One last reminder

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One last reminder in case you haven't been paying attention (in which case you might not read this either, but you can't blame a girl for trying). Rain is on hiatus and will not be updating for at least a few weeks. I learned recently that I have cancer, and although it's looking to be very treatable and that I'll probably be just fine, it's absolutely still scary and stressful and exhausting.

I'm trying to keep a good attitude, but if I can limit how much stress I'm dealing with, that would be great in helping with that. For example, deadlines can be pretty stressful. Especially, when you've fallen behind after a week and a half of running around to talk to doctors, and get tests done. So I might still draw during this time, but like a normal hiatus, it will be at my own pace without looming deadlines hovering over my head. Anything I do right now, I want to be kind of relaxing. It helps with the whole positivity thing, I think.

Other than that, it'll probably be a slow few weeks. If you're bored, I recently made up a list of some of my other works (that I did not post here for some reason, so I'm going to do now).

- Lavender Town
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A fairly straight-forward love story between two girls in a Catholic High School (sound familiar?). Amanda is an impatient, angry, apathetic person who doesn't care about the world or anyone else in it. That is, until she meets Lavie, a quiet, unpopular girl with a heart of gold. They've both faced their traumas, but they try to find their own happiness together, however taboo it may be to the unhappy masses around them. There are nine chapters of written prose, with each alternating between which girl narrates.

- Shangri-La
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Rather than a comic or prose, this is actually a game. It plays more or less like a normal RPG with battles, exploration, puzzles, and a huge emphasis on story and characterization. However, it's not an epic like most. There's no main villain trying to destroy the world, nor do you even travel the world. Instead, it revolves around Ursula and her friends, inhabitants of an mysterious inescapable island, as they uncover the dark truths of their home and themselves. It's probably your best means of seeing how I write a fantasy rather than slice-of-life. There is a 2-4 hour demo available.

- Impure
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This is a fantasy epic following the adventures of a young man, Roland, trying to start his life over in a new unexplored land. But in his struggle to escape his tragic past, Roland finds the future he's moving toward is far more horrific than he what he left behind. There is nothing currently written of this story, apart from a list of detailed bios of the main cast.

- Magical
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Technically, a "magical girl" story, although there are also magical boys. In fact, the team is completely composed of transgender children! They're powers allow them to become who they want to be, but only when their transformed for battle. And it is certainly a bit frustrating to have to fight and save the people who are oppressing them on a daily basis. I wrote a short prologue of the main character before any of the "magical" stuff happens, but that's all that exists yet.

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I may also whip up the occasional pic or write something if the mood strikes me, but no new pages for a little while. I don't know when things will get back to normal, but I know they WILL get back to normal. So just be patient with me, and take care for now.



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The-Sax's avatar
Good to stay positive. I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis, but I'm sure you'll pull through just fine!