[NOTE: This is only here for context for those of those curious of the first events regarding the uploading of this story and to clear up some things. If you are only here to read the story just go ahead and skip this/move on to next chapter.]
Hey we're back and this is a little update on the story and an address to all of the salt.
First off, holy shit I've never received such an overwhelmingly positive response in such a short amount of time. In just 6 hours of the story being posted there were 40+ favorites and follows and 30+ positive reviews with requests to continue the story. So it looks like it's going to continue after all. As I said before, I didn't really mean to continue this story but I left the vote up to you guys and you gave a resounding yes. But it won't be as updated as the other stories. Around once a month. And of course you're gonna have to expect an original storyline of events before and/or after cannon events. It may have started out like the LN but it will deviate because if you want a story closer to the LN then you should read an Indomitable Will by Lionheart. His follows the LN closely with the main divergent being Issei's character itself. In other words, if anyone made the best version of a betrayal story it's him.
Now, for the rest. There was a lot of hate getting thrown around for various reasons on last chapter and while most of it was mindless hate some of it actually had some concerning things that needed to be addressed and maybe one or two valid criticisms. But first the most important one.
Apparently there was a misunderstanding in the first section of the author's notes that I absolutely have to clear up. Never did I once state that the point of this story was to target a specific person. I have not and will not ever EVER specifically call out a certain author to bash or hate on them. And if I wanted to criticise them on something within their story I would PM them. The misunderstanding was created because I didn't make it clear enough. The sous was NOT the reason I created the story. That was not why I mentioned him. I mentioned him because there was a major problem with his first chapter and that was that he ripped off the writings of different authors to borderline plagiarism. I only mentioned it because it was very close to that point and it was suspicious. Of course I only mentioned that after I gave him a little bit of constructive criticism which was somehow misconstrued as hate by some brainlets. I never hated or bashed on his story. The opposite. As you could see, I commended him for his efforts and believed that he most definitely could become a better writer. But I did want him to chill out on the copying others things. He didn't blatantly steal but he was very close. Actually, many reviews already were calling him a plagiarist and I don't necessarily agree. I don't believe he wrote it that way with the intention of being seen as stealing. Nevertheless, I NEVER said he should quit writing and didn't even imply it in any way possible. Never will I discourage writers from continuing to write something. If I ever tell them their stories suck it's because I want them to get better. Even if i hate a story with all of my heart I will only tell them (or probably not since I try to ignore terrible stories that have nothing to do with me like OC/Self inserts which I automatically don't read) that they suck and I won't be reading. This situation is nothing like that because I'm not targeting anyone. I simply made a broad statement on the community itself regarding betrayal stories. It's a genre riddled with garbage.
And apparently, the worst part about all of these idiots is that somehow, someway, they don't seem to understand what an OPINION is?
What? So because my opinion is harsh and I don't sugarcoat shit you suddenly assume I'm hating on a certain author i mentioned randomly or something? Oh no I'm really "mean" so I shouldn't give my opinion? What I find funny is that some of you took it so abhorrently serious that it's ridiculous. How childish do you have to be to not be able to ignore an opinion you disagree with and instead cry about it to such a degree? I may not ignore shitty stories but that's only because I don't actually feel very bothered by how bad they are. It's just an exaggerated way of saying "we can do better" (as if I think about it that much lol) And not even that, but here's something you should know already: Just because something offended you doesn't make it offensive. Of course, this is the internet so of course everyone's easily offended, especially those on sites like these. But even more importantly, stop getting offended on others behalfs. The ones complaining aren't those who write those shitty stories but rather those who are reading them, which doesn't make any sense because they're not your stories. To get offended on someone else's behalf is utterly ridiculous and is exactly what people HATE about the whole "Tumblr mentality" where everyone is getting offended for things that don't involve them. Now, I don't like to generalize the entire site like others do, but I understand the concept and it's definitely a real problem on the internet. In fact, as I said before, it's my opinion so why even get offended in the first place? "Your opinion is nothing like mine so Reeeeee!"? Just cuz I said it harshly that changes whether or not I said it? If I said it nicely it would be the same. But as the person I am I'm not gonna make it all Disney for you and act like a fake happy go lucky fuck cuz that's not me. Plus, I assumed (wrongly), that anyone who didn't agree would just forget about it/ignore it and those who agreed would think about it. Because if it really affected you that badly then that's just sad. Cuz this whole subject never affected me that much. I may have made it seem that way because I'm really over the top as a part of the persona. But of course I assumed anyone who doesn't agree would ignore it like mature adults, it's just an opinion after all. I at least wanted those who agreed on how shit the stories are to feel compelled themselves to write something better themselves. Hopefully some of those authors to those stories would also feel compelled to try harder, but if they believe Fanfic is just a site for any range of great to garbage with no effort then that's just their opinion of the site. If they don't give water to my opinions then cool. Their stories, they should do whatever, I just think we could all do better. I just say it harshly cuz I'm not a fuckin pussy.
"Why don't you just ignore our opinions then?". I am. I'm fine with you thinking I'm a prick. But when you try to push the idea that I'm a bad writer just cuz you hate me, yeah I'm gonna prove you wrong.
"You think you're better than most of the author's on this site". Yeah kinda. And also Hell no. Obviously, these people aren't talking about personality, because none of us know each other in real life (and I'm an asshole). But they mean in terms of writing, in which case, yes I am. But not on this site in general. Hell no. When I make comparisons I never actually mean to refer to the site as a whole. See because I don't actually involve myself in any other communities aside from this one. I don't write stories for any other community and I hardly read some stories from elsewhere (every once in a while). So I can't speak for the rest of the entire site. I haven't read any of the thousands of Naruto Fanfics that could be terrible or amazing. However, in terms of this community, there are many readers and authors that would agree that I happen to be one of the better authors here. I understand the fandom and how to write plotlines, characters, subtext, symbolism, etc. My stories are proof of that. Even this one. So in terms of only this community, I am one of the better writers, but not the best at all. There are several authors who I place much above myself, but they just won't come back to write or hardly even write at all :(. Some are active every once in a while tho. I just hope that there are readers who like (or maybe even dislike) my stories enough that they feel compelled to write a story even better than mine. Just the other day received a message from someone telling me that they enjoy my story (can't remember which) and that my writing has compelled them to write themselves and surpass me. THAT WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE GREATEST INTERACTION I'VE HAD ON THIS SITE EVER. That's EXACTLY what I started writing for. So that other authors/soon to be authors would feel the drive to improve or write even greater than before or even better than some of their favorite stories/authors. That's also the purpose of this story. Because unlike all of the people who enjoy trashy stories, I'm don't wanna be complacent with the average story on this site being garbage. I'm serious the average story in this community is not good, it's bad. Not terrible, but just bad, like 4/10 average. Not well written, not very creative, nonsensical, and sometimes just unreadable. The average betrayal story, however, is actually terrible. The average betrayal story is like a 3/10. Not good at all. And I think I know why that is. Remember when the whole Fem!Vali trend started? Started not a long time ago when a couple of good stories involving that trope blew up. After that many authors replicated that trope, but guess What? The average Fem!Vali is story is NOT garbage. How come? That's because those writers who are not creative at all are not willing to put in the effort necessary to make a story like that work and they don't bother. Some still tried and you can't really blame anyone for trying, but most didn't even bother. So the average Fem!Vali story is just kinda mediocre at worst usually. But the betrayal genre is the unfortunate side. Do you know the reason? It's because the average author who is coming into write these betrayal fics are those who have crazy and nonsensical opinions on things like Rias and the ORC. They come like "UGH I hate these fuckers so I'm just going to halfass a bad story that exists only for the purpose of my own wish fulfillment, in which case it would be more logical to just write it on a piece of paper or just not publish it, but I have an ego to stroke and need people to agree with me". It's funny because these people will tell me I have an ego when I'm actually the one coming in to write stories for the sake of inspiring others to write even better stories, meanwhile they just come in and write their garbage ONLY so others can agree that Rias "totally" wanted issei to die by Raynare's hands, which is bullshit, but we'll get into that. So the reason this story exists is to remind people that garbage does not have to be the norm. You don't have to be complacent with it. You can try putting effort into stories or maybe even challenge other writers themselves if they're up for it.
"Rias wanted Issei to die theory is bullshit." YES. IT IS. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT. The "Rias Devilish revival plan" is one of the stupidest things I've fuckin seen in this fandom. I don't remember who started it, but I definitely know it started with one story and from then on it was hellfire. All these guys started coming in without thinking about it and wrote stories around that idea without realizing it was bullshit. A couple wrote their stories knowing that it wasn't true, in which case, cool. They made Rias a bit OOC in that case but as long as it was executed well enough and served a purpose to the story it was fine. But I CANNOT stress to you enough, this theory is PREPOSTEROUS. It does not make sense. Rias isn't a retard. She's a smart girl. And she isn't heartless. There's no way she would just let Issei die for her own selfish purposes. To assume so based on the facts is ridiculous. Why would she take such a crazy risk like allowing a rogue Fallen Angel to kill inhabitants in the area of her jurisdiction? Not to mention a potential servant? She would've just asked him if she had the chance. He wouldn't say no. We and Rias all know he would say yes once she explained the benefits. What if Raynare damaged Issei's body beyond recognition? What if she tore him in half? She can't heal that. You can't revive pieces of a person. It doesn't automatically heal your wounds either. She had to heal him, remember that? The summoning page was just an obvious fail safe. She didn't want him to fuckin die. It was too risky of a plan. She got lucky that he was only stabbed. The only reason that was implemented into my story was as a nod to the fact that the theory is stupid. Because the people who believe in that theory expect some sort of payoff from it. Something like Issei swearing revenge or some stupid shit Idk. But I didn't give them that. Because it's stupid. Instead I took that stupid theory and actually placed it into the story in a well written manner by having Issei reach a ridiculous conclusion in his lowest point of trust and highest point of fear and didn't even give them the stupid payoff they expected. Of course it isn't actually true or something I believe in. Just cuz it's in my story doesn't mean I agree with it, in this case it's the opposite.
"You're a hypocrite." No. These arguments stem from the idea that I'm bashing other stories despite this one being subpar. Which, yes obviously. This story isn't great. It isn't supposed to be, that's kinda the point. It's just a competent/above average story written in around approximately 4 hours. If I wanted to make this a story in the first place I would've done it better, but I didn't because it was just a OneShot. I understand that there are a lot of readers that wish the betrayal stories weren't so bad on average so I wanted to mention it and give an example on how you can write a simple average story based off of the concept of betrayal. Because I don't want the average story on betrayal to suck. At least I want them to be just mediocre or competent like this one. And if that's not why some people were calling me a hypocrite then i don't why and will try to find out. This story is basically a message of "it's easy, you can do it too!" except I'm not a Disney channel spokesperson so I sounded like an asshole to some people. Speaking of:
"You're an asshole". Yes, I agree…...….What don't fuckin point the camera towards me, that's it. That's just true. They're right about that. Even if they weren't right, that's their opinion. But it is true so there's that. Also, I curse a lot so that makes it sound way worse.
"It followed the LN." A lot of idiots wanted to use this as part of the hypocrisy argument but the reason anyone mentions it is because they don't actually realize why it follows the LN. I understand the fandom and let me tell you how. In case you don't realize, the main reason betrayal stories exist is precisely because the majority of people who read them are those who were mildly disappointed with the outcome of the original. They thought "that isn't really what I expected or makes sense a lot" and because of that they wanted something different. But they didn't want some crazy over the top nonsensical story about how Issei becomes edgelord #1 for wish fulfillment. That's not what they wanted. They just wanted something that could be considered an alternate outcome to the original story that either makes more sense to them or is better in terms of writing. So, something that they didn't need to suspend their disbelief for and instead could see it actually happening in the LN. That's what they want. Of course many other authors also just wanted to have their wish fulfillment come true, which is fine, but it ended up becoming the norm instead of isolated incidents. And I think that really sucks. I believe the amount of good stories should outnumber the bad ones, that's why I don't have a problem with bad stories existing in general. I just want there to be more good than bad, which I thought for sure would happen when indomitable will came out since it was so great, but that didn't happen. So I'm hoping some better authors will come up and make something good as well.
"You think you can save the community like a hero?" No that's literally impossible. I just want to bring to light subjects that are for some reason held in by people. So many people agree that these stories suck and they don't wanna have to be the one's to say it becuase tgey don't want to be ostracized. But im not gonna cry if people hate me. It's the truth and I'll just talk about it because I don't just wanna lay down and accept garbage.
"The format". This is a legitimate criticism that I could understand someone having. A couple people told me the format of the story was odd at times and that is true. It was intentional. For example, in the moments with Issei slowly declining mentally and emotionally there was sometimes lack of detail in some points or a lot of dots. The lack of detail was intentional because it wasn't entirely necessary from a narrative perspective. If I had described exactly where Issei was going despite the fact that we all damn well knew where he was headed, it would have just ruined the flow of his decline, not to mention it wouldn't make much sense for that current Issei to meticulously describe his environment while he's losing his mind. That's also why there were a lot of dots. Issei wouldn't be thinking very normally when he's in such a state. So basically, I prioritized writing, character, and flow rather than orthodox formatting in that moment. So yeah I understand if this was a criticism. Don't worry though, that was Issei's major breakdown so something like that shouldn't happen again, it was just for that part. Also, the part where Azazel first arrives at the house and there was basically no perspective at all and strictly dialogue? That was meant to emulate the tiny extra BOSS chapters from the LN as well. I've done that before. It was the transition between Issei's POV to 3rd person POV without stating it. More of a stylistic choice since it was a really short part in between those 2 sections.
"This one is the same as the others." This one is just hilariously stupid because it's objectively incorrect. I think it may have been one of the arguments for calling me a hypocrite, in which case it's just the worst argument ever. Even I could make a better argument for me being a hypocrite and I fucking disagree. Let me prove it wrong real quick.
1) Are the ORC cold hearted dickheads with no remorse for their actions and give over the top berating of Issei? Nope.
2) Rias is evil because she "definitely" intended for Ise to die to revive him and that's what was certainly portrayed? Nope.
3)Issei does a complete 180 with no proper development or reason to his sudden personality change? Nope.
4)He joins Khaos Brigade? Nope.
5)The Weak minded Issei from cannon somehow has the mental or emotional stability to make heavy decisions regarding a situation he doesn't understand (like running away or swearing revenge)? Nope.
6) Issei transforms into a Dragon or different species with ease and practically no consequences, abandoning the rules of the DxD universe because I don't know how to do it properly? Nope.
7) Issei goes rogue or stray with absolutely no consequences or hesitation to his actions? Nope.
8)Logic is abandoned by having no real protocol or politics behind the results of Issei's actions despite it being a serious issue? Nope.
9)OOC characters only pressured in for the purpose of furthering the plot of the story in a weak manner? Nope.
10) Issei is/becomes the #1 edgelord? Nope.
11) Vali is somehow Issei's best bro for no explained reason just for the sake of the plot? Nope.
12) He joins Vali's team? Nope.
13) He enters Juggernaut Drive or goes into a rage mode of some sort? Nope.
"Creativity". Some said that I wasn't being very creative by following the LN (I already explained why I followed it) and a lot of those shitty authors are more creative, but let me tell you something: Being RANDOM is not CREATIVITY. Just because an author suddenly decides to make Issei transform through Ddraig instantaneously with no rhyme or reason is NOT creativity. That's just being random. You want to know Creativity? Do you know who Susfi is? Go to his fuckin story: Dragon wings. He shows us how physical transformation has a physiological effect on Issei and what those consequences/effects are. He took a concept and wrote smart logical or interesting working rules/effects around it the right way. THAT'S creativity. When you can take something random and make it interesting and smart. Just taking Issei and changing him physically with no effort is NOT creative. It's the EXACT OPPOSITE. It's the easy, lazy way out. If you think that's alright, fine, but you can't say my stories aren't creative when there are rules set for Sacred Gears that I uphold and then write around those to create something unique that makes sense. That's creativity.
"Not everything has to be well written or complex or stuff like that, this is Fanfic" Yeah that's fine, but don't fuckin cry if people call your stuff shit.
"All of your stories follow the LN". First of all, that's not true, second, you say that like that's a bad thing? Have you ever heard the saying: if it ain't broke don't fix it? The LN is fine enough a plot to follow. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you make creative changes, like in my story Red Dragon Of Golden Light, which I have. Also, many say it as if it doesn't deviate from the LN at all, when my stories deviate quite a bit, but only where it makes sense.
Red Dragon Of Golden Light: LN plotline. Same timeline. The beginning deviates from the LN A LOT. Issei's character is different due to developments to his character. His love interest is different. His new abilities are unique and creative for the most part. Koneko's character is different due to developments to her character. Rias and Akeno are a bit different because of the same reason. Issei's reputation and legacy are different. Many events in cannon go down different due to many different reactions from certain characters. And the extra chapters of lately have been quite different from the LN especially the last one which was completely original.
Red Dragon Of Stupidity: Lotta things different here. Issei is COMPLETELY different (basically the premise of the story). Raynare is different from the developments. Kalawarner and Mitlet are the also different. Rias is a bit different. Donasheek is WAY different and Freed is WAY different. Issei's parents are also different for comedic effect. Then again practically everything aside from the timeline and plot line (kinda) is WAY different since its basically just a parody comedy. Also the events that take place are WAY different with unbelievably different outcomes.
Lone Dragon Emperor: COMPLETELY different. Issei is different, timeline is different, plot line is different, setting is different. Basically everything is different aside from the fact that Issei is human and he has the Boosted Gear. Best example for proving wrong the idea that all of my stories follow LN.
"You're an edgelord". Well, some would say that's debatable. Depends what you think an edgelord is. I disagree because if I was an edgelord then it would translate into my stories very easily. And none of my stories are stupidly edgy. You see there's two types of edgy: 1. Edge with a purpose & 2. Edge for the sake of edge. Number 2 is the one everyone hates. The overused edge that serves no purpose and only exists for maybe shock factor or some shit. The best example to use would be my story Lone Dragon Emperor. That's my darkest story and could be considered edgy, but it's not edge that serves no purpose. The dark moments are attributed to Issei's character, because based on how much a person suffers through certain events, their personalities change and affect their actions. Everything Issei goes through in that story serves his character progression and is not just there to make him suffer like some idiot. Let's take a recent anime as example as well: Magical girl site. The main character of that anime is really hated and there's a scene where they fuckin FILL her shoes with thumbtacks and she can't even put them on. But here's the thing- wouldn't two thumbtacks fucking accomplish the same? Actually, two thumbtacks would probably accomplish more because maybe she wouldn't notice them until she put them on and stabbed herself. But instead there's just a shit ton stuffed into her shoes that she obviously won't put on and get hurt, so the plan doesn't make any sense. It's immediately unsuccessful. The message is still sent across but it could've been sent better and had more impact if the plan succeeded. Instead the writer decided to abandon logic and focus on edge for the sake of edge. Especially considering that the show was already edgy to an absurd extent before that even happened cuz that was like the second episode.
"You have an ego". I can understand how someone could think that. There's a fine line between arrogance and pride I suppose. Some people actually consider it the same thing. I am a prideful person and I do have confidence in my writing, but that's because it's actually good and I can prove it. Not spectacular, I ain't no…..um Edgar Allen Poe? Bad example. And I don't like Shakespeare very much. Ernest Hemingway. That's good I guess. I ain't that. But I'm most definitely not um…..who's a bad writer? Now that I think about I don't really know bad writers because nobody reads bad books on purpose. Uuuuhhhhhhh, I don't know, some shitty youtuber who wrote a stupid book. Pick one. Yeah I'm not that. Update: Just looked up some hilariously bad books and guess what the fuck came up. The Twilight series. I don't know why I didn't fucking think of that. So yes, I'm not that writer. Nowhere close. Most fanfics are infinitely better than that anyway. But the point is I have confidence in my writing because I can back it up. Of course I'm speaking critically y'know like Characters, plots, etc. Here's the the thing, different people view pride and arrogance in different ways. For example, if somebody was talking shit to everybody about how much better they are then everyone of his friends at soccer then that might make him arrogant and irritate quite a few people. But for me, it would all depend on whether he can back it up or not. Cuz if he keeps talking shit about how good he is at soccer and I beat him, then he's just a fuckin idiot. But if he unbelievably kicks my ass after bragging about how good he is, then he's just fuckin right. I wouldn't be mad then, because it's just the truth. He can brag all he fuckin wants about how much better he is than me cuz he's right. Sure, he doesn't have to be a dick about it, but I wouldn't care because it's the truth. It's not the same for some people. Some people just can't handle it if you're a dick about it. Which is why I don't act that way in real life where most interactions matter. This is the internet though, so why would someone care what some random fuck brags about his own writing skills? Especially if it's true (to a reasonable degree)? But hey, again, that's just me. When my mama raised me up until college she taught me 1) "don't be a punk ass who cries about everything, if you're gonna complain then complain about something that's not really a big deal. If it's a big deal change it, don't complain." which I still think is a good lesson as an adult because you shouldn't waste energy ACTUALLY being mad at such petty things. After all, I never took shitty fanfics as seriously as the people who called me out, I was just exaggerating because it's a part of the persona. As if I fuckin think about it at work or before going to sleep. I just think it's something we can fix and I portray that in an over the top way. And 2) "prejudice based off of someone's race, sex, and/or any other factors that don't contribute to the actual person themselves is bullshit". But that's just something she taught me because I used to live in South Carolina with her and there were quite a few of those people around those parts, plus everyone around there was pretty harsh and non-PC looking back at it today (/racist). Depends where you went. Off topic. Point is I can backup my bragging to a certain extent. That's usually why I have no problem doing it, same if you do it, no double standards here. But some people just don't think the same way.
"You succ balls". Understandable, have a nice day.
"Ravel is best girl". Understandable, have a nice day.
"Ravel is trash don't make her main". Them's fighting words.
"Not everything needs to be complex or well written, this is fanfic". Yeah I know, but then don't fuckin cry if people call it shit. Anyone who isn't willing to give you constructive criticism and only flames you? Yeah just ignore those dumb fucks.
"I didn't get the part where Issei saw the weird hallucination". Well I don't want to give a total analysis but I don't want to ignore the confusion for new readers. I'll try answering those questions with some other questions. Why do you think when Issei was listening to the screaming voices of his friends he could best hear you-know-who over all them whenever she spoke? Why do you think his friends all had faces that were covered by some odd haze? Why did Ddraig instruct Issei to look into the jewel of his gear when he was losing his consciousness? Why did Issei hallucinate Akeno and Kiba giving him a certain expression when he "messed up" on something? Why did Issei feel a small "ping" to his pride when he was standing in front of house and his room? Just think about these questions and you may receive a clue or two about what's going on with that. I'll expand on it, but If I have to explain it later that's fine.
"Pairing?" Who fuckin knows dawg. I don't concentrate on setting things like pairings ahead of time, but rather focus on the character interactions based on the events of the story until relationships naturally develop. Ravel has a head start tho that's all I'm saying.
So yeah, in conclusion, story is gonna continue. Schedule will probably be once a month, less than the usual for my other stories, but hey I didn't intend for it to continue. In light of the misunderstanding, just in case, I will apologize to The sous because in no way did I ever intend for my criticism to be interpreted as bashing or hating but it was taken that way by those who assumed I was hating on everything ever. Never pointed him out to trash him because I didn't and never will do something like that (even if I was worried about the whole first chapter issue). Not to a specific person at least. I have answered people publicly in author's notes but those were just reviews that wanted a concern answered but didn't have an account.
And for those of you that write trash stories, Never stop writing. Don't ever let someone bashing on you stop you from writing. I hated on the betrayal genre because those stories sucked but I would never want those stories to disappear or for those authors to stop writing. Even if I did want that, still DON'T stop writing just because of someone's opinion. Telling someone to stop writing doesn't solve anything. I just want people to write better, but if they don't it's not gonna bother me because if I truly want a story for something done right and it doesn't come, I'll just do it myself. So never let someone else's opinion stop you from writing. Because I never said I wanted that and I never will. I will never discourage you from writing, but I will encourage others to write better than you(even if I come off as a prick).
For those of you who got offended by what I said, I find it sad because it's really not that serious. Criticism makes sense so that's fine. But from the great Lord Fupa himself: "Just because something offended you, doesn't make it offensive." I honestly think those who got offended should grow a pair, but that's just my opinion. Could I have done what I did nicer? Yeah, but that's not me. I don't expect people to get offended from things that don't offend me. Some people like holocaust jokes (like me), while some others find it disgusting. That doesn't mean I don't find the holocaust to be the most appalling event in human history. Just means we have different skins and different views.
Let's just all agree that the 3rd season of DxD sucks dick. Speaking of, have you guys watched the latest episode of season 4? I haven't but after Episode 0 I have some hope. I'm also afraid it might suck.
So yeah, this story will get on track after I update Lone Dragon Emperor (and maybe Red Dragon Of Golden Light) in a couple days. Until then.
Stay frosty.