#oks-Adrian

[oneknightstand-if]

Cinnamon Roll MC on Star-Watching Date with Adrian... meanwhile the heavens be trolling

Variation Three of the first 'date' with Adrian available in the Free Time Hub, which you won't be able to trigger for... a while. After all, the Free Time in Chapter 2 takes place inside a warehouse during the day!

But well, it's there waiting in the code.

This is also a quick heads-up, the Alpha Build on the Greater Circle tier of my Patreon has updated to include Adrian's part of the Free Time Hub.

[rinriya]

I can't help but giggle But seriously… ALREADY 100%? How??? lolololol

[somethingsomeart]

A second post was expected, right? More doodles based on the IF by A. Hazard, @oneknightstand-if One Knight Stand

A few Merlins as I still try to figure out what design to go with u-u and a bunch of the totally not a stalker or liar bff Adrian Benoni. Honestly a delight of a character and Tahir's legit best friend (pls don't get killed, Tahir doesn't need to add more people to the murder list)

Also, Adrian, buddy, I'm so sorry. You're gonna suffer so much... But I'll have fun while you do~!

[plantyberry]

Planti's OKS musings: Imposter MC

So, I feel a bit weird doing that, but I have to start from somewhere, so here we go! Please take note that the data in this post comes from the game and code from the Public beta build (currently up to Chapter 2-2)

Welcome to Planti's OKS musings! yaaaaaaaay

For now I will focus on the MC's Imposter Secret, seeing as this will be the one thing to bite them in the butt later on if not handled correctly (looking at you here, Liar/Serial killer), this time featuring my observations on the Imposter, my personal favorite due to it being the most 'normal' one of the bunch as well as the potential hilarity of there being two imposters in this van if you add in the saboteur.

Chapter 1, Secret Pick:

Right off the bat, the Imposter Secret possesses some slight flavor text for the Amnesiac and Accident MCs due to their especially nonexistent/painful pasts and memories that they wish to escape. Picking the Imposter Secret gives +5 to the 'social' score, which is fitting seeing as, according to the narration, it was pulled off using exclusively the MC's social abilities and maintained that way.

Breaking down the choices and what they apparently give (since I remember the writer mentionning that they were lying somewhere, no doubt in part to obscure who the other Imposter here is) Here is what we have!

As far as I can tell, only the first two waves of questions have a mechanical impact.

Impactful choice 1:

-I don't even know what I'd been thinking : Bold -2 -I immediately knew exactly what I had to do : Bold +2 -I never intended this. It just sort of... happened : Bold -2, Sweet +2 -It was only meant for a short term lark in the beginning : N/A

Impactful choice 2:

-It's not as if I'm hurting anyone : Optimist +1, Sweet +1, Bold -1 -It's not as if it's possible to steal from the dead : Sass -1, Sweet -1, Bold -1 -It's not as if [The Original] ghost's haunting the world because of this : Optimist -1, Sass +1, Bold -1 -No excuses here. In the end, I wanted to be [Them] and so I became [Them] : Optimist -2, Sweet -2, Bold +5

Additionally, and rather tellingly at that, There are two further direct background interactions with this secret. If one picked the Amnesia Childhood and/or the News Reporter Job, both Lorelei and Gwyneth gain +1/+2 on their sus score.

Now, let us look at that particular data point from another angle: This doesn't trigger if the MC has an abused, abandoned, or accident (now that I think about it, all the childhoods come with an 'a', funny coincidence) childhood and/or stays clear of working as a reporter as an imposter.

This is relevant because of several things:

First, in the Amnesiac background, it is mentionned that there was a national/international media campaign when Amnesiac MC was first found and some more perceptive characters may very well suspect something. However, I find it odd that Cassandra, the literal police detective, isn't the one gaining the sus score here, meaning that even though this point could be a weighting factor, it isnt the determinant one.

Second, the fact that this only triggers in the Amnesiac MC's path as far as childhood goes means the forgotten past of the MC themselves is going to be a 'tell' of their Imposter secret for Lorelei and Gwyneth. Seeing as a bit of code diving gives us that delightful tidbit (set ensorceled true) when we look at the amnesia childhood is also quite interesting, considering Lorelei and Gwyneth aren't, in fact, supposed to be the most magic-sensitive characters.

Gwyneth I can handwave by saying that she's extremely social-specced and could detect that something's off where Cassandra couldn't, but Lorelei doesn't have this excuse, and her behavior of her being extremely prepared/already on the run (apparently there's a 'reason' she'll be one of the later catches?) on top of the very specific requirements for the sus triggers mean that she is the likelier one of the two to have actually known MC in the past.

Chapter 1-5-2:

Most of the flavor text involving the Imposter secret revolves around them taking advantage of situations or doesn't bear any mechanical effects that I can anticipate, except maybe this one:

-For the Smoking-addicted MC who went back to their apartment, it is revealed that the possess another, premium, lighter with what seems to be (unless I'm misreading the narration here) their 'Original' name written on it, the one they had every since they woke up in the desert with amnesia, which is likely to have some rather interesting in light of the Gwyneth/Lorelei possible situation going on.

Chapter 1-6:

Merlin, if they are who they say they are, almost certainly knows the character uses a fake name if a non-mute Imposter MC introduces themselves, though it seems his sus counter only rises when MC deliberately gives them a pseudonym instead. Seeing as they only seem to care about past names and Arthur, they are unlikely to cause trouble unless more people raise up objections (Looking at Gwyneth and lorelei here)

Chapter 2-2:

Imposter secret comes back to bite you in the butt! This time with those two options during the talk about your addiction:

-"Well actually..." I launch into a long retelling of my life story : Adrian Sus +1 If Amnesiac, Imposter and Merlin doesn't know who your past self is: Merlin Sus +1 If Abandoned, Imposter and Merlin doesn't know who your past self is: Merlin Sus +1

-I hand over a thick printed booklet of my life story that I carry around for times just like this. Adrian Sus +1

The reasons for this are fairly obvious, Adrian almost certainly looked into the MC's past, and the discrepancies are beginning to pop up. Beign an imposter is a secret that only really holds as long as people don't know enough about MC to be able to call them out on their lie. The more info MC gives, the weaker their secrecy becomes, as Adrian oh-so-suspiciously put it 'keep it simple' (so says the one most likely to be a fellow imposter secret holder). As for Merlin, the Amnesia incident reeks of magic interference, and the Abandoned one is also pretty suspicious, but seeing as those only trigger suspicion when MC is an Imposter mean that Merlin possesses some level of awareness of the nature of MC's lie.

It's the little things, but considering Book 1 lasts, what, two weeks? Those little things may very well begin to pile up.

The last thing is the TV incident in the shop if MC decides to go there early. If they are an imposter, the TV will show the 'real' owner of the name MC has lived with, which is pretty damning insofar that this means the demons are aware of MC's secret and in turn, so would the Saboteur, which is something they will definitely use against them.

Final thoughts:

As far as secrets go, by itself Imposter seems fairly benign. It looks pretty easy to at least mitigate the negative side effects by revealing your Camelot identity to Merlin and Arthur and having a good relationship with Adrian, and just not being a complete jerk as well as keeping the work on that high social, since this is likely to be the relevant stat checked when the secret is out.

A big thanks to @oneknightstand-if for creating this Interactive fiction that I can theorize my little heart out over. I can't wait to be completely wrong about all of it when more stuff comes out in the public beta!

[theundeadbrides]

Obsessed with the idea of Castlevania from Alucard's perspective 'cause like. Imagine your dad is one of the most dangerous people on the planet but you keep forgetting about it because he's also hopelessly and pathetically devoted to your mother to the point of borderline neglecting you which kind of sucks but y'know whatever. And then your mom is brutally and publicly murdered so you head out for your dad's estate already presuming he's cooking up some pretty chill, sweet revenge, only to find out he's actually Actively Planning A Genocide against your own mother's people, of which you're also still technically a part of. So you try telling your dad that's actually Not Chill and he just fucking lunges at you, permanently scarring you and leaving you in a year long coma so now you have to kill your weirdo loser dad which sucks hard cuz y'know. You really don't have anyone else but ok.

But you're still in a coma so then you're woken up by a random mage girl who thinks you're Jesus Christ Reborn and a loser homeless boy who immediately (and homoerotically) tries to fight you and he actually manages to stab you in the gut but you think that's sexy and you ask them if they wanna help you kill your dad and now suddenly you're part of a murder polycule. So like. What I'm trying to say is 10/10 the character of all time

[oneknightstand-if]

Thanks for the compliment and the fan art! But my usual sparkly-eyed gif for fan stuff seems rather inappropriate here...

yea, more fan art for one knight stand!! Featuring my MC Luca for the accident background! Thank you again for creating this amazing work :D @oneknightstand-if

[filurig]

OK I WENT AND SCANNED THE ZINE I MADE AND... here are most of the pages - so every middle "spread" has one left and right page on the back of it and then a bigger pic once its unfolded, but didnt include every side for every larger spread.

this basically explores a bit of folke and adrian's relationship - adrian, the Creature, ends up finding folke's brother's recently deceased corpse and imitates his appearence, the only real way for a basilisk in their world to learn to shapeshift into something.

So their relationship is a bit complicated. but also, it ends up eventually settling into something that isnt only full of bitterness...

[siderains]

THATS your legendary cryptic soldier who is awakened in times of trouble?

[oneknightstand-if]

Meanwhile Merlin is seducing the entire movie crew/doujinshi circle in the background. 👍 

Laptop left unattended now the whole friend group knows abt your green knight yaoi @oneknightstand-if

[raincandyart]

When you finally find another person to be emotionally dependent on - Adrian Andrews!

[ID: Semi-realistic art of Adrian Andrews in her aa3 design on the right side of the canvas. She is drawn from the hips up, looking off to the side with her orange notebook pressed against her waist, pushing her glasses up with her spare left (to the viewer) hand. Her eyebrows are raised and her mouth is slightly agape with a small blush drawn in the style of squiggles. She is drawn canonically accurate except for five accessories, a pencil and notepage earring set, a necklace with a clock on it, a simple golden band bracelet and her belt has a sea shell detail on the buckle now. The background is a neutral grey, four simple drawings of Adrians face in a chibi form detailed around her, in various stages of flustered and happy. There are also two exclamation marks next to her face and many love hearts. The art is heavily coloured in dark and light shades of orange. On the cover of the notebook, there is the artists signature, "Raincandyart." /end ID]

[oneknightstand-if]

MC, Too Pure for The World, Asks Local Incubus if They're Hungry

Meanwhile Adrian having a conniption fit in the background. I'm currenting editing/polishing the latter half of Chapter 2-3. Once that's done the next major update for the Beta should be rolling out.

[rinriya]

Merlin, Adrian & Ev

As one, all three of you look up to stare at the minimalist flush mounted lighting embedded in your ceiling. Merlin smoothly rises to his feet as as your mind starts frantically running through the implications.

"The time bubble has dissipated. I'm afraid that's all that can be spared for exposition at the moment. Now that time moves forward once again, they'll be coming for you. And this time they won't bother trying to take you alive," the mage explains as he steps closer. "Pack up what's essential to you, we ride out immediately."

"So this is it, huh?" Adrian says as he rolls his shoulders. Discreetly he tugs his hood up around his face.

"Indeed," Merlin replies. Another step closer. "The time is nigh."

And so it's come. You've gone along with the flow of things until now... the presence of the demons and time bubbles had required it. Listened to the explanations, been healed, processed what was happening, and bided your time.

From the way that Merlin still surreptitiously approaches, it seems you're not the only one. And now that the moment of truth has arrived, the time to act, you can only think...

"The castle at the end of the world awaits," I randomly announce as I go to pack my things.

Or perhaps not so randomly. It may seem completely arbitrary right now, but you know you said it for a reason. This time, this moment. The message has been sent, whether anyone hears it or not.

"...I see," Merlin says as he watches your retreating back with a considering look engraved upon his face. "I'll keep that in mind, then."

"Uh... yeah," Adrian replies to your sudden cryptic words with some confusion. "Ev is usually a bit more coherent than that. Does it mean anything to you?"

"Hmm..." the mage merely hums thoughtfully in reply. ©

One Knight Stand by @oneknightstand-if

I love moments when MC can be mysteriously mysterious.

[somethingsomeart]

Ayy new job tried to keep me from doodling but I persevere! And I'm back with more silly fanart of an IF. This time A. Hazard's @oneknightstand-if One Knight Stand (that I've forced on suggested to so many people, RIP all those possessed MCs) with a not possessed security guard amnesiac serial killer totally well adjusted guy who doesn't at all begrudge the justice system.

Haven't met Lorelei yet, but considering her hellhound-body count and her interest in camping I and Tahir can't wait to meet her. Hoping they get to bound over all the hunting+survival knives he has for entirely innocent reasons uwu

[houseofbelmont]

off to defeat evil and whatnot

[grogumaximus]

Newey details major F1 trait shared by Vettel and Verstappen

"I think with all the drivers I've been lucky enough to work with over the year, their feedback is vital," he says.

"Very often, different drivers will be more sensitive to different areas.

"For example, Sebastian Vettel and Max have one thing in common, in that they are both very sensitive to the tyres.

"Other drivers, like Mark Webber for instance, were very sensitive to aerodynamic changes, and Max is as well.

"With the driveability of the engine, some drivers are more sensitive than others, so you get different bits of feedback from different drivers and then piece it all together.

"Theoretically, you could argue that with all the sensors on the car, and all the simulation tools we have to derive from the sensors, then we shouldn't need the feedback of a human.

"But, the human feedback is vital as the human is the controller, the sensitivity and feeling and ability to express that is key.

"It is not a machine-driven vehicle."

[deezdoodles]

I have to stop drawing things from memory