First Part of Chapter 9 is Up!

💕 I can't seem to add you as a friend here and i couldn't find you in the discord but feel free to message me on tumblr (leondaltons) or in the discord @flor !!!

leondaltons

You. You are a saint. 🥺🥺

IF I am not wrong, you need to have a bad relationship with him (71 or lower) and that will trigger the "I brush aside Nick emotions. Vengeance taking him is fantastic news! If they dispose of him, my head will be my own again." which then triggers the "Because I hate myself. Convincing Nick to hate me as well is the only way to free him." option. But please don't be mean to Nick u.u I can DM a screenshot of the scene, he deserves nothing but love ♥

leondaltons

If you checked the code did you see at all how one might trigger this scene. For science. 👀

You did an amazing work explaining with words what my younger self couldn't articulate back then and I'm really glad I run into it 💕 Your writing is always beautiful but I think that might be one of my favorite scenes so far, especially Nick reaction to Button's comment 💜

leondaltons

Thank you so much! That scene got rewritten a lot (I wasn't sure whether it would be done by Weds), so I'm glad it resonates!!

Jo O'Connor

Ufff so I have never been mean to Nick (I physically can't 😬 my love for him is too big) but I checked the code and that scene where depressed Button confesses she is hateful towards him is because of self hate and the need to drive him away hit really close home for when I was 18 years old. Like I was really crying 😭 Button and their emotions felt extremely easy to relate to And then when Nick shared all his memories with them omg 😭😭 He loves his sibling so much, he has sacrificed everything and is so devoted towards them, i love him 🥺 You really snapped with that moment Jo, it was beautiful and extremely emotional, I didn't get it while playing, but it was still beautiful to read 💕

leondaltons

as someone who is playing the reconciliation route, i chose that one option - and now i am crying.

Alpna

Some songs ideas: "without you" -ursine vulpine, "Zombie" - Cranberries, "My Heart's Grave" -Faouzia

HOLD UP, WHO WANTS TO BREAK NICK, I JUST WANNA TALK

Samantha Murphy

Florida man omg.... and also I am totes gonna end these peoples whole terrorist career for kidnapping Nick 😡😡😡😡😡

Cas

Also I just realized how bad this situation can be for Nick, especially if he and Button don’t get along. He just went through something super traumatic, his little sibling he loves (even if they hate him) is about to be in mortal danger, he just heard his body was stolen by a terrorist organization... And through all that he’s subjected to Button’s resentment and disdain for him. He can’t tune it out. He can’t run away from it. He can’t pretend it doesn’t get to him, because now they can feel that it absolutely does. He can’t talk to anyone else or ask for help or reassurance. And if Button turns down the meeting, he loses maybe his very last chance to hear *REDACTED*’s voice again :(((

Another idea for the chapter quote if you still need one, from MGMT’s song Kids and in honor of finally talking to that someone stuck on the plane: You were a child, crawling on your knees toward it Making momma so proud But your voice is too loud

also, the bit about makeup being hope’s armor??? i hc my button as using a put-together appearance as armor so she makes sure to always look flawless despite whatever’s going on in her head. it’s nice to think that she picked up that habit from hope ☝️

nai.

i will Refuse to acknowledge the stress + angst and choose to focus on my Button’s upcoming “date” with Kent 🥰

nai.

trying to participate in Being Helpful is my personal way to avoid my feelings of sorrow, in this case, about Nick qwq

pinkie♡lemonade

as a potential quote suggestion-- and i wont take offense if you find something better, id point at Jesse Lynn McMains' article titled, "To Be Haunted"; specifically, the line: "Don’t you walk around like a haunted house, too?" . i think it fits the reveal of the Nick'napped Attack and the danger Nick is in without being too biased in how torn up or apathetic a Button could feel. i think it actually kinda holds hands with both the overwhelming grief and the "Do you know what will happen to me if Nick dies?" pretty well, if i can be specific. i always liked stuff like this, about the body as a house. i hope it helps point you in a more specific direction for your ideal quote, if nothing else ♡

pinkie♡lemonade

not me legitimately tearing up during the meeting—