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GLUTTONY— You should ask around, and see if anyone recognizes you.

YOU— 4. Wait patiently until something happens.

PRIDE (Easy: Success)— Ha? How is this even an option?

SLOTH— Let's not panic. You don't know if you were alone before losing your memory, someone who knew you might come here if you wait here patiently.

PRIDE— That's stupid. You won't sit in here and waste your life. You're meant for more than that.

PRIDE (Easy: Success): Also, you won't go crying for help from the guards. You're not a lost child in an amusement park.

YOU— 2. Think of a way to make money. (Legendary)

WRATH (Legendary: Failure 14 vs 5=4+1)— The only item you can sell is the cellphone, but I'm not sure where you can find a buyer, or whether you should even sell it yet.

GREED (Legendary: Failure 14 vs 6=4+2)— The real issue is the battery, once it runs out, the buyer will figure out you scammed them. Anyone able to purchase a Metea will be wealthy and well connected, they can and will track you down. And trying to sell a Metea of this quality while hiding your identity would be too suspicious. 

I can't find a memory that might solve this issue. I'm sorry, I will do better next time.

ENVY— No no, that much is already helpful enough, Pendant-san. I'm grateful for any bit of knowledge you manage to remember. Otsukare-sama!

LUST— Otsu!

YOU— 1. Explore the city.

LUST (Trivial: Success)— Pick 6. That sounds romantic, fate will surely guide you to your Heroine. It's well known that random chance is the best method to pull girls. Try your luck, get your girl.

YOU— 2. Sure, I think I'm a lucky guy. Now, what are the odds?

LUST— It depends, if you roll the gacha of fate, you're most likely going to pull duds. Random old men, aunties, trash, etc. But don't give up, eventually you will pull a rare top-tier Heroine, the odds for that are probably less than 1%, maybe 0.8% 0.7% or even 0.3%.

Those numbers may seem small, but don't worry. You're a lucky guy, so you will hit those rare pulls more often than other unlucky losers. Even if you miss this pull (which you won't), you just have to roll the gacha again. Fate is on your side. Roll on, o Gambler of Love.

YOU— 2. I've distracted myself long enough. I should get going. (Discard thought)

YOU— 3. Go to the Appa Stall.

WRATH (Trivial: Success)— Logical choice. It's the closest place, and you can confirm whether the information you remembered is accurate.

YOU— You get up, and stretch your back. Then you perform a short aerobic exercise routine, but it's shortened, only half performed. it's a small ritual that feels familiar to you. Your body remembered these movements, even if you forgot them.

"Victory!" you shout out loud, it felt right.

THOUGHT GAINED— "Radio Calisthenics"

PROBLEM— Calisthenics performed to music playing from a boombox in a neighborhood park at 6 AM. It started there outside, and then the ritual was ingraned in your very bones. You get the feeling that this ritual is why your body is the shaped the way it is. Perhaps without it, you would've withered away, body then mind. You should revive this ritual, and resume it tomorrow, and every morning after. This will lead to Victory, of some kind.

RESEARCH TIME— 30min.

RESEARCH— None.

THOUGHTS— Research> "Radio Calisthenics"> Confirm?> Yes.

MENTAL MAP— You start walking. You maintain your composure, you've collected your thoughts plenty on that bench, you walk as if you belong there. You don't even get the urge to look around like a tourist.

You walk for about 5 minutes. You're almost at the Appa Stall.

THOUGHT COMPLETE— "Lugunica Capital"

SOLUTION— You're familiar with this place because you've been here before. You haven't been everywhere, but you have been in this city, and seen most of it. From the Slums to the throne room of the Royal Palace. Where the roads lead, and even where some back alleys lead, the entrances to the sewers, insides of many buildings, you know this city well. Welcome back to Lugunica.

BONUSES— Gained a mental map of Lugunica Capital.

GREED (Trivial: Success)— So far, everything feels familiar, it matches your mental map. Now you turn right, and you should be there.

You can see him now. There, the green-haired burly man, standing exactly where you expected him to be.

APPA MAN— You get closer, and see his face. He's talking to a customer, smiling as he makes a sale. You're standing far enough so he hasn't spotted you yet.

GLUTTONY (Easy: Success)— Does he know you? Did your former self know him? Has he seen you before? Ask him if he knows you.

YOU— 1. Try to remember who he is. (Legendary+1 Know he's connected to a knight family. +1 Saw him smiling.)

CHECK— SUCCESS (Challenging: Failure 12 vs 10=6+2+1+1)

GREED— Apologies, the book isn't found. All I have for you right now is that your brain has two different sets of vocabulary for many items, including fruits. "Apple" and "Appa" for example, "Appa" is used here.

ENVY (Challenging: Failure 12 vs 11=7+1+1+1+1)— That Appa Man looks pretty tough huh? Maybe you knew him?

SLOTH (Legendary: Success 14 vs 14=10+2+1+1)— You feel like he's a good person, he has a "hard exterior, soft inside" feel to him. He's good with kids too. Wife guy. You can talk to him, he's safe.

LUST— Let's go greet him! I think I can get along with him.

GREED— You can try again to remember him after getting a closer look at him. There has to be a book around here with his information on it.

YOU: 2. Get closer to get a better look at him.

APPA MAN— The man is muscular, and his clothes shows it off well, maybe it deters punks from trying anything stupid. Green hair, slicked back, with a hairband holding it together. His face is dominated by two large scars, it makes him look extra dangerous. His eyes—

His eyes are looking at you now actually. His face settles down from his smile to his default frown. His brows frow in suspicion or annoyance.

SLOTH (Easy: Success)— It's neither, he's trying to identify us. Trying to recall if he's seen us before.

YOU— 1. Try to remember who he is. (Legendary +1 Know he's connected to a knight family. +1 Saw him smiling. +2 Saw him frowning. +1 Saw his scars.)

CHECK: SUCCESS (Legendary: 14 vs 14=7+2+2+1+1+1)

GREED— Kadomon Risch, fruit seller. Married to Raksha Risch, has a nine-year-old daughter, Plum Risch. The scars on his face was given to him by his wife Raksha during their duel after he proposed to her. Raksha is the daughter of Grimm and Carol Fauzen, a Knight family in service to the Astrea Family. Kadomon retired from his job as a soldier after the birth of his daughter, to not risk his life, and spend more time with his family. He has good connections with the capital's guards and knights. His personality is good natured, but does not appreciate disturbances to his business.

LUST— Scary! Pendant-san knows too much it's scary!

WRATH— Good, this information is useful.

ENVY— "Good, this information is useful." my ass! If you're not close friends with Kadomon-san, then there's enough here to arrest you! I don't know of what crimes, but they can still arrest you!

PRIDE— Let them try. No Knight can arrest you.

GLUTTONY— How come you don't remember who you are, but know so much about a random fruit seller?

GREED (Legendary: Failure)— I don't know everything, I only know what I know.

ENVY— No no no! You can't just try to act cute after dropping that scary text wall. Also, that line is cute only when it's spoken by Hanekawa-san!

PRIDE— Quit the chatter, Kadomon is starting to get annoyed. We have to decide what to do.

WRATH— We now know his weakness, his daughter Plum.

SLOTH— S-Scary... Scarf-san is scary. Heart-kun, Crown-san, are we really parts of the same mind as Scarf-san and Pendant-san?

GREED— Don't get sidetracked. Scarf-san is merely doing his job, no human mind is absent of doubt and malice. Without caution, you can't survive. Knowledge by itself is neutral, only actions can be judged.

ENVY— No no no, there's a line between knowing someone, and being a stalker.

PRIDE— You need to make use of all the tools you have. Even the Heart and Sandals surely have their uses. The Pendant has been the most useful so far.

GLUTTONY— Since you know so much about him, doesn't that mean he knows about you? You should use this chance to learn about your past self. 

GREED— Good idea. If you're lucky, just by greeting someone you might learn your name.

TASK UPDATED— "Remember who you used to be"
-Try to have someone call you by your name.
-Remember what "Japan" is.

WRATH— Or, you could just walk away. His connection to the guards might be dangerous. You don't have any useful threats against him, you know his weakness, but you can't utilize it yet.

YOU— 2. Go and greet him.

GREED— It's your turn, Heart-san. Time to get in character. Wear your best smile, and greet him by name. Talk as if you've met him before, and see how he responds.

WRATH (Easy: Success)— Don't be specific, don't make up names on the spot, and don't give him reasons to suspect you of anything.

LUST— "Yo! Kadomon-ossan! How's the sale today?"

KADOMON— "Huh? Do I know you, kid?"

LUST— "Ouch, did you forget about me, uncle? Well, I guess I didn't drop by frequently enough to be remembered."

KADOMON— "I don't bother remembering every punk who drop by. Now, buy something or get going."

SLOTH (Easy: Success)— He's not sure if he saw you or not, you've thrown him off by giving a reasonable explanation about why he wouldn't remember you.

YOU— 5. Exit the conversation politely.

SLOTH— "Hehe, I'll make sure to buy some Appa next time, Uncle. Live strong!" you say with a meek smile, as you turn and walk away with a wave.

KADOMON— "Keh, go work hard, Broke Boy!" Kadomon says with a slight smile.

MORALE RESTORED: +1 (3/4)

THOUGHT GAINED: "Live Strong."

PROBLEM: "Live Strong" Why did you say that? Because it's what people tell each other. What people? Nobles? No, those aren't people, at least not the people. Only the people who need to encourage each other to both "live" and be "strong" say those greetings. Were you one of those people? Did you need to be encouraged to "live" and be "strong"? Did you encourage others to do so?

Research time: 2 hours
Research: -1 PRIDE: Why would you need to say that?

THOUGHTS: Research> "Live Strong"> Confirm?> Yes.

SLOTH (Trivial: Success)— To him, he just received a short greeting from a broke kid who probably shopped here before. The interaction was short and polite enough to leave a good impression, I think. It would make future interactions slightly easier.

WRATH (Easy: Success)— Good. It would've been too risky to try anything more. He didn't recognize you, despite Pendant knowing him so well. This means that even if you know about others, it doesn't mean they know about you.

GREED (Easy: Success)— Information asymmetry. In this case, you knew a lot about Kadomon Risch, yet from his reaction it seems like he didn't know anything about you. Unless he faked his reaction, but that seems highly unlikely. This is surprising for an amnesiac, one would expect the exact opposite.

This important information wouldn't have been discovered if you didn't act so well. Good job, Heart-san.

LUST— Hey, don't say it like that! I was just exchanging greetings with the uncle. Don't make it sound all... purposeful.

GREED— Good, stay genuine like that. Your smile there was perfect. I respect you, Heart-san.

ENVY— Scary. Does that mean we were stalking Kadomon-san? Or do we just know about random people's lives without even remembering our own?

GREED (Easy: Success)— It means your past self may have researched various people and other subjects in the past. And that these memories that resurface aren't just hallucinations.

WRATH— That remains to be seen. This was just one encounter, and you can only say for sure that his name was accurate. All else are unconfirmed.

LOUD NOISE— Suddenly, an explosion from up ahead. Frozen lake cracking, heavy rubble falling. Another one, crackling ice followed by another explosion. Gasps from a crowd.

SILVER BELLS— "Please wait! Please return what you stole!" A voice that sounds like silver bells shouted from the direction of the explosion. Even in an emergency, her voice rings clear, it passes through your ears and rings in your heart.

LUST (Trivial: Success)— Her voice is beautiful.

NEW TASK— "Silver Bells"
-Find out the identity of the Silver Bells.

RUBBLE— You run towards the loud noise impulsively, and as the dust settles you see the scene. Stakes of ice, as large as an adult's arm were stuck on walls. You see for an instance a trail of white lines enter the back alleys, running footsteps echoing.

GREED (Trivial: Success)— These ice stakes are an impressive display of magic, the caster can join the Lugunican army as a mage easily.

PRIDE— That's not important right now! Tell me where she ran towards!

SLOTH— Why are we going towards a clearly dangerous situation? Whoever ran that direction, caused this destruction.

ENVY (Challenging: Failure)— Umm, because it's interesting? Come on, this is a fantasy world!

GLUTTONY (Trivial: Success)— RUN. FOLLOW HER. SHE WILL LEAD YOU TO YOURSELF.

YOU— You follow after the running footsteps, and enter the back alleys. You no longer see her, the footsteps ran further ahead, much, much faster than you. 

You're met with a crossroads. 

YOU— 1. "The loothouse in the slums, I'll lead you there." With that decided, you walk to exit the alleyway.

GREAT SPIRIT— Suddenly, the fluffy great spirit appears in front of your face, stopping you in your tracks. "Stop! Don't just start walking as if we were done talking!" he said loudly in an irritated tone.

"What I want to know is why you know where to find the thief, despite claiming you're not involved in the theft. You haven't explained that at all!"

YOU— "That's uhh..." You said, reacting without thought.

SLOTH (Trivial: Success)— He's suspicious of you, even more so than the girl. She was ready to follow you, but he won't let her.

Half truths and deflections won't work on him. Be careful now.

ENVY (Medium: Success)— He wants the best for her. You should be forthright, and explain your circumstances. They would surely understand.

YOU— 1. What should I tell them?

ENVY— Tell them that you forgot who you were, but remember where the thief is. You want to help them, because you believe in helping people in need. Even without memories, you know what is right.

YOU— 2. What if they think I'm crazy?

ENVY— Then you back off, apologize for wasting their time, thank her for saving you earlier, and leave. If they decline your help, then it's their right to do so.

PRIDE (Medium: Success)— No.

This furball won't get in the way between you and your main heroine. Don't tell him shit, you don't owe anyone an explanation. You're at least entitled to your privacy. You're trying to help them, and if they can't accept it, then shame on them.

YOU— 1. So, should I give up on her after all?

PRIDE— That's not what I'm saying. I'm telling you, don't tell the Cat your secrets. Why should you? I bet they have a mountain of secrets as well, yet they're not saying anything. You're just offering them help, you shouldn't be treated like a criminal.

This suspicion is unwarranted. You shouldn't just accept it.

LUST (Medium: Success)— Suspicion? That's real bad bro, it's an obstacle on your conquest of the Heroine's love.

YOU— 1. Why should I "conquer" her love? That sounds a bit...

LUST— Excuse my language bro, just a mental typo. You're just trying to make her happy, there's nothing wrong with making people happy right? Now, let's make her happy.

YOU— 1. You're right, how can I make her happy?

LUST— To make her happy, you have to gain the trust of Mister Cat. If he doesn't trust you, then whatever advances you make on your Heroine will be thwarted by him. You need to gain his trust and approval first, that's the hard part, after that, the girl will be easy, trust me bro.

YOU— 1. But how do I do that? I can't just tell him "Hey trust me!" now can I? I don't have a story for them...

LUST— No, of course not, you can be su-maah-to (smart) about this. Pendant-san and Scarf-san seems to be a bit out of it right now, but you remember what they told you right? The whole thing about thieves in the Lugunica slums and all that? You should just say all that, and make it sound convincing.

Make yourself sound normal, sane, kind, and useful. That'll go well with Mister Cat. Now go for it bro, you got this.

YOU— 1. You're right, I'll go for it. (Finish thought.)

LUST— Cool!

GREAT SPIRIT— He's looking at you intently, waiting for your reply. Only two seconds passed since he asked his question, yet he already looks impatient.

YOU— 1. Come up with a story on why you know where the Thief is. (LUST: Formidable 13 +2 Knows Lugunican Slums. +2 Knows Felt. +1 You got this.)

CHECK: SUCCESS (LUST: Formidable: 13 vs 15 = +7(Roll)+3(Stats) +2 Knows Lugunican Slums. +2 Knows Felt. +1 You got this.)

YOU— In an instance, you get in character. A meek smile, an innocent face and slight embarrassment. Without any preparation, you open your mouth and hope for the best. You know that whatever you spew will be bullshit, but you will spew it with confidence.

"Weeeell, it's a bit embarrassing, but I had my belongings stolen a year ago. It took me all day to find where my stuff went. I had to ask around the slums, and got beaten up several times."

The Great Spirit, and the Girl with Silver Hair, are listening intently. You're on the right track, continue.

"During my search, I learned that the thieves can't just openly sell their stolen goods, so they need someone to sell it for them, I think they're called a Fence? The most well known one is this big old man called Rom. He runs this loot house, officially a bar, that buys stolen goods from the thieves, and later sell it to the right clients directly."

The listeners nod, they see the logic. But it's not yet enough.

"There in the loot house, I learned of the most well known thief in the slums, Felt, a small girl who is famous for her exceptional speed. She is too memorable to hide in plain sight, so she only steals expensive goods from the rich, or specific items she's been hired to steal. So the Fence Rom and the Thief Felt works together like family."

The Great Spirit nodded, your description of Felt seems to match his impression. They were chasing after Felt before you found them after all.

"I remember well just how bad I felt when I was looking for the loothouse, wandering aimlessly without any leads, only to learn that my stuff was already sold. It was a Metea my parents gifted me, so I got in a huge trouble with them afterwards too."

The Girl shows you sympathy, her expression softened significantly, the bit about losing a gift from your parents seems to be the main reason. Reminding them that they have a time limit on recovering their item also seems have been effective.

"So, I can't just ignore someone in the same trouble I suffered from in the past. But that's not all, I'm not just offering to lead you there to help a stranger"

Both of them raise their eyebrows at that. What you say next, they will pay close attention.

"As I said earlier, I was planning on asking the thieves for any leads on what I lost recently, I lost something very personal and important to me, and I'm in the middle of searching for it all across the capital. So I was going to the loot house sooner or later. And since I encountered you two, I thought I should help someone while I'm at it, that's all."

Yes, very personal and important to you, such as your name and your memories. It's suspicious just how convenient you seem to them, but hopefully their current emergency will lessen their caution.

"I'm sorry the explanation was a bit long winded. Thank you for your patience!" you finish your story.

Somehow, you managed to tell your story confidently, with full commitment, and despite it being made up on the spot, you showed no hesitation, and finished the story neatly.

It's like you fell down the stairs, and managed to land a backflip.

GREAT SPIRIT— "hmmm... I will let you help us for now. But don't try anything funny with my daughter now, understood?" he said, dropping his cute persona momentarily.

ENVY (Easy: Success)— "Yes sir! I promise I have no bad intentions towards your daughter!"

SILVER BELLS— "You don't have to go that far. The boy seems to know where the thief is, and we have no other leads so far. Let's try believing in him for now."

The girl then addressed you, her guard still up, "I will say it just to be clear, if you lead us to a trap, you won't leave unscathed."

YOU— 2. "I will be on my best behaviour!"

SLOTH— They're still suspicious of you. But they seem to be willing to follow you for now.

ENVY— See? Being deceitful is bad, if you were honest, you wouldn't have had this problem. They still see you as a suspect, if you were honest, maybe you could've become friends with them by now.

LUST— Nah, me and bro got this. Before, they were suspicious because they knew nothing about you, but now, they're only suspicious of your story and the validity of your claims. And since you truly don't wish them harm, with time, their suspicions will be proven false.

When you find the insignia for her, your claims will be proven true, and you will have done her a huge favor despite their suspicions. This way, you can make them feel guilty for doubting you, and indebted to you for finding her insignia.

One stone two birds.

Or rather,

One Story Two Hearts!

PRIDE— Good, you're not so useless after all, Heart.

Now, lets go to the thieves den, beat up some slum dwellers, and retreive the insignia. Lets clear our first quest, and conquer our first Heroine!

ENVY— This is all so wrong...

SLOTH— Heart-kun... I'm dissapointed in you.

GLUTTONY (Medium: Success)— Somewhere, in a different dimension, outside of time, outside of timelines, floating in the endless void, there is a dark room with no exits. Rows of seats are facing a giant screen that glow silver, it is a movie theater.

The seats are almost all occupied. The viewers are a diverse cast of characters, it's almost impossible to gather all of them in one room normally. However, they were gathered here mysteriously, to watch what was playing on the screen together.

There, amongst the viewers, one raised her voice in disgust "Ha! That is the true color of your beloved commoner! Does anyone dare to defend him now?" the girl's beautiful yet cruel voice reverberate throughout the theatre, and none dare to challenge her.

Another voice, barely audible, whispers to herself in sadness "Is that how you see me, ■■■?"

YOU— 1. What was that?

GLUTTONY— Another voice, this time a timid man's voice asks nervously "I-Is he aware of us? Just now, it was like he responded to what he heard here. How is that possible?"

Another voice, more loud and brash chimes in "Huh?... No f'in way! Capn' is lookin' straight at'us!"

YOU— 1. Great, I'm paranoid on top of being an amnesiac.

GLUTTONY— At some point in your life, you've read somewhere that in the after life, people go to a movie theatre where they play the movie of the life they've lived. Maybe that image has stuck with you even after you lost your memories. Or maybe, it's something else.

YOU— 1. What else could it be?

GLUTTONY— Maybe, you're being watched.

YOU— 1. Huh? Even right now? By whom?

GLUTTONY— Yes, even now. By everyone you ever knew in your forgotten past, and everyone you will ever come to know from here on. They might be watching all of your actions in your entire life, how you lived, and what you were thinking throughout it. Even now, even this thought, they might be watching, listening, and judging you for it all.

It's the Theatre. They're watching you. Eating popcorn and placing bets while judging you.

YOU— 1. Why would something like that even exist? Who would want to believe it exists?

GLUTTONY— The Theatre, it must exist. After all, which universe would you rather live in? A cold uncaring universe that does not care about your existence. Or a caring universe where the Theatre exists. The Theatre which notices your good deeds, judges your mistakes, and acknowledges your existence. In a caring universe, the Theatre must exist.

GLUTTONY— "Hah! And just like that ■■■ convinced himself into believing in the existence of a farce he conjured up himself. How self centered can he be?" A lazy girl's voice said with a condescending voice.

"But Nee-sama, ■■■-kun ended up being right even in his ever-so-slightly-mentally-unwell-imagination, right? We're sitting here watching, exactly how ■■■-kun imagined it after all..." A dilligent girl's voice said, with a concerned voice that sounded similar to the smug girl.

"Kyaaaaa! ■■■-sama is looking at us again! It's so creepy whenever ■■■-sama does that! And the screen is echoing what we're saying as well! It's so weird!! Please mute our voices whenever this happens ■■■-san!" A cute village girl screamed in fear, burying her face in soft pillows on the chest of her senior while looking away from the screen.

YOU— 1. Okay I really need to return to reality now. It's still just me imagining things at the end of the day.

GLUTTONY— Remember, the Theatre is always watching.

THOUGHT GAINED: "Paranoid Delusions."

PROBLEM: You feel constantly watched, from every corner, from every angle. Why do you feel like you're being judged by these invisible observers? Why do you feel like they can even hear your internal thoughts?... Maybe it's because all the people important in your life from past and future have gathered in a mysterious theatre and are watching your entire life, of course that's the case... Maybe it's just crazy enough that it could be true? What's the harm in believing it? What if you deny it exists and it's wrong? Didn't Pascal say something about that?

RESEARCH TIME: Until death.

RESEARCH: -1 PRIDE -1 LUST Constantly feel watched.

THOUGHT CABINET— Research> "Paranoid Delusions."> Confirm?> Yes.

THOUGHT CABINET— Research slots full.

TOOL TIP— Only three thoughts can be researched at the same time. Currently researching: "Live Strong", "Radio Calisthenics" and "Isekai Protagonist".

GREAT SPIRIT— "Good, now lead the way boy!"

COMMERCIAL DISTRICT— You start walking, and return to the main street. From there, you start heading towards the Commoners District, past it are the Slums. From here to the loot house will take at least 50 minutes.

You walk for 5 minutes, the girl is staying behind you, quiet, whenever you look back, your eyes meet hers, but unfortunately, she's only wary of you.

GLUTTONY— It's about time. You shouldn't push this off any futher.

YOU— 2. I'm not pushing off anything.

GLUTTONY— Your name. You still don't have a name. You have the time to focus on this now. Try to remember your name, or make up an alias for now.

LUST— Yeah there's a limit to talking to people without mentioning your name. She's not going to tell her name until you do first.

PRIDE— So it's time then. History will now change.

GREAT SPIRIT— "You gave them your name huh? Why didn't you introduce yourself to us earlier?"

ENVY (Easy: Success)— Alright, this is your chance to reveal the truth.

LUST (Medium: Success)— Well, the truth is that you hadn't come up with a name at the time, but you're not telling them that. You're already in too deep.

Let's lie some more.

YOU— 2. "Well—

PRIDE (Medium: Success)— Abort! You haven't fully grasped the weight of this decision.

This is your ONE secret. There is no taking back those words once uttered. By revealing this secret, will be stripping yourself of all privacy of the mind. You will be giving up your agency and facade of normalcy. What if she decides you're a crazy lunatic? Or worse?

If you are to do this, then you might as well strip naked and fully expose yourself for all to see. If you believe you deserve no privacy, then you should stop wearing clothes altogether. And why? Just because they asked?

No. Nobody asked about your mind or your lost memories. Yet you're trying to blab it. This will only result in HER thinking you're a lunatic. If you do this, you will never be respected by HER.

YOU— 1. Understood, thanks for the warning. (Finish thought.)

LUST (Medium: Success)— Hey, you're not hurting anybody by hiding the fact that you are a homeless-amnesiac. In fact, by revealing it, you will only cause harm. Nobody Knows (heh) yet, and you should keep it that way.

You're just trying to help HER find her stolen insignia. That's all. SHE has no need to know about your condition, or the voices you hear.

GREAT SPIRIT— "'Well' what?" he asks with an easy going smile and a cute voice.

GREED (Trivial: Failure)— He looks to be about 9 centimeters tall, and can probably fit in your palm.

LUST (Medium: Success)— You paused, so you have to change your words now. You have to say a bit more to make the pause feel intentional, and not a slip up. It's better to make the reason for your pause a trivial emotional one, not a reconsideration of what you were going to say.

Here, just say any one of these. You'll be alright.

YOU— 2. "Well... I was planning on finding your lost insignia and walking away without revealing my name. I thought being a nameless helper would make me look cool... But now that I say it out loud it sounds really stupid, so please forget about it!"

GREAT SPIRIT— "That is indeed stupid! Ahaha!" the floating cat laughs.

LUST (Challenging: Failure)— Yes! He laughed! He likes you now!

PRIDE (Medium: Success)— Yeah just let the Cat keep laughing. The Cat has no idea that you're in control. Everything is going exactly according to your plans. Just chuckle along for now.

SLOTH (Medium: Failure)— The Cat seems to be relieved. You've fully conveyed that you are not a threat and that you only have the best of intentions.

SILVER BELLS— "Puck! Stop laughing at the poor boy!" She chides "Puck" after she finished eating her appa.

LUST— Oh, she finished eating her appa. There's a pause in the conversation now, you can take charge and say whatever here. Make statements, ask questions.

GLUTTONY— Ask her name. The floodgates will begin to open inside you after hearing her name.

YOU— 1. "Hey I've been meaning to—"

GREAT SPIRIT— "Now then, Suisei thank you for your assistance so far. We can go the rest of the way from here. We'd hate to waste your time anymore than this, right?" The Great Spirit cuts you off, and ends his speech turning to the girl.

PRIDE— This f***ing Cat again. He won't let you talk to her at all.

SILVER BELLS— "I'm sorry about Puck being rude to you when you were just trying to help. But I also don't want to waste any more of your time. You said the thief 'Felt' is in a place called the 'loot house' run by this 'Rom' person in the slums right? Thank you for telling me the location, but we can figure it out from here." She spoke while avoiding your gaze.

She's decided the conversation is over. She's done with you.

"Let's go, Puck." she said, and Puck becomes wisps of light and enters the green crystal on her person.

Her silver hair trails past you. You are behind her now. She will keep moving forward without you in her sight. Step by step, she leaves you.

SLOTH— Huh? Why is she leaving? Weren't things going well? Did she mistrust you this much? Was it because the Cat laughed at you? None of this makes sense.

PRIDE— No! Don't let her leave! Not here, not like this!

LUST (Challenging: Failure)— She'll turn around to you if you say "Wait!" loud enough. There was hesitation there, she's looking for an excuse to not leave you.

She's your Heroine. This is merely a dramatic scene to spice up your romance.

SLOTH— Let her go. She's made her decision. Don't take her hand.

GLUTTONY (Medium: Success)— On a creaky wooden floor, illuminated by moonlight, specks of dust dances over a pool of red, a lifeless hand reaching out to nothing. There's no one there to bring relief to her in her last moments.

Silver stained red. Insides exposed outside. A woman in black dips her hands into the warm red as she smiles in delight.

YOU— 1. Run after her and grab her hand (Challenging)

YOU (Challenging: Failure)— You must shrink the distance between you and her. Her long beautiful legs have already taken several steps away from you, and you need to rush to catch up.

YOU— Hurry! She's going to leave me forever!

YOU— You throw yourself at her. In your hurry, you trip on the cobblestone, but you don't fall down yet. You manage to stumble forward, your eyes still locked onto her back.

Success: You reach her. Critical Failure: You grab onto her hand, and fall down. Your knees touch to the ground, and then you get pulled back up by her.

YOU— 1. Oh god, what have I done? How does she react?

SILVER BELLS— "Hya!?" She yelped in surprise when you suddenly pulled her down. She's surprisingly strong, as she held strong, and even prevented you from face planting.

Now, she's looking down at you, and your eyes once again meet those amethyst gems. After looking at you with concern for a second, she looks away suddenly.

You must be the most pathetic sight she has ever seen. You looking up at her, on your knees, still clutching onto her left hand, on the verge of tears.

ENVY— I'm sure she doesn't think any lesser of you... She's a kind girl right? Let's believe in the purity of her heart.

PRIDE— No, you're a fuckup. A beautiful angel like her wouldn't waste her time with a clumsy mess like you. You just ruined all the chances you had with her. There's no fixing this perception of you now. Some random fucking knight in a shining armor will take her now.

MORALE: -1 3/4

GREAT SPIRIT— The Great Spirit appeared in front of you once again. "Let go of her already, Boy." he said with a smile, his voice barely holding back his anger.

GREED (Trivial: Success)— Even in this love induced lobotomized state, your brain knows that the Great Spirit could, and probably should, completely erase your existence in this very instance. If not for the public location, and his consideration towards her, you wouldn't even be having this thought.

Do as he say, and let go of her.

YOU— 1. "O-Of course! I'm sorry!" You stutter, as you get up on your feet. And then you notice—

SLOTH— Oh no! Your pants! Your pants are down and your underwear has been exposed! It must've happened when you fell. She's averting her gaze to not look directly at your embarassment. You should fix this.

MORALE: -1 2/4

YOU— 2. You pull up your pants, and try to proceed with the conversation. But nothing is coming to you. You have no idea what you wanted to say after stopping her, you didn't think that far ahead.

You look down at your feet in shame.

PRIDE (Heroic: Failure)— No. This is impossible.

You've lost enough dignity to warrant a complete social retreat. If you could hide from the world inside a dark room for the rest of your life, you should do so. Even attempting to move past this without reflecting shows just how shameless you are.

You must understand just how much embarassment you've brought upon yourself.

YOU— 1. But you're the one who told me to stop her! You @#$%!

PRIDE— Stop making excuses. You chose to do this.

Now listen.

You ran after her and tried to turn her around to you like you were some hottie from a shoujo manga. But you failed at every step. You tripped and almost dragged her down to the ground with you. She had to pull you up to prevent you from face planting.

She lifted you up like a bag of groceries, and speaking of bags, the useless plastic bag you carry around dropped to the ground and its items are now on the ground around you. Don't you dare leaving without picking them you, you don't make others clean up after your embarassment.

And of course, you flashed your underwear to her, while holding onto her hand with tears in your eyes. Truly shameful. You have no dignity left. She will never see you as 'Cool' from here on.

Now you're crying. Pathetic. No wonder you lost all your memories.

MORALE: -1 1/4

*TOOL TIP— Once MORALE reaches 0 it's likely game over. Try to use items, or select actions that may help you restore your MORALE.*

LUST— Fucking, drinking or smoking might help. But you don't have access to any of those yet. Especially the fucking, not after fumbling her like this.

*TOOL TIP— Internalize the thought "It's for Bad Adults" to gain access to the ability to engage in bad adult activities, such as drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes.*

SLOTH— Oh no, this is awful. You should abusing yourself like this, stop listening to the parts of you that talks badly about you. Don't continue this negative spiral.

Come on now, things will get better. You should remember some positive memories in times like this. Let's see umm...

YOU— 1. Name one good memory I have. Please, just one.

SLOTH (Easy: Failure)— ...The appa earlier was tasty right?

MORALE: -1 0/4

WRATH— Now that settles it.

In your short period of existence, some 97 minutes, the only positive experience you've had was tasting some appa. You experienced love briefly, but now it's over. She's going to leave you now.

Oh look, you're standing on a bridge right now. Go jump off the bridge. You're pretty sure you can't swim, so that should be the end of it.

SILVER BELLS— "Are you okay?" Suddenly, her voice is the only voice you can hear. She speaks with concern, and no malice.

"I'm sorry did I grip your hand too hard? I was startled when you grabbed onto me so suddenly, and I might've put too much strength into it. But I had to prevent you from falling, so it couldn't be helped."

"Here, you dropped these." She hands over your plastic bag with its items put back inside.

"Be careful okay? If I hadn't caught you, you could've hurt yourself." She said, as if she were scolding an elementary schooler.

MORALE: +1 1/4

SLOTH (Trivial:Success)— ...Are we back? Did she mistake that whole scene for you just tripping while running without reason? She's even gathered your things for you. Just how kind is she?

PRIDE— Run with it. You were merely running the same direction, tripped, and happened to grab her hand while falling.

LUST— Ah! Her kindness is radiant and all embracing! She who grabs the hand of those who tripped! She who lifts those who fell! Angelic! Maji Tenshi!

YOU— 1. "I'm sorry. I'll be careful from here on."

SILVER BELLS— "It's fine. Accidents happen. Now, I'll be going then." She said, and turns around to resume walking.

ENVY— This is your chance. Properly talk to her, without trying to grab her again.

YOU— 1. "Wait I wanted to talk to you."

SILVER BELLS— "Hmm?" She turns around to you, expression puzzled.

"Ah, did you change your mind about not wanting payment?"

GREAT SPIRIT— Before you could think of any replies, the Great Spirit gets in between you and her once again.

"We're in a hurry, so don't stop us again. Let's go."

SILVER BELLS— "But—"

GREAT SPIRIT— "We really should hurry. A human like him can't keep up if you run right? You'll be in trouble if you don't recover the insignia as soon as possible, right?" he said quickly, with a smile, leaving no room for argument for the girl.

SILVER BELLS— She nods meekly, then she looks at you briefly. "I'm sorry, but we'll be going then. If we meet again, I'll repay you." she said with a small bow.

Suddenly, she jumps up and lands on the roof of the nearby building. Dissapearing from your sight entirely.

...

...

PRIDE— F*** that Cat. You should kill him the next time you see him.

ENVY— Damn... It's hard not to feel that way right now. But be positive. You saw how she didn't entirely hate you right? It was the Great Spirit, who's called 'Puck' if you heard right, who is keeping you away from her.

SLOTH— An over protective parent. Or rather, a sufficiently protective parent, I suppose it can't be helped if your daughter is that cute. If you had a daughter, you would surely do the same.

LUST— Yes, but really, F*** that Cat. Getting in between star crossed lovers. What a waste of mascot design.

TIME— 16:37

GLUTTONY— Cloud covers the sun and paints the scenery with cool blue shadows. The bustle of the commoners' district can be heard from ahead.

GLUTTONY (Medium: Success)— Once sun sets, blood will spill. The world will freeze. Tragedy is approaching.

ENVY— Now, what will you do?

YOU— 1. Go to the loot house. Jog there.

ENVY— Of course, you have to do this. Something important will happen there, and your brain remembered earlier about Felt, and Rom, so you should try meeting them regardless.

She will be there as well, and the Cat.

PRIDE— Kill the Cat.

LUST— Kiss the Girl.

ILLUSTRATION BELOW— ENVY SKILL PORTRAIT