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3.13 - The Die Is Cast [T1]

🕑 Added 2025-09-19 12:55:22 +0000 UTC

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BelligerentGnu

Fucking hell, Ted. I can only echo others, what a series of gut punches.

Ted Steel

Nooo. I'm really sorry, Bryan. God. Just soz.

Bryan Foster

Sitting here with my mother, who has been given 6 weeks to live, that ending was a gut punch. Great writing as usual and I hope Anna gets her wish.

Andres919

it has to be a playoff run at the end (hopefully)... but then again there's not a lot of time spent on the championship matches right now ... so maybe saving them for next season?

Richard Carling

Gorgeous chapter. I plunged right in and the warmth nearly had me in tears.

Ted Steel

Edits made, thanks! I need to look up Ark Nova...

Peculiar Oranges

So much drama and tension (and hay) packed into 1 chap. Wow.

Galeg

Loved that ending. The money chasing plotline hasn't been sinking hooks into me like a lot of the other plots, but I am very much looking forward to a road trip.

Jaydan Man

I dunno. I'm waiting for the big twist. I know the plan is a boring consolidation season. And the fun but in Europe is done. I don't see that being it. No arc yet has been low stakes. Maybe this one is low stakes on the football side and you're gonna ramp up on the perdu side for the season... But something wicked this way comes

Tareq Malikyar

Oof, Anna with the gutpunch. The roadtrip will be good for Max though, and maybe he scouts a player or two while he's there. I wonder if there's a possibility of a Chester Zoo/Ark Nova crossover in the future. Edit Suggestions: "Sorry, Max. Jacta means throw, not dice. -- throw -> thrown. I think Robert would be a participle pedant here. I lifted my arms to show that my silhuotte was bulge-less -- silhuotte -> silhouette I was in the same suit, as was the Brig and Aff -- as was -> as were

MomoKokomo

What the hell was that. Gut punches everywhere! The chapter started off so sweet, made me laugh out loud ("I don't know," I said. "I think if I owned a horse and it was racing, I would want to run behind it and yell at it to go faster."--May not be that funny out of context but with the build up to it, made me bellow out a laugh) and then ended with so much angst! I loved the interactions with Emma, I missed her. I feel so bad for Max. Temptation is a b. In Max we trust.

Crimson King99

Pretty crazy chapter. I think Anna will help reset Max's mentals, get him away from the allure of all these big names trying to buy him. But man, the idea that he could 100% have the money to get his mom the treatment is a brutal addition to putting morals to the side. Excited for next!