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''But no - that was not enough for me. I didn't want to die. I wanted to live. In my fear of death, I lost sight of myself and everything I held dear. I made the wrong choice and everyone but me paid the price. But now, with all the things I have learned...I would make things right again. I would correct my mistake and return everything to the way it was before. Dear God...I no longer expect to enter heaven's pearly gates. But please, let me ask for one last favor, one final prayer, if You will.''
''Ten days, God. Let my body hold out for just ten more days, so I can redeem myself...'' }}
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You play as the Wanderer, and enigmatic figure who has come to the Montfort village to solve a mystery; apparently, most of the inhabitants disappeared overnight. He decides to explore the village in search of clues, soon discovering an [[Apocalyptic Log]] of sorts by a "prophet who has fallen from grace". Shortly after, he realizes that reality is warping around him. Disturbing things appear out of nowhere, other, more familiar things disappear, and all the while, time is ticking away...
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Will he be able to see the Visions? Will he be able to hear the Voices? And if he does...will he be able to accept them?
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* [[Action Girl]]: Elena, and to a lesser extent, Telia.
* [[Actually Four Mooks]]
* [[Alliteration]]
* {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]}}: {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] during the ending - nobody ever remembers or knows what happened, but it really did happen.}}
* [[Affably Evil]]: Montfort. He just wanted to be an awesome mayor!
* [[Alien Geometries]]: The mirror worlds are pretty freaky. What [[Cloudcuckoolander|Dison]] says when he enters one sums it up pretty well:
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* [[An Ice Person]]: Elena.
* [[Another Dimension]]: The portal and mirror worlds.
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* [[Boss Dissonance]]: Mario type, usually. [[Dual Boss|Dual Bosses]] can still be pretty tough, though.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. It's entirely possible to refuse Telia's offer to join.
* [[Cast
* [[Character Level]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. Characters gain small stat bonuses occasionally when defeating enough enemies, but there are no levels in the game.
* [[Character Portrait]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. There aren't even menu portraits.
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* [[Combat Medic]]: Lyla will frequently dish out tons of damage with [[Improbable Weapon User|psychic orbs]] while healing your party to full health.
* [[Contemplate Our Navels]] / [[My Life Flashed Before My Eyes]]: {{spoiler|On the evening of the tenth day}}, you hear a line from any characters you've recruited, presumably coming from their subconscious. Some of them can be rather disturbing or [[Tear Jerker]]-ish.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: {{spoiler|Wanderer and Telia}} hint at having one; {{spoiler|Lyla}} was [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|beaten to a bloody pulp]], [[Rape
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: While not as dark as, say, ''[[The Way]]'', this game can still be sufficiently creepy.
* [[Dark Is Edgy]]: Marlowe. The Wanderer can also switch between dark and light skills.
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: If you talk to Telia, she constantly complains about the cold and that she keeps feeling a chill. On day 8, {{spoiler|this is shown to be more than metaphorical; the constant rainstorm over the village turns to snow.}}
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Telia.
* [[Friends
* [[Gainax Ending]]
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Hey there, Alphonse.
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* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Montfort, of the [[The Voice|Voice]] variety.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Talking to Alphonse on day 9 yields this conversation:
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'''Wanderer''': Want to hit the hay?
'''Alphonse''': Depends. Would Ox be involved?
'''Wanderer''': ...you know what, I'm just going to take a nap. [[Brain Bleach|By myself]]. }}
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]; many of them are locked and require an [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]] to open. Also, the constant [[Reality Warper|reality warping]] going on at least [[Justified Trope|semi-justifies]] their appearance.
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* [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]]: Two kinds, simple and ornate, used to open locked chests and doors. Simple keys can be bought, though as a consequence tend to be in shorter supply than ornate keys, which the game constantly hands you via chests.
** Alphonse does sell you ornate keys (at an outrageous price) if you recruit him, however.
* [[In
* [[Jerk
* [[Kill'Em All]]: If you do a solo run, {{spoiler|everyone except the Wanderer, Marlowe, and Dison dies}}, but only because of the [[Lost Forever]] mentioned below.
* [[Leitmotif]]: Montfort's theme, when appearing in visions.
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* [[Multiple Endings]]
* [[Naughty Tentacles]]:
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'''Telia:''' [[Squick|W-what?!]] }}
** {{spoiler|Dison did not get that image from nowhere. He is a [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]. [[Fridge Horror|Let that sink into you for a while.]]}}
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* [[Not So Different]]: Wanderer won't accept that Telia is a lot like him.
* [[Official Couple]]: Telia and the Wanderer, Lyla and Ox.
* [[Playing
* [[Quicksand Box]]: Finding anything that isn't directly related to the main quest requires repeatedly combing the entire town each day to find new chests, skills, characters and [[Negative Space Wedgie|Negative Space Wedgies]].
* [[The Quiet One]]: Marlowe. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the Wanderer and himself on day 10, when he finally decides to be talkative for once.
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'''Marlowe''': My choice not to speak has little to do with my capability of doing so. }}
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: A bard, a fisherwoman, a caretaker, a farmhand, a chef, a merchant, and a lawyer.
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* [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]]: Lyla. She's [[Informed Attractiveness|always the one getting stared at and complimented by the other characters]], and she hates it. She doesn't whine about it, however; instead, she goes for hostility to anyone pointing it out or making a pass at her.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Marlowe and Lyla.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Elena. [[Lampshaded]] in one of the [[Exposed to
* [[Take Your Time]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. The final boss encounter always happens during the evening of the tenth day, no matter what.
** Played straight on individual days, though, where you can run around as long as you want and no time will pass unless you sleep at the [[Trauma Inn]].
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of
* [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]]: One of Marlowe's passive abilities reads "He has seen unspeakable horrors so profound that Marlowe is [[Gameplay and Story Integration|immune to mental effects]]."
* [[Title Drop]]: Where to begin.
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** Ox: [[An Axe to Grind]] or [[Bare-Fisted Monk]] (claws)
** Dison: [[Knife Nut]]
** Elena: [[Blade
** Marlowe: [[Simple Staff|Not-So-Simple Staff]]
* [[Wham! Line]]:
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* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: General Clancy, although he's fairly neutral.
* [[Wide Open Sandbox]]: Kind of.
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: All the girls, and Marlowe. Arguably the Wanderer as well, though it's hard to tell.
* [[Zen Survivor]]: Marlowe makes a decent case for this.
** It's one of his abilities. He's seen so many horrors that he is [[Gameplay and Story Integration|immune to mental effects]].
''"The Book, Dear God. I pray that you have the Book. Otherwise, my dear friend... I am lost. You are lost. We are all lost."''
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