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Alpha Build

Hello!

Here's almost the entirety of Chapter Two — at the very end of the chapter, you'll see some choices that you won't be able to click even if you have the right items, and that's intentional!

I want to tweak that part a little bit before releasing it since I wasn't com...

Finished coding Chapter Two!

It is done...

Excluding command lines (or code, if you will), the chapter stands at 60,609 words. The chapter itself isn't very complicated, but it touches on numerous p...

Sneak Peek

After two hours of headaches and going back and forth between the variables in Book One and the sequel, I finished Lance's code for his Relationship texts! I also finished his whole section in the Summary, so you'll be able to personalize your relationship with our mysterious bard at the beginnin...

Progress Report

I'm back!!!!

And I've been coding the whole afternoon. I can't quite explain why, but putting all those labels and gotos and stats percentages changes has been oddly... therapeutic. 😊 I've also realized I forgot to write a small set of reactions from Lance and Mist based on whether or no...

But that's life

Hello! I just wanted to give a little update, so I hope you can lend me your ear for just a moment. 

I'm on vacation, and it has been going lovely (although it's so hot during the day 😭🔥). However, it's not been without a few hiccups. My poor tiny laptop, with which I've written...

Eye of the Beholder

From what you know and experienced so far, who is your favorite Romance Option?

I know that only Hadrian and Alessa have developed romances in the first book, so this poll is extremely unfair to all the other characters but I'd love to see how you guys stand now and then compare the numbers...

Progress Report

I apologize!

I didn't realize I forgot to write a progress report last Friday. It completely flew over my head (╥_╥). I was so deep into coding that when I stopped, I didn't have the energy to type anything, not even, so it seems, a small note reminding me to write it on Saturday.

Antagonistic or... slightly charged?

You can have this convo in Chapter One if you're neither friends with Alessa nor are in a relationship with her. As I went over it during my deep edit of the chapter, I... liked it a lot 😄. Not neces...

One for the Road — Part Two

He's hanging onto the water-worn railing as the massive bulk of his ship oscillates beneath his feet.

The ocean is furious, and it has no problem letting the world know. Waves as high as mountains crash like boulders against the hull and roll from under trying its mightiest to sink them to ...

A Thank You

Starting in September, I'll cut down hours from my day job and invest them all into The Rose. I'll have a full free day on Monday and half a day on Thursday, and I'll be able to do it because of all of you.

When I started this Patreon, I didn't imagine I'd have even half of the sup...

Lingering Glance

Mist holds your collective gaze. "May the road rise up to meet you, mercenaries."

"And the wind be always at your back," Hadrian says, lowering his head in goodbye.

Alessa leaps to her feet. "We shall be in touch."

*choice

*1) You go to rise but suddenly stop. You...

Progress Report

It's Friday!

This week, I finished reviewing all of my tester's emails! They caught a bunch of typos (some of them are so incredibly oblivious, I'm ashamed they slipped through the cracks in the first place), but they also provided me with great feedback regarding the story and my execution...

Spicy Q&A — Part Two (Mature)

• Lance trying to sing or play his lyre without fumbling while Romanus teases him.

The melody drifting through the air is... interrupted.

You feel a smile tug at your lips but keep it down as you lock eyes with your bard. The grey in his is but a thin line, swallow...

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Pick the one you like the best!

Progress Report

Hello, hello!

We find each other again somewhere along the neverending path. This week I've been!!!!!! Editing Chapter One. 😄 😩 I like it, but then I don't, and then I find a little sentence that makes me proud, and I tolerate it yet again. I've gone through almost all of my testers' ...

One for the Road — Part One

You're talking to him.

Hadrian can see your lips moving — Lord, he can never not see your lips moving — and he can hear your voice bathing his ears, but as much as he likes the sound, he's not making sense of the words. Hadrian stares at you and notices all the...

Finished Writing Chapter Two!

It is Done. And I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

I know  I promised to write the progress report yesterday, but I finished my writing session (mentally drained), and I had only 4 notebook pa...

Regarding the Alpha

Hello!

Just wanted to give a quick word regarding the alpha. Unfortunately, due to the link being leaked — and the sad truth that any other link I post would be immediately shared — I had to take it down. I'm currently researching other options on how to share my game so that both my wo...

Sneak Peek

I liked this passage 😄. Poor Hadrian, the author loves to tease him.

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You look at Hadrian critically from head to toe. "He'd be better off passing as a guard," you say, noting his height and muscular build. "Servants are meant to be unseen, discarded unless ne...

Alain Theer

Our local nobleman, Alain Theer, and one of his sparrows are depicted by the incredibly talented Venusmage (Tumblr| Twitter). I'm absolutely...

Progress Report

I'm Back!!!!

And it feels so good. Yesterday I had a BIG writing session — around 3k words. It seemed like my fingers missed the keyboard as much as me. Or, you know, it could be that what they say is true: sometimes a break, whether voluntary or not, really does help stimulate the creati...

Silence

Hello!

I just wanted to write a quick post, given my recent lack of activity. If you haven't read the last Progress Update, I've been out of the country since last Thursday, and, as it always tends to happen, I haven't had a lot of time to sit down and be online. 

But I'll be fly...

Lingering Glance

"Now, we may speak freely. Alessa, Hadrian, ${Name}," Mist says, enunciating each name clearly and precisely. It's as if he's putting them deep into memory. "Welcome to one of my abodes. It isn't much, but it gets the job done."

Lance's grey eyes glow blue under the lanterns. The bard adjus...

Spicy Q&A – Part One (Mature)

You know the Hadrian that comes out when Romanus is in danger or gets hurt? Serious, lethal, merciless, steely-eye? Ready to set the world on fire? What would THAT Hadrian be like in bed?

His hands shake as they cup your cheeks. "Are you hurt? Lord, you..."

You grab his wri...

Progress Report

This week flew by. It also crawled at a slug's pace. Funny how contradictory life can be.

I couldn't write every day (╥_╥). Tuesday and yesterday, I was swarmed with work and domestic obligations and couldn't sit down to materialize thoughts into words. But the rest of the days, I did w...

June Q&A — Part Two

• Which ROs are most receptive to physical affection?

I'll interpret this as an honest, genuine physical show of love and affection, and not lust or desire. Because that would change the rating a lot — so, for this, I'm considering gestures like holding hands, a chaste ...

Playing with the thread of Time

I know Madeira wasn't discovered until the early 1400s, but Godamn it, if I want to write about bolo do caco, then I'll write about bolo do caco. This is a fantasy world where History is muddy and took a turn for a reason. 

This exists in the Rose:

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Progress Report

Friday!

Today was a really good writing day. I wrote about 2.5k words — not the hefty word count of other weeks — but, this part is very tricky because every word counts, and it's full of descriptions and details. So, even if it's technically fewer words, it's the same or even more the ...

June Q&A — Part One

• Beka is left alone with Alessa and Hadrian.

The door closes with a soft thud, and silence falls over the room. Three pairs of eyes look anywhere but at each other. Hadrian sweeps his tongue over his lip, clears his throat, and then lifts his chin to count the number of ...

Sneak Peek

What will you think about? 🤭

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The minutes trickle by.

And you're in the midst of an underground chamber, about to meet the leader of a shadow organization, but, despite it all, your mind starts to wander.

1) To the castle overlooking the city. To the T...