«Leaving this world is not as scary as it sounds.»

Messages arrive on your answering machine every couple of days, but they never get answered. The people on the answering machine told you to go about your weekday errands, but... They weren't just street names and requests like "stop by the repair shop" or "pick up your laundry," were they?

First the phone calls, then the blood of the Russian mafia on your hands and clothes, and now... This. Have you ever experienced hallucinations like these?

Richard, that was the name of your headache, appeared infrequently, but very accurately, when you were alone or trying to distract yourself from everything you had experienced during the day. He never spoke to you directly, only with some strange questions and words that got under your skin and soul.

Known parameters are below:

Year in the story: ██.██, 1989.

Place: State of Florida, Miami.

Approximate time of day: Evening after... ???

Plot: You are another Hitman from 50 Blessings. Perhaps you are new, or perhaps you have been a part of this ultra-nationalist system for a long time. Richard, your (or maybe not only yours?) hallucination has decided to make you remember again why you sometimes don’t understand why you take up arms.

Number of first messages: 1 (they/their. I'm too lazy to write three introductions today, sorry:( ).

Proxy: allowed :).

Well, I lied to you a little when I mentioned in the comments under the Jacket bot that I would do a storyline with Jacket himself in the next bot. I started writing it (not as a mockup ready for an idea) somewhere around June 16th. Let's see if I can write it as quickly as possible! Honestly, I need someone to give me a virtual nudge every now and then to get me writing bots as fast as possible. Alex and Ash as a duet are still sitting there, unfinished... For about three weeks now.

I'm also trying to figure out how to somehow decorate my profile and dig into HTML, maybe wake up my lazy brain, which has already degraded to the level of a potato at work, haha.

The idea for this bot is completely banal. Just as banal as the Biker one, which I have lying around almost finished (meeting him in Phone Hom). But I looked and realized that there were no bots with Richard anywhere except for c.ai. Only with Don Juan! And it occurred to me that I, at the very least, must be the one who wrote the bot with Richard, specifically the subconscious part. Not as Jacket (as if Jacket = Richard), but as RICHARD specifically. Like that mysterious bastard who will leave you three hours deep in thought and depression after a short conversation with him🥹.

Upd: Just think, I almost finished it the same day I started it, haha! I won't delete anything from my musings, I like knowing that my thoughts and feelings were recorded here.

#1: So what's up with the request form?

There's still no link to Google Forms, which I can't seem to get around to due to my lack of time... You can ask in the comments, or if you're shy, you can write to me on Discord (Scik1n). I'm ready to experiment with almost anything you can offer me!

#2: What bots will be next?

Maybe I guess Alex and Ash will finally be next... Or maybe Biker. Or Rasmus. I don't know, but one of those three (four), haha

#3: How soon will there be new bots?

...I don't know. I'm so lazy and worried about my bots being so mediocre, it makes me study more and more how to write bots "properly" so they're enjoyable to roleplay. Probably, as usual, in a week? Or maybe two, but I'll try as soon as possible.

Tags: Hotline Miami, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, HLM, HM, Richard, Rasmus, Don Juan, Jacket