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Hmmm I like Dallas ^^ I based him off someone I knew as a kid, and he shares the name of a friend of mine! I came up with him first, too, mostly just an idea about a guy who's last name was Doverman but always gets called Doberman?

When I took skating lessons, I grew to be friendly with a girl my age who figure skated and played hockey with the boys. We would always pass by each other, as her hockey session began right after the private skate. It got me into thinking that hockey and figure skaters use the same ice and have a lot of times that they pass by or bump into each other. Can't wait to introduce him to y'all!

And for those A-mancers out there, they are also inspired by real life and were the second RO I created. My old skating coach was named Anita, which was what inspired the name to begin with A. <3

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You pull, only for the door to swing with more force than you've put in. The smell of shampoo makes you freeze, the man suddenly in front of you following suit. The minty graze of his breath against your cheek lets you know just how close you were to crashing into him. At this proximity, you can see every lash on his widened eyes, and the near-invisible difference between the dark brown of his iris to the shrunken pupil within.

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It's the male version, sorry!

I know it's New Year's Eve but still. I'm thinking of doing these end-of-the-month updates since it feels like that's a good interval to do status updates without it being too frequent/infrequent.

Iced has been coming along well, although I've severely underestimated how busy this time of year gets so I'm not confident that I'll be able to push out a demo in January. The assignments are winning and thinking about them all at once makes me implode. I'm really sorry about pushing the release once again, but it just doesn't seem possible right now. I don't want to make any more promises I can't keep, so I'll see how February turns out and let you know by then!