With the end of Part 2, the main characters have now been fully introduced.
The planning for TTC1 and TTC2 was done more or less at the same time. I wrote TTC1 in the first few weeks of June, and then immediately wrote TTC2 in the following two weeks once the first plot arc was done.
The concept for the combined arcs was to present two characters from a forced narrative perspective such that it becomes entirely up to the reader to decide who, if anyone, is the "hero" of the story. Taking the Class is not intended to be a story about "good guys" against "bad guys", it's just a story about people who live in a fucked up world.
Thanks to all who have taken the time to send me messages while and after reading. I never intended to write for an audience, and it continues to baffle me that I've managed to acquire one.
Part 3 is, once again, vastly different from either of the previous arcs, and I look forward to sharing it in the future.