Let's play Fatal Hearts - Because there aren't vampires enough these days

We must tell her the truth!
"So, Lucy, I didn't dream about you like you expected, but well, at least I almost kissed you during sleep! Also, your dad is a creepy pedophile."

Christina: Not very well, really.
Christina: I was dreaming about this gorgeous guy, but when he was just about to kiss me, I woke up - and I'd sort of rolled into you.

GORGEOUS GUY? YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT SEBASTIEN THERE?
Chris, I gotta take you to an ophthalmologist.



"And then he harassed me, but no problem, I just stuffed him in the microwave and now there are pieces of his body spread through all the kitchen. You can clean that for me, right, dearie? Bye, kisses"

Christina: He was acting really creepy, saying how pretty I was - I think he might have been drunk.

Or doing some drugs the cult stole from Tim's gang, or whatever.

Christina: So I ran back upstairs and I don't think I got a lot of sleep after that.



I know it's difficult to believe your dad's a pedobear, Lucy, but YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THE UNDENIABLE TRUTH!

Christina: Would that mean your dad is my true love? Ew.

..... Chris, that's the worst headcanon EVER.

Lucy: No... I don't know.

You girls are taking this true love thing too seriously, to even consider that.



And not a single fuck was given that day.



Thank god that perverted man isn't here.

Lucy looks SO disappointed. Poor girl.

I think we all are. The lack of microwave stuffing options ;_;

I swear to God I never tasted fruit cereal in my life.

I don't even really like chocolate cereal, but we never have any at home, so I feel like I should get it while I can.

I know the feel, Chris.



I would be too, if I just found out my father's not only an evil cultist, but an evil pedophile. Who wouldn't, actually?

Maybe she's not feeling well.

Oh, no way, Chris, you dreamed about another person in your stupid "true love dream" AND was harassed by her own dad! SHE'S TOTALLY OKAY! EVERYTHING'S PERFECT!

I try to think of something to talk about, but my mind's a blank. We can't swim right after eating, either, so I'm not sure what to do next.

Your mind's always a blank, Chris.



... Poop.

There's a newspaper by my foot. I pick it up and bring it in.

Good girl! Here, have a dog biscuit.



I feel the blood freeze in my ears.

WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED?

Another murder... and this time it's someone I know.

OH NO, TELL ME IT'S NOT MOMMY D=



EVERYTHING!

ELIZABETH?!

CRAP. That didn't even come to my mind.

I hold the paper so we can both read the article.
The facts are simple. Elizabeth Sumners, age 15, body found lying in a lonely road through the woods...

It WAS Lizzie... D=
But well, at least we had our revenge to when she destroyed the luv luv mood we had with Tim.

... "as if she were set upon by wild animals," the article reads. And "an act of senseless violence".

Is "were" right in that sentence? I thought it would be "was"...

"The fifth young woman killed in mysterious circumstances in the past week."

That doesn't look worrisome at all. Only five. In one week. PFFT, that's nothing.

She was in our class at school. We were friends - not really good friends, not since I've been spending time with Lucy. But I knew her.

WHY DIDN'T YOU THREE SPEND TIME TOGETHER??? Geesh, one can't have two friends at once?



Poor Lucy looks like she worries about this more than Chris. Chris' just like: "Oh well, I knew her."



And they were never even friends! But maybe Lucy just knows it was her parents doing.

All I can think about is that woman I found in the field - Angela Kerrigan, according to the newspaper's list of victims.

Chris worries more about this woman he didn't know than about Lizzie! What the fuck, Chris? You're such a psycho in this route.

And Elizabeth, someone I knew, looking like that.



There. Show us some emotions, girl. Or I'll start to worry about your charisma.



Oh well.

Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you're celebrating, everyone!

I spent the whole night drawing something to post here, but it refuses to be uploaded! And I'm in a hurry, so I'll post it later, if it works!

Happy holidays! We shall simply have to wait, then.

Here it is!



^^ Yaaaaaaay!
These are my favorite OCs. From left to right: Sally, Paul, Kathleen, Fred, other Kathleen (that's a long story), Jeff, Caio and Josh!
You can't see some stuff well because of the crappy scanning, but well, Sally's wearing black stockings, and there's a halo on Fred's head. Also, the kids are smaller than they were supposed to be, but that's not the scanner's fault, they were the last thing I drew and I was sleepy.
I worked really hard on this, so I hope you like it!

This is... Rather creepy. I mean... Look at how yellow they are. It's like we've been abducted by aliens that stole Lucy's and her mother's face, but couldn't hide it's yellow skin.



Now that's better.

Christina: Oh... I'm okay.
But Elizabeth isn't.
I wonder if my mother heard the news?

Well, if was was a young girl's mom and found out about murders of 5 young girls that happened in the same week, I'd have picked her up and locked her in our house until the culprit's found.

Christina: I need to call my mom.
Jeanette Torvill: I'll get you a phone. You just rest.



Man, Lucy must feel guilty. Poor Lucy D=



For some reason, the cordless phone I once had broke so fast I can't even remember how it was to use it.

Jeanette Torvill: Here you are.
I press the button for a dialtone, but all I hear is buzzing static.

Yep. It seems like cordless phones in general break easily.

Christina: It's not working.



Or maybe something's really wrong here.

I don't really know what diligently would mean in here.

Lucy: It's got power... I don't know what's wrong with it.

MAYBE WE SHOULD BURN IT TOO!

This is all starting to sound disturbing.

Starting to? Really?

Christina: A murderer on the loose... and now the phone's gone dead...
Jeanette Torvill: Oh, it's probably just a local outage. There've been a lot of storms lately.

LIES! BLATANT LIES!

Jeanette Torvill: You girls always let your imaginations run away with you.

... I just had a déjà vu. Who said it the other time around? Mom?
.....................
MOM WAS HIDING SOMETHING!

Christina: That's what my mother says.

See? I knew it! Maybe... It wasn't mom, but this woman in disguise!!!

Jeanette Torvill: I'll have a word with the neighbors and see if their phones are out as well.



Not a nice thing to say to her daughter, Chris.



See? Now Lucy looks kinda pissed.

I can hear my heart pounding the seconds away.



And of course she's back. She is one of the killers after all.



Yeah, Elizabeth was just murdered, but okay.

I still can't believe this arc kills Lizzie... is the Tim path really the one with the least deaths? HE'S THE EVIL MASTERMIND.

That's because Tim's awesome, alright.

Clearly, but can he fix a PHONE?

We have nothing but cordless ones now, which is really nice because I like walking around a lot when I talk into phones because otherwise I get restless, and if they have a chord you end up pacing instead of walking. They usually work well, when we can find them, that is, because no chord also mean they end up on kitchen counters, next to computers, on a plate once...

Nah, this route is much more normal than Tim's.

I feel silly telling Lucy's mother about this, but I'm still a little light-headed and I can't stop talking.

You are ALWAYS silly and light-headed, Chris. Also, you should fell UTTERLY STUPID telling what you know to the killer.

Christina: Somebody could be stalking me.

What? I don't know about any stalking case you gave a shit to.

Christina: Like that gang from the other day...

Oh. I thought you forgot that already.

Jeanette Torvill: Gang?
Suddenly she frowns.
Jeanette Torvill: Wolfriemen.

Oopsie! Tim's gang is so dead. STUPID CHRIS!



You did shit, Chris. You just did shit. Well, that's all right, we're not in their route anyway.

Christina: What was that about?



Christina: She said 'Wolfriemen'...
Christina: Jeremy said that too.
Christina: What does it mean?
Christina: It wasn't anybody's name in the phone book, you said.

She did? When?



Or wolfy-man? Or Wolf-free-man? Or Old-free-man?

Christina: Randy didn't look like a wolfman.

Yeah, he's more like a dogman.

I stand up and grab the arm of the couch for support as my kneels wobble.
Lucy: Are you okay? Maybe you should rest.
Christina: It's too weird, we've got to figure this out.

Let's play detective again!

Christina: Maybe it means something in a foreign language.
Christina: Have you got any translating dictionaries?
Lucy: Sure... On the bookshelf...
Christina: Let me look...

Then mini-game.



Like I said. I wonder how someone who don't have a German dictionary and whose internet is not working would play this mini-game.

DUH! They use wolf-patterned belts!

Christina: I don't know...
Christina: Could your parents have a special antique called a wolf belt? Maybe those guys want to steal it.

That... Could kinda make sense, actually.

Christina: Maybe that's why you kept getting those strange calls.
Christina: Maybe they cut off your phone line and they're on their way to rob the house right now -



Oh, what a coincidence!

Christina: We have to hide!

Wat.
I mean, why don't you look through the peephole first? Then, if it's Tim's gang, you hide?

Lucy: N-no, we have to see who it is!

Lucy is so more smart than you, Chris. Damn.




........... Creepy.
I mean, look at that rape face. It's much too spooky.

Lucy opens the door for him.

NO LUCY DON'T!



We kinda notice that. Did you know the phone you slipped into Chris' bag is DESTROYED? HAHAHAHAHAHA

Sometimes that Chris, she is a piece of work. Wohlf-ree-men would be closest, incidently, Lucy.

This was what I meant. So creepy (shudders)

Feeling so lonely today I started monologizing with an offline friend in Facebook.

Voice: Ah, Jeremy!

Who's there?



DON'T COME CLOSE TO ME O_O

Steve Torvill: Yes, you'll want to have a look at this.

Please, tell me "this" isn't Chris.

Jeanette Torvill: Girls, can you stay upstairs for a while?

Oh, not Chris. BUT IT'S A DIRTY SECRET WE CAN'T FIND OUT!

Jeanette Torvill: We're going to be working on the wiring, and I don't want either of you getting shocked.

Oh. I still think it's a dirty secret, though. After all, she may not want us to get shocked in the traumatized meaning too.

Christina: Okay...



Christina: Are they going to try and fix the phones themselves? Shouldn't they wait for the phone company?

That's because they won't fix any phones, derp.

Lucy: Don't worry about it.
Lucy: Whatever they're doing, it's dangerous and we don't want to be part of it.

Yep, Lucy knows everything. Just look at how suggestive this line was.

Lucy: I just want to stay out of the way until it's all over.

Well, you better do something, 'cause Erik said the city would be destroyed when it's all over or something.

Christina: What if there is someone trying to break in and rob you?

Oh, Chris, stop with this stupid theory of yours already.

I'll be totally worried about my parents in this situation, but well, with parents like that...



Lucy's heart is cold as ice, huh?

She just knows their eyes shoot lasers.

Did you get in touch with the friend?

Nope. She just left me a quick offline message some time later saying that she just checked out Facebook before going to a cousin's party and couldn't talk with me. I'LL TRAVEL TOMORROW, DAMMIT!

In my experience the timing of these things always end up sucking. I have had several instances of accidental sequential absences with a few friends, and it's always a lousy feeling.

Yes. Sometimes I see she was online in the same time I was, 'cause she posted something on Facebook, but she didn't talk to me nor appeared online, and that make me furious! I don't really think posting silly pictures and jokes on Facebook is more important than talking to me, and why can't she do both?

Another cute CG! Not as cute as the last, but still.



No, we're a future couple.
I mean, yes, we're friends for now.



Awwn, poor Lucy...



Probably she's afraid you're going to leave her if you find out her parents are murderers.
Or maybe she wants to know if there's a chance you'll be... More than friends with her.

I am really liking Lucy this time around, though her experience at the end of Tim's route did a lot of the groundwork. Poor, poor girl.

This smells of choice.



Yes, choice. And a difficult one. If I choose yes everything's probably fucked up. If I choose no, maybe she'll understand we're friendzoning her. Well, I'll choose I don't know.



Yeah. If we find out you're actually a creepy yandere, maybe we give up on you.



Probably there's more stuff in Lucy's mind than you have in yours, Chris.

DAVIAN, IS THAT YOU?

I always get confused when people change their pictures.

But if we don't, we're all gonna die!!!



Chris, you're so determined in this special antique stuff, it looks like you're the one who wants to steal it.



And Lucy trusts you! You're terrible, Chris.

It is XD. I put on Quast!Javert because of the Zafehouse LP now Christmas is over and Joyce Hawke in hat wasn't as pertinent.

Chris' such a thief.



Maybe she's worried you'll betray her and steal her parent's stuff. I would.



PFFT OF COURSE I KNOW DO I LOOK LIKE SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING?



We're so fucked. What if they see us messing at their stuff with their laser-eyes?



No way this can go wrong.

(Quick technical note - I think something's gone a bit wrong in your playthrough and the 'darken' effect which was supposed to go away after Christina woke up from fainting is permanently on. I'm not sure what caused that and at this rate I don't know if it will EVER go away now that it's got itself stuck in the on position. If you have a save from before she fainted it might be worth trying to skip through that sequence quickly to see if it'll work right if you don't save/pause in the middle? Sorry about this, I haven't touched any of the code on this one in years and I don't really know what the bug is here. If it's not bothering you I guess you can just ignore it :) )

It wasn't bothering me, but I can try that, thank you a lot ^^

It worked! Thank you again, HanakoGames!
Here is the fixed CG:

It just sucks to be Lucy regardless, doesn't it? She's frightened and miserable even when we're on her route. Shame on her parents, seriously.

Even if it was accidental, I think the 'darken' effect worked pretty well for that CG!

Christina needs to comfort Lucy...she looks so sad... /nodnod/

So uh. That's how I feel today:



Not related at all, sorry.

EDIT - That's a pillow.

If feeling down, try to remember the good things in life and persist. Hope you feel better soon.