This is the prequel.
No, this is canon.
Is there a joke here I’m missing or is this just you know, what’s written on the page
It's a parody of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog
Reference to an Aesop fable. In the original version, the scorpion stings the frog and both of them drown. The moral is that some people are intrinsically harmful, even against their own self interest
There's an old fable about the frog and the scorpion.
Paraphrasing, the scorpion asked the frog to be carried over the river, because otherwise he'd drown. The frog was reluctant, saying "but you'll sting me".
To which, the scorpion says, "but then I'd drown! so I won't do that".
Persuaded, the frog agrees. As they were crossing the scorpion stings the frog, and the frog asks, "Why would you do that? now we both die!"
and the scorpion replied, "because it's in my nature"
I see I see. I like this version much better. Aesop can suck it.
I always think about that fable when I see Germans voting for that far-right party.
Hikeback is a visual novel horror game based on the story of the scorpion and the frog that I found very moving.
https://clowndream.itch.io/hikeback
e: If you prefer to watch stories rather than play them, I believe this is a full playthrough:
thanks, that was nice to experience, made me install slay the princess again to finally do the deed
Feels inspired by one of my favourite Tumblr posts
Edit: played through some more paths and those were definitely inspired by the post :)
I am always so glad to see Matt and Ian still at it. Mac Hall were the days.
