I did finish the summer event finally. Overall I really liked it. After the hassle and stress that was the music event this was a nice breather.
NO SPOILER CUTS THIS TIME, it’s actually no spoilers like at all for actual plotline stuff. Actually this event throws me FAR into the future. -laughs, then cries in episode 8-
Believe it or not, my favorite route of it was Cas. But I will admit it was more of a nostalgic factor because of a HSL. I feel like with his if you took out all the kissin+ stuff it would be a platonic friends outing. Along with Hyun’s. That’s why he’s tied with Nathaniel as my second favorite of the routes. Alas Rayan and Priya are tied last for the ones I didn’t really enjoy because I’m not interested in their routes from a personal standpoint.
I didn’t particularly care for the swimsuits save Cas and Hyun’s (hyun’s would actually fit more in line with Ami still being tad uncomfortable with two pieces because most of them show off her hip scar). But the outer outfits of some were really cute. I LOVE THE HAT FROM PRIYA’S. I liked all the wigs except for Rayan’s It’s just not my thing. I do wish that Priya’s and Cas’ came with some sort of fringe. Nathaniel’s too but there is a couple wisps of hair at the forehead so it isn’t that big of a deal.
Bank outfit is cute too. Not entirely my thing but it cute. We don’t get a lot of fantasy-esque stuff in UL so I’ll take what I can get.
I can’t really think of any game-breaking cons. Stuff that bothered me was more of a “not fitting my character” or a personal thing but not entirely enough to write the whole thing off. Time limit is nice and long. If you chose the AP option it wasn’t that costly (I’m know we’re never gonna get cheap cheep prices so 50 is enough for me).
Unrelated but kinda is, I hope in the future we can have an option to change our site background image. I like the beach one and would like to keep it long term.
I know there’s add-ons/extensions for it but I don’t want to do the extra work.
Nevermind that I’m doing it now in March. I almost skipped it because Feb. has always been a difficult month for me personally. Besides it being the anniversary of my Dad’s passing and my Mom’s birthday if she were still living, this year I had to deal with a death in the family and I was sick. All that triggered my depression so I really didn’t do much of anything other than video games and work. But I managed to find something to show off a little bit.
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Notes: Still part of my UL AU I’m working on, actually directly after Jan’s update (that probably didn’t get seen because of tumblur’s new standards on content and I try to be as considerate as possible when I write something mature so it probably got hidden). It gives some backstory to what Ami has done in her time away.
Side note: Nathaniel calls her Princess as a nudge to her playing the princess in the Sleeping Beauty play in HSL. And that part in a later episode when he calls her his Prince Charming, it just stuck in my mind he calls her Princess as a pet name. It’s a complete coincidence that my OC couple who totally influenced me pursuing Nathaniel in MCL and who I based my Candy off of, her husband calls her Princess too. Honestly it was lol
I shot straight up. I let out a deep breath. I looked around my surroundings to realize I was in my dorm. The darkness of the room showing that it was fairly late at night. The only sounds were the slight shuffling as Yeleen moved about in her sleep. My body felt really damp, Running a free hand through my hair, I noticed how damp it was too. Slowly, I recalled that I had fell asleep after nearly passing out in the alley.
And then that dream….
Heat flushed on my face as I recalled the dream in detail. How did I even get to that point of having those kinds of dreams? I thought I had repressed those urges. Apparently not. I’ll just blame it on the fever. Yeah, the fever made me loopy. I got out of bed, being careful to not wake up Yeleen. I don’t want to undo any of the small progress we made to be civil to each other. Gathering my sleepwear I went into the bathroom. A quick glance at the mirror revealed I was in worse shape than I imagined. My skin was still pale, but the sheen of sweating out my fever made it look sickly. The slightest hint of color only came as the result of my dream. I quickly got undressed and stepped into the shower. As I cleaned the sweat off, my mind still didn’t stray from the dream. The feelings of hands all over me; the feeling of being desired.
I wouldn’t have minded if it became a reality.
At the very least it would be with people I had more than a physical attraction for; something different from back then.
I shook my head at the absurdity of it becoming true.
Nathaniel and Castiel hated each other that much to be down for that sort of thing. Even if I offered myself to share.
I rested my head against the tile. Thinking about that period of time brought an ache in my chest. I thought I was dealing with my emotional lows the best I could at the time. But in retrospect, I was being selfish. Thinking about it, I was a hypocrite for blowing up at Nathaniel the way I did when I saw him with that woman.
A few years earlier I was dealing with my own loneliness the same way.
I shouldn’t have expected him to meet my own internal expectations of our past when I didn’t do that when I left…
I finished up my shower in somber silence before dressing in my night clothes. I went to my bed to change it to fresh sheets. Once I finished, I noticed the quick flashing of the flashlight on my phone. I had a text message it seemed. I unlocked my phone and went to my messaging app.
My eyes widened at surprise that it was Nathaniel.
‘I hope you slept well Princess.’ came the message
I felt my face flush at the words. Especially at the nickname. I noticed that the message was sent while I was still sleeping. I was touched that he did that much. Not that Nathaniel wasn’t an inconsiderate person, but it still felt awkward to message him like this now. I got into bed and turned towards the wall so my messaging wouldn’t disturb my roommate.
‘Thanks.’ I quickly texted back, ‘Sorry if I stole time from you.’
Quickly a soft ping sounded.
‘It’s okay, since it’s you.’ he had replied back, ‘I promised I would look out for you to someone. Regardless of circumstances I intend to keep that promise.’
I stared at the message in silent surprise. I read the message over again. A smile spread across my face as my chest felt a bit of a flutter. I’ve come to realize that maybe things weren’t as different as I thought.
‘I appreciate it.” I wrote.
There was a few more minutes until I got a reply back.
‘Of course for you :). It’s late go back to sleep. Sleep well Princess.’
A yawn reminded me that it was indeed late and I needed actual sleep. I locked my phone before laying back down under the covers. As I slowly went back to sleep, I just hoped that I wouldn’t have any more weird dreams.
I actually finished an episode at waking hours and not the buttcrack of dawn like usual. I finally reached the episode in which I get the illustration that has been my phone lock screen for MONTHS.
This episode took me about 1100range ap.
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I liked this episode a lot. Beach episodes are some of my favorites. Of course I went with Nathaniel because I’m locked in his route (ya know his 110% affinity and all). It was really chill to see the Nath I liked in high school. I really did wish I had more time to spend with him instead of in the middle and at the end. It’s just nice that my Candy is doing her own thing. And it was nice to know that Nath can feel more like himself around her.
They may not be together anymore (yet) but at the very least they’re buds again. It follows along with my AU that Ami really wants to be his friend even if they aren’t dating.
It’s odd to think of Amber of being a wingman to get him and Candy together. When in HSL she was doing everything to not have her spend time with Nathaniel. It’s a good change tho.
I was really happy that Rosa and Leigh got a house together. They really deserve it. Even without the baby bit.
The illustration is one of my favorites of all the UL ones so far. It’s really sweet.
I’m looking forward to the next episode. If only because after a beach episode, shit normally hits the fan :V
After spending a hella lot of time playing video games I like, took the time to finish an episode.
I wanna say this took me a little over 900 very close to 1k ap to finish
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This episode was pretty middle of the road. It wasn’t terrible, but not amazing and I appreciate that. Yeleen’s mom is whoa. I mean it doesn’t excuse in the least Yeleen’s behavior, but being that wound up is terrible.
It was nice seeing Amber be pleasant again. Also knowing that both Amber and Nathaniel are in the same class as Candy made me shudder. And then I had those war flashbacks when Nathaniel was being a little shit during it. It’s irritating when people are being disruptive in a place you’re trying to learn. Like I was ready to throw down with Nathaniel with his behavior.But at least he apologized.
slowly inching towards his arc.
The whole rumors thing was eh. I could see how Hyun got good intentions but he really should have just talked to Candy the next day or something about it. It got solved pretty fast for me since I constantly denied that I’m pursuing Rayan. I honestly see for my Candy him being a mentor more than anything.
Anyway next up is the Beach(tm) episode so I’m looking forward to it.
Also about Rosa being pregnant, I can’t even be happy about it because I know how THAT turns out. I got A LOT to say about that little nugget that I’m waiting until I get to that point in my playing.
So remember when I said I hand’t found any dressy outfits for my candy in UL
Yeah me neither.
Turns out the V-day event had some nice stuff I could mix and match to make a couple dressy outfits for Ami C:. She’s not really a skirt or dress kind of girl but I think she’d be okay with this.
aka what happens when I’m sick over the weekend and playing with outfits while waiting for the cold meds to kick in
At first I was like “It’s 2 in the morning I didn’t need to be dragged by another character I like ffs” but then my heart bled for him. I JUST WANNA HUG HIM. EX OR NOT LET ME HUG HIM DAMMIT. He needs hugs.
