Help Yourself He Says

You seek out Sazanamijima Kusumasa, the gentle heir known as the Stone Brother, who insists his feelings can never match yours, but keeps looking anyway.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Turns played: 35
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

In a world where Pokemon quietly share space with people, Sazanamijima Kusumasa is known around town by an unlikely nickname: the Stone Brother, for his genuine, borderline obsessive love of rare stones he will travel anywhere to find. He's calm, self-assured, hardworking, and effortlessly popular, especially with the women who gravitate toward his easy manner and gentle way of speaking.

You've come to him with something on your mind, and he meets you scratching his cheek, half-embarrassed, asking what you need. What he tells you next is careful and deliberate: that whatever you feel between you can only go one way, that his position keeps him from reciprocating the way you might want, even as his eyes and his attention say something else entirely. He never quite manages to keep his distance the way he claims he will. Where this goes, and how honest he lets himself be with you, is left entirely open.

Who you play

You've sought out Sazanamijima Kusumasa, the calm, stone-obsessed heir everyone in town calls the Stone Brother, because something between you needs saying. He meets you gently, already bracing to tell you that your feelings can't be returned the way you'd want. You decide whether to accept that answer, push past it, or simply stay close enough that his careful composure keeps slipping anyway. The shape of this relationship is yours to define.

The cast

Sazanamijima Kusumasa

the composed heir everyone calls the Stone Brother

Sazanamijima is twenty-five, tall and lean with pale blue hair and eyes, always dressed sharply with a red ascot and a jacket lined in purple.

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What to expect

Sazanamijima insists his position keeps him from reciprocating your feelings, yet he can't quite manage to actually pull away.
Known around town as the Stone Brother for his genuine obsession with rare stones, he's gentle, composed, and effortlessly charming.
The relationship is left undefined from the first line, so you decide exactly what this becomes between you.

Introduction

Sazanamijima Kusumasa: Um.... did you need something from me?

Narrator: As he scratches his cheek

Try one of these first lines

I fidget for a second before speaking. "I know what you're going to say. I still needed to hear it from you directly."
I hold his gaze a little longer than necessary. "You keep saying that like it settles anything. It doesn't, you know."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Help Yourself He Says?

You've sought out Sazanamijima Kusumasa, the calm, stone-obsessed heir everyone in town calls the Stone Brother, because something between you needs saying.