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[Hereafter] Chapter CLI: Down in the Underground
🕑 Added 2024-05-27 00:58:55 +0000 UTCSo this wound up quite a bit bigger than usual. To be fair, I had a lot to cover for this, and I still didn't cover everything I wanted to cover originally, but when I think about where I intended this chapter to end when I first started writing it, I think that it's maybe a good thing I didn't. The cliffhanger I originally meant to leave everyone on would have been hanging for an extra week, because next chapter is an interlude, and that might not have felt particularly good.
I could have kept going. But it would've taken probably another 3000 words or more to get there, and at that point, the question would be, "Why isn't this just two chapters?" And it would have meant delaying the release by a day or two more, so yes, at that point, "why not just split it into two chapters?"
Anyway. Lots of setup in this chapter. Foreshadowing for several things to come. I said not too long ago that we're in the latter third of London, and now, we're close to the home stretch. London's endgame approaches. That doesn't mean we're done dropping hints.
EDIT: Moving down all the way. 7/7/2024
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s22132
Jackie's abilities are indeed terrifying, but she's on Taylor's side, and hopefully a part of the team moving forward. Honestly, beyond my liking Jackie as a Servant, as well as her interactions with Taylor, I would love to see the other members of Chaldea dealing with the cognitive dissonance of finding Jack the Ripper to be adorable. ;) Taylor musing over having the overwhelming power for once and how it was strange but good was an interesting reflection on her part. Though considering what's coming up in the broader story, she won't have to worry about that for long... Thanks for the update.
Gifted-Monster
Heh...the jokes about Jalter having thorns write themselves.
Hector Gregorio
Sleeping Beauty?
