The TL is not dead, though I know it seemed that way. On top of my normal work and school schedule I've been busy the last month or so with moving to another part of town and then not long after that the flu or whatever aerial cocktail floating around hit us really bad. This doesn't even get into how I've also been helping my sister care for my niece, her daughter the last few months. It's been hard for me to focus on the TL.
Another reason more closely tied to the TL for the delay has also been the fact that I've had to do my fair share of research for the next few updates, due in part to how much I've diverged from Mk. 1. the good news at least, is that I've managed to finally break down some of this writer's block and I'm finally got some major writing done. I wanna say the next update is about 85-90% done, now that Thanksgiving is done I'll try to get it up this weekend.