Zach Caldwell Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) [Special Note: The new website is now live. As a result the links throughout this thread are invalid except for the latest posting to the thread. All of Rilbur stories can now be found at Rilbur] A story of the defenders universe. Andy's life was bad enough when all he had was just a lethal disease. But a series of unexpected reactions puts him in increasingly difficult circumstances, and his fundamentally good nature may not be enough to pull him through. http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/rilbur Edited October 6, 2017 by Zach Caldwell Link website notification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Caldwell Posted September 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Chapter 13 can be found at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/rilbur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh66 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I am really enjoying this story, hope there are more chapters soon. Somehow I think Andy is going to figure out what is eating the emotions and deal with it. It looks like he is going to get some good mental powers to go with his physical ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilbur Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 MJH, thanks for your comments. It's nice to know that somebody -- anybody -- is reading my story. I know where book 1 is going... But I'm starting to piece together a book 2. Hopefully people will enjoy it too, though it's going to have one twist a lot wouldn't expect. Andy is so very much not going to become... Oh, wait, that's a spoiler. Oh well. You'll just have to read it one day... assuming I'm motivated to spend time on a book 2. Not a lot of feedback on this story, afterall. And yes, I'm willing to blackmail my readers. Like many authors, I really don't like not getting feedback. Unlike some authors, I'm willing to complain about it. (Mind you, I don't know if Any will let me carry through on my threat... as you can guess, he's a bit persistent when he wants to be.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger0002 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Rilbur, Just to let you know, I check this story for updates almost ritualistically every time I come to the Castle. Any of the Defender's Universe stories is being followed by me, along with several others. I've read it completely through a several times now, and things are starting to click with me. I haven't found anything that jumps out at me just yet in any of your stories that leaves me wondering about some detail, but I will let you know when I find something. I have to go back through and read most of my favorites again and make a list before I can start hounding my favorite authors. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeikor Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Just started and finished this story. Fast reader and posts are not soon enough for me so I needed something to read. I had read Kyle's Defenders and really enjoyed it so thought I might try your version since I had not read anything of yours yet. Had a little trouble at first adjusting from Kyle's style to yours but soon got over it and really enjoyed the story. I agree that Andy probably will end up confronting that malevolent entity after it is finished with Eric. Very curious how that will work out; will Eric be sane again and will he and Andy become friends especially if he knows or finds out how protective Andy has been. Also can't wait to find out what is happening at the end of chapter 13- Is Andy getting a new Augmentation or an Empowerment or is it Eric trying to break free or is the rage eater finally attacking or something entirely new? When will you update again? Dying to know what's happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeikor Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 But I'm starting to piece together a book 2. Hopefully people will enjoy it too, though it's going to have one twist a lot wouldn't expect. Andy is so very much not going to become... I am going to guess Andy does not become a Defender. While he has done a superb job of protecting himself when attacked Andy doesn't have a warriors mentality. I suspect that his interactions with Eric and the rage eater might bring out a healing Augmentation that is similar to how he merges wood, concrete, metal, etc. Please update soon so I can find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilbur Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Please update soon so I can find out. I'll certainly try to get some updates out soon. I'll also answer a single supposition from up above: yes, Andy is dealing with a new augmentation. One that is dangerous to himself because he doesn't yet know how to control it. Oh... and by the time he's done, Andy is going to wish all he'd had to deal with was the rage-eater itself... Robertaber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertaber Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hope your updating soon i like the story so far can't wait to find out more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David McLeod Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Keep checking back, but continue to be disappointed. Hope to see something soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilbur Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Keep checking back, but continue to be disappointed. Hope to see something soon. Pokes like that remind me to keep working. Mission accomplished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Norris Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Rilbur? Screw To hell with the new website.... WRITE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilbur Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Aye-aye sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boozel11 Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Rilber , new reader here . Just found this site from reading Joewriterman . Can't wait to see what you got ! dael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boozel11 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Rilber , just finished Andy's story . Anxiously awaiting the next installment ! I like that, although he's 11 going on 12 , that he has a good heart . Suits him well . dael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zergrinch Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 It's a fair bet poor Andy's pushing up daisies now, right? Steve T. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T. Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Count me among the ones waiting not so patiently for an update on this one. I think I'll have to go back 3 or 4 chapters to figure out what's going on again. But, I'll do it because as I remember this one was pretty damned good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeikor Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Poke! Poke! Poke! Poke! Poke! How many will it take to get a new update on this story? I got more if needed. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zergrinch Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 One more poke. For luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilbur Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 One more poke. For luck. I finished Unexpected Reactions 8 the other day. Swinging back to UR now. We'll see how long it takes. Depression (especially over money concerns) really kills my ability to write. And lately, I swing from 'not enough work to keep me afloat' (instant depression) to 'too busy to breath' (much less write). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeikor Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 I know those feelings, Rilbur. Just as I have one starting back to college and another applying to colleges for next year all our overtime drops off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darian Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 hey rilbur, where is the continuation of the defender story? we wait so long for it already (well, myself only some minutes yet cuz i just finished chap 13 ) but i saw here the announcement of chap 13 origins from sept 2014!!! when does it go on? we all wait urgently for what happens with andy, with erik, with angela and with the group of infiltrators, and of course also with the senator, eriks dad. is he someone like the senator in kyles story who denied his own son to even risk him being killed only to reveal that he is an augment himself? please please publish the next 1 or more chapters asap. thx! Darian Fey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilbur Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 On 9/29/2016 at 4:36 PM, Darian said: hey rilbur, where is the continuation of the defender story? we wait so long for it already (well, myself only some minutes yet cuz i just finished chap 13 ) but i saw here the announcement of chap 13 origins from sept 2014!!! when does it go on? we all wait urgently for what happens with andy, with erik, with angela and with the group of infiltrators, and of course also with the senator, eriks dad. is he someone like the senator in kyles story who denied his own son to even risk him being killed only to reveal that he is an augment himself? please please publish the next 1 or more chapters asap. thx! Darian Fey I need to apologize. Somewhere along the line, I stopped getting notifications from the forums when I got messages or posts in my threads, so I never saw this. As I said above, part of the issue is that I've moved onto a new phase of my life, and ran into genuine financial stressors. I can't write when broke (my mind won't get away from 'oh **** I'm broke what am I gonna do how do I earn money I need money...'), and my lifestyle had gone into a feast-or-famine mode. I either had enough work to keep me too busy to write (especially since I took up D&D), or not enough work and was busy panicking over hte financial issues I was facing. I'm currently working on Chapter 14. I'm not entirely happy with it, but I'm not sure I can really fix it -- especially with details I've already 'locked in' via released chapters. I'm trying to remember where I was planning to take some of this, but I think chapter 14 or 15 will be the last of this story. It could be made to stretch longer, but I'm not sure I have the skill to do that justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilbur Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 So... it's taken over three years. Which is quite unforgivable of me, though I hope everyone will anyway. Still... Assuming nothing in the editorial or approvals process requires a change (I'm currently playing in Kyle's backyard, after all, and he can ix-nay things), I think Chapter 14 is done. And all that's left from here is an epilogue; guess what I'm working on now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh66 Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 I was just re-reading Unexpected Reactions, and was coming here to ask about its completed status. The last chapter that I could find was chapter 13, and it definitely ended in a cliff hanger. Then I saw Rilbur's post above about chapter 14. Is there someplace that I can find it? I really like the story, and would love to finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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