Florence

You remember your friend with a pink flush in her cheeks; her eyes, green as a jewel; the way her lips twisted into a strange, lovely smile and the way her feet glided as she danced. You remember her hand in your own, pulsing with irresistible warmth. The Florence before you now has lost all color and heat. She is a stranger.

A quiet story told through observation and introspection. You sit vigil at the bedside of your dear friend Florence; fittingly the game is focused on this room, and her. Links in the text allow you to look closely at Florence and examine the room, slowly revealing snippets of your history and relationship and the terrible event that rendered her unconscious. There's small elements of picking up items (not really puzzles)—the mood created by moving between the bed and the rest of the room sort of reflects the restless anxiousness of the moment.

The writing is evocative and emotional, striking in the loving details in the depiction of Florence, the depth of care conveyed. It did rather well at drawing me into Cora and Florence’s relationship in a short time.