The first couple years when you met Orla are hazy now. Worn down by time. Memories erased and overwritten by everything that came after. There are glimpses. You, fresh faced. Orla, younger. The tattoo spanning her back, spreading its wings. Flashes of neon lights before your head was bashed into the ground. That long stretch where you didn't even know how to spell your own name let alone how to carve someone up.
chapter one.
missions missions missions!!
echo being snarky
meeting a married couple that could be important down the line
"[Queen] tells the legend of PhoenixClan to [kit], and [kit]'s eyes sparkle when they hear of the leader's sacrifice to save their kin."
new queen activity outcomes for stories in lifegen :] i've been under crazy writers block recently as well as being kinda sick so having a little push is nice
shitpost dispatches from guanyin temple & the sangyao dungeons - [10/?]
with the important caveat that no, jgy was absolutely not attempting to kill or harm nhs prior to this moment, but I would bet cash money on him exacting some pretty bloody retribution upon his beloved a-sang if he'd survived the events of guanyin temple (and also I think he would win)
i see that this comic from 2013 about disliking coffee is going around in some pockets. well that was almost exactly a decade ago and i was 14 so y'know, time passes and many of my tastes have matured and changed. to be clear, it didn't for coffee
So for those who know me personally, you might know this drink has kind of been my white whale. They are apparently all over the place in the states, being a Walmart and whole foods staple, and my American friends really like them.
They are not readily available here tho. I took a bus all the way out of the city to a Walmart to look for one and couldn't find it. They're not on Walmart's website for my country and Amazon is constantly out of stock of them even if I wanted to import a giant crate of them to my house. I checked all the stores where you normally find foreign sodas and this one just isn't there.
Then I got a text from my friend this week who told me they'd found them in a tiny drink fridge at an imported spice shack in the market downtown and bought a couple of them for us to try when we met up for the eclipse.
Apparently these aren't the same ones my friends get in the USA. The ones that are hyped are the tall boy cans which are non carbonated and, from what I can tell, don't contain stevia. I got the smaller sparkling cans which have different flavours and do contain stevia.
I'll be honest, this won't be a great review, I cracked this can open during the solar eclipse and didn't process how I felt about it because I was mesmerized by the beautiful of the world. The ginger taste was really good, it gave a good kick of energy, the caffeine content must have been high because between that, the cold from the sun disappearing, and my stimulants my extremities became so numb from vasoconstriction I couldn't open the beer Id brought. The downside is really the stevia, I just don't like stevia that much, but there isn't a lot in here so it wasn't like a huge deal.
My friend got the cranberry flavour which I didn't like as much, the ginger is definitely better. There's an original flavour still in my minifridge I might have at work this week. Will update the review accordingly if I have anything to say about it
It was definitely one of the better energy drinks I've had, I will be getting it again if I can find it, but it wasn't like the ratatouille moment I was expecting given how much trouble I've gone thru to get it. Hopefully I'll be able to find the tallboy cans one day and mint melon won't be just a dream anymore.
Solid B. Hope everyone enjoyed the celestial miracle!
I just discovered this IF out of context through your chapter update post and just jumped in blindly cuz I saw fencing and went "!!!! fencing !!!!" (Even tho I ended up going the polo route for the first playthru cuz POLO!!!!!!!! I havent heard/seen polo mentioned in over a decade this was like an oasis for me (side side note; love that u included Midsummer holding his breath to loosen the girth. When I read he was an "antics" horse i figured thats something he'd do lol. Vindication. Its such an often overlooked detail)) and going into this blind was wild BUT HOLY COW THIS IS SO COOL? You weaved together the seemingly dispirate parts of the premise together so well! I love how much of a nerd MC can be! The wikipedia links are such a clever touch! And as a game dev student OH MY GODS THE VARIABLES. THERE'S SO MUCH FLAVOUR TEXT. IM IN AWE OF UR PATIENCE AND ABILITY TO WRANGLE THOSE! The writing is great as well, I love all the details you weave in and I love what sus bastards (affectionate) both Adrian and Merlin are and the breadth and depth of research that has gone into this is insane. The lore and mystery aspects are so engaging I love love love this so far and can't wait to see how the story further unfolds. Best of luck to you!!!
Thanks for the compliments! Yeah, all the various flavor text variations depending upon the MC's personality and their previous decisions is how the game ended up with a 60k route out of 600k text. The behemoth that eats people's brains.
And it's great to see that someone actually picked up on what was going on with Midsummer Knight's Dream (and also Knight Rider) when it came to their saddling. F in the chat for all the MCs who didn't realize and fell off their horse when the saddle slipped.
OH MY GOD the new chapter im screaming??? i had so much fun playing the game up to this point but it's never been so intense. i really like it!!! (even tho i was so scared i'd mess it up completely, which i might have, depending on how the moral choices come into play) i still cannot decide who to romance im afraid. everyone's so cool and hot. ah the suffering
don’t be too concerned about stats :)) i mainly use them as flavour text; they’re not as important to me as other ifs. main goal for me is for you to have fun and play around, which, judging by your ask i seemed to have delivered so i’m happy.
glad you enjoyed !! and as i always say, why not try all the routes? hehe <3
Glamrock Marionette is coloured! Below the cut are some design notes, small lore info + her prototype predecessor (The Puppeteer)
Pronouns: she/they/it (can be randomly used, staff usually just choose one)
Bare endo legs since she's usually stuck in the prize corner box (only able to leave it when a staff member lets her out)
The pins change around so it's never really the same 3 (she usually trades them with kids, staff or other animatronics)
She speaks in music notes (so technically is nonverbal)
Extendable arms for grabbing high-up prizes
Her torso opens (stores tickets, candies, etc)
The star buttons are actually speakers
Glows in the dark!
There's a bell in the puffball
The candies she carries are Prize-Surprise Candies; hard candies with a juicy center that come in three flavours (Apricot, Grapefruit or Papaya)
Her Fizzy Faz flavour is watermelon! (unsurprising)
Her and Moon seem to get along just fine, but Sun... doesn't really like her (to her dismay)
Before her tho was The Puppeteer, aka the main reason Sun avoids her
To sum up the text for those who can't read it:
The Puppeteer was a MASSIVE (14ft 5) animatronic that just sat in the story corner of Superstar Daycare. She told stories and entertained kids with puppets that plugged into her retractable tentacle-like cords.
She, to put it lightly, was a control freak and prone to jealousy. She'd avoid Moon at night by hiding in the ceilings after closing time and would belittle Sun when kids couldn't hear.
The incident in question was when a parent arrived to pick up two kids, but they weren't on the pick-up list. The Daycare Attendant (following protocol) refused to let them be taken without proof of the pick-up pass. Things quickly got violent with the parent throwing things.
The Puppeteer, not having the same protocol as Sun (given she wasn't permitted to hand off kids) eventually got fed up and straight up YOINKED the kids away from Sun and tried to hand them over to the parent to stop the tantrum they were throwing.
The situation ended with the kids having bruises, Security removing the parent from the Pizza Plex, Sun being heavily damaged and The Puppeteer being decommissioned.
i try to do more w my life and that brings in a hint of burnout, so what i decided to do today is to treat it as if it's a weekend, bc even tho i don't work i still try to do stuff on weekdays and sometimes i can't make myself do anything but feel the it's a Weekday i shld be Doing smth pressure, and it's not a v restorative state obv. i was chilling until i got bored of being on my laptop then i went for a walk and chilled on my fav hill <3 for like 2 hrs and i really immersed myself into the nature, cleared my mind of any thoughts... felt really good to walk omw back im still struggling w my back and it felt quite good then and i even felt a little workout high. didn't text anyone until i was home which also preserved my mental energy. then i baked zapikanka (uhh... cottage cheese crumble?) 4 the first time, added lemon zest in it and that made me feel nostalgic bc when i was starting to bake when in middle school i wld constantly make some sort of lemon flavoured pastry <333 and it's a truly happy childhood memory for once
They had me so fucked up with that 'good at cooking' comment on Yuma's file. Had me convinced of things and jumpinh through hoops to make sense of stuff that WASnt even there ToT. I literally thought he and makoto used to live together because of it man
Like oh Yuma used to be good at cooking and some of makotos flavour text mentions that he's a bad cook and always orders out, even tho he has a fully stocked kitchen? That wasn't hinting at makoto being used to Yuma cooking for him, ITS BEVAUSE THEY BOTH FUXKING SUCK AT COOKING CUZ THEY WERE THE SAME PERSON
• hardly reply he replies like 2 days after he only reply to obanai and master kagaya
•man is the type of guy that never uses emoji's
•texts in lower cases and 2 exclamation marks like this: . ,
MITSURI
• SHE USES SO MANY EMOJIS AND FACES LIKE THIS:♥️,🌺,(✿☉。☉),( ˘ ³˘)♥
• SHE REPLY'S AFTER ONE SECOND
• she usually send cats meme's and cat sticker's
•she will freak out if they don't respond she will think she is annoying or they don't like her anymore BUT if they respond after all her thoughts will vanish
MUICHIRO
•he mostly reply to tanjiro BC you know (my baby)
•man he is so cold the only thing is says is:
•i don't care
•who do you think you are ?
•sometimes he forgets he is texting and just stares at the screen
GIYUU
•Man is so calm but he is shy to send emojis BC it thinks it's embarrassing
•is online notification is shinobu that bully/check up on him like: how is the emo boy doing?
•he replies sometimes fast sometimes it takes months
SHINOBU
•she usually does write aoi and kanae a lot aoi bc of work and kanae if she is still training hard but she writes both about how they are doing and if they eat well
•her contact her usually patient so she knows how they are doing
•she teases so much tho sometimes giyuu cries that is cyber bullying but in a friendly way
RENGOKU
•he writes like he is in the 1980 or sm
•he likes sending food emojis or memes!
•very polite
•is status is just quotes like"work hard and you will succeed in life"
TENGEN
•he as so much rizz
•he sends so many emojis with a a text of 2 words
•he tried rizzing up aoi once and is phone was suddenly disappeared the next day shinobu
GENYA
•he as an mini heart attack when he text girls his brain cells disappears (, my baby)
•but when it comes to a guy like zenitsu or inosuke man throws the hardest insults you could ever think of
•he writes sanemi sometimes and he got blocked
DOUMA
•HE RIZZ EVERYONE
• he got blocked by almost everyone
•text gyoutaro and daki like a father
•send the cringest emojis with a text like
"muzan-sama 🤭😘🥰🥰😜🤪how are you✌️😋?" Hegotblocked
•he sends akaza videos of him eating women and says "the flavours are melting on my tounge you should try it" ( he got blocked)