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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I am a low talker and enjoy quiet, dark, rainy days. My friend commented that I am thus "more of a shade plant."

My brother (Everichon) introduced me to the internet in 1994 when I was 9. He loaded up an early-ish version of AOL and explained, "You can talk to people with the computer." I said, "Who would want to do that?".