Male Yanderes

The story starts out asking various things like asking about the player's favorite food, where they were born etc and even asking about their response to dangerous situations before being invited to the Contain and Cure company. We find out that the MC has been recently hired to an underground facility, with high pay, benefits, inside of a basement with all of the computers having different times. For the time being, they are just an office worker, though that is about to change soon. The MC talks to one of their coworkers, Micheal who gives them the notice that the both of them have been assigned to test subjects. Though the MC can offer Micheal help or just leave him to it. When reading the document on their test subject, Alois, he seems very violent and demanding to know where their lover went, even trying to break out only to fail and be subdued. Alois has a flower growing out from his head along with other plant appendages like thorns and vines. While resting, the MC thinks about the various other subjects, often that were superhuman in some way or were just monstrous looking. Eventually, the MC is escorted to meet Alois who is sitting across from them with a glass. The instruction states that they will meet Alois for an hour to record their reactions, with their first interaction being an introduction. After Alois hears their introduction, they recognize the MC as their lover and tries to ask them how they are doing. The MC doesn't remember anything which makes Alois worry about them. Alois explains that the two of them were loves before and even offers to help restore their memories if they allow them to. From here, the MC can choose to be kind towards him, more cold and methodical or otherwise indifferent. This will lead to different forms as the game goes on. For the sake of this summary, we will go with being warm towards Alois as this is where he gives the most information about his relationship with the MC.

We learn that Alois has been in this facility for a very long time, that Alois was from France but moved to England, that he is transforming into some sort of flower (a white rose, it seems), that they have quite a history with the MC given that they are lovers, Alois reacted poorly when first brought to the facility, he cannot starve, and he used to be a barista during the week. The first interaction ends and the MC is escorted out. Meanwhile, we hear of another interviewer who has been injured with glass stuck in their hands and faces. The guards tell him to calm down, but he continues to complain about how the monster tried to kill him by breaking through the glass, that the monster told him he was their childhood friend and tried to attack them. The interviewer is detained and quarantined before the MC is brought back to their desk to write their report. While writing the report, Micheal comes over to discuss what happened with their subject, though the MC can either explain in detail or be vague. Micheal explains that his subject looked just like him and she described herself as his sister., despite Micheal being an only child. The sister is able to recall various moments in Micheal's life, which leads to him having a theory that the facility is taking their memories as both him and the MC have had missing memories. We see some creature talking about hungry they are before we cut to the next day.

The next day, the MC is brought again to meet Alois in the chambers, to which Alois is happy to see them. This time, the MC has instructions that state that they need to instruct Alois to take various samples from his body and note their reactions. If the MC is friendly towards Alois, the note will also issue a warning stating that they need to be careful s they are displeased with their performance. Either way, the MC starts to ask Alois to take pieces of himself and he even offers to talk about their past together. The MC must instruct Alois to take some blood, a petal from their head, a thorn from their chin and a leaf from their leg. When taking his blood, Alois talks about how the two were stargazing in England and that he likes the moon over the sun. When taking the petal, he talks about how he would bring the MC to his work and walk around looking at plants. When taking a leaf, he talked about how the MC would sometimes go to Alois's workplace and use their laptop to hang out. Finally when taking the thorn, Alois talks about how the MC brought him to the hospital after falling off of his motorcycle. In the process of removing the thorn, he starts to bleed from his chin which the MC reacts to. Alois assures that its okay as the thorn grows back, explaining that he tried to remove them long ago, but that they would always grow back. Alois then talks about how the two would watch movies together, switching between different genres. After this, the MC goes to eat at the cafeteria, eating a bunch of salad. Again they are greeted by Micheal who starts to talk about his sister. He explains that his sister is turning into stars/space and how they had to grab samples from her (similar to how the MC had to with Alois) . The MC can then choose to talk about what happened with Alois. Micheal will comment how they took more things from Alois than Micheal's subject before he leaves. We again see the creature talking about how hungry it is and how they want more.

On the third day, before going to meet Alois, the guards shoot something outside and are covered in blood when they retrieve the workers. When meeting Alois, he notices that the MC is visibly a bit shaken and asks if they are alright. Reading the task today, it states that the MC has to show different images to Alois and record his reactions (they basically looks really badly photoshopped). The MC can actually choose to disregard the instructions and refuse to show them to Alois (but if you do then you will miss the yandere portion of the game, at least for now). The first photo is of the two of them holding hands and walking in the park, which Alois responds to happily. The second shows the two of them married, to which Alois responds to talking about how he loves weddings before asking what the MC would wear if they were wedded. The third picture is where Alois starts to get angry, seeing as its the MC cheating on Alois in the picture. Alois gets angry blaming the facility, declaring that the MC would never do that to him, though he is clearly agitated. The final picture has the two of them divorcing, with Alois still acting very hostile. He states that it seems childish before declaring that he would never let something like that happen before stating that the only thing that matters are the two of them. There is also a chance if you are not as friendly with Alois that he will get jealous of the MC's relationship with Micheal and Eventually, the MC will notice that Alois's eyes have changed color which causes the alarms to go off, before the MC can leave, can tell Alois why the alarms went off. When returning, the MC writes their report and Micheal comes over to talk to them again, to which the MC can tell him everything. Micheal will respond how Alois's actions are very strange before talking about his own experiment, his sister, Claire. Micheal explains something similar, with him reading something to Claire and her getting more and more angry before at the end realizing he was reading from her diary. If you have talked to Micheal every day and are honest about Alois, Micheal will whisper about how in a couple of days, something big will happen, instructing them to retreat into their room when it happens and promising that they will find them. At the end of the day, we will see the monster talk about the color that will be bloomed and how there is still time to change it if need be.

The next day, the MC is initially not called to meet Alois until later, and when they are, they are brought into a different facility where they see Alois. Depending on how you treat him, Alois will look and act differently.

If you are kind and warm to Alois, we will see that Alois has not only grown huge and strong but has two pink flowers and two large vines from his back. Alois will be happy to see the MC and ask if they like his new appearance. The MC can respond in a number of different ways (if you respond not as positively, Alois will slightly recoil a bit). Alois explains that they tried to cuff him but the broke off, causing them to nearly kill Alois. However, he is able to convince them that he will cooperate so as long as he can see the MC. Reading the instructions, the MC sees that they must ask about their new appendages and various changes that Alois has gone through. The MC can ask a multitude of questions, though each time they ask, the lights will flicker and they will hear the sound of someone trying to break in. From this, we learn that Alois has gained better eyesight, including the ability to see in the dark, he can move and feel from his large vines as if they were arms, he seems happier about his appearance, comparing his old self as a "weakling", enjoys spending time with the MC but worries about what this new transformation will mean, and talks about something that he hears in his head telling him to consume. Eventually, the lights will shut off completely, leaving the MC looking at Alois's glowing eyes. The sounds get even louder as the pounding on the door continues. Alois decides to break down the window between them to protect the MC and the MC watches from under the bed Alois fight the monster. Eventually Alois returns victorious with blue blood on his hands, and as the alarms blare, asks the MC if they want to escape. If they do the both of them will ultimately die, with the MC being shot to death and Alois crying after them. Otherwise, if they decline they will list out the reasons to why this is a bad idea (namely that they don't know where to go and that they don't know if they can survive being shot) only to surrender and the MC to get knocked out.

If the MC is is cold towards Alois the entire time, when they meet up with him, he will be very shriveled up, with a blue flower and covering his face. His personality will have changed to be remorseful and ashamed of himself, unable to even show the MC his face at first. He is noticeably a lot sadder and reserved when answering questions. It's noted that he does not talk about the creature he hears inside of his head and feels like he's failed the MC by not being able to help them recover their memories. His vines are very small, and he is only able to twitch them, but before the MC can ask all of the questions, the monster bursts in. Alois is helpless to do anything as the monster attacks the MC and kills them.

Finally if the MC is ambivilant towards Alois, when they meet up with him he will be unnerving, with a yellow flower, jagged vines and more thorns. He also will talk in a pretty distant manner, as the MC describes that it seems like he's talking to himself, and that he seems even more devoted towards the MC. He states that he is able to move his limbs quite easily as if it were always a part of him. When the monster breaks in, Alois will comment on the MC's response (so either fight, flight or freeze). Alois will help fight the creature off and kill it, before ultimately the guards come to subdue them.

At the end of all of that, we will hear the creature at the end of each day speak again, though it is hard to say what it is saying.

Like I said, I have a feeling this is very inspired by SCP stories, and even though I have not really read that many of them, I really like how it is written in this game. Strange facility, strange work and interactions with infected humans is very cool as a concept. I'm a big fan of mysteries in yandere vns (and just in anything, honestly) so the mystery of who Alois is, if the memories he remembers are fake or otherwise artificial, what is going on with Alois that made him this way are all intriguing things that make me want to learn more about what is going on. The unsettling atmosphere of various infected breaking out and killing staff members, the guards killing off various people/staff members for escaping and just the fact that the entire thing is in some underground bunker is super interesting. Micheal is great as a character, not only for the MC to be able to bounce off of but also to sort of show that this interaction with someone that they know (but don't remember) is a facility wide test, and we can compare what the differences are, with Micheal having to deal with his sister, Clara while the MC deals with their lover, Alois. The mystery of what Micheal is planning on doing (if the MC communicates with him) is very cool too and was present in the previous demo as well.

One of the things that I'm biased about but I still really like is the customization. This is beyond just choosing pronouns or choosing specific traits like country or favorite flowers, but also just the fact that the MC can react to different scenarios (flight, freeze or fight) and of course the fact that your actions can dictate what happens to Alois near the end of the demo. I think this should be pretty obvious from my own game that I really love it when your actions have a sizable difference in the gameplay, not just affecting things like endings and certain interactions but feeling like it can physically change the way the other character looks like, since it really feels like your choices have consequences or benefits that you can see outright. I also like that each version of Alois (pink, blue, or yellow) also visibly change his personality and his abilities, since pink Alois seems to be much stronger and more confident with himself, able to control his new appendages and is more willing to protect the MC, whereas conversely, blue Alois is much more ashamed, barely is able to control his appendages and basically is unable to protect the MC at all. Interestingly the yellow Alois feels like the plant is taking over him, as he seems to slowly be losing touch on reality or at least acting very strangely, but seems to have even more control over his vines than pink Alois does (or at least, this is how I view it), with the game stating that it looks like the flower is slowly splitting his head open. This one I associate with being the most yandere, since he has more of a reaction to making the two stay together, and being obsessed over them, compared to the other two which do have a bit of tendencies but are more worried about how he appears to the MC.

It's kind of hard to say whether or not Alois has actually been with the MC or not since it seems that most test subjects "remember" being someone that their chosen staff knows, and the staff themselves cannot remember anything about this other person. It's also noted that for many cases, the subjects do remember specific things from the staff members lives, including things that nobody else knows, at least with how Micheal describes it. Does that mean that the staff members just lost their memories? Are the subjects actually remembering true events, or are they having certain memories injected into them? Or perhaps they could be lying? It is very hard to say given the information that we have. It is possible that Alois and the MC were actually together at some point, but we don't even know how either of them came to the facility in this case. Regardless, it is made very clear that Alois himself believes at the very least that the two of them are together and even offers to help the MC recall said memories, speaking pretty warmly towards them and seeking out their approval to some degree. There's not a lot of yandere moments so far, but the most notable one is the event where Alois is shown various pictures and the reactions that ensue from it. Despite the fact that the pictures are very clearly fake, he does show that he hates the idea of the two of them being apart and grows clearly angry at the staff for even insinuating that the two of them would divorce or that the MC will cheat on him. There's also the fact that he somehow found out that the MC talks to Micheal pretty frequently (if that is the choice that is made) and interrogates their closeness. Then there's the various versions at the end of the demo where Alois changes to different forms. As stated earlier, I believe the yellow Alois is the most yandere like, but part of the reason seems to be he's rather unstable too. Like the MC notes, he acts very strangely, almost talking as if he's not all there, but also has more lines where he is obsessed with the MC or at least believes that the two of them will be together. I think otherwise, pink Alois more focuses on being more overprotective with the MC, but otherwise is rather loving, while blue Alois seems like he'd be more of the gloomy, I'm sorry I can't do anything for you type. All of them are devoted to the MC. I am also curious what the creature is that we hear at the end of each day. It's likely the thing that is causing Alois to become more and more plantlike and is the one dictating a lot of his actions, especially if he becomes yellow Alois.