"Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" August 2010 update

The last month of summer has dawned upon us which means I bid farewell (but not goodbye) to "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" and turn my efforts to "The Final Chapters". Reflecting upon the project's development during July can only be described as pitiful. I'll be honest, I've had my mind occupied on others things such as starting my first (1st) employed job and getting through the first (1st) week along with other hurdles. This means "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" hasn't progressed as much as I would like. But let's not jump to conclusions and state July was a complete failure for the project, some things did surface.

For starters, I have revised the night in Zanarkand when Bevelle unleases its assault which leaves Zanarkand not in complete ruins but certainly worse off. Whereas Shuyin is unhappy playing BlitzBall in Luca during the annual BlitzBall tournament, Lenne is training to become a summoner but quickly proves to be exceptional and an issue for the rest of trainee summoners along with her. In the midst of this, Bevelle launches a suprise attack sending only a few of their machina to hamper Zanarkand's defences before the fatal night (or more accuately early hours of the morning) where everything in Zanarkand changes. At the moment of attack, Lenne finds Shuyin washed ashore. Their unexpectedly sooner reunion is devstated however when the night sky pours with Bevelle's machina. The story of the attacks are now much more descriptive and no longer feel as hollow as a couple of sentences.

A new character, Painenarok who is Lenne's trainer at the summoner's training facility meets her untimely demise after being found by Lenne and Shuyin a few hours after the attack began. What's been made more evident in "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" from the previous working month is that Lenne sees the good in everyone except herself. When Shuyin or Painenarok ask after Lenne has acknowledged and helped them, Lenne reclines and puts a brave but untruthful acknowledgement about herself. Most of the time its clear that Lenne has little regard to what happens to her as long as she believes she is doing the right thing. Although telling Painenarok that they are not machina but are human beings who are strong, fighting for their hopes and dreams and in the meantime caring for one another, Lenne feels she is not like that and much more cold and duty oriented like a machina.

Outside "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" I have been revising my ideas for the Sphere Grid and the use of the Garment Grid in terms of developing the attributes of the playable cast and intiating bonuses whilst using a particular Garemnt Grid in battle. I have also been revising Yuna's nightmare-like moment alone on Besaid in chapter two (2) of "The Final Chapters" in my mind. I intend to implement this during the course of August and develop on the concept and implications of Shadow Surge.

Well that's about it. I'll have more next month so until then, "see ya!"

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