I've already made a journal on the fact I've started taking them now, but I'm making a new one because I decided to make a separate Google Sheet with all the info as well as the current commission queue I have, in an effort to make it easier for me to keep track of things. It has info on how I'll handle the commission, the price, what to expect, etc. If you're looking to get a story done, or know someone who is, you can find info here.

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For anyone curious, you can find some of my older story work here.

Story commission queue:
1.  Elliot-BloodCraft - Paid. Commission in progress.
2
3.

More slots will become available as I complete each commission.

In order to start making money for what bills I still need to pay, having taken care of my cell phone situation: those being Hunter's Wellness Plan bill, his dog food and my Patreon stuff, I've decided to open myself up for story commissions. I've thought about this for the last several weeks, and ultimately decided on doing this, rather than just outright asking for money, because, at least, this way, I'm giving something back to anyone that helps me.

Regarding the commissions themselves, I'm asking $5 per page written. As an advance notice, however, experience has taught me that I need roughly ten pages to make a decent short story, so that comes out to a minimum of $50. Beyond the first ten pages, I would be checking with anyone who commissioned me to let them know how close I am to finishing the commission. I may not opt to ask for more than that, but it would just depend on if I'm close to finishing the story or not, which I likely would be and would probably only need a page or so more to do so.

I am open to the idea of doing multi-chapter stories, however, in order to give everyone that commissions me a chance to get theirs done in a timely fashion, I may not do all of the chapters at once, if there are multiple people waiting that have one-shot stories they want done. If I have no other commissions at the time of finishing a chapter, I'll start the next one, though.

With regards to subject matter, there are a few things that are an absolute no, as far as my writing is concerned. I will not do anything that involves m/f sexual interaction. The idea of doing it makes me uncomfortable, and I have zero experience in it anyway. I will also not do anything involving blood, gore or dismemberment of any kind. I can't even read that stuff without getting uncomfortable, let alone write it. There are a few other things, but it's better to just contact me directly with your idea to find out if I'm okay with it or not. Something I WILL allow though, is the request to add my own character into the story ,should you wish to do so, however, that is dependent on the subject matter involved in the story.

Whenever I'm writing, I like to try to get a few pages done every day, so I'll have something to show you, by means of a Google Doc link, whenever I do. This will make it easier for you to suggest edits if you don't like something I've done. I will send you a message, telling you to check the link and asking if things look okay before I continue.

Also, this journal is being posted on both of my Fur Affinity accounts, my Inkbunny account and my So Furry account. As such, I will be keeping track of the commissions I take in from all three sites, and doing them in order based upon the time the agreed upon commission has been arranged. These commissions will be listed by username and the site the user is from. Please refrain from sending me story commission requests on multiple accounts, as well as from sending multiple story commission requests, if you're already waiting on one. As I said earlier, I want to make sure to to give everyone a chance to get something done.

Regarding payments themselves. I am only accepting payment through PayPal. Payment is asked once the commission details have been decided on. This, however, only applies to the first ten pages. If the story requires more than that, meaning more than just another page, I will ask for the remaining balance once the commission is completed.

I'm only going to be opening a few slots for now. Depending on how smoothly they go, I'll open up for more when I finish these. If you are interested in getting a story commissioned from me, please comment on this journal and I will send you a private message to discuss details.

Thank you for your time, and for your consideration. I look forward to working with any of you that decide to commission me!

For anyone curious, you can find some of my older story work here.

Story commission queue:
1.  invisiblebear - Commission is awaiting final approval.
2.  Elliot-BloodCraft
3.

More slots will become available as I complete each commission.

Update 6

Finally, something positive to report. Granted it's not much, and its primarily a result of stuff I needed to get done myself, but it's still something.

Yesterday, I had to take a bus ride into town, because I wanted to get my phone service disconnected, so that, as far as bills would be concerned, I'd have one less ($90) bill to worry about per month. So, Since Steve and I both had things we needed to get done, we both left the house early to catch the bus, which only comes to our area twice a day: once going up and once going back. As we walked to where we had to meet up with the bus, we stopped by the mailbox. This though meant a 20 minute walk done in the rain to get there, and neither of us had an umbrella at the time, though we both had jackets with hoods so we were at least properly covered, and the rain wasn't too bad.

In the mailbox was something addressed for me. Inside of it was the info stating that I had been approved for my Food Stamps and Medicaid again! Meaning now I had it WITHOUT it being tied to my SSI. Now, even if the worst happens and I lose this appeal (which I would keep fighting regardless) I'll still be able to get food and medical coverage. Despite the rain, this put me in a pretty good mood

When we finally made it into town, after the long bus ride, I went to Verizon and explained I wanted to pay off what was left of my cell phone so that I could also cancel the service on it. It took a little while, since I had to wait for my turn, and, even when it was my turn, it still took a while because their system was being stupid at first, but I eventually got it paid off. I was told that I'd need to call Verizon directly to have the service terminated and get the phone unlocked though. I had other errands to run yesterday, but none of them are relevant to this update, so I'll skip ahead to what happened today.

After taking care of my usual wake-up routine, I called up Verizon, and, surprisingly, ended up getting connected with a person very quickly. I had been expecting to be on hold for a while, but I think I was only on hold for about a minute. I spoke with a woman named Kiya. I told her my situation, and that I had just paid off my cell yesterday. I said I wanted to cancel my cell service and see about getting it unlocked so that, if my financial situation changed, and if I decided I wanted to go to a different carrier (which was not likely considering that where I live Verizon seems to be the only one that gets service due to the heavily wooded area) I'd have the option to do so. I was upfront and polite with her right from the start and told her that I'm not looking for any deals right now. I was looking to cancel it because I have no source of income that would allow me to pay any cell phone bill in the foreseeable future. She was very understanding and was just as polite with me, looking into my account to find out what I needed.

After doing so, I learned that, upon my cancelling of my service today, I would still have use of it until the 27th of this month, which is when my current billing cycle would end. At that point, my cell would be disconnected. I also ended up finding out that my cell became unlocked for free use the moment I had paid it off yesterday. The only caveat is, obviously, I'd need to wait until I was disconnected from Verizon. That really wasn't a big deal since I'm not planning on getting a new cell phone for a while anyway. At least not until I figure out my situation with my SSI.

On a similar note, in preparation for me giving up my cell phone, I got a Google Voice number set up for myself. Steve told me that he had to do that for a while, a few years ago, and, since it was free, I figured, at least this way, I'd still have a phone number for people to reach me. The only drawback is I can only use it in places where I can get Wi-Fi. That being said, to any of my friends here that I've given my cell phone number to in the past, if you would like my Google Voice number, so we can still keep in touch, send me a private message, and I'll give you my number.

So, yeah... It may not be much, but at least things are STARTING to get more positive. Here's hoping things stay that way.

Yup, another one... and yet another holdup I have to deal with.

I woke up at 7:30 AM this morning, SPECIFICALLY because I had been told that, to get an appointment to apply for the ABD program (Aged, Blind and Disabled), I needed to call at 8 AM. I woke up, got in a quick shower, took Hunter out and fed him, then made that phone call at 8... only to have the automated message system tell me their call volume is high and there's a high expected wait time. Okay, fine. I don't like it, but I'll deal with it. The problem comes in that not even five minutes later I then get an automated message coming in saying 'all of our agents are currently busy assisting other customers" and to "please call again later' before the call disconnects. Well, excuse my language, but no shit. That's the whole point of putting me on hold.

I call again immediately, go through the same thing a second time, but this time I actually do end up waiting. I'm on hold for about half an hour before I finally get someone. I briefly explain what I need to do and I'm told she's going to transfer me to the correct department. Okay, fine. Again, not happy, but fine. Ten minutes into this, however, I get the automated message stating the same thing as before. Call volume is high and expected wait time is about an hour. This time, though, the automated system allows me to leave my number so I can be called back when it's my turn in line. Great. At least it means I can do other things while I wait, so I do that. I input my number, thinking that, in about an hour, I'll accomplish something.

Well... That hour passes. No call back. Another fifteen minutes pass. Still no call back. ANOTHER fifteen minutes pass. STILL no call back. By that point, I'm now pissed. Steve suggests calling them again, but this time just waiting out the call on the phone. Knowing I have no other option, begrudgingly, I do so.

Sometime around half an hour later, I finally get someone who is apparently in the right department I need. I explain the situation.. I tell her that, as of yesterday, I'm no longer getting SSI, as that was my final payment since they determined I'm no longer disabled, and that I'm currently appealing it. I also tell her that, a few days ago, I received a letter in the mail stating that BECAUSE I've been taken off SSI, I'll be losing my Food Stamps and Medicaid at the end of February. I tell her I'm currently in the process of appealing things, but I haven't heard back about that yet, and I've also already sent out the forms necessary for me to get my Food Stamps and Medicaid normally (as in, outside of the SSI case). With all this information, the woman looks up my case.

Here's where things make absolutely NO sense whatsoever. In looking into my case, she told me that, according to what she sees, I'm still getting my SSI in March. I tell her this is inaccurate, as I have the documents stating that yesterday was to be my last payment. It's then that she suddenly tells me some story about how, although their system can pull up my case, it doesn't always have the most accurate and up to date information on the case. And, because of this, since she doesn't know whether or not the information is accurate or not and apparently has no alternate way to check, she cannot currently help me. I wanted to slam my head into a wall and scream at her at that point. How she can say she has no way to find out if it's accurate, WHEN SHE WORKS THERE is beyond me, but now, it's looking like I have to wait at least week or so, so their systems can get the info current, before I can do anything as far as getting on ABD.

I hate this...

Well... things have taken a step backward. Not a BIG step backward, mind you, but a step backward nonetheless.

I just got off the phone with the lawyer. I had to have the appointment done by phone rather than in person, because our car had to be taken to the shop to get worked on last week. I spoke with the lawyer, Jamie, about the different things that are wrong with me, and told her about my past situation with SSI. How I was previously in Michigan and had been on SSI for nearly fifteen years there and never had a review go sour, but that I'm baffled as to how the first review here, I'm being denied my benefits.

we went over my condition, and the different medical issues I have. My hydrocephalus/seizures, migraines/headaches, anxiety/depression/mood issues, my sleep apnea and my back. I mentioned how I didn't understand how I was being told that I was doing better considering I only recently had brain surgery. Here's where things started going a bit downhill. After talking with her about things, her thought was that I was probably being turned down BECAUSE I had the surgery. The fact I've not had a seizure or had too many migraines may be giving them a reason to believe I'm better now. There are SOME records of the other things wrong with me, but she thinks there might not be enough that proves I'm unable to maintain a job, if the seizure issue is taken out of the equation. For example, she suggested I should contact my PCP and get an MRI done of my back, to see what's there and give a current image. She also suggested that I get myself into some mental health counseling, which, in itself, makes me uneasy, because the last time I had a therapist, it ended up having the opposite effect because he didn't treat me well and eventually I lost the therapist anyway because he transferred to a different place and I was never given anyone new, though this was years ago.

It was also suggested that I apply for the Aged, Blind and Disabled program here, so that I can at least get some funds as I wait for the whole SSI thing to play out, which I'm going to likely end up doing, simply because February 1 will be the my last SSI payment, unless the SSI stuff goes in my favor.

The upshot to all of this, sadly, is that, right now, she said she cannot take me as a client right now, because there isn't enough that can be used to help my case right now, BUT she said if I can get things going by getting myself the MRI and getting myself into the Mental Health Counseling, (in other words, following the advice she suggested) I could call her again and she'd be able to help me out.

So, yeah, sadly, as I said, it's a step backward, but I'm not giving up yet. I'm going to talk to my PCP and get an MRI scheduled if I can, and see about getting the Mental Health Counseling. The latter scares me, but, from what I was told, I can arrange my meetings to be done via phone call, rather than in person, similar to what I did with the lawyer here, so I'm going to look into that, and see where I can take things from there. Sometime in the next day or so, I'm also going to look into the ABD program, which, although will only be about half what my SSI is normally, will, at least, be an income while I'm waiting for stuff to happen, and, apparently, it would only need to get paid back if I eventually succeed with my SSI, at which point, it gets taken as a portion of whatever my owed back pay is.

Not exactly happy right now, but I'm gonna just keep moving forward. I won't give up.

I'm considering taking commissions for writing stories, since, right now, I have no way of knowing if, after next month, I'll still have SSI. My problem is, I worry about overcharging people. I don't want to offer a price that people aren't willing to pay because someone else could do it way cheaper. Having never actually looked into getting story commissions from anyone else, I don't know what other people would charge either. Does anyone know a good estimate on what price to offer people for story commissions, assuming I were to start doing them. That's not to say I would immediately go with that price. I'm just looking to see what a good amount would be. I admit, I'm not the best writer, but I like to think my stuff is worth at least trying.

Aside from that, I also considered offering commissions on my origami, but I'd have to get a lot of commissions to even make that profitable.

As it stands, when all of my bills are paid after I get what will be my final SSI payment in February (assuming I lose it, I mean) I'll have enough money to pay my personal bills beyond that for several months with what I'll have saved up by then. It's been agreed I wouldn't be charged rent by my roommates if I lost my SSI, in exchange for doing stuff around the house. My personal monthly bills, assuming I don't give up my cell phone, would be about $170 a month. Subtract about $90 of that if I DO opt to give up my cell, which I'm probably going to. Obviously, giving up my phone would maske my savings last even longer, but I still want to try to earn money so I don't end up not being able to pay my bills later.

So yeah, any input on a good price range for story commissions would be greatly appreciated.

I told myself I was going to keep things moving, so, as soon as I finished with my normal wake up routine, the next thing I did was search for a lawyer. I just got off the phone. I now officially have an appointment to be seen by one, to discuss my situation. I will be talking with a lawyer by the name of Jamie on the 27th. Considering the fact I've never had to do this before, and I was a ball of nerves going into it, things actually went pretty smoothly to set things up. Hopefully, that's a good sign.

Here's hoping 2023 turns out better than 2022 did.

Got the paperwork, and I've gotten it filled out. The interesting thing is I actually have something new to add to it, that I only discovered as a result of me starting to add exercising into my weight loss. I've been doing a lot of Ring Fit Adventure on the Nintendo Switch the last month. I've noticed, though, that my left side tends to get sore a lot faster than my right side does. While it doesn't SURPRISE me, seeing as I've always had trouble getting things like blood pressure or blood draws form that arm, it DOES concern me a bit, so, since one of the questions on the forms asks about anything new that's come up since my initial SSI denial, I've put it in, and I'll also be discussing this when I see my doctor again in January. Who knows? Maybe that will "help" my case? I dunno. But yeah, the forms are filled out, so hopefully, I can get the forms mailed out soon. I have 60 days to do so, which is probably a good thing, because all the snow here is causing us problems... "Joy!"

I had to re-upload chapter 19 for Arturos Academy. A glitch with a browser extension i had was causing the thumbnail not to show up on the submission page, and it was bugging me enough that I decided to correct it. The extension has been removed from my browser (I was really only using it as a way to notify me when new FA submissions came in, even if I wasn't on FA) and it works fine now, so there we go. I'll be doing the same with the most recent post on my  bobbythornbody account as well, now that I know the problem and how to fix it.

Just got off the phone. The papers for me to start the appeal process are being mailed to me (EDIT: I forgot to mention: I was told it's going to take FIFTEEN days for the appeal paperwork to get to me!), and my local office (which isn't really local, it's about 2 hours away) is going to send me a list of some possible representatives for it. Whether I'll use one of theirs or find my own will depend on what's offered, I suppose.

I did discover, however that, beyond my benefit stop date as indicated by the letter that was sent to me, (2/28/23) the only way to continue my benefits, even during the appeal, is either send a letter to or visit the above mentioned office within the next 15 days. The problem there is if I do it, and it's determined I've LOST the appeal, I would have to pay back every cent of what's been given to me. And, with no way to make money otherwise, I'm not exactly sure how I would do that in the first place, so I think my only option there is to just let my benefits drop. I just have to pray thing get handled, with a positive outcome, before that point. I'd rather not risk putting myself in debt trying to save my SSI. The last thing I need after losing my SSI is to also owe money, so yeah, if things don't work out before the end of March, that's it.

Anyway, my next step, as it currently stands, it to get those appeal papers signed and send them in, so I can get things started. I just have to hope and pray I get lucky enough that things work out for me.

I woke up to find that I had a letter in the mail today. After opening it, I discovered that, after all those tests I did a while back, and not hearing anything back from them about any of it since, that they have apparently determined that my health has improved, and that I no longer qualify for SSI. This is 100% inaccurate. I still have issues with my back and, not to mention, I JUST HAD BRAIN SURGERY LAST YEAR! How they can look at that and determine my health has improved is beyond me.

After reading that, came very close to an anxiety/panic attack. I didn't even read the whole letter at the time because of how freaked out it made me. I gave the letter to Henry and started freaking out. I really don't know what I'm going to do if I lose my SSI. The letter does state that I have ten days to call them to get this form I need to start the appeal process, though why they didn't send it with the letter is beyond me. I plan on calling them Monday morning to get that taken care of. From what Henry relayed to me, I won't lose my benefits during the time of the appeal process, but, if this doesn't work out well for me, I'm going to lose my SSI.

Henry and Steve have both said they aren't going to kick me out over this, and I 100% believe that, but my worry involves my other bills, specifically my cell phone and Hunter's monthly Banfield Wellness Plan bill along with his dog food. The phone I could live without, as annoying as it would be, but I would need to find some other way to come up with the money for Hunter's bill and food, because the alternative is giving him up and, given that he's an elder dog AND a member of my family, that's just not something I am willing to do.

I don't have to worry about that for at least sixty days beyond when I start the appeal, but the thought of losing my SSI, and not being able to take care of myself because my condition makes it hard to get a job terrifies me. Not only that, but, even if I COULD work, because of the area we live in, it's a 40 minute drive into town for any type of business I could even get a job at anyway, and another 40 minute drive back, which, since I can't even drive, ALSO means inconveniencing Henry, the only driver of the house, on top of everything else. So I'd likely lose any money I made on the job just in gas money to get to and from work. Henry gets Social Security, and Steve does stuff from home, so neither of them needs to leave the house for their incomes.

This terrifies me. I have roughly two months before I'll need to worry about it, but, if this doesn't get resolved, I'm going to lose my SSI and I'll have no way to take care of my personal stuff.

I've been doing some thinking, and I've finally come to a decision on something that's been weighing on my mind for a while now.

Starting with January of the new year, I'm going to be focusing more on On Our Own than on Arturos Academy. This isn't because I can't handle doing both. in fact, the way I usually handle things, that's been relatively easy to do. It's more because I really want to get through the current arc of On Our Own. I've been plotting that for so long, but, if I keep to the schedule I was already doing, it could be several more years before I actually finish it. The arc that's going on now it something I've been looking forward to since the day I first started the story all the way back in 2014, and I've decided that I want to focus on the arc, because I want to get it done. I COULD just increase my workload, but, with the other stuff I've been doing in my life lately, that would only lead to me stressing myself out, which I don't really want.

So, that being said, here's my plan for the rest of this year, and for the entirety of 2023:

2022:
- Finish the current song/chapter of On Our Own that I'm working on. The song has already been recorded, and I already have the script written.
- Finish one more chapter of Arturos Academy of Awakening. I'll be working on the script for that chapter shortly after I complete work with the OOO chapter.
- Finish the current episode of TBP:SC that I'm working on at the time of writing this journal, as well as possibly one more next month.

2023:
- Finish the remainder of the current arc of OOO. If my planning works out the way I'd like it to, I will have it complete by the end of the year.
- Write and record more episodes of TBP:SC. These are smaller projects, in comparison to the other two audio stories, so working on them isn't as tedious for me.
- If I complete a month's chapter for OOO early enough in the month, and feel up to it, work on a new chapter of AAA. These won't be guaranteed to happen. They'll only be done if I feel I have the time after the other two.
- When Halloween eventually rolls around, as per usual, I'll be doing a new Creepypasta. Which one has yet to be determined, but I fully intend to keep up my self-imposed tradition.

So, yeah... Those are my plans for the foreseeable future. Hopefully, you guys will enjoy what you end up hearing as the arc gets finished.

It took me most of the month to do it, but I'm really proud of how this year's creepypasta turned out. I had to do some editing and and altering a few words here and there, due to certain parts of the original story not sounding right, but this year's creepypasta is ready to go. I hope you guys enjoy!

https://youtu.be/-egJeFIJ2hI

I also downloaded and played the fanmade rom of the creepypasta, so, if anyone wants to check that out, you can watch that too:

https://youtu.be/cGLsKTBFNV4

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With those done, I also wanted to share something else I did this month. Amongst all the Let's Play recording I did throughout the month, I decided to do a speedrun of a game that I had done on my old channel. Goosebumps: The Game. Back then, the speedrun guide I had found was actually geared more toward helping players to gain all the PS4 achievements, and thus required playing through it three times to do so. Since then, I had found an actual speedrun guide of the game and decided to record myself doing it.

For those that want to watch it, here's a video for that as well. I donb't consider myself a pro at it, and, in fact, the speedruns I've seen of it do this much faster than I did, but I'm still proud of the attempt:

https://youtu.be/Wkias0vY2mg

Last, but not least, I have a casual playthrough of the speedrun. This one I did for anyone that wants to see what I actually did during the speedrun at a slower pace, without having to repeatedly pause the video and rewind it just to see what I did. Here's the video for that one:

https://youtu.be/TdxrSh07o-s

So yeah, there you have it. there's everything I got done for Halloween this year. I didn't have time to do the song I planned to do for Halloween, but I may still do it sometime soon anyway, simply because it's an earworm and I can't get those out of my head in case I actually do covers of them. All I'll say about the song is it's one that, for those that know me well enough, you're going to be surprised to see I did a cover of it at all.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy. Happy Halloween!

Another of my favorites. This is the one I released last year.

https://youtu.be/zW7gx-wPqEI

Next week will be Halloween, which means the release of this year's Creepypasta. And since I've already shared what one it will be with a few others, I'll also share it here.

This year's Creepypasta is going to be Sonic.exe. This has taken most of the month to put together, because of how long the story is, and because of all the different medical stuff I had to deal with.

This has been the most effort I've put into one of these since Ben Drowned, but, hopefully, you guys will enjoy it.

Sadly, I won't have the time to do the song I was going to do in time for Halloween. I'll probably still do it, but it will just come at a later time.

This week I have a creepypasta based around my favorite SNES game: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

https://youtu.be/FQnEKW74voA

This week I have a creepypasta based around my favorite SNES game: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

https://youtu.be/FQnEKW74voA

The second creepypasta I did a reading of was released on my channel yesterday, but I got so distracted doing other stuff, I forgot to post a journal here. So, for anyone that isn't watching my channel already, here's the next of the stories I did a reading of:

https://youtu.be/KZSwQq4QpDo

For those that are new to watching me that don't know this yet, every October, I take a break from my usual audio story work to focus on a Halloween project that I usually release on my YouTube channel. This project comes in the form of a Creepypasta reading, done in character, sometimes with additional visuals or extra voices to aid the story when needed. Because of the work involved in doing this, I spend the full month away from other audio story projects, so I'm not overburdening myself. This means that there will be no On Our Own, Arturos Academy of Awakening or Bobby Parable this month.

HOWEVER, because of my old channel having been shut down a few months ago, I decided that, along with the new Creepypasta I'll be doing, I'll also be releasing one of the old Creepypastas I've done, every Monday leading up to Halloween itself. Seeing as it's Monday today, the very first Creepypasta I ever did is now available for viewing, both for those that have seen it in the past, and for anyone new. The first one I did was my all-time favorite: Ben Drowned, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/slbvtaz_u2Y

The creepypasta won't be the only thing released on Halloween either. I've already recorded myself doing a speedrun of a Halloween-themed game, which I had done on my old channel as well, but, back then, the one I did was more structured in a way for PS4 players to get all in game achievements. I've since found the actual speedrun guide, and did both an actual speedrun of the game as well as a casual playthrough of the speedrun so people can actually see what it was I was doing during the speedrun without needing to pause the video every few seconds.

The last thing that I'll be doing is more dependent on how long it takes me to finish my Creepypasta project. If I can get it done in a decent amount of time, I'll also be doing a cover of a song that, once people eventually hear what it is, will probably surprise more than a few people, given that where the song is inspired from is a game that scares the hell out of me.

So yeah, that's pretty much what you guys will have to look forward to from me. Hopefully you enjoy what's coming!

Ten years ago today, the first chapter of Porcupine Passions 2 was released. Even now, ten years later, I still look back on the start of it and smile. I loved the poems that were made up during the chapters just as much as the chapters and songs that got used in. To this day, I still feel proud of myself for surprising  maxgoof when I was able to complete the challenge he gave me for the final chapter poem: making each line spoken by a different character AND having the line be relevant to the character that spoke it while still keeping to my pattern of the first letter of each line spelling out a nine letter word or phrase.

I've always been a Digimon fan, but, in the last couple months, thanks, in part, to  david31, I've taken an interest in learning the Digimon Card Game. I've bought a decent amount of cards for a deck I've been working on building. As it stands though, David is the only one I know that plays it, which is, of course, obvious, seeing as how he's the reason I began collecting the cards. I'm curious to know, though, if any of you play it as well. I'd love to be able to play with others if anyone else plays it too.

It took me longer than I meant to, due to several other things I had going on, but the re-upload of chapter 16, with Noah's new voice, is ready to go. You can listen to it here.

Because Chapter 15 took me so little time to edit, I decided to go back to an earlier chapter and fix a glaring issue that had been bugging me for a while that I never made time to fix. Throughout most of chapter 2, the pacing of the conversation was WAY too fast, especially in the latter half of it. I have now corrected that. Nothing new has been added, but the conversation flows much more smoothly now. If you want to listen for yourself, you can check it out here.