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Hold up.  Are you telling me that I’m not following Stick yet.  How. What.  How am I not. I don’t. What? 

Well, that mistake has been rectified. 

Huh, apparently my subconscious ships Kaladin and Kelsier, despite how much I tell it that wouldn't work at all.  I dreamed of training montages and having a minor hero-worship-crush on your teacher. Not gonna lie though, Kaladin dying, becoming a Cognitive Shadow after Kelsier rushes him to Stormlight, having a Dramatic Moment with Syl ("You're not my Knight Radiant anymore, Kal, but I will always be your spren"), and then having training montages in a swimming pool (no, I don't know either) trying to outwit Kell and his Avengers team RoW 

all sounds like a crack-taken-somewhat-seriously fanfic that I'd absolutely read. 

I almost don't want to go from Dragon to Splinter, because dragons are just...dragons. But considering we know Shards can be dragons, and that's upcoming, I think I'll survive.  

Spren are Splinters, so in a way I'm about to go back to the beginning.  There are other types of Splinters, too, though... 

I usually try to say something at least mildly funny in these lately, but I'm blanking. Thanks for the rep  

Life update: the dogs are cute  

I am bored; therefore, I am asking for questions from people!  

I blew my own mind for a hot second

I can officially no longer call myself a teenager. 

I don't feel 20 years old yet...that's two decades. That's "official adult" in my brain. I'm not that. This is weeeeiiiird, guys. 

I don't know if we're allowed to reply to emails either, but it's awesome, thank you so much!

I find it sad that people are still visiting your profile even now, when it's been so long that you're probably never coming back. Why the heck does this months-long friendship affect us so much?

Because of the mystery - the forever unanswered question of, "Where the Dusts did you go?" Because we still have hope that maybe, someday, we'll look at the Last Visited and it'll say something besides October 25, 2018? For some, it might be pure curiosity. Interest in this Sharder who legendarily went missing before their time.

People follow you, too, even now. Wondering if you'll ever post again, wanting to be notified if you do.

I find it sad as well that your rank will never change. No, you're not about to be married. Even though we turned it into a murder mystery and started the thread so many months later, you're not going to marry anyone.

Location, drifting between insane and psychotic? I wonder if something happened to make you center on one side or the other. I hope not. I hope you're okay out there, not dead or crazy or hurt - though 'temporarily injured' might be better than 'fine, just never bothered to get on again because I got bored of you guys'.

Sometimes I'm scared that that happened, or that it will happen with someone else. I believe the bonds I make here are just as important as normal ones. I wouldn't abandon the Shard unless I had no choice. I want to say you are the same way. Were the same way. But I've seen other people do it, so it's possible, as much as I wish it wasn't.

You weren't here to see that I wasn't really in the DA or GBs, to see that I'm TUBA. You were never really involved in the Alleyverse, never especially loyal to the DA. I wonder if I could have convinced you to join TUBA.

Another thing I wonder about is if it's mental health. I can understand that, if you just need to take a break. I still wish you'd tell us, but it's better than hurt or uncaring. If that's the case, I wonder if you read the parts of the Shard you can while logged out. I wonder if you notice the new roleplaying developments, if you knows Stars and Spheres exists, or Memories and Goodbyes - you were one of the main catalysts for that. If you read your page, these status updates as they're written. If you're reading this right now.

Hi, Apollyon. We miss you, though I'm sure you've registered that by now. I just wish I knew what happened to you, regardless of the answer. I just wish it wasn't this not knowing, this unbearable, miserable hoping. I just wish I didn't have to wait without anything new.

But it is.

So I will.

So we will, together.

I HATE YOU ALL.

Okay, kidding. But still. I should just stop following everybody. And I can't even post to complain about it.

Stupid. Game.

I have a minor problem. 

I didn't check my notifications for so long that they now exceed the seven pages available for viewing by a few months. That's what I get, I suppose. 

If there's anything that someone wants me to respond to or thinks I may have missed that I don't get in the next flurry of posting, or that you just want me to see anyway, link it to me here. Deeply sorry to anyone who I missed completely! 

I have decided that I can’t wait for my next Shardiversary, I must do this now. 

THANK YOU TO ALL THE AWESOME PEOPLE ON THE SHARD. Thank you for reassuring me through the hard times and laughing me through the good ones, telling me I’m not the worst human on the planet both spontaneously and when I’m convinced I suck. 

Also, Potency, you do the above AND you have a great face. I like your face almost as much as your brain.  

Sorry, I just felt compelled to say that. I’ll stop bothering y’all with notifications now. 

I hope your mission goes well! 

I just completed everything and the Browser (Pokedex) in Ranger: Shadows of Almia, and Regigias said to me - I kid you not - "Kudos to you, human" and I find this h i l a r i o u s 

I just heard the dog make The Most Tired Groan on my parents’ bed, and it was super long and adorable and somehow also the most relatable thing I’ve ever heard  

I just need to keep a work in progress here real quick don’t have time sorry for the notif 

Oh, Cassie thought, and tried to hide her wince. She hadn’t even thought of what it would be like for Joy, unable to show herself to anyone else and with her Radiant, once her only link to the world, not able to see her or feel her emotion pulses either. She’d only focused on the fact that it wasn’t much of a change for herself, not having verbally interacted with her spren much. Wow, that was awful of me. “It’s okay, Flid.” 

Turning to Leona, she mustered a shrug and said, “I summoned my Blade - by instinct, I guess - when the Nightwatcher did...this.” She gestured to herself vaguely. “And I could see it then, so I guess it doesn’t count when it’s a Shard? But I’ve never tried to summon Plate.” 

I just now deciphered your contact methods thing.

Took me long enough.

I just realized I told Discord but I didn't tell the Shard yet - I GOT A JOB! My first! It's at a bookstore/gifts place, and so far I really like it. It's still work, but the other employees are cool and the store itself is really awesome, exactly my kind of place. My newly earned income is going to hate me, though, because I want to buy so much there  

I know everyone else is freaking out for the obvious reasons right now, but I want to talk about Bruno, no, no, no Secret History still being a bop after all this time. (Also, it feeds my Leras theory...) 

I know I just barely posted a status update and there might be another later today if DND goes like usual, but I have to share this, it's too good

I'm reading a religious AU called The Book of Joby and the Creator is just the best. I mean you'd think of course he would be, but the mood he is the GREATEST. Paraphrased: 

Lucifer: ugh why do you entertain those vile filthy animals 
God: can you not just let me feed seagulls in peace? I was having a good day and then you come along and ruin it. 

Lucifer: *ranting furiously* 
God: ,,,your point? 

Angel snaps at Lucifer, he snaps back not to interrupt his betters 
God: hey man weren't we talking 
Lucifer: i WiLL nOt be MOCKED - 
God, levelly: what were you just saying about interrupting your betters (BURN) 

Lucifer: I still think Judas failed solidly and we AGREED that if I won Jesus - 
God (direct quote): "I never suggested that Jesus would stay dead. It's hardly My fault you didn't think to inquire about that ahead of time." 
Lucifer: Well what was I supposed to think, you said dead, dead is - 
God: evidently not lmao get good son 

*seagulls poop on Lucifer's shoe as he disapparates* 

Fantastic prologue! Also, the clothes the Creator and angel are described as wearing sounded cool. 10/10 would read again - wait I should read the first chapter first, shouldn't I. That was not the entire experience of the book oops 

I know you're inactive but happy birthday anyway!  

I recommend reading the Nightwatcher thread before this.

Ap, I'll forget about this End person if you forget about Galladon. (I blame the Nightwatcher! I wasn't even there!)

Also, thanks. I'm glad you like the name. I was worried that it was silly when I first proposed it.

Ashspren, don't tell him. (SORRY AP. SECRETS.)

I'M

BACK

I'm a bit sick (test came back negative, don't worry), so I'll probably only be doing the absolute essentials in terms of notifs. My apologies.

I'm not sure why I felt compelled to say this, but welcome to the Shard! (Hey, might as well do it here before a thread is made and I can't say anything anymore.)

I like your name - it's clever. What books have you read? Favorite characters?

I'm on the last episode of The Magnus Archives and I won't spoil it but I'm feeling more emotions than I was at the end of RoW