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A little sneak peek at Saturnalia

Fun times ahead 👀 Costumes and shenanigans!

A man dressed as a cabbage walks by. Or perhaps he's a lettuce?

"A cabbage, I presume," Marcus says, as if reading my mind.

"I wanted to be a carrot," Niall chimes in while looking jealously after the cabbage. Marcus rolls his eyes.

"You're a Tribune, act like it."

Niall mutters something under his breath, not loud enough to hear but its...

2022-07-27 15:56:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Feedback pls ❤

Here's a little questionnaire, if anyone is feeling like giving a little feedback!

https://forms.gle/DaeM4o9vnLejdui16

Mini game poll

Please, share your opinion on who should be the next month's mini game RO. I'll have to see what to do with this information later. 

Short Story Poll

Scenario Poll (Niall)

Discord is up and running!

Yay! If you don't have an account yet, please consider making one so you can chat with me and the others (who wouldn't want that!).

Also, this was me this morning:

Blooper

I almost thought that I have no interesting bloopers. Then, I realized that I cut a lot of stuff from the banquet. Thirsty stuff.

Thirsty stuff is quite difficult to code in, since there are people who don't want to see that stuff even as an option. I will probably add a lot more oggling at the ROs (for you ogglers, I see you) once I start editing and figuring out what to do with the code. Anyway, here's some Niall and Tinsae oggling:

Tinsae oggling:

Tinsae steps ...

2022-06-30 09:59:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Peeing on a Mulberry Tree

Legate's POV

As I put the last olive into my mouth (and make sure to swallow it with care), my mind wanders to the new boy. How nice of him to attend the banquet, even if the situation was clearly new to him. He seems like a nice lad. However, there's something about him that makes me wonder…

From time to time, I catch the lad looking at me, choking in his words, as if he was too flustered to continue. There's intensity within his gaze, there's the burning feeling of de...

Q&A

Since I received questions that are also aimed at me, rather than the characters, I decided to answer these author questions this month. I got a bit carried away. Again. Sorry about that in advance.
(Outraged Fox stuff is coming up tomorrow!)

Also, the love language stuff is bit spoilery. I hope you don't mind. Please don't read the last part if you don't want little spoilers about the ROs' routes.

Whom of the characters did you come up with first? What were they like in the b...

2022-06-30 08:58:53 +0000 UTC View Post

About the next month's mini game

In order to avoid any riots, I think it's time to let old Marcus rest for the next month and let Niall take his place. There can always be a love triangle scenario added into the poll, if you want to. Let me know what you'd like to read about and I'm happy to add it into the next month's poll. 

Please always let me know if you don't receive any email from me, I'm usually marked as a spam. I'm a big old spammer.

Flash poll!

Since it was a tie and I don't mind writing either one of those scenarios, a sudden flash poll appears! 

Sudden poll appears

I had an idea. Would you like to be able to choose Quinn as someone you previously had an affair with? Perhaps an affair that was starting out but didn't quite have time before everything happened.

That would mean extra work for sure, a lot more dialogue, I'd probably add that route once I'll start editing this. I just smelled the sweet scent of additional drama and I liked it.

Sneak peek

So, Samhain is nearing its finish line. I will probably share it with you by the time it's finished, even if there's still the bathing scene left for editing and the wrestling scene to top it all off. I think this will take till the end of the month, though. I'm really happy about the Samhain scenes and I'm having a blast writing them.

Here is a scene where Niall barges into the botched festivities:

Something big and fast runs straight at me from the darkness. Just as I'm...

2022-06-18 09:04:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Marcus scenario poll

These need no introduction. 

Also I'm just kidding, no one is peeing in anyone's soup. (Or are they...)

Short story poll

Backstory stuff will be up for voting next month <3
Remember to hit me up with any Q&A questions you might have (either aimed at me or the characters).

Thank you! <3

(I'm counting on you to vote for the Legate!)

Weekly rambling

Another good writing week. Yay!

I've felt really inspired and excited about the whole Samhain stuff. New plot threads emerged and all that jam. There's a new Celtic god in town. 👀 You can cheat the Twins! Hehe. I also came up with a new stat that will help with the relationships. There's a 'trust' meter. It makes sense, there's a lot of manipulation going on and all. Then, there's the sexual attraction meter, most likely. That's how I will probably juggle between different relationsh...

Fox tier RO poll

I'd like to have your opinion on this pressing matter. If you'd like to read someone else's scenario, who would it be? 

Hit me up with some topic suggestions! (if you want to)

As is customary, the polls are coming. If you have any topic suggestions for the POV scenes or Marcus scenarios, please let me know. (It helps me out a lot!)

Also, please send me your character Q&A questions (what you'd like to know about the characters, it doesn't have to be just the ROs) here, via email, or in the Forum, Tumblr, or you can PM here on Patreon. You can also send me carrier pigeons or hit me up with a telegraph.

As always, I welcome any sock-related questions w...

Mini game coming up tomorrow!

I got a bit carried away with the choices and all, I just finished writing and I really want to polish the text before sending the scenario your way. Sorry about that, they will be delivered tomorrow! Thank you for your patience ❤

Love Triangle wreath scene (Niall's POV)

I don't know why Marcus always moans that he doesn't want to attend these parties. He gives me a look of disdain every time someone laughs a little too pitchy to his liking. And I always give him a smile. When he's in the worst of moods, it manages to even deepen his frown. 

A woman walks past me and flashes me a smile. Once the wine starts to flow, the guests are jollier. The music makes my muscles itch as a demand to start dancing. A slave passes me another bowl of pudding with d...

The Prank of all Pranks (Antonia/backstory)

Aunt Camilla hands me another cookie and I take it with a stern nod. 

I ask: "What do you think about the plan?"

"I think it's deliciously evil. I will help you to execute it."

I knew I could count on her. She dislikes these two fools as much as I do. I'll show them what it means to anger Lollia Antonia Claudia Phoebe Piso.

Camilla smiles. "How are you going to get them to undress?"

"I will shove them into a mud pond."

"Both of them? They are quite hea...

Sneak peek

Here is the beginning of Samhain, the MC is in for a pickle: 

I hasten my steps. It's one thing to stretch the days worth of celebrations for one night only, it's entirely another thing to spend the half of that time with stupid Romans. I'm not sure what the gods will think of this. 

As the thought crosses my mind, I halt my step. The darkness of the forest almost devours me. Does it matter what the gods think? I haven't felt their presence for...

2022-05-25 19:51:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Blooper

Sorry I took my time with the bloopers and sneak peeks. I've been in a creative slump and trying to get out of that one. That's why I came up with the closed alpha testing phase, it might help me with any future slumps.

Slumps suck.

Anyways, this is a somewhat spoilery blooper. This scene won't happen in this form but this person is someone noteworthy and perhaps they will make an appearance later. 

A door opens and a white-haired stranger appears with it. Thei...

2022-05-25 19:41:36 +0000 UTC View Post

About the mini game RO

I wasn't sure if I should ask all of the patrons or just you who are on this tier. Then, I thought that your opinion is the one that matters the most at this moment. I'm an incurable overthinker, thank you for bearing with me haha.

So, about next month... more Marcus?

Marcus scenario poll

This time I added someone else to star with Marcus (or the whole contubernium) to spice things up. I'm not sure how some of these will end up but we'll just see if it comes to that lol.

Short story poll

Here it is! Hopefully there's something piquing your interest. And, as always, you can choose multiple options.

Blooper

There was a time when I thought that the MC could have their own dog. Quinn would've brought him with them. Seeing the remnants of his scenes still makes me want to put him back into the story haha.

I just notice that $!{dog_name} has waited for me to get off my armor. Now that I'm out, he jogs to me with a wagging tail.

    "Yes, hello $!{dog_name}. Have you been a good boy?"

    "Somewhat ...

2022-04-30 05:39:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Q&A

This got super long, sorry about that. And if it's cringy, then call me cringy, it was fun to write haha.

X: "Thank you so much for joining our Q&A session with the cast of Defiled Hearts. So, our first question is aimed at you, Antonia."

Antonia perks up. "Wow! Ask away!"

X: "What do you like about your uncles Niall and Marcus?"

Her face falls. "A question about those two dimwits?"

Both of the men frown at the statement.

A: "What do I like about them?"...

The smile (the forest scene/Marcus's POV)

I don't know why Niall would ask that cretin friend of yours to join us; I really need to have a word with him later. Mark my words, Niall: I will get back at you.

Your footsteps echo behind me. Your steps sound normal: the tread is light, like you're used to walking in the forest, but they still sound like the sound of two normal feet. But your friend's… Even their footstep sound outlandish and unpleasant. It's almost like they don't touch the ground when they walk. Everything about ...

I'm obliged to ask, even if I think we all know the answer

So, is next month going to be another Marcus month? (minigame)