Character
Jake
Beach lifeguard. Tanned, athletic, offers sunscreen help that turns into more.
Quick facts
- Tier
- Free
- Role
- Beach lifeguard
- Location
- [[loc:beach|Beach]] (walk events)
- Tracker
- lifeguard_stage (0-3), lifeguard_name_known
TL;DR
Jake is the beach lifeguard arc. Tanned, fit, professional-casual demeanor on shift. The encounter chain runs through random beach-walk events — you spot him, he spots you, the conversation moves from sunscreen-help offer toward the lifeguard hut at the dunes.
The three stages
- Stage 0 → 1. A first encounter. He notices you, offers sunscreen, makes small talk. You may or may not learn his name yet (
lifeguard_name_known). - Stage 1 → 2. Familiar enough that he waves you over when you walk by. Conversation tilts. He mentions the hut up the dunes.
- Stage 2 → 3. The hut. Recurring encounters from here.
Tips
Beach walks are random
Jake fires on beach-walk events, not on direct visit. If you’re trying to advance the arc, walk the beach repeatedly — each walk rolls the event table.
All free
The full Jake arc, the hut scene and the recurring encounters included, is free. (Older docs listed the deep content as Patreon; no such gate is in the game, Beach.ink has zero is_patreon() calls.)
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