played some more STA in the 2015 version and wow!! it really is amazing
i'm currently going through the hardcore mode to get the secret radio tower ending (got stuck in the eight pages for an hour and rage quitted into the abyss) ((it just means more time with kate so it's ok)) and it wasn't a one off screenshot where kate looks ethereal!
Blue Isle really did a good job in the 2015 version making kate and the slenderman scary.. i implore anyone who is a fan and has STA to go back and play this version! very much more immersive hehe
And now onto how Kate interacts with the other proxies... phew! got this out in time for crp day..
Included: Tim, Brian, Toby, Rouge
Before getting into all the others.. Since the proxy Kate spends the most time with is herself I thought it'll be nice to.. have how she treats herself first. After the circumstances of STA she rarely gets time to take care of herself anymore. It's always victim after victim.. She finds herself thinking her body expendable; her empty stomach will heal after eating itself inside out, her broken limbs will always regenerate. Kate just doesn't treat herself very well...
TIM
Tim often takes the leadership role in any relationship and it's no different with the proxies and or specifically Kate.
Especially since she's one of the younger proxies alongside Toby, he feels the need to take care of her.
Kate doesn't think much of it when Tim finds her collapsed somewhere and brings her back to the cabin Brian, Toby, and him live.. She's happy that Tim takes care of her, i.e. gives her some food, tries to get her to shower, as she interprets it as Tim slowly starting to accept being a proxy and therefore starting to see the Slenderman as the savior he is!
She likes it when the proxies are nice to each other too so she savors the pampering she gets from Tim when injured..
BRIAN
Kate and Brian don't really interact much.
Kate only "visits" the cabin when the Slenderman teleports her broken body nearby and Brian mostly stays cooped up in his room until "hunts"
it's hard for them to actually cross paths with each other.
Brian is also a very apathetic being, stuck between his limbo of given life and death, he can't really experience empathy unless it's for someone he truly cares about (see Tim or Toby on the occasion).
He had to quickly pull Toby from falling to the belief that perhaps the Slenderman is good when he spent too much time with Kate and also some other stuff..
They both mainly stay out of each other's way when necessary.
I'm sure there's been a time that Kate accidentally stole his kill, not knowing the other proxies were already on the victim
Brian definitely got pissy because of that..
He had to be dissuaded from being petty by Tim
TOBY
That is his best friend right there. Probably. Hopefully.
Toby immediately latched on when he first met Kate while on a hunt.
She's actually around his age! Do you know how hard it is to find proxies that you could actually relate with that doesn't treat you like a child...!
Tim and Brian do think that she's a bad influence to Toby. He's quick to do anything to please if it means that someone would tolerate him and that doesn't bide well with Kate's admiration of the Slenderman and Rouge.
He also started cannibalizing some victims because of her.. He just thought it was sick and wanted to try.
Kate appreciates his company whenever it's available, but she doesn't actively seek him out.
Kate makes him not feel bad about just wanting to kill sometimes. It's just more power for the Slenderman either way, if he needs to let off some steam on a random person then go for it!
The thing about Kate is that she rarely speaks above a few grunts. She may spit out a few words, but that's usually it.. Toby likes translating what she's thinking (mostly getting it wrong, but the sentiment's there)
ROUGE
Above all, Rouge is the only proxy still integrated into everyday society. (Tim and Brian may go into town, but that isn't often.. Rouge actually has a nice suburban house..)
That makes it hard for Kate to visit.. It's very upsetting for her..
Rouge and Kate are a little co-dependent on each other.
Out of the proxies they're the ones that actually believe the Slenderman does good which is what initially brought them close to each other..
It's very much a peculiar relationship.. Kate has mommy issues while Rouge is still affected by her miscarriage all those years ago.
Their relationship is built on spontaneity I would say plus Rouge herself is already a very brash person..
Rouge is another person that takes care of Kate's wounds and also buys her things to take care of her burns and cleans her and takes care of her haiirr... a lot of things
Kate looks up to Rouge as she's taught her a lot on how to just past the time. Whether that be wood carving (which she in turn taught Toby), hunting, cooking, kissing ah they just like each other a lot..
The only difficult part of their relationship is the fact that the Slenderman has Rouge patrolling the South while Kate's mostly situated in the Midwest..
