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Psst, guys, anybody know how toget A’s friendship or flirt higher than 2? 
To get any of their friendship or flirt up, chose A to interact with. The Romance is more clear(usually the flirty reposes, or shy romance options). For the friendship you have to be nice to them. Usually accepting of them being vampires at the compound. I think they don’t like the snarky comments but I haven’t tried a lot of them myself
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Flirt is incredibly easy to accumulate, so long as you pick the obviously flirty dialogue options and spend enough time with them. Friendship is trickier, but you get points for taking A with you to see Kate, saying you are going to work well together, choosing to patrol for a few hours, then head home, choosing A to spend the rest of the patrol with and say that they like you already, choosing to call A about going to the hospital, reminding them that your job is to protect others, agree to do the tests, joke about repelling Murphy with cross and holy water when discussing vampire peculiarities (I believe everyone likes this one)… can’t remember any more examples, but there are more opportunities. Just don’t call them a monster.
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Do you know if you get points for having similar taste in clothes or an apartment that they like? I’ve noticed M likes the dark decor, A likes the plainer minimalist one, pretty much no one likes the techy apartment… Never checked if there was any stat gain from those.
There’s no associated stat increase for those responses, it’s just a fun bit of continuity/detail
Speaking of that ‘monster’ choice, being seen as a monster/killer etc. seem to be quite sensitive topic to A - they are the one to retort that they are nothing like Murphy when they discuss about him, and then there’s this hostile ‘we are like monsters to you, right?’ accusation. I think it’s interesting, because compared to N, for example, A is generally speaking quite chill about the whole blood drinking thing, but still N is overall way less sensitive about aspects of their vampire nature, if that makes sense. (Then there’s M, making comments about them being predators all the time, duh). If you choose genuine ‘well, that’s reassuring’ option when A says they are nothing like Murphy, it seems to confuse A a bit, like it’s really unexpected reaction to them - while N smiles(I think?) at A’s reaction. I love their friendship so much, btw. 
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So, I just finished the game for the third time now, and I really like it! I think that the plot is fun and interesting, the story is short enough that it’s not too much of a hassle to replay to get the other romances, and I like most of the characters in the story and how they’re developed.
The only romance I haven’t done yet is F’s, and honestly I don’t know if I’m going to bother doing their romance later on, just because I’m not super into their personality. Based on the romances I have done, though, I’d rank them as:
- A - honestly, I always tend to go for the super work-focused person in romance games haha, but I think they’re really great outside of that. I like how it feels like they start warming up to you in a natural way, as opposed to suddenly shifting from annoyance to falling head-over-heels.
- N - I really liked their scene in the hospital together, and overall this relationship just feels the most… nice? for lack of a better way to put it haha, it’s cute and quaint.
- M - okay, negl, the steamy scenes with them are great and got me a little hot under the collar, buuuut I don’t like their personality very much, just a preference thing where I’ve never been super into dating the sarcastic assholes in romance games haha. I could see myself turning around on them when I start learning more about them in later books, though. (And I’m interested in why his pheromones made the MC pass out)
overall, I really liked getting to do all three of the romances though! The main criticism I have that I’d like to be improved on in later books is that it does honestly kind of feel like nothing really chances (aside from who you romance) on repeat playthroughs? Like there were a few scenes that changed on repeat playthroughs I really liked (particularly going to the bar vs. staying at the office, or small touches like how you designed your apartment), and I’d like to see a few more of those in other games, because it felt like I just ended up having to mash the “next” button for 80% of my repeat playthroughs to get through all of the stuff I’d already seen haha.
can’t wait for the sequel though-- like I said, I did absolutely adore this game! excited to see what you do next. 
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I’ve read through quite a few COG novels- but this one so far honestly has pushed its way in as a favorite for me!
I’m a sucker for vampires (no pun intended, I’m honestly so sorry), and romance… I just couldn’t get away from this piece. I was pleasantly surprised at the length, I was scared that we were going to get a really painful cliffhanger, but we just kept getting more content. I’m praying Book Two isn’t too far down the line, I need more!
Not going to lie, at first I was pretty set on going through the story with Nate first, but Mason snagged me. He’s an ass to us right up until the end almost, but I don’t know, I personally can see some sweet charm under all that sass.
Anyone else curious about his crystal necklace? What it does, if anything, and where it came from?
ANYONE GOT SOME FANART OF M, FEEL FREE TO HIT ME UP 
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Well if we’re ranking the vamps here’s mine.
- Nate. He’s a dog person, everyone else can get out.
- Adam. I’m not usually into the gruff, prickly type but for some reason it works for me in this case. I still really want to launch a rubber band at the back of his head every time he stands at the window and ignores us. What a grump.
- Farah. I haven’t finished her plot line yet but I like her friend route, I’m sure I’ll like her romance.
- Morgan. I’m interested in some of her mystery, like what’s with the necklace and her resentment of the agency. But otherwise her romance plot did nothing for me.
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There’s a lot of great fanart on Sera’s tumblr under fanart tag. 
I personally really love this photoset of m!UB, and these potrayals of Farah and Morgan are just gorgeous! This fanart is probably my favorite though, it captures the game’s atmosphere so well!
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So after finally getting off my ass and doing like 30 replays of the book doing different stuff and like 20 of those being with just Nat. I decided to finally go and do the Love Triangle route.
I must say. After the point in which it starts, it actually kind of hurts. I don’t dislike Ava in any way, but I always see my characters gravitating towards Nat.
First moment that actually made me feel bad and hurt a little inside was here.
(Obviously spoilers)
Second thing that some what hurt me in this whole thing was here.
And the Final and Last thing that I found to be a bit painful was here
There was a few small things I didn’t put in because it was like 2am and I was also trying to spend time with someone around with me who was present.
That being said I am very interested in seeing how this all plays out, and I can already tell it’s going to be a lot of pain on my part for my character I did on this route.
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So I’m going to do some specuations about something I don’t really know if we’ve talked a whole lot about on here: The Echo World.
If I recall correctly Mom says its “pretty much the same, with small differences” so I’m wondering… How similar is it to our world, exactly? Is there an Echo Wayhaven? Could there be Echo versions of people? WAS THERE A HUMAN F IN OUR WORLD?? Edit: Could there be an Echo MC? They could make for an interesting antagonist… I wonder what kind of Supernatural they would be…
Also how does Supernaturals leave the Echo World to get to our world? Can humans go to the Echo World? Will we get to go to the Echo World in one of the books? I’m hoping so, could get some interesting drama with F.
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I don’t remember if it was directly stated or not but I got the impression that once stuff came through the Echo World into ours, they couldn’t go back? Otherwise the supernaturals that we have caged in the Agency would’ve been sent back there for punishment instead of us having to rig something up. So I’m guessing it’s more a concept that’ll be explored and discussed rather than a location that can be explored, but I might be wrong.
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The real question is are humans the supernaturals in the Echo World? Can humans even pass through to it? I’m sure the Agency has tried…
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That was the impression I got too… but that doesn’t necessarily mean there’s absolutely no way for anything born of our world to go there…
Edit: Oh! And speaking of those supernaturals they have locked up. How many books before they all break out? I’m thinking that’s an end of Book 6 kind of thing.
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Wow. You…are being pessimistic, huh? To be honest, that’s a terrifying thought O.O
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Its just a little… odd that Mom goes out of her way to show us this, and lets us know that without that weird smoke they could very easily escape, and that its filled with extremely dangerous beings. It has to come back to bite us at some point! Its a Chekhov’s Gun… a Chekhov’s Prison if you will.
I mean… Why not just kill them?
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Inb4 It’s those damn Werewolves I speculated about yesterday for being in the 4th book. They’re going to break in and bust 'em all out and then we have to kick their ass and start trying to recapture or kill the escapees! in 5, 6 and 7
I can see it now! CHAOS!
EDIT : Honestly this would be one wicked series of extreme distractions. The Agency would end up being too busy and distracted to help us more than likely. Freaking brilliant!
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She explains that some of them can’t be so easily killed or something. I think it has to do with their abilities somehow.
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@Seraphinite soooooo, i remember you told me after book one was release…you would show us how Unit bravo looks through your googles😬 is that still on the table cause i wanna see the boy bravo and girl bravo how you vision them as u wrote😁
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