#The Unwilling Sword of Lamenthria

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Woke up inspired to update my wip

Spent 2 hours trying to figure out the code for the gender options

My head hurts

Now I'm sleeping the whole afternoon

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Omg the update had me laughing. The scene in mcs house is so chaotic it had me dead. These are the most insane ROs ever! 😭🤣 I love them.

Hi! I wouldn't lie. I was looking forward to your feedback, @elegantunknownphantom 😁

And yes, they ARE very messy! 😂😂😂

I hope the update made your morning/evening/day brighter, even for just a bit.

Wasn’t sure if you’d read the next part below but I’d love to share more 😁

Warning: a bit serious answer

It’s mostly because of these 2 things:

1 - They just met and haven’t worked together before

Their personalities and backgrounds prevent them (currently) from working as a cohesive unit. Also, they haven’t fully established who the leader would/should be, since the Sword was not with them yet.

2 - As Apo says, “they’re just kids”

Hopefully, as the story goes on, they’ll be able to mature as individuals as well as develop strong bonds between them.

Things need to be messy first before they can be organized.

… did I just say that? ☝️ 😅

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Oh wow! I just noticed that the followers of this blog has just gone to 90! 😱😱😱 (pressure!)

I want to thank you all for your interest in my story. ❤️ I'll try my best to finish Chapter 2 as soon as I can - just really got busy at work because it's the Holy Week in the Philippines by last week of March and we shouldn't have a lot of pending tasks before that break.

Again, thank you so much and I can't wait to share Chapter 2 with you all! ❤️❤️❤️

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1.20.2024 Mini-Update

I added a few more details for Chapter 1.

Here's the link to the updated demo.

As for Chapter 2, my current progress is at 1.4k words, with 2 scenes completed - which means I still have a lot of work to do 😅😅😅 It's all great though since that would mean I would have something to keep my mind off work when I'm not at work.

Also, I'm debating whether Chapter 2 will feature the history of Lamenthria (up until the current emperor's reign) or push that to Chapter 3. The summarized history itself is already at 1k words (this is not included in the 1.4k word count earlier) - but it should give a quick but not so detailed (yet, leaving that for Chapter 10) explanation why the Sugo is needed.

Hope you all have a great Saturday! ❤️❤️❤️

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Romantic Options:

Link to Demo

Silvanus / Selene:

average build with a small gut sticking out

brown skin

hazel eyes

height: M = 5'8 || F = 5'2

hair: M = short, wavy, black hair || F = shoulder-length, wavy, black hair

wears a dark red, knee-length robe/dress

wears a necklace with a pendant that looks like a shield

Kellan / Kira:

stocky build

brown skin

dark brown eyes

height: M = 6'1 || F = 5'8

hair: M = buzzed-cut, red hair || F = neck-length, red hair

wears gray armor with a helmet

uses a one-edged sword (symbolizes defending and attacking) - it's hilt has an emblem that looks like a shield

Cedric / Charlotte:

toned build

brown skin

light brown eyes

height: M = 5'10 || F = 5'5

hair: M = spiked-up, short, straight black hair with a pink band tied around the head || F = shoulder-length, straight black hair tied in a ponytail with a pink ribbon

wears a beige, sleeveless short, dark brown pants, and sandals

carries a bag filled with first aid kit and cooking utensils = the first aid kit has an emblem that looks like a shield

OTHER NOTABLE CHARACTERS:

MC's Dad (Roland or Rollie)

MC's Mom (Edith)

Former Emperor Haakon

Former Empress Mara

Princess Velius

Apo

Current Emperor Haki

The hooded figure in the Prologue

The 5 Generals

Characters mentioned in passing:

Lord Boman (Haakon's foreign minister and Mara's father; currently imprisoned)

Peter (MC's teammate)

Angela (MC's teammate)

Aling Miling (optional - MC's househelp)

Caleb (optional - MC's dog)

So these are the characters that make up the story. Finally finished editing this post. There might be additional characters as the story progresses but at this point, these are the "confirmed" ones.

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A sneak peek of Chapter 2... so what happened?

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To the serious question now

Did.they.take.the.dog?

(And why did they kidnapped the house sitter too?)

Hello! 👋

No, they didn’t take sweet Caleb (thank goodness! 😁). He was inside the MC’s closed room.

And they didn’t take the house sitter (Aling Miling), either. She was just put to sleep by S. 😄

So, depending on your choices, MC will either be carried by S or K. Whoever you didn’t choose will carry C.

I may have to check the files again to see where this misunderstanding might have occurred.

Thanks for the ask! ❤️

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My ambitious Lamenthria universe...

Entangled Hearts (the story of Haakon, Mara, and Haki)

Temptations (a story based on common temptations in the call center industry, primary focus will be on forbidden romance)

Haki's Diary (Entries 1 and 2 now available on Ko-fi 😊😊😊)

Did I Disappoint You? (MC's life before the events of TUSoL)

And I haven't even finished the main Lamenthria book yet 😅😅😅

Let's get down to business, to complete this book~~~

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1.06.2024 Update

Finally finished writing and coding Chapter 1 (except the character appearance customization part)

Will release the full Chapter 1 once I've figured that part out

Finished the outline for the entire story (tentatively set at 12 chapters with 4 possible endings = I'm really trying to make this hard for myself, aren't I?)

TO DO

Will start writing the characteristics/appearances of the cast for world-building purposes as soon as I can

Will start writing Chapter 2 next week probably

I spent this entire Saturday night figuring out the gender coding. Tomorrow, we'll be buying groceries and meal prepping so I won't have time to imagine

Chapter 2 will be the introduction of the ROs to the story and their hilarious meeting with the MC...

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Haki's Diary Entry 2 now published!

As always, thank you for your support!

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YOU!!! Yes you!!! You royally pissed ms off the first time I read your demo!

I was like wait but this is so good and then boom no way to tell you that 🙄

Was very annoyed btw so thank u for rectifying it. I absolutely love this premise, the demo and as someone that worked a call center job ugh I could relate in more ways than one to poor MC. I've dropped a call or two in my life before "accidentally" with a rude client. So that made me laugh.

I am so looking forward to an update from you and good luck with the writing ♥️

hi! 👋

thank you for taking the time to read Chapter 1 ❤️ means a lot to me as i’m a newbie in this Tumblr/Dashingdon part of the online world…

i was just finding my way through CS and Dashingdon that i might have forgotten to tweak some settings before ✌🏻😅 i’ll try my best to check those settings every time i have new updates…

also, glad to know that i’m not the only one who have these “accidents” 😆

thank you, again, and have a great day! 🔥

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hey 👋, I've just finished reading your wip and I could say that the premise is really interesting! I also appreciate the wholesome humor about meeting the RO's, I can't wait to read it!

hello! 👋

thank you for taking the time to read it 😁 can’t wait to share chapter 2…

hope you have a great day!

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1.29.2024 Mini-Update

I am about 50% done with Chapter 2 (this includes coding). 😁

progress... progress.. progress.

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A snippet of Chapter 2 that I'm working on...

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stumbled on your IF at dashingdon and It kinda reminded me of Filipino fantasy adventure movies, but with a more somewhat millennial vibe, definitely gonna follow this!

hi! 👋

yes, i was definitely going for that one… this story (the plot, at least) has been in my mind (and GDrive) for years, that’s why you may have noticed the similarity somewhat…

i just didn’t have the time to actually write it – because of work… 😅

i’m open to feedback, if you have… and thank you for your message! ❤️ have a good one!

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