It's May 10th, the one year anniversary of the effective "start" of the 2024 Kirby OC Tournament, an event which turned out to be shockingly important to me on a very real level.
(Were it not for that, I would not have finished fleshing out Noir, and through him, figured out what it was that had been poisoning my life for so many years.)
...While I still have much to sort through emotionally when it comes to a lot of my content and how to handle the more sensitive bits going forward, this piece and the unbelievable events that led to it (and followed) shall always hold a special place in my heart ✨