On the left is the first chapter seen in Kioshi's perspective, currently standing idly in a mindless bliss - but there are some hidden details that hint to what's really happening.
The right picture reveals what's happening in the 2nd chapter: Kioshi is under a hypnotic trance via the Hypno Headset, with a dozen cuffs around her body to "enhance" the experience.
As much as I want to get back to working on the story, I've got a myriad of issues in the way: I keep adding more and more things when I don't ask myself to, some of which are out of place and I have to move them, I struggle to find out what words to use, looking stuff up for accuracy's sake, reorganizing sentences and paragraphs to make them flow more naturally, putting unused stuff in a scraps page, struggling to find them again, and so on.
I've also been splitting the time with a bunch of other activities, such as working on other pictures, playing games, archiving pictures, sorting music playlists, and my job, which may also contribute to my pressing issues at hand.
I've been taking breaks and using said activities to at least "refresh" my mind before going back in. It's quite a fricken mess, but I at least want to continue writing in spite of that.
Kioshi and the Hypno Headset are by me. Riolu is a Pokemon species by TPCi (Creatures, GameFreak, and Nintendo)