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Domestic - Viktor

Viktor’s knees are absolutely smeared with clay as he works his hands around the bowl he’s shaping. Using his fingers, he draws the top part carefully in before presenting it to you proudly.

“It’s a heart,” He grins, “For my heart.”

You bite your cheek to stop the laughter that threatens to bubble over.

“Well, that’s all well and good…” You glance down at your own monstrosity, “I’m pretty sure mine is just a lump, though. A leaning lump, at that.”...

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Reaper's Bay Chapter 1 Part 1

Welcome back to Reaper's Bay!

This update includes the rework of RB that I've been fiddling with for some time! It also completes the beginning section of Chapter One, in which you meet the one and only Mari de Klerk.

Also general bug fixes from the old version, grammar and spelling, all that good stuff.

I hope you guys enjoy!!

Password: RBUPDATE

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Domestic - F Avery

“Does it scare you?” You ask quietly, watching the lightning arc across the dark sky.

“Sometimes,” Avery responds back, her voice hushed with something like reverence as she corrects herself, “Most of the time.”

“We can go inside,” You offer, “Lay down, maybe watch a movie.”

You could tune out the rolling thunder and the cracks of lightning that make her flinch each time they strike, you mean. Remove her from a situation that only seems to cause him distr...

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Domestic - M Avery

“Does it scare you?” You ask quietly, watching the lightning arc across the dark sky.

“Sometimes,” Avery responds back, his voice hushed with something like reverence as he corrects himself, “Most of the time.”

“We can go inside,” You offer, “Lay down, maybe watch a movie.”

You could tune out the rolling thunder and the cracks of lightning that make him flinch each time they strike, you mean. Remove him from a situation that only seems to cause him distre...

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RO Profile: Navara

And here is the Lady of Night, Navara, with her version!

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RO Profile: Navran

Here is the Lord of Night himself, Navran! The youngest to ever inherit by far at a mere four years old.

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RO Profile: M Phaeryn

Here's the Lord of Day's profile to match!

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RO Profile: F Phaeryn

Here is Lady Phaeryn of the Day Court! Let me know if you guys like these profiles, I made them in Canva, and I'll post the others!

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Lucia Flashback: Punishment

Sometimes Lucia hates painting.

It doesn’t make sense. It’s the only consistent thing she's ever had in her life. Before you, during you, after you…even when it felt like she’d lost it all, she still had a brush in her hand.

Staring at the canvas now only makes her regret, though. Your eyes stare back, the only clear thing she's managed to paint all week. The rest of your face is blurry, out of focus, incomplete; she saw you just last week, why can she not remember the det...

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Lucien Flashback: Punishment

Sometimes Lucien hates painting.

It doesn’t make sense. It’s the only consistent thing he’s ever had in his life. Before you, during you, after you…even when it felt like he’d lost it all, he still had a brush in his hand.

Staring at the canvas now only makes him regret almost everything , though. Your eyes stare back, the only clear thing he’s managed to paint all week. The rest of your face is blurry, out of focus, incomplete; he saw you just a few months ago, why ca...

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Faewild Demo Release

Okay, here's that demo of my very first interactive fiction! It's the prologue, so it's a bit brief, but I have most of Chapter One written from back when in case you guys are actually interested in this.

Also it has been a damn hot minute since I've used DashingDon. RIP me trying to remember literally ANYTHING about ChoiceScript lmfao.

Regardless, I hope you guys enjoy!

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Jealousy - Julian

Mayhaps Julian had mistaken your intentions. That was fine, if so. Incredibly fine. So perfectly fine and he doesn’t have a problem with it at all. His heart certainly doesn’t feel like it’s cracking in two. No, sir.

He enters the tavern where you’d gotten a room, as you usually do when you visit. Gods forbid his sister talk you into staying in his family’s huge, ostentatious home again. The one time she managed it, she did nothing but try and sniff out gossip on his love life...

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Domestic - Orion

“It looks like soup,” Orion sighs, staring into his bowl with furrowed brows, “Really terrible soup.”

“It’s milk, honey, and yeast,” You say, amused, “We have to add other things to make dough. Otherwise…well, I guess it would be really terrible soup.”

He grunts, quietly looking at the murky liquid with discontent. You squeeze his arm gently, giving him a smile when he glances over at you.

“Add the flour first,” You instruct, “Then you can decide yo...

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Jealousy - F Harlow

Harlow isn’t quite sure when she began caring about your well being. She isn’t sure when her heart began beating out of her chest at the mere thought of you in danger. Images of your many deaths flash across her memory; once upon a time, you’d been an annoyance. Now it feels like a pit has opened up in her stomach when she recalls all the ways she watched the light leave your eyes.

It makes her sick.

You don’t have many classes together, luckily. She doesn’t have to lay ...

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Jealousy - M Harlow

Harlow isn’t quite sure when he began caring about your well being. He isn’t sure when his heart began beating out of his chest at the mere thought of you in danger. Images of your many deaths flash across his memory; once upon a time, you’d been an annoyance. Now it feels like a pit has opened up in his stomach when he recalls all the ways he watched the light leave your eyes.

It makes him sick.

You don’t have many classes together, luckily. He doesn’t have to lay eyes ...

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Jealousy - Dimitri

Dimitri has always been careful to keep his emotions under wraps. He cannot afford anything else. His anger is a slippery thing, quick to slip it’s leash should he give it the opportunity.

So he doesn’t. Well, at the very least he tries his best not to. It’s moments like these, however, that test the grace he has carved into his very bones.

You’d been visiting Ari, saying hello to the children; the usual whenever you visited Myrine. Now some man hovers near you outside the...

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Fallen Lights Bug Fix (+ Content!)

 Hello!! Here is a bug fix where I've also added a few things to the main character menu regarding some of the faith options found in the last update.

I have included some story content for the upcoming update as well! E's is the only one available as of now, as their route is the only one fully done. There will be a few more things added as I've edited, but this will definitely give a taste as ...

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Postcard Results!

The first photo is the design that won! You guys selected the full photo for the cover with the quote and snapshot on the back.

The Deity tier has been posted and to receive August’s postcard (this one!) you will need to be subscribed by August 15th 🖤

Aside from this, I have other things coming tonight that I finished up yesterday! Can’t wait for you guys to read it even though rewriting so much was definitely tedious lol.

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Ilaria Early Access

Ilaria Thayer, by @stephschoices 🗡️

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Orion Early Access

Orion Morosov, by @stephschoices ⚔️

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Agnia

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Symbols: Hemlock, a chalice

Sacred Animal: Ravens

Agnia is the Leydonian Goddess of Madness, Trickery, and Nightmares. She is the daughter of Nyva and Arlios and the younger sister of Odesus, Ilvara, and Vielia. She is the older sister of Nenthys and Caris. She is The Lady...

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Postcard Announcement! (+ some other things <3)

Steph and I are doing a collaboration! A new tier has been introduced to Patreon called the Deity tier, aka the postcard tier.

This is the first ever physical merch kind of thing I've done, but a subscriber mentioned it and I thought the idea was super cute!

Each month (if the initial launch goes well) every subscriber in the Deity tier will receive 1-3 postcards illustrated by @stephschoices that feature a character quote. The number of post...

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Fallen Lights Ch 3 Pt 2

After much consideration, I've decided to extend Chapter 3 rather than break it off into Chapter 4. There will be one more part before we break off into the next chapter. I feel it flows better theme wise, and I hope you all understand! It's the exact same content, just still under the Chapter 3 banner.

In this chapter, you'll...

✨Enter a temple of foreign gods!

✨Meet a prieste...

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Fallen Lights: Riding POVs Book 1

Password: FLRidingPOVs

Each route is approximately 1.1K words and the routes include Florian, E, and Marcella! I hope you enjoy and I can't wait to get yelled at in the comments by E lovers.

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Elis Early Access

Araselis, art by @stephschoices!

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Luis Early Access

Luis Rivera, art by @stephschoices!

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Sneak Peeks!

Steph is finishing up some old commissions! Here’s Elis and…Luis! Yes, Luis as in Luci’s dad!

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Odesus

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Symbols: An hourglass, an ouroboros

Sacred Animal: Snakes

Odesus is the Leydonian God of Time and Destiny. He is the son of Nyva and Arlios, and the elder brother of Ilvara, Vielia, Agnia, Nenthys, and Caris​. He is the Lord of All That Begins and Ends and ...

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Nyva

Alignment: True Neutral 

Symbols: Crescent moons, a silver staff 

Sacred Animal: Rabbits 

Nyva is the Leydonian Goddess of the Moon, Night, Magic, and Healing. She is the wife of Arlios and the mother of Odesus, Ilvara, Vielia, Agnia, Nenthys, and Caris. She is the estranged twin ...

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The Rending: Prologue

Odesus threw the doors of his mother’s temple open without care, striding in like a roll of thunder. His boots clicked on the fine tile below with the force of each step, pure adrenaline propelling him forward. 

She looked up from where she knelt by her garden, her serene countenance falling into a frown as she watched him approach.

“Mother,” He said stiffly as she stood to greet him...

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