"Save and load, another path..."
"Save and load, another choice..."
"Save and load, another chance..."
This was the cycle for our Experiment and protagonist, "7", who always wanted to have a normal lifestyle ever since he was able to remember.
He wanted to be like the other people, no unique to them.
But he was unable to be like that, he was unable to be..."normal".
All because he was chosen to be a Experiment for scientists wanting to test out new drugs and god awful tests that seemed un-inkling.
They didn't care that it was against his will, they didn't care that they were hurting him.
They only cared if the experiments worked.
And because of this, it drove "7" to a breaking point that he cannot control over, no matter how hard he tried.
It was so terrible that it had been given the name of *REDACTED*, the name was chosen because of the events that took place in the *REDACTED*.
...
Now, years later...he arrived at a city, a city known as Inkopolis.
He has a choice of entering there for a chance of being what he always wanted to be.
Normal.
But if this is like all the other places he has been to...
He can always just load back into his savepoint...
Because...
"My life is like a video game."
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
*****
It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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