u/Relative-Activity270

i absolutely LOVE the combat, character design, gacha elements, etc of this game, but i'm really struggling to enjoy the story. im not one to skip story because then the tasks feel even more pointless, but it just isnt fun at the moment :(

for context, ive just hit the s1 c2 interlude. i enjoyed c1 and c2, and to me skipping to s3 c1 seems really pointless and will make me even less interested cause i wont know whats going on, but the game REALLY wants me to.

im not hating on the game, im loving everything so far, just not the part of the game im at. i find myself being REALLY annoyed by the "talk to this person, talk to this person, cutscene, talk to this person" loop when i just hopped on to fight with my sick ass team.

can anyone let me know if the story gets any better, should i skip to a later part, or skip through the story just for the gameplay? i really wanna love this game cause the gameplay is SO fun, but i need some help :(

there is SO much to talk about so i definitely wont be able to talk about all of it here but ill try and get as much important info in here. some context needed for some of the things ill talk about: i am a trans girl, i publicly came out in early high school and have been socially and medically transitioning since then.

i (18f) recently moved from my mums (41) house into my partners (19) parents house (which is 4 hours across the uk) for many reasons, the primary ones being being further away from my mum and her boyfriend (69) and being closer to my friends. she was mostly supportive of the idea and justified it by telling herself "her life is over there". my partners parents are lovely and very happy to have me and they dont expect much other than rent and helping around the house which im happy to do for them so it just seems like the best course of action. my only regrets are leaving my younger brothers (13 and 6) and my cats there which i obviously have no control over, plus i have arrangements to take one of my cats with me when im in a better financial situation.

my mums boyfriend (ill call him S) moved in with us over 2 years ago, and hes been much more strict about specific things than she ever was but wasnt comfortable expressing his stress about it to us so he complained to my mum about it instead of confronting us. whenever S did speak to us, it wasnt a friendly reminder, it was one-sided shouting and bottled up anger from his end. recently, he threatened to stop feeding me over dishes that i forgot to bring down from my room. i actually never forgot to bring them down, i just did it when he wasnt looking. when i told him that he just straight up ignored me and went back downstairs and i heard both of them being all jolly about whatever they were watching downstairs seconds after.

my mum has always been very egotistical and has never properly apologised for anything shes done to me. theres been times that ive switched up my opinion on her but shes always managed to crush any hope i have in her changing her behavior. since i started dating my partner just under 2 years ago, i finally realised how bad she was by telling my partner about the stuff she did and really thinking about it from a different perspective. just one example of her being this way is when she asked me about my opinion on S and i answered honestly saying he treats everyone badly. she responded by taking it as me forcing her to break up with him and threatened to cut off all communication with my partner. this obviously affected me horribly and caused me to kick a hole in my door accidentally (the doors in that house are literally made of what feels like paper mache, the kick was not strong at all). she never let me live that down and constantly either hounded me for money to repair it or told the rest of my family lies about where it came from, one of them being "she got really angry because she was being unreasonable and kicked the door in on purpose".

the day i moved, while i was packing to prepare for the train, S asked for a word and started swearing and yelling at me in front of my partner about not spending enough time with my mum. i was trying to pack up and i had no time for his bs so i just closed the door without yelling or saying anything back. he immediately kicked the door open, definitely knowing i was still right behind it because i had JUST closed it, and it hit my arm and he tried to barge into my room. i pushed the door closed again and pushed him back out and he stormed off, screaming "youre a fucking loser" up the stairs. while all this happened my mum was begging for him to stop and leave me alone. she came upstairs to comfort me and my partner and help me pack up, and she told me how angry she was with him. when i got here, she started yelling at me over the phone because my brother found out about what S did and got really angry. a couple days ago, she woke me up early in the morning by spamming my phone with calls and didnt stop. when i answered, she was yelling about "he didnt do anything wrong, and he apologised for it." after that i hung up and blocked her so she would stop bothering me with calls all day. after i blocked her, she hasnt stopped hounding my grandparents (who are now also on at me because they take her side by default), and my 13 year old brother (who has done nothing but express his anger about how ive been treated.)

to continue living in my partners parents house, i need to pay rent and so i am looking for jobs. i cant do anything about applying though except wait and hope my mum ended up sending my passport and she wont end up holding that over my head. my partner has said that they will pay for my rent and medication if needs be, which i am so grateful for, but i feel horrible taking money from them. this whole situation is stressing us both out and requiring my partner to pay for me over things that were my mums responsibility. im also scared for my brothers and worried that my mum will have a mental break and cause their living situation to be even worse. when i was living there, there was no communication about when she decided to go out, so i was home alone most of the time with no cooking experience so i had to make do with whatever snacks were there until they got back. ive been almost underweight my whole life and i know thats a result of barely being fed because id have 1 meal a day most days. every time id visit my partner, though, id put on about 6-8 kg over 2 weeks. i didnt ever eat excessively, i just had 3 decent meals regularly.

thanks for reading and if you have any words, advice or not, id love to hear them. <3

there is SO much to talk about so i definitely wont be able to talk about all of it here but ill try and get as much important info in here. some context needed for some of the things ill talk about: i am a trans girl, i publicly came out in early high school and have been socially and medically transitioning since then.

i (18f) recently moved from my mums (41) house into my partners (19) parents house (which is 4 hours across the uk) for many reasons, the primary ones being being further away from my mum and her boyfriend (69) and being closer to my friends. she was mostly supportive of the idea and justified it by telling herself "her life is over there". my partners parents are lovely and very happy to have me and they dont expect much other than rent and helping around the house which im happy to do for them so it just seems like the best course of action. my only regrets are leaving my younger brothers (13 and 6) and my cats there which i obviously have no control over, plus i have arrangements to take one of my cats with me when im in a better financial situation.

my mums boyfriend (ill call him S) moved in with us over 2 years ago, and hes been much more strict about specific things than she ever was but wasnt comfortable expressing his stress about it to us so he complained to my mum about it instead of confronting us. whenever S did speak to us, it wasnt a friendly reminder, it was one-sided shouting and bottled up anger from his end. recently, he threatened to stop feeding me over dishes that i forgot to bring down from my room. i actually never forgot to bring them down, i just did it when he wasnt looking. when i told him that he just straight up ignored me and went back downstairs and i heard both of them being all jolly about whatever they were watching downstairs seconds after.

my mum has always been very egotistical and has never properly apologised for anything shes done to me. theres been times that ive switched up my opinion on her but shes always managed to crush any hope i have in her changing her behavior. since i started dating my partner just under 2 years ago, i finally realised how bad she was by telling my partner about the stuff she did and really thinking about it from a different perspective. just one example of her being this way is when she asked me about my opinion on S and i answered honestly saying he treats everyone badly. she responded by taking it as me forcing her to break up with him and threatened to cut off all communication with my partner. this obviously affected me horribly and caused me to kick a hole in my door accidentally (the doors in that house are literally made of what feels like paper mache, the kick was not strong at all). she never let me live that down and constantly either hounded me for money to repair it or told the rest of my family lies about where it came from, one of them being "she got really angry because she was being unreasonable and kicked the door in on purpose".

the day i moved, while i was packing to prepare for the train, S asked for a word and started swearing and yelling at me in front of my partner about not spending enough time with my mum. i was trying to pack up and i had no time for his bs so i just closed the door without yelling or saying anything back. he immediately kicked the door open, definitely knowing i was still right behind it because i had JUST closed it, and it hit my arm and he tried to barge into my room. i pushed the door closed again and pushed him back out and he stormed off, screaming "youre a fucking loser" up the stairs. while all this happened my mum was begging for him to stop and leave me alone. she came upstairs to comfort me and my partner and help me pack up, and she told me how angry she was with him. when i got here, she started yelling at me over the phone because my brother found out about what S did and got really angry. a couple days ago, she woke me up early in the morning by spamming my phone with calls and didnt stop. when i answered, she was yelling about "he didnt do anything wrong, and he apologised for it." after that i hung up and blocked her so she would stop bothering me with calls all day. after i blocked her, she hasnt stopped hounding my grandparents (who are now also on at me because they take her side by default), and my 13 year old brother (who has done nothing but express his anger about how ive been treated.)

to continue living in my partners parents house, i need to pay rent and so i am looking for jobs. i cant do anything about applying though except wait and hope my mum ended up sending my passport and she wont end up holding that over my head. my partner has said that they will pay for my rent and medication if needs be, which i am so grateful for, but i feel horrible taking money from them. this whole situation is stressing us both out and requiring my partner to pay for me over things that were my mums responsibility. im also scared for my brothers and worried that my mum will have a mental break and cause their living situation to be even worse. when i was living there, there was no communication about when she decided to go out, so i was home alone most of the time with no cooking experience so i had to make do with whatever snacks were there until they got back. ive been almost underweight my whole life and i know thats a result of barely being fed because id have 1 meal a day most days. every time id visit my partner, though, id put on about 6-8 kg over 2 weeks. i didnt ever eat excessively, i just had 3 decent meals regularly.

thanks for reading and if you have any words, advice or not, id love to hear them. <3

there is SO much to talk about so i definitely wont be able to talk about all of it here but ill try and get as much important info in here. some context needed for some of the things ill talk about: i am a trans girl, i publicly came out in early high school and have been socially and medically transitioning since then.

i (18f) recently moved from my mums (41) house into my partners (19) parents house (which is 4 hours across the uk) for many reasons, the primary ones being being further away from my mum and her boyfriend (69) and being closer to my friends. she was mostly supportive of the idea and justified it by telling herself "her life is over there". my partners parents are lovely and very happy to have me and they dont expect much other than rent and helping around the house which im happy to do for them so it just seems like the best course of action. my only regrets are leaving my younger brothers (13 and 6) and my cats there which i obviously have no control over, plus i have arrangements to take one of my cats with me when im in a better financial situation.

my mums boyfriend (ill call him S) moved in with us over 2 years ago, and hes been much more strict about specific things than she ever was but wasnt comfortable expressing his stress about it to us so he complained to my mum about it instead of confronting us. whenever S did speak to us, it wasnt a friendly reminder, it was one-sided shouting and bottled up anger from his end. recently, he threatened to stop feeding me over dishes that i forgot to bring down from my room. i actually never forgot to bring them down, i just did it when he wasnt looking. when i told him that he just straight up ignored me and went back downstairs and i heard both of them being all jolly about whatever they were watching downstairs seconds after.

my mum has always been very egotistical and has never properly apologised for anything shes done to me. theres been times that ive switched up my opinion on her but shes always managed to crush any hope i have in her changing her behavior. since i started dating my partner just under 2 years ago, i finally realised how bad she was by telling my partner about the stuff she did and really thinking about it from a different perspective. just one example of her being this way is when she asked me about my opinion on S and i answered honestly saying he treats everyone badly. she responded by taking it as me forcing her to break up with him and threatened to cut off all communication with my partner. this obviously affected me horribly and caused me to kick a hole in my door accidentally (the doors in that house are literally made of what feels like paper mache, the kick was not strong at all). she never let me live that down and constantly either hounded me for money to repair it or told the rest of my family lies about where it came from, one of them being "she got really angry because she was being unreasonable and kicked the door in on purpose".

the day i moved, while i was packing to prepare for the train, S asked for a word and started swearing and yelling at me in front of my partner about not spending enough time with my mum. i was trying to pack up and i had no time for his bs so i just closed the door without yelling or saying anything back. he immediately kicked the door open, definitely knowing i was still right behind it because i had JUST closed it, and it hit my arm and he tried to barge into my room. i pushed the door closed again and pushed him back out and he stormed off, screaming "youre a fucking loser" up the stairs. while all this happened my mum was begging for him to stop and leave me alone. she came upstairs to comfort me and my partner and help me pack up, and she told me how angry she was with him. when i got here, she started yelling at me over the phone because my brother found out about what S did and got really angry. a couple days ago, she woke me up early in the morning by spamming my phone with calls and didnt stop. when i answered, she was yelling about "he didnt do anything wrong, and he apologised for it." after that i hung up and blocked her so she would stop bothering me with calls all day. after i blocked her, she hasnt stopped hounding my grandparents (who are now also on at me because they take her side by default), and my 13 year old brother (who has done nothing but express his anger about how ive been treated.)

to continue living in my partners parents house, i need to pay rent and so i am looking for jobs. i cant do anything about applying though except wait and hope my mum ended up sending my passport and she wont end up holding that over my head. my partner has said that they will pay for my rent and medication if needs be, which i am so grateful for, but i feel horrible taking money from them. this whole situation is stressing us both out and requiring my partner to pay for me over things that were my mums responsibility. im also scared for my brothers and worried that my mum will have a mental break and cause their living situation to be even worse. when i was living there, there was no communication about when she decided to go out, so i was home alone most of the time with no cooking experience so i had to make do with whatever snacks were there until they got back. ive been almost underweight my whole life and i know thats a result of barely being fed because id have 1 meal a day most days. every time id visit my partner, though, id put on about 6-8 kg over 2 weeks. i didnt ever eat excessively, i just had 3 decent meals regularly.

thanks for reading and if you have any words, advice or not, id love to hear them. <3