VN Ren'Py Ripples [v0.8.0 Public] [Jestur]

[Meiri]

Why didn't she return sooner then, just because it would have been harder to explain the tattoos? Her mom was really worried for a week, and she surely knew she'd get fired. Yeah, she did get her job back but she didn't know that would happen, and she was working so that her mom could get out of debt.

I don't think she went willingly if we go by the message she sent initially + we don't really know if she was sent there by the "good" guys or the other party going against us.

 

[Daermon420]

I don't think she went willingly if we go by the message she sent initially + we don't really know if she was sent there by the "good" guys or the other party going against us.

This is a good point I didn't even consider. And makes me think of the time Riley ambushed the principal spying on the MC for the bad guys in the bushes. She says something along the lines of "This is for what you did to that girl the other day!" before giving him another whack with the bat. She could have been referencing them kidnapping Skylar and doing something to her, similar to what they were doing with Darcis mom in '99.

The bad guys might have a slightly different form of time travel they use than the MC, and it could explain the differences.

 

[JJ1960]

She's a skatergirl in training, she's used to pain. Also, I've know people who got sleeves in two weeks.

Duh, the answer is simple. They had this technology in 1999:

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She was gone the week because it took that long to keep working up enough saliva to cover both arms.

 

[Derek in a Bush]

Plus I believe Luna mentions at some point she has a photographic memory and never forgets a face. So unlike the other women who'd only have a vague recollection of what the MC looks like after 20 years, she may have noticed he doesn't just look like and remind her of the guy from '99. She may have noticed he looks exactly like the guy from '99.

I’m seeing this just now and think your 100% correct

 

[Maccabbee]

I believe Luna mentions at some point she has a photographic memory and never forgets a face. So unlike the other women who'd only have a vague recollection of what the MC looks like after 20 years, she may have noticed he doesn't just look like and remind her of the guy from '99. She may have noticed he looks exactly like the guy from '99.

I’m seeing this just now and think your 100% correct

And, again, she also knows his real name. Only Jenny and Luna do. That's gonna make it conclusive to her, and explains her reaction to finding him dating Skylar.

 

[Daermon420]

And, again, she also knows his real name. Only Jenny and Luna do. That's gonna make it conclusive to her, and explains her reaction to finding him dating Skylar.

Him dating Skylar plus what happened toward the end of the recent update, yep. Explains that look and her reaction to the MC in '19 pretty well.

 

[Pax Draconis]

Spoiler: Skylars sleeves

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The original rift worked like that yes (20 year difference completely synchronated), but remember the current one the MC and Darci used this last time (Beginning of Episode 7) was through that Time Agency type building where they could set the date they went back, remember?

 

[Maccabbee]

Him dating Skylar plus what happened toward the end of the recent update, yep. Explains that look and her reaction to the MC in '19 pretty well.

Even if she still likes him, she knows that he's "trouble" and doesn't want Skylar involved (even if she's not his, and she isn't).

 

[Pax Draconis]

Even if she still likes him, she knows that he's "trouble" and doesn't want Skylar involved (even if she's not his, and she isn't).

Spoiler: Stupid Theory with no basis in fact,

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[Daermon420]

The original rift worked like that yes (20 year difference completely synchronated), but remember the current one the MC and Darci used this last time (Beginning of Episode 7) was through that Time Agency type building where they could set the date they went back, remember?

True, MC and Darci haven't come back to their own time since using that new equipment for the first time. So we don't really know yet if they'll come back and find the same amount of time passed that they were gone like before.

 

[Maccabbee]

True, MC and Darci haven't come back to their own time since using that new equipment for the first time. So we don't really know yet if they'll come back and find the same amount of time passed that they were gone like before.

What do you think about my "immutable time stream" theory? I still think nothing can change, and that the two sides don't understand that, or don't want to risk it.

 

[Daermon420]

What do you think about my "immutable time stream" theory? I still think nothing can change, and that the two sides don't understand that, or don't want to risk it.

It's definitely possible that you're right and major events can't be changed. The only hint we have that some things might be able to be changed is the brief time Krystals name changed if you didn't give that pendant to Khloe. I believe the masked man mentions observing small changes at one point as well, but saying large changes seemed impossible, or very difficult to pull off.

The sides can't change large events but are trying to make small changes that do seem to be possible. Perhaps hoping all the small ripples will combine to change something big, since they can't directly change anything major. Sort of like a rogue wave, where lots of small waves if they sync up just right can form a massive one. The very name of the game itself might be alluding to this, Ripples.

 

[Pax Draconis]

What do you think about my "immutable time stream" theory? I still think nothing can change, and that the two sides don't understand that, or don't want to risk it.

Well with the crystal thing, that is a change, Because if you give the necklace to Khloe instead of Scarlett then you get dialogue from Darci and Krystal that explains why Krystal is a 'hotdog fucker.' Whereas if you give it to Scarlett, you get the 'Kira' scene instead and in Episode 3 after Darci explains that she was trolling you and that Kira was Krystal's middle name the MC (let's just call him Jack, it's the default anyway) states that he vaguely recalls Krystal's middle name being something else. Also the masked guy(I'm going to call him 'Old Jack' because I'm pretty certain he is Jack in the future) states that he wants to look at things from the outside because he noticed small changes Like Daermon said.

However, what does support your theory is that Tiffany mentioned to Valerie that she remembered a guy who looked like Jack saving her in 1999 before that happened in Jack's personal timeline.

 

[DaFinker]

I haven't played the latest update yet. I will work on updating my post after my blind run.

I found the first one easily enough based on the hint, but I'm wondering if there's the same old problem with the Mod again - seems the next couple should have been triggered already based on the hints, but maybe not. Finally got to go back to my Episode 5 endpoint save and organically collect the Tiffany and Dani Episode 6 hiddens. Before that it was the Episode 5 Shelby hidden. Not sure why there always seems to be a problem with this.

 

[SteveyP]

I found the first one easily enough based on the hint, but I'm wondering if there's the same old problem with the Mod again - seems the next couple should have been triggered already based on the hints, but maybe not. Finally got to go back to my Episode 5 endpoint save and organically collect the Tiffany and Dani Episode 6 hiddens. Before that it was the Episode 5 Shelby hidden. Not sure why there always seems to be a problem with this.

Unfortunately, I'm not savvy enough to answer that for you. The best I can do for you is tell you to download a clean build and try again.

 

[DaFinker]

Unfortunately, I'm not savvy enough to answer that for you. The best I can do for you is tell you to download a clean build and try again.

It looks like there may be enough VN left for them to pop up, based on the scenes still left. Just may be that the venue of the shot isn't exactly aligned with the location of the clue. For instance, one is suppose to be Jenny in the game room, but the clue was no where to be found during a scene with her in that room, but maybe the glove referenced in the clue is in another scene where she appears. Just getting deeper and things aren't showing up as quickly as expected.

 

[DavidF1970]

The MC is a pussy in the last scene he should have filled her up and fuck the consequences of time travel crap, i would not be thinking i should not do it i would have filled them all up.

 

[dolfe67]

The MC is a pussy in the last scene he should have filled her up and fuck the consequences of time travel crap, i would not be thinking i should not do it i would have filled them all up.

Yeah he was cucked by patreon!

 

[DavidF1970]

Yeah he was cucked by patreon!

What the hell they got to do with it what rules are being broken? Is it going to cause trouble in the space time continuum? IS he going to start disappearing because he is not born yet? Patreon can go eat whatever they should stay out of it.

I cannot see any rules being broken really there are loads of games on here that go way outside the rules and are still here.

 

[Elhemeer]

Spoiler: Skylars sleeves

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I feel like I'm talking in circles this week ...

Spoiler: MC isn't the only one Time Traveling ... and everyone doesn't travel the same way.

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Yea ... I think time travel from the MC's point of view going "forward" will be significantly different ... but I don't think it's the last time Jenny meets her soulmate (many puns and suggestive inflections intended).