History VisualNovel / HiveswapFriendsim

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: On the "Friends" menu on the main screen, there are forty different black squares, each of which have the Zodiac symbol of a different troll you can befriend, with the description saying "Befriend [X]." After you complete that troll's route and get their good ending, their square is replaced by a snippet of their victory screen, with the description being replaced by what you did on that route to earn their friendship. There are, however, a couple of notable exceptions:
** Most of the trolls have one box and one "good ending". Chixie and Lanque, however, each have two different endings that count as victories (though, in both cases, one of the two endings is clearly more "good" than the other), and you must get both of them for the game to consider them both properly befriended.
** Marvus has two boxes for you to fill in: one for getting his good route and befriending him as per usual, and another for choosing the option offered partway through this good route [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext to sniff his armpits when you get the chance]].
** Unlike with every other character, the screenshot for [[spoiler:Karako's]] box is from his bad route instead of his good one. This does make some degree of sense [[spoiler:since said route involves both of you dying and [[TogetherInDeath being friends in the afterlife]]]], but since he does also have a good route with a victory screen, it's a notable deviation.
** The last box is labelled "Befriend Everyone", but even after you've completed all 18 volumes, it doesn't fill in. Instead, it's achieved by [[spoiler:visiting Doc Scratch in the epilogue, whom you most certainly do ''not'' befriend, and in fact, he takes away the Reader's drive for friendship and causes them to start to lose their memories of the rest of the friends they've already made]].

''Hiveswap Friendship Simulator'', or ''[[OfficiallyShortenedTitle Hiveswap Friendsim]]'', is a [[LooseCanon loosely-canon]] UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel spin-off of ''{{VideoGame/Hiveswap}}'', which in turn is a spin-off of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''. While written by a group of various writers, Creator/AndrewHussie oversees the project and wrote the first volume himself. It was made as a means to tide over the wait until the release of Act 2 of ''Hiveswap''. The first volume was released on [[ArcNumber April 13, 2018]]. It was initially released on Steam and Android OS, but was also released on multiple game consoles on December 7th 2023.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Where the MSPA Reader takes Diemen to find another hotdog after accidentally stepping on his first one.

''Hiveswap Friendship Simulator'', or ''[[OfficiallyShortenedTitle Hiveswap Friendsim]]'', is a [[LooseCanon loosely-canon]] UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel spin-off of ''{{VideoGame/Hiveswap}}'', which in turn is a spin-off of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''. While written by a group of various writers, Creator/AndrewHussie oversees the project and wrote the first volume himself. It was made as a means to tide over the wait until the release of Act 2 of ''Hiveswap''. The first volume was released on [[ArcNumber April 13, 2018]]. It was initially released on Steam and Android OS, but will also be released on multiple game consoles on December 7th 2023.

''Hiveswap Friendship Simulator'', or ''[[OfficiallyShortenedTitle Hiveswap Friendsim]]'', is a [[LooseCanon loosely-canon]] UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel spin-off of ''{{VideoGame/Hiveswap}}'', which in turn is a spin-off of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''. While written by a group of various writers, Creator/AndrewHussie oversees the project and wrote the first volume himself. It was made as a means to tide over the wait until the release of Act 2 of ''Hiveswap''. The first volume was released on [[ArcNumber April 13, 2018]].

An unofficial, free sequel by Studio June, titled ''VisualNovel/Friendsim2'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0DYfe6MaZw was announced]] on [[ArcNumber April 13, 2021]]. Its prologue and the first of its fourteen planned volumes were released on Steam at midnight one year later, on [[ArcNumber April 13, 2022]].

* UnfortunateImplications: Takes place InUniverse in regards to Alternian films. When the Reader is watching a movie with [[spoiler:Polypa]], a bronzeblood is portrayed as [[TheDitz clumsy and not very smart]] just for laughs.

*** If you choose to accept Ardata's terms and conditions (the "NSFW/Problematic Route"), the party is hardcore, with loud music and illicit drug deals. Lanque is TheCasanova who ReallyGetsAround, acts like a pushy, sleazy, sex-crazed {{Jerkass}} to the Reader (on par with Zebruh), and gives Lynera--whom he invited to the party in the first place--a brutal ReasonYouSuckSpeech that sends her running out of the party in tears. [[spoiler:He later claims to be a virgin when he quite clearly is not, and attempts to seduce the Reader; if they choose to let it happen and see where it goes, the two of them have sex, only for Lanque to callously refuse to add them on Chittr afterwards, make it clear that this was a one-night stand, and tell the Reader that their skills in bed are subpar.]]

** Probably the most extreme example: [[spoiler:being told that they're not a good sexual partner and ''dying of shame'' on the spot]]. (Lanque's bad ending)

* AscendedExtra: Because there are LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, it's unlikely that Act 2 will give all of them them enough focus, which was even confirmed by one of the (former) staff members. This game serves as not only a way to tide over players who are still waiting for Act 2's delayed release, but also as a way to get to know all the new characters better.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Each troll's route serves as one of these, as WordOfGod has said that not every character in Act 2 will get that much focus [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters since there are so many of them]] and Joey and Xefros don't have time to stop and talk to all of them, especially not the more dangerous ones that would actually kill them.

* ActionGirl: Many of the trolls are this:
** Skylla fights off [[spoiler:some lusus thieves]] quite well.
** [[spoiler:Polypa]] is an assassin. Quite a good one, actually.
** Remele manages to [[spoiler:kill a Purpleblood who was most likely much stronger than her]].
** Konyyl is a ProfessionalKiller.
** Nihkee is a wrestler who has never lost a match.

* AdultFear: The mystery purpleblood's route is full of this, particularly for his implied caretaker Bronya. In the two bad routes, that odd young troll you take care of is either heavily implied to have been caught by a drone or [[spoiler:[[KillTheCutie killed by some rowdy violetbloods]]]].

** Tagora's route has him become flustered when a blue-blooded troll who he is implied to have [[FoeYay black]] feelings for shows up. Galekh's route reveals that he was that blue-blooded troll.

An unofficial, free sequel by Studio June, titled ''VisualNovel/Friendsim2'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0DYfe6MaZw was announced]] in December 2021. Its prologue and the first of its fourteen planned volumes were released on Steam at midnight on [[ArcNumber April 13, 2022]].

** Skylla fights off [[spoiler: some lusus thieves]] quite well.
** [[spoiler: Polypa]] is an assassin. Quite a good one, actually.
** Remele manages to [[spoiler: kill a Purpleblood who was most likely much stronger than her]].

* AdultFear: The mystery purpleblood's route is full of this, particularly for his implied caretaker Bronya. In the two bad routes, that odd young troll you take care of is either heavily implied to have been caught by a drone or [[spoiler: [[KillTheCutie killed by some rowdy violetbloods]]]].

** Chahut has blood all over her and can even [[spoiler: kill the Reader as a sacrifice for her religion]].
** Lynera gets jealous of anyone who spends time with Bronya and [[spoiler: kidnaps the Reader]] over it.
* BadFuture: Implied to happen on Nihkee's route. [[spoiler: If the Reader doesn't let her train them, she'll make them leave, but they'll become determined to befriend her. After exercising with Stelsa for a while, they make the journey back to Nihkee, only to start having visions of previous routes, mostly of the bad endings. Then they'll have visions of Nihkee being angry to see them again, somehow losing her other leg, getting hit by a train, and becoming a cyborg that chases after the Reader for a whole year before finally having them cornered, and it's implied that Polypa and Tegiri were killed by her after the Reader tried to get help from them]]. It's unknown if it was [[spoiler: just the Reader's imaginaton]] or if it really was [[spoiler: a vision of what would have happened had they returned to Nihkee]].

** Remele also counts, as she has a rather cute design and is able to [[spoiler: beat a purpleblood to death with their own spiked club, which is almost as big as her]].
** [[spoiler: Karako]] is possibly the youngest Troll Call troll, but he can attack people with knives if angered. [[spoiler: Too bad said people are Violetbloods who are much older than him...]]

** Sometimes things happen that will make you think you're headed for the bad ending, only for it not to be. For example, on one path of Mallek's route, you impulsively throw his phone into the nearby water, [[spoiler: and he responds by throwing ''you'' into the water. However, he then rescues you, claiming that he also acted impulsively]].
** This can happen the other way round as well. For example, on one path of Wanshi's route, [[spoiler: even though she's just seen a dead body for the first time]], you still make it to the convention she wanted to go to, and it looks like she'll be happy enough to be your friend. But before you can enjoy the activities there, [[spoiler: an escaped cholerbear shows up having killed a lot of trolls already, and kills you by falling on you when you kill it]].

* BearsAreBadNews: Wanshi's route has a rampaging cholerbear at a convention. [[spoiler: If you happen to be at that convention, you'll try to kill it, only for it to attack and kill you as well]].

** Skylla may be among the more just trolls, but when [[spoiler: her lusus gets dognapped]], she manages to kick a lot of ass without any weapons, powers, or SuperStrength. In a later volume she also gets Konyyl to [[spoiler: go after the thieves, with the implication that she knows they will be killed]].
** Bronya isn't actually seen fighting, but if you [[spoiler: sit on a grub or kill a bunch of lusii/grubs]], she gets ''pissed'' and appears to be capable of throwing you out of a window.
** Mallek is surprisingly friendly for a Cobaltblood, but he can potentially abandon you when some drones show up, or [[spoiler: throw you into some water after you throw his phone in there, though he'll quickly rescue you and apologise]].

** Most likely happens to Wanshi in her bad route after [[spoiler:the Reader gets killed by a bear]]. In fact, she might have already started going through this when [[spoiler: she sees a dead body for the first time]].

* TheCameo: Several trolls are referenced either indirectly or by name on other routes. Azdaja, Konyyl, and Tegiri are alluded to on [[spoiler: Polypa]]'s route, while Chixie is mentioned by name on Zebruh's. Some trolls can even show up on other's routes.

** Amisia makes an appearance in Volume 9, and is initially presented as having a second route. However, people quickly noticed the faint image of Chahut behind her, and realised it was actually her route. Amisia is still there in person, though, and Marvus is implied to be attending the clown church at the same time you are, thanks to the description of a purple-blood with a large top hat. Also, the church has an image of what appears to be the Grand Highblood. [[spoiler: He is strongly implied to be the troll who video calls the church]]. Meanwhile, Konyyl is mentioned and can potentially show up on Azdaja's route, and he leaves with her to participate in a DeadlyGame if you refused his earlier offer.

** On Boldir's route in volume 13, the Reader finds Ardata at a cafe. [[spoiler:If they choose to go pickpocketing with Boldir, they'll try to steal her poison, only to accidentally steal her antidote instead...which Boldir ends up needing]]. Stelsa's route, on the other hand, doesn't have any of the previous trolls show up in person, but, it's revealed that she is Tyzias's matesprit, and one path of her route involves her going to see Remele as a client for her job, [[spoiler: though she never makes it there because the car crashes]].

** Happens to [[spoiler: the Reader]] in the Soleil Twin's route in many different ways in what appears to be a GroundHogDayLoop. [[spoiler: It turns out to be all just an illusion caused by their psychic powers]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: The [[spoiler: poison Boldir is dosed with is the exact same one the Reader pickpocketed the antidote for]]. They even lampshade this.

** Lynera also counts. Yes, she's rather pretty and wears big purple glasses, but she's also very clingy about her red crush and even [[spoiler: kidnaps the Reader and threatens them with a knife]]. However, she has slightly more sanity than Amisia, not appearing to want to kill people for fun.

** Heavily implied in one of Tirona's bad routes where, after [[spoiler: the Reader activates a booby trap connected to Tegiri's office door, Tirona presumably gets impaled or slashed by a katana and dies]]. If the look of horror on the Reader's face in the bad end screen is anything to go by.

** By Volume 5, the developers appear to be aware that fans will rummage through the files with every new update to find who the newly befriendable trolls are. In said volume, the developers remarked in the code that [[spoiler: the mysterious Goldblood actually being Polypa]] will make for a nice surprise... [[TakeThat for those who don't immediately go digging into the files]].

** Implied to happen in the bad ending of [[spoiler: Daraya's]] route. [[spoiler: After being convinced that nothing matters and everything should be destroyed, she sets the abandoned mall on fire and refuses to leave]].

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Both routes in the first volume serve to show not only more information about life on Alternia, but also what kind of events the different choices can result in. The latter is best demonstrated on Diemen's route, where [[spoiler: you can accidentally kill him]].

* EyeCam: Sometimes used when the MSPA Reader is WakingUpElsewhere, just deciding to close their eyes for a moment, [[spoiler: or even dying]].

** The different endings can be gained by choosing options you might not always expect will get you that particular ending. For example, choosing to comfort Diemen by patting him instead of hugging him results in [[spoiler: The two of you attempting to eat his hotdog together, which leads to him accidentally getting killed]]. Playing without a guide [[GuideDangIt will leave you clueless as to how to get the good ending on your first try]]. Good thing you can save at any time, so you don't have to play the route all over again.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler: At the end of the epilogue, Doc Scratch wants the MSPA Reader to read a little webcomic to make things clearer. The first page of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' will be suddenly opened on the player's browser.]]

** In Boldir's route, [[spoiler: she gets poisoned, and as the Reader helplessly watches her die, they start to have unusual thoughts about what's implied to be previous bad endings]]. There's also some first person narration after the ending screen.

** The game as a whole can end this way, in the epilogue. [[spoiler: The MSPA Reader is asked if they want to understand. If they say yes, they'll walk around until they find the area where Fozzer was digging holes, and find a hole with a fenestrated wall, and a voice inviting them to come through. It takes them to Doc Scratch's home, where he explains that he was the reason the Reader wanted to make friends with everyone and how they could understand and speak their language [[TheChessmaster as part of]] [[NothingIsScarier an unknown plan]]. The Reader seems confused and angry about this, and Scratch directs them to a computer, telling them that reading a "[[BlatantLies brief]] [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} webcomic]]" will help to explain things. This will actually open the first page of ''Homestuck'' in the computer's browser]].

* GivenNameReveal: The unknown Purpleblood's name is [[spoiler: Karako Pierot]].
* GoryDiscretionShot: Happens a lot when someone is killed or injured, usually their injuries will not be seen but [[InterfaceScrew there will still be a lot of blood covering the screen]]. Averted in Nihkee's route when [[spoiler: the Reader has a vision of her losing her other leg]].
* GroundhogDayLoop: The Soleil Twin's route has the Reader continuously being tortured by them, only to wake up back in the room they started in, with the twins acting as if the previous stuff never happened, and then go through it all over again, being hurt in a different way from before. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that it was all a trick and the "Torture" was actually an illusion they made with chucklevoodoos, explaining why the Reader was never killed by it when they should have been]].

* HaveANiceDeath: Some of the bad endings where the MSPA Reader can die can be quite amusing, most notably on Stelsa's route, if [[spoiler: they decide to run back to the car instead of getting her attention, and get killed by acid rain]]. The ending screen says "Well, that didn't work..."
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Implied to be the reason why [[spoiler: someone poisons Boldir]].

** In Boldir's route, if you choose not to go pickpocketing, [[spoiler:she'll get attacked and die from poisoning]]. But if you ''do'' go pickpocketing, [[spoiler: she'll still get attacked and poisoned, but you happened to steal an antidote that luckily works]].

** Volume 5 has Zebruh and an unknown Goldblood. However, if you look at the "5" icon, you'll see that the colours are Blue and ''Olive'', not Gold. [[spoiler: And those bigger horns look suspiciously like Polypa's...]]

** Some people who scrolled too far after buying Volume 18 accidentally saw a button for the epilogue, spoiling the appearance of [[spoiler: Doc Scratch]].
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The MSPA Reader's motivation. It’s revealed in [[spoiler: the epilogue that this entire drive was artificially created by Doc Scratch.]]

** Happens to the Reader at the beginning of Tirona's route after being caught by a drone, but taken away rather than killed instantly. She bails them out and clears their offences because someone she knows asked her to (A later volume implies that this was [[spoiler: Doc Scratch]]).

** Apparently, when [[spoiler: a Purpleblood dies]], a carousel appears out of nowhere and [[spoiler:takes them to some kind of afterlife]].

** It's later implied that the Reader does remember some of the bad endings, even the ones where [[spoiler: they die]]. But that still doesn't explain how the Purpleblood from Polypa's route recognises them...
** [[spoiler: The Epilogue reveals how this was possible]], but still leaves the Purpleblood incident unexplained.

* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: How [[spoiler: Polypa]] is shown on Volume 5's selection screen. Averted with Elwurd, who is just referred to by [[LastNameBasis her last name]] on Volume 6's selection screen.
* MyParentsAreDead: Diemen reveals that his lusus is a goner, most likely dying in the same attack that destroyed his hive. [[spoiler: Polypa]] also mentions that her lusus was killed when some trolls attacked her in her hive.

** One of the bad endings in Volume 13 has the Reader [[spoiler: getting killed by acid rain if they try to go back to the car instead of getting Stelsa's attention]]. The text on the ending screen says "Well, that didn't work..." which could be a reference to Andrew Hussie's tweet about how the release of the Cascade flash broke the servers it was hosted on.

** [[spoiler: The Grand Highblood]] is strongly implied to have been the one video calling the church in Chahut's route, meaning that he is still alive around the time the game takes place.

* PaperThinDisguise: While the mask Chixie wears when [[spoiler: confronting the band who stole her song with a rap]] does a good job at hiding her face and disguising her horns, the rest of her outfit is still visible, as is her sign. Another troll even points this out to her, but doesn't intend to harm her.
* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler: Polypa]]. Konyyl and her matesprit Azdaja also qualify.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The way Alternian ships work. In an attempt to avoid this fate, Cirava [[spoiler: gouges their [[EyeScream own eye out.]]]]
* RecursiveCanon: It's a very brief moment, but a screencap from [[spoiler: Polypa's]] Friendsim route can be seen on the computer in the background of Tegiri's hive in Volume 10. The text, although too small to read, is even translated into Alternian.

** The epilogue, where it turns out that [[spoiler: Doc Scratch was behind the Reader's motivation for friendship, and that the memories of bad endings were memories of other timelines that he reset]].

** In fact, this happens as early as Volume 7, where the Purpleblood from [[spoiler: Polypa's]] bad route shows up and the Reader remembers him, yet later volumes show that the Reader had befriended [[spoiler: Polypa]]. Strangely, the Purpleblood also remembers the Reader.
** Eventually, it's revealed that [[spoiler: the resets ''are'' real, and were caused by Doc Scratch whenever something went wrong with his plans to get the Reader to befriend everyone]]. But that ''still'' [[NothingIsScarier doesn't explain how that Purpleblood remembered...]]

** A meta example with the announcements made on the game programmer's Tumblr. Whenever there's a purpleblood route, the Purpleblood won't be featured in the announcement in person. For example, Volume 9 has Amisia show up instead of Chahut, Volume 14 has [[spoiler: Karako]] having run off, and Volume 16 has Zebruh show up instead of Marvus, which is then "corrected" with a drawing of Marvus being pasted where he should be. The announcement for Volume 18 instead had Lanque being missing at first, with one of the Twins being in his place, but eventually he showed up and both Twins were where they should be.

* SchmuckBait: Some of the choices you're given may seem like obvious choices to avoid, [[ViolationOfCommonSense but you can be tricked into choosing them]], only for them to go wrong anyway. For example, Marsti's route starts with her being complained at by a Purpleblood for cleaning some graffiti on a wall. Your options are to stand up for her, or do nothing. Standing up for her results in the Purpleblood punching you in the face. [[TooDumbToLive You asked for it]]. [[spoiler: The other option ''does'' have you tripping them over instead]].

** This can also happen in Volume 11. In Mallek's route, if the Reader hesitantly greets him, they will be worried that he might harm them and jump out of the moving vehicle, harming themself instead. Meanwhile, Lynera's route gives the Reader the option to [[spoiler: cut the ropes Lynera has tied them to a chair with]]. If they do this, they will run off after getting her to give them their phone back.

** The Reader does this again in Nihkee's bad ending after [[spoiler: having visions of the bad ends of previous routes, combined with what appears to be visions of would happen if they returned to her]].

* ShaggyDogStory: In Nihkee's route, if the Reader hesitates to let her train them, she'll send them away, [[MediumAwareness but they'll refuse to let the Game Over screen happen]]. So they get Stelsa to train them until they think they're strong enough to try to gain Nihkee's friendship again. On the way there, [[spoiler: they start to have visions of previous routes and their bad ends, as well as visions of Nihkee losing her other leg and getting hit by a train, and somehow becoming a cyborg who spends a year chasing them until she finally has them cornered. It's unclear if the Reader is overthinking or having a vision of the future]], [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere but they're scared enough to decide not to see her again after all]]. Cue Game Over screen.

** This is [[spoiler: justified in the epilogue, as it’s revealed this priority came from Doc Scratch messing with the Reader.]]

* SpaghettiKiss: Can possibly happen on Diemen's route, complete with the TropeMaker being referenced by name. [[spoiler: It turns out to be fatal for Diemen.]]

* StrippedToTheBone: This happens to [[spoiler: the Reader]] as a result of spending too long out in acid rain with no protection.

** Happens on Wanshi's route if you agree to take her to a convention. [[spoiler: Yes, she ends up seeing a dead body on the way]], but she is still excited to arrive at the convention... [[spoiler: only for you to get killed by an angry bear that escaped and went on a rampage]].
** Daraya's route can also end this way. If you let her decide where to go, she takes you to an abandoned mall that she likes to visit sometimes, and opens up to you about her depression over Alternia's caste system and how it affects Jadebloods, making her feel like she has less choices than other blood colours. Your attempts to get her to feel better and rebel against this result in her [[spoiler: deciding that she should just destroy everything, breaking the nearest objects, setting the mall on fire, [[DrivenToSuicide and refusing to leave]]]].
** Friendsim as a whole seems to end this way in the epilogue. [[spoiler: The MSPA Reader finds a fenestrated wall and is told to go through it, where they meet Doc Scratch, who tells them that their desperation to make friends was caused by him as part of some kind of plan, before taking it away. It's implied that the MSPA Reader is starting to lose their memories of ever having befriended any of the trolls, and that those trolls may also lose them]]. This is somewhat confirmed but also mitigated by ''Pesterquest'': [[spoiler:the Reader at first does still remember their friends and tries to return to them, but ends up having the memories almost entirely erased, before eventually getting many of them back]].

** Cirava's overdramatic declaration that they would [[spoiler: write a callout post]] and their obsession with social media is an obvious parallel to many, many, many similar people in the fandom. The Reader's reaction can also be seen as this.

* UnfortunateImplications: Takes place InUniverse in regards to Alternian films. When the Reader is watching a movie with [[spoiler: Polypa]], a bronzeblood is portrayed as [[TheDitz clumsy and not very smart]] just for laughs.

** Tirona's route also has her say she saved the MSPA Reader from certain death because of someone she knows, but we don't find out who it was, only that he's male (They think it's Mallek, but some narration in Nihkee's bad route when [[spoiler: the Reader has visions of previous routes and some of their bad endings]] heavily implies him to be [[spoiler: Doc Scratch]]).
---> [[spoiler: The puppet’s strings stretch toward the moon.]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: The epilogue reveals that the MSPA Reader's desperation for friendship was caused by Doc Scratch, and that befriending all the featured trolls are somehow part of a bigger plan]]. [[spoiler: It's also implied that Scratch is the person Tirona runs errands for, with some narration in Nihkee's route referring to her as a puppet]].

** In Tirona's route, to repay the favor you owe her, she wants you to help her get some "dirt" on one of her coworkers (i.e. one of the 3 Tealbloods featured in previous volumes) that proves (s)he is secretly plotting against the Empire, in order to force her other coworkers to respect her. Since the Reader wants to befriend Tirona without getting any of their other friends in trouble, you'd think going to the offices of [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Tagora]] or [[ByTheBookCop Tegiri]] would be a better idea than [[LaResistance Tyzias]], but choosing Tagora or Tegiri will lead to you ending up in a lot of debt and [[spoiler: Tirona getting killed by a deadly trap]] respectively. Choosing Tyzias is what nets you the good ending, since not only is Tyzias not stupid enough to leave incriminating files in her office, but the Reader actually warns her before they get in.

** It's hard to say anything about [[spoiler: Polypa]] without revealing that [[spoiler: she's the "Goldblood" in Volume 5]]. It's also hard to talk about the unknown Purpleblood without revealing his name, [[spoiler: or what happens to him in the bad ending]].
** Nihkee. Not necessarily because of any mysteries about her, but because of [[spoiler: the visions the Reader has on the bad path of her route, both of previous bad routes and what appears to be the future of the current route]].
** [[spoiler: Doc Scratch]], for certain. [[spoiler: Especially when he appears in person in the epilogue]].

** In the epilogue, the Reader feels this way about [[spoiler: themself]], after [[spoiler: Doc Scratch reveals that he somehow altered their mind and made them motivated to make friends, which he then takes away]]. They are left feeling confused and angry that [[spoiler: they may not have ''really'' wanted to be friends with anyone after all, and they are also sad and scared about it]].

** Fozzer's route involves a strange glow coming from the ground in the distance. When the Reader gets close to it, [[spoiler: there is the sound of a scratch, and they find themself having been taken a few minutes back in time. And Fozzer's outlook on Alternia has changed significantly]].
** Nihkee's second bad ending also counts. The Reader starts to have visions [[spoiler:not only of previous routes and their bad endings, but what appears to be the future of the route they are already on and what will happen if they return to Nihkee after she sent them away]]. Said visions involve [[spoiler: Nihkee losing her other leg, then getting hit by a train when chasing the Reader, somehow being turned into a cyborg, quite possibly killing Polypa and Tegiri when the Reader tries to get help from them, and finally having them cornered after a year of hunting them]]. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's implied that the person Tirona runs errands for is [[spoiler: Doc Scratch]].
** The epilogue, where [[spoiler: Scratch himself appears in person]].

** The second bad ending of Boldir's route has a box of narration appear after the ending screen that says "Again? Must I do everything myself?" [[NothingIsScarier It is unknown why the narration suddenly turned into first person, or who said it]]. [[spoiler: The epilogue hints that it was Doc Scratch saying it about having to reset so the Reader can befriend her without her dying]].
** The bad path of Nihkee's route shows [[spoiler: a montage of some of the previous routes and their bad endings]], with the narration no longer being contained in boxes. And, combined with WhamShot, when it gets to [[spoiler: Tirona's route, it specifically focuses on her line about the unknown person she runs errands for, and the narration that references her death in one of her endings also implies that said person is actually Doc Scratch]].
--> [[spoiler: The [[UnwittingPawn puppet's strings]] stretch toward the moon. [[AccidentalMurder The flash of a blade-the spray of blood]]. Her strings are cut]].

** During the [[spoiler: above montage of visions, they soon change from previous routes to what appears to be the future of the current route]].
** [[spoiler: The image from Tirona's route during said montage]]. See above.
** In the Epilogue, the MSPA Reader ends up at the area where Fozzer was digging holes, and discovers that one of the holes has [[spoiler: a fenestrated wall that takes them to Doc Scratch's place]] in it.

* Volume 5 (released 6/8/18): [[InTheHood A mysterious goldblood]] and [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency Zebruh Codakk]]

* Volume 14 (released 10/12/18): [[NeatFreak Marsti Houtek]] and [[WildChild the unknown Purpleblood]]

** Heavily implied aversion in one of Tirona's bad routes where, after [[spoiler: the Reader activates a booby trap connected to Tegiri's office door, Tirona presumably gets impaled or slashed by a katana and dies]]. If the look of horror on the Reader's face in the bad end screen is anything to go by.
** A very frightening aversion of this occurs on [[spoiler:Karako's]] bad routes; in the first one, [[spoiler:the Reader runs away from a drone and accidentally leaves him behind, then can't find him afterwards, heavily implying that the drone carried him away for culling]], and in the second one, [[spoiler:Karako angrily attacks some violetbloods after they make fun of him and the Reader, only for them to fight back, killing him]]. And he's implied to be the ''youngest'' troll in the Troll Call.

* InfantImmortality: Averted. Given this is Alternia, pretty much every death that occurs is that of a child or teenager, seeing as the planet is populated by nothing but the Troll young.
** [[spoiler:Numerous troll larvae are trampled over, sat on, and killed]] in Bronya's bad routes.
** Heavily implied aversion in one of Tirona's bad routes where, after [[spoiler: the Reader activates a booby trap connected to Tegiri's office door, Tirona presumably gets impaled or slashed by a katana and dies]]. If the look of horror on the Reader's face in the bad end screen is anything to go by.
** A very frightening aversion of this occurs on [[spoiler:Karako's]] bad routes; in the first one, [[spoiler:the Reader runs away from a drone and accidentally leaves him behind, then can't find him afterwards, heavily implying that the drone carried him away for culling]], and in the second one, [[spoiler:Karako angrily attacks some violetbloods after they make fun of him and the Reader, only for them to fight back, killing him]]. And he's implied to be the ''youngest'' troll in the Troll Call.

** Tagora , an AmbulanceChaser who's OnlyInItForTheMoney, clearly doesn't care about the Reader at first and is just hoping to make a quick buck off of them after they tell him they're rich[[labelnote:*]] (especially since, as he alludes to on his bad route, the KangarooCourt system of Alternia means that the Reader would have lost their lawsuit case regardless)[[/labelnote]]. However, a combination of being grateful to them for helping his social life, impressed by their lying skills, and possibly attracted to them after they borrow his Rainbow Drinker body wash has him decide to forego treating them as a client in favor of making them an "associate" (i.e. befriending them).

** Caliginous (Kismeses): Tagora and Galek become this at or soon after the conclusion of Galekh's route.