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Description Desdemona grasped her heart, as for assurance that she was still alive, the pain she felt was unreal. She looked down to the side, as an attempt to hide her tears that was forming. And so she took a deep breath and said with a hurt shaky voice.
"Today... in the mines... I heard the other workers talking... At first I couldn't believe what they were saying. They talked about you. About how you have "snared the bitch in"... How you're "making something of himself, thanks to that wily and sly mind". At first I didn't quite understand what they meant... but now I do."

Desdemona's expression turned to something of a furious rage. She looked straight into Rayden's eyes, straightened her back, and said with a stone cold voice that was slightly cracking.
"You never truly cared for me did you? You never wanted to share your lunch with me, you didn't really go outside to watch the snowflakes fall down, you didn't truly think much of me. That was all a show. It was all for one goal. To make me care about you, to make me fall in love with you. But now I see your true intentions. You never loved me, you wanted my power... my status... my wealth. You probably thought that I would be easy... seeing how I've been alone and lonely in this hellhole of a place."

She didn't know if her voice would hold, her whole body was shaking of grief and anger. She had loved him, truly loved him. He had been the only light in her kingdom after old gardener Basil died. He had gained her heart and trust, and she never suspected that he was a betrayer, a fraud. She continued, even though she felt like falling down to the snowy ground and cry her heart out. Her legs felt so weak, her head lightheaded and her whole body heavy. She gathered up the last of her composure that she had, and said her last words with a low hateful voice.
"You're just like everyone else in this cold wretched town. Heartless and selfish. You don't want love, I don't even know if you're capable of loving, all you want is money. So here you go, take this and never come back. If I would happen to see you here again... I will command the old executor to sharpen his axe... and put your head upon my wall, like the primitive animal that you are."

And so Desdemona quickly turned her back and made her way back to the castle with determined steps. She couldn't look back, even though a part of her still wanted to see his face. His eyes, he had such beautiful blue eyes. They looked so kind and innocent, she had loved them, they reminded her of the blue sky back home. But now she would never see them again, and maybe it was for the better, they had been a lie. A beautiful lie that she had fallen for far too easily. She would never do that same mistake again. She would never trust anyone like that ever again. She would not. She could not. One more crack in her broken heart, and it would burst, never to be healed again.


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I've been thinking long about experimenting with RPG message boxes like this one~ So this is just a quick try on it~
So here's Desdemona again, I somehow can't seem to get enough of her, even though she's not one of the heros/heroines in my story, she actually started out as a pretty minor character. But she's grown on me, and developed by herself almost~ X'D
But in her cold winter home she's been pretty much always alone, with the exception of the old gardener, who sadly died not too long after she arrived. But she did befriend a boy her age (She was 16 at this time), whom she gained feelings and affection for. Sadly the feelings weren't returned, or they were, but not in an honest and true way. And so she banished him from her kingdom when she found out what he really wanted, thanks to the rumours going on in the mines. 
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my-sword-is-bigger [2017-10-17 03:23:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow, now I see how it is How does Rayden react when she says this? Just speechless that he'd been discovered? But was he actually genuine or not?
Just because the miners were talking about it doesn't mean they were correct, so Desdemona should've had other ways to test if he was genuine...... I mean, anyone would see their relationship that way because he's poor and she's a lady.

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pandalamaa In reply to my-sword-is-bigger [2017-10-17 10:09:22 +0000 UTC]

Ohohoh that's the million dollar/gold/cattle question~ =W= 
Was he really genuine or not? What if Desdemona's previous experiences and pessimistic outlook on life made her miss a chance for true love~? 
And indeed, the miners like to talk, and especially pick and tease the younger ones. It would make sense that they would say awful things about him, to make his chances with her harder~
But she is quick to believe them since she always fears the worst~
She didn't give him much room to defend himself either, she mostly went on and on with her belief, she had decided that this is the most logical explanation, and so it must be true. And therefore she didn't let him speak, since his soft voice could make her weaker and she might burst out crying, and showing weakness was among the last things she wanted~

But yes, was he genuine or not? Who knows~ =W=

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Noiramoss [2017-10-09 21:26:34 +0000 UTC]

Am I the only one who first thought that this one is from your own official game then later realized it isn't? Oh my gosh 😂😂😂

The way you draw her face's shape this time makes she looks a little bit fragile and much more feminine (than she already is) and truthfully... despite the situation she is currently in, I really like seeing her this way--- *cough cough*

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pandalamaa In reply to Noiramoss [2017-10-12 10:42:04 +0000 UTC]

Goodness that's such a wonderful comment and thought, I'm glad you thought it, it really boosted my mood! X'D
Perhaps one day it will be an official game, who knows~ QuQ

Hahah yeah, the face shapes changes all the time, I'm bad at keeping it consistent. X'D But she is supposed to be younger her, so it might fit just fine~ Hahah I'm glad to hear that, I guess? X'D Nah I myself quite enjoy her weaker and more fragile state~ C':

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Tete-DePunk [2017-10-09 16:26:12 +0000 UTC]

The pained furrow of her brows, the lips drawn tightly into a pensive pucker, Desdemona's hurt is poignantly shown through her expression here.

However, the written excerpt below magnifies the gravity of her sorrow.

Being deceived by such a seemingly eager and trustworthy friend as Rayden proved a sort of final straw for how much heartbreak Desdemona can endure, having lost her mother and the gardener.

The details of which she realizes this are equally painful- how she sensed his insincerity in the seemingly "kind" efforts he made to befriend her. It's interesting to see how she realizes his pretense now, as she can remember his lack of enthused interest in things she was sincere about.

With status, whether inherited or earned, attaches its own risk. One such risk is never knowing for certain whom is genuine or who is simply exploiting false kindness to gain the privileged's trust.

Her fire at the end, in which she threatens Rayden if he so much as appears again, she would command the executor to behead him, we can feel her intense grief and anger channeling into something like a sharp tool of the soul, that so often happens when the heart is crushed by betrayal.

Last but not least, this DOES look like a real RPG game! It looks wonderfully professional!

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pandalamaa In reply to Tete-DePunk [2017-10-12 10:44:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for you wonderful comment!
You've really summarized the whole text so beautifully~
And thank you so much for saying that! I hope to make it even better in the future, and perhaps a real game would be fun to make~

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rainbow000pegasus [2017-10-09 03:25:15 +0000 UTC]

I think her face and the atmosphere matches really well with the colours of the background.
The text on the box is really smooth too! You did an awesome job here- story and art!

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pandalamaa In reply to rainbow000pegasus [2017-10-09 07:53:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that!
Really appreciate your kind comment!

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rainbow000pegasus In reply to pandalamaa [2017-10-09 22:33:12 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome!

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Obelis [2017-10-09 02:43:07 +0000 UTC]

That's why it is hard having power. People often get close to you because they simply want something.

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pandalamaa In reply to Obelis [2017-10-09 07:52:37 +0000 UTC]

That's the very tragic truth, one with power needs to be careful at all times, since threats can come from where you least expect it, from the people closest to you. :C

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charcoalfeather [2017-10-08 21:20:38 +0000 UTC]

These are really fun to make xD I would love to see you make a full game like this where we can interact with the characters and make dialogue choices

Desdemona is pretty relatable. I like how her temper flares up from time to time, due to her insecurities and fears of being alone and unappreciated. She's very accusatory as she yells these things at Rayden, but it's good she realized his tricks before she was ensnared even deeper into the whole thing. Good thing she actually listened to the rumours and thought about how they could be true. If she was more in love with him and even more naive, do you think she would have just brushed aside the rumours and said they were made by people jealous of them? At the same time, though, Desdemona is a deeply insecure person, so it makes sense that she'd listen to rumours and be affected by them.

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pandalamaa In reply to charcoalfeather [2017-10-09 08:05:35 +0000 UTC]

Indeed they are~! Although now I realised how I could have made the text prettier, but that's for next time then~ X'D
Definitely! I'd love to make one myself so~ I kind of thought about making one for each of the Princesses, a short one for one event in their lives~ C':

I'm glad to hear that she is relatable, although at the same time I'm not, since she doesn't have the most joyful events and feelings. OwO"
So true, while she for the most parts wants and shuts her feelings down, she ends up snapping from time to time, thanks to all her feelings having time to boil inside her, she flares up pretty wildly when she does~
If her mother and the gardener hadn't died, there might've been a risk that she would've fallen so deep and tried to ignore the rumours. It would've made her doubt of course, but not enough, so she would've gotten into more trouble than she did now. But now since her heart's been so hurt by the death of two people she loved, she's been extra cautious of the positive feelings. And only slowly let the boy affect her, and she ended up loving him very much. But since she dealt with the deaths, she already knew that the world is an unfair and awful place, and were more inclined to believe the foul rumours. So then she started to try and see him from another perspective, and noticed that a lot of the things he did didn't seem to be very sincere, and so she came to the conlclusion that the rumours must be real.

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charcoalfeather In reply to pandalamaa [2017-10-09 18:26:17 +0000 UTC]

Btw, you can make tons of scenes like this with Ren'py with only the png of Desdemona or whichever character you want to use, and the boxes can be programmed to be prettier without much effort xD

I see, it makes sense that she got to these conclusions. Does she ever start trusting people more again...?

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pandalamaa In reply to charcoalfeather [2017-10-11 12:42:49 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I actually downloaded it and tested it out a bit yesterday~ I can see a lot of possibilities with it already (although the whole writing code part feels a bit overwhelming, I'm sure I'll learn it soon enough~) Like when I spent an half hour trying to put a png picture in a test game, to try out what I could learn and do, and I didn't get it to work. Only to later realise the size was wrong, I had 1024 on the height of the picture, so it was too big, and therefore it didn't show up in the game. X'D It took so long for me to figure it out I'm ashamed. X'D

Indeed so, and as of yet not completely. She still have immense doubts, and this dark person she meets later on, she doesn't trust him either truly, it's more like she's made into trusting him because of the fear he imposes on her.

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charcoalfeather In reply to pandalamaa [2017-10-11 13:39:08 +0000 UTC]

Haha, it can be quite difficult, especially with sizing. I agree, they should make it a bit easier for the sizing thing. 

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pandalamaa In reply to charcoalfeather [2017-10-12 10:38:52 +0000 UTC]

Hahah yeah, at first I thought the program would resize the picture to fit the frame, but it didn't so I spent so long thinking something else was the problem~ X'D But now it should be easier, so if nothing else, it would've been great if they talked about the sizing of the pictures in the tutorial at least. OwO""

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charcoalfeather In reply to pandalamaa [2017-10-12 12:46:34 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, they don't go through it that much on their site, unfortunately. Their tutorials could be done better. 

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SpicecreamSundae [2017-10-08 20:27:34 +0000 UTC]

This is incredibly beautiful and tragic, you have such a lovely writing style.. I can relate to Desdemona's feelings, she's such a lovely character <3

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pandalamaa In reply to SpicecreamSundae [2017-10-09 07:51:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very very much! It really makes me happy hearing that! I actually love writing, but I rarely do it for some reason. X'D
But thank you once more! I've really become fond of her~ Although I can't say I'm happy to hear that someone can relate to her feelings, I'm glad I've managed to create a character that can be relatable! So thank you for that! 

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