Line #23 VisualNovel/SevenDaysDecideYourStory


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Kirell is about to shoot you]]]]
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4	Young, white-haired protagonist Kirell wakes up in a room and realizes she has lost her memory. Before she can come to terms with this information, a mysterious man who calls himself Charon appears and tells Kirell that she has died, and she has 7 days to accomplish a certain task. If she does, she will be resurrected. But she has to be careful, as there are others, with their own tasks, that might either help her or get in the way.
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6	Kirell's task is to get herself to a certain location with the help of a broken compass that only works when some other lost soul dies nearby. This means that in order to be resurrected, Kirell has to kill... or, at least, stay close to someone who does.
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8	7 Days: Decide your Story is a short Android Visual Novel by Buff Studio, which can be purchased [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buffstudio.sevendays&hl=en here.]]
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10	Also, there's a prequel to it, called ''Argo's Choice'' and showing Argo's backstory.
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13	!!''7 Days'' provides examples of:
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15	* AssholeVictim: Discussed in some routes. At some points, Argo and Kirell (and, [[TokenGoodTeammate begrudgingly]], Hilde) agree that if someone NEEDS to die, it might as well be Balaam.
16	* AxCrazy: That's how everyone sees Balaam. Not that he doesn't have his issues, but [[spoiler: [[HiddenDepths there's more to him than that]].]]
17	* BigDamnHeroes: Mocked by Balaam; when he has Hilde cornered in day 2, he is surprised that no hero is rushing to her rescue in the last minute. He is pleasantly surprised when Argo/Kirell finally intervene.
18	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: You can betray Balaam twice in a row. Surprisingly for one so hot-blooded, he's pretty cavalier about it.
19	* ClingyMacguffin: Every character has one or more items related to their task. Only they can use them - if someone else tries, the item vanishes and returns to its owner's hands.
20	* DeadpanSnarker: Kirell and Argo. Hilde and Philio have their moments.
21	* DespairEventHorizon: If you join forces with Balaam and reject Hilde's offer to change sides, eventually Hilde will feel threatened by Kirell and attack her. This doesn't go well for Hilde.
22	* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:Balaam might be one for Kirell]]. Maybe. It's rather ambiguous whether he has a living-world counterpart.
23	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption / PressXToDie: Don't try to kill Balaam; he's faster than you and he's impossible to catch by surprise.
24	* MeaningfulName: Kirell is an anagram... [[spoiler: ...for "killer".]]
25	* MultipleEndings: There are four:
26	** [[BolivianArmyEnding Worst Ending]]: Achieved by behaving like a stone-cold killer and killing Philio in the end, Kirell comes back to life gravely wounded, in the middle of a shootout with Argo, and with an uncertain fate.
27	** [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Goddess of Revenge]]: Achieved by being a stone-cold killer but refusing to kill Philio in the end, Kirell rejects resurrection and Charon chooses her as his successor as the guide of the underworld.
28	** [[GoldenEnding Welcome]]: Achieved by being a decent person but killing Philio in the end, you come back to life peacefully in a hospital bed, surrounded by the rest of the gang (minus, probably, Balaam)
29	** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rest]] [[BittersweetEnding in Peace]]: Achieved by being a decent person and refusing to kill Philio in the end, Kirell rejects resurrection and dies permanently, getting a redemption of sorts.
30	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the final day, the normally meek and polite Philio might start behaving like a haughty jerk, sarcastically snapping at Kirell and saying that he "can't wait to see her face when she gets resurrected". This is a sign that you're headed towards the bad ending, [[spoiler: [[LastSecondEndingChoice unless you make a last-minute sacrifice.]]]]
31	* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements: Each item related to the tasks can only be used if certain requirements are met. To be precise:
32	** Argo's shotgun can only be fired [[HiredGun if someone else asks Argo to do so]].
33	** Balaam's gun can only shoot people who attack him.
34	** Kirell's compass only works when someone dies close to Kirell.
35	** Philio's medallion transmits messages from other people that have already completed, or failed, their quest.
36	** The way Hilde's bag of letters works isn't fully explained, but it seems the letters write themselves once someone close has something heartfelt to tell to someone else.
37	* {{Psychopomp}}: Charon's role in the underworld. [[spoiler: And Kirell's, in one of the endings]].
38	* PsychoForHire: That was Balaam's job when he was alive. [[spoiler: And Kirell's.]]
39	* RedHerring: Kirell's first gun is a rusty piece of junk that never works nor it's important to the plot. Even when she eventually gets to shoot someone, she uses a different weapon.
40	* RelationshipValues: Your dialogue choices influence how the others see you. Argo likes smart answers, Hilde likes when you're kind and cheerful, Balaam prefers the ruthless approach and Philio is content with you not being a jerk.
41	* RetiredBadass: Argo is not exactly retired, but he's no longer an active killer - he mostly trains new prospects.
42	* StoryBranching: A staple of the genre; every day, a bit of the story is revealed to you via nightmares. Depending on the route, you get more or less details about Kirell's life story. The full story goes like this: [[spoiler: When Kirell was a kid, she killed her [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] and let her mother take the drop for it. She eventually joined a mafia as a [[HiredGun hitman]], where she was trained by Argo. Little by little she started losing her grip on reality, which got worse when her best friend [[MoralityPet Hilde]] suddenly died on a car crash. It got to the point where the mafia boss asked Argo to get rid of her. One day, in the middle of a SniperDuel with Argo, she got mortally wounded, but made it to a hospital where Dr. Philio tried to save her. Ultimately, the player's choices will decide if she makes it or not]]
43	* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist: Kirell starts the game as one. It's up to you if she redeems herself or not.]]
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Context VisualNovel / SevenDaysDecideYourStory