/// May keep, may cut. I spent time doing a reread of a lot of old sections and wanted to more firmly establish some things that felt like they were maybe too glossed over before.
“What is it?! Quasimodo asked nervousoly,” Hannah exclaimed. “No one—”
“Nervously,...
2023-07-10 19:08:47 +0000 UTC View PostTwo weeks and four days later…
“I dunno why you’re so nervous,” Emily remarked, putting a finger in the borrowed manga book to mark her place, in case she was able to turn this into an actual conversation.
Kelly was standing with arms crossed at the w...
2023-07-09 21:48:10 +0000 UTC View PostRealized I hadn't been keeping everyone updated on these; I work regularly with four artists on about ten different orders a month, but most of that progress is towards the visual novel adaptation.
We're commissioning a set of novel cover illustrations from Deryl Arrazaq for ebook a...
2023-07-06 18:04:20 +0000 UTC View Post“How are we doing?” Rebecca couldn’t even spare a glance towards the figure bundled in blankets occupying the passenger’s seat. “Are we okay?”
“Bad,” Christine sounded hoarse now. “Bad. Bad. Not good.”
Just a little past the halfway point to her uncle’s cabin, Ch...
2023-07-04 18:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
/// Sorry again! The Lance / Fantasy Wars theme got displaced here since we have an amazing new Brian theme to use for all of his general POV scenes. Since this is where the military music for...
2023-07-02 21:33:05 +0000 UTC View Post
/// Not a new post, adding new audio to the Classi Cafe entry.
Shortly after introducing himself to Stephanie, Brian invites her to share a meal with him at a particular classy cafe situated right inside the convention center. Between the hall AnimeCon is hosted in and the next hal...
2023-07-02 21:11:12 +0000 UTC View Post“An’ then he just says—yeah she’s into heroin,” Mr. Moore still appeared absolutely flummoxed. “As if it’s no big deal. Just—yep, she sure was. I don’t understand it! I don’t understand it.”
Mrs. Williams had been thrilled when the man had called and asked if ...
2023-06-26 13:37:40 +0000 UTC View Post“How are we doing?” Rebecca couldn’t even spare a glance towards the figure bundled in blankets occupying the passenger’s seat. “Are we okay?”
“Bad,” Christine sounded hoarse now. “Bad. Bad. Not good.”
Just a little past the halfway point to her uncle’s cabin, Ch...
2023-06-22 19:16:35 +0000 UTC View Post“He fucking got jumped by a bunch of guys!” Emily all but snarled. “Chloe like, started some shit with these dudes, and they weren’t having any of it, and they had her cornered and… things were looking kinda bad for her. So, Brian saved her ass.”
“Jesus,” Tanya joined Michae...
2023-06-17 16:09:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe drive back was long and tedious. Stephanie joined them on speakerphone for the first fifteen minutes and Kelly’s mood improved, but after catching everyone up on their current status ferrying Brian, there wasn’t a lot any of them had to say. They missed each other. Post-con depression was...
2023-06-15 17:08:53 +0000 UTC View Post/// Lot of different fragments for this chap are in the works, this one came along a little further than the rest.
It was high time for him to get to the bottom of all this nonsense.
Mr. Moore’s truck rumbled down a long, desolate stretch of Fairfield road. This wasn’t the close a...
2023-06-12 16:07:50 +0000 UTC View PostChloe-Ravioli: Have Brian
Chloe-Ravioli: Bring his stuff back down
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: omg
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: kk
Emily jolted into motion in a panic, throwing aside her phone and jumping f...
2023-06-05 16:22:41 +0000 UTC View Post
As I was formatting the complete Ch 50 and 51 for post tonight, Bored Goddess messaged me with this as a surprise! Super honored to be her first video review, please throw her any support you can!
2023-06-01 23:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post/// Also not a new post, the music is new but Patreon doesn't let me edit audio format into old text format posts.
3 background illustrations, 1 theme track.
06/01/2023 Pizza Party Soda Funk theme added.
01/31/2023 Marino's Interior day:
2023-06-01 19:44:07 +0000 UTC
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/// Also not a new post, the music is new but Patreon doesn't let me edit audio format into old text format posts.
2 background illustrations, 1 character illustration, 1 theme track.
06/01/2023 Primal (Mara's theme) track added.
03/19/2022 City overview:
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2023-06-01 19:24:16 +0000 UTC View Post/// Have really REALLY been dragging my feet on returning to this, haha. The wrong kind of emotionally exhausting to sink my head into, lately. I think I have one more section to insert right in there before Part G, because on read throughs it needs a break into Alan POV to really show how annoye...
2023-05-31 00:52:56 +0000 UTC View Post“I feel sick,” Christine groaned, fighting back the bile that wanted to rise up in her throat. “I feel really, really not okay.”
“I know, I know,” Rebecca said in a gentle voice. “I know. Just try and drink as much as you can, okay?”
“I can’t,” Christine...
2023-05-23 17:10:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Kelly?” A hispanic girl in her late teens asked.
“Um,” Kelly paused, looking her over as she approached Brian’s car. “You look kinda young to be Emily’s mother?”
“Looks can be deceiving,” The girl responded with a twinkle in her eye. “‘Goin’ around with a fa...
2023-05-21 14:59:10 +0000 UTC View PostEarly morning at the inner city Dollarydoos was an unwelcome reintroduction to the depressive high-stress, low wage job that had pushed Kelly towards pornography. Situated in the buffer strips that separated poverty neighborhood from the main drag of the city proper, the discount variety...
2023-05-19 12:39:48 +0000 UTC View Post/// Short segment this time, have a lot going on IRL right now. S is for Stephanie!
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: Brian is ok
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: Chloey btfo the creeps
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: Brian will jus need time 2 heal. 2023-05-10 17:59:39 +0000 UTC View Post
An impatient rapping on the hotel room door jolted Kelly out of the fitful sleep she’d enjoyed for less than two hours. It was dark and still within the room, her mood was terrible, and it was early. Weak light was just barely starting to show through the curtains, and by the time Kell...
2023-05-08 00:05:28 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they got to the very tail end of their presents, Tabitha distributed the ones that were from her—a little wrapped ball for each of them she delivered with a mischievous smile and a toss. More than anything Joshua was confused when he caught his—because the little thing was too small, and...
2023-05-06 17:30:52 +0000 UTC View Post/// The complete chapter 51.
Mrs. Moore f
2023-05-02 21:49:25 +0000 UTC View Post/// Wait where's part F? I'm... yes, rewriting it again. So, this G section here skips entirely past the boys getting their gameboys which yes I know is the high point everyone wanted to see. It was okay, but it was not good enough. Wanted to get F redone and finished today, but ...
2023-05-01 20:53:42 +0000 UTC View Post/// Again not technically a totally new post; the music is new and Patreon can't edit audio format into old text format posts.
6 background illustrations, 1 character design, 1 theme track.
This is the hotel that Stephanie was supposed to share a room with he...
2023-05-01 12:38:27 +0000 UTC View Post/// Not technically a new post, just, the music is new and Patreon can't edit audio format into old text format posts, so.
3 background illustrations, 1 illustration, 1 theme track.
4/30/2023 The Oppressed theme added. We had a Chloe POV theme 2023-04-30 17:45:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Mrs. Moore felt timid and meek as she followed her husband up the porch steps to her mother-in-laws apartment where they would be spending their Christmas morning. After frustrating weeks of arguments and a rather righteous tirade, she had finally worked up the gumption to visit a few of the busi...
2023-04-30 16:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post/// The complete chapter 50. Wrapping up the content that got split off into chapter 51 right now, should be ready and posted tonight.
“Oh, just the usual old family woes,” Tabitha gave Bobby a bitter smile. “I guess it’s a difficult time of year? Around the holidays.” 2023-04-29 16:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post
/// After successive rereads, decided I wanted to start off Ch 50 more where Ch 49 left off, will feel better on read-throughs where reader goes immediately from chap one to the next. Ch 49 ending with Bobby and them at the drive thru feels like it promises just a bit more sweetness, so ...
2023-04-18 13:03:37 +0000 UTC View PostWe're now starting our fourth year of game dev!? You can check out last year's anniversary post here. I didn't make a post for the year before that, as April '21 we got gut-punched by Zaph bailing on the proje...
2023-04-15 14:44:44 +0000 UTC View Post