It has been a long time since the last post. Some life issues have caused delays, and the delays went on so long that it became far too easy to just stay at rest.

The next two chapters are nearly finished. To get the ball rolling, as it were,  valachko came up with the idea to start posting Chapter 8 in segments. This chapter consists of entries from Velachko's personal journal, so it has natural breaking points built into it. The first segment has been posted in his account over here, and will continue to be posted in his scraps. When the chapter is complete, he will post an entire formatted document on his account, and I will post the complete text-only document on mine, as we have been.

Hopefully by the time he finishes posting Chapter 8, we will also have Chapter 9 at or near completion, and will also have our momentum back!

I have been asked a few times, and right now, the story is looking like twelve chapters. That is entirely subject to change at any point until its completion, naturally, but at least that give you some sort of idea how much story is left!

Enjoy, and feel free to comment as you see fit! Again, we are terribly sorry for this long delay.