...yes, I know I probably should have gone for a 5% increase on the Ko-Fi goal percentage. But the last go-round established that there's a chance to get 3%, and I was reluctant to push past that. Maybe if we do this again in July. Morbius has been suggested for the next session, and I'm sure people have a few other possibilities in mind. Always feel free to ask a group of sadists for a list of things which will induce pain.

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...so apparently I'm trying to reach Ponicon by sliding into Tokyo on a trail of my own blood.

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In the present... cabin fever. With the Ponicon drive ongoing, I can't really do much of anything for what may be a full year. Going anywhere is out of the question, because I may need to save every penny I can find -- literally -- to close any potential remaining Tokyo gap. If that theoretical gap is at a percentage I can try to cover.

Lots of ifs.

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Although to be fully honest about it, what they need just as much would be an expert on Texas tenant law.

I'm going to link Muggonny's original blog on this, and I'll bring in the GoFundMe link at the end. But right now, I want to quote the text.

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...so this blog may get a few views...

There's some things I need to say before we begin.

First: I'm not going to be using names. The central party in this story has been banned, and I could freely trot out their site identity without having to worry about breaking any rules about attacking other FIMFic members. They are, to the best of anyone's current knowledge, gone. But there's still someone here: their intended victim -- and that could have been so much worse.

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It's probably easiest if I just link you directly into their blog.

I may have started a trend.

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...I never start trends.

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...I mean, never. It just doesn't happen.

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...RUN.

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...so in near-instant retrospect, I shouldn't have tried for a 3% increase on the Ko-Fi goal percentage. It should have been at least 7%. Or, to really get it over with, 73%. Which, plus the extant 27%, would have reached goal, and then I could have posted Extra Time as a subgoal for the rest of the year and started making trip plans --

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...sort of.

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Not quite this desperate.

(But give it a week.)

The Ponicon/Tokyo Ko-Fi drive is at 26% of goal. And will be less harmful to my sanity than trying to figure out how to get that handle under a bridge.

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It's that time again. The regulars know how this works. The new arrivals may need a quick course.

(Yes, much of this is a straight paste from the last time. Maybe I can't format or code to save my life, but I can occasionally paste without breaking a file.)

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