I listened to it on Youtube, hope those were the last updated. You mention a short story that served as inspiration but couldn't see it?
So I gave a listen to the tracks with only in mind "those tracks describe somehting in a VN/RPG". I felf it sometimes hard to imagine them in the same game, but I tried my best to do so (even if you say to imagine different games). So here are my impressions! :)
Run from self : a real sense of confusion, and the need to run from what you can't understand. The need to have structure, explanations, something tangible. Everything else, as long as it's not me.
A bell tolls: some tutorial scene? You meet up with this character that will explain a lot of different things about how the world works, what's coming next. I liked it!
Journey downtown: a lot of Persona vibes in here. I feel like it's with this kind of music that you navigate in the city, where you meet up with side quests and NPCs. A great track, particularly liked it!
Unprogressive: couldn't emerge myself in it. I feel like that's some music that plays in a slice of life scene. In a way, that could also a music when you navigate in the city.
Left to rot: confusion again, but in a more ... "comic way" ? Like you're meeting with the weird character, that tells you all the weird rumors. So an evocative track, it feels like a character theme!
Epic Getaway: not very RPG but... a lot of Ace Attorney vibes !! Like you're into an investigation or something (however, I couldn't picture an epic getaway!). Or some low intensity scene where characters are teaming up and planning ahead for something. Really liked it :D
Day break near camp: feels like a menu theme, or some track that runs when the player needs a strategic choice to continue. The track was interesting, but I couldn't clearly picture what it made me think of!
A life lesson: confusion, here again. But not in a comic way, this time in a "light" way ? Feels like a character theme, that also explains a lot of things but that is not *that* serious.
In the basement, a monster : loved this track, don't know why but it makes me feel like the first time you encounter this theme in the game, it's about a mystery. And later on, you understand what's going on and you listen to this music in a more "melancholic" way ? Like some bittersweet situation, that is complicated.
Bad situation: Is that beatbox ? :o Clearly, a bad situation track, but with an intensity that is not *that* high. Like it's much more like a *complicated* situation. Except for the end, where it progresses into something unsettling.
A lost lesson: the explanation part of something that is throuhout all the game. Like, you get some part of the answers by bits during the game. Except the end, that is also leaning into something a bit more unsettling.
Grieving to a gravedigger: very different than all others. Feels like the theme of a particular character that has a tragic backstory. Here again, some Ace Attorney vibes, don't know why. Like some twisted story, that you'll keep on thinking even after the end of the game. So I like it a lot :D
Memories left: hmm, feels like a track in Anodyne 2. Love that game, love this kind of ambience, but I can't really picture something out of it. Or maybe something oniric, blurry. Sadly, the sounds in the end were not pleasant ...
In brief, thanks for those submissions. I feel like the correlation to the theme is very light (haven't read the short story) but some tracks are very evocative of some VN/RPG scenes.