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CROW
Occupation: unofficial leader of The Nest
Age: late 40s
Gemstone: "a pure black gemstone, highly polished and slightly tapered towards one end not unlike an egg" (first mentioned here)
Description: Crow has sandy blond hair and dark brown eyes, and can typically be found at home or around the train station. Reportedly, he holds a lot of influence over the town, and is a good person to talk to when troubled. While many npcs have been losing memories, Crow reportedly has not. He is the one who gave named npcs their bird names, as well as the one who named the town The Nest.
Age: late 40s
Gemstone: "a pure black gemstone, highly polished and slightly tapered towards one end not unlike an egg" (first mentioned here)
Description: Crow has sandy blond hair and dark brown eyes, and can typically be found at home or around the train station. Reportedly, he holds a lot of influence over the town, and is a good person to talk to when troubled. While many npcs have been losing memories, Crow reportedly has not. He is the one who gave named npcs their bird names, as well as the one who named the town The Nest.
SWAN
Occupation: ferryman
Age: mid 30s
Description: Swan has dark brown hair and dark green eyes, and can typically be seen out in the water on a boat during good weather, or couch hopping during bad weather and at nights. Six silver coins are used as a passage fee and conduit for her to take a person across the water; according to Lark, those who leave with her never return.
Age: mid 30s
Description: Swan has dark brown hair and dark green eyes, and can typically be seen out in the water on a boat during good weather, or couch hopping during bad weather and at nights. Six silver coins are used as a passage fee and conduit for her to take a person across the water; according to Lark, those who leave with her never return.
ROBIN
Occupation: rail attendant
Age: early 30s
Gemstone: "fragile light blue shards encased in clear gem" (first mentioned here)
Description: Robin has black hair and light brown eyes, and can typically be found around the train station or cafes in town. She was married to Jay, the train conductor who was murdered early in the game, and has picked up enough from him to operate the train if we ever get it working again. While she has lost a considerable amount of her memories, she claims to be content living in the present. An unknown individual stole her uniform and faked her death via the train's furnace at the start of the game.
Age: early 30s
Gemstone: "fragile light blue shards encased in clear gem" (first mentioned here)
Description: Robin has black hair and light brown eyes, and can typically be found around the train station or cafes in town. She was married to Jay, the train conductor who was murdered early in the game, and has picked up enough from him to operate the train if we ever get it working again. While she has lost a considerable amount of her memories, she claims to be content living in the present. An unknown individual stole her uniform and faked her death via the train's furnace at the start of the game.
LARK
Occupation: postman
Age: mid 20s
Description: Lark has ashy hair and golden eyes, and can typically be seen around town with his mail bag doing deliveries, or hanging out in the graveyard talking to the dead underground. As a postman, Lark prides himself in knowing people and places, but has trouble speaking and reportedly cannot read aside from names he's learned to recognize. It is not widely known, but Lark is able to speak with and, to a certain extent, control the dead.
Age: mid 20s
Description: Lark has ashy hair and golden eyes, and can typically be seen around town with his mail bag doing deliveries, or hanging out in the graveyard talking to the dead underground. As a postman, Lark prides himself in knowing people and places, but has trouble speaking and reportedly cannot read aside from names he's learned to recognize. It is not widely known, but Lark is able to speak with and, to a certain extent, control the dead.
RAVEN (née HAMTARO)
Age: pre teen
Gemstone: "completely clear, like a diamond, aside from a tiny red spot in the center: a gemstone trapped within a gemstone" (first mentioned here)
Description: Raven has black hair and grey eyes, and can occasionally be seen wandering around town but is most reliably found at Poppy Hall after dark. Following the "sacrifice" of several characters, he awoke without any memories of his identity or past life, and was given the temporary name Hamtaro before learning his true name. His family is dead, and according to the note he had written on the back of a photograph discovered in a burning house, he had sworn to bring them back no matter what the cost. According to the townspeople npcs, according to Crow, a boy named Raven died in a house fire many years ago.
Gemstone: "completely clear, like a diamond, aside from a tiny red spot in the center: a gemstone trapped within a gemstone" (first mentioned here)
Description: Raven has black hair and grey eyes, and can occasionally be seen wandering around town but is most reliably found at Poppy Hall after dark. Following the "sacrifice" of several characters, he awoke without any memories of his identity or past life, and was given the temporary name Hamtaro before learning his true name. His family is dead, and according to the note he had written on the back of a photograph discovered in a burning house, he had sworn to bring them back no matter what the cost. According to the townspeople npcs, according to Crow, a boy named Raven died in a house fire many years ago.
MAGPIE
Age: early teens
Gemstone: "blue and yellow, splotched like flowers run through a photoshop distort filter" (first mentioned here)
Description: Princess Stephanie Astrapia (aka Paradise Magpie, aka Magpie, aka Maggie) has sandy blond hair and golden eyes. While not related by blood, Crow and Maggie consider themselves father and daughter. An unknown individual has been using her name and reputation to communicate with the characters, and has stolen six silver coins.
Gemstone: "blue and yellow, splotched like flowers run through a photoshop distort filter" (first mentioned here)
Description: Princess Stephanie Astrapia (aka Paradise Magpie, aka Magpie, aka Maggie) has sandy blond hair and golden eyes. While not related by blood, Crow and Maggie consider themselves father and daughter. An unknown individual has been using her name and reputation to communicate with the characters, and has stolen six silver coins.
SPARROW
Age: mid teens
Gemstone: "like a fire opal: bright yellow and red that dance like flames when turned" (first mentioned here)
Description: Sparrow has black hair and bright blue eyes, and is difficult to get ahold of; the most reliable way to meet her is to wait for her to come home, which she does some nights. She has an interest in the supernatural and the occult, and reportedly is the person who gave other npcs their gemstones. She is Maggie's best/only friend at the start of the game.
Gemstone: "like a fire opal: bright yellow and red that dance like flames when turned" (first mentioned here)
Description: Sparrow has black hair and bright blue eyes, and is difficult to get ahold of; the most reliable way to meet her is to wait for her to come home, which she does some nights. She has an interest in the supernatural and the occult, and reportedly is the person who gave other npcs their gemstones. She is Maggie's best/only friend at the start of the game.
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Yes, I am. But there is nothing I can do but wait for his return.
[ Is he supposed to be wailing and crying? /gestures at Crow's ghost somewhere out there having tea parties with the idols, he's clearly doing just fine ]
Much of life's anxieties can be calmed by simply having faith that things will turn out alright. ...that is something he used to say.
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Is that to say you're content to submit yourself to fate?
[It seemed like Crow was, anyway. Some people appeared to oppose that mindset, and then others... like Lark, seemed to accept it.]
Death has such a strange impermanence here that we are still struggling to adapt to, and it leaves us confused over what there really is to fear instead. Your calmness makes it seem as though you've seen this a thousand times over... and perhaps you have. Has Crow died before? Have these ghosts roamed around before, too? It's all such... unfamiliar territory.
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He looks at HiMERU in silence for a moment, confused about his confusion. ]
...I have seen it happen before. [ and then, quieter yet: ] But that does not lessen the fear.
[ he still fears it. how could he not, such a fear to deeply ingrained in any species ever to exist ]
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The ghosts? Or... [There's only one "or." Crow...]
What— What happened that time before, then?
[It's rude to ask. He and the others have already pushed Lark at least once before. There's no enjoyment in making the poor man writhe in discomfort, but if he's holding answers that could help them...]
Please. If there's any precedent for this, whatever you can tell us... It could be useful for us to know. At the very least, to give us that "faith" you spoke of.
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Many have died and returned... The miracle performed is thanks to old man Crow. He is our savior.
[ allegedly. But he had heard this directly from Crow, and therein lies his "faith" ]
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HiMERU lifts an eyebrow.]
How is Crow related to the revivals?
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"Related"...? He is the cause. The source. He wields the power of the gods, to protect and provide for all within the town.
[ If Crow ever tries to tell anyone he's just a normal guy, that's bullshit, according to Lark ]
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What? [He wanted to formulate a better response, but no, really, what]
Then... Is he a god? Or is he simply borrowing their power? How does that even happen?
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[ To any of that. Does he look like he knows? he'd probably hero worship Crow regardless of whether he's a god or a mortal man. ]
Does it matter?
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Of course it matters. If he's the one responsible for this strange corruption of life and death as we once knew it, does that mean he's also the one who brought us all here?
Could he send us back, as well?
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[ please, he's just taking things at face value here, ]
I believe that if you truly wish to return... to forget none of this ever happened... he would do his utmost to support that wish. ...There is nothing for me to return to, so I had never asked.
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Does he? At first, that wasn't even a question. But lately... He surely can't be the only one here who's gained something irreplaceable in this helltown. He can't be the only one who, despite all odds, has an easier time breathing here than he ever had back home.
He may not be the most extreme of cases. At least he had a place to return to, if he ever could — unlike, say, a world in complete apocalyptic ruin. But there are things here that are more precious, more giving than what he'd had on the other side, and...
...
Well, even Lark had a sister.]
Do you remember it well? Your life before here. Are there... gaps, in your memory?
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[ It was tolerable, back then, until he lost his sister and found himself alone. HiMERU, therefore, is enviable ]
I would not return. Life here is easier. Better.
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[Just to name a few recent events...]
Even in this place so fraught with danger and rife with terrors, you will still call it better? Just what kind of world did you come from...?
[He can't say he doesn't agree, though.]
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[ You do not go outside at night. You stay indoors when strange noises sound. It is better and livable when you have an ounce of common sense and that of self preservation. ]
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But so much has changed — his circumstances, his motivations, even his sense of self, and which "self" is worth preserving.]
Before all of this... Perhaps not. But if there were something in the water precious enough to brave the teeth for, the rewards would outweigh the consequences.
[He should feel fortunate to have gotten away with only a bite.]
Even you must have, or have had, something you would risk it all for.
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[ Maybe if his sister were still with him, he'd care a lot more. But ever since her death, it feels as if he'd only been half living, against his will. ]
...you do not need me telling you this, but keep your brother close.