Servus Humillimus Domine Spectabilis · 9:59pm Jan 13th, 2013
As Jericho himself says, “[being alive is what] probably contributed a great deal to making me the psychological mess I am today.”
Greetings, comrades-in-arms! ’Tis I, here to regale you with more of my random exploits. Thought you I was off, eh? Well, The machine has been hamming away, and I've got news. Within the interim of when we spoke last and now, I've been doing a few things: drawing up plots for Jericho, working with a great background even that took place nearly 180 before the events of Jericho, getting new ideas by researching my Tolkien lore, and finding new ways to generally improve the story.
Oh, and in the last few weeks, I've been working with my editors to create the next chapter of Jericho. So, let's dig on down into the details of this affair – Omnes relinquite spes, o vos intrantes! [All hope abandon, ye who enter here.]
“I don't know all that might be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughin’.” – Jericho.
Though I'm hesitant to give specific details, I'll say that we start off with Jericho and the other presence discussing plans, seriously changing the course from the original versions as he sets course for the “Black Morass”, a dark swamp to the north that, according to Jericho, “[has a name that] is just so needlessly dramatic.” As they plan, Jericho takes full advantage of his knowledge of how to game the universe: “And near the Black Morass is a little town with a railroad connection to Ponyville. How much do you want to bet that there's going to be a train going there that leaves tomorrow morning?”
Jericho, in response: “Well, the universe is just capricious enough to do that. But you know that if the universe does give me an inch, it'll want its tributary pound of flesh, right?”
And that's just the very first scene. Let's not get to the part where Jericho finds . The chapter's length is about 10,839, so it's got no shortage of words, either. It got adventure to new lands, an eldritch abomination against nature and all that is holy, fighting, that guy in Jericho's mind, more magic and the like (the kind like that seen at the start of chapter 4), trains, alcohol, face punches, elephants as big a castle, Jericho being clever, and a dame who's got spunk. So, sound of any interest to you?
Bonus: I did a review for the Training Ground. So, you know, that's a thing. After Minty reviews Jericho, and then the Training Ground does, I'll submit this to the EQD, and after that shall I post this chapter whose name is a total toss up.
I hadn't realized until recently that by re-starting Jericho you meant you were getting rid of all the existing chapters and writing it from scratch.
Well, that's a little less intimidating, so maybe I'll go ahead and read it this time.
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Yeah, I've the habit of giving myself large tasks. Feel free to take a gander at this before it becomes and abominable monster again. Any opinions you could off, too, are always welcome, since feedback is what I live for.
Lightning Dust is supposed to a character in this fic right? Will she be an important or minor character?
hmm i just remember the swamp scene will he excavation it later or will the same thing happen with the hydra
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At present, overall fairly minor. Perhaps as important as Trixie is to the overarching MLP plot. She does get a good deal of her time for this chapter and probably the next, though, so there's that.
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Very, very, very different. For one thing, the swamp is a different swamp, and it now involves a bad guy who is hella creepy. The girls, also, are not quite as there; rather, it's Jericho and, well, he and a certain girl. Any other questions?
when can we expect an update?
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Hard to say, exactly. As I've said, I plan to release this chapter after I submit to the EQD, which I'll do after Minty and the Training Grounds helps me review this. Minty, thought, seems to have vanished nearly half a month ago; but on the other side, I've been taking up the reins as a bit Reviewer on the Training ground in order to expedite the process. Really, a lot of it boils down to me getting more eyes to find every last nitty-gritty problem Jericho, thus make it sparkly as all hells when I do submit it. I mean, right now I probably could, but on the off chance that there's a single minor flaw that any EQD might find here and only here that stop the story from being posted, it's not to be up till afterwards.