The cast
Four women, one antagonist, one studio.
Every female character has her own full route — independent storyline, independent endings, her own writing voice. Marc connects them all. Lens, the player character, is the one thing they all underestimate.
Romantic / comedic
Alice — The Actress
- Age: 19
- Major: Theatre & Acting
Tall, blonde, the campus star everyone is already writing about for next year.
On the surface: unbothered, provocative, in control. Under the surface: under crushing pressure, tired of being looked at, allergic to compliments.
She comes to the studio looking for a serious portfolio. She finds a photographer who responds to her in Kelvin and white-balance settings — and that, somehow, is what unbalances her.
“Excuse me, did you just say hello to me in Kelvin?”
Route highlights
- Romance with a real arc
- Pressure of being the campus 'It girl'
- Comedy of misread signals
Comedic / off-beat
Leslie — The Unfiltered
- Age: 19
- Major: Screenwriting (loosely)
Short, dark hair, green eyes, dressed loud, opinions louder. Zero double-bottom: what she thinks comes out of her mouth in the next two seconds.
Her SecretFans is purely transactional — she shows up, she sells, she banks. The men pay, she rolls her eyes, she leaves.
Her route is what happens when somebody insists on taking real photos of her, against her shrugging, and refuses to look at her the way she has trained every man to look.
“It's either the safest guy on Earth or a serial killer.”
Route highlights
- Comedy first, vulnerability second
- Friendship-to-something-more
- Sex work without shame and without naïveté
Emotional / deep
Olivia — The Quiet One
- Age: 19
- Major: FX Makeup (horror prosthetics)
Short, red hair, blue eyes, low-volume in every room. The girl people forget is in the conversation until she says one perfect sentence.
Her SecretFans started on a dare and turned into something heavier — a quiet dependency she can't quite name. Face never shown, ever.
When her horror prosthetics meet Lens's eye for composition, the photo sessions become something neither of them planned for. Of all four routes, hers is the one closest to a real love story — and the one most likely to break you.
“…It's a bit what we're doing too, isn't it.”
Route highlights
- Slow-burn emotional intimacy
- Two introverts circling each other
- Art as the language they both speak
Heads-up: Olivia's route contains the game's most obsessive arc — her attachment to Lens can tip into something much darker depending on choices. More on the obsessive arc →
Psychological / surprising
Eve — The Strategist
- Age: 20
- Major: Props & Set Design
Campus mode: tall, brown hair, brown eyes, deliberately invisible. SecretFans mode: a fully constructed BDSM dominatrix persona with a price list.
Hates real sex. Loves the power of watching men spend fortunes on an illusion she controls. Politically articulate, ideologically coherent, ruthlessly funny in private.
Lens is the first man she can't categorise — and that, much more than attraction, is what brings her back to the studio.
“He develops his practice. We develop our accounts. Equitable.”
Route highlights
- Power dynamics, fully voiced
- Female-gaze BDSM in the writing
- A romance neither character is willing to call one
Common thread across all routes
Marc — The Antagonist
- Major: Directing — campus golden boy
Model face, devastating natural charm, president of the improv club. Charisma so total that everyone on campus orbits him by default.
Except Lens — who barely registers him. And the girls who walk out of Lens's studio. Their immunity to Marc is what makes him notice. And what makes him decide that Lens has to be destroyed.
Marc is the spine of the slow-burn campus thriller running underneath the four romance routes.
Route highlights
- Antagonist arc that intensifies every chapter
- Public confrontation as the long-game climax
Pick your route.
You can play one route start to finish, or jump between all four. Saves are local — go nuts.