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I think that there's a lot that I could say in regards to my newest work. But somehow, I feel like I can't expound on it too much without spoilers, in case someone happens to see this before reading the actual story itself. I'll likely save that discussion for next time. I'm pretty happy with the turnaround time. Start to finish, it took a little over 3 months to put this one together. That's pretty remarkable on its own, but also in light of the fact that it's an exceptionally dense piece by word count. The last one to exceed it in size was The Embrace / The Blind Date, if one considers those to be a single project. I'll spend the rest of my time here outlining my thoughts on Las Vegas' inner workings in the current form it's taken on in my world building. I'd previously provided an overview of Los Angeles in The Yacht Brawl and its accompanying journal piece, so I think it offers a very interesting contrast. In Las Vegas, a casino functions as the fundamental unit of

A long time ago, well before I ever conceived of any of members of my roster or plotted out the stories in which their dramas would unfold, the very first OC I created was Lily Wu. My writing was still almost exclusively confined to the realm of celeb stories back when I’d first come across the reference that would eventually inspire the character. The real life model couldn’t really fit into that body of work when I started plugging her in against some of my favorites from that period, as she wasn’t at the level of notoriety that one would expect from an actual celebrity in those days – this was well before the time when being internet famous could be a thing all on its own. Nonetheless, I started to conceive of a few idea fragments that she seemed to be suited for, and as my focus began to shift in the following years, she consistently remained at the center around which the rest of my universe was slowly being established. First and foremost, Lily was a boxer. I think literally