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Character dossier Version.0 - Vegaris

“An orphaned Alter under Bastien Palmer’s care, nothing worth mentioning at the moment. To be more precise, not a treat… yet.”

Birth name : Vegaris

Surname : None (Palmer Household Affiliated) 

Other identities : Unknown

Age : 19

Species : Alter

Gender : F/M

Appearance : 5’2’’/5’8’’ Rosy skin. Dark shade of crimson Alter-eye color, while other Alters own more of Grayish hair color shades, Vegaris has bright silver, almost white hair that trails down at the base of their neck. Both of their counterparts have similar styles, only difference is F!Vegaris has a velvet choker with a small ruby stone around her neck meanwhile M!Vegaris has his in an earring version. Pieced beautifully at his left ear. Same side as his dominant hand.

They both wear white gloves and white hygienic masks like other Alters. And they dress in a simple plain white tunic and a pair of white slacks. Except F!V wears black heels, and M!V a pair of leather loafers.

Average build. Doesn’t look like the hand-to-hand combat type.

Motivation : Unknown. 

Relationships :

President Palmer notably trusts them. Allow them to spend their free time outside work as they’re pleased, raise and talk to them as one of his own kids. They live in a private mansion Palmer secretly owns somewhere in Uptown.

Both parents died in a fire accident more than ten years ago. Palmer was present and took the kid in out of pity. One of his few mistakes and weaknesses.

Might come in handy. Please keep the report coming in monthly.

Me:

lol?

I know we shouldn’t pick a favorite, but hmmm let’s see. I think my most fav character to write is not even a RO 🤔 ((You will get to meet her in the next chapter that’s for sure. And I hope everyone can shower her some love.))

As for ROs, right now you may feel the bias toward V purely bc V is the only one who interacts with MC in the current update. Besides from being one of the ROs, V is also one of the Chosen Ones of this story, and actively acts as an usher to the new players. So I would say the general content about V didn’t stem from my bias or favoritism toward them but more about them being one of the plot devices I use. Sounds cold and cliché I know but every story has one.

You do get more contents from V regardless of your present relationship with V however.

As for other ROs, I definitely enjoy writing all of them. But Sandalphon is the most difficult one to write, so every times there’s a scene where they are involved I feel momentarily emotionally drained that I need to take a break from writing.

Oh, it is WORSE than that. Trust me😭😭😭

Hi Anon! for this question I have two versions of explanations for you (I tend to ramble more than I need to so forgive me lol you can just read the short ver. and call it a day!)

Short version

Doesn't want to see his child form an intimate relationship with an Alter or the rising star of the empire differs from generally seeing them in a positive light, considering it is two different matters completely.

Both V and D work for/with Bastien in a way, and while giving them a nod of approval as someone he may allow to exist in MC's lonely childhood, for them to start a whole another form of bond with his kid is another topic in which he most likely doesn't want to even begin to imagine about.

Long version

We will need to take it in context here that Bastien tries to keep MC's existence, and anything related to them, behind closed doors as much as possible. If, let's say, MC somehow falls for D, who has to be in public spotlights all the time. You will start to understand his aversion towards them being in a relationship, right? And we don't need to mention about V bc we all well aware of how taboo/forbidden a romance between Alter and Stargazer is in society. So it's automatically a big no-no for him as well.

It's not like the idea of S being in a relationship with MC will soothe his arching headache more than the other two, but put Eutopia's standard into contexts; choosing S as a partner who has so many powerful strings to pull from for MC's protection is way worth than risking MC's secrets from spilling by entrusting them to a couple of kids (in his pov).

Then I reread the introductions and was shocked. Floored. Highly concerned that MC going with them. Hope that ends well. Hope V doesn’t get stabby. Betrayal might be the thing to make MC cry 😿

Trust your instincts. That’s all what I need to say!

Despite the concept of MC is to be just a 'bystander' I can feel the strong presence of this character throughout the demo (which surprised me the most, consider this is just the beginning.) I replayed with 3 different MC and I can see the blatant change of perspectives in how they view Alter and Gazer situations depending on my choice. Or even how they talk, their mannerism. And I like it. I like it so much.

MC's inner turmoil is real. so so real. As someone who went through a long process of therapy to get better on mental health. I was quite afraid to see the glorification of depression (since it seems to be a trend nowadays in the IF community) and I immediately taken aback of how MC get called out so fast in the beginning (I was WHEEZING so loud my partner walked over to check up on me lol)

I love the length of this update. It says 28k but it felt much longer than that when I played, and in a good way. You say you don't like the pace of the current story but I'd say it is fitting for a IF that leans more toward the book side than the game side. I like how different dialogues grant us different reactions from V. And I like how subtle the change of V's reaction can give away so much (I caught that dazed stare, young man!) I picked up several foreshadows on this chapter which honestly scared the shit out of me. And I like that despite the still linear storyline it doesn't feel so railroaded (which is what I'm fear from an if the most.)

The mystery of the prelude in contrast with the calm before the storm vibes I get in Chapter 1 is what I love most about the demo. And V is adorable. (In a red flag kind of way) I can't wait to see the next update from you. Great job!

Thanks for the long review! I appreciate it. About the pace I think the frustration was born from the fact that I expect everything to kick start from the very beginning. But it was also me who decided to add so many details in the intro, so it took way longer than I was expecting to the turning point.

Butterfly Effect Trigger is what happens when choosing choice of actions create another path that is partly, if not entirely, different from other paths. Such as some major events in the game that lead to another conclusion of sorts. Or to some rescues/deaths of specific characters. 

You can see a BET example below here;

When mentioning BET, it stands for Butterfly Effect Triggered. Or you could just call it Butterfly Effect if you’d like. (The acronym is there to make my coding life easier, and I get used to it in datalog. Also I like the double meanings.)

It could also mean your action has already caused a certain path inaccessible. Don't forget that.