I was still quite upbeat considering most of my magnum opus was suddenly gone: animations, art, anything extra was nothingness. The written version was online but now undetailed, and rendered broken without everything ……I was upset but always assuming I could pull information off of it later when I had time to look it up; the motherboard was still intact so it was possible, right? 

But that year's holiday season had a ominous warning: Chet and another executive came into the floor I worked on. "Okay,okay, listen." One said very loudly, the artists all stopped and looked at them: this was very unusual.. "Apparently there's a virus going around, so you guys don't share your junk, and clean up after yourselves." Chet says. "Basically don't be gross, or we'll kick ya on the streets!" the other laughs some. Chet laughed too, causing nervous and actual laughter to spread: but it stopped as he finished "Seriously though, there's a virus, just be careful and crap…" he warned once more and they left… that was it…

For the rest of that year; I was quickly finishing up chapters so I'd have free time during Christmas. And on the holiday: Christmas Eve and the Day, I was able to relax and do personal projects as I already had uploads going. The comic story as well as promotional holiday stuff was being read, so I had time to write, draw more and watch anime. I had many ideas and despite work keeping me from exploring these, I had time to now.. The future looked fun, I was making it be that way! Though the next year quickly tainted everything and ripped it apart………………….