Waterworks

Blegh. You really need to get off your ass and do something meaningful for once. You thought you had something going on, but as you sat back and kinda just... let yourself go. Then, after a while, you get up to take a look around and realize that the world's left you behind.

hey connie got any friends, or maybe hobbies? try those, or get some by joining an activity club

better than doing the whole self-destructive angsty wallowing-in-regrets-and-helplessness thing

Well, there was José... You should have been up front with him and actually offered to do something together that didn't involve you being miserable.

As far as hobbies go... Your bathroom could use a bit of a tune-up. You used to be so meticulous when cleaning it. However, because it was so perfect, no one (including yourself) ever really wanted to use it. After a while, you guess you just gave up. What's the point in cleaning something that will just get dirty again?

Still, that's no excuse for your current behaviour. You can do whatever you want. You could pull a virtual reality helmet out of a vending machine right now and connect to the internet. That's where everyone is these days. People from all over the world join up to live, learn, dream and create together. Musicians host digital concerts where millions attend. Art is painted, programs are written... There will always be someone or something that will be there for you.

...Except it isn't real. You're a bit hung up on that part.

One argument that you keep giving yourself is that the people are real, and so are the relationships that you have with them. A rational person would agree, but to be frank, you're having a little bit of trouble suspending your disbelief.




Anyway, it looks like you've reached the "bus stop".

Technically, these aren't traditional busses. They're more like shuttles that literally get shot to other terminals. Imagine a cross between a maglev and a bullet train, and then remove the track. That's the sort of stuff you're dealing with here. That, and garbage cans that can pass the Turing test.




You enter the terminal. Things are so quiet, you wager there's likely a shuttle already docked in there, just waiting for someone to board it so it can go somewhere.




You can go anywhere you want, but you always find yourself bouncing back and forth between nothing and nowhere-in-particular. The day begins with you sulking over breakfast and ends with you in bed, your body too preoccupied with your self-medicated alcohol poisoning to offer up any surprises. You could do this forever. But did you ever want to?

You should pull Slick's helmet out of storage again. It's been a while, maybe it'll do you some good to see him again.

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SpoilerWell, we're going out with a whimper instead of a bang, but at least we're finally going out. Intermission's done. I've got a lot of animating ahead of me.

I have some stuff to talk about. I've already made a blog post, but I'll reiterate down here.

I've been thinking on the previous update, and I've decided to remove a part of it. Namely, the bit with the animation...

I want to commit to that setting, but I've come to realize that nobody needed to know any of that at this point in the adventure. There's no point dropping it in the middle of a bunch of stuff that still needs to be tied up. I've removed the content of the update itself, but the YouTube link will still be available to serve as a testament to my hubris.

I have to secure some hosting for Waterworks' images and animations. Dropbox will stop supporting public links on September 1st. If I don't get my shit in order by then, the adventure will go down until I've got everything organized and re-mirrored.

After that, I need to work on the animation that should hopefully be the last nail in the coffin and finally bring us back to the Waterworks proper. So, while this is happening, this adventure will effectively be on hiatus. I will post an update on the blog in due time and assess what has been done - If I haven't made enough progress, I'll scrap the animation and we'll do things the old fashioned way.

Please bear with me as I continue to dig myself out of this hole. I'll try to keep everyone posted on the tumblr...

It's a bit late for me today... I'll post this update to the tumblr and the mirror tomorrow. Thank you, and have a good night.