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And pretty much also to the 90% of my followers that either don't know about it or don't care!

As some of you guys know, I've been running an Okami fanfiction series now known as A Lily Blooming in Nippon: REMIX (this crazy thing). This series has gone through countless hiatuses, plot changes, and huge jumps in writing skill. A few years back, I booted up a deviantART ask account for the protagonist, Lilac... and, well, the reboot of said account flopped. She's happy about it. Me? Not so much.

But this surprisingly isn't all about Li. Starting right now, ALBN:R will have an accompanying Tumblr blog that will double as an ask blog for the entire cast (that includes canon and non-canon characters!), and even triple (if that's a thing) as a dump site for text posts on the expanded lore of Nippon as I write through the experience. 

And yet somehow words are still flying past my vocal cords with no obvious way to stop them, so here's a new cover! Here's "I'm Still Here" from the 2002 Disney film Treasure Planet!

And ayo, do not forget to:

- Eat good/big breakfasts on testing days! Your stomach growling like Mount Vesuvius decided to have another go isn't going to get you out of the testing room to go to lunch (whether you're still working or just waiting on the kids around you to finish so you can all haul behind), it's just going to make other kids give you weird looks.

- Sleep! These are not the nights to pull leisure or studying allnighters, whether you really want to or not! The high you get from being up for so long only lasts for so long, and nobody wants to crash, burn, and drool all over their ScanTron.

- Don't freak out! Whatever happens on this test will happen. I'm not sure about other exams, but the ones I take this week are standardized tests where twelve questions will be throwaway 'field questions'--don't panic just because a few questions look absurd or you're not quite sure. You could get lucky and those could be your lucky throwaways. That being said,

- Don't get cocky. Straight A's through the semester doesn't do you any good when you get to the test and realize that you don't remember half of the material or you forgot to study that specific information. Get comfortable with your subject. If you hate the class, well, find a way to make it comfortable. If you really need to cram information, write down formulas and mix them into lyrics of your favorite songs. Don't go in with zero study hours and expect to be announced as a top scorer with no exception.

- Reward yourself afterward! Nobody likes sitting in a silent room for hours with nothing but other breathing bodies and a paper packet, with the occasional calculator--unless you do, which is totally okay. But if you don't, reward yourself just for getting through the test. Don't stress out over what you made after you finish and hand it in, either--the results will be what they'll be. Worry about a milkshake or game of ball with your friends to celebrate your survival.

- You'll do fine! Breathe and just take the test.

But moreso because Waka is now the official main character of ALBN.

Phew, this one took a few days to finish! Been awhile since I got a cover put together that I really was proud of.  So most of you know that I've been on one doozy of a Frozen high for the past few months. What you don't know is that my Spanish class offers extra credit for singing to the class in Spanish... which gives me an excuse to learn Disney songs. In Spanish. For every week.