Your past is in the past. And your future is with your lover.
Life has been kind to you these past few years. After everything you've been through, after building yourself stronger both mentally and physically, after crawling out of what seemed to be a dead end, this peace is… nice. Very nice. A lover who adores you, a best friend who has your back, a cozy house to call home, hell, even a cat you didn't ask for.
No more stress. No more tears, rage, helplessness, or feeling powerless. Everything is going smoothly.
But isn't it going a bit too smoothly?
Content warning: Please note that "Love After Death" is rated 18+ due to sexually suggestive scenes, optional sexual content, depiction of grief, drama, themes of child abuse, violence, death (duh), and more. If you find yourself uncomfortable at any point while playing, please prioritize your well-being and stop playing.
This game is a slice-of-life with heavy romance elements. If romance isn't your cup of tea, this might definitely not be the game for you (sorry!)
Customization: Shape your journey by choosing your gender, appearance, personality, and your love after death.
Meet other people than your bestie.
Suffer... from stuff.
Get along with kids or their parents.
Have a new job as assistant.
And more...
Elias/Ellie Winter (m/f), 26:
Your lover and a rising star in the modeling world, someone you trust and love. They've always been your rock in whatever situations you found yourself in, no matter how hard it was to pull you out of your past. You're all they always wanted, and you're all they'll always want. That's just fate for them. You are their fate. But here's a tip: don't get too attached. No, seriously. Don't.
Luna/Leon Melth (f/m), 43:
Your neighbor and CEO of a prestigious cosmetics corporation. They're mature, but not exactly ancient. Their good looks and charm turn heads wherever they go, and they love every second of it. They live for it. It's been ages since their last serious relationship. Maybe they miss love, maybe that's why they make sure their bed's never cold, or maybe they're just having fun. Who knows?
Tracee/Travis Melth(f/m), 27:
Your neighbor's son/daughter and CFO of their parent's corporation. You never know what they think or what they might feel. They're like a locked diary, impossible to read. While most people struggle to get more than two words out of them, you've noticed they act differently around you. Not as stoic or cold with you as they are with others. Maybe you're special, or maybe you're delusional.
Athiel Winter (m/f), 24:
Your lover's sibling and fellow model. An annoying and arrogant person who can't seem to stop antagonizing you. You two mix like oil and water. Even when things seem peaceful, Athiel makes it their personal mission to remind you that you're nothing more than an annoying bug beneath their designer boots. That's all you are. Charming, right?
Ekissa Jones (m/f), 28:
Your best friend and a passionate artist. How you managed to befriend this grumpy soul remains a mystery, but beneath that prickly exterior lies… well, still someone pretty grumpy, but in an cute and adorable way….. You're probably their only friend and you know what? They don't care, because that's enough for Ekissa. You've always been enough.
I know you said not every RO will get a NSFW next chapter but can we please get at least a kiss? 😔 I'm thinking of Ekissa and Athiel on this, since unfortunately they probably won't have a sex scene soon but I'll seriously die if we can't even kiss them😭😭😭😭😭
lol, my lips are sealed but the scene I have in mind isn't a sweet one. I can tell you that much🤍
been reading through L asks, and saw the one about MC reaaaally wanting kids and L relenting if MC groveled about it and I got curious— Just what else could their groveling convince L to do??? they must really be susceptible to MC's gloominess if their sulking can even convince a baby out of L haha
L doesn't mind having kids, per se, they just feel like they wouldn't be around for the majority of their kid's life. The perfect timing for them would've been mid-twenties. That way, they could've seen their kid aging, maybe even seeing their grandkid(s) growing up as well.
Plus, knowing that MC is much younger (MC is supposed to be older than their siblings (so older than 23) but younger than early thirties), there's also the knowledge that they could pass before MC, leaving MC to care for their kid. It's something they dread and would prefer at the same time, because that'd mean MC wouldn't be alone, but that'd also mean the kid would be a reminder of what MC lost.
L could do pretty much everything, but not to the point of forgetting themself in the process like T might. They do have limits, it just depends on what MC asks. But usually, they'd do pretty much everything within reason (well, what they judge as 'within reason', since L can be pretty unreasonable too, haha)
Did you try the variations depending on your MC's personality?
For example, in chap 4, there's quite a good chunk that changes depending on MC's personality (serious vs playful, jealous vs not jealous vs hide jealousy, good at cooking vs not good at cooking, intimidating vs charming). There's also a scene just for MCs who smoke.
Idk if anyone’s asked this yet but how would Athiel have reacted if they knew what mc’s date did to them? Like I know she has to keep her public image up, but I feel like she wouldn’t care about the consequences if it was about the mc
They'd have focused on MC anyway, just like they did in LAD. Athiel knew something had happened, but in that moment, all that mattered was getting MC somewhere safe before even thinking about their own frustration and anger on MC's behalf.
You're right tho, Athiel wouldn't be the type to care about the consequences. Being seen by fans or anyone else, telling an asshole they're embarrassing and such a loser—basically calling the dumbass out without saying exactly what they did so MC doesn't feel embarrassed? Psh, nothing they can't handle.
Will we be able to help El if we aren't romancing them? I ADORED El. I cried so hard reading this because of them, and wanted to hurl my MC out of the restaurant for not popping the question. ...However... if babygirl/babyboy neeever gains back those memories... T needs my attention now. (Am I awful?? I feel awful)
Not awful at all, imo! Especially knowing that El doesn't see MC the same way they used to before the accident—I'd say it's mostly tragic. But yes, you will have the choice to part ways, help El as friends, or romance them.
I CANNOT wait for the ROs that don't know about MC's past to learn about it!! Gimme me some protective anger against MC's father 😋🤤 protec my big boy MC ☺️😍😌🥰
Also, even tho Ellie is still the best for me, Athiel's been catching my attention for a while now 🤔
You and me both, there are so many things to explore🤧
The entire Childhood Arc can now be experienced from beginning to end. It's time to head back to Northview, reconnect with the characters you've met along the way, and experience the final chapters of your childhood.
Welcome, welcome, to the second annual Sordia Doesn't Care If You Survive This Games — I mean. Chapter 2. Chapter 2 is here. (May the grief be ever in your favor.)
CH2: THE CITY THAT DOESN'T BURY CLEAN is LIVE🎉
The full Chapter 2 sits at 109K words and the full demo at 270K words kill me :)
The code is still a war crime. I have made peace with this. I have, in fact, made the war crime bigger, so genuinely, congratulations to me. Anyways enjoy CH2!
ITCH.IO
NEOCITIES
THIS UPDATE INCLUDES:
꙰ Cope in increasingly bad ways
꙰ Say goodbye to sissy
꙰ Have a glimpse into Maud's future + Flashback time!!
꙰ Chase more leads
꙰ Meet your informants for more intel
꙰ Meet Dr. Arden in a way that involves property damage
꙰ Meet Egon/Emme in a way that would end both your respectability and dignity if somebody saw you two (+minigame)
꙰ Meet Luz in a 007 way (+minigame)
꙰ More Lore + RO POV's
꙰ A bad ending exists now, if you go looking for it. Say nighty night + I had to honour the legend Bonnie Tyler in a scene, R.I.P Queen ⊹₊♛₊⊹
! Fair warning, there is a non-consensual act happening towards MC, if you don't want this, don't take the absolute crazy route, you'll know which one I mean :) Oh and saves are probably broken, I'm sorry :/
Okay now Author it's your fault. At first I view Juliet as the annoying in-law archetype but now my headcannon after your "angry fuck" reveal is that she's a sexually frustrated milf who's subconciously venting all of her frustrations to MC.
And you know what's worse? Not even chapter 3 made me this excited. Shame on you Author. You awakened the devil inside me😈😈😈
Also, why do you hate poor Kenal so much?!🤣😈
HAHAHAHA, she surrounds herself with yes people and Kenal just happens to have little spine and too much blind love
So Juliet deleted all traces of MC from El's phone and even "reset" it to make sure it stuck, but most phones are connected to a cloud server that don't delete stuff even if they are synced up unless it's manually done, and even though she is a diabolical witch, I hope she is as technologically blind as most boomers out there and she just signed out of El's accounts instead of going even deeper. That some history that belonged to El remained for them to be able to return to.
Not just photos of MC, but also of their cat, their friends, their own personal and professional life. Juliet didn't just isolate El from MC, she also isolated El from their real life, their hobbies, their job, and in a way, from a way to heal from their trauma. It's easier to ground yourself to life when you know you have people who know, love, and wait for you. El, right now, has no one but the echo chamber Juliet built around them.
Also, I'm wondering: how much of an amnesia El does have? It seems pretty selective, mostly retrograde amnesia but only for MC and the life they built? But MC has been a part of El's life for many years, including childhood/teenhood, if I recall correctly from Juliet. They seem to remember April the baby, a brand new addition, and her parents, old friends but not that old, and Robin, an ex, but not the person that has been a part of their life for so many more years? They don't even seem to remember MC as someone they used to know, MC seems to have been completely erased.
Now, I know this is fiction, and this is basically what's called "Hollywood Amnesia", which is medically incorrect amnesia done for drama reasons, so I'm not too bothered, but I am somewhat confused by how much El actually remembers, and how much they forgot, and how much of it is permanent.
[Personally, I don't agree with you that El forgot all of MC permanently (which is what you basically said in the past, this could have changed by now, of course) because of how long they have been a part of the Winters' lives, tbh. I believe some of their memories of MC have been blocked off rather than forgotten due to PTSD because they called MC during their "last" moments before the call dropped.]
Hi there!
Juliet was thorough on the phone—I thought it made more sense that way since El lost a few years, not their whole life. El could've been able to reconnect to their account and see everything, which Juliet wasn't about to risk. That's why she wiped it all. But yeah, I agree that what she did wasn't helpful at all for El, and that's why there's no redemption arc for her.
El and MC are not childhood friends, nor have they known each other for much more than 3 years—if I stated otherwise in LAD, then my brain was probably not braining, but I don't think I did, haha. El didn't just forget MC, but also Ekissa, Vailyn—anyone they met during that period. Also! Remember that El's first POV in LAD takes place months after the crash, so they had time to learn about April again through the couple (so kinda reintroduced).
It's written in El's POV in LAD that they have fragments of memories, like MC's voice. I answered something similar here. And in this case, El won't recover their memories. Fragments don't mean full recovery and PTSD amnesia can sadly be permanent.
I tried searching your blog (and to be fair, tumblr’s search function is about as effective as trying to catch water with a sieve), but I didn’t see anything on it so:
If MC had ended up with Athiel instead of El, would Juliet dislike/hate them (MC) as much? I mean, I want to turn her children (and her mans, if possible) against her anyway, but I want my hating on her to be accurate bc I will, in fact, dislike her more if she would’ve been chill with them being with Athiel bc a parent that has favorites is a parent that can catch these mf-ing hands bro. If her mans also played favorites, he can catch these hands too bc they’ll be rated E for everyone at that point
Lmaooo, yeah, it would've been the same. Juliet sees MC as a problematic child with too much baggage and too much violence in their past.
In other words, MC is unstable in Juliet's eyes, they're the problem and should be kept far away from her kids.
This is a very shitty unfinished doodle page of my Mc, I’ve been trying to figure out they’re style and THEM in general before trying to draw the others- so desperately want to make some sillies to combat the angsties they all deserve love 😭
New outline technique btw I don’t usually leave the sketch stage most of the time hah… can you tell I’m anxious 😬
OMG, I'M SO SORRY! I saw your MC and thought 'damn, i gotta remind myself to answer this pretty art tomorrow', and forgot. That's on me, sorry!
Argggh, they seem so chill to be with and please, the grumpy cat is too cute😩 So Ekissa, huh? Lucky them.
