The game gives me a little reprieve from chasing down demon-women by instead filling the room with lightning from these mages. It’s not hard to slay them. But it is a little annoying to face them AND the Soul Burners at the same time.

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Not everyone will understand why people are drawn to you. Some will assume it’s your personality. Others will think it’s your talent, your influence, your confidence, or your charisma. But sometimes it has nothing to do with any of those things.

Sometimes it’s because you are a door.

A door is more than a piece of wood on hinges. A door is access. It is an invitation. It is the space between where you are and where you could be. A door represents possibility. It leads somewhere.

There are people whose very presence opens something in you. They don’t just give information; they unlock revelation. They don’t simply encourage you; they awaken something that was already waiting inside you. They don’t create your destiny, but they give you access to see it differently.

Some people are doors.

I am a door.

I create access to expansion. I invite people into a larger way of thinking, a deeper way of loving, and a freer way of living. What lies behind me isn’t about me; it’s about what becomes possible when someone has the courage to walk through.

Some will hesitate. Some will turn back. Some will remain where they are because stagnation feels safer than growth.

But others will step through.

And when they do, they’ll discover what every door has been promising all along:

Expansion.

Too often we long for open doors while refusing to leave the room we’ve outgrown. We ask for new opportunities but cling to old identities. We want another dimension without taking the step that gets us there.

The door isn’t the miracle.

Walking through it is.

Maybe you’ve spent your life wondering why people seem to gravitate toward you. Maybe you’ve questioned why strangers tell you their stories or why your words seem to awaken something in others.

Perhaps it’s because you carry access.

Not access to yourself, but access to another way of seeing, another way of living, another dimension of possibility.

I am a door.

There is something behind me.

There is something I open that no one else can open quite the way I can. I carry a unique invitation into healing, freedom, wisdom, and possibility.

The question isn’t whether the door exists.

The question is whether you’ll have the courage to walk through it; or whether you’ll close it and remain exactly where you’ve always been.

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What’s gonna follow from here are floor after floor of scantily clad demon-women that love to run away like they’re coyly frolicking in a field with a loved one. Except I don’t love them. I hate them quite a bit. Also maybe a little sidetrack with another quest I’ve yet to do.

#diablo #hellfire #retro

We have a release date!

Hello everyone, and thank you all for your patience over the many, many months we've been wrangling things behind the scenes. We're happy to say we have an absolute, 100% set in stone release date for EXPANSION, our double album covering the Expansion Era of Blaseball.

EXPANSION will release on November 6th, 2026.

If you've already ordered the album, you'll be able to download from Bandcamp on the day of. We'll be organizing a listen party closer to to celebrate the release and have one last good old garages hang.

Our inbox is open for any questions, comments, concerns and such! If there's something about your specific order you want to discuss, shoot us a message, and we'll figure out the best way to sort things.

Thanks again to everyone for your patience. We're so excited to finally open up the vault.

Cause of course there are more Liches that run away. At least I have a better idea of what I’m doing down here. That first journal probably should have said something about the torn pages, but we get there! Eventually!

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