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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XLVI: A Flesh Wound

EDIT: Whoops. This is a CIP post. Sorry for the confusion.This might not be the finalized name, but I couldn't come up with a better one for now, so if it changes, it'll change later.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XLV: The Plains Dyed Red

Let's see if you guys get the reference.Originally, a certain someone was supposed to escape and return to menace Chaldea later, but I got to that part, and, well, it just didn't happen the way I was originally planning. Oh well. Plenty of ways to tweak things around.Also got a look at one o...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XLV: The Plains Dyed Red

And we return to our regularly scheduled Chaldea team.Link.

[Hereafter] Interlude QB: Morituri te Salutant

Boudica was a bit hard to write for. I knew what fight had to take place in this chapter, but, well...Squad battles are hard. Trying to keep track of where everyone is and what they're doing at any given moment is hard. Trying to write two squads facing off, even when one of them is only a team ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Interlude QB: Morituri te Salutant

There's another surprise planned for this chapter, so keep your seats in their upright positions, because there are no breaks on this train.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XLIV: Rígan Fuilech

And now she really gets to show off.Yeah, I liked this chapter. Aife got to show off some more, and I introduced one of the guys that is going to make the run on the United Empire much harder than canon was. Two, technically, but one was only namedropped.Don't feel too bad if you didn't reco...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XLIV: Rígan Fuilech

I know what I want to have go down in this chapter, but how to start it is frustrating me a little.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XLIII: Ave Caesar

I still didn't get quite where I wanted to go with this chapter, but considering the note it ends on, I think this is a fitting title for it either way.Foreshadowing? What foreshadowing? I have no idea what you're talking about.Yes, that opening scene from this chapter means what you probabl...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XLIII: Ave Caesar

This time, it should be the right title.Link.

(CiP)[FRW] Chapter 11: Prognosis

What's this? No, I haven't forgotten about this story, just...sometimes forget how long it's been since I last worked on it.Link here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XLII: Familiar Unknown

Late night chapter release! Somewhere, it's still Sunday, right? ...Right?Well, I didn't get quite as far as I intended to this chapter, or rather, because I thought it would be way too fast paced if I tried to get there, I changed the title and let the characters breathe a little here.This ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XLII: Familiar Unknown

This title might change. It depends on how far I get through what I want to have done.Link.

[Hereafter] Chapter XLI: Another Brick in the Road

So yeah. It turns out that "my back pocket" was just "next chapter." Oh well. It's more fitting here than it was last chapter either way.Some more setup this chapter, but that's okay, because I think next chapter is going to be very action packed. I said before that I didn&#3...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XLI: Another Brick in the Road

It turns out "my back pocket" is just "next chapter."Well, that's the plan, at least. I might change my mind later on, if I don't get as far as I want to this chapter.Link.

[Hereafter] Chapter XL: Passing Grade

Still not totally sold on this chapter title, but I don't have a better one, so I guess this is what it'll be. I thought about "Another Brick in the Road," but I want to keep that one in my back pocket for now.Not too much happens, this chapter. It's more setup to lead us into ge...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XL

I...am honestly not sure what to call this one, yet, so it's just going to be chapter 40 for now.Link here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XXXIX: Test of Valor

This is a little later than I wanted it to be, because some stuff happened this weekend and it also fought me a little bit. But I like how it wound up going anyway.So. We get to see how badass Aífe is. One of the editors commented, "Holy shit, she could have solo'd the entire Singularity, c...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XXXIX: Test of Valor

Feels a bit weird that Aífe's first chance to really show off is going to be here instead of FRW, but what can you do, when this is the main project?Link here.

[FRW] Chapter 10: The Last Disciple

Somehow, this feels a little weird to have such a dramatic title for such a dialogue heavy chapter.But, finally, this ends that long stretch of talking and exposition. Ugh, Yukio just had so damn much to cover, it never seemed to end, so I had to interrupt it and get him moving to something else jus...

[Hereafter] Chapter XXXVIII: All Roads to Rome

This wound up feeling a little short, even though it's about 4300 words. I actually had it largely finished on Monday, and then a wild CoVid appeared and put me out for the rest of the week, so I didn't get to the point of being in shape to finish it for a while.Funnily enough, Aífe feels a...

On the Mend

So I'm not quite over it, yet, but I'm feeling much better this weekend than I was a few days ago. Still coughing a little bit, still a little congested, but mostly back to normal again. I'm going to finish Chapter XXXVIII of Hereafter and Chapter 10 of FRW today, and even if I have to r...

That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named

Not gonna bother with a preamble: I might have the dreaded thing. You know, the one that's all the rage, right now. Not 100%, so I don't want to name it until I'm sure.I'm achy, my head feels a size too small, my nose is leaking like a sieve, and I have a cough that's probably go...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XXXVIII: All Roads to Rome

I'm not married to this title, but I don't have much of a better one in mind, so it's sticking for now.Link is here.Hehehe. Queen Booty-ca.

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone enjoyed their seasonal celebrations! I'm aware that a decent portion of you hail from abroad, by my reckoning, so if you don't celebrate anything in particular this time of year, I hope you had just an excellent week altogether.If you celebrate Christmas: Merry Christmas! Bel...

[Hereafter] Chapter XXXVII: Joyeuse Garde

I had a slight problem with this chapter.Nobody wanted to shut up.I blew past 5K, then 6K, and I came really close to 7K because there just didn't seem to be a good place to close the conversation long enough to end the chapter. Not a bad trouble to have, necessarily, but it was very frustrating...

[Hereafter] Chapter XXXVI: Le Bel Inconnu

"Why not?" I thought to myself. Why not, indeed.There are several parts of this chapter I really like. The fight...I actually wanted to make it closer to a fight in FSN, in terms of how it felt, but it wound up like this, instead. That's fine. This is good, too.I'm not sure how trans...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XXXVII: Joyeuse Garde

Since the previous chapter is all done except for the editing pass, I decided to get the jump on this one, too.Link is here.

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XXXVI: Le Bel Inconnu

"WE LANDED WHERE?"Yeah, I'd say almost 2000 km away from your intended destination definitely qualifies as "off course."Link here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XXXV: Prelude to Septem

Another big chapter. Well, no one wanted to just shut up and get on with it, so there was a lot of dialogue this chapter. I hope I covered everything to a satisfactory level before we start off the next Singularity in Chapter 36.If I need to explain the Hrafnaguð joke, then I think I've failed ...