Looking at where the story is at this point, all I can say is that between it and Shattered Rainbow taking place in the same universe, at the same time, it'd be pretty hard to actually get back to updating either story.
The plots of both stories are completely unplanned and quite messy, with the Lab Horse series actually being made mostly of filler material, and lacking a central plot ever since the end of Space Horse.
I've pretty much lost all interest in the series, and honestly, even simply from the writing style differences between the series and what I now write, it's become insanely hard to keep everything working out smoothly.
Best I can do is probably get straight into the ending arcs for both Shattered Rainbow and Equestrian Human. Even if I originally did have a sequel planned for both stories, I honestly doubt that I'd be interested in pulling it off anytime soon now.
It was almost killed off to focus on Pony-Me, but Gadget and Delmar are back at it again with spelunking through Equestria! (And Celestia has apaches.)
As for Pony-Me, the next chapter should come out before the end of this week. I've just gotta make a revival chapter for Shattered Rainbow now. ^_^
Yup. I'm finally starting on the next chapter. Granted, it's been a couple months since I've worked on it, and it takes some time to get back into the action for the story. I'm not even 100 words in yet, and I've already found myself struggling a bit. Expect a chapter update for the thing sometime soon, but not too soon.
Not to mention that the robotics competition doesn't start until Thursday, while build season ended about a week ago, which means I'm currently on this weird little grace period in between with nothing to do until the end of the week.
Do you know what that means?
UPDATE STREAK! (Maybe.)
Just because there hasn't been chapter updates doesn't mean that it's not progressing.
I'm currently doing some catch-up in Shattered Rainbow to get that and the main series back in sync as far as time goes, and I currently have ~300 words written for the next yet-to-be-published chapter. Once that's done, I'll get back to Equestrian Human and tie things up across both fics.
Three words:
The Clockwork City
-Set immediately after EH and Shattered Rainbow ends, and focuses more on action/adventure than the slice of life that the two stories were before. It'll be typed in a way so that reading the previous stories isn't exactly needed to understand what is happening.
No, my internet's actually running fine for once.
It's just that I'm still getting closer and closer to that dramatic turning point in the Lab Horse series that would either mark the end of the series or a shift to an entirely new focus and/or genre.
Like as in, in a couple chapters, I'll be moving onto the final story arc that I have planned for the series, and by final, I mean that I'm still having trouble trying to figure out what should come next.
There seems to be a recent trend pushing for me to ship Ranell and Gadget in my Lab Horse series...
Shall I?
EDIT: Whoops. I was probably getting a bit ahead of myself. It's just a single person suggesting to ship, but it's still something I could easily pull off.
...Not to mention the slew of possibilities that shipping a major character and a minor character would bring in terms of fueling the metaphorical flame of the story...
There's so much I want to do, but so little time I have these days to actually pull it off.
Celestia's gonna have some Earth fried chicken in the next chapter...
Not that she hasn't already eaten fried chicken before...
It has been completed.
I still could only get one shoe drawn properly. Ignore derp shoe.
Don't forget that Gadget mentions early on in Equestrian Human that she's suddenly a brunette!
Credits:
Skittle Sky - Lineart, Original Drawing, Assistance in coloring the eyes in
Yes, the temporary art I had commissioned will finally be replaced pretty soon.
My sister and I have been working on the new art, with her sketching the library of Gadget and me tracing over the scanned image digitally and (trying) to color and shade the thing in.
The only setback right now is that in having quite a bit of trouble getting her shoes to look correct, and my sister insists on an eye style that to me looks a bit out of place on Gadget.
I'll post a follow-up blog once it's completed if you wanna see it. For now I'm planning on using it as a way to be able to quickly reference events that happened without having to go back through the story or search the bare-bones storyline I have, since about half of the series is improv while the other half is actually planned.
#1 is gonna happen no matter what's chosen though, so it's either skip straight to it, add a bit of relief to the recent burst in story progression, or a bit of explanation for those of you confused on what the crap is going on.
Choices below the break.
I'm bored and I'm currently taking a short break from memorizing dates for a quiz, so let's see your thoughts on some upcoming events for Equestrian Human!
If you want some juicy spoilers for what to expect in upcoming chapters, just click into the blog. I'm putting everything behind a page break for those of whom would rather avoid knowing major plot points ahead of time.
Next chapter of Equestrian Human is in-production right now, and boy, am I enjoying all this dialogue.
Specifically, the dialogue between Gadget and her dad.
I'm updating again.
Starting with Equestrian Human!