update 115.

august 5th-11th.

hellloooooo. how is everyone? i've been really busy (and will continue to be busy until next monday; rip my sleep), so all i can hope is that you're all faring better than me. despite the lower word count, i feel like i accomplished so much with this chapter. i genuinely think i can have it completely written in the next two weeks, which, like, oh my god?? finally?? but i'm not going to get my hopes up until i can scroll through my document and see everything filled out. but eeeek! that's the main point of this update.

to speak on a few more details, last week, i chipped away at the closing scene of the chapter. it follows [A]'s and N's scene so i don't think it's spoilery to say that they're both in it again. it's relatively short, with only three choices total. i told myself that it would be that length and honestly, i'm impressed that i didn't find a way to drag it out. if you've been with me for a while, you'd know i have a habit of saying "oh, this scene will only be two thousand words" and then it'll end up being five thousand instead. i definitely didn't do that recently... nope. cough.

but yeah. while we're speaking of the final scene, i wrote the final sentence of the chapter the other day and i lowkey wanted to start jumping around my room because of how well it tied everything together. i think i revealed the name of chapter eleven last year, or at least a list of potential names? but let's just say that the one i ended up choosing really embodies the theme. most of my chapter names do relate to what's happening to some degree, but i've never felt it as strongly as i do with this one. i'm very proud of it.

for finishing tasks, all that's left is to fill in some blanks i left here and there and finish up Blane's scene. the latter will definitely be the harder task of the two, but i'm not nearly as intimidated by it as i was last month, so i imagine this will wrap up pretty soon. like i said, within the next two weeks or so, you might get an update of me yelling that i've finished. i'm aiming for mid-september, so who knows? you might get new content within a month.

that's all i got for this week. please remember to take care of yourselves !! <3

stats.

• chapter total: 38,640 words (+2754)

• game total: ~510,640 words

sneak peek.

Maybe I'll learn why curiosity killed the cat.