Mother Of Lies

chelly. she/her. 27

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{DEMO — including all text a small 8945K if you want to see some of the story. If u send me any bug asks in I will fix them} - will move progress updates to bottom.

MOTHER OF LIES — {IF WIP}

Ten years ago, you fled Larkspur carrying a secret no one could ever know.

Now a job offer has brought you home.

To the town that never forgot you.

To the first love you left behind.

To the family powerful enough to destroy everything you’ve built.

As a single parent and lifelong survivor, you’ll decide what matters more: protecting the life you’ve built, or uncovering the truth about the one you left behind.

✦ Single mother MC (can pick female/NB)

✦ currently two gender-selectable romances. one locked gender.

Content Warnings: Foster care trauma, emotional abuse, coercion, pregnancy and parenthood, death and grief, missing persons, murder, corruption, stalking, violence, weapons, home invasion, criminal activity, trauma responses, mature themes, and as always morally grey choices. (I want to clarify these will change — I’ve just wrote everything down right now the story could touch on. This is not 100 percent.)

🖤 SOREN MERCER — THE LOVE YOU NEVER GOT OVER

With tightly curled hair on top, neatly shaved sides, and a smile that can disarm almost anyone, Soren Mercer is the golden son of Larkspur’s most feared family.

Loyal, protective, and stubbornly good-hearted, he has spent years trying to prove that a Mercer doesn’t have to become a monster.

🤎 C. HAYES — THE BAKER ☕️

With messy light-brown curls, warm green-gold eyes, and flour usually dusting their clothes, C. Hayes is a familiar face in Larkspur. The owner of the town bakery, they’re known for remembering every customer’s order and always having something fresh waiting on the counter.

Kind, dependable, and quietly stubborn, Hayes has built a simple life for themself—one they’re willing to protect when old secrets begin resurfacing.

“Some people save lives with guns or badges. I just make bread.”

🩶 N. HART — THE MAYOR 👔

With blond hair, striking light eyes, and a smile that makes people believe change is possible, N. Hart is Larkspur’s rising political star.

Honest to a fault, compassionate, and determined to make the town better, they’re the rare kind of person who still believes doing the right thing matters.

Then they hire you.

Because some people are tempted by power.

And some people are tempted by the person willing to break every rule for the people they love.

[ progress ]

UPDATED 6th JUNE 2026 - 7K+ & bug fixes

UPDATED 7th JUNE 2026 - 8945K & small bug fixes including stat page should work & dialogue for the rest of your first half-day at Larkspur

UPDATED 9th June - no extra writing just an extra stat bug fix. Hoping that was the last one.

CURRENTLY JUNE 9th: bug to fix: dialogue: “You're afraid of me" — Prologue line 130 : Non-existent variable 'pc_last' (avoid this option right now & thank you Nonny for letting me know<333)

I’ve wrote all of MCs first day which introduces our lovely Mayor N Hart. I have more day1 to edit and add in more choices.

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🌙 (—❀MOTHER OF LIES INSPO❀—) ☀️

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🌙 AUTHOR ASK - anonymous

Q: Hello author! Can we have some facts about our daughter, Nina? We had her at 17/18 which can easily explain us leaving town. Is Soren the dad?

A: Yes. Soren is the father ! — for players who want his path platonic that will be an option too though!

A few Nina facts without spoiling too much below:

🖤 Nina is ten years old at the start of Mother of Lies. MC and Nina have never lived in once place longer than two years.

🖤 Nina is observant. Much more observant than most adults realise and definitely compared to most children.

🖤 MC is Nina’s bestfriend and mother.

🖤 She loves collecting little facts from all the books she reads.

🖤 Nina loves collecting inanimate objects. She also names everything.

🖤 Nina hates being treated like a child (even though she is) and has an answer for everything.

🖤 She has a habit of stealing MC’s clothes to sleep in when she’s anxious, though she’d deny it if asked.

🖤 Nina takes promises very seriously.

🖤 Her biggest fear isn’t monsters, ghosts, or the dark. It’s waking up one day and finding out she has to leave somewhere she finally started calling home.

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Hi hi!! I’m loving the vibes of this so far!! A couple questions:

What customization options for the MC are there?

Ages of the cast included MC?

That’s all for now! ❤️

Hi lovely thank you for your ask!🥹

MC is a fully customisable female or NB character as of right now, with a ten year old child. (I know it wasn’t asked but I want to make this clear bc it’ll turn readers off.)

So far I have attire, eyes, skin, name, body type, height included but I intend to add more because customisation is fun. Your MC is an executive assistant for the towns mayor so attire will play an important part for flavour 💕

I am always up for further suggestions as well when it comes to what people would love to have customisable.

CAST AGES PRESENT TIME (edited with more cast in the story and love interests)

MC: roughly 27-28 (utp)

Maya Brooks: same age as MC

Nina (MC daughter) 10

Soren Mercer: 28-29

C Hayes: 31

N Reid: 33

Other cast:

Victor Mercer: 74

Damian Mercer: 36

Stella Quinn: 38

Leo Vasquez: 25

Priya Shah: 31

Becca Nguyen: 27

Elliot Flores: 26

Jordan “Jordy” Reyes: 24

Aiden Clarke: 29

Omar Hassan: 55

Ava Bennett: same age as MC

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I love characters who would die for each other but will not, under any circumstances, communicate a single honest feeling.

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(—❀MOTHER OF LIES PLAYLIST❀—)

• The Yawning Grave (by) Lord Hurron

• Matilda (by) Harry Styles

• Bottom of the River (by) Delta Rae

• Bloom (by) The Paper Kites

• From Eden (by) Hozier

• the fruits (by) Paris Paloma

• Run Away to Mars (by) TALK

• Bury a Friend (by) Billie Eilish

• Little Dark Age (by) MGMT

• Season of the Witch (by) Lana Del Rey

• Seven Devils (by) Florence + The Machine

• Devil’s Backbone (by) The Civil Wars

• Youth (by) Daughter

• Liability (by) Lorde

• The View Between Villages (by) Noah Kahan

• Saturn (by) Sleeping at Last

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(—❀CHARACTER ART❀—)

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Hi hi!! I’m loving the vibes of this so far!! A couple questions:

What customization options for the MC are there?

Ages of the cast included MC?

That’s all for now! ❤️

Hi lovely thank you for your ask!🥹

MC is a fully customisable female or NB character as of right now, with a ten year old child. (I know it wasn’t asked but I want to make this clear bc it’ll turn readers off.)

So far I have attire, eyes, skin, name, body type, height included but I intend to add more because customisation is fun. Your MC is an executive assistant for the towns mayor so attire will play an important part for flavour 💕

I am always up for further suggestions as well when it comes to what people would love to have customisable.

CAST AGES PRESENT TIME (edited with more cast in the story and love interests)

MC: roughly 27-28 (utp)

Maya Brooks: same age as MC

Nina (MC daughter) 10

Soren Mercer: 28-29

C Hayes: 31

N Reid: 33

Other cast:

Victor Mercer: 74

Damian Mercer: 36

Stella Quinn: 38

Leo Vasquez: 25

Priya Shah: 31

Becca Nguyen: 27

Elliot Flores: 26

Jordan “Jordy” Reyes: 24

Aiden Clarke: 29

Omar Hassan: 55

Ava Bennett: same age as MC

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(—❀SKIN & EYE PALETTES❀—)