JCollins

Sneak peek 👀

Added 2025-05-21 22:58:05 +0000 UTC

This next bit is a little personal spoiler for captain MC because I've been working on their path today. If everything goes well, I think I can get to the end of Chapter 5 on one string of choices by the end of Friday. Then I'll add everything else that's still missing next week! Exciting!

Here is a small part from Narmer's route (although his friendship scene will be something similar as well):

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"I was born in a military camp on the eastern border, in North Sinai," he explains. "I followed my father to battles since I was seven."

"Sounds familiar," your mother sighs with a tired shake of her head. "Nobody in our family's going to be normal, I suppose."

She takes a glance at you here, and you blink in confusion.

What exactly did she mean by that? Did she mean that you and Narmer…? Oh, gods… From Heset, you would expect it. Not from your mother though.

"What about ${name}'s father?" Narmer asks cautiously, quietly enough so that your mother could ignore the question if she wanted to, which you are certain she will.

"He died a long time ago," she says, to your biggest surprise.

You freeze in the middle of a step.

Your father is…? He's…?

You blink and stare at the row of palm trees in front of you.

Your father is dead. You don't know why, but you never quite realized that that was a possibility. Probably because she never talked about him. The only thing you ever remember her saying about him was that 'he's not around anymore'. Looking back, it should've been quite obvious. Not anymore. You thought it meant that he'd left or something. Not that he'd died.

"What happened to him?" you ask quietly.

"Died on duty," she says.