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Thread: Epilogue of a broken wishing well. AKA. i quit
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DigitalOne
Sat May 29, 2004 4:13 pm
#1
The epilogue of a broken wishing well
AKA. When i opend the box the cat was dead.
There comesa time when the shrill ringing in your ears pulls you you out of unconciousness and shouts out the wispering temptation of artificial satisfaction. Which triggers the slow but inhumanly steady evolution of discomfort from theprimodial sensation of dissatisfaction to the bidedal determinist realization of absolute neurosis, (phobia ergo Phopbophobia). Humanoid and wearing feathered mask, red cape, and white painted left face intriguingly portraying compatibalism, but of coarse theres a catch. (Shouting... "echo".... distant response.... "indignant animator")
All whilst throwing a rusty cog and wheel and the occasional sproket over my left shoulder(and only left. "Retroative security") onto a pile thee miles high.
Before i left the city i met a homeless manwho said to me "Fear will not keep you clean for long". This is what started everything.
Theres only one place ill ever end up, The wishing well. The place to go when the mountain of cogs and clockwork and every last something to wipe away the blood with you ever touched lists and crumbles. It happens.. and its not that it dosent feel good because it does. But the weather dosent always stay warm, and hey, someone has to package mail order merchandise for the real me, however satisfying that may be. So i sell off all my possessions, pack my mental bindle and set ship to the casino to bet everything on one game of roulette, 66 green.
So the other day someone asked me, "what do you call a raven pointing a gun to his head?" Last month i would have anwsered "a mirror", but since its tuesday ill call it my subconcious. Youknow, since i started picking the lead based paint from under my fingernails with a sharpendtwig of an oliander bush. Thats what i get for assembling a towerof tin alarm clocks paid for with patiance and a small potion of sanity. (the ticking good lord please stop the ticking)
Turning around i noticea trailof solved rubix cubesfalling from my trouser leg, collecting by my feet as i stand still. If i stay here to long i'll surely drown in them. I'm willing to bet the darndest things come to you while drowing, for instance how to swim.Except that in this case its more like swiming through an ocean of loosed puzzle pieces and not one card table. Not to mention1 piece and only 1 piece is missing, that piece was eaten by a todler, so you can forget about ever finding it. And in my opinion theres a hurricane blowing aswell.
Concerning certain borders
Several weeks later i arrive at the wishing well. The trick to finding it is A, its on the border. B, the border is in the direct center of the region/empire/whathaveyou. And unlike most things you can only find it by looking for it, the trick is knowing exactly what your looking for which is easier said than done. I further advise you to remember your name.
So i walk up to the well, the first thing it asks is "Whats your name?"
I respond, "Wells cant talk."
The well looked as perplexed as you could possibly imagine a well to look when its perplexed, It said "Just gimme your coin"
"On second thought" i said "My name is jonas, and you, my friend, are composed of parts."
Insulted the well said "Of parts? What do you know of parts? All you ever knew is a fleash eating illness."
"Liar!" i said shakeing my fist "I am an economist, and you are my substance!"
"Fool" You are an optimist, and reminescant of a mirror!"
"Mirror?" i shouted "Who you calling a mirror" truely affronted
"You, and you know its true too, why do you think you came here? Everyone who does is either a mirroror a window, and you are no window."
Stunned i stood there, the well was right, i was indeed a mirror, and above all i wasent a window. So what was i to do? Prove the well right and compromise my dignity? I picked up a rock and droped it into the well.
"Thats it! now youve done it, not only have you proven yourself a mirror, youve started an epidemic in Asia! Little do you know that rock was a basket full of kittins.!"
Shockedbut resolute i stared for a moment, and said. "Its time for my wish."
This hasbeen the token retirement speach ofyet another DE.The next few days will be my last. There are afew reasons contributeing to mydecision to leave, foremost the futureinsicurityof internet connection, im going to be getting around alot and im not sure where i will be able to play,2nd i feel that the DE professionis still "empty" for lack ofbetter terms, we still have along way to go beforewe meet our potential,and the stateright now is still to lacking to attract me further. This isa good time for me to quit. Maybe once the space expansion hits ill check things out, but i dont have the energy to keep up the industry ive built.
If im lucky ill be able tokeep contributeing to these boards, ive got a few more ideas i would like to share. The next step is to hammer out the economic issues surrounding our product, andfigure out our new role in the game, anddefine the goal of what we wish to achive. We're not done yet.
or untill i get bored
For those DEs on Radiant that want a leg up, or some parts and what not, please let me know ive got a ton of parts and resouces that i have left over these are just going to get deleted so let me know, or give me a line in game (Thees on Radiant)
Shian_Tavkin
Sat May 29, 2004 9:20 pm
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Well
What can one say?
Firstly, please send whatever it is you are taking to me..those mighty Shroomz will sell well in Holland if nowhere else lol.
Once I got over the first part, I realized the second part was from the heart, and I will miss you. I hope you do come back.
I could waffle on, but no, you dont want or deserve that, so all I will say is good luck in life, and I hope you find what you are looking for.
Thanks to you for your time here too
/salute and indeed /bye
xx
Ruprekt
Sun May 30, 2004 5:07 am
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I quit once. Played FFXI for a few months. Came back to SWG. Went to my home planet, Talus, to see what had changed. Met a kind DE named Thees...from his enthusiasm and general demeanor, I decided to go DE...Thanx Thees.
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