So thanks to one of you, I had a sudden paranoia that you guys may note even understand what I'm writing all this time, so here's a quick story recap. If you guys need THIS to understand what just happened in the last 16 chapters, it's high time I do something. If you guys still don't know what it is about, then I should retire into seclusion...
Since the destruction of Zirconiade...
1.
The exiled Turks are living on their own... until President Shinra was assassinated by Sephiroth. Veld called the the Turks to ask for their help to support Shinra (without their knowledge because only Veld will be in contact with Tseng). In addition, they had to remove of the Jade WEAPON, who are after them because they destroyed Zirconiade.
2.
Meia is in Shinra as lookout and intelligence, under the disguise of Professor Hojo’s
assistance.
3.
Sephiroth seemed to be alive and running around. Cloud’s party and the Shinra
Turks are chasing him across the Planet (by the way, THAT is the storyline of FF7... at least at this point).
4.
What is the purpose of Sephiroth? No one knows… not yet.
There.
I hope it was clear enough this time around. Please tell me if the story is not coherent at any part of the story. You see, having played/read every installment, it's pretty hard to write for readers who have no FF7 background. If you spot any incoherence, let me know so I can rectify. Of course, certain incoherences are present... because it is meant to be so :P
Tseng’s POV was
indeed adapted (if not retold) by the FF7 novellas: Case of Shinra. Also, I
know some of you talked about Elena. I love how indeed she is so out of the
loop even though she’s a Turk. Eventually she’ll know everything, though how
I’ve not figured! In the coming chapters, I'll be using "Case of Shinra" heavily to bring across the Turks' perspective.
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Also, December is ending. So please take note, chapter updates will resume to once every two weeks again! The next chapter release is 12 Jan 2012.
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Takara: Haha, no need to be so angsty there :) Elena being surprised is completely normal. Don't be jealous just because Tseng asked her for dinner ;)
TWA: hurray! doomsday has granted us more time! Reeve is going to be a character I'll try to divulge and analyse more. Hope I'm able to write him in his fullness by the end of this story (Yes, I'm hinting that he'll appear more often in the story).
Rachel: Great that you enjoyed Don Corneo's scene! I loved writing that too, though I had to rewatch the scene to fully capture that moment again. So seeing Reno flip his hair countless of times can be considered as irritating XD
Dontgotaclue88: Yeah, Reno is quite the poor chap, although the game didn't perceive him so. Really tough trying to fit a humane side of him in the story, but so far so good, huh?
rnn21: Yeah, the story is quite fast paced, I admit. I wrote it with the assumption that everyone has played FF7 (because I forget how young all of you are). It is next to impossible to write this story with half the portion retelling the game. It will not do this story justice because I don't have the stamina and the standard WILL be diluted.
Days of Exile is no where near 25% of completion. If I had wrote more of FF7, this story will never end and truth be told, as much as I love this story, I am eager to finish this so that I can focus on new projects too. I know you don't need me to retell everything, so I'm doing my utmost best by selecting the scenes in FF7 most relevant to Meia and the Turks. If I'm not retelling, I've most likely explained what had happened through reports and narration. So I will take a risk by telling you to read it without thinking how it ties in with FF7 (it will... very very soon). I'm not sure if you've played the game, but basically most of the time Cloud and gang are just chasing Sephy all over the place. Haha!
Jefri: It was never specified how much Reeve controlled Cait Sith, so here's my own answer. Cait Sith has its own mind and intelligence, but Reeve has the ability to control its will. Reeve is able to command Cait Sith to tell a fortune, but neither Reeve nor Cait Sith has control over the results of the fortune. :)
Kadajclone100 (longest for the last!!):
TWA: hurray! doomsday has granted us more time! Reeve is going to be a character I'll try to divulge and analyse more. Hope I'm able to write him in his fullness by the end of this story (Yes, I'm hinting that he'll appear more often in the story).
Rachel: Great that you enjoyed Don Corneo's scene! I loved writing that too, though I had to rewatch the scene to fully capture that moment again. So seeing Reno flip his hair countless of times can be considered as irritating XD
Dontgotaclue88: Yeah, Reno is quite the poor chap, although the game didn't perceive him so. Really tough trying to fit a humane side of him in the story, but so far so good, huh?
rnn21: Yeah, the story is quite fast paced, I admit. I wrote it with the assumption that everyone has played FF7 (because I forget how young all of you are). It is next to impossible to write this story with half the portion retelling the game. It will not do this story justice because I don't have the stamina and the standard WILL be diluted.
Days of Exile is no where near 25% of completion. If I had wrote more of FF7, this story will never end and truth be told, as much as I love this story, I am eager to finish this so that I can focus on new projects too. I know you don't need me to retell everything, so I'm doing my utmost best by selecting the scenes in FF7 most relevant to Meia and the Turks. If I'm not retelling, I've most likely explained what had happened through reports and narration. So I will take a risk by telling you to read it without thinking how it ties in with FF7 (it will... very very soon). I'm not sure if you've played the game, but basically most of the time Cloud and gang are just chasing Sephy all over the place. Haha!
Jefri: It was never specified how much Reeve controlled Cait Sith, so here's my own answer. Cait Sith has its own mind and intelligence, but Reeve has the ability to control its will. Reeve is able to command Cait Sith to tell a fortune, but neither Reeve nor Cait Sith has control over the results of the fortune. :)
Kadajclone100 (longest for the last!!):
First
up, thank you for constantly trying to bring me back to focus. I admit, there
are many MANY underlying themes/POVs/overlapping arcs in this mega story and
it’s really hard to juggle them all. I’ve noted your questions about the grey
area of morality and have been trying to, bit by bit, fit them into the story.
Regarding
the BC Turks, not everyone joined Shinra with a vengeful intention. Over the
course of the two stories, I’ve mentioned some Turks’ backstories. Cissnei, KK,
Masons’ were explained sufficiently and everyone else’s were hinted at here and
there… except Cassie (I’m currently writing it!). Not to worry, it has been my
intention to eventually write about every single BC Turk and you’ll see that
most of them joined Shinra because they ran out of luck in their own trouble
and saw no better alternative. These people didn’t hate Shinra at all, they
merely see the company as an escape route.
Indeed
if Shinra had not turned on them they would continue to be a Turk. As for
looking down on Heidegger and Scarlet, it’s pretty human for people to do the
‘pot-calling-the-kettle-black’ thing. Since they’re all equally guilty, it
didn’t matter. Then again, you’ll see that in this story, no one can call on
distinguishing the line clearly. It had been pretty evident from the beginning
that everyone thinks they knew what they are doing… but they don’t. So if I
don’t clear up the mess myself, that might be what’s going to happen, haha!
Morality
is one of the hardest themes in this story, but it’s thanks to people like you
that I can recalibrate my bearings so that I can write with more focus. In the
future chapters you’ll see this theme being unfolded more so hold on to your
horses. I intend to end this mess by the end of the FF7 timeline so that we can
focus on ‘the future of Midgar’!
I
certainly hope that I have appeased your question. Do let me know if I have
been giving satisfactory answers so far. It’s so hard to give a straightforward
answer without spoiling. Feel free to ask more if you’re not sure.
Yeah,
plain irritating about the Don Corneo part (let’s not spoil the surprise… in
case I intend to continue writing X_x) Have you read “The Kids Are Alright”? Where
did you get the material? Been trying to
find the translation in vain.
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Whew! What a long post! I have tons of things I wanna share, but I'm simply too tired to write. I'm starting work again this Wednesday and I've not prepared for the new year! Let's hope that God is merciful enough to give me time to write always!Have a happy new year lovely people and see you in two weeks' time!
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