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I am thrilled that you liked Jun! He's had a few fans pop up here and there and it's tempted me to borrow his character for another story sometime. 

Oh my goodness, your assessments have me over here giggling and tapping my fingies together like a villain.  I think you will really enjoy chapter 6. I've got it outlined and several key moments will...resonate with you. ^_^

I'm thrilled that you got so much out of it, my friend! I'm back from a bit of a break and have chapter 6 outlined. There are some juicy things in store! ^_^ (including more spice of course)

I love to see that, my friend! Also love that you had a dream about it! That makes me so giddy. ^_^

Sometimes it's good to be bad, dear! I'm glad you found that little branch though. That choice affects your path into chapter 5 as well. I'll work on making your masochist MC dreams come true. ;)

I am so sorry, dear, but saves were super broken with the update. I am currently trying to get itch's Butler application to work so I don't break them again, but my laptop can't run it. I have delayed a patch for chapter 5 until I can get it worked out though. I'm trying to find another computer that may run the app I need to do this. Hope it didn't dampen your enjoyment!

Thank you so much, my friend. You are too kind. I hope you got some rest for those peepers though for your next read! ^_^

Thank you, dear! Glad you had a good time! ^_^

That really resonates with me as well. It may be my little idealist heart, but I wanted that to stand out. The world is hard enough and I wanted to write people trying to hold each other up through it. ^_^

Thank you, dear! I am glad it was worthy of being devoured. MC is quite popular (and in chapter 6, someone will be prodding them about that, lol).

And I am always overjoyed when readers love the MC's parents. I also have a soft spot for them, and I'm glad you enjoy their role. ^_^

Hello dear! Glad you enjoy the story. Just know that the frustration you sense about the limitations, your MC does too. That's a vital part of the story with your MC's life being on hold and stymied because of the curse. Without the stakes and your MC being so held back in life, you don't have as much of a push to find a solution. With your healer, there just isn't much in the way of traditional medicine for your MC to do for themselves since their affliction is unique. There's one known plant that helps and chapter 6 will actually touch on why that is.

I'm glad overall you find it immersive and a good experience! Hang in there, MC can only go up from here! ^_^

Happy New Year to you as well my dear! And you are very welcome for the meal, I hope it has left you sated. I am elated that your lovely ladies have got you down so badly and that you're enjoying each of them so much. You have done me a great honor by complimenting the Zahn spice. I enjoy writing those scenes and I fret about them being enjoyable for a wide audience.

I've had a pretty good and much-needed break and am getting in gear to begin writing chapter 6! It is outlined already. ^_^

Thank you, my friend! I am glad you enjoyed it. I totally know what you mean with the parents. I do love me some bad-parent angst, but sometimes it's hard enough for poor MC, lol.

Yay! I'm glad you had a delightful surprise waiting. I'm currently marinating the chapter 6 outline. I am terrifically excited about it too. ^_^

I'm glad you like it! I have considered altering the romance system as well. I initially vetoed the more in-between actions since the personality system doesn't use a middle-ground option either (saves me a lot of coding and struggling to find an in-between option that feels natural). But the personality extremes can still kinda pass sometimes for a middle-ground response - they just don't feel as uniquely "this or that" to me. It wouldn't be too difficult to add another flirting method either. I'll do some thinking on it! Thank you, my dear! I can't wait to see how this project grows. ^_^

I am mostly sorry! LOL I am thrilled that you are so torn, though, and you've found a lot to love. ^_^

That might be a POV for later, my friend. Or Oswin may tell MC himself during a conversation in chapter 6 (I'm still outlining so I can't say for sure yet). I am currently working on an extra for Tumblr to celebrate hitting over 2000 followers. It covers MC's "cursed birthday" from Oswin's eyes and should be published this month. It will probably be on itch since my idea is to make it interactive (mainly just adding your MC's details). ^_^

Thank you so much! I'm so excited to bring more of this story out too. There are so many juice mysteries to unravel! And heck yeah, write your story! Making them can be daunting, but stick with it. They are so rewarding too. ^_^

Thank you! They're doing wonderfully,  and knocking everything over and I  love it, lol.

Thank you so much!  I'm glad you mentioned the personality system because I'm currently wondering if I  should stick with it for my next IF or try something new. I think the method in GC has been the favored one though. LOL MC is a bit Mary Sue (Mary Cue? MC - :D - I'll stop), but one you can put through a meat grinder. (this might be mentioned in the game too at some  point, lol)

I'm so glad! I'm a fan of replaying myself, though it can get tedious, so I appreciate that you took the time. ^_^

Technically there isn't anything in that's specific about a trans MC.  My thinking when I did the character creation as it is was that, at least in this world, whoever you are - you just are. That's kinda how I see myself because I've always been in a grey area for my own identity. So, I just am. That's why I didn't enter any sort of specified option for transitioning. Just know I am still giving thought to the subject and I may change my current design in the future as long as I can make it a meaningful one to readers. Hope this helps! ^_^

(Just as a note in case it is something you'd like to know, for any of the  moments that they can come into play, MC's bits are defined by the reader and not the pronouns.)

You're very welcome! And happy new year to you! Me and Mr. Lunan welcomed two kitties into our family today so we are set for the year, lol. :3

Hey I love this thinking, lol. Anytime an IF updates I end up restarting anyway because my memory is faulty after reading 400 other stories lol.

Very sweet, 10/10, would feed again.

Duri has great insticts and probably senses the danger lol. He'll do his part by paying you special attention. 🐺

I'm so glad you enjoyed your early Christmas present! ^_^

Thank you my friend! I'm so happy you enjoyed it! Can't wait to get going on chapter 6, so many fun scenes to write. ^_^

My gift to you! Hope you enjoyed! ^_^

After all you've been through, there's no way your parents can say that you can't keep her either, lol. Glad you loved it, my dear! ^_^

Hello there! Love that you tried out Noodles! The plan is to go back through and add more flavor text for that and a few other name selections. I adore that you have an entire troupe of pasta, lol.

If you'd like just a little bit more Nathan, there's a mini story posted about how he met Shadow here https://www.tumblr.com/wings-of-ink/771243881131081728/how-about-a-little-someth...

I'm trying to wiggle him in a bit more, so no worries, you'll cross paths again eventually! 

Your assessments of everyone made me smile, lol. You are very wise. Thank you so much for your kind words, I'm so glad that you've found something to love here. ^_^

I'm so glad you enjoyed and savored your read, my friend! I'm happy you like all the characters so much too. Sorry to say that there's no poly options for this particular story, but I'm aiming to do that in future IFs. ^_^

I'm glad you like them all though! Just pretend you're at a buffet, you can always come back for seconds...and thirds... ^_^

That's not awful at all, dear, I'm so happy you've found something to love about all of them. If you'd like a bit more of our beloved merchant man, I wrote an extra about how he found his kitty cat. It's a little look at his past at least. It's here if you'd like to read it: https://www.tumblr.com/wings-of-ink/771243881131081728/how-about-a-little-someth...

I'm so thrilled that you are looking forward to future updates! I am so excited to get chapter 6 going too! My plan is to try to raise funds to put toward official art via ko-fi and Patreon starting in January. When those are made, they'll be put into the game. Some artists have done some fanart already based on what they can dream up from the pinterest boards if you'd like to take a look at those. https://pin.it/2Vq0HGVzi

Enjoy your second read! I hope you find something new and interesting. ^_^

Lol he'd be a flustered mess if he read this.

So sorry! I'm trying to work out how to prevent that but my laptop is old and cranky. 😅

I'm so sorry! 😭 The hard saves were broken too I think. 

I've been trying to figure out Butler to run updates without shattering everything but my old laptop refuses to even install it. I need to patch ch 5 but I don't want to do it until I can either convince my laptop to work or borrow another computer. 

No worries, I still enjoyed it the second time too, lol.

Hello again, my friend! I am so thrilled you enjoyed this installment as well! And I did have a listen to that soundtrack and it rocks! I listened to it on repeat while I worked and wrote, lol. I've never played Monster Hunter but I'd like to check it out sometime. 

I'm happy to try and give you some insight on coding if you like. I'm no expert at all, but if I can help guide you I will. If you're on Tumbrl you can pop out an ask or something to me with your questions, I won't publish your answers if you don't want me to, I can just message you back. ^_^

Totalling reading my mind, I've been thinking about that too! 

This isn't quite the same, but I wrote an extra about how he found his cat and posted it here if you're interested: https://www.tumblr.com/wings-of-ink/771243881131081728/how-about-a-little-someth...

You get to see a glimpse of him during a different stage of his life. ^_^

I am so glad you liked it! Jun was a joy to write, I feel like plucking him from this world and plopping him as a RO in another, lol. Rune is a character I've felt is better experienced than explained, so I'm happy they were a pleasant surprise for you. And 100% cannot fault you for finding Aster a little sus, lol (someone on Tumblr affectionately calls him ASSter and I really feel that). ^_^

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