bedlam boundary - 24.38
Added 2024-12-07 04:20:30 +0000 UTCChapter sails the open seas of interstellar space, singing solar whalesong to the great grey grazers in the void.
https://katalepsis.net/2024/12/06/bedlam-boundary-24-38/
This week's password is: submergence
Epub version of the chapter is also attached below!
Aaaaaaaaaand - that's it!!! Really! Yes! Dear readers, we are actually, seriously, finally here, at the very last chapter of arc 24. Bedlam Boundary crashes to an end at long, long, long last. The end of the dream, the end of the rescue mission, the end of this arc which I have now been writing since January of this year - it is here! This is it. I'm completely serious. I hope you enjoy it! It's a long time coming.
But! This is not the end of Katalepsis Book One, not quite (which is probably obvious!) As I have mentioned previously, there's still a short epilogue to come; you might want to take a peek at the Table of Contents page for a hint or two. We're not done just yet.
And! I have an incredible piece of art from over on the discord, shared with me this very day, in an act of perfect timing. Neon Teuthis Katalepsis, The End of Bedlam Boundary, is an edit/modification of a rather famous movie poster, made by the very talented Galactic. What a glorious way to end off this arc! Thank you so much!
As I said, this is not yet the end of Book One. I (and Heather) will be back here next week, for the start of the ... mopping up? We'll see you then!
Comments
You're so very welcome!!! And thank you, for enjoying it so much!
Hazel Young
2024-12-15 17:28:48 +0000 UTCThanks for the chap^H^H^H^HENTIRE ARC!
Trip Space-Parasite
2024-12-15 01:28:09 +0000 UTCI do have a habit of cliffhangers, I guess! But yes, now she's down in the abyss, all by herself, but ... she's done this before! And this time she's very large indeed.
Hazel Young
2024-12-07 20:50:55 +0000 UTCThank you so much!!!
Hazel Young
2024-12-07 20:47:36 +0000 UTCCongratulations!
Taedirk
2024-12-07 20:13:12 +0000 UTCI get it, this is how it is. I don't know why I thought the train had brakes. Minor lapse in judgement perhaps. Now I have the pleasure of agonizing over the fact that Heather is back down in the abyss alone.
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2024-12-07 17:59:25 +0000 UTCIt's been a very long arc, indeed! It's ... finally done, gosh.
Hazel Young
2024-12-07 17:20:48 +0000 UTCAh! I do apologise. I knew I had to do the cliffhanger, structured in this way, but I was plagued by the desire to write both this chapter and the first 1-2 of the epilogue all at once, to spare readers the cliffhanger inherent in this arc's ending. That was unfortunately too much to finish all at once. I can promise closure across the epilogue though, it's time for falling action, as it were!
Hazel Young
2024-12-07 17:20:34 +0000 UTCLMAO. Ahem. I promise there is no secret chapter 39! The arc ends with the dream, which ends with the draining of the water. Though I'm not yet 100% certain how long the epilogue arc will be ...
Hazel Young
2024-12-07 17:19:00 +0000 UTCYou're so very welcome! Really glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Hazel Young
2024-12-07 17:17:26 +0000 UTCSecond dive! There she goes! She's a lot more experienced this time, though.
Hazel Young
2024-12-07 17:17:12 +0000 UTC1,498 pages later
Taedirk
2024-12-07 14:39:35 +0000 UTCI'm not going to lie I was looking forward to a closure more than I was a cliffhanger.
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2024-12-07 13:30:35 +0000 UTCAnd then next week, "Psych! Just kidding, here is chapter 39! What, you actually thought this arc would end? Hahaha! Fools! It will never end! NEVER!!!"
Kennyevilmonkey
2024-12-07 08:02:58 +0000 UTCIt's actually happening!
Kennyevilmonkey
2024-12-07 08:01:05 +0000 UTCthanks for the chapter!
James Walsh
2024-12-07 06:21:01 +0000 UTCoh boy, here we go again.
AdhdDemon
2024-12-07 06:17:01 +0000 UTC
