Nothing wrong with that after all ideas unused just means they have potential use later on. 
the connection i mentioned was of the commander and willow didnt exspect it kibda makes me wonder if we will see a reamergance from that family in the future lol there are aspects of the story that reminds me of something i just cant fully remeber from where.
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I was thinking about this wip the other day, so it was very exciting to see it updated! I really enjoyed chapter 3, the ending left me wanting for more.
Spoiler thoughts:
I like the effect of Willowās death on the MC. They may not have been really close, but she was still the only person the mc could call a friend. I like how this pushed them into being even more withdrawn and despondent.
Which leads me to Jackal, I liked their intro. Theyāve definitely met before (Iām assuming with a different name) and it makes me curious why they picked out the mc specifically to bug. Looking forward to more!
And finally the ending with Rei! Their actions overall donāt surprise me, theyāve dropped heavy hints about their displeasure with the Creators so I figured their goal was something along these lines. What I was not expecting was their meeting with Therra, and that it wasnāt the first time. How on earth are people going to react once the deed has been discovered? Im not sure if a creator has ever died before. I also really want to see what shape the mc is in after that. Also maybe learn more about what is causing the previous nosebleeds and fainting that sounded excessive for what it would normally be.
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Exactly 
Ohh! Iām glad that connection didnāt seem illogicalāitās minor & subtle but it felt right to keep in the plot c:
Idk if I will have further elements in the story relating to them, but Iām glad u find it interesting, it could be worth exploring for sure
If you ever remember what it reminds you of, Iād love to know 
Iām glad u enjoyed it and that itās been on ur mind! 
Thanks for all your thoughts on the story, itās good to hear MCās change didnāt feel too forced despite their closeness (or lack thereof) lol pheww
Canāt wait to deliver more on Jackal plot, I really liked writing them and hope I can find a decent role for them in the storyāwhich isnāt cemented yet but Iāve several ways things can go 
Hehehe, Iām glad that plot point is interesting. All your curiosities will be spotlighted in the next update, Iāve already got some of it written! Gotta figure out how I wanna take the nosebleeding thing though, I had a reason lined up, but maybe I want to make it more interesting/different
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Love.the.story
That being said, the last scene in ch3 w/ the bird was devastating. U gatta warn a girl!
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Excellent update! All of your character feel vibrant and aliveā¦ it was a bit jarring to go from hunting for a bird to bam the event but the impact was real!
Still not sure what to think about Jackalā¦ think the MC and I were kinda in a similar headspace after bam the event though and werenāt really willing to be very sociable yet afterwards.
The Jackal stuff feels a little bit weird, but the mystery of where my MC knows them from is interestingā¦ it would be kinda interesting if down the line there was an option to push Jackal off a castle wall or something considering they said my MC is more likely to hurt them than they are to hurt me :3
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Finally finished reading the new update and oh my god this remains one of my absolute favorite projects! I am 100% in my feelings about certain characters and events and definitely had to try and keep from crying at the front desk of my work where Iāve been reading lol. Mildly obsessed with Jackal, though I think Cain is still my favorite, Rei is trying to sneak their way into that spot though too! But I absolutely adore this story and am probably going to have to take a trip over to your kofi for more content cause I forgot how much I missed these characters! Youāre doing a fantastic job, thanks for sharing this story with us~ Canāt wait to see where it goes next.
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Heyyy, Iāve found a minor coding error where a certain choice doesnāt get u Reiās POV sceneāand Iāve got it fixed on my end but Iām gonna hold off updating the dashingdon demo for now to save time 
Just letting u guys know Iām aware of it.
Aww, Iām very happy to hear you liked it! But psh, the bird shoulda learned how to parkour and matrix dodge, skill issue.
Ohh, thatās greatāI really hope to avoid writing fight/battle scenes as much as possible lmao (tho Iām sure someāll come up sooner or later), so Iām happy that though jarring, the scene transition is functional!
Funny you say that because while Iāve not planned any pushing Jackal off a castle wall scene as of yet, I do have a push them off something scene written c:
Though they wonāt crack their head open or anything major from the push, itās not exactly pleasant either lol
I donāt want to say Iām happy I had you stifling tears, but Iām so glad to hear I could invoke emotions hehe. Thank you for having TS in your favorites, always is awesome and makes all the hand wringing worth it to see you guys interested in the story 
While Iāve been focusing on writing the story rather than side content ATM, thank you for showing interest in more content! I want to show my characters love!
Hopefully some point soon, Iām gonna put out the private demo with what Iāve got written up on my sideāthough of course I donāt want to pressure anyone to monetarily support my endeavors. The update will eventually come to everyone even without access to kofi! But the kofi demoās where I will prob cycle thru a thousand versions of ensuing events until Iām satisfied enough to show it to the public lol
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Merry Christmas guys! I drew Caine giving u a present :D!
I wouldāve posted this sooner, but I forgot how to draw 
My skills atrophied so bad that I decided to redraw the whole thing from something I had pretty much finished (that u can see here). Sure, drafting & scrapping sketches is a thing in art, but ouch, I thought I was gonna be done in under 3 hours.
I also wanted to say I put up the private demo on my kofi if youāre interested!
Itās currently at ~237k words (~63k per playthrough)
You need only sub 1 month if you want to, Iām not planning on changing the password to the demo for some time, unless itās reached a good breaking off point ^^
Share the password with friends, if you want. As long as no one leaks, thatās a-ok!
Notable features: rewritten chunk of hiding w/ Caine in the wardrobe + whatever MCās going through after the last scene in the dashingdon demo + kissing Jackal if u want (twice) + talking to Caine abt odd shenanigans
Extra
Both have the checkpoints system enabled & a quick skip option!
About itch.io ver:
Play it on desktop & it should be bug-free.
Cons: Doesnāt have the save game system like dashingdon or cogdemos. If your browser auto-refreshes (common on mobile), then your progress may be lost.
About cogdemos ver:
Has a save game system & I think you can transfer saves between mobile & desktop if you have an account.
Cons: May be buggy (related to the hosting server). Iām not familiar with cogdemos so if those bugs are due to the code of cogdemos, I likely canāt fix them/provide support to get around them 
Also will prob delete & reupload the build whenever I change the password so saves might be erased.
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End Stats
QuickSkip: 3 // StatusQuo: 61 // Polite: 84 // Social: 93
CL: 12 // Rel: 89
RL: 4 // Rel: 73
JL: 5 // Rel: 72
accepthand: true // whydididothis: true // spared: 2 // chug1: false // letter1: 0 // letter1sent: 0 // mydaisies: 3 // bookown: true // maskown: true // pov2wishful: 1
dreamin: 0 // dearmed: false // choicech: 0 // changeres: true // pov3ver: 7
sacrificial: 1 // jnick: yep // closeness: 0 // fkiss: 1 // rev: 1
cainealt: true // room: true // sit: 0 // grateful: true // flav: 2
I really do love the premise of this story. Im also picking all the shy flirt options wirh everyone and I am super sure that will work out 100% fine! Haha <.< its fine its totally me testing and not being indecisive. (I love all 3 of the ROs, dont have a favourite just yet).
Also love the variations. Did the town over the waterfall this time and 
also Calla being at the festival or not! Little things making a fun different read. Here for it.
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I love how you can name the fox āCaine X2ā, thatās really cute. The MC is slowly spiralling, someone give them a long vacation. Where they donāt have to be in a war and just chill with the summons. Iām super invested in the story now, itās written so well.
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Ahh, thank you for the stats!
Considering some numerical stats are pretty high, I think this is a good time to switch to fairmath stats. Also, I didnāt really expect anyone to buy a bookāthis is neat, I think I want to eventually get around to having it appear outside of the reserve campā¦ if itās relevant.
But that & Illiaās letter are something I need to find a place for lol
Thanks for reading and exploring all the different paths, Iām always so happy whenever anyoneās interested enough to do that haha. Takes a while to write so yippee
With the romance, I think noncommitment is super fine rn lol
Youāre still getting to know them all c: I donāt think they have any expectations yetā¦? (wow I wish I was less of an instinctual writer so my outlines didnāt morph so much)
Eyy Iām glad you tried that out! Also made me notice I didnāt account for if you just straight up named it Caine #2 versus Caine, so I added that bit on my end phew
Aw, itās good to hear you want the MC to get a break. Because sometimes I wonder if theyāve not suffered enough yetābut thank you! Iām touched you think itās well written, Iāve been dealing with my lack of intelligence to write politics/revolution. Really going through it 
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I forgot I used to do progress updates but stopped 'cause I thought I just had a whole lot of nothing to say lol
But considering you guys thought I abandoned the project after like 5 months of absence (reasonable), mb youād like it if I post even if I say I wrote like 5 words in a month? Lol. I donāt think itāll ever get that bad, but I canāt have a word count if Iām stuck on plotting CH4 rather than actually writing it.
If youāre somehow interested in hearing me say āIām stuck on the plotā in 20 diff ways, read here. I posted this writing progress update on kofi, but itās public!
Otherwise, if you actually like me spouting irrelevant nonsenseā¦
Is it weird if I ramble?! I can't stop treating forums or kofi like an internet diary!!!
I do like ramblingā¦ I donāt want to be saying unnecessary stuff tho lol. Is me posting this annoying, I have no idea! Thatās what gives me anxiety with posting on SM lol. Maybe my New Yearās resolution is to be more active online anyway 
Speaking of ramblingā¦ lemme tell u, 5 months of absence is shockingly easy to slip into if youāre not working on writing full time. It shocked me too. I got swamped with RL, so carry this reassurance with you the next time your favorite WIP drops off the grid 
Since trying to write an IF, I find it impressive if any WIP updates their demo even once a year. If the author posts on the forum, Iām impressed they find the time between that, RL, & writing. Likeā¦ Iām overthinking this post with no stakes. Iām spending more time on it than I shouldā
omg am i typing too much donāt make me go back down to the writing basement pleaseā
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Lol no worries for me knowing a author is at least alive means alot for me even if we dont see a lot of progress on our end between the times that changes.
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Aw yay, thatās a relief! Though I might not have much progress to report on, Iām glad just showing Iām alive is ok
On an aside, to everyone, if youāve heard about some fires happening, Iām semi-close to one of them and it is VERY distracting. I canāt think about writing at all ATM, and once theyāre all contained, I probably still canāt focus for some time lol. Anyway, Iām not in an evac adjacent location rn so no need to worry about me, just gonna take some time off of writing & plotting.
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Take care of yourself! Life first, as chaotic and sometimes terrifying it is!
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No worries take care of yourself first and foremost and while not on a current area. Wouldnt hurt to have a plan and quick collection of things you would need just in case.
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Thank you! I hate to take so long to update but I find it hard to rush something out without feeling fully satisfied abt itās contents (even if Iām 90% sure Iāll change it later). I already feel like a slow writer, but life events sure get in the way of all the thinking writing requires lol
This is good advice Which I had nvr fully thought out before recently lol. Itās crazy how spontaneously things can happen and how the danger doesnāt seem real at all until itās in the newsā¦ TY for your consideration!
When I first drove home & saw the fire in the distance, I was almost confused abt what I was seeing. Then we had a power outage & some of us got phone alerts to evac that were likely falsely sentābut we didnāt know that at the time & that was before we had any details abt the location & spread rate. It eventually worried me enough to pack JIC, but Iām glad my fears didnāt amount to anything perm. The unease from random fires cropping up & false phone alarms in the middle of the night still scared tf out of me tho lol
Anyway, I figure my recent loopiness & inattention werenāt helped by getting sick w something around the same time. But now with the fire being actively contained and me at the tail end of whatever Iāve come down with, I can use my brain & keyboard again (at the same time)
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Hi! Donāt worry about it. The people who love your writing will be here when ya get backā¦ by the wayā¦
Just giving you a headsā up that the server that supports Dashingdon will be shut down by the end of January.
Youāll want to migrate any and all demos for your WiP to the new hosting service. https://cogdemos.ink/. The support thread for cogdemos.ink is here and itās run by a user named EvilChani.
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