Hey guys, I just wanted to say thank you all so much for taking the time to read this story. This is my first story I've completed, and I'm pretty proud of it, not gonna lie.
This is just a bit of notes about the story that I thought you might all like. Plus a bit of an announcement at the end.
Originally in the Presidio arc, Junko was meant to meet and fight her old mentor. He would've wielded a modified Octobrush and would have also been the reason why Junko couldn't immediately regroup with the team, not just due to keeping up a disguise to get a little hero moment during the fight with Micheline.
Originally I was going to slip in a romance sub-plot between Michael and Shelly but realized it detracted from the story too much.
During the writing of the story, I originally wrote three different endings, all differing in how the fight with Michelne would have ended. They were basically a bad, bittersweet, and good ending, with the good ending obviously being what I went with.
In the bittersweet ending, Micheline would have been fatally wounded during the fight, but during her final moments Michael would have been able to snap her out of her brainwashing. She'd apologize for what she did and would have died embracing Michael.
In the bad ending, Micheline would also have been fatally wounded during the fight, and would have also killed one of the team members in a last ditch effort. It was a toss-up between Angela, Randy, Shelly or Junko dying, I simply never decided on one since the ending went unused. Michael also wouldn't have been able to snap Micheline out of being brainwashed and she would have died hateful towards him. The news of an Inkling being murdered by an Octarian would have rang out through Inkopolis, forever keeping Junko and the Octarians living underneath Inkopolis from fully integrating into Inkling culture. The story would have finished with Michael falling into a depression where he didn't think of himself as a hero anymore and resigned from the role of Agent 3. He would have left Inkopolis and moved back in with his parents, not wanting to face his remaining friends anymore. If it was either Angela or Shelly who died, Randy would have been confused and angered by their deaths, and would have come to blame Michael for it and kicked him out of the house.
Also, I'll be posting pics of the loadouts for each of the characters over on imgur. I'll be posting a new chapter page with all of them soon.
Well, after all that, I guess I should make the announcement, huh?
Here goes.
I had thoughts of making a bit of a more laid-back sequel to this series about Michael continuing his turf war career. But I wanted to know if you guys want it as much as I want to make it. It won't have much in the way of serious story as this one did, but would be more focused on humor and character building/interactions. It'd basically be a fun little side-project to work on. Make a review or send me a PM and tell me your opinion on this.
That's all for today, I'll see you guys later!