>>It might be beneficial to weave some of the mini-stories into the
>>official chronology at this point; someone trying to jump into this
>>one directly S5M2 might be a little bit lost without reading some
>>DSMP.
>
>That bears thinking about. The "mini-story" tool has rather exceeded
>its original spec - they were supposed to be specifically
>non-vital pieces of work, so that people not using the Forum
>for whatever reason wouldn't miss out on anything important, but
>keeping that kind of thing separate on the creative side proved to be
>a hassle and would've made for lost opportunities on both sides of the
>line. A tighter integration of presentation may well be called for
>now that such an integration has started occurring creatively...

For what it's worth, DSM Panic seems like it could easily fit into an interlude or some similar device, as seen with Azalynn's Winter Holiday. A sort of 'Meanwhile, on Jerrado' for new readers.