Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers and Robbers.
Gonna read this story more in a bit, its got me hooked.

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Thank you and I hope you enjoy the ride!

Heya, dropping in for a comment.

I absolutely love the idea of Stalliongrad becoming part Stalker, part Metro, it really adds such a different feel compared to the usual vibe of FoE.

I think it might have been mentioned in other comments but I think the sense of time and location can get away from you sometimes, for instace, I didn't notice when Wildcard, Silver Tongue and Blitz got cut off from the others, so was a touch confused when they weren't mentioned again with everything else going on. But, that might just be me.

Otherwise, this is good, i'll keep my eyes out for the next chapter.

Now get out of here Stalker.

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That's fair. Writing that section was messy to convoy. My editors and me sat around for a few days attempting to parse out how to not just to blatantly drop such a visual event. A few pre-readers were like you and didn't notice, other did. But I'm probably being going over that passage again to try and get most to see the same thing. Thanks for comment!

Poor Silver! I'm glad he made it. This chapter was one hell of a ride, from the bitter conversations and general debate, to the anomely rearranging all the things, all the way to the exploration of factions and Serenity's stipes. I particularly enjoyed the eeb-and-flow nature of this chapter.

The conflict coming to a head and coming to an inconclusive and abrupt end was both clever and anticipated. I knew Something would happen, but I hadn't expected sudden Stalkers. Sneaky, sneaky! I do like the moral conundrum both Serenity and Blitz encountered shortly after that.

On that note! The event which split them up was also unexpected. However, I do like when unforeseen happenings do this. It gave us the fire this chapter needed and frankly, it was nice to see what these orbs do. I would have liked knowing he had two a chapter or two ago, simply the chill remover came in quite nifty.

This chapter had a good pace it held well. A proper arc of its own that offered a good amount of developement for both Blitz and Silver Tongue. I also liked the catch up on things that occurred prior to the first chapter. The callback to Happy Hour. I suppose his fate and role in this story is concluded, so I find his name ironic. Dude was forced to give up. Gotta thank him for not becoming a complete monster and immediately executing Sea Mist.

Overall, this was a provoking chapter. I do enjoy the explorationg of Stalliongrad, being in the midst of a northern winter. I am finding this city very interesting, between the innumerable variety of annomelies from small butterflies to memorialize localized events at the point of when or whatever caused these to begin.

I do love an air of unpredictability.

Keep up the good work!