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I never thought I'd see the day, but here we are!! Chapter Four, part 2. This update took a lot out of me; but I'm extremely pleased with where it's ended up. Chapter Four spirals into two separate branches. If there's any update I recommend trying both routes out for, it's this one!
In this update, you can:
Stick around for a bonfire. OR
Get interviewed for a radio show.
In contrast to last update, this one has a lot of updated content warnings. Please check them out here. Parts of this update are pretty intense. I attempted to update the character builder for part 2; but, as always, a full playthrough of at least the chapter will get you the most genuine results <3
As always, any bugs can be sent as asks here; or to the TLS forum thread. I'm expecting more than usual, because one of the routes is...a lot. Even after my own testing lol. Thank you as always to my delightful betas for testing. Thank you all all so much for playing, and I hope you enjoy c:
One last chance. That is all that you get. One last fucking chance.
People think that being in the limelight is a blessing, and even though it is, the curse of the lifestyle is just as bad, and sometimes, worse. The whole world watches you with hawk-like eyes, and words sharp like talons. It is a vicious walk that many can not do. And when those eyes on you since birth, fame has always walked the fickle line of enjoyable and agonizing.
You are the definition of a nepo baby. Your family comes from a line of Hollywood fame. From directors and producers, to actors big and small, your fate was always to be in Hollywood fame. It worked out. You were in movies and shows before you knew how to speak and walk. Lights were your mobiles, boom mics and scripts were your toys. You walked, talked, and experienced life as an actor. That’s all that you knew. The advantages were great. People loved you. You were seen as the heir of Hollywood. An A-List star before you were twelve. It’s amazing. Being famous is amazing. Being you is fucking amazing.
But then you fell into the trap that many child stars fall into. Recklessness, rebellion, and honestly, batshit crazy activities. Being rude to paparazzi, arrests, anonymous programs, risky activities with riskier people. Who knew that the public didn’t like that. The brightest and upcoming star of Hollywood was imploding. You are no longer loved and adored by the masses. Instead, you were deemed “hard to work with”, “inappropriate”, “reckless”, and a “fucking asshole”.
Those honorifics tanked your family’s name. Not only are you seen as a social pariah, but your family’s connections have been tainted by your bad decisions. The world of Hollywood holds everyone with loose fingers, and one wrong move, you are dropped off the face of the earth.
You don’t want that. You can’t have that. You won’t have that. This is your life. This is your destiny.
Your plan: become Hollywood’s brightest star again. Transform yourself into the perfect PR model that will make the world fall in love with you again. Act in movies, kiss babies, be what the machine wants you to be. They loved you once, they can surely love you again. You will not let your legacy die with a few, several, MANY mistakes. You will have your name in the stars, or you will die trying.
“Take Two, Action!” is a drama interactive fiction—loosely based off of the tv show, Bojack Horseman— about the pathway back to stardom. This is a +18 piece of fiction that talks about topics of substance use, past traumas, generational expectations. It will contain substance use, talks of mental health, self destructive behaviours, skippable sexual scenes, profanity, and more aspects of the famous Hollywood life.
FEATURES
Customize your main character: Physical features, gender expression, sexuality, and personality. Choose how you navigate through being a nepo baby. How will you be viewed by the public? Do they love or hate you? What does this second chance mean for you? Will you rise above or fall from everyone’s graces forever?
Live a life on a movie set: Are you a drama king/queen who uses their name for leverage or are you grateful for the experience? Feared by your cast mates and crew? Do you connect or isolate yourself?
Navigate the A-list life and stardom: You have connections. Let’s use them. Friends from your past, people who know you but you might know them, people who could open doors for opportunities, they’re all important. Keep that in mind.
Change public perception: You will be able to help or hinder your narrative. Tabloids, news, and social media are powerful tools that mean a lot in this day and age. What are you willing to do to make sure you stay in the good graces of the people who could stop your shot from coming back into the starlight?
Celebrity crushes and romances: Fall in love with a whirlwind of romance options? Your childhood best friend and biggest supporter? Your costar who you have a strained past with? The illustrious director who you’re working under? Hollywood’s rebel who is also on the path of redemption as well?
ROMANCE OPTIONS
The Childhood Best Friend: Quinn Hartwell ✮ 26 years old ✮ gender selectable (she/her or he/him): Having a best friend in the industry is hard. Everything is so fake and one noted, so finding Quinn’s authenticity was like finding a needle in the haystack of celebrity social life. You both have seen the ugly truths of each other and the world that currently revolves around you. You two are each other’s safety nets, biggest supporters and most trusted critics. You wanted someone real, and Quinn is that.
TROPES: Friends to Lovers/It Was Always You
The Costar: Selene/Silas Fox ✮ 29 years old ✮ gender selectable (she/her or he/him): A tried and true stick up the ass. S hasn’t been in the industry for as long as you have, but they sure act like they’ve been doing this since birth. A complete professional with their craft, to the point where they have been branded someone that is hard to work with. They’re as passionate as you. For some reason, S seems like they can’t stand to be around you, and fate is a sadistic lady making you two act against each other.
TROPES: Slow Burn/One-Sided Enemies to Lovers
The Director: Olivia/Oliver Knight ✮ 42 years old ✮ gender selectable (she/her or he/him): Elusive, astonishingly creative, and narrowminded, O is a director that people could dream to work with. Movies from them come out once in a blue moon, and they’re always critical successes. It was a surprise to everyone when they handpicked you to be the lead to their latest movie. Hopefully, you don’t disappoint O and make your claim as just another childhood actor to them.
TROPES: Forbidden Love in the Workplace
The PR Partner: Juliana/Julien “Jules” Sterling ✮ 27 years old ✮ gender selectable (she/her, he/him or they/them): What is better than one Hollywood fuck up? Two Hollywood fuck ups. You didn’t plan on getting together with Jules, hell you barely knew who they were, but here you two are, fake dating to save your reputations. At least Jules isn’t some boring square that would force you to do some Hallmark relationship shit. They say two wrongs don’t make a right, but has anyone considered they make a right when the couple in question looks so damn good?
TROPES: Fake Dating/Sex First, Romance Later
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After The End Chapter 1 Part 3 is finally here! In this part, you will:
get back home just in time to be reunited with someone you haven't seen in 3 months
talk to this certain someone about Prince Ædric's proposition
decide on which route to go through: the Sovereign route or the Heir route
ALSO!!! This update comes with a new codex tab that has entries for some of the main characters of the story WITH CHARACTER ART!!!!
THAT'S RIGHT, WE'VE GOT OFFICIAL COMMISSIONED ART PEOPLE
LOOK AT HOW AMAZING THE ART IS
ALL BY MY GOOD FRIEND @obsolete-stars-if GO CHECK OUT HIS IF!!!
I AM VERY NORMAL ABOUT THIS
*ahem ahem*
With this update, I'd also like to mention that if you guys enjoy what I write and you'd like to support me, I've set up a Ko-fi! It has some membership tiers set up in addition to the option for one-time donations, but their main benefits are early access to both future chapters and extra content, so don't worry about missing any content if you're not that keen on it or if you'd like to but are financially unable to!
Once again, constructive feedback is more than welcome and any coding or grammatical errors may be reported either in the comments section of the game or through sending an ask here.
Thank you for giving ATE a chance and I hope you all enjoy!
P.S. Join the Discord server! ^_^
Play it here:
What do you do when you've reached The End of someone else's fairytale?
Go on a "date" with Lee Seol and see feelings start to emerge~
Go around town and visit a photo booth with M!LS
Create perfumes for/with each other with F!LS
End your date by going to a cafe and learning more about each other
Note: The male/female routes have truly diverged now, which is exciting but is also a large reason why this update took so long. I'm biased but I would encourage a second playthrough with LS of the opposite gender as there are different things to experience. I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts/suggestions <3
Next time, be in a photoshoot for the drama's promos/posters. Also, someone unexpected drops by on set.
Hello!!!! Intoxicating Fear the Rewrite is on Hiatus at the moment — for two weeks, as I am going to Vienna (I am on the plane rn) so It will be back after that I can link the rewrite: H E R E (there are five parts so far)
I am working on other requested stories continuations atm, and while I love IF, the other stories need more attention (my poor neglected Whumpers… they haven’t whumped their whumpees in ages🥺)
However, if you mean more Intoxicating Fear OG (like part 30) that will be released within the next month (so before the end of August) I aiming for!!!
Thank you for reading, I just need to catch up on the parts and edits so it’s having a wee break but it will be back!!! Don’t worry :)
