Woah I Am Like So Happy For You Getting This Update Out!

Woah I am like so happy for you getting this update out!

I lovvvvvvvvvved it! I literally saved a save for each RO because I wanted to read all the interactions. And you let me make Tai blush omg I love Tai's Tsundere butt so much.

And Margaret × shy MC is beyond adorable!!!!

I was not expecting Marcel to be so smooth lol

You just fueled my love for this again. Tho I still have the same problem. Every RO is so appealing (to my detriment that includes Zane who i still love above the rest)

and I have loads of questions but I won't spam you with them in one ask

(but expect asks lol sorry )

God's you even made the side characters lives intriguing. It's so good 😭💜

Thank you so much for reading! I did not expect anyone to read My Inner Sins, but I appreciate it so much that you love it! Feel free to ask as many questions as you like! I don't mind! 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

I cannot wait for the update. It's in my calendar 👀😅

How are you doing? I hope you are well.

I was wondering how the ROs would react to MC giving them flowers on valentine's day during the crushing stage.

I know I'm a bit late with the valentine's day ask 🙈

Thank you so much! I am doing well! I do hope you enjoy it. I do hope that chapter three isn't too short; it is longer than any other chapter in My Inner Sins, but either way, I hope you and everyone else enjoy the story. 

As for the ask.....

💛 Marcel

Marcel looked at the beautiful bouquet of daffodils that you handed him. 

The man in front of you smiled, and for only a second, you thought you saw his eyes tear up, which made you panic until he glanced back at you with a bright smile.

"They are beautiful....." Marcel grabbed one of the flowers and placed it behind your ear. "Thank you, $Name; I will make sure to repay you for this gift." 

He held out his hand, which you took, making your skin warm all over as he led you down the street towards the boutique. 

No matter what you said or did, you came back with a handful of flowers, chocolates, and an ecstatic Marcel, who made sure you didn't stay out too late and walked you home.

🧡 Margaret

Margaret was a buddle of nerves as she took the bouquet of bright marigolds. "I-thank you so much, $Name." Margaret said softly as she looked at you with shiny eyes, When your eyes met, her blush became more radiant.

You noticed her tapping foot as she started spitting out facts about flowers. As she hid herself behind the flowers, she made a sound like a squeak when her words started to jumble together.

"M-M-Marigold flowers are edible. Whether u-used fresh, dried, or infused into v—various beverages, m-marigolds have a-a-a multitude of uses in the kitchen."

You let her ramble on as you both walked down the street; eventually, she took your hand and gave you a nervous smile when you squeezed it back in reassurance.

♥️ Owen

"What the bloody hell are these?" Owen wrinkled his nose at the roses that you presented him with.

"Uh…flowers.."

Owen rolled his eyes. "Well, no shit lass/duck/lad, I am more confused. Why the hell are ye giving them to me."

You started to explain what Valentine's Day was and noticed how his face changed from surprised to uncomfortable. "Listen luv as much as I appreciate the gift; this holiday sounds stupid as hell."

You tried not to let your disappointment show; however, you knew that Owen caught the look as he groaned, seeming to fight with himself. "Food."

"What?" You were surprised as Owen put his arm around you, leading you down the street. "Lets go get dinner."

It would turn out that the red roses were forgotten on the table at the restaurant, but you both were caught up in the night of good food and drinks that Owen paid for. On more than one occasion, you saw Owen's eyes on you with a look that made your heart race.

💙 Rosemary

Rosemary smirked at you as she took the orchids. "Oh, dollface/handsome/angelface, aren't you just the berries?"

You rubbed the back of your neck. "Well....yeah, I thought you deserved something on this special day." 

"I always deserve something special, hun, and don't you forget it." She winked, her shoulders a little tense as she walked towards you, seductively. "I suppose you also deserve a little token of my affection." She purred, and while her tone was light and flirty, it made you frown, and the easiness didn't quite reach her eyes. 

You took a step back. "You don't have to give me....uh..any token. These were a gift." 

Rosemary looked at the flowers and back at you with a raised eyebrow. "Really? No strings attached?" 

"Of course, Rosemary, I want you to feel comfortable." Rosemary must have seen something in your eyes because her own immediately widened in surprise as she really took the flowers in, her gaze softening. 

"Thank you, $Name." 

🩵 Tai

Tai stared at the blue lilies, his face a bright red against his pale cheeks as he stuttered. "I-you-what-"

You gave the man in front of you a small smile. "It's to show that I care about you."

Tai didn't give you any more emotion as he turned around and shut the door to his office in a hurry, leaving you swallowing disappointment and cursing at the flowers in your hand. You started to turn around to leave the clinic, but Tai came out of his office, holding a brown paper bag and some water.

"Here." Tai said in a tone you didn't recognize as he took the flowers from your hands and sat them carefully on the desk before practically throwing you the weighted brown paper bag and water, not even wincing as you almost dropped it.

"What the hell, Tai?"

Tai just rolled his eyes at your tone. "It's sweet and sour pork with two spring rolls. It was my lunch for today, but since you got me these-" Tai looked at the flowers, his eyes softening a little, but his tone was curt as always. "gift. You can have my lunch; I hadn't prepared anything, and I am not one to participate in this commercial holiday, but you still deserv- expect something in return, yes?"

You looked down at the paper bag, and there were indeed containers of food inside. "I can't just steal your lunch, Tai; these flowers are a present."

The young doctor just pushed you out of his office. "Oh, please, you need it anyway, Oleander, with how much junk food you probably consume."

You started to argue, but like always, Tai just toned you out until you left. You actually did end up eating the food, which was delicious. Your mouth was still watering even as you dropped off the tupperware the next day, and you smiled when you saw the blue lilies presented on his desk in a crystal vase.

💚 Zane

Zane hissed. "Why are you giving me these?" He looked down at the tulips, like they were poison. 

"They are to show that I care about you." 

Zane's eyes narrowed, and for a second, you swore you saw something other than distrust in his eyes. "I don't need your flowers, Little Lion, but since you went out of your way to give me a sacrifice-" 

"A gift." You corrected, but Zane droned on. "I shall grant you the tolerance of accepting them." 

More than once the next week, you caught Zane staring at the flowers intensely with curiosity and confusion. 

Release Date for Chapter Three

It is finally here: the release date for Part 2 of Chapter 3. I am sorry that it took so long, but I am happy to announce that My Inner Sins will be updated on 2/18/2024. There were a lot of changes made that I think everyone will appreciate, including an actual save system and an updated stats profile for your character.

Update February 20th, 2024 - Next Week on the Patreon!

Hey everyone, it's time for the update! So real quick and to get it out of the way, I am making great progress on the new chapter. It's now up to 27k words, which means I did 7k words in a day. Some of those were copy and pasting from other choices, but in fight scenes, that's a bit inevitable. All the different variations of Strength + Offensive, Speed + Defensive, etc. etc. have been interesting to write. I really do enjoy writing fight scenes, because you can describe every character in it as doing something cool and showing off some of their strengths and weaknesses. 

But, main part of this update; a sneak peek into what's going to be up next week on the Patreon! I'm excited to announce that, when I can, I'm gonna be doing interviews with known authors in the interactive fiction zone. First up to bat we have @barbwritesstuff, author of Blood Moon and the current WiP Thicker Than. That's on top of other projects based in the Ren'Py engine. Very talented individual, and I think she'll have some interesting stuff to say. 

Onto the next thing you can expect next week; AN AU SHORT STORY FEATURING ELIZABETH/ARTHUR! This is a Hunter AU where the PC and Hawks are both monster hunters, and they will be hunting down an ever elusive Kelpie. This particular story is going to be a Rivals to Lovers trope, or a Rivals with Benefits trope (whichever you want to call it). The PC in this will be a little snarky to combat Hawks' ice cold personality. I have no idea how long it's going to be yet, but my guess is at least 3-4 thousand words since it's already 1100 words and they haven't even ran into the Kelpie yet. 

Patreon link HERE

The Bureau Forum Page HERE

The Bureau demo link HERE

I look forward to getting that out to you, as it's a bit different tone and theme wise than the very serious and down to earth nature of The Bureau. Thank you all so much for continuing to stop by.

Stay Brilliant,

- Vi

Heya, my question pertains to UB's abilities! Obviously they each have a facet of vampiric power that they are particularly better at than the rest of the team. A's strength, N's healing, F's speed, M's pheromones. I am curious, however, how each member of UB ranks in each ability after the #1! Like A is the strongest, but who is the second strongest, third, etc. F is is the fastest, but who is the second fastest, etc., etc.

Ohhhh! Good question!

Second physically strongest would probably be N, and that's more an age thing. The older a vampire is the more powerful overall they become.

Second healing would be F, they do have more magic, I guess is the best word, in their blood, so that helps.

Second in speed would be M, bonus of not being as solid in bulk as A or long-limbed as N, hehe!

Seconds in pheromones would be...oh, this is a bit more complicated to answer than you might expect for reasons.

Thank you so much for the interesting ask! :)

Heyoo!! How are you?! I noticed this.

Jezebel tilted her head. "Miss Oleander, why are you here?" Jezebel's eyes darted toward you and back at the door.

My MC is male.

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Also, although I LOOOOOVVEEE this, AGAIN LOVE LOVE LOVE LMAO- what does throw me off is the inconsistency with MCs personality. Idk how to explain it, but like we obviously have control over the personality based on the stats, but it felt like my MC was going in and out of the personality I have so far. He's stoic but sometimes felt friendly. Rash but felt naturally cautious. and so forth.

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Lastly...hear this and hear this good. I haven't checked who all the ROs are but I LOVE OWEN!!! Him and my MC give the same exact energy. I can just all the easyness being sucked out of the room when they walk in with their aloof, snarky, grumpy nature.

Thank you so much for the feedback! I have fixed the coding for the next update! I am so excited that you enjoyed Owen; he has to be one of my favourite characters to write, as well as Luis. To answer your question about personalities, this is something I see as well, and I am still brainstorming how to go along with it.

The personality issue is serious due to the fact that, as of right now, there are not a lot of points you can earn. For example, you can have a 51% on stoic, but you are nice to Aunt Zinnia, and suddenly you have a friendly personality, which I am experimenting with for the next update, where you can be friendly with family but still be stoic with everyone else if that makes sense. But I think the more points you earn in later chapters will give your character a more defined personality instead of flip-flopping, if that makes sense.