VN Ren'Py Our Red String [Ch.13.3.6] [Eva Kiss]

[BlandChili]

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Chapter 14.1 Status Report (1)

Hi everyone! Sorry for the reduced frequency of status updates, but as I mentioned before, this week and next I’m in the middle of moving to another country. The relocation, paperwork, and getting settled are taking up quite a bit of my mental (and physical) energy.
That said, and now that Chapter 13 is wrapped up, I’m continuing work on the next chapter.

Aside from the challenges of moving, this part of the story has proven to be a bit tricky for several reasons, the main one being the need to carefully determine and structure the key events, scenes, and narrative developments that will take place.
As you already know, this chapter will focus on Lena and the Billy event.

The tricky part, beyond the complexity of all the possible narrative states (player choices, character relationships, etc.), is deciding which scenes to include, how to present them, and in what order.

There’s a lot of potential here and many ideas floating around, but I have to be very selective about what makes it in and what doesn’t, or the development could drag on forever.

Condensing has never been my strongest skill, and I know there are high expectations for this chapter, so I really want to make it count.
My goal is to include the most meaningful and satisfying scenes I can, while using them to push forward the core narrative threads we’ve been building throughout the story.

While I keep wrestling with the script and story structure, I’ve been making progress on the visual side of things, selecting and commissioning several illustrations that I’m pretty confident will make it into this chapter.

Settling on which pictures to use and what new ones to create is also taking up quite a bit of mental space, since each illustration requires a significant investment of time and resources.

Aside from my colorist, I now have an artist helping out with simpler drawings. She handles the body sketches, while I, as always, take care of the character faces.

Get ready for some seriously spicy photo shoots!

 

[JM24]

Read the posts again, Lena only had a lot of experience if her Lust attribute is her highest one. If it's not, then she only had a few partners.

Of course, like notstaged said, she could be lying about it. But since the beach event was told from Ian's point of view, we can either take her at her word or not. I believe her, because her internal thoughts throughout the rest of the game are pretty consistent with that if you’re not playing a lust oriented Lena.

Yeah but my point still stands. Ian only has one gf in Gillian AFA we know but Lena has had multiple. Also way more variety in her sex life.

 

[ffive]

Yeah but my point still stands. Ian only has one gf in Gillian AFA we know but Lena has had multiple. Also way more variety in her sex life.

Lena is potentially explicitly stated to only have two (literally two) boyfriends. Meantime, Gillian is Ian's only girlfriend that we know of, but nowhere in the game it is said she's Ian one and only girlfriend.

Ian and Lena can have pretty much similar levels of experience, or one of them have more than the other, but it's not guaranteed at all that the one with more experience is actually Lena.

 

[prpa]

Lena is potentially explicitly stated to only have two (literally two) boyfriends. Meantime, Gillian is Ian's only girlfriend that we know of, but nowhere in the game it is said she's Ian one and only girlfriend.

Ian and Lena can have pretty much similar levels of experience, or one of them have more than the other, but it's not guaranteed at all that the one with more experience is actually Lena.

Yep, also I clearly remember Lena saying she’s never had a one-night stand, while you could speak for Ian and say he has, so in the end, Ian might be the more experienced one.

 

[ffive]

Yep, also I clearly remember Lena saying she’s never had a one-night stand, while you could speak for Ian and say he has, so in the end, Ian might be the more experienced one.

Yeah. To be exact, Lena with Lust background did have one-night stands. Charisma- or Wits-oriented Lena has this:

                p "You never had a one-night s--{w=0.5}stand, Lena? Really?"
                l "Is it that hard to believe?"
                if holly_slut:
                    w "Even Holly has!"
                    h "Only recently, but yes... It's normal to have them, right?"
                else:
                    w "I'm sure you had the chance."
                l "Well, yes... But I'm not too much of a fan. I mean, some flings and even relationships start as one-night stands, but..."
                l "Usually, someone has to interest me on several levels before I get into bed with them. If I don't feel a personal connection, I'm not really interested in a physical one."
                l "If it's going to be bad sex, I'd rather just go to bed alone!"

Ian's one-night stands are hard coded, not even up to the player -- if he didn't have any in the game he still drinks and says it was long time ago:

            if (holly_slut and v12_lena_ons) or (ian_holly_sex and ian_holly_dating == False and v12_lena_ons):
                "Everyone, including Holly, drank."
            elif holly_slut:
                "The only one to not drink was Lena. I wasn't expecting Holly to drink, but not her..."
            elif v12_lena_ons:
                "Everyone but Holly drank."
            else:
                "The only ones to not drink were Holly and Lena."
            i "You guys are such a bunch of libertines..."
            e "So what? Don't tell me you've never had a one-night stand either!"
            if ian_alison_fuck or ian_cherry_sex or v12_jess_date == 4 or ian_emma_sex and v12_emma_sex1 == False and v12_emma_flirt == False or ian_holly_sex and ian_holly_dating == False:
                i "You know I did."
                if ian_holly_sex and ian_holly_dating == False:
                    "In fact, one of those had been with Holly, that night at the hotel..."
            else:
                i "I did, but it's been a long time since then..."

 

[SearingFive]

People playing slut Lena are surprised when they find out, wits/charisma Lena was a level headed girl in her younger days.

 

[ExtremeLips]

Who do you think is going to Billy's shoot ORS fans? Confirmed: Lena + Ivy, expected: Holly + Emma, surprise guest: Cindy

 

[varpep]

People playing slut Lena are surprised when they find out, wits/charisma Lena was a level headed girl in her younger days.

Considering the demographic of Fmc games enjoyers, it's not surprising lol.
Fmc Starter pack:

Slutty female mc

Push over boyfriend to get cucked.

Hot guys to cuck boyfriend with.

Plenty of corruption arcs.

 

[Gicoo]

Who do you think is going to Billy's shoot ORS fans? Confirmed: Lena + Ivy, expected: Holly + Emma, surprise guest: Cindy

Jeremy is there.

Holly and Emma would've mentioned it.
Cindy doesn't know Billy.

I dread some GGGB cameos. Especially Tyrone and his gang.

 

[varpep]

Who do you think is going to Billy's shoot ORS fans? Confirmed: Lena + Ivy, expected: Holly + Emma, surprise guest: Cindy

Holly and Emma weren't invited. Cindy would have no interest even if she were invited. Jeremy is confirmed going. I haven't played GGGB but I feel we're due a cameo lol.

 

[ExtremeLips]

Jeremy is there.

Holly and Emma would've mentioned it.
Cindy doesn't know Billy.

I dread some GGGB cameos. Especially Tyrone and his gang.

I'd be surprised if Ivy doesn't have Holly(slutty path) tag along. Cindy could have connection with in Billy's crew

 

[Gicoo]

Cindy could have connection with in Billy's crew

How? She is dependent on Axel.

 

[Gicoo]

As for Holly, again, she or Ivy would mention this to Lena. Holly probably doesn't have a car, so Ivy would need to drive her as well. There was no indication that Ivy and Lena are picking her up. It makes logisticaly less sense from what we know so far.

 

[ExtremeLips]

As for Holly, again, she or Ivy would mention this to Lena. Holly probably doesn't have a car, so Ivy would need to drive her as well. There was no indication that Ivy and Lena are picking her up. It makes logisticaly less sense from what we know so far.

So you're telling me it'll only be Lena and Ivy from the known girls? That will be a disappointment. Don't forget both Ivy and Holly didn't let Lena know about the gloryhole visit until after

 

[Geigi]

Considering the demographic of Fmc games enjoyers, it's not surprising lol.
Fmc Starter pack:

Slutty female mc

Push over boyfriend to get cucked.

Hot guys to cuck boyfriend with.

Plenty of corruption arcs.

You have those who play to be wild and then like wow, she's wildin' and those who play other route and be like wow she's not wildin'. Meanwhile, there are others who aren't surprised that you can be both. This is the problem with FMC games, you are either a Virgin Mary or a Whore of Babylon, you can't be both. Lmfao

 

[Gicoo]

So you're telling me it'll only be Lena and Ivy from the known girls? That will be a disappointment. Don't forget both Ivy and Holly didn't let Lena know about the gloryhole visit until after

I was also very disappointed by the lack of characters at the beach. You got the famous beach chapter and all we got was three girls, Ian, Wade, the dog, and Jenthe.
The gloryhole was an event unrelated to Lena. Billys trip is an important event for Ivy and potentially Lena, Ivy wouldn't plan for a surprise there.

 

[varpep]

I was also very disappointed by the lack of characters at the beach. You got the famous beach chapter and all we got was three girls, Ian, Wade, the dog, and Jenthe.
The gloryhole was an event unrelated to Lena. Billys trip is an important event for Ivy and potentially Lena, Ivy wouldn't plan for a surprise there.

You are 100% right. Lola would've made the beach house so much better!

 

[ExtremeLips]

I was also very disappointed by the lack of characters at the beach. You got the famous beach chapter and all we got was three girls, Ian, Wade, the dog, and Jenthe.
The gloryhole was an event unrelated to Lena. Billys trip is an important event for Ivy and potentially Lena, Ivy wouldn't plan for a surprise there.

 

[ffive]

I'd be surprised if Ivy doesn't have Holly(slutty path) tag along. Cindy could have connection with in Billy's crew

Slutty Holly visits Ian because she needs a room to stay after Lena and Ivy had departed for Billy adventure. She is not tagging along.

Cindy doesn't have any connections with Billy, and Billy has no real connections with modeling world, he's only just starting.

 

[Gicoo]

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For starters, you asked us about our expectations of Billy's event. Secondary, its not so much of what I want to happen (opinion), but what I expect to happen given the info and indicators we got (fact). Much more characters would enrichen the beach event and Billy's trip. Doesn't change the fact that they include only very few characters of the total cast.