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Tales of Gentalia #12
Keytar Heroine: Trip Hazard's Tale
A keytar expertly fingered.
A rock star enlightened.
A secondary plot brushed off.
Industry Giant, Tornado Tech, has hit an all-time low—using Lute Boxes and gambling to milk their customers of their hard-earned cash. Trip Hazard doesn’t care about any of that nonsense, he is a rock star, lead singer of Caution Step, and he is going to finger his keytar like an old pro.
But not all instruments are created equal and soon Trip finds himself lost in the addictive light patterns of Keytar Heroine. When someone unlocks the secret tantric side of the game, how hard are they willing to go to get their next mind-fix?
As the final countdown approaches, an important question remains unanswered: Why is this Tale called Keytar Heroine if it is about three dudes? More important to Trip Hazard is his own personal question: “How far again is it to my metaphysical utopia?
Warning: Contains solo male situations and entire body transcendence.
While part of a series, this novelette can be read as a standalone story!
A rock star enlightened.
A secondary plot brushed off.
Industry Giant, Tornado Tech, has hit an all-time low—using Lute Boxes and gambling to milk their customers of their hard-earned cash. Trip Hazard doesn’t care about any of that nonsense, he is a rock star, lead singer of Caution Step, and he is going to finger his keytar like an old pro.
But not all instruments are created equal and soon Trip finds himself lost in the addictive light patterns of Keytar Heroine. When someone unlocks the secret tantric side of the game, how hard are they willing to go to get their next mind-fix?
As the final countdown approaches, an important question remains unanswered: Why is this Tale called Keytar Heroine if it is about three dudes? More important to Trip Hazard is his own personal question: “How far again is it to my metaphysical utopia?
Warning: Contains solo male situations and entire body transcendence.
While part of a series, this novelette can be read as a standalone story!
75 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 8, 2018
7 people want to read
About the author
C.B. Archer
31 books88 followersCB Archer is a novelist who lives happily in the sunny Okanagan Valley, nestled in Canada (America's Hat).
He maintains a regular secretive existence in the real world, and at night writes filthy filthy things that would make even the most experienced librarian change to Blush Shade #6 (The highest of the shades).
Hopes for future books within the same worlds exist within the minds of naughty gamers everywhere.
He maintains a regular secretive existence in the real world, and at night writes filthy filthy things that would make even the most experienced librarian change to Blush Shade #6 (The highest of the shades).
Hopes for future books within the same worlds exist within the minds of naughty gamers everywhere.
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February 10, 2018
For those of us who have been deep in the Gentaliaverse for a while now, the lads of Caution Step are one of the more intriguing and mysterious side characters. They keep coming (up), but we don't really get to know them as anything other than rock gods or jerk ex-boyfriends. What are they really like?
Never fear, Gentalians: you are about to find out! "Keytar Heroine" follows the misadventure of the intolerably self-centered Trip Hazard, the emo Ashler, and the beefily good-natured Gunner, although mostly it follows Trip, since he won't allow any sort of plot development that doesn't relate directly to him. There's a side plot involving Gunner, for example, but Trip actively thwarts it and drags the narrative back to himself at every opportunity.
"Keytar Heroine" has the kind of bubbly silliness, wordplay, and metaliterary asides that fans of Gentalia will expect. There's some (pretty silly) sexiness too, but this is much less x-rated than some of the earlier tales, with the focus on Trip's internal development, such as it is, instead. It will probably make the most sense, or at least be the most entertaining, to people who've already read the Annals and have some background knowledge of the characters via hearsay, but it can also be read on its own and may be a less intimidatingly kinky introduction to the series than some of its predecessors, while still being good fun.
Never fear, Gentalians: you are about to find out! "Keytar Heroine" follows the misadventure of the intolerably self-centered Trip Hazard, the emo Ashler, and the beefily good-natured Gunner, although mostly it follows Trip, since he won't allow any sort of plot development that doesn't relate directly to him. There's a side plot involving Gunner, for example, but Trip actively thwarts it and drags the narrative back to himself at every opportunity.
"Keytar Heroine" has the kind of bubbly silliness, wordplay, and metaliterary asides that fans of Gentalia will expect. There's some (pretty silly) sexiness too, but this is much less x-rated than some of the earlier tales, with the focus on Trip's internal development, such as it is, instead. It will probably make the most sense, or at least be the most entertaining, to people who've already read the Annals and have some background knowledge of the characters via hearsay, but it can also be read on its own and may be a less intimidatingly kinky introduction to the series than some of its predecessors, while still being good fun.
March 18, 2018
Another Tale? Yes please! This time around, we get to hang out with the members of Caution Step, who are every bit the pompous, self absorbed, and generally flaky types you'd expect from your typical rockstar next door.
Truth be told, despite its clear lack of Roodginess, this may be one of my favorite Tales for no other reason than the subtly with which the plot unfolds around the not so subtle keytar god, Trip Hazard. If you're a musician, or know a musician, or have interacted with a musician, there's an extra layer of hilarious.
Truth be told, despite its clear lack of Roodginess, this may be one of my favorite Tales for no other reason than the subtly with which the plot unfolds around the not so subtle keytar god, Trip Hazard. If you're a musician, or know a musician, or have interacted with a musician, there's an extra layer of hilarious.
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