We had a little moment of inspiration. We've seen a lot of stories lately about children going through abuse, and ourselves have faced abuse many times in our life, so we wanted to put something cathartic, but ultimately sweet, out there.
While we very much drew from our personal experiences when writing this, we fictionalized some of the details so as to not publicly release a one-to-one representation of our real-life trauma. But please know that we know the subject matter of this case personally and intimately.
I like how this is done from Athenas perspective, looking in at a representation of yourself, with Belle and Flora being (I assume) Princess and Ashley. Analysing from an outside perspective helps to showcase and process the therapy without overwhelming someone playing the case, unlike seeing the raw emotions with cases such as (highlight to see) super scary comp entry snippets and Outside the Court comp entry Gloria in Somnium.
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A touching little short story with some heartfelt self-reflection and a smartly used gameplay mechanic to put the player in the mindset the author wants them to be in.
It may be a little confusing for someone who doesn't have much context or know relevant terminology, but it is short and simple enough that they will probably get the gist of it regardless.
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played this through, really loved it. it's one of those things that you finish and think "yeah, i needed to hear that." great stuff, especially in such a short story.
