PARAGRAPH XI: Reach for the Stars
Survivors: Akari Simmons & Paulie Skyford
Lore:
She grew up looking at the sky.
He grew up looking at the ground.
Born between American father and Japanese mother, each day she discovered something new and fascinating.
Born in a normal American family, each day was the same old same old for him.
Then, during her high school years, her family moved to America and her life changed forever.
Then, during his high school years, he made new friends and his life changed forever.
Being different than her peers brought her unwanted attention and bullying from others.
Being the same as his peers, he banded together with them to eliminate anyone that was different from them.
And so their high school years went by.
The girl looked at the sky, longing for peace and freedom.
The boy looked at the ground, stomping on anyone that seemed better than him.
And, in the middle of their second year, the two met. She transferred to his school, hoping to escape from her oppressors. But, at the new school his group was already waiting for her.
Her life, remained unchanged.
His life, changed rapidly.
Unknown feeling blossomed in his chest when he first saw her, his hate and fear of unknown cured at once. How beautiful, the boy thought. But, the boy was alone in his thoughts. The rest, hated the unknown as usual. Without courage to be the only one different, the boy agreed with what others said but never joined them in their activities again and just continued watching the girl secretly.
The boy learnt of the girl’s plans for the future; she aimed for the stars, wanted to leave all her pain behind. He decided to follow her dream with her.
Several years have passed. The boy and the girl have achieved their goals; she was soon to leave this world and wander around the stars and he would be right next to her, his feelings for her still hidden.
The take off was successful and they reached the space at last.
She was exalted looking at the stars around her and ground left below.
He was exalted looking at her smile, first one he has ever seen on her face.
But the happy moment didn’t last.
There was an air leak and both hastily changed into their space suits. To repair the leak they ventured outside. Despite the grim circumstances, the girl was still in high spirits. Maybe because of that, she overlooked a defect in her equipment. Or maybe it wouldn’t matter.
The girl detached from their craft, hopelessly drifting into the empty space.
The boy immediately jumped after her, without a concern for his own safety.
Ah, this life wasn’t good, let it end already, the girl thought.
Ah, this life wasn’t good, but I won’t let it end yet, the boy thought.
And the darkness of the space consumed them both.
Perks
Perk 1A: Safe Space
Unlocks potential in one's Aura-reading ability.
Auras of Allies that are farther than 32/28/24 metres from you are revealed to you.
Whenever another Survivor comes closer than the Aura-reading range, this perk deactivates for 30 seconds.
Perk 2A: Blissful Ignorance
You are immune to effects of Hindered and Blindness Status Effects for a total of 15 seconds.
Once the total duration has elapsed, perk deactivates for 110/110/90 seconds.
Perk 3A: Hope for the Best
While repairing a Generator, all Skill Checks are replaced with HftB Skill Checks.
HftB Skill Checks are tremendously difficult, grant 1 Token when succeeded and result in an additional 4/3/2% Regression penalty when failed.
After letting go of the Generator, all Tokens are spent to passively repair 1,5% of the Generator progress per Token over 10 seconds.
Perk 1B: Prepare for the Worst
When damaged from Healthy State to Dying State instantly gain 25% of recovery and wiggle progression.
After escaping the Killer’s grasp, gain Haste Status Effect for 3/4/5 seconds.
Perk 2B: Takeaway
You are unaffected by positive effects coming from other Survivors while within their range.
Once out of range, their effect persists for additional 30/35/40 seconds.
Perk 3B: Against All Odds
You get attached to the first Survivor that rescues you from the Hook when either of you is the Obsession.
While either of you is the Obsession, You can see their Aura at all times and your Healing and Unhooking speed towards them is increased by 5/10/15%.
Once per Trial if your rescuer is alive, after recovering from Dying State you are instantly healed to Healthy State. This effect does not activate if you’re afflicted by Broken Status Effect.
Increases the odds of being the Obsession.
The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.