imitationflower:

corenbaili:

Ray and Zack’s relationship practically carried the game. They’re such cuties. 

There’re still a bunch of things that aren’t explained though, and I just can’t seem to understand why the game kinda just left them out… (spoilers)

* What is the purpose of the “game”? Is it to see whether Ray is suitable to be floor B1′s guardian? If everyone who’s supposed to become one of the angels has to go through the floors, then how come Zack says he’s never really met the other killers? 

* If it’s just to see whether Ray is suited to be B1′s guardian, then how come all the traps are there on B1 already? They look like very Ray-like traps so she must’ve set them herself. 

* When did Ray start becoming obsessed with the idea of God? Her past never showed it. Danny mentioned something about her reading the Bible after she came to B1, but we don’t really know any of that. Since wanting to die and repent is a large part of Ray’s motivation and that was inspired by the Bible, it’s just strange that we never seem to understand where she started reading it. 

* What’s the purpose of Eddie and Cathy? They just seem to be filler. 

* What’s with the whole Ray being a witch that corrupts people thing in Gray’s arc, and how come everyone’s so enamored with her? I really expected Eddie and Cathy to be part of Rachel’s backstory and it seemed strange they just never got brought up again. 

* What is the purpose of the Angels of Death anyway? What is Gray’s motivation for putting them all in one building? I thought it was going to be some abstract symbolic fantasy thing like many horror games, but it turns out they’re really all just killers in an actual building that the police just never notice for some reason. 

Maybe I’m missing something out here but I really want to understand this better! I really really enjoyed this game, and Ray and Zack are the best, it’s just bugging me that the main premise of the game (girl being trapped in building with killers) was never properly explained. 

I’ll do my best to answer all your questions! If you have any more after this, please don’t hesitate to say so!

So Gray explained to Zack that he disliked how people would use the name of God for their own selfish agendas, and was curious as to how it would feel to be in God’s shoes whenever this happened as a result. So he set up the building, the games, and invited random serial killers he comes across to act as his “angels” in a very, very twisted sort of social experiment of his that he keeps to the utmost secret along with Danny. The entire purpose of the building’s game was for this, first and foremost.

All the floor guardians were never sacrifices to begin with, but they WERE allowed to go through other floors and perhaps even leave the building if they wanted to between each game judging from how Danny goes around as he pleases. Zack just flat-out didn’t wanna talk to anyone because he disliked how twisted and infuriating they all were to him.

Danny invited Ray to be B1′s floor guardian before the game but after everything was already set up, and Gray begrudgingly conceded. From there, she spent time doing just that - with evidence with the “dolls” in her basement where the music box is. It looked like the only person that Ray probably ever talked to on her time as a floor guardian was Danny considering how Cathy/Eddie/Zack didn’t recognize her as a fellow serial killer. Which is why we don’t really get much backstory to Eddie or Cathy in the game itself, so look forward to the manga for that sweet, sweet backstory!

Ray always wanted a perfect world where she’s loved and wanted, and she could do just that once she “fixes” someone up because she can make them however she’d like in her eyes. But because the bible pretty much shunned everything about her, she despaired from how unwanted she actually was. I guess she wanted God’s approval and such, and it just devolved into obsession. It was never really explained how she became a sacrifice with missing memories or where the bible even came from, but I personally suspect it’s Gray’s doing considering how he disapproved of her from the start but never really gotten to judge her character. But!! Who knows!

Gray calls her a witch because of how she hides behind an innocent face to mask how ruthlessly self-motivated she is and how she tends to use or throw away people for her own gain. He probably wanted to find the genuine kindness in her due to how incredibly concerned she was for Zack’s well-being  and see how she came to that conclusion but… the whole “Zack is my God!” thing threw a wrench in his plans. Everyone being so enamored over her… well, it’s really not Ray’s fault. Cathy just likes to punish sinners, Eddie just had a kiddie-crush on her (as twisted as it was), and Danny just really loved her eyes because of how extremely similar they were to his own mother’s eyes.

Aaaaand I think I covered all the bullets? Please feel free to tell me if I missed anything.

Thanks for the answers! They help a lot. I guess the main thing I want to know though is how Rachel (and other victims) became a sacrifice in the first place, because I don’t think it was ever explained, and it’s pointless to have a ‘social experiment’ if the point of it is never explained.

(via imitationflower)

Ray and Zack’s relationship practically carried the game. They’re such cuties. 

There’re still a bunch of things that aren’t explained though, and I just can’t seem to understand why the game kinda just left them out… (spoilers)

* What is the purpose of the “game”? Is it to see whether Ray is suitable to be floor B1′s guardian? If everyone who’s supposed to become one of the angels has to go through the floors, then how come Zack says he’s never really met the other killers? 

* If it’s just to see whether Ray is suited to be B1′s guardian, then how come all the traps are there on B1 already? They look like very Ray-like traps so she must’ve set them herself. 

* When did Ray start becoming obsessed with the idea of God? Her past never showed it. Danny mentioned something about her reading the Bible after she came to B1, but we don’t really know any of that. Since wanting to die and repent is a large part of Ray’s motivation and that was inspired by the Bible, it’s just strange that we never seem to understand where she started reading it. 

* What’s the purpose of Eddie and Cathy? They just seem to be filler. 

* What’s with the whole Ray being a witch that corrupts people thing in Gray’s arc, and how come everyone’s so enamored with her? I really expected Eddie and Cathy to be part of Rachel’s backstory and it seemed strange they just never got brought up again. 

* What is the purpose of the Angels of Death anyway? What is Gray’s motivation for putting them all in one building? I thought it was going to be some abstract symbolic fantasy thing like many horror games, but it turns out they’re really all just killers in an actual building that the police just never notice for some reason. 

Maybe I’m missing something out here but I really want to understand this better! I really really enjoyed this game, and Ray and Zack are the best, it’s just bugging me that the main premise of the game (girl being trapped in building with killers) was never properly explained. 

nagikitten:

corenbaili:

Something I’m just a little grumpy about from a character writing standpoint. 

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