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Weekly Update - 10.11.21

Hello all!

After crunching pretty hard (for me at least) to get the chapter finished, I can confirm that the final word count is about 96k. This may fluctuate slightly during edits, but probably not by that much. That means I wrote 10k words this week on top of beginning to edit, so I've been pretty busy, heh. The file is actually large enough that CSIDE (the program I use to write in) was lagging as I typed, so the last couple scenes were written in another file and then transferred, h...

Bonus Content - Autumnal Interview

Hello everyone!

This month's bonus content is just a bit of silly fluffiness—the characters are 'interviewed' as a group and asked a handful of autumn-themed questions (for those of you in the southern hemisphere, I do apologize for being about six months late!) Some of it's a bit AU, or at least assumes a jump into the future (e.g., horror movies are a thing). So obviously don't take it too seriously, but I thought it might be fun to let them be themselves in a different context, and...

Weekly Update - 10.04.21

And here we are, in October.

Since the BIP, I've written 3,000 words, bringing the chapter total to 86k. I have 2.5 letters left to go, and then the last scene, plus some editing, and then the chapter will be a go! So I think I'm on track for my projected release date of the 13th, which is nice because it will give me time to get a good chunk of Chapter Five in this month as well. I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it happen, but my goal is to release that one before the end of 2021, ...

BIP - September

Hello, everyone!

Here it is, the BIP. Chapter Four is almost done, and comes in currently at about 83k words, so 29k up from last month's edition. I'm partway through the letter scene, the second-to-last one of the chapter, and pretty happy with how it's coming together. The whole thing is a typo-ridden mess at the moment I'm sure, but the goal is to get it done and then edit, so I hope you can all forgive me, heh.

The chapter will definitely be releasing sometime in Octo...

Bonus Content Poll - September

Hello all! It is once again bonus content poll time! So because I have no idea what I want to do for bonus content next month, I'm gonna throw a bunch of spooky-themed options up and let you tell me what you'd be most interested in!

The second most popular option might become the second piece for the month, honestly.

Weekly Update - 09.27.21

Hey all!

77k and two scenes to go! That's it, that's the update.

I'm... honestly not sure if I'll have all the words written for the entire chapter by BIP time? I might? It's not likely, but it is possible. But even if that's true, it will likely take me another week or so of polishing/testing/getting some edits made and ready to go before it goes out to the general public. Sometimes my finishing a chapter ends up really close to the end of a calendar month, what...

Moirae's Mirror - September

Hey all!

We're back with more outline stuff for the Mirror this time. A note of warning, of course: this is all completely speculative. Other than a few large plot developments I know I'm going to be using, none of this is set in stone, and details are added, removed, and shifted around as I get to the stuff in question, often.

But all that said, I do end up using most of the ideas somewhere, so this should be at least a somewhat-accurate preview of things to come. Needless to say...

Weekly Update - 09.20.21

Is it just me, or has September been flying by compared to August? I can't believe it's already the 20th!

The chapter is still humming along; I reached 70k with it this week, meaning I made my goal of 7,000 words for the week. I'm most but not all of the way through a scene where the PC can learn a bit of combat magic with Hermes and Hekate. After that, I still have three more scenes to go, one of moderate length and two that I think will be shorter. So, I am tentatively aiming...

Bonus Content - Loathing

Hello everyone! This month's variable bonus content is a vignette from Styx's point of view. It doesn't really have a super-set place in the timeline, but it fits well just before the PC's arrival to the Underworld, if you need one. :)

It's a little shorter than average, but pretty packed with clues, including some that I hope will make loads of sense eventually but probably don't right now. I hope you enjoy, and have a great week!

Weekly Update - 09.13.21

Hello again, everyone!

The chapter is now at 63k, so that's 6k new words for this week, just about on track with where I wanted to be! The scene where everyone gets back together and discusses the finds of the various investigation branches is now done, meaning that I'm moving into what I think is probably roughly the back third of the chapter. At least, I hope it's a third rather than a half, because I would like to release it at some point!

In any case, there will be an opportun...

Q&A - Pyri I

As promised, this month begins a new round of questionnaires, and this time the respondent is Pyri! I hope you enjoy getting to know them a little better. 

Weekly Update - 09.06.21

Hello everyone!

Not a whole lot to report this week; the chapter now sits at 57k, which means I wrote about 5k words in the last week. It was a pretty busy one in some ways, so I'm not that surprised I didn't get 7, honestly. But the BIP went out, and I'm trying to settle into September, to hopefully keep up a decent rate of writing. I'm really looking forward to putting this chapter out, even if the scene list between now and then is pretty daunting, heh. 

Anyhow, Pyri-theme...

Bonus Content - Styx Dossier

So I thought I'd queued this for yesterday, but apparently I had not!

The first bonus content of this month is a character dossier for Styx. It seems she's winning the poll, too, so she may feature in a vignette later this month in addition to this. Interestingly, I have just written a little bit of her in the chapter, so that's some nice synergy. :)

I hope you all have a great week.

BIP - August

Hello everyone! 

The BIP is here. Chapter 4 is now sitting at 54k, so there's again been some pretty significant progress. I didn't get to the scene where everyone meets up to discuss their findings, but all the investigation branches proper are now complete, so for those of you who like to explore all the options, enjoy the branching haha.

I hope you all like it, and of course there should be even more of the chapter next month!

Bonus Content Poll - August

Hey all! 

So this month's variable bonus content will I think feature some secondary character interaction. I figure you all can pick one of the parties to focus on, and I'll build something from there!

Weekly Update - 08.30.21

Hey all!

I had another solid week of progress this time around; the chapter is currently sitting at 52k, and I have finished the Hekate branch of the investigation. Now all I have left is a shorter one where a PC that went with the group to see Lethe opts out of helping directly, and the scene where everyone meets up to share results. Then we're finally on to the remainder of the chapter, haha. I guess it's going to be a fairly long one; I wasn't initially expecting to write quite so ma...

The Moirae's Mirror - August

Hello, everyone! (Or, well, all two of you anyway haha.)

I thought I'd do something a little different with the Mirror this month. Basically I'm going to show you what passes for my "outline" and talk about how stuff has gone so far. It's really not much of an outline—consider chapter 1 here:

I generally use "Seph" to refer to a gender-neutral player character for whatever reason. I gu...

Weekly Update - 08.23.21

Hey all!

The chapter's up to 44k as of this week, meaning I got another solid 7,000 over the last seven days. I'm now through Hermes's part of the last investigation branch, and into Pyri's. After that, it'll be Hekate, and then the investigation can conclude for the present! While I do enjoy dropping clues, I'm looking forward to getting into some more character-oriented scenes again after this, heh. 

Fortunately, my roommate has recovered from her bout of COVID, and I seem ...

Bonus Content - Midwinter

Which is in my hemisphere definitely not the season it is, heh. But y'all voted to read something about Hades and birthdays, so this is what there is! It's a bit abstract, being more or less a stream-of-consciousness history of birthdays in the Underworld, but I hope you like it!

(Timing-wise, it occurs shortly before Pyri arrives there, and as such they are not explicitly mentioned, though their predecessor is!)

Weekly Update - 08.16.21

Hey everyone. New week, new update!

I actually wrote more than anticipated this week, returning to my previous (blistering, for me) rate of 1k a day, with 7k on the week, bringing the chapter to 37k! I'm smack in the middle of the last investigation branch, the one where the PC goes with Hekate, Hermes, and Pyri to visit Lethe herself.

I'm pretty happy with the investigations so far; there's a decent amount of variation even within branches, but almost anyone with any level of rel...

Art Commission - Hades

He's heeeeere!

Charina drew Hades to wrap up the comm series; I'm so pleased with all of them. I have to take a break from commissioning work for a while, mostly to let my hemorrhaging bank account rest a little haha, but eventually I'll of course get around to more, including some Blossom+ exclusives. 

Thank you all so much for supporting me! FoA is almost a year old now, and I'm so happy with how it's coming along!

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Q&A - Hermes III

Hey all!

We're back with the last of the Hermes Proust questionnaires! Next month starts someone else, possibly Pyri. I hope you enjoy this one. :)

Weekly Update - 08.09.21

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well. This week I wrote 4k words on the game, but in other news the dialogue tag system is almost done and implemented for all three previous chapters, plus the prologue, and also for what of chapter 4 is already written. I'm just about to the end of the second investigation branch, which means I've got the third of those to go before I can launch into the rest of the chapter. 

I've been having a lot of fun with some of these variations, ...

Bonus Content - Kokytos Dossier

Hey all!

For this week's bonus content, we have another dossier, on another River Deity. Kokytos, the River of Lamentation, may be something of an enigma, for those who met him at the end of last chapter and haven't had much chance to interact with him. He's actually one of my favorite side characters, though, so I hope you like getting to know a little more about him. 

I hope you're all having a great week. :)

Weekly Update - 08.02.21

Hello everyone!

Not too much to report since the BIP came out. As you may have seen on tumblr or in the forums, when I updated with that the new chapter had about 24k words. It now has about 26k, and I'm hoping for some pretty solid progress this month as well. I'm aiming for about 5k words a week, to give myself some time to work on my dialogue indicator system. 

We also should be getting the last of our official art pretty soon here, so I'll look forward to sharing...

BIP - July

Hey all!

The BIP is here! Since the last chapter update (early this month), there have been a grand total of 25,091 new words added to the story, the vast majority of those in the in-progress chapter four. You'll notice that the majority of the chapter is still pretty loose notes and empty choices or entirely missing scenes; that's normal as I get things structured before writing. 

What is fully filled out is the branch of the investigation where you go with Pyri, Da...

Bonus Content Poll - July

It's that time again, friends. The end of the month for me means it's time to start thinking about new bonus contents!

Since August happens to be my birth month, pick a character for a glimpse at how they do (or don't) acknowledge the day (or season, as the case may be) of their birth!

Moirae's Mirror - July

Hey everyone and welcome back (or welcome, as the case may be!) to the Moire's Mirror. This time I'm previewing and talking about some of the stuff that happens in the part of Chapter 4 I'm already done with. 

We start off headed into the market with Pyri, Daeira, and an NPC you only briefly met at the end of the last chapter, Kokytos. He's not going to feature too much in this scene, as we'll quickly see the group split up to do their stuff, but I think he's pretty cool.&...

Weekly Update - 07.26.21

Hey everyone!

Not a lot to report this week in terms of the eventful or the unusual. I'm still plugging away on the chapter, and met my goal of 1,000 words a day for a total of 7k this week, bringing the chapter total to 17,000! I have finished the first of the 'investigation' branches, the one featuring Pyri, Daeira, and Kokytos.

I've moved into the second, featuring the river investigation squad of Hades, Charon, and Alekto, though I don't think that will be finished by the time...

Bonus Content - Babysitters

Hey all!

I'm back with the bonus content y'all voted on for this month—because the vote was so closely split between Hermes and Alekto, I elected to include them both, interacting with Makaria and each other. This particular tidbit actually assumes the PC is friends with Hermes, though it takes place before they ever set foot in the Underworld. 

I hope you enjoy it!