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"She wouldn't say anything other than that she was able to talk to someone who gave her the encouragement she needed to find enough meaning to want to keep living." - Eloril, Compromise.

"I asked him why he always shows up like this- now and when he came before to reach me when I was at my lowest point." - Ellothiel, One Special Day.

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Revelations

Being back was the strangest thing. As cliched as it is to say it, so much of what I was experiencing felt like a dream. Being in Sunset Valley again was half of the reason why I felt like that, of course. Then there was the other half that was me having a hard time accepting that the past several days had actually happened. My proposal had been up in the air for months now. Ada, naturally, had given my idea instant approval. The leader of the southern land had come around quickly as well. The leaders of the northern and western lands had been the stubborn ones. I had convinced Erien to convince her father to convince the northern leaders, so there was that. The rest of my efforts went into making appeals to those in the west. Because they were the furthest away from the humans geographically, they had the least amount of interest in interacting with them again due to that great distance.

When Anoriand, the son of those leaders, suddenly spoke up and said he wanted to participate in the first trip, the whole thing switched around rather rapidly. That had occurred at the end of summer. The last few weeks had been preparing all the technicalities and paperwork for our visit. Due to Pemir's words that first time I consulted with him about the idea, I made sure that ada made sure to provide plenty of protection for our group. It was only Pemir and I who knew that government officials were dressed up as normal citizens to act as our secret bodyguards while we were in town. They were so good at blending in that even I forgot they were there. I was free to stand and stare without being disturbed to my heart's content.

A Proposal

It was an odd thing. Not too long ago the park where festivals and parties were held had been full of people. Now there were only a scarce few remaining. It was to be expected for a early afternoon celebration. They did not usually hold the grandeur of the parties that began around supper and lasted until the next morning. An all night celebration had been what ada had been planning, but my stubborn insistence that I would not attend such an occasion frustrated him to the point where he agreed to move my welcoming-back event earlier in the day. It was the lone way he was able to get me to come. One could otherwise not throw a party if the one it was for did not show up. The result didn't make ada happy, but I was satisfied. My people had thankfully realized that my mood was not particularly cheerful. I was welcomed by all, but everyone was content to leave me be for the most part. Some did strike up a conversation. I began conversations as well. However, the fear I had that I would face more insensitive words became something I didn't have to fear at all. It was true that many of the party-goers expressed their thoughts of me surely being glad the order was over, but that was the extent of what I had to handle.

Most of the discomfort that was experienced was a result of the still awkward air between Galith and I. I had sought her out that morning to reconfirm that I wasn't upset. She had asked to be forgiven, and I had forgiven her. It was when she acted as if that had never taken place when I did begin to grow somewhat upset. In truth, I had already moved on past the whole issue. Galith's comment had hardly been the first inappropriate thing that had ever been spoken to me in my life. It was more frustrating to have her linger on the matter than the actual matter had been. I had hoped to speak more about it to her, but with her and Rendion being the two in charge of providing music for the party there was not a moment to talk.

Home

I felt both nervous and calm as I stood there. My body was certainly hesitant. It was frozen like a statue.  My mind and heart, however, well, perhaps I was panicking so much that my heart was racing so fast that the constant hum was the source of the otherwise empty feeling within my chest. Whatever was going on with me, I actually didn't want it to stop. That morning had been the first morning in weeks where I hadn't woken up sobbing. It was the first time since my life utterly fell part where I felt relatively sane. The sight of what was before me was causing a state of surrealism that was blocking out the heartbreak that had been plaguing my existence.

Regarding TGO Updates for the Next Few Weeks (And More!) (Updated 8/12)

Hello there, everyone!

First off, I just want to say thank you to everyone who has been reading The Goddess' Order. I never imagined when I started the story that it would shift into what it has become. It is the biggest and most intricate project I have ever begun and will complete, which is why its upcoming conclusion leaves me feeling very bittersweet. Though there's not many updates left, the ones that are coming will be full of everything you love and then some. I'll do what I can to give The Goddess' Order the ending it deserves. That's why I'm writing this notice to let you know that I will not be sticking to the same schedule I've been using for quite a while now. I tried to get the final Part 6 chapter ready for today, but there was a considerably higher amount of time and work required in order to produce the content. I'm hoping to put it out tomorrow. There is the possibility it could come out on Wednesday as well. That is because I am also working on a special little something as a tribute to all of Ellothiel's children, and this special little something needs just as much (or perhaps more) work as a written update.

In any case, expect both of those out either tomorrow or Wednesday. The schedule gets a bit more hazy after that. I still have to create an elven world for the epilogue, so that'll be a project in itself. Then there'll be actually getting the materials for the epilogue. Essentially, I don't know when I'll be able to get things out. My goal is to at least have the first chapter of the epilogue done for the 11th (UPDATE: Obviously that didn't happen. There was a whole ton of preparation like creating an entire world to use and building Ellothiel's house that sucked up my time. I now have pictures for the first post, and I've started writing. I can't give a very good estimate, but the next chapter should be out within the next several days), and my further intention is to get out at least one of the remaining updates each week following that.

Now onto the future! It is sad to talk about it, but I've planning on what I'll do after The Goddess' Order for some time now. I'll be taking a break for several weeks firstly. I want to finish up the Starr version of my Perfect Genetics Challenge so I can get that out of the way, but I otherwise will not be posting much. However, though I won't be posting, I will be working on two main things. The big one- my rainbowcy! I got into them about half a year ago or so, and I ended up coming up with a great idea for my own. The title will be Color My World, and will feature these two as the main characters for the first generation:

Their names and their relationship to each other will be a kept a secret for now

I've actually already completely finished the prologue and first three chapters for it. I'm thoroughly enjoying the story, and I hope you all will like it too.

The second thing is a Choose Your Own Adventure. Originally, I was going to do a legacy that featured Amonost and Adonnen. I found myself drifting away from the idea after I came up with Color My World. I was honestly planning on abandoning doing anything with the twins at all. After I gave it some consideration, I came to the conclusion that I would love to do a story with them as long as it didn't involve continuing it on for another nine generations. I thusly decided to do a Choose Your Own Adventure. At the end of each chapter there will be a poll where readers can vote for what they want the characters to do next. 

What it looks like at the moment is that Color My World will release every Monday while Fulfilling the Order, the name I have given the Choose Your Own Adventure, will release every other Thursday. The scaling back of updates will give me a relief seeing as how I'm now working and can't really keep up with the same schedule I have going on at the moment.

So that's where things stand at this current point in time. I again want to thank everyone who has been reading, or anyone who has recently decided to start reading whatever content I have available. It really means a lot ^^

Kelsey out!

Completed

Lemerion was glad to be getting out of the house. Spring had decided to go out with all the force of a typhoon. The roaring winds were just as endless as the rain. Flood warnings came almost every day. The farmers were beginning to worry that all of their crops would be absolutely ruined. Thankfully, nature's wrath ended when summer began. The black stormy days gave way to bright blue skies with white, wispy clouds. The heat remained at just the right temperature as well. For someone who loved the heat like Lemerion, the change was a most welcome one.