So, Iâm finally starting my main outline. Can you believe that Iâm only doing this just now? It looks like Iâll have 15 Chapters, plus the prologue and at least three major epilogues (plus individual endings to the prologue story ). Considering my current word count, I wonât be surprised at all if I go over a million words.
And itâs just the first part!
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@Hearts Nope, at least not on the first story encounter. Theyâll be with two of their friends/minions, so itâs a bad idea. You can say that youâll definitely hurt them the next time though.
@Jeju Thanks for sharing them! Youâve already given me some ideas, and I particularly love the comics one!
@Morphine Yup! Although if you choose to live in the province, you can choose if you want to wear a uniform or not, while if youâre poor you wonât have a uniform. The other two backgrounds (private school) have mandatory uniforms.
But yeah, I know what itâs like especially if the classrooms donât have air-conditioning.
@Abe Oh! I havenât even thought of a school bus! (Mostly because I lived near my elementary school ) Now that I think about it, school bus scenes will only be exclusive to the city/apartment background, since youâll be neighbors with Wayne and Roselyna.
@Isabella_TaylorSuuure. Maybe Iâll add a âkleptomaniacâ achievement.
Iâm also going to add a sidequest for each of the teachers. So far thereâs a teacher couple, a little surprise party, and offering to tutor another classmate in math.
Ehh. Iâve got a long weekend but itâs going to be a busy weekend.
Anyway, does anyone have a question about the characters so far? I know you havenât really interacted with any of them much, buuut it might cheer me up. Iâd love to talk more about my babies.
@Noah Well even if I finish the outline I donât know how many hugs thereâll be in total if thatâs what youâre asking. But thereâll be lots.
But if you want to know, most of the MC/Twinâs interactions are based on W&Râs in the story. The twin will never openly admit that they love you, for example.
@Hearts You mean Ravie? Or maybe⌠youâre onto something? I donât know yet if youâll get to meet her. But Iâll say that she was there in the first draft of the story. And itâs not like theyâre currently together or anything, hehe.
And that wonât be necessary, theyâll be stuck with you in the adventure, so you can do whatever then.
@Taylor_Enean Nooo. A little more than a month before Iâm free again. Iâll stick with writing outlines and ideas for now.
Speaking of hugs, one unfortunate side effect of increasing the age to 10 (almost 11) is that Paddy/your aunt/uncle picking you up seems⌠more awkward. Iâll have to change it so you only get picked up depending on your height/weight after the character customization in Chapter 2.
Being the weird artsy-fartsy quasi-loner leads to smaller scenarios than grand adventures, it seems. Hopefully the characters have a more exciting life.
Also, depending on story location and if you want, there could also be some play dates at an ice rink or a soccer football field. One can imagine what could happen there⌠like falling on ice or being slammed in the face with a ball.
@Noah@Taylor_Enean I had to look up my notes again. I found several things I can share that I donât consider spoilery.
Each of the MCâs friends has a primary personality stat, and of course, that would be Emotion for Roselyna. Having the Emotionally Sensitive trait and/or a high Emotion stat will be useful in maximizing your relationship with her (in addition to its normal relationship boosts/penalties).
If your Emotion is high enough, Roselyna will have a crush on the MC. Sheâll talk about it the next day after the first adventure, unless the MC is a girl or her bestfriend, in which case youâll have to pursue her instead (sheâll feel weird about it).
You can still do it with a reserved MC, it will just be a little harder and play out very differently. Otherwise, you can do her friendship quest or matchmaking quest with Wayne or Michael instead.
Sheâs actually the easiest to gain relationship with, so as wrong as it sounds you can abuse this quite a bit and commit Cold/Opportunistic acts because sheâs a people-pleaser and will easily forgive you. Just donât do it too many times.
Roselyna loves dancing. Especially waltz. Sheâs not really good at singing, but she tries. Anything that involves food (especially sweets) will also increase your relationship so bribing her with food sharing food with her usually works.
Roselynaâs personality will be further explored in Wander-Land (the fairy tale setting), and potential problems with your relationship with her include:
her sensitivity
You can choose to be cuddle-huggle buddies or you can help her control her emotions better instead.
her self-confidence
Roselyna is a shy extrovertâshe just needs a little nudge to be braver and more comfortable with expressing herself.
You can encourage her to lose (a lil bit of) weight or reassure her that sheâs more cute and beautiful that way.
being manipulative
You can either help her realize that she can be a spoiled brat at times, or you can encourage her to take advantage of her cuteness.
Her character page will show what she is leaning towards, and this will have a major impact on the story later.
Ok, that was unexpectedly long. Hehe. But Iâm outlining anyway, so I donât mind.