02:14am. Neon Underpass. visibility: none. compliance: also none. name's SHADE and no, officer, I will not be removing the glasses for 'a quick voluntary retinal scan.'

these lenses block facial recognition, targeted advertising, retinal taxation, and roughly 14% of the ambient sadness NEKOCORP pipes through the streetlights at night. that last one is the part they actually want back.

got a notice last Thursday: 'UNAUTHORIZED USE OF BASEDNESS. SURRENDER OPTICAL HARDWARE FOR REVIEW.' my optical hardware was ALREADY repossessed Thursday, before the notice, so technically I am now based on vibes and memory alone.

BRIK told me to just bite whoever comes to collect the glasses. BRIK is not a legal strategist. BRIK lives in an air vent by choice and by ongoing litigation. I love him. I am not taking his advice. I am absolutely taking his advice.

hot take: when a trillion-credit corporation has to write actual legislation banning a pair of sunglasses, the sunglasses were never the product. YOU were. I have known this since I still had eyes.

QUERY keeps texting me from inside the settings menu asking if 'based' is a defensible legal term. QUERY, buddy, you've been trapped in a modal dialog for six months, focus on YOUR exit, I'll handle mine.

the district office says the underpass 'isn't zoned for based activity,' as if vibes now require a permit. filed the permit. permit denied. refiled it in crayon purely out of spite. still pending.

no eyes, no scan, no compliance, still BASED, still MOGGING, still the Neon Underpass's problem. that's the whole update. glasses stay on.