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@mamaauthoress I can see you!

ALSO @rose-colored-fancy @inkhorn @rusted-knight @emily-waldorf @mamaauthoress @anyoneelse

Look at Klein, Ruan and Basil just  t o w e r i n g  above everyone else 😂

@mamaauthoress ooh nice!  He looks a lot softer and sweeter than i first imagined him!  But he still looks very unapproachable (in the best way possible)

Is the girl his betrothed?

Also, @rose-colored-fancy discovered something very interesting about Basil that could be important for his interactions with Ruan!  Apparently Basil has autism.  I s…[Read more]

@rusted-knight thank you!

@denali-christianson how tall are your characters?

@emily-waldorf Quin is 5’4″, right?  How tall is Qatar?

@mamaauthoress alright!

Ngl I might just have to make a character castle meme board if this keeps up!

@inkhorn Thanks!

@rose-colored-fancy oh gosh I love these!

@everyone how tall is everyone in the castle?  I need to know for scientific purposes lol

I might have to get in on this character castle meme bandwagon too lol

@rose-colored-fancy that was actually completely unintentional!  I wasn’t even thinking about that when I wrote it, but oh my gosh it actually makes sense

Huh.  When I was first thinking about it, I thought he and Skia would both feel awful about it, because they’re no longer “useful.”  But that’s actually pretty interesting!  Maybe he wou…[Read more]

Same!  I wrote in third person a lot, and I don’t think I started trying out first person until I wrote Saskia’s first POV.  It’s way easier to get into your character’s heads, but descriptions are harder, at least for me.  But that’s one of the beautiful things about this game!  It’s all about experimentation and learning 🙂

Yikes!  Are you…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress growth is growth, even if it occurs at the rate of a redwood tree lol

Aww man!  Well if SE ever lets you, I would love to see some!

Idk Ruan, are you sure about that?

Ruan’s quite physically intimidating, right?  At least, that’s the impression I have!  Something tells me he’s kind of oblivious though…

Really?  I’m gla…[Read more]

Basil:

“I … come from a den of thieves,” the man mumbled, eyes downcast. “I was raised in a village full of immorality and crime, the son of a single mother.”

I narrow my eyes up at him.  He sounds embarrassed, no, ashamed.  But of what?  I thought all areas of human habitation are full of immorality and crime.  And isn’t it normal to be the chi…[Read more]

So I was not initially planning on writing this, but it’s interesting.  This is not at all how Basil talks normally – it’s 100% the propaganda speaking.  He’s out of the labs, but there’s still a little part of that fanatically loyal soldier in him still, and I honestly had no idea until I wrote this!

Also @mamaauthoress Basil is being i…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress this interaction is going to be a complete disaster and I’m sooo looking forward to it!  Hopefully both Basil and Ruan will grow as a result of this much needed practice in socialization!

Also, I’m formally begging you for Ruan art lol

Basil:

The man shakes his head, face wrinkled in a frown.  I can’t tell if I’ve said s…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf really?  I’m glad I was able to capture that!

So I’m planning on getting back into the castle again soon (hopefully today), but in the meantime, here’s Basil 🙂

@rose-colored-fancy see?  I’m not that merciless after all lol

@rose-colored-fancy that he is lol

I feel like Sasha and Basil (and quite possibly Skia as well) are all shockingly obtuse, but in completely opposite ways.  Sasha is so obtuse that he interprets basic politeness as attraction (because no one is ever nice to him, so it must mean she’s attracted, right?), while Basil is so obtuse he would in…[Read more]