I'm dropping an update for Sieun's date. It adds 52K words of content (including code).
There are three routes for Sieun: male MC, female MC, and the male MC "from the bar."
Players who called Sieun to help with the kids will also get additional content featuring Robin and his mom - it’s short, but it's there :)
The update is long and quite branched, so please report any bugs; some might have slipped through. (I'll get to them as soon as I recover my eyesight after spending so much time in a cave with Sieun)
You can choose to jump straight to the update by using the "SKIP to Chapter 3" option (it's the last one).
Fair warning: there is very explicit sexual content.
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Rayne: Oh gosh guys come on…do we really have to have a debate now?
Lela: *shrugs shoulders* Why not?
Alexander: Look, if we’re all meeting up for one main objective which in this case is to support Rayne, then obviously there will be times when you girls will be having your conversations and we boys will be having ours, but at the end of the day we will all come together and support and cheer on our girl!
Kerry: Sounds fair. It just depends on the situation.
Alexander: Exactly!
Valerie: Hi! Saved by the bell Rayne thought, cause this could’ve went on and on.
Rayne: *standing up to hug Valerie* Hey Valerie…guys this is Valerie, and Valerie this is Alex, Zoe, Lela, Kerry and her little girl Tami! They each gave Valerie a little wave.
Valerie: It’s nice to meet you all!
Zoe: Same here; come, take a seat! Valerie found a spot and sat down with the group.
Proprietor: WELCOME TO SIMFEST! A COMPETITION WHERE… The Proprietor continued to talk until she welcomed the first contestant to the stage.
Rayne had the second to last slot so they had quite a wait as these SimFest’s last for quite a few hours. However, the entertainment was quite good which helped the time to fly by, and before she knew it the host of the SimFest was welcoming her to the stage.
As her song began to play the audience began to bop their heads, which led to moving their arms to eventually moving their whole bodies. Rayne was pleased because this showed that she has a good chance in becoming successful in this town. Everyone applauded as she thanked the audience whilst making her way to her friends; she was eager to find out the results, but there was one more act left.
Host: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I’D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE CONTESTANTS FOR TAKING PART AND I’D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR COMING. AND NOW, THE MOMENT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, THE WINNER OF TODAY’S SIMFEST IS…*long pause* RAYNE!
Rayne jumped for joy as she received pats on her back and a kiss on her cheek from her boyfriend and friends. She walked up on stage with a huge smile on her face as she collected her trophy and thanked everyone once again.
Alexander: Well done babe! He kisses her cheek.
Rayne: Thanks bae.
Kerry: So…*rubs hands together* are we ready to celebrate? Drinks on me!
Lela: Err…are you forgetting something?
Kerry: Obviously I’ll be dropping Tami home; the baby sitter’s meeting me there…plus we gotta change into something…that suits the occasion!
Rayne: Yeah and hopefully Mr man will make it for this evening’s festivities!
Kerry: He’ll be there don’t worry. Are you coming with us Valerie?
Valerie: Oh, I wouldn’t want to impose.
Rayne: Oh, don’t be silly, you’re more than welcome to join us!
Valerie: Aww thanks…so err text me the details and, I’ll see you there! Congrats again Rayne and we’ll talk later.
Rayne: Cool! Valerie waved everyone goodbye as they began to pack up their stuff and make their way home to change.
Red Velvet Lounge (11PM)
You know how girls are already when they’re getting ready; they take at least 45minutes to an hour to do their hair and makeup, then another half an hour or so deciding on an outfit with a selfie here or there once they’re feeling themselves. In this case there were five ladies who had to return to their neck of the woods and prepare themselves, so they didn’t meet up at the place until about 11pm.
Whilst the group made their way to their reserved area Kerry and Valerie went to order some drinks. Alex and Martin got to talking already, so the girls left them to chat and had their own conversation.
Lela: So now that you’ve seen that the people of Pearsonville loves you, what’s the next step?
Rayne: Valerie’s gonna set up some auditions and stuff…
Zoe: And what about the business? Since you have extra help now are you gonna start working on it earlier than planned?
Rayne: If I have the time between auditions, my show here and driving down to Starlight Shores for my other show…I dunno, I think I want to see how it goes with my career first and then take it from there.
For some time now, I’ve been wanting to open my own bar…a place where people can come to unwind and embrace the cool vibes of the setting whilst forgetting all their troubles. Almost everyday I think about it; what it’s gonna look like, where the bar will be, where the stage will be…but I think I should do one thing at a time and focus on this a little later, most likely when my current goal has been achieved.
"Yes, he's in critical condition. I'm transporting him to the Batcave currently - I don't know how long he'll be out."
Not for the first time, he thanked the warping device in his suit so Hal couldn't hear the waver in his voice.
"That's fine, we should be alright here. I'll tell the rest of the team." Good, one less thing to worry about Bruce thought to himself as he stole glances at the unconscious God beside him. He reasoned that Clark's regenerative healing abilities would be restored once the liquid was washed off of him. What concerned him was if he had ingested any of it.
When he arrived at the Cave, the lights automatically flickered on, highlighting his life's work. Alfred was out on errands so he was forced to carry Clark up the stairs to the shower room by himself. If there was one thing Clark had no lack of, it was muscles and Bruce's knees were undoubtedly feeling that. Carefully setting him down on the marble tiles, Bruce flicked on the water and took off his own mask. Clark was still unconscious but water slid down his chiseled jaw, to his rock hard chest, to his soak in his underwear. He was almost beautiful, in the way that men could be; dark lashes and crystal blue eyes. Bruce stared at his embarrassing boxers for a moment. Red and pale green. It was mid August, why was he wearing Christmas colors- understanding dawned on him and he quickly dragged the boxers down Clark's legs. Lifting up the Kryptonians waist to pull them down. They were tinted green from the Kryptonian liquid, and were probably hindering Clark's regenerative healing, which is why he hadn't woken up in the car. He flung the boxers outside the room and returned his gaze to Clark- who was now completely naked, by Bruce's own doing. The cuts on his chest immediately started to heal- the shards of glass, tinkling, as they were pushed out of the wounds. The alien's midnight lashes fluttered open slowly, revealing his piercing blue eyes, "Bruce?" Relief and catharsis that he had been holding back for hours rushed through him like adrenaline. He leaned forward and encircled his fingers around Clark's neck. The water drenching them both completely. "It's me." His eyes were already becoming more alive, he always forgot how quickly the effects of Kryptonite wore off on him. Clark's sky blue eyes flickered to Bruce's face and then down at his own body. He knew it was illogical but he moved closer to the Kryptonian - his knee shifting between Clark's toned legs. Clark lifted his chin and moved closer.
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Amelia sighed as the two girl left, “I'm glad that went well.”
“Kitty could really hurt Lilly,” Mother Hen added.
“But she could hurt anyone,” Amelia said after a long moment. She stood up and headed to the door, “I'll give those two a day together before I call them into my office.”
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“So JL, I know your name and you know mine, but we don't know don't know anything else ‘bout each other. We could do that game where like one person asks a question ‘nd the other answers. Ok?” Kitty asked, swinging their joined hands as they walked. “You'll go first ‘cause you're new ‘nd stuff!” The other girl jumped a little, as if this helped prove her point.
Lilly didn't wait a second for her question, “Will you let go of my hand?”
Kitty shook her head and swung their arms again, “Nope!” She popped the ‘p’, but wasn't silent for more than a second, “JL, why's your name Just Lilly. Isn't that kinda silly?”
“My name isn't Just Lilly,” Lilly tried to remove her hand from Kitty’s grasp, but she couldn't, “There isn't a ‘just’ in there, only Lilly.” No middle or last name for the time being. “Is Kitty short for anything?”
“My names Kitty. No ‘just’ in there either!” She stopped walking at the end of her sentence. “Your questions have all been boring. How ‘bout you tell me why you fell through the ceiling. Couldn't ya have walked through the doors like a normal person?”
Lilly blinked blankly at Kitty for a second, trying to form an answer as her mind was just intent on screaming What’s your story again? Finally, she was able to speak again, “W-well, that was more of an accident than anything.” She chuckled slightly, “This person I talked into sending me here kinda overshot the entrance and dropped me off here.” She used her spare hand to scratch her chin, “And I fell, and it kinda really hurt.” She laughed dryly again.
Kitty however, actually laughed, “So I guess you’re not a cat like me!” Kitty turned to face Lilly, still holding onto Lilly’s hand. “What’s your animal anyway?”
Again, Lilly’s head was being no help, still going What’s your story? on repeat. “Hey, wasn’t it my turn to ask a question?”
“Yes,” Kitty said, “And that was your question, now answer mine!”
Lilly sighed, “I-I don’t really know.” story, story, story story “You see, my tribe, they, uh, they didn’t have any of this odd spiritual stuff.” She brushed some hair out of her face, “It was weird enough getting transported here. Do you think you could explain the whole thing to me?”
Kitty nodded and finally let go of Lilly’s hand, which Lilly pulled close to her body, in order to pull a piece of paper and a pencil out of her jacket. “You know who people ‘re, right?” Kitty asked.
“Of course.”
“Good,” Kitty said as she drew a stick person on the paper, “This is a person.” She drew a circle around the stick person’s head, “We’ve all got a human soul that keeps us alive ‘nd gives us thoughts ‘nd stuff.” She started to draw a triangle over the stick person’s body, “ ‘nd we’ve all got an animal soul in us too. It gives us our emotions” She paused before going on, “Without the human soul, we’d be ‘orrible. We wouldn’t know right from wrong. We’d be like a wild animal, just trying ta get our food and water. With no animal soul gives us a ‘eason to do things. Life would be boring without it.” Kitty drew a square on the left arm of the stick person, “So because we have like two souls, and you only really need one to live, we’ve got all of this ‘xtra energy, so we’ve gotta spend it somehow.” She drew a line from the box to the triangle, “Some people, like me only got a little extra energy, and we can turn into our animal.” She thickened the line, “But some people’ve got more, like Momelia or Flame, and they’ve got like another special skill.”
“Like the person who teleported me here?” Lilly asked.
“Yeah!” Kitty put the paper up, “So do ya understan’ now?”
“Sure,” a hesitant answer, “Two souls, extra one gives extra energy.”
“Yep!” Another popped ‘p’ and a hop to go with it, “But that’s a boring topic, let’s talk ‘bout somthin’ else.” Kitty started walking again, but thankfully not pulling Lilly behind her again, but Lilly followed anyway. The other girl, hyperactive as she is, happens to be Lilly’s guide. As Kitty put up her paper and pencil, she started speaking again, “Why’d those people you lived with never tell ya ‘bout animals?”
“Well, you seen,” Lilly started as she looked out the window in the hallway as she came up with her answer, “We just didn’t think that it was all that important, so we never did anything about it.” They were silent for a second before Lilly came up with her question, “How did you come across this school Kitty?”
“I kinda won a fight with a kid who was ‘ere a bit ago. Stayed in tha dorm for a while, ‘nd when I was old ‘nough for classes, they let me in.” They were passing another window as Kitty was talking, and by the end of her sentence, Kitty was standing in front of it.
Lilly stopped to stand beside Kitty, “What’s so interesting out there?”
Kitty pointed at the building on the other side of a small grass area, crisscrossed by brown dirt walking paths. There was at least one person walking on the dirt pathway. One of the paths led to the building Kitty was pointing at. It was tall and made out of brown brick. Windows were placed at regular intervals along the wall, but they were too far away to see into. The brick looked old, but no vines grew along, like how the old buildings are always shown in the movies. Finally, after a second, Kitty spoke again, “That’s the dorm! We’ve gotta go ‘nd see it!”
There really should be ivy on it now. Lilly thought, but her thoughts were interrupted by Kitty, who was now opening the window they had just been looking out of. As soon as the window was open, Kitty was jumping out of it. She acted like jumping out of windows was a normal occurrence for her, and for all Lilly knew, it was.
Kitty was on the ground outside the window, and she was looking back at Lilly, “We need to get going, so come on!”
“Are you wanting me to jump out the window?” Lilly asked, still standing in the hallway, “Why don’t we just find a door, you know?”
“No!” Kitty jumped as if to prove her point, “Doors are boring, but the window’s fun! ‘Nd I got bored in there. You just need ta get out here, it’ll be fun!”
Lilly sighed, but she slowly climbed out, but with a lot less grace than Kitty. As soon as she was on the ground, Kitty started rushing ahead, with only the word of, “Run!” as a warning, and Lilly had to race after the other girl.
After a good run across the courtyard in order to get to the dorm room, Kitty finally stopped running, and thankfully went through the door on the main level instead of deciding to jump through another window.
The inside of the dorm, when they first walked in, was just a seating area with a few bookshelves and a good number of seats and couches. However, Kitty led them right past all of that, and they headed down a hallway that branched off of sitting area. She was being oddly quiet, but Lilly decided not to question it. After a short minute, they came up to a door that looked like it had seen better days. It had obviously been broken at one point, and boarded up afterwards. Besides that, it was covered in pictures and drawings, all of done by different people.
Kitty opened up the door and held it for Lilly, “Welcome to my room!” As Lilly walked into the room, “Well, I guess it's your room too now.”
Lilly smiled at Kitty as she walked through the door, but once she was on the other side of the door, her smile fell. She should have guessed from the messy door that the room would be a mess, but the room was more than a mess. It was a disaster zone. There was stuff everywhere in the room. Papers covered the walls, and more were all over the ground. Old toys and a few stuffed animals were in random spots. Clothes covered any open spaces left on the ground. The only thing that looked to be even slightly organized was a pile of weapons in one corner of the room. Lilly just stopped in the entrance of the door, not sure where would be safe to step. Kitty, however, just skipped past Lilly and jumped around her room like it was no problem.
“Your room,” Lilly started, “My room, it's a mess. Mine wasn’t much better, but still. Where will I sleep or put my stuff?”
Kitty moved to what Lilly thought was a shelf, and the other girl pushed a pile of stuff off of the shelf and revealed a mattress underneath all of the stuff. “Its supposed to be a bunk bed, but I’ve never had someone use tha bottom one. ‘Nd I can clear off one of the desks ‘nd you can have half the room once I clear it out.”
Lilly attempted to walk over to what would become her bed, “What is all of this stuff?” There was a stain on the mattress, and she had no idea what it is.
“Just stuff I’ve collected over the four years I’ve been livin’ here. You’re bound to get stuff when you’re here for forever. I’ve bought some, but the rest’ve been gifts. I keep it all!”
“Oh, cool,” Lilly said, pointedly looking away from the stained bed, “Where are we going to get me sheets, and stuff?”
Kitty laughed slightly before speaking, “Mama Hen’ll bring you some stuff ‘n your bags while we’re off exploring tha school.” She cleared off some more space before speaking again, “Is that ok with you?”
“Sure, finish our tour then?” Kitty did not notice, but Lilly was trying to get out of the crowded and messy room.
The other girl dropped the pile of stuff she had in her hands on the floor and moved over the slightly less messy floor out of the room, “Yeah! I’ve gotta show ya tha dinin’ room and where we get food ‘cause ya probably don’t ‘member much ‘bout it after ya fell out of nowhere last night ‘nd stuff!” Lilly didn’t get to say anything as Kitty grabbed her hand again and started moving quickly again, leaving the door cracked behind them.
As they basically ran to where the dining room was, Kitty only stopped them for seconds at a time as she pointed out rooms of interest. “Main entrance, where a should’ve come in from!” was pointed out to be large oak doors with metal nails and had more metal beams running across it. The masonry around the doors was ornate, and two older students stood on either side of the doors, looking bored.
When they passed a large archway that looked into rows of bookshelves and a tall man dusting one of the shelves, Kitty hurriedly said, “Library an’ Gufu!” They were almost instantly moving away, but Lilly could partially see the man, Gufu maybe, put a hand up in greeting at the two girls.
Next was a normal sized door with a number of cuts in the front of it, that Kitty said was her main classroom. They also quickly passed the window they had jumped out of earlier and the infirmary from earlier in the day. After that was what Kitty said was the armory, another closed door, but this time made from a heavy metal.
Finally, Kitty let of her hand again, and Lilly rubbed at her hand. To the left were all the wooden tables and benches from last night, but instead Kitty went to right where standing height tables were filled with food. Kitty grabbed some of everything while Lilly grabbed some nuts, fruit, and a chunk of bread. Even if she wasn’t on her world, or a dancer, anymore, she could still eat like one and practice what she already knew. Kitty was rambling about how the food was free for students as they walked through the line, but Lilly was ignoring the ramble.
It was only when Kitty turned suddenly turned and started walking to the sitting tables that Lilly payed attention to what the other girl was saying, “I’m gonna take ya to where all’a my friends are sitting!”
Lilly followed a step behind the long haired girl, idly chewing on a piece of dried fruit. As soon as they reached a table with four other people sitting there, Kitty sat down, pushing the others out of her way. After a second Kitty pointed at Lilly, who was putting another dried piece of dried fruit in her mouth, and Kitty started speaking, “This is Lilly! She’s from a nomadic tribe ‘nd she’s ‘ere for some reason! ‘Nd she don’t know anything ‘bout animals or magic or ‘nyting. So y’all better be nice ta her and help me learn her some things ‘bout everything. Y’all got all that?” She ended her short speech by taking a bite from a cookie that had been on her plate.
Lilly supposed that this was where she was supposed to sit, so she sat down in an empty spot and took a bite from the mixed nuts on her plate, not particularly looking at anyone at the table. After a second though, one of the other people, with hair that looked like silver, at the table reached over and lightly smacked Kitty in the back of her head, “Shut up Kitty and eat something better than a cookie for a meal.” She then turned to face Lilly, showing off golden eyes and a scar on her lip. “I’m Crystal, a wolf, and I hope that this idiot hasn’t been annoying you too much. I’m actually kinda sorry for you because you have to share a room with her.”
Lilly nodded at the other girl, “Nice to meet you.”
Before they were able to speak anymore though, Kitty finally seemed to realize what Crystal had just said, “’M not an idiot! I cans be smart!” Kitty glanced around the table quickly before her eyes landed on the girl sitting across from Crystal. “Joy, help me!”
The girl looked up from her salad, “With what? Just punch her like you usually do.” Kitty seemed to take the advice to heart because a second later, she had pulled Crystal to the ground. Joy pointedly looked away from their fight and instead turned to Lilly, “I’m Jing Lin, but the people here call me Joy. I’ll, uh, follow Crystal’s lead I guess, so I’m a panda, if you know what that is, and since this whole area is new to you, I can help you understand stuff in you need to, so, yeah.” She spoke with an accent, maybe chinese. Except China was not a country here, so it probably went by a different name.
Lilly smiled at the other girl, “Great to hear.”
“Yeah,” Joy smiled back, “And don’t let the weirdos scare you away, all of them here are actually pretty nice. And you can always come to me if, um, anyone make fun of you. I know the feeling.” She wore loose fitting clothes, but it was obvious that she was still bigger than most of the others in the room, however, she still looked comfortable. She had her black hair pushed off her shoulders and looked at Lilly with smiling green eyes, “I’m sure you’ll fit in nicely.”
As they finished their short conversation, Kitty and Crystal finally got up from the floor, neither one of them harmed, and started eating food again like nothing had happened. After a few more bites of her own food though, Lilly pointed at the girl sitting on Joy’s other side, “Who’re you?”
The girl did not react at first, instead staring blankly at the wall across the room, she only turned when Joy nudged her and said, “Tristin dear, say hello to Lilly.”
The girl turned slowly, before continuing to stare blankly, just this time at Lilly. All Lilly could do was stare back into the other girl’s blue eyes. Everyone at their table fell silent, even Kitty surprisingly, as they waited for the girl, Tristin, to speak. Her voice trembled slightly as she finally spoke, “You’re sad; you miss something. You need to stop being so loud.”
Lilly just blinked at her.
The boy sitting across from Tristin finally spoke, reprimanding the other girl, “Tris! I’ve told you, you don’t go around saying things like that. People’s emotions are their own, not yours.” His voice was higher pitched than Lilly expected from a guy, but at the moment, his words were more important. How had Tristin known how she felt?
After a second, the boy turned to Lilly, his eyes the same blue at the girl’s, and his hair a slightly darker blond, “Sorry about my sister,” he had a flat tone. He flashed Lilly a smile, but it looked oddly fake, before continuing, “She can feel other people's emotions. She takes them in and they become her own.” He paused for a second, glancing back at his sister, “Would you mind if I tuned your emotions down? I can tone emotions down or make them stronger, but only so much for each person. Turning your emotions down will help me turn her’s down as well.”
Lilly turned to Joy, who had a hand on Tristin’s shoulder. Joy answered Lilly unspoken question, “Yeah, it’s safe. You’ll just feel less sad.”
Lilly looked back at the boy, “Sure I guess.”
He flashed another fake looking smile before looking at her intensely. He frowned after a second before turning to his sister and whispering with her.
Joy looked back at Lilly, “Feeling better?”
“Not really, but I guess it worked.”
Kitty apparently decided that she had gone long enough without speaking, “That’s Flame. He’s really cool an’ cares lots for Tristin. Could you tell that they’re twins? I ‘ad no idea, but Crystal tells me it’s obvious!”
“Shush,” Crystal muttered.
The boy, Flame, and Tristin turned back to Lilly, Tristin looking calmer now. She spoke slowly at first before speeding up to a normal level, “I’m, sorry. I’ve been told it’s rude to say your emotions. It should be your own right to say when you’re sad or not. Am I forgiven?”
Lilly nodded, “Yeah, sure, I guess. Sorry I’m so loud.” By now, both of them were facing in her direction, and she could see the slight differences in their appearance. Flame had shorter hair, stopping at his ears, while Tristin’s hair went down to her elbows, and her face was more angled than his. Oddly enough though, they were both formally dressed, especially when compared to the casual attire of everyone else at the table.
After a few minutes of small talk and eating, Lilly finally asked, “So, Principal Amelia told me that this is a battle school, everybody grabbed weapons last night, and Kitty has a pile of weapons lying around in her room, so where are all of them? Or do you only bring the weapons to dinner?”
Crystal was the first to answer, “We leave them in the class during break in the day because some people,” Crystal made a point of starting at Kitty, “don’t know the meaning of constraint.” Joy and Tristin both smiled at the comment. Kitty made a point of stabbing a chunk of meat on her plate with a fork.
Lilly smiled after seeing the other’s reactions, “Must be a good story, but what are your classes like? What exactly do you learn?”
Flame was the one to answer this time, “Classes are split by age for the most part, but if there are enough kids in an age group, we’ll do random assignments to rooms. It’s all pretty easy though. Basic reading, writing, and math followed by actual fighting, weapons, and team work stuff. You’ll get the hang of it quickly.”
“Team training?” Lilly asked everyone at the table.
Despite just stuffing some bread in her mouth, Kitty tried to answer, but Lilly quickly gave up on understanding the girl, and she turned to Joy who said, “Team training is where you train with a group, obviously. Typically, there are six to a team, and Principal Amelia or another teacher assign the groups. But, how old are you?”
Lilly thought back briefly to her conversation with the principal earlier in the day, and her age had not been one of the things she was not allowed to say, so Lilly gave her age, “Seventeen.”
Joy smiled again, “That’s great Lilly! You’ll probably get to be in the same class as us, and if you’re lucky, we’ll even be in the same team! We are missing a member, and Kitty is your guide today.”
Lilly nodded and they went back to eating in relative silence because Kitty was somehow humming while eating. Finally Tristin spoke again, and she sounded like the topic matter did not matter to her at all, “They’ll add her to our team. We’re the only group in this age range with five members instead of six.
Kitty, finally not eating, basically launched herself over the table to hug Lilly at the news. Lilly pushed her away, but not before the last of her fruit and nuts fell off her plate. Once Kitty was not on top of her plate anymore, Lilly could clearly see an envelope that had not been there before.
Kitty must have known who it was from though because she basically yelled, “It’s from Momelia! Go ‘nd see what she wants!”
So Lilly opened the letter carefully, reading it aloud to the table, “Dear Lilly, Please have Kitty escort you to my office in your next available moment. Signed, Principal Amelia.” The whole letter was written in cursive, and it had a wax seal at the bottom.
Kitty apparently took the letter as meaning to head out right away, so she started pulling Lilly away again. All she could do was wave and watch as Crystal tried to get Joy to eat some meat.
