Chapter waits in the old clocktower, singing songs to passing maidens, waiting for the hands to strike the hour.
https://katalepsis.net/2025/05/09/placid-island-black-infinity-2-1-7/
This week's password is: reverie
Epub version of the chapter is also linked down below!
Maisie is really settling in for the long haul now. She's found her voice and found her place and I don't think I could dislodge her from this path even if I threw my entire metatextual weight at her. Then again, I don't want to! I hope you're enjoying all this as much as I am, dear readers, because I am having a blast letting Maisie go wild all over the page.
Anyway! Behind the scenes it looks like this arc is still on track to be a long one, though I can't yet say exactly how long. 20 chapters? More? It all depends on how our girl swerves, and I don't seem to be able to predict that; she has surprised me yet again in this chapter, so!
Back onto Maisie's wild ride we go!