#rena plays pathologic

[willowmellow]

Saburov: Fine. But know this, Haruspex. I do not like you. Artemy: I feel indifferent towards you.

[willowmellow]

Absolutely consumed by Pathologic 3 and how it lowkey shifts my experience of the town yet again, there is so much greenery there now where I had mentally placed cobblestone streets? The fact that the Stoneyard now feels more and more...stonier (oh gawd, sorry?) with all the lush landscapes inbetween? Aaaah I wish I could just go on the good old-fashioned Bachelor Day 1 walk!!! Now where will I find the time (badum-tss) to keep playing?

[willowmellow]

One of the things that JUST CLICKED in my brain is that what I thought was random weird programming mix-up behaviour in the early days is, in fact not random or weird at all?

I had sometimes witnessed how female NPCs (both seamstress and young woman) had been attacked not just by Muggers but also Factory Workers and even the fancy dressed Young Men. In late game-play, I understood it as the situation in the town becoming more drastic, however, this time I triggered a dialogue when speaking to one of the men as the Bachelor.

Turns out this is part of the shabnak-adyr hunt that has resulted in the herb bride being burned at the Bone Stake Lot. The women are specifically attacked, given that the burning revealed the girl had been innocent.

Is it heartbreaking? Absolutely. Do I love it? Sadly, yes.