So it has been a while since we last went over Desire & Decorum, so I will do a quick brief.
I’m all ears
Choices is a video game that combines film and book storytelling with you making choices as to what will happen next. One of their newest releases was an Austenlike game Desire & Decorum.
In the last chapter your father accepted you as his child and heir, Lady Catherine of Edgewater! You are legally now part of the family. You also meet your evil stepmother, stepbrother, and stepbrother’s dotty fiancé. We have two men on the rise Mr. Sinclaire and Mr. Harper, horsekeeper.
But which man?
In this episode they have put together a sewing circle to out you in lady’s society. Will you hold your own? Or fall to ribbons.
I got my tea cup, I’m ready.
So at the sewing circle is your evil stepmother-who clearly makes her disdain for you. Also is your stepbrother’s fiance, the simple Miss Sutton who “unwittingly” (is she really as simple as she seems?) always insults you.
Hmmm…
There is also a Miss Parsons
She was your older brother’s fiancé, the one that passed away.
We all stitch together, my character is as pro as me.
There is also Donna Bowman, Miss Sutton’s friend who is reading a rather amazing book.
Some games have a secondary mission, things you need to acquire to unlock special scenes or something special at the end of the complete story, mine is to be a truly accomplished lady. In this Miss Parsons offered to teach me piano, my first in the challenge. I had enough diamonds to purchase it and gained the pianoforte.
Woojoo, now I rock!
Just kidding. I’m probably more on par with Emma.
So let’s take a look at that challenge list again:
There looks to be dancing shoes, a painter’s palette, and something round? Not sure what the last object is. Either way, I plan on getting each one.
After the sewing circle you take a walk reading and have the option to go on a horse ride with Mr. Harper. I refused as I did not have the diamonds for it.
My wallet to me…
At the end of the chapter you are approached by your father who has planned a garden party in your honor! And your grandmother, the Dowager Countess, informs you that Duke Tristan Richards of Karlington will be attending the party. What an honor. Really.
Will you be a beautiful flower? Or a weed?
For more Desire and Decorum, go to Desire & Decorum: Chapter 2, The Ties That Bind
For more Austenland, go to Midnight in Austenland
For more on Choices, go to Desire & Decorum: Chapter 1, The Journey Ahead
For more Jane Austen video games, go to Jane Austen Manors
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