Wow, Stardf! I have been waiting for this!

New segments!

I loved your latest, JillPole! Not only the plot developments (Adrian and the addition of the new Doctor's office), but also the clever way you have with words (like

stardf, ditto what Sonny has said. You write Isaac and Nerrha (and their relationship) so well. I can't help 'cheering' for them and wishing them a happy future.

Ryadian, more good stuff from you too. I'm eager to see the rest of your explanation.

Nice segments everyone. Sorry I haven't been around much. I'm working on some stuff, so hopefully I will be back to writing something this week.

Thanks, guys! I'm really glad to be writing for the Ditto Story again; I've been stuck on this too long, and I miss it.

@Sonny: Hehe, sorry about that. I was kind of worried that the long delay might make it even more confusing. But, all the same, thanks! And I think your question (...okay, "question") will be answered shortly.

@stardf: Thanks! I also reaaaally loved yours. In addition to the , well...let's just say a lot of "Awwwww...."ing was involved.

@JP: Oooh, some interesting developments. I especially loved the second half of yours;

Okay, so my newest segment is up, and I've already started the next one. Hopefully it'll be up in a timely manner...even if I doubt it'll be the last one before I'm done. :-/ I'm thinking at least two more. But trust me, this one's going up as soon as it's ready, even if it's later today.

EDIT: Okay, I just posted the next segment...s. Erm, sorry for the four posts in a row. All posted today. But I've been working on this segment on and off for a long time (mostly in bits and pieces), and when I started finishing it up...yeah, it kind of wrote itself. I've been waiting AGES to finish it, all of its overdramatic goodness and all.

So, hopefully that ties up all my loose ends. Please let me know if there's anything that's still confusing/unanswered; I realized about half-way into this arc that it was a lot more complicated than it really needed to be.

Nicely done, Rya! Good job explaining the complexities of telepathy that we discussed last weekend. And I enjoyed your last paragraph

I chuckled at your inside references, JP, especially

And your wordplay here:

All right, now I am completely caught up to current story time. Just a note to all my collaborators: Ryana has probably told the whole story now to her rescuers, if possible, so feel free to use any/all details in your own arcs.

I just wanna say one thing:

So, I've got a couple of confessions to make. Now that my arc is completely wrapped up (as far as plot advancement ), Ryana is free to join any other arcs that might be floating around. Unfortunately, after starting to re-read the Ditto Stories again (I just started #5), I realized something bad: I'm... a little lost about what arcs are still open, and everything currently going on. (I'm constantly getting the current plot mixed up with what I'm reading... I'm hoping it gets better as I get closer to current day, but that might be a while. ) If someone would be willing to let me know about any available openings, so to speak, that'd be great.

Secondly... well, some of you might remember a while back (try the old forum ) when I announced I was making a new character. Now that I'm done with this arc, I'm trying to decide if I want to introduce her yet. On the one hand, I there are things I really like about this character; on the other hand, I'm not sure if she'll just complicate things or not. She doesn't have a story arc to herself, per se, though she will introduce another minor villain (who'll just latch on to a certain organization.... ), and she'll mostly hang around with Phoenix Archer and whatever she's doing. Do you think it'd be okay for her to join now, or should she wait a while longer?

*Apologizes for making life more complicated*

I think a new character - and a new villain - would be fun right now.

I've been following your lead and reading some of the older stories...especially parts of 5 and 6. There's some great stuff there! I also reviewed story 8 a little bit in consideration of your question regarding open plot points, and followed along in this Library at the same time. I found a couple of references to the DeHonds' bio information, and thought I'd move it from the old forum to the Census Bureau while it's still available. Hope you don't mind, Sonny! (And feel free to edit that info if you like).

There are a number of plotlines open, all of which we could tackle as this story proceeds. Some of the pending big ones, I believe, are the Nine (as introduced in the Prologue) and what they might be up to; the time-traveler apparently altering things for the Gibson family, and the nanites in Katherine's body. There are some other plot threads that may well tie into one or more of these as the story proceeds.

My characters could join in plots too, if desired. Note that Will lives much of the time under a bush next to the fountain.

My next segment is up. Thanks to JillPole for the enormous amount of help! I'll try and catch up on the new stuff over the rest of this week.

Excellent segment, kat and JP! I liked the interaction between the doctor and his patients.

This latest from me is just something that suggested itself over the campfire last night. Nothing profound, just a little 'day in the life' stuff...except it ends with an opening for you, narnianerd, if you want to use it (if not, that's fine too!)

My goodness, Gazer! Wow... I can tell you right now that Eliana is going to be blown away by the gift! I think I'll start writing shower segments...

And ladies, great segment from you as well. Very... intriguing, as well as a good job giving the doctor personality.

Also, expect a day-in-the-life post from me soon.

Hey all, I was wondering how I could get introduce the crew of the USS United into the story, I'd love any and all suggestions. Thanks a ton.

narnianerd, one possibility might be that they detect the Emporium's detection of their away team's arrival They might go investigate to see who/what has that kind of tech, and thus meet Erik and Abby. Not sure exactly where we'd go after that, however.

And I've taken the liberty of moving a few more bios from the old forum to the new Census Bureau. JP and Aravanna, feel free to update the info there for your characters.

How are we supposed to update the info if you posted it? Would we re-post the correct info, and you would delete your posts?

Oops, sorry I was unclear.

Feel free to edit and update your characters' bios, and then post them in a new post. Please mention in your post if you'd like the old info deleted or not (some writers may prefer to keep multiple versions of their characters' bios as examples of how they've changed/grown.