Forgive scuffed-looking Sonic. It's been too long since I've drawn anything, and my current medical issues are making it harder to refine things.
Heyo! I had planned to wait until I finished writing the second-to-last chapter of Season 2 of NPLH to make an announcement. But, unforeseen medical issues have necessitated an earlier statement. The good news is, in short, I am still working on this series! Don't worry; it is not on hiatus or being abandoned! The reason it's taking so long is that this school year has been hectic and stressful, and I've had no time, except for college, and I've been doing a little bit of stress relief here and there. Still, I am surprised that I only have the other half of the second-to-last chapter and the last chapter to complete, and then I will be finished with the raw script. I did make good progress despite only writing during my breaks. Looking at my document files, it is much larger than the first eight chapters, coming to a whopping 356 pages and 8,601 words. That is almost twice the size of the first season, and I am still writing.
Now, after a very hard and stressful exam period, I got very unlucky and acquired an abscess in my armpit. I will keep it brief, but I wrote this on the day after my last procedure to clean it out thoroughly; it fucking hurts! I didn't know what it felt like to be cut open, but oh my gods! It hurt more because the area was affected, but still! Knives hurt! Even if they are very sharp one-time-use scalpels and it was one small cut! Gods, I am so happy I get to have local anaesthesia on the third day.
Anyway, I wanted to explain a few things as to why I haven't been posting, both in art and writing, and that it will take longer to get back to, as the aftercare has now started. (I swear the universe is trying to keep me from writing. The cosmos can take my writing tools from my dead, cold fingers. Even if it takes me two weeks of strenuous aftercare. I've started writing on my phone because sometimes the pain is too much. I don't like having so much time on my hands with nothing to do, even if that time is supposed to be spent healing.)
It is also both funny and not funny. Still, the events that occurred in the last six months are also reflected in the newest chapters I wrote before the end of the previous year, which ultimately happened to me and my loved ones. At least Nine's suffering and medical mishaps will be more accurate this time. My luck with medical stuff has been just so awful. It's especially ironic since I had so many things planned for the summer, and the second I am finally free of my studious obligations, I get hit with something so sudden and painful. (I bet it's the Ao3 curse)
The next chapter and art will, as a result, take much longer to post than I had anticipated. I hope to work on NPLH again soon. While I have developed numerous hyper-fixations on different fandoms and games throughout the year, my brain rot with Sonic, specifically Sonic Prime, continues to truck on.
Coincidentally, yesterday was also my birthday. I wanted to make this announcement yesterday, but the pain was quite severe, so I postponed it for a bit. Rn, it is bearable, but I took my pain meds a little bit too late, so hahaha, gotta suffer a little before I go to sleep.
