I am not a visual novel guy but this was entertaining and really good writing. I know a friend who used renpy for these sorts of things, maybe look into it if you continue this.
Thanks! I'll keep it in mind. I do have other engines I'd like to try my hand on like rpgmaker or unity if I can get my brain to wrap around the coding language. Unity might be my first pick to learn because I really want to get the coding down without quitting this time.