I know that this should've been said a few years ago, but that's because I couldn't pick up on the story again when I thought I could. Basically, my love for BATIM has been dying down ever since chapter four, and so has my drive for writing this story.

I still like the game, but just not as much as I used to. That also applies to my motivation to continue doing this. I was so motivated and excited to publish each chapter, but it's not like that anymore. I'm not going to work on Ballad of Arts for awhile because I'm stumped on how to end it ever since the game was finished, running out of ideas, and for some reason I don't have the drive to continue it at the moment. I've even looked back and read through the story and wondered how I was able to come up with such ideas (that aren't canon,) that people enjoy, I just can't really understand that nowadays.

This doesn't mean that it'll be discontinued. This is one of my most popular stories here and I've gained a lot of lovely comments and votes and such. Ballad of Arts has done really well for a story I started in middle school and wrote without a script. Even after not updating for a very long time, this story still gets new readers and keeps receiving nice comments. And that's just awesome that people still enjoy the story and are willing to stick around for more, so that's why I'm not giving up on Ballad of Arts.

I don't know when, but someday I'll pick up on the story again. Maybe my motivation will return with Bendy and the Dark Revival. Feel free to leave some ideas and whatnot, and I'll see you around. Thank you all for 7K reads and over 100 votes!