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[Hereafter] Chapter CLXIV: Twelve Days of Christmas

The last of the Christmas chapters, I swear!

I just couldn't escape it. It might have been nice to be able to fit all of this into a single chapter, but it would have meant cutting a lot of really good moments. Like the one Taylor and Olga share this chapter, or the bit at the end.

I ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXIV: Twelve Days of Christmas

♪ On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ♪

♪ a fire-breathing dragon just for me! ♪

"Renée's Present" by Gifted Monster

With an awkward blush and a stumbled curtsey, learned just for this moment and to give her gift a bit more gravitas than what the contents would ordinarily inspire, Rika gave her gift to Renée. Hastily wrapped in some traced wrapping paper, Rika delicately handed it to the automoton-turned-woman...

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXIII: Bonds of Friendship

You might call it the second half of the Christmas chapter.

Weird as it feels, we're already 3 chapters deep into the intermission, which is usually around 10 chapters long, and I originally intended to have this one be a little bit shorter than the previous ones, but it's looking like I wo...

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Yeah. So, Patreon may or may not have already made all of you aware, but I received a notification email myself not too long ago, and the long and short of it is this: whe...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXIII: Bonds of Friendship

♪Padoru, padoru!♪

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLXII: Christmas in Chaldea

Another longer one again. After several chapters where I got about as far as I intended to, this one didn't quite manage to reach the part I wanted, but I think it's better that it didn't. There're several moments with the team here that I think were worth keeping in over the idea of squishing pa...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXII: Christmas in Chaldea

It would've been super convenient if things lined up so that Christmas came to Chaldea during IRL Christmas...so I guess it gets to be Christmas in August instead?

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLXI: Hanging Questions

Another longer one, this time. After how many hundreds of thousands of words and 5 Singularities, Ritsuka, Rika, and the other members of the cast not named "Olga Marie" finally start to get a few answers about some of Taylor's bullshit.

Although it did wind up feeling a little anticlimacti...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXI: Hanging Questions

There's no avoiding it anymore.

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[B-A] Background Ascendancy - Part 4

Yes, today is a two-for-one. Not only did Hereafter get a new chapter, but so is this! Rikkuta's adventures in the wacky world of Dragon Ball continue!

So it's been a while since I did anything with this, but I do, on occasion, come back to it and think about giving it more love. The pilot ...

[Hereafter] Chapter CLX: Philosopher's Legacy

Here it is, the final chapter of London. Feels. Feels galore. Feels all over the place. Bask in the feels.

There were some questions me and the editors talked about in regards to who would be coming back with the team, and there was an extra person or two I thought might make the trip...but...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLX: Philosopher's Legacy

The wrap-up chapter.

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLIX: Station of the Grand

One last chapter - just the one - and London is over. But that's the cooldown chapter, where goodbyes are said and everything is tied up neatly with a bow. This chapter is the penultimate chapter of London, and there's a lot of stuff that happens in this one, a lot of important stuff, including s...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLIX: Station of the Grand

Should be pretty obvious where I want to get with this one.

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLVIII: The Lightning and the Storm

I actually intended to get farther along than I did, and yet this chapter is still 6700 words long. My intent was to finish the fight and have a certain someone use their Noble Phantasm before the end to fit even better into this chapter, but it didn't work out that way, so oh well.

There's...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLVIII: The Lightning and the Storm

Hahaha! Hahahahahaha! Haha!

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(Listen, it's as close to a "distinctive laugh" that I can get for that guy. Not everyone does what Oda does and h...

[Hereafter] Chapter CLVII: King of the Storm

One or two more chapters until the end of London. Things dragged a little bit here and there, and I tried to inject some new, interesting bits to fill in the parts of canon London that weren't so great, but the end of this Singularity is in sight and I've still got a surprise or two left for you ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLVII: King of the Storm

A familiar face arrives.

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLVI: "M"

I like releasing Hereafter Material pages like this, now. I might release them in their normal posts at some point, such as when this chapter moves down all the way, but for now, this keeps things neat and tidy.

So! I...can't really say much about this one without spoiling some things, but ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLVI: "M"

It's not quite over yet.

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLV: The Evil Fairy

I think this is going to very much be a hit or miss kind of chapter. It's going to depend entirely and completely on what you think of a certain someone and how I interpreted her for this chapter and Hereafter in general. I'll release their material pages to accompany next chapter, when the last ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLV

I'm holding the title secret until the proper release.

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLIV: Victorian Fairy Tale

A day early!

We're closing in on the end, now. I'm taking some liberties here, mostly because canon London just reused assets between the Association's tunnels and the tunnels used for M's underground lair. Also because there are some differences between here and canon, so there's that, too...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLIV: Victorian Fairy Tale

The final battle isn't here yet, but we're inching towards it.

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[Hereafter]Chapter CLIII: Londinium Hostage Crisis

We're getting closer, now. Next chapter... Well, that would be telling, but I think it's fairly obvious where it's going.

There were a couple of things I wasn't planning on revealing quite so soon, but the spot for them was perfect, and it made sense for what was happening in the narrative,...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLIII: Londinium Hostage Crisis

Had a bit of a time figuring out what to use for the title, but I think this works.

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[Hereafter] Chapter CLII: A Thorny Path

I wanted to go a little bit further at the end there...but that line was perfect to stop on, so I did.

Eagle-eyed readers have probably already figured out who that was at the end there, but there's still a little further to go before she gets a proper reveal in-story, and then I get to let...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLII: A Thorny Path

Because I couldn't come up with anything I liked better than that pun.

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[Hereafter] Interlude RF: Once Upon a Dream

How many of you will catch it, I wonder? It's too early to release their Hereafter Material entries because those contain spoilers, so it's entirely down to your own wits and how closely you're reading the chapter to realize some of what's happening in here, but I do wonder if the hints were too ...