Weekly Update - 08.16.21

Hey everyone. New week, new update!

I actually wrote more than anticipated this week, returning to my previous (blistering, for me) rate of 1k a day, with 7k on the week, bringing the chapter to 37k! I'm smack in the middle of the last investigation branch, the one where the PC goes with Hekate, Hermes, and Pyri to visit Lethe herself.

I'm pretty happy with the investigations so far; there's a decent amount of variation even within branches, but almost anyone with any level of relevant stats can find something useful, unless they pretty much go out of their way to not be helpful. I have no idea how obvious or not the answer to the mystery is going to be by the end, so I'm trying to go light on the clues for now, since I figure it's probably easier to add more later than take them away.

After these branches are finished, I've got another set where the cast are going to be pretty insistent that the PC learns to defend themself, whether by magic or by physical combat, so hopefully that will provide some cool customization in addition to the character interaction that comes with each choice. And then finally, there should be an opportunity for PCs who are interested to get themselves a job/niche in the Underworld. I wanted to delay that part long enough that it felt like the PC was starting to feel a little more at home (at least in most cases), and had been accepted by the others as more than a longer-than-very-temporary guest.

I hope you're all staying well; my roommate has COVID but so far I'm not showing any signs. We're both vaccinated, and I think it's made her case a lot less bad than it could be. If you happen to be able to get a vaccine and have not already done so, please, please consider it. And regardless, hang in there, everybody. :)