The Definitive Spring Cleaning

No report was made last week due to my becoming afflicted with a mystery ailment composed of inconsistent symptoms. At 1:50 am last Wednesday, it was shivers, to chills, to a few hours of fever. The second day, same thing. Then on the third day, abdominal pain and tremendously bad headaches accurate to cluster headaches - front and sides of the temples, behind the eyes. Sometimes behind just one eye. Kept me awake much of the time. None of the tests I was able to get were positive for anything and I'm seemingly back to normal today.

But as the ailment passed, I learned we're being evicted via a nearly 50 percent rent increase. My family cannot and would certainly not accept those terms, so near the end of the month I'll be making preparations to move, or be in the process of moving. I'm not worried overmuch - in fact, I'm rather excited to have the chance to get into a new space, all told.

This week was largely barren due to inexplicable illness, but I finished another scene today, this one per the overdue patreon scenes, a valentine's affair with Jean of Rat's Raiders and FemPCs, to be followed up with aural carnality feat. Ffion, the pink rat of the group. I'm super excited to do that one, as I haven't gotten to write very much PC-leading, PC-initiative scenes lately. After that, I'll still be doing the rest of the Patreon vote scenes, moving on to Syri x Anno related stuff.

Per the TiTS meeting, this week wasn't as grand as opening up new zones, but a lot more under the hood stuff was solved thanks to Gedan and lowercase_donkey, resolving parser issues and the usual slew of bugs. I'm personally hoping that Zheng Shi reopens somewhere in Spring. I want my backlogged Jumper scenes to get added ASAP, along with a new CG in the works for one of them.

I am still painfully slow and laborious about this. I take responsibility for the delays, the gaps in communication. That I am still shown support is a blessing and a kindness. I truly hope very soon that content will start being implemented again soon and a positive energy can build up.

I am not typically approached directly and in confidence by anyone. Channels are rarely opened to me, despite my DMs/PMs always being available. So, I worry very much that I will be seen as aloof, detached, anonymous, disconnected, disengaged, and that I will be perceived as not feeling ashamed and embarrassed for my own failings over a long period of time. Please be assured that I haven't stopped working to get back into the audience's good graces and nothing I've begun, finished, or even talked about is off the table unless one of two things happens: TiTS stops development, or I suffer a critical case of mortality.

For now, thank you very much for putting up with me, and I must apologize again. The last two years have seen a lot of stress fomented in the world, culminating in some very dire events at the turn of this decade. I feel it is paramount for someone in my position to do as much as possible to alleviate some of that worry, by being positive, being motivated and passionate, being productive and driven, leading by example. I know I haven't lived up to that standard lately, let alone in the many past months. Speaking strictly for me, it's been a shallow paddling in deep waters.

I hope as development carries on we slip back into a steady routine again and can recapture that momentum we used to have.