Mansion Of Secrets

Extra-Let me explain...

I don't want to do these...'little extra's' anymore where I talk to my few fans but I will anyway, just for you....Whoever you are at this point...

1.When does this take place? Is it even cannon?

NO! well not exactly, the story itself isn't cannon but more a doll-house style look on all the events that have happened in the various lives throughout the years.Does that make any sense? No?

Basically, this whole book isn't cannon, meaning it's not real or actually happening in the series.That means it's separate from the storyline but more that its a look from others perspectives on how everything came to be, everyone in different lives but with the same events happening.

To put it simply, its a AU, a alternative universe.

This is supposed to take place in Year 610B (though the story actually starts in 605B) when the first umi was born.From then onward, the events from all the previous stories fall into the timeline as the child grows up.

You can think about the first born umi boy a little more, think about who he is and what he will be.I'll give you time until chapter 6 anyway.

2.Setting?

Actually I won't tell you, it's more exciting this way.All I can tell you is that you will probably figure it out yourself and that's better.

3.Borscht? What is that?

Borscht is a common breakfast for families to eat made with lots of different vegetables and beetroot, salt, garlic and sour cream (at least the recipe 'he' eats does) and tastes really good.Many families in Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania eat this dish as its a very popular soup full of nutrition and healthy eating.

4.Why is he eating food like that?

Because he, like numi, are from and in a area surrounded and corrupted by lithuanian influence.

5.Why are updates so slow?

Because nobody pressures me to rush or hurry up with writing these, I figured I would slow down.

This story is supposed to be enjoyed, savoured and not eaten in one go, you can't just be presented with a full course meal for free and expect to eat it too.

6.Is this the end?

Absolutely not, but if article 13 does happen then I might have to say goodbye to this story and let Europe kiss my arse! No way am I letting such a important and living part of my life die from false copyright restrictions!

In short...no, this is nowhere near the end even if article 13 stops me from posting it here, I'll just have to post it somewhere else like on deviant art or Tumblr or whatever you use that I own.Fanfiction.net is a lost cause since article 13 so I will not post there anymore.

7.Will you ever continue your past works?

Yes, but they are not to continued in their current state.Like I said, this series isn't to be eaten all in one go, you need the side dishes and desserts as well as some drinks to fill in that empty space.The questions you ask, the discontinue stories, the facts versus fiction.It all is served at different times until the finale where I can finally serve you the full course, extra drinks and desserts included.

8.Why all the food metaphors?

I feel like food is the easiest way to get my feelings across and the overall message.

Writing this is like my relationship with food, I don't want to eat it but if I don't, I'll starve and die.If I don't make people happy by writing interesting stories (aka eating filling food) then I don't get the aftereffects (the rewards),in this case it would be gaining attention and spreading the word no matter what happens to me in a few years time.

You sound panicked, what's wrong? Does anyone know this?

I need to get the message across before anything happens that could put my life's work in danger of being disconitimes without a finale.I was really scared of making this series because I felt like all my emotions being exposed on paper was too much to remember, the characters that tortured me, loved me, molested me, locked me up and gagged me, replaced me but freed me.

So many feelings and emotions I have towards the bond that WE all share, I felt worried many would not listen or abandon them, I didn't want that and still don't!

But I can't say that im happy that so much of my life feels limited to these characters that nobody even looks at, the ones that are side-characters play a much more important role then I made them out to be.

And who are they, the ones you claim to have set as side dishes in this series?

Uki and my sisters, I have left them though not really.I feel like I have betrayed them by giving them such a small insignificant role to play in the UMI series.They had their chance in the UMI series but hurt because it isn't directly about them doesn't mean should cast them aside, I love them, love them, love them, love them, love them, love them, love her, love him always.You understand that I feel this way...

And who are you? The one claiming to be just a writer who wants to live another day?

That depends on how you view me.