#directive-if

Choose your gender! You can set your gender to male, female, or non-binary and choose between a few pre-determined sets of pronouns or input your own! You can also decide what flavor of gendered adjectives you'd like (i.e. handsome, beautiful, attractive, etc.)!

Dictate your appearance and personality! Customize your appearance and make choices that will shape your unique personality-- something that will change how the characters around you act and react!

Choose your sexuality! Specify what genders you're interested in and either set one gender for all swappable ROs or choose the gender of each individual RO. Determining what genders you're interested in will have an effect on certain options.

Choose your specialties and skills! Decide what you want to be good at-- choose to excel in acrobatics, stealth, pickpocketing, acting, and more! These choices will have an effect on your options throughout the story.

Customize your crime syndicate! Decide your codename, the name of your syndicate, your calling card, and your moral and ethical beliefs and duties!

Kindle a romance with six unique characters! Choose to start a romance with an RO (with one optional poly route) or complete the story without romance!

After what many called the “Renaissance of the Space Age,” AI ran rampant, uncontrolled and destructive. Then, in a move that saved the known world from complete ruin, five humans monikered "the chancellors" shut down AI operations for good. That's what happened according to the textbooks, at least. You were born only a few years after the chancellors formed the governmental system that the galaxy currently operates under.

Now, life has settled into extremes. The wealthy reside in palaces, living by their fantasies and never worrying about anyones needs but their own. On the other side of the spectrum, the poor live in badly designed sectors, often barely have time to see the family they struggle to support and working long shifts at jobs that leave them malnourished and broken.

Human colonization has yet to expand past the Milky Way, despite multiple well-established colonies on planets and space stations alike. Intergalactic communication and travel is a very controversial topic but is one of the main focuses of the chancellors’ regime.

You're second-in-command of one of the most infamous, yet beloved, criminal groups in the galaxy. In a constant state of evasion, you steal, corrupt, and charm as necessary to reach your desires. Nothing and nobody is safe from your reach.

After a surprising, and somewhat scandalous, choice from your leader, you find you and your dysfunctional family working for a client (one that your leader is suspiciously close to) for the first time ever.

Suddenly, you're planning the most elaborate series of heists ever dreamt of in recent history-- all with the end goal of stealing the most powerful tool in the galaxy, hidden in a secure government complex. Hot on your trail is rival crime gang "The Red Cross" and an investigator tasked with catching you and forcing you to face justice for your crimes.

Embark on a story of crime, intrigue, and love as you fight to fulfill your contract, stay alive, and... save the world?

Click on the underlined headers to view separate introduction posts.

The Leader ✧ H (Hayden/Hannah) Pham ✧ (F/M) ✧

H is the leader of your group-- they're wicked smart and take their job and the responsibilities that come with it very seriously. That being said, they tend to parent the entire gang and have a soft, warm air of kindness and affection to them. They look out for their own and are very dedicated to each team member, making sure everyone is the best they can be. It's not hard to see, however, that they are much too hard on themself.

H is tall and lanky. They have jet black hair that goes down to their shoulders but often is pulled up into a bun (regardless of gender).

The Rival ✧ M (Marion/Markus) Allen ✧ (F/M) ✧

M belongs to your biggest rival crime gang-- The Red Cross. They're sly, witty and extremely capable. Through your very few interactions, they've proved to be wickedly flirtatious and have no shame. For some reason, they seem to be inexplicably drawn to you-- a fact that they will vehemently deny if you mention it. Nonetheless, there's a certain look in their eye that leads you to believe they have many secrets.

M is of average height and build. They have very dark skin and wear their black hair in locks. They have a few highlights of maroon threaded through their hair.

The Driver ✧ Indy ✧ NB ✧

Indy is the driver for your gang-- they're talented and badass but tend to hide that behind a soft-spoken, laid-back exterior. Half the time, you can't tell if that's an act they're putting on or if they're really like that. They know their way around pretty much any form of transport you could hope for. For as long as you've been working together, you can't remember the last time they confided in anyone other than your leader.

Indy is just above average height and has a lean, athletic build. They have naturally blonde hair which is typically thrown into a messy half-up, half-down hairstyle.

The Actor ✧ T (Tahir/Tamali) Chahal ✧ (F/M) ✧

T is one of your fellow field agents-- they're constantly going with you on scouting missions, undercover operations, etc. They're quick to joke and have fun whenever they can-- they always say "life is about the journey, and I refuse to have my journey be lifeless and boring!" You've often had to improvise a plan and cover for them due to their strong moral compass.

T is relatively short with a rather skinny build. They have brown skin and dark brown hair, which is cropped relatively close to the head for M!T and lands a few inches below shoulder height for F!T.

The Investigator ✧ C (Cassie/Cody) Martin ✧ (F/M) ✧

C is the IPPK (Inter-planetary Peace Keepers) investigator that was assigned to track down and capture your gang. They're very hard-working and serious, something that's nearly impossible to snap them out of. They rub many people the wrong way due to their eagerness to prove themself in their career.

C is of average height and very muscular and athletic. They have a fair complexion and light brown hair, medium length and slicked back for M!C and pulled into a tight pony tail for F!C.

The Client ✧ ??? ✧ (F/M) ✧

You don't know anything about the Client-- other than that they're an old friend of your leader. As you get to know them better, you start to gain an understanding of who they are and slowly the mystery will start to unravel.

You know nothing about The Client's physical appearance.

alright, here's the longer version! might want to grab a drink and some popcorn for this one lol.

when i first graduated high school, the last thing i wanted to do was go straight into four more years of school in the form of college. all my friends and my brother enjoyed their summer off before college and meanwhile i pivoted straight into working full-time only a week after graduating.

i had gotten to the point where i didn't believe i would go to college-- i have a job i like, been moving up and being trained for a position which most people go to college in order to reach.

every so often i thought about going to college but i didn't want to stop working, especially since i have plenty of upcoming financial goals within the next few years. i entertained the idea of online college a couple months ago but didn't end up making a move. then i talked to one of my bosses who had gotten her degree online a few years ago. she explained her experience with it and i decided to finally just bite the bullet and try it.

thus, i did some further research. i found out that my brother's university (which both our parents and aunt and uncle attended) offers certain degrees fully online. i figured what the hell, might as well try! so applied and, a few days later, received my acceptance letter.

which brings us current! i've been working on preparations and will have a better idea of exactly how many credits i'll be taking per term within the next week, hopefully.

that being said, classes begin at the end of august and i figure i won't have anywhere near as much free time on my hands. i'll be forced to better manage my time to get everything done but i believe i should be able to get it figured out. still, progress will certainly be slower and my activity on this blog likely will as well.

i really want to push myself to finish and release the rest of chapter one before my schedule fills up so much. this will definitely be a push as i estimate i have roughly 60k words left to write for this chapter. the only reason i'm even voicing this hope is because i don't want people to assume the update will be pushed off for who knows how long-- that's not my intent at all and i want to avoid any negative reactions regarding that.

there is a chance i'll be less active on this blog even now while i try to reach this lofty goal. i will still encourage everyone to keep sending any asks they may want and i'll do my best to answer in a timely manner!