Truth is stranger than fiction (Patreon)

It's a saying often attributed to Mark Twain but it was actually Lord Byron who came up with it first in his epic poetic re-telling of the story of Don Juan.

They're fictionalized to varying degrees, of course, but many of the storylines in the game come from real life and a significant number of the characters are based on people I've known. Some are composites but others are close enough that I'm sure people would recognize themselves. The story about Suzie, for example, was changed very little (her real-life counterpart really was the love of my life).

Anyway, I thought I'd relate something that happened last week that resulted in a slight rethink into the timing of certain events I already have planned in the game - you'll see what I'm talking about soon enough!

So about a week ago one of my neighbours went completely psycho. He'd been on medication after a minor surgery and obviously decided to self-medicate with booze and other drugs and it took me about three hours to calm him down. I hoped he'd be better after sleeping it off.

It was not to be. The next morning he threatened several people and told another neighbour he planned to beat me down, slap me like a girl, f--- me in the ass and then kill me. I told her I'd much prefer it if he killed me before buggering me. I'm of the opinion it's probably better to give than receive.

To be honest, I think the guy is more of a danger to himself than anyone else but we wasted two days filing police reports and getting restraining orders to keep him away from several people that live in the vicinity - apparently we're all against him!