This is a page for general unused content for In Stars and Time and START AGAIN: a prologue. Any typos or errors were present in the original text.

Dialogue

Discord

Scrapped dialogue posted by insertdisc5 on the official In Stars and Time Discord server February 3rd, 2024.

Becoming an adult

I can eat cheese if I want to. Ive already become an adult, you see.

Uh huh. Yeah, for sure.

Im proud of you, bonnie!

>you can go get your doctorate now.

More school? Fu fu fu. Don't you know, frin? Adults don't need to go to school. Adults can do whatever they want.

Like what?

Like not eat cheese.

Ah...

Books

Ah, the sparkling window. A classic.

Im more of a "pottery" guy. Three siblings, all fighting to get their father's approval, so they can finally take control of the father's pottery shop... Tragedy. Betrayal. None of those family members are good people.

We've talked about this, isabeau. "pottery' is boring, they only talk about pottery techniques like im supposed to be interested.

The plot is deeper than you think, mira!!!!!!

Dresses

Mira has 20 times the same dress but wait!!! The pattern on the bottom is different for each.

Loops

So, you died, or maybe we died and you died after, over and over again...? Yknow, its weird, but im happy! It means that throughout all those lives, we were with you!

Tragedy

Ah... tragedies. Your favorite, isnt it, siffrin.

>watch your tone, horror-lover.

Being scared on purpose makes more sense than being sad on purpose. Who watches plays that are designed to make you cry???

(and yet she reads books designed to make you scared.)

Reddit AMA

Early development dialogue shared by insertdisc5 during the Reddit AMA on March 15th, 2024.

NOVAKza
When I make things, I often have a specific scene or concept crystalized in my mind, like, "This is something I need to show", even if it's just one small part in a much bigger work. Were there any things that, scenes that came to you in the early stages that you made sure to include?

insertdisc5
So Many. The friendquests in act 5 were thought about since DAY ONE, before I even had names for the characters. Odile's and Bonnie's especially, and Siffrin tuning out during Isabeau's speech. HBJDCJHDSJHDDS OK im reading back my notes from back then and here's my note for Isabeau's just for y'all because my god. yeah. MC stands for Main Character, Dude is Isabeau (see? no names)

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MAYBE HE VERY EARNESTLY ASKS IF YOU'RE OKAY AND MC TUNES OUT AUTOMATICALLY AAAA

Dude: MC!!! ...they were right, something IS wrong with you!

>what are they saying

Dude: i dunno, mc!!! Youve been weird lately! Shaking and tuning out and you keep looking over your shoulder, and when you look at us it's like we're not even there!!!

[hjdjhjfdhjfdhjfg] (<- means "adrienne will figure out what goes here later lmao")

>JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!

Dude: (surprised and hurt) ...

Dude: ...

Dude: get a fucking hold of yourself, dude. (dips)

Gallery

Dialogue between Bonnie and the party about becoming an adult.
Dialogue from Isabeau about Siffrin dying in the time loops.
Dialogue about Mirabelle's dresses.
Dialogue between Isabeau and Mirabelle about a book Isabeau enjoys.
Dialogue between Mirabelle and Siffrin about Siffrin's love for tragedies.
A cut portrait of Siffrin in battle.
A cut portrait of Siffrin in battle.
A cut portrait of Siffrin in battle.
A cut portrait of Siffrin with a partially shadowed face.
A cut portrait of Siffrin with a shadowed face.
An unused battle portrait found in In Stars and Time's files. Likely intended for use in ACT 5.
A cut enemy sprite for the Loop battle in ACT6.
A cut animated overworld sprite of Loop looking like Siffrin again in ACT6.
A cut still overworld sprite of Loop looking like Siffrin again in ACT6.
An old version of one of Siffrin's portraits, found in the files of START AGAIN: a prologue.