No I'm not dead, no the story isn't dead, I'm just a lazy and unmotivated person. I updated chapter one with the new, complete version from the redo and it is now much better and twice as long. I cannot make any promises as to the next chapter but I am still working on it. Just, lots of distractions, work, family stuff and such. Not good enough excuses at all I know. Are video games a good enough excuse? The story is kind of a meld between the game Thief and MLP... Yeah, I thought not. Welp, I