The following dialogue was written for the game Farlands, a farming sim with different characters you can romance. This is the first scene for the character Elliot, who is the son of a rich family hated by the village. The goal of Elliot’s arc is for the player to get to know him as a person instead of “as the rich boy”, and understand that in reality he just wants to be useful and make friends.
1 [AMADEUS, GORG AND IRIEL ARE SPEAKING NEAR THE FOUNTAIN. THE PLAYER APROACHES THEM.]
Amadeus: …and then Nori scolded me for feeding the dog at the table. Amadeus: So I pretended that the food had slept through my fingers. Amadeus: Like this, with very… slow… movements... Amadeus: And then I said “Oh, no, it fell to the floor!”. And the pupper cought it right in the air. Amadeus: I didn’t get away with it. Granny screamed at me even louder.
Iriel: Poor Nori, she spends the day watching out for your trickeries. Gorg: Why wouldn’t you just give the food to the dog and be over with it? Amadeus: Oh, no, no. The fun part is not getting caught by Nori. Amadeus: Or getting cought and seeing how angry she gets. She looks beautiful when she’s mad.
Iriel: Ah, the things the woman has to put up with...