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Three Guys That Paint is a Slice of Life Visual Novel (by Katy133) about Nigel (a housepainter), Alicia, (a little girl he's taking care of), and his co-workers painting a wall for a shopping mall in London, Canada, where Nothing Exciting Ever Happens.
Then Nigel decides to accept Morwenna (a strange woman with an odd wrist device) as a tenant.
Of course, weirdness ensures. And how.
Three Guys That Paint can be found on Lemmasoft.
There is also now a game supplement that is set in the same Universe and takes place after the events of Three Guys That Paint): An Interactive Fiction game (complete with Text Parser) called A Tune at the End of the World, which can be played online.
Compare with Katy133)'s later work, [redacted] Life.
Three Guys That Paint provides examples of:
- Ambiguous Syntax:Nigel: Please keep your voice down. There's a kid sleeping upstairs.
Morwenna: Oh, yes. I should have guessed from the fridge. And the walls. He or she is a very good artist. I like their taste in dinosaurs.
Nigel: Her name's Alicia.
Morwenna: The dinosaur?
Nigel: No, the girl. She's a girl. The one who's been drawing.
Morwenna: Ah. - Bittersweet Ending: Morwenna's route. She leaves and as Alicia grows up, Nigel worries about being all alone. But then he gets a message from Morwenna, implying that maybe she's able to visit him at least one time before finding the cube and possibly losing her mind. Terri and Arthur's routes seem to leave Nigel with a happier ending.
- Is That Cute Kid Yours?: Morwenna asks Nigel if he and Alicia are related, due to Nigel appearing to be too young to have a child.
- Misanthrope Supreme: The character Jennifer, according to this Let's Players' video:Streamer 1: "Jennifer doesn't seem to like space aliens."
Streamer 2: "Or men."
Streamer 3: "Or people." - Mood Whiplash: Two scenes, which are very tonally different than the rest of the visual novel, which feels more lighthearted. The first one involving finding the dead body, which has bite marks, blood and scratches on the body. The second scene is when Morwenna loses one of her arms in a fight.
- Now That's Using Your Teeth!: The Dinosaurians hold their weapons between their teeth.
- Took a Level in Badass: Arthur or Terri in the climax. They knock out a dinosaur.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Morwenna wears a traditional mod jacket with the RAF (Royal Air Force) symbol on it.
