Demo 378K words (Updated 8/30/24) /// The Gods /// Ask Boundaries // Bluesky
After being abducted by two aliens, their spaceship crashes and leaves you stranded on a galaxy called 'Aquarii", which is populated by a species called 'Mitans'.
You're taken in by the Queen of Aquarii, where she reveals you are a child of one of Aquarii's gods. A cool idea in theory, but it appears the Mitan's aren't particularly happy with a human being half-god.
The queen believes that your arrival is a sign an upcoming war between Mitans and gods can be prevented, while others believe this war is inevitable.
As you are forced to fight for your right to live, you're left with one question:
Can a universe survive without gods?
Choose your pronouns, sexuality, and appearance.
Join forces with an unusual group of aliens with unique features.
Choose between five RO's, two female, two male, and one non-binary option.
Become a demigod and pick one of twelve gods to be the child of.
Deal with a strange device that has been turned against you and the Mitans (along with the alien that built it).
And fight an emperor!
RO Descriptions
Liviana Vlahos, The Queen (she/her)- The queen of Aquarii and all Mitans, she is beloved by all her people for defeating the tyrant who ruled before her. She was kind enough to lend her hand in your time of need, but it's hard to tell if she genuinely cares for you. If you don't prove to be helpful, she may just throw you into the fray.
Estelle Alinac, The Chief (she/her)- The chief of the Justice Association of Aquarii, Estelle is known to be a cold and intimidating woman. She doesn't like you, or humans, and makes that abundantly clear every time you talk to her.
Amare Mailon, The Recruit (he/him)- A new member of the Justice Association of Aquarii, Amare can appear quite naive and unserious. With others, he's sarcastic and witty, but with you, he's nervous and paranoid. Being a member of the JAA, anyone would assume he's just worried about something happening to you. But you know from the way his eyes flick to your arms and legs that the fear runs deeper. You can't tell which matters more to him; stopping a war, or preventing humans from finding Aquarii.
Ellery Torres, The Doctor (he/him)- Liviana's personal doctor and the most renowned doctor in the galaxy, Ellery appears as someone you can trust. He can make you feel at ease with his playful humor and light-hearted personality. He has sworn to the queen that he will do everything in his power to keep you alive and healthy. He doesn't appear threatening, but who can you trust in this unknown galaxy?
Vega Ramos, The Mastermind (they/them)- Not much is known about the one who lives in the apartment on Fiery Pass, but it's kind of weird how they never turn their purple lights out...
We have officially moved in! i still have some unpacking to do, as well as a few things to fetch from our old house, but the furniture has been moved. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get much writing done; moving is very exhausting! Hopefully, as I settle in, I'll be able to write more. For now, I'm going to relax. I did a lot of work together.
Happy new year! Writing has been going well, I’ve written over 20,000 words in the past few weeks. I have less than a week left until we move into the new apartment, so today and the next few days will be spent cleaning out my room and packing up things to take to the apartment.
I will try writing throughout the move, but I wanted to warn that progress may slow this week and as well as next week as we move and settle in.
I wish you all a wonderful 2026, enjoy your new year’s eve! I’ll update when the movers finish moving all of our furniture into the apartment, which should be the 6th.
Finished the last of my final exams! Holidays and the move to the apartment might still impact writing, but hopefully, with this next month off, i can get a more consistent writing schedule going. Thank you for your patience, and happy holidays! To anyone still taking finals: Good luck!!
Hello, again! sorry i’ve been silent, aquarii is still being worked on. Unfortunately I’ve got a month left in my semester, so I’ve got some tests coming up and final exams are not long after that. I’ve been doing a lot of studying and my mom and I have started touring apartments, so writing has slowed down, unfortunately. Hopefully after I begin my winter break, writing will progress faster, but for now i’ll just have to work with the time i have. hope you’re all having a great Autumn! :)
In chapter four, you get to meet the other gods and have a conversation with some of them. Some will even ask you to brag about humans a bit, and you might get to tell the Goddess of Love and Beauty about humans' tragic love stories, which she has a particular negative reaction to...
Exams are finally done, that was a long almost-two-weeks 😅 I plan to take the rest of the day off to decompress, but writing will resume as usual tomorrow! Thank you for your patience ❤️
hi again! small update, but i’ll be taking a short break from writing for a little over a week due to studying and midterms. hopefully everything goes well and i can get back to writing again soon!
Has an ask ever made you change a trait or characteristic of an RO or NPC? Has feedback ever made you change your mind about who they are or what they stand for?
This is a really good question! I think the only feedback that I ever internalized enough to impact the story itself was a comment left on Aquarii's page that provided advice to help me improve my writing. I thought the comment was genuinely helpful! Other than that, any changes made to the plot or a character's personality were entirely my own doing, I was not influenced or anything, haha. I think I'm pretty set on most of the characters' personalities and morals.
Just thought i should stop by and say that I miss seeing you and your lovely story. I hope you have been doing well and that everything is okay.
Thank you for the kind message. ❤️ I'm fine, just maybe not in the best spot right now 😅 Hopefully things will improve though, and hopefully I'll be able to release a new chapter soon!
btw there's a trust stat added for the citizens of aquarii with chapter four. It's not the same as the loyalty stat, the aquariians can trust you while you're betraying them. (until they find out, of course) but the percentage of the trust stat at the beginning of chapter four 100% depends on your god parent.
it can be increased or decreased throughout the game, but getting Aquarii to trust you will unfortunately be an easier journey for some compared to others ✊😔
I forgot to mention this in my update post which I'm kind of pissed about because I was really proud of it !! but !!
I added some tweaks to the UI for Aquarii, and LOOK!
I thought it'd be kind of cool to have multiple themes to choose from, so now you can! You can choose Aquarii's pink theme, Chronos' green theme, or stick with the original theme if you want. I will note that the light and dark themes kind of glitch for these templates. So, if you change the theme, make sure to reload the page, and that should fix it!
It's been over a year since Aquarii was updated, and I apologize for my absence. I know it can be irritating when an author randomly disappears without any notice, and I apologize.
My life isn't really great right now. I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this, but I attend college online and currently live with my mother, who has recently become increasingly angry with my step-dad and wants to divorce him. We have plans to move into an apartment in January, but we're mostly preparing for the move right now. While I don't really care much for the divorce itself (I never liked the guy, if I'm being honest), my mother has had trouble finding a therapist, and I suppose, since I'm majoring in Psychology, she has decided I am a good substitute for one. So my mental health hasn't been doing very well with the awkward energy in my house, and of course, her venting to me.
College has also not been easy. I think this current semester has been my worst semester yet. The workload is insane, so I haven't had much time to focus on Aquarii or Through the Waves. That, and I am also planning to transfer to a university abroad around August/September 2026. So, I've also been mentally preparing for that big step in my life and working hard to make sure I'm eligible to attend the university I want to attend.
While I know these excuses might not be reasonable excuses for my silence, I thought I'd give you an update on what's happening in my life. I don't see it getting easier until January, especially since my mother has not actually told my step-dad about the divorce, and doesn't plan to until the weekend after Halloween. So, to be honest, I only see it getting worse.
However, I have been doing my best to push through and work on Aquarii. I've gotten a good amount of progress done, so hopefully I can update the demo with Chapter four before the 2nd Aquarii anniversary.
I've also decided to rewrite Aquarii. Which I know can be irritating to hear from authors, but I do plan to focus on updating with newer chapters, and rewriting is more of a second objective. I've rewritten the prologue, and I don't plan to start on chapter one until I've released chapter four.
Here's an update on my writing so far:
Aquarii:
Prologue-
Tweaked Roux's personality. I felt that the current personality I gave him in the demo didn't suit him. He's a bit more passive and reasonable. Allele is still relatively the same.
Tweaked Estelle's personality; I felt she was a bit too mean. She's still cold, but it's her job to care about people at least a little bit.
Rewrote Amare's aversion to humans to be a bit more subtle.
Chapter One-
I'll probably rewrite a lot of the god's crowning scenes. Some of them just felt lax compared to others.
Rewrite some of the god's introduction scenes for the same reason as before.
Chapter Two-
Might add some small tweaks to parts of the battle scenes with the siblings.
Add more to the scenes with the ROs in the city. Like the first chance to get alone time with a RO and the scenes were very short. 😭 I feel bad so I'll change them to add more detail.
Chapter Three-
Haven't decided if I want to rewrite chapter three or not. I'll probably decide that when I finish rewriting the other two, but I'll update you then!
Chapter Four-
Over a fourth of the chapter is done. Maybe not the best news, but I plan to do my best to work on it more over the next few months. My semester ends December 14th, and I have an entire month off, so if the chapter doesn't release before then, it'll probably release in December or January.
Through the Waves:
I felt that the current introduction to the demo was a bit jarring. I plan to change the Prologue to just include a short scene of the MC a few weeks after finding out their parents died and finding an advertisement for Blue Mist Island. I'll then just add the current prologue to chapter one, so the current demo will just be one whole chapter.
Other than that, there will be no further edits to the current Through the Waves demo, it's fine as is. I'll be able to start on chapter two as soon as chapter four for Aquarii is done.
I'll do my best to update you all more on major events and progress. I apologize again for my absence, but rest assured, I am alive and relatively okay. Thank you to those who stuck around. I really appreciate your support, and hopefully you'll hear from me again soon!
This account will be more personal, I'll be posting more about life events, and really anything else that I don't want to spam my main blogs with, so you'll be able to know how writing is going and if I'm taking a short break or not. I thought it would be nice for you all to have a way of knowing what's going on in my life and how it may affect my writing. Though, I'll still post an announcement on tumblr if I need to go on a long break!
I should also mention that since it's a personal account, I may post things outside of writing, which could include politics. If you don't want to see that, you can opt for checking in every once in a while just to see how writing is going for both of my IFs.
Other than that, feel free to follow if you're interested. I thought it was a nice and easy way for me to stay up to date with you all! ❤️
The prologue and chapter one for Through the Waves is out now on Itch!
In this chapter, you will-
Step into your new home.
Learn about the elusive island of Blue Mist
Hike a volcano
Find a strange bracelet...
Meet all of the human ROs, as well as one mermaid RO.
Important Links-
I tried my best to squash as many bugs as I could, but I am not perfect. Please visit this google form if you find a bug. You can also send an ask if you'd prefer.
IMPORTANT: Bug fixing might be slower than usual. I've got a busy week ahead of me, sorry everyone :<
