loyal to the nightmare of my choice - 18.8
Chapter stares deep into the bonfire, eyes alight with burning orange, trying to speak with the face in the dancing flames. Another chapter for you! It's time for ~magic~ (spooky). And maybe Heather being difficult, but justified? And here's a link for you, as always!
https://katalepsis.net/2022/10/22/loyal-to-the-nightmare-of-my-choice-18-8/
This week's password is 'architect'.
Epub version attached too!
Comments (6)
Great chapter! As others have said, very emotionally satisfying, and with signposts to possibilities for the future. That’s nice, regardless of whether they resolve as we might hope. And yes, love the writing with Aym.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, a lot of stuff came together here, stuff that needed to. And a lot of other stuff got set up for the future. I promise I always try to resolve anything I set up! Especially when it's emotionally relevant. Maybe we'll find out what Aym and Sevens were discussing, even. And yes, Aym is so much fun to write, she's so different and really stirs up everybody else.
“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?” ... got this reference & finished the line in my head because my mom had a Tom Lehrer vinyl among the Beatles, Barbara, Don Maclean, Beegees etc that mostly lived in the back of a closet; think I still remember most of the lyrics in several of these songs
Oh wow! A personal memory, a blast from the past! I'm glad somebody got that without having to look it up; I wasn't sure how obscure that line would be, coming from Raine.
This was a really amazing chapter. So much going on, different drama built up to and seemingly solved, or maybe not, while other things unfold. Also poor? Aym :p There is always a bigger fish. I find it quite hilarious how I am still uncertain if Aym wants or have semi-good intentions of sorts, and is bound by her origin, or is just an evil shit :p As far as wishing for redemption arcs, this is even better haha.
Thank you so much! Yeah, this one was very dense with things that have been developing for a while, things that needed to happen, emotionally, for several different characters. Really fun! Also haha yes, poor Aym! She wasn't expecting something on the scale of Sevens; lucky for her Sevens is content to just nap, and then talk, though we don't yet know what about.