but here the real question is ... WHERE IS AUNT MALL COP? !

Bang.

See ya around, Casey.

Wow, chapter 13 was one of the most low-key sad chapters yet. It actually made me tear up a bit. Good writing man. You really bring these characters to life just like the game, maybe even more with Casey specifically since we had so little to work with in the game.
Also in one of the previous chapters I really liked how you handled the janitor being(God?). Good work on that!

Oh wow I just read through all of this in one sitting. This was absolutely fantastic with great pacing. The daily life was mixed with enough plot details every chapter to keep my interest going. This story is the complete package (although the epilogue is a bit bare bones).

I like this story very much

Oh Mae you bad girl but interesting

Geeze Germ you almost suffered head Tramua I guess it’s up to Mae to help the ghosts pass on

Wah wah waaaaaaah Good chapter hopefully she does talk soon

Aunt Mall cop has always appeared in the outro of my playthroughs weird

Heee, Idaho, not Iowa? That reminds me of a roleplay fantasy I was in once way back. It didn't matter how surreal and fantastical the setting was-the dream was to settle down in Idaho.

I was hoping to hear back from Andy before the epilogue... and gee, you're right, it was weird not to continue with the therapy sessions after the story started out centered around them. You had some trouble keeping this story organized, huh?

I still mostly liked it. I think you'd probably like mine, too. :) Thanks for putting so much passion into your creation and into this lovely world.

Nice idea, the Deep Hollow Hollerers learning "Born to Lose" from a buried songsheet in the woods. Seems like something they might just do.

Mae's sentimentality makes me smile. :)

Hehehe, Melanoma. This ending was really awkward! In a lot of ways. I guess that's how this sort of thing goes, though? The gang would be in trouble for ditching the police, I expect.

It may come off as immoral, but I really think Mae should have killed Eide while she had the chance. Not only is he pretty clearly an awful person, but he has -magic-, essentially. He caught Mae by teleporting to her twice, and she should have remembered he could do it again. There was no guarantee of escape even after bloodying him and stunning him, and even if she managed to escaped (as she did), she should have realized that she'd have to be constantly afraid of him showing up to murder her or one of her friends (which he did). The police wouldn't be likely to help against this threat because they wouldn't believe in his supernatural power. I wonder why he didn't just teleport right into the apartment.

Nooo0oooo~

Awww! You really like awkward silences, don't you? It makes me feel downright socially graceful by comparison.

I imagined how their conversation immediately after the accident might have gone. This carried some echoes of it. I can imagine this is the sort of thing you might have to talk through more than once.