Posts from Sakuramoria Auto-translated

— Well... Since the preparation for it was canceled, I didn't really get a chance to figure out what it is. What's up?

-- Excellent... Mmm, okay, -- the girl quickly approached the edge of the platform and started looking for something in her bag, which she had put there during the training. She didn't stop, but continued to speak cautiously, choosing her words carefully. -- Well, I don't quite understand it either, but we should respect and uphold local traditions, within reason. And the point is that girls... They... No, in short, they congratulate the guys.
Among the various pre-prepared cards for Oleg in her bag, Varya found the one she was looking for, not in the shape of a heart, or a creepy, barely resembling her, stylized leaf, or a star (what do stars have to do with it?), but a relatively simple, square card, decorated with a pencil in the style of Khokhloma or something similar:

Happy Autumn Festival!
In this sad time, when nature falls asleep, I want to give you a small reason to smile.

☺️✌😌
From Varya to Oleg.

— Well, then take me on a date, show me around the city, and all that.

Gideon's eyebrows shot up, his feet seemed to be glued to the floor, and his mouth opened in astonishment. He probably looked quite silly, but he couldn't help it at that moment – a simple trip to the store was taking an unexpected turn.
— This... is an unexpected proposal... I think I should...
The young man tried to regain his composure and shake off the sudden shock. Mentally calling upon the Creator to give him strength, the young man stepped forward and, with a shy smile, gallantly bowed his head.
— Your words of participation and support have deeply touched me, as has your irresistible beauty. Lady Ivalis, please allow me to invite you on a date.

Okay, I found myself a sugar mommy who's richer than Nira...

You wouldn't believe what people will do for a discount.

I think even Varya would agree to these conditions for a one hundred percent guarantee...

I feel like I don't really have the time to deal with the exp, and lately my mood hasn't been very conducive to it either, so we'll be wrapping up — the main crises are behind us anyway, and from here on it's just a matter of learning. I wanted to at least run some tourneys in this quarter, but oh well.

Mentu, Plesen, Heroist, and Fragment — thank you for participating; thanks to you, this party managed to maintain high activity and a strong interest in the events despite the small number of players. Thank you for participating, Arandor, though it's a pity you left. Thank you for participating, Alex; I hope you return from your adventure in one piece. Thanks to Kosha for the comments. Also, special thanks to Loken for not only accepting a role that was unexpected for him but also mastering it — watching Futaba's fate unfold, seeing how her character changed and how her actions affected those around her was a true pleasure. I am absolutely convinced that if I had been in his place, I wouldn't have been able to play such a sharp transition in the character's concept.

I also note with some sadness that this time, the success (at least as I see it) of this exp is entirely due to the players. For one reason or another, I couldn't give it my all. If I ever do something like this again, I want to prepare beforehand by reading fiction in Russian, because I'm already ashamed of my lit skill x) Perhaps then I'll be able to create something more elegant than stat boosting.

I give Futaba carte blanche regarding the fate of Sakuramoria and all its inhabitants, but with some restrictions in case there are more games in this setting. Let there be a limit of two decades forward, without expanding borders or lifting the royal curse. Otherwise, you can do whatever you like — naturally, if writing an epilogue or something similar is of interest. I allow other player characters to obtain any position in Sakuramoria — for example, Minister of Finance, General, etc., (with Futaba's permission), or something proportionally individual outside its borders, but it's better to clarify that with me first. Because Futaba decided to scout "Monaim Co", their plans to sabotage the order in Sakuramoria were uncovered by the cornflowers. The assassination of Caladium was carried out at their prompting with the support of Adonis Starlight — he planned to secede along with the entire south of Sakuramoria and join Levia. The fates and desires of the NPCs are detailed below Ixora Dreams of becoming Futaba's right hand/Captain of the Royal Guard. Bella Bless Will dedicate herself to the family business. Cassia Zlodrev Will become a traveler with hermit tendencies (if she doesn't learn the truth about her curse) or a sports star of Utaha. Shera Capite Will become a wandering priestess of Luxuria, visiting many countries and people ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Vita Pleiona Depending on whether her request is granted, she will be either a wandering warrior or an army woman who over the years replaces Timyan in the title of the country's strongest warrior (unless one of the players wants to share this title with her...). Buddlea Cuncit Will continue performing in the circus, visiting not only every corner of Lafrenia but also stepping onto other continents. Renn Re Vann Will set out on a journey around the world, continuing to hone his combat and other skills. Elliot Kent Wants to be Futaba's ears and eyes, reporting everything that happens in Sakuramoria and beyond. Naturally, in exchange for "generous remuneration"... Toad Road Thanks to body magic, he will get himself in order and become a wandering wizard with a very bad reputation. He will force Ladia to obey him. James Vishnya Will marry Mana La Luna and they will move to live in his village. Nedge Asaliant Will work for Lumenov Diref — an entrepreneur from Aeolia. Iori Valles Will become a heavy cavalry captain within the armed forces of Sakuramoria. Open to a romance with Leila Squill. Duke Fabian Will become the head of Moria's military hospital. Married to Chloe. Flim von Caff Will never manage to find a calling in life or a second half. Miho Callistemon Provided Futaba keeps her promise, he will assemble a harem of beauties to his taste. Bao Hien Tong Travels. Oleg Ugrev Will return home?.. Open to a romance with Barbara Bellring. Dinorsis Balioni An agent of Oleandra, involved in the mischief of "Monaim Co" and Levia. Fate is in Futaba's hands. Duncan Mandragora Retired, writes books. Laurence Hatiora Opened her own business "Hatiora". Engages in the study of ancient ruins, artifacts, magical devices and spells, and all such things. Aorih Traba Became a pirate ship captain. Jean Silva Married Yukka Telltale and they lead a carefree life in a house provided by the crown. It turned out that what ultimately brought them together were precisely the days of imprisonment under Alma. It appeared that of all people, they understood each other better than anyone else. Alidum No one dared to judge the royal bastard, so his fate remained in Futaba's hands. Bonita Haline Her further life depends on exactly which lackey the crown assigned to her... Iva Sextillion A fairy-tale woman about whom there are more rumors and legends than confirmed facts. Many consider her the most beautiful woman in the country as well as one of its strongest warriors. Many come to Sakuramoria solely because of rumors of her ethereal beauty and fierce strength. Chloe Cox Strives to hold some high government position. Married to Duke. Michaella Godwell Will become one of Miho's wives. Mana La Luna One of the two mascots of "Beznadyoga!" and a popular model in the country; married to James. Neomarika Valze Will return to her homeland and dedicate her life to the way of the sword. Ladia Moa Will become a follower of Toad. Claudia Smaragd Will return to her homeland and prevent conflict between Emeraldia and Sakuramoria. Shea Will try to become a diplomat for Sakuramoria and achieve peace between her new home and Sanguinaria. Stella Horst Will become the leader of a large Logia cult. Open to a romance with Leila Squill. Mira Axial Will go with Nedge. Levisia After recovering from her experiences, she will continue her career in music and dance; with Futaba's permission, she will marry the owner of "Beznadyoga!". Otherwise, like many others, she will set out to wander in search of herself. Yumiko Will head to the western archipelago in an attempt to establish trade now between three parts of the world. Ivalis Bless Will want to snatch Gideon away from younger competitors and make him her lover, providing him any opportunities to develop his intellectual potential.

Open to a romance with Leila Squill.
Open to a romance with Leila Squill.

Well, Leila is quite the playgirl.

Michaella Godwell
Will become one of Miho's wives.

He corrupted her after all.

Ah, that's a shame. It turned out to be surprisingly interesting to follow the game, even though I didn't get hooked right away. Every time I saw new posts in the thread, I would open it with the words, "Woohoo, a new episode of my favorite anime!" From Revnya's side, there was a great, dynamic scenario and a bunch of very colorful NPCs, and the players also did a great job. I would definitely like to mention Loken and Futaba Starlight separately – they were simply amazing, and Loken was a mega-handsome character; I really enjoyed reading about his gameplay. The other players were also great. I'm more worried about Oleg and Varya's relationship than about my own.

The master of hopelessness has achieved a certain level of success.

Thanks to Futaba's decision to investigate "Monaim Ko," the plans of the thugs to sabotage order in Sakuramori were revealed.

They weren't wrong to report the thugs 😇

Toad Road
Thanks to body magic, he will put himself in order and become a wandering sorcerer with a very bad reputation. He will force Ladia to obey him.

He needs to be dealt with before he encounters the players in another game...

and prevent a conflict between Emeraldia and Sakuramori.

and achieve peace between her new home and Sangvinaria.

Ivalis Bless
She will want to take Gideon away from younger rivals and make him her lover, providing him with every opportunity to develop his intellectual potential.

🖕🖕🖕

I will definitely write another epilogue, discussing everything with the GM, but for now, I just want to say thank you to everyone. Perhaps this expansion, intended to repeat the success of RoM3, ultimately failed to achieve its goal, but it was still quite interesting and, in some ways, charming. Perhaps towards the end, its main author experienced a certain cooling off (although not completely), but in the beginning and in the middle, it was definitely very exciting and lively. The amount of content is simply enormous, in all aspects, from different characters, skills, beliefs, and a million competitions; all of this created a buzz and even a slightly unhealthy excitement. Of course, the players scattered for various reasons, but in general, each made a very significant contribution. Whether it was Aretz, who was a star in the beginning with his lively roleplaying, or Alex, who got involved in real-life matters and showed everyone the image of a true boy-knight... The players who made it to the end were also great, of course. Each of Frag's rare posts could be reread twice, bringing pleasure; the capitalist Heroista chatted me up and charmed me with her emoticons; Leila Plesa is just purrfect, no matter what Stella thinks, and Ples himself, as always, is super active, with a million thoughts and theories; much has already been said about Lok, who skillfully switched from a depressive tone to a businesslike one... Kosha was the cheerleader this time, she herself was inspired and raised the spirits of others with her enthusiasm in her gray posts. Come join us next time, Gou. In general, thank you all again.

Join us next time.

Honestly, I don't know. It's one thing to sit on the sidelines with a bucket of popcorn, and another to be involved in all of this. I imagined how I would play out a particular event, and it turned out badly. For example, if I were in Loken's place, I would definitely mess up the storyline with the king's wife, I would get angry and lose. Plus, my dislike for the text-based role-playing format hasn't gone away, and my priorities are slightly different; I'd rather draw or help another settlement. But at least I'll consider whether to sign up or not, instead of dismissing it outright, as I usually do. That's already progress :)

Give Alidum Bonite as a lackey. Well, thanks for the game and everything, even though I didn't participate much. Although it seems like the conditions were specifically created so that I couldn't really get into the rhythm, but maybe my head just wasn't in the right place, even if you ignore all the moving, commissions, and paperwork. But overall, it was good to play the Academy for a change, although the leveling seemed a bit complicated.

Thanks to everyone as well. I was planning to play as an underdog this time, but it didn't work out... I guess I should thank Ment for convincing me to leave Elliott's room as a pig, which is how it all started. I won't say that the presidency wasn't stressful at times during the game, but on the other hand, it was cool to finally have some influence on what was happening and, together with my comrades, build a useful system brick by brick. Besides abusing the task system, which at least brought me up to the level of the other players who had already leveled up their characters, I tried to be as selfless as possible and tried to resolve or create something productive for the school while waiting for the next inevitable disaster, and I experienced firsthand the difficulties and everyday ingratitude of many aspects of school life, as well as the difficulties of organization and diplomacy that come with such responsibilities. In this respect, it felt very authentic. And the feeling of uncertainty and threat from the beginning of the curse until the elections really made me nervous, in a good way. But your faith and support helped me cope with this, and Nira's long post after the end of the competition, where she reflected on our fate and unexpectedly ended on a very positive note for Futa, really resonated with me and warmed my heart - as if all these efforts were not in vain, and at least one of the NPCs showed a deep understanding. As for the game itself, apart from a couple of moments when events revolved around my actions and I had to think in a near-stressful state, I liked the pacing and the balance between the social and combat aspects. It felt like we've been leveling up combat skills our whole lives, but there were only one or two battles, but it still felt quite balanced and just right, definitely not worse than in some previous times, when a single battle could last for two days, and there were many of these battles. The NPCs were also good; when the game started, I didn't know any of them and hardly read their posts, but over time, I really remembered almost every one of them in some way. Besides the main players who played excellently, thanks also to Arts and Alex for their period of activity - their games were good and they made an interesting contribution to what was happening. Unexpected comments from Koshi also added a funny touch to the events. Overall, it was very good.

I still don't understand the years of hype surrounding HoMM3...

I think that after Baldur's Gate, I'll give this expansion a solid 2nd or 3rd place in my personal ranking. Overall, it's nice to see that (in my opinion) the expansions of recent years are overshadowing many nostalgic games. Someone might say that there are significantly fewer players now, and there's less activity and fewer jokes, and they would be right. It was a little sad to see a nearly dead class already in the middle of the game, but I guess that's the reality of these games, and we need to get used to it. But otherwise, as I said before, on average, the "quality" of the expansions of recent years confidently surpasses the "quantity" of players from previous ones.
As for the game itself, I'm a little sad that (in Revan's words) I "couldn't give it my all" with my character. I wanted to really enjoy the academy setting, which is why Nira's image turned out to be too centralized and a bit of a mishmash, and in the end, I couldn't decide which direction I should take with the character. Except for spamming emojis, it turned out to be a bit dull, and I had to focus more on reactive roleplaying - thanks to Lok for providing content for that. But I did put a lot of effort into the social aspect as much as possible, so the mission can be considered more or less accomplished.
Otherwise, the expansion turned out to be like a pleasant vacation at a summer resort especially since in real life, one can only dream of such a thing. It might get boring if played constantly, but for now, it was a great experience for my starved soul. I really liked the collaboration between players and Revan with all sorts of student-related content: contests, clubs, presidential decrees, etc. Specifically, within the academy setting, I thought this was a great idea. The combat was mostly not deadly, but most people still pumped up their weapon stats for the tourists. The exams still motivated people to immerse themselves in the setting. There were probably too many NPCs, but even someone like me remembered almost everyone by the end. At the same time, there was still tension and interest in the developing events throughout the game. And most importantly, any kind of happy ending in the long run always leaves warm memories.

Big thanks to Revan for running the game, Lok for carrying the academy after the elections, Ment and Ples for carrying the game's theme and providing hints in many moments, Fragich for the great roleplaying and playing along with the romantic storyline, Arts for the best content before leaving, Alex for being a great guy both in the game and in real life, Koshe for the comments and participation in the contest, Siv for the post analyzing the progress on the first pages (that's where my success in the exams began).