Well, as I said at the end of November, sorry about cutting everyone short on Open World, and an additional apology about the even longer wait time than I had predicted. But, on the upside, Open World's first chapter has finally been completed, and uploaded! I may have made a few slight errors due to lack of sleep via studying for midterm exams, but now that I have my studying out of the way with for the most part, I can now dedicate myself to working on this story more often. The next deadline for the Open Novella Contest is on the 19th of this month, and I'm just a few words shy of the eight-thousand word mark, but that will be sure to change in the next few days. Wish me luck, and be sure to let me know what you think of the story so far!