CrossroadsMk2

Hi Donkingkong, I realise my fight scenes are PG-13. My heart's not in it to give Lara a full-on brutal beatdown, and I don't want to cause her any permanent damage, because the story can't progress if she's stuck in hospital for the next 10 weeks recovering from injuries. THat said, there'll be some more fights in the next chapter, but it'll be more about psychological demoralisation and humiliation, rather than outright physical damage.

Hi Extreme, the site is back up and running normally (hence the first new chapter in many months). In terms of the next chapter, work's been really busy and the whole family came down with gastro, so I haven't written anything for two weeks, but I'm hoping to get back on the grind once I have the time and energy.

Hi LHunt, busy proofreading a comic by TR_FAN at the moment, but as soon as that's done, it'll be full speed ahead finishing the next chapter. I'm anticipating that the finished story will be around 18 to 20 chapters long (making it my longest story so far), but it feels good to be past the halfway mark. The stage has been set and events will start moving more quickly, once Lara's back at Croft Manor.

There will be more paintings, as well as a water sculpture - a fountain with a naked sculpture of Lara on her knees, face upturned, flanked by two naked men (based on the pornstars). Lara will be holding their penises pointed towards her, and water will fountain onto her face - as if she's receiving a facial. I haven't decided if this should be outside (i.e. a traditional fountain) or inside (maybe even in the dungeon and perhaps spurting Champaign instead of water, as refreshments for her guests).

Hi LHunt, I'm picturing a large projector screen in the main hall, with all 150 Charity members present.

Hi everyone, just a quick update. I'm currently writing the prison gangbang scene and was thinking how I could do the African village without it being too repetitive, so I've decided to try something different. Instead of doing the African chapter next, I will mention the events but then wait to describe them in detail until the Charity dinner where Sam airs the footage and Lara's dirty little secret is exposed. I'll be describing the events based on what Lara and the guests see on the big screen and Lara remembering the shameful things she did. This way, I can incorporate her reaction to the Charity guests comments about her performance, laughing at and mocking her etc. It'll let me turn the humiliation factor up to 10. Plus showing Lara's embarassment at Sam's running commentary. A rough storyline is that Sarah arranges for Lara to recover a valuable African artefact with maximum publicity about her discovered a lost Tomb, dodging boobytraps etc (the usual Tomb Raider stuff), and even has her stage some publicity shots in her new Tomb Raider outfit, with brand new tattoos, as a marketing tool for her game. Then at the dinner, Sam will show the guests how Lara really obtained the artefact - she bought it from a local tribe by trading money and her body. I feel this is a great way of tearing down Lara's self image, as it implies that all of her tomb raiding exploits are staged and she's a fraud. It all adds to Sarah deconstructing her personality.

Hi MorbidFantasy, with Nishimura it felt like the sex back at his place would have been a little vanilla compared to the public sex acts on their date. You're right in that it's always a balancing act between fleshing out the details vs becoming repetitive. My other consideration is that this story is being written from Lara's perspective, with the reader only occasionally being shown events and conversations outside her knowledge for context. Coming from that perspective, I'm mostly telling the events that would be memorable to her, as I could see a lot of her day-to-day activities almost blurring into one as they become routine and almost mundane. You'll probably see this in later chapters, when Lara returns to Croft Manor to find the newly renovated sex dungeon that Sarah had built in the basement. As Lara's already had sex with the staff multiple times, it's not really anything new or exciting for her. I'll still mention it and show a sex scene or two over a few pages to show the reader that it's still ongoing. But then the plan will be to focus on Lara's new customers.

Hi LHunt. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Now I just need to find the time to write it all.

Hi LHunt, without giving too much away, Lara will not know that Sam is the one filming her in the African village. I haven't decided whether Sam will wear a disguise (African head mask etc) or film remotely (drones and spy cams etc), but the first Lara will know about Sam's involvement is when she sees herself on the big screen at Croft Manor, when Sam unveils her latest film to the guests. It'll let me explore a lot of competing emotions for Lara - embarassment, shame, betrayal...

Hi Extreme, glad you're enjoying the story. It's good to be back. Hi LHunt, you read my intent correctly. Once I decided to include Sam in the story, I needed a realistic way of making Sam join in the fun, despite her loyalty to Lara. I thought the best way was to make Sam believe Lara was willingly consenting to what was happening to her, regardless of what Lara says. The Sex Documentary, later filming Lara getting gangbanged in the African village, and finally using Lara in the sex dungeon (with Lara unaware it's Sam and begging for more), will convince Sam not to hold back and go all in.

Hi LHunt, glad you liked the plot twist. Jonah definitely going to be looking for some payback next chapter.

Hello all. I've posted Chapter 11. I probably won't have chapter 12 finished for a few weeks, so that'll have to tide you over until then. Hi, Mr Dead, plenty more Sam action planned. She'll be filming Lara's African gangbang, and later attending a Charity dinner to unveil it to the guests (at which point Lara knows that her shameful secret is out). Sam will also video some party events I have planned for Lara and the guests - Sam will resume her role in chronicling Lara's adventures, despite Lara's protests. But before then, Sam will get many opportunities to satisfy her curiosity about Lara's new lifestyle in Croft Manor's new sex dungeon, with fisting and oversized strap-ons. Lara won't know it's Sam (I plan for her to either wear a blindfold or opaque contact lenses until she finds out that everyone in the Charity knows what she's doing and have taken turns using her in the dungeon). When she finally finds out that Sam knows, it'll too late for her to convince Sam that she's not into it (since she'll cum multiple times and beg for more while Sam's using her.

Hi LaraCunt, thanks for compliment and I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I often go to R34 and R34 Video for inspiration (and because I'm a guy). Funny to see the inspo going in the other direction, completing the circle, so to speak.

Hi HappyReader, the next two Chapters are set in the Siberian prison, with the African chapter to follow after that. This will be the end of overseas parts and the rest of the story will take place at Croft Manor. I'll be posting the next chapter on Thursday night, as I'm working the entire weekend and won't have time to do it later. Hi TR_FAN, thanks for the compliment. I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I've found that 10,000 to 11,000 words seems to work well for chapter length (which equates to about 20 pages at size 11 font on Word). Some of the Natla's Revenge endings were 30,000 to 40,000 words, which I think was way too long.

Hi LHunt, glad you liked it. The next chapter will reveal more about Sarah's true motives for manipulating Lara into signing the contract. We learn that Lara is a fly trapped in Sarah's web.

Hallelujah, the site is working again! I've just posted Chapter 10. I'll post Chapter 11 towards the end of next week and I'm about half way through writing Chapter 12. Thanks to everyone who's been patient and stuck around.

Sorry, I got caught up in all the excitement of the site coming back online. I'll keep waiting for updates.

I'll try posting once I get home from work - ETA 4 hours.

I am able to log in but on my old password. I thought we needed to change those to keep the site secure.

Hello all. I despise Google Docs, so that definitely won't be happening. With regard to Hentai Foundry (I'm not familiar with AO3), I did consider it but their website layout is optimised for pictures and doesn't really work well for stories - especially long format ones. I'm not ready to give up on AFF, so please be patient. Besides, you haven't really missed out on much anyway - since the site's been down, I've only had time to finish 2 more chapters and started a third.

Same. The PayPal donations go through to Jennie Salva (which I assume is one of the real people responsible for making the site run).

The site got hacked and they kept getting inundated with fishing emails, links to dodgy websites in the Forums, people posting scam business opportunities etc. So AFF didn't want to open the site up again until they fixed the vulnerabilities in their code.

That's awesome news about the site. I'll post the next chapter as soon as it's back up and running.

Hi MorbidFantasy, I don't think Deviant art allows sexually explicit stuff, but Hentai Foundry might be good.

Hi MorbidFantasy, I doubt there is an IT department as such - AFF is a fan site with people volunteering their time, rather than a professional website. I wouldn't expect them to be working through Christmas/New years.