Okay… so I guess this is my first post here, and honestly I have no idea how people usually start these things 😅
So… hi.
My name is Virael de la Fer.
Well, not really — but I think it’s pretty obvious why I’m not using my real name here.
What I do want to say right away is that “Virael” isn’t just me.
There are actually two of us behind this account — me and my twin sister.
Yeah… that already sounds a bit like the beginning of a story, doesn’t it?
So, a little about us.
We’re former fashion models. Nothing scandalous — no nudity, no adult shoots, just regular runway and fashion work. These days we live in Paris, but originally we’re from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
That’s also why my English might feel a bit… uneven sometimes. I do speak it well, but I still write my stories in Russian first, and then translate them. Sometimes I use AI to help with that — especially for more complicated scenes — so if something sounds off, feel free to tell me.
I actually want that kind of feedback.
✍️ About writing (and fear, honestly)
I’ve been writing for a long time.
Like… really long.
But for years I never posted anything. I don’t even know why exactly — maybe fear, maybe perfectionism, maybe both.
And then one day something just… clicked. Or broke 😄
And suddenly I had too many ideas.
Now I have a whole collection of stories:
some unfinished
some half-written
some completely finished… but only in my head
And Train 887 (Mika’s story) is one of them.
It’s also the first story I’ve decided to publish in English, which honestly feels a bit terrifying.
📢 Small update
There will be an update for Train 887 today.
If you’re reading it — thank you. Really.
And if you feel like leaving a comment or feedback (about the story or the translation), I’d love to hear it.
Even small comments help more than you think.
🤭 And… a bit more about what’s coming
okay this is the part where I awkwardly try to talk about my projects
If people actually enjoy what I’m writing, I might start translating more of my stories into English.
Right now, these are the main ones:
1) “Twins” series
This one is… special.
It’s partly autobiographical (I’ll let you guess which parts).
It’s about twin sisters growing up in the world of fashion — runways, competition, relationships, betrayal… and that strange, unbreakable bond where your sister is the closest person you’ll ever have. No matter what.
2) “Two Days in Narva”
A story about crossing borders — literally and not only that.
(My sister insists I mention that this is a “short story”… even though it’s a few hundred A4 pages long. So yeah. “Short.”)
3) “Temptation for the Head of Security”
A more classic story — a young man caught between two women.
Simple idea. Not-so-simple choices.
4) “The Last Patrol of Liariel” (by my sister)
This one is set in the World of Warcraft universe.
We actually made a bet — who could write a scarier story using imagination + AI.
I wrote Train 887, she wrote this one.
I won.
She had to spend the entire day without underwear.
…which I still think was a perfectly fair punishment 😌
There are more stories and drafts, but these are the ones closest to being finished (or at least posted).
❓ One last thing
We also have a small shop with prints and photos, but I’m not sure if sharing links like that is allowed here.
If anyone knows — please tell me.
Anyway…
I guess that’s it for a first post.
It feels a bit strange to finally write here like this.
But also… kind of nice.
💬 Nice to meet you.