Apologies to those who experienced a slight hiccup in the story--one of my email posts refused the fence, twice. I have now inserted an approximation from memory (and taken the opportunity to leave out some potentially spoilery bits of description).

For those who have just joined us, Making the Best is a piece of Myst-universe fanfic centring on a character's experiences after he makes a wrong move at the end of Myst V: End of Ages. It has contained spoilers for original Myst, though no puzzle solutions, and some possible spoilers for Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, plus a great deal of disinformation and heresy about both games. All episodes are or should be tagged "myst" and are almost the only things so tagged, the exceptions being two very old posts from before the story started, so if you wish to find the beginning it shouldn't be too difficult. As for the ending, I think we're getting within sight of it...unless I think of some more complications to chuck in. :) I hope anyone who reads it finds it enjoyable.