Ewwwww 
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Wayhaven town is situated in an unspecified geographical location on purpose, who says that geographical location can’t be Alabama? 
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All y’all get outta here.
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I actually do, too. I’ve always loved that idea (and actually believe in it, to a point).
It’s why my M-mancer actually had love at first sight with Mason, even though she pulled a kind-of-Adam… just, instead of denying it altogether, she made it about sex. Because… Mason sex is the best…
As far as the LT thing, I’m thinking it may be more like, both N and A are soulmates for the MC, but it’s kind of an equal pull of magical attraction for them. Which is what makes it so damned difficult, because none of them can resist it.
Until it comes to a head, and the MC either decides to stop the torture (or is forced to stop the torture), they all three are just fucked over by their magical connection. Of course, that means someone is going to walk away with a broken heart, but it’ll mend… and maybe that soul connection can be turned into a platonic soul connection.
Also adding these for your perusal:
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The only good thing about the LT is that it’s the reason we have the Wayhaven games in the first place.
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I wonder if its be your alley, but maybe you will like it. I’m gonna find that something and PM it to you…
I have the same but with Ava. It’s weird how it work that whole ‘Love at 1st sight’. You are doing one romance then BAM! Someone else come up and Thunder! ZAP!
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This is more or less the (relatively) happy ending I’m hoping for. Maybe another romantic soulmate will pop up for the One Unchosen. Sounds like Sera hasn’t quite worked out the mechanics of the whole soulmate thing yet (or hadn’t at the time of that post, anyway).
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from Sera
Like, it’s soulmate stuff, and that is hard to hide from anyone! There’s just an air about people who are that much meant to be. At least, I tend to think so!
So true…
A growls and breaks something. M retreats further into denial.
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Is the save system for book 2 already implemented?
Not quite yet, apparently - Sera’s last post here (2 days ago) said, “Hosted Games got my email about the save system, so I’m really hoping that’ll be added in soon!” Those with the game actually installed will presumably notice the relevant update (and hopefully post about it, if it’s not announced otherwise).
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I actually have both Wayhavens installed on Steam, which displays any updates it’s made, so I’ll probably notice it. Can’t promise celerity, but probably within a day of an update going out.
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You know, it just occurred to me that we only bring Bobby up to trash them, so I wanted to do something different and dedicate a song to them:
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The demo above is the final demo, just a heads up. 
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Okay. That seems consistent with what I quoted above - is there a discrepancy you’re seeing?
Sorry, I thought you were quoting her 5th of August update since that’s where I found her “sent an email” announcement so I thought you haven’t seen that new one yet. My bad 
You know, a strange beauty has occurred, the likes of which only IF can produce. When I first played Wayhaven a few weeks ago I actually disliked all the ROs but they all kind of grew on me in Book Two - M especially, which surprised me because they’re just the worst in Book One lolol. So M was my favorite but then I started thinking more about the MC and the type of person they can be, their relationship with Rebecca, their dynamic/history with Bobby if they’re an ex, how they’ve spent their whole life in this very small town. And I started to think about how lonely the MC could have been during their childhood and how that could probably lead them to seek out some toxic romantic partners or to exhibit self sacrificing behaviors for the few people close to them that they do have.
Somewhere along that line of thinking, by the time I got to this demo, the way I viewed the MC of this series changed completely. And whereas before, I saw F as too much of a friend to the MC, they’ve actually became my absolute favorite route because I could imagine how MC feels genuinely cherished in a romantic relationship for possibly the first time. Like someone super loyal/loving that actually enjoys being with them all the time? And they have so much fun together? And they have something so wholesome/genuine between them that the MC never could have thought even existed? They totally would’ve already loved F, the whole soulmate thing is just the cherry on top. Lol I literally almost made myself cry just thinking about all of this and it was entirely my own headcanon 
. Also, not to mention, I think the friendships with all of UB hits a bit harder in the found-family way under this context.
TLDR, F has surprised me - and I feel like the writing has hit a balance between leaving the MC unwritten in some ways but hinting at hidden depths at the same time. All the relationships are tying together so well in Book Three and I’m excited to see where everything goes! And to learn more about the MC
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The Wayhaven Chronicles Progress Report - 19th August 2022
Chapter 17A is done, Chapter 17B opening version 1 is done, and I’m blasting through version 2!!! 
I’ve also edited a TON for Chapter 9! I think people will really enjoy the small poignant conversation with the love interests after the event…
Things feel very much in a rhythm at the moment. Being in the flow certainly does help keep the momentum at a pace!
I decided to finish off both branches of the chapters (A and B) before moving onto the next. 'Cause they’re both set in the same environment, it means I can make sure to get the same feel for them both instead of coming back and not getting it quite right.
It’s just vastly different things are happening in the two branches! 17A is super emotional at the start with a pretty massive ending-hook, and 17B is just BAM! Right into the intensity with hopefully a major surprise, hehe!
But Chapter 17B does have two versions of it to account for different characters in the scene, so I’ve split it into the opening scenes and the end scenes to help me juggle that a bit easier.
I’m really, really hoping I can get Chapter 17 fully finished next week! I didn’t think I would be finishing 17A until tomorrow, so I am well ahead of myself already on that. Because of that, I’m feeling very confident in that goal right now!
I hope you all have the most wonderful weekend! We’ll be offline as usual, so I’ll update you all again next Friday <3
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The Wayhaven Chronicles - Progress Report 2nd September 2022
Chapter 17 is done and Chapter 18 has begun!
Aaahhhh!!!
Chapter 17 was the start of some seriously intense stuff, and Chapter 18 is not only a continuation of that but bumping up the intensity by quite a few notches, hehe!
I’ll be working on Chapter 18A first, which has a very different feel than 18B, though I’m seriously eager to get to both.
Obviously getting 17 finished and 18 started made for an awesome week, but a bunch of other stuff got a move on too!
Got the first of the sensitivity reader reports back for Chapters 1-7, which was awesome! I think one of the best compliments to get is when a professional says they are really enjoying your creation as a piece of storytelling as they work
Chapter 11 additions are still ongoing. I added a big scene in for Verda’s branch, which I loved! But it meant I wanted to add something into Tina’s branch scene and the ‘neither know’ branch to balance those. I don’t worry too much about that kind of thing, as I would rather the scene feel right rather than fluffed up just to match, but it was an unexpectedly big thing for Verda’s, so definitely needed something for the others!
It seems like Book Two’s save system still isn’t in, though thinking about it I think it’s possible they’re waiting for the Book Three wishlist page to go up before they do that. I’m gonna try and get a hold of Hosted Games next week to ask if that’s the case, just so we do actually know.
But in the time we’re waiting for that, Nai has been coming up with some awesome stuff for marketing! Marketing really isn’t my strong suit, so I’m really grateful Nai is willing to look into ways of making it more fun, hehe!
Next week will be social media days for a couple of days. The next LI PoV scene for Book Three’s moment when the MC is facing the Annunaki will be up on Patreon this month, though I’m not sure who yet. Glad you guys enjoyed Nate/Nat’s point of view for that last month! ;D There will also be an early Halloween-themed Adam/Ava scene too…
Nai starts a seriously cool new series of posts for Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, etc as well! The first one will be up on the 13th!
Phew, a lot going on!
Hope you all have the most fabulous weekend! We’ll be offline as usual, so I’ll update you all again next Friday! <3
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Just remember to take breaks and don’t hurt your hands Or your brain Just relax when you need to
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