{"id":1770,"date":"2022-09-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2022-09-22T10:07:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T01:07:24","slug":"worldbuilding-wednesdays-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/?p=1770&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Worldbuilding Wednesdays #4"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1770\" class=\"elementor elementor-1770\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65c52e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"65c52e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5941c1c\" data-id=\"5941c1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c584b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60c584b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.8 - 27-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Campaign Updates<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-069c933 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"069c933\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-168243c\" data-id=\"168243c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf591fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf591fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.8 - 27-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Final AMA on Reddit<\/strong><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0We\u2019ll have a great announcement on Friday the 24<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to kick off our last week &#8211; but for now, the AMA will be your last chance to ask your burning questions to the devs. We&#8217;ll announce the specifics of the AMA in our next Friday update.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe7722 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"3fe7722\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e809a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13e809a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Stretch Goals<\/strong><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We continue to move forward and cleared one more AF goal along the way, so we don&#8217;t mind telling you&#8230; some of the best goals are at the end. These are the expensive ones and will be further apart than any of the smaller goals in the middle. We hope these can be reached, but it will take a very strong last week to get there.<\/span><\/p><p><b>6th Stretch Goal &#8211; CLEARED!<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>BOI Special Case Files (Quests)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This stretch goal will allow players to undertake side story quests from the Bureau of Investigation. As the predecessor to the FBI, the BOI served as the foundation for standard investigation procedures still used today, such as crime scene preservation, fingerprinting, voice recognition, luminol reactions, and criminal profiling.<\/span><\/p><p><b><\/b><b><i>\u201c<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they say, truth is stranger than fiction. And sometimes, things happen in our world that defy all explanation. Well, Matthew, what do you say? Mind taking some time off your main mission to help us solve some other cases on the side? We&#8217;ll give you full access to all our state-of-the-art technology, of course\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>92,500,000 yen<\/b><\/p><p><b>Call of Baby Cthulhu (Mascot Raising)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will add a system to the game in which players can raise Baby Cthulhu, Penny Blood&#8217;s mascot character. You&#8217;ll be able to feed your Baby Cthulhu the blood and flesh of specific monsters as well as minerals to help it grow stronger. The barrier Baby Cthulhu emits has the ability to neutralize the power of Umbra and the Ruinwalkers, giving players advantages in battle. Helping your Baby Cthulhu reach maturity will also guide you further toward the game&#8217;s &#8216;good&#8217; ending.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat?! That baby octopus went missing? I told you to keep an eye on it&#8230; We won&#8217;t be able to open the doors without that thing! This will highly limit our mobility&#8230; Who was in charge of its food today? Me? Oh, it was me&#8230;? ****&#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><b>95,000,000 yen<\/b><\/p><p><b>Extra Language Pack<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese and Korean languages will be added to the game.<\/span><\/p><p><b>???<\/b><\/p><p><b>HINT: Feeling lucky?<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c29e54f elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"c29e54f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-792c298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"792c298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Community Game<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are 2 full days into our community game battle and things are not looking great. Neither team has been able to complete a goal leaving those additional art pages in the standard art book and the double sided art in peril! We knew these would be tough battles but really hope you can help our heroes pull through!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d29ea4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"7d29ea4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a7574d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a7574d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Goliath Vote Results<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results of the Penny Blood Goliath character design vote are as follows!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><strong>Discord\uff08Votes count 2x\uff09<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3000A \uff1aE158 + J58 *2 = 432<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3000C \uff1aE108 + J49 *2 = 314<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Twitter\uff08Rounded down\uff09<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3000A \uff1a1,404 *41.2% = 578<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3000C \uff1a1,404 *46.5% = 652<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Discord + Twitter<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3000A\uff1a578 + 432 =1,010<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3000C\uff1a652 + 314 = 966<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Goliath Design A is our winner! Thank you so much for voting, everyone!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad3248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ad3248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.8 - 27-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Goliath_A.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Goliath_A.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Goliath_A-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04df86b elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"04df86b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc0ad3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc0ad3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Discord Roles Key Information and Mini-FAQ<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve had a lot of questions about Discord Roles so let\u2019s explain what they are and what you can do! First off, if you haven\u2019t joined the DIscord, we strongly recommend that you do. You can talk with other fans, sometimes catch the main creators doing AMAs, and even participate in a wide variety of contests, votes, and challenges.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially we have 3 roles:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u30fb<\/span><b>Pathfinder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; This is a role you receive from backing any Armed Fantasia reward tier. This marks you as one of the original backers that helped bring this game to fruition! Many non-backers will be joining the Discord as we develop and launch the game but this role tag is your proof that you were a true-believer and you made this happen!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u30fb<\/span><b>Agent of the B.O.I.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; The B.O.I. needs a few good people and this role indicates that you backed Penny Blood at one of its reward tiers. This will show the rest of the world you proved the world needs more gothic JRPG horror games from Machida Matsuzo!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u30fb<\/span><b>JRPG Fan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; This is a reward role for any backer who supported both games either through combo tiers or combo add-ons. This shows you are here for the JRPGs! You may be a fan of one or the other but you found it in your heart to back both games! We will have JRPG channels on both the Armed Fantasia and Penny Blood servers that only backers with these roles can join. We will provide some early looks at some in game art\/sketches\/etc in this channel before making it public in the main Discord channels.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58d71c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58d71c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Here\u2019s a quick FAQ:<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q1) I ordered an AF reward and PB as an add-on. Will I get the JRPG Fan Role, the Pathfinder Role, and the Agent of the B.O.I. Role.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A1) No, you will have the choice of either Pathfinder and Agent of the B.O.I. OR the JRPG Fan Role. The only way to get all 3 roles would be to purchase both games 2 times and opt in to the Pathfinder and Agent of the B.O.I. role with 1 set of games and then chose the JRPG Fan role with the other set. Ideally we\u2019d like to keep people to one role per server.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q2) I chose a combo reward with both games but don\u2019t want the JRPG Fan Role. Can I get the Pathfinder Role and Agent of the B.O.I. Role instead?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A2) Yes you can. You will chose this selection via the survey that it sent a few months after the campaign ends<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q3) Can I give my role to someone else (in case you bought multiple copies)?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A3) Yes, but you can only get one role per purchase unless you choose the combo roles, which allows you to get both the Pathfinder and Agent of the BOI role (one for each server) instead of the JRPG Fan role.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q4) When will roles be assigned?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A4) As soon as we can, once the campaign closes and surveys have been sent out. It will probably take between 2-3 months.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q5) Can you go into specifics for what content will be in the JRPG Fan channel?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A5) Since there could be different publishers that have different Discord server policies it\u2019s hard to say but the goal will be to make sure this channel gets a few nice sneak peaks here and there.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04a3156 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"04a3156\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e749334 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e749334\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CONTENT UPDATES<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ce953 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97ce953\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Making Monsters<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned before, a lot of unique, grotesque monsters will appear in Penny Blood. When thinking about the monsters for this game, I came up with a ton of ideas in terms of what to name them and how they should look. For example, there\u2019s the Motofuji, the monster that appears in the campaign video. The name \u2018Motofuji\u2019 actually has no direct connection with the wholly unique design we came up with&#8230; So, why is it called \u2018Motofuji,\u2019 then?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve played a lot of RPGs, you\u2019ll be familiar with the names of monsters that often appear in Western style fantasy games, such as \u2018goblin\u2019 and \u2018ogre\u2019&#8230; But back in the 1920s, those names weren\u2019t as commonly known as they are now \u2013 especially when it comes to Taisho era Japan. No one in Japan during the 1920s called anything a \u2018goblin\u2019 or an \u2018ogre\u2019&#8230; Instead, they were most likely using words like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ko-oni<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u014d-oni<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">youkai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time, the most popular work of fiction that dealt with monsters and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">youkai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was an epic novel called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nans\u014d Satomi Hakkenden<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was written by Kyokutei Bakin in the Edo period, features a whole slew of different <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">youkai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and &#8216;Motofuji&#8217; is the name of one of the enemies in the story. Aside from the fusion monsters that Matthew can transform into, the world of Penny Blood will feature a lot of different monsters who appear from the otherworld, and \u2018Motofuji\u2019 serves as the codename that Japan\u2019s sentinels use for these creatures. In Nans\u014d Satomi Hakkenden, the \u2018motofuji\u2019 is a powerful, high-level <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">youkai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 kind of like a last boss. After crossing blades with the creature and barely escaping with their lives, that\u2019s the name the warriors of Japan decided to bestow upon the elite creature.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let\u2019s talk about the design. The Motofuji has one especially interesting characteristic about it&#8230; You might have already noticed this when you watched the campaign video. Inside the monster\u2019s mouth, there\u2019s a human face&#8230; That\u2019s the core of the Motofuji.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s an important reason why the Motofuji\u2019s true face is decorated with brown <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kumadori<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kabuki makeup). In kabuki plays, red makeup is used on the hero, blue makeup is used on the villain, and brown makeup is used on anything else that isn\u2019t human, like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oni<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">youkai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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The hell&#8217;s a guy supposed to do, eh?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Owen rules the Manhattan underground, and lives in a far different world than those who walk in the light, but he&#8217;s managed to provide reliable support\u00a0 to Matthew from the shadows.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9f2cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-bridge_separator_with_icon\" data-id=\"4f9f2cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bridge_separator_with_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"separator_with_icon\" ><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a9cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42a9cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Penny Blood Side Stories #2<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s side story is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/?p=1733&amp;lang=en\">\u201cThe Devil In Me Blues\u201d<\/a> by Ari Lee.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*This story contains explicit content and is intended for adults.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaign Updates Final AMA on Reddit \u00a0We\u2019ll have a great announcement on Friday the 24th to kick off our last week &#8211; but for now, the AMA will be your last chance to ask your burning questions to the devs. We&#8217;ll announce the specifics of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1770"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1818,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions\/1818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennyblood.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}