Summary: It’s your birthday! He really hopes you will like his gift, but don’t ask him about it.
A/N: This is a standalone short story featuring Maksim, a love interest from "The Man of My Dreams", a free to play visual novel that will be released on the 1st July. Please support us by playing the demo!
Although well versed in the intricacies of magic and science, Maksim is new to desire.
He stares down at the rows upon rows of flowers. Were you the type to be enthralled by roses? Or maybe you prefer the bright colours of tulips. Is it too cliche to buy you flowers? Would it hurt to buy a bouquet, and maybe some dessert?
Maksim recalls your gift to him. A pair of binoculars, sky blue with golden embellishments. The lenses, beautifully polished and of high quality, perfect for his bird watching escapades. Heat rises up to his ears at the memory of your bashful expression as you offer him your wrapped present on his birthday. He didn’t even make it past a “Thank you” before you flew off into the sky on your bike.
Now that your birthday has rolled around, it is time he returns the favour.
Perhaps, a more personal gift would be to your tastes. He buys a bouquet of white roses and although he is in no rush, he lightly jogs towards a hardware store. Maybe it’s the vision of you beaming up at him with a new set of screwdrivers that makes his heart race, or the urge to see you fawn over a new toolbox that causes him to move faster. He wonders if you yearn to watch him use the binoculars you gifted him the same way he wants to watch you hard at work, eyes bright with passion and hands tinkering away with whatever diabolical contraption you occupy yourself with at that moment. In his defence, Maksim has never been known for his patience outside of birdwatching, but even this level of frenzied searching is below him.
His eyes land on a lovely new toolbox, one with too many screwdrivers and bolts for him to comprehend what they could possibly be used for. It’s a far cry from what you might have had in your damaged workshop, but using Emilio’s basic toolkit definitely isn’t viable for a complex invention such as a flying machine.
Without even looking at the price tag, he buys the toolkit, his heart racing with anticipation. His heart flutters all through the afternoon, his ears tipped the same hue of pink that now bleeds into the serene evening sky. Maksim’s blood rushes so rapidly that he can hear it, so loudly that he barely registers the fact he’s knocking on your door.
“Oh, hello Maksim what brings you-”
“Happy Birthday.” He interjects haphazardly, thrusting the bouquet and toolkit into your arms before trundling off at such high speed that even your mechanical wings would not catch up with him.
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The first love interest of The Man of My Dreams! He is a mechanician, has a warm temperament, helps everyone in need and can always be seen smiling ! He might be too nice though, you can’t help but wonder if there might be something more sinister underneath…Nah, it’s probably nothing! He will go ahead and prepare you some delicious food. You won’t even remember what you are worrying about <3
Reality is boring, uniform and often disappointing...
...So why not meet the man of your dreams instead?
Who we are:
Hello! We're the devs of the indie game, "The Man of my Dreams"! A free VN following the story of you, the player, getting isekai'd into your favourite visual novel "Echoes of the Skies", where nothing bad will happen :)
We're releasing the full F2P game on July 1st! Interested, but can't wait to see what's in store? We gotcha! You can access the demo here.
What is this blog about?
Our tumblr is to share short stories and head canons of our game so far, so there won't be any untagged spoilers so please feel free to browse at your leisure!
Here is our masterlist!
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Rules for asks:
For now, our asks are open! You're free to inquire or send in head canons of your favourite characters, or to ask the team any questions you may have! We do ask that these asks are SFW and not discriminatory, but other than that, go wild!
um, feel free to ignore this but i can not express how excited i am for this game!! i am vibrating in my seat waiting and planning on how i'll make time to play it bc i was so impressed by the demo!! it already offers so much on the table, like how the artstyle looks like a whimsical, watercolour painting with the backgrounds and how beautiful the LIs sprites are!! it really felt like i stepped into a fairytale. the writing is also so good too!! the way mc's loneliness was displayed from the beginning up to the party was equal parts devastating and heartwrenching, especially when mc's potential friend died bc of an accident and mc was imagining maksim comforting them at the party. (but also ngl, i have this weird theory that the childhood friend got isekaied into maksim in the vn, which is why there are clingy and friendly towards mc). i also really adored the LIs, maksim is already intriguing with the change in script and emilio is uh, haha my usual type when it comes to vns. (also question but also feel free to ignore again, but is emilio actually a yandere? or is that spoiler territory?). really can't wait to play the full version of the game, wishing you guys all the best and take care!! ❤️
(Tumblr admin passing the mic to Lead of the project)
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Aaaaah, thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it! Isn’t the art amazing? I really lucked out with the people who happened to sign up for the project. The sprite artist has an incredible eye for detail, and the background artist can draw beautiful landscapes amazingly quickly!
Honestly, I even surprised myself with how sad the beginning of the game ended up being. I understood in theory it would be because of the content, but putting it on paper (er, screen) was another matter entirely. Glad the emotions came through.
I wish you the best, too! I hope you like the full version of the game!
(To answer your question: yes and no! I won’t elaborate further.)
i’m currently playing ‘dark nights’ by pinlin! it’s free to download on pc so here’s a link!
i’ve finished junoru’s route, got all four endings and started kurato’s one a few hours ago. i think i’m gonna make a pass on sachiro’s route because i’m eighteen... and he seriously resembles a minor.
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