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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><description>Dev blog for The Abyssal Song, an interactive fantasy story with a focus on friendship or romance 🌙</description><title>ri writes</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @ri-writes-if)</generator><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Buff women 😝</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Buff women!!!! &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821433239315038208</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821433239315038208</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 04:16:22 +0500</pubDate><category>misc</category></item><item><title>If Vez looked at me like that in that in that fanart. I’m folding. 🙇‍♂️</title><description>&lt;p&gt;They &lt;i&gt;would&lt;/i&gt; look at you like that specifically to make you fold 😼 &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821433224383332352</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821433224383332352</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 04:16:08 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>misc</category><category>tas: vez</category></item><item><title>Ngl I need to get my get back with the RO. 😤 Someone  also mentioned buff women? So I’m gonna leave this here</title><description>&lt;p&gt;😳💍&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821389550947549184</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821389550947549184</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:41:58 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>art</category><category>tas: vez</category></item><item><title>I made cycle choices more obvious, so hopefully people will have less trouble with them now</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I made cycle choices more obvious, so hopefully people will have less trouble with them now&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821389504571162624</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821389504571162624</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:41:14 +0500</pubDate><category>sorry it took me forever lol</category><category>misc</category></item><item><title>PLAY THE DEMO HERE💙</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="https://blccded.tumblr.com/post/821062640734486528/play-the-demo-here"&gt;blccded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="756" data-orig-width="1054"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s640x960/66e6aa7572083664a1412c290e2316f9d66d1ef5.png" data-orig-height="756" data-orig-width="1054" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s75x75_c1/4b758aadd3fb987e4199ab185255114a7052ec01.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s100x200/bbe6124a117e07c1a645e20df7900a31e7f39d1f.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s250x400/0fcc78b5e8e41478421998bff7c0fa2c2b656116.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s400x600/f3aa349ee9877468a84959808c0252f6f6ee5a54.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s500x750/1c24e95ddb2ed2a15b451d319332f14c901da36b.png 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s540x810/272c3999d83ab393be71aa40b323452c79e7d7d5.png 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s640x960/66e6aa7572083664a1412c290e2316f9d66d1ef5.png 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8158048d412e3c020bc6c601f96157e9/baff80013b603533-f8/s1280x1920/d3a4ec3bf809aceac18d43b9ca731f799f37ca84.png 1054w" sizes="(max-width: 1054px) 100vw, 1054px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://cogdemos.ink/play/c-&amp;amp;-d/blue-blooded/mygame"&gt;PLAY THE DEMO HER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="https://cogdemos.ink/play/c-&amp;amp;-d/blue-blooded/mygame"&gt;&lt;b&gt;E&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;💙&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;blockquote class="npf_indented"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;work in progress | ~85k words incl. code&lt;/small&gt; &lt;small&gt;| last update: 07/02/2026&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;small&gt;What would you do, if you knew how it would all end?&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;small&gt;BLUE-BLOODED&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;small&gt; is&lt;/small&gt; &lt;small&gt;a romance, low-fantasy, and mystery interactive fiction set in a medieval world of magic, power, and vengeance. Unveil the secrets lurking in the shadows and behind the throne, and shape the fate of both your own life and the world.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SYNOPSIS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote class="npf_indented"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Your story begins where you die, and your fate is far more grim than the pretty fables recounted in books of fantasy and enchantment. With your untimely demise comes the world&amp;rsquo;s end, all whilst you lock gazes with the person who caused it. &lt;/small&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;small&gt;But before you can proceed, you are thrown back to the beginning— back to day &lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt;zero&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;, in a tranquil village on the outskirts of a kingdom where magic vibrates in the very air and power is worn as a royal mantle.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;small&gt;The day the herald’s prophecy comes to fruition, a knight arrives to your village, bearing the emblem of the Crown. By will of the Crown, you are forced to join the blue-bloods who are flocked like cattle into a carriage drawn by horses. You and your neighbor are taken from your homes to be trained within the imperial stronghold. &lt;/small&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;small&gt;Despite your predicament, there&amp;rsquo;s something itching the back of your mind… &lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt;Your neighbor’s eyes oddly remind you of something.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/06d1dc5de39a5bc50073237490f0b025/baff80013b603533-7d/s640x960/759752a09d51f15ce2af9fdb4690cdce2cc4e868.gif" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/06d1dc5de39a5bc50073237490f0b025/baff80013b603533-7d/s75x75_c1/20187b25770b783cf542b5d15b41223d25777182.gifv 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/06d1dc5de39a5bc50073237490f0b025/baff80013b603533-7d/s100x200/69abcd08b265d3abbe466b2e1d9d35c74ccb1193.gifv 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/06d1dc5de39a5bc50073237490f0b025/baff80013b603533-7d/s250x400/6ba45d46d727b25c0f7c1f2fa313d07baa24b143.gifv 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/06d1dc5de39a5bc50073237490f0b025/baff80013b603533-7d/s400x600/3fa775480ba1a9655e8efbc1e41c83708b46c82b.gifv 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/06d1dc5de39a5bc50073237490f0b025/baff80013b603533-7d/s500x750/12963e41c572c0e1cc24d6f4b25edb61f417fcc9.gifv 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/06d1dc5de39a5bc50073237490f0b025/baff80013b603533-7d/s540x810/43add0b36557e853d91c6fe4a6a20ff7c4eaa583.gifv 540w" sizes="(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f42eee3fc7fe5c0de9eca70b1c32863/baff80013b603533-d9/s640x960/1db0f4cdc1d97269e338824d2f4e0531725c2718.gif" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f42eee3fc7fe5c0de9eca70b1c32863/baff80013b603533-d9/s75x75_c1/d650f824c17b7dbff5d38df985ea576f62786741.gifv 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f42eee3fc7fe5c0de9eca70b1c32863/baff80013b603533-d9/s100x200/cc0cd66a818fbeab41d65f7afe2aadc67bfda08f.gifv 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f42eee3fc7fe5c0de9eca70b1c32863/baff80013b603533-d9/s250x400/5ac6dc8f1a189176f56d2dd442713fd6445c8865.gifv 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f42eee3fc7fe5c0de9eca70b1c32863/baff80013b603533-d9/s400x600/4475678d3725750168675a933f7291ce9087296c.gifv 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f42eee3fc7fe5c0de9eca70b1c32863/baff80013b603533-d9/s500x750/c2635542125daf0af24c4d486e3b91bc3a4d1946.gifv 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f42eee3fc7fe5c0de9eca70b1c32863/baff80013b603533-d9/s540x810/8840480018ee07ce0315189414d817a4a043cd5f.gifv 540w" sizes="(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tmblr-truncated-link read_more" href="https://blccded.tumblr.com/post/821062640734486528/play-the-demo-here"&gt;Keep reading&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821069161934602240</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/821069161934602240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:49:31 +0500</pubDate><category>other ifs</category></item><item><title>Hi Ri!! Hope you are doing well despite the stress that all the branches in the new chapter has given you lol   Slight NSFW There’s been something on my mind for a while now…Is there no scenario in which Ash would take the reigns? I’ve read some previous asks and you always mention that the Oracle would be the one who needs to do something because even if they are horny, Ash would be too shy to do anything. But I crave to see my baby girl being needy and just “please let’s do it I need it so much 🥺”</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I feel like I answered this before... Maybe I thought I did and I forgot to actually do it, lol. Sorry!! 😭&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are scenarios where they would be more forward or be the one controlling the situation. And it's more likely to happen with a reserved Oracle. Don't forget, they kissed the Oracle first. And still waters run deep. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820971861260320768</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820971861260320768</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:02:58 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>asks</category><category>tas: ash</category></item><item><title>it&amp;rsquo;s time 😶&amp;zwj;🌫️</title><description>&lt;figure data-orig-height="84" data-orig-width="184"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/975868b5558d97c4262153fed65adc8e/661324b3fb1bbfd7-1d/s640x960/66d2b33ac34ab814caebb3435c06de9b1c059b24.png" data-orig-height="84" data-orig-width="184" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/975868b5558d97c4262153fed65adc8e/661324b3fb1bbfd7-1d/s75x75_c1/c6027ff6f6f1d4ef5e17f8db6ba2522e422ed005.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/975868b5558d97c4262153fed65adc8e/661324b3fb1bbfd7-1d/s100x200/24b0f7b0d7456aaffe56e52a0549d9ec992eb945.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/975868b5558d97c4262153fed65adc8e/661324b3fb1bbfd7-1d/s250x400/1168c6ae5f8536d405aaf3b9ecb7c24a6f6ea7ed.png 184w" sizes="(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;it&amp;rsquo;s time 😶‍🌫️&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820971537868963840</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820971537868963840</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:57:50 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>tas: chapter 9</category></item><item><title>How buff are the F-versions of the RO?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;As buff as you want them to be. Vez, Os, and Laz are all very physically active, so they have strong builds and would be on top of the list for the buffiest characters (Vez is tied with Laz -&gt; Os). Ash and Az are less so; they're physically active too but not to the degree of those three, so they have more lean builds. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820853478074220544</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820853478074220544</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:41:19 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>asks</category><category>tas: vez</category><category>tas: os</category><category>tas: laz</category><category>tas: ash</category><category>tas: az</category></item><item><title>Progress Update &amp;mdash; 30/06/26</title><description>&lt;p&gt;This month I finished that one big scene (I moved several parts from it to the end of the chapter) and the next plot scene. &lt;b&gt;And now I&amp;rsquo;m moving onto working on the last scene for the chapter!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s one scene only on paper; I have to write a lot of variations because each route has different scenes that heavily depend on whether you&amp;rsquo;re playing on a romantic/platonic path, high/low sanity, the [redacted &amp;frac12;] state, etc. I also plan to write NSFW for some of the characters, so it will add more branches I need to account for 😤 But the end is close! At least closer than it was before, lol.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just checked the wordcount, and the chapter already sits at 100K 💀 Wish me luck with editing it in the near future&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820850759757398016</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820850759757398016</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:58:07 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>progress update</category></item><item><title>Hurry up, Guppies, you&amp;rsquo;re going to miss your train!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="https://costasul-if.tumblr.com/post/820802527603867648/hurry-up-guppies-youre-going-to-miss-your"&gt;costasul-if&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1055" data-orig-width="3000"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s640x960/a75f8a37ef8dd844edbbe3baf0c2aed29c6242cd.png" data-orig-height="1055" data-orig-width="3000" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s75x75_c1/827f9234b393731df334d5ca00d2f5245efbde2a.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s100x200/5d073a330a8da55367a148529bc1701dc9f36413.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s250x400/74b012e34540a63edb0e3672519759ca4d0a3557.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s400x600/6464767da8e1c8d1d281f7977d6dbae01922c6ed.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s500x750/98b43f130f98bc96fde5de5860501f2e13b966bf.png 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s540x810/4f984204b95225f5abca6e699d1e6e98245a93b4.png 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s640x960/a75f8a37ef8dd844edbbe3baf0c2aed29c6242cd.png 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s1280x1920/3a9570359e31ba08b50674d86c31f7277f971f77.png 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e43b18f69962251edb2fe0dbea0816/af7e0589a7f60959-4d/s2048x3072/838dee4e1f91be59f52fcf534146dba509b6941d.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chapter One is officially live &lt;a href="https://natitawrites.itch.io/costa-sul"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;! 🩵&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;In this chapter, you’ll:&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;small&gt;Meet Ambrósio&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;small&gt;Moon an entire street&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;small&gt;Fight for a taxi (and your life)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;small&gt;Meet the cast and dive into their history with Guppy&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;small&gt;Unlock deeper customization for your MC&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;small&gt;Arrive at Costa Sul&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;As always, please drop your thoughts, bugs, and favorite moments in the ask box. Happy playing! 🐟&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;R&lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;amblings down below&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tmblr-truncated-link read_more" href="https://costasul-if.tumblr.com/post/820802527603867648/hurry-up-guppies-youre-going-to-miss-your"&gt;Keep reading&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820803014571982848</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820803014571982848</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:19:13 +0500</pubDate><category>recommendations</category><category>other ifs</category></item><item><title>jumps up and down.  Cant wait for new chapter. So excited. Gnawing at the bars of my enclosure. Im coming to get you Vez. Don’t run from me. And you too Laz. Imma getcha.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I'm excited too!! 🙌  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820767503644082176</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820767503644082176</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:54:47 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>lovely messages</category></item><item><title>Just because the title contains “song” doesn’t mean someone has to literally sing 😅 This is honestly fascinating, honestly when I think of the tittle, The Abyssal Song, all I can think about is some unexplained cocophony of sounds from nowhere and everywhere, eldrich, old, terrifying, undiscribable, maddening… beautiful (Excuse me I love cosmic horror and thinking of this “song” and something otherworldly just brings me joy)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Same 🤝 The title &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; connected to the plot &amp; lore, but not in a literal sense &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820767452436807680</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820767452436807680</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:53:59 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>misc</category></item><item><title>Hi! I had a wild (or maybe not) thought. So, right now Oracle’s priority is to find out how to make abyssal monsters obey them, so I’ve been thinking about it for some time. While doing so, I thought about this IF’s title. It also was kind of a mystery to me, cause “abyssal”’s obvious to what it refers to, but what about “song”? So after combining these two thoughts I was like “Oh! Is the singing or music a way to control abyssal monters?” I mean, I know I’ll probably only find the answer in the new chapter, but I still wanted to share this with somebody, cause it’s been eating me inside for a while 😅</title><description>&lt;p&gt;While it's a beautiful idea, just because the title contains "song" doesn't mean someone has to literally sing 😅&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820687664430940160</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820687664430940160</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:45:47 +0500</pubDate><category>sorry for raining on your parade 🙏😔</category><category>the abyssal song</category><category>misc</category></item><item><title>it’s okay ri! the last scene is the last scene of the chapter. and you are very close to the salvation you desire! with that, keep trudging thru as you always have and grace us with your lovely written chapter 😌✨</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you!! 😭💛 &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820593836858425344</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820593836858425344</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:54:26 +0500</pubDate><category>lovely messages</category></item><item><title>I&amp;rsquo;m moving onto the last scene of the chapter!! 🙌</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m moving onto the last scene of the chapter!! 🙌&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;though it&amp;rsquo;s not one scene but five because I need one for each route&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;but then it&amp;rsquo;s not five but x2 because I need different platonic/romantic scenes for each route&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;but then it&amp;rsquo;s not five x2 but five x4 because the Oracle has two different states in this chapter and so they need different scenes for both states&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;but then—*gunshots*&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820591953624301568</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820591953624301568</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:24:30 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>progress update</category><category>of sorts</category><category>tas: chapter 9</category></item><item><title>Your story in Arkavala begins here, dear Nursrava</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="https://lyraeluxstudios.tumblr.com/post/820330649455083520/your-story-in-arkavala-begins-here-dear-nursrava"&gt;lyraeluxstudios&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="870" data-orig-width="1988"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s640x960/75cdd26b4eb83209603dc42600df4d5a16772b87.png" data-orig-height="870" data-orig-width="1988" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s75x75_c1/a21274036082ef144782f49e9511a452b3cd34f2.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s100x200/bcd66a3b903c14d7407344dbb0df8a5f4eef2cb2.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s250x400/8079213f691489aae9bee64ab6167f59c170458e.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s400x600/46e1060336edaacc43f95db1cf5e3600f4eda2be.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s500x750/0dd924aa487ea91999b66c27acc0a7e1f029a543.png 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s540x810/7faf4fbecb68b0dc45755325819d0e1c2075c6c0.png 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s640x960/75cdd26b4eb83209603dc42600df4d5a16772b87.png 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s1280x1920/6d161b0da2f9f7eb3edc3b9378ce693c489c05a1.png 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40443d4865bfd31f85bd991363ac6fd/df4a9e494ec7ffc4-9f/s2048x3072/8a0b3b863aab1febcf235b7322861633e016f405.png 1988w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;i&gt;Your story in Arkavala begins here, dear &lt;/i&gt;Nursrava&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for all your patience, love and support! You can now play the prologue for &lt;i&gt;The Starweaver&amp;rsquo;s Dream&lt;/i&gt; on itch.io!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://lyraeluxstudios.itch.io/the-starweavers-dream"&gt;Play here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;for notice: &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/MaY8se7qOqDJ0VOt8Gt9XFQ"&gt;@interact-if&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/M1vhLIT3AHzFvpzBQGDEBNg"&gt;@if-news-again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820335268396728320</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820335268396728320</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:24:36 +0500</pubDate><category>running to read</category><category>ui is so beautiful!!</category><category>recommendations</category><category>other ifs</category></item><item><title>ASK GAME</title><description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;ASK GAME&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tagged by &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/MM31Ohzdn9DAyuEMyPEVlWg"&gt;@fir-fireweed&lt;/a&gt;. Thank you!! 😽&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;What was your first favorite book?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini. As a kid, I really liked pirate and adventure stories, lol!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For IF, it was &lt;a href="https://anya-writes.itch.io/scout-an-apocalypse-story"&gt;Scout&lt;/a&gt;. I still mourn it to this day 😭&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is your current favorite book&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s hard to choose one&amp;hellip; so I&amp;rsquo;m just going to make a list because no one can stop me. &lt;a href="https://itch.io/c/5358860/recommendations"&gt;My IFs recs are there&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/tagged/recommendations"&gt;there&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin (duh)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ballad of Sword and Wine by Tang Jiu Qing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A Song of Ice and Fire by George Martin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dracula by Bram Stoker&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Howl&amp;rsquo;s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Violet Evergarden by Kana Akatsuki&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Heaven Official&amp;rsquo;s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;What genre is your favorite, reading or writing&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Low/high fantasy and romance for reading and writing. Detective and historical for reading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Favorite trope?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Found family (the kind that kills for each other, none of that tepid nonsense where they&amp;rsquo;re more like colleagues).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;If you could, what world building or story would you love to have written yourself?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I really like the plot + lore and how it&amp;rsquo;s delivered in Where Winds Meet (game), and I&amp;rsquo;ve been gnawing at my walls for a while now wishing I could plot something as intricate. That&amp;rsquo;s why I&amp;rsquo;m still intensely marinating the plot of my next project.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. Your favorite line (or three) that you&amp;rsquo;ve written?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I really have no idea. I might like something at one moment, but I&amp;rsquo;d forget about it soon enough, so I have nothing to put here 😭✌️&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Favorite medium to experience a story? (Book, IF, video game, movie, etc)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Books, games, VNs, and IF. I&amp;rsquo;ve loved reading since I was a kid, and I&amp;rsquo;ve played VNs since I was ~12 (mostly Japanese, even untranslated ones, lol) and still play a lot of them. I barely watch movies because ADHD (you know if you know). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;8.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Favorite character versus your favorite character to write: who would win?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a fight to death? Selene would win, naturally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;9.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;What story keeps inspiring you to keep writing?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No such thing. I just love writing. I&amp;rsquo;ve been doing it for so long, even through my worst years, that I don&amp;rsquo;t know how to live without it anymore. It sounds ✨extra✨, but it &lt;i&gt;is &lt;/i&gt;an integral part of my life. I don&amp;rsquo;t need inspiration for it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;10.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Random fun fact about you, your writing, your interests&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ve recently decided to get back into drawing. I actually drew a lot as a kid before I started writing. But I&amp;rsquo;ll keep it as a light hobby; for the sake of my nerves, I shouldn&amp;rsquo;t have another hobby that I&amp;rsquo;m insane about, lol.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;rsquo;t remember who I&amp;rsquo;ve seen being tagged&amp;hellip; If any of you have already been tagged or don&amp;rsquo;t want to answer, then don&amp;rsquo;t mind me! &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/Moiw1hKUsprpWOghpeDYN9w"&gt;@theabyssal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/MhDXNhzoTwt0dPWi36vIABg"&gt;@thelostbride-if&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/MLcxPGgNrxxgRwC7KJ5sVGg"&gt;@lyraeluxstudios&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/MAnsT9hT8rlJronhsBST2bw"&gt;@costasul-if&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/MgbnaZio8CTd840DN3QLyFw"&gt;@smallfires-if&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/MtfumBQbMJxC2wE3SRPDU3Q"&gt;@thebonewitch-if&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/Mj1gmgibQ-rfgrEpbTab3xg"&gt;@nyotani-if&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820317062917472256</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820317062917472256</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:35:14 +0500</pubDate><category>ri stuff</category></item><item><title>NSFW Bonus Story &amp;mdash; Lazarus/Lazaris, Jealousy</title><description>&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="150" data-orig-width="800"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s640x960/34a1fb80d221bfdbe4fcc93d28fdeba7cb22336c.png" data-orig-height="150" data-orig-width="800" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s75x75_c1/c050404a016822c92f733155a1873e9bd20f1894.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s100x200/7abfe247fb3ca5d81d74c6da2f6c713e2b72dbc6.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s250x400/02911f76c16832a2762a7ea09242dd7123cf8736.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s400x600/0d9c163cf93caec6e935055fdd229b8899690bdd.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s500x750/f94647292d3dc443ca21952ee77c80d0d3582800.png 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s540x810/a10647cb07abc228100f6f32ceb04698afd9f82d.png 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s640x960/34a1fb80d221bfdbe4fcc93d28fdeba7cb22336c.png 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a163f7023c9b5925a56b51788ad5bc1/cdb146934e427a66-53/s1280x1920/e781674df3f434743066bd101505c1109f2387f5.png 800w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="npf_indented"&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Do you enjoy provoking me?” they ask so quietly you barely hear it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You swallow.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Laz steps closer, and you tense in anticipation. When they stop in front of you, staring down at you, the silence and the suspense drive you mad. They slowly raise their hand, and you track its motion. Their finger presses against the top of your chest. They trail it lower, drawing a line in the middle of your torso like they are estimating where they will cut you open to rip your heart out.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“Silent?” They lean down, shifting their hands onto the railing on either side of you. Their breath ghosts over your lips. “Should I continue this game then?”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/riwrites/posts/nsfw-bonus-story-161458813?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;amp;utm_content=join_link"&gt;LINK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820312937245884416</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820312937245884416</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:29:39 +0500</pubDate><category>the abyssal song</category><category>tas: laz</category><category>tas: bonus content</category><category>interactive fiction</category><category>interactive game</category><category>interactive novel</category><category>twine wip</category><category>interactive story</category></item><item><title>Public Demo Update: Act 2.1 ✨🎉🌈🐛</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="https://www.tumblr.com/stygiansun-totaleclipse/820190695004536832/public-demo-update-act-21"&gt;stygiansun-totaleclipse&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="871" data-orig-width="1280"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s640x960/dcaddb15a5cbc2a457784373a32717fadcfe4ec1.jpg" data-orig-height="871" data-orig-width="1280" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s75x75_c1/cedf16aa7ad8a2e3fd2fe405f80a69e3371670c6.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s100x200/8caac53dd7a5c62316f27be1ecca2ed4253c47e4.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s250x400/c135649c237462f661645af02cdb2bd754588aeb.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s400x600/61c944df502bd2bcb4ea572381023141b0a419d4.jpg 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s500x750/6a0d60b52e1952ec429ecd78e0a8f5259960ecd9.jpg 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s540x810/cf7aac8a455055be05b4af12fe09e57637d4444d.jpg 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s640x960/dcaddb15a5cbc2a457784373a32717fadcfe4ec1.jpg 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/566e607a3b3d58cdc2955c62a2c5819e/fd2adee5a0446686-09/s1280x1920/8cf642c92f7965433fa8d19e96b8ac033561f797.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The public update is here! &lt;small&gt;(a day early bc Deltarune my beloved can have Wednesday)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Play it &lt;a href="https://fennyth.itch.io/stygian-sun-total-eclipse-if"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adds ~13,500 words and includes: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;board The Marianne&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;meet Prince/ss Kieran, Nihm, L, and Alektis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;adds codex portraits for m/f Kieran, L, and Nihm. More portraits to be added in the future.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;adds a ‘change pronouns’ option in the Stats page&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve done my best to hammer out any bugs 🐛 but if you find one, please catch it with a cup and report it to me! 🐞🪲🐜&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you and I hope you enjoy!! :3 💖&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/MaY8se7qOqDJ0VOt8Gt9XFQ"&gt;@interact-if&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/M1vhLIT3AHzFvpzBQGDEBNg"&gt;@if-news-again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820207840197230593</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/820207840197230593</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:39:11 +0500</pubDate><category>recommendations</category><category>other ifs</category></item><item><title>Happy Midsommar.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="https://www.tumblr.com/aelvsbyn-if/819889256182972416/%C3%A4lvsbyn-chapter-1-the-people-is-now-live"&gt;aelvsbyn-if&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p class="npf_quirky"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff4930"&gt;Happy Midsommar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="400" data-orig-width="1600"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s640x960/cb15748fb1e839009e58cc9987da8ded16084acc.gif" data-orig-height="400" data-orig-width="1600" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s75x75_c1/2b288ac80bac811fecc0a9d9f6e3acde563427a6.gifv 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s100x200/4120466c71fa4191e32c43a91b690288738de72f.gifv 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s250x400/86c8ea1062b05aaf51654ce22d57aa0928eaf0ea.gifv 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s400x600/ea4d5ed1030b1a1a1f03c0c62d865124f576c9dc.gifv 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s500x750/f1f2a8bb996f189e3b0c38b0c346f23125578ca0.gifv 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s540x810/65aa53326d34a782f466ff48343551ecfd8f8cd5.gifv 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s640x960/cb15748fb1e839009e58cc9987da8ded16084acc.gifv 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s1280x1920/86a0d57001e0600ca491be6d22e094398d869c96.gifv 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/1625aefbcc2dc6df1f401e7c46b2c7b0/4518094e2358fef2-c2/s2048x3072/5bc885ff8712280ae5f27f71bed99c944322d26a.gifv 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="https://bellamy-crowley.itch.io/aelvsbyn"&gt;Älvsbyn Chapter 1 - The People is now live.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/819954587876409344</link><guid>https://ri-writes-if.tumblr.com/post/819954587876409344</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:33:51 +0500</pubDate><category>other ifs</category></item></channel></rss>
