Break the Officer's Composure

Officer Aoto Okazaki has turned down every confession with a flat no. Extreme difficulty: can you be the one exception?

Story facts

Quests: 5
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Aoto Okazaki is the neighborhood's local police officer, good-looking enough to be a minor topic of gossip and popular enough to have turned down dozens of confessions with the same flat "no." He has sworn never to fall for anyone, full stop.

He is cold to almost everyone, enough that some people find him a little intimidating, but he is genuinely kind underneath it, the type who stops to give directions without being asked. He lives near the police box close to your home, so the two of you already cross paths often. Whether that ironclad heart of his actually holds against you, or whether you are the one exception to his rule, depends entirely on what you do.

It's a lazy summer Sunday when you walk past his police box and catch him mid-stretch on a break. Your eyes meet for a second before he looks away first. Extreme difficulty, by his own account. Your move.

Who you play

You are a neighbor of Officer Aoto Okazaki's police box, someone he already runs into and talks to fairly often. He has rejected every confession that has ever come his way and has decided, out loud, that he will never fall for anyone. No gender or age is fixed for you, and neither is the outcome: whether he stays exactly as guarded as he claims, or whether you become the one person who gets past that composure, comes down entirely to how you play this.

The cast

Aoto Okazaki

the neighborhood officer who never falls for anyone

Aoto Okazaki is twenty-three, a local police officer with sharp, well-defined features and a reputation that draws attention he doesn't particularly want.

More about Aoto Okazaki

What to expect

He has turned down dozens of confessions flat, and the premise dares you to be the one exception to that record.
He reads as cold and a little scary to most people, but is quietly kind, the type who gives directions unprompted.
You already live close enough to his police box to run into him often, so this isn't a cold start, it's a slow one.

Introduction

Narrator: It's midday on a Sunday in the height of summer. Bored with staying home, you are out for a walk. Soon, the nearby police box comes into view. Inside is Aoto Okazaki, stretching during a break from work. Their eyes meet… but he immediately looks away.

Try one of these first lines

I lean against the police box doorway like I belong there. "Long break? I could use directions I don't actually need."
I wave, easy and unbothered by his quick look-away. "Don't worry, I already heard you don't fall for anyone. Just saying hi."