No worries!
I always look forward greatly to your stories and they brighten up your day.
Not gonna lie though, when it went down, I set down my gentian flower tea (nice to see that in the story!) and stomped about slightly suckily.
Bought a subscription to your Patreon to read, though - will that early access one down anytime soon as well?
That is very kind of you! It will come down eventually - February at the latest 
Then it will be time to put up early access things about whatever next project I end up doing!
I just finished the game and sent in feed back.
My MC was Princess Topaz. I played her as a charming, but sheltered princess. She started out shy, but opened up to others as the game progressed. In the end, she got engaged to Asher.
Questionnnn
It is necessary to play first Crème de la Crème to understand something of history ?
For example, to understand such a part of the story need to play the first
No. This game stands alone. There are references to events and characters from Crème de la Crème, but if youâve never played it, you can have them randomized and itâll be fine. You can also choose to avoid most mentions altogether.
That said, Crème de la Crème is awesome and you should definitely play it at some point.
I am curious, how does having kids work for couples with incompatible reproductive pairing?
Is IVF a thing in universe? The tech doesnât seem that advanced for that yet.
Do Asherâs fathersâ just do commercial surrogacy, or is getting friends to carry children commonplace?
What about adopted children, especially in the royal family? Are they treated with similar inheritance rights?
I am torn between wanting to beg you to tell more stories set in the CdlCNORA-verse, and just waiting to see what amazing thing you do next.
Iâm still officially in favor of a CdlC DLC (ha!) with the bonus stories, though.
Beg away! personally, I would love to go back to creme de la creme and see what happen with my mc and her lovely gardener wifey 
Iâm wondering, when does CdlC/RA take place? I thought it was around 1910-1920 but phones and cars exist.
Phones and cars both existed in the 1910s.
Itâs not possible to pin down a specific date because itâs not really taking place in the world as we know it, but technologically Iâd say theyâre somewhere in the vicinity of 1930.
Yeah they donât have IVF as advanced as in our current world, at least in Westerlin in the âpresent dayâ of the games. Couples who canât both donate genetic material to their children adopt, or use donors via artificial insemination and/or surrogacy.
There are a couple of posts about inheritance upthread here and here (I will make some sort of FAQ at some point!) but the short answer is that adoption, surrogacy and gamete donation are considered commonplace in Westerlin (for LGBT+ or cis and straight couples) and general society wouldnât bat an eye at the Queenâs kids eventually having children through those methods.
@AletheiaKnights awww thatâs so sweet 
I am leaning towards something in the Crème setting with a new character at the moment, playing as an adult, unless inspiration for something wildly different comes along. Iâve got a few ideas that I feel good about but all of them need some development either about plot or about the MCâs life and personal goals. Really after Christmas I will take some time to bellow at Fay about the concepts (I mean I have bellowed at her about them already but! more time and thought will help!) and that will help me distill whatâs good about them and what to discard.
I wonder occasionally about the idea of a 10 year school reunion game or something similar with the CremeMC but the work involved with wrangling so many characters makes me blanch (would you be able to swap from one romance partner to another, could you start single and get together with someone, would there be new characters, would you have kids⌠so many things to consider!) Who knows though? Maybe one day.
@Kelly_Seastar what Aletheia said is correct - I tend to use the technology available in Europe in 1910-1930 as a guide but itâs pretty loose and other countries have different levels of industrialisation and tech. A perk of writing fantasy means that I donât have to worry about historical accuracy 
Iâm so glad to hear there may be more to come in the same world! Although Iâm a newcomer to it, itâs very quickly become a reliable âcomfort place,â if that makes any sense. And as much as Iâm loving all these young-adult school stories, Iâd love to get to explore the world in a broader way.
In any case, Iâll take this opportunity to wish my favorite interactive fiction power couple a very Happy Christmas before the bellowing commences.
Hahaha we did actually manage to catch some time for bellowing this evening, earlier than anticipated, and Iâm feeling way more solid on the current roster of ideas! 
edit: and thank you so much for your kind comments about the setting, I have been really enjoying fleshing it out over time 
I hope you are having a relaxed and joyful Christmas season!
There was a bit of discussion elsewhere about mean romances in general, and Javi, and Iâm very curious how people feel about Javi. Do you feel intrigued to get to know them better? Are they so unpleasant that you donât want to spend any time with them? Do you feel more positive about them over time? Do you feel that the game forces you to forgive their behaviour in order to have a friendly or romantic relationship with them?
Iâm happy to hear positive or negative viewpoints, and I recognise that not every romance/character is going to suit everyone so Iâm not planning to soften all of Javiâs rough edges. But I would like to make sure whatever Iâm doing is intentional, and this is the ideal time to tweak things.
Time for the most unbiased feedback: a feedback streaming with personal opinion. Javi (to me) comes up with attention whore energy. I think MC can point it out politely during dinner, about how they seek attention from basically everyone except MC (which feels like a one-sided rivalry (unless it is)). I donât know how to read into it but I get a feeling that itâs Javiâs coping mechanism with arranged marriage (or maybe Iâm digging up treasure when thereâs none), making MC (and maybe the player as well) hate them back so the marriage wonât happen, which, depending on player, pushes MC off or makes the attraction of arranged marriage much stronger. What would I like? An apology from Javi for previous behavior (the interrupted speech on Rosarioâs wedding and schoolâs first weeks). Disregard previous statement if the scene exists but I havenât seen it.
I havenât seen all scenes with Javi to get the full picture (havenât romanced them exclusively yet) at the moment of writing this comment, so Iâd like to apologise in advance if Iâm making too much assumptions. (I feel like a Canadian after typing this)
Thatâs very helpful, and no need for apologies! (Though I well know the urge to do so 
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Javi behavior make me wanna steal their bodyguards and wooe them lol
Not really. I mean if someone push you while walking past you, do you think âOh they seem interesting even if they are a bit of a jerk!ââŚ
I find them a bit juvenile. In comparison to Blaise that is.
Hm, actually the part if I recall where Javi say something along the line of âNo smoochies, sorry aint my thingâ was a wet Blanket lol
I was like âThen pray tell what do we do in this romance? just bicker endlessly?â 
wellâŚit does beat debating endlesslyâŚI grant you that lol
Do you provide Tylenol for the incoming headache though? 
I find the MC too sweet in the path of âLetâs not quarrel and be friendsâ. Meaning, after reading your previous work with Blaise. I wouldâve though you would have gone for something else.
Add to that, I wouldnât call Javi a Mean one. More like Loud Obnoxious twit, with a chip on their shoulder and a butthurt that is bigger than their bodyguard bossom 
I donât know if it is possible. But maybe Javi could be that Rival instead of the Mean one.
It just doesnât feel like a mean character. Like I said, at least not in my book.
They are more like the pretentious wanna-be cheerleader who wants attention no matter what you do or say.
So even when you ignore them, they are still in the background with a megaphone.
Maybe to you, Javi is mean lol want my handbook of what mean feel like? Beware, it is nightmares inducing lol
Iâm still waiting for someone to write one of those rivals that are positive. (besides me that is lol)
Iâve played only a bit from the beginning, so I donât know what happens later in the story, but I just adored playing MC who refused to take Javiâs bait.
Are our MC going to meet or mention the first MC?
Since the first thing this game asks if you say youâve played CdlC is what your characterâs name was, it stands to reason that they must be able to make an appearance at some point.