N:Era: Where We Lie

N:Era: Where We Lie is novella 2 of N:Era, taking place in Summer after the events of N:Era, Call of the Wild. The novella is was released January 23, 2022.

The Novella has three parts so far.

Part 1: The Greatest Scam (Published January 23rd 2022) 2247 words.

Part 2: As Seen on TV (Published April 6th, 2022.) 2146 words.

Part 3: Bio Met Tricks (Published May 3rd 2022.) 2156 words

Part 4: Plans and Prep (Published May 12th, 2022.) 1968 words.

Part 5: Close Your Eyes (Published May 25th, 2022). 2392 words.

Part 6: Breaking the Day. (Published June 8th, 2022). 1479 words.

Part 7: The Summer Solstice (Published June 21st, 2022.) 2535 words.

Part 8 (Finale): Piece of Cake. June 27th, 2022 (Cyras' birthday). 2356 words.

The entire novella is 17477 words total.

## Blurb

> "Cyras attempts to adjust into her new life as the cousin of the Empress of N:Era. However, Ahmond finds herself at the risk of a beating for her family's Ice Cream Shop not paying off government loans. As Owlis threatens Ahmond, she also gives Cyras a credit card for spending since she has no idea what Cyras wants for a birthday. Erstwhile, the society seems to get overrun with a lust for a new gadget known as a lie detector."
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## Plot

The story starts with Cyras fighting Owlis, attempting to learn basic martial arts. Owlis quickly takes Cyras down by slamming her on her tail bone. Owlis informs Cyras her birthday is coming up and gives the younger fox a credit card, which she attempts eating.

Cyras meets with the other girls in Summer's Meadow. Lilu talks about how her mom is calling her fat, causing the other girls to begin singing. (Everyone Knows That's Jazmyn). Ahmond gives Lilu an apple which Lilu takes offensively thinking Ahmond is calling her fat. Ahmond said she misspoke and thought that's what Lilu wanted was help getting thinner. Lilu says she supported Ahmond's business which Ahmond says isn't going well.

Ahmond tells about how Owlis took her down to the torture dungeon to get back money, with a plushie Ahmond being chained up and getting spanked by Owlis with a paddle.

The other girls don't believe her. However, Cyras figures out a solution for Ahmond saying she might be able to escape the punishment with a credit card. They go to a whacky shop full of gimmicky toys run by Orch. They play around and take 20 Lie Detectors, and then they go and pay off for Ahmond's ice cream, that way Owlis will think Cyras simply bought a bunch of lie detectors instead of directly giving Ahmond money. Rosod previously calls this "reverse money laundering".

The girls stumble upon a shop owned by a Violet (Orch).

## Themes

This novella is formed with the theme of lies and truth. The main plots have Ahmond and Cyras attempted to hide information from Owlis and scamming her out of money, a character who peddles lie detectors, and finally a plotline about Cyras' birthday.

## Trivia

* Part 3 marks the first time a character speaks in a different language. Vanos calls Ahmond "sosisochka" which means sausage in Violet (Russian).
* This book is marked as orange.
* This Novella has the most named Male Characters, with Karv, Daybreak, and Orch all being named.
* This Novella also has the most male characters, with the aforementioned, along with Vanos and a Crimson Judge.
* This is the first time a character's age is confirmed (Cyras is 30). This is also the first birthday shown, and the novella ends on Cyras' birthday.
* This novella has the most fights, but most are between Cyras and Owlis. However they amount to at least 6.
* This is the debut of Dark Karma Cyras.