If you are currently reading this on April 3rd, 2018, this chapter which contained about 3400 words is now gone and being replaced with an Author's note. I was initially going to put this in a new chapter, but I did not want to disappoint/anger anyone who was waiting for this story to get updated after so long (almost 18 months) with no update, only for it to be a huge disappointment.

I am submitting this because I have to be honest; the story initially was going to contain dark elements like torture and a lot of things that could possibly boost the rating to almost M, but I figured that that wasn't my style, or at least now I know it isn't. This was back before I entered a long depression battle and was a lot more optimistic about life. Compared to half a year ago, I'm doing a lot better, but I'm not quite to the same person that I was, unfortunately, although I strive to improve my life more and more as time progresses.

If you are reading this for the first time, this is essentially what I had planned, but just couldn't get myself to write:

-It was going to be very similar have a lot of elements like in the original Pokemon game, in the casino's underground. There was going to be a lot of battles with grunts/executives as they went through an underground maze as they tried to find Erika.

-There was going to be a fair amount of profanity, as well as scattered alcohol and smoking.

-It was going to be a VERY long chapter, as in at least 15k words, or so. I got up to only around 2300 words and it has been like that for well over half a year and my ideas on how to approach it in a way that you all could enjoy was just...dry.

-I feared that if I kept it in the way that it was leaving off, it would cause a lot of people to stop liking the story, which is 100% understandable. After all, it was a relatively lighthearted adventure story!

And that's it! I just had to do it. I still have the original chapter 31 as well as the 2300 words or so of 32 on a file for anyone who wants to read it. I'll be glad to send it via pm if you wish. I'm sorry this story has gone for so long without activity and I'm hoping for more updates in the future.