- Official Introduction
"Finally, her eyes told me everything..."
One rainy autumn afternoon, I was hurrying towards home. I had just missed the last train after drinking at a party. After lending one of my friends money for his hotel, I couldn't even catch a cab. My clothes were drenched in water. Suddenly, I heard a noise from behind a bar. I peaked in and found a girl kneeling down. She turned around as I spoke to her. I knew right away that she was from Southeast Asian because of her dark skin. I also noticed a little cut on her forehead which was bleeding. Carrying her on my back, I hurried back to my apartment.
She called herself Maria. She looked Filipino. She said that she had no idea why she was behind the bar. In order to find out her identity, I searched inside her bag. There was a photo, cassette tape, some cosmetics, cash and ... a gun. Both Maria and I were shocked to find a gun in her purse. In order to calm her down, I put her to bed.
The following morning, I left for work, assuming that Maria would be gone by the time I came home that afternoon. However, when I came home, the apartment was clean and Maria was still there. "I have no where else to go," said Maria.
That's how my life with Maria started...
- Story
SPOILER ALERT! Below there is a summary of the general story to get to a good ending. There aren't accurate instructions, but if you want to play the game sooner or later, I think it's better if you don't go on reading.
Thanks to Andreas!
After the intro, you walk down a street and a police car appears. For the first time you get a choice of 2 answers, then the intro continues. You find Maria and carry her home on your back.
At home you give her some clothes and leave to buy some food. When you return, she is hiding. She doesn't know where she comes from or remember anything else, so you ask her to look in her bag.
Inside she finds a make-up set, a tape, money, pictures and a gun wrapped in a cloth. She starts to cry, but she doesn't know if it is her gun. Then you make her a bed (she wants that you leave the lights on) and you go to sleep.
The following morning you go to work. In the newspaper you read an article about the chinese mafia (if you looked at Maria's gun you had noticed that it was made in China). Arriving back home at night you see that Maria has cleaned all rooms.
The next day, you can watch Maria a little closer. Then talking to her, you try to know more about her past. When you look at the photos (which were inside her bag), you ask her about the boy but she doesn't remember. Again you take her gun and decide to hide it. You have 2 options: bury it in the park or hide it in your room. Then you try to cheer Maria up even using her make-up on yourself to make her laugh. Listening to the tape, Maria suddenly remembers someone called "Boy".
After the shopping you can chose to go to a videogame center where Maria has a lot of fun. Then Maria meets a few boy scouts, and gets a shirt and a cap.
A man in a bar gives you the address of a guy (Randy) who can tell you something about Maria's past and the Philippines. In his restaurant you see some Sampaguita flowers lying on a table. He describes how children on the Philippines sell those flowers in the streets. You ask about Boy and Maria.
After more talking you return home with some flowers for Maria. When she notices the flowers she remembers and tells you about her childhood in the Philippines, but as soon as she finishes to talk, a guy who was in Randy's bar enters your room. He hits you and takes Maria with him. You hear her calling his name: Boy! (Boy is Maria's older brother, the same person who was in the photo together her).
Because Maria hasn't come back, you start to clean up the room and decide to go back to the park and then talk to a person in a restaurant. After this long conversation, you return home and see a light in the window. You run into and find Maria waiting for you.
You go for a walk with Maria, visit a small shrine and she tells you not to worry. At night, in a coin laundry, you again talk about her time in the Philippines. Then you suggest to go there together some time. A scene will take place, where Boy comes to talk to Maria; they shout and you see that he has brought her a Philippines passport. He tells her she doesn't belong to Japan. Back home you talk to Maria in bed. She tells you about her childhood and her time in Hong Kong.
One day, in town, you see that three gangsters are trying to kill Boy. You shout to warn him, but he gets shot and one of the killers comes after you. If you succeed escaping, you can return home where you find Boy, who has removed the bullet and is treating his wound.
In a stormy night you return home to find the three killers in your room. They take Maria with them and beat you up. You try to stand up and follow them. Then you decide to get back Maria's gun but while you are doing so, you feel a hand on your shoulder... Boy!
He and a group of armed guys are going to free Maria. You decide to go with them to the den of the villains and even if Boy wants that you waited outside, you enter the house.
A few guards get killed, then you are inside the building. There you can save Boy from being shot by a hiding man and then find the boss of the kidnappers and Maria. Finally you and Boy succeed rescuing her and get out of the burning building... and finally: good endings!
1) Outside the building you can only see that Maria is alive, then you are questioned by the Police and don't know what happens to Maria. Time later you fly to the Philippines where, after a long search, you find her in her village. You stay there for the Christmas party.
2) You have killed the Yakuza boss, so Maria and Boy can escape, but you get caught by the Police. You are put in prison and after a few years you go to the Philippines to search for Maria. You find her together with your child.
3) This time... you die [this should be a GOOD ending?!]. As a ghost you stay for some more time in Japan, after that you go after Maria and will find her living together with her family. She got a child and you realize that you are the father. The baby is the only one who can see you as a ghost and touches your hand.
The creation of this page has been possible thanks to Retep, Lucas, Nunki and Robert.