The August winner iiiiissss... (Patreon)

Erina Nakiri! It was yet another incredibly close round, but Erina pulled ahead by just a single vote!

The maiden rival of Food Wars will be receiving her own exclusive fic - one that will likely feature stuffing. As usual, you can expect to see that on the last day of the month.

However, those of you craving some Edelyth after so many months of the Fire Emblem power pairing appearing and coming second place at best won't be disappointed! Both as a sort of apology for not being able to be on top of the 50 patrons thing and as a separate apology for being so late with the shorts I've promised of previous runner-ups, I'll be making sure that one of the general fics I write coming up will be an Edelyth fic! It won't be as long or as cared for as an exclusive, and it will eventually be made public as well, but it's about time that these two get their own fic with how often they've been suggested and put onto the monthly polls.

As a side thing, I think I'll also start making all runner-ups from here on out their own non-exclusive tum fics. Also, after this month, I'll also probably be making them separate from my three general fics a month quota thing, so it'll mean five a month total for y'all! I don't know how long these fics will be or anything, or when I'll be uploading them, but I'll do my best to not drop the ball with them like I did the shorts.

Finally... The first fic of the month probably won't be out until the 10th or 11th. Luckily, we're finally hitting the proverbial eye of the storm as far as busyness goes in my IRL sitch, so I'll be able to get the rest of the month's work out cleanly... hopefully. But for this first one, it'll be a bit later than usual. Sorry!

A big thanks to everyone who voted! You made it a real close race. See y'all later!