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Lets talk about chapter 99.
Chapter 99 was there for a reason. I think the most likely reason is to emphasize the 10 days later. Chapter 98 was April 20, and chapter 100 was May 13. For some reason EY wants the first attack to happen on April 30. This could be because QQ only needs to drink the blood every couple weeks. However, why not just make the first unicorn found on May 12 and have no chapter 99? This would make more sense. I would expect the forest to be searched immediately afterwords. This is empathized further in chapter 100:
Maybe the goal with this is to give some character a full 2 weeks to research unicorns or make a plan.
Other theories for chapter 99:
He wanted the reveal of the unicorn to fall under the Roles sequence for some reason.
He wanted to build suspense. (But then I would expect him to have posted 99 on Sunday and 100 on Wed.)
He wants chapter 99 to be written in passive voice to hide the identity of the person who "found" the unicorn.
I think that the fact that chapter 99 falls into the 'roles - aftermath' title, indicates it's relatedness. This is the consequence of the roles arc, somehow - perhaps this is Quirrell's response to the new regulations, whyever that might be.
I didn't think of that. I think that is more likely than my hypothesis. EY is telling us that the unicorn attack is a consequence of the roles arc.
Or he's telling us that Quirrell is playing the role of someone who is on the verge of dying.