*comes Back 91 Days Later To Nic Having Gone Stir Crazy* (not Really)

*comes back 91 days later to nic having gone stir crazy* (not really)

happy for you! hoping for the best! i believe in you and will try to remember to send u asks while you are away. i’ll miss seeing u on my feed. good luck soldier (literally) 🫶🏼🫡🖖🏼

Mazzy's Log: 41525.12 (Very Important)

Hi all, it's been quite a while since I've made a log, but this time it's very important. I've been debating with myself on when to send this out but I figured now or never because it's never easy talking about this.

At the time I'm writing this, I have been enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for 4 weeks. I have been dedicating myself to writing, creating fan graphics, reading fanfics, and enjoying the friends I have made in fandom as much as possible before my ship date: May 5th. I was entered into the Delayed Entry Program so I could physically and mentally ready myself to become a Marine and make something honorable of myself, hence why I haven't been quite as active "creatively" as I'd like to be -- writing fics, creating album covers, etc.

After I ship, I will have absolutely no contact with the outside world for 13 weeks straight. 91 days. Three months. Except for letters to friends and family. Afterwards will come ten days of boot leave before my orders are given. I don't entirely know what exactly the military will have in store for me, but it's quite likely I will be active even less so than I currently am and it pains me so because you've all been so wonderful. I love the idea of being in the Trek fandom while on active duty and serving as an example of what Trek has done for people and providing some insight to military life since the show is based off of the rank structure of officers in the Navy.

For the time being, I will do my best to get out a fic or two before I ship off. And hell, it'd be funny if I was doing a chaptered fic and came out with a new chapter after three months with an author's note going "hey, sorry, I was at Marine bootcamp anyway here's Kirk and Spock making out".

While I'm gone after May 5th, please feel free to send fun stuff in my ask box so I can have something to look forward to when I come home and open my laptop. Just to like, keep the blog alive or something. It's a weird sentimental thing with me, haha. It can be anything: fics, fanart, Star Trek news, memes, even non-Star Trek stuff, just have fun with it. Obviously, no sending hate or criticism for my decision to join the military, I've heard it all already.

I love you all. LLAP.

With vermillion love, MAZARINE A.S.C.