<< 2024-10-25 >>
all, i regret to announce that we have lost our own AriaelBrighteye a.k.a. tenshin64 on the morning of thursday 2024-10-24; she had made the decision to end her life on her own terms.
many of you may not have known her; but for those who do, you know she was a silly cat, loved by all. she will always be remembered fondly by anyone who'd had the chance to befriend her.
i consider her to be one of my closest friends, having met in vrchat years ago -over a thousand vrchat hours ago- spending time roaming worlds and playing many a flatscreen games. we have enjoyed many good days together: trips, dinners, cons; formed many lasting memories over our friendship: breaking that one glass sculpture at the FWA hotel without telling anyone, getting a brownie lost in bed and proceeded to sleep in it (thankfully not the bed i had to sleep in, sorry taji), watching the entirety of neon genesis evangelion, the end of evangelion, and the four rebuilds, and endless, endless hours hanging out in vrchat; drinking wine, drinking vodka, getting silly like our lives depended on it.
she had always been fantastic to have around, to get involved in goofy shenanigans with, to confide in. many perhaps never get to see the struggle she had to work out, the people in her life she had to put up with, but truly, she had been a very damn resilient cat; a truly cat behaviour. i admire her desire to keep everyone around her happy and cheerful, act in the silliest way, say the funniest things (oftimes things that'll make you go o_O). she'd always cared for her pets as they are her own blood, worry about them sick when she's away from them as they were there for her when everyone else are not available. she always tried to branch out to seek something new - something she'd always wanted to do; shoot arrows with her kyudo friends, be a damn flying cat getting stuck in impossible places in vrchat, dream of sailing the Atlantic with her small ass boat (which i still think that's an insane thought, for the record). she's always loved her friends; and though i may not speak for her, i am certain she thinks of her friends very often, never forgetting anyone she'd become friends with. and in the same way, i shall never forget her presence in my life; the impact she'd left that formed who i am today. she had been one of the first few people who became the reason i hop on vrchat every weekend nights. she had been one of the few reasons why i've known so many fantastic friends. she had been there when i needed a friend. though she is gone forever, memories still remain; and i cherish every single one of them.
safe passage, buddy. i shall see you on the other side, and we'll get on that damn boat to norway.
if you're willing to roam worlds with someone when they needed it, if you're willing to block your schedule to spend some time committing war crimes in DCS with your squadmate, why wait until you no longer have the choice?
rest well, antares - your friend
