Here's the first part of a play-through of me just trying to be a normal person and avoid any hint of adventure. Will I succeed to live an uneventful life?!:
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You are Jane Puregood, a peasant living in a small village in the kingdom of Larion. You have a pitchfork and nothing else. You dream of getting out of your village and having an adventure. You go to your fields and begin working. You look up and see a merchant from a nearby town walking towards your village. You run up to him and ask if he needs help. He says he'd like some help, but not from you.
> You go out to the garden of your house and start making a vegetable patch.
You wake up and begin clearing trees from your land and starting to build a large garden. You build wooden frames for cabbage plants and sow seeds in small holes.
> You water the vegetable garden.
You begin watering the garden, but quickly realize you need to milk the cow in the barn. You run inside and begin milking the cow. As you're finishing, your mother walks in.
"Hello,"
> You take the full bucket of milk to the cellar of your house.
You walk into the cellar with a full bucket of milk.
"Hello," your mother greets.
"I'm here, I'm here," you reply, holding up the bucket of milk.
> You pour the bucket of milk into the butter-churn and use the churn to turn the milk into butter.
You dump the full bucket of milk into the churn. You use the handle to turn it and a wooden stick, creating butter as you churn. You pull out your knife and start chopping up the butter.
> You take the butter to the kitchen and store it in the icebox.
You walk into the kitchen and put the butter into the icebox. You notice your father standing there, angrily looking at you.
"What are you doing in here?" he asks angrily.
> You "Father, I have churned the butter and I put it into the icebox."
Your father looks at you and his expression becomes less angry, but more disappointed.
"You did what?" he asks.
"I churned the butter and put it into the icebox," you reply.
> You go outside and water the vegetable patch.
You walk outside into the sunshine and begin watering the garden.
"I think you've had enough time off," your father says.
"Yes, I have," you reply.
> You water the vegetable patch.
You walk over to the vegetable patch and water it.
"Now go inside," your father says.
"But I've watered the garden," you reply.
"Go inside," he says.
> You go inside the house.
You walk inside and find your mother there. She smiles at you.
"Hello, Jane," she says.
"Hello, Mother," you reply.
"How did the garden go?
> You "I watered the garden. Hopefully we should have some nice vegetables growing soon, Mother."
"Good," your mother says. "Go upstairs and get your clothes and some reading material, then come down for lunch."
"OK," you reply.
You walk up the stairs and go into your room.
> You get changed into clean clothes and pick up your favorite book and then go downstairs to eat lunch.
You change into some clean clothes and pick up your favorite book, one about the flora and fauna of the world. You walk downstairs to join the other villagers for lunch.
"Jane!" your mother calls.
> You "Yes, mother?"
"Come on, you're forgetting your manners. Sit with us," she says.
You walk over and sit next to your father.
"Hello," he says.
"Hello," you reply.
> You eat lunch.
You eat lunch with the other villagers. The food is plain but it's a special occasion so you don't mind.
"Thank you,"
> You go upstairs to your room to read your book.
You walk upstairs and into your bedroom. You sit on your bed and open your book.
"Jane, come down for dinner!" your mother shouts.
"OK!" you shout back.
> You go downstairs to eat dinner.
You walk downstairs and into the great room. Your mother is serving up food for dinner.
"Sit here with us," your father says, motioning to the corner of the room opposite the door.
> You sit and eat dinner.
You sit down at the table with your family and eat dinner.
"So, how was school, Jane?" your mother asks.
"Fine," you reply.
"What did you learn?" your father asks.
> You "I learned that the Earth is a globe."
"Yes, that was a popular topic of discussion," your father replies.
"Oh, did you?" your mother asks.
You take a bite of meat and chew it, then swallow.
> You "What did you do today, Father?"
"Oh, I did some work in the fields, and then I found some strange metal object. It looks very valuable."
Your father shows you a metal disk that is in the shape of a ring.
> You "Oh, that's wonderful, Father. Best of luck with all that."
"Thank you," your father says. "Now, let's dig in!"
You eat dinner and enjoy the conversation.
> You "What did you do today, mother?"
"Oh, I did the housework, but nothing important."
Your mother goes upstairs as your father eats another spoonful of potatoes.
"Good night, sweet dreams," he says.
> You "Goodnight, father."
You walk up the stairs to your room.
Your room has a large bed, a dresser, a bookshelf and a chair. You sit on your chair and open your book.
> You read the book.
You turn the page in your book and continue reading. There is a knock at the door.
Who could it be?
Your mother always answers the door.
Who could it be?
> You go downstairs and ask "Who is it?" through the closed front door.
"It's me, Jane."
You open the door and find your sister standing there.
"What do you want?" you ask.
"What do you think?" she asks, angry.
> You close the front door and lock it.
"What happened?" you ask, walking towards her.
"Nothing. What the hell happened?" she asks.
"You tell me," you reply, equally as angry.
> You "I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Don't play stupid. It doesn't become you."
"Stop talking in riddles," you reply.
"What the hell happened to you?" she asks, raising her voice.
> You "Look, calm down. I'm going to bed."
"Don't you dare walk away from me," she says, raising her voice.
"Stop being dramatic," you reply.
"I saw Father Mihrab hug you!
> You "So what?! Father Mihrab is our priest. Of course he would hug me!"
"You're lying!" she says.
"I have no idea what you are talking about."
"The way you were looking at each other in the church! It was the most romantic thing I've ever seen!"
> You "Oh don't be stupid. Go to bed, sister."
"Don't tell me what to do!" she says, grabbing your hand.
> You shake off your sister's hand and go upstairs to your bedroom.
"Get away from me!" you yell, pushing her away.
Your sister stands there, angry and confused.
"Stop it! Stop it!" she yells, hitting you in the face.
> You "OW! You bitch! Don't hit me!"
"I saw you with Father Mihrab!"
"I just said I don't know what you're talking about! Why are you making such a big deal out of this?
> You push your sister away and go upstairs to your bedroom.
You walk up to your bedroom, grabbing a pillow and hitting your sister in the face.
"Stop it! Stop it!" she yells, hitting you back.
Your mother walks into the room.
> You "Mother, please tell sister to leave me alone!"
"Stop it! Stop it!" your mother yells.
Your sister continues hitting you, screaming and yelling.
"Stop it! Stop it!" you yell, hitting her back.
> You push your sister and mother out of your bedroom and go to sleep.
Your mother steps in front of your sister and raises her hand.
"Enough!" she yells.
Your sister stops hitting you and raises her hands.
"Yes, mother," she says.
> You "Please, mother and sister, just leave my room and let me go to sleep."
"Fine," your mother says. "But you better not cause any more trouble, do you understand?"
"Yes, mother," your sister says.
Your mother opens the door and motions for your sister to leave.
> You wait until your mother and sister have left your room and then close the door and go to bed.
You lie in your bed, turning over. You have had enough of these people and their judgmental ways. Your mind wanders to Father Mihrab. He gave you some nice food.
> You forget about Father Mihrab and go to sleep.
You wake up early the next morning. After you have finished doing your morning ablutions, you go downstairs and say goodbye to your parents, sister and niece.
> You water the vegetable garden and then go to school.
The entire way to school, you think about what happened yesterday. You wonder why Vera was so against you, when all you did was talk.
You arrive at school and sit next to Vera.
> You "Hello, Vera."
"Hello," Vera says. "What did you do, get beaten up by your father?"
"Ha, no, it was way worse."
"Oh? What happened?
> You "My sister hit me in the face."
"No way! I'm surprised."
"Yeah, it's been happening a lot lately."
"I don't have a sister. I want one though.
> You "I can give you my sister if you want her."
"What?" Vera asks. "You're joking."
"No, I'm serious. She has a really big butt, so hitting her is easy.
> You "Just joking. How is your family?"
"My father's working on the farm, and my mother is cleaning the chicken coop."
"Oh.
> You study at school for the rest of the day.
When you arrive home, your father is in the kitchen.
"Hey, what's going on?"
> You "Oh, not much, father. Just the usual school stuff."
"OK. Do you want something to eat?"
"No, I had dinner with Vera."
"Vera? Is that the new girl in your class?"
"Yeah.
> You "How was your day, father?"
"Long. Do you want to go out to play catch?"
"Sure."
You and your father walk to a secluded spot by the river.
"So, you're friends with a girl?"
> You play catch with father.
You and your father throw a ball back and forth.
"Tell me about her."
"What's there to tell? We just talk and laugh a lot."
"Does she like you?
> You "Yeah, I think we are friends." Throw the ball back to father.
Your father throws the ball back to you.
"Then throw the ball back."
You throw the ball back to father.
"There are a lot of pretty girls at your school.
> You "Yeah, father, you probably don't want to go around saying that out loud." Throw the ball back to father.
Your father throws the ball back to you.
"How many friends have you got?"
"I don't know, thirty maybe.
> You throw the ball back to father.
Your father throws the ball back to you.
"Well, if you got thirty friends, I suppose that's not so bad. It's not like you need more than one or two close friends to hang out with."
> You catch the ball and say "I'm getting sleepy. Let's go back home, father."
Your father walks home with you.
"You want some dinner before bed?" he asks.
"No thanks, I had dinner about an hour ago." You walk inside.
> You water the vegetable garden and then go to bed.
You wake up in the morning, get yourself ready for school and go down to the kitchen. Your mother is already there.
"Morning, wake up. There's plenty of food. I made you something to eat,"
> You eat breakfast.
Your mother walks with you to the bus stop.
"You going to be OK getting to school today?"
"Yeah, I can make it fine."
You get on the bus and sit beside Vera.
> You "Hi, Vera. How are you?"
Vera turns and looks at you.
"I'm good. You?"
"Good."
"Have you finished your History homework?"
"Yeah, I gave it to you yesterday."
> You "Vera, when is your birthday?"
"March 3rd.
> You "Vera, what is the date today?"
"The 3rd of March."
"What does the number 3 mean to you?"
"It's my lucky number. My dream is to be a medical doctor and help people.
> You "Vera! It's your birthday today! I didn't know!"
Vera looks embarrassed.
> You "Vera, I'll try to bring you a present later on today!"
Vera smiles and nods.
You walk to school with Vera.
At school, you sit beside her again in class.
After school, you go to your house and play with your toys for a bit.
> You examine your toys.
Your toys are all out of the box. You pick up a grey alien figure.
"I'm space captain Colorful!" it says in a thick accent.
> You ignore the talking toy and wrap it up in wrapping-paper.
You take the wrapped up figure and throw it against the wall.
"I'm not real!" the toy says. "It's just pretend!"
> You pick up the wrapped present with the grey alien figure inside and take it to Vera's house and give it to her for her birthday present.
You put the present into a brown paper bag.
"I'm taking it to Vera," you say.
"OK," your father replies.
You get onto the bus and take a seat.
"I made you something for your birthday," you tell Vera.
"Really? What is it?"
You take the brown bag from the pocket of your jeans and pull out the grey alien toy.
"It's a toy. For your birthday, I'm giving it to you."
Vera takes the toy and looks at it.
"Wow, thanks!" she says.
> You "Vera, you're welcome. Happy birthday!"
You wave as the bus takes you away from school.
You walk home and go into the house. You eat a dinner of macaroni cheese, and watch TV until your parents tell you it's bedtime.
> You water the vegetable garden and then go to bed.
You wake up at six in the morning. You brush your teeth, have some breakfast, put on your trainers and a hoodie and go out into the backyard.
> You go into the barn and milk the cow.
You find the cow in the barn. It's lying down, chewing on a piece of hay. You lift the cow up by its tail and force it to stand. You quickly milk the cow into a bucket. You hold your arm deep inside the cow's body and milk it until you've got about a pint into the bucket.
> You take the bucket of milk back to the cellar of the house and churn it into butter.
You place the bucket on the ground, lean over and tilt your head down into the bucket so you can pour the milk into the churn. You slowly begin to pour the milk into the churn. You hear a noise and turn around. It's the ghost of an old woman standing behind you.
> You tell the ghost of the old woman to go away and finish churning the milk into butter.
"Go away," you say.
You hear the churn crack as you drop the temperature of the butter.
"I need your help," the ghost says. "I can't get out of this house."
> You "I don't care. Go away, ghost.". Continue churning the butter.
You continue to churn the butter as the ghost watches you. Suddenly, you feel a hand on your shoulder. You look up and see the ghost of an old man standing behind you.
"Please," he says.
> You "Just go away, ghosts! I don't care what you want!". Continue churning the butter.
You continue to churn the butter as the ghost watches you. Suddenly, you feel a hand on your shoulder. You look up and see the ghost of an old man standing behind you.
"Please," he says.
> You take the butter upstairs to the kitchen and store it in the icebox.
You take the bucket of butter upstairs to the kitchen. You put the butter in the icebox.
Your mother is standing in the kitchen. She is a short woman with dark brown hair and light brown eyes.
> You "Goodnight, mother.". Go upstairs to your bedroom.
"Goodnight, Jane," your mother says. "Do you have any homework?"
You search your memory for anything you should do schoolwork tonight. You can't remember.
"No," you say.
"Okay," your mother says. "I'm going to bed. Goodnight."
"Goodnight," you say.
You walk upstairs and into your bedroom.
> You read your book and then go to sleep.
You lie on your bed and read "Castle in the Air" to yourself.
After a few minutes, you realize you have dozed off.
The morning sun shines through your window. You groggily sit up in bed. After brushing your teeth, you walk downstairs to the kitchen and make some toast and some tea.
"Good morning, dear,"
> You eat breakfast and then water the vegetable garden and then go to school.
You walk through the door and into the bright morning sunlight. You glance over at the vegetable garden to water it before you head off to school.
You walk down the street to school. You are hungry but there isn't time to stop for a bite to eat.
"Jane!"
You turn to see your sister running down the street toward you.
> You "What do you want, sister?"
"I want to go to school too!" she says.
> You "Well, let's walk there together then."
You take your sister's hand and begin walking to school.
"When is the last time you went to school, Jane?" your sister asks.
> You "Yesterday, duh!"
"I've been to school every day this week," she says.
"How come?"
"Because it's been fun!"
"It is?"
"Yes!"
You arrive at school.
> You say goodbye to your sister and then go to your classroom.
You enter your classroom and take your seat.
"Hello, class," your teacher says. "I'm Miss Justine. Today we will be discussing ghosts. Who here has ever seen a ghost?"
> You do not say that you have seen a ghost.
You decide not to say that you have seen a ghost.
"No one has?" Miss Justine says. "That's odd. Most people have seen a ghost at least once in their life."
"I've seen a ghost," you whisper to yourself.
> You remind yourself to stay quiet about having seen a ghost.
You nod your head and stay quiet about your experience.
"Well, someone else has seen a ghost, at least," Miss Justine says. "We will focus on other types of ghosts today. There are legends of big, scary ghosts that haunt houses. These are called "wailing" ghosts. Do any of you know what a wailing ghost is?"
> You raise your hand and ask the teacher if you can go to the toilet.
"Yes, Jane?" Miss Justine says.
You stand up.
"Can I go to the toilet?" you ask.
"Well, of course," Miss Justine says.
> You leave the classroom and go down the hallway to the toilet.
You walk down the hallway to the bathroom.
You arrive at the bathroom. You open the door and walk inside.
There is a man in a black suit standing at the sink.
> You go back to your classroom and tell the teacher that there is a strange man in a black suit in the girl's bathroom.
You decide to tell the teacher what is going on.
"There's a man in a black suit in the girl's bathroom," you say.
"What?" Miss Justine says.
> You "Miss Justine, there is a strange man in the girl's bathroom!"
"What? Where?"
"He's over there," you say, pointing over at the bathroom.
"Thanks, Jane," Miss Justine says. "I'll take care of it."
"Okay," you say.
You walk back over to the bathroom. The man is gone.
You walk into the bathroom and see that there is no one there.
"Where did he go?" you ask.
"I have no idea," Miss Justine says. "Let's just get back to class."
You nod your head and follow Miss Justine back to class.
> You "Vera, do you want to go to the park and play after school?"
You walk into the classroom.
"Hi, Vera," you say.
"Yes," Vera says. "When?
> You "Vera, let's play at the park together after school today."
"Yes, OK," Vera says.
You put your bag in a corner of the classroom and sit down next to her.
> You wait until school is finished for today.
You wait for the rest of the class to finish.
The bell rings, and everyone begins to get up and pack their bags.
"I can't go," Vera says.
> You "Why not, Vera?"
"I have to go home to get my collection of stones," Vera says. "My sister can't collect them, so I have to do it."
> You "Okay, Vera, let's go do that together."
"Yes, OK," Vera says.
Vera puts her bag over her shoulder and walks out the classroom.
You quickly follow her.
When you arrive at her home, she goes into her room. You sit down on her bed.
"What do you think of my stones?" Vera asks.
> You look at Vera's stone collection.
You look at Vera's stone collection. There are several varieties of stones. Some are white, some black, some have different shades of grey in them. You see a few varieties that you don't recognize.
> You "They are lovely, Vera. Do you want to go play in the park now?"
"Yes," Vera says.
You stand up and walk out of the room.
You walk out of the house and to the park. You sit down on a bench.
> You "Vera, would you like me to push you on the swing?"
"Yes," Vera says.
You push Vera on the swing.
The swing moves back and forth.
"I'm going to push you now," you say. "Ready?"
"Yes," Vera says.
You push Vera on the swing.
The swing moves back and forth.
"It's going to swing back and forth a lot," you say. "Hold on."
"OK," Vera says.
You sit on the swing next to Vera.
"Do you want to push me?" Vera asks.
"Yes," you say.
You wait for Vera to get off the swing. She gets off and runs to the slide.
"Do you want to go down the slide?" Vera asks.
"Yes," you say.
Vera runs around the corner and down the slide.
You walk around the corner. You watch as Vera runs down the slide and into the grass.
You sit down on the swing next to Vera.
"Do you want to push me?" Vera asks.
> You "Naw, Vera, thanks for the play-date but I have to go home now."
"Okay," Vera says.
You stand up and walk home. You arrive back at your house. You walk into the foyer. Your mother and father are there.
"Hello, Jane," your father says.
> You "Hi, mom and dad! How were your days?"
"We went to the museum," your mother says. "I found a brand-new diary from 1865. Isn't that exciting?"
> You "Sounds great, mom. I hope you have fun reading that diary."
"Thank you, honey," your mother says.
Your father takes out his wallet and gives you twenty-five cents.
> You "Thanks for my allowance, Dad."
"You're welcome, honey," your father says.
You turn to go up the stairs to your room.
"Jane!" your mother says.
> You "Yes, mom?"
"Would you go to the store and get some milk and bread?"
"I can't, mom," you say.
"Why not?" your mother asks.
"I have a lot of homework to do."
> You "But I can do the homework later. I will go to the store and buy the milk and bread."
"Are you sure you don't have anything better to do?" your mother asks.
"No, I can go," you say.
You grab your jacket and head out the front door.
> You go to the store and buy the milk and bread that your mother asked you to get.
You walk into the store and look around. You don't see anyone you know, so you grab a cart and push it around the store. You grab a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread.
> You take the milk and bread to the counter and pay for them.
You walk up to the counter and put the milk and bread on the counter. The cashier smiles at you.
"Hello, young lady," she says. "What can I do for you today?
> You "I just want to buy this milk and bread."
"That'll be five cents," the cashier says.
You pull out your pocket and count out five cents and hand it to her.
"Thanks for shopping here," she says.
"You're welcome,"
> You take the bread and milk home and give them to your mother.
Your mother takes the bread and milk from you.
"Thank you, dear," she says.
"You're welcome," you say.
You walk into your room and close your door.
> You go outside and water the vegetable patch.
You walk outside and water your vegetable patch.
You water the plant really well and put the watering can down. Then, you look around to make sure no one is watching.
> You go into the barn and milk the cow.
You walk into the barn and find a cow. You grab the bucket off the wall and milk the cow.
You milk the cow for about a half an hour.
> You take the bucket of milk to the cellar of your house and churn it into butter.
You walk down into the cellar and find the churn. You take the bucket of milk and place it on the churn. Then, you start to turn it slowly.
> You churn the milk into butter.
You continue to turn the butter until it's all butter. You carefully scoop the butter out of the churn and place it in a bowl. Then, you put the bowl on the shelf.
Congratulations! You've created some butter. You've also learned how to churn!
> You take the butter upstairs to the kitchen and put it into the icebox.
You walk upstairs to the kitchen and put the butter into the icebox.
You go back downstairs and find Vera, your best friend, sitting at the kitchen table.
"Hey," Vera says.
"Hi,"
> You "What are you doing here, Vera? Do you want to play?"
"Sure," Vera says.
You put the butter back into the icebox and walk outside to the vegetable patch.
"So, what did you want to play?" you ask.
"Truth or Dare," Vera says.
You could either do "Truth" or "Dare."
> You "Vera, I choose Truth! Ask me a question!"
"Have you ever kissed a boy?"
You think carefully before answering.
"No," you say.
"Oh, OK," Vera says.
> You "Vera, do you choose Truth or Dare?"
"I choose Truth," Vera says.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" you ask.
"No," Vera says.
You decide to change the subject.
> You "Vera, I choose Truth."
"Do you go to the bathroom over there?" Vera asks.
"What?" you ask.
"Do you go to the bathroom over there?" Vera asks.
"No."
"Oh, OK,"
> You "Vera, do you choose Truth or Dare?"
"I choose Dare," Vera says.
"OK. I dare you to go inside the chicken coop," you say.
"Fine," Vera says.
Vera hops over the fence and runs towards the chicken coop.
"Truth or Dare," you say.
"Dare," Vera says.
"I dare you to go inside the chicken coop," you say.
"Fine," Vera says, before flipping her hair over her shoulder and walking past the chicken coop.
Vera enters the chicken coop and you close the gate behind her.
"Vera, I'm coming in there!" you say.
"No, you're not," Vera says.
You stand outside the chicken coop for a moment, wondering what to do. Then, you decide to just let it go.
A few minutes later, Vera emerges from the chicken coop.
"That was so embarrassing," Vera says.
> You laugh together with Vera.
"You're right," you say. "It was pretty bad."
Vera laughs.
"Do you want to go back inside now?" you ask.
"Yeah, I guess," Vera says.
> You "Vera, I have to go to bed soon. You should probably go home. Do you want me to walk with you on your way home?"
"Yeah, OK," Vera says.
You walk back to the cottage, with Vera at your side.
"Thanks for the walk," Vera says. "I guess I'll see you in class on Monday."
> You "Goodnight, Vera. Don't become an asshole or anything after we grow up, okay?"
"I won't," Vera says, smiling.
Vera walks towards her house, and you head into yours.
Awwww, that was actually a pretty touching end-scene to leave Jane's and Vera's childhood friendship on I feel.
I'm going to attempt to fast-forward the game at this point to ten years in the future when Vera and Jane are both grown ups, and see what happens. To be contiued in the next post below:
(So far I have managed to dodge all the game's attempts in getting me involved in some kind of adventure, but it still supplied a pretty good basic human-drama story of real-life. Let's see if it continues to do so if I can manage to fast-forward it to ten years later when Jane and Vera are grown-ups.)