glitchy! sometimes fun other times screws up my progress ugh but updates are coming

-is it just me or does everyone have a serious case of duckface

all in all i guess 7/10 maybe? not finished yet and obviously theres going to be updates and dlcs and shit so it can get better i’m not too disappointed so far