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Greater Circle: Available Now

Lesser Circle: Available July 14*

Public Beta: August 4*

*Updates occur in Eastern time and may be delayed in case of emergency or sickness (or computer going up in flames) because I'm not going through that clusterfuck again when I updated with COVID.

The new update, Closed Beta Version 0.24 is now live for the Greater Circle tier. This includes the final update to Merlin's Guide, more text messages from non-dead people, and the Free Time Hub in all its horrifying glory.

Platonically or romantically attempt to hang out with everyone onboard the RV. Or just pester them with unending questions & demands. Or pick a fight. Or start shit-stirring. Or...

Work on your phobias or train your stats, with or without the help of the available ROs (Surgeon General's Warning: Some of these people are not too good at this)

Start your investigations on the internet. You totally want to see Merlin's OnlyFans account and stalk Adrian on social media, right? (Also, all those MC Benoni's who didn't have The Talk, he's coming for you)

Indulge in some stress relief with one of the five million potential things in your inventory that definitely has no foreshadowing or chances of blowing up in your face.

Put off doing one of many myriad chores. It totally won't bite you at some point.

Change your sleeping arrangements in the RV and set off a musical beds game that can end up pissing off several people. (Oh god, the coding in the Bed Hub)

Look at all the data from running RandomTest 60,000+ times!

Current Word Count: 1.4 Million(including code) | 1.1 Million(sans code)

Current Average Playthrough: 75,000+ words

Total Update: 250,000+ (with code) | 200,000+ (without code)

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Public Service Announcement

This account has been shadowbanned by Tumblr, so I can't access any of your Asks anymore (or reply to anything etc).

I've already contacted Tumblr support about it, but considering it's rumored they've been laid off so only 25 people remain and the old (seemingly abandoned for 7 months now) Tumblr Support thread on Reddit is full of people yelling they've been shadowbanned or had their account terminated for no reason & they're saying it's taking months to get fixed (if it gets fixed at all)...

I wouldn't hold my breath about this.

The queue has approximately a week's worth of stuff still to post. After that, I'll come back periodically to see if the account has been fixed. You can post bug reports & other discussions to the CoG thread instead. I'll also be posting any update announcements to that thread as well.

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My King/Queen/Monarch, what's your pronouns?

I follow along with Merlin's "don't care what human pronouns you use for me" attitude.

Merlin: (≖ᴗ≖๑) Of course, following my lead is always the best option!

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since Percy is pretty quiet does he prefer his partners to be the talkative type and he could just listen

Percy doesn't care about that, you can be as talkative or silent as you want. You can already have a quiet date/platonic hangout with him in the Free Time Hub where you're just chilling and not saying anything.

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La la laa... Adrian can't hear anything. His poor eyesight has suddenly struck him selectively deaf, terrible tragedy when that happens.

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Would the Ros eat MC's food if MC cooked for them and the food looks absolutely horrendous, something that looks like it would kill you, but it tastes amazing, delicious, exquisitely divine.

I'm Supposed to Be Eating What Now?: Merlin, 4̵0̷4̸ ̸E̸r̶r̵o̸r̴ ̷N̷o̶t̴ ̴F̴o̷u̷n̶d̷, Vivian

No Thanks, I Like My Things Edible-looking: Cassandra

Yes, Give Me all the Food Poisoning: Adrian, Gwen

Only if There's a Guinea Pig First: Arthur, Lorelei, Broderick

The Guinea Pig: Percy

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Hello, dear author! May the great Purple Duck bless you. I would absolutely love to see an option in the game where, when the group begins discussing what everyone sees Merlin as, the MC can casually declare, "I see a 400-foot-tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings..." and no one questions it if they're a known Cloudcuckoolander (*゜▽゜)_□

Well, I can't promise a "400-foot-tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings" in that scene (whenever it gets written some year or other) but duly noted, include a completely crazy option for whatever MC claims to be seeing when looking at Merlin.

Besides that one nutcracker, that is.

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...gonna leave this right here~

(Loved the demo - my MC is truly a character 🤣)

Leyline: Safe | RV Sabotage: False | RV Window: Not Broken | Rock, Paper, Scissors Champion: false

New Inventory:

Thievery? false | Whomp? false | Wanted? true

Merlin Affinity 92 | Flirt Bold: 0 | Flirt Subtle: 1

Adrian Affinity: 47 | Flirt Bold: 0 | Flirt Subtle: 0

Arthur Affinity: 57 | Flirt Bold: 0 | Flirt Subtle: 0

Percy Affinity: 63 | Soulmate: false | Nickname: McGillicuddy

Magic: 2 Physical: 25 Mental: 28 Charisma: 25

Bold : 229 Sweet : -30 Sassy : 90 Optimist : 47

Caution : 19 Will : 6 Denial : 0 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 33 Silent : 15 Fear Level : 4

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Yeah, Adrian has a few NSFW drabbles on Patreon, including an interactive minigame. (The Fetch IF where someone else had been asking about the soundtrack).

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What would the RO's Personas (as in the Atlus games) be if their Personas cannot be characters from Arthurian lore?

Hmm, you know, it's been so long since I did Persona 2 or Persona 3 that I completely forgot they had Arthurian Personas back then. King Arthur was in Persona 2 as a "demon", wasn't he?

Merlin: ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ

So, yeah, I mostly remember the ones from Persona 4, right now, outside of the plot-relevant ones from Persona 3.

Merlin: Helel

Adrian: Orpheus

Arthur: Messiah

Percy: Jack Frost. All of them.

4̵0̷4̸ ̸E̸r̶r̵o̸r̴ ̷N̷o̶t̴ ̴F̴o̷u̷n̶d̷: ....Mara?

Cassandra: Cybele

Gwen: Oh hey, Queen Mab is from the Lover's Arcana in Persona 3/4!

Merlin: (屮ﾟДﾟ)☞

Gwen: Carmen or Eros

Cassandra: Can I change to Queen Mab? Merlin: (✿ ︣⓪ ᴗ ︣⓪)っ🔪 No.

Vivian: Undine. No, she doesn't care that Undine is a shitty low-level Persona in the game.

Lorelei: Yoshitsune

Broderick: Level 99 Izanagi, you can't stop him. You can't stop me, either.

Adrian: Hey, maybe I should— Merlin: (屮ﾟДﾟ)屮 Both of you fuse your Personas into something more useful right now! Broderick: I just fused Queen Mab. That's helpful, right? Merlin: (ভ_ ভ) ރ ／/ ┊ \＼Get out!

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i so want an mc who is just entirely normal

like suspiciously normal. their name is john smith. they are an accountant. they went to average college in average state and were average. their hobbies include doing taxes and writing emails. their favorite food is bread and their favorite drink is water

their secret is that they are really just like that

broderick doe who? nah get ready for john smith

Broderick: 🤬 Doing taxes as a hobby and having bread & water as your favorite meal isn't "normal"!

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I find it funny that with so many MCs crazy over Adrian he doesnt seem to realize how easily he could wrap them around his little finger. Like at this point he could be the traitor and (literally) backstab my MC and MC would be more upset they werent let in on the plans so they coulda been sabotaging together lol

Adrian:

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Yes, kick Adrian out of your apartment building and gain his unending enmity or don't go up to the 13th Floor. Because if you're already possessed and on the 13th Floor, boy, will it become evident to Adrian if he's with you.

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😘 asks:

How do the ROs kiss?

Where is their favorite spot to kiss the MC? What about their favorite spot to be kissed?

Merlin: However you want, whatever you want, wherever you want. Literally. Feed them.

Adrian: WE'RE DOING WHAT NOW? Be careful he bites/bruises all over.

Arthur: Some place chaste/decorous, like the hands or forehead while out in public. Someplace very not decorous when alone.

Percy: We're doing what now? The light butterfly kisses version. Okay, if you really want biting, he could do that too.

4̵0̷4̸ ̸E̸r̶r̵o̸r̴ ̷N̷o̶t̴ ̴F̴o̷u̷n̶d̷: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇

Cassandra: Coy or aggressive, going for the MC's most vulnerable spots. Catch her if you can.

Gwen: French kissing, please.

Vivian: Humans usually do this mouth-to-mouth, right? She'd be amused with MC trying other places, however.

Lorelei: She'd prefer more chaste kisses on the hands, forehead, cheeks until you work your way up to something more intimate.

Broderick: You kiss with your lips... on someone else's lips? Or their skin? What's with this question?! Are we supposed to be sucking on eyeballs here or is this some sort of quiz on who's the best at carpet munching or ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇

Merlin: *hands Broderick the horny crown* 👑 Gwen: Wait, we were allowed to go NSFW here?!

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You said that some background + secret options will set us to hard mode.

Is there any chance of hints as to which combos might be particularly difficult? Combinations that fit particularly well together?

I've always personally gone with amnesia changeling, love that little creep <3

Yes, that's part of the FAQ. It's also been previously mentioned that the secrets & childhood background used to be linked before I broke them up pretty early in the brainstorming process.

I'm here for the story and not for the trauma… what background choices are least likely to spectacularly blow up in my face later?

In that case, I'd suggest the Lab Technician job, the Imposter secret, Abandoned or Abused as your childhood, Lust as your vice if you're not planning to pursue a long-term relationship with a RO (Sloth if you are), either Heights, Snakes, Spiders, or Closed Spaces as your phobia, avoiding Luck as your talent & avoiding the Internet as your addiction, and finally having Adrian as your close friend.

Not saying that you can't make other choices during the game that'll set you on the path to Hard Mode, but these background choices have the mildest potential repercussions.

I want the full spectacular clusterf*ck experience here! What background should I choose?

The Wrath (Vice), Accident (Childhood), and Serial Killer (Secret) combo is always f̴u̸n̷. The "Lying about my amnesia" secret is also it's own brand of mindtrip as well.

Also, some other options include starting off as a Security Guard as your career, with Fear Itself as your phobia (blood or death are also 'good' options), Luck as your talent, the Internet as your addiction, and of course Adrian as your stalker because obviously we don't need any good relationships to fall back on when playing Among Us.

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Not sure if it just already been said but so far, both from the game and various ask, it seems to me that everyone is assuming that mute MC is just choosing to be silent? Is it possible for the MC to actually be mute because of physical or psychological problems?

Psychologically? I mean, considering how many players are doing the "won't speak until all the people who caused their family's deaths are also dead" thing, that's already in play.

Physically? The player can break the MC's silence at any point in the game when they choose a dialogue option. The same is true in-universe for the MC as well.

If you never have the MC speak until the end of the series and you don't choose any of the preset "here's why I don't speak" options that will periodically pop up, then you can head canon a physical condition.

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Regarding Percy the Fool Being the Hidden MC:

Percy: *eats the gun*