You are an agens of the goddess of death. In your childhood you used to be of an elite noble class, the Corona Elevatus, but your father betrayed the Corona, resulting in the death of your family save for you and your mother.
The both of you escaped the Corona's clutches thanks to a war with the country to the north, one that utterly changes the world as you know it.
Book 1 (chapters 1-5): https://ravs-rambles.itch.io/all-things-terrible-and-beautiful
Book 2 (chapters 6-10):
Book 2 in the All Things Terrible and Beautiful series
This is an IF in perpetual development, with basis in a DND campaign I once ran and wish to turn into a text for a general audience to enjoy. The country of Theras and the adventure you go on is completely of my own creation, and the length of the story is undetermined.
My goal is to create a few chapters, there are currently five in development but I will provide what I can in terms of what is completed so far. This game was created using Twine, specifically in the Chapbook format; meaning that while this can be played on mobile, this story does not have a manual save button, this game auto-saves in the background to your browser.
This story has elements of horror, both grotesque and potentially existential, and is loaded with angst. Therefore this story is not for those under the age of 18, and I suggest you read the TW list thoroughly to ensure you are not triggered by what can be found in game. This is not an encompassing list and is subject to change as the content changes and the story progresses. I will do my best to update once a chapter is completed.
TW list:
** Swearing and other adult language
** Violence
** Blood, gore, descriptions of violence
** Injury, sometimes severe/life-threatening to the MC
** Optional sexual content (explicitly detailed)
** Nudity
** Touching without specific consent (this work is not written with specific touch-aversions in mind)
** Death (human: unnatural and accidental)
** Depression/Anxiety/Panic
** Nightmares
** Disparaging thoughts
** Substance use and references/use of alcohol
** References to child death
Features:
Several LGBTQ+ ROs, most of which are in a godly nature, predominately playersexual but they are not defined by you to that extent. Furthermore most of the cast is gender queer and somewhat masculine presenting. These romances are not mandatory, and instead could be strong friendships; I hope to add QPR functionality as well, but that is a work in progress.
MC physical traits that are very versatile, as well as personality traits that will impact how you interact with others as well as treat yourself.
A story that will vary in genre but primarily will focus on horror and angst. I like happy endings in spite of this, so I will provide such a choice, but you still get to choose how things end.
The ROs:
The Unnamed God (heretofore referred to as TUG): An individual who can be shaped by your choices, you will find that TUG is friendly and affable in the beginning of the story. Whether you adore such traits or avoid them is up to you. TUG is 5'5" and their features are unknown to you for now.... In the end, they are are a prominent source for the horror elements of the game.
Dawn (she/her): Dawn is a bard you meet along in the journey, whom you can meet as early as chapter 2, and as late as chapter 4. Dawn is the only mortal besides you involved in this adventure, something you can potentially bond over whilst she plays her viol for you. She is the safer choice, so to speak, as a romance partner due to her relatively normal nature.
Flor (he/they): Flor is the god of flowers, kindness, devotion, and children. Flor is also a traitor to your country, though most of the people have forgiven him for his transgressions, there is still the air of awkwardness that comes with his involvement in the story. Flor is the gentlest lover when you need him to be, or the most fanatical.
DISCLAIMER:
As mentioned in this blog's tagline, this IF potentially may never be finished. I'm an individual who hyper-fixates on projects pretty hard during the summer, but once school starts for me...
So, I assure you I will provide what I can for the summer, and if I am able, I will continue working on the IF throughout the school year.
Just discovered this now, so adding it but @interact-if
This is a post that will detail any songs I come across that I feel like suit the ROs and certain emotional states. I will provide a Youtube link to each song and a short blurb as to how it is relevant to the RO! As mentioned in a few posts, I totally welcome song suggestions especially for this post, and will give credit to you if permitted.
Most songs in this list will have a primary instrument that I strongly associate with each RO. That being said if there are songs that I cannot explain without a spoilery explanation, I will put in the MISC section.
TUG
With TUG, I strongly associate the god with the hurdy gurdy. A strange choice to some of you I know, but it feels so perfect for it.
Tug is likely to get angry at points throughout the IF, especially if you make choices that stress him out. In battle or if TUG is massively upset, Visions by Guilhem Desq would play
Given TUG's so far hinted at past, Little Dark Age by MGMT feels most relevant to them
MISC TUG songs:
The Line by Twenty One Pilots
Functional Poetry by The Narcissist Cookbook
NOT ENTIRELY ALONE by The Narcissist Cookbook
the bird song (with Em Beihold) by Noah Floersch
Alittle. by ROMES - warning themes of suicidal ideation!
Flor
With Flor, I associate the god of flowers with the piano!
Flor, like any god, has the capacity for a great and menacing anger. The kind no mortal would survive. Therefore, when Flor is angry I believe the song Asgretalos by Keygen Church starts to play.
Flor struggles a great deal with what happened at the Siege of Tyrants, especially as so many children died in the war. In turn, to drive that dagger into their heart a little further, I associate the song Harpy Hare by Yaelokre to be suitable for the god.
Related to the above song blurb, Eat Your Young by Hozier also feels delightfully relevant. Along with Rabbitology's Wildfire.
What do calm days look like with Flor? If you want to picture it, listen to One Summer Day by Joe Hisashi.
If romantically involved with the MC, I feel like such a romance can be best associated with Bloody Tears (from Castlevania) by Myuu.
MISC Flor songs:
damaged goods by The Narcissist Cookbook
dirge (for neomar lander) by The Dreadnoughts
Dawn
With Dawn, and this feels most obvious, I associate the viol or similar string instruments.
Dawn gets angry like anyone does, but when that happens her playing gets more violent and frightening. She adds showmanship, a dangerous playfulness to her playing; Therefore I think Beethoven Virus by DIANA is most accurate to portray this anger, though fair warning this Youtube video does have flashing lights!!
MISC Dawn songs:
The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels
NOT ENTIRELY ALONE by The Narcissist Cookbook
Retribution by P.T. Adamczyk
I just think she would like it: HOES DEPRESSED by THOT SQUAD
Hello my friends, I am opening the discussion for those who desire QPR, Poly, and romantic routes within ATAB. This information is slightly spoilery for certain elements of RO routes, with the expectations from the ROs outlined for you to read.
QPRs
What QPRs will look like in ATAB is sort of similar to how the romances will be programmed. There will be the same options across the board for Romance in terms of intimacy scenes, physical touch, and interactions between all ROs.
Since QPRs have multiple definitions and require a thorough discussion between participants, I will simply provide player choices so that you can customize how the QPR plays out. For example, if you are comfortable with kissing your RO, you can do it! If you just want to cuddle, that's fine too. If you just want to vibe, that's welcome! There is no penalties for these choices, and all serve the purpose of relationship development with your RO.
Additionally, you do not have to refer to your RO as your partner. I will give you the choice to call them that, but if there are other labels people want feel free to say so! Otherwise the basic alternatives are "friend" "Close one" or "soul companion".
All ROs are completely fine with a QPR, though will have the same requirements of you as their Romance requirements.
Poly
This specific avenue of romance is a bit difficult to give a 100% firm answer on as of right now. The core reasons being the planning and thought process hasn't been completed on my part yet.
However in the hypothetical that we *do* do a polycule route, there are limits. For example, it would be a hinge relationship with you, Flor, and Dawn.
TUG will not be an active participant in the polycule. They simply are monogamous, just out of preference and due to some issues on his part.
Flor would be happy to do a poly route! But will only come into a relationship with you due to the nature of his requirements as your RO.
Dawn would be absolutely fine with a poly route! This again comes with the same caveats of her RO route.
The reason why they wouldn't date each other or TUG is merely conflicting personalities and them not being likely to be attracted to each other.
Romances
Now I have been alluding to this section throughout the post without providing too much info. This is because this section is a bit more spoilery than the rest but may be good to know for y'all as players. To prevent major spoilers, I will avoid talking about TUGs route.
Flor's route: Romancing Flor will require you to have children with him. This might be estranging for some of you, but that is just how the character is. They are the god of children, he helped raise generation after generation but never directly. Given the chance once he's in the mortal realm with you, they want to adopt/have children with you and raise a family. There is no expectations of the amount of children you would have, he just wants to be a parent.
Dawn's route: Romancing Dawn will require you to not expect to have children with her. Dawn does not want to be a mother, and while this choice is not required to be justified, I will explain a bit about it.
Dawn does not see herself as a mother, as a present parent, she doesn't want kids to be around her. It's partially due to trauma yes, but also preference. She didn't want kids from a young age and still doesn't, it's as simple as that.
In the case of a polycule with Flor, however, as long as the MC doesn't expect Dawn to help raise any kids that they have with Flor she's fine. She can be an awkward aunt to any kid, she would never be mean, just indifferent and will not help you raise them.
That is all! Any questions or critiques are welcome.
Image Info: This image was created using Picrew, a free online Dollmaker that allows anyone to create ocs. This particular picrew is by @crowesn. The link to the picrew is here.
Age: 30
Pronouns: She/Her
Gender: whilst gender isn’t a thing in Theras, one can say that Dawn can be likened to a ciswoman in our world.
Birthplace: Dawn was born in the country of Theras, beyond this I cannot speak at length due to spoilers!
Personality: Playful and aloof to strangers, but kind and thoughtful to the ones she loves, Dawn expresses a duality of emotions and typically tries her best to do the right thing.
Appearance: Dawn is about 6 feet tall and often wears heels so she appears even taller. She wears an eyepatch on her left eye (the picrew would not allow me to place it on the proper side) and has a large jagged scar that goes from her forehead, over her missing eye, and down her cheek. She has soft cheeks but a sharp chin, along with a button nose and two-toned lips. Dawn often wears loud and proud purple outfits, typically seen tuning her viol or mending the odd hole in her clothes.
Character Description:
Dawn is a traveling bard with the capacity for great theatrics and absolute charm. She is considerably witty, and will match any sardonic MCs quite well, but she also adores those who are more soft spoken. You may find her at an inn one way or another, serenading crowds with endless folk songs she plays on her viol. One of her favourite songs is 'Old Corona', a song that absolutely shits on the Corona that killed the MC's family.
Fun fact: Dawn absolutely adores cats. She will greet every single one in every single town she visits.
