#mission light

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Mission Light - Update 08.01.2025

Hey, it’s me again after a long time. Happy New Year, by the way!

A lot has happened—uni started again and I had a writer’s block throughout November and part of December. I’m way behind where I wanted to be, but things finally getting better. I’m almost finished with the prologue now. I had planned to release the second part in October, but here we are. It took longer than I wanted, but oh well.

I plan to be more active here in 2025 and write more, even though it’s going to be a busy year for me.

I always plan too big and end up overwhelmed by my ideas and tasks, which causes me to freeze and do nothing. So, I cleaned up my ideas and to-do list for the story and cut some things. It would have been cool to include them but I’m just one person and the prologue is already way bigger than I expected—160,000 words (including code, with some repeated passages, so it’s not really 160,000, but that’s what Twine says).

I had to compromise. Maybe that’s why the prologue seems a bit messy to me right now, but I’m working on cleaning it up and improving it.

I’ve decided not to promise release dates anymore because I often can’t meet them. Chapters, updates and content will come when they’re ready. However, some of you might have noticed that I updated my Tumblr blog and the itch.io game site.

I’ve realized that I get frustrated or hit writer’s block when I don’t immediately feel a sense of success, probably due to my ADHD. Sometimes, I get so frustrated that I want to abandon the whole project. But each time, I get mad at myself because I want to prove that I can finish something—that I can finish this and stay consistent without changing my interests and projects every week.

To help with that, I’m considering weekly updates on my progress in 2025. It won’t be much—maybe a few hundred/thousand words per week—but it might help me staying motivated. I would still make bigger announcement posts when a chapter is complete, so that those who prefer to read completed/finished chapters can wait for that. But we’ll see how it goes.

I’ve also done more character art and CGs and I’ve updated my art style. I’ll be posting those in the future. I also plan to write some short stories or prompts. I know I haven’t been consistent in answering questions, but please send them if you have any—it really helps me stay motivated when people engage with my work.

That’s it for now. Thanks for reading, and thank you so much.

Take care,

Jakob (yes, I changed my name, haha)

[sableeira]

And Dazai is like: omg how did he figure it out?!?!?!?

[timethehobo]

Just wanted to stylise a little.

[hyakunana]

"My friend, my partner… my Guardian."

[human-rocket]

Guiding Light Vol. 2 | 1.0 | [next]

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[littleacebee]

The only thing I have to say for myself is: Songs in podcasts my beloveds <3

IDs in alt text and under the cut

[ID: Front cover of a zine. In the middle of the page there is big red heart with text in it: „Songs in podcasts my beloveds”.

Page 1. Text saying: „I love songs in podcasts! They are so cool and great and amazing and wonderful and fun and fabulous and excellent and brilliant”

Page 2. On the top of the page there is text: „Me when there is song in podcast:”. Below there are three doodles of a person. First is singing dramatically, other two are dancing. There are colourful musical notes around.

Page 3. Text saying: „Some of my fav songs from podcasts with honest and totally not biased rating:

„Die Berliner Luft” from The Amelia Project - 10/10

Songs from Roguemaker - 10/10

Theme song from Night Shift - 10/10

„Magistrate’s daughter” Travelling light - 10/10”

Page 4. Text saying: „Musical episode of Mission rejected - 10/10

Folks songs in Camlann - 10/10

Songs from The Strange Case of Starship Iris - 10/10

„It’s all made up!” from Victoriocity - 10/10

Musical episode of The Bright Sessions - 10/10

Song in the last episode of Trice Forgotten - 10/10”

Page 5. Text saying: „”Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” from Midnight Burger - 10/10

Songs from Re: Dracula - 10/10

Cabaret Night at Cosmic Lounge from Stellar Firma - 69/10

Theme song from Dark Ages - 10/10

Songs from Welcome to the Brass Eagle - 10/10

The Ballad of Anne & Mary 1000/10”

Page 6. At the top of the page there is text saying: „”To be an Undertaker” from Wooden Overcoats - 100000000000000000000000/10”. Below there is doodle of a person playing on a mandolin.

Page 7. There is a doodle of a person holding a big sign with text: „You should add song to your podcast!”. At the bottom of the page there is text saying: „#fiction podcast zine event”. End ID]

[liam-summers]

BtVs 3.07 | AtS 1.03

Bonus🎶

[mobius-m-mobius]

well the night's still young 🥳🥂 Lokius Incorrect Quotes [15/∞]

[layaart]

I walked through the dark to the edge of the cliff, the big basalt-column fingers that held us up from the hungry crashing water. I sat down. [...] I felt my heart seize and I mashed it back inside my body. [...] The near moon and the far moon were both out. Full and gibbous. In the water they overlapped and made a sort of milky blurry hourglass shape. "May I sit with you?"

a scene near the end of Metal From Heaven, by august clarke

[invye]

We are interrupting our regularly scheduled program to bring you a snippet of a potential ZoSan undercover as a married couple fic:

(Timeline wise shoehorned in sometime shortly after the timeskip, before the Strawhats make it back into the news big time.)

(People need saving from a exclusive circle of nobility, but most of the Stawhats have already been seen around the island, so the lot ends up on Zoro and Sanji to try get in posing as a freshly married couple on their honeymoon to try get more information.)

[after coming up with the plan and Zoro and Sanji hesitantly agreeing]

Robin: "You seem a little stressed, Cook-san."

Sanji, chain-smoking his third cigarette: "I'm fine, I'll do this… I just… I don't like lying about something as significant as marriage, alright? I know it's stupid, but that's just how I am."

Luffy, perking up from where one might have thought he wasn't paying attention at all: "Oi, Sanji, promise to protect Zoro?"

Sanji, puffing out smoke: "Obviously, the Marimo would get lost within all of two seconds without me having his back."

Luffy: "Good! Now, Zoro--!"

Zoro, already rising to the bait: "Oi, if anyone is protecting anyone, I'll be guarding your lanky ass, shit cook!"

Luffy, laughing: "Alright, then as the captain of this ship I hereby pronounce you married!"

Zoro:

Sanji:

Robin: "Oh my, congratulations!"

Brook: bursts into song

Luffy, grinning at Sanji: "See, now it's not a lie anymore, so you don't have to feel bad about calling Zoro your husband."

Zoro: "LUFFY!!! YOU CAN'T JUST--"

Sanji: wordlessly walks off to get ready for the mission

Usopp: "Wait, wait!" runs after Sanji, grabbing his wrist

Sanji: stares

Usopp, sweating nervously: "Need your ring size…"

Sanji: staring intensifies

Usopp, scurrying off as quickly as humanly possible: "Wedding gift!"

Luffy, in the distance, still being yelled at by Zoro: "Too bad we don't have time to celebrate, I really want some wedding cake… :("

[mistress-light]

Horizon Forbidden West PC • (dev Guerrilla Games)

[mission-light-if]

Mission Light

The Story

You’ve worked hard to build the life you have. 

You live in New York, completed your education with good grades, landed your dream job and it seems perfect on paper. Your coworkers are friendly and your work brings new challenges each day.

Others would envy the stability and success you’ve achieved for yourself. 

So why does it feel like something is missing? 

Now that you’ve reached your goals, why does the life you imagined leaves you feeling empty? 

It’s hard to shake the nagging feeling that there must be something more out there, something beyond the ordinary life you’ve built. But what can you do? You can’t just quit, can you? 

However when an old friend—someone you had a falling out with years ago—contacts you again, demanding that you owe him something. You, despite knowing he’s involved with shady people, agree to work with him. 

For the first time in a long while, you feel alive, full of adrenaline—this is what you were missing, right? 

But things quickly spiral out of control. What he has drawn you into is far deeper than you ever imagined. 

The world you thought you knew is only a small part of a hidden, dangerous reality. 

You soon discover that your coworkers are secret agents and when unexpected superpowers awaken within you, you realize that you have no choice but to join them, now that you are a part of this big mess. 

As a new member of the secret, independent organization known as the Cryptic Order (CO), you travel across the globe, protecting the Child of Light—the key to defeating a looming and powerful threat. 

Every choice you make will shape your path, your relationships, and your destiny, all while uncovering secrets that challenge everything you thought you knew. 

The stakes are higher than you ever imagined and the future of the world—along with the life of the Child of Light—depend on you and your team. 

But as time goes on, you may begin to wonder if your old normal life maybe wasn't so bad after all.

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Mission Light is a thrilling, interactive novel that follows the journey of an ordinary person yearning for more in life. When they are unexpectedly thrown into a world of secret agents, superpowers awaken within them, leaving them with little choice but to join the team. Alongside their new allies, they must travel across the globe to protect the Child of Light—the key to defeating a looming, powerful threat, while uncovering secret plots and complex events unfolding in the background. Every choice you make shapes their path, relationships and how the story progresses, while the future of the world is on the line.

Play on mobile, PC, or laptop and let yourself be pulled into a text-based adventure featuring stunning CGs and artwork. Customize your character and choose your path, forming relationships from romance to deep friendships—every decision matters. With a lot of side content and exciting features planned for the future, I’m sure you will have plenty to experience.

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Features 

Create Your Character

Customize your character's appearance and identity with options including trans, male, female, non-binary, gay, aromantic (specific to Aneka's route), aroace, asexual, and more.

Choose Your Backstory 

Start your journey with one of three distinct prologues and career paths: lawyer, police officer or doctor.

Explore Your New Powers

Uncover and master the superpowers you’ve gained, explore how they influence your journey and shape your character.

Define Your Path 

Discover what you truly want in life, find your sense of belonging, and navigate the chaos you've been drawn into.

Travel the World

Embark on a global adventure with your team, explore diverse countries and face unique challenges along the way.

Engage with Diverse Characters 

Meet a cast of interesting characters, each with their own unique struggles, stories, and arcs.

Forge Deep Connections

Form and nurture meaningful relationships through romances (with both monogamous and polyamorous routes available) and lasting friendships.

Character-Driven Storytelling 

Experience a narrative that focuses on your relationships with the characters and their interactions and bonds with one another.

Support and Protect Adam (The Child of Light)

Develop a strong bond with Adam, whether as a sibling or a parental/mentor figure, while guiding him through his journey of self-discovery and personal struggles, as well as protecting him from harm.

Endgame Choices 

Pursue endgame options like marrying your love interest and adopting Adam (only available on specific routes).

Content Warnings

While the general age rating is 18+ due to violence, mature themes, and sexual content, every chapter includes specific warnings to help readers prepare themselves for each individual chapter, ensuring an appropriate approach to sensitive topics.

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For all updates, see #missionlightupdate.

For all asks, see #missionlightasks.

For all the lore, see #missionlightlore.

For my art, see #missionlightart.

For additional writing, see #missionlightwriting.

For all content about each character, see # followed by their name with a space in between, e.g., #min lim, #marcos soto, #maria soto, etc.

[sassypantsjaxon]

So just to recap: Aizawa

1. Buys ugly clothes for his daughter

2. Is subsequently forbidden (presumably by his husband) from buying her anymore gifts

3. So his workaround for that is to send his son to get things for her instead

[everwalldigan]

It is actually HILARIOUS to me how different Dick and Jason’s coping mechanisms are😭 like I’m reading battle for the cowl and the sheer polarising reactions to Bruce’s death are giving me whiplash.

Dick, just lost his second father figure, youngest brother almost got killed by his crazed brother, his third brother going out dressed like 80s Batman, Gotham city falling apart at the seams, literally burning to the ground: this is fine

Jason: IM GONNA FUCKING KILL ALL OF YOU

[thelvadams]

First look at METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER

[non-un-topo]

hot guard summer