Line #11 NightmareFuel/HowToDateAMagicalGirl


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Spolier alert: [[spoiler:You can't]]]]
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4	'''WARNING: UNMARKED SPOILERS IN THE FOLDERS'''
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8	!Main Story
9	[[folder:Semester One]]
10	* The first commotion within the school is a large, brutish demon summoned outside. However, that is just a tip of the iceberg...
11	* The protagonist goes searching for Yui after her extended absence. They find a drop of blood, and follow it around the corner -- before coming face-to-face with a corpse, complete with gruesome CG.
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13	%%[[folder:Summer Vacation]][[/folder]]
14	[[folder:Semester Two]]
15	* The tree demon, which has ''multiple people hanging on it''. Really gives hanging out a new meaning.
16	* The protagonist had shown signs of a SanitySlippage with each death, but after the twins' deaths the loss of sanity really takes root. Their perception begins distorting, with various backgrounds being mirrored for no reason, the interface having subtle distortions, and even the surrounding dialogue getting altered to include the protagonist's own MadnessMantra.
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18	[[folder:Post Semester Two]]
19	* Pictured above is the altered title screen once shit hits the fan. It's already concerning enough when the erroneous startup sequence and title screen show up after the first WhamShot, but it can manifest if you're anywhere near the Magical Girl Festival at the beginning of December, which can catch you off-guard.
20	* The protagonist's holidays begin with them receiving a text full of nonsense from one of the girls. This is initially brushed off as a prank, until they discover their phone filled with hundreds of the same text. They go to investigate, and discover the first death among the main cast. And it doesn't stop -- over the rest of the month, the protagonist is caught in a cycle of receiving another nonsense text from another girl, but will never arrive on time to save the sender.
21	** Rei is slumped back on her couch, her throat gruesomely slashed open. Despite her appearing to look peaceful, the protagonist notes fear in her eyes.
22	** Kaori is found hung next to closet, with blood coming out of her eyes and mouth, and her face fixed not in a look of anguish, but [[DissonantSerenity an eerie smile]].
23	** Miyu has been slammed onto the floor, her body covered in bruises and her limbs bent at odd angles.
24	** Of all the girls, Yui's death is perhaps the most brutal--[[OffWithHisHead she's cleanly decapitated]], and her head placed neatly in her lap.
25	** Hikari's death scene isn't so bad compared to the previous, but it's still creepy nonetheless. She lays on her chest, her back ''filled'' with knives.
26	** If you chose to romance any of the girls, the game will instead [[PlayerPunch save her for last]].
27	** The protagonist's SanitySlippage hits full steam as the main cast gets killed off. They begin defiling the girl's corpse in a desperate attempt to convince themselves that the death didn't happen. The inner monologue begins to degenerate into sentence fragments, and various elements of the interface begin glitching out, including the "next day" jingle being replaced with static.
28	** What’s worse is that, if you take the first letters of each word in the girls’ text messages, you’ll find that they all spell out the same word: '''SATOMI'''.
29	* Once you choose to the "happy" ending with the girl you've romanced, the simulation restarts, only this time, the protagonist's knowledge of Satomi's role in the story causes them to perceive her as a monstrosity. They temporarily break out of their real-world unconscious state to end Satomi -- by stabbing themselves in the skull to destroy her AI chip, before returning to their coma and the simulation. [[EsotericHappyEnding Are we sure this is a good end?]]

Context NightmareFuel / HowToDateAMagicalGirl