Haha ok. I've been pounding on the Chronicles chapter and I'm at around two pages now, but I still need to finish the part I'm working on, and then there's about two more scenes in that part on top of two or three other parts. I suppose I could give you a little heads up if only to whet your appetite a bit: the part I'm working on is the end of the conversation between Latias and Ren plus a surprise or two, and then I think I'm going to do scenes with Kairn/Latios/Houndoom, Eli, and even Griffith. So it will be a long chapter, probably a couple of my regular chapters in one.
As for mastermind, that kind of went to the back burner. I've been working on school stuff, my actual job, the Chronicles, and a one-shot that was actually inspired by your "My endless lonliness." So it will all come in time, but I need to get my life and priorities sorted out. Giving myself a deadline seems to help at least somewhat, so I'll say that I will try extremely hard to get the Chronicles chapter out by the end of next week, if not sooner. I can do it if I can get my lazy self in gear (I wrote a five page essay in one night recently), so hopefully that skill will take effect.