Arc 2: Travellers and Angels

The document that I’m keeping this story on tells me that the current word count has passed 40,000 words! I’ve mentioned this in a comment, but in case you missed it: the story is now (kind of, almost, subject-to-change) fully planned out, with over 150 chapters across 5 arcs, so rest assured—all those big questions you have will be answered. I’ll try not to pull a How I Met Your Mother or a Lost or a Game of Thrones or a… shit…

Let’s try this again.

Thank you all so much for the support that you’ve given over these past few months! Everything you do—the bookmarks, the likes, the simple views—they all mean a lot to me, that you people are out there willing to give my words the time of day.

Of course, not all forms of validation are made equal, and there’s a special place in my heart for all of you who make up the commentariat of this lovely story—your words make my day, and help me put out my own. So a special thanks to Mrwhysper, Thirdfred, flynnd.rider, Dissidia, firefall, Ancient Dreams, Shekko, Solemnus, cvknepfl, Mannchaa, Rhinorob, Migiggle, gkrishna, Monkss, morpheus_arms, KingOfMints, Archane_Master (NB: not Arachne_Master!), emmeddece-8572, HeckinNERD, MostlyHarmless_87, Garf… you’re all awesome! (and hey, if you want a shoutout when the next arc rolls around, you know what to do…)

Now, remember the Plan way back in Chapter 14? Those five pictures? “The first one is an old advertisement from the seventies, featuring the Eveready Alkaline Power Cell. The gold tube sits against a black blackdrop, lightning cackling across the screen. The words “Our best” sit above it.” ?

For those of you out of the loop, the Eveready Alkaline Power Cell changed its name to Energizer (hmm… wonder who got a name change?), and of course, it’s a battery (battery? in this story? naw, no fists have been thrown, whaddaya mean), and of course, there’s lightning, golden and fiery and seeking the ground (and I better stop here, because it’s about time you guys did some work too). So… if you didn’t know what to comment, maybe you’d like to visit Chapter 14 https://chyoa.com/chapter/They-Call-It-A-Family-Business-For-A-Reason%E2%80%A6.679900 again, and take another stab guessing those plans :)

There are also now character pictures! I’ve added characters in order of appearance, keeping it to those that Markus (may/may not/who knows) fuck. You can view those here: https://chyoa.com/chapter/Images.715329

I am sure you will find these pictures very educational.

We’ll return to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow with the first chapter of Arc 2: Travellers and Angels! It’s a dangerous time, so please, Keep Calm and Chyoa On!