I've added a dialogue option where the protagonist meets another member of the group, asking them what their story is. What was the situation their powers got them into that forced them to leave the town they used to live in.
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j "So what’s your story?"
m "I beg your pardon?"
j "What’s your story? Why’d you run to the forest everybody callin’ you a monster?"
m "Hm…"
m "I suppose that is something I could share."
m "I am far from similar to our kindred spirits in that aspect. I was born as the beast I am."
m "From my first breath, I was considered a horrifying creature."
m "Before I knew how to walk, my legs were snapped. Even the most base forms of sustenance were considered a luxury."
m "The humans did not allow me to forget what I was and that my existence was a mistake."
m "So… once I was of age I left."
menu:
"I'm glad you're okay.":
j "I'm, uh..."
"Deep breaths, Jackie. Hindsight and everybody said he's the strongest."
"Probably 'cause he had to go through all that, right?"
j "I'm glad you're okay now."
m "...Yes, I am. I'm absolutely grand."
m "Hm..."
"And that's it?":
j "And that's it?"
m "Hehehe... No, you've caught me."
m "{b}I exterminated everyone that deemed me unfit to live amongst humans.{/b}"
j "What the fuck?!"
m "Is that not appropriate in your eyes?"
m "Perhaps in time you will understand my intentions."
But I'm afraid if I do this, I'll lose the impression that he's trying to be dramatic. I'm tempted to just take the line "Before I knew how to walk, my legs were snapped. Even the most base forms of sustenance were considered a luxury." out of this part of the story. But I'm afraid that it'll make "I exterminated everyone that deemed me unfit to live amongst humans." seem... off.
M is an extremely violent individual, however if I get rid of the former line leaving the latter one it will give the false impression that he is violent without reason. It might make it feel like he just killed a bunch of people just because they didn't like him, not because he was abused.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how I should fix this? Maybe just leave it the way it is? I need input.