seriously take a look at this if you are doing creative writing

It tracks characters, plot threads, locations, chapters, you name it

at the push of a button it looks for every character and plot thread you've previously defined

so it can tell you "hey dipshit"

"that subplot about Keenan's violent breakup went nowhere, did you completely forget it or something"

and then you can fix it

not like I'm speaking from personal experience or nothing

And now I can lay things out in a logical order by which I mean "fools journey"

of course the weird shit about the gangs colluding with the alien invaders happens after Joshua's first mission with you

(assume "you" are "Sara Smith" in this VN)

in the same breath as mentioning Gabriel

as part of a flashback he had that dislodged crucial information about weird bullshit

BECAUSE IT'S THE FUCKING PRIESTESS PLOT BEAT

and of course it's immediately followed by Actual Empress Anna Lin debriefing you about said Weird Shit personally

followed by Actual Emperor Jim Preston making an ass of himself

"You feel you must go, you must fight. I will not argue the point with you. God knows we need more pilots. But even if it is necessary that you fight - even heroic of you - the fact doesn't change that Anna and the Colonel are willingly sending a 14 year old girl, my sister, to fight a war."

"And they have no right to ask that of you. God damn the invaders for forcing their hand, and yours."

- Actual Hierophant Derek Smith

i love that the demonstration screencaps are fucking Emma