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Announcing Bad Girl War Part 2: Avenging Angel
🕑 Added 2022-12-09 12:35:40 +0000 UTCThe school council has voted and the headline quest of the next update will be the second chapter of Poppy's story. I will first introduce the quest, then below, I'll discuss the poll results.
Poppy is ready to strike, and the time is now. Her war on the popular girls begins. Missy will once again find herself in the middle of events far above her pay grade, as the fourth year bad and popular girls battle for control of Alancias. But Malia is ready, and this time, Poppy will find herself on defensive. I resisted the urge to name the quest "The Popular Girls Strike Back..."
I wish I had an Angel
In this story, you will meet Poppy's opposite number, Fifth Year popular girl Angelica "Angel" Bron. Known (and rightly feared) as the popular girls' "fixer," Angel will be in charge of leading the counter-attack on Poppy and her friends. Once again, Missy must choose a side - Poppy's promise last time that neutrality would not be an option was deadly serious!
Unlike the first part, this will be one quest, which everyone will play, regardless of whether you are on the subby or dominant route. It will play out slightly diffently depending on which of these paths you have chosen, however, as you could have done anything from humiliating Poppy in the park to helping her humiliate Malia and her friends, and you may or may not be under her thumb as the quest starts. Likewise, there will be multiple possible outcomes to this quest.
Speaking of which, you may be wondering if you're locked into a route yet. Nope! You resisted Poppy before but now want to be on her team? Fine! You bowed to her before, but now you want out? There is a way...
I've been a bad, bad girl...
One thing that I suspect probably put this quest over the top as the council's choice this time around was that I have confirmed that one of the most oft-requested features will be in this update: You can join the bad girls! Yeah, if you've been playing the game hoping for the day Missy will put on those red ribbons as her face falls into a cruel smirk, then this one is for you.
How does this affect The Reign of Jess?
It doesn't. As Jessica explained to you at the end of Chapter 4, the fifth chapter will follow on directly from the end of the fourth, meaning that until the fifth is implemented, everything that you do will actually have happened before Chapter 4, so you're not actually Jess's slave yet at this point in the story.
Join the battle for the soul of Alancias, and fight alongside either Angel or Poppy in Avenging Angel - coming in Missy 0.6!
Poll Discussion
It would be a gross understatement to say that I am surprised by this result. I expected Chapter 5 to walk this poll. I almost didn't bother to run it as I had assumed that everyone would want to immediately play a chapter in which Missy will spend the entire time as Jessica's sex slave, but once again, the council's preferences have caught me off guard. (Which is quite exciting.) This marks the first time that the Jessica option has ever been defeated in the whole of the game's development. And at this of all times! I am, frankly, stunned. Actually, we Brits have an even better word for it: gobsmacked, (meaning a level of shock and surprise equal to being punched in the mouth.)
It's fine, of course, I wouldn't have offered the option if it didn't fit with my development strategy, and this is a quest I've been looking forward to implementing. And the range of choices expressed here shows an interesting diversity of opinion among the current school council. Those were respectable results for the home slave and Emily side quests there, given the heavyweight options they were up against. To have held their own against both Jess and Poppy options is impressive.
I actually thought we might be headed to our first ever runoff for a while there, as there have been 0-1 votes in it one way or the other all week. It was an extremely tight race with a last minute surge for Poppy's quest on a turnout of 88%. The abstainers could have swung it either way, or even put one of the side quests into the running. Who ever said your vote changes nothing? ^^
Other than checking in with her through odd little events and scenes, the last time we got involved with Poppy's story was all the way back in 0.2, which was released in mid 2021, so perhaps that was a factor here too? Either way, our course for the next 2-3 months is set: It's time to continue Poppy's story. And I'll be doing so, right after the supporter release of A Christmas Karen next week!
Trinian
Comments
Trinian
That's looking like the rough timescale for it, yeah. Stunning result, but on the flipside, once it's out of the way, I can't see anything coming close to stopping Chapter 5 next time around.
Thanatoskaraskaras
Does this mean we won't get the second part of The Reign of Jess until half a year from now.Shame.Canβt believe so many people choose other idea after such a tease.
Trinian
I've been trying to subtly push Becky to drum up support for getting her relationship quest done. The annoying thing is that if it had been in the initial release alongside Abbie and Lola, she'd be as well known as them by now.
Trinian
There's no need for the Christmas special to be beta tested, it's a much simpler game with far less that can go wrong.
fsatti
I'm pretty surprised by that outcome too. But I'd suspect if anybody would win a poll beside Jess, it's the bad girls and Poppy π€ Jess is still part of that, after all. Any chance Missy can be submissive with popular girls? I think the little scene with Becky, when you help her adjust herself, is pretty great.
rhys
Is the Christmas special with the beta testers yet btw?
rhys
Also yah ha ha victory for poppy booyah
rhys
What he said
Trinian
Thanks so much. Means a lot ^^
Zurctc
Just wanted to say, you're a fantastic Dev. Reign of Jess was by far my favorite update (right behind the Poppy Arc) and you just continue you improve with each release. Also, each update post is well thought out, creative, and informative. Your hard work on the game doesn't go unnoticed. Looking forward to the Christmas Special and Poppy Part 2!
