I am definitely not going to spend the next hours of my life coming to this thread to see if it has already updated. Nop. Not a chance.
Now more seriously, I hope you are feeling well. Take care of yourself.
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UPDATE POST
Hi, everyone! The first public update for Book 2 (ver 2.0) is finally live!
This update contains roughly 298k words’ worth of content, which is 100k words over the previous build. (For perspective, this is around 2/3 of Book 1!) Some of the update is plot advancement for the Arcadia plotline, covering roughly half of the next big arc. But the first third of the update covers something entirely different, though perhaps the less said about it, the better.
Quite crucially, this update also features the start of the Arcadia cast’s romances. These scenes will likely see meaningful expansions in the future, as I have yet explored all the nuances I wished to, but they are extremely branchy as is, and so that’s a lower priority for now. The Yu-F polyamory route is still in the works; I’ve tried to squeeze it in to three different segments of Book 2 now, and it really hasn’t worked so far. It’s definitely getting added in at some point though. I just need to find the right trigger.
And on that note, I hope you enjoy the update! I will be back later to respond to queries and inputs (and do the Tumblr update, hopefully!)
Link is in the OP! Thank you for your patience and support!
PS, Thank you for your kind words and well wishes! COVID got me good for a while, and I lost access to my ADHD meds for a couple of different and compounding reasons. The former has passed, and the latter is being actively worked on; with any luck, I’ll be able to stay on top of the update schedule henceforth!
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Thank you for all your hard work (though we won’t discuss you misnaming the F-Yu poly. We know you did that on purpose… 
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Well we talked about it for a bit but (spoilers, mabey?)
It was from a tumbler post I think but it was on the discussion of Thalia’s powers, the way the post went implied that the mage that was burned up wasn’t the mage that was resurrected because Thalia basically copy and pasted you but she can’t do that to ash so she had to of taken a mage who was a bit more whole.
This may have changed tho, it was only a tumbler post and it was a while ago so this may not be the case anymore.
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Ahh I literally just got done rereading the first book (cried YET AGAIN at the ending with everyone learning the truth😩). Can’t wait to dive right into the update!
Hope the situation with your meds sorts itself out swiftly, that sucks 
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But if he’s not the same mage who was burned, how does he have memories of being burned alive? If he were a more complete mage, the most logical thing would be that he was one prior to when he killed the saint, since there he almost burnt his magic circuit. But clearly, this is not the case since when they analyzed the mage’s magic circuit, it was implied that it was after he used the phantasm, unless Thalia lied in that dialogue, but I don’t see the point of doing so, not to mention that the mage himself has memories of this.
Finally some pro Arcardian scenes
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Well the mc that was copied would have been the one seconds from the fire being lit so it not like there are missing pieces of time but makes you question what those gaps of time were about in the first book so maybe they aren’t whole.
And with what we know from the mc they would have died of suffocation before burning so mabey that’s just what it’s like to be dead and if that’s the case rip every one.
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Well kudos, the update tugged at the old heart strings.
Wish there were a few more options when talking to Flyss. Like “Flyss, my sister tried to kill me and one of my friends burnt me at the stake. In comparison I can handle you saying mean things to me.”
Or anyway an option to indicate “I’m nice to you because I care about you as a friend,” rather than the three options that amounted to “I want to snog you,” “I’m a saint,” or “I’m going to respond to you commenting about how nice I am by insulting you.”
Not that there is anything wrong with those options, I’d just like another one.
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This update. Jesus. Or should I say Jove.
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Or Isha.
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@Parivir loved the update and definrly need to so a few more playthroughs to see the various things o didnt. Only thing to note at first past there is multiple typos sprinkled through out but those are easily fixed. 
Now some of those reveals makes for a very interesting times no matter what path we take in the end. As well gots me to thinking some theorys that may or may not be off the mark but interesting to consider nevertheless.
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Oh, Leomar’s POV was so romantic. I’m just touched…
But that’s not enough to change my mind 
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Yeah, his reasons were about what I expected, didn’t make me feel any warmer towards him, maybe a little, but not enough to stop me from kicking his ass.
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Maybe my previous comment sounded rather sarcastic 
but I realized I actually miss those three and times when MC was part of their group (doesn’t mean Leomar will be forgiven, tho).
I don’t enjoy “The Arcadia part” too much and don’t care about their affairs. Just waiting for MC to wipe Tahlia’s arrogant face on the floor!
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Ikr, Tahlia is getting it worse than Leon for sure in my playthrough, my mage ain’t a murder, but Tahlia is gonna be in for BAD time when he gets out of her control.
I heard there will be an option for a Tahlia-less Arcadia path, I’m excited for that.
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I’m excited for that as well. I’m definitely gonna try to figure out how to unleash all of the phantasmas on Param after Tahlia has been taken out. And my MC is gonna be at the back like Eren Jaeger in his Founding Titan form then flashbacks to Eren’s mom being killed (for my MC, it’s gonna be him killed by Leon then Father and Sister’s sadism) and saying “I’ll exterminate them all”
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Why bother, though? I’m just going to parade Eli around in front of him and pretend I have no idea what’s wrong/why there’s a problem. 
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What’s with all the hate for Tahlia??..
True, she’s probably planning on using us as a weapon, but at least she didn’t burn us at the stake. Plus, she did quite literally bring us back from the dead and help us reunite with Eli.
Good luck with that. I remember the author once said that if characters were to be weighed on a power scale, Tahlia would be a 10, whereas the MC would only be an 8.
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