saynotoNTR

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Chillout1984

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Seeing so many players think Maya opened the front door shows that none of them have played Bella's route before... So many pagans among us...
We even have freeroam in Bella's house when not on Bella's path. It's even mandatory for the story to try to open the locked door early on in the game.

Not being on Bella's path is not an excuse for not knowing that isn't the front door ;)
 

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True, that's why I said WHEN we pay her ;)

It's funny how often you can eat Quinn's food for free, you almost never have to pay (especially if you're on Quinn's route and Sage's fuckbuddy) for her food if you make the correct choices. You would think that would get her out of business.
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grarg

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Posting this from a conversation I had after the release dropped, since a bunch people keep thinking it was the front door.
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You're right. I remember the stairs from the previous episodes intro animation.

But I also remember some dude's silhouette walking into the frame of the the open door, coming from the room...

Which means
1. Someone is in the locked-now-unlocked room. Which is insane.
2. Some body/body like object is in there, and gets triggered when the door is opened. Also insane.
3. DPC is being a goofball to play with the Hallowe'en imagery/"Tommy's jump scare." (Which is most likely, and childish.)

Now we have to guess it was unlocked since Bella was using it for storage/Christmas decor? But then why would she be freaking out if it gets opened when she'd have to have gone in there to get stuff? Weren't we just helping her decorate in her path?

And why would Maya be confused? Enough for our MC to stop holding Derek to go join her looking at a big dark storage room?

Seems like fabricated conflict and suspense for...towels?

Maya: "Where are the towels!?"
*uses superhuman Maya strength to opened locked door*
Maya: "Uhh..."
MC: "What is it?"
MC *leaves his best friend to bleed in Jills arms to help Maya be confused*
MC: "..."
Bella: "..."
Bella: *neurotic librarian powers activate*
Bella: *stares into the abyss which is the room she forgot to organize and clean for years*
Bella: wow I totally forgot to lock that door. I'm so embarrassed. Thank goodness this wasn't the front door, and my AWOL husband returned. That would give me an even bigger panic attack.
MC: "Well, that's a big dark storage room we can't see into, because it's dark. Oh well, Maya. Let's go find some towels and drag Derek to the outside door where the car is. Man, this free-roam house is impossible to navigate. C'mon Derek! Let's get you to Bella's car."
 
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You're right. I remember the stairs from the previous episodes intro animation.

But I also remember some dude's silhouette walking into the frame of the the open door, coming from the room...

Which means
1. Someone is in the locked-now-unlocked room. Which is insane.
2. Some body/body like object is in there, and gets triggered when the door is opened.
3. DPC is being a goofball to play with the Hallowe'en imagery/"Tommy's jump scare." (Which is most likely, and childish.)

Now we have to guess it was unlocked since Bella was using it for storage/Christmas decor? But then why would she be freaking out if it gets opened when she'd have to have gone in there to get stuff? Weren't we just helping her decorate in her path?

And why would Maya be confused? Enough for our MC to stop holding Derek to go join her looking at a big dark storage room?

Seems like fabricated conflict and suspense for...towels?

Maya: "Where are the towels!?"
*uses superhuman Maya strength to opened locked door*
Maya: "Uhh..."
MC: "What is it?"
MC: "..."
MC *leaves his best friend to bleed in Jills arms to help Maya be confused*
Bella: "..."
Bella: *neurotic librarian powers activate*
Bella: *stares into the abyss which is the room she forgot to organize and clean for years*
Bella: wow I totally forgot to lock that door. I'm so embarrassed. Thank goodness this wasn't the front door, and my AWOL husband returned. That would give me an even bigger panic attack.
MC: "Well, that's a big dark storage room we can't see into, because it's dark. Oh well, Maya. Let's go find some towels and drag Derek to the outside door where the car is. Man, this free-roam house is impossible to navigate. C'mon Derek! Let's get you to Bella's car."
Since none of our characters are to be seen in the Episode 9 opening, I'd say one or all of them are in that room and just exiting.
 
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grarg

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They also think that Maya is running outside looking for towels :KEK:
She never got outside. It makes more sense she's panicking and just opening doors. As opposed to having instant lockpicking skills, or, Bella, Ms. Librarian, forgetting to lock the door...Or, someone actually opening the door from the previous side, as implied by Episode 10's cinematic. And why the MC would join her is baffling considering the circumstance.

The story implied that James is simply missing, so we tend to think "oh, it's doing the thing we expect." Which is basic writing. So now we're contemplating the layout of a room for a confusing cliffhanger. Which is worse than waiting next season for your favorite show to continue.

It's assumed the group knows the layout of the upstairs lounge (and perhaps the bathroom there), but not the ground floor. And we're not sure where Bella keeps the car/driveway is exactly in relation to the ground floor layout.

Now the suspense is...what's in the (magically unlocked) room while my friend bleeds out?
As opposed to "Oh is this...James? Some guy? WHO CARES? Hey Bella, stop spacing out! We need your car! Bella?"

In either case, MC would still be like "GET THE DAMN TOWELS!"
 
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