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Joy Sullivan, from “Culpable”, Instructions for Traveling West

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As someone who grew up with "I'm not going to praise you for doing what's expected of you; that's not being good, that's doing the bare minimum" I want to encourage you to celebrate every little thing you can. Everything that takes energy and effort should be appreciated and you're allowed to be happy about trying.

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Victor Frankenstein syndrome aka you spent nights over nights crying and bleeding over this work and now that it's finally done you're just like "nvm. it's trash" and go to bed

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i want rainn to absolutely SUFFER.

Are you sure? Are you sure you want sensitive little Rainn to hurt? They are already stressed out about work and keeping up pretenses. Are you sure you want to cause them emotional pain? :P

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Demo Update (April, 24, 2025): Episode 2

Added: +150k (including code + duplicate job scenes with text variations)

TOTAL: 303,452 WORDS

Here is episode 2. The demo is over 300,000 words and since the last update I've learned the trick of separating files so there will likely be errors and maybe some inconsistencies/continuity errors. Please give me a heads up if you do find any error or typo. I will be looking for beta testers in the future. This is my first IF so I'm still learning as I go.

After fixing everything, I remain uncertain about the stats. A large part of me doesn't want visible stats at all since there's so many I can use, limiting myself to a couple is making it difficult to balance them. If anyone has any suggestions from other IFs or from experience, I'm happy to hear them.

In this episode:

See the aftermath of episode 1's cliffhanger.

Get a taste of what work is going to look like now that you're starting...and learn news of a possible promotion opportunity. The seeds of a rivalry are planted.

Meet two new people that may or may not become regular faces in your life.

Meet G (editor route)

Go to a club with your roommates to cheer up.

Play Apt. 502 here.

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Ilya Kaminsky, from "While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses", Deaf Republic

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me being so normal when there’s only vague plans to hang out for the day and nobody is texting back with specific times or what we’re doing

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thinking about edvard munch's "The Sun" (1911)

like yeah thats how it feels. thats what it feels like to exist sometimes. he gets it

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heart shaped forget-me-nots

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ok. enough suffering now. i am seeking out delight

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botb DEFINITELY didn't get these shirts in the mail and cory DEFINITELY didn't make seven and arabella wear them <3

the shirts are inspired by this post <3

seven and my infamous mc arabella by @artsyaprilmr 💗 i cannot thank you enough for this art they look SO good!

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This might be a stupid question, but why does/did seven love mc so much? (platonically or romantically)

Why does anyone love anyone? I think Seven would say that MC was always there which is something they didn't have with their dad

IDK if anyone has seen past lives but theres this quote where one of the characters says "I liked you for who you are and who you are is a person who leaves." Which really stuck with me (i cried) I think Seven would say something like that but they'd say MC was someone who stayed...well until they didn't

I think MC always being there was a big main reason but not the only reason. In that case, Seven wouldn't be able to describe it and neither can I!

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life lately

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scout my beloved

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Saw something beautiful just now (nobody letting a Cybertruck merge)