IMPORTANT NOTICE as of 11/1/16
I’ve changed, edited, added on, and removed some things from every chapter up to this point. Every chapter had the goal of having at least 1000 words I planned higher, but was met with many writers blocks and challenges, some failed to meet even 1000 to my disappointment, most did however, and some went even higher. I HIGHLY highly recommend a re-read through to this point from the beginning, but if you can’t be asked, I shall try my best to give a summary.
Please, please let me know if something doesnt make sense, or not fit right, I've been up all morning working hard on whats there in hope to both, gain my current readers support even further, and hook more people who might click on it, maybe the old versions of the chapters weren't enough to keep em hooked, but these might. Let me know your thoughts on the changes, if they are better, worse, ect. That being said, I'd suggest reading these summaries if you also re read everything, a fresh reminder of things to come, what is, and isn't anymore.
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Chapter 1
Robert Rundal is CEO of the company that made the game.
Ryu isn’t religious, the closest he comes in fact, is to worshiping his blankets.
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Chapter 2
Small dream segment about Rosie at the end of Chapter 2, nothing new to be worried about, it was foreshadowing in a sense, so if you read up to this point already, you should be fine.
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Chapter 3
No changes worth noting for the story to this point.
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Chapter 4.
Decaying life 2.2 was changed a bit. If you completely loot someone, they fade away slowly instead of becoming undead. Much like if you burned them, or harvested/skinned their meat.
“If you truly leave the bodies for too long, they do in fact become undead and continue as if life almost didn't change, just stupider, slower, and an uncertain doubt in your mind if that’s really the person you know.”
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Chapter 5
I’d recommend reading this one again completely, you can safely skip the first half that you are familiar with. This chapter does NOT meet the 1000 word standard I set myself for. I was struggling, I apologize. It’s word count was 768, I don’t even remember what it was at before, needless to say that is an embarrassment and I am sorry.
This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.
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Chapter 6
Would recommend trying to find the old end and continuing, nothing was changed, only added on. WARNING slight sexual content ahead.
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Chapter 7
The timeframe that Ryu was knocked out changed from a few days, to 10 years in “The New Era” the timeframe of earth has not changed, was still only a few days. This effects the next chapters heavily and would recommend a re read through. This change affects every chapter up to this point in some way shape or form.
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Chapter 8
The young boy, is now a young man. This change wasn't in effect a bit ago, forgot to copy and paste the rewritten chapter. It is now.
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Chapter 9
A hard chapter to work with, at the end a company Monny announced a vr device, the mother is contemplating joining the trend, as she needs to escape from the crushing reality of her dead son. This is another chapter I failed my 1000 words on, just so tough.
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Chapter 10
The rape scene was more brutal, I felt it was needed, just to get the point across that this was traumatic, this was the start of her change.
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Chapter 11
Elzare is much older, refined, swift, smarter, and.. Fatherly. He is now a half elf who was already pretty old for all intensive purposes, because I wanted him to be able to age faster, this change was reflected in most chapters I think, if I missed any, please please please let me know.
Uhh.. I sorta sped along and forgot most things to be honest, I’m feeling pretty lazy. I’ll continue from where I’m at. I really do suggest a full read through again though, I hope I won’t disappoint.
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Chapter 14
The combat in this one was added on to a bit, nothing new really besides that.
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Chapter 15
I fixed mostly just grammar errors, I feel this chapter held it own in my strive to get better.
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Chapter 16
Same as before, the 1000 word goal I set was still met, just fixed grammar.
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Chapter 17-18
I barely changed much, sorta just padded them out to be a better story. Some of these chapters were so short and I struggled to fill them. I hope you guys can understand how hard it is to come back at something you wrote, and to expand on it. For me it’s like fleeting thoughts I can’t quite connect to. Think of it like this. Instead of painting a completely new picture, you can repurpose an old one, one that's kinda ugly, you could either burn it, throw it away, grab a new sheet, or, you can try to fix it. Add some more shading here, erase the ugly ear, redraw it, ect. It feels almost like more work than starting fresh, and is very intimidating. That being said though! I do think I managed something sorta nice, and longer than before. Regardless I’d like to apologize for not reaching the 1000 word count, but very close.
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Chapter 19. Is now a part of chapter 20, or rather, chapter 20 is now a part of 19, ya feel me? lol
So the total number of chapters has decreased, and I lost some views, but ehh. Some things do actually need to deleted. This chapter, believe it or not, was only 318 words, I couldn’t repair it, it pretty much just added on to 20.
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The rest
I really enjoyed the later chapters, and felt they needed very minor adjustments, most the changes were to reflect Elzares age.
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