Well, lack of interest aside, it's become clear to me that I would need to put in a lot of work to make this an interesting story, as well as find a way to deal with loss of participation if this ever gets going.
I'm going to wait until the fiction competition concludes before really investing myself into this, but I've got a couple of ideas to flesh this out and develop it into something that could be really interesting and engaging, and a lot of fun as well!
Feedback and ideas on how to make this work are always appreciated. Regardless, I'll try to have some more information posted some time in November!