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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXVII: The Black Rose

The plot thickens. So many mysteries that can't be explained just yet.

2024-12-10 04:03:05 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXVI: Contact with the Enemy

It is time.

This one is another kinda long one, because there was too much I wanted to fit into it. I dropped a lot of hints, and there's still going to be some familiar elements, because the...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXVI: Contact with the Enemy

Yes, last chapter was titled the way it was specifically so that I could set it up for this one.

2024-12-03 05:34:03 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXV: No Plan Survives

Very technically, the last chapter of the London intermission. I thought about filling the space with a little more fluff...but I couldn't think of anything that wouldn't bloat out into several mor...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXV: No Plan Survives

I thought about having just one more chapter with just a little bit more fluff...but I couldn't think of anything short enough to put in just a single chapter that wasn't filler. So, next chapter, ...

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXIV: No Capes

Still not super in love with the chapter title for this one, but I didn't have too many good ideas for something that covered everything that happens in this chapter.

So! America is on the ho...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXIV: No Capes

Not sure what I'm going to call this one. We'll play it by ear.

2024-11-19 09:02:47 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXIII: Parahumans 101

I was very careful about how much detail went into the latter... Well, I can't call it a "half" when it takes up the majority of the chapter, but still. I didn't want this to feel too much like an ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXIII: Parahumans 101

I couldn't resist that as a chapter title.

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXII: Ominous Visions

America looms. The inevitable can no longer be delayed. Rejoice, Taylor Hebert, for you will finally have a chance to lay your demons to rest.

The top section was written very deliberately. I...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXII: Ominous Visions

It is time!

The intermission is coming to a close. It won't be too much longer before America begins.

Link 2024-11-05 06:46:33 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXI: Double Feature

So this one... It's not as packed with important goings-on as some chapters are, nor big, plot relevant details. It's a bridge between Valentine's and next chapter, and as such, the events here, ev...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXI:

Still thinking up names for this one.

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLXX: Chocolate Commotion

I had thoughts about how far out to extend this "event," but at the end of the day, this isn't canon Chaldea. Ritsuka isn't the sole Master trying to ride herd on a couple dozen Servants while Roma...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXX: Chocolate Commotion

I don't think this mini event will last past a second chapter, but I guess we'll find out by the end of this, won't we?

2024-10-22 11:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXIX: Homemade Chocolate

Frankly? A Valentine's event wasn't planned. This was just supposed to be a chapter that skimmed over the existence of Valentine's as a holiday, and then I paused, halfway through the chapter, and ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXIX: Homemade Chocolate

Title is a placeholder for now. I'm not sure what I want it to actually be called, so this will have to do.

Link 2024-10-15 10:03:22 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXVIII: Spirit Refinement

This one has been a long time coming. I've been hinting at what's shown at the very bottom since... Oh, I'm pretty sure it was before London. I've been waiting to get to a good spot to have it drop...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CXLVIII: Spirit Refinement

Like a lot of my chapter titles, this one is layered. The trouble is, I'm not sure it's fitting enough, so it might change once this is all said and done.

2024-10-08 07:26:59 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Interlude S (CT): From the Sidelines

So Jackie won the poll, but it didn't feel like the right moment for her to get her interlude. I'm going to save it for later, maybe into the American Singularity. I think, all things considered, t...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Interlude S (CT): From the Sidelines

I want to save Jackie's interlude for later, so let's get a bit of an outside perspective on everything.

2024-10-01 05:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXVII: Roman Holiday

This one...meanders a little. Partly? Because I didn't have a clear plan for the later, like, two-thirds of the chapter when I started it, but I really wanted to have that moment at t...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CXLVII:

Next chapter will be another interlude, but here to break up the space is the aftermath of that simulation. For now...I don't have a title in mind yet. We'll see if one occurs to me as I write.

[Hereafter] Interlude R(F) II: Simulator Scramble

Let's check in on Rika, shall we?

In the end, I didn't wind up focusing anywhere near as much on Rika's mental state as I meant to when I started this, but the events of the past few months o...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Interlude R(F) II: Simulator Scramble

It's been how long since Rika's last interlude, you say? Two-and-a-half years, you say? Three Singularities, you say? Well, I guess she's about due for another one, isn't she?

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Who do you want to see an interlude from next?

We're overdue for more interludes. Whose perspective do you guys want to see from?

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXVI: Lingering Regrets

As Taylor and Marie talked about way back during Jackie's recruitment, the subject was inevitable. There was no way they were going to go all the way to America, let alone the entire rest of the Gr...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXVI: Lingering Regrets

Title pending. I might change it later on, so this is just the tentative choice I went with for now.

2024-09-10 06:18:01 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXV: Auld Lang Syne

Too many holidays all bundled up one right after the other.

Now we start to move forward a little bit more, and next chapter, we keep jumping. There's going to be a lot of those to account fo...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXV: Auld Lang Syne

Gonna move some stuff forward now and give the team a little bit more of a break...

2024-09-03 22:25:26 +0000 UTC View Post