Maidens of the Fall, Arc 4, Autolysis, Chapter 5
Chapter stomps and tromps and jomps and barroumps, tearing down the circus tent with coiling trunk, freeing the beasts from behind cage bars, setting tooth and claw loose upon the land.
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Arc 4 crests the mid-point and crashes down into some even messier waves than before, but at least the zoogs are good at swimming; perhaps they can drag Octavia to the shore. She needs some time in the sun, that's also for sure, but for now she's gotta go find her clown. 'Her' clown??? Say it ain't so.
Ahem. Anyway! Arc 4 might actually end up a little shorter than I predicted. My plans currently call for 1-3 more chapters, so it might actually be just 2 more! We'll see!
As always, dear readers, I hope you enjoy the chapter. I know I say this pretty often, but I cannot thank you all enough; it's all of you who make this possible, without you there would be no Maidens on the moon (or anywhere else!) Thank you all, so very much!
Back to the beautiful desolation of Luna we go.
Comments (10)
the second sentence is such a masterclass in phonetic tension and release. just... aaa. what a gift <3
Ahhhh gosh gosh gosh, thank you so very much! I've been pouring extra effort into the prose of Maidens, allowing myself to experiment and also pushing myself as far as I can, so it's a real delight to see it paying off with readers enjoying that so much. Thank you.
they are SO small and they are trying so very hard <3
Doing their best!!! The best a zoog can, when the world is so much larger from zoog-level.
Mhm, Grimgrave is best girl.
She's growing on Octavia very quickly! Occy's lucky to have met her.
Remember to practice proper gun safety. All firearms when not in use should be secured and not easily accessible by children and Zoogs. Especially not the Zoogs. Like, I'm serious, for the love of all the gods. Keep guns away from the Zoogs! We don't want a repeat of last time... Never again...
This does raise the rather curious question of how Grimgrave knows to keep firearms away from the zoogs, right? Unless she was joking. Just a joke. Right ...
Her clown and all the freely offered gock a growing revolutionary could want to keep a psycho ex at bay! I want a scene of Willow getting blapped by a trio of zoogs in a very short trenchcoat.
Octavia has been given all the tools to protect herself! Clown and Glock. Gock. Ahem. Quite! I'm sure if Willow does try anything, plenty of zoogs will be on hand to help. Good at gnawing ankles.