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Progress Report

Saturdays!

How I love them. But most importantly, I love sitting down and organizing my scattered thoughts into a half-coherent post. You'd be admired how much it helps me make creative decisions.

About the Alpha Build, thank you to everyone who commented! ♡ Writing is such a lonely job, and I've been working on this update for about a month, so it's lovely to hear your thoughts and reactions to it!!!

I'll deal with the pesky bugs and typos you reported tomorrow. I hope Da...

Alpha Build

Hello!

Here's the entire first part of Chapter 3! As always, it'd help me immensely if you report any errors or typos you encounter.

Here's the link!

I hope you enjoy it! 🌹

Progress Report

Hello!

I didn't make a progress report last weekend because I thought I would be done with coding on Sunday which... did not happen😅. The code got a bit more complicated in a couple of scenes, which slowed my progress.

But I'm very close! 33 more Word pages, and I'll push the update out. It should be ready on Thursday or Friday!

This progress report is really short because I have nothing else to announce for now. I just didn't want to leave you in the dark for longer, sin...

Progress Report

Finished writing Part One of Chapter 3!!

Finally 😭. This second addition grew to be bigger than the first half, mostly because of the amount of variation in it. I think in one playthrough, the part already published is probably longer, but this one has more branches depending on your choices.

Some of them are bigger, others really small. As always, there are options for players who don't want to interact with anyone and would rather move on from Mist's base ♡.

This last...

Sneak Peek

I adore protective Hadrian😭 (And slightly possessive 🫣).

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Hadrian blinks, looks at Teo, hunched beside you, and his face hardens. With long strides, Hadrian gets to the bar but instead of sitting on the only available stool, he forces himself between you and Teo.

"What's this?" he asks Teo. He's a head taller than the other man and wider, and you notice him not-so-subtly pushing Teo aside.

1) "Hadrian," you say, l...

Dance with the Devil

What's your favorite Mist reward? The one you always pick for your Romamus.

(If you got two or more in-game, choose the one you'd pick if you could only pick one).

Progress Report

Hello!

Yesterday, I reached the end of Part 1 — without the secondary paths added yet. It was supposed to be short and sweet, but Alessa had other ideas 😆. Tip: you might want to ask Mist about Tarek to get a little extra scene. It's small, but it speaks of things to come.

I kept working today, and I've been filling in the skipped-over choices. Most of it is boring work, but there's a really fun one coming up shortly. I'll save that one for last to keep me motivated through t...

Intimate Alphabet — The Pirate King & Neia (Mature)

The Pirate King

• A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)
  

He rolls over, reaches into his pouch, and pulls out his pipe. The Pirate probs himself against the headboard, lightening the pipe with one hand while the other pulls you to him. He likes feeling your breasts flushed against his chest and having your bare back available to idly trace as he smokes.

His half-thumb will often push against knocks or hardne...

Progress Report

Hello, hello!

Just finished a really fun writing session, and I'm almost done with Lance. I'm a page away from wrapping up the conversation with our blue bard, and I am so excited for you all to read it! 😆 He's so fun to write for, so different from Hadrian and Alessa, and it's refreshing for me, as a writer, to delve into. I'm finally at the stage where other main characters will have their time and I can get into their heads.

Lance's little convo is only the beginnin...

To write or not to write

Hallo!

So, I was preparing this month's Bonus Stories — a little later because all I wanted to do was work on the Chapter lately 😋— and I'm not sure what characters I should do for the Mature Scenario.

First, do you still want me to do the Alphabet for all the characters? Or would you prefer me to take a break from that format? I feel like my lovely patrons didn't enjoy last month's as much, and the Bonus Content is for you, so if you're not enjoying it, there's really no p...

Alpha Build

Hello!

Here is almost the entirety of Part 1 of Chapter 3 — you'll see some choices that you won't be able to click, and that's intentional. I'll be adding the rest of the paths soon. I didn't want to delay this post anymore.

For now, this one is Hadrian-heavy. If you're not interested in the ex-Templar, I'd recommend waiting until the entire part is out.

Here's the link...

Progress Report

Happy Friday!

I bring good tidings. I (finally 😭) finished coding!! The new part passes both Quicktest and Randomtest, meaning the game is playable and has no game-breaking bugs.

All that's left is for me to personally test the last couple of scenes. I have to play through the game to check for *page_break placements, *line_breaks, and proper variable conditions. I can't tell you the number of times I find a variable that should be false as tr...

Lingering Glance

Just added another addition that hurt my heart to write. Just like Alessa's angsty argument, this one is also hard to come by, so I think most people won't read it. So, I'm leaving it here!

I'm sorry, Hadrian! Why did you fall in love with such a complicated person? 😭

(The worst parts are after the choices, so this one is lighter than Alessa's 😋).

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Hadrian turns his head and settles his eyes on you. He waits for a beat...

Sneak Peek

I'm coding in some last additions to the chapter (it's so close, I swear!), and this angsty path was so hard to write 😭. Alessa my darling, only I know how much this guts you.

This happens in the worst possible outcome, so most people aren't likely to see it. Let me share this here instead.

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You turn your head back at Alessa, watching her apprehensive eyes on Hadrian. "Are you sure I'm equipped to answer?" you ask, tone hissing...

Intimate Alphabet — Alain & Ysabella (Mature)

Alain

• A = Aftercare

Alain will always part with a kiss before flopping down on the bed with his arms spread out. His chest heaving, his brows glistening, and a satisfied smile tugging at his lips.

You'll both bask in the afterglow, sometimes long enough that your eyelids drift closed, other times just for a few precious moments of silent companionship, before, with a dramatic groan, Alain will roll out of bed to "draw you a...

June Q&A

This is a continuation of the May Q&A.

• How do all the ROs deal with a Romanus whose religious beliefs are deeply opposite to their own?

I won't go into too many details with this because, for some routes, it is spoilers, but I can give a little taste.

So far, Hadrian has put it out of his mind. His former headmistresses wo...

Progress Report

Hello!

I'm sorry for being so late, I wrote the Progress Report on Friday, but my internet has been terrible for a few weeks now. I spent the weekend without wifi, but the operator finally fixed it (or so they say. I still think it's slow, but I'll take it).

Anyway, coding is almost done! I hate that I have to put the almost there. Still, when I was doing the edit of Chapter 2, I read some ways that you could be terrible for Hadrian and Alessa while in a romance with them...

Progress Report

I'm almost done editing!!!

My God, I had so many questionable sentences and wonky dialogues in Chapter 2. I'm a bit embarrassed that it's been out for so long at this point 😩. But this is why editing is so important. A manuscript is really just a rough draft before it.

Because of the nature of IF — in which we write different variations of the same scene — sometimes, I can use the same words or descriptions multiple times without realizing it because I'm writing them out of...

Intimate Alphabet - Hadrian & Alessa (Mature)

Hadrian

• A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

For a while, Hadrian falls asleep like a rock right after. The man has good stamina, but he's still very inexperienced, and the emotional side of sex with you takes a heavier toll than any physical activity.

Hadrian will fall on the mattress beside you, sticky hair clinging to his forehead and a glazed-eyed look on his face. It'll take him a while to come down fro...

Progress Report

Finished Writing Part 1 of Chapter 3!!!

At around 60k words, the first part of the chapter is done! This grew more than I had planned, but I saw the opportunity to reveal some of Hadrian's backstory now instead of further on as I had planned thus what was supposed to be a simple conversation expanded a bit more. 😋

For those of you who aren't interested in it, worry not, for, as with almost all conversations, you have the option to leave or...

May Q&A

• How would all the ROs fall on the sinful/pious meter and their opinions on the Church?

Hadrian, to no one's surprise, would fall at around 85% Pious — it used to be higher, very close to 100, but his opinions on the Church and, especially, the Templar Order changed in the months leading to his escape. He believes in God unwaveringly, but Hadrian is no longer blind to the sins of so-called holy men.

Alessa is as cl...