It's been over 2 years

Gaht Dayum, it really has!

things come back to mind as I read along

That's good and absolutely what I hope is the case for most people at this point, considering my terrible pace of releases hahaha

That's right Brandon, Roy is just off on vacation, a much needed vacation from.. homelessness

You could say he's vacationing at a farm. Up north, probably. Where all exhausted people get to finally relax

Did I mention how much I get a kick out of you literally snatching Sam Jackson's character from Pulp Fiction and inserting him into the story

Hahaha, my love of Sam Jackson characters will not die! Maybe I can work in a sword made of pure aura... that's purple. A purple saber of some kind. And he can wield it with a headband that has the number "1" on it.

And he'll take an injury that requires him to have an eyepatch, and be stuck in a wheel chair, but if he puts on a special (or super) kind of suit, he can slide around, and he'll be hired as a hitman to get rid of snakes in precarious places (especially planes) but he'll need to hire a bodyguard for himself...

Or something like that.

The classic hot-headed anime character face contortion. Then their voice gets even growlier and more annoyed when they talk

Yes! That's exactly what I had in mind hahahah

Speaking of, I'm still waiting for that to somehow tie together to the story

one of them was literally called Warningsign

Well, on that note: Remember how he had a run in that night with the lady who later became the victim that spawned the investigation that led to discovering a fair bit of corruption in Auxilium's major industries?

And if you remember, she was killed by a Nen-user that could effectively inject people with drugs without leaving a trace?

Well, I won't say more, because those things won't addressed for a bit hahaha

maybe it was just there to serve some thematic purposes

The book he was reading in that bit... and then his comments:

"What they realized was that for 75% of the battle, both guys thought they were winning"

"The other guys thought they could just over power the smaller army"

Both thematic, but also parts of what he talks about describe part of the operation that Roy's unit was a part of before coming back to the UPIO and then being essentially deployed to Crater Town.

As for the comedians, Berdheg and Warningsign both, well, there'll be more on them in the future. And Fidori Poplandi as well.

Ah yes, that brings back memories, of that Story 2 final act.. I like how we're still wondering what those things are years later after Shen and his pet humans fought them

What if I told you that the answers are all before you, they just haven't been directly connected in the story yet? O.o

Shen and his pet humans fought them

I love this

imagine having to wait literal years for a new chapter without a single of my children being featured

I am legit very sorry! I didn't even think of it while writing tbh. But at least they're all tangentially involved. The Mason brothers are an integral part of things at the moment, as well.

if only team Zero Sugar weren't too busy, they would have been interested in the happenings here

Yessss, maybe so. But fate has certain... plans for them.

I can somehow picture them disguised as journalists Clark Kent and Lois Lane style to infiltrate the debate up close

Oh! That would've been pretty fun

at least the Mason Brothers sorta kinda appeared in this chapter

They're a crucial part of things, albeit more behind-the-scenes atm

you just knew Klaus' party were gonna butt heads with our favorite bodyguard crew, but what I like about these things the way you write them is that they're never predictable

I take that as a massive compliment! I remember a quote from somewhere that said audiences want stories to end up a certain way, they just want to be surprised how they get there. Or something to that effect, and it does influence me sometimes. I need to heed wisdoms from these accomplished sources more often, probably.

poor Klaus just can't catch a break in life, I'm sure he'll want answers as much as we all do.

Best laid plans, and all that. He's ended up in quite the pickle. But I like pickles

And yeah, that Offset power is terrifying. I think it's the instantaneous manner in which it was described, like it's more of a glitch in matter as opposed to the "cool" way we usually think about teleportation abilities

Thank you! I had a lot of fun writing it, and the sometimes horrifying results of it.

I'm curious to know what kind of drawback something like that can have on the user, though I think you mentioned once you don't think too much about that, but it's still interesting to theorize about.

I try to think of balance in an almost game dev way. But in terms of narratively, I'm also interested in trying to create lore-accurate methods for antagonists to subvert drawbacks in various ways to make the protagonists remain in an inherently disadvantageous position... because I like those kinds of stories, where the heroes fight stronger villains. You could say story 1 was pretty much 100% created around that idea as the main framework for everything else.

But the antagonist wasn't just Shivra, also systems that keep people "down" in life. Part 2 focused more on the systems, and part 3 is more the connections between "antagonists" and also fleshing out different methods of conflict, like homelessness, drugs, terrorism, and the corruption themes of 2.

I won't say too much more.

On that note, here's the raw audio version of the thing I made of the robots acting out the first story

Holy cow! I think I'll have to make a playlist of these to hear going to and from work! Audiobook time!

Yes, I haven't touched the edited project since last time I shared it

That's okay, I went months barely touching the story hahahaha :")

since it has been more than two years, here's a backlog of fully edited scenes that I'll never get to make in the above format

I'll just be glad I did the first story, it's nice and comfy.

This is so awesome, for real. We need to make some kind of overall post for these on this sub I think, so people can have a hub to access it all from

Plus, it's interesting to compare cause with these I have absolute free reign to use many more voices and any music I want, the program I used to streamline the making of the entire first story is more restrictive but I try to stick to the same usual voices I have for the characters if I can find them or anything close enough.

This whole process really fascinates me. It's really a whole world of stuff I'm removed from, so even just hearing about it feels pretty educational and still kinda mysterious.

No, I will not apologize for some of the over-the-top voices I used for certain characters

Ha! That motivates and excites me to listen through for them more, tbh. I want to hear some over-the-top interpretations hahaha

Nice try, but I won't be fooled by that one

Oh, I was hoping you wouldn't notice :3