p class="MsoNormal"This is the tl;dr of what I originally wrote. If you want to read 2550+ words about what's happened, please enjoy. If you'd like a summary, that's fine too. I'm posting this first./p
p class="MsoNormal"I started writing this fanfiction after some major events in my life. A close friend died at 24, under mysterious circumstances; lost an awesome job; and was dealing with a now, accurately diagnosed mental illness. I was in this terrible headspace, because of all that, but also because I felt like I was far behind others because of my slow career development./p
p class="MsoNormal"Anyhow. Took a job on Wall Street, moved to CT, was offered a job paying a shitton of money, and was laid off before I could even get in the door. Alienated from my bff and cousin (who is like a sister to me) and lost my goddamn mind. But during all that, I started writing and developing this story./p
p class="MsoNormal"In 2015, I was working on this and suddenly I had a job that was amazing, at the time, but took up all my time. I've felt guilty since then because I've neglected this. I never stopped thinking about it, and that all of you have taken the time to read this./p
p class="MsoNormal"Lots of other crazy things happened. This brings us to today. I parted ways with a dysfunctional company, so I figured that I'd work on this while I continue my search. I have a list of 70 items that I've been wanting to take care of, so now I'm down to the final 5. I also wanted to use this to get my mind from some lawsuits and federal investigations I'm involved in. Don't worry, I was the one that initiated this because my boss made the mistake of underestimating my pettiness and spiteful nature./p
p class="MsoNormal"I started writing this fanfiction after some major events in my life. A close friend died at 24, under mysterious circumstances; lost an awesome job; and was dealing with a now, accurately diagnosed mental illness. I was in this terrible headspace, because of all that, but also because I felt like I was far behind others because of my slow career development./p
p class="MsoNormal"Anyhow. Took a job on Wall Street, moved to CT, was offered a job paying a shitton of money, and was laid off before I could even get in the door. Alienated from my bff and cousin (who is like a sister to me) and lost my goddamn mind. But during all that, I started writing and developing this story./p
p class="MsoNormal"In 2015, I was working on this and suddenly I had a job that was amazing, at the time, but took up all my time. I've felt guilty since then because I've neglected this. I never stopped thinking about it, and that all of you have taken the time to read this./p
p class="MsoNormal"Lots of other crazy things happened. This brings us to today. I parted ways with a dysfunctional company, so I figured that I'd work on this while I continue my search. I have a list of 70 items that I've been wanting to take care of, so now I'm down to the final 5. I also wanted to use this to get my mind from some lawsuits and federal investigations I'm involved in. Don't worry, I was the one that initiated this because my boss made the mistake of underestimating my pettiness and spiteful nature./p