A spark, and the smoke that follows.

I duck beneath the twisted body of the wreck.


A... SECURITY (?) ROBOT — "ACCESS DENIED. FOREIGN ENTITY SPOTTED - Its voice jitters—literal electric spasms crackle through its speaker - PLEASE MOVE AWAY BEFORE VIOLENCE NEEDS TO BE USED".


War [Amazing: Failure] — . . . Yet you already used it you fucking-


Skate — Don’t listen to the anger-junkie. Look under your feet—see that part of the plane? Weirdly convenient. . .A little too convenient, actually. Let’s treat this like a puzzle, hm?


War [Horrible: Success] — Why are you even thinking about this?

Puzzle not puzzle. It's a robot, and you are made of -- burning-fucking-magic-fire -- Bullets are nothing to you. Not to mention, the robot itself is barely standing on its own feet, one jab and it's gone. The only puzzle here is why you're hesitating. 


Skate [Decent: Success] — You're confident, huh? The bullet could be made of magic. And we better not test it. We distract the robot. Use the rod


From the brief glance before the shot you've caught that it doesn't have any motion censors. Perhaps it uses sound to move? Throwing it in the ocean for a chance of it following doesn't sound. . . *that* unlikely. Hm. . . I need to think about this more.


War [Horrible: Success] — Or you just hurl it at its face.

Bam! There's a distraction 


→ 1. Let's see. . . [Pick up the rod]


[ITEM ACQUIRED: BROKEN ROD]

              

→  1. [War: Bad 8 ] - Throw the rod in the water

2. [Skate: Perfect 30] - Think of something else. . .

3. [War: Alright 11] - Throw it in the robots face


... CHECK: SUCCESS ✓

After a brief arc through the air, the rod splashes into the sea. The robot, stuttering, aims at the source. It shuffles closer, until- " ZAP! CO-CO-CODE: RE E E E. . . OFF PROTOTO TO COL. . .HURTSHURTSHUR-" It turns off. 


Skate — That… That didn’t feel right. The robot… could feel. It hurt, Sto. It *hurt*


→ 1. I. . . 


Skate — No, no. I'm not. . . *Angry*. You didn't really know. I get it. Next robot - different approach, okay? We now know more, and that's good. 


I breath out and walk right. 




DANGER

Skate — While still shaken
You step into the next room...
The smell of flora. It hits first.
Thick. Sweet, yet rotting... gah... 
A-anyways
Then the vines — they rise, shaping into a woman.
Until that shape *becomes* her.
...Oh.
Oh wow.
...Why is she hot?

HOT FLORA WOMAN — "This... fire…" Her breath trembles. "Are you... real, miss?"

Skate [Good: Failure] — Just.. give me some time to recover.

War [Great: Success] — ...Guess I'll have to cover for that idiot. Great.
*Sigh*
Her body looks even more fragile than those freaks back there. Makes you wanna "pick her up" and.. ugh- "carry her"?
...Just continue the conversation, quick

→ 1. - "...Yes?"

HOT FLORA WOMAN — "A-ah... Sorry, that was… odd of me. You're not *from* here, are you?
My name is Maize. It’s a... pleasure."

→ 1. - "My n-name is… Sto."

War — Clutched it like a boss.

MAIZE — "What a wonderful name... I’m a guardian. Grown from a village. I’ve… been observing you."

Skate [Good: Success] — ..Okay. Her distant gaze strikes through you.. She wants something, but it leaves more questions than answers.

1. - "...Were you always here?"
2. - "Why didn't you show up earlier?"
3. - Mention the saying with her name In it
→ 4. - [Skate: Irredeemable 18] You *gotta* comment on her "curves" Yes, those curves.

Skate [Irredeemable: Failure] — But your voice speaks before your brain does.

→ 1. - "You’re hot."

MAIZE — She blushes, just so slightly, nearly laughs, then coughs. Seeming from illness. Yet, still smiling. “I’m flattered… Really. But... Could you come c-closer? I want to… feel your warmth.”

Skate — Don’t gotta tell me twice.

War — ..You know, I preferred when I was the unhinged one. 

Skate — Wha-H-hey...

I step closer. She leans in. Her hands warm in your presence, while the vines behind her pulse, just slightly brighter.

MAIZE — "You remind me of someone. Someone who let me *feel* again. Let me feel the real light… The warmth... The warmth that I didn’t want to stop. Didn’t want to forget. So I grew. And I grew and grew... hoping someone would find me again."
"…And here you are."

She pulls back 
Solemn now.

MAIZE — "Our time is short. Listen: Leap at the world’s edge… And, if you feel it calling back,please... 
Look back.
"Also..." She creates something from the plants. Its a letter "if you ever meet that special person... deliver them this letter. From me"

The letter contains a simple "Thank you" written in cursive. 

Before I can say goodbye, she has already dissapeared into the green

A place to rest.

I open the door with C.O.D.E written on it
!!

Skate [Good: Failure] — The sound is deafening. Radios, screaming in the midst of a cosmos-like ambience. Red, harsh on the eyes, with brutalism stomping the ground 
Oh... You're thinking about her again 
But not for long
The city stares back at you, inviting you. 
Say. . . Didnt you notice how the offices back there just kept going up? 
And this name... C.O.D.E , I think I can solve it. Let's give it a try

→ 1. - [Skate:Mediocre] - Suggestions on solving the anagram

+1 Maize 
+1 
+2 "New" air

-10 The world broken
-10.1.1... Something in the sky
-10.1.1,6,30... Phosphor. (?)

...CHECK: FAILURE 

Skate [Mediocre: Failure] — ... Nevermind. Never-*goddamn*-mind. Just.. give me a little more time, okay? Still a little hazy. 



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I... I can't see a thing.
It's okay. Don't panic now, Kristine.
You know these streets like the palm of your h-hand.
The library should be down to the south.

a03.foggy town

I walk further up the city...

Wait, is that a radio?


I pick it up


Skate [Horrible:Success] — A haunted attraction, housing invisible avatars and messages of living or dead alike. Perhaps the messages themselves are now those people: a ghost of a ghost

Hm. Reading the functions

Seems like there was no second death in the first place.

Or whatever happened at their first one anyway...

Turn it on


War [Great: Success] — The radio is in *pristine* condition. Was it left just for you? Or just for other people to find? I'm way to suspicious on using this thing. Its *too perfect* 


Skate — Either way: It's for you to listen or not


→ 1. [Skate: Bad 7] — Listen to the city first

2. Listen to the radio

3. [War: Good 4] — Destroy the radio


+1 Maize...

+1 Change of scenery 

-2 No sky

-5.37 NO SKY

- 10.57,5 Horrible, horrible

- ??,30 Passing of a world 


...CHECK: SUCCESS !?


Skate [Bad:Success] — Woo!!! There we go, baby!! ..Cough cough.. The city rumbles under the great construct. Its like you could see little squares moving close to it...

Buildings, laying down as far as the eye can see. Posters hang off the far buildings, reading as flashy propaganda like "Become a lightbulb!!" or "A lamplighter!!" 
Eugh. Jobs sound scary, especially in a place like this

There's also Windows, either broken, or without light behind them. What's with all the glass stuff anyway?

1. [Skate: Bad 7] — Listen to the city first
→ 2. Listen to the radio
3. [War: Good 4] — Destroy the radio

I tune in...
Slide the numbers around until...
!

RERECORDING - 1,29,5'6.
...A genius who gave humanity wings.

And who's that?

That's the point. Nobody knows.
I myself doubt a boy like that exists.
Sorry, but that's the truth 


Slide them again and...


RERECORDING - 5,67.4'11. 
... Progress waits for nobody, folks!
New discovery in the field of phosphor!
Provided by the two and new wonderful recruits!
More on thirty minutes.


Skate [Bad:Success] — Oh hey! This might be related to the office stuff. Let's listen some more

War — Don't tell we'll just gonna stand around all day...


RERECORDING - 2'.48'0'9
...We apologize for the delay.
Discovery after discovery! 
We simply can't keep up!
Repeat, we apologize for the delay ..
Slide around some more...

RERECORDING - 9'48'5'598'2
...Guess what! 
That's right!
New UNlimited edition 
of plushies of our BELOVED scientists & alike!!
Don't be rude, and get on that root!


Skate — ... Plushies?? Well that's unexpected. 
.. Let's snatch some if we see those. You need more comfort right now


RERECORDING - 1'488'4'0'1
...One, two... One, two...
Does this thing work?
All I'll do is leave here a question.
"Do you even remember the *previous* times anymore?"
Bye. I hate you, whoever is fucking listening 

RERECORDING - 5'87,9. 12,9.12,9
...A peculiar phenomenon 
People talking about a "Old world"
I can see where they're coming from, but I wouldn't call it the (illegible corruption) and, I mean (corruption overtakes again)
All of those are recorded somewhere, in some book
I mean, Its *gotta* be, right?

PffHAH! You remember that junk? 
You're just too nice.


Skate [Bad:Success] — The hell? How come the radio corrupts like this when the power of this city still works? Somebody's *gotta* be messing around with radios.
Hm. Means there's still people here. Better be on the look out



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