Making Monster Memories

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Some of the Hellfire women including Berry were helping move in all of Lily’s stuff. Selene of course didn’t do any of the physical labor, but was there leaning against her door providing encouragement and water.  She was dressed in a knit pink top that showed off a bit of her belly and had a vee neck. A pink and white skit rested at her belly button.

Selene smiled at Lily and said, “That’s the last of it, want help decorating?”

Luckily for everyone helping, Lily’s old room had been pretty sparsely furnished. Wiping a bit of sweat off of her brow, Lily smiled back. “Yeah, that’d be great. I just have a few posters at the moment. I’d love to hear ideas to make it feel more homely though.”

Selene looked excited at Lily. She wondered what she was such a fan of she would have bought a poster. Clearly it wasn’t music, she wasn’t someone who listened to her music so no way it was other people’s music right like Lily must not be a big music fan. So what other thing could the posts be of, video games, anime, comics, actors, movies? The suspense was there. Could Lily be a fellow nerd now put into the halls of Hellfire? If she could dork out with Laura and Lily, the double L combo would be really fun, for like a not kinky night, or one, depending on what Laura and Lily find hot.

Selene waited to be handed the poster and and pointed at where she wanted it hung. Selene personally suggested, “Well, you might get a roomie eventually unless you're really against one, but I think it’s always nice to put up your personal favorite stuff, just show your personality… but classy, and people will love it.”

“I don't think I'm against the idea of a roommate as long as we click, y’know?” Lily replied as she handed over a rolled up poster. “I think this one would go well hanging over my desk. That way I can look up at it whenever I’m working.” Lily then grabbed a second poster and went to hang it at the wall opposite her bed.

Selene unrolled the poster, revealing a group shot of a hug between ten different characters with wolf like characteristics. It was an extended shot of the cover art for Full Moon Memories.

Selene’s eyes sparkled, a fellow nerd friend! Wait, Selene started putting the poster on the wall. Rose looked a lot like Lily, she was a werewolf, no, no, sure Lily was a programmer but it couldn’t be, could it? Getting the wall set up she asked a question to test her theory that was totally her jumping to conclusions. “Do you ship Rosepaw, I know the creator said they were canon on Twitly the other day.”

Selene stopped herself from celebrating further, after all her nerdiness needed to be hidden unless it was safe, which this could be a sign but it could be a one special interest thing, you know, a small bit of relief in the stress of being alone and a monster. She knew if there was a game about being a sapphic demon romancing girls and getting to be a whole ass person she would have loved that.

Lily looked back at Selene, surprised that she even knew the game. She had already managed to get the poster hung up halfway, revealing it to be a copy of the Rosepaw art that Lunacy had twitted the other day.

“Yeah. I think they’re really cute together. Shy girl meets loud confident girl is a really interesting dynamic for me.” Lily can’t help but smile. “Let me guess, if you’ve played FMM then I bet your favorite is Lynda. Am I right?”

Selene knew the answer, that poster made it totally clear. It was too recent to just have, she had to be Lunacy. With a smirk on her face she said “I related to her a lot but I think Silverpaw is probably my favorite, she’s really fun to flirt with. Lynda I’d love to be happy though.”

She put an arm on the poster to help get it up with Lily and teased “You know Lunacy, it’s nice to know someone else is as up their own ass as me, I also have posters of my work on the walls.”

For a few moments, Lily couldn’t do anything but splutter. “I… I, uh… Um…” Her face quickly grew red as she realised she was caught. “O… Okay yeah, you got me… How’d you figure it out so fast though?”

“The poster, knowing you're a werewolf, knowing you talked more about the ship after you, who looks like Rose, started going on dates with Didi, who looks like Silverpaw, basically by being a nerd. So you know a secret of mine too, I love your game and other stuff like it.”

There was some light blush on Selene’s face as well that she tried to mask by turning her face to the other side and tilting her chin up.

Laughing gently, Lily wrapped an arm around Selene. “Well your secret’s safe with me, if mine is with you. Honestly, I’m happy to get to meet people who like my stuff, cause I don’t get to talk about it often.”

After finishing putting up the last poster, Lily sat down on her bed and pat next to her. “Do you wanna talk about it?”

Selene sat down next to Lily, then threw her legs over her. She said, "I ended up checking it out when I was doing my winter tour between semesters. I played it on planes and on trains and stuff. I loved it and I own a couple of sapphic polyam route fan prints. I really vibed with the theme of being a monster and trying to find your place within monsters while struggling with humans too. It reminded me a lot of younger me."

Laughing gently, Lily nodded. “For me it was a bit of a fantasy. I hadn’t met any other monsters at the time, and I kinda hated being one. So it was almost an escape into a world where I didn’t need to fear.” Lily let out a short groan. “If you’ve played Rose’s route then that’s probably kinda obvious, hehe.”

Leaning back to rest her head on the mattress, Lily continued. “I don’t really know where some of the plot points came from though. Like Lynda’s parents for example. My parents have always been pretty supportive, so I’m not sure where the idea of such overbearing, controlling people came from.” Turning her head to face Selene, Lily gave a sad smile. “It felt real though, when I was writing it. I don’t know where I’d be if I had parents like hers.”

Selene smiled and put a hand on Lily's arm. "Art is great for that. Music has helped me deal with a lot of my emotions. Glad making a game could do that. I hope Hellfire can give you a bigger sense of community."

She let go of Lily and laid back. "I've not really had a good relationship with parents. I could really relate to Lynda's struggles. It's wild, you think getting a second chance at parents they would be better, but they were just a different kinda bad."

“I… I’m so sorry. I didn’t know.” Lily looked down, not really knowing how to respond. “I… If your situation is similar to Lynda’s, then I hope you manage to shake the expectations they have and manage to be who you want to be.” Looking back to Selene, she gives a soft smile. “I hope that what you want to be is a pop star, cause you’re really good at it.”

Selene moved her legs to go ahead and stand up. The pop star gave a wink and smile “Hell yes, I’ve always wanted to make music! It’s my passion. I want to inspire others and make them feel like they aren’t alone!”

She twirled a bit and assured Lily “You don’t need to worry about me, I can take care of myself. My job here is to take care of all of you.”

“That’s a pretty heavy burden to bear on one set of shoulders.” Lily said as she stood up to join the pink sensation. “Even if it’s something small, I want to help others too. Like, I used to think being a werewolf was a curse, right? But I have power that I can use for good. I think I ought to use it.”

Selene said to Lily, “Last I checked with Didi, I heard you were doing amazing stuff protecting people already, you and pack are a regular group of superheroes.”

The demon sat back down and ignored the comment about how heavy the weight she carried on her shoulders, it was heavier than she cared to explain. Being a pop star, running hellfire, fighting a cult or two, dealing with her moms, expectations to be some kind of super demon, her dreams for a future where monsters don’t have to hide themselves. The girl just leaned over to Lily and said, “I am glad you're a Hellfire, you’ll get lots of chances to help people even if they don’t involve violence, we take care of each other here.”

Smiling, Lily leaned into Selene. “I hope so. It’s like you say in ‘We’re all Monsters’, We gotta stick together.” Lily chuckles sheepishly. “I’ve been listening to your music. I felt it was the least I could do for you helping out. I think my favorite so far is ‘I’m Just Your Succubus’. The themes of embracing who you are… Yeah…”

Selene giggled with glee, it was always nice hearing about people liking her music. Of course it spoke horribly of a person who didn’t enjoy it, but people who connected to it on some deeper level, that was some of the most special compliments.  The succubus put her finger under Lily’s chin and advised/flirted/somethinged. “I see a bright future for you Lily, you’re a badass in the making, I look forward to seeing it.”

Blushing, Lily looked away as her body shifted slightly. Ears, tail, hair, and teeth, all changing. Looking back to Selene, Lily grinned playfully as she placed a gentle hand on Selene’s shoulder. “Thank you~ Though I imagine there’s a lot more you’d like to see too~”

Selene nodded her head and licked her lips followed by her dorking out. “I’d love to see your notes for Full Moon Memories 2 if you had any, I’d love to hear about the programming process, concept art.”

Then blushing and taking control of herself she said, “Also yes, I know you want to fuck me. I mean, we can have sex if you understand that sex for me is just sex, it’s food, maybe fun, dating is something very different to me.”

Not having expected this reaction, Lily’s confusion allowed her to shift back to normal. “Um, yeah! I’d love to show you some stuff I’ve been working on.” Moving over to her desk, Lily flipped her laptop open and started it up. “Grab a chair and we can go over it.”

As the laptop booted, Lily took a moment to think. “I… I think I’m fine with that. Like I’m pretty sure that’s what Berry and I agreed on.” Lily couldn’t help but smile towards the succubus. “Though… I think I’m open to more if that’s what people wanted…”

Selene did grab a chair and sat down as close as possible to Lily. She said, “I’m a very hard route to conquer. If you want romance with me it’s easy to get started, but it’s hard to keep going. I’m a super busy woman, I am dating four people, I have a date with one more person so we’ll see where that goes. Then there is, you know, all the things going on in my life. I don’t know how fun it is to date me, I mean outside of the fantastic sex, but I mean I fuck lots of people I am not dating. ”

Lily nodded, as she listened. “Well, I don’t know how it’d go, but I’m not a stranger to things being difficult. Being born a werewolf had kinda prepped me for hardship.” She chuckles. Somehow the events of the last month have helped her feel more comfortable with the past. “And even if it fails, that doesn’t mean we stop being friends, right?”

Selene leaned back and teased, “Well ask me on a date, if it seems worth me time I’ll agree to it, then we can see where that goes. Or we can get to know each other better, be better friends and see if that leads into stronger feelings.”

“I… I think right now that the second option might be better.” Lily said, slightly uncertain. “I do think I might be rushing a lot of stuff recently.”

A small sound grabbed Lily’s attention as her laptop finished booting. “I really need to get an SSD to speed this up. Anyway, you wanna see some sneak previews of FMM 2? Cause I’ve got a lot of stuff in here.” She said with an excited grin.

Selene’s eyes shined again and she almost screamed with excitement. "Yesss, show me."

The nerdy demon wanted to see one of her favorite games' early concepts. It was the coolest cuz she could get to see how wildly things changed, or didn't depending on how things go. It was witnessing a beautiful art form in progress that was always rad but an extra level of rad when it was an amazing dating sim!

Laughing with Selene’s excitement, Lily brought up a file showing an early stage animation of a figure turning into a hybrid werewolf. “Since the last game was all still images I’ve wanted to try and make it a bit more dynamic for the sequel. It helps to have an actual Werewolf transformation on film, hehe.”

Selene leaned in and swooned. “Ooohhh that’s so pretty!”

Then asked with curiosity sparkling in her eye. “Are you doing all this on your own or are you getting animation help if you wanted more of these?”

Lily shook her head. “All myself. I don’t know any other monster programmers or animators and stuff so I wouldn’t be able to discuss a lot of stuff with them. That and I barely have enough money to replace all the clothes I accidentally destroy, let alone pay anyone for voicework or anything.” Leaning back on her chair, she let out a sigh. “Maybe I shouldn’t have made the first game free.”

Selene smirked, her mind plotting, connecting the dots in a string of people she knew, her funds, budgeting, her extended funds from her newest acquisition into Hellfire. Once it was all connected Selene offered, “I’ll pay to get the game funded, I can find you other monster programmers too. I am fairly confident we have plenty of talent in Hellfire to help you. I could lend my voice to everyone’s favorite wolf idol if she’s coming back.”

The demon snapped and Berry hopped back into the room holding a clipboard and some paper along with a pen, handing them to Selene for her to write. The bunny waved at Lily then headed back off with a “Thank you Berry” from Selene.

The rich woman started to write down her budget thoughts, what she thought she should be paying people, and other ideas while Lily reacted to her offer ready to assert herself here to make this happen.

Her reaction came later than expected as Lily sat there stunned, trying to piece her thoughts together. Slowly, a huge grin made its way across her face. Turning in her seat to face her new hero, Lily started to giggle uncontrollably. “Oh my god, yes! I… I can’t believe it! And yes, you can absolutely voice Lynda if you want! It’ll shut up all those people who think I ripped off your likeness for her!” Leaning forward, Lily wrapped her arms around the succubus, deeply hugging her. “Thank you so much!”

Selene hugged Lily tightly. She said trying to deflect a bit of the praise, “I am just a fangirl with a lot of cash, I want this to be a success.“

The succubus didn’t expect this level of praise, but why didn’t she? Didn’t the old Selene want to get people tied up in her web, to worship her, to owe her, to be trapped for her, was that ever what she really wanted? Was that just what she lied and said to herself to excuse being nice as no longer being a weakness but a cunning plan? She wanted this game to happen, maybe it was selfishness? After all Selene was a fan, she didn’t deserve praise right? It was a purely selfish move. Even if it did make her happy to see how happy Lily was and the idea of getting people from Hellfire together to make something was so exciting. The thoughts rushing through the demons head were a lot, she focused and they stopped.

The girl broke the hug and pointed towards her clipboard. “So this is what I am thinking you might need, money wise, people wise, feel free to correct the figures, how many animations you want, stuff like that but I got plenty of cash to make it happen. Profit isn’t really a worry for me. If we break even that’d be nice, but I won’t die if all of this just goes into paying my people.”

“I’m going to be honest…” Lily said as she looked at the clipboard. “I have no idea how to budget… anything really.” Rubbing the back of her head, she let out an awkward chuckle. “I’d have to really plan out the story and stuff first before I know what animations I need. I feel kinda out of my depth here.”

Selene had internal debate whether or not she should get herself attached to yet another big project. She was already starting to work on movies, did she need games now too? She had the money of course, assuming these didn’t all fail but there was no way they would, afterall her brand alone was going to get those to break even right? Well if she budgeted properly at least. Perhaps she should run some numbers with Berry, she was the best at that kinda thing.

Selene finally spoke. “Well I’ll handle the money then it’s mine anyway, plan out your story and if we need to roll something back I’ll tell you.”

The woman leaned closer and said, “I can run this, maybe we could call this little group Hellfire games or something. No crunch, nothing like that should be allowed. I can work out the logistics and everything. This is still your game though. I want to work with your ideas, not be taking it over. My job will be to put together the right budget and team for your vision. Hell we could go to crowdfunding if we could just get a solid demo but that comes with all that pressure so I am happy to privately fund it instead.”

Grinning once again, Lily nodded aggressively. “Hell yeah! A game for monsters, made by monsters!” With mock seriousness, Lily gave Selene a salute. “You can count on me!”

Selene giggled and said, “I’ll confirm budgets with Berry and the rest of my gang once you are ready for me the budget. Give me the plan then I'll get the people and the money.”

“I’ll start writing immediately. Don’t have anything else to do today anyway, hehe.” Lily gave one Selene one more hug before turning to her laptop and opening a doc. “I should also probably send out a few twits to see what ideas the fandom has…” Almost immediately, Lily seemed to have entered her own world, drive behind her eyes as keys clack to the rhythm of her fingers.

Selene blushed and said, “Ummm if you want Ideas, I have written post FMM fics before, I have some ideas too but I should let you get to work.”

The demon turned around attempting to escape after saying that. Time to go talk about business...or whatever.

Luckily for the succubus, when Lily entered work mode she seemed to ignore everything happening around her. However, had she looked closer she would have seen a notepad with the words ‘reminder: Read Selene’s fanfics’ popup on the laptop monitor.
Selene darted off heading back up stairs and to her room. Berry was waiting for her and grabbed her hand. She assured Selene “You did good, why don’t you rest for a bit and we’ll work after. I’ll move things around in your calendar.”
The demon nodded her head then kissed the bunny girl, lingering her forehead against hers for a moment before she went into her room with her and the two went to take a nap before the work would begin.