SPOILER WARNING - You know the drill. This art preview article contains spoilers, which in this case is for the start of Sayori's new Doll storyline. Click the links in the article below if you want to see the full image previews.
Wheee, hi cakes! It's Sayori's turn in the CG rotation and I've gone ahead and commissioned art for the opening scene in her new Doll storyline, so I hope you enjoy it ^^
In this scene, Kyou proposes Sayori let her hair down a bit by allowing him to hypnotize her as practice for the stage show he's thinking of doing. Sayori's willing to encourage his positive development so she agrees in principle, but what exactly is he proposing they do? Turning her into a doll? That's a bit much, don't you think, Kyou?
Sayori whittles him down to some arm catalepsy instead and they get to it. Kyou brings out the penlight and takes her into trance with no trouble at all. Once she's under he gets to work, lifting her arm in the air and impressing on her that it's going to stay rigid and completely immovable no matter how hard she tries.
Sure enough, that seems to be the case when she awakens, to her initial surprise. Her reaction as you'd expect is to try to move her frozen arm only to find it completely unresponsive. Not even pushing it with her free hand seems to work. It's an odd feeling for Sayori, and not something she's entirely comfortable with. She expresses her concerns before Kyou tries to reassure her. He really wants her to enjoy this stuff, even if his motivations might be a wee bit selfish, and it's enough to calm her down. Enough for her to do more of this with Kyou? Time will tell, but she doesn't seem completely put off by the time she leaves...
So we'll be seeing this CG in next month's first early access release, along with one or two more I'm sure :) See you then!