I've been playing and playing for days now and still uncovering new stuff -- and new stuff that makes me squeal in delight. In the past few days, I:
- got Hamin's break-up scene and backstory, which I didn't expect to be the way it was at <i>all</i> and made me <i>so</i> happy.
- got a variation on Lisle's gazebo chat scene with a MC that happened to be have a certain something in common with him and ohhh my gosh his happiness at remembering he's not alone warmed my heart so much.
- finally got Avalie, my beloved, to be my ally and she's SO CUTE and funny complaining about it (and I also got Penny and Cordelia's epilogues at the same time as hers, which I didn't know could happen!).
- got really emotional over the descriptions of what peaceful exchange does for countries and people, it's so beautiful and hopeful and lovely. I especially appreciate how Arland's religion is regarded as something valuable and interesting, and not something they need to learn to leave behind to be enlightened by Jiyel's rationality (I'm not religious myself, but fascinated and admirative of it in all forms, it's truly a beautiful thing!).
- blackmailed Zarad and it was awful (but so cool).
- got killed by Gisette and it was great.
- blackmailed and fooled Gisette and that was great also (I love her).
- finished Clarmont's route, mostly just as an interesting route to pursue while checking out and completing different Revaire variations, but... even though he was always around the bottom of my ranking of favourite ROs, he turned out to be soooo cute ohhhh my goshhh I appreciate him so much more (my pirate called him Clary!!!!).
- just started Lyon's route and am already squealing as well at how cute he turns out to be so fast. Dearly looking forward to how he's going to surprise and make me melt, like every other RO has surpassed my expectations.
And there's still some variations and a few entire routes I haven't even started!
Once more, Aly, thank you so much for this game, your character-writing is so so good and the story and the philosophies in it are so so good, I love this game so much.