Skyblade
makes posts you should read while listening to the Jurassic Park theme

Yay

So I actually had motivation and inspiration hit me like a brick yesterday and suddenly I am breezing through my novel. Should have this draft ready by the end of the year if this keeps up! Can I still count on you to be a beta reader for this?

You doing all right man? Saw you mention you were depressed lately in a thread. Depression is a bitch. If you ever want to talk I'm here dude.

Hmm. Sounds tough. Don't really know what I can say to this other than I've had some intense stress in the past and from hindsight, I always looked back on it thinking "wow, here I am and I really didn't have to worry".

Keep your goal in mind. Have faith in the future and remember that all crises are temporary. Sooner or later things will turn up.

And, you know, as a religious person, you know who to turn to in times of real trouble I recommend the Pompeii Rosary Novenna. I've done it several times in the worst possible times for myself and each time it's helped tremendously.

Yup. What happened?

Since my brother was just in the States, I actually managed to get my PSN account topped up so I could buy Eternal Punishment on the PSN. It's the PS1 version, but I heard it's still very much playable. Currently replaying Innocent Sin and am more than halfway through and I can't wait to finally get my hands on EP!

Btw, Sky, sorry if I've asked you this but have you played Persona 2? I know you're familiar with the lore, but I'm not sure if you ever told me that you played it.

I'd scan the game script for you if I had the time, but I don't. But the last time I started replaying it, it was pretty much stated outright that this world has been created based on Mewt's fantasy. And the fact that we see people turn into the Ivalice denizens is really enough to suggest that's what happened, even if we don't see them turn back at the end. Since we saw them turn at the start, the bit at the end would be redundant.

Because Ivalice was just a big lotus eater machine. It really wasn't real, this is outright stated right from the getgo. It's not real and it never will be real.