#interactive fictions

WEEK 2 IS LIVE!

In this update, you can now:

meet all current love interests- Maeve, Gene, Aster, Garrett, Issa, and Tariasti!

learn more about the world

start making plot relevant decisions

pretend you know a few things about art

This update's word count: 28,434 words.

*Total word count: 40,405

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Adoriel's Tears are a gift.

A light offered to the inhabitants of Terrybiël to end the conflicts that oppress the Four Peoples and eradicate the evil that was crawling on the continent.

But every light has its shadow and sometimes gifts are poisonous. For if magic comes from the heart, it takes a soul to master it, and fortunate are those who manage to find it. Without a counterpart, without a familiar, a Tear is nothing.

Just a curse. A child of madness. The darkness on Terrybiël. What must be destroyed before they destroy you.

Adoriel's Tears are a gift. At least for the others.

You're long past the point where your heart and soul should be singing together, and yet you're gifted. That's what made you lose everything you had as a child. Now, an opportunity presents itself. Should you take it, is it the right thing to do?

Without a soul and with a magic you can't control, the journey will be a risky one.

Especially since the smell of madness and blood is getting heavier and heavier on Terrybiël. Will you be able to fix everything, to find what you're looking for? Nothing is less sure.

And yet, this voice is calling you, whispering : Come ! Come to me ! Come to me and don't be afraid.

So...Shall we begin ?

Arthur (m) the Human: He has dark brown hair cut short, ocean green eyes and fair skin. He is kind, loyal and protective. His familiar is called Zephyr.

Tally (f) the Dwarf : She has long red hair often tied in a ponytail, hazel eyes and dark brown skin. She is cheerful and optimistic, and has a rather reckless nature. Her familiar is called Coal.

Corden (m) the Orc : He has litchen green skin, violet eyes and long hair as black as night. He is sarcastic, stubborn and short tempered. His familiar’s name is Lett

Lessica (f) the Elf : She has slightly pink skin, mid-length cyan hair and big amber eyes. She is always calm and stoic, even pessimistic. Her familiar’s name is Lira

Sage/Sophia (f/m) The ??? With snow-white hair and heterochromatic eyes, they stand out from everything you know, and yet there is something familiar about them, almost warm.

- Customisable MC (gender, apparence, personnality and sexuality)

- Find love or friendship with your 4 soon-to-be traveling compagnions plus one

- Take part in an adventure that will change your world and possibly turn it upside down.

- Try not to succumb to the madness.

- Listen the voice in your head, or not. After all, it's your life.

- And so many more.

⚠️ The rating of this game is +18 for description of violence, sensitive theme and language. ⚠️

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I did have a question, does the Night Market have different seasons or does it stay the same climate throughout? If there’s no seasons, do popular fashion trends change often depending on customer preference or anything? Or do trends tend to stay the same?

Also, I think you mentioned that most the characters aren’t super sure of their age bc time works differently in the Night Market. But how do they know 10 years have passed since the Gatekeeper disappeared/Gabriel entered the Market? Is it an approximation or something else?

I love this question. It has so much I can talk about here.

For seasons, I have honestly been toying with kind of what I want to do there. I have an idea in my head right now that you all are in kind of a Fall type season. Very crisp mornings and evenings but still lovely days. Or as lovely a day as an eternal night can be. I was considering maybe halfway through putting you guys in winter. Or even having the seasons themselves be districts? Like you have a summer district, spring district, etc. What do you guys think?

Trends are kind of all over the place depending on who the current designer is. You will get to meet a fashion designer named Feebus in Chapter Three. He is the one kind of responsible for the pirate boho look. But then you have people like Belladonna who are going to dress more couture. I think fashion is a lot more based on the district you find yourself in the most.

As for the Gatekeeper. :) They know that it is 10 years since the Gatekeeper has been heard from for two reasons.

One: All nine barons have a meeting once a month. They touch base with each other. They discuss what needs to be done within the district. Where the Velvet Guard needs to be concentrated, etc. The Gatekeeper has never been one to show up to these so that was not all that new. However, about ten years ago, the gates themselves started going wonky and whereas before, they had kind of an underground communication with the Gatekeeper, it stopped. So, the Barons have assumed that something has happened to the Gatekeeper. They never have been able to quite figure out what though.

Two: All of your RO's knew the last Gatekeeper. Which will be a story that will come out when they trust you more. Probably at the end of Chapter Three, or perhaps in the beginning of four. :)

And as for Gabriel, his ten year thing is more of a guestimate? His memories and time in the early days of the Night Market are blurred to most people. That will most likely be something you can talk to him more about if you romance/befriend him.