I used to have a blanket, but not anymore.

The Person Below Me plays the accordion.

Setenta y cuatro

Hydraulic Press

Our little Magnet's all grown up. It's enough to make ya cry. Best of luck with your last year!

Ughhh… Why were alarms even created? There’s nothing worse than being blissfully asleep, then having it cut short by a series of grating beeps. I look at the clock. 6 o’clock, exactly when I set it for. I figured it would be best to give myself an hour to get ready. Since Elaine had said the job was an expedition, I decide to make a pack for myself with all the essentials. Travel toothbrushes, rations, water, my GameBoy Advance SP, sunscreen, and bug spray. I quickly take a shower and get myself something for breakfast. As I’m nearly finished eating, though, I realize something terrible. Elaine never told me where to meet them! I was so stunned I didn’t even think to ask! I start freaking out terribly. This was my last chance to start making money so I could afford to, well, live. And I blew it. But then I hear a knock moving the plot along on my fourth wall. Cause that’s where my door is. I open it to find none other than Elaine.

“Hello again, Tyler.”, she scans me up and down. “I thought you said you’d be ready by 7… Unless, this is just how you look when you’re ready.”

Luckily for both of us I don’t care about my looks, so I just let that not-so-subtle insult slide and say, “Yeah, I’m ready. I packed my backpack and wore my least important set of clothes.”

“Ah, well, that’s great. So if you’ll just follow me outside, we have a car waiting to take us to the rendezvous point.”, says Elaine.

I think to myself about how obvious it is that Elaine is trying to sound smart and snicker quietly.
When we get outside, I see a limo at the foot of the building. Now, the only reason I even fathom this to be our ride is because I know no one else in the building would have a limo waiting for them. As we climb in the back, I decide to ask, “So what exactly is this expedition for?”

Elaine responds, “I suppose it would be best to brief you on the way there. Our team believes there to be the ruins of an ancient, yet unrecorded, civilization somewhere here on this island. Our expedition is to try and find it.”

The irony is not lost on me that the last poll was about me being gone for a long time...

The results are in! Geez, it's been over a year this time!

Did ya miss me?

The statistics show that:

4/9 (44.4%) people missed me. Awwwww.
2/9 (22.2%) people hurt my feelings.
3/9 (33.3%) people don't recognize the strange shadow man in their house asking them random questions.

Uh... hi. I can't promise this time that I'll be able to do this regularly. But I will try and do it when I can. Thanks for sticking with me.

The next poll will be up shortly.

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