Thanks @curie for the mention as well as the upvotes. Both are very much appreciated. It serves as validation to me and the others here of what we're capable of. It also gives us more of an incentive to take the time to be more creative since fictional stories tend to take more time (at least in my case) to construct than virtually any other kind of post. So, thanks everyone who was involved with this. Onward and upward. :)