...He then says "Ow." and proceeds to rub the lump that has sprouted on his forehead.
I like to start anything off with a nice joke, though the pretense for starting this blog is no laughing matter. No doubt anyone who has seen me comment on any one of a number of different blogs discussing our mutual friend will realize very quickly we are all in the same boat. This does not mean we can't share a laugh every now and then, though. Just look at Maudin, for example.
Me? I'm nobody. Well, right now I'm nobody. At the moment, you could say a new PLAYER is entering the scene, though "new" isn't exactly the correct word. You've seen me poke my head in at several different haunts, as previously mentioned. What has changed is that I am no longer slipping in to speak my piece in other people's homes, as it were. I have come in from the cold to let you all know that we are all in the same big pot and someone is preparing to throw a match onto the kindling.
What has changed is... well, it hasn't happened yet. That's the short of it. The long of it is that all of you are PLAYERs in the game, and if you refuse to play, you will lose by default. The enemies we have faced would have taken you down in one fell swoop if given the chance, thus you have proven yourselves capable PLAYERs. Again, by default. Congratulations on being able to prove you deserve to keep playing.
I'm sure you are all wondering just what is meant by something changing, what a PLAYER is, why there's a tall, faceless man standing right out of your peripheral vision (DO NOT LOOK AT HIM)... we aren't at that part yet. This is merely the introduction. Well... not the introduction of the beginning. You've all lived through that part already. What this is, is more like... coming out of intermission and being given a recap. Only this recap comes with some new information.
Chance is not dead. You all have the chance to run afoul of something horrible, seeing something terrible which you cannot unsee, and possibly doing things you cannot undo. There is power in choice, the ability to determine one's own fate. If you give in to fate, you have already lost. I very nearly gave in and walked away from this, nearly decided to say "No thanks, this isn't for me anymore..."
That was the night I made this blog. That was yesterday. This is today.
Is this today? It's... 4:16 AM, EDT as I sit here and write, growing weary of hearing the constant clack-clack-click-type-typity-type-type. But I know I have to. Need to. Something within me is making me shun my usual haunts of watching funny YouTube videos and playing video games all hours of the night to write this. And thus I do. Because I really don't have much of a choice in the matter. Or do I?
What is choice but that thing that forces you to make a decision? Do you go left, or do you go right? Why not go back? Or up? How about down? These may not be viable options for you, based on where you are, who you are, what you are doing, etc. etc. Do I continue to type or do I close this browser? Do I post this when I finish or do I delete my account? Do I go to sleep or continue to stare at my door, worried that something terrible might break through?
For whatever reason, I am deciding to let you all know. I'm here. I exist. I am a PLAYER now. Hi.
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