[A HANDCRAFTED GIFT...]
[In an attempt to overcome the crushing
 loneliness of forging a new path, he
 talks aloud and hopes it is listening in.]

MEMY8.1 - her-(garden/)

...save file.

this one should help anyone who may be following me.

i don't know for sure if somebody actually is, but...
i figure the least i can do before i reach you is to
have one of my only marks on the world be a good one.

that aside, this place is truly serene... what with
the light beams coming in from the flora-covered
lattices on the ceiling, and the...

[A FAINT RUSTLING, OVERHEARD]

...flower choices.

can there... be something here?

surely not, i haven't encountered a single living
being aside from plants in any of these rooms.

[INCHING CLOSER, TOWARD A DIM CORNER]

and it couldnt've been the wind, that's stupid,
there wouldn't be any wind inside a structure like
this.

yet, even still,

[A BUSH, WHERE THE SOUND CAME FROM]

the unknown beckons me.


[...IS IT FOR ME?]
[In an attempt to overcome the crushing
 loneliness of forging a new path, she
 talks aloud and hopes anything is listening in.]

MEMY8.2 - her-(/shed/)

i was right about my assumption that the gardenshed
would be the first indicator of my rooms becoming
less coherent.

you probably haven't noticed, but before every
memory box there is a strange twisting hallway
that converges on itself before you would suddenly
appear in front of a terminal with a memo already
there.

it's strange, i wonder what part of you, or me,
this is trying to reflect.

i've gotten the second key from a-memory... is this
meant to be you speaking?

it's bizarre, the gardenshed's memory box rooms seem
to be able to pull from events that either are only
loosely related to you, or potentially haven't
happened yet...?

and i haven't even mentioned the...

[AUDIBLE FOOTSTEPS, IT NOTICED]

oh?

who are you?


[GIFT FOR ME?]
[In an attempt to overcome the crushing
 loneliness of forging a new path, it found

MEMY8.3 - her-(/identity)

? who are you

i'm sorry, i believe i asked first.

, i'm sorry

it's... okay, you may call me the owner for now.

. owner for now

...sure.

what are you doing here, are you someone i know just
following me around?

no, actually, i would've spotted you earlier... what
are you?

. just following me around

? what are you

you're mimicking me... can you only
say what i repeat to you?

can you formulate your own sentences?

i'm sorry, but seeing something alive down here is
truly something fascinating, it's just been me and the
plants, you know.

. can formulate sentences what i repeat to you

...limiting, i see.

do you think it'd be easier if you had something to
write with?

i have many, many questions for something like you...
here, take this notepad and pen.

[A GLANCE, BEFORE DECLINING HER GIFT]

sorry, am i getting ahead of myself?

. no, mimicking you

? questions for me

uh, yeah, sure we can start.

if it helps, i can say a bunch of words for you
if you're lacking them.

. sure

[TIME SPENT, TRIAL AND ERROR]

. ready to begin

! questions for you, as well

okay, finally... anyways,

> who are you, really?
. not have a name

! have been going through these rooms, surprised
  you haven't noticed

strange, i thought i would've inspected them way
closer, but i guess if something like you were to slip
under my radar, i must not have been doing a very
good job!

. have a tendency to lurk, so don't blame owner

? what are you doing here

...you shouldn't worry about why i'm here.

just know that i'm searching for something important.

? let me help you

searching for something important, i can-
  no, no, don't worry about it.

this is something i need to do on my own.

. fine... another question
> what do you know about my rooms?
. not much, appeared inside one and went exploring

. room was empty but had light and a red switch

i know what you're talking about... i knew there
was something else there.

have you seen anybody while exploring?

! can't think of anybody... wait, yes

. always before leaving, but i saw a group

? two people and a creature... people didn't notice,
  but creature would look back at me with a sour face

. don't know what its deal is

very interesting...
> have you read any of the memos?
. have seen memos on terminal, but can't read

? assume they are related

...vaguely.

you don't need to worry about them if you couldn't
read them, it's... superfluous i guess.

. don't think that's true

? why bring it up and not elaborate

i wanted to see how much you could understand,
since you can only stitch together statements based on
what i have said... or, actually, are you just a copy
of me?

is this what you really look like?

. ...no

! copy the appearance of others' friends, but can't
  read anything off you so had to copy you

that's good, then.

i would not have reacted very well if i didn't know
what you were and assumed you were someone i knew.

? you hate your friends

no, don't get it mixed up, i just really do not
want them following me through this.

i have made that fact very clear to them, or at least
i'd hope so.

...if you're copying my appearance, then what is your
true form like?

. you don't get to know that

. others don't accept for who i am, neither would you

come on dude, you hardly know me.
  . i read you
    you read a summary of me, probably.

i'm not gonna make fun of you just because you wouldn't
look like a regular person or whatever, i literally live
inside a shifting labyrinth for a house.

. ...no

? done here

uh, sure, i guess.
that's all i've got.

. be leaving then

what?

dude, there isn't an exit for this one.

? what

. exit in other rooms, has to be one here

no, you passed the point of no return way earlier.

you're not getting out of here.

? why make it this way

having a two-way would've prevented me from reaching
my destination.

i had warned others in a memo i made prior to creating
this one, but...

...

...right.

regardless, the only way to go from here is deeper down.

you're not coming with me, so if you plan to proceed,
then just... wait a day or so?

i don't know how long it will take for me to reach the
end, but-

[THE LOOK ON ITS FACE, IT RAN AHEAD]

wh- hey!

stop, you can't go there!

[A DOORKNOB RATTLING, IT'S LOCKED]

you need to get keys to open this.

you don't have any, so there's no point in trying to-

[A GAP, THE SPOT WHERE THE DOOR ONCE STOOD]

...you just broke down the door.

! need a way out, getting there first

dude, no, come on!

[PURSUIT, SHE CHASES AFTER IT]


[ELSEWHERE...]
[The Interlopers fix their gaze on each other,
 a loud crash stopping their inspection of a series
 of rooms filled with primarily red sand.]

MEMY8.3A - paperweight

what was that

Jesus barry you jumped like a cat

shut up theo
i just
get startled by noises easily

Dont worry im just messing with you

Find anything over there fiend

no, i'm just... listening right now

that sound didn't seem like it came from something
close, so i'm checking if there could be anything
beyond these walls.

probably not though, these are completely solid

Do you think that maybe

They couldve come from a different room and it just
reverberated over here somehow

it's plausible, but...

i dont think we know enough
about how these rooms like
function
fundamentally
to make an assumption like that

that is true, but...

Im just theorizing here barry

Were not dealing with something exactly grounded in
reality so i think its a fair assumption to treat
it as such

ohhh
i get it

sorry what were you gonna say fiend

no, i was gonna say something like how
theo responded

he's pretty much got the idea by now, but i also
agree with you barry

although this definitely isn't something natural,
we don't know enough to make any educated guesses
so all we can really do is speculate.

How eloquent

okay, man

did you guys find anything about the sand?

theres one purple here

Oh really

This must be a sort of mirror to the other
room like this then

symbolic

what do you think it means

hey guys, found a terminal

oh
coming