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[Hereafter] Chapter XVI: Crest of Blood

Title drop near the end, there.I had trouble figuring out exactly how Arash's Clairvoyance works. There doesn't seem to be any indication of general precognition, so I've always considered that it was likely just sort of him always knowing exactly where he needed to aim to hit his target...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XVI: Crest of Blood

We get started in earnest. Wow, this is already the 4th chapter of Orleans, huh? I knew the others were going to be longer than Fuyuki, but I think I underestimated how long this is looking to turn out to be.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XV: Long Odds

Wound up changing the title on this one. "Crest of Blood" was originally a reference, but the event the reference was supposed to connect to got pushed back to next chapter.This chapter isn't particularly eventful. Lots of talking, lots of logistics, lots of everyone making plans for wha...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XV: Long Odds

Finally, Taylor gets to summon her own Servant. I confess, I wasn't totally sure who it would wind up being, but the one we eventually chose was a good one, I think. Now I just have to write that part out.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XIV: Sinner and Saint

Half of this was written in a 2 hour spree on Sunday morning, which is just incredible to me.So Taylor gets to be a badass for a few minutes, and then Mash takes the wind out of her sails. Also, French soldiers are a lot less accommodating than they were in FGO canon, because, you know, they just sa...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XIV: Sinner and Saint

The action starts.I love the first scene, but I'm still going back and forth with the editors about it, so some parts might wind up gutted, more's the pity.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XIII: Tyranny of the Light

I had to remind myself that there's a new way of doing things and I wasn't just dumping this on everyone as soon as it was done.In any case - yes. Yes, you're reading this right. Yes, that actually happened. How? We'll find out later on, although some of the guesses on the SV thread ...

Which summary works best for Fate/Recursive Wisdom?

I'm having trouble deciding between them, so I'd like to get everyone's opinion.Version 1:He inherited neither of his sisters’ unique attributes, and so became neither the Tohsaka heir nor the Matou’s puppet. That does not mean, however, that his life has been easy and free of suffer...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XIII: Tyranny of the Light

This will probably not be everyone's cup of tea. After all, everyone just got used to Taylor being powerless for a whole arc, and now... Well, this.Of course, there's also undoubtedly going to be people who are frustrated it took this long.Link is here.EDIT: This is why I shouldn't do th...

[Hereafter] Chapter XII: Wrought Iron Chef

How appropriate that this chapter is posted at lunchtime, so you have something to chew on as you eat.Watch out for all those bricks laying about, I'm using them to build a foundation for later things.

(CiP)[FRW] Chapter 5: Ulterior Motives

This story, on the other hand, isn't going anywhere near as quickly as I'd like it to. In either sense. But there's just so much that needs to be set up before the Grail War proper...Link is here.

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XII: Wrought Iron Chef

So it turns out there's one more Lucky Numbers post before Hereafter goes live, and it's this one.I didn't have a better title in mind, so I went with a pun.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter XI: Red Hound

The meaning of the title should become obvious at the end of the chapter.Here's another long one, everyone. Somehow, I keep writing these 5-6k things, so I hope you're enjoying having longer chapters to sink your teeth into.Next chapter, I think we'll officially start Orleans. It might n...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter XI: Red Hound

I'm still not totally sold on the title, but it is a character reference, so there's that, at least.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter X: Monolith

We get some more hints about Taylor and Olga's relationship.But this is some cooldown from the last main chapter and a resolution to Singularity F.This also means I just wrote a novel's worth in about a month and a half. 50k+ words. Holy shit.There's going to be some fluff and character ...

[Hereafter] Interlude OMA: Personal Investment

And so we begin to see why Olga Marie treated Taylor so much better than she did the twins.There's so much more I wish I could have included in this chapter. Unfortunately, there's no clean way to cover the two years that passed between the moments of this chapter and the beginning of the st...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter X: Monolith

Technically, this occurs after Singularity F has been resolved, but because it's addressing the aftermath of that arc, I'm going to keep it classified as part of it.We learn what became of Olga. I'm hoping this will be handled to your satisfaction.Link is here.

[Hereafter] Chapter IX: Grand Order

That was quick!Rapid turnaround on this one. It was actually done yesterday, after I expanded it with 3k in one go, but dose 2 of Moderna kicked my ass - still is - and I didn't get the editing pass done on time.In any case, here we go. The last chapter of Singularity F's main conflict. Ther...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter IX: Grand Order

Be careful, this thing is in pieces, so the second half is already basically written. If you don't want to spoil it, avoid everything past the Lev's name being brought up. Since I wrote that first, I wanted to put some more content at the top before posting this CiP.This is technically the l...

[Hereafter] Chapter VIII: Sangraal

Now, after that heaping helping of news that probably isn't so welcome, let me drop something more to your palate on you.The fight in this chapter was a bit awkward to write. It's relatively short and not super interesting, but that's the problem with writing Servant battles: since Serva...

Pardon My Dust

I've been thinking about this for a while, and looking at the tiers, there's going to need to be some adjustment. The lower tiers are mostly fine, but the mid and upper tiers offer things that I don't do often enough to be worth offering as bonuses, so I'm going to need to rebalance ...

[Fate/Recursive Wisdom] Chapter 4: Surrounded by Smiles

Really long title. Maybe I should start abbreviating that to [FRW] just to save some space.Slow chapter, this time. Some more setup, some slice of life, some teasing of multiple things, including a plot point or two. But as shown by the week-ish long timeskip between last chapter and this one, I&#39...

[Hereafter] Chapter VII: Brittle Fake

"Where's EMIYA?!?!"Well, that battle was supposed to happen in this chapter, but things went on too long to fit it, and I liked the character byplay too much to cut it out in favor of getting straight to the action.But what byplay, huh? Cu and Taylor work surprisingly well together. I wa...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter VIII: Sangraal

This will probably be the last chapter of Singularity F.Well, I say that, but it's really more like I'm hoping it's true, because this title is only fitting for the final battle of the Singularity F Grail War.Link here.

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter VII: Brittle Fake

...I'm leaving the title blank, for now. I do have a title I want to use, but until I'm sure I'll get to the point that makes it relevant, I'm going to hold onto that. I have a sneaking suspicion I'll have to wait until next chapter to use it.Link is here.Lucky number 7 means thi...

[Hereafter] Chapter VI: A Brief Respite

Extra long one, this time.I set out to make this one about relaxing and taking a break, and then the first three quarters of the chapter wound up being more of the last several chapters, sans the Medusa fight. That is, the characters talking plans for how to deal with the Singularity and where to go...

(CiP)[Fate/Recursive Wisdom] Chapter 4: Surrounded by Smiles

Wow, that's a mouthful to title this post with.Minor timeskip, some Yukio interacting with the cast, and an awkward confession by a girl who doesn't realize the object of her affection didn't even know she existed.Link is here.

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter VI: A Brief Respite

Exactly what it says on the tin. Aftermath of last chapter, and some downtime before heading off to fight the final battle of Singularity F.Link is here.Lucky numbers!

[Hereafter] Chapter V: Beggars and Choosers

Ugh, I thought I set this up to be posted this morning, but apparently, the post got lost, somehow.I probably put way more thought into the skills and interactions and the technicalities involved in this chapter than I really needed to, but also probably not anywhere near as much as Ryuugi would hav...