The characters are restless.

Reno is stuck somewhere in a top-secret research facility while Rufus is God-knows-where doped up on morphine and mako. Samantha has been held hostage by Sephiroth for over a year now and both of them are about ready to go on strike.

The unresolved sexual tension between Seifer and Elena grew to astronomical proportions. Soon they were unable to stand it any longer and they had mad passionate sex behind the Treno Auction House. Elena is now pregnant with Seifer's love child. Rude feels left out. He goes off to find Freya.

Vincent fucked Quitsis long and hard while doing some kinky S & M things as Chaos. That's okay. Quitsis can defend herself. She has her whip, remember? :D Oh, what a cute demented couple.

Zids (Zidane, for those of you who don't believe in nicknames) has become Jenova/Ultimicia's bitch.

Cid and Alexander are patiently waiting in the basement of that old, run-down Junon house that Hojo uses for his "Secret Projects." A mutated Kalm Wolf eats them for dinner.

The fans are restless.

The reviews have stopped coming. Emerald got one yesterday saying that if she wasn't going to update she should at least say so. Perhaps she took the hint.

With sad eyes, Emerald looks at all her pleading fans. "I know this is hard for you," she says, "It's hard for me too. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about this story. I love it. And even though I haven't updated in over a year my absence wasn't official. There was no 'Yup, I quit with this fic' note. There was always that chance, however slim, that I might get up off my ass and update. But that chance never came. And now I think it's long past the time I should have given up. It's time I made it official."

Some unseen upset fan sitting in the darkness throws a rotten tomato at Emerald's head. She cringes. "I am really sorry. With all my heart I am, but there is a possibility that this may not be the end."

Another fan, who was previously crying hysterically, stopped and lifted her head in interest.

"Yes," Emerald continued, "I have been thinking about a re-write for some time now. I can make the characters better, fix the plot line, and avoid the writer's block I got myself stuck in. I'm not quite sure if I'm going to do it or not. Don't give your hopes up. I may. I may not. Whatever happens, happens. I won't make any promises."

One fan stars cursing in Wutaiian at Emerald. "I…" She sheds a tear as she chokes on her words. "I know this is hard for you. It's hard for me too. Regardless of whether or not I write an update, this version of Transcending Reality is over."