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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