[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