#decision point

[ramp-it-up]

Should I publish these fics in my drafts?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJan 19, 2024

[into-a-brand-new-live]

The world fades in slowly, first with sounds. People talking, some louder than others, none distinct enough to properly make out. It's not at all like what she was hearing mere moments prior, though what exactly that was is slipping through her fingers like so much sand. Her vision clears somewhat from the all-consuming whiteness, and with that clearing, her mind is restored.

Shizuku Osaka looks around her. There are people, none dressed in modern fashion, giving her looks as they walk past. As best she can tell, the scene is that of a market, perhaps at some point in the 1700s, though japan certainly wasn't open to western culture enough for this mixed style of dress at that point in the real world. She almost feels like an extra in a strange play, or perhaps she's dreaming.

Adding to the anachronism, Shizuku notices a figure walking purposefully towards her from across the market. They're dressed in what one would usually describe as wizard robes, and a hood obscures their face. Their pace is worrying, very much so, and Shizuku feels as though she must do something about the matter.

Shizuku feels as though she must make a decision.

[varart]

Ahh i accidentally sent an unfinished ask I'm sorry :'c What i wanted to ask is if you already know at that point of the story we will be locked in the romance?

Yes, it’s going to happen around the end of book 1 :) It will be a very obvious choice, so you won’t be able to miss it. You will get an option to visit an RO and when you are there, you will have another last chance to change your mind and choose someone else if you want. After that, you will be locked in the route.

I will indicate it in the text that that option will be the one locking you in the romance (or non-romance) route, so until then you don’t have to worry about it :D

Thank you for the ask! 💖

[cheerfullycatholic]

[generationintrovert]

Stop. Pause. Go your own way

[qarsi-live]

IS THIS THE SHIT IM GONNA REGRET

“What about me?”

[qarsi-live]

This isn’t even a decision point who programmed this game.

“She was cute.”

[qarsi-live]

Thank god I don’t have to decide yes or no.

“Being a big hit” is out for me. Rin-chan doesn’t care about notoriety and she’s also afraid of changing. She’d become (read: change into) a big hit. No way.

“Because it would be exciting” is a really positive answer. That said Rin-chan isn’t much for excitement. And Exciting is the heads side of the coin. Anxiety is the tails. Rin-chan is afraid, we don’t need her to be afraid.

So instead we’ll choose the lie. I think it is exactly like Rin-chan to hesitate like this. But its a good lie. Rin-chan’s crisis is about her identity. Hicchan asserts she doesn’t hesitate. We remind her about her deciding to paint a whole mural for the festival. If Rin-chan is the kind of person who doesn’t hesitate, than the gallery is the right answer for her.

“It isn’t like you at all to hesitate like this.”