Two years. Yep. As of the beginning of this month, I have been playing TEF and generally causing a ruckus and annoying every being I've come across for 2 whole years. Aren't you thrilled |D I actually have been playing and familiar with this waaaaaaay longer, but when I first got TEF I couldn't get it to work properly and never truly registered and just sorta used it as a glorified screensaver until my comp's first ever virus attack, where I then proceeded to forget to re-install it. WHOOPS.

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I know the counter on my account only says 1 year 46 weeks, but when I first joined that past April I just sorta ran around as a fawn for awhile and spent a week or two as an adult before I realized that there was a community site or even a forum :B I actually remember that time as a fawn running around aimlessly as one of the best times playing here that I've ever had. There was no purpose to what I was doing, I wasn't connected to anybody, I was just a random fawn that liked to dance with people and follow random stags. I still remember one day where I was stuck to this one deer, I have no idea who the were, They had the real deer mask, kabuki pelt, and I forget what antlers, but I was stuck to them like glue for hours XD I think one of my actual first times in the forest was the night you guys had that memorial service for Run, it was night, there were candles, and you all were gathered at the graveyard underneath that star. I had no idea what was going on, but I knew something was up, so I sat with everyone for a bit.

I remember first getting Atiq's set, again, no idea who gave it to me, they had the full orca set. I had no idea what I wanted, I just let them cast spells on me until I saw stuff I wanted. Atiq's set was chosen at complete random haha.

I've grown since then as well. As an artist, and a person. I had a complete breakdown last spring, like I tore down most of what I was and just existed for a bit, I didn't do much, I had no goal or purpose. Did a little soul-searching that summer and traveled all up and down the East Coast, and here I stand, ready to take on whatever I need to.

I can't say if I'll be here another 2 years. A lot of people have said it, and it's getting tiresome, this place has changed. I'll always regard my first summer here as the best for Atiq. There was some drama, but he built strong friendships, maybe even something of a romantic one for a time, and my life was simpler then too. Right now...this place feh, I can't really explain it. it's like coming back from summer break only to find out that most of your classmates transferred out and only a handful are left, and it sucks because some of the ones that left you were really close to. And then the rest of the class is all full of newcomers who've formed their own bonds and rules and basically flipped the whole status quo you were used to on it's head. These people don't know who you are even though you were there for the longest time, they don't know your name, it's all rather disorientating to be somewhere supposedly so familiar yet seems so alien. You have to remember, I left for a good 7 months, I was absent for a lot of things.

But something keeps bringing me back, keeps me here to lurk around and observe this place grow and change, so who knows what I'll do. Heaven knows I'll still probably throw my art out at you guys whenever I feel like it. I have no shame when it comes to plugging my art, i take whatever opportunity I can XD

LONG STORY SHORT: ATIQ IS 2 YEARS OLD YAAAAYYYY!!! *throws confetti* Soon I'll probably get to maybe making a pic for it one of these days sometime in the near future. I am fully aware of how that provided no adequate timeframe whatsoever.

Picture montage time yes? YES. (Pictures are clickable and will take you to original post/photobucket) These are in chronological order, took me an hour and a half to gather together, and not all of them are mine.