Just to show how horrendously slow I've gotten with my free-time work, I present what I'd intended to have done at least two months ago. :p

This takes place after the end of my STILL-in-progress Zeus project, and on the same day as the surprise piece that  tallen did for me, here, so it has a similar theme. This was supposed to have been finished a long time ago as a b-day gift for him in return, but because I was so slow with it (and had some trouble with Melody's personality at first), it's become a combination of late b-day/early Christmas present. The lateness alone brings me great shame, and given recent events I feel even worse that I didn't get it done sooner.

Because I haven't finished Zeus yet, this piece will give away a few spoilers about certain events in it, but I wanted this to see the light of day first and foremost before anything else, if only because  tallen deserves to see it in its finished state. I wish I had done better by him....but I did the best I could, and I hope that's enough.

For anyone interested, try this as a background song for the piece, if you want. It's a free tune, first released on a Christmas holiday season years ago but still awesome in its own right. Whatever the next day brings, I hope it's a better one.

Story icon by  crovirus