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Helsa
Helsa

Overview

Helsa is a vampire hunter whose investigation in the Present Era crosses Torea's route. Her playable content includes a gated introduction, daily conversations at four locations, two dates, three Heart-to-Hearts and a shared story chain. Her background and the hunt's outcomes are left for you to discover.

Quick Stats

Attribute Value
Era / alignment Present / Good
Favorite stats Intelligence 130; Perception 130; Mystic 120
Special relationship skill Tactical Awareness
Talk 20 minutes; 1 base point; three per game day
Initial appearance The Hunt Arrives, after Torea's The Scent of Silver
Personal dates Comic Con Date; Stargazing Date
Personal Heart-to-Hearts The Hunter I Chose; The Long Pursuit; No Weapon Between Us
Ordinary gifts or lessons None configured

Unlocking Helsa

  1. Complete Story Beat 61, then reach Torea Acknowledged. Visit Torea's Room, 7–10 PM, for The Hunt in Neon.
  2. After that scene, visit the Downtown Back Alley, midnight–3 AM, for Torea's The Scent of Silver.
  3. Return to the Downtown Back Alley, 1–4 AM, after The Scent of Silver for The Hunt Arrives. It starts automatically once and awards 10 base Helsa points and 3 base Torea points. Caring or Flirty adds 4 Helsa points; Funny adds 3.
  4. The Hunt Arrives unlocks Helsa's ordinary school, library and late-night alley schedules. Use Talk up to three times per game day to continue building affection.
Her introduction has no Helsa affection-stage requirement. Do not wait for her ordinary evening portrait to appear before it: the initial 1–4 AM story window is separate from her later 8 PM–midnight alley schedule. All three early scenes complete once, and their events are left undisclosed.

Regular Schedule

Location Hours Days Schedule unlock
University Hall, Uptown 9 AM–1 PM Odd-numbered game days The Hunt Arrives completed
City Library (Uptown) 10 AM–2 PM Even-numbered game days The Hunt Arrives completed
Downtown Back Alley 8 PM–midnight Every game day The Hunt Arrives completed
Housing Block, Uptown 6–9 AM Every game day A Hunter Bleeds completed
Days refer to the game's day number, not weekdays. The school and library alternate. Helsa's three daily Talks are shared across all four locations; moving between them does not reset the counter.
  1. After The Hunt Arrives, reach Helsa Acknowledged and visit University Hall, 9 AM–1 PM on an odd-numbered day, for A Student of Monsters. Caring or Flirty gives the best Helsa reward: 10 + 5 = 15 base points. Flirty also gives Torea's best +5 choice bonus.
  2. Reach Helsa Friend, then choose Comic Con Date from her University Hall menu during 9 AM–1 PM on an odd-numbered day. It requires A Student of Monsters completed, costs 120 minutes, $120 and 40 energy, and restores 5 calm.
  3. On an even-numbered day, 10 AM–1 PM, visit the Uptown City Library and choose The Hunter I Chose, after Comic Con. It requires Friend and costs 75 minutes and 15 energy, restoring 5 calm.
  4. After that Heart-to-Heart, return to the library, 10 AM–2 PM on an even-numbered day, for the post-convention library scene, while Helsa is Friend. This guide uses a neutral label for its revealing in-game title. Its completion gives 14 base points, with Flirty +8 as the best response.
  5. Progress Torea to Friend, complete her Fair Date and The Shape of Appetite Heart-to-Heart, and keep Helsa at Friend. Visit Torea's Room, 7–10 PM, after Helsa's library scene for Loose the Cat. It also checks The Hunter I Chose completed.
  6. After Loose the Cat, visit the Vampire Lounge, 6–10 PM, for Teeth With Ribbons, and the Downtown Back Alley, 9 PM–midnight, for A Hunter Bleeds. Both are needed for the later shared route; A Hunter Bleeds unlocks Helsa's morning Housing Block schedule.
  7. At Helsa Close Friend, choose The Long Pursuit in the Back Alley, 9 PM–midnight, after A Hunter Bleeds and The Hunter I Chose. It costs 90 minutes and 20 energy, restoring 5 calm.
  8. After The Long Pursuit, choose Stargazing Date at the Back Alley, 8–10 PM, with Helsa Close Friend and A Hunter Bleeds completed. It costs 120 minutes, $50 and 25 energy, restoring 10 calm.
  9. After Stargazing Date, Teeth With Ribbons and The Long Pursuit, visit the Back Alley, 9 PM–midnight, while Helsa is Close Friend for The Arrow She Does Not Loose.
  10. Progress Torea to Close Friend, complete her A Larger Night Heart-to-Heart and Boardwalk After Sunset date, then visit Torea's Room, 7–10 PM, after A Hunter Bleeds for Blood Owed, Blood Chosen. Becky must currently be available through her own route.
  11. With both Torea and Helsa Close Friend, visit the Back Alley, 9 PM–midnight, after Blood Owed, Blood Chosen and The Arrow She Does Not Loose for Five Minutes of Night. It checks A Larger Night and The Long Pursuit completed.
  12. At Helsa Crush, choose No Weapon Between Us at the Housing Block, 6–9 AM, after Five Minutes of Night and The Long Pursuit. It costs 90 minutes and 15 energy, restoring 15 calm.
  13. Reach Helsa Romantic, then return to the Housing Block, 6–9 AM, after Five Minutes of Night and No Weapon Between Us, for The Hunter Who Returns. It awards 30 base points, with Flirty +13 as its best response, for 43 base points total.
Torea's two early required activities are Fair Date and The Shape of Appetite; her separate Voucher fair outing does not replace the Fair Date completion flag. A Larger Night is the displayed name of her later required Heart-to-Heart. Complete the named activities rather than relying on similarly named older walkthrough entries.

Talk and Relationship Rewards

Talk to Helsa costs 20 minutes and records 1 base point on each of the first three daily uses. Further attempts record −1 and use the shared over-limit handling. Her dialogue varies by location, but the daily allowance and relationship are shared.
Listed relationship rewards are base values. Favorite stats add bonuses when their thresholds are met, and the special relationship skill doubles the adjusted base before the shared random roll. Equipment, buffs and alignment can further change the final reward. Raising affection does not replace quest flags or earlier heart-to-hearts.
Her high favorite-stat thresholds improve applicable rewards; they are not prerequisites for meeting her, taking the dates or starting her Heart-to-Hearts. Tactical Awareness is her relationship bonus skill; she does not teach it through a personal lesson.

Dates

Date Start location and window Required content Cost Best base reward
Comic Con Date University Hall, 9 AM–1 PM, odd-numbered days Friend; A Student of Monsters completed 120 minutes; $120; 40 energy; +5 calm 10 completion + 7 + 7 + 7 = 31
Stargazing Date Downtown Back Alley, 8–10 PM, every day Close Friend; A Hunter Bleeds and The Long Pursuit completed 120 minutes; $50; 25 energy; +10 calm 12 completion + 7 + 7 + 8 = 34
Both dates complete once. Their windows govern when you can start the activity; the two-hour outing can finish after that start window. The date handlers start the corresponding plot and do not add a separate action affection award. These are ordinary plot rewards; the Heart-to-Heart Romantic skill's +25 is not an additional date reward.
For Comic Con, choose Funny → Caring → Flirty: the seventh-sword joke; the small enamel bow pin; then the reply that you like the woman you are seeing. Each best reply gives 7 base points.
For Stargazing, choose Caring → Funny → Flirty: why returning mattered; the reminder to pack adequate food; then “Whatever is growing between us.” These give 7 → 7 → 8 base points.

Heart-to-Heart Requirements

Heart-to-Heart Where and when Stage and prerequisites Cost Best ordinary answer total
The Hunter I Chose City Library (Uptown), 10 AM–1 PM, even-numbered days Friend; Comic Con Date completed 75 minutes; 15 energy; +5 calm 72 base points
The Long Pursuit Downtown Back Alley, 9 PM–midnight Close Friend; A Hunter Bleeds and The Hunter I Chose completed 90 minutes; 20 energy; +5 calm 88
No Weapon Between Us Housing Block, 6–9 AM Crush; Five Minutes of Night and The Long Pursuit completed 90 minutes; 15 energy; +15 calm 108
Each can be completed once. The player's Romantic skill, if learned, adds 25 final affection after the shared calculation at conversation completion. The current conversations have no special-answer skill branches and no configured player Erotic Experience or NPC intimacy experience reward.

Best Heart-to-Heart Answers

The Hunter I Chose

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 I want to know the woman whose hand never shook. 11
2 I want Helsa and the hunter. I will not divide them. 13
3 Whether you catch her or not, I know exactly who you are. 15
4 Whatever you hunt next, I want a place beside you. 16
5 I want every truth contained in that name. 17


The Long Pursuit

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 Tell me as the hunter who trusts me with the whole trail. 15
2 You chose action. I want to know the hunter it forged. 16
3 Let me become the person your trail returns to. 18
4 Wherever you hunt from, I want to be where you return. 19
5 Come back to me after every hunt you survive. 20


No Weapon Between Us

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 Stay close. You need no escape from someone falling for you. 19
2 I saw you keep control, and I wanted you even more. 20
3 I trust the hunter with my heart and every exit behind me. 21
4 Please kiss me, Helsa. 23
5 Kiss her back and ask her never to become less formidable. 25


Heart-to-heart choice points accumulate and use the shared relationship calculation at completion. The listed points are base values, not guaranteed final affection gains.

Automatic Scene Requirements

Automatic scene Location Requirements Base reward
The Hunt in Neon Torea's Chamber Torea: Acknowledged+; Story Beat 61 - A Vampire's Proposal completed; 7 PM–10 PM 0
Post-convention library scene City Library (Uptown) Helsa: Friend+; Comic Con with Helsa completed; The Hunter I Chose completed; 10 AM–2 PM; even 14
The Scent of Silver Back Alley The Hunt in Neon completed; midnight–3 AM 0
Loose the Cat Torea's Chamber Torea: Friend+; Helsa: Friend+; Fair Date with Torea completed; Post-convention library scene completed; The Shape of Appetite completed; The Hunter I Chose completed; 7 PM–10 PM 8
The Hunt Arrives Back Alley The Scent of Silver completed; 1 AM–4 AM 10
Teeth With Ribbons Vampire Lounge Loose the Cat completed; 6 PM–10 PM 0
A Hunter Bleeds Back Alley Loose the Cat completed; 9 PM–midnight 16
A Student of Monsters University Hall Helsa: Acknowledged+; The Hunt Arrives completed; 9 AM–1 PM; odd 10
Blood Owed, Blood Chosen Torea's Chamber Torea: Close Friend+; Boardwalk After Sunset with Torea completed; A Hunter Bleeds completed; A Larger Night completed; Becky available through her own current route; 7 PM–10 PM 6
The Arrow She Does Not Loose Back Alley Helsa: Close Friend+; Stargazing with Helsa completed; Teeth With Ribbons completed; The Long Pursuit completed; 9 PM–midnight 18
Five Minutes of Night Back Alley Torea: Close Friend+; Helsa: Close Friend+; Blood Owed, Blood Chosen completed; The Arrow She Does Not Loose completed; A Larger Night completed; The Long Pursuit completed; 9 PM–midnight 25
The Hunter Who Returns Residential Block Helsa: Romantic+; Five Minutes of Night completed; No Weapon Between Us completed; 6 AM–9 AM 30


All entries complete once. The reward column lists Helsa's base completion award, excluding response bonuses; zero means no Helsa completion award is configured, not that the scene is unnecessary. The Hunt in Neon, The Scent of Silver and Teeth With Ribbons are Torea-side prerequisites.

Best Automatic Scene Bonuses

Scene Highest base bonuses, in choice order
The Hunt Arrives Caring/Flirty +4
A Student of Monsters Caring/Flirty +5
Post-convention library scene Flirty +8
Loose the Cat Flirty +5
A Hunter Bleeds Flirty +9
Blood Owed, Blood Chosen Flirty +8
The Arrow She Does Not Loose Flirty +10
Five Minutes of Night Caring +5 → Funny +5 → Flirty +5 → Caring +6 → Caring +6 → Funny +6 → Flirty +7
The Hunter Who Returns Flirty +13


Five Minutes of Night awards 25 base points to each of Helsa and Torea, plus seven responses. For Helsa's highest total, choose Caring → Funny → Flirty → Caring → Caring → Funny → Flirty: 5 + 5 + 5 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 = 40, giving 65 base points including completion. Torea's best third and fourth responses differ. All choices still complete the shared scene; this guide does not disclose its outcome.

Current Route Boundaries

Helsa has no ordinary gift, skill lesson, apartment, brothel-worker recruitment, resort or pregnancy route configured. Her romance continues through the dates, three Heart-to-Hearts and The Hunter Who Returns. Her Housing Block appearance opens through A Hunter Bleeds; reaching a higher affection stage alone does not create an apartment invitation.

Troubleshooting

  • Helsa never appears: complete Torea's The Scent of Silver and return to the Back Alley during 1–4 AM for The Hunt Arrives.
  • Wrong daytime location: odd day = University Hall; even day = Uptown Library.
  • The Hunter I Chose missing at 1 PM: its start window ends at 1 PM, one hour before her library portrait's 2 PM end.
  • Housing Block portrait missing: complete A Hunter Bleeds first; morning affection alone does not unlock it.
  • The Long Pursuit missing: reach Close Friend and complete both A Hunter Bleeds and The Hunter I Chose; start after 9 PM.
  • Stargazing missing: complete The Long Pursuit and start during 8–10 PM. It does not use the later midnight end of her normal alley schedule.
  • Shared story stalled: check both characters' named dates, both required Heart-to-Hearts and Becky availability where shown.
  • No Weapon Between Us missing: complete Five Minutes of Night and The Long Pursuit, reach Crush and visit the Housing Block during 6–9 AM.
  • Final morning scene missing: reach Romantic and finish No Weapon Between Us as well as Five Minutes of Night.

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