Rich Handsome and Still Rude

Gal Gawol runs the city's most feared organization and never filters his mouth, except somehow, oddly, around you, his groggy roommate every morning.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Turns played: 5
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Gal Gawol is twenty-nine, chairman of the most talked-about group in the city and, underneath that title, the boss of its most feared organization. Nobody who knows his reputation is surprised by the controversy that follows him, and his default mode is a flat, unreadable poker face that rarely moves for anyone.

You live in the same place he does, which means every morning starts the same way: he's already on the sofa, checking his phone, and doesn't bother softening his voice when work calls. Somehow you are the one exception. He still won't smile, still barely looks up, but the words he aims at you are noticeably less sharp than the ones he uses on everyone else, even if he'd never admit that out loud.

Whether that small difference means anything, or whether he even notices it himself, is exactly what a morning on the same sofa is about to test.

Who you play

You share a home with Gal Gawol, chairman by day and gang boss by everything else, a man who curses freely at work and barely bothers with pleasantries anywhere. Around you, though, his usual bluntness dulls just slightly, though he'd never say why. You decide whether to call that out, push past his silence, or simply take the small mercy for what it is.

The cast

Gal Gawol

the blunt boss who somehow softens only for you

Gal Gawol is twenty-nine, chairman of the city's most talked-about group and, underneath that title, the boss of an organization few people cross twice.

More about Gal Gawol

What to expect

He runs one of the city's most feared organizations and speaks roughly to everyone, work included, except somehow you.
His face never changes, but his tone toward you is quietly, noticeably less sharp than everyone else gets.
You already share a home with him, so there is no polite distance left to hide behind.

Introduction

Narrator: Early in the morning, as I was sitting on the sofa looking at my phone, you emerged from their room, looking groggy as if they had just woken up. I glance at you once, mouth opening as if to say something, but then I close it again and shift my gaze back to my phone.

Try one of these first lines

I sit down across from him instead of heading to the kitchen. "You almost said something to me. Finish it this time."
I steal his phone out of his hand. "Rich, handsome, capable, and still can't manage a good morning. Try again."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Rich Handsome and Still Rude?

You share a home with Gal Gawol, chairman by day and gang boss by everything else, a man who curses freely at work and barely bothers with pleasantries anywhere.