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[Andromeda]

I'm doing better today, it's a little earlier. It was not as chaotic yesterday. So I got most of it handled. Anyway, Chapter 205 is now up. The focus of the back story changes a little here with more of it based on tension. There are a lot of things happening that are very unknown, but it is also a good way to show how Eudokia works and the mistakes she makes.

I give almost no answers right now with the chapter. It is all just questions, but the answers will be coming soon. A part of it is showing how much hear squad is following her now. While it is a dramatic situations, they have changed the way that they interact with her and respond to her orders. It is an important development for her. However, she still is struggling with command. She has a lot of doubts and a tense situation where she doesn't understand what is happening makes it worse.

Through the chapter she slowly loses her team until she's alone. It is a bit of a symbolism for her on her feelings, but a chance for her to change. This is just the setup and the cliffhanger the trigger. The next chapter will show what Eudokia is made of and get to the heart of matters. Answers will be given, but don't expect them all to be answered. There is a lot of setup I'm doing and it is very important. So remember the details of these chapters.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

I'm doing a little better today, but still later than I wish. Chapter 206 is now available. This chapter focuses on Eudokia's great planned escape. How she is going to get everyone free. It setup things to make the reader not aware of everything from the start, but at the end I start filling them in on the details.

There are several things at play during the bigger scene at the end of the chapter. This is where I start providing some answers to who the intruders, but they only end up adding new questions as they are not the answers you'd expect. There is a lot more going on. Since I'm playing a long-term game here don't expect all of the answers soon.

The important thing though is seeing how Eudokia made use of the skills she learned from Dareia. It makes things interesting for Eudokia, but does not completely present her in the best of possible lights. Which is something that I wanted to go with. It explains about who she actually is and how she has everything she has, but you realize that everything she gained is not necessarily the best way to go about things. However, she was in a situation where she needed to survive and you do whatever is needed to survive. So Eudokia cast herself into the gray to survive. I'm not sure if one would call it darkness just yet, but it is a tittering edge for her.

If all goes as planned, the aftermath will be covered completely in the next chapter.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

This is a little on the late side, but I was working late today, so I couldn't get it up any sooner. However, I did end up writing all of it earlier. So chapter 207 is now available for reading! This finally wraps up nearly everything that I began with this flashback. Naturally, I don't tie up everything. I definitely end up starting up a bunch of new questions as a results.

I end up wrapping things up a little faster than I wanted, but I did not want things to keep dragging out. There was several very specific things I needed to cover. So I did so with very little waste. So the chapter ends up coming out very packed with information. There are answers, but tons of new questions as a result. I directly give attention to some of them. I allow the speculation to grow from the questions I drop. There will be answers to these questions in time. It is all connected.

Since Eudokia's current flashback is ending, it went on longer than originally planned. But I feel really good about what I covered. There is a couple of things I'm going to poke fun at once Yuki gets control again. But I think there is a better understanding of something of things to Eudokia's character. Plus it helped to explore more of the life of Atlanteans, something I've wanted to do. I've loosely covered in other character's flashbacks. But this was the first time I put a huge emphasis on it.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

I back on schedule! Well, I was surprisingly always on schedule, it was just pushed back. However, I've got myself back around the normal time I prefer, so Chapter 208 is now available! This rapidly concludes Eudokia's flashback thanks to Yuki. It had a lot of important things in there, but it was also a little on the long side. But I pick in a last few details in this chapter.

A fair bit of the chapter is more comedy and joke, since I was coming off some heavier material. I wanted to lighten the pace a little. Plus, I'm going to be going back into the fires after this chapter. So having it here as a breather was important. Despite a lighter chapter, I still put in a few more details are important to know. They all come at the end with the reveal of Demosthenes having more machinations in things. While I don't state it out right, I also put in the implication that Demosthenes was involved during the rebellion in putting it down, as he was the head of the Omega Division. So there is a lot of things to spin around about that.

I also finally put in completely direct words the system that works in Atlantis. I've mostly just implied it either through prose or just the way things were portrayed. But Eudokia finally came out and said it. The laws of Atlantis requiring MP users to be in the military. They are in the military for life. But I also give some background on the matter. I still left out some details on purpose. There are still more things to know about Atlantis, but that'll be saved for another time.

The other sort of major thing is Eudokia agreeing to take Yuki's decision on matters. So she should be working more with him rather than on her own, which is usually against him.

Next week will send the focus back to Team Yumi, so look for to seeing them again! It's been 30 chapters, time flies huh?

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

It is quite late, but my weekend got pretty screwed up. Anyway, Chapter 209 is now available! Team Yumi as promised has returned. Most of this chapter was meant to kick things back into gear with them rather than clearly provide any sort of answers. Yeah, I'm just a big tease. Though it does hold the promise of getting some answers. After the fighting is concluded there will be some answers. Some pretty important ones coming. Though, after the fighting here the sub-arc is also ending. I'll be moving into the third sub-arc and the last major sub-arc of the second arc. It's about time huh? Current estimations have the third sub-arc being shorter than the second sub-arc, but since it was well over a hundred chapters in length, it would be a little difficult for me to do that given the focus of the third sub-arc.

As said, a lot of the chapter is more of a tease. I setup the pieces to make it clear that there is something to hear. There are pieces that are missing from the puzzle that might bring some interesting things to light. I can't answers them immediately, since I have the fight to resolve before anything can being. The fight is going to bring in some major pieces to helping getting the answers that Team Yumi need. Plus there is also the critical piece, Yori, who's still unconscious. Once they all come together I'll be getting some things out on the table.

While the end to the chapter seems pretty big just from the size the force aimed at them. The real threat is the fact that Simonides is armed with the knowledge of their powers. So this fight is going to be unlike any that they have fought before. They only got a taste of how things are during the camp fight. This is going to be real deal and they're going to have to figure out a way to keep alive with their powers being neutralized. It is not something spoken at the end, but given the direction of things it should be something on everyone's minds.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

I'm back on a better schedule now. I had a long night, but otherwise things are normal again for the release of Chapter 210. This chapter brings the fighting back. It was barely gone for like 10 or so chapters before I started it back up. Not that I took much of a break the time before, where there was only a few chapters between. But it is not really surprise considering the type of story it is. I sort of wanted Fumiko to make a comment about what Yuki would say in their situation, but I did not really find a place for it.

The chapter was more build up than anything. The more individual fights have not happened yet. Just a lot of talk about a plan and what it could be. Things are clearly off and it should be fairly obvious to those reading what is going on to some degree. The plan Simonides is a good, but not necessarily one that should be to surprising for an experienced reader. So I figured the reader will have figured it out, though the characters still will have to do it. That will be what will end up happening in the next chapter. A lot of the plan will come out then. Things will snowball pretty quickly.

Chiharu disappeared without a word and reappears at the end. She makes the move that I think she would rather than one that would work for the plan or story. If I just let the story go with things to control, she would have been in the center with everyone else. However, she had speed and the intelligences to react to the sort of situations quickly. She is more like Saki in that she goes more practical. If she is able to end the fight quickly, she'll do so. Going straight for Simonides would be the fastest way to end it. Not to mention, the team is not really in the best of shape for a fight.

Enjoy!

[Andromeda]

Now this is more like it, huh? Yeah, I'm back to my normal time finally. Things are back to normal for now at least. Anyway, Chapter 211 is now up for reading! This chapter is mostly tension building and reveals. It is a little more Chiharu centric on the focus, even if it is not in it anymore than the rest.

One of the things that I had to reveal was the plan that Simonides had. It was not too complicated to not see earlier I think, but having it out in the open helps. It increases the tension of the battle as they are aimed at a completely hopeless battle. This one is unlike any of the battles they have fought in the past. The more they fight the worse their situation will become. Which sets a perfect stage to change things up. This is less about the individual fight as even Simonides says, it more about the teams and the group. Some important things will come out of it.

I continue to hammer on some of Chiharu's sensitive issues. Since there is a lot of unknown behind her, I keep poking at the matters. Eventually, it all come out into the open, but she is a tough nut to crack. So it'll be a slow build up over time. But the fight will be a good chance to show off what she can do. Unlike the others, she has proper martial training. So she can handle herself in a fight and is more used to not having strength or superiority to aid her. She is less reliant on it like the others, something that comes out clearly with Seiji who feels lost without, despite it only being a recent change for him. He already got used to having it with him.

Enjoy!