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The Interactives "The Book of Masks"  : A high school student discovers a grimoire that can make magical disguises."The Wandering Stars" : Sequel to "The Book of Masks.""Student Bodies" : A high school student is turned into a blue goo that can possess people.For non-WdC Members "The Book of Masks: Archives" : Dodges the "Servers Busy" barrier!"The Book of Masks (Abridged)" : Introductory storylines for new readers.Community "BoM/TWS Message Forum" : Community for readers of the interactives."BoM/TWS/SB Wiki" : Notes and documentation for authors. Spoilers!Current Polls None The Latest 4/26: Interactive: "Madam I'm Adam" 4/26: Public: "Madam I'm Adam"
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| I had a dental appointment yesterday, and then some other stuff that had doing, so I missed publishing. I'm making up for it today with two chapters. And something actually happens in one of them! |
| Today's chapter— * Interactive: "An Overwhelming Question" * Public: "An Overwhelming Question" —brings the current branch to a climax, and boy that's a cliffhanger if ever I saw one. And that's where it's going to have to stay for awhile, until I return to writing BoM instead of just publishing from the backlog. But for now, suffice it to say this has encompassed part of a commission, and in order to fulfill that commission I'm going to have to continue it at some point, so you won't be left hanging forever. Commentary continues here: "Commentary: "The Mystery Box"" Tomorrow brings the start of a different commission, one that picks up with "A Clash of Values" . Will has taken the book in to the school to deposit it inside the time capsule, but some of the other students at school have gotten a look at it and seem to be interested in buying it. He also ran into a couple of guys—Marc Garner, Spencer Osbourne, and Steven Buckner—who've given him the idea of trading the book for a couple of joints, and he could put those in the time capsule instead. That's what he's decided to do. But now he has to find someone to make a trade with. |
| Yesterday and the day before were a little weird, so there weren't two chapters. I'm making up a little for the shortfall by publishing two chapters today. |
| Today's chapter— * Interactive: "Adding a Third" * Public: "Adding a Third" —wraps up a branch just as it's about to get complicated. I've got an idea for how it's going to continue, though, and it's going to veer into an unexpected direction when I return to it. Commentary thread: "Commentary: "Scheming Big"" Next up, a continuation of something more recent: "The Games That Some Girls Play" . Will has lost the book and all his gear, and has no idea how it vanished. He has suspicions but no evidence about how it all was stolen, and maybe he doesn't care, for he has lately been distracted by friendly attention from an unexpected direction: Stephanie Wyatt. The last chapter ended with her even inviting him out to a party, which isn't the kind of thing she has ever done before. |
| Today's chapter— * Interactive: "Home Sweet Hollywood" * Public: "Home Sweet Hollywood" —finally gets Will and Sydney to Hollywood, where they are laying plans for adding another industry person to their burgeoning coven. A commentary post is in the forums here: What's next? The exit of Chelsea Cooper "... And the Entrance of a Better One" Will and Caleb have been playing around with masks. Will was using a mask of Caleb to flirt with Eva Garner, to try setting the two of them up, but then got crossways with Chelsea. She sent Gordon to beat up Will, and when all was said and done, Gordon was trapped in a mask of Will, Dane Matthias was trapped in a mask of Gordon, and Chelsea was trapped in a mask of Dane. And where was Will? He was now pretending to be Chelsea Cooper! And he had just decided to turn her into a better person! But there are still a lot of dicks at the school, so it's not like being a "better" Chelsea will make much of a difference. So Will is wondering if maybe he should make some other substitutions. This was the first branch I wrote when I came back from my mega-hiatus, and it dives into the kind of story that later (though published earlier) got a much longer exploration in the Doppelganger Conspiracy, so what comes next will be like a premature return to and reset of that, just in another branch. Lastly, I need to catch up on the "Gratuities and Gratitudes." Easy seemed to like the Hollywood branch, because he sent me a bunch of GPs, and I thank him for them. |
| After a two-week interruption in the middle, the line of chapter that started with "A Reunion of Fakes" concludes: * Interactive: "Den of the Body Thief" * Public: "Den of the Body Thief" Whatever I have to say about it is in the Commentary thread: "Commentary: "A Reunion of Fakes"" Next up: We've seen quite a bit of Chelsea Cooper lately. Is anybody up for seeing more of Sydney McGlynn? Starting tomorrow I'll pick up where "The Actors' Studio" left off.Sydney and Will are planning to form a cult by turning people into golems. In most of the branches in this area, that means victimizing people in Saratoga Falls. But in this branch they've gotten ambitious and have decided to take the act to Hollywood. Will has already got himself a body that's already there: that of a thirty-something washed-up TV actor who has returned to Saratoga Falls to meet a daughter he never knew he had by his old drama teacher. But how is Sydney going to get out to Los Angeles? And are they going to take anyone else out there with them? |
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