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''Alabaster'', a self-professed [[Fractured Fairy Tale]] by Emily Short and various other authors, is an [[Interactive Fiction]] game that [[Twice-Told Tale|retells]] the story of [[Snow White ( |
''Alabaster'', a self-professed [[Fractured Fairy Tale]] by Emily Short and various other authors, is an [[Interactive Fiction]] game that [[Twice-Told Tale|retells]] the story of [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (novel)|Snow White]] [[Grimmification|through a dark mirror]]. |
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The game [[Perspective Flip|places you into the shoes of the huntsman]] ordered to kill Snow White and bring her heart back to the Queen. You secretly made a pact with Snow White to let her go in the woods and bring back the heart of a hart to the Queen instead, but as the fateful hour approaches you can't help but take note of Snow White's erratic behavior in the woods and the rumors you've heard about her being even more dangerous than her stepmother. You're alone with Snow White now, however, and the only way you'll get any answers is by questioning her or any other creatures that might be nearby. ''If'' you really want to know the answers, that is... |
The game [[Perspective Flip|places you into the shoes of the huntsman]] ordered to kill Snow White and bring her heart back to the Queen. You secretly made a pact with Snow White to let her go in the woods and bring back the heart of a hart to the Queen instead, but as the fateful hour approaches you can't help but take note of Snow White's erratic behavior in the woods and the rumors you've heard about her being even more dangerous than her stepmother. You're alone with Snow White now, however, and the only way you'll get any answers is by questioning her or any other creatures that might be nearby. ''If'' you really want to know the answers, that is... |
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* [[I Do Not Drink Wine]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]; Snow White's regular drinking of red wine is taken as a sign of her possible vampirism. |
* [[I Do Not Drink Wine]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]; Snow White's regular drinking of red wine is taken as a sign of her possible vampirism. |
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* [[King Incognito]]: One conversation thread has Snow White suggest that the disappeared King may have been blood-sundered and become an ordinary person in the process. {{spoiler|You can also piece together the evidence (or ask Happy outright) and find out that ''you'' are the King under Laser-Guided Amnesia.}} |
* [[King Incognito]]: One conversation thread has Snow White suggest that the disappeared King may have been blood-sundered and become an ordinary person in the process. {{spoiler|You can also piece together the evidence (or ask Happy outright) and find out that ''you'' are the King under Laser-Guided Amnesia.}} |
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* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Some endings have you realize that you are actually the missing King who voluntarily blood-sundered yourself in a [[Deal |
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Some endings have you realize that you are actually the missing King who voluntarily blood-sundered yourself in a [[Deal with the Devil]] to atone for the terrible war you brought upon your kingdom at the cost of losing all memories about your former life. You can undo this blood-sundering in one ending.}} |
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* [[Magic Mirror]]: An evil one that the Queen possesses, naturally. {{spoiler|You can make it more benign if you learn how from a certain source.}} |
* [[Magic Mirror]]: An evil one that the Queen possesses, naturally. {{spoiler|You can make it more benign if you learn how from a certain source.}} |
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* [[Multiple Endings]]: No less than eighteen of them. |
* [[Multiple Endings]]: No less than eighteen of them. |
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