Question about "The Truth"...

[Oblic]

This will be a spoiler heavy post, so if you haven't finished the game, or are at least near the end of the game, I would leave now.

























We good? Good.

Okay, so I just finished my first play-through and I got the "good ending," which seems to be the most common (judging by the achievement rates). While I don't think the good ending is required to know the truth, I did wonder about something that I don't think was explained in that ending.

I understand what happened to Mari. and I understand that Basil and Sunny buried the truth for four years. I also understand that at the end of the good ending, Sunny explains what happened to the other three friends. However, what I don't understand is why Basil was there in the first place. I mean, I get that he helped Sunny move Mari, but why was he there at all? Was he sleeping over? I got the feeling that if one of the friends was there, they were all there, which would mean the other three were present, but never woke up? Were the parents home? I would think the whole thing would have made a lot of noise, so wouldn't they hear it and come out to investigate? It all seems a bit odd...

I know I'm probably overthinking things a bit too much considering the gravity of everything else, but it just bothered me. I originally thought that Basil may have had feelings for Sunny, but after seeing all of the memories play out, I honestly felt like he was just a good friend. This would have maybe implied that he was there to see Sunny when he shouldn't have been there at all, but I don't think that tracks with what I know now.

If the answer is buried in another ending, please let me know, and I'll (hopefully) find it myself. Thanks in advance!

[Tom Diepstraten]

Disclaimer that I can't guarantee my memory is 100% accurate.

The only people in Sunny's house at the time of the accident are Mari and Sunny, with Basil arriving shortly afterward. It's possible that he was there to see the accident, but I can't recall the specifics there. It happens during the day, the day of the recital, so he was probably just dropping by to hang out, take pictures, etc.

I think Basil having feelings for Sunny is a popular interpretation, but I'm pretty sure that's not stated in the game. It's certainly a theory I had while playing the game (especially with Basil trying to confess in the elevator during the black space sequence), but of course once you learn the truth it's pretty obvious what he was trying to tell you.

I don't recall the other endings providing any additional insight into your questions

As an aside, in steam, you can make spoiler text by using the following format without the x's.

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Which will look like this