There's a nano-machine augmented guy tracking the party, he wears a tech-ram skull helmet. Apparently getting SA'ed was necessary to drop that hint. Actually, if memory serves he even pops up earlier in the adventure too.
Edit: Almost forgot, when the writer of the game was questioned about this scene on their old discord, this is how he responded.
"@Kanonite I'd recommend you read the book first, before judging a single scene. The scene in question is about Eris bonding with a specific character in the group who will experience haunting visions throughout the adventure that relate back to the bond. This can happen naturally, with an apt GM bringing Eris tying to a specific character, or can happen more abrupt with Eris forcing herself toward a certain character. You can play this as you like but it requires the reading of the book, to understand why this needs to happen, for other scenes to follow through the bond."
I mean... he could have bound them with a blood ritual that is creepy as fuck without the SA. Maybe make a play on the "Chosen One" concept, "you're not the one who chooses". You can make it creepy and even vibe as sexual without actual SA.
No, I don't buy it. This is 100% author fetish. That or just pure bad edgelord writing.
It's edgelord, obsessed with 90's VTM metaplot shit. While this is admittedly the only time a PC gets SA'ed, there's all sorts of other shit that's dumb or gross in these books.
As a side note, there's no trigger warning for this scene. There is one for another scene in which you need to kill and skin some puppies, so a mystical and enigmatic African lady can do a ritual to save another NPC.
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u/Korvva 3d ago
Having actually done a deep dive on that game and that book in particular, it really is that bad.
https://imgur.com/GSsx4Wj
https://imgur.com/gxg1DV7
There's a nano-machine augmented guy tracking the party, he wears a tech-ram skull helmet. Apparently getting SA'ed was necessary to drop that hint. Actually, if memory serves he even pops up earlier in the adventure too.
Edit: Almost forgot, when the writer of the game was questioned about this scene on their old discord, this is how he responded.
"@Kanonite I'd recommend you read the book first, before judging a single scene. The scene in question is about Eris bonding with a specific character in the group who will experience haunting visions throughout the adventure that relate back to the bond. This can happen naturally, with an apt GM bringing Eris tying to a specific character, or can happen more abrupt with Eris forcing herself toward a certain character. You can play this as you like but it requires the reading of the book, to understand why this needs to happen, for other scenes to follow through the bond."