update 07.

RAMBLE (WHEN TWILIGHT STRIKES).

let's start how i did last week, which is with twine. for this week, i finished the import of chapter three (!!) and moved on to a tiny bit of chapter four. i would have gotten further in—i literally copied like, two sentences—but i had other things to do this week. namely, the anniversary special.

whatever remaining pieces of A's story i had left were finished, as well as both Blane and K's stories. if i'm writing things involving all five ros, i tend to go in order—that is, A, Blane, N, K and Rylan; for some reason, this has become the default list in my head—but for this, i'm simply going with whoever's story i feel like writing. between N and Rylan, i'm not sure whose story i'm doing next, but i have both stories plotted in my head so it shouldn't be too difficult. fingers crossed. earlier tonight, i also imported both A's and Blane's stories into twine so aside from another edit or two, those are good to go for launch.

i'm not doing anything for valentine's day, so i think people will be pleasantly surprised with this special—Blane's and K's stories especially. you're used to seeing bits of affection and fluster from the other three ros, but these two are constantly guarded. Blane's story allows you to see what happens in their head as their crush evolves and K's story, since they're more perceptive, gives you a glimpse of how they react and deal with having feelings. i know i tend to write angst with these two, which, fair enough considering that's the bulk of their routes, but the stories i've written are more on the lighthearted side. i didn't want to bog people down with a sad ending, so i hope people are satisfied. as much as there can be angst and pain with these two, it all works out and i want to remind people of that. 

i'm on a time crunch to finish this by the 24th, but i really want to upload it early for patreon. so, if i can manage it, the anniversary special will go live on the 17th for the midnight tier, and on the 19th for the twilight tier.

RAMBLE (SECRET PROJECT).

onto my side wip: for once, i think i did exactly what i said i wanted to do. with a bunch of projects requiring writing or editing, i've been reluctant to start writing my side wip so i turned to the ui instead. i had a good chunk done before the beginning of the week but now, it's pretty much done aside from adjusting little things like light mode and dialogue boxes. it's both similar and different to the ui for when twilight strikes. it uses some of the same elements, but if i'm being honest, i think i might like this one more. still, i'm proud of them both and i can't wait to reveal it (publicly) one day. for now, i'll be sharing a sneak peek of it on the midnight tier later this week so stay tuned.

for next week, i think i'll be too busy with the midnight hours stuff to focus on this, but if i can, i want to continue fixing up the ui and fleshing out the world in my word doc (which i've probably mentioned too many times at this point). my plan is to finish the twine port for when twilight strikes and take that off my plate before starting to write this story, so hopefully, i'll get to it within the next month or so. i'm on break for school next week so i should have extra time to get some things done. 

SNEAK PEEK.

It’s involuntary, the way their gaze slices over to look at [name]. It’s happened too often lately. It’s almost like they're attuned to [them], everywhere they go Blane can’t help but glance over.

— taken from the upcoming anniversary special.