Vena Cava Character Chart and New Poster for Chapter 8

Meia, Pamie, and Vincent came up with a really cool character chart. The aim is to aid brain-fried readers who are not used to Japanese names (especially readers from Soompi). Visuals like this could help readers take note of the 'who's-who's in the story better.



Note: The actors/models in this character chart are not, in any way, associated with the story and/or the author of Vena Cava. We are willing to take down this graphic if ever such related conflicts arise. No copyright infringement intended.



Next chapter is on the way. Just some pending finishing touches, a couple of grammar and spelling errors to be fixed and Chapter 08: Sue's Vision will be up.

Thank you for your continued support!

-Mark

PMs and PM list pending

For Soompi Readers:

PMs / PM list is temporarily on-hold. Meia is currently not feeling well. We will resume sending PMs soon. We do apologize for the inconvenience.

-Mark

Did last minute revisions

I did some last minute revisions on Chapter 7: Sue's Risk which took me 3 days to complete. I spotted some inconsistencies that may affect the plot later in the story and so I found it necessary to do the remedy while the injury's still fresh. I do apologize for the delay it caused.

I will be uploading the final version within 24-hours Thank you for the patience.

Quick updates ahead

Chapter 07: Sue's Risk will be up on Friday, September 3, 2010. It's actually done, but I'm spacing out the updates.

I can't wait to get this particular chapter out actually. From here on, the real plot of Vena Cava finally starts. Here starts the puzzles, brain-frying questions, and build-up of the plot. There are lots of revelations in this chapter too, and if you are smart enough to spot the gazillion clues I dropped in the past 6 chapters, you'd be able to connect a good number of what has been revealed so far at this early point of the story.

New characters come in too. There's a guy who's barely 4 feet, a girl who smokes cigarette like a chimney, a popular TV star,... of course the already-revealed characters like Albert Einstein, Kato Kenta, and Shouhei Lascaux.

For some reason, I think I'm beginning to enjoy building up the Sue-Sen relationship, in fact much more than I enjoyed doing Kosuke and Ayane's. I personally think that Sue and Sen are more flexible to control. As the author of the story and given the personality I assigned to them (lesser angst, hilarious and sarcastic rolled into one), I find it easier to create scenes involving the two of them compared to doing Kosuke and Ayane (I mean, imagine Kosuke and Ayane doing the ramen house scene of Sue and Sen in Chapter 4: Stalker? Weird huh?).

Regarding the PM list, unfortunately the links have been broken. It's been a while since we last dropped by Soompi Forums and I think the maintenance done on the site has something to do with it. Meia's currently re-doing the PM list. I would be updated on the installment of Chapter 7. Until then, just send her or me a PM if you intend to join/remain/be removed from the PM list.

Thank you for all the support and thanks for reading Vena Cava.