**My Rage - Cause

"The Other Side of the Coin, part 2"

...Before he knew it, the day grew old, and the night young. He got up, turned around, and began to walk towards his house so that he may retire to his couch.

As he walked, he began to recap the previous 5 minutes of his life. Nature photography, that girl, 8th grade retreat...

Tch. That fight with that girl. What a strange two years that was. Alas, how entirely immature he was back then. How did THAT one begin?

Ah, yes. It began with the stupidest of things. A simple argument over a pair of video game characters. He was fresh from elementary school, and going to a school in a city that was entirely unfamiliar to him. He supposed that, to some extent, it was natural to be an idiot in that part of his life.

Too bad that idiocy would cause a rather pitiful series of events.

It started as a rather friendly debate in Art class. At the time, he was a hardcore Shadow fanboy, her a hardcore Sonic fangirl. For some reason or another, it got rather serious some few months later. Stuff was thrown. Threats made. Hateful words uttered.

Surely, such despise was not just the cause of some silly video game debate? I mean, some few months after things got nasty, the entire Sonic/Shadow debate was entirely forgotten, and only hatred remained. For what reason?

Was it simply spontanious? Having played video games ever since he was 5, maybe he had a natural anger problem? No, that wasn't it at all. He had a lot of friends that year, but only one enemy.

Rivalry, that is what it was. That is what he called it ever since it began. She was his rival, the two destined to hate each other for all ages. But, for what reason did he consider her his rival? What made him want to hate her?

Ego was the first thing to come to mind. She was rather full of herself, as people say. But... that never got to him before, so why now? Hmmm...

How did it happen? Maybe it was that she would never shut up. Never silent. Never gave an old man like himself any time to stop and think. That was certainly always annoying. She was just like his little brothers, loud and endless, just like a chorus of chirping crickets. Except, he couldn't just come out and slap her, the way he did with his brothers. In retrospect, that was sort of bad, too.

But, that couldn't have been it, could it? There had to be something more? "Haha! Maybe I was jealous, however cliche it may be," he thought. He was jesting, of course, but then he began to think of it. She... she had a lot of friends, parents that actually accepted the idea of getting a grade other than an A, and a relatively happy life. He, he was a stranger in a strange land, strict parents, and struggled just to do something as simple as smile.

In any case, he was simply glad that a peace treaty was formed between the two. He was too old to hate, now. All he wanted to do was rest, relax, and enjoy the night sky, as he has told himself a thousand times over.

He continued to walk towards his house. As he did, he passed an old childhood friend's house, one he hasn't seen in years, despite the fact she was only two doors down.

He walked through his own garage door, and thought about that other girl. The one he used to know back in Elementary.

Tch. So many women in his life, and he's only 15. He retired to his bed, and laughed himself to sleep. As he did, he uttered a few lyrics from a song he knew long ago, right before his eyes closed.

"I've loved, I've laughed and cried,
I've had my fill, my share of losing,
And now, as tears subside, I find it all
So amusing.
To think I did all that,
And, may I say, not in a shy way,
Oh no, oh no not me. I did it My way..."

He drifted off into a peaceful, dreamless slumber.





END OF LINE. Now, as always, I must re-emphasise the current employment status of Clan Darkterror Productions, as I shall endlessly do until either Google's servers explode, until these spots are filled, or until the game is done:
My spriting dilemma has been solved!(Some weeks ago, at this point ;)) Michael Murrillo has risen to my call for help, and it was halfway on his own will! But, let us not stop there! Although two people is to some extent a sufficient team for this job, all the help we can get is appreciated! It does not necessarily have to be in spriting, either! Other jobs of interest that I would like to point out are:

Dungeon design (Required that you send me an example of a dungeon before being approved for this position. It does not have to be a functioning app, a few concept drawings of the surroundings and the puzzles will suffice)
Voice actors (It's either we have none of these at all, or quite a few, so for this to come to fruition, we shall need all the help we can get! Alas, though, I do not have sufficient equipment for this, so you will either have to procure your own or convince Mr. V to let him loan you his. And yes, and if this is to come to fruition, there are a pair of ladies that complete the trio of main characters, so all y'all girls down there don't be afraid to come ask!)
Item design/stat balancing (Those of you that love weapons and explosions, come on down!)
Monster design/stat balancing (Like drawing things with fangs and razor sharp claws? This is a good job for you!)
Spell design/stat balancing (More explosions than an entire season of Mythbusters!)

And... more to be posted as I think of them. If you are interested in these or other positions, come talk to me in class or email me at setokaiba800 at gmail dot com.