So, I know it's been a while. And by a while, I mean a whole year. For those who are new, hello, my online alias is Chelchis, well, at least on here. Won't be disclosing my real name. Unless I did in my bio, but that's whatever.

For those who have been here since my first story, A New Dawn, it's been a while hasn't it? Anyhow, I should get onto why I've been away.

Over the course of my time on here, production has been at an all time low. Seriously, look at my Rise of RWBY story, I haven't updated that in a year. Good God, has it been that long? I digress.

So why is content lacking? Because life has lowered my drive to an all time low with other responsibilities. When I first started here, I was 15 years old, thinking I could write. And to my credit, I guess I was good at it at the time. A New Dawn has blown up when it first dropped, and that was my first story. I didn't know what the hell I was doing, and looking back on it now, that was also around the same time the first Deadpool movie came out, and OH MY GOD THE AMOUNT OF DEADPOOL REFERENCES I THREW IN THERE SHOULD BE A FELONY! 

I was 15 when I wrote that! I'm almost 20 now and I would think my skills as an amateur writer would improve! Or, at least that's what I tell myself. I honestly think I can't go back into that story without cringing at myself so bad that I would want to drive a Warthog off a cliff, and into a pit of sharks and heroin needles. I'm getting off track, so why is my life getting out of control, especially since all this Covid crap started?

I graduated in 2018, and shortly after I got an intern position at a radio station. That has kept me really busy, and on top of that, I'm still dealing with college. I'm still holding that position to this day. Hope you don't mind a little bit of swearing, but this is how I communicate. But since this Covid shit started, I've been thrown into overtime. Our station is a non profit, but I'm getting paid for running the tech part of certain radio shows, that includes health update information for my county and state. That's just current.

But how about during the years since I've slowed down? Well, I made a lot of friends on Xbox, in a Halo clan called the BrotherHood Of God. Don't take that out of context, we're not a religious based clan, even though some of us have a faith of some kind. We're a competitive Halo clan currently operating in the Master Chief Collection. So a lot of shit has happened over the years, especially since I hold a high ranking position. 

Last year was... hard on all of us. We lost a good friend we call MJ. He was one of my closest friends, and I will miss him dearly. He's part of the reason I wanted to start writing creative stuff like this and make my own stories. He was a creative guy, and we had so much memories together. Without going into too much detail, we did this role play on Halo: Reach called Project Lazarus. He was one of the creative heads behind it and his creativity really did shine, and that was just last summer.

So where will I go from here? Well, for one, when life isn't kicking my ass, I want to finish off Rise of RWBY, that much is certain. I'm still not done with it yet and the last time I updated was February of 2019. Yikes. I have plans for a certain character that I basically raised from the dead. Read the story if you wanna find out.

As for where I'll go when I'm done with that one, I have no idea. The expansion of RWBY given that it has 7 volumes now, AND the fact that Destiny, one of my favorite games of all time, is STILL being expanded upon gives me a lot of opportunity for some short stories. I'm about to give some major spoilers for those who don't know anything about Destiny 2 since Forsaken. 

You ready? You're sure? Alright, let's dive into the spoiler territory of Destiny.

The whole premise of Destiny 2 Forsaken, at least the initial campaign, is to avenge the death of Cayde-6. Now, with that alone I could use that to some degree given that my main character, Nightmare, sees Cayde as a surrogate father figure. That doesn't even cover the rest of the expansion, which in avenging Cayde, we gain access to the Awoken made world of the Dreaming City, and that's a story on its own. 

Now moving onto Shadowkeep, this is where the scary shit starts to occur. For those who have a basic understanding of how Destiny's story starts, it's common knowledge that an apocalyptic event known as the Collapse that basically pushed humanity to near extinction. Well... we sort of know our enemy now, and they're coming back. 

This enemy can be called the Darkness, but it's a possibility that they'll be called the Veil in future releases, based on the leaks. They're in the form of these ships, if anyone remembers the ending to Destiny 2's vanilla campaign.

One of these things was found on the moon by Eris Morn on the Moon, and causes, well, nightmares to appear. Phantoms of one's past come back to haunt them. 

You see where I could use something like this? There's a possibility I could connect RWBY with Destiny again based on these. I'm just spit balling here, but maybe these dark forces could cause the collapse of Remnant?

So, in short, I'm still alive, and I plan on getting some more writing done. After Rise of RWBY, I might focus on more of a short story format instead of a drawn out series. I think that's what killed my motivation the first time besides real life shit.

I'll get back into the swing of things eventually. I just need some time. 

So to those that are currently following me, and reading my stuff still (which honestly is kind of a shocker), feel free to spread this around a little. I got on here tonight and found out the Out Of Republic Reach is ranked second among 866 Clone Wars stories, so that is just bonkers.

I'm done rambling for now. Happy 4-20 to those who celebrate it religiously with all the green shit. I don't smoke, but I have friends that do, and lemme tell you, watching from a sober perspective is funny in its own right.

I should not be awake right now, but I am. It's gonna be almost 2 AM when I publish this.

~Chelchis