#jane avery

[linglyum]

Heeey!! I really love you vns especially Loving Decays (it was the one that introduced me to ur works). Enjoyed the details and all—I especially like how really it felt. I can just feel the love put into this😭😭

But I have some questions though it's alright if you don't answer if it's like spoilers for future stuff or something:

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What was Chao's childhood like? Ik he mentioned his parents (or parent?) once, that they chat but that's about it. It makes one wonder how or why Chao became like that🤔

What was the mistake Chao did that let Jane learn about the MC? Was it similar to what happened to Saira?

Lastly, just how long has Chao been stalking us? I feel like it's at least a year or some since he saw us when we were in high school.

If you don't want to answer any (I understand why), can we have an alphabet for the pink boi (SFW or NSFW, Idc what)

That's about it and again, I love this game so much. It's such a rare find—what I rlly love was the dialogues between Chao and the MC. Yk how he mentioned that he doesn't like blood then he's suddenly interested in MC's job😭😭😭 I was like wtf?? And there are other small things too and just damn..

It also doesn't help that I have a working story with an MC who's also an embalmer.

Anyways I hope you the best of luck to your future and current vns. I'll be patiently waiting for more Viricidal content. But remember to take breaks too!❤️‍🩹 Burnout is horrible😔

Thank you so much!! ♡♡

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What was Chao's childhood like?

I'm keeping this answer for now, as I'm still polishing it and considering revealing it in possible future LD content!

What was the mistake Chao did that made Jane know about MC?

Oooh I was waiting for someone to ask this!!

This is quite sloppy of Chao, but I imagine it to be a wrongfully sent message or a slip of the tongue during a conversation. Keeping it vague for now as well, just in case I want to show it in future content ;)

How long has Chao been stalking MC?

Around a few months!

No, he didn't see you at highschool; He first saw you during your highschool reunion with Owen, which was a few months before the events of the game.

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YESSSS it always makes me happy to hear when people notice the details in my games!! It means a lot to me so thank you again, and I wish you luck on your story as well (embalmer MCs for the win) 🩷🩷

And don't worry, I'm very interested in making an SFW/NSFW alphabet for Chao! I have two other asks in my inbox about it, but I haven't answered them since I'm not finished yet </3

[linglyum]

Hi!!! I absolutely adore your work on loving decays, your characterizations for both Chao and Owen but especially MC are amazing, I reallg like how naturally Chao and MC's conversations flow because they're both such!!!! Interesting!!!! And equally strange!!!!! People!!!! Well maybe Chao is a little stranger but I digress; anyways, I asked this on twitter as well because I wasn't aware of your tumblr then but !! What was your inspiration for Loving Decay? Preservation as a symbol for love is quite fascinating and I'd argue that it's a really interesting and refreshing contrast from the cannibalism metaphor. Also, I wonder what drew Chao to botany specifically instead of say, preserving living creatures like insects or animals or even becoming a mortician himself? And tangentially I wonder what his stance on kids would be, like would he be interested in observing how his and mcs traits combine and manifest in a different human being altogether? I don't know much about plants but I was thinking in line of like, grafting plants or is horticulture(?) Not in his jurisdiction

Also I found it quite tragic how Jane acknowledged her guardian figure role in Chao's life (the mother's instinct dialogue) and yet Owen I presume knew nothing about him :( it feels like neither Owen nor Chao got to get a proper closure regarding Jane....

Sorry for such a long ask😔 I hope ur having a good break!!!!!

Thank you so much, you're too kind! 😭🩷

⚠️ spoiler warning for the end of this ask and my answer (after "----")

What was my inspiration for Loving Decays?

Concept: It was a mix of lots of things! I played around with many combinations of different but not-so-different professions. Life and death was also a concept I wanted to explore. From that, I chose the botanical curator x mortician pair.

Visuals: Pinterest, but especially the juxtaposition between a cold surgical aesthetic and a soft flowery one.

I also really like games with distinct visual feels, like Obscura, Reanimated Heart, Therapy with Dr. Albert Krueger, to name some.

Writing, Coding, Music: I wanted LD to have a consistent, hard-hitting feel where every scene and line matters, so movies/video media in general was an inspiration.

My writing style is also inspired by Disco Elysium, albeit less abstract. I like that balance between grounded and colorful.

Why botany specifically?

From my perspective as a developer, the visuals of plants inspired me the most, and I'm slightly more familiar with flora than fauna.

From Chao's perspective, it is simply what he likes. He enjoys the calm of plants, and the curiousness of studying something that can't tell you anything about itself.

What is his stance on his children?

Check out this and this! And yes, he'll be interested in observing how his and MC's traits would combine, if the child is biologically theirs.

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I would say that Jane was more of a complicated mentor figure than a guardian figure if we're talking about semantics here, but I agree that that line can be blurred in many situations!

All three of them are tragic in their own ways, and neither Chao nor Owen got proper closures in the traditional sense.

Thank you so much for your ask! Really enjoyed answering this <3