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VN Ren'Py Isabella - Chasing Shadows [Ch. 4.3] [badtimetales]

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jadepaladin

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Yup. Definitely best girl, even if the game is called Alex’s Annoying Friend Whatsername - Chasing Shadows for some reason
Is a VN ever named after the first girl/love interest/best friend? I honestly can't think of one that does. It's almost always either the second girl, who is more main plot relevant, or some other name completely.
 

Pixillin'

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Replaying from the start before the update and am struck again by Jennifer's death basically being a suicide. You never tease a big scandal you're about to break - it's like sitting in front of Don Corleone's house and saying you have a story coming up in a few days, where you're going to expose corruption and vice and then going for a jog. In reality you'd STFU about it until the whole story was ready to go and then the reporter would go into hiding while the shit hit the fan.
 

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Finally found time (made time?) to start a new VN. Downloading now, so looking forward to finally seeing what it's all about. Grabbing a couple of others with updates as well, so I'll probably do those first (shorter stuff). I should finally get my taste of this by the end of the week! I'm assuming, based on the recent comments, the version I'm grabbing will still the current version by then, but it isn't as huge of a file as some others, so won't complain if I'm surprised. :LOL:

Looking forward to getting into it rather than just admiring the renders posted here and the pithy conversation. ;)
 

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Finally found time (made time?) to start a new VN. Downloading now, so looking forward to finally seeing what it's all about. Grabbing a couple of others with updates as well, so I'll probably do those first (shorter stuff). I should finally get my taste of this by the end of the week! I'm assuming, based on the recent comments, the version I'm grabbing will still the current version by then, but it isn't as huge of a file as some others, so won't complain if I'm surprised. :LOL:

Looking forward to getting into it rather than just admiring the renders posted here and the pithy conversation. ;)
It is definitely worth the time
 

badtimetales

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Replaying from the start before the update and am struck again by Jennifer's death basically being a suicide.
Suicide?

saying you have a story coming up in a few days, where you're going to expose corruption and vice and then going for a jog
saying you have a story coming up in a few days, where you're going to expose corruption and vice and then going for a jog. In reality you'd STFU about it until the whole story was ready to go and then the reporter would go into hiding while the shit hit the fan.
We still don't know what Jen really found out or what she was going to report.
 
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Pixillin'

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Suicide?




We still don't know what Jen really found out or what she was going to report.
Sorry. I should shut up. I have experience in news rooms. If IRL things unfolded like this I would have to assume that a) Jen was deliberately trying to get herself killed b) her editor was 100% in on the conspiracy/corruption - no doubt and c) she was extremely unpopular at work, to the point that people were happy when she was taken out. I can explain any of those things, but unless someone really wants to know I'll just STFU about it.
 
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Sorry. I should shut up.
Nah, it's interesting to read and I get your point.
I haven't really thought about that (and a few other things) when I started.

I just wanted a story to, well, to get the story started.
Anyway, too late to change that now.
 
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Nah, it's interesting to read and I get your point.
I haven't really thought about that (and a few other things) when I started.

I just wanted a story to, well, to get the story started.
Anyway, too late to change that now.
Yeah it's ok, most people do not have that experience. I know paleontologists who can't sit through Jurassic Park - they can appreciate the CGI but have to leave their room when the movie scientists start talking. But yeah, they would never tease that type of story, and if she died her editor would have handed the story and all of her files off to someone else to finish. I actually worked with someone who was killed in a hit and run - no criminal conspiracy, just a drunk asshole - but they put out a reward for information, absolutely hounded the local police and tracked that story for two years until the driver was tried, convicted and sentenced.
 
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jadepaladin

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Nah, it's interesting to read and I get your point.
I haven't really thought about that (and a few other things) when I started.

I just wanted a story to, well, to get the story started.
Anyway, too late to change that now.
I had some reservations about how "open" Jennifer was about her case too but sometimes it's better to just brain off and enjoy a story for a story. In almost any fictional story, there's at least some head scratching action by a character. Hell, happens in real life too.

Pix can write fan fiction about how Val is secretly the mastermind behind everything and orchestrated Jennifer's death to get her hooks into the MC. His MC turns Val down, we get some parody of Die Hard, and the MC rides off into the sunset with Alex in tow and Isa driving a limo with the screen up so Pix doesn't have to see her.
 

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I just wish Alex would stop volunteering me to do stuff with Isabel (or at least that I could say no).
I guess we'll be able to have a chat about that with her, the throuple and Alex solo paths will have to split at some point. Could be an interesting scene.
 
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I guess we'll be able to have a chat about that with her, the throuple and Alex solo paths will have to split at some point. Could be an interesting scene.
Yeah, seems like there have been some good opportunities for that, especially with Alex's jealousy - "Look, I don't want her, I want you but if you could stop inviting her to spend the night at my house ..."
 
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