[OOC][PLOT] Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals

[Labster]

Thanks for the offer of a truck, but my character already has one.  It is, however, really impractical for driving six other people around L.A.  Transit sucks here.  There was a rail line once running along Abbot Kinney, with Red Cars and all, but it's long gone.  That's the kind of thing I'd like to change for this reality, but an L.A. that didn't fall in love with the car is a city I don't know how to write. :/

I made good progress this weekend.  The next chapter is up to uh, 35kB.  OK, that turned out longer than expected, but some scenes surprised me when they started writing themselves.  I'm probably about 90% done.  And when it's done, it will lift an embargo on some later material I have ready-to-go.  Assuming I don't need to change the continuity.

EDIT: I uh, may be doing too much research.  Holy carp Aria characters are canonically young.  I didn't know that upper secondary education was entirely optional in Japan.   At least I found my way out of it.  In some cultures, apprenticeship would be considered a full education, but not ours.