nohman

Happy Halloween:

^^ Made me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtzlKJ1dObU

Indeed, welcome to Fuwanovel. Glad to have you. There's plenty of recommendations to be found. I hope to see you around.

All Hallows' Eve “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Ding-dong The doorbell sounded. At the risk of sounding like a complete scrooge, Halloween is such a tedious, annoying night. It's holiday I begrudgingly observe due to rooting myself in suburbia and to a zealous girlfriend with a propensity for all things Hallmark. She’s a passionate woman; it might be her best quality. She has a fervor about life that makes up for my colorless self. Where she shines, big shadows are cast. Unfortunately, our differing personalities can create a bit of dissonance. I’m often dragged along for the ride – concerts, parties, holidays. You could say I'm not big on fun. It’s a small price to pay for the devotion and security she gives me, but boy can it be irritating. As exemplified tonight. I got up from my computer and crossed the basement floor. I was on Trick-or-Treat duty since my girlfriend had a test in an important night class. That left me to the responsibility of awkwardly doling m&m snack size candies and boxes of nerds. I'm not good with kids. I don’t quite know how to interface with them. All I usually muster is an unnatural smile and a “have a good night, be careful out there.” I made my way through the basement threshold and up a small set of stairs, grabbing the candy bowl off a table by the front door. I dully rattled the bowl, just to break up the brief moment of pause I took before I clasped the door's handle, gave a slight sigh as if to signify a shift to a more inviting personality, and started to open the door. What struck me all the sudden was an enveloping sense of dread, the likes of which I had never known. It blanketed every fiber of my being. The suddenness of its onset made just served to compound the terror more. I stopped with the door only slightly ajar. I was suffocating with fear. It was like someone had flipped a switch and I had awakened unknown to a terrible, pervading undercurrent that had always been there, but was rarely perceived. It was the purest form of terror, the kind that did not induce revulsion, but rather robbed you of your resistance. Accompanying this newfound terror was an urge. An invitation. I knew I was to open this door. The dread left no question. It was absolute. It had to be realized. This was to be inevitability, my life to go out like a horror show. Ding-dong A dull tone split my ears. It compelled me. Open the door. My throat tightened and my stomach hallowed out. My hair stood in anticipation. I wheezed down what I knew was to be my last few breaths. I obeyed. What had come to take me were the very personifications of terror. The embodiments thought up and cemented in our camp fire stories, our literature, our movies, and our games to give voice and alleviate our our fears. Not the fear of what goes bump in the night, but of the implacable. That abyss that awaits all of us. The one seeped into everything we endeavor, everything we commit to – relationships, careers, religion. That intangible motivator that colors our psyches and drives us to the trappings of society. Fear itself, alive: The Dread God Cthulhu Darth Nihilus, Lord of Hunger. Pennywise the Dancing Clown Saya The Stay Puft Marshmellow Man With alien unison, etched into the very night, a terrible sound formed: Once more, I obeyed.

That's more than I was expecting. Think I'll definitely pick it up. Thanks.

It's better to be safe sometimes. VoiceSYRT was asking about it, but someone haphazardly reading the topic might consider knowing what happens at the end of Rin 1 or 2 a spoiler.

^^ might want to mark spoilers.

How many hours did it take you? Considering picking it up later this week after I finish some university work.

Was that truly the case, though? You might be able to get that from reading between the lines, but he explicitely stated the parameters of the project. It doesn't sound fraudulent to me. Questionable perhaps, but fraud is a pretty serious accusation.

That's just the nature of the site, for better or worse. Some are more reliable and professional than others, though.

Taken from the Kickstarter page: "Greetings, anime and visual novel fans! The money raised from this Kickstarter will go towards funding a documentary which will explore the real-life locations found in works from KEY / Visual Art's. Key is the studio responsible for productions such as Clannad, Kanon, AIR, Little Busters!, Angel Beats!, and Rewrite. Specifically, it will allow three team members (Clannad Man as host, a professional videographer, and a guide/translator) to travel to Japan for 17 days to seek out Key-centric landmarks and describe the history and significance of these areas. This project is an extension of the Key15th Initiative, a fan-organized effort to unite Key fans from around the world while encouraging the studio to officially localize their visual novel productions." More here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ibhmc/key15th-a-visual-documentary

Aw, that's a shame. It just didn't click with you?

This is fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CnWwbeetE

Glad to have you. I hope yo see you around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1AE_bCoPSI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_0pi1G0rk

Hey, good to have you.

Welcome to fuwanovel. I hope to see you around.

^^ Likewise. It got me at: One of the worst things to ever happen to a squirrel has happened to this squirrel.