January Q&A answers

What have been some of your fav scenes that you got to write for this IF so far?

Hmmm let me think… I loved the wine bowl scene, Sesi's torn clothes scene, the training scenes in Chapter 2, and the flirting scenes in Abydos. Bit fucked up, but I also really loved writing the kids’ scenes on the priest route who goes back to the temple after Tia died. Also, Ahmose breaking plates, and thief screaming in their room in Abydos with an unhinged Sesi and a pissed off Qenna haha.

Do the ROs (and important NPCs if you feel like it) have any random or silly fears? Like being afraid of heights, or snakes, or having a bird shit on them when one's flying overhead? 

Ahmose is a bit squeamish around blood. Pihu is afraid of dogs. Qenna is afraid of knives. Zaia is… not exactly afraid of crowds, but they get very uncomfortable around groups of people when they are not with someone familiar. Tabiry is afraid of spiders. That’s all I can think of right now :D

Zaia - do you...dream...get nightmares 🤨?

„I don’t know if you could call it a dream. When I rest in this world, I sometimes see pictures. Memories from… before. Hazy. Mostly just sounds, or… a scent. A feeling. Not more than that.”

Zaia: what's it like crossing over to the other side then coming back?

„I can’t explain it. Confusing. I don’t remember the other side. There are no memories. Just… a feeling. What kind of feeling, you ask? …I don’t know. Hard to explain… Familiar but strange. Confusing and… simple. I don’t know. Beatiful. Scary. I don’t know… Feels a bit like Petmes, I guess. It’s impossible to understand when I’m just myself.”

Tabiry - serving the pharaoh and working in the palace must be so stressful, have you ever considered a different path in life?

„My father would love me to tell you yes, but… No. I’m not really good at anything else. I don’t know what else I could be doing if not this. Last time I tried something else, it ended in disaster. Maybe that was a sign.”

Narmer - have you ever laughted so hard you started crying? if yes, what was the reason for it? if no... your majesty, you need to loosen up a bit

„Do you think me so serious? I still have some reasons to be joyful. Last time was… Let me think. I think it was that time Petmes took me up to the Khufu pyramid. There may have been some opium involved as well. And then something came to his mind, he left, and forgot me up there. It was very unexpected. I had a great time.”

Qenna - what's a hill you're willing to die on, an opinion that is so true to you Ra himself could not convince you otherwise?

„The war was a mistake.”

Ahmose - would you like to have siblings or do you prefer being a single child and having no competition for the throne of Egypt?

„…I do not like to be alone, no.”

To all - would you do a backflip for 20 debens and a semi-decent hug?

Narmer: ~laughs and leaves the room~

Qenna: „Kid, I’m way too old for this shit.”

Zaia: „No. But I’ll do it if you give Qenna a kick in the ass.”

Tabiry: „Uhm… I don’t know why you imagine that I can do something like that. I would just break my neck, I fear.”

Ahmose: ~already did it~

Do you have any plans to have optional side missions during the progression of the story? Just content then to give a chance to dive even deeper into the lore and backstories of the world and the NPC's.

I was wondering about adding such things, but at the moment, the game is looking out to be quite massive as it is. I don’t want to unnecessarily railroad the story even more and have readers lose interest or patience. I’m afraid there is sometimes such a thing as too much content 💀 There may be some dlc’s or side-stories I’ll write later for fun, but I can’t promise anything at the moment.

I'm really loving the first introduction of the random encounters that you've posted already. Do you plan to have any other easter egg'y content hidden among other parts of the game or just during the random encounters?

There will be quite a lot, probably. There already were a few around Petmes. There was also a pyramid scheme joke in one scene haha. There will be more small, hidden things for sure.

Also why do I see Ebo like Michael Clarke Duncan in my mind? There is a certain feeling to read his lines in the game, I really enjoy him as a character on the quest and am looking forward to see more of him!

Wtf that’s exactly the guy who I was thinking of when I wrote Ebo 👁️👄👁️

And lastly, what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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