The Telling of One Billion Ghost Stories (draft) - Part 23

[rallamajoop]

A week and a half late on this chapter - oh man, I was not counting on this taking so long. >.> I've had a pretty good run on this story so far, but this chapter kicked my arse - which I was expecting, but not quite on this scale. This would be what happens when you finally get to scenes you've been building towards for pretty much the whole damn

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[rallamajoop]

Hi, I'm sort of STUPIDLY RELIEVED to get this comment right now. Feedback on these last few chapters has been so very sparse that part of me is getting ridiculously paranoid that I've stuffed it up and completely lost all but about the last three people who used to be reading right when I'm getting to the really intense parts of the story. I spent way more of this morning wondering whether I should bother to keep on posting these draft chapters than is healthy, believe me. >< Haven't really stopped yet either. Gah, I'm so easily influenced by feedback it's pathetic.

Er, to respond to your actual comment, I'm not sure why people think this development is so likely to be a bad thing. >.> Maybe the next chapter or two should clear that up though assuming they get posted and all - things *are* still pretty raw right where I finished this part. But for now just rest assured I've put Doumeki and Watanuki through enough of the emotional wringer for one fic - all is essentially resolved on this front, and the difficult parts left to write in this story will come from a rather different source. *g*

[cheloya]

|D; I knowwww, I've been so terrible about commenting on this lately - it's a combination of my internet dropping out all the time and the fact that usually it's posted about ten minutes before I need to run out the door on a Thursday. XD; I am still reading and I am still loving! ♥

I guess I just went askdhjf because - well, Watanuki says it all in the next part, really. That he's had so little kindness or care showed towards him that it could very well impact on the health of any given relationship (although of course I trust Doumeki with pretty much anything XD). Add to that Watanuki's inherent attraction of trouble, and... |D;

(I am looking forward to finding out what exactly all the April Fool stuff is about in this world, though. :3)

[rallamajoop]

Oh, not at all - I recall you being one of only a couple of people who commented at all on some of the recent chapters I put up. It was mostly just having spent two weeks on a really important part of the story and then waking up in the morning to find only a single vaguely-positive response after several weeks of not getting much response at all that was getting me so worried. ^^;;; But it looks like people were just taking their time finding this chapter *gestures sheepishly down page* so my confidence has gone a long way towards being restored. But I really really do appreciate the feedback I get - especially now the end is so nearly in sight, and the rest the writing left to go is bound to be an uphill job all the way.

I consider keyboard-mashing to be a compliment, really! =P It's just been surprising for me with my author's privilege of being the only one who knows where the story is going that several readers have expressed concern about where Watanuki and Doumeki's relationship is headed, whereas I intended this chapter as the resolution of everything that had come before. And you're quite right that Watanuki's history is a big defining factor in how he'd deal with a realationship like this, but fortunately Doumeki is absolutely the kind who can be trusted with all of that and more.

(I'm... not actually sure I'm going to have a lot more to say in the way of explanation, but it goes without saying there are some major plot points in the chapters I've still got to write revolving around our April Fools.)