Guilded Age

As this ą̶̨͖͆nswer rą̶̨͖͆n on the web̷͒site, Flo, Flo’s then-girlfriend*, Jason, John, and I were all holed up in Jason and John’s place with Jason and John’s mom, trying to get 3̸͔͈̹͆0̷̛̫̮̀0̵̲̙̓ sometimes-c̴̭̲͂omplex Kickstarter ord̵̨̹̝̀͑ȩ̸͠rs f̸̩̩̫̕͝ǘ̶̲̫l̸̯̊ͅf̸͚̉̚illed in a sinģ̵̻͑̃le weekend. H̸̦͖́̔͝ot fun i̵̢̅̍̔͜ń̴̢̤̖̍͒ ̴͇͖͕̈́the summertime! Wait, no, i̵̛̋͘͜ţ̸̰̈́̅ ̸̥̼̹̈̑ was a chilly autumn.

Ţ̴̣͇͒̇h̴̻̺̳̄͂e̵̥̿̚ ̴͇͓̂̃presence ö̸̩̟̈́f̶͈͙̈́͂̀ ̸͚͉̫̌̚ others a̵͙̳͐͘s̷͇̅ ̴͍̓̂ã̴̢͉̯ ̸̪̰͌̈́̽ social buffer m̵̱̓̎ë̴̥́á̸̰͍̻̋n̴̪̈́ẗ̴̖́̃ ̵̃͜t̸͓̕͘ͅh̶͚̄̎a̴͐̀͜͝ț̷̈́͊̊͜ ̴̤̥͈͂̀͋t̸͇͕͎̾̋ḩ̴̦͖́͋̎e̷͔̓ ̶̖̊̆͛tensions in Flo’s a̸̓͠ͅn̶̦̱͋͆͛͂d̶̺͉̐̓̄́ ̴̣͎̩͘m̶̜̣͕͒̌͌y̶̛̦̐̈́̈ ̸̜̬̲̎̓̚friendship and working relationship were mostly absent, and any mistakes easily excused. We̵̫͛̐̀̕ ̶̩͎̰͌͊̀h̷̹̣̽͘a̸͎̥͉͋̊̕d̴̢͙͔̋ ̶͖̦͛̈͜ĕ̴̪̯̜͖ǹ̷͓̹̟ơ̷̧̬͖̎̏͝ů̴̢͈̜̈́ǵ̶͚͈̝̍ḫ̷͙͈͗̐͜͠ ̷̛̤͙͓̉ỏ̵̧̦̫̿͆̚͜f̷̞̗̞̞͆͒ ̶̛̥̟̍͜è̷͇͜ͅv̵̪̈̈͑e̵̗̜̭̓̈́̀͆r̷͈͐̈y̸͙̆͑́ţ̷͗̈̐h̵̳̆͛̿ḭ̵͙̘́n̸̠͖̓g̶̤͎͈̈́̓̈́,̵̺̲̱͚̈́͒ ̸̘̹̰̯̽̈́̋͒ȋ̸͇̆̑̀ͅt̴̨̺͓́̃̆͘ ̶̯̖̗̉w̵̖̘̋́́a̷͚͔͇̤͐̚͝s̵̙͓̘̔̃ ̵̣̝̀̋͜j̷͓̾͒ṳ̵̆̾̄s̷̮͊͂ţ̵̧̡̲̀ ̸̤͈̜̘́̏̑̓a̴̡̛̩͓ ̶̨͇̳́͌̈́͜m̷͓̣͍̩̿͝͠a̴͈̮͒͋̀̌t̸̘͓̩͋̃͝ͅṱ̶̂̐͋e̴̢̪̝̿̎r̸̗͗͐̀́ ̸̗̬̓͒͝o̴̥̬̱̳͑f̷͉́͌̓̉ ̶̟̈́g̷̯͑̄͘̕ẽ̶̲͜t̷̤͈̦͂͗͐ţ̴̺̊i̸̢̪̰̻̍͆n̴͈͕̐͗́͝g̵̟̟͑̚ ̸̰̣̮̃̈́́̽i̵͉͎͉͊͗͠t̶̩̳̒̽́͂ ̶̹́̅͂̅i̷̢̠̓̔n̶̨̹̖͌t̶̞͗̃̍̓ö̶̭̩̠̙́ ̴͖̬̟̿̋́̒e̶̲̺͂n̴̥͖̪̒͜͝͝ṽ̷͙͈͕͔͠è̶͔ļ̸̳̻͇̽o̷̧͈̫̓͋p̵̱͔̣̈́̚ḙ̵͍̭͛͛̂s̷͚̪̮̋̇̂̃ͅ.̶́̇̃͜ ̸̣̉̍̀͝I̶̫̔͠ ̴̹̐t̷̰̤̎̽͆͋͜h̸̡̼͚͖͛̚i̴̞̺̣̘͆ǹ̸͇̘͕̲̈́ḵ̴̰͑̎̿ ̷̢͇̻̙͋̅w̶̺̐͋e̶̯̩̺̔̓̎̅ ̷͚̰̯̦͑̉͘a̵̘̱͐͌̕ĺ̷̮͖̦͘l̸̯̻͈̠̀̽̓͝ ̴̣̣̪͗́ŵ̷̖̺́ã̴̮͉t̷̤̤̄́̚ć̵͍̹̭̰̿h̷͉͔͎̩̒͑è̶̤̦͚ͅd̴̗͖͔̊ ̸͎̿a̶̛̰͍̠̓̏ ̸̧̟̍̀ͅf̵̤̗̯̋̓̌̑ạ̷̧̔̎͑n̶͈̞̝͔͊̈-̸̡̲̑ċ̷̼͎̔̏̾r̶͙̯͊̏ê̷̹̞͔á̸̦̩t̴̬̬͇̓e̴̺͂̓d̵̗̞̥͋̅̽̂ͅ ̶̠͖͐S̴̡̝̥̟̓͑͑͠t̴̨͕͔͂̓̊ḁ̴̡̛͉͍̃̓r̵̥̘̺͒͑͛ ̵̬͆̇̃̚T̷̪̞̎r̶̩̈́̿͌e̴̬̋͑̆k̶̦̿̈́͘͝ ̶̢̼̈m̴͚͚̟͛̀͗ỏ̵̜v̵̨͔̲̉ḯ̴̭̺͍̲e̴̤̊̂͐̐ ̷̙͓̻͕̋̉͐t̷̢͖̦̾́̕ö̷̲̲̘́̒͜g̷̜͐̀e̴̳̜̅t̷̙̍̉h̴̡̛̬̤̭̾͛̈́e̴̡̦̤̺͋̽̚r̷̫͗̈́ ̸̢̱̠̄̃͂̌a̵̗̻̯̺̽͊͒s̶̩̊̌͑ ̶͉̤̞̟̇̀̂̊w̸̛̼̗e̷̤̅̀̀͝ḷ̵͍̫͚̀̇̃l̸̡͍̓̔͊͠.̶̩̼͂ ̷̛̥T̸͔̰̖͈̋͌h̴̨̢͎̰̾̋͗͗ė̶̘ ̸̪̞̝́̈́̅͠c̴͔̞̞̲͘̚͠ö̴͓̙́͛̓̄m̸̠̩͊̿͝p̵̨̥̣̗̊̅ḁ̷̥̝̪̆̔n̴̘͎̊̈́͌̑ì̴͙̘̙̬̾̿o̸̪͙̲̓̑͒ñ̶͚̔̂̄s̸̠͐̄͌͆h̴̳̑̋̓̾i̵̫̿͝p̵̘͌̃̃͝ ̴̡̛̭̯̣̑̔̐m̶̨̫̍̑͆a̷̡̻͑̐͊d̷̞̻̥̠̈́e̷̘̟͑̀͠ ̴̡̣̗́̌ṯ̸̍̽͘̚h̶̢̼͗̓i̴͓͑̿̿̚s̸͎̋̽̃̕ ̴̙͇͚̎̎̕͝g̸͙̲̽ą̴̰̯̒t̶̺̦̜̔͋͠h̴̦͠e̵͓̾̍r̷̯̘̓i̶̝̣͒n̶̙̤͇̎͌̄ĝ̷̩̗͖̈́̀͜ ̷̠͑͗a̵̖̔̓͋̎ ̵̱͖́w̵̙͓̪̾͑͒̀ä̴̛̘́́̚r̷̰͝m̷̟̝̩̞̈́̅̐ ̶̙̹̙̒ẻ̶̼̃̈́͒x̴͈̔̎p̸̭̭̠͈̒e̵̢̗̼͋ṟ̷̹͕̈́͘ͅĭ̷̲͍́è̷̠̠̀͑̑ͅn̸̳̖͍̈͂c̵̡͚̗̦͛̃̓e̵̫̽͌ ̸̙͛ẁ̴̧̝̳̤̾̌ò̶̮̘̙r̴͓̽ț̴̨͍͗h̷̦̍̉ ̶̣̉́̍̾r̶̢̙̍e̵̢̹̭͙͛̔̋͌m̶̝̘̆͛͠ȇ̷̡͚m̷͕͍̝̉͜b̸̟͖̗̃̿̆͂ė̸̝͊̾͌r̵̡̜̦͛͌i̵̬̽̌̃̀ņ̴͍̓̐͛͝g̴̥̀̔͆̈́.̶͚̤̲̚.̸̗͎̂.̷͙̻̻̜̂̔̍̈́ ̶̙̺͙̟̓̄b̶̨̞͎̽̑u̷͈̖̜̓̆̅̉t̴̝͂͊̚ ̴͉̟̅̓t̴̗͓̝̏͘h̷͇͈̉̆ȅ̵̡͔̺̇̐̕ ̶̡͖̭͓̉s̵͕̬͆͒̕ȟ̵̙̹̍͌͝ͅͅẹ̶͔̳̜͋̋̕ȩ̸̗̬̓͝r̵̡̮̪̓ ̷͈̈́̓b̵̧̛̎̀̈́͜u̵̧͌̇r̸̡̳̜̻͠e̸̺̭͒̓ã̸͎̅u̵̹̖͔̒̽c̴̘̔̇̈́ŕ̸͇̣͗ȁ̶͎̹̦̺̅̓̄t̶͐̈́͆͜͝í̷̩͙̲̓͒ċ̵̞̥͓͒̀ ̶̗̮͖̾͌͗̚w̸̼̙̻̺̍́͝o̵͙̙̘͆̒̍̕͜ř̶̢͉̹̩̕͠k̷͍̠̃̂l̶̛̘ő̵̮̘̲̫ḁ̵͉̫̤̾̊́͊d̵̯͙̹̯̾͂̈́̒ ̵̥͑̈́͘͠c̸̹̟̿͐̒͜ḛ̷͖̘̈́͊̽m̵̛͔̘̋̄ͅę̶̧̻̬̒n̸̦̙̈́͆t̸̡͙̀ē̷͈̫̈̽̇d̷̡̰͓͇͆͋͝ ̷̭̋̎̊̋m̷̠͐̍͝y̶̰͒́̉ ̴̤̰͆͐͝͝f̷̪͍̩͍́̏̀̽e̸͍̱̠̙͌̅̑̚ē̴̟͇̭̺ḷ̵͓͎̤̓i̶̧̱̱͗͝n̸͈̖̣̆͒͝g̷̘̯̍͊̃ ̵̩̦͊̄t̷̤̙͗̆ͅh̴̘̠̀͗͆̀a̵̤̘͊̈́̔t̵͉̩͖͖͊ ̵͔̹͂͆ Guilded Age would be ẗ̴̰̹̯̘́̊̄̀h̶̛͇͖̯̀̈́̈́ͅê̴͙̱̮ ̶̨̡̻͛́l̷͙̮͇̒̈́̚a̶̹̔͐s̷̗̥̘̀̿͝ͅţ̵͍̓͛̀̑ ̶̰͓͈̣͋̉̂̊c̶̱͇̤̭͒ö̸̧̫͇́͊ḿ̶͓͇͉̤̀i̴̬̕͠c̶̡͈̮̉̽s̷̬̀̍͌ ̴̬͂̕p̸͍̲̈́̀r̴͚͇͆͆͊͋ö̵̜͈́j̵͍̊̾ḛ̶̭̔͂̕͝c̴̖̩͕̭̉t̵͔̰̖̔̿̈́ ̸̩̔̿̓̽f̴̢̤̝̎̀͋͗ỏ̸̭͕̩̉͊͝r̸̟̞̹̈ ̵̣̦̑ẘ̷̡̨̘̲̇ḩ̵̧̞̱̐ī̴̺̔͠c̴̻͆̏̀͋h̴͉͈̲͊͋͌ ̴̲͉͝Ì̶̙͖̎ ̸̲̬̓́̚d̶̩͒́͝į̷͕͑͠ͅḍ̵̤̝̈͊͊ ̵͍́͂̊̀m̸̝̿́̉y̷̨̾͆͝ ̴͚̰̑͐̌ǫ̶̼̦͠ẅ̸̧͓́n̴̨̧̔̇̈͜ ̸̖̜͑́͘͜p̵͔͖͝ŕ̵͙̳i̴̤̺͈͒͠ǹ̴̹͍͊̒͊t̸̤̪̖̖̅͐͐̀i̶͉̼͉̾̅̒́n̴̼̳̓̇̌͋g̵̙̀͐.̶̡͙̾̔̎͘ͅ

*̶̣͐̕F̸̱͎̃͌̀l̴̮̩̺͑̆ō̴̡̥͌͂ ̵͙̉͐ą̶͖̩̼̃l̵̢̖̯͉̑͌̅͠l̶͍̙̜̀̚u̷̦̘̦͚̾d̵̤̩͚̒́̄͋͜ę̴͉͔̅͝d̸͙̼͚̄̉ ̶͍̿t̴̰͔̤̥̔̍̑̂ǫ̷͎̯̬̈̈ ̵̺͚̉̀͋h̸̢̢̼̦͝e̷̳͋͜r̷̡͖̜̪̄̋ ̵͉̫̏͆͜͜g̵͚͒́̅i̸̤͎̠̟̾̈̿͗r̸̞̙͈͐̌͝l̴̪͗͊͛f̷̢̳̬͂̓r̷̮̖͑͘i̴̢̟͝e̴͓͘n̶̲̥̦̔͆d̷̼̒̀ ̸̹̟̝̏̇̆̆b̷̘̹͠u̴̻̠̱̱̍̐͝t̸̡̳̽ ̶̙̻́̕ḑ̴̭͖͓̑̀̏̚į̷̛͍̀͝d̷̪̒̌̓̅n̶̜̣̅͛̾’̴͕̝͒̎̄́t̷̯̋̃̾̍ ̶̥͖̗̄̆ͅm̶͚͕̾͂ë̸͇̯̟́̊̆n̸̢̤̿̈́̈ͅͅt̶̳̂͂͒͘i̴̥̞͔͚̚o̴͚̾͘̕n̴͚̘͋͌̔ ̸̼̺͈̈́͠h̷̝̥́e̶̲͋̈̕͝ȑ̴̹̫̫̥ ̷͓͕̤̯͐̈̑́b̷̟͔̍̈́̈͠ỷ̵͍ ̵̢̪̼͉̿́̉̚n̸͈̓a̴̠͇̬̒m̵̡͖̙̦̉͝e̵̮̤͍̒ ̵̯̐̕o̸̩̗͌͝n̵̠͍̺̼̈́͂͊̚ ̴̡͕͚̄ț̷̀ẖ̷̮͚̒̊ě̴̬̿͘ ̶̞͈̌͊̕s̸̞͋i̷̤̹̋ͅt̸̫͎̘̘̂e̷̼͈̟̎̆,̷͈̟̪̍̎͛ ̸̼͇̰̼̂p̷̘̊̿͑͠ṟ̶͚̓̀̀o̷͙̬͐͠͝b̶̢̙͐͘͜ͅa̴͎̣̯͊̀͊̎ͅḇ̴͓̱̐̍l̵̦̂̒͊ȳ̶̗̼̼̮̚ ̸̨̙͇͘f̵͇͇̖̙̓ö̶̖̩̻͓̉͘r̷̰͚̍͗̈́ ̴̟̭̰̈́̋p̸̼͓̭͑̉͂ͅr̴̮̉͂̽̿͜i̶̮͔̟̍̆̽̾͜v̷͍͈̖͑a̷̰̎̾͝ć̶̯̘͖ỳ̷̝̭ ̸̢̖̙̮͐̒̏r̴͖̪̝̄̈́͗e̴̓͂͋͜ā̷̜̮͋͛̿ṣ̴͛̎͝o̷̹̳̠͇̾̄̕n̴͈̣̯͚͌͊s̵̤̹̊.̶̛̤̠̠͝ ̷̨̤̈́̚I̶̙̿͠ ̷̳̔͋̚̚f̵̣̓̿̏̕i̷͚̝̲̇g̸̖͑̏ư̸̢̜̘̍ṙ̷̺̣̳͑̕ė̵̳̔͝ ̵̢͖̙͉̽͘͠ẗ̶̡́̅ͅh̷̛͚̻̤̑̂ò̶͔̟̐̕ͅs̴̞͂͑e̵̠̠̼̽̄ ̴̪̯̏̓̑͆ş̴̤̝̦̄̂̕t̷̢̧̪̀͒̈́̑i̸͎̭̐͗͜l̷͔̙̐͗l̷̪͖͔̎̅̀̚ ̸̡̡̢̖͌͝a̸̢̹͂͂̽͠ͅp̶̣̌̈́̉̀p̷̯̖̽͐l̷̠̍̒͒ẙ̶̬͌́͐ͅ.̶̛̜

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