Saving Origami

[FlameIncLive]

is there a way to save her? she was my favorate charactyer

[S]

Unfortunately no, there isn't.

[AceHangman]

Origami? Turns out there was no Origami. She was a figment you conjured to help you make it through Fight Clu... err... Breaking People & Things.

She was a paper kite in the shape of a small girl you carried around... Everyone else just really... reaaaaaaally tried to humor you, even to the point of holding a funeral out of sympathy for you almost being blown up by a member of the Diabolical Dozen. You're messed up, kid.

[JRWH572]

Originally posted by HiddenFlame:

is there a way to save her? she was my favorate charactyer

I'm sure there is I just haven't found it yet :(

Still games like this don't include autofail scenarios with that big of an impact very often.

[Aliapoh]

No.

[JRWH572]

With all the different possible choices and paths through the game the idea that there isn't at least one where you can save Origami is ludicrous IMO.

[AceHangman]

I wouldn't say it's ludicrous. As the first part of a longer story, there may have to be certain events that set the pace and tone for the hero later. If we were all playing Spider-man and we had the scene with the robber escaping who later kills Uncle Ben Parker, I'm sure we'd love the chance to just chase him down, but that would destroy an integral part of what makes Spider-man's character who he is, and why he carries on being a hero instead of a wrestler, or a cat-burglar, or a Hollywood stuntman.

Hopefully, we can trust that Origami's fate is key to bringing a bunch of punk, wannaba-heroes together and giving their characters more story and development.

[EricMoser_CCHAuthor]

I haven't made final decisions many of ongoing plot lines, and different endings will definitely be possible at the end of Part 3, but I did want to second AceHangman's statements about Spidey, Uncle Ben, etc. Even in interactive fiction, I think some events have to be set in stone for the reasons described above. If the outcome of every single event is left to player choice, the plot really suffers. Now some readers prefer a more "sandbox" type of interactive game/story where the MC basically runs around and determines what happens and in what order, and that's certainly a valid preference, but I am much more interested in writing interactive novels/gamebooks with a plot, albeit a plot you can impact in ways both large and small.

(But I will repeat, I haven't made any final decisions about the plot lines)

[DarkChiyo]

That's sad. I really liked the paper-girl :(

[AceHangman]

You know how these things go, I'm sure something will happen.

• Maybe she has an evil twin.
  
• Maybe you get a chance to challenge Death for her soul in H.E.L.L., where you pit your legal knowledge against the laws of nature. Possibly McCormick will help if you aced her class.
  
• Possibly Origami can be recycled into something else, like a kite or TP.
  
• In 'Community College Hero 3: Intro-Speck-tion' you can go back in time and try to save her:
  Seek out Daniel Wang and have him construct the Temporal Insertion Time-Module Of Ultra-Science Exploration.
  You'll need to trick/persuade Stoic to stepping into a power draining capsule so you can use her powers to create a temporal shield around the T.I.T.M.O.U.S.E. so it isn't blown to pieces. Unfortunately, the reason she's so Stoic is because her power only works when she shows no emotion. This is why she doesn't show joy, the last time she did, she got hurt. You have to tell her jokes (the really groan-inducing ones) until she drops her guard and the capsule can effect her, using her powers to form the inertial barrier.
  
  You will also need to seduce/persuade Rain's sister, Shine, for her power at manipulating light. She doesn't know she has the power to actually move things faster than the speed of light until after Downfall schools her in the mid-term and all the students start to realize their true potential. (If you try to seduce her, make sure you aren't dating anyone else. She'll find out and send you back in time to the middle of the 'Siege of St. Louis'.)
  
  Then you can attempt to travel back just before the attack on the hospital. You can't warn yourself (since you didn't bring your phone), so you either track down Hedonist and Captain California so they can arrive just in time to save you (which changes nothing, since that's what happened the first time), or you make fast tracks to the hospital and try and save her as she flies out the window with the bomb (depending on what equipment you have). Of course, since the first time around you were the one who alerted Captain California where to be, he's not there to catch you, so you get to watch yourself splat on the pavement and suffer broken bones, concussions, and internal bleeding. Then, since you can't have yourself found all mangled, you drag yourself off into the bushes and watch yourself die. (The writing on this one is just incredible.) Then you take your place as your younger self and "Community College Hero 4: Boogaloo Nights" is all stuff from Community College Hero 2 that you get to do over knowing most of the outcomes and with your expanded skills and equipment. You become quite the famous hero, also can win some Wealth using your knowledge of sporting events and outcomes, you even manage to help defeat the Diabolic Dozen and drive them off only to learn there is a secret, 13th member who ambushes you at the end, thus revealing that the evil group was actualy a Diabolic Baker's Dozen. Origami saves you... but dies again.
  
  It's a wild ride....

[mickomoo]

If you listen to Crook at the funeral you'll hear him say something about entering the zone which seems to indicate there might be more to her powers? But I'm assuming if you can't stop her from going to the hospital that she'll likely in all scenarios, for real idk... it looks like Eric is still deciding that.

[The Delagator]

I was mostly sad not getting to save her because I was trying to go out with her the whole time

[ReDragonInc]

It is guaranteed to happen. She is "caught" in the explosion and "Presumed dead". Rule #1 in all Super Hero style writings, if you didn't see them actually die, or their dead body (Confirmed), they aren't dead.

[DCid]

You cant save her. And the current beta for Part 2 doesn't mention her outside of recollection. But the beta only covers a few chapters.