Sora96's Lust for Power
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Chapter X_X - It's Dead Jim
RoxSox set his head on the desk. He had been trying to write the first chapter of Act II for several hours, but every keystroke ended with the backspace. He was making no progress, and his attempts to find inspiration from the site the story was based off and from the audience who claimed to love it had failed. "I guess this is it, then." he said to himself as he closed the text document. "There's nowhere to go from here.". Too much of the story he was trying to tell was tainted now. He couldn't make that joke because that would make someone mad, he couldn't include this character because that user isn't here anymore, the user this character is based on doesn't really act that way anymore, there's no joke I can make about it now, this characters NAME isn't even accurate anymore! "How can I go around calling him SorasCock69 when his name is just Cock now?" The story wasn't relevant anymore, it had gone on for too long.
"Maybe it's my fault for making it go on so long" he asked himself. "Maybe I should have finished this about 5 chapters ago?". RoxSox cursed his lack of foresight. It would be so easy to blame his writing, or his life for getting in the way, or the userbase for not helping him when he asked for inspiration or ideas to go off of, but really all there was to blame was the site the story was based on. Nothing was the same anymore... nobody was the same anymore. Things had moved on, the times had changed, and now it was too late.
RoxSox stood up from the computer, and walked into the living room. Snow sat on the couch, watching reruns of Arrested Development on the television. "Snow we need to talk." said RoxSox as he sat on the seat opposite Snow. "It's about Lust for Power.."
Snow paused the show, put his hands together, and said "I'm listening" while looking Rox in the eye.
"I think it's over. I've tried really hard to get another chapter written, given it a lot of thought... but I just don't think there's anything I can do for it anymore. I know you started it, and you trusted me with finishing it... but I just can't see it happening anymore."
That's when Rox realized something else... he couldn't even write this dialogue between Snow and his character because he has no idea what Snow would actually say in this situation. He never really knew what ANYONE would say in ANY situation when he really thought about it. The entire story was based on putting words in peoples mouths, and Rox no longer had any grasp of what they'd say.
"So I guess... that's really the final nail in the coffin" said RoxSox, convinced that he was making the right decision. "No point in talking in 3rd person anymore, I don't suppose." and so I stopped.
I'm sorry to do this you, fans, if there are even any of you left. I honestly don't know who's on this site and who isn't anymore, much less whether any one who cares will ever read this. I'm a very different person than who I was when I started writing this, just like Snow was a different person than he had been when he gave the story to me.
I think I expressed my reasons up there pretty well, or at least I hope so. If you do need it clarified for you, well, I'll try putting it in simpler terms:
KH13 is a different place. I have not been an active user, and I don't plan on being one again anytime soon. The KH13 this story was based on is no longer what it is. There's hardly any crossover anymore in the people who use the site primarily and the characters in the story. If I were to write this, and it still be relevant, I'd have to change so much that the story I was trying to tell would be completely lost. I tried a couple times in this thread to reach out to you guys, asking for help with inspiration and to learn who's who anymore, and I never got much of a response. Taking that into account, I don't think there's anything left I can do.
For those of you who are reading this who were really looking forward to the next chapter, I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry.
I considered maybe just giving this story to some new writer, someone who knows more than I who can take the outline of what I had in mind and put it to words, but I think one change of writer is enough for any story.
If anyone has any questions about how the story might have ended or where I planned for it to go... I think I'll keep that to myself. I don't like the idea of ending everything on a cliffhanger, but I also don't think just telling you what would have happened is any better. Plus, you never really know what could happen. Maybe there will be a Lust 4 Power HD ReMIX 2.5, who knows. But right now... it's all over.
The End