#i cant wait to replay this after ive finished some of the other stuff on my backlog. because i know theres stuff i missed

[demento-mori]

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[zmayadw]

Hello :) 

It’s time for the next part :)

Thanks again to all who read it so far!

CALL OF THE RAVEN

PART 3

I woke up with the sun already out, making my eyes adjust to the light again. I checked the clock above doors. 9.45. Huh, nice, I tought, the nurse didnt lie when she said the pain meds would make me sleep better. I felt more rested today, but still pretty sore. I managed to get up and go to bathroom. I looked myself in the mirror -I looked like hell. I hoped Jessy would come today with my stuff, I needed some fixing up urgently. As I was leaving the bathroom, my phone beeped with new message. My heart jumped with excitement,only to see it was Jessy. „Hey hey, sleeping beauty, im sorry, you will have to manage without my awesomness today, but dont worry, i'm sending the next best person to keep you company! ;D Call you later ,kisses!“ I smiled as I layed back to bed. That sweet nurse from before entered my room smiling. „Good morning, hun, hope you slept well“. „I sure did, thanks.“ I replied, while she settled the food tray with breakfast on the stand. She helped me make myself comfortable in bed, and putted the tray in front of me, when a voice came from the door. „Doris! My favorite nurs!“ It was Dan, and Doris chuckled as Dan came over to the bed. „Oh my, hun, if I knew who your friend was, I would have brought you something stronger then this tea“ I laughed, while Dan made a gesture with his hands, stabing at his heart. „Awww, c'mon Doris, dont be so cruel, you know you like me!“ Doris just waved her head as she went for the door. „If this schmuck starts to bother you too much, you just yell hun.“  I smiled at her „Thanks Doris, I might just do that.“  Dan looked at me. „Is that a 'thank you' I get for coming here?“ he siad, being dramatic as Dans always is. I grinned „Ofcourse not! But its entertaining to see you all squirmy.“ „Tsk,tsk, sure, pick on poor Dan.“ He grabed a chair and sat next to the bed. „You look like shit, Maya.“  „Gee, thanks Dan, thats really what I wanted to hear.“ I said, even tho I knew he was right, I did look awful. „Hey, dont get mad at me, I just say it as it is! Luckily, Dan is here to the rescue..again.“ he said handing me my backpack. „ Jessy went through your stuff, and filled your pack with what she tought you might need the most. She said to text her later if theres anything else you need so she can bring it.“ „Thanks Dan.“ I said taking the backpack from him. „And I mean thanks, not just for this.“ Dan looked at me, and I could read a bit of worry on his face. He quickly tried to hide it „Hey, no need to thank me, I told you once before, if theres a damsel in distress, im here to help.“ „Damsel“ I snorted. „Doubt that a damsel would act so stupid as I did.“ I felt that awfull feeling of guilt taking over me again. „Look Maya, i'm really not the one to judge you here. Yes, what you did was Incredibly stupid, and lets be honest, you almost got yourself killed. When Lily called me and told me everything, I was so pissed at both of you, well you mostly, but also kinda excited that someone actualy took the matter into its own hands.“ I looked at him with awe, I didnt quite expect it. He continued „And frankly, I kinda expected something like this from you sooner or later, well at least the part of you coming to Duskwood. As I was running to my car, calling Thomas and filing him in on everything,I got really angry at you for not turning to me for help. You know I would help you no matter what, I told you that hundred of times before.“  „Yes Dan, I know you would.“ I said, even more of that guilt creeping in. „But you didnt! Then I tought, maybe afterall you didnt trust me enough as you said.“ „I did trust you, I do trust you Dan, you have to know that.“ Now even tears started forming in my eyes. „I know, Maya, its just how I felt at the time. And when I got to the mine, Thomas was already there, with this cop who was close by and responded to the call since I told Lily to inform that inspector guy. He said we should wait for backup, but stuborn as I am, I just rushed in, Thomas yelling after me, but I just kept running. Good thing they went after me, because God only knows what would happen if they didnt.“ I couldnt keep the tears anymore, and I just burst out crying. Dan got up from his chair, sat next to me on the bed, hugging me. „ As I said im not here to judge you, or make you fell more guilty. Heck, I might have done the same thing, or something worse. Things wer starting to get us really nowhere, and something happening was kinda of a kickoff for me. And im not mad at you any more Maya, just to get that out in the opet.“ „Thanks Dan, I really appriciate it.“ I barely managed through my tears. „Yeah,yeah, im awesom, I know.“ He grined at me, as i looked him with eyes full of tears. He huged me a bit tighter, and I rested my head on his shoulder. „You got me really freaking scared there in that mine, Maya. When I saw you like that..“ he paused.  „I cant say how much im sorry about all, Dan. I did more harm then good, and I betrayed all of you guys again.“ „Well, at the end, you did find Hannah, so im sure Thomas wont have that much of a grudge.“ He grined at me, handing me a tissue, wich made me relax a bit. „Yes I did. And how are our little love birds doing?“ i asked wiping the tears, as Dan moved back to the chair. „Oh, theyr fine. Thomas is not letting Hannah alone for one milisecond, wich is a bit too wooshy mooshy if you ask me.“ He mad a face of gaging. „Oh, c'mon mister tough guy, that picture Jessy sent me of you two from last night was quite mooswhy wooshy in my eyes.“ I said teasingly. „If you ever say that to anyone about me, and I mean ANYONE, i swear Maya...“ I didnt let him finish, I just grined „Dont worry, your mooshy wooshy secret is safe with me.“ „Good, good. So when are they letting you go from this shit hole?“ „Oh, come on, its not that terrible here: food is not bad, room is nice and quiet, and I have a killer wiev, what's the hurry?“ „I promised you some whiskey.“ he grined „And Jessy wont let me drink, but when you get out she wont be abel to say no.“ „ You really ARE scared of Jessy.“ I said laughing. „She might be small, but the woman is a dynamite when serious!“ I laughed so hard, the tea I just sipped when out through my nose. „Thanks Dan, I needed this.“ „Dan to the rescue.“ He smiled and winked. „Sooo...“ he starte, and I got a feeling I knew what he gonna ask me. „Did the 'hackerboy' contaced you by now?“ „His name is Jake, could you please not call him that anymore.“ I said a bit too stern maybe. „All right, all right, no need to get all serious on me now. Did 'Jake' contacted you?“  I hesitated for a brief moment before answering „No, nothing yet. And to be honest, might be better like that. I myself am not too eager for that talk .“ „Heh, I can understand that. If I was that much pissed at you back then, I dont want to imagine how much 'hac..' , sorry, Jake is pissed at you right now.“  „Well, I guess I will find out soon enough..if he still wants to talk to me at all.“  Dan putted on his serious face, but with a little grin on it „Hey, if he talks bad to you, let me know, i'll show him off!“ „Ohh, im sure you would enjoy that..maybe even to much.“ I said, him grinning even more. „But thanks, Dan, again, for everything.“ „Yeah,yeah, dont you get all wooshy mooshy on me now also.“ he said, getting up. „Well, I gotta go. You get better soon, and call if you need anything.“  „Thanks, Dan, sure will.“ I replied, and waved him goodby. Doris came shortly after Dan left, and got me off the IV, suggesting I take a shower. I grabbed the pack Jessy sent me, and went through it. I took out some underweare, clean shirt and sweatpants, grabbed the shampoons, tooth brush and paste and headed for the bathroom. The shower did feel nice, but it took me ages to finish it, since I was still quite sore. A big bruise at my ribs was still making me short breathed at the times, and all the other cuts and bruises didnt help with easing the pain either. I had a  cut on the back of my head, wich was the reason my head still throbed a lot. I brushed my teeth, looked myself in the mirror, and already could notice some color coming back to my cheeks. I got back to bed and took my phone, might aswell check those messages and emails, its not like I'm have anything smarter to do. Most emails wer not important, I answered a few I needed, and switched to messages. Most of missed calls and messages wer from the night of the incident, so not much replaying needed here. Cleo sent a message saying shes happy im ok, and she will come to visit soon. Thomas also sent a message, thanking me for everything, emphasising tho that I was reckles and how all could have ended differently, but still no grudges from his side. He was just too happy Hannah was back with him. Ofcourse, they all wished me to get well soon, and they cant wait for when I get out so we can all meet properly.I replied to both, thanking them for good wishess. Staring at my chats screen, I opened my conversation with Jake. He was offline, ofcourse. I stared at the blinking pointer on the text space, but I didnt know what to write. My head was blank, I couldnt think of anything. After few minutes I exited the chat, settling the phone aside, and turning the tv on. Maybe some movie or something will get me relaxed a bit. I switched through channels, till I found something acceptable to watch. I ajusted myself on the pillow, and before I knew, dozed off.

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BUNNI PLAYS MORE OF HATOFUL BOYFRIEND HOLIDAY STAR! I’ve kinda been using this as my reward after tough days, so its been almost a year now and I’ve only just got to chapter 3! It was a good strategy tho, cos stretching it out kinda makes up for the fact i was spoiled on the ending. I dont really have the same big drive to finish it all in one day when there’s no enigma.

ANYWAY! Thoughts below! For chapter 3!

* AAAAAA?!?!?! Somehow ive seen so much spoiler discussion but nobody even told me we kinda got HAPPY NAGEKI TIMES???? Like, it seems this game just ambiguously exists in some weird universe where every ending is canon and none of them are. Its less of a direct sequel and more of a sidestory that could have taken place during the school year but just wasn’t shown. BUT I DID NOT KNOW That it was a swoodly woodly timey wimey reinterpretationy where protagonist could do nageki’s route WITHOUT his soul fading away, and then introduce him to all the other characters and THEY ALL BECOME FRIENDS???? I mean its not like a proper big good ending or anything but its a good ending compared to what he got! I want poor ghost boy to find some small happinesses before he fades away!! Also its nice to see interactions between him and everyone else that arent just manga omakes and developer interview stuff.

* MIRU AND KAKU I LOVE MY SWEET MUTANT CHILDREN they get just as excited by post christmas astronomy club party too ‘The moon went peek a boo’ I JUST FUCKIN THEYRE SO SWEET TINY DESTRUCTIVE MENACES OF CHRISTMAS PLEASE NOBODY EVER HARM THEM

* The whole intro to the whole actual Holiday Star kingdom plot is really well done! Its cool how they suddenly throw a more impactful and dark sort of sidestory at the end of a bunch of comedic ones, and it was a really good misdirect to have it just like.. interrupt mid-scene? Everybody watching the eclipse and then mid sentence its just ‘oh yeah we were totally on this magical train all along, nothing weird about this- WAIT A SECOND’. I think its actually more surprising than the protagonist’s death in the first game cos there’s absolutely NO sense of incoming dread or anything! It managed to be still surprising even though I was spoiled for all of this happening! I just didnt know HOW it happens, yknow?

* also this design for a sky clock thing is a cool design for a sky clock thing

* can nageki be canon boyfriend i’m just happy to have him having a secondary protagonist role in a sidestory, at least! but seriously he is my favourite and the only one i actually really shipped with protagonist aside from sakuya. Those two I like as pairings, the rest i just like as characters and i think their route would have been mostly the same even without the dating sim aspects. Okosan is my best friendo, nageki is my sweet dead husbando~!

* “We’re finally on a date in outer space, and I forgot my spacesuit!” okay first: HILARIOUS and second: CONFIRMED! nageki is the boyfriend for this particular sidestory at least, even if it doenst mean there’s any one official canon boyfriend or anything so this means we actually are seeing like a retconned version of his dating route where he dinnae fade away all sad like THANK YOOOOOOOUUUU now just DONT LET THIS DAMN SPACE TRAIN TAKE HIM king dude i have been spoilered that you are a sympathetic villain but nonetheless i will still punch u if u hurt nagekkooo

* Random, but I like the way they show all the citizens of the kingdom as starry silhouettes except for The King and the cool stationmaster crow dude.

* Also I really love the art style for The King and the cool stationmaster crow dude! Hatoful can have a very nice art style when they actually do draw stuff instead of just use bird photos. I’m not one of those people who wishes the game was all gijinkas, but it would be nice if there was a patch or something to replace the static photos with the cartoony bird designs they have in the manga! So its nice to see at least one bird who gets to show emotion faces, even if his deliberately different art style is supposed to be unnerving.

* Also I really like his third person constant past tense silly as heck speaking style, it was a nice way to translate the japanese! I’ve heard he had a very particular speaking style in japanese that was like a parody of royal speech or something? This works!

* NOOOOO I INSTANTLY LOVE HIM Even if I totally know he’s gonna end up being a scary villain at some point!! I can already instantly tell why he’s such a popular sympathetic one!! *sniff* *ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE SAD FACE* “The king does not mind. The king is not crying.” I WOULD GIVE MY HEART FOR YOU, THE KING is this how he does his villainy he’s just so sympathetic nobody ever wants to leave

* MIRU AND KAKU LEARNED A NEW WORD I AM SO PROUD OF THEM HAPPY NEW YEAR!

* OH NO DREAM WORLD SHUU RUNS A GODDAMN RESTAURANT WE’RE ALL DOOMED oh god protagonist is ‘tricked’ by a bunch of signs just telling her to pour salt and pepper on herself and walk into an oven *DOOM PIANO TONE* Nageki: *GASP* Protagonist: Well, that’s awfully polite of them! Nageki: *three paragraph explanation* Protagonist: oh ... Both: *bust the goddamn door down, screaming*

* Okay thats actually very annoying that the first and only choice in like twenty minutes of story can lead to a game over... I hadnt thought to save beforehand cos there werent any gameovers in the other sidestories! time to go replay from the start and le skippinate thru the stuffs~

* OH somehow we were supposed to know that protagonist’s left side kick would hit shuu in the right side and thus succeed??? dude, hitting a guy in the disabled arm is low, even when he’s trying to murder you! (okay, its KINDA forgiven when he’s trying to murder you! XD)

* Lol, Yuuya winds up in the game by literally blowing a hole in the visual novel background texture! I love all this dream logic!

* THE KING’S DELICATE MAIDENLY J-POP HEROINE HEART

* AWWWW!! most of the dream logic quests have just been funny, and I mean this one was too with the strawberry fishing sequence, but it was really sweet to have nageki accidentally recognise dream-hitori as his brother and give him back his real name. And then everyone parts happily even though nobody remembers each other... but hoooo boy hitori, i know that certain spoiler things are gonna happen involving you soon, yup yupppp...

* And then the DUN DUN DUN reveal of the classic cutesy ending to the sidestory being cut short, and everyone being trapped in this dream. Da DOOOOOM! Man, now I cant wait to play the final part, dammit!!! I AM READYING MY CRYING MUSCLES