> RENO, NEVADA
> 200X
> You begin the long hike through the icy woods.
> Something rings in your ears, echoing, twisting, clawing at your mind.
> Is it fate beckoning, or simply the past trying to catch up with itself?
> Whatever it may be...
> No matter how hard you try...  No matter how much your heart aches...
> You can't stop hearing that old song.

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01. Welcome To Hell

And so your tale begins.
Strumming and humming.
In the back of your mind.
Never leaving, never wavering.
In tempo, in tune.
Will you ever forget?
Blood.

02. Anti-Effervescence

The mushrooms' tendrils shoot forth.
They dig deep into your arm.
The pain is excruciating.
You hear a voice echo inside your skull.

> Vadrisk.
> You poor, poor fool.
> You have lived a life of sin.
> Your inner pain.
> Your inner torment.
> A waste of breath.
> "A waste of flesh."
> "Now, you shall descend."
> "Descend beyond the gates of the underworld."
> "And you will pay for your every sin."

You feel your body being ripped apart.
You struggle to escape.
You struggle to pull away.
But it was to no avail.

With your last dying breath, you gaze up at the icy sky above.
And then, everything fades to black.

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03. Vadrisk's Inferno

You slowly come to consciousness within a spacious, echoing cavern.
Strange black shapes and forms vaguely resembling that of man and beast drift around you.
An inky black river stretches out over the erratic, crumbling landscape.
You feel something tugging at your heartstrings.
It seems you must proceed.

04. Lost Souls

LIMBO - THE ANCIENT PLACE.

> In limbo, the silent sleep.
> In lunacy, the savage dream.
> Along the spirals of black river may you drift, forever lost.
> Welcome to the afterlife...
> Enjoy your eternal stay.

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05. Limbo

ASSESSMENT: 
'Saffron Diaboli'. 
Strange shape-shifting demon, native to Limbo.

> Greetings, human.
> I shall teach you to 'Redeem', for it is my job.

> "Strike", "Bargain", "Pardon".
> "Attack", "Act", "Spare".
> They are one and the same, are they not?
> Perhaps then, you already understand how this land operates?
> Ah, but here's something new!
> You may sense the empowerment of your "MP" to cast Powerful Magicks.

> But now, see, I ask one final task.
> Take up your arms, but do not "Strike". 
> Select "Bargain", and merely shake mine hand. 

~> Strike   

> Oh, screw off.

Thumbnail by @clown-man-guy 
Samples "Something's Gotta be Done" and "Blue Drag" by the Washboard Rhythm Kings

06. Preparation

> “Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
> "Shred them to pieces; purify their wretched forms."

> Vadrisk cast: "Moonlight in Vermont"!
> HP Fully restored!

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Samples "Something's Gotta be Done" and also some "Blue Drag" by the Washboard Rhythm Kings

07. Redemption

> Well, this is the inbetween.
> The brink between death and erasure.
> If you get here enough times, I'll let you chat with the boss.
> But for now...
> Feel free to crash on the couch. 

thumbnail by @clown-man-guy

08. After-Afterlife

A cloud of miasma descends upon you.
Thunder rumbles in the distance.
The bells begin to toll.
A massive shape above flaps its wings.
Something begins to pursue you overhead.

> OH, ASMODEUS -
> FLOREM, LUMEN,
> IN MEMORIAM -

Lost Souls begin to fall from the sky.
Keep running.

thumbnail by @clown-man-guy

09. RUN

> P0lar-01d 
> Eclectic machine. Turn to love, turn to war, memories forget no more.
> EX Shield preventing damage.

> Hey, you! Get this!
> Don't you remember...?
> Smile, you're in my sights!
> For the memories we'll make tomorrow, and every day after.

design and thumbnail by https://soundcloud.com/clown-man-guy 

10. ColoR-FilM

Reno, Nevada
200X
“Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost people”
― Dante Alighieri, The Inferno

Undertale by Toby Fox
Underswap by Hatsune Miku
Underfell by Vic the Underfella
Swapfell by Khoppang

account owned by: https://soundcloud.com/valiantenvoy

inspired by OFF, Space Funeral, Twin Peaks, Hylics, and various iterations of Swapfell and Underfell, among other things.
See followed accounts for inspiration.

If you're interested in making thumbnail art for the project, contact me on discord! (my username is @thevaliantenvoy)

SWAPFELL: THE OLD SONG

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