Stripper With a System 10-14 (Patreon)

It's here! On time, despite the snap poll ;-). For those only sorta paying attention, I shut that poll down early morning on the 7th, and the winner (Kara) only ended up showing up at the tail end of this update. So it worked out that I didn't need any sort of delay to get this out on time. At full length too, coming in at just over 15k.

I'm mostly happy with the results. There was a little bit too much time spent in characters' heads or doing exposition for me to be happy with entirely, but that's sort of just what needed to happen in this bit of the fic. They are in build up phase and I've deliberately kept the number of 'named' characters Rylia is interacting with down, since I know that list is doing to build to be ever more unwieldly as the story progresses and she summons more 'Help.' Meaning there currently just aren't a lot of people for her to interact with, if I don't want to complicate my life a ton later. That should change in the next update with both Kara and...one other you should be able to guess at after reading these chapters ;-).

I've included a map with the post this time, as relative locations of a few planets and bits of space are referenced in story. Likewise, I looked around for a version of Kara that's similar to what I was/am imagining, which is the other post image ;-). This Kara is a bit older than the teenage version we see most often, and not a front-line fighter. So I felt any of her traditional costumes/appearances didn't quite fit.

As usual, the new chapters are attached here in various formats, and the new Master Files, containing the entire story, will be up in the Pinned Post shortly. I'll also be doing some Author's Notes for the chapters after I get that done. You'll be able to find them in the comments, also as usual, though give it a bit so I can actually write them :-p. Enjoy more of Stripper With a System, everyone!