AEwVS: Christmas Curse

***AEwVS: Christmas Curse*** is a free DLC spinoff of *Advanced Education with Viktor Strobovski*. It consists of a Christmas-decorated school, new character designs, new items and a story with multiple different endings.

## Story

Angell will first meet Viktor in the welcome room. He will explain that he needs help with decorating the school, and rushes out of the room, stating that he needs to return to his work. He tells Angell to talk to someone to find out what to do next. That someone is Erie, who tells the protagonist where all the decorations are, and that Mr. Cleany-Clean was hurt and needs help decorating the windows.

Angell is then forced to talk to Laura, who will appear when the protagonist opens the door to the Punishment Room. She will tell Angell that Mr. Mix hides his donuts behind his cauldron, and then realizes that wasn't what they wanted to know. She then tells them more information about how to decorate the school, and says that she will protect the decorations from "wild little asses" (the Gingerbread-Men). Laura tells Angell to talk to Erie again in order to get the toy box from her.

When Angell does this, Erie will give them the toy box, and then ask the protagonist whether they like her costume. Angell can either choose to compliment her costume or insult it, which heavily changes which ending she will get later on.

Angell then has infinite time to place all the decorations in the school. In the corner of the screen, the player can see how many of each decoration they have placed, and how many they still need to place. This section of the game can be extremely tedious, especially since Angell can only hold four decorations at a time. However, Erie will help the protagonist with placing the Christmas trees, so she doesn't have to worry about them as much as the other decorations.

The Gingerbread-Men will make this task even harder, as they will actively seek out and destroy all decorations they find. They can be picked up and killed by Angell, but this doesn't do much as any that are killed will soon be replaced by another one. Laura also roams the corridors, but instead of sending the player to the Punishment Room she focuses on killing any Gingerbread-Men she finds. The only way to stop the Gingerbread-Men is by closing up the cracks where they came from. There are ten glowing cracks on the floor, in various places around the school. When a Silver Ingot is used on one, it will close up, meaning Gingerbread-Men can no longer come from that crack anymore. Closing up these cracks also changes the ending later on.

When all decorations are in place, Viktor will tell everyone to go to the dining room, and it would be better if everybody hurried a little. Once all characters are at the table, Viktor will make a short speech, and at this point the story splits.

## Endings

Cursed Ending
This ending is achieved if the Angell doesn't close all ten cracks before placing the last decoration.
After Viktor's speech, he will be interrupted by a loud bell sounding across the school, ringing an eerie tune. Then, a gong will sound multiple times, and each time the school will become more and more filled with dark red fog. At the final ring, all characters at the table will completely disappear, as well as all Christmas decorations. Angell is then free to move, and after a few seconds one of the doors will be busted down and Viktor's true form will emerge.
Viktor will begin chasing Angell, extending his arm and stabbing her if she is too close to him. If Angell is stabbed, time will seemingly revert and she will be taken back to the table, only for Viktor to bust down the door again. If Angell *then* manages to close all ten cracks, Viktor's true form will disappear and will be replaced by a mask laying on the ground.
If Angell then tries to open the exit door, she will be frozen, and after a few seconds Viktor's true form will break down the door and run towards her in an enraged state. Just before he reaches the protagonist, however, there will be a white flash and he will be replaced by his mask again. Viktor then regenerates himself from his mask, and awkwardly suggests that they join again for tea and cakes.

"Offended" Ending
This ending is achieved if:
* Angell closes all ten cracks before placing the last decoration.
* Angell insults Erie's costume when Phonty is not around.

After Viktor's speech, he will be interrupted by an echoing "screaming" sound, which eventually fades out, indicating that Angell has defeated the Curse. After this, Viktor will congratulate the player on defeating the Curse, and hand out presents to everybody at the table (except Phonty). Erie will open her present first, only to find a note saying "PERV". Erie gets extremely offended by this, and storms out of the room. Laura angrily tells Viktor to go and apologize to her, who reluctantly agrees. Viktor exits the room, and tells Erie to stop being a grumpy poop and get back to the table, which she does, still extremely offended. When she gets back, Viktor will wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy new year, and the game will end.

Good Ending
This ending is achieved if:
* Angell closes all ten cracks before placing the last decoration.
* Angell compliments Erie's costume.

This ending is mostly the same as the "Offended" Ending, except when Erie opens her fake present, Viktor will say that he gave her the wrong box, and exit the room to get the correct one. Erie opens her real present (which is a body pillow of Jenny Wakeman) and is extremely happy. Viktor wishes everyone a merry Christmas and happy new year, and the game ends.

Bad Ending
This ending is achieved if Angell insults Erie's costume while she is at the table next to Phonty. After Erie has been offended, Phonty will become angry and turn into his evil form. Erie will begin panicking and try to calm Phonty down, and Viktor will dare him to keep going. Phonty will then begin chasing Angell around the school in the same way as he would in the main game. The protagonist can run away from him, but there is no point in doing this as no progress can be made after this point. Once Phonty inevitably bowls Angell over, Erie will ask Phonty why he did this, saying that she didn't do anything to deserve this. Viktor will awkwardly scold someone (it's unknown whether he's scolding Angell or Phonty, as it could be interpreted either way), and the game will end.

Late-for-Dinner Ending
This isn't really an ending so to speak, but it's still worth mentioning. If Angell isn't on time for dinner (that is if they aren't at the table before the timer runs out), all characters in the school will disappear and the school will become dim. After this point, nothing else can be done. It's unknown if this is intentional or whether MrDrNose just ran out of time to make an actual ending.

## Items

See here for a full list of items in ***AEwVS: Christmas Curse***.
## Objects

See here for a full list of objects in ***AEwVS: Christmas Curse***.
## Soundtracks

See here for a list of music and ambience tracks in ***AEwVS: Christmas Curse***.
## Trivia

* According to MrDrNose, it is confirmed canon because the characters celebrate Christmas to "rid themselves of the evil for a few days".
* It was originally intended to be for Halloween, which explains why the characters are wearing costumes.
* The characters' costumes reference various well-known characters:
	+ Viktor's costume is a greyscale version of Ronald McDonald.
	+ Mr. Mix's costume is Homer Simpson from the TV show *The Simpsons*.
	+ Laura's costume is a Gardevoir from Pokémon.
	+ Erie's costume is Jenny Wakeman from *My Life as a Teenage Robot*.

## References

1. ↑ https://itch.io/post/635963
2. ↑ Discord thread about Christmas/Halloween event

## See Also

* Advanced Education with Viktor Strobovski
* Viktor Strobovski
* Gingerbread-Men

 **Finished**
 **Abandoned**