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Ashoka

Ashoka

Might be Aku or just a vague dick, one of the two 26 From Texas
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  • Got any idea on how much further the update has to go? Would've asked in-quest but didn't want to doublepost.
    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    I'm a-workin'. Currently trying to get through introductions for a huge number of characters all at once.
    Hope everything's going well
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    Been fighting lawyer issues. Slowed down the writing some, but I have 10k of update waiting for a final scene.

    Should be publishable like... 2-3 days from now.

    Y'all are welcome to comment in thread, I'm always up for answering questions.
    ANGRY PUFFBALL
    Black Souls is now on Steam (external patch from the dev required to restore the content they removed to make it Steam-acceptable) and Black Souls II will also be coming.
    Been awhile everything still chugging along or has life gone off a cliff again?
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    Ashoka
    I've been having issues with my muse, mostly in relation to the fact I haven't actually written an emotionally impactful major lewd scene since the big Chisaya / Kirika / Itsuka one I published just before life fell off a cliff the first time last year.

    I'm alive, but this scene is taking forever to come together. When it's done, I am certain it will be peak, but that's the big slow down.
    ANGRY PUFFBALL
    Congratulations, you are now a Heroic Spirit.
    Hope things are getting better for you
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    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    I'm living. Had to do some extra work to get things in order for this scene, but I'm working on it now.
    crbox
    It all still going well or more IRL drama pop up? It's just you usually keep the currently running Quest's thread more active through interactions, or have you just been on such a writing muse that you and Silent haven't had the time?
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    Ashoka
    Uh...

    Lets just say I've been getting a shitload of extra work and a *lot* of time spent talking with Lawyers recently.
    tobel52769
    Ashoka is a very controversial author. On the one hand, his quests have very cool moments, and at the same time, there are incredibly many annoying ones. So I usually read them with internal pain, but I can't stop.
    jjcoolaid
    Whats your posting schedule for Mutated Bishop?
    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    I write on rotation. When MB is up, it gets a full turn. When US is up, ut gets a full turn.

    The *previous* normal was one full turn for one quest each month, but with my new job and getting things situated around it, we might see a new schedule shape out.
    Drimy
    In mutated bishop, what does the mc's necklace look like? Just started reading it so dunno if it's explained later, I just rlly wanna know lol
    Hey, ive seen this mentioned a few times, what is Thread Rotation and MB referring to?
    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    I have two full quests that I run. I rotate between them. You have SE / Special Eyes, and MB / Mutated Bishop. Both of them are running congruently and update on a cycle. I am currently working on MB and will be back to SE when MB's update is done.
    TomatoPotato
    You're a cool dude. Thanks for the quests you've written. They're really fun to read and participate in.
    Megaolix
    Man, a shame that the other quest started perhaps too early. Reverse Collapse has tech that could have easily been played with.
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    Ashoka
    The GFL based StratRPG coming soon? I'll have to put eyes on it later.
    Megaolix
    Megaolix
    Coming soon? It's been out for what, two weeks by now?
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    Ashoka
    Then my memory has failed me. Which, isn't uncommon.
    anirocks
    Look man I think we got off on the wrong foot. I apologize if my words caused you any harm. Please accept my apologies as a peace offering and let's move on
    Yo! Let me know if this is the wrong place to be asking this, but do you have any plans on resurrecting Taimanin Hero Quest or are you going to be sticking with just Mutated Bishop for the moment?
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    Ashoka
    THQ is on an indefinite hiatus at this time. There were a couple major issues in how it was first developed, mainly in the early voting phases, that have made that quest difficult to run.
    Persimmon
    9 months & 100k words later... Still on Turn 1. That pacing.
    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    You do realize my quests work on rotation right? That, on average, you've seen an update a month for the quest currently running?

    It's a system my active voters and readers are perfectly happy with. I am failing to see what you're meaning.
    Some_Dick
    just read THQ, lovely story so far, and I hope to see more of it, whenever you feel you can get around to it.

    on a related note, you seem to like giving your protagonists negligible or negative interest in the carnal, though they do have their own reasons for being oblivious/uninterested.
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    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    THQ is my safety. If one of my mainline quests dies, I'll be picking up there. I can't maintain 3 quests at the same time.

    As for the note about my protags? That's a left over effect from my first quest. I ended up having to dedicate a time slot each update to lewds.

    Now, I write MCs that are a bit less into the lewd, but also thus more likely to develop actual connections.
    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    If you're looking for lewds I have done, there are quite a few in the now 'dead' original Magitech thread, many of differing quality in the Villain's Respite thread, and a single one in the Magitech Rebuild thread.
    EVA-Saiyajin
    I know you seemed ok about it when I clarified, but after thinking it over I wanted to apologize. I stand by what I felt, but my passion should have been immediately stated to be towards the characters and situation of the story and not you. I know questers being troublesome caused you some major personal problems in the past and I don't want to contribute to that.
    Is mikaru from the Dxd magi tech rebuild a character from somewhere else? I can't seem to find anything.
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    Ashoka
    She's sourced from the First Magitech run. She's a functionally original character.
    Mintyfresh
    Thank you for the reply! Is there any more context to her from the original thread? She seemed to have an already established relationship and background in the reboot. I was wondering if I missed anything.
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    Ashoka
    Anything that is 'established' will be explained as needed in the story.
    White-Dragon-Emperor
    So, is Magitech Dxd quest in hiatus or completely dead? Because Last chapter is a hiatus notice but tread name has (Dead)?
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    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    It originally was on hiatus, but now it is full stop dead. There's no way to alleviate the system failures holding the story in lock step. I've got a 'New Game +' / Rework in the making, and you can find the information for that in my 'Ramblings and Ravings' thread.
    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    Just in case you didn't notice, the rebuild of Magitech is live, and on its second update.
    Electrotechman
    Are you planning for there to be Yuri in THQ?

    It's not something I'm interested in, so I'd like to know before I get really invested in the quest, and figured I might as well ask while it's in its early stages.

    Thank you for your time, and I hope you have a great day.
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    Electrotechman
    Electrotechman
    I'm aware that Cecil's probably going to end up with a harem, due to Rhea's manipulations and other reasons.

    What I want to know is, with bi women in Cecil's harem, Dorothea and perhaps Sakura being possible examples, will relationships form between them as well, or will it just be a typical harem centered around Cecil?
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    Ashoka
    Then you'll find my answer lacking. I have no idea this early on.

    That requires character interactions and development that hasn't happened.
    Electrotechman
    Electrotechman
    Okay. Thank you for answering my questions, though.
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    Merlin
    Have you ever thought about how Sona will bring the end of the Devil Society, Ash?
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    Ashoka
    Ashoka
    Agreed. It's hard to do the Isekai thing properly.
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    Merlin
    Honestly, some of the best Isekai that come to my mind are parodies of the genre.
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    Ashoka
    Also the ones that fully embrace the ideas given.

    Better to accept that you're writing something rote and toy with it than to pretend you're the first to do it.
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