Oh my gosh, I am so sorry for replying OVER A MONTH LATER. It's just been a particularly crazy month and I have barely been keeping up with ANYTHING on any of my journals!
That said, thank you so much for this comment! I'm so, so glad to hear you enjoyed it and found that the various elements worked together. I actually have always loved it when other authors incorporate gameplay into their stories in a way that makes the world feel fleshed-out rather than clunky, so I tried to to it as well =)
Thanks also about my characterization -- I was extremely nervous working on something this complicated as my first XII fic, my first time with these characters. Really happy to hear it worked out! =D
Overall, just thank you left and right and all over the place. I'm working on a sequel that addresses a lot of the loose ends here (although some of the loose ends might only be visible to me, since I excised an entire subplot to make this story more sane). However, I'm working on the sequel at, uh, a much more normal pace, but it's at least in the works. If you read it (when it comes around) I hope you enjoy it as well!
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That said, thank you so much for this comment! I'm so, so glad to hear you enjoyed it and found that the various elements worked together. I actually have always loved it when other authors incorporate gameplay into their stories in a way that makes the world feel fleshed-out rather than clunky, so I tried to to it as well =)
Thanks also about my characterization -- I was extremely nervous working on something this complicated as my first XII fic, my first time with these characters. Really happy to hear it worked out! =D
Overall, just thank you left and right and all over the place. I'm working on a sequel that addresses a lot of the loose ends here (although some of the loose ends might only be visible to me, since I excised an entire subplot to make this story more sane). However, I'm working on the sequel at, uh, a much more normal pace, but it's at least in the works. If you read it (when it comes around) I hope you enjoy it as well!