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WTC: Relentless Protagonist [SxS] is an interactive comedy, drama and thriller visual novel set in a semi-fictional world of secret organisations. The protagonist, an ex-computer programmer recruited by the Phoenix Custodians, is forced to work with Grendel Jinx to stop an enemy group from launching a devastating weapon. With the protagonist’s parents held hostage, the pair must pursue the mission while navigating the schemes of the Council of the Unseen.

The mission goes wrong, leaving the protagonist and Grendel trapped in Pleasant Grove Secondary School, where everyone believes they are transfer students. They get to know their classmates, but teachers and students soon meet violent ends. To avoid becoming victims themselves, the pair must solve the mystery: are the murders the work of invisible aliens called the Enemies Of Civilisation, or something more ordinary?

Secret organisations

The Council of the Unseen was founded by Abigail Herrera and Frederick Jinx to exact revenge for the suffering they endured. It seeks world domination through espionage, extortion, blackmail, sabotage and propaganda. The Council usually avoids killing, but is prepared to do so when it considers it necessary.

Its main base is somewhere in America, concealed behind the legitimate corporation Mr. Nibbles Fortune Holdings. Listening stations and satellite bases around the world gather information that the Council uses to manipulate people, corporations, nations and presidents. Other, younger and more reckless organisations also seek power, while the Council’s plans are repeatedly disrupted by its nemesis, the Phoenix Custodians.

The Custodians were formed shortly after the Council—or so their official history claims—and are supposedly funded by the world’s democratic nations. They recruited the protagonist after a devastating terrorist attack on their home city. The protagonist’s preference for careful problem-solving over “shoot first, ask questions later” tactics is unpopular with some in the organisation.

After training, the protagonist is sent on a suicide mission against Grendel, the kleptomaniacal, megalomaniacal daughter of Abigail Herrera and Frederick Jinx. The protagonist survives and saves Grendel from a nearly fatal self-inflicted explosion, earning her “friendship” at considerable financial cost and attracting her parents’ attention. The protagonist is then put in charge of a department meant to fight the Council and similar groups, though its office is a converted broom cupboard and its employees are openly hostile.

Characters

Grendel Jinx is a lazy, arrogant, anime-loving megalomaniacal kleptomaniac. She ends up working with the protagonist after an accident involving the Council of the Unseen’s helicopters. Mrs. Jinx, Grendel’s mother, is divorced after events from several years earlier and now works for another group, but continues to involve herself in Grendel and the protagonist’s lives. The protagonist’s doting parents also harbour a secret.

Choices and story content

Your choices affect the ending and which secondary story path you follow. The story has three endings and two epilogues, with two additional short stories available after completing the main game. It contains around 102 CG screens and takes about 6–8 hours to play; the main story is over 79,000 words. The characters are presented in an anime style, and the game includes internal and Steam achievements. It also contains scenes of graphic violence.