The Hunt for the Jester - Chapter 1a

Hello one and all!

My apologies for the abrupt and unexpected disappearance. It was not intentional, I had nearly finished the chapter I'm posting today, but unfortunately a few things cropped up - work got busy, my laptop had to go in for repairs, and my faithful playstation that has served me well for more than a decade died, and thus far efforts to replace it have been unsuccessful. All this together has meant that when I got my laptop back I'd completely lost my thread, and I was unable to play the game to get inspiration. So I stalled.

However this last week I've begun to get back into the swing of things, and I finally finished this chapter. I have some idea of where I want the next one to go, and after the first section I don't intend to change all that much - so I should be able to post chapters more frequently. Although I have said that before...

Anyway, the majority of this chapter is a set-up for what follows, so I'm afraid there's a lot of description and scene-setting and it's really not that interesting. Apologies for that, I hope you'll find the second half (which is already written) more interesting. With luck I'll have the next chapter finished this week too

Until next time!