A proposition

My proposition is, for all those following this blog on a regular basis and who are touched by this story, to record a video while speaking, in a nice set up (the video can be in English for those who do not speak Dutch, or in Dutch for those who are native to the Netherlands), and to send this video to me for me to forward it to Red-Oak and the rest of the entourage of Annelies.

It's just an idea, and not a request, in the sense that if anyone is inspired by that proposition they can of course do it. 

In the video you can say your name, explain your background (to show that you are a serious, trustworthy person) and then explain how you have met me (and you can speak of my family, of my siblings, or my parents, if you have met them too). Every little proof or evidence you can give in the video is welcome.

Do not do it with the expectation that this video is going to change everything, and allow for direct contact with Red-Oak. As we have seen this is a long story, and things will take the time they need to take. But such videos from those who follow this blog can be helpful. They can help Annelies and I score a few more points in the eyes of her entourage.

The video can be 5 minutes long, or even longer. It will never become public. I will only upload it to a private google drive folder, sharing the link to the video on google drive only with the five main actors of the entourage of Annelies who have been following this story all along, and receiving my emails on a daily basis.

And this is not an "obligation" in the sense that if you don't feel it, please do not do it, and you do not have to explain yourself. It's totally understandable that this story is too complex, and you don't want to get directly involved.

One last thing: as the video is on google drive, if you change your mind one day, I can in one click delete it from there. 

As I've said in the past, there are 10 to 15 persons who follow this blog (excluding the entourage of Annelies and my family). Some who read it on a daily basis, some who visit this blog once per week, some who only read it from time to time. So my message is for those persons, and it's just an idea I throw on the table. 

I have many other ideas that do not involve getting external help.

Also, you know that the tones I use with Red-Oak are sometimes really "hard" and "blunt". But you also know my intentions are always positive. You also know that I do not hesitate to mix fiction and reality, and that, in order to remove this wall of silence, I do not hesitate to use a lot of fierceness.

You do not to approve of all that in order to do a video, as you are not in any way responsible of what I do, but you need to be okay with it. If making it makes you uncomfortable, please forget about it, you don't need to discuss it even.

And I share this message publicly, because even such messages contribute to put pressure on Red-Oak, as, he is a distrustful, and private person. He of course does not like how this story has become public, how there is a "public trial" against him, a literary, poetic, fictional yet real "trial", and how the public who follows this "trial" can participate and even play the role of "witnesses". So the mood, the setup, play of course a role, in making Red-Oak even more fearful, prudent, pushing him to question himself and what he did.

And that is an image of how, in real courtrooms, there is also a setup that is aimed to impress the persons suspected to be guilty. So, I'm recreating this atmosphere, online, in a fictional realm. 

Even if only few among of you will be willing to do this video, the very idea of it, puts more pressure to Red-Oak, as Red-Oak is scared this discover that all what I am saying is true. Each little proof that goes in this direction greatly unsettles him.