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Autoplay after Pride & Joy
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Sara Affection
The Creaking of the Seventh Step
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"The Creaking of the Seventh Step" is an Event for Sara Sakakibara.
Previous Event: Engulfed
Next Event: Halfway Down the Wishing Well
Locations
This Event takes place in the following locations:
- Bar
- Bar - Sara's Apartment
Synopsis
Having successfully retrieved the espresso machine, mostly due to Yuki, Sensei reconvenes with Sara as Yuki is sent away to store the machine in the back and clean up the remaining tables. Sara walks over to Sensei as he stands idly by the entrance, inviting him upstairs so they can discuss something in private.
While initially convinced she's dragged him upstairs to discuss his relationship with Yuki, Sara tells him that not everything in her life involves him. She asks for his opinion on movies, as she has used them as an escape from the tragedies of her life for as long as she can remember. In particular, she liked a movie involving a man who, afflicted with memory problems, has to use the notes left by his previous self to piece who he is back together. When life got hard for her, it was easy for her to get wrapped up in her mind or silly things, such as replicating the movie's protagonist. But now, when looking back, she can't quite recall what things were real and which were "forced" into her head; The lack of distinction scares her, but she's gotten so used to it that she's become apathetic, accepting it as part of who she is.
While that's fine for her personally, upon realizing that she might have passed on something to her daughter, she asks Sensei to watch over Sana. Confused and uncomfortable with the implication, he asks why she wants him to do that. She explains that the thing she passed onto Sana is something that she's dealt with before, and imagining her daughter in that same, terrified position is driving her insane with anxiety and paranoia. Sensei tells her that he'll watch over her all he can, but that it's impossible to constantly monitor her daughter. Suddenly becoming desperate, Sara begs Sensei to reconsider, offering him anything and everything she owns if he'll agree to it. She asks Sensei if he's noticed anything off about her already like her claiming to "see things" or recent changes in her behavior. Besides the incident during Christmas, though, nothing comes to mind and Sensei pries about what "seeing things" means.
As Sara tries to explain, Sensei starts to "blackout".
Participating Characters
Trivia
- A series of backwards messages plays during the event. A transcript of these messages can be found below:
- "And everything you know just gets flipped on its head, like it was never yours to begin with."
- "The world itself crumbles to dust and all that's left within it are the traces of who we once were"
- "It becomes impossible to keep your eyes on what is important to you when you see straight through everything"
- "There were silhouettes with arms as wide as protocol and a leg in a basket helped the words when coming out alive."
- "Get it out, it's inside of me, get it out, get it out, give this one back." (Repeated 4x)
- If the player chose not to pursue a relationship with Sara in either Carry Me Home or A Mostly Empty Home, an additional message in hexadecimal is displayed. A translation can be found below:
- "6e 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 65 76 65 72 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 73 65 6e 73 65 20 61 67 61 69 6e" - nothing will ever make sense again
Event References
Backgrounds
The following background renders are used in this Event:
- returnofaweirdcouple
Music Tracks
The following music tracks are used in this Event:
- calmbar.mp3
Event Changelog
This Event was added in Update .30.0.
