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Section 99: A Good Man - Part 5

He rose on the third day, early. Keeda was passed out in the common area in front of a playlist of pro wrestling that was still running. Telin was dialed-in, reclined in her captain’s chair in the half-asleep, half-aware trance a starship captain could achieve with meditation and active neurotropics. So he made himself space in the Closeup Sunrise’s internal hold, rearranging the pallettes of cigarette cartons and cannabis bales- pending deliveries to Insomnia that Telin has ...

Mon/Fri: The Darkest Joke I Refuse to Take Out

He probably didn't deserve that, but on the other hand, he most likely did.

I am currently writing the final stretch of Section 99: A Good Man, and things have broken down into the bloodbath I have been building towards for the past 40 pages. I was a little worried when I started, because I didn't know if I was capable of shifting gears into the mode I needed this writing to be at, but I'm proud of what I've got so far. The words my brain wants to put the mood I'm la...

Section 99 - A Good Man, Part 4

Hard thoughts, bad dreams and good talks in space.

“Waiting on final displacement check,” Telin spoke in Maraka into her headmic, holosheet displays arrayed around her captain’s chair. The bridge was cramped, built for only a few small bodies, a rhidling design. Van felt folded up in chair of the secondary comms station behind her, his bulk impinged upon the confines.

“Standby,” Keeda called back from the engine room, voice coming through...

Section 99 - A Good Man, Part 3

The mask slips, the voice stirs and the trail points the way to Insomnia.

What happened next was a scrum of many different kinds of people wanting to know who was shooting and why there were shitkicked and bloody people lying in veterinary cages. First was the Civil Constabulary, who set up a cordon, took Van’s weapon and confirmed his registry under Section 99- IO-8160, Callsign: Canine. The media arrived, informed by their comms scanners, piling agai...

Mon/Fri - Look at All This Writing

Welcome back to the familiar future of Section 99, year 2020.

After getting Narratives of Disaster done, I decided to pour myself into writing this week. Which is what I'm doing right now, so, you know, expect more on the way soon!

Narratives of Disaster 2 - Don Valentine: Wrestling With Ineptitude

Less than an ass. A non ass.

Narratives of Disaster 2 - Don Valentine: Wrestling with Ineptitude

It's done, and you get it early! Enjoy!

Mon/Fri: Every Physical Inch of Don Valentine

I am tired of looking at this man.

Narratives of Disasters 2 is something I'm looking up from right now. It might be out tomorrow, but definitely this week. I feel really good to be making another video and I'm happy to share this new thing I've made with you all!

Narratives of Disaster is Well Underway

Some jackass stole my catalytic converter out from under my car. You believe that shit? Despite dealing with that, NoD2 is coming along nicely. I realized today while editing that I should probably post something, because brain stuff got in the way of my habit of doing so. This is me getting back in the habit.

Narratives of Disaster: Champion vs Valentine (Script)

This was like getting stabbed in the brain.

Not all disasters are massive. Some of them are beholden at small scale, before a crowd of people in a studio, with television cameras taping, for only two minutes of cable TV time. Some disasters aren’t necessarily events, but rather people who are desperately unprepared to deliver on the job. This is the story of one of the worst pro wrestling matches I’ve ever seen, entirely because of one person. This is a Narrative...

Mon/Fri: Hey, Hello

I did something this week, or at least, started something.

A while back, I posted a script for a Narratives of Disaster about a fiasco in pro wrestling. I feel, now, that I have discovered a bigger, yet almost infinitely smaller fiasco that I need to report and catalog, for you all. It is the story of Don Valentine, the worst wrestler I have ever seen, and this week, I'm posting the script.

-G

Where Have I Been?

It's a valid question.

The short answer is "in and out of the hospital." I'll skip to the part where I feel better, all things considered. My medication was changed, to a degree that I responded with sheer misery. Fucking pills. Again, I'm doing better, and I have thoughts to share with you, in text form, like you patronize me to get. I love you all for your patience with me, and I want to do better for you.

-G

Mon/Fri - Getting Back to Things

Whoops, sorry about that.

Without getting into the nitty gritty, my mental health situation is improving, because it worsened. Now I'm getting home check-ins, a thing I've actually needed for a while, and I feel as though I've made enough noise that people who can help me actually will. So expect actually more work this week. Seriously.

-G

The River and the Road Living Document Update

Go check out Freelancers, they're sneaky, and they hit hard.

Coming up next, I'll link the scratchpad for the lore work I'm doing behind the game development!

-G

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gjphX4lQ9kU2lT_Aauv6z5JHKNkaeGRvzFAfmCEUhnM/edit?usp=sharing

The River and the Road Living Doc Update

Hey, check it out: A Way!

Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gjphX4lQ9kU2lT_Aauv6z5JHKNkaeGRvzFAfmCEUhnM/edit?usp=sharing

Mon/Fri - Woah, Look at Him Go

Momentum on a project? Incredible.

This week, I set for myself the goal of taking things a step forward with The River and the Road, and really committing to moving the game forward as a project. I feel very happy with what I've done, so I present to you folks, the completed (as for now) Ronin Way in The River and the Road, complete with 4 Paths- the Lancer, the Swordslinger, the Blade Saint, and the Spellsmith. This week, I'm doing even more, so watch my dust. ...

Section 99: A Good Man Scratchpad

Crime, Violence, Space, Justice and Being The Best You Can Be.

Check it out here! 

Couple things:

• The breakdown of the act structure is meant to be a checklist of things that need to be in the game, introductions to mechanics that need to be made, and the addition of characters and places as the gam...
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Mon/Fri - Tune Up Week

Mental Health is a Work in Progress

This week to me was about getting my brain together, around a meeting with a psychiatrist for a mental assessment. So that went well, but now this week I'm getting back to the River and the Road. That doesn't mean I spent my whole week being completely unproductive creatively, as I'm now going to start linking my scratchpad documents for game docs I throw together in my leisure time when I'm watching stuff. This one I'm linking thi...

River and Road Living Doc Update: Peoples

Check it out, here! 

The Peoples are up! Character creation is going to be coming after I do Ways, which is next on the chopping block. After that, I start filling out the mechanics of the Roleplaying and Tactics Spaces. See you there.

Mon/Fri: LOOK AT THIS MOMENTUM

ASTONISHING.

As I marvel at my ability to keep going on a project, something I haven't felt in a while, I will direct your eyes to an update to The River and the Road living doc, and the update that went up today.

Now, I'm going to eat lunch, and feel good about feeling back.

-G

The River and the Road: The Living Doc!

Hey look! Stuff, and it's moving!

Now there's a shiny online repository of my work on this thing. I'm working on more today, because I'm having fun with this. Hope you enjoy!

Mon/Fri: Cowboys with Swords

Where was this the last little while.

Hi. The River and the Road is picking up in production again, and you may notice something different about the premise. Namely, the amount of revolvers and samurai swords in the setting now, and associated accouterments of both accompanying them. Samurai Western is a style I've been wanted to do something with and, well, I'll be showing you what I'm doing with it soon. This week, in fact. See you then!

-G

Mon/Fri: Head On Properly

Hey, hi. This is the first time in a while I've felt as good as I do.

A nice thing? Waking up in the morning without feeling a weight on you. This is the feeling of being fully healthy, which is something I realized I haven't felt in a fair while. Which is why I wrote again this week, I did the thing, that I said I'd do, on this website. This week? I see how much I can make, as a whole, from Mon/Fri, straight. Stay tuned.

-G

Warframe and Why I Keep Coming Back

The game doesn't have its hooks in me, it's got its Hooks Prime in me and I'm currently grinding in order to build my own Hooks Prime.

It doesn't take a lot to get me to play a game to completion. In fact, I'm likely to do it just in order to feel as though I got my money's worth out of the experience, to know that I actually did the thing I bought the ticket for. But it does take a fair bit to make me come back to a game after I've beaten it. There's a lot of reason...

Mon/Fri - Needing to Be Sedated

Something We All Need Sooner or Later.

Hospital again. I know, it sucks. But at the very least, in this case, the further wake-up call that I needed came in, and that was towards me getting a more concrete evaluation of my my psychological condition right now. At the very least, it feels like a weight off my chest from everything I had pent up over the past week of grieving and sadbrains. Adrienne has been an anchor through this, and I have a social net to keep me go...

May I Be Blessed By Demeter: Recovering

Your life changes when you lose a bit of it.

There's the picture of my friend smiling at me. I'm keeping her there, because that's where she deserves to be.

Recovering from losing a bit of your world that was as important to you as a companion of her caliber took me some time to get back together from. Now, two new friends have joined us, and things are starting to feel like they're growing from me again. I'm sorry I haven't been the dynamo of production I want...

Our Friend

Mourning now. Later, grim resolve to do more.

Demeter had to leave us last night. Until her very last, she loved us and trusted us enough to tell us what she was feeling, and she told us she needed to go last night. Right before she let go and was overcome by the thing that was eating her. We took her to the vet, kept her warm, and gave her the passage to her next world she deserved. I'm broken up right now. But I don't think I'll be so tomorrow. I just need to keep ...

Mon/Fri: (Re)Working Magic

LOOK, IT'S A SKELETON

So now it's time to get back to doing, instead of just speculating. Magic is hard to do, because if you do too much of it, it dominates the system and you get 3.5, again. 3.5 has some fun flavor to it, some elements that people like, and I'm not gonna rag on it. But the intent here is to create magic users that don't dominate, and instead have specific roles and things that they can do, both on their own, and as an assistant to the rest of the p...

Mon/Fri - Magical Rethinking

The important part is realizing when something isn't working. The fun part is making something better.

So I meant for magic in The River and the Road to be a thing that's simpler and open for interpretation, open for roleplay. As things were going, I didn't feel I was achieving that. So! Broom comes out, as does the drawer for good ideas, ideas that'll work elsewhere. Time to make something else. And since I'm here, let me use you all as a rubber duck to bounce ideas...

Mon/Fri - Pending

LOCKED IN A HOLDING PATTERN.

My life right now is in a place of putting my head back together for however many times in my existence that is right now. That's fine, that's doable, I've done it before. I'm also tending to a cat that needs chemo, and me as a man who loves animals, is not the happiest about this. Animals to me are 3 things: they're wild, they're food or they're my friends. I gotta help my friend right now, and that takes it out of me, because I knew her...