Don't worry, that isn't the end of the story. Well, it is. But it's also the start of a new one, which if you want to read is called "Home" and the first chapter is out now. I've turned it into a different book because it's, well... About a bazillion times better. So check it out, and tell your friends. Yes, there's even Lati-shipping, but also action and badassery of an untold scale. If you'd prefer to avoid the badassery and carry on with this story like nothing bad ever happened I've also put out another story, called 'Day to Day'. Both can be accessed on my profile NOW!
#smiley face#
And now, The Afterword:
Well... Here we are... Wow... Look at all of you. You've aged since the first chapter, Since I uploaded it. Gee, That was, what, five months ago?
I'd just like to thank everyone who read this first. This was never meant to be a long story. It was just something for me to do in my spare time. But as time went on, well. I enjoyed it more than more. In fact, its been nearly two-thirds of a year since I started it. A lot has happened during that time, but mainly, my writing has improved tenfold. I just went back to read the first chapter - It was so... terrible... I thought a child might have written it instead.
More than that has changed. In the time I've written this story, I've also:
- Climbed 3 mountains in 24 hours,
- Gone through two jobs,
- Seen my parents divorce,
- Won programming awards,
- Written out 280,000 words and 400,000 lines of code,
- Survived 21-12-12 (lol)
- Been classed as severely underweight,
- Generated over 2.6 Terrebytes of computer data
But most importantly, I've
- Gained fans. Like you.
Yep. You.
So this afterword is for you, and all the people who made me who I am. The person who put up with the crappy bit at the start (Which, lets be honest. It was). Well, I'd like to say thanks. You guys have all pushed me through this, given your support and reminded me that whatever you think you can achieve, you can if you put the right amount of effort in.
I'd like to extend a round of applause to all those who reviewed:
# An7 - This guy is ace. Not afraid to be honest, and is more on the ball than a seal in a circus
# nethowin - One Word. Encouragement.
# PikaMewGirl - Living proof that my language perhaps wasn't as bad as I thought
# Cheep the Hedgehog, The Silent Insomniac, david davidson, and then there's - AWww s**t there's just so many of you guys. You've all been great!
LAST MINUTE EDIT: Well done to OBITEN for sitting thhrough the story for more than an hour, non stop, and reviewing every single chapter... just wow!
Thanks to latiasfan1 for encouraging and inspiring me in the first place. Look out for him in one of my future stories :)
I'd say that it's a bit like a magikarp turning into a gryados: If you can't put up with me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best. But that just isn't true, because if you think one bit is not so good, you can say why in the reviews and skip it. The next book (the squeal to this) I've written is the gryados in this case. Which makes this story the magikarp (seriously, I can't emphasize enough how much better the squeal is.). And the squeal to that is so epic, every time I think how epic it is, I can't actually type the woraghfjs askasf pagpw[we -03eref8 we0gm,. n...
This story was generated mostly by my subconscious in a hospital bed in Doncaster. As you can probably guess, it's never been put right. Even though none of the people are reading this, I'd like to thank the medical team at Doncaster hospital in the young persons ward for helping me through that tough time, and dealing with the tonne of s**t I put you through, especially the hallucination-prompted screaming fits. (This was before electronic staff-patient management systems were put in, I can't trace them at all.). Without you guys, I wouldn't be here today.
Andy - my boss - will no doubt be reading this. HE is, after all, my security check, so it is his job. Thanks for putting up with this Andy, and not telling me to stop. You'd think that in the adult world of jet-engine building, story writing wouldn't be a priority, but you let me nontheless. Perhaps I can butter you up so I can write a lemon. Not 'butter up' in a sexual manor. Hahaha... Please don't make me censor that bit.
I'd like to thank the makers of Jota Text Editor for Android. This isn't an advertisement, but man would I endorse them. Without that app, this story wouldn't exist. I've used it every day to write out the chapters, so I think they deserve a mention.
I wanted to make this story move you. Not latterly on a 3D space plane. But emotionally move you. Make you laugh, cry, and long for the characters. Want to be them. Immersed. If I haven't done that, let me know what would have made that happen. Because if I haven't, my work isn't the best, and I wont settle for anything worse than perfection. If you weren't at least a bit sad at the end of chapter 24, I'm not doing as well as I should.
So, finally. I'd just like to ask every single one of you (even if you don't have a fanfiction login, you can do this without one), to click that little button that says review, and give me a few honest words on the good, the bad, and the ugly, of this story. Thank you, and I'll see you at 'Home'
'Home' is available to read on on my profile now, as well as a sample chapter of 'Day to Day', the story after 'Home', in case you don't like action, but still want to stay in the loop.
Follow as you like :)
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