Authors Note:

It's looking like I'm never going to finish this story. I broke my own rule and posted it before it was all done, and now it's out there without an ending.

I propose a sort of contest. Someone, anyone, finish this damn thing for me. I'll look over what I get, reserve the right to edit a little, and then post it with full credits of course.

I'm not putting a time limit on it, so send whatever you want whenever you want, but once it's up, it's up and I'm done. Heck, I won't even rule out posting multiple endings if they're good enough.