Pleonexia sees you reeling in fish to make sure that everybody on the town will get one every single day. Nonetheless, consuming these fish is having some discomforting results.
CONTENT WARNING: Self-harm, violence, habit.
The folks of this city simply can’t get sufficient of the fish you’re catching. They’re downright addictive. This has made them pretty insistent that they every get a fish every single day. They’re fairly alarming in that insistence, with the sport’s 1-bit visible fashion making every particular person really feel inhuman and intense. Each interplay, irrespective of how cordial, feels loaded with this unstated promise of hazard. Their smiles really feel extra like sneers. It’s like they’re all gritting their tooth to maintain from leaping over-the-counter and biting your throat. So, what I’m saying is you’re going to need to catch sufficient fish for these folks.
You’re a very good fisherman, however catching one thing isn’t a given while you put your hook within the water. You’ll have to search for darkish spots after which attempt to pull one thing up from them. Typically you get a fish, typically you pull up rubbish or completely nothing. All of the whereas the in-game clock ticks away. As time passes, prospects will present up at your hut and occasions will happen. You might want to attend to your prospects (hopefully by giving them a fish), however you’ll shortly discover it onerous to maintain up with the demand. You possibly can flip folks away at instances, however how lengthy do you suppose these of us will tolerate your incapability to feed their wants? How lengthy can they maintain from appearing on that violence that lies behind their each smile.
Pleonexia exudes menace in its each interplay, and each second that ticks away with out touchdown a fish is an agonizing type of terror. Which certainly one of these folks will lastly snap and are available for you? And in the event that they don’t, what alarming issues will you discover about these addictive fish and the explanation you’re trapped right here?
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