Been slacking off rather terribly with both posting and writing -- I'm at the end of chapter six or seven now, and several thousand words behind schedule. Provided I can recover my badly scattered wits, I can still catch up in time, but I suspect the month's end will be terribly exciting.


Chapter Four:
In Which Tricks are Talked Of

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This chapter is rather too long. I need to change (and I believe add) names. (Douban was a last-second pick, for one.) Formatting is gone -- individuals' story titles need to be bolded.

All this and more, after several thousand words. (But not of commercial breaks.)