#3? (I want #1 to be true, I need to hear that story)
Actually, #2 is the lie. I'm not trying to be tough, but I am a fan of spooky-looking things(not gory though). I made my avatar for Squidboards and named my squid "Deathwish" because of my friendly-trolling play-style. I play in a way that looks like my squid's begging to be splatted, yet it's not always easy. I may be feared by some in game, but I probably annoy more players than scare them. I have a competitive sense of humor, so I taunt when I should have been splatted;which sometimes causes entire teams to come after me specifically as if they had a deathwish on the trolling little squid. It makes me laugh when I see 4 squids jumping around and taunting me after I've finally been splatted. Sometimes, I'm the one chasing after a specific squid to avenge the splat of a teammate, and I usually succeed, even if I go down with them. XD Met some fun squids online by becoming "mortal enemies" then "close allies" that way.
Anyways, here's the story behind #1: In high school, I found that I have a special talent for making wire art while messing around with a spool of wire. I began making more sculptures and became well-known for it; even commissioned to sculpt special requests. My nickname became "Keena Ironweaver" after making a dragon out of iron wire to sit rest on my shoulder. When I was asked how I could make such things without having learned from anywhere, I didn't know how to respond, because it just came to me naturally, so someone made a joke and said, "Well, that's just how she's wired." The pun stuck and I was really passionate about making the requests as accurate as possible. However, also at the time, I had a heart murmur. Between the top 2 chambers of the heart, everyone is born with a hole and a flap of flesh that grows and eventually covers that hole. It's meant for blood to pass easier as an infant, but mine never closed. I didn't even know I had that issue until a school nurse pointed out that my heart skipped beats occasionally. To me, it was normal to always have cold hands and feet, and to always feel my heart beating in my chest. My mom was concerned about dark circles forming under my eyes, which she thought was a result of me staying up and playing games all night, which I wasn't. Eventually, we got the full diagnosis with an ultrasound, which was tricky to see because I have a long rib cage, and the doctors told me that my heart would stretch out over time and become weaker due to the blood passing through the hole; in other words, shortening my life span. I was too scared to go with open-heart surgery, so they proposed a procedure in which they'd patch it with a metal mesh, which would be deployed through a tube, which they'd stick through an artery in my leg all the way up to my heart. The thought of it scared me to tears, but over time, I'd get woken up by my heart pounding in my chest in an irregular way. It was getting worse, but after seeing all those TV commercials of failed medical procedures, I thought the "cure" might actually shorten my life even more. An online friend named Destiny talked to me one right when I couldn't sleep, and she told me about her experiences at the hospital over different things. It's true that my condition was minor and rather common, but I'm a coward when it comes to medical things. She told me that someone close to her said, "Just relax, pretend you're someplace else, and let the doctors fix you." If it weren't for Destiny, I may not have gone through with it. Not only was she a great friend, she commissioned a wire angel from me about a year prior, and it was meant for someone she loved.(Still does, and they're happy together.) When I went for another ultrasound, they told me that they can't see my heart too clearly because of my body type, but they got a clearer view and the hole wasn't as big as they'd thought. They had 2 types of patches. One was the metal mesh and the other was a soft, fabric-like material stretched over a ring of titanium wire. During the procedure, they tried the metal mesh first, but it didn't fit right, so they gave the the smaller version and the procedure was a success. When I told Destiny about it, she told me that now people can literally call me "Wire-heart" while I work on the wire sculptures I'm so passionate about. Here is Destiny's angel:
As far as squid parties go, I prefer to play the game the way it's meant to be played, but if everyone just wants to fool around during a regular turf war or private battle, sure, I'll join in for a while. ^^ (Sorry if the reply is overly-wordy, but that's me in a nutshell.)
