#mostly im just talking about the vague direction we're going in for the next arc

[theonekrafter]

fluffly clouds progress update!

working on chapter 13 of fluffy clouds rn and i'm outlining the next arc. have a small snipit of one of the scenes im working on in the next chapter, plus some of my thoughts on the next arc im planning!

so, chapter 12 was pretty short. mostly because i hadn't properly outlined this next arc we're in (titled: "before the warfront" in my notes). i was going mostly on vibes and wanted to explore the starting dynamics on team jiraiya. now that im properly outlining, i promise we'll have some meatier scenes to work with.

these next few chapters are going to be heavily focused on what it means to be a fresh genin in konoha during the second war, along with establishing the skillsets seiko, minato, and kushina will have before they start getting deployed. right now that's looking like five chapters pre-warfront, but that could change LOL. last arc i think i rushed towards the end because of my insistence on getting out of the academy in 10 chapters. i won't be making that mistake again. the arcs will take as long as they need to from now on.

but yes, as the screenshot above shows, ayako and friends will still be making appearances post-academy graduation. mikoto and ayako are, in my opinion, still important secondary characters with their own future importance. we won't see them As Often as we see kushina and minato, but we'll still be seeing them around.

hopefully ill get ch 13 finished by next week(?) but we'll see! i might want to backlog a few chapters so we can get back to weekly updates. ive been pretty busy with college so it's been hard to no life and write All Day like i was when i first started fluffy clouds in june.

feel free to ask any questions you have about the next arc! whether or not i can answer them now will depend on how many spoilers im gonna be giving LOL