✧Anil✧

Inspo:

SPOILER!!!

to get this scene you have to:

first, trigger the scene where BB tells you about the pizza place he used to work at. this scene unlocks the possibility of clicking on an invisible object in the locker room:

click on the little "?" then talk to BB again.

next, continue the story normally until you reach the point where you have the point and click at Mad Dog. complete your tasks and trigger the last scene with BB near the road.

after this BB becomes clickable and can trigger multiple little dialogues. however, there is a secret one.

“Dude, same.”

You hear the smile in Percy’s voice rather than see it— on account of you planting your face in your textbook.

“I just… so want to give up right now.” You gripe. Percy chuckles.

“We’ve only been studying for like, one hour.”

“That’s an hour too long if you ask me.”

“Once again, I agree, but you got your midterms, so come on. Up and at ‘em.”

Frowning, you pick your head up to find yourself face to face with an encouraging but lopsided smile.

Percy was faring better than you when it comes to studying this time— you don’t know HOW when he’s always the first to start whining— but his newfound perseverance is becoming somewhat of a good influence on you. Regrettably.

But honestly, how could you say no to that goddamn face.

“Fine… I’ll lock in for another ten minutes but after that can we please go?”

“Ten? You sure you’re cool with flunking?”

“Fifteen.”

“Remind me again, is your professor grading on a curve?”

“…twenty.”

Percy’s grin is patient but razor sharp around the edges. He can play this game all day with you— and he likely can since the library’s open late at this point of the semester, and he knows that you know it.

Huffing, you start to burrow yourself into your notes, more upset at how weak you are around him than the exam looming over you, when he lightly taps the butt end of his pencil to the table.

“Tell you what?” He starts slowly. It was only the two of you in the study room, but Percy’s volume drops for a quiet secret. “My wallet’s not gonna be happy with this buuuuut if you study for one more hour… I’ll treat you out.”

You scoff. “Something from the cafeteria, I’ll bet.”

“If that’s what you’d prefer, but nah… I’ll get you whatever you want. We can go wherever you want.”

Percy lifts and drops a shoulder when he swears this. Casually, almost dismissively, but his little addition of “just you and me” said softly at the end (maybe even tentatively as he glances at you from under his messy bangs)— yeah that you couldn’t dismiss.

There’s a beat, one that passes with your heart thumping a little harder in your ears, and your attention drifts down to the book you’ve been wanting to abandon.

“…one hour?”

In your peripherals, you see the flash of a ring as he extends a pinky out to you.

“One hour.”

Do any of them have a second language or is English not the first one? With Jamie being an exchange student and Deja speaking to herself another language or so in the demo I got curious about their backgrounds

Sorry not sorry but the haikyuu reference during the volleyball game got me dead 😭 I need to know about the besties hobbies too! Cameron's such a cool character fr

Okay maybe this is kind of spoilerish but... Have any of them had any serious relationship before? The vibes of the demo and it happening on college gives the vibes of first love kinda. Just out there trying to guess! I really am a fan of the trope

Tysm for answering! You just gave me such a detailed answer!! I didn't expect it 🥰 It really shows how much you care about little details when writing hehe

I should start on a master list of facts for everyone to quick nav on tumblr haha but I love your enthusiasm for the cast! Let's get cracking on Q2!

Languages/Background

I was also waiting for this kind of question because I thought about it-- a lot, way too much, in fact lmao. I won't go too in depth about each of their backgrounds, especially since some of it is heavily intertwined with their stories, but I'm happy to indulge the basics!

So down the entire cast, we got:

Percy - Japanese (1st Gen); he's fluent in Japanese and it is his first language but he definitely uses English the most nowadays. He only ever speaks his native tongue when he's at home. He also knows a bit of Hawaiian Pidgin. It's what he picked up from Elio when they came to know each other in high school.

Elio - Hawaiian (Dad)/Thai (Mom); English is his first language but his family makes sure to teach him Hawaiian, Hawaiian Pidgin, and Thai. He's conversational with the first two, especially since that's how his grandparents on his dad's side would choose to communicate with. However, since he doesn't get to visit his relatives in Thailand often, Thai is definitely the less practiced of the bunch. At this point, he can somewhat hold a conversation but it's more like-- he understands the language better than he can speak it.

Jamie - Swedish; Swedish is his first language but he is the biggest polyglot on the team, and I mean big. He's fluent in English and most, if not all, European languages (German, French, Italian- you name it, he can probably speak it). Korean is something he recently picked up, though- just so he won't have to wait for translations for the manhwas he likes lol. Learning languages is easy to him and if he's motivated enough he could be conversational in a couple of months.

Deja - Haitian; English is her first language but she's conversational in Haitian Creole. She only speaks it if she's with family, especially her oldest and more distant relatives, or when exasperated. Deja isn't really in the business of flexing her second tongue since it's not something people immediately close to her use a lot.

Cameron - Nicaraguan (2nd Gen); English is also their first language but they dip into Spanish with their family, especially their grandparents. In the KF world, I believe you wouldn't catch this unless you're fluent in Spanish, but Cameron would speak with Nicaraguan phonology so some of their pronunciations might be weighted with 's' sounds.

Reynah - Filipina (1st Gen); English is her second language with Tagalog as her first. However, after being in the states for so long she's not as fluent in it. It's the same case as Elio and most children who migrate at a young age- Reynah understands better than she can speak. That being said, her accent surprisingly lingers. You hear it when she's angry or speaking fast, and you hear it at the end of her sentences or at a break- that short 'ah' sound Filipinos speak with.

And that's all of them! Though it's probably too redundant for me to note, everyone doesn't have an accent except for Reynah and Jamie. Jamie keeps his Swedish accent even though he's fluent because it's too much effort to use an American accent lol

Just so that people aren’t too anxious about when the release is, it’s in the later summer.

Had the pleasure of collaborating with @destreza-draws for the Film Noir fanzine for Baxter's birthday! 10/10 wonderful experience would participate again