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I've been trying to think of ways to promote this story, which is tricky when one writes as slowly as I do, but I think I've come up with a fun way to make this work: recruit all of you!

TL;DR: Do stuff to help promote this story, and you can suggest scene ideas which I'll write! Full rules below.

August is now Promo Month! I have decreed it thus, and so it shall be. I am offering the following incentives for participation:

-Write a review for this story, then comment* below with your suggestion for a scene! It can be any scene, at any point along the story's timeline. It can be from Alisa's PoV, or another character's. It can be something that we know about you want expanded upon, or something completely random. (Pre-existing reviews count too! Just go ahead and comment your scene suggestions.)

-If you write a full advanced review, you can make two scene suggestions, or double down on your first one to make it longer!

-Please review honestly; there are no bonus points for rating the story any particular way. Obviously, higher ratings help more with visibility, but I'd rather get a sincere 4 than an obligatory 5. (Though of course, if you feel it deserves a 5, I'll accept it gladly.)

-I reserve the right to veto scenes if they would give away too much, or if I can't pull it off for other reasons. If I have to veto your idea, you can certainly choose again until we find something I can do. :)

-These will be short bonus scenes. In order not to distract from or slow regular updates, they will not be full chapter length.

-Likewise, I make no guarantee for how quickly they'll be written, only that they will be. I'll write them in whatever order I'm inspired to do so, not necessarily chronologically, but I'll get to all of them eventually.

-If for some reason this becomes insanely popular, there may well be a long wait and it's entirely possible you'd come up with a better idea in the meantime. If you change your mind about what scene you want before I start writing your bonus scene, you can make a NEW comment (otherwise I won't see it) to supercede the old request.

-Already reviewed? Want more scenes? No problem! There are ways to earn more slots! Promote the story in an appropriate community on any other (non-RR) site you use, such as by crossposting your review, or mentioning it in a recomendation thread (following all the other site's rules and not being too obtrusive, please!) and post a link to your promo in the comments here*, along with your scene claim. This is limited to once per three days per reader to avoid flooding or my queue becoming overwhelming, but I'm sure that won't be an issue.

-Came up with another idea for how to get word out that isn't covered here? I'll be happy to discuss it with you!

-Having trouble thinking of specific scene ideas? Vague prompts are fine too! 'Zen being cute' or 'more details about magic' are just as valid as 'The first day of precad from Francine's perspective' or 'what the fights over the capitol in chapter one looked like to someone not hiding in a bunker.' Or you can use your slot to sponsor another commentor's scene, to make it longer (or exist at all if they don't have enough slots for it themselves).

*If for any reason you don't want to comment publicly, you may PM me instead.

**If you are an advance reader patron and want to request scenes from later on than posted chapters, please spoiler tag your suggestion. :)