You guys know what time it is... Cy has a new story and it’s time to introduce you all to it. (This story will be written in Twine, so bare with me if all the things offered are not immediately available, given it’s a new coding language I’m still learning!)
Welcome... to Ashwick.
The Blurb:
10 years ago, my grandmother passed away and left me her home in my home town of Ashwick. I finally decided to move back after living so many years away, needing something new in my stagnating life. And, Ashwick has delivered… but maybe not in the way I imagined.
Within a month of my return, strange disappearances began in the ash wood forest surrounding the town, from the normal humans who live here to some of the older supernaturals. The strangest part: they eventually reappear, for the most part, but… different. Most of the lost come out confused with torn clothing and little else on them. Others act similarly, but lash out when approached. In the three months I've been back home, it's steadily worsened until even my friend Madeleine ended up as one of the missing… and returned.
I've decided to try to figure out what's going on, and why it all seems coincidental to me returning, strange newcomers in town… and finding some strange relics left in my grandmother's home.
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In Ashwick, you’ll be playing the heir to the Nash family, one of the original families to settle the town. After being away most of your life and only visiting in the summers up until your grandmother passed, it’s taking some getting used to... restarting your life, the strangeness of the Ashwick Forest, and the happenings of the town itself.
There will be many different options as far as who your Nash is (from your pronouns to your gender, sexuality, race, and even down to how you decorate your home), which secondary plotline(s) you’ll chase after when your investigation into the forest hits road blocks, and maybe you’ll even pull in someone other than your friend Ariel to face the strange occurrences in Ashwick with...
Demo: In progress
A few things to look forward to in Ashwick:
- Pronoun options (Will figure out how to do the options to input your pronouns as well!)
- Gender options
- Sexuality options (Including being on the asexual scale, and sex scenes never need to be taken nor do you have to read them, there will be a fade-to-black option always available)
- 5 races to play as: Wix/Witch/Warlock; part Mer Siren; Human, with magical proficiencies or Human, no magical talent; Shapeshifter; turning Vampire
- 6 Romance options, though two have dependencies (one is hidden, one needs a specific path to be chosen, will post full guides!)
- Choices for your first name, mother’s name, house decoration/color/material, four jobs to have (for now), and many, many others!
- The town of Ashwick has a heavy mixing of supernaturals and humans, and thus you may run into some very interesting characters around town
- A world mixed with modern technology and magic, plus the use of magic in some instances over technology
- Each race will have at least one skill you can hone, plus at least 1-2 other optional skills to use instead (these will change how some scenes can be played out)
- More to come and be added!
Let me introduce you guys to the romances (though one I cannot, as that is a most definitely hidden romance):
Luciana/Lucien Soto: Soto showed up in Ashwick around a month ago, and has mostly kept to themself... probably for the best, as your few interactions with them have not been the most pleasant, given Soto tends to give off a certain air of ‘fuck around and find out’ and a little ‘I’ll beat you with your own spine’.
- Tall, hot, goth. luciana can absolutely be your big tibby hot goth gf
- Many piercings and tattoos. Like, many
- Half-shadow demon, and it really shows
- Appears to be in their early thirties. Raven black hair that’s long on top with a V in the back, shaved on all sides. Light brown eyes with golden flecks and hooded lids. Golden olive skin. 6′4/193 cm. Their tattoos cover from hands, arms, neck, upper chest, back, and hips to upper thighs. Piercings: Bridge, septum, both sides of nose, 3 cartilage on both sides, left brow.
- Base gender is Lucien, both are gender non-conforming and do not feel they are of any particular gender, they just use the pronouns they were raised with.
- Puts the ‘sexual’ in bisexual
Junior Detective Hazel/Hayden Knightly: Junior Detective Knightly came to Ashwick about a year before you did, as they transferred from another city to Ashwick for the Junior Detective opening. They tend to be very logical in thinking, allowing them to easily flourish in when conducting investigations, however they struggle with emotions and understanding other’s emotions and social cues.
- Was a guardsman for three years before transferring to Ashwick. Spent another year there doing police academy, training, and finally getting to the position they’re in now.
- the Ashwick Forest disappearances is their first major case
- They’re a Justice Siren, and unfortunately, that also really shows
- They have no family other than a cousin who’s pretty much like a sibling to them.
- Looks their age, so around mid twenties. Incredibly curly, smokey-rose colored hair. Hazel keeps hers in a fluffy bob while Hayden’s is in an asym bob, both styles leave their long, angular ears out for seeing. Blue-green eyes with very little sclera. Fair-skinned with lots of freckles and little moles. 5′10/178cm. Has earlobes pierced, usually with dangly earrings or just studs, if working.
- Base gender is Hazel, both are cis... probably. Might be bordering demi-girl/demi-boy as they prefer to just exist.
- Demisexual and confused, always
Ariel Cavill: Your friend from all those summers with your grandmother, and you two quickly fell into a fast friendship again when you moved back to Ashwick. Ariel is a very bubbly, sweet person with a playful streak, and she likes to drag you along for the ride... even if you may want to do anything but get into her sometimes borderline hazardous plans.
- Sees Nash as either friend-shaped or heart-shaped, no questions asked.
- She has an ongoing battle to figure out how to do a seashell bikini and make it work... still has not figured it out.
- Ariel is a Merling, and has some issues living mostly on land because of that.
- She’s 24 and looks her age. She has long, straight, black hair that’s usually kept in a braid. Her eyes are dark green and the amount of sclera visible changes depending on if she’s in water or on land. Has dark blue-purple skin, and when in water, her fingers and toes become longer and webbed like makeshift fins, and her dorsal fin is visible. This is also when her scales become visible, and they are dark blue and iridescent, and will cover her hands, feet, most of her legs and arms, around her gills, and in sparse patches around her body. Her ears are fin-like and have a small flap that seals them when in water. 5′8/172cm
- Is a trans woman, and has opted to get gender-affirming magic and surgery done.
- Nash-sexual
Moth: Moth is, well, Moth. They’re incredibly hyper, spontaneous, and, well, you never know what’s going to happen once they’re involved. Just hope you aren’t on the receiving end to anything they and Ariel get up to.
- You know how people say kids bounce off the wall from sugar? Yeah, well, Moth will literally do that after about their third or fourth energy drink of the day.
- Moth works at the Ashwick Fliks, and takes their job of keeping films, including older ones, cared for and safe.
- They are an air elemental with some shapeshifting capabilities. As such, they were not quite “born” and will lack a belly button.
- They look to be in their early twenties. They have silvery hair that’s kept in a very messy, wavy bob. Their eyes are purplish-red and upturned and with a large pupil. You’ll often find them trying out new makeup looks, some of which are... a little more eccentric. Sandy, tan skin. 4′11/150cm.
- Moth is known for saying they have ‘all the genders, every single one’. At a push, they identify as queer. Usually prefer they/them, but will sometimes switch it up depending on their mood/look.
- See the above to see how they also feel about sexuality.
(Dependent) Esmerelda (Esme)/Etienne Beausoleil: The backgrounds for Esme and Etienne are a little different, but they both end up the same: they both have a lame leg, and because of that, they became more of a nurse or medic, trying to help those suffering during the TB crisis... until they eventually caught it themselves, and passed in their favorite home in Ashwick. Now, in their... unlife? New life? E is trying to understand the modern world from an 18th century southern Frenchman’s point of view... though it’s a rather slow-going process.
- E’s family at one point owned many different homes in many places, and the one in Ashwick was always their favorite... may have something to do with the fact only a few families lived there, including the early Nash’s.
- E was entirely human before, and did not know anything of the supernatural world until their rebirth. Now, they are a wraith, and one with no real idea of their abilities, at that.
- E still has their limp, though it’s less bothersome now.
- E looks to be in their late thirties. They have dark olive skin with a large birthmark on their right jaw. They have dark brown hair with large curls. Esme’s is nearly to her waist, while Etienne’s is just a mop of curls going to nearly his shoulders. Their eyes are gray-green and almond shaped, though they tend to have a faraway look. They have a few scars from attempted treatments, and a strange arcanic symbol on the back of their neck. 5′9/175cm
The sixth RO’s information will be added to this... eventually.
Can I ask what’s the story behind the name Bottlecap Rabbit Games? I really like it’s unique but it also got me interested haha
Hi!! I reckon at least a few people think it's a bit funny, so I'm more than happy to answer!
So, the bottlecap part comes from my love of collecting bottlecaps, and also my love for Fallout! Bottlecaps are just one of the little things that give me the Serotonin
The rabbit part comes from a few reasons, same as the bottlecap part! I was born in the year of the rabbit, and my favorite animal is rabbits, and for nearly the entirety of my online existence, my names have had something involving bunnies or rabbits!
So, when I set out to think of a name unique to myself and away from GSS, I wanted to use the things that would both stand out and were my favorite things: so, Bottlecap Rabbit Games was born, and if you notice, the PFPs I use are either rabbits/rabbit heads on bottlecaps!
In case you aren't aware, I do have an official discord server AND I'm doing polls (pretty daily, sometimes every other day) that will give you little sneak peeks into what I may be writing at the time (and it decides what I write next!)!
There are also spoilery snippets posted semi regularly!
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