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   I found Yee through our AHE character artist Zaph, and hired her on to do background crowds as her art style is pretty compatible with Zaph's. In-between one of her bg illustrations I tasked her with drawing us up a RE:TT cover! She sent us three test sketches to choose from, and the middle option there won the reader poll.

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Zhilbar

I LIKE the way she handled Mrs. Moore. That was just everything it could or should be. I'm a bit more mixed on how she treats the others; she's certainly acting like the grown-up in the room with everyone, which makes sense given both her mental age and the fact of dealing with the kids makes that necessary- and looking back a little, I see more that she's treating her grandmother like an equal, which is preferable to my initial impression. I'm also appreciative of the way she harps on the problems, fat in particular; that kind of response is what she'd need to power through all this and stay the new course- but I'm really looking forward to when the teenage hormones that were muted by first weight and then age her whole first life kick in, and she fully emotionally realizes she really ISN'T an old lady in a more-functional body, since being in shape really does impact the body chemicals and neurochemistry in a big way. Just take a look at the claimed sexual activity level of athletes during the Olympics as a sample.

Malcolm Tent

Im still waiting for at least some basic stock manipulation lol. Nothing detailed but everyone knows stuff like invest in google or microsoft. And shes in a prime time period for that.

FortySixtyFour

The basic requirement for that is having money to invest to begin with, though, and part of the premise is that her starting point in life is well below the poverty line.

FortySixtyFour

Hmm. I might have a relationship as a subplot, but I'll likely keep it PG-13 this time. I'm not real great at writing sexual tension.

andy may phan

If Tabitha does end up encountering a situation that is emotionally beyond her capabilities to handle, it will be interesting to see if she ends up reaching out to her mother for comfort. Even if her mother is "younger" in terms of life experience at this point in the story, she's still her *mother*.

FortySixtyFour

I've tried to have Tabitha come off as stubborn but not so stoic as to be unshakeable. Her initial reaction to figuring out she was in the past was a small mental breakdown rather than cool acceptance. Mrs. Shannon Moore definitely still has a large role to play in the story, though readers may start to question which of them's really the mother.

Roethan

You might want to be a little more clear that Tabitha CAN'T handle the situation because as it is it's hard to tell whether she just doesn't WANT to or not. I also like the slip up about 2 years in the future. Either she said more than she meant or she's so convinced no one would believe her that she's dropping little hints. Her mother may not have noticed or maybe just took it as an examples of what could go wrong, but eventually she'll start putting pieces together. It's more than her daughter being just weird. And I think Shannon is more apathetic than stupid, so give her a reason and she'll start putting pieces together. I highly doubt she'll get it right, not as is, but she might start to see things a little clearer.

Roethan

I'm starting to like the cousins more and more. They are maturing thanks to this new role model. There is still obvious awe and they are still ... innocent of the ways of the world, I guess you could say. I can see them being close friends she would actually WANT to have. I think she needs to find someone to tell the truth to. I'm leaning towards that artist girl. Definately the girl she is going to adopt, but that is too far in the future. She needs someone she can truly trust.

FortySixtyFour

I think it was a genuine slip up on her part because it was an emotional moment. Tabitha only cares about keeping her predicament a secret because she doesn't want to have to try to explain herself as not being absolutely crazy, she's not as interested in hoarding her future knowledge as an absolute advantage.

FortySixtyFour

The truth coming out is one thing, anyone believing her is another... haha. Any million improbable explanations are going to be trusted before the one everyone sees as impossible.

Roethan

True, they won't believe her, at least not at first. But I think just someone to listen and not condemn her would be something. At least believe that she believes, you know? Give her the benefit of the doubt. Otherwise I dont think she can make it without turning bitter.

Roethan

Maybe a shrink? Did she go through any kind of counseling when her parents died? Would she remember their name?

FortySixtyFour

If anything, I'd think her past life would feel more like a dirty little secret to her, considering how poorly it went. She'd be more bitter if someone found out about it.

Roethan

True, I know she isn't happy at her first play through. I just feel she'll never be true to herself if she cant find at least one person willing hear her out. Like she's burying a large part of herself. She's strong enough to get through it, I think. But she'll probably have trust issues.

Malcolm Tent

Not necessarily. Starter companies in the foundation stages sell stock for pennies or less. Some of the brand new penny stocks sell at .0001 or lower, you can get hundreds of shares for a few bucks. A bit of basic knowledge is more than enough, hell she could just send bill gates a letter with a few bills and ask for shares lol.

Malcolm Tent

This was supposed to be a response to my earlier post.

Zhilbar

I'd enjoy seeing some level of relationship, and PG-13 would be about the right place to leave it for this story- it's not the sexuality in specific that I'm interested in, but the biological feedback from her new condition. It's like she spent tens of thousands of dollars and months on end of time turning a broken-down station wagon into a highly-tuned racing machine, and now she has to learn to drive all over again with a car more responsive than she realized possible. She's made demands on her body, and despite all its complaining her body complied... But what about when her body starts making demands on HER?

Robert E. Poole

Great segment. I think when Tabitha corrects Nick it should be 'Than you were' instead of 'Then you were'. Still loving the story progression. Thank you.

Jedi Khan

Ah family...friends that you can't get rid of even if you wanted to. That's a good line. I'm guessing those cousins of hers are Uncle Danny's boys? Does she know how his conviction affected them in the future? I don't recall if it was mentioned earlier, but what was he convicted for? Maybe she can start inquiring as to how Uncle Danny is doing and/or what he's up to? Who knows, maybe she can make a difference there and keep him from doing whatever it was that sent him to prison?

FortySixtyFour

I was on the fence about her doing just that. However, Tabitha had no positive memories of him, as he was absent most of her past life, and in addition has always thought poorly of him for being a criminal. Everyone in the Lower Park was generally associated with being criminals and lowlifes ever since the police officer was killed there in the past (or three months in the future, in this life.) Tabitha HATED the Lower Park having that stigma attached.

FortySixtyFour

Rick Dienel, your silence here says more than words ever could.

rick dienel

Really, I meant to say just how impressed I am by both of the storylines you are working. Started by reading your posts on Literotica, and thought then that you were one of the few who could transition to becoming a full time author. This new story proves that. Your decision to devote yourself to your art is both brave and humbling.

FortySixtyFour

It would be much, much, much more complicated than that, by several orders of magnitude. rlfj's A Fresh Start has his protagonist set up in a position to negotiate with Bill Gates (Chapter 72), and I think that author has an excellent grasp on the difficulties involved. Gates had a very good idea of what he had and what it would be worth.

FortySixtyFour

Man, I've heard my decision called a lot of things, but never brave or humbling. Last I heard, my coworkers from the plant were all laughing at me for being the guy who left a steady job to go write porn, and joke that they're going to run into me working the counter at Burger King.

FortySixtyFour

That's the thing--I'm still unpublished, and will remain so for quite some time as I don't have any works that have been completed.

Malcolm Tent

Maybe so, but lots of people with good ideas they know are worth something try to make it in the business world every day. Being good isnt always enough. Genius or not, nobody at that stage of building a company turns down investors for no reason. Even a sliver of microsoft shares would pay huge dividends long term. Im not saying she could get controlling interest for 100 bucks or something, just that shares of a fledgling company are much cheaper and any startup capital is precious. She doesnt need to single handedly start him off, just contribute a little bit and make an impression.

Malcolm Tent

Even if not that it certainly illustrates that she has options available to her. Future knowledge is a precious commodity. She can definitely find a way to leverage thatm

FortySixtyFour

I mean, she's definitely leveraging her future knowledge, just in slightly smaller ways, like rearranging her freezer so things actually stay frozen, or having a working knowledge of nutrition and fitness.

rick dienel

I know that’s a strange pair of words, but leaving a job you hate to pursue a better though uncertain future takes some guts. Humbling, because I doubt I would have the balls to make that choice, had I a similar talent.