Yet another scenario gameplay thread
Table of contents Scenario gameplay with the Detroit/rotational save sims Too many toddlers: Read on Perfectly well rounded: Start with this post. Making money: Start with this post Surviving...
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Prologue 1: David Allen (post 1 of 2)
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Detroit. December 2038.
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“Dear diary (that I don’t have, because that wouldn’t be manly)! Today is the day! I’m off work and on my way home, to be a perfectly passable dad! I just feel it! No stupid mistakes and no tears, not for the Allen household, no, Sir!”
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David (internally): I mean, what could go wrong? I’m entering a kids’ room, not a lair of deviant androids. The worst about this place is how it’s near impossible to get a good picture of.
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David (internally): And I did it before, the proof’s still up on the wall! When I made the stars and snowflakes garland with the twins, everything was fine.
I managed once. I’ll manage again.
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Things started out promising. David put up the playtent together with his son and daughter, Archibald and Kendra Allen. With two camping enthusiasts for their parents, the twins were already able to help, and the few grips they couldn’t do on their own, they at least understood. Whenever he noticed that, David felt accomplished.
But then again, teaching the twins survival skills had never been a challenge. Connecting to them as persons was where the father failed.
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Fortunately “Prince Roland” and “Prince Archibald” were perfectly able to pursue their conflict for the throne of Enroth on their own. The twins hardly noticed that David didn’t actively participate in their pretend-play. David grunting monster noises when prompted to and otherwise looking sufficiently proud seemed to be enough to earn him the “Played with dad” checkmark.
Until Archie waved his toy sword around a little too carelessly and slit part of his sister’s disguise. At this point David uttered a quick “Careful, Prince Archibald!” into the boy’s direction.
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Archibald immediately broke from the make belief game. When his sister still hesitated, he said “Oh, come, it’s no use! It’s like always... he will NEVER change!”
“Now, now!” David said. “That wasn’t a ban on weapons, Archie. Just a warning to be careful for your two’s own damn sake!”
“That’s not IT!” Kendra replied. “You don’t even GET it!”
“Can’t you make sense for once?” David sighed internally. But he hadn’t forgotten his resolution for the afternoon and so out loud the man said: “Can’t you explain?!”
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The children sat down. To David it felt like a jury settling down to decide the final verdict over a criminal, only he was innocent! Yet Kendra refused to take off her mask, to hide her mimic behind it. The girl wasn’t crying, not even sniffling, but there might be a silent tear or two...
David: “So what have I done that was so bad, huh? Archibald?!”
Archibald: “I’m Archibald Allen NOW. In the game I was Prince Roland. Kendra played Prince Archibald.”
Kendra: “We told you who is who, but you forgot. Like you always forget. You never pay attention!”
David: “Okay, I slipped. But that’s hardly the end of the world. ‘sides, it’s stupid. You are Archibald in real life, I don’t see why you childishly insist on playing Roland... if not with the explicit intent of confusing me!!!”
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Archibald: “I... d... d... don’t wanna do that! And you PROMISED! We’ve had this row before, dad, and you promised you wouldn’t mix us up again!”
David: “I did?”
Archibald: “What would you do when a criminal promised he’d do better from now on, but then did something evil again, dad?”
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David: “I’d say “Grow the fuck up, Daniel!” and then punch him in the guts.”
Kendra: “That’s not fair!”
David: “Is, too, Kendra-darling! I told you all about our ex-criminal janitor, didn’t I?”
Archibald: “Yeah, and we memorized all your co-workers. And that is what is not fair!”
Kendra: “We’re supposed to learn all about your life at work, but you don’t make an effort to learn about our life here! You don’t... You probably don’t...”
David tore into the doorhandle and had left the room before his daughter had finished her sentence.
Kendra: “...love us.”
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Detroit. December 2038.
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“Dear diary (that I don’t have, because that wouldn’t be manly)! Today is the day! I’m off work and on my way home, to be a perfectly passable dad! I just feel it! No stupid mistakes and no tears, not for the Allen household, no, Sir!”
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David (internally): I mean, what could go wrong? I’m entering a kids’ room, not a lair of deviant androids. The worst about this place is how it’s near impossible to get a good picture of.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/eee3e00e6d5e2eefa43043c1c392fa05/0eaff0e062681f2c-74/s540x810/384df9f948b26cb1e43dc4be75d43729c0cbdcb5.png
David (internally): And I did it before, the proof’s still up on the wall! When I made the stars and snowflakes garland with the twins, everything was fine.
I managed once. I’ll manage again.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/2563b3ca32ebc918989e015a7b367091/a998b28988bd0cae-72/s540x810/07fd574ababe8ce3e422f987dcd4f6ae530e712d.png
Things started out promising. David put up the playtent together with his son and daughter, Archibald and Kendra Allen. With two camping enthusiasts for their parents, the twins were already able to help, and the few grips they couldn’t do on their own, they at least understood. Whenever he noticed that, David felt accomplished.
But then again, teaching the twins survival skills had never been a challenge. Connecting to them as persons was where the father failed.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/5f7848d1465bcd872a5ce04a65527d9c/a998b28988bd0cae-74/s540x810/4a4342594f77105e0aba08c9c3cc93840a0b2916.png
Fortunately “Prince Roland” and “Prince Archibald” were perfectly able to pursue their conflict for the throne of Enroth on their own. The twins hardly noticed that David didn’t actively participate in their pretend-play. David grunting monster noises when prompted to and otherwise looking sufficiently proud seemed to be enough to earn him the “Played with dad” checkmark.
Until Archie waved his toy sword around a little too carelessly and slit part of his sister’s disguise. At this point David uttered a quick “Careful, Prince Archibald!” into the boy’s direction.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/815d209f1c1f60307e59bf5fc02ded01/a998b28988bd0cae-ab/s540x810/6eb21e15a759893d55d76c4b477b3da6db141a34.png
Archibald immediately broke from the make belief game. When his sister still hesitated, he said “Oh, come, it’s no use! It’s like always... he will NEVER change!”
“Now, now!” David said. “That wasn’t a ban on weapons, Archie. Just a warning to be careful for your two’s own damn sake!”
“That’s not IT!” Kendra replied. “You don’t even GET it!”
“Can’t you make sense for once?” David sighed internally. But he hadn’t forgotten his resolution for the afternoon and so out loud the man said: “Can’t you explain?!”
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The children sat down. To David it felt like a jury settling down to decide the final verdict over a criminal, only he was innocent! Yet Kendra refused to take off her mask, to hide her mimic behind it. The girl wasn’t crying, not even sniffling, but there might be a silent tear or two...
David: “So what have I done that was so bad, huh? Archibald?!”
Archibald: “I’m Archibald Allen NOW. In the game I was Prince Roland. Kendra played Prince Archibald.”
Kendra: “We told you who is who, but you forgot. Like you always forget. You never pay attention!”
David: “Okay, I slipped. But that’s hardly the end of the world. ‘sides, it’s stupid. You are Archibald in real life, I don’t see why you childishly insist on playing Roland... if not with the explicit intent of confusing me!!!”
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Archibald: “I... d... d... don’t wanna do that! And you PROMISED! We’ve had this row before, dad, and you promised you wouldn’t mix us up again!”
David: “I did?”
Archibald: “What would you do when a criminal promised he’d do better from now on, but then did something evil again, dad?”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/beb2d872277a78c7c3427de26ce19165/4e6e396fc4d7add6-9e/s540x810/083ddfe4d654b6e13084f9fa0a460de434fc6d06.png
David: “I’d say “Grow the fuck up, Daniel!” and then punch him in the guts.”
Kendra: “That’s not fair!”
David: “Is, too, Kendra-darling! I told you all about our ex-criminal janitor, didn’t I?”
Archibald: “Yeah, and we memorized all your co-workers. And that is what is not fair!”
Kendra: “We’re supposed to learn all about your life at work, but you don’t make an effort to learn about our life here! You don’t... You probably don’t...”
David tore into the doorhandle and had left the room before his daughter had finished her sentence.
Kendra: “...love us.”
