Stray penultimate, perhaps

[_dahne_]

Stray - chapter 71

Concerning arms, reconciliation of facts, and an assignment.

His presence filled the empty room, and, for that matter, the base. He was the constant uniting force of its psyche. How strange that elsewhere this same conflict would have his corpse as a bargaining chip.

Don't think like that.

Comments

[chocobayashi]

"Exactly that much" <~~~loved that.

Also, Big Boss telling Adamska and Hal that they could feed the dogs if they wanted. I think I'm a tad obsessed with the animals in this fic. Of all things. Speaking of which, where's the cat and where the heck has she been hiding in the first place?

O_o more Esau-like characters? I would not protest to that!

[_dahne_]

Ocelot's so smooth.

I like the animals, too. Ahh crap I knew I was forgetting something.

Well, with all the raised-by-the-Patriots/Philosophers characters we've run into, they've got to be keeping them somewhere...

[chocobayashi]

Yes, yes he is.

Well forgetting one thing isn't much. Especially considering how long Stray has gotten. and now like this is a challenge, I've thought up another question. Whatever happened to the mini-gear Adamska was carrying around? This may have been answered already and I just don't remember.

Lol, that makes it sound like their stashed in a box somewhere ^_^ like little patriot toys....or sea monkeys.

[_dahne_]

I'll make up for the omission, somehow. Yes, whatever DID happen to that? M'heh heh.

War orphans! Order yours today!

[ishosophy]

“It was a nice vacation while it lasted.” Ocelot's eyes wandered the white walls. “Scenic.”

I...I LOL'd so hard it hurt. Ocelot!Snark is something I need in morning, like coffee. Yes, a nice cup of kitty snark to start the day.

[_dahne_]

Sarcastic Ocelot is fun to write. I'll miss him.

[dontdiefox]

“I've been around. As long as your story doesn't have vampires in it, I've got no problems.”

^ HEE. <3

Yay for showering Boss with love, attention, and even two seconds of vampire phobia in this chapter.

Johnny was too cute for that one line. He's such an adorable dork, how can you not love him.

And yeah, Stray is ridiculously long now. However will you make up for it, I wonder, because I have absolutely no idea?

[_dahne_]

Can't help but love Big Boss. He shapes so much of what goes on, even when he's not the focus, that he's got to get a decent cameo. Plus I just like him.

Kinda gotta love Johnny, too. The pure gag character.

Yeah, it is, huh? If there's any way to make up for it, I have no idea. I'm just incredibly happy and grateful people are actually reading it ^_^

[poaa]

Woot. I love the dialogue in this fic. It's so in character and smooth. None of it seems like something the characters wouldn't say.

...Double negative? -blink-

I hope Hal doesn't have to keep shooting kids. :(

Just out of curiosity, are you planning on making it to 100 chapters (only thirty-ish to go!)? :o You don't have to tell me if it's a secret to everyone, though.

[_dahne_]

Oh, thanks! The dialogue is fun to write. It comes pretty easily, which is either a good sign or a bad one...

Honestly, I couldn't do that to the guy again. I don't think he would, either.

Oh, hell, no. I wouldn't be THAT mean. Actually, there's probably - no, really! Really! - only one more chapter to go.

Thank you for reading!

[poaa]

GASP! One chapter left?! But you have to keep going FOREVER! What am I going to read now?!

I love reading your stories. All of them are really good. This one is my favorite, though. >:D I was so disappointed when you removed a lot of them on ff.net. ;_;

[_dahne_]

Oh, man, I've already inflicted enough of this crazy on people. It's gotta end someday XD

Oh, thank you! Yeah, I cleaned off a lot of the really hideously embarassing ones. They haven't evaporated, though. They're still lurking on my hard drive, and probably around here, too. From back in the days before I learned about things like, you know, sentence structure XD