I've had a story knocking around in my head for years now, and I've always agonized over what format it should exist in, and what mediums it should include. But today I've realized something. This is the internet. We live in a post-Homestuck world. Absolutely nothing is stopping me from just telling the story in whatever wild medium I want at any given step. So, let's see how this all shakes out! If it fails, then lesson learned. But better to find out and learn a few things along the way, I'd say.
Anyway, here's Part 1: