my last in the single digits. cloud nine combocon entry.
whew. first want to extend my utmost gratitude to my partner, 
TrapdoorViolet , who was also my collaborative partner on this work. without her the piece would not exist — she helped me select the prompt, brainstormed many elements, gave me feedback and encouragement, helped create space for me to write, and painted all of the incredible watercolor art. words can't describe how fortunate i am.
secondly, thank you to my critters: 
Stygian Blue, 
MaddGasserGaton, and 
Spoddetman. it was a lengthy piece and you were all of huge support.
thirdly, big thanks to 
IronShears for the gorgeous Once Upon A Time theme, which i modified for use in this work. beautifully done, and with such clear directions and labels for me, the somewhat coding-impaired, to understand what i was doing.
fourthly, thank you to 
UncertaintyCrossing for helping me with tech questions. i really appreciate it.
both musical recordings were composed, performed, and recorded by me and released under CC BY-SA 3.0. the recording of bird song in "freesong" is a modified version of "Dawn Chorus Birdsong" by user squashy555 on freesound.org and licensed under CC0. the ornamental illuminated capitals are edited and cropped from this image in the public domain.
now i am tired and must rest. i hope you enjoyed.
(the prompt was "leftover construct," incidentally)
