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MEM013 - heart-to-heart

...you're here.

i found you.

Dear Owner... you're here?

What are you doing here?
How did you get...
oh.

you're a bit of a fool for giving me this
much power dude

I suppose I am a fool.

How did you know where
to find me?

I have so, so many
questions for you...
but I must ask, first.

Are you okay?

i...
i don't think i've been okay for a long time.
you may ask what you need to, though. i have
plenty of questions for you as well

Ah... I see.
Then, let me begin.

You may take a seat
anywhere, of course.

What do you see here,
in my heart?

What do you make of
the area, of me?

i see your layout in the room, though it
looks like it was put through a projector.
almost like a mirage, i can tell that
it's not real.

as for you... i'm looking through a mirror,
albeit with a purple shirt rather than my
debatably iconic red.
it has taken me much too long during this
route to realize that you and i are one in
the same.

it feels right. like a warm embrace.
...and not because you're putting your hand
on my cheek, or stretching my facial features
like a curious child.
it's a strange comfort, like returning to the
place you consider home after the longest time.

are you me, jouse?

Pff...

Your responses were very
interesting, but that
question threw me off my
composure... no, I am
not you, dear Owner.

Though I agree with your
sentiment that we are
fundamentally very
similar.

Maybe that is why I
placed all my trust
into you, and not
my previous owner.

Nevertheless, to you,
this may appear as
the layout you've
grown accustomed to,
and I may wear a
similar visage, but I
must assure you that
your view is entirely
subjective.

I don't even know what I
look like.

I can see every part of
myself simultaneously,
but you standing here
with me makes my vision
blurry, like it was all
overlayed on the vast
nothingness.

That is all regarding
this space, but I do
have more questions.
For now, though, what
have you wanted to ask
me, dear Owner?

my name.

Hm?

i never told you, did i?

I suppose not.

i usually keep it from others, learning
about you has indirectly caused me to seclude
myself from others more and more.
i even started censoring my own name wherever
it was public, haha

you may call me █████.

I see.
Well, hello █████.

> how long have you been here?
I have not been here
for very long, surprisingly.

The building itself is very
much older than I, though.

I do not remember when I
assumed control of it.

i see.
> why did you give me the redkey?
Like I said before, I
put all my trust in you.

I believed you would be
the perfect person to
share my power, and from
the bits that have bled
through onto my vision,
I was not mistaken.

what? how do you know about my rooms?
you said some got in your vision... how is
that possible? i made sure to be careful
with making them.

Ah, yes, I forget that you
were not in the main area
during that...

Shortly after you, I
presume, created your
first room, I thought
you had inexplicably
vanished, and in my
panic shifted some
areas around to make
a spot for whoever was
inside at the time to
reach a modified
PurpleKey, much like
the one I gave to you.

However, a dweller by
the name of The Fiend
was inside.

I do not believe he
bears any ill intent,
but I felt something
very, very off about
that one.

Regardless, he obtained
that PurpleKey and I
made copies of a
simplified version that
would grant entry to
the Second Layer, which
I locked behind it.

My intent behind locking
Second Layer was to keep
any future interlopers
intrigued enough for me
to create variants, to
stay healthy, as I'm
sure you've pieced
together by now.

you thought i died?

Well, when you put it
like that, in a way.

sorry to worry you like that.
tell me about the fiend. also, were you
able to find any other interlopers
after fiend?

The Fiend... there is more
to speculate than to say
about this one.

He disappeared from my
view almost as quickly
as he entered, though
two others joined him.

Interlopers, I have
taken a liking to
calling the bunch that.

The trio consisted of
Fiend, a man named
Barry, and another
named Theo.

They're a very
light-hearted bunch,
but seemed determined
to see their goal
through... their goal
of finding you.

barry? barry leskomitz? he's here?
what the hell is he doing out here
looking for me...? and he even
brought his "boyfriend" theo?

i'm telling you man those two
totally have something going
on i just can't prove it yet

Your means of showing
interest in one another
has always puzzled me.

I cannot say I share
the theoretical
sentiment, as I do
not feel that sort of
thing.

As for their goal, I
have not heard much
of it discussed, it
must have been ran
through externally
before entering.

I believe The Fiend
is not following
the two to find you,
though.

It has ulterior
motives, and I'm not
sure whether I want
to know what they are.

damn. thought i could get something
outta barry.
that's all i got. what else did you want to
ask me?

Why did you do it,
█████?

sorry?

Why did you come
here?

Why did you tunnel
your way through me
just to reach my
heart?

Was there any reason,
or were you just
looking to interrogate
me?

You know fully well
that there isn't a
way out of here,
don't you, █████?

So tell me, why
would you willingly
dig your own grave?

for you.

...what?

i knew what i was getting into, and i
can't deny that i did want some questions
answered, but ultimately i did it to be here
with you.

you're trapped in your own walls, all alone
with no one to talk to.

let me share your burden.

...you're sick, █████.

You know that, right?

You knew that you wouldn't
be able to return to the
ones you care for, and you
threw it all away just for
a house?

You know what'll happen to
you?

You'll end up like me, only
able to live by creating and
feeding off visitor's thoughts.

Albeit with more... form, but
ultimately trapped here.

i know. i never cared for making my story
have a happy ending. despite it all
though, this is what feels most right for
me to do.

i know they'll miss me, and i know damn well
i'll miss kim, and maybe barry too if enough
time passes, haha

I can't make you
change your mind
on this, can I?

It's too late for
that, anyway, but
still... is this
truly what you
want?

yes.