thank you all so much for the kind words, made my morning!
definitely inspired me to keep writing the next chapters - it felt good to get to writing again after idk how many years since
>>56023044thanks buddy, glad to be here.
>>56023086very glad to hear this. i wanted to start with a healthy mix of establishing baseline and leaving loose ends as to keep readers engrossed. definitely have more in the works, just have to start writing it down
>>56023089thanks so much!! i'll admit that i had to think a bit harder about the "non dialog" moments, but i'm glad how they've turned out so far and i'm even more glad you like them too. and the lack of resolution is definitely on purpose, haha. this'll be just the first chapter, after all. and i see it right now as more of an "origin story" and me getting the dust out, but Al and Beth will definitely run in with clover guild in the near future!
>>56023287thanks dude, glad it grabbed you! i did have some issues at first deciding if i wanted it be obvious Al to be male in the first few paragraphs. i decided about midway through that i did, but ended up using a few theys and its behind lmao
and yeah, i was using inky originally because i wanted to storyboard something much bigger, but after the advice of a kind anon here i decided to start smaller and work on my prose.
and you're right on, Bethel the Litten is the same Pokemon that saved Alphonse in the cave.
it will be officially revealed in-world during the next chapter, as I have some points already in mind for the revelation. 