It's taken several years to realize it, but this and other pages have been an extraordinary failure in the capacity that I even started them up for. The time and effort I've put forward has really been wasted, save for finding a few good artists to make pretty pictures for me. The whole purpose was to share my work and to get feedback to see where I can improve to make things more interesting and appealing to the reader. What I got was complete silence. No one ever says a word, hell, out of 83 watchers, i get maybe a dozen views or so on my submissions, written or drawn. I pour everything I have into my work, i take so long because I re-read what I write and make revisions to try and perfect the flow of the story and yet, I find people who couldn't rub two cans of alphabet soup together to make one correctly spelled word and wouldn't know a plot if it sac tapped them, being far more successful at this than I have been. I've tried being more social and that didn't help either. What I've figured out is that, I don't have tits, I don't suck dick, I don't act like an asshole or an idiot, and I don't re-post pics of my characters fucking anyone and everything, so no matter how good I am, it doesn't matter. That's why I'm saying thank you to those select few who have been honestly watching, and saying goodbye. After 's gift story, I will not submit another story or drawing. This page will be used just to keep track of those I watch so I don't miss out on the art I enjoy. All my stories that were to be net only, are, as of now, no longer being produced. I will likely share what i write with a select few friends, but otherwise, it will wait until I put Agrok into print and start paying out of pocket to advertise. Maybe if something changes I might start up again, but with things the way they are, it's too much effort for nothing but disappointment. This is Raust, signing off.