#welling lore

What was going through romanced!Welling's head when they saw Anle standing too close to MC at the museum? And if MC decided to continue the conversation? Inquiring minds want to know 👀

Also, I have a theory... after playing with the foreign languages we can choose, I went with Lystonian for a second playthrough. Now I think Luci is either the child of one of the Roznati or one of them themself.

Depends on the relationship!

Welling has a good sense for people and there’s something about Anle that makes them wary. They don’t trust them nor do they want anything to do with them.

Date Welling was a second away from storming over and separating them. Considering how protective they are, the feelings they had surrounding Anle were much more heightened because of the MC’s involvement. If they were given any sign at all, they wouldn’t have hesitated to act. In fact, they didn’t take their overall attention off the exchange for a moment.

While high romance, non-date Welling felt similar to date Welling, their feelings of protectiveness weren’t as intense.

High friendship Welling was more puzzled to see MC with Anle.

Low friendship Welling was just “???” and looking to see if anyone else from the cluster had noticed and were as confused as they were.

From what I remember, Leon and the MC only have around one meaningful interaction before Leon starts blushing and showing signs of romantic attraction. Even though the main plot has already begun by then, it still feels like very little time has passed between their first meeting and Leon becoming romantically flustered.

I understand that the visions, along with the MC leaking aura, are what initially draw Leon's attention to the MC. I also know some of Leon's reactions are tied to the player's dialogue choices (like choosing friendly, shy, or flirty responses). My question is more about Leon's internal progression than the game mechanics.

Was your intention that the recurring dreams had already created an emotional attachment? Or, from Leon's perspective, what actually prompted him to begin blushing and reacting romantically so early?

While reading, it felt like the story moved from Leon's initial interest because of the visions + plot, to romantic fluster very quickly, without much of the psychological transition being shown.

I'm curious what was happening internally for Leon during that shift.

Oo! To start, I have this post and the one linked within it. I can’t really detail Welling’s perspective without spoiling, but I’ll say that just because Welling didn’t interact with MC much before that point doesn’t mean they weren’t intensely aware of them.

Also is this the reason the Sokaf singles out the MC over all the other Navaarians? Because they were the one that was summoned last and that implies something about them that we don't yet know about?

(Hi!) Ahh you noticed🫣! There is a reason, but it’s a spoiler-y reason. I’ll say that, for Lystonians, they summon in order of the guest’s perceived importance.

MC: sets the sweet drink in front of Welling and the tea in front of Venali.

Venali: …

Welling: …

They silently swap their drinks.

MC: “Huh.”

I want to know more about how their path differs, how they feel about meeting the MC again and realizing "oh, MC DID feel that way back then". It's also interesting from the perspective of not-a-date!Welling being able to form alternate relationships while date!Welling holds on. Did their crush go away? Did they start to see less likelihood of their vision? How did they see MC in that long stretch away?

Since their feelings for the MC differ whether or not it was officially a date, I'm also interested in seeing how Welling deals with their feelings between date and non-date scenarios and how long it takes their feelings to catch up in non-date! Like Welling was able to put that crush away on the non-date path. Is it easy for them to slip back into it? Is it surprising to them? Like, date!Welling is already all-in while non-date!Welling has obviously let some of it rest while they were apart.

Could you give us some crumbs on how non-date festival Welling is doing?? They are so interesting to me, I wanna pick their brain

Hi! ♡ This is long and I’m sorry if I missed any of your questions!

I think you’re talking about non-date, low romance flags Welling? Since one of your MCs went to the Canterberry festival with that Welling? There’s that Welling and the non-date, high romance flags Welling. The difference is that the low flag doesn’t ask and the high flag, asked, and was denied.

So, the non-date, low romance flag Welling never asks to make it a date because they didn’t feel that strongly, romantically, about MC and suspected that the MC didn’t either. Their view of the MC slides more to friendship over the years. If you pursue that Welling later on, they’re more.. puzzled, but not at all displeased by the shift in their dynamic. They expected the budding feelings between them would begin during their teenage years. So when it didn’t occur, they assumed the… feeling, they had when they met MC wasn’t meant for them. Fast forward six years and that draw to the MC actually begins to take root. They’re tickled by it. Was it meant to go this way? Perhaps they shouldn’t have been so quick to assume it wasn’t for them. They’re curious to see how it unfolds.