Echo VN update #3
So. A LOT has happened since my last update. (Sorry for not keeping up religiously.) But uh we will go by what I remember item by item.
Fuck the crawlspace. Place is fucked up son. Which I mean 'Terry, it's a horror VN literally what did you expect?' To that random citizen I say you are right! I still hate it though. The horror elements are ever so slowly ramping up. This gradual build really has me worried literally EVERY not so wholesome scene.
Speaking of not so wholesome scenes: YO JENNA WHAT THE HECK?! Look I could see your perspective. You came from the worst home life ever and everything was awful, and Carl wasting his amazing life triggers you. I get it. You do NOT come after our boi Carl like that. This birthday scene was a fucking disaster. Omg. There was one (1) good thing about this. Flynn not being the absolute worst ever, with a thoughtful gift to Carl. (Ho-ho, what LAYERS are there, my friend?) Leo is trying so hard it's sweet. But at the same time, oof. He is trying too hard. And THAT is a red flag. This friend group is so broken... But I like the dynamics we're exploring.
Speaking of dynamics... OMG FIRST KISS WITH CARL!!!! It was quiet, shy, a little awkward, and SUPER sweet. I wonder what the results of this will be though... He was drunk... Although he did later on explicitly admit to Chase to ye didn't label his sexuality? So you know. There's something there. Haha! Yes, quite "queer" there Carl. XD
RAVEN?! Who is this mysterious new emo wolf?!?!?! I didn't expect a new character seemingly so much later on! And on that note, I wonder what this 'circle' motif is, that keeps on being brought up? And I wonder if that means at the "end" of Carl's route if we are going to end up looping back in time to the other route choices or if the choices we make for each route impacts the other ones? I hope so! It would make the game have a lot of interesting layers. But if not, and we just need to load up from the route choices, I wonder if OUR perspectives change and shift from what we find out? It would be a shame to be a "one and done" route kinda' deal. But we will see.
Besides that, I didn't know what a window well was until today, and I really DIDN'T need to know. That fucking knocking was creepy as shit. Q-Q
And again with the spiders!!! Which we apparently hallucinated... Eugh. I am so worried. I never read something that has a slow but constant build up like this. =/
It's stressful as hell. And can I just say, we kind of suck ass coming down for the week to hang out with the group and more than half of the week we just fucking ditched them and hung with Carl! I mean don't get me wrong - I love Carl but we are seriously being inconsiderate. @-@
Anyway... That's all my thoughts for now! Creepy haunted mansion for the win!
Edit: AND OH SHIT DUKE THE WEASEL!!!! Just like the game itself, I also completely forgot about THAT entire thing with this weasel. Wtf was THAT about? A completely lucid man (NOT TWEEKING) pointing at Chase like that? And he was clearly having some stress. Like what the fuck dawg? That in and of itself is terrifying.