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Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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~Katie

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Some glowing fish and a strange lake castle for you all in celebration of passing a very important exam in my phd program!

~Katie

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Part of the reason these have taken so long is I have always been absolutely terrible at wooded backdrops (and snow), and am actively having to learn how to make these look presentable. Anyways, I hope you like them!

~Katie

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I know it's been about twelve and a half business years since the last page was posted--my sincerest apologies. Life got to be... a lot. Still is, so pages likely won't be coming on a regular schedule, at least not for a little while. I'll try to get one up every once in a while though.

~Katie

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I should confess, I grew up in Pennsylvania, and although I now live out west, I still have a lot of affection for the areas I grew up in. Any chance I have to migrate the story out of New Jersey and into PA I'll probably take (fun fact: the cities of Bludhaven and Gotham are also heavily modeled after Philadelphia). Also, there will likely be a large gap between this chapter and the next while I investigate new drawing software options. Although I've fixed the acute issues with my current software, I still find it incredibly ponderous and prone to glitching. The length of the gap will depend on whether or not I can revert to a much earlier version of the one I have, or if need to move to an entirely new one altogether.

~Katie

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FINALLY able to post this. Sorry for the wait. Hopefully my drawing app woes will not continue (I've reverted to an older version, and it seems to be working ok), although the current issues have meant I haven't been able to start sketching/outlining future pages parallel to coloring, so we'll see if the next page gets out this weekend.

~Katie

Happy New Year everyone! I meant to have a page up in honor of the beginning of the year, but unfortunately my drawing app stopped working after I started coloring in the page. There may be some time before my next post while I sort out the technical issues and finish the page, but hopefully it won't be too long.

Best wishes, and best of luck for 2025,

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~Katie

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My sincerest apologies for my tardiness, it was a very busy couple of weeks and I completely used up my buffer. Hopefully the update will be on time this weekend.

~Katie

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I may not be able to post next weekend, so be prepared for a two week break before the next panel.

~Katie

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Posting a little late this time, my sister and I took a ferry over to Wales and in the hectic weekend I completely forgot to post. I do have some really cool castle designs now though that I might try to incorporate some day!

Anyways, in case I did a poor job of visually differentiating between faces (I still struggle to draw faces consistently), the two close-ups are Cass and Carla.

~Katie

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I can't believe I've already reached the max page count of the first chapter and we've only just started finding clues. I'm learning that my ability to do things concisely is terrible.

Since it's not explicitly said, the other skaters are:

Top panel (left to right): Malik, Carla, Isabel

3rd panel: Dominique

The redhead from the previous page is Graham.

Not that it really matters to the story, but Malik and Dominique compete in the pairs event and are highly rated in the united states, but are struggling in their first year of senior international competitions. Graham in men's singles, competing in the youth division still. Carla and Isabel are both in women's singles, and are decently ranked in the united states. Mandy and Jesse were in ice dancing, and were considered up and coming talent internationally.

~Katie

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Edit: There are four condensed matter physics references in the first panel.

~Katie

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This last panel is probably my favorite drawing of Cass I have ever done.

~Katie

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~Katie

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~Katie