It's rather unfortunate that it's come to this, but as of today, this story can be considered dead. While I like what I was going for when I began to write it, I think that I could probably have done a much better job had I given myself more time between chapters, rather than updating once every three days or so. Having gone back over the story, I've decided that my writing wasn't all too good, so I'm going to give it another shot at a later date.
Thank you to the people who offered me criticism on this work. Hopefully, I'll put it to good use, and make a few plot adjustments in the process.