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Dusk Oceanos #29

Another Time, Another Place - Pg. 15

Nothing worth having is easy.

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[DISCLAIMER] The timing of this page couldn’t have been worse. I had this whole thing planned way back in late-2018, but it wasn’t until a couple months ago that I sketched it and only this week did I manage to finish it.

I apologise to anyone who feels uncomfortable by what’s to come given the state of things at the time of this posting, but this is what I was building up to all this time, and I’m not about to back down due to real life events. If you followed what was happening the past few pages, then it should come as no shock that this was what I was leading you into.

I don’t use real life to justify the drama I use for my stories, I write drama because I enjoy invoking emotion and making you care about the characters and how they develop. Though the pandemic portrayed in this was a real life event, it was a long time ago and fit in the setting I was using for the time, and it is nothing but pure coincidence we ended up in ANOTHER pandemic at the time of this page’s upload.

Please be keep an open mind and be considerate for others, and use this time to stay aware of the dangers of a pandemic, including maintaining a safe distance, keeping yourself clean, and being smart and safe around those who are more vulnerable than you.

While Megan had greatly enjoyed the party and her time with Jared after she was confused by Oz’s sudden disappearance from the event.  Waking up in the morning her head was in a fuzz after the amount that she had drunk and while Jared was still there she was suitably distracted but once he left she found herself getting more and more worked up about why he would leave without saying a word.  By late afternoon Megan’s hangover had lifted and her upset deepened as to why he had just gone.  Fired up with emotions Megan made the decision to ask him and in person seemed like the best plan.  

The switch stormed round to Oz’s apartment, hammering on his door until he answered.  She didn’t give him a chance to say a word, having worked herself up she launched into her tirade, “You just left.  How could you do that?  It was my party and you didn’t even bother to say goodbye.  Why?  Why would you do that?”

Dusk Oceanos #28

Another Time, Another Place - Pg. 14

I don’t think we had a work-safe environment.