So, I've replayed House of Ashes and yes, it's as amazing as I remember <3 (Season 2 will need some real bangers to overthrow it!) I also took the opportunity to make some unusual decisions, which resulted in this super interesting conversation between Jason and Nick I don't think I've heard before:
What do you think? :) Personally, I love Jason's opinion about Salim X'D
Thinking about how in a single gameplay Jason (who already has blood on his hands and conscience from an incorrect call) can be faced with the decision to:
let Merwin face the vampires alone
stab Joey
shoot or abandon Clarice
shoot Rachel
lie to Nick about his chance of survival
leave Salim to die
And then thinking about how they find Balathu or Kurum half preserved and suffering and Salim decides they must put him out of his misery. And how when Jason automatically moves to follow through, Salim puts a hand on his gun and says “I’ll do it.”
It’s a choice born of practicality, not kindness. But to Jason, who’s made the call so many times he’s gone numb, it must also be a lifeline.
Following up on this post: If Eric says Nick's call is a ghost signal and leaves him behind, Nick doesn't holds on tight.
For comparison, when Jason tells him to hang tight, Nick does that by securing his legs on the Ancient Warrior. This doesn't happen if Jason doesn't reach out to Nick (If Eric ignores the call). Nor does Nick last as long.
This confirms without Jason, Nick wouldn't have fought so hard to stay alive and allow the group to arrive on time and save him. Which confirms Nick didn't have the fight in him until he heard Jason's voice, assuring Nick that he's coming.
the gang's all here!! can officially say i've drawn the whole cast now, which is long overdue because i am sliiiightly unhealthily attached to every single one of them
The team got shipped off to a mountain holiday destination by CENTCOM to keep them out the way as they cleaned up what happened in Iraq. They say its to reward them for their discovery and to calm their minds. Then, they run into more monsters.
Probably doesn't follow the full plot of until dawn, but I can just imagine how pissed off they'd be at the idea of being sent to somewhere with more monsters.
"Come to America, you said. It'll be calming, you said."
"Salim, I swear to god..."
I'm basically turning the House of Ashes characters into a strike force for the supernatural, lol. Vampires, werewolves, and wendigos galore.