Thank you to Ashley for commissioning this episode!

I loved this episode so much, because you all know how interested I was in seeing how Jenna was going to make the transition to vampire! It was even more delightful than I expected, and I'm really hoping that she sticks around a bit longer. Maybe even becomes a bigger character.

Meanwhile, Nandor thinks he wants to become a proper US citizen, but it doesn't go well.

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Thank you very much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode!
I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this book, despite having heard of it here and there, because I tried not to look into it too much. But at this point I'm only 4 chapters in and I'm absolutely hooked and I can't wait to see what this writer decides to do with this compelling plot and interesting characters.
I am absolutely DYING to know what this Lady is up to, and how is Tarisai can possibly hope to get out of it.
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Thanks to Heather for commissioning this episode!
It's time for the final chapters of the book, and we get a properly epic street brawl with all the Metahumans (thanks for the word, Dr. Spears, but also I hate you) outing themselves in full view of the public, who are all armed with cellphones. The way things shake out, we've got a full-on shift in the terrain of society coming up in the next book, and I'm very interested in seeing how this all goes for everyone.
Thanks so much again to Heather for commissioning this book, and looking forward to what's ahead!

Thank you to Patricia for commissioning this episode!
This section is really interesting and I'm not totally sure what to make of it. Nita and Kit are taken to see a sort of memorial about ancient Alaalu people's interaction with the Lone Power, who appeared to them as a superhot woman. They seem to just tell the Lone One to fuck off, and she just....goes? That can't be right, can it?
What is going on?!

Thank you so much to Bernadette for commissioning this episode!
These episodes are the ones in which Vivi joins up with our people in an official bid to go back to Alabasta and stop the rebels. However, there's a mysterious new player on the scene! A sexy cowgirl with ambiguous motives and a sultry voice.
Also, RIP Cogsworth.

Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode!
So this is the departure from the main novel, in which I read a short story from the anthology! This is from Jill's perspective, and we get to see exactly how she got out from the house after being taken into custody and basically put into lockdown. In proper teenage fashion, she completely freaks the fuck out over a bullshit relationship with a creep (I CAN UNFORTUNATELY RELATE) and using a pretty fucking wild escape tunnel to bail in the middle of the night.

I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TUNNEL.
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So these are the episodes in which we reach Whiskey Peak and our friend Zorro winds up having to fight Team Rocket (which isn't as difficult as I had sort of expected it to be?) while everyone else is passed out in a food coma.
Well, everyone else except for Nami. Because Nami doesn't play.
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Thank you to Patricia for commissioning this episode!
So this section ends partway through chapter 7 at "I can manage", for those out there reading along! We get to meet the folks on Alaalu and it's not as foreboding as I was expecting, considering Nita's dream. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and it's just...not quite happening?
WHY DOES THAT MAKE ME EVEN MORE NERVOUS?

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So this episode makes it clear that all one has to do to get on Luffy's bad side is to threaten his food source. And honestly, that makes crystal clear sense to me, so as far as I'm concerned it's all Zorro's fault.
Heh.
Meanwhile there's this princess named Vivi who was trying to infiltrate a rebel group...or at least trying to infiltrate the ones trying to agitate the rebels into action.
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Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode!
So for this episode, despite it being slightly under the usual number of pages, I'm just doing this one chapter that ends with Jill running away and next episode I'm covering the short story 'Jill's Run' from the companion anthology! You can find it here! https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00UQW39E6&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_21PGR4D4R53Q00QTEEN0
This chapter is the one where we find out that this alien thing goes even further than we thought.