Entry in End Master's Prompt Contest 4
Prompt: "a story heavily driven by a love/hate relationship with the antagonist"

A long time ago in a land far, far more gay...

Sir Channing is a knight under rule of King Thom. His successes and failures, as well as every decision between, have more impact on the fate of Thigomisat than he may ever know.

And of course, all of those decisions depend on you.

S'pose you could call it a prequel.

There are 13 total epilogues, one of which claims to be the "true" ending.

Obligatory content warning: Some paths contain vivid depictions of violence, horror, and gayness. If any of these will traumatize you, just rate it an eight and move on with your day. :P

Thank you so, so much to all y'all who gave me encouragement and proofread/playtested. You know who you are.

Your lesbian little sister died horribly because her gay crush fucked her over, but that’s not stopping you from taking up the rainbow flag in her honor.

Welcome to another addition to the iconic Gay and Depressed series (shoutout to queenlatifa04 for the amazing original!!). Speaking of the original, read that masterpiece by clicking this link here.

It's worth mentioning that this is a direct sequel, and the sister mentioned is the MC in the original.

I would also like to point out that some of the more strange aspects of this tale (such as the names of the pages, tone of the story, and several of the endings) are designed as they are to keep the same style as the original.

Second place entry in EndMaster’s Prompt Contest 2
Not to mention a glowing review from End: "Fresh's story is pretty funny"

You see them all the time— serial killers, zombie outbreaks, nuclear fallouts. Of course, you always see them on a movie screen or the pages of a book. Not me.
Hi, I’m Teshi. I play the comedic relief in all your favorite tales of the apocalypse! It’s the best role because if I die, the fans will have the head of the lead scriptwriter. I consider myself pretty well-protected.
That is until all of that goes kerplooey.

Fourth place entry in Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest

Special thanks to:
goodnight_a for proofreading and playtesting
TypewriterCat for playtesting (though that's not what she intended it to be) and for words of encouragement
My irl friends for proofreading, playtesting, and letting me work in peace

This story is about Mammon, a promising young boy whose life gets cut short by his father. But for Mammon, this is not the end of the road; it is simply an unforeseen and abrupt turn.

Mammon awakens to find himself a ghost, and must decide what to with his afterlife.

Will he give in to the greed that plagued him in life? Will he use this opportunity to get revenge on those who caused him suffering? Or will he attempt to atone for his sins, now that he has a second chance?

Your city has been living in utter denial of the existence of the gods of yore, and they are angry.
All of them.

As the chosen representative for your hometown, (chosen by the gods, of course) you must complete twelve labors mostly based off of stories from mythology or religious books.

Despite all the religion and spiritual lessons, not every path in this is family friendly. In fact, unless you immediately (or pretty near immediately) die, you'll be subjected to some kind of suggestive talk and most definitely some cussing - some of which could be offensive. So if that's not your thing, don't say I didn't warn you.

For EndMaster's Myth and Religion Contest

Teshi has survived thus far with your help. Can you once again keep our beloved, humorous little protagonist alive?

Honestly I'll probably add this all to the first story someday, but only once it's finished.

Alright, I should really get around to actually doing this. First though, we really need a team name.

My suggestions, cringy as they are:

• The Final Draft
• Lit Chicks
• Quill Coven
• Fully Booked

That is all.

The one from Sherlock might be my current favorite. It's hard to choose.

Regardless, I don't think it's limited to fantasy. I've written one fantasy thing in my entire life, lol. Currently that's my playlist for the Sci-Fi world I'm creating for the TTRPG I'm gonna run.

I find that specifically the Game of Thrones Main Theme is excellent for focusing. At least for me.

I don't usually do lyrics, unless they're pretty unintelligible, so my brain doesn't hone in on them. I also try to pick songs I don't have deeply ingrained in my system (so not "Imperial March" or "Hey Beautiful") and that have some kind of continuous movement to them.

Other songs I listen to while writing: Rey's Theme, Discombobulate (pretty much anything by Hans Zimmer is fantastic creative focus music), Test Drive, the main theme from Assassin's Creed IV, and To Aslan's Camp. Oh, also, anything by Steve Jablonsky (all those Transformers soundtracks, yay) is usually good, too.

Gotcha. Not an issue.

If you'd like to commission a profile picture, I make drawings (I've got a little album of them linked on my profile). I don't think I'm to the point where I should ask for money, though, so I'd be happy to do it for free instead— if I'm given a basic idea to work with, of course. At the very least, I can certainly try!

But just a heads-up in case you do want to take that offer, I'd probably be getting around to it sometime around mid-June, as I'm about to start a trip.

Don't worry, we know it's probably not actually what you look like. Most people don't have metallic wing-things (excuse my lack of proper terminology) growing out of their heads, for one. However, on CYS, your profile picture is effectively "you"; at least, it is to all of us. My "portrait" of Mystic is also not a portrait of her real self, as the only thing I know about how she'd look is that she's Asian, and the drawing is decidedly not that. It's a drawing based on her profile pictures over the years, since that's how "Mystic Warrior" looks, even though the real person behind the user most likely looks nothing like that.

We've labelled every profile picture used as a "self-portrait", "artist rendition" or even a "photograph" of the user, fully aware that in the real world you all look much different. The Gazette exists purely in CYStia, though, and in CYStia your profile picture depicts you, much like how your username is used as your name— as is mine, and Milton's, and anyone else who appears in the paper's.

That said, if you would rather the tag say "Rendition of CavusRex's character for a current WIP" or some similar thing, that can be arranged (when Milton is online again). :)

Thanks for reading and glad you're enjoying these issues! They're a pleasure to put together— more so when we know people read them. Also, thank you for the feedback, and I hope my explanation makes sense! Let us know if you'd like anything changed or have any further questions. :D