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oneknightstand-if · 14 hours

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Hey! Idk if it's a me thing or not but whenever I try opening my messages in the stats bar and reload my save this pops up:

And when I try returning to my save it just disappears ???

So far it only happens after I open my messages, send help 😭

I'm not sure what I'm seeing here or what's supposed to have gone wrong (because the images themselves look like the normal Message section of the game).

Is there supposed to be a message to see there and it's not showing up? Or is the Message section popping up when you're trying to navigate somewhere else?

Otherwise, you definitely don't want to mess with the Save/Load function when you're inside the stats menu (that's all the sections reached by Clicking the Status, Feats, or Setting buttons at the top of the page-- which includes the Phone Message section).

The way that the Choicescript code for the stats menu works is that it puts the game on hold once you've entered it and then the game won't come off hold until you've clicked forward at least one screen after returning to the main game page.

That means if you look at anything in the stats menu and then save the game without moving the game forward, that save will be permanently stuck in the stats menu.

If that's not what's going wrong here, please LMK what's happening versus what you think should be happening.

#oks-logistics #oks-asks

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oneknightstand-if · 18 hours

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Romancing Viviane will be like going for a Morgan route? Hell yes!

Eh... well, that depends upon what's your particular vision regarding 'Morgan le Fay'. Some versions of Morgan/a in the lore did have quite a bit of overlap with the Lady of the Lake (particularly the early elf version linked to water & boats & such).

If your thinking about the version of Morgana that's the half sister of Arthur who was raised in a convent and blah blah blah (incest Mordred baby in the modern stories that jettisoned Morgause)... not so much.

#oks-asks #oks-Morgana #oks-Vivian

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oneknightstand-if · 1 day

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How does Merlin view themselves physically? What happens when different people have different views of them, not just like in appearance, but more physical stuff, like height?

Being a Merlin sounds complicated. I’d be a gremlin too with all that plus stress.

Merlin sees whatever they want to see when they look at themselves. Right now the same is true for everyone else who looks at them too. And yes, there's going to be discrepancies noted by particularly perceptive people.

Not that they'll notice anything wrong with Merlin, but something strange might be noticed by how different people are reacting. Like someone who sees Merlin as short could notice that someone else is staring over Merlin's head (because they see Merlin as tall). Or that a little girl is seeing Elza when she looks at Merlin.

Otherwise, all I'll say is that things are complicated during the apocalypse and that you should ask Merlin about incubi if you want to try and sus out more info about what's going on with them.

#oks-asks #oks-Merlin

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oneknightstand-if · 1 day

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From best to worst how good are the RO’s at driving

Merlin: *still at the top of the list, yes indeedy they've "acquired" that knowledge... somewhere or other*

Broderick: *escaping into the sunset*

Adrian & Lorelei: *drives like a normal person*

Gwen: *drives like a normal person who... doesn't drive very much*

Percy & 4̸0̴4̵ ̵E̸r̴r̷o̴r̵ ̶N̴o̷t̴ ̶F̸o̶u̷n̸d̵ *driving like a not-very-normal 'person'*

Cassandra: *not a traffic cop for a very good reason*

#Vivian and Arthur are taking a sabbatical from this Ask #What is a 'car' over here #oks-asks #oks-ROs #interactive fiction #one knight stand #oneknightstand

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oneknightstand-if · 2 days

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Patreon Created

Hey everybody, my Patreon is finally up and running.

Right now it includes 15 posts, half of which are free previews. (Those will be the only free things posted there, other freebies will be directly posted to Tumblr instead.) Also currently available is the drabble Interlude Merlin - Mercy (Lesser Circle & above tiers), the 7350 word mini-game JimBob's Guide to Which Arthurian Character Are You? (Lesser Circle & above), and the rough Alpha Draft (~120,000 words extra) for the current game (Greater Circle).

The available tiers are as follow...

Rider of the Apocalypse Groupies ($4 / month)

Access to all the normal non-interactive side content.

Access to questions answered in-character from the story's side characters

Extra behind-the-scenes look at the writing of One Knight Stand

Previews & sneak peeks on current chapters being worked on

Short stories from the side character's viewpoints

Snippets for more far future plot developments

Weekly Development Report

The Lesser Circle ($7 / month)

Access to all the side content both normal & interactive.

Access to questions answered in-character from the story's side characters

Extra behind-the-scenes look at the writing of One Knight Stand

Previews & sneak peeks on current chapters being worked on

Short stories from the side character's viewpoints

Snippets for more far future plot developments

Weekly Development Report

Vote on the next short story and question & answer polls

Early access to the Closed Beta (Minimum 2 Weeks)

Access to periodic interactive mini-games

The Greater Circle ($13 / month)

Access to all side content both normal & interactive.

Access to questions answered in-character from the story's side characters

Extra behind-the-scenes look at the writing of One Knight Stand

Previews & sneak peeks on current chapters being worked on

Short stories from the side character's viewpoints

Snippets for more far future plot developments

Weekly Development Report

Vote on the next short story and question & answer polls

Access to periodic interactive mini-games

Early access to the Closed Beta (Minimum 4 Weeks)

Access to the rough draft Alpha of the game as it's being written

Send in suggestions for the next story topic & questions for the characters to answer

Thanks for any support!

#oks-info #And you know at the very last moment before hitting Post Now I realized... maybe it would be helpful to actually include the link to Patreo #Maybe... just maybe

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oneknightstand-if · 2 days

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Cause i can't react with pictures under posts: No matter the hell doggos or the friend who has been co starring in an irl horror movie with with MC! There is a pretty magic brat on site! 👀 horror can be ignored in favour of flirting right? right.

Yes, Merlin the Incubus is totally the best choice to help the MC get over their Lust vice. Totally.

Meanwhile, Adrian...

#The duality of Adrian and his approval of who the MC is flirting with: Part 2 #oks-Merlin #oks-Adrian #oks-asks

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oneknightstand-if · 2 days

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Honestly laughing at my mc teasing Adrian for picking the “safe” choice of Arthur for favorite knight and then I went and proceeded to pick the flirty choices with Arthur during the past life segment

Adrian:

Well, if anyone understands why someone would do that, it'd be Adrian. 😅

#oks-asks #oks-Adrian #oks-Arthur #The duality of Adrian and his approval of who the MC is flirting with: Part 1

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oneknightstand-if · 3 days

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Public Service Announcement

You know, I'm really surprised to find that there aren't that many good public domain classical pictures of Mordred compared to all the other characters. He's always got his back turned or is dead or is lurking in the background behind other characters.

Exhibit A here which would be perfect if we could just see a bit of his face!

It looks like Mordred's going to have to be a special snowflake who's biography in JimBob's Guide to Which Arthurian Character Are You? will be a black & white illustration while everyone else is in full color.

Meanwhile, Dagonet...

#But I was expecting to have trouble finding classic paintings of Dagonet #I'm also probably making things more difficult by insisting I use a portrait of Mordred in his black armor #But Mordred is definitely not the character I though I'd have trouble finding pictures of!#oks-Mordred #oks-psa #oks-Dagonet

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oneknightstand-if · 3 days

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@sapphirestones09 replied to your post “Would the ROs prefer a hot or cute mc ?”:

Sorry Broderick all players are insane here...

#Adrian: Hey Broderick... stop stealing my stuff!#Broderick: No 눈_눈 #oks-replies #oks-Broderick #As you can see Broderick never gave back Merlin's kaomoji he 'borrowed' either

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oneknightstand-if · 3 days

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I'm Gonna tag em as what if's since these aren't Canon ask and are made in good fun while we wait for updates and aren't ment to be answered with urgency.

[What if]

How would the RO react to MC being an extremely ancient immortal being that was accidentally made in the garden of eden but for some reason God decide to leave it to its on devices which lead to them essentially becoming a God of the earth?/lore keeper of sorts,

wandering around and eventually meeting a 18 Year Old Merlin aswell as Arthur and joining the roundtable where they meet a certain someone along the way.

Then years later they meet Merlin again after the second circle failed and helped him with his injuries aswell as getting him up to date on what they have been doing after the fall of Camelot, they had been clearing the dead zones only leaving a couple in preparation for the 3rd and Final circle.

They pretended to be afraid and scared from the demons but MC already knew the apocalypse started because they detected the demons and the four horsemen of the apocalypse the moment they arrived on earth and didn't care about the apocalypse until they got Adrian involved....maybe also because of Merlin, Vivian and Arthur Aswell but they will never admit it.

MC is essentially FGO Enkidu

a being tied to the earth and as close to the realm of the Gods in sheer magical power and knowledge.

Their appearance when their not disguising themselfs to appear human is being tall, having tree bark like horns with plant life growing from them and plant like vine tattos with flowers over their arms and legs.

The ROs would treat this supposed MC the same way they would an extremely old and powerful fae like Gloriana, Oberon, or the first Lady of the Lake Ninianne as that's about as close to something that could actually exist in the One Knight Stand world as this scenario gets.

So everyone's side-eying the MC, Merlin is as nonchalant as ever as no one's meeting them when they're young or healing them, and Adrian probably shows up way later in the narrative.

#oks-asks

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oneknightstand-if · 4 days

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I need angst

What would the RO's reactions be if they saw a serious MC having a mental breakdown?

A lot of this depends upon the situation. Are they alone with the MC or with the others? Are they in a safe spot or in the middle of an emergency? High affinity? Romance? Subplot completed?

Assuming high affinity, but still relatively early in the plot...

Merlin: *another tuesday, another mortal having as mental breakdown* There, there, yes, get it all out of your system. I can't lie and say it will be all right, but still-- *gets dropkicked by Adrian*

Adrian: *is the most freaked out here since he's the one who understands how out of character this is for the MC* *rubs MC's back -- unless this is touch averse MC -- and insert one of the scenes already in the game where Adrian comforts hyperventilating MC*

Arthur: *drapes his cloak over the MC and waits nearby for them to calm down so they can talk things out*

Percy: *hand on MC's shoulder, random guinea pig left in MC's hands*

4̵0̷4̵ ̶E̸r̵r̸o̶r̶ ̷N̸o̶t̶ ̵F̶o̶u̵n̷d̸: In the end, this is what you willingly ̷̢͗c̵̫̖͚͛h̴͕͋̃͂o̴̘͔͂̓̾s̷̢̞̩̣͝e̶͉̐̋.̵̹̞͂̏̉͝. (Oh boy, don't expect sympathy coming from this corner)

Cassandra: *quietly agrees with Merlin's assessment of the situation if not exactly the way it's being handled* It's all right... you've earned the right to a bit of a break, haven't you?

Gwen: *may or may not also be having a sympathetic breakdown right next to the MC*

Vivian: There's always a way out of it. Shall I take this burden from you? (Surgeon General's Warning: Deals with the fae can have unfortunate consequences)

Lorelei: *is standing protectively nearby, but will be leaving the comforting words to someone else who's better at it*

Broderick: Yeah... yeah...it's like that *sympathetic hand on MC's shoulder from one of the other sane party members*

#oks-asks #oks-ROs #interactive fiction #one knight stand #oneknightstand

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oneknightstand-if · 4 days

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People can submit their stats for playthroughs. Are there any playthroughs you encountered that really stood out to you? If so why? What's the most fucked up playthrough you've seen?

The most fucked-up playthrough I've seen was one that had a bunch of stats set to 0 somehow.

I've no idea how that even happened... even if I updated the game files in the middle of their playing the game, that usually just boots the player back to the beginning of the scene (which means they can actually get their stats boosted higher since they're running through the scene twice).

So something was definitely bugging out there.

Otherwise, I can't really tell too much about what a person's doing in the game just with their personality stats and whatnot. There's 1800+ variables and I'm only checking a couple of them that I need to stat balance.

I'm also not paying too much attention to the stats of an individual playthrough (except for that one weird 0 one), but am rather collating the data to tell if the average player is say... using the vending machine during the fencing club route.

#And the stats are indicating... no... no they're not #And that's probably why the fear_level stats from the fencing route appear quite a bit higher compared to the polo route #oks-logistics

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oneknightstand-if · 4 days

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This might be strange, but I've been following for a few months now and it's so entertaining reading all the asks with no context that I keep procrastinating starting the actual demo. I promise I'll get to it soon ❤️

You know considering how goofy some of those Asks are compared to the tone of the game, I'm wondering what you'd even be expecting when/if you start playing.

#oks-asks

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oneknightstand-if · 5 days

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Apocalypse is hard! So let’s give out some free hugs :)!

How would ROs react to MC wanting to hug them?

Let’s assume high affinity, because otherwise I feel there’re a couple ROs who might just smack MC in the face hahaha.

Also assuming this is a more lovey-dovey hug while out in public/surrounded by the others. A lot of the ROs will have very different responses depending upon the exact situations.

Merlin: They are nibbling. How, where, and in which way may be spoilers.

Adrian: Platonically offering his physical reassurance and-- is Lust MC grabbing his ass?!

Arthur: He's amused. Back in Camelot, people were very "art thou worthy to touch the king?" so he's been a bit touch-starved and is amused at hw touchy-feely the modern people can be.

Percy: "You need to hold on harder for a proper chokehold."

4̶̮̌͌͘0̴̩̰̖̌ͅ4̴͔̼̜̅ ̸͕̂̊̇͘Ȩ̷̤́̿̕r̶̼̬̹̀̓̚r̵̫̣͊̅o̵̲͉͌̇̔̃r̴̢̺̯̝͋̀͗ ̸̬̰̭̅N̴̤͈̊̈́͛̄o̵͈̿̉̀t̶̥̮̘̩̿ ̸͍͍̹͔̈͋͂F̴̗́o̶͚̙̅̎͜ủ̶̥̫͋͝ņ̶͈͐̉d̴̺̬̻̍̀̉͠: Oh boy. I hope this is far enough down their route or this is a Bad End right there.

Cassandra: Teasingly steps back and then hugs the MC from behind instead.

Gwen:

Vivian: I certainly hope you're propositioning her, because that's the way she's going to take it. One does not just simply hug a mari-morgan.

Lorelei: *needs more info about the MC and the situation as she's probably the most particular of the ROs here*

Broderick: *hurtles out of the way and somersaults out the nearest window--* Okay, but more seriously, he's fine with the friendly sidehugs, but will be getting embarrassed if the MC is going for something else in public.

#oks-asks #oks-ROs #interactive fiction #one knight stand #oneknightstand

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oneknightstand-if · 5 days

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Tbf mordred's villainy has also varied significantly between tellings. But his current popularity can probably be explained as good old-fashioned bad boy allure

Yeah, I mentioned that the IF Mordred: Blood Cries Afar seems to be based on the Scottish Scotorum Historia (where Mordred is legitimate and Arthur is the bastard), but going through The Matter of Britain (aka the actual lore not written by those less-than-friendly with the English), Mordred's characterization just gets worse and worse as you progress chronologically.

While there are one off sentences here and there, no stories of Mordred the Royal Knight who was peaceful and more loved than Arthur actually survived to the modern day (and Mordred doesn't have tales where he's a healer or taking Arthur off to Avalon like Morgan le Fay does).

That's why there's that pretty popular scholarly theory that Lancelot was created for the French courts for the whole courtly love thing with Guinevere because Mordred's reputation had tanked too badly to be acceptable.

#oks-asks #oks-Mordred

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oneknightstand-if · 5 days

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In the FAQ it says if you want a clusterf*ck experience, then you should play as a security guard with fear itself as your phobia. But if you have phobophobia you can’t choose to be a security guard

Those suggestions are the early customizations that can bite the MC in the ass/send the narrative down a darker storyline, but they're not all meant to be played at the same time.

The security guard will fail the possession check eventually (and also has by far the freakiest flashback to their job), but there are other ways to get possessed as well like looking at something you shouldn't.

Fear is definitely the phobia that has the largest impact on the MC, but death and blood can also cause a lot of problems during the apocalypse. And darkness is pretty bad phobia during Chapter 1.

#oks-asks

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oneknightstand-if · 6 days

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"Oh mystical, mythical, magic 8 ball should I date the hot suspicious succubus?" 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥....*𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏* 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 It tells you how illuminating.

That's the true secret to the Magic 8-Ball. Just keep save scumming using it until you get the answer that you want!

#Obviously Merlin would be one of the safer romances here #They're just an ancient plotting demonic incubus after all #This message approved by Merlin (✿＾▽＾)b #oks-Merlin #oks-asks #oks-preview #interactive fiction #oneknightstand #one knight stand

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