[ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A MIRROR, HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT]

MEMY63 - weeds

is this the point of no return he mentioned

It must be

Who else makes a pit leading to the abyss

Or whatever that is

what will happen when we jump down? there isn't a visible end to this hole

There wasnt a visible entrance to any of her rooms

ah, good point

so
uh

whos going first

not it

Not it

ugh

you guys are such children

[SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT NOT FAR AWAY... SHE IS MAKING A CALL]

PART I - SAY YOUR FINAL GOODBYES

"No, I know that. Just... I'm not going to be home for a while, give me like... a few days."

"Yeah, I went shopping before I left, don't worry about that."

"...I appreciate your concern, but it should be known to you at this point that I am in fact an adult and not a child- we're roommates, dude."

"Okay, I will."

"Bye."

[THEY PRODUCE A TAPE RECORDER FROM HER LEFT POCKET]

I'm making the executive decision to conduct my own invesigation on The Jouse. I know I promised █████ I wouldn't come for her, but...
[edited by autologging]

It's been a while, and since that day my will to hold that promise has been slowly decaying.

So, I'm standing a few dozen feet away from the entrance of the titular building, and... when I say I'm hesitating on this, also believe me when I say that I really am.

Sorry to break our promise like this, but I love you too much.

[A PRESS OF THE STOP BUTTON, AND BACK INTO THE POCKET IT GOES]

[AND NOW, BACK TO THESE GUYS]

PART II - DANDELION

i don't know, why are you all looking at me like i would?

to be fair fiend

you did have a really
strange sense
of where to go for the library

so is it that far of a stretch to ask you why theres an outside area while we are still inside the jouse

wh- uh- i mean, like, fair, but what the hell man

if i knew why i had a sense of the library maze's layout, you could chalk it up to me having a familiarity with the jouse itself, which i do not for the record, but this is an entirely different beast

I feel like were ignoring the elephant in the room here

Whats up with the shed

oh right

yeah, dumbass

fiend
whats up with the shed

dude you have Got to stop that

from what it looks like, it just looks like a plain ol' shed. there really isn't anything special, but i could be wrong since none of us have had the guts to look inside yet... so, who wants to look inside?

Not it

not it

...okay i deserve that one

fine then, gaze upon the dull interior of this stupid-

[A DISAPPEARANCE, THE REMAINING TWO STAND IN SHOCK]

what
the fuck

[A DULL CONCRETE VARIANT HOLDS A TABLE AND TWO CHAIRS]

PART III - CAT'S EAR

This seems like a good spot for questioning.

Uh- for the record, I got here from a hidden wall inside the Outage variant.

Strangely, this area was something I had seen in a dream last night.

[RUMMAGING FROM THE OTHER SIDE]

What the... I'm putting you down here, I'll be back.

[AN ENCOUNTER,]

What?

what the-

What are you?

owwww i think i busted my ass...

Are you... okay?

i'm fine.

Snippy. Come, I have questions for you, creature.

wh- Hey

no, No, you cannot just drag me like that, where are we going-

[...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERROGATION.]

[THEY STOOD THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE BEFORE SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER]

PART IV - NETTLE

should we
like
wait for a signal

I think we should just go inside

With the way fiend vanished i dont think there will be a way for it to give us a sign

ugh

theo

i really
dont want to do this

But what choice do we have

We already crossed the point of no return

The only way left is forward barry

ughhhh

We can investigate this together

I will enter at the same time as you

alright theo

[THE TWO ENTER THE SHED, HE HAS BEEN WAITING]

oh, there you two are... took long enough.

...why are you holding hands?

its not

okay
i was scared

theo promised we would go in at the same time and
yknow

alright alright, i didnt mean anything by it gay boy.

im going to hurt you

So the shed huh

Its uh

Somewhat bigger on the inside

no no not now

fiend
what the hell man

you couldnt think to give us a sign that it was fine to enter

uh, dude, look behind you. door's gone, man

[THE DOOR IS, IN FACT, GONE]

plus, i didn't initially appear here.

i was taken to some variant in the jouse, interrogated by someone, and when i went to leave that variant i was spat out here.

wh
interrogated by someone

who else would be here

that's not my place to say, i was asked to keep quiet.

damn you and your secrets creature

but that does sound like something a person i know would do

i assure you it's nothing

[RECORD TIME... SORTA]

PART V - GOLDENROD

Since my encounter with the troublemaker, I've started to conduct my own investigation.

Oh, that's good, I could totally use that somewhere.

Let's see now... is there one here- ah, yep. Of course she would make one off her favorite variant.

Hm... before I check this one, I wonder...

Fiend mentioned something about the core room in Fake being a red
herring, I wonder if there might be something hidden there...

[A PAUSE ON HER TAPE RECORDER, FOLLOWED BY A RESUME]

There's, uh, a gaping hole in the wall now... whoops.

I pressed my hand against the right wall, centered, and I fell through it like the rest, but the wall went with me this time.

Not too sure if this will have any consequences, but there is something here... a ladder? Wonder what's down here.

[WHILE THAT HAPPENS, THE INTERLOPERS CHECK THEIR SURROUNDINGS.]

PART VI - HENBIT

so
fiend
whats up with the shed

dude

im messing with ya

Its very intricate

Lots of variation in the flowers here and the ceiling is letting in some natural light through the wooden lattices

Or as natural as it can get in the jouse at least

Its very pretty

Was it made for so-

hey look, a terminal

oh really

i wonder if theres another recorded memo on this one

Hold on before you do that

Do you guys see these side rooms

oh, i didn't even notice... those...

what the hell's going on there?

is it
spiraling in on itself

gnarly effect

It would seem that way

And look at the doors at the end of the hallway

are those the uh
locked doors we saw in fake

Most likely but look closer

uhhhh

the lock is broken on them, they're open

wouldnt the memo on this areas terminal have like
potentially more info on this area

wow, observant of you for once, barry... i'm almost proud!

shut

he's right though, if there's any shot we have at understanding what might be happening from here on out, there's a good chance the terminal could have another memo written by the owner.

so, shall we proceed?

I give up man whatever its your phrase now

♪ — anatomy-of-the-(garden/mind)
original: there could have been a garden - Tom Schley

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