The Butterfly Koi – Syphon Continuity

CHAPTER 16 : Interstitial 1

We can have a little meme, as a treat.

Mino user [rabbitmauve_42] first posted screenshots from a series of japanese commercials for the product Diet Breakfast Water with the comment,
"I wanna be a fruitman".

CHAPTER 15 : Fujiwara Eika

Chapter 15 is all about trying to stay afloat. Also, a little game – which songs fit which characters?

I hate putting her in this position, and I hate that she looks, in this moment, not just angry but exhausted. "But the vultures are circling, Mi-chan. I thought that if I gave the FHI board a concrete date, like Syphon Expo, then it keeps us alive a little longer."
"Yes, they'll want to see a return on their investment," Misora says with a sigh.
"How much was the entry fee?"

CHAPTER 14 : Cameron Green

Coming Friday: Cameron finally gets to work, and it’s a bit…distracting. Also, I have do some pondering what how easily it is to clock a woman writing a male character, and whether the tools for doing it are outdated.

She's gazing at me intently, and when our eyes meet, the corners of her mouth turn up in a slow smile that sends a jolt of heat right through me. It takes me back to that moment in the car with her—
-her mouth
crashing into mine, her hand, the same one I'm now holding, sliding up my chest.
How in the h--- am I supposed to get any work done?
The Butterfly Koi, Chapter 14

CHAPTER 13 : Date Hatsumi

This week, Hatsumi is rocking the book title. Also, I muse on the venn diagram between authenticity and originality when writing fiction – how do our experiences feed our writing, and what kind of assumptions do we make about their uniqueness? Read now at https://syphoncontinuity.substack.com.

'A nice sentiment, inspiring. But also, you know, follow this one path in the same direction as everyone else. Give your whole life to a company. Keep striving because of course you want to be a dragon,' I say. 'A metaphor for the masses.' 'The dragons think koi want to be like them.'

CHAPTER 12 : Asagawa Kenji

Experimented with an alternative version of the chapter too–a little light haiku. In the full chapter, Kenji is getting up to hijinks. So many hijinks. He should perhaps consider fewer hijinks.