WIP Grey Swan - Birds of a Rose Update 26.04.25 total 200k

It’s working now yeah, though there’s still a bit of a glitch in that a scene of Astoria showing up to offer her ring and protection still plays right after the MC’s nest gives them their birthday present, even if the MC already accepted it after nearly being punished. It felt like a scene that should only play for MCs who dodged getting into trouble.
Also on a funny note, my MC is apparently so ridiculously devote it goes well well over the bar.
A part of it was probably just caused by the mall chapter getting repeated upon loading my save after the game was updated, but even before that his devotion already went as high as 130% :smile:

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Hm I thought I had coded that in in such a way that it should only show up if you either accepted her ring or went with her and refused it (I basically recycled that scene to trigger for everyone who did not go with her after being saved by her, was that your choice? In this case that was intentional!)

Yeah thats sth to do with the code with fair math which I am too intimidated to learn lol.

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I accepted the ring the first time around, but she still showed up again later to offer it again.

Tried something, I hope it works now ID sorry for the trouble, I am learning while doing!

Wonderful few updates! Can’t wait for more!

Few mistakes/errors i found:

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Thanks!

Yeah than and then :sweat_smile: thats a mistake you will probably encounter very often.

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just caught up with this and I really like what you have here! Fun to see some German in there I can practically here the swearing “Wo bist du du Kackvogel!” killed me :joy: I am sorry if that was answered somewhere before I just want to know if I missed anything Who are the ROs you can meet at this point? Is there one for every volery??
Keep up the good work! :smiley:

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We have too many good bird related swearings and I want to show them a bit of love!

And no problem, there will be a RO for every volery however I havent come up with all yet as I dont want to force this and make them boring!

Who you can meet so far:
Main Four, from the start to early beginning:
-Chase Watson, Stray
-Fuchsia King, Stray
-Wing Droznik Juschka, best friend since childhood
-Wing Astoria Rapace, mysterious, has taken an interest in the MC

Volery ROs so far, some of them you will meet sooner, some later.
-Peacock RO (Marter), a mystery you met online.
-Swan RO (Elrond/Estelle Falkenflug), always the same gender as MC
-Raven RO: (Marcel Rabenschlag), only for male/trans-fem MCs, I still have to think about a “regular” Raven RO that isnt a red flag and can be romance by all genders
-Beizen Hawk RO: Jonah/Columba Kroon, you can choose their gender, which will play a role given MCs own gender!
-Dove RO: Christian/Karla Stransky, always the opposite gender of MC.

Who you cant met yet, but will in the next update:
-Lord Sebastian Voss, for the vamp route and a certain other one. However he already makes an appareance!

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The people have spoken.
Enjoy some birthday gift shopping with the next update!

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I was rereading the vampire meeting, and it really brings up a lot of questions as to how their whole society, biology and this cult blood bank recruitment center scheme works, what exactly is Astoria plotting, our role in it and who’s (potentially) sabotaging her efforts. And lastly what makes MC so special they’ve been chosen as a tithe twice now. Along with an answer why MC’s mom kidnapped them. I’m curious though, the one who took our place, are they someone we’ve met, or did the process just kill them dead-dead?

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I have replayed the game 4 times already, but still have not managed to meet Marcel. Would you be so kind to give some instructions how to do it?

Marcel is for amab Raven MCs! All you need to do is show interest in him when he shows up at the volery!

Oh we already met the person who is manipulating Astorias plans and also the one who called Argus Interpol!
Now for some of those things (like the replacement tithe) I really have to say: I dont know it yet. I have some ideas, but this WIP is already over 200.000 words and I really need to be mindful about what I will add and what fits into the story well. I hope thats fine.
However there is nothing special about the MC being choosen twice, safe the fact that it has never before happened before. The next update will shed some light on this!

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Yes, my MC is male AND a Raven but the thing is… Marcel just never shows up??? He wasn’t even mentioned in my playthroughs (which is weird because I have not seen anyone facing the same problem as me). I tried on both PC and phone but got the same result in the end

Okay thats weird. I also had no one with your problem so far, I will try and playtest it myself, once I finish sth!
Edit, okay I tried and recreate it with different choices and couldn’t replicate it, I am sorry, I don’t know why he is not showing up.

Maybe it it has something to do with your cache? Another player had a similar problem (scene not triggering despite all requirements being met) and it was resolved by deleting the cookies.

I remember not encountering Marcel either on my first run as a Raven and thought he hadn’t been implemented yet. From a quick experiment recreating that run, and then doing another with just a few differences, I was given the option to meet him when I chose a White Rose on the second day (and picked Red on the first in case that might affect things) but never got the chance when I picked a Red Rose that day (and White earlier), the scene just goes straight to the chapel scene with Chase after explaining why I joined the Ravens.

Also for some odd reason the dialogue for Fuschia reacting to Astoria’s ring showed up here, even though Chase was my Stray, and it’s Marcel who saved me from getting punished (by beating me up with Vodka admittedly but eh, it could be worse)

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Oh right, I didntt think about that.
Yeah, I am sorry thats my fault for forgetting my own code lol (but also someone really had that problem so thats why I assumed that instead of the other option first lol)

You can’t donate blood on the second day or you will be prohibited from the training where you can meet Marcel!

Okay will check that out! However beginning today evening I wont be able to really post anymore, as I am away from home for a few days.

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How do we unlock the first option here???!!! :hushed:

You find Chase leaning against a tree, twirling the bottle between his hands. You can’t make out if he actually emptied it… “Hey, how many lose their virginity here, what do you think?”

“I did.” you reply dryly.

Also, Droznik is a :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: {insert whatever swearword you please}

You need to be a Swan, and then choose to hang with Elrond during the party to unlock that dialogue option.

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Almost! You also need to not be ace!

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I think I might’ve found a bug on my latest replay

I chose to keep my MC straight this time by selecting that his feelings towards Chase were truly just friendship, as opposed to making him Bi by saying it’s love, or him having a vulture guilt trip over now liking boys and girls.
Besides changing certain conversations with Chase to now be platonic, it also added dialogue options to this section which were absent on my bi run, but the choices are all platonic too, despite accepting Astoria’s advances.


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