Gerald Cooperberg's LiveJounal [The Legend Begins]
Mark Thyrring

8/2/02
This is the first entry in my new LiveJournal. It is here that I will find my oft searched for sanctuary from the prying and judging eyes of the Non-Non-Player Characters I face every day. It is here that I, like the apprentice scribe of a Level 9 Sorcerer, shall take down my thoughts and feelings. I fear no reprisal, for on the Internet I am a king among men!

-Azrilith

8/5/02
Julia Marie Brookes.
Just typing the name seems to give me +1 heart rate. I've written a letter for her, but of course I will never deliver it. Only you, my cyberspace sfriends, shall read it.

Dearest Julia,
     From the moment we met, I wanted to cast a SPELL OF ENCHANTMENT on you. Alas, it seemed that my EXP was too low, and I did not have the MP required to cast said spell. Maybe you also carried some sort of defensive item as well, such as a STONE OF WARDING. I remember the encounter clearly. You were traveling in a party with the adventurous rogue SAM, and the happy-go-lucky sprite MELANIE. You dropped a BOOK, and we both bent down to retrieve it at the same time. I asked "DO YOU WISH TO PICK UP ITEM "BOOK" (Y/N)?"
     But before you could indicate your choice, SAM swooped in with his fancy Level 5 DEX and grabbed the BOOK for you. You continued on without initiating a conversation with me, but I felt that we had really connected for a moment. What I mean to say, Julia, is that all I really want is for us to go somewhere together and maybe play some Final Fantasy.

     Sincerely yours,
     Gerald "Azrilith" Cooperberg

-Azrilith

8/6/02
My life is over. Today at school:

Me: Hi, JULIA. Would you like to come over to my house sometime and play some NEVERWINTER NIGHTS?
Julia: Neverwinter Nights? What's that?
Me: Uh, maybe PHANTASY STAR II, instead?
Julia: ...
Me: ...
Julia: I have to go now.
Me: ...

Noooooooooooooooo! What have I done???

-Azrilith