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oh, this will be a very happy game.

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cute

Time to share this freak here.

Yup, this guy's made the rounds a few times on other sites, now he lives here.

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Holy shit, oh my god! 50 of them??

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Mc an owl: hooo are u?

RO: "You know, despite being symbols of wisdom, owls are actually quite stupid, because the eyes take up too much space in their skull"

owl!MC: ...if I'm just a stupid bird then I guess I'll shit on your desk now. Can't help it, eyes too big, brain too small.

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crow!mc to the ro: caw caw motherfucker I'm here to grant you 1 wish

a... dying wish?

(if RO hadn't been bleeding out at that point they would've probably wished for another attack helicopter instead)

(but neither being saved from death nor a new toy are what they really wish for...)

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Hello author! How r u?

Where can I find your other wip?

Hello!

I'm horrible, but thanks for asking.

The main projekt can be found here!

(if embedded links don't work for you, try https://www.tumblr.com/blog/himbeereule or search for @himbeereule )

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Very cryptic little spoiler on the RO's personality:

I am human. Everything human in me screamed: this doesn't have to be. Have mercy, forgive him! But I didn't forgive. I am a commander, a father. I killed the son, in front of me stood hundreds of sons. I was forced to bloodily etch into their souls: for a traitor there is no pardon and there never will be! I wanted every soldier to know: if you become a coward, if you betray - then you will not be forgiven, no matter how strong we may wish for it. […] Maybe you were good, maybe you were loved and praised; but no matter how you used to be, for cowardice and betrayal you will be punished with death.

(Bauyrzhan Momysh-Uly in Volokolamsk Highway, as written by Aleksandr Bek)

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I've seen a lot of IFs with associated playlists, so...

here's a video playlist to summarize the vibe I'm going for with this project (cw: graphic violence, death)

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Can you tell us a description of the ro?

Appearance is customizable similar to how player characters usually are, and I can't talk about personality too much since it'd be very spoiler-y...

They are leading a mercenary company specializing in apparition/monster eradication, so they are not weak-hearted - and they have a certain past almost nobody knows about which led them to choose this life.

I really don't know how to describe more without major spoilers, sorry... a big part of the story is the MC and RO slowly learning who the other truly is

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Oh to be wise old owl, with wide knowing eyes and always twisting neck to see what's behind.

Or a mischievous raven with a curved beak. Always being where they shouldn't, with a deep echoing call and night black wings

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Thanks, I was dying to know. What kinda bird??? Could we choose?

Planned so far (with a few variations each where applicable): owl, eagle, falcon, crow, raven, dove, swallow.

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A Dying Wish is an interactive story about being a bird.

Well, not just a bird.

Thousands of years ago, you were worshipped - maybe they built grand temples and statues of you, maybe secret little shrines in the darkest parts of the endless woods...

But none of that matters anymore. The statues and temples of old have crumbled into dust and the woods burned away in the fires of industry.

Yet you are still there today, unknown and uncaring, hidden in the rubble of this broken world, in which a humanity far beyond its peak slowly grinds towards its own erasure.

Although fatigue should be unknown to you no matter what physical form you assume, you find yourself to be tired. That's why you chose to become a mortal bird, fragile but free, and seek out one of the few remaining forests to starve to death in relative peace - not that you're sure what death actually means to a being like you.

But as you come to rest on the branch of a lone maple tree in the midst of countless birches, you find that you are not alone... a human is bleeding out beneath your tree.

Genre: Romance, Horror Setting: Pseudo-Postapocalyptic ('90s Russia/Yugoslav Wars vibes) Note: there's only one (customizable) RO Objective: find your place among the many monsters in this world and worm your way into the RO's heart

Demo: TBA. This project will only occasionally be worked on as I focus on my main wip, Орлёнок.