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wreckedhoney · 7 months ago

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a while ago on the discord i brought up the "which desk at the station is forrest's desk" question when the answer should probably have been obvious. he's been at the job for approx. one week, so it's the desk with all the unpacked boxes. it just didnt occur to me because thats Frankly A Lot Of Boxes and my first thought was this is where all the storage and junk are piled on, but no. it's all stuff forrest brought (/hc). he's a heavy packer. he spite packed all the stuff he didn't want his old job to keep even if he doesnt need or even like them all that much but now that he's blacklisted then no one in the entirety of chicago can have them

#killer frequency #forrest nash #i'm also half convinced tbh that the bulk of what he brought in are station supplies lmao #so to disingeniously bring up a further point in the tags again instead of sensibly adding to the main post #the game has this narrative tension btwn audio storytelling vs visual storytelling #especially in regards to forrest's character/impression vs the impression we the viewers have of The Town #environmentally- this town is Filthy lmao i'm so sorry everyone but like #forrest bringing up A Smell after we are Surrounded the whole game by dead bugs left everywhere #and both inside and outside the station just Looking Like That #like he's Not just being mean but he is absolutely not being gentle about it either #this touches on the town being in disrepair perhaps bc of local officials not doing much to promote/maintain upkeep #as well as clive the station janitor being BUSY with other projects lmao #but in the protag's POV where he's been upended from his life and then finds himself in a building infested with bugs #also with a brand new sleep schedule. ok he is going to be A Bit Grumpy About It (better or worse depending how you RP him lol)#but yeah i do like that very subtle tension bc this is largely an audio driven story #and in that sense it's easy to just brush off all of forrest's pettiness to him just being a mean person full stop #ALL THIS TO SAY that i think forrest packed five or more boxes of bug repellent ty for coming to my ted(dy) talk #and also more music/soundbites & tech bc KFAM is a bit lacking from what he's used to #\o/ UNCALLED FOR CHARACTER BUILDING!!

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