Novus is sick enough to speak in third person....

Okay, guys, I'm gonna take a minute to apologize that you haven't heard from me. Sorry. Seriously, I've been doing good about it, I think, and I'm REALLY SORRY that I went silent, bar the public release of Cosply Cafe!  

Unfortunately, the reason I did so is that the whatever-it-is that I was coming down with just as I finished up DoL this month has laid me out flat. I'm normally the type that works through being sick...but whatever the heck I caught has had me sleeping 12+ hours a day and barely coherent when I am awake. I've been falling behind even on my day-job stuff, let alone any attempts to get literally anything else productive done. Even now, I had to pump myself full of more caffeine than I normally allow myself, plus a half dozen OTC meds, just to gather the focus needed to make a post. 

Net result? Don't expect to see much for Cosplay Cafe this month. I did manage to finish the first piece of line-art before it got really bad, but even if I'm miraculously better tomorrow I probably won't get more than 1-2 pieces done, particularly since I also need to do the story reward for the month :-(. This falls firmly into act-of-God and act-of-asshole-politicians (ever since Obamacare became law, I've been unable to afford medical insurance, so I can't go to the doctor. Healthcare for all is, in this case, actually only healthcare for the rich, who can somehow afford $350 monthly premiums for healthcare that covers half of what I had before and was only paying $110 a month for -_- /endsoapbox rant. Sorry about that, I normally keep that sort of loaded political crap off my patreon, that's not what you're all here for, I'm just super fucking bitter about it at the moment, for obvious reasons) so there's nothing I can really do to make it up to everyone :-(. 

Having said all that, today is supposed to be the day for next month's DoL poll to go up. I'll try to get that up sometime tonight, promise. Unfortunately, it's actually kinda fucking complicated this time, since it's the first time True Endings are on the table for two of the sub-paths. Which means it's going to require some actual thought to get the poll set up in a way that will work best. We'll see how well my foggy-as-fuck brain can manage that...