>>16678

When you need to step back to organise some characters and do some plotting - do so even if it is a longer break. Sometimes it's good to come back with a fresh mind.

That aside - I love this story for gruesome and detailed deaths with psychological horror mixed in. Or maybe psychological glee? I do like the trio of Bob/Emma/Kasia although even without Bob would read about them as they are interesting characters. I guess Bob's character development is in machines :P . So I would vote for a bit of all 3 options if you manage.

You did mention snippets of other people like Dave being in some sort of conspiracy alongside with maybe video watchers of the content the factory produces (sounded like they were made for more than personal collection). Sooooo maybe you can carry on writing about some family friend being all "I want a cool murdersome sex workshop :D!" and doing it similarly with some variable being different. That way you can really close this plot line in any way and return to it or not.

I'd love to read how both Bob and Emma actually got into it and their first endeavours and how they established the routine they have now.

And now onto random character idea I had connected to the above as not good at making them as other people or you writing them. Was thinking that maybe would be cool to have more fun revenge of some sort. If Emma and Bob ever had friends they shared their hobby with and one of them buggered off and told the police about … something not Bob and Emma related but related to the group. Then vanished.

Years later the random person is a perfect housewife living in perfect neighbourhood. Maybe her and her ex husband were into gorey victim destruction but something went awry and she gave him away? And her current family has no idea. She has daughters in posh boarding school who are very sheltered and average in everything. And a husband who thinks highly of his wife.

Maybe Bob and Emma kidnap him and make him sit through watching his daughters get killed with the machines their mum enjoyed watching most. In the end husband get a choice of offing his wife himself and does it on something she absolutely hated.

It is very eh idea as it appeals to me mainly and such are pretty personal xD . Am sure that all you add to your story will end up exceeding all expectations. Even after years pft.