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❌ never confess openly

✅ make a marriage proposal and hope for the best

I know I’m late for the party, but here is my highly specific favorite ship dynamics.

Still Enemies. Still Lovers.

Imagine that feeling when you can't ask off-anon as you won't be able to track the answer (because, of course, you always forget what blog exactly the question is on) so that leaves you with a need to spam ask-box through your acc, but you can't do this due to anxiety and- well, you have to wait some time to ask something off-anon 😫

That's me

Sabina + MC + Elli? Wholesome. Heartwarming. My wig is snitched and skin is hydrated

BUT ??? + MC + HENRICK? THE CHAOS? THE INTENSITY? the sitcom AU vibes???

Hello dear author! Now that the possibility of poly was mentioned, may I ask of you to share some little bits of those ideas on this topic so far, if it's not troublesome? 👀👀👀👀

👀👀👀 Hello dear! Well I can share some things that I'm thinking...

Well, the first one for sure is Sabina + Mc + Eli

I can see it working really well once the "hurts" start to get over and they could all live happily like this 😊 (I can see Sabina's false complaints about having to worry about two magicians!) That would be so intense and sweet 🥺

??? + Mc + Henrick

Because it would be so much fun 🤣 let's be honest here..this is not going to work ... but what if it works? Have you ever imagined this ?!

I don't know what's more puzzling - X being lawful good for once or the fact that the knight and the smart are chaotic duo in this one

HOW ROES WOULD EAT THEIR CEREALS?

Milk first?? COLD MILK???

KSJDKSJK cereal first is a law in all the empire, get used to it

jk aside, X and R cereal first W and C milk first

the interactive fiction community really needs to learn some lessons about respect and boundaries istg.

first y'all complain about characters romancing each other outside of the mc, then you whine about characters sexualities not matching what you wanted, and then some of you have the gall to throw around unwarranted plagiarism accusations toward authors who are offering free demos on behalf of a paid author who's very work is littered with tropes and who didn't do anything truly unique with their own story except build off pre-existing tropes.

now some of you are harassing an author who is trying something new, who just wants to have a little fun with the interactivity part of interactive fiction?

i am begging some of you to please grow up and learn some common sense. don't like the premise of this game? then don't play it. find something else to play and move on. a lot of people on your dash are blogging about it and you don't like that? blacklist the tag or unfollow them!

sending these authors anon hate or whiny, entitled asks trying to guilt them into feeling sorry that they hurt you (newsflash: they didn't!!) by simply telling the story they wanted to tell is not only childish, it's also extremely rude and absolutely unnecessary.

these authors are sharing their work with us, often for free, and no one is forcing anyone to read or play anything. engage with the content you want and ignore the content you don't like, it's not that difficult of a concept to understand.

My Vam-pie friend

Also I really thought I saw a lot of weird things but knowing that the coroner around where I am actually stuffed a skull full of confetti after removing the brain (which i unfortunately learned while embalming) is probably top tier and I'm gonna apply it to all of my games

DRUMROLL PLEASE-!! (Announcement 6/5/21)

With the completion of the concept of a particular character, I've decided to make an announcement to both introduce this character, and explain how certain romance routes are going to play out.

I'd like to make it clear by saying that seven out of the nine planned romance routes are going to begin in book one. In The Ocean of Stars is book one in what I plan to be at least five different books. The majority of the main cast is that of the crew, and the reader will most likely meet all, if not the majority, by the end of chapter five.

What makes the two other routes different is their placement in the story. Hope (Subject 3024) will not arrive until much later in book one, which is why I've kept much of their story under wraps. However, because of the fact that they do appear in book one, I've gone ahead and listed their route down.

This new RO character is an essential character to the rest of the story, and will play a major role in book two. The introduction of this character is after book one has ended, and because of this, I've yet to add this character to this list as I do not wish to false advertise.

After much thought and consideration however, I've decided to go ahead and tentatively add this character to the list of ROs that will exist in the story.

I cannot say much about this character, this character's motivations, their backstory, etc., because none of it becomes prevalent until the second book. I didn't want to leave readers in the dark about this romance route in case they actually wish to romance them, however, so I will be including this character just in case.

You will have the option to pursue other romance routes until the end of book two, in which case you are permanently locked into a route for the rest of the series.

For now, whenever questions about the ROs as a whole pops up, I will be responding with only eight of the romance options instead of the full nine.

I will be updating the "Meet the Cast!" post soon, so be on the look out for that! Thank you!

cog thread  || demo || asks || discord || writing blog

Trails Lead Home is an (overly ambitious) fantasy game with an emphasis on relationships and starting anew. The aim is to hopefully make the player’s choices matter in some way and to affect the characters and world around them. The end goal is to create a story that tells the tale of new found family and learning to be okay with starting one’s life over.

– Plans for platonic relationships with the characters. Be adopted by a couple seeking the chance to start their own family, gain either a new sibling who strives to defend the weak or a thief who enjoys sharing her bounties with you, or enter the strange world of a rich business savvy friend who becomes an unlikely uncle or mentor!

– Play as a child seeking a new family,  a young adult exploring the wonders of adulthood, or an ‘older’ adult who’s world wise! Set your pronouns, age, favorite drink, height, and personality! 

– Learn magic, develop new skills, and form lasting bonds with five romances (who can also be pursued platonically) + one ‘secret’ romance! Romance a polygamous couple or three ‘monogamous’ ro’s!

– The current demo includes a total of 25,932 words w/out code!

- Galeon and Hollond are a pre-stablished couple that can be poly-romanced by an older MC or can adopt a child/young adult mc as their child!

- Finlay is a lonesome knight of the realm who struggles with putting the people they love before their job. They can be romance monogamously or adopted as a sibling!

- Greta is a mischievous young woman and thief who can be romanced monogamously or adopted as a sibling.

- Lesilfae is a (self proclaimed) master of persuasion who can be romanced monogamously, helped into a relationship with Galeon and Hollond, or adopted as a mentor/nervous parent.

- Secret RO is female but more details are yet to be shared…

- A small warning is in place for language, vague mentions of neglect and familial strife.

- A linear prologue with potential grammar and language mistakes.

- While this isn’t a warning, I want to state that there are a LOT of LGBTQ+ characters and characters of color in Trails. I will NOT change any character’s skin colors nor will I accept whitewashing of any kind and I will not accept any transphobia, homophobia, or anything of that nature. If you have a problem with that, then I suggest moving on to another game. This is a safe space.

When will the next update be available?

– It will, unfortunately, be ready when it’s ready. Trails is a hobby that I do for fun, so updates will be slow.

Where can I find information on the characters?

– Currently, there isn’t really any place with good info on the characters. I’m working on profiles and on a character page where you can learn more about the characters.

What asks are allowed?

– I will answer nsfw (tagged), ‘headcannons’, what if’s, clarifications, etc.

– I will NOT answer pregnancy asks, asks about killing characters, or asks that want a character changed in any way.