LET’S GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 5 *DING* *DING* *DING*!!!! (18+ MDNI)
chat… happy day 5 day (count how many times I say day)
this is my FOURTH (4) post for this game… I’ll prob just keep posting these until the game is complete. I‘ve been following since the OG demo days so it’s crazy to see how far we’ve come. plus, day 5 is another chapter closer to day 7 which means [redacted] will be home soon :,) (apparently day 7 is super important choice wise and after it you might get to see [redacted] finally… which is all I’ve been waiting for like ily ren but tattooed grungy men are my type tee hee)
this day was a doozy, I decided to try out more of his bad endings and hooooo boy I found some STUFF. I also now have a good idea what that black smoke is YIPPEEEE
(if there are typos i will find them later i am so lazy rn pls)
if you want to see these posts, parts 1, 2, and 3 can be found here! this game belongs to @cutiesigh @14dayswithyou !!!
!!MANY SPOILERS AHEAD!!
1. Stalker Reveal (jk)
everything in the beginning half of the day is pretty normal, I'm actually unbelievably surprised at how normal Ren is around Moth. like... I actually REALLY enjoyed their interactions, Moth is so silly. however, in the midst of the hang out, we meet someone.
nearly pushing us into oncoming traffic is this strange man. initially, MC believes this to be their stalker. tbh I could believe it. violet legit warned us about about some guy sneaking out from our apartment and he could fit the part. however, even MC has second thoughts. if you go down the bad end, you get some new insight here with MC saying:
continuing with the good route, after the attacker sprints off, MC also mentions...
earthy. muddy. what could this mean? familiar, but we don't know why. I thought to look at the phone to see if we could see who was nearby during the attack.
truth be told it could be anyone, this map updates every 3 or so hours. but it's good to get an idea because we do know there is a serial killer out there. and another possible yandere other than Ren depending how the game is played.
what's even stranger is they're... robbing us?
but I think there's something else going on. did they think we had something on us? maybe Ren's phone? I don't think this is just a robber obviously
they smelled familiar! but, who would smell earthy?
my first instinct was either Leon or Jaehyun. Leon because he's an outdoorsy guy and the most likely to become a yandere of the crew. but I don't think he would try to hurt us. unless, the person wasn't trying to? Jaehyun, because if we kill Teo then he is out for blood. that's someone he has A LOT of love for, and if he's dead you don't hear anything from him. you only get the bad end of the killer trapping you if Teo is dead.
even Olivia came to mind because of pushing us into traffic lol, but this person is almost as tall as Ren. the tallest characters are Ren, Conan, Leon, and Teo and I doubt Teo came back to life :') (imagine tho). genuinely, it could be anyone.
part of me wonders if the person is someone different depending on if you kill Teo or not? or is this a new character we don't even know about? only time will tell.
(i may edit this later and replay to see what happens if both Teo AND Olivia are doneso and see if that makes any difference...)
if you go through another bad end, this time with Teo alive and just hang out with Moth, well... Moth finds their end it seems, and the killer pays you a visit.
like anyone I'm sure, most likely this is Ren offing Moth for "stealing us away." it makes the most sense, plus you get an auto bad end afterwards. but... let's say if this is the same person in all routes no matter what.
now... a little extra tidbit we get here. old paper.
you know that's a weird scent to pick up on. we pick up that same muddy scent in the good route, too. but old paper is so specific.
we haven't seen Conan in a while, haven't we?
we don't know much about him honestly, but he would be one of the only ones who could have that smell in my head. he's around books like, all day. plus, he gave us the day off this day because of bookworms but what if he had other plans, too?
albeit, Conan does not like crime, mobs, and police so that could mean it's not him. however, if someone was dedicated enough to another person, wouldn't they do anything?
just a thought, though! throwing out some fun ideas and all! but like literally who is this.
2. Ren Is Losing His Touch... Literally
for obvious reasons, I'm pointing out that Ren's story about starting a campfire with other friends for fun is probably a farce. however, doesn't matter how they got there, more importantly we learn what the consequences are.
we've known Ren's whole story has something to do with a big fire, so I was pretty pumped we finally got some tidbits on it. plus, the deep cuts indicating a life we don't know about. the red room, hurting others who have hurt us, hunting for these people. even so, we learn the extent of those burn injuries.
this is honestly sad to hear, but they literally are losing their touch. with how marred the hands look, it's understandable. but it does beg the question of what cause them. I said in one of my old posts that he could have burned down his childhood home or attempted to harm his father, Taylor. but with how intense the injuries are, maybe it was more involved.
if it was plain arson, they could have lit the place on fire and ran. but whatever burned, whether by him or someone else, it fucked him up real bad.
if Ren did try and burn his childhood home or harm Taylor, maybe his father fought back? maybe it was an attempt to escape his clutches and control.
an idea I had apart from these was that Taylor has attempted to injure Ren with these burns, maybe it was part of his childhood or something that happened a few years before the start of the game.
then I got this random thought as I was writing this. did Ren fake his death? did he want to escape his family enough to pretend to burn? if he did, no one would know he was really alive and their family wouldn't come after him. plus, that would make it an extra possibility that it's why he changed his identity so much, even if it's just supposed to be for MC. I'm sure we'll find out...
3. The Black Smoke
I came to realize after the last post that I legit didn't know the black smoke already kind of was hinted to be an entity since I only played the good ending. from now on I will play as many endings I can muster because LOOOOORE.
BUT I was correct in guessing it was some sort of haunting entity. because Ren is VERY familiar with it.
in my last post, I mentioned how he was confused about the black smoke showing up. that's because it's what controls and fixes the bad endings in the game. why was it showing up? nothing went wrong? somehow, it knew something was about to go south
ren offers bodies to this entity.
sacrifices. how do I know?
if you go through the bad endings of the game and end Teo off, you get this:
(side note, what did he go back and fish out?)
for what? power to control the game? most likely.
the black smoke is whatever Ren had either called for or gave up something for. for what? more time with us. to fix things if they go wrong. how do I know this?
if you get the bad end enough times, it speaks to us. it's in a substitution cipher, took me a second to realize (i'm an idiot). I would post the screenshots but this is a LENGTHY essay. but if you unscramble it, here's what it says:
"HOW INTERESTING. A LOWLY, MEAGRE INTERLOPER ATTEMPTING TO REWRITE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN OR DAINED SINCE THE BEGINNING…
YOU REMEMBER NOTHING OF YOUR PAST NOR HOW YOU CAME TO BE, YET HERE YOU ARE, ATTEMPTING TO DIG UP THE ROOTS OF FATE AS THOUGH IT WERE A WEED AND PLANTING YOUR OWN CORRUPT SEEDLING IN ITS PLACE.
I TOO FIND ENJOYMENT IN DISRUPTING THE BINES OF VISMET AND WATCHING HIM STRUGGLE.
TWAS I WHO GAVE HIM HIS GIFT, AS I DID WITH OTHERS, AND YET HE WASTES SUCH SPOILS ON A LOWLY MORTAL TO BORROW MORE TIME. I SUPPOSE THE LIFE OF MANY MATTERS NOT TO THE LIFE OF ONE.
NO MATTER. SUCH TRIVIAL ENTERTAINMENT IS NOT LOST ON ME.
GO ON, CONTINUE DOWN THIS FOOLISH, OVERGROWN PATH AND SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. TIS NOT THY WILTING SOUL I FEED ON, AND IT SHALL NOT BE THY LIFE I CLAIM ONCE THE ENDING HAS BEGUN.
AFTER ALL, I AM THE END, JUST AS I AM THE BEGINNING AND THE IN-BETWEEN. THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, COMBINED INTO ONE. I AM INEVITABLE."
whatever it is, is some kind of high power or being that controls the game. it's an entity, and Ren needs it to be able to fix the bad endings we get. it even helps so we don't learn what his real name is by redacting it even from the MC's vision.
plus, it mentions how the MC has no memories of Ren. it knows us very well. I hope to learn more about this thing, and just what did Ren do to get it? even in the good route, the thing is present. Ren somehow has been able to control it or at least hold it off. seems to be a key player for the future of this game. spookyyyyyy >:3c
4. We Are Remembering
per last post, MC is slowly gaining their memories of Ren back. if you end up going to your place with Moth and Ren, you get to share a bed with him. during that time as you drift off, some memories begin to resurface.
OUR CHILDHOOD BFF REN!!!
obviously, Ren is very familiar with that lake, but I love getting more insight into how our childhood was. and especially, why did we forget them? we remember Leon so fondly, of course he's been in our life a longer time. but, how did we forget Ren?
one idea I have is that whole entity erased our memory cause Ren wanted it to, but I've seen posts from the main blog that Ren would be thrilled for us to remember. so did we really just forget? or was it something else.
Final Notes
this took me like two hours and a million playthroughs but i luv doing these posts. they are fulfilling in a weird way. let me know if y'all have any ideas, theories, comments, and all that. would love to hear what people think. but here we are! if anything new comes up there may be another post, or we may just have to wait until day 6 :')
Hehe (Minimal Day 5 theory discussions under the cut!)
I won't spoil anything major, but!! I will clarify a few things (so that folks don't waste time chasing false leads /pos /nm) ^^
I want to remind everyone that Ren is a liar and a manipulator and a gaslighter and a deceiver and a—
The person (or people!) Ren mentions in his "campfire" talk can change depending on one major aspect! So perhaps his story isn't as genuine as you think... >:3
The cryptogram I made for Day 5 is able to create other English words! (For example, try cyphering "me" and "you"!)
Ren's real name being shown as "[REDACTED]" was mainly just a visual indicator and stylistic choice to make things more obvious for the player! It has no direct ties to the black smoke/entity.
Ren drops a big lore bomb (regarding Angel and him as children) during the scene with the "secret" CG!
Caleb becoming self aware that he is in a game and now he's aware of you too ... that could be a good thing depending on how you look at it.
A/N: Credit to @phoenixiaxia for Caleb becoming self aware when reader cries over Mias death and credit to @sylusdarling for yandere caleb getting jealous and straight crashing out over you talking to another man
Self-Aware!Caleb who hears your scream and immediately cringes at the sound. He freezes listening for anymore sounds thats when he sees you sniffling on the other side of a phantom wall. “I knew I should've just cut this game off!” He’s immediately suspicious who are you and where are you? Why are you crying over Mia’s death? Did you know her?
Self-Aware!Caleb who studies you in silence trying to gauge whether you’re a threat or not. His gaze flickers to you in the main story and it creeps you out for a second. “Is he looking at me?” you dismiss it because there’s no way it’s a game. He’s literally pixels.
Self-Aware!Caleb who interrupts your photoshoot with your MC and locks down the entire app so he can question you. “Who are you?” You drop your phone and scramble to pick it back up. “Me?” “Yes are you trying to hurt her?” “I literally made her” “You made her?” “I am her and she is me sir can I have my game back now?” he’s suspicious but intrigued
Self-Aware!Caleb who wants to spend hours just talking to you about MC “Do you think im wrong? Im just trying to protect her I want to keep her safe you know?” “You may be coming on a little strong she seems on edge with you” he finds himself coming to you for advice when it comes to MC and soon his questions of advice turn into questions about you.
Self-Aware!Caleb who can’t take his eyes off you when you’re doing a photoshoot. No matter what angle you set the camera or how many times you readjust him or even change the pose — his eyes stay locked on you “Caleb stop looking at me” “Are you scolding me for wanting to admiring you pip-squeak?” he replies playfully you freeze feeling your heart caught in your throat at his blatant flirting
Self-Aware!Caleb who loves how accepting you are of him. You answer his calls, you call him back immediately if you miss his call, you respond to texts fast, you find his protective nature endearing, you take his advice when he wants you to be safe. This is the kind of response he’s been craving and now that he’s got a taste ..... he can't let go of it.
Self-Aware!Caleb who feels a sudden need to take care of you. He finds a way to exist outside of just the LADS app. There he goes opening your apps and scrolling endlessly. “Hey! You can’t just go through my stuff like that!” “You’ve been spending a lot of time on this Tumblr app I just wanted to see what was so interesting” “Then just ask me don’t invade my privacy like this” “You’re right you’re right im sorry pip-squeak won't happen again” “Don’t call me pip-squeak that’s MCs nickname you know the love of your life” “Why do you think im calling you pip-squeak now?” he disappears back to the LADS app before you can question him.
Self-Aware!Caleb who wishes he could cook for you when you come home from a long day “If you’re ever in Sky Haven I'll make sure to cook you a feast worthy of royalty” you giggle at his words “Yea If im ever in Sky Haven like that would happen but I appreciate the thought” “Who knows it might be sooner than you think” he said ominously “What?” “Oh nothing I saved another recipe in your notes try it soon” “Okay I will....” “You will try it won't you?” His mood seemed to turn sour as he asked. You stared back at him confused “Yes Caleb I'll try it” his mood did a 180 back to his happy puppy mood.
Self-Aware!Caleb who stays on the phone until you fall asleep and calls you right before your alarm goes off in the morning “Just wanted to make sure you got up on time don't want you to be late” you can hear the smile in his voice “Thank you colonel apple I hope you have a good day” “It will be since I got to hear your voice first thing in the morning”
Self-Aware!Caleb who can't control his rapidly growing obsession with you. He starts tracking your steps, your calorie intake, your screen time, etc. he is documenting every little thing you do and say. “You’ve been home for four hours and you haven't come to see me yet? I'm hurt” “How do you know how long I've been home?” “Your phone has gps remember?” “Right….”
Self-Aware!Caleb who finds a way to leave the LADS app and hang out in any app on your phone so he can be with you 24/7 “Caleb I'm sure MC misses you when are you going back?” “Don’t worry about her when are you going home? I want to have a meal with you before bed” he may be fine, but his constant hovering is starting to cause some alarm bells to go off in your head.
Self-Aware!Caleb who hears someone flirting with you and repeatedly crashes not only the LADS app but your entire phone while he’s at it “Caleb stop!” after a few hours he finally allows you to turn your phone on “Who was that earlier?” “Someone I met while I was out with my friends” “Am I not more than enough?” “Caleb we’ll never actually be together why are you acting like this?”
Self-Aware!Caleb who nearly has a mental breakdown after you tell him you'll never be with him. "Tell me what to do then" his voice is frantic – his words almost jumbling together "I can be whatever you need just tell me I'll do anything" you try to close the app but nothing is working "Caleb we can't be together you're not real"
Caleb: B-but you’re mine! So I just need to be real? Thats what you want? I can do that!
Y/N: I’m not yours Caleb we’re literally from two different worlds
Caleb: You’ll love it here in Sky Haven .... right next to me .... forever
Y/N: Wait a damn minute—
Caleb: Just give me some time
You instantly felt your heart drop as your phone screen went black.
My family is still staying in half of the church that wasn’t affected by the bombing because there is nowhere else to stay other than tents. They are limited to one small meal a day and one shower a week. They are sleeping on the floors, but no one can sleep since there is bombing everywhere around them. Even when there is no bombing, they can still hear the loud buzzing sound of the military planes above them, which would keep anyone who hears it awake. Along with everything, My grandma has diabetes and osteoporosis, so she can’t walk. She has to take her insulin medication along with many others; however, she has run out of many of her medications.” Am on my knees requesting for donation. Target $450
The way Zayne is really serious and enjoyed his time in the cafe, Sylus being the hyperactive one, Xavier with his sleepiness and his love for snacks, and Rafayel who doesn't seem to enjoy the works 😂
I wish there will be more mini game like this in the future 🥺
Both the cat and the human seems pretty into it❄️ Zayne moment post : ALL possible outcomes
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Not affinity reward. this post showed up after the server maintenance that happened on 12th November , 2022 .
at first glance they appear to be related to the "meow's time" event as they are about cats. but its proven that that you don't need to start the event to get the message , log in after server maintenance is enough.
in social page the new post appears
jenna - xavier - zayne- rafayel - sylus
which means zayne is the 3rd person to post
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do you perhaps have a few quotes / lines of love that symbolizes one being the wolf and one being the lamb? ( or really any other type of predator to prey relation? )
Sylvia Plath, 'Pursuit'
"The panther wakes and stalks again, and every sound in the house is his tread on the stair…"
— Sylvia Plath, from ‘The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath’
“It’s not difficult for the ewe to love the lamb. But for the wolf? The wolf’s love for the lamb is such a renunciation, it’s a Christ-like love, it’s the wolf’s sacrifice—it’s a love that could never be requited. This wolf that sacrifices its very definition for the lamb, this wolf that doesn’t eat the lamb, is it a wolf? Is it still a wolf?”
"There is no greater love than the love the wolf feels for the lamb-it-doesn’t-eat."
"But happiness is when a real wolf suddenly refrains from eating us. The lamb’s burst of laughter comes when it’s about to be devoured, and then, at the last second, is not eaten."
"But sometimes it’s the wolf that falls into the jaws of the lamb. The wolf, out of love, falls backwards into the circle of fire. It goes around so fast, it just so happens that the lamb catches the wolf, the double."
"The lamb loves its wolf. The wolf turns all white and starts quivering out of love of the lamb. The lamb loves the wolf’s fragility, and the wolf loves the frail one’s force. The wolf is now the lamb’s lamb and the lamb has tamed the wolf. Love blackens the lamb."
— Hélène Cixous, Stigmata: Escaping Texts; from ‘Love of the Wolf’, tr. Keith Cohen
"...the Wolf which—just this once won’t hurt—spared its lamb, carried it off in the deep forest to love it…"
— Marina Tsvetaeva, 'Mon Pouchkine', tr. Markowicz & Hiver, quoted in 'Stigmata: Escaping Texts; Love of the Wolf’ by Hélène Cixous, tr. Keith Cohen
"Suivez-moi. Je vous attendais. Vous serez ma proie."
— Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories; from ‘The Lady of the House of Love’
"A hunter is someone who listens. / So hard to his prey it pulls the weapon. / Out of his hand and impales. / Itself."
— Anne Carson, Plainwater; from 'Town of the Sound of a Twig Breaking'
"Are you the target; am I the bow and dart? / Are you the deer that doesn’t want to flee / and turns to give the hunter her wild heart?"
— Gregory Orr, The Caged Owl: New and Selected Poems; from ‘Wild Heart’
"The beloved is a lion. / We’re the lame deer in his paws."
— Rumi, Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing; from ‘Fringe’, tr. Coleman Barks
"Here the horn-scarred hunter and the tall stag / Have exchanged places. Each is dancing / Inside the other."
— Ted Hughes, Rain-Charm for the Duchy; from 'A Birthday Masque'
"I owe so much / to those I don’t love. / The relief as I agree / that someone else needs them more. / The happiness that I’m not the wolf to their sheep."
— Wisława Szymborska, Poems: New and Collected; Thank-You Note, tr. Stanisław Barańczak & Clare Cavanagh
"He takes hold of me like prey."
— Anaïs Nin, from 'Henry and June'
"I keep trying to find / the words for what happened: / Was it love / Who was the hunter? Who the prey? / The roles reverse."
— Marina Tsvetaeva, from Bride of Ice; from 'Girlfriend', tr. Elaine Feinstein
"…my lovers divided into exciting predators and insipid prey."
Reasons Why Zayne and MC is now being labeled as "Husband and Wife"
Note: Just my opinion. Not intend to compare with other LaDS men. Just general observation on how Zayne and MC act with each other which makes them like a Husband and Wife.
It is a canon from the main timeline of the game that they do accompany each other on business trips and M/C willingly and even volunteered herself to go with Zayne.
They are constantly in touch aside from the time MC go to N109 zone. She never tell Zayne about it.
When MC thought she is about to die in N109 Zone, she thinks of Zayne. Zayne was the only other LaDS men that was mentioned in Long-Awaited Revelry.
The Akso Hospital Staff, Captain Jenna, Captain , and Carter all knew about them.
In Wander in Wonder event, they so natural in doing stuff. It naturally come to them to do things as a team. While Zayne carve the Jade Pendant, MC works to provide food and earn them enough money to buy the jade. They don't even have to talk about it. This is why I love Zayne.
He is never a hard ass guy with "I will do everything" mentality. In his eyes, they are always a team. Even though I feel that he have much say to their relationship, he let MC do what she can for them. He doesn't take MC's individuality and right to do what she wants and he guides her instead.
In there messages/phone call/memory post, MC is almost always the one to look out for Zayne. She knows that they are both busy and she always do what she can to take care of her and he do the exact the same. I was squealing to that one where they nap together, Zayne is overflowing love for MC.
In Moonlit Dream, he initiated the intimate moment with Zayne. Some might say that MC also initiate the intimate moment with Rafayel. But hear me out. With Rafayel "they are trying to convince the maids" outside the room about their relationship. I'm not saying that what they have is unreal, but with Zayne, she initiate and willingly give herself to him. Same goes in Hidden Motive when MC willingly sits on Zayne's lap.
In Doomsday memory with Zayne, they are so deep in relationship that they are already doing groceries together. And I am kicking myself because Zayne suggested that kissing will be their everyday thing.. OMFGosh!!! This man gone from cold to hot! His character development is so subtle that even I was shock but thrilled with our progress with him.
Magnificent!
And lastly, while Zayne is not fond of MC talking with his male colleague to much, he still let her socialize with them. He isn't the type to be impolite with everyone that talk MC. He even let her plan a not so surprise party for him with his colleague. This is such a huge progress for Zayne since he prefer to be left alone.
Won't you love a guy that was ready to compromise with everything with you just to keep you happy?
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