In the scripts I wrote for this arc a few months ago, there were a few more of John freaking out due to the noises outside... Apparently past me thought it was funnier than current me does. So, we're going to skip them and work towards the end of John's side. I'm not sure if that's going to make George's side lopsided or if it'll still end about half and half-- I figure telling the story with strips that aren't just beating a dead horse is better than trying to force a convention of bouncing back and forth if the material isn't there.
I'm not sure I'd consider writing new strips for John and Lyn's story or not. There's two beats with them that need to be told which is about the same for George and Zoey's story... so I might see which strips work the best and have the beats that are needing to be done for the stories to finish.
The next arc has several legacy characters returning. A handful of them have new designs to fit the new world and some copyright issues that I was made aware of-- since the world is new, I'm fixing things I stepped on with some characters' looks.