13!

Yup, that's right.  I pumped out another one.  Only took me a couple hours, too.

It went in a different direction than I intended, but in a good way.  I thought it would be interesting to bring someone real into the mix, and I actually surprised myself when I learned that the "real" person wasn't actually"real."  Because, yes, I do surprise myself sometimes.  I'm beginning to think that my fake theory is correct and this story is actually a parallel universe and my bedroom is in a crack between this universe and that one and what's happening there is leaking into my mind.

That's really meta when you think about it.  It makes my brain hurt.

Speaking of things that make my brain hurt, I do want it to become known that the time line I have established for Lily makes sense and there are actually no holes, because I have it all figured out and no one really knows what's going to come.  I made a little... issue... at one point, but I found an easy way around it after I thought about it and thought about it.  Because this is just a story and Lily has a freaking vortex manipulator, so anything can happen and I can change anything I want.  So there.  Freedom of creativity, suspension of disbelief, and all that other good stuff.

PS, after the bouts of writer's block I've been having, that last paragraph was more to pick myself up than anything.  I do have an outline of episodes and I did realize, once I figured out the final direction I need to go in, that a certain episode has to be done, but I've messed it up by acting like it can't be done.  Ok, I'm just going to say it.  There's a Rose episode that needs to happen, but in The Satan Pit I already said that was the first time Rose and Lily met.  So... I'm just going to take Rose out of an episode and the time lines will be fine.  Hopefully.

PPS, I realized a few weeks ago that Lily is a flower and Rose is a flower and that was very unintentional.  I just like the name Lily.  And if I had thought about it, she would have had a different name.  BUT!  Since I figured out how to fix something else that would have been a loose end, her name is perfect.  You will see why.  Muah ha ha!

PPPS, It's officially 1am where I am.  I've been writing for hours and I'm a little loopy now, so I am sorry if nothing I said just made sense.