The Wager 5
Added 2025-12-31 15:12:52 +0000 UTC
Happy New Year, everyone! And belated Merry Christmas as well! The Chapter is already attached!
Author's Note:
Warning: A sensitive topic is present. Only read after enjoying the chapter fully.
Anyways, I'm alive! Which is actually a very relevant statement because my life briefly turned into a political drama this December! See, one moment I was just comparing Landslide Reports to our models to determine its accuracy, and the next thing I know, my boss was throwing me to an investigative body to verify if some government projects were actually there to mitigate geohazards!
Never did I expect to be able to fight corruption this close, but long story short, we found discrepancies where people made money using ghost projects! Following the paper trail, we talked and argued with past and present government officials before we were suddenly pulled off after someone we were previously in contact with died. Whether she was killed or committed suicide, she was definitely guilty of corruption and was a lead to a bigger fish. After that, the investigation was paused and we were sent to an unofficial witness protection program for a short time before being sent home.
Suffice to say, the month was busy, and I spent Christmas relaxing with my family and taking stock of things. Definitely won't be renewing my contract with the government this coming year unless they give me a promotion. The danger is just not worth it for someone like me with a family.
P.S. My wife did unholy things to me after I got back home for Christmas. She says I should just write full time to stay safe, but I'm planning to start my own company this 2026. What do you guys think?
Comments
Hi Light, happy new year. Just checking if everything is OK. Discord chat has noticed your stories are gone from AO3 site. Ff is still up but we're worried about you.
Spider-manfav
2026-02-09 15:20:43 +0000 UTCProly the recent maintenance his ff is still up
LuckyPickl3
2026-02-09 13:22:05 +0000 UTCHey dude, did you get nuked off AO3? Your profiles are empty and I'm worried
Helldiver-B312
2026-02-09 04:15:59 +0000 UTCHey man, hope you're doing alright. I've noticed your stories on AO3 are gone. Did something happen that caused that or are you leaving that site altogether? Either way, I absolutely love your stories and will continue to support you however I can :)
Aedan C
2026-02-04 20:48:51 +0000 UTCGlad to hear your okay, really enjoyed this chapter. Felt very on point for Pyrrha and covered several things I've always thought were pretty out there for Jaune like adapting to aura so fast. Another point I don't see people point out or use is that Jaune was completely ignorant, as in her didn't know what aura was. Meaning he fully expected to fight Grimm as a regular person and assumed everyone else did so as well. This has a lot of meaning when you stop and consider how even a simple Beowulf is esstially a soulless Werewolf looking monster. The same way the the other students were trained with aura as children they were also unconsciously conditioned to view Grimm as much less of a threat. After all how else do you explain Ruby, Yang and Nora treating Grimm like a good time to battle rather then the threats they were. Which really points out Jaune's bravery as he fought Grimm without said preconcpetions much less that huge as hell Deathstalker. Honestly I always sorta assumed this what made Nora start calling Jaune her fearless leader. Like after he told them about his transcripts and she realized Jaune-Jaune was a regular civiy during intiation and still turned back to help Ren and Pyrrha that's what earned her loyalty and Ren's (As Jaune doing so despite having been drastically unprepared embodies his dad's words of 'Sometimes the worst action to take... is taking no action at all' as Jaune rushed to save him knowing just about anyone in his shoes with his lack of experience and training would probably do otherwise) Sorry went on a bit of a tangent. Anyways I really liked that talk between them as it felt very valid and consitent to their charaters. and the Blake talking/ giving advice to her team scene was just as fun to read, I really enjoy this series of yours and can't wait for the next chapter.
Daniel Martinez
2026-01-01 10:03:53 +0000 UTCMy wife said the same thing! She said I could write it into a story if I wanted to, but I'm not sure where to even start. Things were already moving along even before me and my colleagues got involved. We weren't actually in any danger now that I'm looking back at it, but at the time, me and my colleagues didn't know what to think and how deep we were! Turns out, we were just dipping our toes! We're actually too small to even threathen the big fish!
Biggs Ringor
2025-12-31 15:36:49 +0000 UTCThat was one heck of a month report, you could probably make it into a series for the info alone. Glad to hear you making it out and surviving.
Spider-manfav
2025-12-31 15:28:00 +0000 UTCNvm it's the app
LuckyPickl3
2025-12-31 15:26:12 +0000 UTCCan't download it am I the only one ?
LuckyPickl3
2025-12-31 15:24:30 +0000 UTC
