History TearJerker / DiscoElysium

** When you finally wake up, the very first thing Cuno says is that Kim's dead. Thankfully, he immediately admits that he's kidding and that Kim is in the hospital...but you still won't hear from Kim for the rest of the game.

'''The Deserter:''' ...but Lieutenant Kitsuragi is not here. There is only the old straddler. He turns his black eyes to you and says: "Kim who? There's no Kim here either."

* Later in the game you can find a dead body of a man on the pier, with evidence pointing to him having gotten drunk, falling through the rotting boardwalk and fatally hitting his head. Going through the routine of arranging a pickup for the body from the city morgue you find the address of his wife so you can inform her of his death...only to find out that it's a working class woman you may have had a humorous interaction with at the start of the game.

* Cuno's life is pretty sad as it is -- a 12-year-old drug addict with an abusive alcoholic of a father -- but when he says that he will go out like his dad, "West Revachol style" -- that is, turning into a vegetable from substance overdose, even [[CreepyChild Cunoesse]] asks him to "stop saying all this *sad* shit" in a small voice.

'''Pain Threshold:''' ''A great and terrible spike. The blood freezes in her veins''\\
'''You:''' "Your husband Victor Méjean is dead. I'm very sorry for your loss, ma'am."\\

--->'''Empathy:''' If you say 'two days maybe' it will be etched in her mind forever.

** You can soften the blow and even entirely salvage the situation, turning it around into a Heartwarming Moment if you sincerely apologize to Kim for your racist outburst. Kim will then ask you what you see when you look at him. Answer that you see him as "a true Revacholian", and Kim will briefly be at loss for words. Your skills will inform you, that despite both the circumstances that up lead to this point and himself, he is truly elated to hear those words.

** You can soften the blow and even entirely salvage the situation, turning it around into a Heartwarming Moment if you sincerely apologize to Kim for your racist outbust. Kim will then ask you what you see,

** At one point during the sequence, you have an opportunity to roll a Suggestion check to kiss Dora passionately. But even if you 'succeed', she'll remain quite still, refusing to kiss you back -- and Suggestion itself will ruefully tell you that [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption there can be no winning here]].

--->'''You:''' "How will I see you *again* then?"\\
'''Dolores Dei:''' "Right here. Tomorrow night. Once this dream starts happening it keeps happening -- three times a week. At least, And Harry, it really really looks like it's started *happening* again. There's the video rental..."\\
"I'm suffocatingly beautiful. And young. And I smell of tutti frutti chewing gum -- like I did that time when I asked you for forgiveness. After leaving you the first time, so long ago..."\\
'''You:''' "But this is intolerably bad."\\
'''Dolores Dei:''' "Oh yes. This is real darkness. It's not death, or war, or child molestation. Real darkness has love for a face. The first death is in the heart, Harry."\\
''"See you tomorrow."''

-->'''You:''' I *know* I can get history back on the right track.
'''René:''' The "right track"? This *is* the right track! The only track. ''(he gets visibly annoyed)'' This is the world we shaped, a reflection of what we are: cowardly, ugly, and numb. And there are no second chances. We don't deserve them! You just can go back and restart -- that would make everything *MEANINGLESS*! ''(a shadow of pain comes over his face)''\\

* Rene's death, and how hard it hit Gaston. Rene, being his stubborn self, wanted to prove that he didn't need hand-outs and pushed himself too hard on the job, leading to heart failure from overexertion. While telling you this, Gaston keeps referring to Rene as "angry prick" and "old cunt", but prod him just a little, and he will admit that he loved Rene despite everything. Your Rhetoric will even note that Gaston somehow makes "old cunt" sound almost gentle. You can then give Gaston the old photo of Rene and Jeannie, the girl they fought over for their whole life, leading to a [[TearsOfJoy different kind]] of tear jerker.