20-20, more like 40-40

Hindsight.
Not the first time I've discussed this, not the last.

The Black SUV that went over Golden Gate. I had no idea you were in there Jensen.

Those 'wild' nights when we decided to order from that 'new' 'Authentic' 'Indian'/'Mexican' 'restaurant'.
How did their flyer keep ending up in the desk? HOW?!?

Track 6, album in progress.
If dubstep could eat Finnish Death Metal, it's excrement would sound better. Can't play any instrument and my voice sounds like a woodchuck in a cement mixer.
Contemplating seeking 'booking'. Perhaps a local pub?

Completed the 57th Annual Henchmen Acquisition Conference.
Bunch of creepy white guys with money, pawing at the 'fresh meat'.
It's gotten even weirder since Pulosi left. We had a booth this year, but I doubt anyone will invest in Los Sauces.. 'We export accidents!' Seriously, Orlando? That was the best you could come up with?

I put 'Walking In Shadows' together in a hardcopy format, gathered all the posts, strange pictures, and omitted videos, for obvious reasons (note: Videos are integrated eventually, remember E#384216. Responsible for completion).
It was pleasing, perusing maniacal pages of chaotic wonderment.

I completed three manuscripts, a fictional story of vampires, magic, and missile silos in Mexico (a seedy cloak-and-dagger affair to astound and terrify you!)
 .. The Highly Detailed Adventures of Bob, the goblin (it's been 10 long years, apologies to Mark. you will be missed); a graphic graphic novel
 ..and a boring who-dunnit where I describe certain persona's, their habits, the discernible pattern in their habits (day-to-day, month to year, in easy calendar entries! if you use the accompanying download link you can use our FREE* App that works with ANY** phone!)

I've started shopping publishers. The difficulty is, the work is subpar.
I breezed over details with Bob, he's a second string flunky of nearly every villain this side of Faerun, and I'm leaving a lot to the artist's interpretation. There is also the issue of the prolific use of profanity. Not many publishers are willing to waste in on an F-bomb every panel.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" - Why can't we do this? Who says we do this? Is this what we do?

shut. the. fuck. up.

Crying?
You want the mask, the META?
Or you want the id, the MEAT?

Pics or it didn't happen.
Video or it didn't happen.
It happened or it didn't happen.
You keep saying that, but I don't think it means what you think it means.

I could share this.. with the breadth of the internet.. and billions can see, comment, praise. Or I could not, no one would know.
Either of which, the end remains the same:
it doesn't mean they care.

Now go back.

That's all I wanted.

For you people.

You HUMANS.

To care.

Full circle, full circle.

*The application program itself is indeed free! The setup and installation fee are waived after the first 90 days of service, given that the account stay in goodstanding and payments timely, the account never received a late notice, the account never received a disconnect notice, the account never received a you-should-be-texting-while-changing-lanes-on-the-freeway, and the owner of the account has a Bachelor's Degree in Mithril Sciences.

**Any. Meaning NOT YOURS.

Grifting

Greetings.
Lets discuss grifting.

Shamelessly yoinked from Wiki:

"A confidence trick is also known as a confidence game, con, scam, grift, hustle, bunko, swindle, flim flam, gaffle or bamboozle. The victim is known as the mark. The trickster is also called a confidence man or woman, con man, con artist or grifter. Any accomplices are known as plants."


"A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. A confidence artist is a trickster who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as greed, both dishonesty and honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility, naïveté, and the thought of trying to get something of value for nothing or for something far less valuable. Con artists have victimized individuals from all walks of life."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick

Interesting.

Now, before I become ruthlessly labeled as a con-man (epic lulz), I present this for clarification.
There has been talks (mostly smoke-filled back-room discussions) about grifting in all it's glorious and snidely repercussions.  Grifting, is an art-form, crude and tasteless as it can be, that one can polish into a fine sheen (for domed, masked, and tiger-blood variety).  It has been used in a lesser (higher?) form in many things; notably professional wrestling (re: wrasslin').  Where the mark (ie. YOU) are treated to a mind game and subjected to all manner of debauchery.
For your entertainment?
Sure.
For your dollar?
Exactly.

Now that that's out of the way, let's see how it applies to me.
I don't presume to speak for any villain, nor would I want to.
No.
But, let's see if what transpires in the next few paragraphs seems familiar to you, dear reader.
It all surrounds one fact:

Agent Wraith can be anyone.

This is absolutely true.  In fact, I surmise, that only one person can say that they are NOT Agent Wraith.  And that is you, dear reader.  Only you.  A room full of people could only speculate that they are not ALL Agent Wraith.  One is all that can say this.  There are many hidden faces in this and other communities.  Why, without proof that Agent Wraith is indeed Agent Wraith, one could never determine who he (or she) actually is.  Maybe (and it's a stretch) if the room full of people were listening to Agent Wraith, live, both on Ustream and Blogtalk.
Even then, only One can claim that they are NOT Agent Wraith.
Confused?  Nah.  Not you, dear reader.  Not you.
The individual, that is the One (no, not Neo), is the final arbiter of identity.
One could say they are NOT Agent Wraith.
But one could not guarantee that who they are talking with is not.
Only oneself.

Oh sure, I've claimed and denied this.  Multiple times.
It's called deception.
A lie within a lie (you'll have to go deeper).
Why?  Not the lulz, NOT THE LULZ, NOT THE LULZ!

Some time ago, in a dark secret corner of teh internetz, a formidable tyrannical creature proposed enhancing legacies.  I'm not doing that.  I mean, I will, but that's not what I'm up to now.
I am dissecting my own approach.

Okay, I admit it.  My legendary impersonations are not all that legendary.  Neither is who I am impersonating (Baron Terror excepted, OF COURSE!).  All these people, humans, villains and heroes (never again will I put heroes before villains) alike say:
"You don't want to mess with me!"  or
"I have your personal information, so behave!"  or
"I know where you live, I'll tell!"  or
"I'm going to get you!"  or
"Betray my trust and face my wrath!"  or
"Fear what I am capable of!"

Heh. To any who would threaten me like this, does not know me.
Or villainy.
Diminish your station.
Reveal yourself to be a troll, a snitch, a plebe.
Grifting could indeed lower station as well.
Bringing you into my confidence is not grifting.
Bringing me into yours is not grifting.

I've been trustworthy, haven't I?
I've been cordial, haven't I?
I've been almost.. nice.
Haven't I?
Am I not an agent of fear?
Am I not an agent of doubt?
Am I not an agent of chaos?

Do you really feel secure?

Now, rewind, reread and then proceed.








A little further.








Ask yourself this question:
Can you trust me?