Your dad has always said you swim as if your were born to be in the water; the rest of your family has always said that he is the whole reason you turned out like that.
So, it's not really a surprise when you had used all the money you got for your 7th birthday to buy a surfboard. And even less of a surprise when you started joining small surf competitions by the time you were 10, later followed by bigger competitions.
It seems you are the only one surprised when it turns out you're able to compete in the World Surfer's League's Ultimate Tournament Tour*.
Thrown into a mix of fellow surfing prodigies, rookies, and pros, do you really have what it takes to win?
RIPTIDE is a 16+ slice-of-life interactive fiction that includes optional sexual content, alcohol and drug use, coarse language, mentions of death of a parent, and dysfunctional families.
pinterest intros
customize your character, from gender, (including transgender options) pronouns, personality, physical appearance, clothing style, dynamics, public persona, and more.
decide what your strengths and weaknesses are as a surfer and choose from.
romance one of four romantic options - your best friend's brother, your childhood friend, your ex, or your fellow competitor, along with three polyamorous options and flings.
compete in an international surfing competition and see how you fare against your fellow surfers.
learn how to balance family, romance, and surfing; or don't, and suffer the consequences.
Arlo Song [male, he/him], your best friend’s twin brother.
Reliable and patient, Arlo is the poster child for the 'boy next door' trope. Arlo, despite living in Hawai'i since he was 13, has never been one for beaches or sports, choosing to spend his day in an art studio rather than on the beach, unlike most of the people he knows, including his twin sister; Aria. He's always kept you at arms length for reasons you aren't quite sure about.
Hilo Kalua Mahoe [nonbinary, they/them], your childhood best friend.
Apathetic and reserved, Hilo has been by your side since before you can remember (though your family has many pictures to prove this). Hilo is your exceptionally talented unofficial-official photographer, has been for years, and is accompanying you on the UTT. Ever since you were kids you’ve been hearing comments that Hilo is prickly or mean, but they’re never like that with you.
Elijah/Elaine Lee Ferguson [gender selectable], your rockstar ex.
Impulsive and (seemingly) confident E, more commonly known as ‘Lee Rex’ on stage and just Lee to their friends, is exactly what one would expect out of a rockstar. Your meeting with Lee was purely by coincidence, during their US tour, a show that a couple of your friends dragged you to— though if you knew that know you probably wouldn’t have agreed to go. Whatever Lee was like as your partner is long gone now; evident by all the photos they’ve posted making out with someone on their Instagram story.
Noemia/Nikita Azevedo [gender selectable], your wildcard competitor.
Charismatic and arrogant, N has already made a name for themselves in the surfing community. After placing in the final five in the last UTT, they’ve been chosen as a wildcard this time around. Really, you don’t know all that much about N, considering you’ve never even met them, but from your limited research (e.g: watching interviews on YouTube) you can tell they’re.. a bit of a flirt. It’s hard to tell if a facade or not; but you don’t really want to find out, either.
take ur time bb real life comes first!! with that being said tho... what are each of the ro's "spirit animals" or animals u think represent them?
thank u!! this is very sweet burnout hits hard!
Little announcement but i renamed N! New name is kori i am going to update intros n pinned posts soon!! It annoyed me that they were the only character going by a letter. loll
Onto the ask!
Arlo is a kodiak bear!! Non-confrontational guy that likes his alone time (to an extent)
Lee is a parrot. Annoying and loud
Kori is a sea lion! Social smart and playful
Hilo is a fox. Sharp and clever
No one asked but using this to also talk abt the side characters somewhat. Aria is a bunny,
hello. This blog almost has 1k n i hve given like nothing so my apologies. I have been doing things tho!! Recently the program i use like randomly deleted some of my outline so that unmotivated me but! I have been writing. The demo (not promising a date anymore sorry loll) will probably be prologue and chap 1 just so i can write as much. But!! Feel free to send asks as well! Or any ask games whatever. This kf is not dead I am too invested🫡
hello. This blog almost has 1k n i hve given like nothing so my apologies. I have been doing things tho!! Recently the program i use like randomly deleted some of my outline so that unmotivated me but! I have been writing. The demo (not promising a date anymore sorry loll) will probably be prologue and chap 1 just so i can write as much. But!! Feel free to send asks as well! Or any ask games whatever. This kf is not dead I am too invested🫡
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Honestly kinda laughing imagining all of mc’s family and friends being supportive about the Hilo half of the leelo poly but not the lee half
Imagine ur pseudo sibling n their ex breakup and u shit talk them for like 4 months and then theycome back from an international competition dating their ex and their childhood best friend. wild
don’t be afraid to make a character dislikable, it gives stories flavor !!
character i was talking abt isnt even dislikeable imo!! i do have plenty of dislikeable characters in riptide but i think character i talked abt its more their Role if that makes sense. sorry being purposely vague but thank u 4 the encouragement also tho ^_^
I have been stressing over u guys not liking a certain side character when they get introduced but then I realize how they’re introduced MC the character wouldn’t like them if they’re normal. alas only I know each characters body and soul
How competitive would you say each RO are in general? Like which ones should you never play a game with because they take it too seriously
from most to least.. hmm.. hilo —> lee —> n —> arlo
HILO is extremely competitive in literally everything they do. i wouldn’t say hilo is like prideful but they’re very confident. the type to find out someone they don’t like is good at something n picks in up to be better than them. they had a one sided rivalry w/ aria over who was a better friend to MC from like ages 12-14. do not play a game w/ them unless ur partners
LEE isn’t immediately competitive but they’re competitive as soon as in they’re in last place LMAO. in board games they will blatantly cheat if the others arent paying attention. surprisingly they’re less competitive music-wise, they wld rather just share music than worry abt popularity charts n such
N might be a little shocking lol. though they do surf competitively they aren’t all that worried about scoring first place every time. they’d rather place like sixth knowing they tried their best than overwork themselves over placing higher. they do get a little competitive over like silly games like. that corn hole game
ARLO really isn’t competitive at all! he isn’t very confident but he’s sure of himself. he knows what he’s good at while also knowing others are probably better. playing games w/ family n friends and such he doesn’t really care
Ok I know mc’s dad and Hilo are joining them for the tour but are there any other friends or family that will be joining mc?
aria is! aria hilo & mc r like a buy one get two free deal. mc’s cousins + aunt and uncle can’t sue to normal obligations lol. freddie is mc’s coach, hilo’s their photographer and aria is unemployed so thats why theyre going. mc’s family r 100% tuning in to watch on tv (^_^
mc’s family will make cameos via texts and calls tho. and when the hawaii comp happens!!
