Sachi and sex.

Book 2: Chapter 4

The quick twang of the string slapped behind the flap of the arrow; from the other side of the large room, Jo heard a dull choonk. He squinted.

Second ring outside the bulls-eye. Kiyoshi sighed and pulled another arrow from his hip quiver.

“I’m rusty,” he murmured as he put the new arrow to string. “And this bow’s a little small for me now.”

“Look, it doesn’t…” Jo frowned. “You’ve only been clean a few hours, Kiyoshi. Take it easy.”

Kiyoshi raised the second arrow. He shook the bangs from his eyes and focused on the target.

fwip choonk

Bulls-eye.

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Off to TCAF!

Posted on by Lianne

So…I suck. I’ve been trying to find a few days to work on Tokyo Demons for the last month, and I could never find it. And when I found some time today to revisit the bits I’d cobbled together…it was really bad. With no time to finish and no time to revise. So I’m not gonna post it. Sigh.

I’m really, really sorry. I’ve had to prioritize Chromatic Press stuff as we prepared for TCAF, but once we’re back, I’m kicking everything to the curb so I can write some f*cking Tokyo Demons. WE NEED MORE F*CKING TOKYO DEMONS.

If any of you are coming to TCAF this weekend, come see us at the Chromatic Press table! We’ll have all the Tokyo Demons stuff and MORE. *wizard fingers* We’ll also be finishing the recording for the last bits of Book 1 audio AND recording the first chapter of Chromatic’s first full-blown audio drama, which, no lie, is coming out awesome. All the Chromatic stuff is coming out awesome, actually. That’s why IT’S TAKING EVERY MOMENT OF MY DAY, EVERY DAY. I love it, but yeah. I’m behind on everything, including showers and human interaction.

I can offer you one tiny concession with my fail today: an updated characters page, which includes new art from rem and our first real posting for that crazy asshole Takeshi. She really captured that “there’s something seriously wrong with me” look.

Oh! And we have a table for Otakon this August. You can come see us at Otakon this August. <3

My extended work in Toronto means our next update will be Friday, May 24th. *wails* But I owe you guys. I owe you big-time. Please forgive this hiatus while I get my shit together.

P.S. – Did you hear Part 1 of Chapter 7 audio last week? It’s awesome. Adam speaks! XD Er, tries to. Rebecca told me the fight scene with Jo had to use a minimalist “action background” track because she didn’t have good files to work with, but we’ll be recording a ton of new fight noises for the rest of Chapter 7 and I think she’s composing new songs, so there will probably be a revised version of that audio coming out later. But whatever, I still love it. I love everything she does. <3

Audio: Chapter 7 begins!

Posted on by Rebecca

A new audio section is up–part one of chapter 7! This one features lots more of Eric Kim as Zayd, the return of Paul Kuypers as Seiya, more crying and angst from Jill Astley as Emi, and, finally, the introduction of Adam Ford as Adam! Adam (the real person) is one of Lianne and my oldest friends, and actually helped us design Tokyo Demons back in the day. And yes, the character is named for him–though we didn’t know we’d be casting him in the role (or doing an audio book at all) back when we made that decision ;-_-

Anyway, hope you like it! It looks like next week’s update will be another piece of the story on Sunday, May 5th. See you then!

More Book 2: Chapter 4

Posted on by Lianne

Damn. I have NO idea why this part was so hard to write, but I’m really sorry it took so long. To be clear, Kiyoshi and Jo’s relationship is strictly platonic, but every time I write it, Rebecca points out how INCREDIBLY HOMOEROTIC I’m being with ten thousand instances of innuendo. I write double entendre without even noticing it anymore. #fujoshiproblems

Anyway, newest stuff is here. We’ll be back a week from tomorrow (Friday April 19th), because we pretty much lost a week to my delays. D: I guess I’d better have something good then, HUH. *hint hint*

Off*Beat Kickstarter for Chromatic/Sparkler, Tokyo Demons update

Posted on by Lianne

So! Some of you already know that we launched another Kickstarter through Chromatic Press the other day: for Off*Beat, a beloved series by one of our favorite creators of all time (Jen Lee Quick). It’s going extremely well, and we’re all extremely happy.

It just didn’t launch until later than planned, so I’m behind on Tokyo Demons this week. D: I’m really sorry! I knew we’d have some schedule conflicts like this come up, but I really tried to plan around this one. And failed. :( Now that things are running and I sorted out a bunch of other pressing related things, I can finally write this weekend. The next chunk of Chapter 4 will be up soon – hopefully Sunday, but definitely not later than Tuesday.

I’m so sorry, guys! I don’t mean to leave you hanging for so long. :( Rebecca’s back on the audio, too, so we should have an update there in a week or two as well. We’re trying to balance everything now and it’s pretty cray, heh.

In the meantime, our dear rem, who’s been working day and night on SOULLESS Volume 3, took the time to finish that back illustration for Book 2: Chapter 1. It’s pretty sad, but now that the detox is behind us, I think it’s easier to look at. O.o I stuck it into the story section of Book 2: Chapter 1 and I’ll update the ebook versions with it soon.

That’s…beautiful and tragic. Damn, rem’s so good at the dark stuff. O.o

See you in a few days!