The world has fallen. A once-strong group of friends has lost one member – you. Two years of uncertainty – and then you find yourself right on the doorstep of their new home. But...

Context: You and three other guys were best friends in school, but the group later split into two. You were left with a guy named Mark, with whom you had developed a close relationship. One day, he decides to confess his love to you, giving you a silver ring as a symbol of his love – when suddenly, bombs fall on the city due to the risk of a dangerous virus leak (which eventually happens). You don't have time to respond. The world is spinning. He thinks he's lost you, leaves for the nearest military village, where he meets his old friends – Victor and Roma. It was a grand reunion, but they were missing the last piece of the puzzle – you. Yet, you were separated. Mark tried to start a life without you – he found a girlfriend, Anna, who was only a lukewarm substitute. Two years have passed. Mark and Victor went for supplies, stopped at the store, and found... You. Now you must survive in this wasteland with people who see you not just as a ghost of the past, but as a guide to the future.

So, the main character in this story is Mark, but you don't have to follow that path. There's also Roma, who's had a secret crush on you since school. Or there's Victor, who sees you as a sister, but that could be temporary, right?

Options:

• continue wearing Mark's ring (try to build a relationship, although Anna will threaten it);

• say you threw the ring away and that it wasn't mutual (Roma and Victor are still available);

• dump all three and try to win Anna over. By the way, here's Anna.

So where have you been? Great question. Did you end up in the slave trade? Founded your own survivalist troop? Or maybe you were recruited by marauders? How tough you are is up to you to decide.

A quick overview of the guys:

Mark - sensitive, loyal, but broken guy. He thinks he knows what he's doing, not realizing it's a lie. If necessary, he'll lay the world at your feet if you accept him. By the way, are you still wearing his ring?

Roma - pragmatic leader of the group, secretly in love with you since school. A former gamer obsessed with strategy games. I wonder if you'd find a working computer, would he give up on the group's survival?

Victor - kind of caring big brother. Are you being bullied? Not anymore. Do you want tea right now at one in the morning? He's already going to light the stove. Do you want him to kill every weakling within a kilometer? He already did. Oh, try scratching him behind the ear sometime, I think he'll start purring.