I smell a [i]very very long one[/i] coming. As in, I started work immediately and I've got four pages down. Probably adding more before the night's out...... this is an [i]epic[/i] labor and I really wanna clear it.

Only downside is, if I make the length I'm envisioning, that's gonna leave very little time for editing and clean-up and prose-ification. Less big words. But that's worth it, if I'm doing what I think I'm doing....... very excited.

next day edit -- this is either [i]amazingly bad[/i] or it has potential. I can't tell which.