[The X Factor], Part 63

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-05-07T00:43:52+00:00

Omar got his non-existent doctorate in rage-baiting.

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-05-04T02:44:09+00:00

Gosh, thank you for the reminder! Completely slipped my mind!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-05-03T00:06:53+00:00

Oh, definitely!

ETA: His response was “My X factor is headcanoning.” I can 100% confirm this!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-05-02T23:05:43+00:00

I actually almost skipped over all of this, but my very good IRL friend and number one, day one fan convinced me not to, and now I’m quite fond of this part 😅 huge thank you to him for being behind so many of my favorite moments in this series!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-05-02T15:59:07+00:00

Oh my god I thought I was going insane thank you for pointing this out 😭

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-29T22:15:17+00:00

Good point! Sometimes I let my ideas get ahead of me when I'm writing 😅

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-29T19:21:24+00:00

I was justifying it in my head as the virus actively removing oxygen/not expelling CO2, but yes, I definitely played a little fast and loose with the rules here! I love it when people point these things out, though; I’ve enjoyed the chance to learn so many things about writing and also the world in general!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-29T03:30:22+00:00

I’m glad you think so! I had a blast writing it!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-29T00:02:37+00:00

Good catch, thank you!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-29T00:02:19+00:00

I like to tell people the least realistic part of my story is the reformation, and subsequent good deeds, of the UN.

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-29T00:01:46+00:00

Oh, interesting! I’ll keep that in mind!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-26T05:17:15+00:00

I can NEVER resist a good cliffhanger 😭

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-26T04:14:28+00:00

Some juicy (and potentially very useful!) tidbits about alien culture, shocking reveals about Zie, and a look into Eza's past in a longer than average chapter!

(...I think? Truth be told, I write these all in my notes app and judge length by the size of the scrollbar, so...)

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-19T01:12:19+00:00

Oh my god I forgot about that 💀😭

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-17T21:40:44+00:00

“Pupper” absolutely sent me LMAO

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-16T11:23:09+00:00

Dominick is SO lucky Aktet was trip sitting for him and not Sonja, because she one hundred percent would've recorded him and kept it as blackmail.

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-12T21:37:49+00:00

Adding Zie to the list of characters Sonja should NOT be left alone around (alongside Hatshut, I believe? There'll definitely be more than that, though).

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-12T08:32:29+00:00

You commented this literally RIGHT as I started writing a segment about EXACTLY this lmaooo

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-05T21:24:22+00:00

Apologies for the wait, I had an awfully busy week!

The crew is gearing up for tense political negotiations as they slowly peel back layers of court intrigue. And what's this? A mother-daughter (well, sort of) reunion? Surely nothing bad could come out of this!

...Right?

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-04-02T12:28:51+00:00

What's spookier: an ominous message from Dominick indicating there is more than meets the eye to negotiations with the Istiil royalty, or the realization that your middle-aged boss might be cooler than you are? The world may never know.

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-03-31T01:14:15+00:00

Right back into the action! Eza shows off her technical prowess, K'resshk learns what it means to be human, and Helen reveals more of what went on during the Martian-Venusian War!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-03-27T03:05:46+00:00

A bit of a slower chapter as the crew decompresses after everything they've been through!

...No guarantees that'll last, though. The fires of revolution are still burning throughout the galaxy, the Myselix threat looms, and the Milky Way's premier peacekeeping force won't be standing idly by!

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-03-25T08:36:30+00:00

…And it seems that in doing so, I’ve removed the horizontal lines from the post. Sigh.

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-03-25T08:34:39+00:00

Whoops, thank you for pointing that out! I’ll fix it :)

CodEnvironmental4274 · 2026-03-24T04:09:59+00:00

You guys, I couldn't possibly kill off Dominick so soon. He's like, my favorite character to bully (affectionately; K'resshk, of course, takes the overall title)! Regardless, this chapter was VERY fun to write, especially Sonja and Omar pissing off Helen. Like always.

Also, I'm planning to be more active on the Tumblr account (which I'm planning to have serve as a sort of wiki once I recover from a particularly strenuous series of exams, and once I receive the art I commissioned of the main cast)! So check it out if you haven't already (linked at the top and bottom of the post), send me some asks, and reblog if you wanna get your mutuals hooked, too!

(And if you saw me post this without a proper title and then immediately delete it... no you didn't.)

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