My friends...
My friends. While it has been true that my 'return' to these glorious boards has been a ruse, engineered by the holiday that the internet so reveres, it is not the one you think that you are aware of. I am here now today to show you the truth that you were blind to these past years.
I began posting on this website early into my gaining internet access. I was young, inexperienced, and foolish. I fashioned myself as above others, for the anonymity that the internet provided induced within me a rush; something that made me feel as if I held power over others. What I felt in return was a sharpened blade of hate and contempt. You left me shattered and alone, I had nothing. Dejected, I left the forum.
But not for long.
You see, I had determined to make myself better than what I was. To prove to you all that I was superior, and to make every last one of you eat your petty ridicule that you had been so eager to dispense at me. I learned. I lurked around other forums to learn proper lingo, I took a summer course for creative writings and keyboarding skills. I hatched a plot, and a plan to return.
I came back only a few months after I had left, and already so much had changed. The first upheaval was over, the forum in shambles, many of those whom I had returned to seek justice on were already gone forever. I decided to bode my time, keep my identity a secret until the time was right. So I joined, registered a new set of characters, and participated in the events that unfolded.
I saw my chance towards the end of the Chaos Network. Already, the signs of the coming storm were ahead, and I seized the moment, and put your trust in me to the test, and after all of time spent becoming one of your own, I truly did so: I was offered a position in the staff.
Not long after this, the second upheaval began, and the Chaos Network was deleted. I now knew that I had protection forever, because my old account, which held any connection to my new identity, was erased. I worked hard, and doubled my resolve. I would show you ALL. I even joined in the laughter and joking on 'my' behalf, and made 'myself' the butt of many jokes. I continued to work hard, and yet again, your trust in me proved itself: I became an Official.
Having the wonders of the Admin CP before me, I was tempted, deep down, to end it there. To force you away as I had been forced. To violently destroy what you sought to expel me from. But, in the time that I had used to gain this position, I knew that I could never do that. I had grown too fond of this place. I altered my goals, improved my standing, and continued onwards.
My new goal was to show each and every member of this forum what I was, and what I had become. To show you that the one you insulted and mocked was now the one you revered. But not just yet. I still needed time to make you all feel the true humility. I had waited for nearly two years, I could wait for a while longer. And so I did.
I waited until opportunity presented itself to me once more, and I achieved what you would have thought to be impossible: I became one of the mighty Administrator Triumvirate. Now I had all that I needed, save the proper time.
So, I 'returned' on the day you would feel it to be a joke. I behaved as best as I could from back in those times 'before the war.' You all played along perfectly, and now, you will know the truth. Irony strikes a hard chord, indeed. The one who was Lieutenant Abyss had become one that everyone held in high regard, know that you put him up on this pedestal, and now he stands ever vigilant over you all. Irony is indeed here today, for BASS/LT.ABYSS became...
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