#idk it’s just an interesting facet of how de explores addiction to me

[even-disco-baby]

I love the way you write Volition. You get all the skills in the exact way that I can hear their voices from the game in my head saying what you write, but Volition feels like a shot of dopamine every time it shows up.

Idk how to really put it into words. It's the one skill I've seen so far that seems to not be eerily similar to the actual game, but in the sense that it feels like it's because Volition is at a place where he and Harry are trying to cope with life instead of just getting the job of the game done, if that makes any sense. Volition if the game wasn't focused on the murder plot and all that

Ohhhh… 🥺 thank you, that makes me pretty happy to hear tbh. And also made me realize why I feel like my Volition tends to veer a little from how it talks in the game LOL it’s true, these vignettes aren’t rlly case related, they’re just moments I wanted to see between Harry and the other characters in Martinaise. So Harry and Volition’s talks are more just introspection.

And well Volition in the game is sort of hard to pin down for me, like… sometimes it’s an almost paternalistic voice, other times it’s more like a plea? Like the Volition lines from the game that have stuck with me the most are when Harry gets shot and Volition says in such a scared voice, “Don’t go into shock! Hold on!” And also after the dream sequence in the flak tower if you wake up alone and half light is like “fuck this life and fuck this body, just fucking go” and Volition says, “Harry… I know there’s not much to say, but if nothing else, just remember that you’ve made it this far. And it’s just a bit further now. Let’s finish this.” Or how when Harry feels ashamed of pawning off his gun, thinking it was probably for money to buy liquor, Volition is the one that points out he actually did it so that he couldn’t kill himself, like reassuring him that even if it wasn’t a great call, it kept him alive. Like… I dunno. Those more vulnerable Volition lines are my most memorable ones, so ig that tends to come through when I write the talks with Volition. The case is like the main thing that gives Harry a reason to keep his mind off his woes and focus on moving through each day (and I forget which skill pointed out that the rush of solving a case is what he lives for), so it’s what Volition keeps drawing his attention to in the game, but more broadly it’s the voice that asks him to stay alive… that’s how I think of it, anyway. Volition my beloved… I’m glad to hear it’s a dopamine hit to read SJSHDJDJ it’s sorta embarrassing to admit but the talks between Harry and Volition seem to end up being conversations with myself, whether or not I intended it.