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Your daily Love & Deepspace Delulu! Hop on! Cheri 🍒 - she/her - on earth - I think in lyrics 🎶 - not a writer, just a mess🤌🏼🥀 -

[cherimoyatea]

Hello there, nice to meet you!

This blog is my personal space to ramble about anything related to my ongoing obsession with Infolds, Love and Deepspace and to keep my main blog organized.

I hopped on my train to Delulutown around February, during the Valentine's event, and have been playing every single day since then.

Rafayel is my main LI so I will invest in his cards during the events but occasionally go for the other LI's cards as well ✨

Let's connect and stay nice!

Cheri 🍒

❧ Fanfic's:

Mini-Series:

LaDs Men healing your inner child:

❧ Part I - Xavier - One bite away... ❧ Part II - Rafayel - Tears and Tenderness ❧ Part III - Zayne - Healing Hearts ❧ Part IV - Sylus - Tight Treads

Stories:

❧ Rafayel - Can't stop loving you ❧ Rafayel - Hidden Glow ❧ Rafayel - Midnights ❧ Rafayel - Double Trouble ❧ Rafayel - Eternal Bond ❧ Rafayel - Beyond the Tides ❧ Sylus - Private Surprise

Headcanons:

❧ LaDs men as friends - Shared house edition

❧ Tags:

Blogging, ramblings, general info - #blogcheri🍒 Reblogging - #reblogcheri🍒 Askbox - #askcheri🍒 Fanfics, headcanons - #writercheri🍒 Edits, memes - #editcheri🍒 Gifs - #gifcheri 🍒 In-Game snapshots / recordings - #snapcheri🍒 Requests via ask - #requestcheri🍒

Dividers by Saradika@Tumblr // Banners & Edits by me.

This post was updated on Feburary 27th, 2025

[writingdose]

things I won’t let ai take away from human writers

em dash

“not x, not y, but z”

short sentence stacking as a stylistic choice

none of these belong to ai. these are all what human writers have been writing since day one, way before ai was invented. ai was trained to mimic how human writers write — so em dash, not x not y but z and short sentence stacking would never have been used by ai at all if ai hadn’t learned and mimicked them from human writers.

no, you are not “fighting against ai” by accusing every work that has em dash, not x not y but z or short sentence stacking in it as ai-generated, you are helping ai harm the writing community by engaging in witch hunt and scaring human writers away from creating/sharing their works for fear of being wrongly accused of using ai.

speculations, accusations and ai witch hunt harm the writing community as much as ai does, if not more.

[cherimoyatea]

^ This!

Reason 7572 why all of those ai detectors are unreliable and witch hunts need to stop smh

[qintten]

rafayel nuzzles ━ ✧ ₊˚ 🐟

f!mc and m!mc versions f2u with or without cred fine, enjoy! (˶˃ ∇ ˂˶)

sylus ver ♡ other LIs soon!

[irandial]

These were just posted in TwT. 💖

The air thick with tension, mist forming—softly wrapping around him...

As the haze between you two drifts away, his figure slowly comes into view—

(A little gif that revealed each boy, I screenshotted them🥰)

[mayyari]

rafayel’s talent for aurafarming in hoods should be studied

[cherimoyatea]

I mean, he looks good in anything, but the hoods!? A whole other level 😍

[sylure]

WHOEVER HAS RAFAYEL'S MYTH NEEDS TO USE THESE TEMPLATES PLEAASEEEE I BEG

[crimson--soul]

💜 Rafayel’s Bengali Bride 🇮🇳

.˙ֶָ֢ 𑁍 ֶֶָ֢֢˙. From left to right —

• Temple

• আলপনা (Alpona)

• Durga idol, built in a Rajbari altar

• Bengali cuisine

• Rajnigandha hairdo, Gold, আলতা (Alta)

• Ritual gifts in Bengali wedding

• Bay of Bengal sea

• Bengali literature

Each wedding gift has it’s own meaning.

⊱ The pair of রুই (Rohu) symbolizes abundance, prosperity, good fortune, fertility, and a blessed start to a new life. It is decorated on a তত্ত্ব (Totto; gift platter), which signifies welcoming of the bride as Goddess Lokkhi (goddess of marriage and wealth) into her new home.

⊱ Although সন্দেশ (Shondesh) is often crafted into playful shapes and sizes for wedding gift Tottos, it’s history carries a far grimmer note. During colonial times in Bengal, these sweets served as covert messengers among revolutionaries. Freedom fighters would use boxes full of confections to pass along hidden information, often concealed beneath the sweets themselves. It is from this role that this delicacy made from ছানা (Chhana; milk curdle) derived it’s name ‘Shondesh’, meaning ‘message’ in Bengali.

Perhaps, these beautiful Shondesh offerings find their place among wedding gifts as a quiet remembrance of the blood Bengalis shed. To preserve our language, culture, and our lands. 🤍

I’m certain Rafayel would delight in our sea, literature, and in a cuisine so rich with fish and seafood. (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

[Players celebrated “Rafayel Cultures Day” on X, and I had the pleasure of contributing. So I thought I would share it here as well. 💜]

[cherimoyatea]

Beautiful 🩷✨

[farspacedreamer]

A heads up from Twitter:

⚠️CN girls are advising the rest of the global lads server to not upload any parts of the card, ESPECIALLY THE KINDLED SCENES.⚠️

Seeing as this banner is definitely going to be steps bolder than Nightly Rendezvous, the minute you pull all the cards you want, immediately screen record them and keep those to yourselves. Share it with your mutuals the old fashioned way through DMs if needed but please do not upload the uncensored kindled parts to social media. There are incels who will use this as an excuse to get this content reported and censorship to be even tighter on this game, if it already hasn’t with the fact that even the abstract word animations and stick figures have already gotten striked with sensitive content warnings.

Tumblr is no stranger to this behavior either. After the nsfw purge of 2018, I’ve seen people I follow and mutuals get hit with sensitive content warnings on things posted or even reblogged. It’s understandable that the lads fandom has their own differences and opinions and that’s fine. But for the sake of getting the chance to see more future content like this, I just hope everyone can agree on this one thing.

(I don’t want to start any discourse either, it’s just a reminder before the multibanner is unlocked for the NA and EU servers.)

[cherimoyatea]

^ This!

I feel like there'll be leaks and recordings anyway, but please let's try not to spread them and risk losing spicier content for future banners.

[gureshinlover]

LaDS Official Commissioned Art (2024)

These were commissioned by Papergames for the "Veiled Whispers" banner, from artist MOONJ触月月 (weibo). Here's the link to the artist's post.

[cherimoyatea]

WAIT A MINUTE!

This is NOT JUST WATER Rafayels scooping up right!? RIGHT!?

It's MC's HOLY WATER!! AAAAAHHH that little kinky fishy- 💦

[irandial]

LaDs Story:

The Gem of his Heart

Pairing: ZhaolePrince!Rafayel x Scholar!Reader

Content: continuation of „Carved Gemheart“, fluff fluff fluff aaaand fluff and humor, established relationship, first kiss, confessions, marriage proposal, a teensy weensy bit suggestive, reader is - like in the card - pretty oblivious

Word count: ~ 2400 words

Author‘s note: I yielded to His Highness persistence 😔 This scenario was stuck in my brain for so long g and I finally decided to get it out of my System after I rewatched the card 🫣 and here we are. *sighs* the things this man makes me do … anyway, don‘t expect too much historical accuracy, it‘s just for fun and giggles.

Thanks to @dat-silvers-girl and her little crash course in Chinese Imperial matters, this also got a little longer than originally planned. I got a cute idea I wanted to add due to her knowledge. And this time she really had a hard time helping me entangle the spaghetti of words 😔 Thank you, Queen! 💖

Masterlist

The gentle afternoon sun veils the lush meadows in golden hues, as a soft breeze sways the carpet of grass slowly. Zhaole is bathed in spring, and you enjoy a rare lazy day with Rafayel, the Imperial Prince of this region. And your lover since you both confessed to each other in Yunshao’s capital.

Your back lays against his warm chest, and your fingers are busy eating the local delicacies that you both brought along to the picnic. His Highness‘ long legs are spread beside your own, and his elegant hands rest in the middle of your belly, dressed in the expensive robes he was more than happy to provide for you. It’s cozy in this little corner, secluded with big rocks on two sides and open in front to your straying view. Rafayel’s body delivers enough warmth to make you a bit drowsy as you feed him the sweets occasionally.

You’ve been together for some months now, after you returned to his side, and you can’t imagine being anywhere else for any longer.

But it is a romantic delusion, since an Imperial Prince has to marry a noble woman one day. As a palace scholar, you know this. And it’s a permanent stone that resides heavy in your chest. But not today. In this very beautiful moment, Rafayel is yours alone, and you quickly discard the ugly feeling, that one day your heart will be broken.

“Share your thoughts with me?” he asks, with a relaxed voice and free of any care in the world. Something only you are allowed to witness in his life, restricted by protocols, regional politics and demands from the Emperor.

You turn your head slightly to meet his curious gaze, the mesmerizing blue and pink of Rafayel’s eyes filled with attentive tenderness.

“It’s nothing. I was simply enjoying the view.“ you smile, trying not to let your heavy thoughts ruin the moment here with him.

Your Prince only hums before nuzzling his nose into your carefully crafted hair. One of the luxuries you indulge in since you decided to be by his side. Rafayel’s arms, covered in the wide hems of his royal robes, tighten around your waist.

“Remember what I said back in Yunshao? I want to know every thought, and the exact moment you fell in love with me.” His voice sounds dreamy and tender in the complicated composition of your undone hair.

Now it’s your turn to hum. Of course, you remember, how could you forget?

“Tell me… please?” Eyes the color of the sunset lock on you, eager to hear everything you have to say.

There’s no way you can deny your prince anything, but it’s embarrassing. And it’s something that actually bothered you for the last few months now.

“I think…” you start, still hesitating, but his curious gaze soothes your timidity. “… it was that one summer. You stayed by my side because I didn’t want to let you go. And it was the most precious time of my life. I guess that’s when I realized, that you mean more to me than just a usual good friend. But I was too scared to admit it, or even got my hopes up that these feeling would have a future.”

Rafayel’s eyes go round, his expression turns into one of adorable puzzlement. “But… why?”

“Is it so strange?” Mumbling back you add, “You’re an Imperial Prince. How could I — a simple scholar — hope, or even dare to catch your attention?”

That makes his unique eyes soften, as Rafayel’s gaze sweeps over your features with adoration. “How could I not? After all, you’re my little precious stone.”

He smiles tenderly, two long fingers grazing the side of your face with utmost care. He’s so close now, that your breaths mingle together, and your heart starts beating frantically in your chest. Heat burns your face, and met with sudden shyness, you let your gaze drift down. Feeling nervous, you play with the hem of your robes.

“I also want to tell you something…” Rafayel states as he eases back, and your eyes snap to his handsome face again. You notice a little pout on his plush lips. But you’re not sure why, so you simply respond to his words.

“What is it?”

Still sulking, he cradles on of your hands in a gentle grip. With reverence, little pecks are placed on your knuckles. “You never asked what favor I got from the Emperor for gifting him the Ice Soulpearl.” His sunset eyes lock on you, now observing and determined to catch your every move.

You huff. Why does Rafayel bring this up now? But you answer regardless. “I think it will be something that benefits the Prince of Zhaole.” A polite response. Not that this has troubled you since back then, but you never dared to ask him. The royal affairs are not your business, mostly. And you try to keep yourself far away from the intrigues and strategic mind games the Imperial court entertains themselves with.

An amused little smile appears on Rafayel’s face, and a soft chuckle escapes his throat. “Something that benefits me indeed.” You catch a familiar hint of mischief as he continues. “I asked His Majesty the favor to choose freely the woman that will become the Princess of Zhaole. Since I already have someone in mind.”

Your blood runs cold.

The Princess of Zhaole… His bride.

And his future wife.

Oh.

The moment you feared most is here. Your heart seemingly stops beating, and you forget to breathe.

You’re not ready to part from him already. It had only been a few months with him. You thought you’ll have a few years with the man you love fiercely — at least one or two, before the Emperor demands that the Prince marries one of the noble women of the Imperial court.

Your fingers in his hold tremble as Rafayel’s gaze turns even more amused.

Why is he grinning like you just told him the most funny joke? And he already has woman in mind?

To say your thoughts are spiraling now is an understatement. You’re panicking.

But you have no right to. He is an Imperial Prince. Of course, he knows which princess he wants to marry. Someone like him leaves nothing to chance.

The dread that now settles over you and is suffocating — as if the surrounding air has been drained away. The afternoon sun feels like it is mocking you now.

Why did you think this would continue for so long? Rafayel is royalty, after all. An Imperial Prince. Even though he never acted like that towards you, he still has a role to fulfill and expectations to meet.

“… s- someone in mind…?” You croak with a tight throat and a dry mouth. Who could it be? You would rather know now, so that you can erase your fantasies of both of you together from your brain as fast as possible. All while your heart silently cracks into tiny little pieces inside the cage of your ribs.

Rafayel still smiles, seemingly pleased with your reaction “Yes, of course.” He answers, with a smug tone. “She’s in my heart. So I’d choose only her.”

Now the shattering of your broken heart overrules every other sound, and the rush of anxiety makes everything else vanish. The urge to cover your ears is so strong, that you literally try to retreat from his gentle hold. But Rafayel doesn’t let you escape. Instead, you are pulled even closer. His other hand finds its place in the curve of your waist, and the strong arm holds you close to his chest.

Your entire vision is filled with his handsome face and the shining blue and pink of his eyes that now glisten with pure joy. His full lips form a satisfied beaming smile. “I never want to part ways with my little stone. So I asked His Majesty the permission to marry you.”

Everything stills.

The earth stops for a second before it continues with a little jerk. And so does your heart that now threatened to stumble upon itself while finding a steady rhythm to beat again.

“Me…?” You mutter, your mind having a hard time processing Rafayel‘s words. Staring at him with disbelief, you wait for him to tease you, or to laugh at your guileless behavior. But surely, you should know him better. He would never do anything like that to you.

“Of course, but only if she is ready to marry me too…” Suddenly a rosy hue creeps over his cheeks, revealing that he’s the anxious one now. “Do you want to?” His gaze is fixed on you, shy and careful, but his hands still hold you firmly. There’s no chance for you to escape his possessive grasp. His strength is trapping you against him.

Your captured limb now finds its place on his cheek, and he nuzzles into it, closing the eyes in delight. Seeking your warmth and an answer to his question, Rafayel’s gaze returns to you after a flutter of his lashes.

Of course, you’d love to marry him! But one thought pops up that makes you hesitate to give him an answer.

What if Rafayel becomes the Crown Prince? What if he becomes the Emperor one day? As ruler and holder of the royal bloodline, he would have the right to gather a harem of beautiful noble women. He wouldn’t belong to you alone anymore. Would you be able to shoulder this specific burden?

The man in your heart still looks at you, observing you, and waiting for you to give him the answer he so desperately seeks. Your throat is tight once more, but he deserves to know what you’re thinking. And didn’t he insist on learning every one of your thoughts?

So you stare at your hand in his palm. “Would I be the only one?” You whisper, nearly inaudible over the soft winds of the grasslands. “If one day, you become His Majesty’s successor, would you keep me as your only consort? Or will I become a concubine among others?”

You nearly regret making your thoughts known, as you watch Rafayel’s eyes darken and his elegant brows furrow. “Of course you’d be the only one!” He huffs out. The disbelief he feels is audible in his gasp that follows. “My most treasured gem! How can you even think about this?!“ Now he’s clearly sulking, and a giant pout is decorating his face, turning the rosy lips adorably plush. “As if any other woman ever carved a place in my heart.” Now his hands let go of you, to cross his arms in an expression of greater defiance. “You wound me!” A quick side glance, to make sure you’re still looking. “I demand compensation for this insult.”

A tiny lift of the corner of his lips betrays his true intentions, and you try not to giggle. You might be clueless most of the time, but there’s one thing you learned about your Prince — He’s a dramatic one. So you decide to play along for once.

“Oh, please, may I have the forgiveness of His Highness?” You plead in an exasperated tone, pressing your palm on the spot above your heart. “How can I redeem your favor, oh beloved Prince of mine?”

Rafayel turns to you again, and takes your hand in his once more. His sunset eyes are round and soft once more. “Agree to be by my side now and for evermore, as my friend, my lover, my princess, and maybe my Empress if that time comes. The ONLY one.” He emphasizes with a grin and a peck on your knuckles.

There’s an army of butterflies that rises from the bottom of your belly, conquering your chest and fluttering around in your whole body. “Yes! Yes!” You whisper-scream, your voice incapable of being any more collected due to the intense joy of the moment.

And that joy is mirrored in Rafayel’s eyes, the blue, and pink bursting with adoration, relief and so much love.

You sling your arms around his neck, embracing his tall form with your smaller body. And the force of it slams his back against the rock that supported him earlier.

When you release Rafayel, his shining eyes are already on you. You’re still grinning like a madwoman as he captures your chin with two of his fingers, lifting it up without any resistance. “Then…” A hoarse whisper as his mouth, drawn into a soft smile, drift closer to yours “… Let us seal this.” Blue and pink mix with the black of Rafayel’s pupils, hypnotizing in its intensity. His beautiful lips are now only a hair’s breadth away “A promise everlasting.” One last gaze roams your now heated face and the remaining gap is closed with a warm sighing breath.

Soft lips press carefully over yours, and you melt into him, as your own eyes flutter shut. You didn’t know you wanted this so badly until now. And out of your own volition, you push closer against his body and your hands tangle into the lush, long strands of his violet hair.

A strangled sound is heard, before his lips start to move slowly, guiding you in a sensual dance with him.

The warmth of his kiss is filling your entire mind, and it feels like your whole body is heating up.

The butterflies go wild in your innermost core, and you part your mouth in an attempt to gather some air. But your lips are instantly caught by Rafayel’s again, and his tongue pokes at your bottom one. Surprised, you freeze, until an amused little chuckle from your Prince makes your eyes fly open and retreat from his closeness.

A dazed sunset gaze turns into a fond one, before he speaks and caresses your cheek with his fingers in a gentle motion. “My precious little stone… So rare and undiscovered. And all mine.”

Saying so, he guides you softly into another breathtaking kiss. And as his tongue touches your bottom lip again, this time you greet it with your own. The result is an appreciative hum, before your Prince starts to devour you whole.

His future bride, and the most treasured Gem of his heart.

Mention List: @homurasturtle - @ladyparamount - @deepspacenova - @shypotatoes013-blog - @thekingswin - @jean4life - @yourfriendlypyrovampire - @aliyahlovesgermanrap

[homurasturtle]

"my friend, my lover, my princess, and maybe my Empress...

The ONLY one."

FISHIE- You are occupying our every thought you are the only one in our heart.

[cherimoyatea]

Saving for later 🩷

[irandial]

Not Infold posting Stick figures of the kindled scene for global 😭😭😭🤣🤣

I‘m crying 🤣🤣😭😭

[cherimoyatea]

Infold: "Nah, fuck that shit, we're going with stick figures!!" 😂😂😂

Hahaha, I love Infold for this! If this isn't peak creativity to dodge censorship, I don't know what it is 😂

[cherimoyatea]

Wait! Did YouTube actually ban the Tomorrow's Catch Trailer for nudity/sexual explicit content?! Because when I opened the notification on my phone, the video wasn't available anymore 🤣

It's online again but Infold really is testing their limits 💀

[cherimoyatea]

Throwback to when the PV for TC-22 got flagged by YouTube and wasn't available at first.

Now imagine Infold desperately trying to upload Lingering Lust for hours while censoring the LIs with even more steam.

I'm sat! 😂🍿

[cherimoyatea]

Regular x Memory growth outfits ✨

[cherimoyatea]

Still no PV but at least they released the teaser trailers and event cards now 👀💦

[cherimoyatea]

Okay… so like 9 out of 10 times I'm glad I don't have an X account, but with the current leaks going around, I couldn't resist and ended up watching Gacha Goblin's video on YouTube (who kindly summarized everything), and HOLY GUACAMOLE!! The way my jaw dropped!!

Even with all the steam censoring the scenes, those moans definitely left a lingering something in the south!!

I can only imagine Infold working overtime right now to drop the PV within the next few hours instead of releasing it tomorrow. Still not over the fact that the CN girlies basically bullied Infold into doing this 😂

[irandial]

Rafayel‘s Card…

Lingering Lust 😳