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[Hereafter] Chapter LXII: With a Vengeance

And the joke is complete.

It's starting to look like 5.7k is going to be the average for chapter sizes going forward, because damn, this thing got bigger than expected again. I was afraid we ...

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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter LXII: With a Vengeance

Is the joke going on too long? Maybe so, but I'm going to keep going with it anyway.

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[Hereafter] Chapter LXI: Die Hard

The name for this chapter came to me near the very end, and I thought it very fitting, considering the enemy this chapter is so hard to kill.

Geez, the final part of Septem is basically a bos...

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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter LXI:

Not quite sure what to call this one yet. I'll come up with the title later.

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[Hereafter Material] Marcus Junius Brutus [Heroic Spirit]

Marcus Junius Brutus [Heroic Spirit]
The Last Voice of the Republic

The man who killed Gaius Julius Caesar.

A Roman senator, a politician who stood for the Republicâ...

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[Hereafter Material] Sic Semper Tyrannis [Noble Phantasm]

Sic Semper Tyrannis [Noble Phantasm]
For the Sake of Democracy, I Slay Thee

“Thus Always to Tyrants.” Anti-King, Anti-Caesar, Anti-Roman Noble Phantasm.

An assas...

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[Hereafter Material] Et Tu, Brute? [Noble Phantasm]

Et Tu, Brute? [Noble Phantasm]
My Brother, Do You Betray Me As Well?

According to Shakespeare, the last words Gaius Julius Caesar said as the assassin’s blade took his l...

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[Hereafter] Interlude MJB: Knife's Edge

Surprise character! Two of them! Three or four, technically, even though most of them are just name-dropped!

I actually considered doing this chapter from a few different perspectives, but no...

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[Hereafter Material] Beast Taming [Skill]

Beast Taming [Skill]

A skill related to but distinct from Riding. The ability to take control of and command beasts that do not possess a human language.

Although there...

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[Hereafter Material] Connla [Heroic Spirit]

Connla [Heroic Spirit]
Son of Tragedy

The only son of the Irish hero CĂşchulainn and the woman warrior AĂ­fe, born of a promise made as tribute for a life spared. Before h...

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(CiP)[Hereafter] Interlude MJB: Knife's Edge

I said a while back that there were going to be more Roman Servants in this Singularity than in canon, didn't I? Say hello to one of them.

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[Hereafter] Chapter LX: Sacking the Temple

Really long chapter to celebrate July 4th for my fellow Americans and FGO NA's 5th anniversary.

Yeah, this chapter is just long. It came really close to 7K, so it's another chapter in the run...

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[FRW] Chapter 15: Attempted Domestication I

So I've been trying to keep to a "one day per chapter" format whenever I don't skip days or weeks at a time, but I got to 4500 words here, went to look at what I still needed to get to, and decided...

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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter LX: Sacking the Temple

Thought about taking this week off for Independence Day, but eh. That's why the later than usual start.

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[Hereafter] Chapter LIX: Sweet Nothings

I think, at this point, everyone already knew or at least had a suspicion about who the god on this island was going to be. I thought about changing it up and using the youngest "big" sister, but t...

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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter LIX: Sweet Nothings

If that title doesn't seem ominous to you, I think perhaps you might not have been paying close enough attention the last few chapters.

Bit of a late start, but I should still be on time for ...

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[Hereafter] Chapter LVIII: Shaped Isle

So this one is...really something of a "fill in the space" chapter. Another "explain why and how the characters went from point A to point B" sort of thing, and it's a bit shorter than the last sev...

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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter LVIII: Shaped Isle

This title gives away the game a bit here, but oh well.

Li...

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[Hereafter] Chapter LVII: Deus Ex Ignotis

Lots of talking this chapter. Lots and lots and lots of talking. There are actually a few things I didn't want to give away just yet, but I couldn't see any way of leaving them out of the chapter, ...

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(CiP)[FRW] Chapter 15: Attempted Domestication

Can you call it a date? Well, even something so mundane can be extraordinary to someone who hasn't  done it before.

2022-06-08 14:00:39 +0000 UTC View Post

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter LVII: Deus Ex Ignotis

Once more, I know almost nothing about Latin.

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[Hereafter] Chapter LVI: Heart of the Mountain

Normally, I like to give the editors more of a chance to rip into a chapter before it goes out, but this weekend stole too much of my time and energy, so this is already later than I would have lik...

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[FRW] Chapter 14: Falling Dominoes

This weekend has been very busy and left me with not much sleep, because I got roped into helping to build a deck for my parents' house. It's played merry hell on my sleep schedule, let me tell you...

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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter LVI: Heart of the Mountain

"Oh, misty eye of the mountains below..."

Rika, look what you've started.

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(CiP)[FRW] Chapter 14: Falling Dominoes

In other words, what I spent my time doing at my aunt's house while the rest of my family was enjoying the Memorial Day festivities.

2022-05-31 01:41:54 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter LV: Aetna

"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them..."

A couple of things delayed this, not the least of them being how exhausted I was for three straight days last week. Another was a last se...

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[FRW] Chapter 13: A Woman’s Standards

Things got a little weird this week, so this chapter that was supposed to be done by Tuesday took much, much longer to write than intended. Have it be a little longer than usual to compensate.

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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter LV: Aetna

Now we can go to Mount Etna.

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[Hereafter] Chapter LIV: Court Mage

So, the confrontation with a certain somebody ballooned out way past my original estimations, and things got a lot longer than I originally thought they would be. As a result, the trip to Mount Etn...

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[Hereafter] Too Many Gods (omake)

Too Many Gods

The summoning circle glowed, surging. The familiar light grew blinding and the grinding wind whipped about as a figure formed in the center like a shadow cast ...

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