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RE: Trailer Trash 57 pt 5

    Mrs. Moore watched on with a vacant expression as her own hands went through the motions of taking things from the checkout conveyor belt and presenting them to the bar code scanner for a beep. Though her movements were still far from well-practiced and fluid like Tracy’s were, she wasn’t fumbling with the items anymore. A strange muscle memory for where the bar codes might be on an item was building, such that some of the more common items like milk, eggs and brea...

After AnimeCon: Cream for Christine

    Warm, fluffy cream poured into Christine’s mouth, and her body tensed as happy thoughts and pure, unadulterated love emulsified into ardent streaks of silver magic that filled her mind with absolute brilliance. It tasted nothing like it smelled—the aroma she’d thought was so nice before was a pale shadow of how incredible this stuff actually was. Christine swallowed noisily with greedy gulps as more and more of the goopy fluid flowed, and her entire...

Game Dev Progress December - March

Very busy four months!

The December through March period completes our fourth year of game development, bringing us much closer to release with new animations, characters, and locations. You can check out previous bulk updates for August through November here, and the bulk April through July updates before that 2024-04-01 17:02:18 +0000 UTC View Post

After AnimeCon: Condensation

    “See—then, it’s a magic thing, it’s like a magic compulsion,” Brian remarked, and the distaste apparent in his voice snapped Christine out of her daze.

    “What?” Christine asked, staring across the fire at him. “I—I don’t get it.”

    “It smells like nothing to Rebecca, who isn’t zapped,” Brian explained with a sigh. “But, with you zapped in—initiated to the magic or whatever...

AnimeCon Harem Book 2 Launch

Any support you can send our way is appreciated! The audiobook narration for book one is in progress right now with Royal Guard, and book three is in edit with Mango Media now. Cover sketches the artist sent for book three!

RE: Trailer Trash 57 pt 4

/// This is more like a double teaser, the one I wrote yesterday I couldn't put up until the one I wrote today was done fleshing things out. Sorry!

    After a few more minutes of their Personal Fitness class standing along the edge of the track and exchanging casual talk, the first period Weight Lifting class arrived, a procession of students who appeared annoyed at being led out into the cold. Leading them was Coach Cooke, a large, rather brawny man w...

RE: Trailer Trash 57, The girls locker room.

    “Hey, do you know Matt Haynes?” Alicia aske

RE: Trailer Trash 57 pt 2

Because he’s a pigheaded asshole with shit-for-brains.

Coach Baylor’s shoulders drooped slightly because she couldn’t just say that to a student, and she tilted her head back to release a long sigh that turned to vapor in the cold air. When she turned to where Tabitha was sitting on the first row of the bleachers, it felt as though she was wearing the familiar pensive look of someone deliberating how best to break bad news to someone. It was hard not to notice Tabitha beg...

RE: Trailer Trash 57 pt 1

“Hey, do you know Matt Haynes?” Alicia asked. “He’s uh—he’s the other, other Matthew. Apparently, he has a crush on you.”

“Uhh,” Tabitha froze in the action of setting her bookbag on the cold table of the quad. “Matt…?”

“Haynes,” Alicia repeated, sizing up Tabitha’s expression with a grin as if to determine whether or not Tabitha was faking her ignorance. “How do you know him?”

“I don’t think I do?” Tabitha gave Alicia a puzzl...

AHE: Vendor's Room Friday

03/04/2024 Monster Battlers theme track added. 04/27 track edit.

03/05/2021 Vendor's room entrance. 04/30/2021 Door edit. 05/09/2021 Badge check & entry line:

09/29/2020 Vendor's room. 06/18/2021 Bannerless edit. 3/08/21: Populated with attendees:

09/19/2021 Vendor'...

AHE: Convenience Store

Stephanie, Emily, and Brian visit this nearby convenience store late Saturday night in secret chapter content The Night is Young. Was aiming for a long / deep subdivide older city shop that feels squeezed in between other properties, like it goes the whole depth of the block but has almost no elbow room width.

03/04/2024 Dilemma track added.

03/10/2024 Convenience Store Exterior: ...

After AnimeCon: Feeding the Fire

    “Ah, hold on,” Brian cautioned Stephanie. “I’ve got dirt in my hair an’ everything.”

    “I can—um,” Stephanie’s eyes flicked up and down, checking him over. “Let me wash you. Please.”

    “You don’t have to do that,” Brian said. “I’ll just—”

    “Please,” Stephanie insisted.

    “Rebecca’s got towels in her...

Renfaire Fantasy 2: Feeding the Fire pt 1

“Ah, hold on,” Brian cautioned Stephanie. “I’ve got dirt in my hair an’ everything.”

“I can—um,” Stephanie’s eyes flicked up and down, checking him over. “Let me wash you. Please.”

“You don’t have to do that,” Brian said. “I’ll just—”

“Please,” Stephanie insisted.

“Rebecca’s got towels in her Suvaru, like, tons of towels,” Emily spoke up. “Towels for emergencies, towels for washing up, towels for every occasion...

RE: Trailer Trash 56 pt 6

Clarissa wandered past her old morning haunt like a ghost, giving the worn concrete planter along the edge of Springton High’s front commons a long look. Before the first bell she used to stand there with her close friends, that used to be their spot to meet up and talk. Now, no one stood there. Madison and Leah hung out in the rear quad over by the music building now, and their judging looks were too heavy for Clarissa to bear enduring. Bailey stood with a new mixed group of teena...

RE: Trailer Trash 56 pt 5

Just like yesterday when her pre-prepared rumors of my death were greatly exaggerated line was on the forefront of her thoughts and the tip of her tongue as her fourteen year old brain itched to deliver a clever line at just the right moment and seem cool, this morning the damnit, Bobby quote was front and center. Making a funny reference and—hopefully—earning a laugh out of her peers would be super worth it, and for long giddy moments Tabitha fantasized about saying it ...

RE: Trailer Trash 56, 56 pt 4

Her second day going back to school didn’t require nearly as much attention to detail and preparation—it seemed almost silly spending time obsessing over her outfit, when it would be hidden beneath a bulky jacket most of the time anyways. Tabitha stared at tired eyes in the mirror as she brushed and arranged her hair, and then carefully turned her face this way and that searching for blemishes. Her face was free of acne for now, but her pale skin was less flawless white jade and ...

RE: Trailer Trash 56, 56 pt Drive Thru

“Mom!” Hannah sat up straight in the back seat of the Acura in sudden panic, pressing both hands against her window. “Mom, wait! You missed the turn-off, we’re passing it!”

Tabitha watched with a wry smile from the other side of the back seat as the iconic golden arches of McDonalds was passed by and began to recede into the distance of Sandboro’s crowded main strip which was already thick with signs sporting the logos of various businesses and restaurants. The shee...

After AnimeCon: Campfire Conversation

    “You were right,” Christine said, locking eyes with Stephanie. “I’m sorry. I didn’t believe you, about the magic stuff. Made fun of you, back in that hallway at the hotel. So—I’m sorry. You were right.”

    Stephanie regarded Christine from Brian’s lap with a wary expression before replying.

    “It’s okay. I uh, I do realize how unbelievable it must have sounded,” Stephanie said. “I forgive ...

After AnimeCon: Raising Tents

    Silver haze hung in Christine’s head like smoke and refused to clear. The scales upon which her internal values balanced were askew but felt like they were teetering back and forth between both directions, which made her feel like she was genuinely going insane. The contrast between rage at everyone else and despair at herself and what she had done was a difference so extreme that trying to maintain coherent thought was giving her a dizzyi...

Renfaire Fantasy 2: Darkest Night pt 2

Silver haze hung in Christine’s head like smoke and refused to clear. The scales upon which her internal values balanced were askew but felt like they were teetering back and forth between both directions, which made her feel like she was genuinely going insane. The contrast between rage at everyone else and despair at herself and what she had done was a difference so extreme that trying to maintain coherent thought was giving her a dizzying headache. As she crouched miserably in the dirt o...

RE: Trailer Trash 56, 56 pt Beach Towel

/// Sorry guys, had cute ideas, so this one will squeeze in BEFORE 56 pt 3. So this takes place before Tabitha goes to bed that night and the sections will be like that later when this is organized into a proper chapter.

To Tabitha’s dismay, Mrs. Macintire insisted on taking them out on a ‘quick’ shopping trip to K-mart for a nice towel, where Sandra and Hannah combed up and down the aisle analyzing and debating the design of each and every beach towel on display—arguing over th...

AHE: Sherriott Hotel Sunday

/// Not a NEW post, music track is new and can't edit audio into old text and image posts.

The Sunday content is beyond the current scope of where we're focusing our efforts in game development, but a number of Sunday illustrations are simply alternate variation or lighting versions of other illustrations we were already ordering and it became prudent to just complete these as well at that time.

4 background illustrations, 1 background crowd, 1 music track.

...

AHE: Westerlin Bathroom

/// Not a NEW post, music track is new and can't edit audio into old text and image posts.

2 animations, 2 background illustrations, 1 music track.

02/01/2024 Burning Body track added.

01/23/2021 Hotel Bathroom v2:

08/15/2021 Bathroom Interior:

2024-02-01 17:15:47 +0000 UTC View Post

After AnimeCon: Darkest Night

    Although she’d decided on an impromptu plan of action for them just so that they weren’t all dawdling in despair by the graveside all night, it took several tense minutes for Kelly’s plan to get any traction. Rebecca wanted to heft Brian up piggyback and carry him back towards the camp because, she was the only one remotely capable of attempting it, but an unresponsive Stephanie had her arms locked tightly around Brian and was refusing to let go. 2024-01-28 12:03:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Renfaire Fantasy 2: We are not Friends pt 1

Although she’d decided on an impromptu plan of action for them just so that they weren’t all dawdling in despair by the graveside all night, it took several tense minutes for Kelly’s plan to get any traction. Rebecca wanted to heft Brian up piggyback and carry him back towards the camp, because she was the only one remotely capable of attempting it, but an unresponsive Stephanie had her arms locked tightly around Brian and was refusing to let go.

Brian roused not long aft...

RE: Trailer Trash 56, 56 pt 3

“Never had a real boyfriend, and… I haven’t had my first kiss yet,” Tabitha said. “I’ve been on something like dates before, but—yeah. It went awful, and I guess—I guess it kinda spooked me away from trying to, uh. Dip my toe further into all that.”

“Damn, so—” Bobby’s handsome face wore a look that was thoughtful without being judgemental. “So, you haven’t had a first kiss yet?”

“I haven’t,” Tabitha confirmed, trying to make the shru...

RE: Trailer Trash 56, 56 pt 2

A frazzled and somewhat heavyset red-haired woman trudged up the porch steps to her trailer park trailer and fumbled in confusion with the doorknob of a locked door. Mrs. Moore wasn’t used to their mobile home being locked—she had almost always been home, and so locking up everything was rarely necessary. The key she’d prepared this morning was rediscovered in her coat pocket, she went through the unpracticed motions of unlocking her own front door, and then finally opened it and bustle...

RE: Trailer Trash 56, The vagaries of adolescence.

/// The complete chapter 56. If you've already

After AnimeCon: Silver Lining

“Dgou can’t,” Chloe slurred out. “Bwian blease, dgou can’t. Blease.”

Brian wanted to sigh and explain himself for hitting her, because he was sorry that he had to do that, but those old apologetic words just didn’t come out. They weren’t there within him to begin with, anymore. As he examined her in the shaky light from above, Brian saw that she was the very picture of pity and helplessness—everything except her eyes, where Chloe was unable to co...

AHE: Rivera Residence

/// Not a NEW post, music track is new and can't edit audio into old text / image posts.

1 design, 1 illustration, 3 backgrounds, 1 animation, 1 music track.

01/06/2024 Every Day, Every Night track added.

12/10/2023 Rivera residence exterior:

10/31/2023 Mrs. Rivera:

11/...