Maidens of the Fall, Arc 3, Pariah, Chapter 2
Chapter braves the briny waves, raft afloat on white-top crests, paddling for island's shore and the soft and sandy sleep within.
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An epub version of the chapter is also attached!
Arc 3 continues! It's funny writing these posts lately, since I can't really say much about the chapter itself, what with everything still being so new, and Octavia on such a wild trajectory. Anything I could say would risk a spoiler or two! I'll let Octavia herself take it from here, as tired and angry and grumpy as she is; poor girl needs a hug, but that's not likely any time soon. Magical girls, assemble!
Ahem. Anyway! Projected arc length is still about the same, 6-7 chapters, maybe? This one kinda surprised me a bit, went longer than I expected. We'll see if Octavia can keep things under control, but I seriously doubt that. And I've got all the space in the world for her to sprawl.
Meanwhile, I have more fanart, from over on the discord, once again! This week we have two different renditions of Grimgrave! The first (by Molten Constellation!), looking very smug with that shotgun shell in her hand. And the second, titled 'I know what you are', (by Cera!) in which we get a little view into Octavia's worst nightmare looming over her. Thank you both for these! It's really incredible and flattering to see these characters already being brought to life!
Comments (10)
is the depiction of Grimgrave in the art how she looks? because if it is I may have missed you literally dressing someone in trans colors twice and I don't know how that keeps happening
That art is pretty close to how I imagine her, yeah! Though I always like to leave plenty of room for reader interpretation, especially when it comes to fanart. Everyone's is gonna be slightly different! But, ahem, yes, I did describe her leggings as a very specific selection of colours. Does this mean what some readers haven taken it to mean? Perhaps! Who knows! I'm sure we'll find out eventually.
Can't blame Signal - she bent over backwards with offers to help even after Octavia was pretty harsh with her. She just wanted to go in with a plan rather than a suicide mission. I think Grimgrave doesn't mind suicide missions 😕
Indeed! Whatever else Signal was doing, she did seem to be trying her best, giving Octavia a lot of other options, trying to find a way to satisfy her needs while not confining her. But Octavia has such intense tunnel-vision. And Grimgrave, well, maybe she doesn't have the best judgement either.
🤍Grimgrave = Friend🩷
Grimgrave comes through, when least expected!
May we all have a Grimgrave when we don't want one.
You can gosh dang say that again
I am so excited for my disasters magical girls!
Thank you thank you! It's such a delight to be writing them! Glad you're enjoying this!