Sooner Nation - FICTION

holy......wow......

Very nice ending

Quote:

"I have had quite enough of servitude, I think. I no longer desire yours."

Oddly reassuring and distressing at the same time here, I think

*cries and smiles*

How many times have I received grief for siding with a demon? To those who gave me grief... :P Even with a demon, they were "entertaining an angel unaware".

Sometimes, one has to look below the surface, with different eyes... with one's heart. Sooner did that in writing the character of Conall.

I can't WAIT to read more about Ruahd.... and how he came to be Conall.

Sooner, this has been a great adventure. Thank you for writing it. Thank you for sharing it. I have enjoyed every word.

And for the Conall haters... once more... :P

Very well written Sooner . I love the twist at the end. I'm now really curious as to the rest of Conall/Ruahd's story. Falling/redemption/failing - should be quite an interesting tale

*hugs*

Pax

Great work Sooner.

The last bit is even better than I imagined it would be.

I've said it before and it is as true as ever, you write my characters even better than I do.



To my fellow readers,

As for Conall's story, both before and after the events here, those storylines are already being woven as we speak. I cannot make promises about when you will see them, and Vir's adventures in Praetoria, but rest assured we are working on them.

Afterall, Sooner (and her team of contributors) has many questions yet to answer...

What happens next for Ruadh? ...for Trix? ...and Na'rul?

What sinister plan does Jagged Fortune have in store for Cerise and the Ghosts?

After her nightmare ordeal, what is next for Moondancer and her two best friends?

And, exactly what does Six-four's new scar mean for his powers and his future as a Hero?

All these questions and more will be answered soon!

A couple things I meant to mention, but it was late last night and I forgot....

I was asked recently if the events between Trix and Conall in epilogue were influenced by forum comments. The answer to that is "no."

This story was written in a really odd way. With everything else I've written, I've been writing and posting sequentially. In other words, usually, I finish part 2 before I write part 3, before I write part 4....

For reasons I don't fully understand... I jumped ahead and wrote several scenes from the end before I had even started posting. That scene with Trix "negotiating" with Conall is more than 18 months old. Details have changed since I first wrote it... but that has always been where this was going. ...it just occured to me that the very very dark nature of some of those scenes - Conall killing Cerise was written at about the same time - may reflect some of the real life stressors I was experiencing then.

Then, the nature of the 3-way storyline in part two also caused me to write things out of order. I had the entirety of the storyline I called "The redemption of Six-Four" in a separate file, and the Vir storyline, creatively titled "Micheal and Seamus" in its own file as well, while the main storyline continued in its own file. Then one day, I sat down with friggin note cards and started sorting it out. Conall was a problem... he had to be in too many places at once. I spent a couple hours shuffling note cards until I figured out how to get everyone where I needed them to be at the right time.

Then of course, the delay in Going Rogue threw a wrench into the works. I know Hulkers in particular encourages me not to be a slave to the reality of the game... but it was important to me that the story reflect the Praetoria we were all going to be experiencing. When it became clear that I couldn't have what I wanted, my choices were to make a guess, and be unhappy if it was wrong, delay the entire story, or leave Vir et al in a "to be continued" state. It was with some regret, I chose the third option.... I had intended to have Vir meet the Praetorian version of Cydney Nation and learn from her how her ancestors had handled the problem with Ciara - I'll just say.. .they did it differently. But, that information was going to provide a final clue on how to defeat the demon. Ah well...

Oh! And I think I mentioned somewhere that there was a reason that Vir's team wasn't filled out, but I didn't want to say why at the time. The reason was that by that time, I knew I wasn't going to be finishing that story right away. I wasn't sure if Ice was going to try to write it rather than me - and for that reason I didn't want to lock either of us into the membership of the full team.

In this story, the main thing that was influenced by reader comments was Six-Four's storyline. There was more discussion - some of it heated - over Six-Fours actions way back in Choices than almost anything else. And much of it centered on the reaction of the Ghosts. Six-Four's storyline was really born from those forum comments - a chance to show that Six regrets his actions and has not just learned and grown from them, but believes in what he's learned enough to try to instill his new values on a younger generation of heroes. I hope that this redeems Six at least a little in the eyes of those unhappy with him previously.

Anyway....

Yes, the next story is already in the planning stages, and it will focus heavily on Conall/Ruadh, both his past and future. The subject of the spies within the Ghosts and the Shades will be revisited. Actually... there's a whole bunch of dangling threads that may get pulled into this next story.

Anyway... thanks to everyone who read this. It was great fun to work on.

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