(I can't believe I'm doing this, but if Jastey can muster up the courage, then by Sune I can, too
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Gotta look up the .cre reference, but one of the Lady Bardesses in Amn just got upgraded to Interactive (With Perks). I will not use the one Keto uses, so I will have to go searching; isn't there one available untouched by a mod somewhere?
Mirror content (inverse or retrograde variations on a theme) will go to Renal (because I think I'd better explore the theme from the side I know before I go tangling with the female psyche and attempting . Kulyok, you are not allowed to touch/preview the Renal version (I will steal berelide or Jastey or someone to recheck things ) so as to give you one runthrough without spoilage, after that, he is yours to toy with/rebuild/expand on as you please - I cede you full rights.
I caution that I have friends with alternate lifestyles, and I know that I cannot write from their perspective, so if I do this it may very well fall into the trap of " cliche' " - one Male PC fling with a female character, one Female PC fling with Renal. I will not include Gender, Race, or Alignment reastrictions (though Alignment or Class may determine some responses and pathways). Text Adventure Alone (gotta think of some ways of doing cutscenes without doing cutscenes - that should be fun!).
@Kulyok - Harlequin Romances are "Bodice-Rippers" - romantic stories written (usually by females like my friend, but sometimes male, generally for a female audience.) They have not particulary strong plots, and the action is (at most) the level of the scenes in BG1 NPC Project romances, and they definitely are not aimed directly at depiction of specific acts. Their attraction (my friend says - I actually have only read her work once, and it was for a teen version, so it was misty-eyed teens kissing and getting all hot and bothered, and then he had to leave for the summer, so the Romance was Over) seems to be imagination sparking. "Her soft lips met his, and the world stood trembling on the brink of something wonderful, something new" type stuff. Torn jeans, heaving chests, breathless anticipation, y'know, fantasy. One theme she worked with was the Pirate and the Maiden, set in all sorts of timeperiods.
And I may not be a real writer, but if I am going to let my hair down and walk on the wild side, I am not interested in writing a joke mod at all. If people laugh, my hope is that it is because my writing is not up to snuff, or is hopelessly cliche', not because I am trying to be funny.
I give full editorial control over the Bardess in question (anyone got an idea?) to you from the outset, because I will always have my internal version. That one will never leave the encrypted portion of my harddrive
Synopsis
/* Five Evenings in the Key of Lust */
/* A Dialogue-Only Romantic Interlude Mini Mod. Warning, Adult Content. */
/* Male Fling, Bardess - Female Fling, Renal */
/* author: cmorgan - but don't blame this on any forum - Kulyok made me do it. */
/* Introduction: Prelude and Cappricio */
Interesting. But I have seen this before. Still, interesting.
/* Exposition: Fair Phyllis (madrigal) */
ahh, you say no, but your eyes say... perhaps.
/* Development: Ravel: Bolero */
daggers dance, and wits engage, will you, or won't you?
/* Climax: Beethoven: Symphony IX */
swordplay of a different sort, and spellweaving that leaves no rest
/* Recapitulation: Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun */
who let the party in?
/* Coda: Stravinski: Firebird */
destiny is not kind, and the Firebird has a different path...
Goals: PC interaction with an adult twist; low maintainance code (all through dialogue and text imagery); timeline for alpha - one week.