So Bryce is supposed to be an older brother type of character towards the PC, what about the other three ?
Also, are there events or storylines we can follow if we decide to engage with them ? Are they the type of NPC we can avoid ( like Alex technically, if you don't go to the farm, you never see nor meet him ) or are they unavoidable ( like Avery, where whatever you do, you will be forced to meet him AND forced to interact with him ) ?
I have like a very loose grasp on dol timeline and lore so this might sound incoherent
In my visions , they are completely avoidable
Only Hunter and Bryce can be encounter . The other two will only be unlock if you keep meeting up with either Hunter and Bryce
I always imagine meeting them would be similar to Kylar ? where after a certain time frame, you will get a random event giving the choice to interact with them . But also differently from Kylar , there's only 1 event , so if you chose to ignore them . That's gone forever , there's no second event that force you to meet them ( like Kylar and Avery )
Its rather simple tbh , Hunter meeting event would just be PC bumping into them during lunch time
Hunter wouldn't acknowledge it / take much offend , proceed to carry on with their own stuff after glancing over PC
if PC chose to follow them to apologize ( or u know ignore )
Apologizing while following them would start a conversation and now you are able to interact with them during each lunch ( and only lunch as you don't share the same classes and they skip school ... VERY often )
After raising a good friendship with them ( and show interest in what they like ) , will give you an event where they invite pc over to their apartment to hang out and watch them play their lil guitar
anddddddddddd that when you will meet the rest of the group eventually
Bryce random event uhhh. Random ass event where you see a passed out person during midday at Harvest Street . If pc chose to reach out and check if they are ... ALIVE , they would be greeted by a very disorientated and inebriated
by helping them briefly , they will be ' sober ' enough to start walking home , and by following them , you will be able to unlock the apartment and greeted by Hunter at the door , thanking Pc for helping Bryce
As for their roles toward pc
When I made Hunter , It was mainly because I was joking around with my friends , like ' haha what if I make a dol npc to date you guys pcs '
And that was why he was made , He was meant to be a very down to earth and normal guy to contract a lot of dol LI and npc at the time
The Band stuff was mainly because I think it's cool and also very funny if he's a guitarist to a failing band who live in an absolute dump of an apartment ( Zero trauma loving family btw )
The other three was made because .... a very greedy and rotund honse bribe me to make the rest of the band so thanks her ig
Jude was 100% meant to be the opposite to Hunter . If Hunter was popular due to their relaxing personality , Jude was the most volatile person ever and has a lot of people disliking them
Reed , has no actual role , I just think they are neat