Ever since my brother went and joined the Marines 2 years ago, I hardly ever get to make contact with him because he’s so busy and in feburary, he is entering the deadly fray known as the Iraq War.

I grew up with this guy. He’s my blood, my best friend. My only real friend in RL. I’ve known him since the very begining, and after he left, I grew extremely lonely and supportless. No one likes being an only child, wandering around aimlessly at home. I miss all the things we did before he left. I cry almost everyday now and my disorder gets worse.

So I urged my brother to download Maple so we can play and talk and have fun.
My brother played Maple since the very start when Maple was still in it’s Beta days and he was known by many as a strong I/L Wizard. He created another I/L to relive those times.
Buuuut, he hadn’t played Maple in so long that he forgot a lot, so little sister had to come to the rescue.

Since he needed help being shown the ropes again, I created the counterpart of a Mage. A Warrior. To be exact, a Page in the making; SirDizzleDaz. And as we traveled the vast open and nearly empty places of Kradia (and lagless), we sunk back into those days where we joked and teased and made fun of. All those times he made me laugh and I smiled and he laughed too was such a wonderful burst of positive energy. The memories came rushing back, and it was good to reminisce and be happy despite reality tearing us apart, him being on one side of the world and I another.
I helped him level his mage for a total of 20 hours of nonstop playing. It was 3 in the morning before we decided to head off.

I just wanted to come out of hiding for a bit to say this and I know a lot of ya’ll are prolly going: “MMO RELATED PLZ!” but I just had to. Forgive me?
I’ll prolly spend more time in Kradia for the sake of my brother and spending time with him. I never know if it’ll be the last moment I ever have with him again. I’ll call it my Momentary Moment Of Moments. Well, maybe more than momentary but it sounds cooler.

When I heard Nii-San was going to Iraq, I cried. I cried and I cried some more. But I knew that no amount of crying is going to make him magically appear infront of me. I did think about what I’d do if he really did die and I still can’t figure it out. But I have come to a conclusion. I’ll do everything in my power to spend the most time with him and let him know that Nee-Chan loves him so in his final breaths (if they ever do come early), he’d know that I gave him the best of my life, and he gave me his.

Agian, I apologize for it mostly being about something other than Maple. I hope everyone has a great morning/day/night.

I’ll slip back into hiding and leave you guys alone now.

EDIT: I also wanted to say thanks to Jon for giving me a Red Whip. Thank you so much buddy. ilu <3 o:

~Happy Mapling from 13lue to you.