What do you think happens after the ending?

[FourMore]

(spoilers obviously)

[Writer Has Breached Containment]

I'm gonna be honest, the implications aren't great, especially given the alt-history setting seems to suggest this vision of Russia is doing worse than under the Tsars.

[HerculeHolmes]

Well, I'd assume she eventually leaves the shop.

[coobikful]

they are going into hiding and head south by train. eventually reach port city, get onto a ship as stowaways, and sail west

[Final Fentanyl]

My guess would be that she stops being a nun, and also probably she ditches Illya, because she was only really interested in him because she saw him as a vehicle for repentance.

[Krieger]

Let's be honest, she is pretty much ♥♥♥♥♥♥, no money, a fugitive. The only way for her to survive I can see is to become a prostitute, luckily she has already demonstrated a certain lack of morals so it wouldn't be too much of a drop for her.

[FourMore]

Originally posted by Krieger:

Let's be honest, she is pretty much ♥♥♥♥♥♥, no money, a fugitive. The only way for her to survive I can see is to become a prostitute, luckily she has already demonstrated a certain lack of morals so it wouldn't be too much of a drop for her.

That's fking depressing... I have seen some Russian theatre plays. This game reminds me of them.

[♡ BunniBae ♡]

Originally posted by Krieger:

Let's be honest, she is pretty much ♥♥♥♥♥♥, no money, a fugitive. The only way for her to survive I can see is to become a prostitute, luckily she has already demonstrated a certain lack of morals so it wouldn't be too much of a drop for her.

This game really triggered you off huh

[Gremling]

Originally posted by Krieger:

Let's be honest, she is pretty much ♥♥♥♥♥♥, no money, a fugitive. The only way for her to survive I can see is to become a prostitute, luckily she has already demonstrated a certain lack of morals so it wouldn't be too much of a drop for her.

Wow. Way to blame a rape victim.

[ZMannZilla]

Originally posted by HerculeHolmes:

Well, I'd assume she eventually leaves the shop.

Headcanon accepted.

On a serious note, she did just pass by no less than a half dozen abandoned homes on her way to Spasov, and I seem to recall at least two of them containing shelves full of those huge cans of food. So assuming she can get safely back to the train, or heck, if she can just get her hands on another bike, she's got places to go.

I imagine a roll in the hay with Ilya isn't entirely out of the question, but unlikely given her recent traumatic experience.

On that note I saw another commenter theorizing a life of prostitution - also not off the books, given how miserable its Russian-lit inspirations tend to be, but my personal logic dictates that since Russian lit would focus on the misery, its absence from story implies things are going uphill for Indika. Just let me have this please!

I also seem to recall that her Dad is still alive and wants to be part of her life, as he sends her letters for Easter. So that's likely an option.

I envision her taking some time to herself, process the lessons she's learned about choice, morality, honesty, etc. and then, perhaps, get on with her life.

[FourMore]

Thanks. It's nice to have some hope. But what I know about Russian dramas this would not be the canon ending 😁.

[Darklord]

the credits appear

[fakecat]

Originally posted by Gremling:

Wow. Way to blame a r*** victim.

Was she really though? The guard was going to let her be, she made an offer herself.

[ZMannZilla]

Originally posted by FourMore:

Thanks. It's nice to have some hope. But what I know about Russian dramas this would not be the canon ending 😁.

Oh, totally. However I think there's also an argument that the Russian novel type ending leaves room for a glimmer of hope. There's an old piece of writing advice, "If your story doesn't take place during the most interesting part of the character's life, then why not?" Since presumably we've just seen the "most interesting" part of Indika's life (read in the same sense as "may you live in interesting times"), that does leave open the possibility that the rest of her life is blessedly mundane.

[Gremling]

Originally posted by fakecat:

Originally posted by Gremling:

Wow. Way to blame a r*** victim.

Was she really though? The guard was going to let her be, she made an offer herself.

It was "get hanged or get f****d" in this situation, quite literally. She was locked in there to get executed soon. I mean ask yourself what's more precious to you, your life or your purity.

Edit:
Let's also add, that she didn't offer THAT straight away. She asked, what the guard wanted in return of letting her go and he chose THIS from a NUN. He knew she was desperate, took advantage of it and would've still let her die the next day with a grin on his face. So you tell me who'm we should actually call out for sins and crimes.

And yes. It was r**e. Letting it happen especially if you don't really want to do it is not consent. She was dissociating during the entire thing, having an internal monologue in which she despised herself.

Must've been soo much fun, surely she's a harlot huh? /sarcasm off/

Edit edit:
As to what happens to her after the ending of the game, we can only guess. I think she left the city and either went back to her father or found work elsewhere (in a factory, farm or shop) and now leads a more peaceful life. I would like that ending for her.

[Mobile Suit God Damn]

She joins JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and uses the devil as her stand.