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Time for ALL THE OTHER BOYS, who I played simultaneously since none of them have much content.
Lucas Route: Annoying at first but then sweet and funny. Delightfully open about being into dudes.
Adrian and Kam Routes: Dull and underwritten but mildly cute in parts.
Content note: Very vague implication of bad/abusive parenting.
So! The three side boyfriends:
Adrian: softly spoken, shy, serious, slow on the uptake, works in the accessory store with Everett (who is an ass to him)
Kam: Cheerfully oblivious outgoing sk8ter boi, works at the arcade
Lucas: Douchebag bi-curious party boy from public school? I haven't met him yet.
I didn't end up taking any interesting screenshots of Adrian but he's a tiny pretty dark guy with terribly drawn shiny hair.
I saw the start of the Kam and Adrian paths before realising it made more sense to save them for when I did the whole thing, and MC was very condescending.
THIS IS VERY BORING. I'm visiting Kam and Adrian's stores every weekend and getting a new short conversation every five times ugh.
Ha, so she meets Lucas at a party and he asks for her number and she's like "Wow I forgot how normal flirting worked". She's a little iffy on being so actively pursued, since she prefers being the pursuer.
Adrian likes farm animals and vegan baking, he's very moe. I feel like I'm going to ship Adrian/Kam more than either of them with MC.
Adrian: So what are your interests?
MC: I like good looking guys like you, and myself :D
Adrian: That's...nice?
Kam: So how's Missy?
MC: I'm the only girl your limited brain needs to be thinking about.
Kam: So is she cool or...
Lucas has been messaging MC and chatting when they bump into each other, she feels like something's off but can't put her finger on it, so for now just tells him to back off on asking her out and wait until she asks him. He's been given no real personality beyond "self confidently into MC" and he only shows up once a month or so for a few sentences so I'm glad I combined him with the other two.
Kinda stumbled into dating Adrian it is BOOOORRRINNNNGGGG
A mildly interesting scene where MC complains about Lucas bugging her to date him.
Shiloh: I'll pretend to be your boyfriend so he'll go away :D
Everett: Let me be your fake boyfriend- I want to meet this guy who's got you so annoyed and shake his hand ;)
But then she describes Lucas and Everett goes OH THAT GUY HE KEEPS BUGGING ME TO HANG OUT.
The scene clearly assumes she's not dating anyone else at this point. Admittedly it's only Jan 16 of year one, so I am running ahead of the usual schedule. I'm going to go back to the pre-dating-Adrian save and get through more of the year before picking a bf.
So the way you get Adrian to date you is by buying 8 items from his store, since he thinks that shows commitment or something. A bit contrived but fine.
The way you get Kam to date you is by buying tickets from the arcade because he owes the arcade money so there's a system where customers can buy dates with him. Apparently his manager's son was one of the people to do this? I mean hooray for canon m/m but also that's messed up, game.
Buying tickets is so booorinnnnggg *click* *click* *click*
*is too bored to play for like a week and a half*
uuurgh ok I overdid it today on housework and don't have any better mindless games to play let's do this.
What was I doing again...
I've unlocked Adrian and Kam, but it's only January year 1 so I'm going to sleep through everything for a while before choosing a bf, which means NO new content for AGES. I did get to pick Adrian for the "who's your type" game, the consensus was that he'd be into Shiloh (similarly scrawny, unintimidating, likes accessories)
The radio is playing a jazzy easy listening version of You by Radiohead which is not helping.
In mid February I get the option to cut off Lucas's route! I don't staying on it locks me in though, so let's keep going. Maybe....get some actual content???
WHOA if I hold control during the week it goes way quicker *is very good at VNs*
MC bumps into Lucas who has broken into the school to visit his "platonic soulmate". I was thinking it was Everett, since he mentioned Lucas being annoyingly friendly.
Lucas: JK!!
Jeremy: Lucas >:(
Me and MC: AMAZING
Lucas: You guys know each other?
MC: We're in the same school group.
Lucas: The coolest people around group?
MC: lol no. Did you guys meet at Jeremy's old public school?
Jeremy: Yes. Pran, this is Lucas, I told you about him.
Pran: Ah >:(
Lucas: Your other friend, Prawn! Wanna come with us while we take a tour of the school?
Jeremy: Leave before I call security >:(
Lucas: Another time then! Bye everyone! :D
MC: Wow, I can't believe you, me and Everett are all victims of that guy.
Jeremy: Gross. Now I have to feel sympathy for Everett.
MC bumps into Bae and Shiloh, who've been hanging out, only for Lucas to show up.
MC: Ugh, Lucas.
Shiloh: This is the guy who's been bugging you? Leave her alone, she's not into you >:(
Lucas: A love rival!! But it's just a game she and I play ;)
MC: UGH
Bae: Sorry, she has to come with us, someone like you might not realise this but our school has a curfew ^_^
MC organises a meeting to decide what to do about Lucas. All the jerks but Nate are there: Everett thought he'd find it too stressful.
Jeremy: Why do you even hate this guy?
MC: He can't take a hint!
Everett: Neither can you.
MC: Yes but I'm honest about who I like! You clowns can't bring yourselves to admit how you feel or you just love to complain, so you pretend not to be into it whole obviously going alone with everything I say willingly. Here we all are trying to find a way to avoid someone you genuinely don't like. Have you ever done that about me?
Jeremy: *quietly blushes*
AWW
MC: Like I thought. So, let's set up a buddy system.
Pran: Why don't you just talk to him more. You're so awful he'll avoid you.
MC: Good idea, we're all douches, let's make ourselves unbearable :D
Jeremy: I know him the best and this won't work.
MC: Save up that negativity for Lucas!
Oh gosh Lucas just flirted with Everett.
Everett: I am WAY out of your league
Lucas: Yeah I bet the girls just flock to a guy of your stature.
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET BOYS, LUCAS.
So Everett and MC just pretend they can't hear a word he's saying.
Lucas bumps MC, Everett, Bae and some others while Everett is waiting to meet with Nate. They try to get Lucas to leave before Nate shows up, but fail.
Nate: YOU >:( Were you bothering them?
Lucas: No, sir! It was four-eyes, he was saying mean things about you! I...uh...have to go D:
Turns out Lucas bugged Nate while he was shopping and got a severe talking to. Nate says he obviously acts in the most annoying way possible to get a rise out of people.
MC: Oh my god you're right. He flirts with me, is friendly to Jeremy, belittles Everett...FINE. If he's not actually interested, maybe next time he asks me out I should say yes!
Shiloh, master of manipulation: But then he might up the ante, like asking you to be his girlfriend.
MC: Damn.
So she confronts him with the truth.
MC: I know you just flirt because you know it annoys me.
Lucas: Ahaha >.> Can I explain?
MC: Only because I'll make fun of you.
Lucas: I'm good at reading people, so I know what they will and won't like, but when I actually want to make friends I get nervous and blurt out the worst possible thing.
MC: So you WERE trying to get into a relationship in a massively annoying way, but for the most ass backwards reasons possible?
Lucas: >.>
MC: You're either playing some Shiloh level multi-level game of manipulation or a MESS.
Lucas: Shiloh's the freckled guy, right? I did NOT get a good impression from him. He weirds me out.
MC: I need a lie down. I'll see you later, Lucas.
Lucas: You will? o.O
MC: Yeah.
Lucas, blushing: ok :D
Lucas/Everett is basically the only m/m ship for this game on the AO3 and didn't get it before but now I do.
MC: Hey
Lucas: Christ you actually texted I am going to fuck this up.
Aww.
They meet up in late September Year 2 and he's cutely blushy and I have the choice of boyfriend or friend! This will probably be the point where I start the other romances from, but Lucas is 1000% more appealing so let's date him first!
He flips between skeezy lines and adorably goofy nervousness, and says he's never dated before for obvious reasons.
I'm waiting for everyone else's reaction haha.
MC: So, what do you want to do later in life.
Lucas: Guess from my face :D
MC: A demotivational speaker?
Lucas: A dentist!
He cheerfully rambles about teeth for a while and then tells her HIS FURSONA IS CALLED LUPUS.
MC: So you guys remember Lucas?
Shiloh: Is he back? Should we get a restraining order?
MC: Nope. I like him now! We went on a date!
Everyone but Shiloh: WTF?? D:
Shiloh: If you like him he must have good qualities.
MC: You had him pegged from the start, didn't you?
Shiloh: I'm not sure what you mean.
MC: Anyway, he's actually just a lameass who can't talk to people. You should all be his friend!
Everyone: No.
MC: I'll give you time to process.
Lucas: Hey sexy lady ;)
MC: And this is why you never dated anyone before me.
Lucas: I know
MC: Hey, let's go to the hobby shop!
Lucas: Where Jeremy works?? :D Let's make his day!!
MC: Let's make his LIFE
God I love Jeremy
Lucas: Let's turn that frown upside down!
MC: We have enough good cheer to bring even you out of the dumps!
Jeremy: Why were the two of you allowed to get together.
MC: Because the world hates you.
Jeremy: I'm going to the back. Enjoy your date >:(
MC: We'll be thinking of you ;)
Lucas: How you you say that went on a scale of 1 to 10?
MC: A six.
Lucas: I'll take it!
MC: Pity we didn't bump into Everett working at the accessory store :D
Lucas: Ooh! Is there anyone else we can see?
MC: Shiloh works at the bookstore.
Lucas: No thank you >.>
Is the rest of this game going to be MC and Lucas obnoxiously flirting with the rest of the cast as a couple? Because I am here for it.
Lucas explains that when Nate "gave him a lecture", Lucas left, so Nate CHASED AFTER HIM, shouting insults and saying "I could catch up to you but I want you to keep running!" MC says Lucas must have activated Nate's notorious competitive streak.
MC bullies Everett and Jeremy into meeting with her and Lucas so she can explain.
Lucas: It's true, I can't help myself when confronted with a specimen such as yourself....sorry I suck >.>
MC: You don't have to feel bad, they suck too.
Everett: Are you fucking five? You're a dick to people because you like them?
Jeremy: This makes everything worse and I didn't think that was possible.
Everett: This is a waste of my time. Do you have an actual reason for us to be friends aside from you wanting it?
MC: You can help each other shop for terrible outfits?
Jeremy: It would mean me and Everett not being on the same side any more.
Everett: I can hate two people. But ugh, fine, I have a lot of friends, if pumpkin spice wants to be at the bottom of that list, fine.
Lucas: :D
MC: And now Jeremy and Lucas can be friends too!
Jeremy: Then Everett and me would be on the same side again. Have fun with your new buddy ;)
MC: Future dentist Lucas Leland Kaiser, I have decided to make you my boyfriend.
Lucas: Holy fucking christ. Really?? :D
Awww
She gives him the nickname Lulu and he says he'd already been thinking of her as Valentine and was going to ask her out on Valentines day but chickened out.
Lucas: I faceplanted today but the goods are still intact. Kiss it better?
MC: I can manage that
Lucas: Shit should have said it was the other goods ;^9
MC: Would you even admit if you got your dick caught in something
Lucas: I want to tell you everything girl
MC: How romantic
Lucas: <3
I feel like Lucas's quirk is being played more for humour than character consistency but this is still cute in a Dave/Terezi kinda way. (It's a Homestuck thing shh)
MC: Happy birthday Everett!
Everett: Whatever.
Lucas: Sup bitches!
Nate: THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY
Lucas: MC, protect me ;_;
Lynn: *cough* I'm Nurse Lynn, I supervise this group.
Lucas: Ooh, MC was right about you. A beautiful name for a beautiful man ;)
MC: Pfft
Lynn: That's inappropriate for a child to say to me.
Lucas: I turned 18 ages ago and you're not my supervisor ;)
MC: He can stay, right?
Lynn: No.
MC: You're such a jerk >:(
Lynn: Yes. That's why I get to stay and he doesn't :)
MC: I hope you're all happy >:(
Jeremy: I'm such a depressing empty shell that I don't know what it means to be happy, but maybe this is it.
Lucas sneaks into the school for prom night, and they bump into Jeremy and Pran.
Lucas: Casual club for you as well, huh?
Pran: We're not going to prom, it's awful.
Lucas: Makes sense, a guy like you has a different idea of what it means to party.
MC: What?
Lucas: On the other side of town there's a more hardcore kind of shindig. I've seen Pran there.
MC: Pran goes to parties??? Why???
Lucas: To get laid, probably.
Pran: Maybe :)
MC: Ooh! Is that the plan for you two tonight? :D
Pran: No.
Jeremy: My parents invited us to their house for a 'family party' to make themselves feel better about me not going to prom. It was awful :(
MC: Look at us all, having a conversation!
Lucas: It's like we're friends :D
Jeremy: Why do you even care about that after so many years?
Lucas: I just can't quit you ;)
Jeremy: Right, that would mean the world was kind >:(
MC: Think about it Jeremy, if it wasn't for Lucas, you'd have had no friends at your old school, and been a ripe target for bullies!
Jeremy: If you say so.
MC: Something about you draws in stubborn troublemaking guys, amirite Pran?
Pran: ...
Jeremy: I think it says more about you than me.
Lucas: I won't deny that.
Jeremy: At least you're not as creepily chipper as you used to be.
Lucas: Yeah, sorry about that. I'll see you both around.
Jeremy: Whatever.
Pran: Maybe.
Lucas: THOSE WEREN'T 'NO'S :D
MC: Prom truly is magical.
Lucas: You are. I've always had to crash parties because nobody invited me, but you invite me lots of places. It means a lot <3
MC: If anyone ever makes you feel unwelcome, we can have a party just for two. Thanks for inviting yourself into my life. But never do that again, it was dumb and bad.
Aww, MC gets Nate to apologise for being so mean to Lucas when they met.
Kam and Adrian friendship endings! They're ok, found out Adrian is the year below at school. Poor kid, I am dating him next and she will eat him alive.
At graduation MC is melancholy that the group is over, and so is Lucas: he always wanted to be accepted as part of the group and now it's too late. When they all banded together to exclude him he felt pretty awful.
MC: Aww. But you know what I said for whenever people exclude you ;) Plus being in the group just means hearing them bitch about every little thing, you've experienced that plenty.
Lucas: You are a gift. I'm going to make up for everything you've ever done for me by doing something I've never done before: throw a party, instead of gatecrashing other peoples.
MC: Awe, thanks for giving me something to look forward to after all this. But I'm handling the invitations.
THE END
That was pretty cute. No CGs or ending sprite, but that's fine because the art for those were awful.
Adrian route:
Aw, Lucas's response to MC wanting to be his friend is pretty cute. Anyway, back on the Adrian train.
...wait there are THREE DATES for each side boyfriend? THREE? Jesus. Ok I guess I'm not dating either of them until like...May. It's currently October. GOD.
MC: You don't seem very enthused about the amusement park, what's up?
Adrian: I'm not good with crowds. My parents took me to an amusement park as a child and I hyperventilated and had to go to hospital.
MC: Ack. Why didn't you say you didn't want to come?
Adrian: I didn't know I was allowed to.
MC: ...the haunted house ok with you?
Adrian: I think so.
MC: BOO
Adrian: Eeep o.O
MC: You said it was ok
Adrian, blushing: I don't panic but it's still scary
Such a woobie.
Adrian seems confused as to the purpose of the tunnel of love and objects to the way the boat tilts when MC tries to get closer so she settles for them getting closer metaphorically, telling him something she's never told anyone else.
MC: I may not be entirely without flaws. There, I said it, don't expect me to say it again.
Adrian: Yes?
He picks the next date!! He needs some reassurance that it was ok to pick the zoo, aw. Once they get there he goes straight for the petting zoo and is sad to leave. He says he wants to become a secretary when he leaves school, but mostly wants to leave home. I get the feeling his parents are not great.
They both agree they're enjoying the relationship, it's not very balanced but they seem happy I guess.
There's a WHOLE SENTENCE about MC sending Adrian a text before prom.
Lucas's friendship end scene is cute! He says he does have other friends and will introduce MC to them if he gets the chance, which he doesn't actually mention on his path.
Awww for MC's graduation Adrian gets her cute little pearl hair beads that show up on her sprite. I wonder if they'll show up in her inventory next playthrough?
MC: Thank you for not realising I'm way too much of a bitch for someone like you.
Adrian: Aha, uh?
THE END
That was...ehhhh. Cute for what it was, I guess. There's no indication that they kiss or even hug, I guess the writers (and maybe MC herself) felt her being her usual forwardly horny self would feel gross when Adrian is so bad at setting boundaries.
Kam route:
The pearl hair beads didn't show up >:( *grumpily wears prom queen tiara instead*
OH GOD THAT'S RIGHT Kam is BOUGHT AT THE ARCADE AS A TICKET PRIZE
MC: Do I get to pick where to go? When does it happen? Do I get a kiss? Etc.
Kam: Uh, yeah, whenever ya want, what does etc mean?
Boo: Forget the etc. If I pay extra can I change that no to a yes?
Kam: Nah.
They have a mutually enjoyable date at the zoo, and MC says she shouldn't have to pay more tickets if they become an official couple. Kam is blushingly pleased.
Shiloh: Kam is literally the stupidest person I've met. And I've met Everett!
Harsh but fair.
Kam finds the tunnel of love creepy, with all the "weird babies" (cupids), but is 100% on board for snuggling once the idea is suggested. Then he stands up to grab a heart from the ceiling and ignores MC when she tells him to stop rocking the boat. He was just doing it to see if he could, but gives it to her afterwards.
I like that while Kam is incredibly laid back and good natured, he's actually not a total pushover when he wants something. Him and MC is weird but I can see it working for both of them. Kinda.
He gets her headphones for a graduation gift.
THE END
That was...not very exciting.
(Oh also I loaded an old save and turns out Kam's type is Everett. The game didn't recognise me choosing Lucas, but his type is Everett too haha) I didn't end up shipping Kam and Adrian with eaxch other, they are too different, but I don't ship them with MC either. None of the cast seem suited to either of them. Kam seems to be happy enough as he is, but I ship Adrian/being happier.
Time for ALL THE OTHER BOYS, who I played simultaneously since none of them have much content.
Lucas Route: Annoying at first but then sweet and funny. Delightfully open about being into dudes.
Adrian and Kam Routes: Dull and underwritten but mildly cute in parts.
Content note: Very vague implication of bad/abusive parenting.
So! The three side boyfriends:
Adrian: softly spoken, shy, serious, slow on the uptake, works in the accessory store with Everett (who is an ass to him)
Kam: Cheerfully oblivious outgoing sk8ter boi, works at the arcade
Lucas: Douchebag bi-curious party boy from public school? I haven't met him yet.
I didn't end up taking any interesting screenshots of Adrian but he's a tiny pretty dark guy with terribly drawn shiny hair.
I saw the start of the Kam and Adrian paths before realising it made more sense to save them for when I did the whole thing, and MC was very condescending.
THIS IS VERY BORING. I'm visiting Kam and Adrian's stores every weekend and getting a new short conversation every five times ugh.
Ha, so she meets Lucas at a party and he asks for her number and she's like "Wow I forgot how normal flirting worked". She's a little iffy on being so actively pursued, since she prefers being the pursuer.
Adrian likes farm animals and vegan baking, he's very moe. I feel like I'm going to ship Adrian/Kam more than either of them with MC.
Adrian: So what are your interests?
MC: I like good looking guys like you, and myself :D
Adrian: That's...nice?
Kam: So how's Missy?
MC: I'm the only girl your limited brain needs to be thinking about.
Kam: So is she cool or...
Lucas has been messaging MC and chatting when they bump into each other, she feels like something's off but can't put her finger on it, so for now just tells him to back off on asking her out and wait until she asks him. He's been given no real personality beyond "self confidently into MC" and he only shows up once a month or so for a few sentences so I'm glad I combined him with the other two.
Kinda stumbled into dating Adrian it is BOOOORRRINNNNGGGG
A mildly interesting scene where MC complains about Lucas bugging her to date him.
Shiloh: I'll pretend to be your boyfriend so he'll go away :D
Everett: Let me be your fake boyfriend- I want to meet this guy who's got you so annoyed and shake his hand ;)
But then she describes Lucas and Everett goes OH THAT GUY HE KEEPS BUGGING ME TO HANG OUT.
The scene clearly assumes she's not dating anyone else at this point. Admittedly it's only Jan 16 of year one, so I am running ahead of the usual schedule. I'm going to go back to the pre-dating-Adrian save and get through more of the year before picking a bf.
So the way you get Adrian to date you is by buying 8 items from his store, since he thinks that shows commitment or something. A bit contrived but fine.
The way you get Kam to date you is by buying tickets from the arcade because he owes the arcade money so there's a system where customers can buy dates with him. Apparently his manager's son was one of the people to do this? I mean hooray for canon m/m but also that's messed up, game.
Buying tickets is so booorinnnnggg *click* *click* *click*
*is too bored to play for like a week and a half*
uuurgh ok I overdid it today on housework and don't have any better mindless games to play let's do this.
What was I doing again...
I've unlocked Adrian and Kam, but it's only January year 1 so I'm going to sleep through everything for a while before choosing a bf, which means NO new content for AGES. I did get to pick Adrian for the "who's your type" game, the consensus was that he'd be into Shiloh (similarly scrawny, unintimidating, likes accessories)
The radio is playing a jazzy easy listening version of You by Radiohead which is not helping.
In mid February I get the option to cut off Lucas's route! I don't staying on it locks me in though, so let's keep going. Maybe....get some actual content???
WHOA if I hold control during the week it goes way quicker *is very good at VNs*
MC bumps into Lucas who has broken into the school to visit his "platonic soulmate". I was thinking it was Everett, since he mentioned Lucas being annoyingly friendly.
Lucas: JK!!
Jeremy: Lucas >:(
Me and MC: AMAZING
Lucas: You guys know each other?
MC: We're in the same school group.
Lucas: The coolest people around group?
MC: lol no. Did you guys meet at Jeremy's old public school?
Jeremy: Yes. Pran, this is Lucas, I told you about him.
Pran: Ah >:(
Lucas: Your other friend, Prawn! Wanna come with us while we take a tour of the school?
Jeremy: Leave before I call security >:(
Lucas: Another time then! Bye everyone! :D
MC: Wow, I can't believe you, me and Everett are all victims of that guy.
Jeremy: Gross. Now I have to feel sympathy for Everett.
MC bumps into Bae and Shiloh, who've been hanging out, only for Lucas to show up.
MC: Ugh, Lucas.
Shiloh: This is the guy who's been bugging you? Leave her alone, she's not into you >:(
Lucas: A love rival!! But it's just a game she and I play ;)
MC: UGH
Bae: Sorry, she has to come with us, someone like you might not realise this but our school has a curfew ^_^
MC organises a meeting to decide what to do about Lucas. All the jerks but Nate are there: Everett thought he'd find it too stressful.
Jeremy: Why do you even hate this guy?
MC: He can't take a hint!
Everett: Neither can you.
MC: Yes but I'm honest about who I like! You clowns can't bring yourselves to admit how you feel or you just love to complain, so you pretend not to be into it whole obviously going alone with everything I say willingly. Here we all are trying to find a way to avoid someone you genuinely don't like. Have you ever done that about me?
Jeremy: *quietly blushes*
AWW
MC: Like I thought. So, let's set up a buddy system.
Pran: Why don't you just talk to him more. You're so awful he'll avoid you.
MC: Good idea, we're all douches, let's make ourselves unbearable :D
Jeremy: I know him the best and this won't work.
MC: Save up that negativity for Lucas!
Oh gosh Lucas just flirted with Everett.
Everett: I am WAY out of your league
Lucas: Yeah I bet the girls just flock to a guy of your stature.
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET BOYS, LUCAS.
So Everett and MC just pretend they can't hear a word he's saying.
Lucas bumps MC, Everett, Bae and some others while Everett is waiting to meet with Nate. They try to get Lucas to leave before Nate shows up, but fail.
Nate: YOU >:( Were you bothering them?
Lucas: No, sir! It was four-eyes, he was saying mean things about you! I...uh...have to go D:
Turns out Lucas bugged Nate while he was shopping and got a severe talking to. Nate says he obviously acts in the most annoying way possible to get a rise out of people.
MC: Oh my god you're right. He flirts with me, is friendly to Jeremy, belittles Everett...FINE. If he's not actually interested, maybe next time he asks me out I should say yes!
Shiloh, master of manipulation: But then he might up the ante, like asking you to be his girlfriend.
MC: Damn.
So she confronts him with the truth.
MC: I know you just flirt because you know it annoys me.
Lucas: Ahaha >.> Can I explain?
MC: Only because I'll make fun of you.
Lucas: I'm good at reading people, so I know what they will and won't like, but when I actually want to make friends I get nervous and blurt out the worst possible thing.
MC: So you WERE trying to get into a relationship in a massively annoying way, but for the most ass backwards reasons possible?
Lucas: >.>
MC: You're either playing some Shiloh level multi-level game of manipulation or a MESS.
Lucas: Shiloh's the freckled guy, right? I did NOT get a good impression from him. He weirds me out.
MC: I need a lie down. I'll see you later, Lucas.
Lucas: You will? o.O
MC: Yeah.
Lucas, blushing: ok :D
Lucas/Everett is basically the only m/m ship for this game on the AO3 and didn't get it before but now I do.
MC: Hey
Lucas: Christ you actually texted I am going to fuck this up.
Aww.
They meet up in late September Year 2 and he's cutely blushy and I have the choice of boyfriend or friend! This will probably be the point where I start the other romances from, but Lucas is 1000% more appealing so let's date him first!
He flips between skeezy lines and adorably goofy nervousness, and says he's never dated before for obvious reasons.
I'm waiting for everyone else's reaction haha.
MC: So, what do you want to do later in life.
Lucas: Guess from my face :D
MC: A demotivational speaker?
Lucas: A dentist!
He cheerfully rambles about teeth for a while and then tells her HIS FURSONA IS CALLED LUPUS.
MC: So you guys remember Lucas?
Shiloh: Is he back? Should we get a restraining order?
MC: Nope. I like him now! We went on a date!
Everyone but Shiloh: WTF?? D:
Shiloh: If you like him he must have good qualities.
MC: You had him pegged from the start, didn't you?
Shiloh: I'm not sure what you mean.
MC: Anyway, he's actually just a lameass who can't talk to people. You should all be his friend!
Everyone: No.
MC: I'll give you time to process.
Lucas: Hey sexy lady ;)
MC: And this is why you never dated anyone before me.
Lucas: I know
MC: Hey, let's go to the hobby shop!
Lucas: Where Jeremy works?? :D Let's make his day!!
MC: Let's make his LIFE
God I love Jeremy
Lucas: Let's turn that frown upside down!
MC: We have enough good cheer to bring even you out of the dumps!
Jeremy: Why were the two of you allowed to get together.
MC: Because the world hates you.
Jeremy: I'm going to the back. Enjoy your date >:(
MC: We'll be thinking of you ;)
Lucas: How you you say that went on a scale of 1 to 10?
MC: A six.
Lucas: I'll take it!
MC: Pity we didn't bump into Everett working at the accessory store :D
Lucas: Ooh! Is there anyone else we can see?
MC: Shiloh works at the bookstore.
Lucas: No thank you >.>
Is the rest of this game going to be MC and Lucas obnoxiously flirting with the rest of the cast as a couple? Because I am here for it.
Lucas explains that when Nate "gave him a lecture", Lucas left, so Nate CHASED AFTER HIM, shouting insults and saying "I could catch up to you but I want you to keep running!" MC says Lucas must have activated Nate's notorious competitive streak.
MC bullies Everett and Jeremy into meeting with her and Lucas so she can explain.
Lucas: It's true, I can't help myself when confronted with a specimen such as yourself....sorry I suck >.>
MC: You don't have to feel bad, they suck too.
Everett: Are you fucking five? You're a dick to people because you like them?
Jeremy: This makes everything worse and I didn't think that was possible.
Everett: This is a waste of my time. Do you have an actual reason for us to be friends aside from you wanting it?
MC: You can help each other shop for terrible outfits?
Jeremy: It would mean me and Everett not being on the same side any more.
Everett: I can hate two people. But ugh, fine, I have a lot of friends, if pumpkin spice wants to be at the bottom of that list, fine.
Lucas: :D
MC: And now Jeremy and Lucas can be friends too!
Jeremy: Then Everett and me would be on the same side again. Have fun with your new buddy ;)
MC: Future dentist Lucas Leland Kaiser, I have decided to make you my boyfriend.
Lucas: Holy fucking christ. Really?? :D
Awww
She gives him the nickname Lulu and he says he'd already been thinking of her as Valentine and was going to ask her out on Valentines day but chickened out.
Lucas: I faceplanted today but the goods are still intact. Kiss it better?
MC: I can manage that
Lucas: Shit should have said it was the other goods ;^9
MC: Would you even admit if you got your dick caught in something
Lucas: I want to tell you everything girl
MC: How romantic
Lucas: <3
I feel like Lucas's quirk is being played more for humour than character consistency but this is still cute in a Dave/Terezi kinda way. (It's a Homestuck thing shh)
MC: Happy birthday Everett!
Everett: Whatever.
Lucas: Sup bitches!
Nate: THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY
Lucas: MC, protect me ;_;
Lynn: *cough* I'm Nurse Lynn, I supervise this group.
Lucas: Ooh, MC was right about you. A beautiful name for a beautiful man ;)
MC: Pfft
Lynn: That's inappropriate for a child to say to me.
Lucas: I turned 18 ages ago and you're not my supervisor ;)
MC: He can stay, right?
Lynn: No.
MC: You're such a jerk >:(
Lynn: Yes. That's why I get to stay and he doesn't :)
MC: I hope you're all happy >:(
Jeremy: I'm such a depressing empty shell that I don't know what it means to be happy, but maybe this is it.
Lucas sneaks into the school for prom night, and they bump into Jeremy and Pran.
Lucas: Casual club for you as well, huh?
Pran: We're not going to prom, it's awful.
Lucas: Makes sense, a guy like you has a different idea of what it means to party.
MC: What?
Lucas: On the other side of town there's a more hardcore kind of shindig. I've seen Pran there.
MC: Pran goes to parties??? Why???
Lucas: To get laid, probably.
Pran: Maybe :)
MC: Ooh! Is that the plan for you two tonight? :D
Pran: No.
Jeremy: My parents invited us to their house for a 'family party' to make themselves feel better about me not going to prom. It was awful :(
MC: Look at us all, having a conversation!
Lucas: It's like we're friends :D
Jeremy: Why do you even care about that after so many years?
Lucas: I just can't quit you ;)
Jeremy: Right, that would mean the world was kind >:(
MC: Think about it Jeremy, if it wasn't for Lucas, you'd have had no friends at your old school, and been a ripe target for bullies!
Jeremy: If you say so.
MC: Something about you draws in stubborn troublemaking guys, amirite Pran?
Pran: ...
Jeremy: I think it says more about you than me.
Lucas: I won't deny that.
Jeremy: At least you're not as creepily chipper as you used to be.
Lucas: Yeah, sorry about that. I'll see you both around.
Jeremy: Whatever.
Pran: Maybe.
Lucas: THOSE WEREN'T 'NO'S :D
MC: Prom truly is magical.
Lucas: You are. I've always had to crash parties because nobody invited me, but you invite me lots of places. It means a lot <3
MC: If anyone ever makes you feel unwelcome, we can have a party just for two. Thanks for inviting yourself into my life. But never do that again, it was dumb and bad.
Aww, MC gets Nate to apologise for being so mean to Lucas when they met.
Kam and Adrian friendship endings! They're ok, found out Adrian is the year below at school. Poor kid, I am dating him next and she will eat him alive.
At graduation MC is melancholy that the group is over, and so is Lucas: he always wanted to be accepted as part of the group and now it's too late. When they all banded together to exclude him he felt pretty awful.
MC: Aww. But you know what I said for whenever people exclude you ;) Plus being in the group just means hearing them bitch about every little thing, you've experienced that plenty.
Lucas: You are a gift. I'm going to make up for everything you've ever done for me by doing something I've never done before: throw a party, instead of gatecrashing other peoples.
MC: Awe, thanks for giving me something to look forward to after all this. But I'm handling the invitations.
THE END
That was pretty cute. No CGs or ending sprite, but that's fine because the art for those were awful.
Adrian route:
Aw, Lucas's response to MC wanting to be his friend is pretty cute. Anyway, back on the Adrian train.
...wait there are THREE DATES for each side boyfriend? THREE? Jesus. Ok I guess I'm not dating either of them until like...May. It's currently October. GOD.
MC: You don't seem very enthused about the amusement park, what's up?
Adrian: I'm not good with crowds. My parents took me to an amusement park as a child and I hyperventilated and had to go to hospital.
MC: Ack. Why didn't you say you didn't want to come?
Adrian: I didn't know I was allowed to.
MC: ...the haunted house ok with you?
Adrian: I think so.
MC: BOO
Adrian: Eeep o.O
MC: You said it was ok
Adrian, blushing: I don't panic but it's still scary
Such a woobie.
Adrian seems confused as to the purpose of the tunnel of love and objects to the way the boat tilts when MC tries to get closer so she settles for them getting closer metaphorically, telling him something she's never told anyone else.
MC: I may not be entirely without flaws. There, I said it, don't expect me to say it again.
Adrian: Yes?
He picks the next date!! He needs some reassurance that it was ok to pick the zoo, aw. Once they get there he goes straight for the petting zoo and is sad to leave. He says he wants to become a secretary when he leaves school, but mostly wants to leave home. I get the feeling his parents are not great.
They both agree they're enjoying the relationship, it's not very balanced but they seem happy I guess.
There's a WHOLE SENTENCE about MC sending Adrian a text before prom.
Lucas's friendship end scene is cute! He says he does have other friends and will introduce MC to them if he gets the chance, which he doesn't actually mention on his path.
Awww for MC's graduation Adrian gets her cute little pearl hair beads that show up on her sprite. I wonder if they'll show up in her inventory next playthrough?
MC: Thank you for not realising I'm way too much of a bitch for someone like you.
Adrian: Aha, uh?
THE END
That was...ehhhh. Cute for what it was, I guess. There's no indication that they kiss or even hug, I guess the writers (and maybe MC herself) felt her being her usual forwardly horny self would feel gross when Adrian is so bad at setting boundaries.
Kam route:
The pearl hair beads didn't show up >:( *grumpily wears prom queen tiara instead*
OH GOD THAT'S RIGHT Kam is BOUGHT AT THE ARCADE AS A TICKET PRIZE
MC: Do I get to pick where to go? When does it happen? Do I get a kiss? Etc.
Kam: Uh, yeah, whenever ya want, what does etc mean?
Boo: Forget the etc. If I pay extra can I change that no to a yes?
Kam: Nah.
They have a mutually enjoyable date at the zoo, and MC says she shouldn't have to pay more tickets if they become an official couple. Kam is blushingly pleased.
Shiloh: Kam is literally the stupidest person I've met. And I've met Everett!
Harsh but fair.
Kam finds the tunnel of love creepy, with all the "weird babies" (cupids), but is 100% on board for snuggling once the idea is suggested. Then he stands up to grab a heart from the ceiling and ignores MC when she tells him to stop rocking the boat. He was just doing it to see if he could, but gives it to her afterwards.
I like that while Kam is incredibly laid back and good natured, he's actually not a total pushover when he wants something. Him and MC is weird but I can see it working for both of them. Kinda.
He gets her headphones for a graduation gift.
THE END
That was...not very exciting.
(Oh also I loaded an old save and turns out Kam's type is Everett. The game didn't recognise me choosing Lucas, but his type is Everett too haha) I didn't end up shipping Kam and Adrian with eaxch other, they are too different, but I don't ship them with MC either. None of the cast seem suited to either of them. Kam seems to be happy enough as he is, but I ship Adrian/being happier.
