Kenna Zarneki was going to die.
She realized this the moment she stepped off the jet and onto the tarmac, which burned so hot under the Atlanta summer sun that Kenna could swear she’d seen a sweat drop sizzle into smoke as it hit the ground.
Yes, Kenna Zarneki was definitely going to die from either heat exhaustion or seventh-degree sunburn. And it was all Talia’s fault.
T...
2021-03-11 04:50:54 +0000 UTC View PostKent Zarneki was going to die.
He realized this the moment he stepped off the jet and onto the tarmac, which burned so hot under the Atlanta summer sun that Kent could swear he’d seen a sweat drop sizzle into smoke as it hit the ground.
Yes, Kent Zarneki was definitely going to die from either heat exhaustion or seventh-degree sunburn. And it was all Talia’s fault.
The mur...
2021-03-11 04:50:02 +0000 UTC View PostSnapdragon is a puckishly jovial girl, with moon-pale skin and night-dark eyes and an unnervingly sharp-toothed smile. Her appearance makes her out to be around eleven years of age. She delights in pranks, both harmless and otherwise.
Snapdragon is fae and thus your most dangerous client.
Excerpt from the THAB Employee Guide:
As a THAB delivery person... 2021-03-10 23:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the rest of Mind Blind's Chapter 7!
Average playthrough is now 52,000 words (214,000 total), but the new content can be either a lot longer or shorter based on which route you chose back in Chapter 1.
Demo Link:https://dashingdon.com/pl...
2021-03-07 23:32:13 +0000 UTC View PostWith a grand total of 165 votes, Grayson is the winner of March's Character Interview!
(Nick is both extremely proud of Gray for winning, and slightly disgruntled that he himself placed second. This is The Buzzer's "The Top 20 Ments We Wish Would Save Us from a Fire" List all over again.)
Please ask all questions you have for Gray via the Sanctum of S...
2021-03-07 01:22:26 +0000 UTC View PostI hope everyone is having a wonderful March! For those in the same hemisphere as me: it’s almost spring! For those in the Southern hemisphere: happy autumn!
I’m not British, so I won’t be talk any more about the weather. Instead, I’d like to lay out the schedule for this month.
First things first, there’s a Mind Blind demo...
2021-03-06 01:32:58 +0000 UTC View PostFeaturing Sally and Button
“One-hundred and seventeen,” you declare confidently.
Sally props herself up on the pillow, her hair in a messy bun atop her head. She rolls her eyes at you, although her giggle undermines her projected exasperation. “You did not count all the freckles on my face.”
“I ...
2021-03-03 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostFather summoned me to the east parlor as soon as I arrived. Madam Catherine, his bride-to-be, blended into the room’s pastel palette, looking as if she’d been painted in watercolor with her near translucent skin and pale pink gown. Her blue eyes were narrow but observant, and her tight blonde bun streaked liberally with white. The widow of a wealthy trader, she had become even wealthier aft...
2021-03-02 20:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostI'll be laying out a more detailed schedule of what drops when come this Friday, but for now here's the poll for March's character interview! It'll close on Saturday, so please make sure to vote who'd you would like to see interviewed before then.
Since Rosy and K have already been interviewed, they're excluded from the poll. Thanks everyone for your continued support! I can't wait to see...
2021-03-02 02:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostA spotlight shines once again on Nicholas Wiseman, wearing the same sequined gold vest and a top hat cocked at an even jauntier angle. He sits in one of two cushioned chairs on an otherwise empty stage. A microphone is clutched in his hand.
Nick: Hello, hello! Welcome to the second Unity Spotlight. I’m your host, Nicholas Wiseman.
He winks while waiti...
2021-02-28 06:17:47 +0000 UTC View PostA spotlight shines once again on Nicholas Wiseman, wearing the same sequined gold vest and a top hat cocked at an even jauntier angle. He sits in one of two cushioned chairs on an otherwise empty stage. A microphone is clutched in his hand.
Nick: Hello, hello! Welcome to the second Unity Spotlight. I’m your host, Nicholas Wiseman.
He winks while waiti...
2021-02-28 06:16:50 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary is almost at its end! Other than K’s interview this weekend (hosted by Glitch, because K has the audacity to pull the greatest “I don’t know you” at Nick that I’ve ever written) and the Live Q&A for UCRT/Hero Zeroes, there’s not a lot left!
The demo goes public on Sunday, and the next Patron demo is very tentatively scheduled for March 6. I’m returning to Chicag...
2021-02-27 02:42:36 +0000 UTC View PostKent glares at you.
You glare back.
The glare-down continues until Rosy heaves an exasperated sigh. “Are you both quite done?”
[i]But first one to blink loses![/i] Nick protests.
***
“What do you have against being my sidekick?”
K ignores you.
***
“How about being my partner ‘under the covers’ as well?”
K ignores you.
*...
2021-02-26 22:29:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Do not dare enter my study wearing those muddy boots, Your Majesty,” said Delphine. “King or not, this rug is new and I won’t have you ruining it.”
Not many people could get away with chiding a monarch. In the year since I had moved to Bellcrest, I’d realized just how much power Delphine actually wielded at Court. She was a sorceress, yes, but her personality was the true for...
2021-02-24 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostVirginia Parker had been called many things over the course of her life. The “A’s” were her personal favorite: “arrogant,” “abrasive,” “aggressive.” She tucked these insults away in her purse and occasionally pulled them out to examine. Although it stung that to know that her behavior would be lauded as self-assurance if she were a man like her coworkers, she also felt proud b...
2021-02-23 00:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostVirginia Parker had been called many things over the course of her life. The “A’s” were her personal favorite: “arrogant,” “abrasive,” “aggressive.” She tucked these insults away in her purse and occasionally pulled them out to examine. Although it stung that to know that her behavior would be lauded as self-assurance if she were a man like her coworkers, she also felt proud b...
2021-02-23 00:57:54 +0000 UTC View Post
This weekend, my final Patreon goal was met. I thought long and hard about how to say "thank you" . . . but there aren't enough words to express my appreciation. Even that phrase "not enough words" feels trite when trying to communicate the immensity and depth of my gratitude.
Because I now make most my income as a writer.
Not through copywriting or technical writing or writing peop...
2021-02-22 04:53:54 +0000 UTC View PostA little late in the day, because I slept until 11am. I caught up on a week's worth of sleep and now feel rejuvenated and ready to keep writing! 💪
I still need to edit a bunch of things (which is what I'll be doing this weekend). But it's playable, without any major bugs!
Anyhow, rather than waste time trying to think of something amusing and clever to write, here's the lin...
2021-02-21 00:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostGiven that I was up until 6am last night (this morning?) freaking out over getting a new apartment, I'm sleep-deprived enough that my editing is doing more harm than good to the game right now. I'm officially delaying the demo update until tomorrow (or Sunday at the latest, but only if I'm involved in a shark attack or something).
I feel awful for missing my deadline (my boss, who also ha...
2021-02-20 05:49:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m still editing and debugging this next update, but will do my best to post it before midnight PST. I realize this is down to the literal last second of my promised drop date, but this last week has been . . . not as productive as I would’ve wished.
(Explanation at the bottom of this post. But let’s talk about the positive first! Because my life, and especially my...
2021-02-20 00:28:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe course of true love runs more smoothly when there's a dragon involved. Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
Abraham Littlefoot Skullcrusher, Esquire, (known as Abe to his family and Crush to his friends) had long ago grown accustomed to the look of dismay that flashed across his clients’ faces when they first saw him. In that regard, his most recent client was ...
2021-02-14 18:44:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Good News: K's route alone is twice as long as Santa Scam.
The Bad News: Only K's route is available.
The Link: https://dashingdon.com/play/wildelight/button-and-the-cupid-calamity/mygame/
T...
2021-02-13 03:34:21 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the Journal of Lady Vitrula Rhys: The First Death
The first time that Prince Loren asked for my hand in marriage, I’d felt so ecstatic that I could barely breathe in enough air to utter “yes”. I had fallen desperately in love with the Prince on my fourteenth birthday when he’d politely kissed the back of my hand. The heat of his lips throug...
2021-02-10 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSubtitle: The Roast of Satan
(Sub-Subtitle: Sorry, Clarence.)
"You know, Clarence, it's quite a feat that your combover manages to hide both your bald spot and your horns."
"Clarence, you oily fustilarian, do shut up."
"Clarence, I want to marry you solely for how much I would enjoy ...
2021-02-08 12:58:15 +0000 UTC View PostNote: I have a book of writing prompts that I use for exercises. In this flash fiction, written almost exactly one year ago, I gave a slight fantasy twist (and role reversal) to the prompt "One person tries to convince another to commit a crime."
“. . . in conclusion, I'd be ever so grateful if you would kidnap me.”
The dragon blinked down at t...
2021-02-07 21:28:40 +0000 UTC View PostOne might even say that I feel hot. (Screenshot from Graphtreon.com, which tracks Patreon growth, and where I am apparently a "hot creator" which makes me feel like Cinderella as she majestically descends down a flight of stairs to the ballroom.)
I also feel grateful, awed, thunderstruck...
2021-02-05 21:48:18 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone's favorite non-Ment has a big enough lead that I'm calling the February poll in K's favor.
Please address all questions to Kent/Kenna via the Sanctum of Spoilers Discord, on the mb-interview channel. Alternatively, you can leave your ask on this post.
Please submit all questions by February 24th.
As with Rosy's interview, I'll post ...
“Desk Job”
Featuring: Ambrose and Button
Your meeting with Ambrose begins with a kiss. It ends with the flagrant, torrid misuse and semi-destruction of Unity property.
Of course, the meeting wasn’t supposed to start with a kiss. Ambrose called you to his office over an issue related to paperwork from your latest mission. Sally, ...
2021-02-03 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Desk Job”
Featuring: Ambrosia and Button
Your meeting with Ambrosia begins with a kiss. It ends with the flagrant, torrid misuse and semi-destruction of Unity property.
Of course, the meeting wasn’t supposed to start with a kiss. Ambrosia called you to her office over an issue related to paperwork from your latest mission. Sall...
2021-02-03 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post