Welcome to Chapter 17! I'm going for a . . . shoot, I forget the specific decade this look was from, but a certain early 20th century illustration style. That and a reference to this old Lindsey Stirling video. 

Last week I ended up getting quite sick! One of the upsides of being underemployed is that I didn't feel too bad asking for a couple days grace on my freelancing deadline, so I was able to take like, so many naps. More naps than I thought I was capable of taking. Pretty sure my cats thought I was dead. I'm on the mend now, but keeping a close eye on myself, as bouts of depression often hit me at the tail end of an illness.

A quick note for the comments section! I am so glad whenever I see people excited for the Monday updates, but I would like to gently request that we keep countdowns and similar short, casual posts to a minimum, as it can make it difficult for me to gauge the fan response to the comic page itself. I don't want to dampen your engagement and sense of community, though, so I would eagerly encourage you to have all the fun you want in groupchats, Discords, or the social media platform of your choosing! 

Fun fact: This is also how the roleplay forms started! Several years ago, readers had started to roleplay in the comments section, causing the comments section to balloon to over a thousand per page at times--it was very lively, but it made it difficult to find the actual comments!