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Bwahaha

2006-12-12T08:39:00.000-05:00

And now there is a Wiki for Endless Loop:

EndlessPedia

Yes, we are utter dorks. It can't be helped, really. And I've finished up Avarice finally, and just yesterday started work on Endear. It's gonna be a rather short ride... and leads into Route666.

Stay tuned! And check out the Wiki!

Spellbound -- Preview

2006-10-19T15:40:00.000-04:00

She's all dolled up like Marilyn Monroe as she belts out "Happy Birthday, Mister President". I wonder what it takes to bleach (or dye or whatever) black hair to that shade of platinum blonde, because even I can tell that's not a wig. Yami would get a kick out of her, if he were here. Damn shame he's not; this is more his thing than mine. He's the American movies fan, after all, not me, so I'm sure he could get a lot more of the cliches that abound here that I know I'm missing.

This place certainly wouldn't have been my idea of a fun place to spend my Friday night, but it was better than the alternative: namely, sit around the house and watch TV. Now mind you, Treeboy's TV is roughly the size of a movie theater and he's got surround sound going, which I can definitely appreciate, but weekends are just... Well, tough for me. Nine out of ten weekends, the Old Man steals Yami and his Mini-Me for the entire weekend. I try not to care too much because he's mine the rest of the week, but three days of sitting around the house gets really old really fast, and I really don't enjoy it.

So Treeboy asking a favor of me sounded like a good thing, at least till I heard what the favor was. Then it just sounded exciting. So far in my life, I've run a street gang, I've been a professional thief, I've killed someone (but I usually try not to advertise that one)... and now I'm working for a master vampire, trying to track down a serial killer. Not too shabby for nineteen, if I must say. As long as Treeboy doesn't get too many ideas about what kind of work I can do for him. I am, sadly, retired from stealing.

The longer I'm here, though, the more I want to rip Treeboy a new one. It's loud, it's smoky, I've been propositioned more times than I want to think about, and there's a Jean Harlow who's apparently not going to give up till she gives me a lap dance. If it didn't mean finding a brand-new Master of the City and getting that one broken in to my satisfaction, I'd kill him. I've spent the last few weekends working on this, mostly to keep Yami from worrying, and I don't think I'm any closer to finding the guy than when I started. I mean, a killer that preys exclusively on low-end hostesses?

Reference information

2006-10-15T11:13:00.000-04:00

Human Servant
Wikipedia

Were-leopards
Wikipedia article 1
Wikipedia article 2

Automatic Paranoia -- Preview to Chapter One

2006-07-14T08:05:00.000-04:00

Heads are going to roll.

I swear to God, I'm going to find responsible parties - or even people who look vaguely responsible - and rip them limb from limb. Whoops, bad analogy, given my current situation.

You know, it wasn't too many nights ago that Yami, the brat, Mini-Me, and I were on a couch laughing at a bootleg horror movie, with characters caught in a situation very much like the one I'm now finding myself in. And, somehow, the only thought that keeps circling through my mind is, oddly enough, I didn't think it would smell like this. Weird. I'm probably not too far from being torn limb from limb myself, and I'm more concerned about how the things about to kill me smell. Oh well, the brat always did say I'm the odd one, though, as I recall it, he didn't use those exact words.

"Somehow this is all your fault."

I hold back a growl - barely. "I hate you. This is not my fault. You were the one who got the invitation, not me. I just tagged along to be nice."

"You don't know what that word means, Bakura."

"Like you do?"

Okay, just how the hell did we get here?

Silver Blue

2006-07-05T07:27:00.000-04:00

The next of the unfinished stories was Silver Blue, by Desolate03, picking up Seto's story and again introducing characters only mentioned in the first stories.

Chapter One

Chapter Two to come!

Avarice

2006-07-05T07:23:00.000-04:00

Coming after Cursed Gold was Avarice, continuing Jyonouchi's story and bringing two barely mentioned characters into the forefront.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Epilogue

Epilogue still to come!

Blood and Sacrifice

2006-07-05T07:20:00.000-04:00

Following the events of Color of Life came Blood and Sacrifice.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Epilogue

Cursed Gold

2006-07-05T07:13:00.000-04:00

Tying into Color of Life was Cursed Gold, the first story in the saga by Katsuko and the beginning of the Jyonouchi saga.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Epilogue

Color of Life

2006-07-05T07:06:00.000-04:00

Since this is a blog for the Endless Loop saga and not just for me and Katsuko to try working on the next parts of the saga, it's probably about time to start posting chapter links, starting with the story that began it all: Color of Life.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Epilogue

2006-04-05T15:25:00.000-04:00

Fucking writer's block....

Seriously, guys, I am working on the epilogue. Really and truly. The epilogue is important because even though it's the end, I'm introducing one more character into the universe as we know it; she will have a role of some importance in Endear and I feel it's necessary to get her in at least as a final note to this story.

In a sense, it's rather like how I introduced the idea of the Ishtars having an attraction to Jyonouchi in the epilogue of Cursed Gold... only not. This new character is part of the pard, and she will be treated as family in the next story.

That being said, I need to get this puppy finished so I can get into Endear....

Randomly....

2006-03-15T15:04:00.001-05:00

See this icon? Yes, that's Ryoko from Tenshi Muyo!; in a way this icon is appropriate for me.

Why? Because way back in the stone age that was 1998, when I started writing, my penname was Ryoko Saotome. This was partially from Ranma 1/2 and partially from Tenchi (I never did like Tenchi in Tokyo although Tenchi Universe was okay-ish). Over time it changed to Ryoko 03 to Ryoko Crawford... to Jounouchi Katsuko to just Katsuko. I still use Jounouchi Katsuko for my FF.net account, though.

So, yeah. A Ryoko icon suits me fairly well ^_^

Oh, and Avarice should be finished and posted everywhere tonight (note to self: update it at FF.net since you forgot to upload the LAST chapter anyway).

Layout and other cool things

2006-03-14T15:54:00.000-05:00

I think I'm almost done making my little cosmetic changes to this blog. I've got the font looking pretty much uniform, the colors all match up, there are various neat things and cool effects... and I'm bloody well tired of working on it to be honest.

In other cool news, I just got the best review for Blood and Sacrifice Chapter Six, from Sacral:

You WILL write another "Endless Loop" story, right? RIGHT? Good.
See ya,
Sacral

It just tickled me to death to get it, so much in fact that I burst out giggling at work. That was fun to explain to the supervisor, believe you me.

I've already replied to Sacral personally, but I'll answer here also: Yes, there are plans to write much more on the Endless Loop saga. Once B&S and Avarice are finished, Katsuko is planning to work on Endear, while I start to work on Automatic Paranoia. Both of these stories will lead directly into Route 666, which we will closely coauthor. Some discussion has come up from time to time to write more after R666, especially since its epilogue is already finished and is safely tucked away on my Xanga, but nothing definite yet. R666 is still listed as the end of the saga on the EL webpage... for now.

After R666, only time will tell what will happen next.

Avarice note

2006-03-13T15:52:00.000-05:00

Well, I thought I'd go ahead and mention here that Avarice Chapter Seven is almost ready to go. I need to rework a few things in the final part of the chapter before it can go live. This will be followed shortly by the epilogue.

Also, I'm going to take maybe a month off after the epilogue to gear up for Endear. Endear will be my last truly solo part of the EL saga, as I plan to assist ESM with the fourth chapter, Route 666.

Blood and Sacrifice Notes

2006-03-13T15:29:00.000-05:00

Although it's been a long slow move to where I want to be, all that's left of Blood and Sacrifice is the epilogue... of which there is now nearly a full handwritten page. Since I try to have no less than 7 handwritten pages per chapter (and for EL, very seldomly more than 10), I'm about 1/7 to 1/10 of the way finished with it. Since it is just an epilogue, though, it might end up being shorter.

Next up after the end of B&S will be Automatic Paranoia, which will lead directly into the fully co-authored Route 666. Things are only going to get crazier from here on out. The poor, poor boys...

Amusingly enough, the epilogue to R666 is already done, even though B&S isn't finished and AutoPara isn't started. There is a reason for that though - which I'm not telling. I'm not giving away my secrets!