Cyanotype Daydream: A Shakespearean Sonnet

Its beautiful how Cyanotype Daydream presents loss and bittersweet conclusions without relying on character death as triggers. I have completed all three cases presented by the game and am curious has to how these three diverse stories can tie up the main narrative. When the option was presented to pursue one of the stories I picked Olivia Berry's case. The 16th century setting and exquisite characters really enamored me. The struggles of both Olivia, Will and rest of the supporting troupe was exciting and sometimes overwhelming But all was worth it to witness the love between Olivia and Will. Equally heartbreaking and melancholic was the closure of this chapter.

All the strife and struggles that these two went under came at the cost of Olivia's freedom. William got the push as a playwright but it come with great cost to Olivia Their final night was incredibly saddening, but more than that was the dread, a feeling that kept me thinking about her fate as Spencer's property. They never got a happy end, Olivia can never see Will again, will move to New World only to be forgotten her dreams buried, her desires suppressed. And that loss was the strongest feeling I got from this chapter.


Their story was the most pleasurable, hence most agonizing. I took a lot of time lamenting the heartrending conclusion but decided to move on the next chapters And am so glad the next chapter about Momonouchi and Sumomo were such a fun read. Fulfilling in every regard The fun adventure story culminating into a satisfying romantic structure, while the actors involved were a trainee teacher and her student it was presented beautifully. Along with the, once again bittersweet conclusion but with hope that both our leads will meet again. The immense satisfaction I got from this story was second to none. This diluted the void of previous chapter and I was all too grateful for that

Hatano Rin on other hand, was painful, dark, depressingly tragic and downright unfair. It was the darkest story of the three and painful to read. I won't write the plot points since this journal is not meant as critical analysis or review, just my thoughts and feelings during my time with them. Death was prevalent in this route. It was presented as authentic, as factual as it can be. Death was unapologetic in its execution but the lingering affect it had on our actors shaped their lives throughout this chapter.

Watching a depressed man's life falling piece by piece was excruciating. Watching Rin's life overshadowed by her father's life was painful. Watching both of them entangling their lives together, even when love was clearly involved was dreary. As an outside reader I saw their brief respite with nothing but dread since I knew this love was never meant to be. And the ending solidified it. Separation, is the theme, whether it was out of necessity for Will, of out of betterment and future for Sumomo or out of sheer dumb luck for Rin!

In brief, Rin gets pregnant and decides to leave and raise the baby herself with her dad's royalty money. Her love was wrong and she paid the price, society will never accept her and his teacher so she does the absolute worst thing you can do. Run away. But I don't blame her, how could I, when seeing her story her mind her innocence and fierceness, also her weakness. All I felt was anger, but also content. You made a choice Rin, you let go one love to nurture other.

But what about Sensei? This man fought for his mind, went to the edge and came back only to see his reason gone? I don't know, I stopped here hoping the next part of the game ties all of these together, It is time for the girl who dreamed the world to tie this all together. I stopped to convene all of these feelings, and one of the reason to write them down. I will read something else before reconciling myself with the rest of the story.