#college update

[abyssal-author-and-artist]

fuck today's a hard drafting day I can't fucking focus or make sense of this

[astrafiammante]

Your college reunion is coming up! Tell us what you've been up to!

Got a prompt that I had to tell my former classmates from college what I've """accomplished""" since graduation, so here it is.

Made my way to New York, Then on to Berlin. Spoke German, wore black did the whole drugs-n-rave thing. Saw the world, did TV, reported the news, Was told I was too big, (in weight and nose) to continue.

I’ve won no awards, Earned zero millions. Written some stuff for NYTimes and DW. I’m proud of this life some may call it “small,” but honestly fuck them. And fuck “giving it your all.”

What have I been up to?

“Failing,” and flailing, deferring my dreams, moving, losing, far too many memes, gaining gray hair, and wrinkles, arguing online, group chats, insta-reels, and becoming a punchline of “settling” when really I was falling in love with Less ambition, less grit Being less fast, less sweat; Learning to live life and abandon the pressure. Finding happiness is truly the simplest pleasure.

[teomuchtohandle]

School Update

The Grades Are In!

I finished Critical Approaches to Literature with an A-! It was a lot of fun, though I did three weeks of work in the last week since depression and the funeral made doing my work a non-starter.

I'm really excited for my new class! It's the first writing class I've taken so far for my degree. SUPER anxious though. I have to submit a piece of fiction or poem I've written every week to have my classmates critique.

Current grades: Mathematical Reasoning For Modern Problem Solving: B+ Diverse Historical Narratives: A Ethical Problem Solving: B+ Critical Approaches to Literature: A- Intro to Creative Writing: In Progress

[wanologic]

💅💅💅

[punkpsychologist]

i've been up to the uni twice in the last two days and i'm still a bit nervous. definitely better than last year but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. had to go up today to help B because his dorm got TOTALLY fucked. we're not sure if he's going to be able to live in the dorm he wants but we're crossing out fingers hoping that a good spot opens up. likewise a spot thats not on my hall!!!!! because!!!!! us dating would then be against the rules of my job!!!!!!!!!!! im going to scream, maybe cry and throw up. idk man anxiety sucks. it was so fucking hot on campus today your girl got so fucking burned.

- my beloved B <3

LET HIM IN

[allieebobo]

CT:OS Halloween bonus

As promised, wrote like a fiend this month and banged out almost a full chapter's worth of content for spooky season!

The update is three-quarters of chapter 7 (about 40k words including code and variants), and picks up where Sam's visit left off.

Release dates:

It will be out to ko-fi supporters on 31 Oct, and a week after to the public :)

Features:

Deal with the aftermath of your decisions over the weekend (talk to G, Tobin or Rayyan) <True horror>

Attend a language fellow/exchange student dinner-gathering as G's plus one (and the only American in the group). <the G-only scene I promised! You don't have to be dating.>

Prep Halloween costumes with your hallmates (yes, chaotic), and go trick or treating! 🎃

Attend a party after with the team ... then stay for horror movie marathon + sleepover or head back to Haynes to end the night with G.

Yep, Halloween hookups (however ill-advised ;)) are possible.

You can end this chapter very much in a committed relationship with the RO of your choice.

More details on the rest of the chapter/plans for CT:OS for 2024 below the cut.

Note: The rest of chapter 7 will include midterms, a time-skip (with some training/a match) and some fall festival shenanigans (because I love fall festivals). It should add up to a pretty chunky chapter that pretty much seals Act 1 of CT:OS (the 'settling into Cargill' part - establishing most of MC's friendships, routines, and possibly romances, forming a solid base for Act 2.)

I'll start writing the rest of the chapter once I'm done with Merry Crisis, and hope to get it out by end-Dec. We'll see! :)

[collegetennisoriginstory]

Public release CT:OS Chapter 5 (Update No. 9)!

The new CT:OS chapter is available for everyone! :)

Added Wordcount: 98k words (we’v passed the milestone of 500k words for CT:OS total!)

Features:

Sam attends team dinner at Valentina's (a love song comes on. Of course.)

Team party on Friday night (participate in a drinking game known as the Devil's Dozen (party edition). Partner Sam, Tobin, or Rayyan. If you play your cards right... you might also get to kiss 'em at the party.

Share a bed with Sam… pt. 1

Go out to a fancy Italian restaurant with Sam, then head to a bar afterward. Dance to old jukebox music.

Share a bed with Sam… pt. 2 (This one allows for some... intimacy.)

Have a tough (?) or happy (?) conversation with Sam before they leave on Sunday.

Author's note:

Thank you so much for supporting this game, I really really appreciate all the comments, the support, the beta-testing (honestly you guys are soo clutch! <3)

I'm always so humbled and amazed by all the love and the actual, constructive/concrete help I get, it means so much to me!

P.S. More G scenes will be coming right up VERY soon, I might do a mid-update release of just the G-scene.

P.P.S. Note on saves: They should work, actually. With the exception of strange 'readings' stats and strange 'photography_club' stats, because I think I revamped those.

[intotheelliwoods]

You guys wanted to see some Raph, heres some Raph!

Masterpost

[eddiethebrave]

secret admirer part sixteen

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For all that Carol had complained about her project partner, she doesn’t protest one bit when Robin drags her chair up to their table and sits next to her. She honestly doesn’t look that annoyed to have her there, either. 

It’s on par with what Steve thinks is going on. 

He’s not gonna call her on it, though. God knows if she somehow figured him and Eddie out and brought it up to him, he’d have a panic attack. No, for all he knows, Carol doesn’t even know herself. 

He’ll mind his own business. 

Well, Eddie’s business. 

Sometimes he wonders if he’s unhealthily obsessed with Eddie’s hands. The boy is fidgeting as usual, spinning one of his rings round and round and Steve can’t look away. It’s then that Steve backtracks…one of his rings. Rings - plural. 

Steve only catches glimpses of it as it comes in and out of sight but it’s unmistakable. The blueish blackish stone would be hard to miss. 

He doesn’t understand. Is Eddie trying to tell him something? That he’s open to more notes? That he stopped wanting them when he figured out H was Steve?

It doesn’t make sense. He and Eddie haven’t acknowledged any of it since they were assigned the project together. 

Eddie isn’t cruel, though. There must be another reason.

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sorry if i missed anyone!!

[aodhnerd]

Hot take: math before bed can be really relaxing.

[genshin-impact-updates]

Happy Birthday, Yaoyao!

"*whistle* Thanks, little finches~ Today is indeed my birthday!"

[favoure]

a lifetime of indentured servitude

used this frame from the mv of "femme fatale" by kedarui as ref for this piece ! just thought that it fit them perfectly orz

[triona-tribblescore]

Raph! :D

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[punkpsychologist]

i am so full of anxiety

i'm an RA now

i move into the dorm in less than a week

i have not even scratched the surface of packing

the anxiety has been fucking insidious but i've been trying to talk myself down to understand and get it through my thick ass skull that everything is going to be ok

i might be stuck with a fucking roommate for a couple of weeks which completely negates the wanting of me taking that job

it is very late and i am very tired and stressed out, oh hwell

b and i are doing beautifully, we're talking about how we want to get married and its really nice making plans and stuff

i've spend many days staying over at his mother's house with him and his siblings to bond this summer and he's stayed over at mine a couple of times which was really cool

he and i have been helping each other so much i love him so fucking much

i need to get myself into the academia mindset again

learning for the sake of knowledge and doing my best to live up to my standard of "no hack doctors"

but i also need to relax and have fun, RA training scares the shit out of me. i have some baggage from a previous situation thats made me like scared of stuff like this so i'm really hoping that this job helps that part of my brain

its so late, and im feeling very frustrated with the situation i am expericing right now, and i am not going to talk about it here because it's petty. but i feel like playing totk and drinking a mudslide or something fun as a dionysian treat while i vibe in my own energies. i want to do my own thing

i've been making macrame necklaces to focus my energy onto something. i brought a couple to b's house today and i let him wear one when we went to the movies and it looked so perfect on him. he's so beautiful :)

he worse the necklace to his dnd session and apparently

ok it's the next morning now and i'm feeling much better lol. it's all fine. i'm going to try and start being a little more active on here just to get my mind back to the better habits i had from last august.

i hope all of you are doing well and i genuinely wish the best for all of you this year :)

a couple of actual school things

taking a course on human sexuality which will be interesting

taking another one on cognitive processes

i need to start getting closer to some of my professors so i can have more bonds and connections and be able to get letters of reference and actually feel good about it

additionally, two of my psych classes this semester are from the same professor i had last semester and i'm hoping to get a lot closer to her and show myself as a promising student

[allieebobo]

Update: PUBLIC UPDATE IS LIVE!

CT:OS Chapter 5 (Update #9)

Early release (Ko-fi post): Oct 4

General release: Oct 12

Added Wordcount: 99k words

Features:

Sam attends team dinner at Valentina's (a love song comes on. Of course.)

Team party on Friday night (participate in a drinking game known as the Devil's Dozen (party edition). Partner Sam, Tobin, or Rayyan.

Share a bed with Sam… pt. 1

Go out to a fancy Italian restaurant with Sam, then head to a bar afterward. Dance to old jukebox music.

Share a bed with Sam… pt. 2

Have a tough (?) or happy (?) conversation with Sam before they leave on Sunday.

Author's note:

Thank you so much for supporting this game, I really really appreciate all the comments, the support, the beta-testing (honestly you guys are soo clutch! <3) I'm always so humbled and amazed by all the love and the actual, constructive/concrete help I get.

Really hope you guys enjoy this latest chapter :) As always, do leave me a comment, I love to read them (even though I don't get to all of them).

P.S. More G scenes will be coming right up VERY soon, I might do a mid-update release of just the G-scene.