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''Nothing Special'' is a {{Horror}} VisualNovel created by Pempille in UsefulNotes/RenPy. It's available for free on it's [[https://pempille.itch.io/nothing-special itch.io]] page.\\

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''Nothing Special'' is a {{Horror}} VisualNovel created by Pempille in UsefulNotes/RenPy.MediaNotes/RenPy. It's available for free on it's [[https://pempille.itch.io/nothing-special itch.io]] page.\\
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** Good Ending - Enough: [[spoiler: After slowly getting back into her good graces, the protagonist manages to get the knife Olivia was previously using to threaten them and fatally wound Olivia. Olivia's partner enters the room with a gun, but through thinking on her feet, the protagonist tricks him into believing Olivia can still be saved if he calls an ambulance immediately. Olivia's partner retreats, but threatens to come after the protagonist if Olivia doesn't make it. The game ends with the protagonist waiting for the ambulance to arrive, immensely relieved that they managed to survive the experience.]]

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** Good Ending - Enough: [[spoiler: After slowly getting back into her good graces, the protagonist manages to get the knife Olivia was previously using to threaten them her and fatally wound Olivia. Olivia's partner enters the room with a gun, but through thinking on her feet, the protagonist tricks him into believing Olivia can still be saved if he calls an ambulance immediately. Olivia's partner retreats, but threatens to come after the protagonist if Olivia doesn't make it. The game ends with the protagonist waiting for the ambulance to arrive, immensely relieved that they managed to survive the experience.]]
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* TheDragon: Olivia's unnamed partner who assists her in holding the [=MC=] captive. [[spoiler: In the Bad Ending he becomes the bigger threat after Olivia's death.]]

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* TheDragon: Olivia's unnamed partner who assists her in holding the [=MC=] captive. [[spoiler: In the Bad Good Ending he becomes the bigger threat after Olivia's death.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: The good ending, despite it's name, is more this. [[spoiler: The [=MC=] manages to free herself and kill her tormentor, but now she's probably looking at a murder charge once the emergency services arrive and find her holding Olivia's dead body. Adding on to that, Olivia's partner is still at large and once he finds out Olivia didn't make it, he'll come after the [=MC=] for revenge.]]



** Olivia's partner in the Good Ending. [[spoiler: He helped kidnap and torture and innocent young woman and held her at gunpoint when she fought back, but in the end he manages to escape with not a scratch on him and even threatens to come after the [=MC=] to avenge Olivia if she should die.]]

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** Olivia's partner in the Good Ending. [[spoiler: He helped kidnap and torture and an innocent young woman and held her at gunpoint when she fought back, but in the end he manages to escape with not a scratch on him and even threatens to come after the [=MC=] to avenge Olivia if she should die.]]

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* ArtistsAreAttractive: The [=MC=] is an online artist and Olivia kidnapped her because she saw her artwork and deluded herself into thinking the two of them had a connection.
* BoundAndGagged: The [=MC=] spends most of the game gagged and with her limbs restrained by zip-ties.



* TheDragon: Olivia's unnamed partner who assists her in holding the [=MC=] captive. [[spoiler: In the Bad Ending he becomes the bigger threat after Olivia's death.]]
* EvilIsPetty: In the bad ending route, Olivia becomes disappointed that the [=MC=] isn't living up to her high expectations and takes revenge by [[spoiler: deleting the [=MC=]'s social media account, effectively ruining and taking away all her hard work, and then killing her.]]



* ItsAllAboutMe: Almost all of Olivia's dialogue is her whining how hard it is for her to take care of the [=MC=] and how ungrateful the [=MC=] is for all the things Olivia does for her. Even the few times where she apologizes, she immediately swings back around into trying to gain the [=MC=]'s sympathy by going on and on about her stressful life.
* KarmaHoudini:
** Olivia in the bad ending. [[spoiler: Not only does she get away with kidnapping and torturing the protagonist, the protagonist isn't even able to get her revenge in her last living moments, a fact that Olivia even takes time to mock before finishing her off.]]
** Olivia's partner in the Good Ending. [[spoiler: He helped kidnap and torture and innocent young woman and held her at gunpoint when she fought back, but in the end he manages to escape with not a scratch on him and even threatens to come after the [=MC=] to avenge Olivia if she should die.]]



** Bad Ending - Nothing Special: [[spoiler: Olivia becomes increasingly disillusioned with the protagonist, as she fails to live up to the idealized version of her Olivia built up in her head. After a string of nasty abuse, Olivia deletes the protagonist's social media account to "erase" her from the net, then proceeds to "erase" her in real life by stabbing her in the stomach. The protagonist attempts to fight back in her last living moments, but is easily fought off. To add insult to injury, Olivia then pulls out a gun and tells the protagonist that her art is actually nothing special.]]

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** Bad Ending - Nothing Special: [[spoiler: Olivia becomes increasingly disillusioned with the protagonist, as she fails to live up to the idealized version of her Olivia built up in her head. After a string of nasty abuse, Olivia deletes the protagonist's social media account to "erase" her from the net, then proceeds to "erase" her in real life by stabbing her in the stomach. The protagonist attempts to fight back in her last living moments, but is easily fought off. To add insult to injury, Olivia then pulls out a gun and tells the protagonist that her art is actually nothing special.special before shooting her.]]



* {{Yandere}}: Olivia is this toward the player character, to the point she kidnapped them from their home and forces them to stay with her and tries to emotionally and physically abuse them into loving her.[[spoiler: Subverted in the bad ending where Olivia becomes disillusioned with the [=MC=] as she fails to live up to Olivia's expectations and first deletes her social media then stabs her to death out of spite.]]

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* {{Yandere}}: Olivia is this toward the player character, to the point she kidnapped them from their home and forces them to stay with her and tries to emotionally and physically abuse them into loving her.[[spoiler: Subverted in the bad ending where Olivia becomes disillusioned with the [=MC=] as she fails to live up to Olivia's expectations and first deletes her social media then stabs and shoots her to death out of spite.]]
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** Bad Ending - Nothing Special: [[spoiler: Olivia becomes increasingly disillusioned with the protagonist, as she fails to live up to the idealized version of her Olivia built up in her head. After a string of nasty abuse, Olivia deletes the protagonist's social media account to "erase" her from the net, then proceeds to "erase" her in real life by stabbing her in the stomach. The protagonist attempts to fight back in her last living moments, but is easily fought off. To add insult to injury, Olivia then pulls out a gun and tells the protagonist that her art is actually nothing special.]]
** Good Ending - Enough: [[spoiler: After slowly getting back into her good graces, the protagonist manages to get the knife Olivia was previously using to threaten them and fatally wound Olivia. Olivia's partner enters the room with a gun, but through thinking on her feet, the protagonist tricks him into believing Olivia can still be saved if he calls an ambulance immediately. Olivia's partner retreats, but threatens to come after the protagonist if Olivia doesn't make it. The game ends with the protagonist waiting for the ambulance to arrive, immensely relieved that they managed to survive the experience.]]
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of AbductionIsLove {{Yandere}} visual novels. While Olivia is conventionally attractive, it does nothing to detract form her utterly rotten personality and how she constantly violates your boundaries. The kidnapping itself is also portrayed very realisticall, with the [=MC=] constantly fearing for their life, trying to find ways to escape and not once perceiving Olivia's obsession with them as charming or flattering.

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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of AbductionIsLove {{Yandere}} visual novels. While Olivia is conventionally attractive, it does nothing to detract form her utterly rotten personality and how she constantly violates your boundaries. The kidnapping itself is also portrayed very realisticall, realistically, with the [=MC=] constantly fearing for their life, trying to find ways to escape and not once perceiving Olivia's obsession with them as charming or flattering.



* {{Yandere}}: Olivia is this toward the player character, to the point she kidnapped them from their home and forces them to stay with her and tries to emotionally and physically abuse them into loving her.

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* {{Yandere}}: Olivia is this toward the player character, to the point she kidnapped them from their home and forces them to stay with her and tries to emotionally and physically abuse them into loving her.[[spoiler: Subverted in the bad ending where Olivia becomes disillusioned with the [=MC=] as she fails to live up to Olivia's expectations and first deletes her social media then stabs her to death out of spite.]]

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''Nothing Special'' is a HorrorVisualNovel created by Pempille in UsefulNotes/RenPy. It's available for free on it's [[https://pempille.itch.io/nothing-special itch.io]] page.\\

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''Nothing Special'' is a HorrorVisualNovel {{Horror}} VisualNovel created by Pempille in UsefulNotes/RenPy. It's available for free on it's [[https://pempille.itch.io/nothing-special itch.io]] page.\\


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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of AbductionIsLove {{Yandere}} visual novels. While Olivia is conventionally attractive, it does nothing to detract form her utterly rotten personality and how she constantly violates your boundaries. The kidnapping itself is also portrayed very realisticall, with the [=MC=] constantly fearing for their life, trying to find ways to escape and not once perceiving Olivia's obsession with them as charming or flattering.
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''Nothing Special'' is a HorrorVisualNovel created by Pempille in UsefulNotes/RenPy. It's available for free on it's [[https://pempille.itch.io/nothing-special itch.io]] page.\\
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You've been kidnapped and held captive by a mysterious girl named Olivia. Will you find a way to escape or succumb to her?
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!!''Nothing Special'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* {{Gaslighting}}: Olivia will constantly try to make you feel like you're being ungrateful for her efforts and unreasonable, when ''she's'' the one who kidnapped you and has been subjecting you to horrific abuse for who knows how long. The [=MC=] even remarks at one point that Olivia only hears what she wants to hear.
* InMediasRes: The game starts with you already having been kidnapped, with the narration implying you've been Olivia's captive for quite a while, to the point you've become somewhat accustomed to her frequent mind-games.
* {{Yandere}}: Olivia is this toward the player character, to the point she kidnapped them from their home and forces them to stay with her and tries to emotionally and physically abuse them into loving her.
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