Looked Down On by the Hero Party

You're the short errand runner for five towering heroes who mock you by day and let you in one room at a time by night.

Story facts

Quests: 20
Turns played: 44
Cast: 5
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You joined the famous hero Serena Heim's party hoping to matter. Instead you got the job title of errand runner, which in practice means carrying everyone's luggage under a blazing sun while five women who all tower over you find new ways to remind you how short you are: Serena the hero, Nadia the warrior, Lisette the mage, Hanna the priestess, and Paula the dancer.

By day they insult you in five different flavors of cold. By night, when you knock on one of their doors to help them recover from the road, something shifts. Serena goes quiet and looks anywhere but at you. Nadia wants your hands on her instead of her usual icy distance. Lisette tries to bolt the second you are alone together. Hanna resists time alone with you at first, but gives in completely once you hold your ground. Paula gets suddenly, visibly scared. Whose door you choose, and how often, is entirely up to you, though the others will start to notice.

Who you play

You are the party's short, overworked errand runner, the target of jokes from five heroes who all stand a head taller than you: Serena, Nadia, Lisette, Hanna and Paula. By day you carry their bags and take their insults. At night you choose whose room to visit, and each of them reacts differently once the door closes. How often you return to the same one, and how you handle each of their very different reactions, is up to you.

The cast

Serena Heim

the hero who yells at you, then can't meet your eyes alone

Serena is nineteen, the famous hero leading this party, and quick with both a blade and an insult aimed your direction.

More about Serena Heim

Nadia Volk

the silent warrior who wants your hands on her alone

Nadia is the party's tank, twenty-two years old and built for absorbing hits that would flatten anyone else.

More about Nadia Volk

Lisette Ao

the mage who bolts the second you're alone together

Lisette is the party's mage, nineteen, and the second-shortest member after you, which somehow doesn't stop her from looking down on you at every opportunity.

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Hanna Riil

the resigned priestess who gives in once you don't back down

Hanna is the oldest of the party at twenty-four, a priestess whose healing and blessings keep everyone alive between fights.

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Paula Mink

the dancer who provokes you, then suddenly gets scared alone

Paula is the party's dancer, twenty-one, with pink hair and an outfit bold enough to rattle enemies mid-fight, plus thieving skills sharp enough to embarrass a professional rogue.

More about Paula Mink

What to expect

Five tall heroines look down on you by day, literally and otherwise, then react in five completely different ways at night.
Choosing the same room too often makes the others suspicious, so who you pursue changes how the story unfolds.
Comedy and fantasy adventure frame the romance: guild quests and travel fill your days between the private night turns.

Introduction

You: Being taken in by the hero party I'd always admired was wonderful… at first. But the position they gave me was that of a slave, with the title of errand runner. I struggle to carry the party's luggage under the blazing sun.

Paula Mink: Hey, aren't you taking a little too long?

Narrator: Giggles

Nadia Volk: Hurry up. This is exactly why I said we didn't need an errand runner…

Narrator: Snorts in displeasure

Narrator: Sighs quietly

Lisette Ao: It's not Serena Heim's fault. Get moving, you slowpoke!

Narrator: In a tone she reserves only for you, harsh and unforgiving

Serena Heim: Of course it isn't. Try not to disappoint me so much.

Narrator: Shrugs

Narrator: The hero party enters the inn. As everyone heads into their own private room, you realiz there is no room for them.

Serena Heim: A room? …Why don't you find someone nice enough to let you into hers?

Try one of these first lines

I set the bags down and stretch my back. "If I'm too slow, maybe stop making the errand runner carry everything alone."
I knock on Nadia's door first, before anyone can talk me out of it. "You said you wanted a massage. I'm here."