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A week in the life

Vyde Feral
August 26, 2021 4 Mins Read
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Entry 1

Technically this day starts yesterday thanks to insomnia. This is why you should always remember to take your sleeping pills kids (unlike me). So I do this when I’m up at 3 a.m. and I get a random creative burst and go “Hey, I’m gonna take advantage of this to film content AND make a drink to help me sleep. Random I know but welcome to having ADHD AND insomnia, it’s a combo that RARELY actually has any benefit. In fact, it seldom has any benefit.  After grabbing a camera stand and some ingredients I came up with what I like to call “Insomnia killer” and I’m sure you can guess that just a couple of sips and I was already woozy…kinda scary how mixology can work. All I did was throw some liquids in a cup, shake it, and suddenly I’ve made a therapy drink for insomnia. Sadly, the rest of the day wasn’t as eventful as I’d hope it be. Aside from the usual destroying a continent and learning how to tame a dragon with the ability to destroy the world, y’know just a normal Friday. Speaking of that Dragon…WHY CAN I NOT RENAME HIM? Like yeah, Ratha is a cool name BUT I WANTED TO NAME HIM SOMETHING LIKE PYRUS. Ah well, I guess I can’t be too upset, the game is still very good, hopefully, I can finish it before a new one comes out.

Entry 2

Fictional character writing: 

Harbinger log day 1.

Harbinger number 6, Scaramouche: The Ballader

SO CLOSE! I WAS SO CLOSE! I ALMOST GOT THAT FOOLISH FAKER AND TRAVELER! If it wasn’t for the wretched astrologist I would have tricked the both of them into finding all the dream stars that Tsaritsa needs. Apologies my queen, for I, have failed you for the first time. But it does beg the question, what possible use could she need for the stars? Yes, failing was our doing, but all they’re really good for is causing one who touches them to fall into a deep slumber, so what possible use could the queen have for such an item? Well, it doesn’t matter, all that truly matters is that I failed and I must redeem myself. Thankfully this has yet to stop our plan to collect every Gnosis, Signora has been covering our mistakes including Tartaglia failing to steal the Gnosis of Morax. Now all that’s next….my own home…Inazuma. As it currently stands the most likely to be sent off to collect the next Gnosis would be Signora, considering she has yet to fail. But I’d like to be sent out to not only be able to witness my land rot under the fall of their god but also to give that worthless traveler a reason to fear me, This log is getting long and I must rest…Inazuma….I’m coming home…

Entry 3

Okay okay, so I understand that in this new day and age there are some things we gotta accept like LGBTQ+, that’s fine, and it’s okay to try new things….BUT HOT CEREAL IS NOT ONE. Like okay, I understand warm cereal, since that’s how I like my cereal if I’m sick or cold right? BUT WHEN YOU START BOILING THE MILK THERE IS AN ISSUE because you see, when you boil milk it curdles, which means it starts to turn into a semi-solid, SO IMAGINE CHUNKY MILK WITH CEREAL. It’s a crime, an unwritten rule but as we all know some people tend to break the law and BOIL MILK FOR CEREAL. It’s like going out into the thunderstorm wearing a suit of armor, YOU JUST DON’T DO IT. This feels like a crime and even my family agrees. My mother says it may even melt the cereal itself while my stepfather said I hope whoever does that has a good time burning their mouth. Warm cereal is fine, HOT CEREAL IS A CRIME. New things are always welcome and at least worth giving a shot…this is not one of those things. It is and always will be a crime

Entry 4

Hey, future me… how is it going? Probably bad since I bet you still can’t regulate your attention span and if you can well congrats. While we’re on the topic of congratulating, congrats if you finally found a partner… but if you didn’t… well that’s expected. I’m not being mean… just telling the truth. Just wondering if we ever got that cafe job we wanted? If we did then maybe our mental illnesses aren’t things that will hold us back. Oh, and how are Marina and the gang doing? Did we ever meet up or did that go downhill? Bet we screwed that up too huh? Or did we move into a house as we planned? Well, I’ll stop asking questions for now. I’m mostly here to just relay something okay? Our mother does not control us, we are our being and Gm would be happy to see us and where we are now. Don’t let anybody but us define who we are and what holds us back. I bet a lot is still hard, but even if it isn’t, don’t forget what we agreed on, we aren’t an anarchist, we’re a what? I hope you remember the answer to that question because if you don’t… we may have lost ourselves… Well, I’ll finally leave you alone now. Take care, and may the spirits be with you.

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