[THE PASSAGE OF TIME]
[it takes its toll on us all.]
[let's catch up with the others, while we still can.]

MEMY3 - tempest

No barry i dont think it goes that way

what
do you have a better idea on what this symbol means

well i mean, i know what it means, but i won't tell you

hhrrgrggrhhfghflll

fiend you bitch

just
tell me what to do already

okay, give me that image first

okay



so you see the purple lines?

yeah

notice how they both are pointed, they're arrows.

yeah
i got that

and we have noticed that the jouse tends to... use
colors when it means to symbolize something, right

Oh

I see what youre getting at

so, there is only one place in the jouse where you can
go in a straight line forward and backward

uh

if you leave this to me we will be here for another
like
good hour or so

just tell me what it is
  The hallway were standing in barry

yes, thank you theo
  ohhh

notice how the red portion goes off the side.

here's what i'm thinking, if we find the center of this
room, say around here, and we... press against
something-oh shit
  Ouch
  you good man

yeah, fine, thanks

more importantly, this confirms what i was thinking.

theo, hand me that key, will you?

Oh

There is a door here

I assume this is what
  the key was for
  the key was for

i get it now

but you couldve just
told us how to get here fiend

i dont think it would've had the same effect
without any of the buildup, yknow

Sure

Well go with that

anyways
shall we proceed
  You guys have gotta stop that


[A NOTEPAD]
[she always kept one with her.]
[it was a habit picked up from kim.]

MEMY3A - (-in-a-teapot)

i fear i've gone too deep.

i'd be lying to myself if i said i didn't have any
regrets about this whole thing.

i should've... apologized formally to barry before
doing everyone like that.

...what point is it now to keep my problems of the
past, though?

i've got to keep going.

i fear i've become trapped in my own walls.

oh, that's a good one, use that for a memo?

i wonder what kim is doing.

i miss kim.

i'm starting to miss barry... just a little.

i've opened the way to a temple-looking area?

hard to describe, but there's lots of colored sand
filling the quartered rooms.

...one is empty, though.

i think i'll put something there.

i wonder what kim is doing.


[AT HER APARTMENT]
[they spend their time lurking the forums]
[her will begins to waver with each passing day]

MEMY3B - with-heavy-winds-

I wonder what █████ is doing.

[A CALL FROM HER ROOMATE]

What?

No, just... thinking aloud.

[A QUESTION]

Do we have the stuff for burgers?

I'll make that tonight, don't worry about making time
in your schedule.

I know how it is.

[GRATITUDE]

It's fine, don't worry about it.

I'll see you when you get home from work.

[ONE DOOR CLOSES
 AND HER LAPTOP OPENS]

I wonder if he'll respond...

[Hey, Barry.

 We may not be exactly on speaking terms,
 but I've been wanting to ask you a few
 questions.

 Before that, though, where have you been?

 You stopped checking the forums around
 two days ago, which is strange considering
 how active you usually are.

 Don't get it wrong, this isn't because I
 believe you're incapable of helping
 youself, I just don't want any links I
 can use to help figure out what happened
 to her going off the grid like this.

 Get back to me if you can.

 -Kim]

...now I wait.


[IN HER FIRST ROOM]
[the connection is stable.]
[her message reached him.]

MEMY3C - followed-by-

Hey uh barry

yeah
  dude that food cannot be good

Is this for you

what

let me see

This computer can access the forums strangely enough

I poked around the admin panel and saw a message come
in through the motd system

Is this from kim

what

hold on
hold on

let me read this

[HE SKIMS THROUGH IT]

mmmhmm
questions

uhuh
sudden disappearance

mmm
my usual activity

yeah

this is
booooooringggg

deleted and reverted to the previous one

[THEY STARE AT HIM,
 A PIECE OF RAW MEAT HANGING FROM FIEND'S
 MOUTH FALLS ONTO THE FLOOR]

dude???
Dude

i'm not really one to talk since i was never on them,
but that sounded Important man

you're telling me you just skimmed the whole thing,
read some surface-level words, and just...
Deleted it???

couldntve been that important
right

right

theo believe me when i say this i am one step away from
locking this guy in the library maze


[SOMEWHERE ELSE]
[the deepest depths,
 someone lurks within.]

MEMY3D - isolated-showers

Those three...
where did they
go?

I could see them
just a moment ago.

...does it have
something to do
with the key I made
for my Owner?

I will need to keep
a very, very close
eye on them.

Special attention
must be given to
The Fiend, as well.

I must make sure
he does not do
anything extreme.

...wait, where is
the variant I
made for my Owner?

Oh... oh, I see.

I see now.

They are creating
where I cannot.

Interesting...
does this mean
my Owner is still
here?

Is my Owner deeper
inside than they
are?

This will be fun.

However, I believe
a message is due
for these
interlopers.