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[hider=mdk][@mdk] ... Oh, dear. I didn't even realize I was back to using ellipses again. Oh, dear, I did it again. ... Ey, stop that. But, it's such a good way of indicating hesitation or doubt. But, unfortunately, I seem to be the only person to read it like that, which makes things awkward. But how will I ever give the hesitation or silence in-speak if I don't use ellipses? In any case. The usage of them when there is a line that is simply a '...' is intended to be that, in place of an answer, the person in question is simply silent. As in, it's a spot where they could have said something, but they didn't. I find that to be useful to give a perspective on the thoughts of the character at the time, but as said, maybe it doesn't work. And the twelve of them in a row included scene-change-lines, which was intended to show off the absolute blankness that was her being dead. I personally don't really know if there was any better way to show absolute blankness, haha. In any case, I completely forgot to keep that matter in mind when I wrote the entry, because apparently it bothers people that isn't me. 

For me, 'they all loved it' is simply stating a fact while 'they all... loved it' indicates a pause between "all" and "loved", as if the narrator paused to assure that she had read that right. In this case, the narrator was Cathia herself, and the pause there was because of her own relief and disbelief at the fact that they loved it. It's a difference in emotions... which I suppose doesn't even matter if I can't properly convey this emotion. Hm. Oh, well.

Teh-heh, you made me smile a lot in the first parts. Thank you for that. I don't have a lot to say about those parts, but I appreciate your words on it. As you said, because of how this story was based it was more important to describe the things around the main character and things that actually came into play. At the same time, I want to show that this world is developed as far as it is, I want to hint at a greater existence. And so I did, I believe. In any case.

Thank you for praising my characters and story. It makes me happy that you think so. And... heh. Prefer the bleak ending because you hated it more than you loved the alternative, that's a new one. But yes, I built everything up for the bleak ending, so that shouldn't be surprising, it just ended up that I hated it too, so as the only one who could actually do so I wanted to fix it somehow, haha. But yes. Thank you very much for the review~[/hider]

[hider=RomanAria][@RomanAria] I did not even consider the ellipses... more on that in the answer to mdk, haha. Anyways.

Teh-heh, I apologize for the cringe. The labour did request a Mary Sue, soooooo... XD

I'm happy you found it unique! I do always strive to make something so. I wasn't sure I had succeeded this time, but I've very happy it worked for you!

… *snaps fingers at you* Frickin' love your title-use there. Thank you very much! I'll do my best! Starbound it is! XD

(the thank I put on your last post was for the review, not that actual post)[/hider]

[hider=Terminal][@Terminal] The entry required a certain amount of information to be provided. If this came across as forced, I'll have to figure out another way. … Not sure how. Oh, well.

I'll keep reading and I'll keep writing, hopefully somewhere along the line my sentence structure should improve. I'm happy that it was more difficult to locate grammatical errors this time around, haha. Indeed, I'll keep on it~!

Indeed, it did feel like my entry got a little long to get there, though when I was done it didn't feel like I could take anything out of it. But, I'm very happy you were impressed. The entire entry was designed to lead to that final act, after all. So, thank you very much, and I'll keep working on it~![/hider]

… And with that, I'm satisfied. I've cleared 6 out of 12 labours, which I set as my goal about halfway through. Amusingly enough, I passed labour 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. THE “ODDS” ARE FOREVER IN MY FAVOUR! XD

Also, each of my clearing entries had a female main star, while the main star of each of my failures was male. Coincidence...? Maybe. The one exception may be “Just Take A Stroll” which had a male protagonist which acted out the labour, but was arguably saved by a female deuteragonist who might have had more screentime but definitely was much more interesting than him and could therefore be classified as the main star. Anyway, that's something to consider, if that's a coincidence or not, and if not what might have caused this trend, haha.

I'd like to note I did try to clear each labour. I'm not some super-genious that intentionally wrote stories that looked like they tried to win but I somehow knew they'd lose in order for me to clear exactly half of them... XD … I write this because about half-way, I started noting this trend, and privately wondered if maybe it would continue all the way, and what do you know, it did. I feel a bit happy about that, haha. But yes, it wasn't intentional, I still tried to win the even ones with all my might! … Except for the 6th labour, real life situation kind of forced me to throw out something rushed on that one. Hah.

Still. If I'm allowed to, I'm still intending on throwing all I have against the 12th labour, even if I get the feeling it'll be near impossible for me to clear. I've achieved my goal, I have nothing to lose now! Bring it on, super-difficult extra level! XD