If Reader

❖ Demo ❖ Playlist ❖ Characters ❖ Setting ❖

Genre: Eastern | Wuxia | Action Adventure | Found-family

Rating: 18+ [May contain violence, death, suggestive or explicit content, strong language, and harm to children]

❖ STORY ❖

The martial world has long since granted you reprieve from the past. Once a frightened child in a world vaster than you’ve ever known, you have since carved out a name for yourself in this realm of martial artists. 

Now a wandering vigilante of renown, your name has been uttered by many a storyteller - yet no tale is without tribulation. Swept up in something much larger than yourself, forces of the imperial court now crack down upon you, the ordered world closing around you like a fist.

Your skills haven't failed you before, yet this is unlike anything you've ever faced. Now's your chance to build new relationships, learn to trust those around you, and find allies in this world turned hostile.

Journey through the martial world, delve into your own past, escort your charge to safety, entangle yourself in an imperial plot, save a few people, kill some others, try to differentiate friend from foe - preferably before your luck runs out.

@oh-tobeafrog thank you for inspiring me with this galaxy brain take on my two favorite marvel heroes :)

You can now play the first half of Track 4 "If I Have To" on cogdemos. I wanna thank the people on patreon for their help in weeding out the first bugs. And even though I'm dreading it, I'm gonna open my inbox to anon again for a few days so as to better receive you guys's feedback.

I really hope you guys enjoy. Also, here's a reminder that this game is for adult audiences only! Just in case.

I'm really really proud of how far this game has come/is still coming. I mean, this is only the first half of this chapter, and it's already bigger than chapter 1 in its entirety. Also note the added discography in the stat menu. It's something many of you have requested over time and I hope it'll enhance your experience <3

Oh, I'm so excited to show more of this pairing! Lee definitely got the shorter end of the stick when it came to the ROs getting to spend time with H in the demo.

GENRES: Psychological Horror, Supernatural Thriller, Mystery, Apocalyptic Drama

CONTENT WARNINGS: Guilt, suicide, mental breakdowns, religious themes, emotional manipulation, death, violence (non-graphic), mass hysteria, existential dread, mild body horror, cult behavior, and scenes of intense psychological unease.

(This story is dark and introspective. Reader discretion is advised.)

You are a nobody. A citizen in a city crumbling under its own sins—violence, apathy, corruption, faith lost and power abused.

And then… He arrives.

They call Him The Second. He’s calm. Soft-spoken. He doesn’t threaten. But in every place He appears, people begin to break. Confess. Kill. Vanish. Not because He harms them, but because they see themselves… too clearly.

Some worship Him. Others fear Him. But one thing is certain: He is not here to save. He is the second coming of sin.

Customizable MC (you) with customizable reactions

Multiple perspectives (brief playable flashbacks of others affected by Him)

Dynamic morality system (not “good” or “bad”, just what you can live with)

Unreliable narration

Foreshadowing, hidden clues, and optional deep dives into lore

HIM

“I am not your savior. I am the consequence you summoned.”

The mysterious man at the center of it all.

Always calm, eerily kind.

Appears across the city at random.

His presence alone causes breakdowns, death, or revelation.

No one knows His real name—or what He wants.

He is either divine... or the final product of human sin.

Detective Jonah Voss

“You’re telling me the guy walks in, says nothing, and a man with no priors just hangs himself?”

A grizzled, chain-smoking detective assigned to investigate the deaths linked to Him.

Sarcastic, skeptical, and tired of everything.

Hides his guilt well—until He arrives.

Reluctant to believe in anything… but slowly realizing he may be part of something far bigger.

Sister Mercy

“You’re all asking the wrong question. It’s not who He is. It’s who we made Him into.”

A young nun who believes He is a divine reckoning.

Soft-spoken, poetic, unsettlingly wise beyond her years.

Acts as a spiritual guide—or a manipulator. You decide.

She may know more than she’s letting on.

Silas Wren

“I recorded it. Him. I saw it happen. And I’m telling you—he’s not human.”

A conspiracy podcaster-turned-doomsday prophet.

Obsessed with finding patterns, messages, proof.

Claims he caught The Second on video—but no one who watches it survives.

Loud, manic, strangely charming.

Dr. Elaine Marrow

“The phenomenon is psychological. Mass hysteria. Projected guilt. Explainable.”

A clinical psychologist brought in to consult with authorities.

Believes there’s a scientific explanation for the deaths.

Rational to a fault—but beginning to fray.

Has a personal reason to deny the supernatural.

Amari & Ruth (The Twins)

“He loves us. That’s why we see Him everywhere.”

Teenage twin girls who follow Him from city to city.

Claim He speaks to them in dreams.

Their eerily synchronized behavior unnerves everyone.

One seems sweet. One seems cruel. Both know more than they should.

Father Isaac Rowe

“I preached forgiveness for thirty years. Now I wonder if I just taught people how to lie to God.”

A once-popular televangelist now disgraced.

Obsessed with redemption—and terrified of what The Second means.

Wants to face Him. Needs to.

But his past is catching up.