[quote=@PlatinumSkink]

[hider=The Contract]... So, you've been dragged through the hole to hell, and there's still this much left of the entry. So, aaaaaare you going to have a positive or a negative ending? Wheeeeeere are you going with this?

Oh, alright, to a “to be continued”. Indeed, this rather simply completes the labour that is around this time around. I will, however, rather easily admit to not having been particularly interested in the descriptions of the depths of hell which you have provided here. I'm unsure where you're leading this tale, but, um. If you make Michael act against Xantier at any time later in this, and that then does NOT result in the deaths of this family, won't you have failed this labour that perhaps this chapter on its own clears? … Am I thinking too deeply? Haha.

Otherwise, your writing and imagination is fine enough. Yeah. Haha.[/hider]
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Positive or negative ending, from whose perspective? :P Maybe it'll be both!

I'm not going against the labour with the rest of the story. I don't think it's right to submit this for the labour and when it's over turn around and make a happy ending for everyone. I suppose I could as it will technically not be a part of the labour anymore, but it just feels wrong. It feels like cheating and I don't want to do that. 

There will be some deep debate about contracts and souls in the second part (so close to finishing that), but Michael knows he agreed to a deal and that Xantier is both strong enough and willing to go back to the world and kill every single one of his relatives if he breaks it. So (spoiler alert) I'm not going to have Michael go against the contract he signed. Still, there's plenty of time left for a bit of adventure in the demon realm :)

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[quote=@Terminal]
Today, we came very close to a new first for the Twelve Labours.

ALMOST everybody remembered to tell me I could include their names with their entries! Only ONE omission this time. So close.

Oh, we also we broke the character limit twice.
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Also, sorry about that... I'll do my best to remember for the next round. Since the 8th labour is going to be so amazing it deserves to get a new first, right?