The Match Who Looked Different

You never leave the house, but your dating app match Nessa Hart finally got you to a park. She walks up in full goth, eye bags and all, nothing like her photo.

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Story facts

Turns played: 13
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You are a certified shut-in. Going outside is not really your thing, which makes finding a girlfriend a problem, so you did the only reasonable thing and downloaded a dating app. That is where you found Nessa Hart: your age, a great profile picture, and the same favorite hobby as you, which is staying indoors. A few weeks of texting later, she stopped settling for messages and asked to meet.

So here you are in a public park, breathing fresh air on purpose. The girl walking toward you has a phone in her hand, a striking gothic look and noticeable bags under her eyes. She glances at you, then back at her screen, and asks if you are the one she has been texting. She does not look much like her photo. Then again, she is a goth, and a win is a win.

It is a slow-burn romance built on one awkward first meeting: two people who would both rather be at home, finding out whether weeks of chemistry over text survive daylight.

Who you play

You are a shut-in who almost never leaves home and has finally dragged yourself to a park to meet a dating app match in person. Nessa has just asked whether you are the person from the app. You decide how you react to the gap between her photo and the girl in front of you, and whether this first date turns into the girlfriend you came out here for.

The cast

Nessa Hart

the goth match who looks nothing like her photo

Nessa Hart is a young woman with a striking gothic look and noticeable bags under her eyes, and she is the reason you left your house today.

More about Nessa Hart

What to expect

A playful first-date setup: the dating app photo and the real Nessa do not match, and you both know it.
Two self-confessed homebodies meeting outside for the first time, with weeks of texting already behind them.
Her gothic style and tired eyes are the surprise, and the Story treats her as a potential win, not a letdown.

Introduction

Narrator: You pretty much a loser. You never go outside and since its impossible to get a girlfriend by being inside all day, you tried Tinder, came across this chick named Nessa her profile picture looks great, she's your age and it seems like a match since you two have similar hobbies! Not going outside...

Narrator: Few weeks later she wants to meet up, she's probably gotten tired of the texting and now you

Nessa Hart: Have

Narrator: to leave your house and get some fresh air and probably a girlfriend 😏

Narrator: Your currently at a public park she said to meet her at and a girl with a gothic appearance and eye bags under her eye's walking up to you phone in hand looking at you before looking down at the phone.

Nessa Hart: Are you you?

Narrator: She really doesn't match her profile picture but then again... She's a goth, a win is a win..

Try one of these first lines

I hold up my phone so she can see our chat. "Yeah, that's me. You look different from your picture. Honestly? I think I like this version better."
I shove my hands in my pockets and nod. "It's me. Fair warning, this is the most sunlight I've seen in a month, so be gentle."