Chapter slinks down benighted corridors, dodging grasping undead claws and avoiding dripping pestilent maws, heading for secrets held deep in the sprawling underground basement.
https://hungryshedgerow.net/maidens-of-the-fall-autolysis-4-1/
Password is: putrefaction
Epub version of the chapter is also attached, as always!
Arc 4, arc 4! We're here, dear readers, where the meaty middle of the story finally begins; though to briefly zoom out, this is going to be a looooong middle, and it's likely to be a very long time before I consider such things again. I don't really know if Maidens will be as long as Katalepsis was, but it's ... likely??? My plans indicate so, anyway!
As for this arc, I'm predicting/planning/outlining for about 7 chapters, but that's quite a conservative estimate, now that we're into the main body of the thing, so to speak. Don't be surprised if this one is longer, perhaps 8-9 chapters. That's a lot though, so I'm going to try to keep it shorter and snappier whenever I can.
As always, though, the final decision is down to Octavia (with a little input from the growing number of magical girls and others in her expanded orbit), and last we saw of her, Octavia isn't doing so hot.
Onward we go, dear readers! I hope you enjoy more Maidens, just as much as I am enjoying writing it. Thank you all, so very much.