The sky was a dark gray, covered by clouds; no rain, just clouds. Geese usually come here to find food, but today, there were no geese. The only sounds out here are from the wind and busy traffic. I saw a small child, she was, ah, somewhere between 3-5 years old…well, no older than 6 and no younger than 2 is what I'm guessing. Her parents have left her in their car, an old, beaten Toyota Comfort. She was crying, her tears made of water and blood combined; I wanted to calm her, to wipe her tears, to make her happy again; but there was nothing I could do. The car was locked, and I did not have a cell phone to call anyone for help; I could only stand and watch her cry, before a woman putting on makeup while driving in a Chevy Tahoe crashed into the Comfort and took the child's life.
I didn't hear anything about the incident; I have no idea if people either don't know about it or are terrified to speak about it. I never heard anything about it on the local newspapers, or the local news channels, or even on the internet. Or maybe no one in this town even cared enough. Yeah, probably that, people here are totally cold and emotionless…hmm, or maybe it was an illusion that no one else saw? Maybe it was all in my head? God…my head…it hurts…
Now, it's summer. Cancer took both of my parents last year, first my mom and then my dad. I lived in my grandparents' house for a few months, but eventually their bodies weakened to the point where I had to send them to a retirement home. They tried to hang on to the last threads of their lives, but they too perished to old age and bone failure. I just graduated from Harvard Law School at the age of 28, but for some reason I'm still having problems finding a job.
Why does the world have to be like this?
Why am I even alive?
Honestly, I should be thankful for what I have. Gramps left me with a 5 million dollar inheritance, which is probably more than most people will ever earn in their lives.
But I feel like something is missing.
It's been a while since my little sister headed west to Cali. She was annoying, for sure, and hard to take care of back when we were together. And I miss her dearly. Honestly, her happy go lucky attitude is probably why, even though her grade was much lower than mine was, she's having success as a real estate agent in San Francisco. I may have money on my hands, but I didn't earn or work for it. Unlike her, I get along horribly with people and never earned much respect from anyone outside of my family and close friends, which I didn't have many of. Easy to say, honestly, she's successful, I'm just a sad lifeless pile of body organs lying here doing nothing.
No friends, not even online. No one likes me…
Sigh.
Speaking of, it's almost that time of year again, the time where my little sister invites me to BayCon and Anime Expo, two of the largest anime conventions in the nation. You see, my little imouto is a total otaku and a cosplaying model loved by those fat men reading copies of the Yosuga No Sora manga inside the MBTA subway and fapping to pictures of idols no matter what country they are from (AKB48, SKB48, SHB48, CAN48, NYC48, CAL48…holy shit, the names of those idol groups is enough to overwhelm my brain.) My little sister always catches the attention of photographers whenever she wears a cosplay outfit (or hell, she attracts enough stares from men when she's not in cosplay mode), because she seems to pull things off perfectly; for example, she grabbed second place in a world cosplay tournament where she dressed up as Hoshii Miki from The Idolmaster, so now pictures of her and her…er, breasts are all over the good old Internet.
Anyways, every year, she makes sure that I come to the con by reserving a hotel room, airline tickets and 4-day passes for me, usually at the first day of pre-reservation. Baycon takes place in late May, and Anime Expo takes place in June, so there's a month in between the two cons. There's basically no way I can say no to that, and besides, it's good for me to take a break from this shitty place to a coast with sunshine and natural beauty. San Francisco or Los Angeles, it doesn't really matter; both cities in CA are far better than Boston.
Maybe I should leave Massachusetts for a permanent vacation in California, or something. Hell, I might even be able to find a job in Cali. Not that I need it, but I feel bored without one. Right now, I spend every day screaming at kids on Xbox Live playing Halo 9.
I decide to get on the computer and join a random IRC room for kicks. Hm…
*Guest10009 has joined #california
Topic is ~Welcome to #california-The OFFICAL channel for random shit on OtakuNetwork! %Cactus Notice-If you have any questions, DO NOT contact the "administration". They are here for looks only and not actual moderation. If you ask them they MIGHT answer your question. Or you'll just get kb'ed. (Don't worry, the kb's only last 2 seconds.)
nanohachan hurr, durr, etc.
Cactus so CaliforniaRedneck
Cactus hey hey
Cactus I just met you
Cactus here's my number
Cactus so call me NEVER YOUR GAY
CaliforniaRedneck Digging up a 5 year old meme
CaliforniaRedneck Can't you get better material
nanohachan LOL
Cocona …
Cocona Rewrite anime is horrible
nanohachan is it
nanohachan I don't think it's bad
Seishi It's not bad, it's just not as good as other stuff based on Key VNs
Ustnap ^
IceDuck Slap Princess for me
Hizou Princess iz a fag…
Princess …
*Hizou was kicked by Princess (GET THE FUCK OUT)
Princess IceDuck
Princess helpppp me
IceDuck GO CANUCKS
IceDuck um, after I, uh…
Princess I can't figure out how to draw this hand
IceDuck figure out yourself n00b
Ikuu …
*Princess kicks Nyanoha.
Nyanoha hi
Guest10009 hi
IceDuck oh boy, a new n00b
nanohachan time for some fun then
*You were kicked by nanohachan (lolz. congrats. come back later, okay?)
…
That did not go well. At all.