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[Rockium]

Didn’t think that I’d be doing anything remotely aigad-related today, but I guess I like to surprise myself. Second-drafted the rest of chapter 1 part 1 with 428 words, adding some extra lines not present in first draft, and now I’ve finally gotten to the part just before the exciting bit of the chapter. I am not, however, looking forward to describing pain. This will totally be fun.

Wrote 278 words as well for an entirely separate OC-centric drabble, which is legitimately way fluffier. I think my mental processes shut down once I got to the cute part, and I have that to blame for my decision to work on aigad. Fun.

 

[CynthiaLover]

I wrote the next chapter of Chaos Rising today ("A Hero's Redemption"). I actually started it on Sunday but didn't get it finished until this morning.

Anyway, Celtic is busy upgrading Ryan's and Gram's Guard Barrier Charms into Deluxe Guard Barrier Charms, now that he has data on more powerful enemies like the Chaos Chimera. King Alvin also tells Celtic, and later Ryan, that he wants the Shroud Hero party to take Ryan on missions to show him how to do his job properly and ensure that he doesn't slip into old habits again. They receive their first mission: a village called Birchwood in the Flugel Kingdom is having shipments of goods being stolen by bandits in the Krystal Sands Kingdom, causing tension. Celtic, Ryan, and the Shroud Hero party have to find out what's going on. After planning a strategy they defeat the bandits and their Bombeetle monsters, revealing that the very noble who the shipments have been going to, Zeeker, has hired the bandits to steal the shipments so he doesn't have to pay for them while also providing them to a mysterious benefactor, hoping to put the blame on King Felix instead. They confront Zeeker and expose his scheme, learning that the "benefactor" is none other than Robert, who is using the stolen goods to help revive the Four Stars Church. It also turns out that Zeeker and the bandits are followers of the Four Stars Church, hence why they were willing to work with Robert. Zeeker and his men are apprehended and the group heads to King Felix in order to report. King Felix rewards them for exposing this scheme and the group returns to Delgunner to inform King Alvin. The next chapter, "Bursting Bubbler", will feature the hunt for Lucas.

 

[Rockium]

Wrote down some plans for aigad chapters 3 and 4, nevermind the fact that I’m not even finished with 1.

Basic rationale: school wants to designate an hour per week for us to go off and do whatever we want, on the grounds that it’s educational and explores our passions (and a couple other things). The program perfectly covers the dates I would want to publish chapters 3 and 4. This is literally the most perfect excuse to work on aigad and other fanfic shit, and I love it.

 

[Fan of Jarrus]

Getting more of The Inferno on the Darkest Night done.

 

[Rockium]

Hey, me? What the fuck did you just write?

...Okay. Accidentally came up with an idea for a Kirby fic while pondering over biology notes, because for some reason angiogenesis sounds like a cool fic title even though I couldn’t find any fics titled like that on AO3. So, naturally, the solution is to come up with my own.

Accidentally wrote the idea as well, about a short 2 pages of it, and I kinda want to post what I have written so far for some reason.

Goddamnit, plot bunny.

Update, probably an hour or so later: ...there is now a fic titled angiogenesis. I’ll just go to sleep and forget about it once I wake up tomorrow morning.

 

[CynthiaLover]

Wrote the next chapter of Chaos Rising today ("Bursting Bubbler"). I actually started it yesterday but only got literally one paragraph done, so I managed to get a lot done today. This was also going to be a two-parter but it ended up shorter than originally planned, so it got compressed into one chapter.

Anyway, the chapter beings with the Shroud Hero party and Ryan helping the survivors of the Chaos Chimera rampage, with Ryan making honest attempts to improve his image and redeem himself to the people. They later learn that Lucas was spotted near the Heavenly Sands area of the Krystal Sands Kingdom, sounding like he's gone insane, so they have to rescue him before it's too late. Celtic, Ryan, and the Shroud Hero party go back to Crescent Moon Forest to track down a Spiria in order to test Lucas like how Celtic did to Ryan. They find a Water Spiria named Bubbler who agrees to help. They make their way to the Heavenly Sands and eventually managed to track Lucas down, who is both suffering from heat-induced issues and dehydration, but also delirium. After blasting Lucas with Water Cannon, Celtic manages to calm Lucas down before putting him to sleep with Snooze so he can rest and so they can treat him. After this Lucas comes to his senses and Celtic gives him more-or-less the same "lecture" he gave Ryan before testing him with Bubbler. After a tense few minutes Bubbler accepts Lucas, proving he's willing to change for the better and is worthy of one last chance. To say Lucas is grateful would be an understatement. Lucas and Celtic seem to bury the hatchet, especially now that Lucas wants Wench dead for what she did to him. Like with Ryan Celtic "arrests" Lucas with Dark Chains before they all return to Delgunner to start Lucas' redemption procedure. The next chapter, "Fighting Fire with Ire" (yes, very original, I know), will feature both Ryan and Lucas working to improve their relations with the people, under the guide of Celtic.

 

[CynthiaLover]

Forgive the double post, but I managed to get the next chapter of Chaos Rising done this morning ("Fighting Fire with Ire").

The chapter begins with the Shroud Hero party, Ryan, and Lucas being assigned to a new mission. A vital trade route between Delgunner and Flugel has been plagued with monster attacks, preventing vital shipments from getting through. Their task is to defeat these monsters and free up the trade route again while also escorting a caravan of merchants with said shipments to their destination. They arrive at Emeraldgreen City in Delgunner, which is the starting point, and begin the mission. After passing the border between Delgunner and Flugel, along with Celtic's Merchant Pass allowing the Heroes to pass without paying a toll, they stop at a certain point. Zuzu scouts ahead and learns of what type of monsters they're dealing with: Heat Soldiers, Totems, and Red Battle Oxen, to which Skye notes are all of the Fire element. They instruct the merchants to remain back while they go on ahead and deal with the monsters and will signal them when it's safe to proceed. They take the various Fire monsters head-on and ultimately prevail, collecting anything of value from them in the process. However, just as the merchants approach, the monsters' "boss", a Dark Tankor, appears, and begins to attack. Celtic learns that Dark Tankors possess energy shields, as it used it to protect itself from certain attacks. When he asks why the Dark Tankor Robert summoned didn't do that, Viola explains that it was because it was under the command of a Tankor Controller, thus it had no free will at the time, while this one is very much acting on its own accord. After Ryan and Lucas stun it, the Dark Tankor attempts a suicide charge with Kamikaze, but a combo of Dark Chains, Bone Prison, and Rock Tomb trap it, causing it to blow up without causing any damage. The group gets the shipments to their destination, with Celtic taking some time to barter and make some money with his handmade accessories while his party spend time buying goods at discounts with his Merchant Pass. Ryan and Lucas also get praise for their role in freeing up the trade route, thus slowly repairing their reputations. They return to Delgunner to report back to King Alvin. The next chapter, "Shattered Axe", will feature the fate of Eric, and it's not pretty.

 

[Rockium]

Wrote some notes for aigad chapters 2 and 3, mainly pointers on what to expect and in what order to write certain things.

 

[Rockium]

Decided to work a bit on the second half of aigad chapter 1, and just kinda tortured myself writing about 3 or so pages of that, stopping before the last scene. I might need to rework this a bit later.

 

[Rockium]

okay it’s real triple posting hours - anyway, wrote about a page continuing aigad chapter 1, intentionally decided to stop before the last two pages of the comic chapter itself because I didn’t want to go through the (very angsty) thought process needed for those two pages just yet.

Also fiddled with a brief concept for another threeshot, because apparently I can get inspiration from random tumblr posts now. Yay.

Update, because apparently today is a Good Day to be inspired: decided to throw all restrictions of following a formula for the aigad chapter titles out the window and spent breaktime coming up with cool shit with surprising amounts of ease. I’m still keeping some of the placeholders from before I decided to switch things up, though, because those hold up quite well on their own.

They’re all weirdly poetic, in a good way, I think - for instance, “this abyss of her regrets” (title for chapter 13) sounds pretty deep. I like it. And “set my heart alight” (chapter 1 title) sounds pretty damned sick.

 

[Welkamo]

Gracefulshipping Sickfic because I haven't been feeling 100% and I'm a sucker for hurt/comfort. Also I wrote some wordbuilding stuff for my story.

 

[Rockium]

*faints dramatically onto floor* I have vanquished the aigad!...not really, but I got the first draft of the entirety of chapter 1 finished! Plan’s to second draft this whenever I have time, and edit before posting on the 16th.

 

[Welkamo]

Working on stuff from yesterday (see previous post). Didn't get very far because I feel bleh, but I'm going to try to write more in general!

 

[CynthiaLover]

Managed to finish the next chapter of Chaos Rising ("Shattered Axe"). This actually took a few days to write as I've been pretty lethargic from the weather, but now it's done.

Anyway, the chapter starts with Celtic, Skye, and Zuzu training in the Kaguro Iszu style in order to prepare for future battles. Afterward they have a shower then lunch. After lunch Prince Karl runs up to them, telling them to report back to the castle at once, as there was not only a Wench sighting, but also Eric, the Axe Hero, with her. Celtic's party, Ryan, and Lucas all go to the Dekku Forest in Flugel to track down Wench's faction, since she was spotted there last. After dealing with some local monsters they find Wench's group, only to learn that Eric is effectively under her control due to a combo of his mind being warped from using Wrath Fire too many times and Wench's sweet-sounding lies, effectively turning him into a mindless attack drone. Celtic manages to distract Eric with Taunt Pulse, as his mind is so warped he susceptible to it, so the rest of his faction can capture Wench, but she has her group set the forest on fire in order to make a retreat, forcing the Shroud Hero faction to put out the flames. Rupert manages to put Eric to sleep with Snooze before Celtic puts out the rest of the fires with Draining Rain. The Shroud Hero summons two ShadoKnights to cart Eric back to Delgunner for treatment, requesting both Shadokor and Druid medics to tend to him given how bad shape the Axe Hero is in. Celtic then uses his Druid powers to heal the forest, restoring it to normal, though it exhausts him in the process. He and the rest of the group worry that, if Wench could do this to Eric, then if she got ahold of Jerry he could end up even worse. The return to Delgunner to report back to King Alvin. The next chapter, "Adelram's Attack", features Adelram, well, launching another attack on the Hero faction.

 

[Rockium]

Continued second-drafting aigad 1 - written myself just to the scene where shit’s about to happen, tweaked a lot of the paragraphs from first draft, unintentionally “stole” a line from a writer friend’s oneshot, y’know that sort of thing.

The fic has wounded me with all the denial going on, and I’m not even at the worst part of it. Send help.

 

[Rockium]

Got myself to continue second-drafting aigad today, and added 238 words to the doc. Kinda surprised myself with how I managed to write both the possession scene and the part where Napsta gets shot for the first time (in which I sorta had to demo the pain for myself by just clapping really loudly), I was fairly sure I didn’t know how to write shit going in...

Update: Thought about a line of dialogue a little too hard last night, and then kinda wrote a page of aigad chapter 4, if writing consists of having a minor emotional breakdown at least thrice while writing the first paragraph, forgetting the dialogue I’m supposed to write within ten seconds, and generally having one heck of a time.

 

[Welkamo]

I wrote angst. Also continued writing Metronome.

 

[Rockium]

I! *yeets notebook out the window* Have vanquished! *lights homework on fire* The aigad! *faints onto desk*

...actually no, not completely, I still have all the editing to do, and every other chapter I have planned, but fuck yeah I’m done with the second draft! Final thing comes out at almost 2.6k, longer than rsfs but short enough to deal with in terms of formatting. Plan’s to sort out most of the pronoun issues tomorrow, then leave final edits to the weekend before I publish on the 16th.

I am so done with this chapter, you will not believe-

 

[Rockium]

...apparently I was so done with all the angst in chapter 1 alone that I had to write humorous summaries for a couple of future chapters, because goddamnit if the humor within the story has to be few and far between, I’ll just interject my own ruined sense of it (and some choice swearing) in the chapter summaries!

For instance, chapter 2’s summary:

All that’s left for you is to walk.

...slight problem on that end, though. Unfortunately, “all that’s left for you is to drag your half-dead self back home” just doesn’t have the same ring to it, believe me.

You’re lucky the next time you have to drag yourself through the dirt, you’re not alone.

...I may need to apologize to a few people once I get around to posting this chapter.

Oh, and this one too! I’m fairly sure someone is going to come after me for putting quirky summaries on the literal whump chapter (and the fanfic version of the literal angst fancomic, but I don’t make the rules).

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Or, to put it simply, maybe you should’ve given your plan just a little bit more thought before deciding that confronting the second fallen human was a good idea.

It’s not a good idea. Just sayin’.

 

[Welkamo]

Finally got back to writing Episode 2 of Metronome! Overarching plot? Perhaps, but also Team Galactic influencers.