Loving After Midnight Route

Route summary for Loving After Midnight.

## Loving After Midnight

### Intro

The story revolves around MC, who is a metalhead and Arachne, who is a goth; and how they spend their night after meeting at the Los Angeles branch of the Witching Hour. Arachne also happens to be a supernatural, with the ability to control spiders and webs. MC meets a bunch of interesting people at the concert; which include Skylar Locke (Gangsters in Love), JD (devil, Havenfall is for Lovers), Gwen (banshee, Havenfall is for Lovers) and Hikari (demon pixie, Havenfall is for Lovers). The main objective of the short is to unlock all the 3 dates with Arachne, which will unlock a bonus scene where MC and Arachne meet after midnight.

**Important Note**: Choices matter in this short. The combination of choices picked across the 3 episodes (excluding Heart Choices) will determine where MC and Arachne go on their date. More will be explained in Episode 3's summary. The ending screen, which appears after MC spends time with Arachne (one of the 3 dates), depicts how many dates have been unlocked, those completely joined by spider webs. Once all 3 dates are completed, the bonus scene is unlocked.

### Episode 1

MC was upset that her friends had bailed on her. She thinks it would have been nice to bring a date to the concert, but feels all her exes would have fainted by just standing in the line. MC's mood immediately improves when she enters the concert hall and she absorbs the energy of the crowd, roaring along with them as the lights go down. MC yells herself hoarse as Pixie Styx, her favorite band, comes on the stage; consisting of Gwen on the vocals, JD on the guitar and Hikari on the drums. MC is thrashing along with the crowd, enjoying the music. As the set ends, a mosh pit starts instantaneously. Here someone knocks  her elbow into MC (this person will be referred to as "headbanger" in the summary from now), who falls face-first on the floor. MC tries to stand, but it is made difficult by all the pairs of stomping feet. A hand reaches out to MC through a gap in the crowd and MC takes it immediately and finds herself in front of a stunning woman in black, who loses her drink in the crowd while trying to keep both of them balanced. On the way out of the pit, MC sees that the headbanger is on the verge of being overwhelmed. The choice you make here impacts MC's interaction with the headbanger in this episode and the next. MC finds herself still holding hands with the woman in black and thanks her, who introduces herself (Arachne). MC offers to buy Arachne a drink, to make up for the one she lost. While waiting for their drinks, MC admires Arachne's dark beauty and starts chatting with her. MC points out that Arachne, being a goth, is present in a concert for metalheads and punks. Arachne says that she likes a little of everything on the darker spectrum. While MC herself prefers the heavier stuff, she totally respects Arachne's taste and says that she isn't being a genre gatekeeper. Their conversation is interrupted by the headbanger, and the interaction depends on the choice you made earlier.

Arachne goes to buy another drink and another girl (Skylar) takes the opportunity to flirt with MC. As Skylar keeps bothering MC, Arachne returns and somehow scares her off. Skylar goes bumbling around asking people to remove the spiders from her. MC asks whether Arachne did a gothic mind trick of some kind. Arachne stares at MC; making her feel warm, and decides to play along, offering to show another trick (see Heart Choice).

Arachne asks MC if she'll follow her out for some air, smiling suggestively that she knew MC would follow her anywhere. On their way out, MC feels JD smirking at them both. Outside, Arachne breathes deeply and says she hates crowds at concerts and feels they are bad for  personal space, especially metal and punk crowds. MC, who isn't bothered by the crowds, nods understandingly and says that everyone has different taste. JD interrupts their conversation and thanks Arachne for coming. MC awkwardly compliments JD, who says the crowd was very energetic, with a lot of metalheads present. He also says that metalheads were barbarians, who don't respect anyone's personal space, to which Arachne agrees and says that's the reason she didn't come to such shows often. MC is offended that Arachne implies her to be a barbarian, and JD adds fuel to the fire saying it was typical of a goth to be elitist and disrespect anyone who doesn't want to sit and cry in a corner. MC and Arachne begin fighting with each other, and JD slyly exits. MC suddenly wonders why even were they fighting as they already respected  each other's different tastes. MC tries to fix the situation but Arachne is too offended to see reason.

***Heart Choice (15) - See Arachne's trick.***

*With the look Arachne was giving MC, she felt that she could even kill someone for Arachne. MC nodded eagerly and Arachne, whose mouth curved in a sultry smile, jerked her chin  towards a man across the bar and asked MC to watch his beer. MC does so, and jumps surprisedly when the bottle comes flying toward them, which is caught by Arachne as soon as it's within reach. MC laughs delighted and applauds Arachne, and points out that she shouldn't drink the beer, to which Arachne agrees saying that she didn't trust the places that man's mouth had been.*

*MC wondered how Arachne did it; whether she made a deal with the bartender, but Arachne chooses to remain mysterious. MC asked her if she would share her secret if MC was a mysterious goth like Arachne. Arachne chuckles amusedly and continues to maintain her mystique. MC leans forward and stares into Arachne's eyes; trying to get read on her, who smiles and stares right back at MC. MC said she'd never met anyone like Arachne, who confidently said that she tried to set herself apart from everyone. But MC said that Arachne stood out even among freaks, and immediately regretted saying so and rued her poor dating skills. Fortunately Arachne didn't take any offense and offered another drink to MC. Arachne does her trick again and gets a glass with a glowing blue drink; careful that nobody has taken a  sip from it, without spilling a drop. MC is awed and asks Arachne if she does magic tricks  for a living. Arachne smiles and still keeps an air of mystery. She nudges the drink towards the MC without touching it, and watches her lips as they pucker around the straw. MC offers the drink to Arachne, who says she'll drink just because MC's lips had been on it. She leans closer to MC, braces herself on her thighs and takes a sip. Arachne says it's sweeter than she likes and thanks MC by stroking a hand up her thigh, which nearly causes her to lose her shit.*

### Episode 2

Standing on the sidewalk, MC is confused and angry. She didn't understand how she had begun fighting with Arachne, because they were getting along perfectly well regardless of their different taste in music. MC saw Arachne standing near the entrance, who makes a point of ignoring MC. MC is lost in thought when a bunch of teenagers decide to annoy her. After dealing with them, MC's mood improves when she hears the next band playing, which happens to be one of her favorites. As she makes her way in the building, Arachne surprisingly walks with her. Once inside, Arachne says that they had spent an amazing hour together but just a  little while fighting and would like to remember their great time together.

They decide to go meet the members of the Pixie Styx, who are sitting at the bar. JD is surprised that MC and Arachne were still together after their fight. Gwen and Hikari, who seemed to know that JD must have been stirring trouble, remain unimpressed at their antics. JD  makes a hasty exit to the dance floor and MC starts gushing over Gwen and Hikari. Arachne  motions for MC to come to the dance floor, who realizes with a start that she was being a silly fangirl. MC complains to Arachne that she didn't stop her sooner, who said it was kind of adorable in the beginning, which causes MC to blush. Arachne pulls MC close and begins  swaying with her. She compliments MC on how she dealt with the dumb teenagers earlier, which depends on the choice you made earlier in the episode.

Arachne begins moving her arms over her head elegantly, closes her eyes and loses herself to the music. She brings her arms around MC's neck and delights in her reaction to their proximity. MC says that's why she finds goths hot, they are mysterious one second and sensual the next. Arachne moves her hands under MC's shirt and slides her nails up MC's spine to emphasize the point. They are about to kiss when they are drenched by the sprinklers. Regardless, they kiss each other until they are breathless. Arachne spots JD and gets suspicious and tells MC that they should get out. MC is feeling quite stunned by the kiss and feels that she has never had a kiss like that before. There is another interaction between MC and the headbanger, which again depends on the choice you made in Episode 1. Arachne asks MC to stick close to her, and MC was surprised that they were not getting soaked. Some stupid guy pushes between MC and Arachne, causing them to be separated. MC realizes that she is getting soaked now, and looks for Arachne in the crowd, worried that she might get hurt due to her small physique. Arachne finds MC, who notices the water is missing them again. She also feels like they are being  bound by a lasso, this being emphasized by the fact that no one was able to push between them. MC asks Arachne if she has noticed any of this, who acts innocent. MC decides to ignore all this and focuses on getting out of there.

### Episode 3

After getting out, MC invites Arachne to her car, where she has some towels. Arachne says that MC has towels just lying in her car, who says they were there in case she needed a soft surface at a moment's notice, which causes Arachne to snort a most ungothlike snort. They make their way to the nearby parking lot, dodging some crazy people trying to shake themselves dry. MC hands Arachne a towel, which happened to be from her previous unsuccessful romantic rendezvous. Arachne said that she almost didn't come that day, because she had gotten used to such concerts and didn't want to endure the crowds; but meeting MC had been a memorable experience. MC pulls Arachne closer using her towel, and feels Arachne's arms under the guise of drying them. MC invites Arachne inside the car to get warmed up, who readily agrees. MC puts on some music, and Arachne teases her to be predictable. Arachne admires the sight of MC's shirt clinging to her and begins kissing her. MC says that she could kiss Arachne forever, who invites her to do more (see Heart Choice).

They decide to get out of the car, but MC finds JD staring at them through Arachne's window, who had assumed their devil form. While MC is shocked, Arachne is calm as ever and asks MC  to let her handle it. Arachne subdues JD using webs, which leaves MC confused. Arachne demands answers from JD, who says that they had somehow pissed off their father, the devil; who had asked them to ruin someone's night. JD thought that MC and Arachne would be easy targets, and apologises for troubling them. Arachne asks for MC's opinion, now that she knew that Arachne was a supernatural. MC said that this was incredibly hot, and said that she was very lucky to have found Arachne, who blushed at the compliment.

Now how MC gets to spend her time with Arachne depends on the choices you have made in all the episodes. One of the 2 things happens - either MC and Arachne automatically go on a date  to one of the 3 places, concert or cemetery or bar, or MC gets to choose  where to go after the confrontation with JD.

#### Concert

JD invited MC and Arachne to an exclusive concert, which turned out to be in actual hell. The concert was filled with actual monsters instead of people trying to pretend to be one. MC was literally vibrating with excitement, and JD warned her not to gawk around as the supernaturals didn't appreciate that. But since MC couldn't help herself, Arachne drew her close using a string to shift MC's attention. The Pixie Styx came onto the stage, now in their supernatural forms. MC observed that Hikari was a kind of demon with pixie wings, and concluded that that's where the Pixie in the band came from. MC feels that the Pixie Styx play even better in their true forms.

MC and Arachne spend the night dancing and kissing. Arachne tickles MC on the cheek with a spider, and MC sucks on Arachne's neck until she shivers. MC felt it to be the best night ever, and thought that Arachne could do a lot of interesting things with her webs later.

#### Cemetery

After dropping off JD for their concert, MC and Arachne decide to search for a cool looking cemetery. Arachne spots one she likes and they make their way to the gates. Although it's locked, Arachne uses her ghostly spiders to open it. MC, who is feeling quite excited with all the creepy stuff, wonders what supernaturals they might find in the cemetery. Arachne hopes they see no one, as she wanted to make out with MC and not get into a fight. They find an old mausoleum near the centre of the cemetery, and light was coming out of its slightly open gate. MC and Arachne quietly move towards it to check it out, but they just find 2 teenagers who were  looking to make a sarcophagus their make-out spot. Arachne decided to prank them, sending her webs and spiders to lift the other sarcophagi lids, making it seem like something was getting out of them. The teenagers run out of there, screaming madly. After laughing for a long time,  MC and Arachne go to a grassy hill and settle against an old oak tree. Arachne, nuzzling MC, said that she had shared more about herself to MC than to anybody else. MC responds to this with a deep kiss. Arachne climbs on top of MC and they lose themselves in each other.

#### Bar

MC and Arachne go to the part of the city which has bars. Arachne, uncharacteristically  hesitant, asks MC if she would like to come to Madcap, which was Arachne's favorite bar. MC, expecting an intense goth bar, finds it to be surprisingly normal. Arachne said she liked it due to the less crowd, even on a Saturday night. MC asked Arachne why she hated people so much,  who said that she didn't fit in anywhere, neither with humans nor with supernaturals, and had given up trying. MC sympathized with her, saying people treated her differently just because of her dressing sense. Arachne comes over to MC's side and says that she has never felt an instant connection like that with anyone else. They begin kissing each other, which turns very deep in a matter of moments. They quickly down their drinks and move towards MC's car, all while playfully grabbing each other's butts, which turns out to be a great turn-on. MC tried telling Arachne that they should take it to her place, but Arachne pounced on MC and convinced her otherwise. Making quick work their clothes, they lose themselves in the heat of the moment.

**Note**: Once you have replayed the short enough times to go on all the above dates with Arachne, a bonus scene is unlocked.

#### Bonus Scene

MC is feeling very happy after her incredible night with Arachne and they are going back to MC's house to make it even better. Arachne says that even being a supernatural, the night had felt quite unreal to her. MC teased her and said that she would love to learn more about the supernatural world. Arachne suddenly sensed that something similar to her was close by. She tells MC that she was being followed by some organization who considered her to be dangerous, even though Arachne hadn't harmed anyone. She had run away from New York and come to LA to avoid them. MC asks Arachne what will happen if they found her, and Arachne said MC is better off not knowing. MC makes a split-second decision to trust Arachne, guns the car and they drive off into the night.

***Heart Choice (26) - Make out with Arachne***

*MC caresses the side of Arachne's face and wonders if they'll need the car's heater at all. Arachne begins kissing MC, who returns the kiss passionately. Arachne moans softly and parts MC's mouth with her tongue, running it along MC's lower lip. Arachne says that even MC's lipstick tastes good, and MC begins kissing Arachne's neck, making her shiver delightedly. Arachne makes her way on MC's lap, and MC; looking into Arachne's eyes, wonders if she wants to kiss her or eat her up. Arachne nuzzles Mc's cheek with her nose until she exposes her neck, and Arachne gently removes her choker. Arachne begins exploring MCs neck, who finds herself melting under Arachne's lips. Arachne bites MC just above the collarbone, her eyes flashing with desire when MC asks for more and guides Arachne back to her neck. While Arachne works on MC's neck, she pulls the seat back to give them more room. MC takes off Arachne's shirt and admiring her newly revealed skin, wonders if all this is a dream. Arachne kisses her into reality, sucking MC's lower lip and expertly caressing her tongue with hers. MC runs her hand up Arachne's smooth back, who is now kissing MC on her collarbone. MC takes off her shirt and Arachne licks a line down MC's chest. MC writhes with pleasure as Arachne sucks and nips on more sensitive skin, before bringing her mouth back up to kiss MC. They exchange kisses for a long time, until MC pulls back to catch her breath. She says she didn't know that goth girls could be so amazing. Since they were making out in the car, MC decides to stop before taking things further, but promises Arachne to continue later in the night.*

[Written by reddit user KinG\_p\_G\_611]

### FAQ

This is information found within the help section of the app and was written by Voltage. It gives some great insights on this unique story!

Q: How do I unlock different endings?

A: Different endings are unlocked based on how you interact with JD the three times they challenge you. Choose more of one type of answer (first, second, third) (energetic, spooky, sweet) to unlock a corresponding ending.

Q: How many endings are there in total?

A: There are a total of four endings. Three normal endings at the end of episode three, and a special fourth ending which unlocks once you unlock each of the other three!

Q: How will I know if I unlocked a different ending?

A: Special title cards at the end of episode three will let you know which endings you've unlocked.

Q: What happens if I unlock all the endings?

A: If you unlock all three normal endings, you will unlock a bonus fourth ending! The game will always display the bonus ending after you've unlocked it.