wahhhhhhh... this is such a beautiful story
*spoilers*
I played this several years ago but I'd forgotten how good it is. spent hours exploring these past few days, resolving everything, and discovering scenes I never did the first time around. im sure there's still some I missed. like, I didn't know you could bring Jo to the lake and Esteban to vandalize the lion in the same run (and get him back into painting then!! id struggled with the choice between smoking with him and getting the gem so I was so happy to figure out I could do both). and the last time I played I don't think I got the last scene with the party, it was so nice to be able to be friends with everybody even when I couldn't spend time with them earlier. Gemma my beloved. I always end up staying for Jo, though. it just feels right.
but I could have sworn I had ended last time with a trio of mc/jo/suzette? am I making that up? I spent so many runs trying to make that happen but once I got to the party I could only ever romance one of them and I love that group so much.
anyway feeling the mc grow tired always breaks my heart. I wish I could get them that ending faster, but I can't keep going knowing there's something I could have fixed. like id gotten everything perfect but forgotten to make Esteban paint. if I can fix it, I should, shouldn't I? since I have the power to? but I wonder if by the time I get it perfect, mc is too jaded to feel the joy they've brought. and I wonder how they feel, having spent years and years with all of these people, all of these lifestyles, using their time to know and love them--I wonder how they feel having to choose just one to grow old with.
so thanks for writing, this is gonna stick with me for a long time. maybe I'll come back and play a third time in a few years lol
(oh and if the trio is possible lmk!!!)