New Lore poll!
So, with the first three done, who do you want to know about next? Let me know.
2020-12-05 20:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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Surveillance Records Transcript - Daniel Sullivan
Subject: Daniel Sullivan
Registration ID: Herald
Defunct RID entries: Kestrel, Kinetik
Birthdate: 11th July 1996
Blood type: O+
Height: 5'9" 175cm
Weig...
2020-12-05 19:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostNew build and link for the Alpha!
I've fleshed out chapter 21, now there is only chapter 22 and epilogues left. Fixed a lot of bugs. Added some earlier stuff too.
We're up to 1 290 418 words including code ( 1 181 827 without code). Random playthroughs range between 85 000 - 100 000 words.
No old saves will work...
2020-12-02 18:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostNovember QnA
Will we learn about the rest of the world? While there are few passing mentions, I'd be curious to see what the hero/political situation is in, say, Europe or Asia?
I will probably not go into detail in the books since it's not the focus of the story. There's another projec...
2020-12-02 16:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostNovember Spoiler QnA
These are spoilers if you haven't played the full alpha, thus they go in their own section. Enjoy.
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Did Regina know Sidestep's powers had the potential to grow so strong?
She hoped.
Does hollow ground k...
2020-12-02 16:25:08 +0000 UTC View PostInfo about future updates
So, December is getting closer, and that's a scary sentence if I ever saw one. How can 2020 both have lasted forever, and be over so quickly? By far the weirdest year I've lived through, for so many reasons.
If everything goes to plan I'll have a new December update for Retribut...
2020-11-27 07:00:42 +0000 UTC View PostEverything's Fine.
So, here's the first little 200 patron ficlet, Anathema ended up in the lead. Bit of a November mood going on here, be warned.
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Hoots should have closed an hour ago, but it's a special night, so while the doors are locked, the lights are on. Dim, private, the table near th...
2020-11-21 10:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostInterest check
We are closing in on 200 patrons, which one, is not something I expected, but two, needs some celebration when we get there. So I was thinking I'd write a fic or two about some of the minor characters that haven't got much exposition yet, I know some of you are curious. I have no idea which ones ...
2020-11-16 10:58:23 +0000 UTC View PostCanyons
Was a bit tired, so I cleaned up another, older snippet for consumption. If anyone spotted it on AO3 you will notice that I switched it into third person. I plan to leave second person strictly for Sidestep stories. To avoid confusion, I also genderswapped Sidestep to female, otherwise the pr...
2020-11-14 19:29:16 +0000 UTC View PostNew Retribution build up! With a new link!
Well, almost two weeks later than I planned, but sometimes you can't fight the brain worms. It looks like I am slowly crawling back to becoming a functioning human being, at least to the point that I managed to finish off the updates for Retribution. The link is above, just click the 'Dashingdon'...
2020-11-13 18:37:23 +0000 UTC View PostVoyeur
Been in a very bad headspace lately, trying to get back to writing, so here have a cleaned up old snippet.
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Los Diablos felt smaller than he expected.
Daniel wasn't sure what he had imagined when he moved west, an endless cross-country journey of fligh...
2020-11-11 11:33:48 +0000 UTC View PostFree-Range
Cleaned up one of my old snippets since the last one made me remember it, Sidestep trying to deal with life after the escape from the Farm.
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You can't be yourself. You can't.
You don't even know who yourself is. You know who you are supposed to be, the face to check ...
2020-11-06 18:46:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe Farm.
Well, 150 patrons and a bad brain day means you get a new venting fic. Enjoy! Farm days Sidestep, from before the first escape.
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There's a taste to despair. Slow. Suffocating. It drags you out like a rubber band, the tension increasing with no relief in sight. It's slow, p...
2020-11-06 16:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostTranscript of preliminary interview - prospect Wěi Chen
Subject: Wěi Chen (western naming order)
Registration ID: Marshal Steel
Defunct RID entries: Arc 4 (classified), Sergeant Steel
Military rank: Captain (holds no active command)
Birthdate: 2020-11-02 22:43:45 +0000 UTC View Post
October QnA - VIP spoilers
Some questions dealt with spoilery materials from the closed alpha, so they have their own little section here. Be warned if you haven't played it.
Are the other regenes aware of Steps two escapes? If so how do they feel about it?
The first escape was not v...
2020-11-02 22:32:29 +0000 UTC View PostOctober QnA
Exactly how many people has Ortega punched over Sidestep?
Oh boy. More than they'd like to admit. Ortega is quick to punch people. If I should hazard a guess... seven, not counting Sidestep themselves.
Does Ortega have any "dead" spots in their body where they...
2020-11-02 22:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post...May Break my Bones.
A hospital waiting room. Calm. Professional. Comfortable chairs and magazines for people with more money than sense. Private, like everything here.
But private doesn't always mean privacy.
The sound of angry heels, a staccato against the polished floor, and Hood looks up from where he...
2020-10-22 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFAQ reminder and update info
Do you have any questions you want answered once November happens? if so, just add them here in the comments. I've already got a bunch from the discord, but the more, the merrier.
This month's story focus will be on Marshal Steel since he came in second in the polls.
I am also polishi...
2020-10-22 10:13:08 +0000 UTC View PostSticks and Stones...
Running forward tap tap tap three steps, over the wall, land in a roll, leaving gravel stuck to your back, your braid a black streak behind you.
"You should cut your hair, Julia." A creak, a crack, and the wall crumble, shards a hailstorm at the spot you were a moment ago.
"Not likely...
2020-10-21 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEulogies
The good ones always die young.
That's a line of bullshit Chen is intimately familiar with, something said again and again, though he knows it has nothing to do with being good. Or bad. People die, for various reasons, in various ways.
In various numbers.
Six hundred and eighty-...
2020-10-21 12:34:56 +0000 UTC View PostTruths (100 patrons story)
The first hint of dawn, sunlight not quite breaking the horizon yet, the wind smelling of salt and seaweed. The party has died down like all parties do once the steam runs out. Some have stayed, half asleep by the fire, others have already left for more comfortable beds.
Julia never minded ...
2020-10-11 16:17:47 +0000 UTC View PostIt's #WorldMentalHealthDay
Reposted from my twitter.
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So it's #WorldMentalHealthDay and I'm smack in the middle of a bad stretch. Not gonna wallow, but I am going to talk about something I've only realized ...
2020-10-10 20:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo I've reached 100 patreons apparently!
First of all, thank you.
Second of all, I am blown away and not entirely sure how to handle it. Life and health is a wee bit chaotic at the moment, decisions are hard.
So, I thought I'd leave it in your hands. What do you want me to write for you this weekend to celebrate? (I'll be fa...
2020-10-08 19:43:23 +0000 UTC View PostFour Funerals and a Wake
Eight years ago.
The tie is too tight. The shirt too buttoned. The suit too black and too new, and your eyes are too old.
No tears. Boys don't cry, and right now, you get why.
It would be too easy to crack completely if you started, and Ricardo Ortega does...
2020-10-02 16:32:15 +0000 UTC View PostA conversation with ortega
Subject: Ricardo Felipe José García Ortega
Registration ID: Charge
Defunct RID entries: Marshal Charge
Birthdate: 26th of May, 1982
Blood type: B+
Height: 6ft/183cm
Weight: 190lb/86kg
Classification: Type B modified human
Modifica...
2020-10-02 15:29:55 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember QnA
Quick questions, quick answers. Some are from here, some are from the Patreon discord, and some are from older sources:
How do you take care of the Rat-King? Are they comfortable like they are?
The filters for Rat King's liquid bath needs to be changed ...
2020-10-02 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostUpdated closed alpha and new link!
Chapter 18 is now updated with new RO interactions, poly content, secret crushes and other complications. I also extended the Blaze fight, and fixed some bugs.
September spoiler QnA
Well, here we go with the questions that have too many spoilers for the closed Beta to answer more openly. Please understand the lack of detail in some answers, I can't spoil too big storybeats.
How did Steel get red-threaded by Hollow Ground?
At a function S...
2020-10-01 22:26:56 +0000 UTC View PostBoosts and Mods
I got some questions about mods and boosts, and I decided to break them out and talk about them in more detail:
There's been talk about alpha level boosts, what does that mean? Are there any other classifications? Do modded people have classifications too? How many alpha-le...
2020-10-01 22:04:24 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate info
According to the polls, you overwhelmingly wanted the Questions and Answers info to be provided as a document, and not a live chat. I have already received some questions on the discord and here, feel free to add more. For this first one I will also go back and dig up some older questions that I ...
2020-09-26 18:20:16 +0000 UTC View Post