Hello out there,
Welcome to the second episode of Talking Offerings! This series offers a deeper look into the weekly story Dark Offerings. I provide my insights as the writer and analyze the story so far.
Dark Offerings is like the Dark Souls of Augmented Reality MMOs. Even the lowest of creatures can still kill you especially if you’re being ganged up on.
If you don’t currently read Dark Offerings feel free to use this link and read it! It’s free.
Chapter 2.
I started writing chapters that were something like four to ten thousand words and it was suggested that I make them much shorter to appease the palate of the Royal Road audience.
If you want an example, have a look at my Walkers Path story on Wattpad. You can see that the chapters are much longer there. A bit of a warning it’s an LGBTQ+-style story and I know not everyone likes reading that type of teen drama.
When writing this chapter I still hadn’t cut them into 2k word pieces yet. Chapter one and chapter two were a single chapter.
Now on to the meat and potatoes. This chapter is all about Inethiel meeting Molly.
Molly is beloved in my writers’ group. Partially because of my voice acting when reading my story.
If you don’t know already I’m a pantser and my mind spits this stuff out logically based on where it should go next. I had zero plans for Molly.
She’s a character that I would find really spooky if I were in a game like Dark Offerings. Just like the twins in The Shining or any scary movie where kids are involved.
Inethiel doesn’t trust Molly but finds that their personalities mesh well so she takes a chance and befriends her.
Inethiel is so comfortable, in fact, that she uses her Control undead ability near Molly causing unforeseen consequences.
Molly does have a past and I have plans for her down the line. However, I’m not sure where it’ll fit in the story just yet.
As for the player-controlled shambler, I wanted to hint at what was to come.
I’m writing this episode of TO the week chapter 19 will be released so you will soon know what the foreshadowing was for. (Tomorrow!)
Normally, the Forest is empty but the anticipation for the patch has really drummed up new and old players and in chapter three you’ll get to see what I mean.
As for Inethiel’s experience with the shambler fighting the elf. I’m going to be tight-lipped about this part.
This one is a little shorter than I would have liked but I hope you enjoyed it!
If you have any questions feel free to ask below!
Katherine
Author Katherine Phillips 