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look behind you! haha there's nothing there April fools!

in honor of the greatest holiday in the world, how do the guys from your games celebrate? who's the pranker (is it trace. it's trace right) and who's the prankee? who goes way too far? who will actually kill you if you even think about doing anything? who is normal about it?who doesn't believe anyone about anything the entire day? so many wonderful options.

HU WAH???

Trace is a prank nightmare and Devin is a straight-faced liar. This is their favorite holiday. Everyone else is suffering terribly.

Sibir’s autism means they take everything at face value if they trust you enough, so today is a nightmare for them. They’d prefer pranks because then they can just walk through them brick wall style, but April Fool’s jokes are going to go right over their head. Lisandro likes this holiday because he can be silly. :) Idali and Teslas are both Machiavellian plotters anyway so — Idali sees April Fools as childish, Teslas is curled up in a paranoia ball in the corner.

Lane and Mattie are engaged in some kind of thermonuclear prank war that goes waaaay too far and results in at least one serious injury and a lot of hurt feelings.

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Was Greenwarden posted on another site years ago? Just played today, saw Bautista and Nazeri and my brain started shrieking and wailing about how "I've been here before!" like some sort of sleeper agent activation😭 Love your IF!❤️ I vaguely recall younger me being unable to choose between the ROs lmfao, just ended up making multiple playthroughs...

Thank you !! Greenwarden: Alpha was first posted on DashingDon as a ChoiceScript game. I've since split from Choice of Games over creative differences, so Greenwarden is an indie Twine game now. :]

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Just found your story, and it’s lovely. Thank you for sharing it with the world. :D First time playing was a bit of a shock- I had no clue nb!Nazeri was named Amir! That’s my name!! I’m also a trans Muslim person! (who is, as you so wonderfully put it…loosey goosey about it) It’s amazing to see a character like that handled so respectfully, and I love that they wear hijab. <3

WAAAAAAAAUGH thank you. Extremely important to me that you felt Nazeri was handled with grace and respect.

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Could you tell us more about each of the ROs personalities? Maybe just even some silly little facts about them? 🖤

Sure!!

Bautista is a consummate stoic tech head; their time in the military rearranged some of their brain, so they jump to conclusions and bend to authority even when they really shouldn't, but they're your best friend. Marianna has more of a hair-trigger temper than Marc does, and generally speaking will be tougher on the player for their mistakes. They're allergic to cats but like them anyway, and they have two younger sisters. They can and will eat raw scorpion peppers and they don't get why no one likes their (spicy. so so so spicy. too spicy) firecracker sauce.

Nazeri grew up nouveau riche, which shows, but is otherwise a nice person with extraordinarily bad taste. Former CIA recruit, best driver in the cast, most fashionable in the cast, biggest ego of the cast. Asiyeh and Amir are both hijabi. Amir dresses like their name is Sock -- lots of bright colors, frogs, mushrooms, overalls, chunky shoes, etc. They wear glasses with fake lenses in them. Asiyeh and Asad are more into delicate, elegant muted pastels and minimalism. They have a thing for the tracker even before the game starts, which morphs into something of a friendly rivalry if they're not being romanced. Wakes up at 6 AM to jog and do yoga.

Devin is a total mystery to many, and operates as something of a community + spiritual leader + mayor + free therapist for the townspeople of Warden. They sure do enjoy their job! The last of Warden's long lineage of Graves, which has occupied the same role and home for two hundred years. They own and operate Marigold Cafe, which is one of the only places to go out and eat in town. They have a blue budgie named Marisol, who is deeply spoiled, and is the cafe's resident radio. Makes their own jewelry. Crochets. Bakes. They have a lot of time on their hands.

Trace is Warden's infamous nuisance animal. There are stories about them dating back to the early 1900s -- but where they came from, nobody knows. Fan of all music, hush puppies, and doggie chew toys. Best friends with Marisol the bird. Cannot read. The worst driver out of the entire cast, and in no circumstance should they be allowed behind the wheel. Technically they do not sleep.

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How do I decide between Bautista (big strong woman - hot) and Trace (eldritch monster who can kill me - hot)?

Multiple saves.

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ROs reaction to a happy MC? Like, one day the MC just comes in and has a soft smile on their face and are in just a peaceful mood

SCARY…..

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Could you possibly give us a sneak peek or a little snippet of what dating each RO would look like for our MC?1

Deranged.

KIDDING, I just don't want to give too much away. I can give you a quick rundown though.

Bautista's romance is tangled up in a very dysfunctional, codependent friendship where you're basically already platonically married but also in the middle of a nasty divorce but also also you can't live without each other but also-

Nazeri has a little bit of enemies-to-lovers flavor that is compounded by Nazeri's poorly managed insecurities -- and their genuine suspicion that the Tracker isn't anything like they appear to be.

Devin is straight up enemies-to-lovers but is one of the sweeter romances, with a little bit of mentorship thrown in. Except you're both mentoring each other and are more alike than you care to comfortably admit.

Trace is insane and a little weird but also fun. They eat people. You're macking on somebody that's eaten people.

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my mc isnt trans and isnt cis but a secret third thing (deranged)

!! THIS IS HOW THE DERANGED AGENDA CAN STILL WIN !!

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yayyy tracker in the torment nexus. bautista needs more stress ulcers

Bautista voice can you exit the torment nexus. For FIVE MINUTES.

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i just realized marianna has a carabiner o7 thank you for your service

😏 you can thank maggie over @/fat-rolls-frictions for reminding me that Marianna needs a carabiner to feel safe.

Also here’s this picture from Twitter so the chat goes insane:

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First and foremost do we get a scene of the RO and MC snuggling or is that too domestic?

Secondly when spooning is the RO the big or the little spoon?

You might!

I know I've answered the spooning question before, but because Tumblr's search function is a nightmarish Miskatonic library, here's the updated answers:

Bautista: Big spoon (they run hot, so being the little spoon would make them Slick Mickey).

Nazeri: Spoon versatile. Can be big or little spoon.

Devin: Little spoon.

Trace: Spork (spoon that is pointy)

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How does each RO currently feel about the MC? I wanna assign songs to their current relationship

Heh. Well. 😏

Bautista: Oh my god. Oh my god?? Oh my god. You're going to get you both killed.

Nazeri: Literally don't know what's going on here but it pisses them off.

Devin:

Trace: Hahaha yaaaaaay!!! [chorus of snarling dog savaging a corpse ripping tearing Cronenberg gore noises]

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Can you tell us what each ROs best and worst quality is?

Also, what would each RO say the best and worst quality of the MC is?

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Bautista: Best quality is loyalty. Worst quality is obedience. They would say the MC's best quality is talent, and their worst quality is stubbornness.

Nazeri: Best quality is compassion. Worst quality is ego. They would also say the MC's best quality is talent, and their worst quality is attitude.

Devin: Best quality is also compassion. Worst quality is apathy. They would say the MC's best quality is fierceness, and their worst quality is nosiness.

Trace: Best quality is eagerness. Their worst quality is also eagerness. They don't have an opinion on the MC's best or worst qualities -- only that they're very, very interesting.

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Bautista doesn't want tracker to take their name?

Foiled my plan to start introducing us as Bautista and Bautista. 😂

Not that they don’t want you to take their last name, they just have Issues.

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So, it seems like whatever is in the woods is interested in the MC, can you tell us the reason, or is that too spoilery??

All I can give you is this:

It doesn't have nostrils that move, but you can feel it smelling you. Your fear on the air. It knocks its rotting, yellow teeth together. Bones snapping. A low snarl rumbling in its hollow stomach. s….tole…. stole…….. me. stole me. A shiver shakes your spine. STOLE ME. YOU S T O L E ME. GIVE ME BACK WHAT YOU TOOK FROM ME. It opens its mouth, and the scream that rips out of it shatters something soft at the base of your brain. You should run.

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I'm having trouble looking through the archives so sorry if you already answered this, but what would the gw ROs do if they accidently hurt Tracker? not so much an oops-I-was-stretching-and-elbowed-you-in-the-face hurt but the classic oops-I-got-possessed-by-some-weird-mind-control-thing-before-I-came-back-to-my-senses-only-after-you-were-already-bloody-to-up-the-angst hurt that is most definitely a guilty pleasure for me (hence, anonymous)? ...or just the elbow in the face, that is good too

Hmmmmmm... I think Bautista and Nazeri would be particularly broken up about it. That cuts right into Bautista's gnarled trauma tissue surrounding their intimate relationships, and might throw them into a PTSD episode that'll be hard to come back from.

For Nazeri, it would feed into their fear that they're becoming a monster. They're supposed to be the best, they're supposed to be the one-in-a-million Hunter who stays human -- but in the end they're just like everyone else. And it's their fault, because they made choices.

Devin would be -- unsurprised. For reasons. Trace would be surprised, and both of them would try their best to beg forgiveness.