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!!My personal sandbox, now a test-page for ''[[VisualNovel/{{Twofold}} Twofold's]]'' character page. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Read at your own risk!]]

Tropes pertaining to the cast of ''VisualNovel/{{Twofold}}''. Be wary of potential [[Administrivia/SelfFulfillingSpoiler Self-Fulfilling Spoilers]], especially for characters in the unlockable side story, ''[[AnotherSideAnotherStory Perfect Circle]]''.

Tropes pertaining to the cast of ''VisualNovel/{{Twofold}}''. Be wary of potential [[Administrivia/SelfFulfillingSpoiler Self-Fulfilling Spoilers.]]

!!My personal sandbox, now a test-page for the upcoming Twofold page. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Read at your own risk!]]
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[[caption-width-right:600:'''Front:''' Club leaders Millie and Caprice. \\
'''Rear:''' Olive and the leaders' roommate, Hayley.]]
-> There's going to come a time when you feel all alone. When the world feels too big and you feel too small. I want you to remember one thing: no matter where you are, if you can make a friend, the world is a whole lot less lonely. It doesn't even really matter how you reach out, so long as you put your best foot forward.

-> Make small talk. Offer a helping hand. Join a club! It can be scary to take that first step, but you'll be amazed at how much things can change for the better once you do.

-> That's my hope, anyway. You deserve it.
-->-- '''August Penn'''

Once an overachieving high-schooler, Olive Penn's busy schedule and refusal to burden their mother, August, with extra shifts at The Bellhouse leaves them with a 1.5 GPA–and at risk of expulsion should their [[GottaPassTheClass grades fail to improve by the semester's end.]]

Upon cutting a deal with academic advisement and receiving yet another RousingSpeech from August, Olive is presented with two choices: a writing class or an art class. Neither seem viable until rival club leaders Millie Clarke and Caprice Shiften offer a helping hand to the wayward student, provided they join the club.

An outsider embroiled in a feud between ChildhoodFriends, Olive must navigate these groups' delicate bonds to survive the semester, and hopefully, repay their club leader's generosity.

''Twofold'' is a sequel to the free [[VisualNovel visual novel]] ''First Snow'' (2020), and a collaborative work by Salty Salty Studios and Studio Coattails published under Creator/StudioElan's Bellhouse wing. Its development began as early as 2013, but saw key additions such as full voice work, an [[AnotherSideAnotherStory additional in-game story]], and several short-stories within in its artbook and physical edition before finally releasing in October 2023.
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!!''Twofold'' provides examples of the following:

* TheBigDamnKiss
** In the Millie route, [[spoiler:the two share a passionate kiss after their house date, in the same spot Allison and Eileen reconciled in ''First Snow''.]]
** In the Caprice route, [[spoiler:the pair shares their FirstKiss while walking home from their first date, Caprice raising her cap over their lips in a downplayed DiscretionShot.]]
* BrickJoke: Hayley and Millie allude to a horrific "egg incident" that left Caprice banned from cooking. In her route, she eventually learns to make omelets under Olive's tutelage.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Acts 2 and 3 focus on the strained relationship between Millie and Caprice, the writer's grief leaving her less than pleased with Mike and Charlie's engagement.
* CastFullOfGay: The main characters, most of the art club, and Darren Baker are all queer people.
* CreativeClosingCredits: Both routes close with Olive and their partner [[spoiler:walking together as sketches of their future lives scroll past, meeting the other club leader as the credits end. Which direction the couple walks also depends on the route.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: Caprice and Millie were friends almost since birth thanks to Charlie and Adelaide's PlatonicCoParenting, and the two befriended Hayley in high school.
** In ''Perfect Circle'', [[spoiler:a young Olive, Millie, and Caprice, are reveled to have played together after a chance meeting following Adelaide's hospital visit.]]
* FamilyOfChoice: Hayley views Millie and Caprice as family, even confessing to Olive that the pair "saved" her back in high school.
* AFriendInNeed: Should Olive join the art club, Hayley will join the writing club to prevent its dissolution.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Once good friends with Wallace, Heather's cruelty towards Millie and disdain toward the writing club leaves her despised by much of the cast.
* FriendlessBackground: Olive begins a cynical loner whose only connections are their mother, and Darren, a guy they happened to shared a few classes with in high school. This lack of experience with friend groups makes Olive hesitant to reach out in fears of overstepping boundaries.
* {{Jerkass}}: Heather goes out of her way to belittle Millie and undermine the writing club, even attempting to turn its remaining members against her despite [[spoiler:negotiating to keeping the club afloat]] out of spite.
--> '''Hayley:''' "I'm not really in the mood to listen to you brag about how much you screwed the club over.
--> '''Heather:''' "I did no such thing. My target was exclusively Millie."
* LinearVisualNovel: The only choices of consequence are the club you decide to join, and which member you elect to hang out with in Act 1.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Averted with Caprice, whose eccentric persona belies her low self-esteem and fear of being TheFriendNobodyLikes.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:A frustrated Caprice drops one during Millie's attempt to reconcile with her, prompting Charlie to intervene.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Caprice:''' "Then why did you come all the way out here!? Why even bother if you don't know what you want, just that it isn't me?".]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Millie:''' "Because I'm scared of losing my best friend!"]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Caprice:''' "Well join the fucking club!"]]
* RelationshipUpgrade:
** In the Caprice route, they become an item after [[spoiler:a successful first date at the start of Act 2, celebrating the occasion with a [[BigDamnKiss damn big]] FirstKiss.]]
** In the Millie route, [[spoiler:their FakeRelationship becomes real after Olive comforts a distraught Millie at the bridge in Act 2's closing, the writer professing her love and the pair reaffirming their feelings the day after.]]
--->'''Millie:''' [[spoiler:"I don't feel like I have a home to go to anymore".]]
--->'''Olive:''' [[spoiler:"You can stay with me if you want. For as long as you need".]]
--->'''Millie:''' "..."
--->'''Millie:''' [[spoiler:"... I think I love you, Olive".]]
* ShoutOut
** Caprice's room has a drawing which reads "Please Be Otter", a reference to the publisher's 2022 visual novel, ''VisualNovel/PleaseBeHappy.''
** The Bellhouse, a family-owned diner Olive and August work at, doubles as a reference to the coffee shop in ''Please Be Happy'', and a nod to [[Creator/StudioElan Studio Élan's]] Bellhouse publishing wing, which helps smaller teams release their own visual novels.
* SickeningSweethearts:
** Inverted with Charlie and Mike, who refrain from displaying their affections publicly to avoid upsetting Millie.
** Allison and Eileen are seen being flirty with one another before entering The Bellhouse and realizing Olive works there.
* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Level 5. Though a good deal of the main cast's troubles are caused by absentee fathers [[spoiler:(especially in ''Perfect Circle'')]], the men present in Twofold are no less kind, capable, or empathetic.
** Everyone respects Darren and Olive's identity and pronouns, even without the latter introducing themselves as non-binary.
* TheStinger: Both routes feature post-credit scenes of [[spoiler:Charlie and Mike's wedding,]] and ''[[AnotherSideAnotherStory Perfect Circle]]'' closes with [[spoiler: Millie, Caprice, and Olive having read the journal entries depicted in its short stories.]]
* WhamEpisode: Act 2 closes with [[spoiler:Christmas going horribly wrong after Millie rebuffs Caprice's attempt at reconciliation, saying in no uncertain terms that she'd rather the Shiftens [[LeaveMeAlone out of her life.]]]]
-->'''Millie:''' [[spoiler:"Oh, sorry, guess it's only "dumb" when it's important to me. Lesson learned."]]
-->'''Caprice:''' [[spoiler:"Mom and I LOVE you, I just want you to talk to us!"]]
-->'''Millie:''' [[spoiler:"And ''I'' just want you both out of my life!"]]

* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:A frustrated Caprice drops one when Millie attempts to reconcile with her, prompting Charlie to intervene.]]

** In the Millie route, [[spoiler:the two share a passionate kiss after their house date, in the same spot Allison and Eileen reconcile in ''First Snow''.]]

* TheStinger: Both routes feature post-credit scenes of [[spoiler:Charlie and Mike's wedding,]] and ''[[AnotherSideAnotherStory Perfect Circle]]'' closes with [[spoiler: Millie, Caprice, and Olive having read the journal pages depicted in its short stories.]]

** The Bellhouse, a family-owned diner Olive and August work at, doubles as a reference to the coffee shop in ''Please Be Happy'', and a nod to [[Creator/StudioElan Studio Élan's]] Bellhouse publishing, which helps smaller teams publish their own visual novels.

** The Bellhouse, a family-owned diner Olive and August work at, doubles as a reference to the coffee shop in ''Please Be Happy'', and a nod to [[Creator/StudioElan Studio Élan's]] Bellhouse publishing wing, which helps smaller teams publish their own visual novels.

[[caption-width-right:600:Front: Club leaders Millie and Caprice. \\
Rear: Olive and the leaders' roommate, Hayley.]]

** The Bellhouse, a family-owned diner Olive and August work at, doubles as a reference to the coffee shop in ''Please Be Happy'', and a nod to Creator/StudioElan's Bellhouse publishing wing, which helps smaller teams publish their own visual novels.

Upon cutting a deal with academic advisement and receiving yet another rallying speech from August, Olive is presented with two choices: a writing class or an art class. Neither seem viable until rival club leaders Millie Clarke and Caprice Shiften offer a helping hand to the wayward student, provided they join the club.

An outsider forced between embittered friends, Olive must navigate these groups' delicate bonds to survive the semester, and hopefully, repay their club leader's generosity.

''Twofold'' is a sequel to the free [[VisualNovel visual novel]] ''First Snow'' (2020), and a collaborative work by Salty Salty Studios and Studio Coattails published under Studio Élan's Bellhouse wing. Its development began as early as 2013, but saw key additions such as full voice work, an [[AnotherSideAnotherStory additional in-game story]], and several short-stories within in its artbook and physical edition before finally releasing in October 2023.

** The Bellhouse, a family-owned diner Olive and August work at, doubles as a reference to the coffee shop in ''Please Be Happy'', and a nod to Studio Élan's Bellhouse publishing wing, which helps smaller teams publish their own visual novels.

* TheStinger: Both routes feature post-credit scenes of [[spoiler:Charlie and Mike's wedding,]] and ''[[AnotherSideAnotherStory Perfect Circle]]'' closes with [[spoiler: Millie, Caprice, and Olive having read the journal pages depicted its short stories.]]

* SickeningSweethearts: Inverted with Charlie and Mike, who refrain from displaying their affections publicly to avoid upsetting Millie.

-->'''Millie:''' [[spoiler:"And I just want you both out of my life!"]]

** Allison and Eileen are seen being flirty with one another before entering The Bellhouse.

** Everyone respects Darren and Olive's identity and pronouns, even with the latter never introducing themselves as non-binary.

* WhamEpisode: Act 2 closes with [[spoiler:Christmas going horribly wrong after Millie rebuffs Caprice's attempt at reconciliation.]]

** In the Caprice route, [[spoiler:the pair shares their FirstKiss when walking home from their first date, Caprice raising her cap over their lips in a downplayed DiscretionShot.]]

** In ''Perfect Circle'', [[spoiler:a young Olive, Millie, and Caprice, are revaled to have played together after a chance meeting following Adelaide's hospital visit.]]
* FamilyOfChoice: Hayley view Millie and Caprice as family, even confessing to Olive tha the pair "saved" her back in high school.

* TheStinger: Both routes feature post-credit scenes of [[spoiler:Charlie and Mike's wedding]], and ''[[AnotherSideAnotherStory Perfect Circle]]'' closes with [[spoiler: Millie, Caprice, and Olive finishing the journal pages depicted by the bonus stories.]]

* TheStinger: Both routes feature post-credit scenes of [[spoiler:Charlie and Mike's wedding]], and ''[[AnotherSideAnotherStory Perfect Circle]]'' closes with [[spoiler: Millie, Caprice, and Olive finishing the journal pages depicted by the bonus stories.]]

** Allison and Eileen are seen being quite flirty with one another before entering The Bellhouse.