Outside_0_Lobbies_Outside= The King in Deep Blue
Outside_0_Lobbies= Outside
Outside_1_Main_oa= The Hermit (Reversed)
Outside_1_Main_oa_author= The Aspect of Desperation
Outside_1_Main_oa_collabcredits=
Music: Liona Boyd
Inspirations: Traversal by Ethio
am13 by WelcomeToMegalophobia
Outside_1_Main_oa_collabcreditstags=
Weird Expert
Deco #1

Outside_1_Main_ob= A Sea at the End of the Earth
Outside_1_Main_ob_author= The Aspect of Stagnation
Outside_1_Main_ob_collabcredits=
Music: Glass Beach
Inspirations: At The End of the Earth by The Dear Hunter
A map that must not be named anymore
Outside_1_Main_ob_collabcreditstags=
Breezeful Beginner
Parallax clouds #1

Outside_1_Main_oc= FeelingDown
Outside_1_Main_oc_author= The Aspect of Familiarity
Outside_1_Main_oc_collabcredits=
Playtesting: Lumi, Deesoff, KaileyTheAlien
Music: Clavier
Inspirations: The MOCE campaign by Isabelle 
Geodesic by smoothee 
Cold by Dewfox
Outside_1_Main_oc_collabcreditstags=
Extremely GM+
Originality #1
4* hardlist probably

Outside_1_Main_od= Note to Self
Outside_1_Main_od_author= The Aspect of Chaos
Outside_1_Main_od_collabcredits=
Playtesting: Daorex
Music: Tally Hall
Inspirations: Nothing. Everything.
Outside_1_Main_od_collabcreditstags=
Technically Beginner (if you think about it)
Enforcement #1

Outside_1_Main_oe= Outside
Outside_1_Main_oe_author= The Aspect of Inspiration
Outside_1_Main_oe_collabcredits=
Assets + Guest Segment: KaileyTheAlien
Playtesting: Pinkishnovaa, TABdash
Tilesets: PowerAV, KaileyTheAlien
Inspirations: Vinculum (SJ) by ru, sources claim. 
A Raider's Guide to the Sands. 
Outside, ages ago.

Outside_1_Main_oe_collabcreditstags=
High Advanced surely
Monopticon, allegedly
Geriatry #1

Outside_1_Main_of= Bonfire
Outside_1_Main_of_author= The Aspect of Storytelling
Outside_1_Main_of_collabcredits=
Playtesting:
Music: Room 0, Joshua Kyan Aalampour
Inspirations: Hawaii: Part II by Miracle Musical
Special thanks to Gamation for the Lua Cutscene article
Outside_1_Main_of_collabcreditstags=
Knowledge Check Advanced
RenPinefur Sob Story #2
Yapping #1

Outside_1_Main_og= To Never See You Again
Outside_1_Main_og_author= The Aspect of Doubt
Outside_1_Main_og_collabcredits=
Playtesting: Mr. Glasses, Snowy, Daorex
Music: Yiruma
Inspirations: Creation Through Suffering by KaileyTheAlien 
the mire (SSC3) by cellularAutomaton 
TW: Mentions of depression, self harm and suicide
Outside_1_Main_og_collabcreditstags=
Green GM I think
Spritework #1

Outside_1_Main_oh= Alongside the Honeydew
Outside_1_Main_oh_author= The Aspect of Innovation
Outside_1_Main_oh_collabcredits=
Playtesting: Butcherberries
Camera help: Zerok
Music: Ari J.
Inspirations: None, somehow. 
Outside_1_Main_oh_collabcreditstags=
Intermediate I think?
Butternut leaves #1

Outside_1_Main_oi= Untitled Speedchain Map
Outside_1_Main_oi_author= The Aspect of Survival
Outside_1_Main_oi_collabcredits=
Playtesting: Butcherberries
Music: Casey Crescenzo, Brian Adam McCune
Inspirations: June 21st by RenPinefur 
Special thanks to MrGlasses.
Outside_1_Main_oi_collabcreditstags=
Yellowish GM
Gooberhelper #1

Outside_1_Main_oj= 1-Prologue
Outside_1_Main_oj_author= The Aspect of Assistance
Outside_1_Main_oj_collabcredits=
Special Thanks to KaileyTheAlien 
for making this entire map.
Outside_1_Main_oj_collabcreditstags=
Chill Wholesome GM
Guest Map #1

ok_credits=
Music: Gavin Luke, Alexander Motovilov, The Dear Hunter, Johannes Bornlof, Sofiane Pamart, Gretchen Ratke
Assets: Spooooky's Asset Pack, CTS Asset Pack, Vanilla recolors we stay winning
Inspirations: A World Where People Die, for obvious reasons.
Special thanks to KaileyTheAlien for making the lobby, as well as one of the flags in this heartside
And also playtesting. And also making a map. My goat.
Special thanks to Spongaloid for teaching me editing well enough for me to make the trailer.
You didn't care to be credited in the video description itself. Well now the joke's on you.
Special thanks to Rencord for putting up with my constant onslaught of screenshots and recordings from this map pack throughout its dev period.
Y'all are real asf for that.
And finally special thanks to everyone who's reading this. Hope you all enjoy this heartside as much as I enjoyed making it.
---
Evil Grellow GM
Room Count #1 I'm pretty sure


Outside_0_Lobbies_Outside_af10=
Lament on the Sea Floor

Outside_0_Lobbies_Outside_bf7b=
The Mind, in a Vacuum

Outside_0_Lobbies_Outside_cf4=
The Honeydew Trail

Outside_0_Lobbies_Outside_wifc0=
The Longest Day of the Year

poem_Outside_0_Lobbies_Outside_A=
Outside

###DDUGS###

ok_intro_ddug1=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
they call me the bird. the way i. 
the bird
hashtag owned crying laughing emoji

ok_intro_ddug2=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
at the crossroads get hit by a vehicle going 100 in a school zone
thatll teach you to watch minecraft videos

ok_intro_ddug3=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
STOP MAKING UP DIFFICULTIES
moves were NOT made to be given colors!!!
YEARS OF MAPPING yet NO real world use found for going higher than "Grandmaster"
wanted to go higher anyway for a laugh? we had a tool for that. it was called "TAS ONLY"
"yeah i think this map is green purple". "get me some of that fuckedup eazy".
statements dreamed up by the UTTERLY DERANGED
LOOK at what modders have been demanding your respect for all this time, with the aseprite and vanilla recolors we made for them
(this is REAL difficulty icons, made by REAL aliens)
?????
????????
???????????????????
hello i would like gmminus6 apples please
they have played us for absolute fools

ok_intro_ddug4=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
flavor text? what's it taste like?

ok_intro_ddug5=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
what if instead of fractions it was called frog fractals
makes you think...

ok_intro_ddug6=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
a frogge biþ a smale beaſte wiþ foure leggys, whiche liueþ boþe in watere & on londe. 
hit biþ ofte tyme broune or grene or yelowe; or be hit tropyckal, hit may hauen dyuers coloures lyk reed, blewe, & blak. 
tropyckalle frogges liuyn in trewes. 
hit haþ longys & guilles boþe.

ok_intro_ddug7=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
it's snowing in the city rn call that shit a tundratown expansion :joy:

ok_intro_ddug8=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
here in Deep Blue Civilization nobody does the 1 block vertical jump for the moonberry
all they know is crouch cluimb and "ultra" dash

ok_intro_ddug9=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
yeah we had to sell the community intro car for scraps. the cost of living is so high around here yknow.
now we all live in the leaves. it's not all that bad.

ok_intro_ddug10=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
chirp
chirp
chirp 
chirp
overthrow the human leaders
chirp
chirp

ok_intro_ddug11=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
king in deep blue if he was slay be like yass queen in deep blue
king in deep blue if he was green be like king in deep green
king in deep blue if he was weird pop from like the 1970s be like king in im blue
da ba dee da ba die

ok_intro_ddug12=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
did you know? 
it is impossible to outrun the sun

ok_intro_ddug13=
[outsideredux_bird right normal]
i have added ssc3 to the list of this map's dependencies. good luck.

#MAPS
###OA###
oa_p03=
[Madeline left normal]
Play Inscryption!

###OB###
ob_a02=
When Daedalus planned his escape from Crete, with the wax-and-feather wings he had made, he warned his son, Icarus; 
"Don't fly too close to the sun. The wax on your wings will melt, and you will fall into the sea, and drown"
But many forget the second warning he gave. "Don't fly too close to the sea."
"The spray will weigh down the feathers, and you will fall into the sea, and drown."
Interesting how in both scenarios, the sea is what kills you.

###OC###

oc_01=
[]
It's raining outside. 
As is customary, this would never bother you.
As is familiar, you can only watch and hope that it doesn't bother anyone else, either. 
As per usual, you wait the rain out and write the same things you've written a million times before, in the comfort of a home that was never yours. 
It's raining outside, and it wasn't your idea.

oc_02=
[]
It's cold outside.
But you're warm here, where everything matters.
But you're nice and toasty, though you can't stay long. 
But you're cozied up, in the comfort of a home that you will never own, knowing that this world is yours to explore, but not to claim.
It's cold outside, but your words echo as if you've heard them before.

oc_03=
[]
It's treacherous outside.
The ground below you is never safe, yet you must keep going.
The air around you is thick with peril, but you must press on.
The familiar sights are kind to you no longer, despite the comfort of a home that you've yearned for forever. You know it like the palm of a fading acquaintance's hand.
It's treacherous outside, but it stops you before it really matters.

oc_04=
[]
It's no longer outside for you to write about it. 
It's no longer inside for you to sing about it.
It's no longer around you. You no longer need to cower.
The house is your own, and you should be ashamed of it.

###OD###

od_trans1=
[]
Hello, player. 
Some quick context before we begin. 
This map is a collection of a bunch of random concepts that showed up in my mind while I was mapping for this mod.
It also contains several scrapped ideas, from entire stretches several rooms long that I gave up on to simply one or two settings or aspects that went nowhere.
This map will provide you with the opportunity to see some of these. 
At every transition room, you will get to choose one of two rooms to visit.
You will then be able to spend a set amount of time in every room. After that timer is up, you will be teleported back...
...here.
For another choice. 
In some rooms, I will include hints with some thoughts on why the room was scrapped, or where the concept came from, if need be.
But really, this is not quite a map.
Please do not treat it as a map. It is not even really intended to be an experience.
It's not an exhibition, or gallery. 
Moreso, it's a slightly polished notepad for when I needed one. Quality was never at its forefront.
But I felt that this map pack, about creation, deserved a map like this.
If you wish to skip said map, for this room alone, you may proceed to the heartest room. 


od_hint= Notes
notes01= 
Not much to say about this one. I was bored. 

notes02= 
I've always wanted to make a madhunt screen, or map, ever since playing it with friends.
I was curious about the idea of chasing players around in extremely tight quarters where speed is extremely hard to really get.
This idea went nowhere. 
I'm not sure if I'll ever really make this concept into a map.

notes03=
Once, when I was recovering from being the most sick I may ever have been, I dreamed about a Celeste map.
It was some sort of speedchain terrain map, all in one big screen, where speed could be conserved in every direction, including directly up or down, and you never truly lost momentum.
I tried executing this gameplay in a few ways that never went anywhere but I never really managed to remember what it looked like.
This is as close as I could get. It's obviously not much to look at. I gave up on this halfway through.

notes04=
This was inspired by Mowo's 'Exhibition V'.
To this day, it's one of my favourite mods in the game. One day I hope to be this skilled at creating atmospheres and environments out of such limited options.

notes05=
What if you had infinite movement?

notes06=
A poem. The rooms have nothing to do with it.

notes07=
Chasing after something you can never get is such a frustrating endeavor.
It's never worth it.

notes08=
There's a beauty in seeing the end of something, even if it's not yet within your reach.

notes09=
Don't let go. 
Don't ever let go.

notes10=
This is a collection of every tileset, entity and trigger I had favorited in lonn at the time of making this.
There were more added since then, and very very few removed.
I rarely ever deviate from these. They contain basically everything I would ever need, bar very specific use cases.
I wonder how restrictive that is. How many better alternatives I've missed out on because I never step out of that comfort zone unless absolutely forced to.
I don't think I'll ever try to find out.

notes11=
Fun little idea that popped up into my head while I was making other rooms for this.

notes12=
I've never actually read The King in Yellow.
When I originally came up with the idea for this map pack, in late july, I told myself I'd have the book locked in by august.
Still haven't read it. I have it downloaded. 
The popularity of that media has gone up so exponentially since that one Minecraft ARG.
And I still only know the basics.
It's a weird feeling. Like I'm plagiarizing something and doing it wrong.

notes13=
I love the idea of a fully random berry.

notes14=
On that day, I wasn't even motivated enough for this screen to be Worth It.

notes15=
Original concept for The Hermit.
I wanted to make a mountain with three separate zones, all more inhospitable than the last.
While the concept was fun, I had no idea how to make them.
The separate zones stayed in the current version of this map, and the mountain, though far easier to climb, ended up being the basis for Alongside the Honeydew

notes16=
Original post-heart concept for Outside.
I like all of these entities, and these rooms were extremely fun to make.
However, from a narrative standpoint, they didn't really work for me.
And I wasn't sure how to go from this to the point of the map that I had in mind.
So I scrapped them. Perhaps I'll map more like this in the future.

notes17=
Original rooms for a checkpoint of Bonfire.
As of writing this, I still don't know what to do with that map. 
I just know that this isn't the way forward.

notes18=
Original final room for Untitled Speedchain Map.
It wasn't fun. It was janky. I didn't like it, so I killed it.
The map was made entirely self-servingly, for fun.
I was no longer having fun with that gameplay style, so I cut that room out and added five more rooms of movement puzzles.

notes19=
Second concept for the tenth map. 
I like Beyond the Cliff. It's probably still one of my favourite things I've ever made in this game. 
It's what unintentionally introduced the meaning of the King in Deep Blue to me
But ultimately, how would I ever improve on it? It did all it needed to do.
And besides, it didn't really follow any core aspect of my mapping, bar perhaps pride?

notes20=
The original concept for the tenth map.
Scrapped because I did not want to make a full 100 traps in this short a timeframe.
Unfortunately, this came at a great narrative cost, and forced me to waste several hours of my time.
Or maybe not. Maybe this will turn into a full map, one day.

notes21=
That's still the craziest gift I've ever gotten, by the way.
I promise one day I'll do it justice.


od_01= chaos
od_02= madhunt
od_03= this came to me in a feverish haze
od_04= a soft gaze into your own abyss
od_05= a mountain that made clouds fall from the sky
od_06= the most deafening silence you've ever heard;
od_06a= the brightest shadow the sun ever cast;
od_06b= the shortest poem to ever usher in two new years;
od_06c= the reddest snow this side of the wars;
od_06d= the most inspiring form of plagiarism;
od_06e= the most memorable liturgy for someone
od_06ee= whose name you don't know; 
od_06f= the longest dying sigh;
od_06g= the driest choked-up sob;
od_06h= for someone you wish you never met.
od_07= like any of this ever meant anything
od_07b= like any of this ever meant nothing at all
od_08= heart room
od_09= rainy day
od_10= if you had the world at your fingertips, 
od_10b= what would you do?
od_11= and as they fall
od_12= an ode to a book never once read
od_13= lucky number 13
od_14= plagiarism, subtle nods, and a 
od_14b= bottle of uninspired glue walk off a cliff
od_15= Scrapped Rooms I - The Hermit (Reversed): 
od_15b= Mountain00-2
od_16= Scrapped Rooms II - Outside00-1
od_17= Scrapped Rooms III - Bonfire00-1
od_18= Scrapped Rooms IV - Untitled Speedchain Map 
od_18b= Garage Sale
od_19= Scrapped Rooms V - Beyond the Cliff B-side
od_20= Scrapped Rooms VI - Tower of Mapslop B-Side
od_21= heartest room
 


###OE###
oe_12=
don't look back

oe_heartcutscene=
[]
Was this experience satisfying?
Did you see everything you wished you could see? 
Did this tell you everything you wanted to know about yourself?

oe_ch1=
Yes

oe_ch2=
No

oe_ch1_SAY=
[]
Interesting.
I am very happy for you.

oe_ch2_SAY=
[]
Interesting. 
You may proceed.

oe_b00=
[]
Exploreline log #8...
I think this place is like, completely abandoned. I'm not sure I want to leave it quite yet, though. 
There's some cool stuff about all this, despite it... completely ruining the environment around it.
There's something about the different, yknow... 
Not to say, like, sightings... 
Instances? Of the {#7fb7fe}"original"{#}? 
How can something be original if there's instances of it, I don't know. But whatever. 
The {#7fb7fe}instances{#} are always in places like this.
Right in the middle of the natural world, in the most ...corrupted places.
This facility. It's got the same kind of warp magic stuff that the mountain had. It even looks similar. It's just as... out of place.
It seems to feed off of that one area. Somehow, go figure.
And it uses this to spread. Because I think this place is alive, despite being the most dead, lifeless kind of location anyone could ever come across.
Anyway. I don't think the {#7fb7fe}poem{#} originated here. I'm pretty sure my initial theory stands. But I think the {#7fb7fe}painting{#}... might have? 
Much less significant of a find, with what I know now, but an interesting one regardless.
This place is completely useless to me, though. 
I'll keep looking elsewhere. 
Peace out.

###OF###


of_a04=
[]
The recording starts on its own, as if it was only waiting for someone to come along.
...
...
Log #62, quite possibly the last one I will ever record.
{#7fb7fe}The King in Deep Blue{#} no longer exists. Of this I am certain. 
This shelter may very well be the last of its kind. I could not find any other. Due to its close proximity to the lake...
And with no structure around?
Well, I hoped. That is all one can do.
...
I'm tired. I want to give up this search. 
Perhaps I had found the answer, in the very first place I looked. Going back in time, or across realities.
One in which the natural world never got taken over, perhaps. 
...
Why?
Why all this destruction? 
Why are all the {#7fb7fe}instances{#} in places like this one, where what should be was taken over by what should never have been? 
Why these living breathing broken structures, the warp, the dreams? 
I still do not know what the {#7fb7fe}King{#} had to do with any of these. 
One could have caused the other and I would have no way to tell. 
...
{#aaaaaa}I'm tired of this quest for meaning
Asking questions with no answer. Looking for greenery among the gray.
There is nothing.
There will be nothing.{#}
{#858585}Perhaps that is the natural state of the world.
In searching for answers infinitely, one forgets that sometimes there are none. A document lost to time.
Despair that hits the masses.
Dreams that never were.
For it is truly over.{#}
{#666666}...
...
...And for what.
...
...{#}
The recorder rattles. 
Sounds of creaking metal and falling rock fill your ears, quickly accompanied by a muffled exclamation of surprise.
Then, silence.

of_01=
[]
Once upon a time, there was a very lonely star.
It shone unto the backdrop of several other stars.
One day, staring upon the vast sea of space, it thought to itself, "I must see a reflection of myself."
The star, many thought, was lonely for a reason.
Once upon a time, there was a clear lake.
The lake was like no other. Upon the surface of the lake, there were a thousand stars. 
Whenever the night would fall, some would go watch the lake and its shimmering friends. 
"Watch", the lake would say, "in merriment; but know it is not me you see, but a reflection of all above me."
The lonely star was bright like no other; no brighter, no larger, but how it shone no other star shone.
So it approached the lake one day when it was resting.
The star said, "Hello."
"I am new to this night sky, but I am very lonely."
"I cannot see myself. I wish that you would allow me to gaze upon your surface, that I may see my visage reflected back at me"
The lake said, "I can do this for you. You may gaze upon me as you wish. But be careful."
"Here, you are a star among so many others. So many others."
The star acquiesced. "I know."
"I do not care how many others there are. I will be here also. No other star will be quite my particular shade of bright"
"There will be many, but when I look for myself, ah! There I will be."
"Very well", said the lake. "Come back at nightfall."
The star sauntered off to get ready. When dusk came, it put on its finest blues and oranges.
Then it came to stand in its place before the lake.
But when night came, so many stars had taken its place. Far brighter stars. Their bright blues brighter, bluer.
Their shimmering oranges burning deeper than the star could ever hope to burn. But the star was there, nonetheless.
In the cluster of blue, it stood out for how dim it was. 
In the cluster of orange, it was the coldest of them all.
"Very well," said the star. "I will seek to understand this phenomenon and return--"

[]
.
.
. We now bring you a snippet from our upcoming book of contemporary poetry, 
. The Book That Is Not A Book!
. It was written by someone who doesn't know how poetry works.
. But oh, how insightful is he!
. Go now, go, go. Tell your story as it relates to the contemporary world!
. Oh, must we read it ourselves? Must we? Must we seek to understand for ourselves?
. Meaning is so universal, so profound
. Very well! We will read for you a poem titled "The King In Deep Blue"
. But because we do not recognize the artistry in its lines, we will explain every single one. 
. We don't think you're stupid! We think poetry is stupid and we will ignore it.
. We cannot read a poem by removing all its hidden meanings without fundamentally rewriting it.
. And so! And so! And so! And so!
. The King In Deep Blue, as written by His Loyal Subject.
. The first paragraph of The King In Deep Blue describes the kingdom in deep blue
. It was oh rich, oh prosperous. 
. And what made it so special was that no subject in the kingdom served the king in any way!
. You see, this is an attempt by the Loyal Subject to introduce some form of subversive... something.
. We do not know!
. Oh, there is nothing to know.
. Oh, there is nothing to know.
. Oh, there is nothing to

[]
"'The King in Deep Blue,' by a listener who asks to remain anonymous, wouldn't you look at that!"
"Yes, Dave, I believe that's right. We got a recommendation! You know what that means."
"So this one's a bit of a doozy. Before we get into it, we suggest that you kick back, relax, grab a glass of water."
"Well, Dave, I could go for one of those myself."
"Right back atcha, Jess!"
"Alright, good to go. Bless us with your angelic retelling of 'The King in Deep Blue'"!
"Right-o! Ahem, ahem."
"Billow-we upon the meadows, that we may prais' the King"
"Of His grace and His kingdom gath'r-we the roses"
"Of His volition, our own; of His will, ours free"
"Billow-we upon the meadows, not our own; but His"
"Sorry, Dave, just a sec-- okay, we're good to go."
"What was that about, Jess?"
"Refilled my water."
"Right-o. Ah, well. Did you have anything to say about this passage? Good place for a little break!"
"I don't think so, no. It's interesting. You do the voices really--"
"Well of course my dear Jess, it's what I'm here for--"
"--well, and that's really all."
"Not a fan of poetry, I take it?"
"Not any of the other times either."
"Ah, well. We gave it a try, as they say."
"An honest try?"
"Maybe a bit dishonest. But we tried it."


[]
"The King in Deep Blue", 1267, painter unknown.
Some historians believe that this painting was commissioned by this king himself.
It corresponds somewhat to the style that he enjoyed in his pieces. Exhibits five and up feature a great amount of these.
Decide for yourself. Personally, I think this was painted by an admirer amongst the common folk.
Around that same time, a poem with the same name surfaced. I'm not sure I agree with the popular interpretation of that work, but that's not for right now.
But I have good reason to believe that this common admirer was also the author of that poem.
It was extremely rare for a peasant at that time to find the funds to both pick up pen and brush, but not unheard of. 
Some think that he wanted to be close to the king, and his delving into the arts was a reflection of that.
The king was an artist himself, according to several sources from the time.
The poem even speaks of that artistry in design choices the author gleaned from his several visits to the castle.
I think that the poem was a futile first attempt at artistry. It's crude and poorly-written. 
It follows no real thread. I mean, I'm not a poet, but even I know it's amateurish.
But this painting fooled several of my colleagues and has done so for centuries.
How is it that someone so powerful in paint could be so mediocre in pen? You have to remember that at that time, it was extremely expensive to pick up even one form of art.
But given that the painting is mentioned in the poem, I'd be drawn to assume that the poem was written afterwards. 
That seems evident.
So why did our poet decide to write after already having proven himself an accomplished painter?
I think it's simple. 
This painting was a good enough copy of other pieces from the king's entourage that several historians mistakenly attribute it to the great names of the time.
This means that despite how good it was, it was also not distinguishable from the original works.
Even the trained eye, who could tell that this was at best inspired, would first think of the king's entourage as the origin of this work.
I think that the poet picked up his brush in an attempt to do something that would get him noticed by the court.
But he would never get close to the king by copying what the king's painters had already made.
Though the poem... 
It says something else entirely. And it's almost outrageous in how unheard-of this would be for the time.
The capitalization of all mentions of a given individual, either by name or by pronoun, is usually reserved for mentions of any one God.
But here, the poem uses this when referring to the king.
While, I suppose, it wasn't entirely unheard of for a poem to do such a thing, it does seem to indicate that at least in the author's eyes, the king was seen as divine.
No other poems of the time treat the king as such, and I don't think it's a metaphor for any actual God.
The king, after all, did exist.
So here we are. A poem which directly compares the King in Deep Blue to a, or the, God.
But see, in the poem, the author aspires to be king, himself.

of_02=
[]
And so the star, humbled by that night, headed back to its corner of the void.
It thought to itself, "This is terrible"
"I could barely see myself amongst the other stars. Where I was a dim blue, they were bright."
"Where I was a cold orange, they burned so warm."
"And in both I only stood out through my mediocrity. Such is what the lake warned me about."
And so the star thought deep and came to a conclusion. It would return to the lake and ask for advice.
"Sir lake," said the star, "I come to you once more with a request."
"But of course," said the lake. "What can I do for you?"
The star did not know exactly. "I am unsure. Here I thought my own shade of bright would be enough to stand out."
"You knew it was not so. How can I change this?"
"You must be comfortable in your own glow. You possess a great blue, and yet you overshadow it with orange."
"Why do you do such a thing?"
"Orange is such a pretty color," said the star. "I prefer orange, some of the times."
"Well," said the lake, "you also possess a unique orange. You overshadow this with blue."
"Why do you do such a thing?"
"Blue is such an insightful color," said the star. "I prefer blue, the other times."
The lake nodded, for it knew the star's words held truth.
"My advice to you," said the lake, "is to be blue when you prefer blue."
"And when I prefer orange?" asked the star.
"Be orange," responded the lake.
"This is wise. I will think upon your words," said the star.
"Tonight, when we--"

[]
TEACHER: open your textbooks to page 173
[class grumbles, but does so]
[seconds pass in silence as projector hums fill the room]
TEACHER: who here can tell me what this paragraph says
[silence]
TEACHER, pointing towards STUDENT 1: yes
STUDENT 1: it doesnt matter what it says
TEACHER, raising eyebrows: oh really
STUDENT 1: yes, really
STUDENT 1: it follows the assumption that blasphemy from the time was never popularized or even really held in esteem by the court
STUDENT 1: because it was, at best, taboo, and at worse, punishable by death
TEACHER: which was demonstrably the case
STUDENT 1: oh yes, but that doesnt mean it never happened; people still spoke blasphemy in everyday life
TEACHER: irrelevant; this class is about arts
STUDENT 2, raising hand: sir?
TEACHER: yes?
STUDENT 2: what about the King in Deep Blue 
STUDENT 1: yeah, thats what I was getting to; didnt that poem make its rounds
TEACHER: ah, you want to talk about the edge cases, very well
STUDENT 1, quickly: well, in stating that blasphemy was never-
TEACHER, dryly: semantics 
[silence]
TEACHER: close your books
[class obliges] 
[several students look relieved]
TEACHER: the reason why we dont speak about the King in Deep Blue is because it does not represent, in any way, the actual state of the arts as a whole
[STUDENT 1 and STUDENT 3 raise hands, but TEACHER ignores them]
TEACHER: contrary to popular belief, that work became popular by pure chance several years after it was written
TEACHER: and the only reason this happened is because the author, who at the time, was a peasant beneath notice, rose in influence over the following few decades
TEACHER: for entirely different reasons, which i believe pained him deeply enough that he released his blasphemous work as a sort of insult to the court
TEACHER: only through his influence, relevance, and the work's relative amateurishness and age did he avoid complete social death.
TEACHER, noticing STUDENT 4's hand raised: yes
STUDENT 4: how did he gain his influence?
TEACHER: he was also a painter
STUDENT 1, without being called upon: sources claim--
TEACHER: sources are wrong
STUDENT 2: and how would you--

[]
Father, forgive me, for this is my written confession.
I have sinned, and this time, I do not believe I can be forgiven.
For this reason I sit writing this; speaking my sins aloud would be blasphemy of the highest order.
For my heresy in distrusting the confessional, I apologize, and repent.
But I suppose I can not delay this any longer, should my soul find its way to heaven's gates unsullied. 
Father, I have envied, I have blasphemed, I have thought heretical thoughts, I have been wrathful.
I have faltered, and listened to the call of the Devil. Forgive me.
I have seen one of my sisters earlier this morning, carrying a large leather-bound book.
It was not her bible, nor was it any of the large journals she keeps at times, nor an innocent cookbook or book of tales.
I was curious, and asked her what it was she carried with her, and she said;
"Brother Liv, this is my book of poems" and I believed her. 
But she said it with such joy, such happiness and conviction.
I faltered. I sinned in hesitating upon her explanation.
"In these poems, there are alternatives given to the presence of the Lord above."
But that joy, still, remained in her voice. 
I envied her, Father. Pardon my blasphemes, and do not believe this is a sign of burgeoning apostasy; 
It has been quite some time since I have felt this joy towards my purpose on this earth.
God is good, and great, and has been kind to me. But I never felt real joy, perhaps more a satisfying sense of duty, upon serving Him.
I was curious; in my curiosity, I asked more of her. "Sister Nilima, what is written in this book?"
I should have pressed further, but something gnawed at my resolve; it was the Devil, of this I am certain.
But she delighted in her reply;
"We are our own gods, Brother Liv." and upon my confusion, "What has God done?"
I should have harshly rebuked her for this blasphemous comment, Father, but I have not.
"It is He who has made the earth and all that is good." I believe this to be true, in my very soul.
"That is exact," said her. "He is a Creator above all else."
I did not understand what she meant by this, and so I asked her.
"When you paint, Brother Liv, you are a creator."
"When I write my hymns, so am I. We make worlds unto our own, and for this reason we are Gods."
It was so simple to hear in her voice, but she was wrong. God has not simply painted a lifeless world. He made man in His image to inhabit it.
I told her as much, overcome with anger. "Sister, these are blasphemous words. One does not intend to create worlds the way God has; we copy and obey His will."
And she smiled. "But, Livius, you misunderstand." But I heard no further.
Out of wrath, I struck her with an open palm. In my wrath, I screamed at her to leave my place of worship.
But as she did so, several of my sisters appeared; with them, my brothers; with them, books upon books, bound in a calm blue.
It infuriated me beyond reason.
I drew a small dagger from my robes and threatened them. "Apostates! Blasphemers! Away with you! Leave at once!"
But in their calm, only one approached me. And I slaughtered him where he stood.
The shock at what I had done froze me in place, and I fell to my knees, blade forgotten.
But the false prophets did not scream.
In the fallen brother's blood, they simply painted--

[]
...test
...testing. hi, ,ok testing
yeah so like ok yknow the uhhlike
the text youhad to review for the site right
so like shit dude I tthink I have like, an idea.
like ok i dunno shit abt literary analysis i think the most Complicated tm book i ever read was like,,
fuckin
percy jackson when i was like 10
so you had me read it and i thought it was like really bad but i read it again after and honetly like it's soo peak
but i like disageree entieryl with ur interpretation highkey
so u were like ohhh its abt hubris yknow the guy wants to be king and so he does shit and it like kills art and the king fuckin 
dies
or like vanity right like he writes abt being king and or god
i think thats buuulshit though
cause like what does he do at the end right
fuckin uh
fails and dies
and the og king he also like basically ends it when he gets challenged
and i think ive figured it out...
woahg....
like ok "to keep the arts" and like the wrong shade of blue it's about doing art wrong
and like the peasant doesn't know how to actually do it like the king does
hes kinda just yea my blue is aura type shit yknw
so he does it wrong hes not doing art
and because of that and he wins yknow like the king loses the challenge so
theres prolly a court that agreed the 
peasan twon
then it means that the kingdom fuckin
chose a random loser blue guy over the king and it's sooo bad they 'struggle to grieve' when--

[Madeline left distracted]
{#7fb7fe}...
...no, no, that's still not it.{#}

of_b00_01=
"Sunset on the Lake"
Painter unknown. Date unknown.

of_b00_02=
"The Aspect of Art"
Genesia Biscay, 1242

of_b00_03=
Warp Crystal
Found in Honeydew Park, 1992

of_b00_04=
Fountainea nessus
Donated anonymously on 27/03/2025

of_b00_05=
"Castle"
Painter unknown. Date unknown.

of_b00_06=
Unnamed painting.
Donated anonymously on 20/07/2025

of_b00_kidb=
Copy of {#7fb7fe}The King in Deep Blue{#}
Painter unknown, 1267

of_b00_intro=
[Madeline left surprised]
!!!
[Madeline left distracted]
...
...this late, already?
 														
of_c04=
Welcome to the Honeydew Trail
Mind your step, and may your climb bring you enlightenment.

of_c06=
[Madeline left distracted]
{#7fb7fe}...
...no, no.
This is all wrong.{#}

of_c09=
[Madeline left distracted]
{#7fb7fe}...maybe? 
Could that be it? 
...{#}

of_c12=
[]
When the night came, the star felt confident for the very first time.
The lake called for all the stars to shine upon the waters, and with all the others, it obliged.
It shone so wonderfully blue, then orange, but never both. 
But its blue was deeper than every other blue, bar that of the sea, and of the lake, and of the night sky.
Its orange brought warmth to almost rival that of the sun.
The entire kingdom looked up into the skies that night, not even needing the waters.
"Look," they said.
And look they did, for the very first time.






###OG###

og_a00_intro=
[Madeline right sadder]
{~}...and stay gone{/~}

og_ghost=
[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
Why, hello my dear
You look hurt

[Madeline right upset]
Yes. Very. My legs hurt and I feel like I'm not dashing as far as I could. 
But also who the fuck are you, lady? I've never seen you before. And I walk by here all the time.

[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
Oh dearie me. 
I am the late High Queen Genesia, of the joyful lands of Creation. You would not have seen me before. I appear only to those who want to find me.
It seems you are in particular need of my help. This is why you have been brought here, to my humble abode!

[Madeline right upset]
Oh, awesome. A queen. Nice palace you've got here, huh? It's on fire I'm pretty sure. Maybe you should get that checked out, or do something about it, iunno.
Look, I don't need your help. I'm having a really really bad day and all I want to do is get away from...
[Madeline right distracted]
...

[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
...the cliff. That's where you came from, isn't it?

[Madeline right upset]
...yes. But there's more to it that I wouldn't expect you to get.

[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
Hm.
I can see that you are unable to move properly. There are many things that may cause this. I believe your particular ...handicap... to be self-inflicted, am I wrong?

[Madeline right angry]
Look, I didn't come here to get a psych eval, okay? Now help me out or I'm leaving.

[outsideredux_bestie left normal] 
No, no, I understand. Forgive me. 
I didn't mean to... well, it doesn't matter.
I can help you. But only if you want to be helped.

[Madeline right upset]
I don't want anything.
Just do whatever it is you do and leave me alone.

[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
You approached me. I assumed you wished to be talked to.

[Madeline right upset]
No, there's just this stupid ghost in a burning house I've never seen, of course I'm gonna check it out

[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
Madeline. Please. I'm only trying to help. I know you're hurting but I'd appreciate if you just...

[Madeline right angry]
I don't need anything from you! I don't care. I actually could literally not care about you any less. 
Go back to your queendom of burning nothing and rule over the ashes for all I care!
Fuck you and your morals. I'm leaving

[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
Wait! Just- 
Before you leave, please at least... rest, a little, okay?
By the campfire. The one that should be burning. It's still unlit right now, but...
Just take a moment. Leave everything else to feed the fires. Breathe. And then...
You can leave. Forgive me. I have made your pain better.

[Madeline right angry]
Great! Just start with that next time, why don't you?
Instead of getting all high and mighty with your titles and "Creation" and bullshit about me needing you at all, just...
Just point to the magic healing fireplace that fixes everything and spare everyone!
God, I can't with any of you people! I swear one of these days I'm...
[Madeline right sad]
...

[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
Madeline?

[Madeline right sadder]
...Just leave me alone. I never want to see you again. Please. 

[outsideredux_bestie left normal]
...Once you have received all the help you can, I will leave. I promise.
But I want you to get better. I was put on your journey for a reason.

[Madeline right sadder]
...

og_madeline=
[]
Hello Madeline.
I was waiting for you, I'd say sit down, but I don't know where that would be.

[Madeline right distracted]
...who are you? 
[Madeline right upset]
And what even is this place? It looks like everything blew up.

[]
I am nothing. I am everything. I am a scared Madeline in a house that isn't hers. I'm you. 
You're me. Or, well, I think you are. You look different.

[Madeline right angry]
Like hell! 
What's your deal?

[]
My deal?

[Madeline right angry]
The other lady earlier told me she was the queen of, like, creation or something?
[Madeline right upset]
And then she healed me, so I guess she wasn't all bad.
But what about you? You gonna tell me that you're the king of the universe and give me a million dollars?

[]
Oh.
No, well. I couldn't even if I wanted to. I don't have a million dollars I think.

[Madeline right angry]
So what are you good for?
Genesia made it sound like she was put on my path to like, fix me or something.
[Madeline right upset]
But you don't look like you're in much of a position to fix anything, if I'm looking around.

[]
...she said you'd be mean. Genesia, I mean. 
I'm not much help usually. You're right. This isn't my house but I don't think I could fix it up much. 

[Madeline right upset]
Believe in yourself. You're a magical spirit after all.

[]
...in a way. You'd be surprised how often I hear that.
No, I'm. Doubt. 

[Madeline right distracted]
...

[]
Yeah. Not really glamorous. I wish I could tell you I'm all that, but, yknow, I usually bring the bad stuff with me. 
All the negativity. And the burdens people want to leave behind. She said-- well, Genesia-- she said that you had a lot of those.

[Madeline right angry]
Oh, so I'm still a poor little lost soul that needs to be fixed, I see!
Doubt. What fucking doubt? I got this far. I'll keep going. I don't doubt myself. 

[]
No, well. I'm Doubt, I didn't say you were.
It's more of a. A metaphor you could say.
Doubt is a lot of things and it weighs on you a lot. I think you're here to leave it all behind. 

[Madeline right distracted]
...
...I guess.
[Madeline right upset]
As I told her, not that you'd get it.

[]
And I mean, you can have doubt. Or, or you can not have any. 
But whatever it is burdens you, I'm here to. Carry it on over. Like it should have been.

[Madeline right upset]
...
What the hell would you know about any of that?

[]
The backpack you have on.
Did you have it with you when you...

[Madeline right surprised]
My--
...
[Madeline right upset]
...no.
[Madeline right distracted]
I don't know where it comes from. I don't really know what's in it either.

[]
It's all your hurt. 
It's what keeps you from moving on and becoming, you know, free. 
Sometimes it's what separates people who live their life how they want to from those who, well. 
Don't make it.

[Madeline right sad]
...right.

[]
It's okay.
I'm here for that. That's what I do. 
I can take it from you if you want. Just don't think about it for too long and then well.
When you can't see me anymore, then you'll be free. A little bit lighter. Maybe then you'll...
...yknow. Get to where you want to go. 
Sorry. I don't know how to explain this well. I just know what I'm supposed to do.

[Madeline right upset]
...right. Yeah. Grab the sandpaper if you really wanna rub it in well.

[]
I didn't mean to offend.

[Madeline right upset]
Nobody ever fucking does.
But they offend anyway, go figure.
...look.
[Madeline right distracted]
...thanks. I'll leave it here. You can do whatever you want with it.

[]
I'll carry it for you.

[Madeline right upset]
No need. Don't want it.

[]
Right. Well, if you ever do, just. 
Give me a call. Figure of speech, actually. I feel like you'd rather...

[Madeline right upset]
...never see you again. Yes. 
Thanks for the help but I don't want to talk to you any more than I already am. Nothing personal, I just...

[]
...had a really shitty day.
I get it.
Best of luck going forward, Madeline.

[Madeline right upset]
...yeah.
You too, Doubt.
If I see a construction crew nearby I'll direct them to your house.

[]
...it's not mine.
But I appreciate the thought.

og_mouse=
[Madeline left angry]
Again?
How many of you are there? What do you want this time? 

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
...You know already.

[Madeline left upset]
I literally don't know who you are.

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
Maybe not consciously.

[Madeline left upset]
Maybe not in the slightest.

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
...not important. Just see me as... a mouse. 

[Madeline left upset]
A mouse.
Right.

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
...

[Madeline left upset]
And what are you the mouse of?

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
...

[Madeline left angry]
Not much of a talker, all of a sudden?
[Madeline left upset]
The others were so happy to talk my ear off about how fucked up I am. 
And then I guess they helped me move on, or something. 
So what's your deal?

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
...

[Madeline left upset]
...right.
...so you're fucking useless to me? Fine. I'll just leave.

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
No, don't. The silence is my gift.

[Madeline left angry]
What?
What the fuck is silence supposed to do for me?
I've been trying to be alone with my thoughts ever since I got here and all you've been telling me is that I'm {~}broken{/~}
I'm treated like I can't deal with myself and need every {~}magical{/~} creature in the universe to help me get better, or something.
And hey, maybe I do! Maybe I actually did have a heavy burden and a broken leg. 
But guess what, it hasn't helped me much at all to have either of these removed!
Everything's just as hard to traverse as it was!
The world just morphs around me to make my life worse!

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
I'm sorry about that. I really am.

[Madeline left upset]
...right. I'm sure you are. I appreciate it.
So what are you, like, forgiveness? 
Introspection?
What, like, I'm sure you're gonna be something sooo important to my development as a person.

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
I'm... a mouse. 
An idea given to you by someone else. 
The reason you rest by a campfire and breathe in the fresh air.
And my gift to you is silence. To let you fill it.

[Madeline left angry]
Oh, I see.
Well, maybe I don't want to talk to you!
Maybe I want to leave! And just do my own fucking thing!
Maybe the goal this entire time was to leave everything and everyone behind and you're all ruining that!

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
...

[Madeline left angry]
I just wanted to be left alone! That's all I ever wanted!
That's why I...
[Madeline left upset]
That's why I'm here. 

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
In a hell of your own design. We're trying to get you out of it. 
But you can't do it yourself. 
That's why I'm here, Madeline. 
I want to help you.

[Madeline left angry]
But if you do all the work for me then what good am I, huh?
What's the fucking point? 
I'm only down here because I was flailing and suffering like a fucking moron with nobody around to help!
And now you're telling me that I can't do it alone? What the fuck was I doing the whole time, then? 
Was anything I ever did worth anything?
Why does anyone care now? They certainly didn't then!
I didn't ask for any of this. I just wanted a break.
[Madeline left sad]
...
[Madeline left sadder]
I just wanted a fucking break.

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
...I know.
You're still full of doubt. You still are looking for a way to put it into words.
Maybe if you can accept that, then it'll all be okay.
But it's a lifelong fight. You've lost. You're losing still.
And the world wants to help you win.

[Madeline left sadder]
...but I'm not winning if I'm getting helped.
What'll happen when none of you are here?
What happens when I'm alone, all of a sudden?

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
You won't be. I promise. 
That's my gift to you.

[Madeline left sadder]
...

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
...for what it's worth, Madeline?
It gets better. I promise it gets better.
Just let it. Don't question it too much. 
My door will always be open for you. 

[Madeline left sadder]
...right.
[Madeline left distracted]
...
...thanks. 

[outsideredux_mouse right normal]
Anytime.

og_d01=
[madeline left sadder]
...
...and what's even the point

og_ghost2=
[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
...Hello again, Madeline.

[madeline left sadder]
...
Hey, Genesia.
[Madeline left sad]
What is it again this time? 
Just. [Madeline left sadder]Please get it over with.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
I've come to propose a concrete solution this time.
It seems you've heard all we had to say, but it's not enough. 

[Madeline left sadder]
Words never helped anyone.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
That's not true.

[Madeline left sad]
Fine. [Madeline left sadder]Words never helped me.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
...Not as true as you think. But I know what you mean.
I know you want me to cut to the chase. So here's what I can do.
You're stuck right now, as I'm sure you can tell. 
There's nothing for you except for this campfire, and myself. And I'm only here because you needed me still.
I am the spirit of Creation. I am not a psychologist. 
All I can help you do is make chances for you to take.
So how about this.
You say we can't understand what you feel like. And I think you're right. 
I've never been where you are right now, and I do not mean this as an insult.
I have lived a very easy life. I think I could not have gone through all you have gone through.
I wish to understand you better.
But I also think you don't understand what we're trying to do.
We don't want to fix you because you're broken. The world is a better place with you in it and I take that conviction seriously.
If words don't help you, how about you Create something for me to see?
Explain everything without words. 
I'll try to do the same. Show you what your happiness and life mean to the universe.

[Madeline left sadder]
...well, that doesn't help me feel better.
The universe cares about me that much, huh.
Maybe I should do something about it. 

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Simply create. Easier said than done, but maybe it will be easier for you to get all the hurt out if you show rather than tell.

[Madeline left sadder]
That sounds like a bullshit excuse.
But whatever. Yeah. Sure.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Thank you. For trying.

[Madeline left sad]
...
You're welcome.

og_e00=
[Madeline left sadder]
...okay.
That's a solid start, I guess. A good canvas. 
I wish I knew what I wanted to do with it.
...
[Madeline left sad] ...I guess I. I know, a little bit. 
[Madeline left sadder] I know I wish I were being left alone. I know I could go for a break.
But no, that won't do.
...
I know that I'm running out of motivation.
I'm seeing all these reasons to keep going. The universe wants me to. 
But I'm tired, and I'd rather just go home. I think I know how to represent that.
...what else. 
I know that I want to rest. But I don't really trust that. I'm not sure if resting will make me feel better, or if it'll just make me stagnate again.
Lose all the progress I was making. 
...
[Madeline left sad] ...yeah, that's. That's a nice start.
I can work with that.

og_e01=
[Madeline left sad]
...Okay, that's something.
It's a bit ...empty, though.
...
[Madeline left sadder] I think that feels wrong.
Because this is...
Important. This is really important to me. 
It's important to Genesia, too. 
Creation, as a way to express something. That's... 
[Madeline left sad] A good idea. 
Maybe I can do something with that.
Creation fills empty space nicely.
Especially when the space feels really empty, to begin with.
...
Okay, so...
[Madeline left sadder]...What does that even mean?
Am I doing this because it's important to me?
Am I healing because I want to heal? Trying because I want to try?
Or is it just to not disappoint the people who believe in me?
Because someone else gave me this idea, to begin with?
...
I hope I'm genuine. 
But I guess we'll see.

og_e02=
[Madeline left sad]
...Yeah, I think...
[Madeline left normal] This works. Yeah, I think this is good. 
[Madeline left distracted] But not perfect, though.
It's still missing something...
[Madeline left sad]...Oh, right.
The cliff.
I guess I need to address that part of the scene. 
...It's what brought me here, but...
...It anchors the flaglines. It's what keeps me going here, in a way. None of this would exist without it.
[Madeline left normal] And that's okay. 
I just have to acknowledge its existence.
[Madeline left distracted]...
...And the fact that it scares me, a little bit.
[Madeline left sad] I feel like... if I let it in too much, then...
I don't know. Bad things happen. I'll lose everything.
But it's okay. It's a presence in my environment. 
It might call out to me but it doesn't mean it's inherently bad, right? 
It's just a cliff, after all. 
...
[Madeline left normal]...That's good. 
I think that's... everything, maybe?
[Madeline left peaceful] I guess we'll see. But that's a good start.
[Madeline left normal] She was right, I think. This really is helping.
The ideas are flowing really well.
[Madeline left distracted]...
I should probably mention that, too.

og_e03=
[Madeline left normal]
I think I got it. Well, almost.
I think I added every bit of meaning I needed to add. I think this says it all better than I ever could.
[Madeline left peaceful]I'm proud. I think that's all that's missing, right now.
[Madeline left normal]This house is pretty. But the world around it isn't right now.
I was too scared. I think that changed how I view the world.
But I don't have to follow those rules anymore.
I think I know what to do.

og_e04=
[Madeline left normal]
...
...I think that's really really it.
...I did it.
...
[Madeline left distracted]That was... easier than I thought it would be. 
But at the same time... 
I needed the help. 
[Madeline left peaceful]But that's okay.
[Madeline left normal]And I think I'll be okay, too.

og_e04_end=
[Madeline left normal]
...Thanks. For everything. 

[]
Don't mention it.
I'm proud of you. I, I think you did really well, too.

[Madeline left normal]
I'm also sorry for how I treated you. I was in the trenches, I think.

[]
Oh, I know.
Just. Be sorry for how you treated yourself. 
You matter. 
...
This is a really pretty house.
I just wanted to see it for myself.

[Madeline left normal]
Did you...
[Madeline left distracted]...ever have doubts?

[]
Ha. Not for a second, in all honesty.
...
I'm gonna leave now.
But I thought I'd give you your backpack, if you want it.
By the door. It's empty now but you can carry whatever you want with it. Like a normal backpack.

[Madeline left normal]
Thanks!
I almost forgot about it.
I'll carry it, I think.
I feel like I'm able to now.
...
Until next time, alright?

[]
Anytime. Best of luck.

og_ghost3=
[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Madeline!
You made it. I'm so glad. 

[Madeline left normal]
Yeah! I...
[Madeline left distracted]...wasn't sure I would.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Well, that's okay.
...

[Madeline left sad]
...

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
...You understand now, don't you?

[Madeline left distracted]
...Uh...
Not... this. 
It's pretty but I don't really know what it means

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Oh, it doesn't mean anything.
I made this to pass the time. Everything I had to say you already told yourself.

[Madeline left normal]
...Oh. Well, I guess you're right.
It's all intrinsic, I guess.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Don't come to me for answers, honey. I'm old, but I'm still not wise.
Every lesson you got from this is entirely an accident.
But I'm glad that it helped you.

[Madeline left distracted]
...

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Don't read into that too much. 

[Madeline left distracted]
If you say so.
...
I just wanted to thank you. And to apologize to you for how much of a bitch I was.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
I understand.
You were going through a lot.

[Madeline left sad]
I know. But you only wanted the best for me.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
That's not an excuse. Horrible people want what they think is best for others all the time.

[Madeline left upset]
You're not a horrible person.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
And how would you know?

[Madeline left upset]
You healed me after I treated you like shit.
I think that shows some kinda moral fiber.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
I'm afraid I might be going senile. I have no memory of any of that.

[Madeline left distracted]
...
...Right.
[Madeline left normal] Well, in any case. Thank you.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
You're welcome.

[Madeline left normal]
And, uh...
[Madeline left distracted]...
...maybe I'll see you again one day. Even if...

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
I understand.
Maybe you won't. For your sake, I hope you never need me again. 
But as your dear mouse friend told you, you're not alone. You never will be.
Creating is something that never leaves you.
Look for me in the leaves you place. In the flowers you grow.
In the soothing tune of a piano, perhaps.
In the words of friends looking out for you, if you must.

[Madeline left distracted]
...I suppose so.
...
I... I have a heart to collect. 
A life to...

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Get back to. I understand.
Your mistake was rectified.
Not many people get that second chance, Madeline.
But I know you'll use it well.

[Madeline left surprised]
I-
[Madeline left distracted]...um.
Wow. Thank you.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Try not to do it again.

[Madeline left normal]
No. You're right.
Have a good one, Queen Genesia.

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
Of course. You too.
...

[Madeline left normal]
...

[outsideredux_bestie right normal]
...Go. I hate drawn out farewells. 

[Madeline left peaceful]
So do I.



og_house01=
[]
Hey madeline. It's me.
I don't know if you've been receiving these but I just wanted to let you know that I've sent some more money.
It hasn't been sent back yet so I assume you're at least getting that much. But maybe now that you know that you'll start sending it back. Don't.
I want you to have it.
So look. I'm worried about you. 
Sending you a letter isn't gonna fix anything on its own but if you receive it and read it maybe it can convince you to reach out and
I don't know if it's selfish. But if you reach out to me just to let me know you're doing okay maybe you'll reach out to someone who can actually help, right? 
I'm sorry I don't know how this comes across.
I know your life sucks right now but I hope this makes it less horrible. Don't feel bad if you're throwing this money into shit you don't need. If it makes you happy it's worth it.
Just. Let me know how you're doing. Please.

og_house2=
[]
Ok so
I had the greatest idea for this book you wanted to write.
Y'know how like, you were feeling kinda stuck? And you thought that you could only write what you know, but knowing's boring?
What if you wrote about your creative process. Like I think it's awesome that you have it at the forefront of your like, planning all the time.
I wish I could do that.
Anyway I don't know if this really helps but if it does then that's awesome and I'm happy for you and if it doesn't then it's ok.
Just like. Go for it. At the end of the day whatever you write's gonna be awesome.
You gotta stop doubting yourself madeline. For real.
Hope you're doing okay, btw. I miss talking to you. Hit me up honestly.

og_house3=
[]
Hey hon
It's been a while. I've been doing a bit better but I haven't heard from you in a sec.
Let me know. I miss you.

og_house4=
[]
Omg madeline hi
I saw this art on twitter and it reminded me of you
I don't really know why. I think it's just cause it looks like the color of your hair vaguely. Anyway it doesn't really matter.
School's starting up soon and I just wanted to know if you had any more info about like, if you're going or not.
Worst case scenario I think I have a single room but I could maybe ask to transfer so we share the costs. I don't know if it's still too much though.
I hope you're doing better though I know you've been going through it.
Write me back whenever you can.

og_house5=
[]
Hi madeline celeste.
I found this movie that looks really awesome and I think you'd like it a lot.
It has this one guy in it that's cool or whatever
Just let me know when you want to watch it alr :p I have it rented for the next few weeks.
Also I guess this is kind of unrelated but I was also wondering like. What's up.
You haven't really said anything recently and I was wondering if it was something I did. 
I guess just. Take care of yourself if you need. I'm here if you need me.
I'm sorry I don't really know how to bring this up but yeah :c I worry abt u

og_house6=
[]
To whoever finds this letter, know that I never intended to write it.
I feel like it's kind of a necessity at this point to just let everyone know about everything. But it's not going well.

[Madeline left sad]
...that's not right

[]
I think I have to take a break from everything for a few months. It's been hectic and nothing's really fun anymore and I'm still kinda being hounded by.
Y'know. All that's going on at home.
So I'm gonna go on vacation. I can't really afford it but I feel like if I didn't use my savings on this I'd go too insane to ever be legally allowed to use them again, so.

[Madeline left sadder]
...

[]
Anyway. I've gotten your letters. All of them. I appreciate them a lot. I'm not really well enough to take them to heart but I do know that I'm glad you took the time to care.
Even for just a second.
Thanks for the funds. You know who you are. It's hard not to beat myself up over how I spend them. I should be using them for anything else but I guess
At the very least, I can cope. So. 
I'm sorry. But thank you so much. It helps more than you know.
Thanks for the writing help. 
Honestly it means so much to hear coming from you. I always kinda thought that this all was going nowhere so having someone believing in the project feels.
Weird. But like, good.
Hopefully I can write something half as good as what you do.
I'm glad you're doing better. I think if anyone ever deserves to, it's you.
One day maybe it's all gonna be well again. 
I'm not doing great, but at least I'm hanging in there. 

[Madeline left sadder]
...

[]
I think I've seen this one art but I'm happy to see it again. I never thought about seeing myself through it but it's nice that you did.
Unfortunately uni's not really happening for me yet. Everything's kinda complicated and I don't really have the money or time to invest into it.
But maybe later. I dunno. Hope you find a good roommate though. Sorry it all fell apart.
And I think a movie sounds really nice right about now. Maybe it'll change my thoughts up a little.
You didn't do anything wrong. Promise.
I just. Had shit going on.
Anyway, for all of you. I'm glad you took the time to write me.
It's been a while but here's my responses I guess? Hope it's not too late.
In any case.
I hope I see you again.

og_intervention=
[]
Look. Madeline. We need to stage an intervention.

[]
This wasn't working at all and you know it.

[]
And moreover, it seems to us that you're dead set on giving up on yourself. And we can't have that.

[]
Look, I have to be honest with you.
At the end of the day, all of this is about you. There is a surprising amount of forces hoping you make it to where you want to be, for someone that feels so alone.
You aren't. I know why you feel like you are. But you aren't.

[]
So here's what you're gonna do.
You're gonna walk through that door, and make a choice again. 
You've seen what awaits here now.
You've seen what it's like down there.
Go take a look. We won't make the decision for you.

[]
But we think you've got this, madeline.
We know you do.

[]
This is the end of our road. For all intents and purposes, though, and I hope you'll understand;
I hope to never see you again.

[Madeline left sadder]
...
...

[Madeline left sad]
...I guess.

###OH###

oh_log1=
[] 
Exploreline log #1. Um, I'm taking a little break
I've been going for a while now! This mountain is a bit challenging to climb.
But that's fine! I've learned a lot along the way. 
Nothing that I was particularly looking for, so far, but the mountain's got a lot more for me to see.
...Speaking of.
When I read about here, I thought it was unexplored, and all that.
And that that was the main reason why the {#7fb7fe}original{#} had never been found before.
I'm not liking all the signs that there's been others here before me. A few hikers, sure, but...
...
I'm sure it's nothing.
I'll keep looking.
Peace out. 

oh_log2=
Exploreline log #2. Something's definitely wrong.
This big structure should not be here.
I was told that nobody had been on this mountain since the {#7fb7fe}kingdom{#} collapsed.
This is obviously very manmade, and not from that era.
So what's going on? What's the point of this place? If {#7fb7fe}it{#} was written somewhere around here, does this mean some kind of corporation took over? 
And started looking for {#7fb7fe}it{#} themselves? 
And like, this seems to be completely cutting off any progress upwards.
I'm going to have to go in, and that's scary.
...
But I'm not giving up.
...
Peace out.

oh_log3=
Exploreline log #3.
So, while I couldn't find the {#7fb7fe}poem{#} here, I have made an interesting discovery.
Two of them, actually, though they kind of go together.
First off, it seems that {#7fb7fe}it{#} {~}was{/~} here at some point. 
Notes I found inside that big concrete... thing... laboratory... all seemed to indicate a sort of ...effect.
The warp magic. 
Something about it is concentrated here, either in the mountain or in this structure.
And all of it seems to aim at... reality... whatever, something. 
I'm... a bit confused.
Not only am I not smart enough for whatever this place is doing, I'm also not sure why it's doing what it's doing.
They have copies of the {#7fb7fe}painting{#} in there. All over. Here too, if {#7fb7fe}it's{#} gone by the time someone finds this.
But why would they want to turn time back... or... uhhh, whatever...
Like, I assume they found traces of {#7fb7fe}it{#} here? Or even better, the {#7fb7fe}poem{#}? {#7fb7fe}Both{#}?
Surely that's what this means. And they need to somehow access {#7fb7fe}them{#} in a different space, or time, or both.
So my question is... are {#7fb7fe}they{#} gone? 
If they could track a{#7fb7fe} painting{#} all the way to here, in the past, or a different reality...
Then they could have tracked {#7fb7fe}it{#} in the current time and place.
...I'm not sure who "they" is, actually, maybe they had their reasons. But I'll get to that later.
I think the {#7fb7fe}works{#} were destroyed or hidden or both. 
...
...but {#7fb7fe}they{#} were here. {#7fb7fe}One, or the other, or both.{#}
...
That brings me to my second point.
This is the second of these houses that I've found. 
Hidden within a structure. A little haven of live greenery in a space where there aren't really any. Here, it's fall. Everything's yellowing out.
Except this house. It's green. It's alive.
They all have a {#7fb7fe}painting{#} on the wall, and a copy of the {#7fb7fe}poem{#} in one of their books. 
I... don't know exactly what it is about these...
It's almost like a cult, or a religious group, but focused on preserving the natural world.
Little outposts of nature and beauty in the middle of a concrete abomination, or something.
It's kind of beautiful.
And definitely related to the {#7fb7fe}King in Deep Blue{#}.
...
I'll keep trying to find... something. Anything.
In the meantime, though...
Peace out.

oh_09=
[]
! Warning !
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this park has been closed for the foreseeable future.
Any visitors are asked to turn back. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Trespassers will be broken upon the wheel.
[Madeline left distracted]
{#7fb7fe}...{#}

oh_10b=
{#7fb7fe}
Billow-we upon the meadows, that we may prais' the King
Of His grace and His kingdom gath'r-we the roses
Of His volition, our own; of His will, ours free
Billow-we upon the meadows, not our own; but His
'Twas upon one nightfall, one visit'd the King.
And thus, glanc'd around a deep blue palace, at the crowns what adorn'd the walls
And thus, he saw the King's image upon himself, but not why that blue was there
'Twas upon one nightfall, one sought after the wrong shades of blue
Billow-he, through't the meadows, to his own abode.
Thought-he, that he were to become king, his palace must be just as blue
Thought-he, that he were to become He, his art must be as His
Billow-he, his mind, his thoughts rac’d that he may find that blue 
And thus, one began; channel’d the night sky unto a canvas of blue
Deep’r than any blue any had seen, but still no bluer than the King’s
Deep’r than any blue any had seen, better yet than the King’s
And thus, head’d to the castle, to challeng’ the king for His throne
...
Poor he said “King, I have come for thy throne”
“My throne,” he said “for I have a deeper blue than thou”
“My throne,” He said, “is not for you. It dependsn’t on deepness”
Poor He said, “but on the blue”
One could hear as the wind blew an’ the challenger raised His brush
And the King respond’d in kind, refusing to harm
And the King watch’d as flecks of night-blue cover’d His foe
One could hear the sorrow in His silence
Next morning came and the Challenger awoke in deep blue
Amaz’d by its beauty and richness, how regal ‘twas
Amaz’d by its complexity He would never understand
Next morning came, but the king no longer was Deep Blue.
They say the kingdom fell as the new king fail’d
To keep the arts, with nobody to follow,
To keep the arts, with no will to make it.
They say the kingdom fell, and we struggle to grieve.{#}



###OI###

oi_elytra=
ELYTRA:

oi_keybind=
idk check ur keybinds

oi_01_1=
Hey, it's me. Hope you're doing well

oi_01_2=
I didn't get any news from you, but I'm sure you're doing okay

oi_01_3=
...I miss you, yknow? It was so simple back then

oi_01_4=
...but you don't want to hear that

oi_01_5=
Anyway. I saw this beautiful meadow today, it reminded me of you.

oi_01_6=
The way the sky shone bright with stars. 

oi_01_7=
Had there been flowers, I'd have felt right there with you!

oi_01_8=
So, I suppose it makes sense that there weren't any. 

oi_01_9=
...I think it felt lived-in. Does that make sense?


oi_01_10=
It's the way that you can tell when someone walked through a patch of weeds more often than another


oi_01_11=
A mundane beauty. Except, here, all the more obvious.


oi_01_12=
I see you in the paintings. It's stupid.


oi_01_13=
The value of art. How you cared so much about it.


oi_01_14=
I hope you still do.

oi_01_15=
...Please write me back, just to know that you're okay. I love you.


oi_01_16=
The melodies feel so empty without you around.

oi_11_1=
hi, dear

oi_11_2=
im doing well. very well. to see you prosper puts a smile on my face

oi_11_3=
if you have not seen me recently, its because you havent needed to

oi_11_4=
the nights are dark enough already without you. but i still feel you in the chill of the winds.

oi_11_5=
simplicity is our prison

oi_11_6=
i admit, it saddens me to hear that you fall back onto it. like an old friend.

oi_11_7=
it also saddens me to hear that you miss me. every step of the way i am with you.

oi_11_8=
you see me in the meadows. it warms my heart. i cherish that; it may not be long before i cling to it again

oi_11_9=
like a ship in harsh seas. seeing a lighthouse is always a comfort. seeking it indicates fear.

oi_11_10=
i love the arts still. in their complex emotion. in their humanity.

oi_11_11=
there is little that appeals to me more than the beauty suffering creates.

oi_11_12=
a simple starry night. did this not indicate the utmost pain, once?

oi_11_13= 
but now, i think of you in it.

oi_11_14=
i love you dearly when i do. i wish i were by your side, but am glad you no longer need it.

oi_11_15=
and yet. these words are a comfort. they mean more to me than you could ever know.

oi_11_16=
remember, beloved; the melodies need me, but they need you too. with all their hearts, they need all of yours.

oi_02_1=
...Thank you. I needed to hear that.

oi_02_2=
And I guess that's the thing.

oi_02_3=
You keep saying that I don't need you.

oi_02_5=
...I haven't. Been completely honest.

oi_02_6=
I do. I still do. I do now maybe more than, well. Almost ever.

oi_02_7=
The most of the rest of forever.

oi_02_8=
I miss you more than I miss us. I think I was bad for you.

oi_02_9=
...Something happened.

oi_02_10=
I don't think I can tell you more right now. You know what happened last time.

oi_02_11=
I've already begun to see you everywhere. 

oi_02_12= 
And it's not because I changed who I fundamentally am. It's because you taught me how.

oi_02_13=
It's coming back. The monsters under my bed. The cracks in the frame. A vague smell of sickly-sweet.

oi_02_14=
I don't trust anyone but you, because I love you. I love that you taught me how to love.

oi_02_15=
But your words are losing their humanity, in my eye. Less of that caring I know you from.

oi_02_16=
More of that cold lifelessness. It's discordant. 

oi_02_17=
The melody is leaving me. Maybe it always was. But I need you. I'm sorry. I need you.

oi_12_1=
...oh, dearest.

oi_12_2=
i should have known. how stupid of me.

oi_12_3=
i feel like i have let you down. i should have seen the signs. 

oi_12_4=
but no, you would say; the signs were never there for me to see them.

oi_12_5=
i always love you seeing the stars. i never notice why you look up at them. 

oi_12_6=
was i always blind? this blind? the flowers werent there? oh, i should have seen.

oi_12_7=
talk to me. dearest, talk to me.

oi_12_8=
tell me what you need from me. what you need to hear.

oi_12_9=
i wont placate you this time if you arent willing to hear it

oi_12_10=
...

oi_12_11=
im sorry. its so wrong of me to assume the worst.

oi_12_12=
i just

oi_12_13=
love you. more than i love the life i live, i love having a way to live it.

oi_12_14=
with you.

oi_12_15=
...i am glad that you reached out. hearing your pen is always such a welcome surprise.

oi_12_16=
i love you. i could not bear the silence.

oi_03_1=
I had a dream, a few nights ago.

oi_03_2=
I was standing in a small yard. It was late in the fall, too early for the snows.

oi_03_3=
I had woken up alone this morning. I didn't hear any birdsong. No classical piece from the living room.

oi_03_4=
I went down the stairs twice. It scared me. I remembered the first time it happened.

oi_03_5=
And because I was scared, I called for you.

oi_03_6=
I stood by that piano you loved so much. I looked at the picture you painted that you were never able to explain.

oi_03_7=
I smelled the flowers. They were wilting.

oi_03_8=
I played the happy tune you taught me but the piano was off-key.

oi_03_9=
There was a tear in the canvas. And when I looked through something looked back and I thought it would hurt me.

oi_03_10=
So I went out into the yard. 

oi_03_11=
There everything was bright and good. It was a bright rose like I'd never seen before.

oi_03_12=
You were having a garage sale. 

oi_03_13=
I walked up to you. You said hi, and it didn't reach your eyes.

oi_03_14=
When I asked you what you were doing, you said you were cleaning out the bad karma.

oi_03_15=
I asked why you were wilting. And you said you were bad for me, too.

oi_03_16=
And that's why the painting tore. Why the notes were off. You were dying for me. You were selling your life for mine.

oi_13_1=
...

oi_13_2=
im so sorry. i really am. that must have felt terrible.

oi_13_3=
if it reassures you, my flowers are all watered. healthy. they said hi the other day

oi_13_4=
i wonder if you heard them

oi_13_5=
i even played a tune for you the other night

oi_13_6=
and the painting looks just like me, like you remember.

oi_13_7=
what were we selling? what past did we want to forget? 

oi_13_8=
i would not sell your history for the world. not even to save your life.

oi_13_9=
i love you too much to erase you. 

oi_13_10=
...

oi_13_11=
maybe it was just a dream. but i understand why it hurt you.

oi_13_12=
im here for you. i always was. i always will be.

oi_04_1=
We were selling books, I remember.

oi_04_2=
One of them had a title I couldn't read. But it was a biology textbook.

oi_04_3=
You said you were selling it because it reminded you of the harm it caused me.

oi_04_4=
But it never hurt me. I never even read it in my life.

oi_04_5=
I told you as much.

oi_04_6=
And you ignored me.

oi_04_7=
We were also selling a dreamcatcher.

oi_04_8=
I was offended at that one. I told you it wasn't mine. You said it was yours.

oi_04_9=
But I think you were lying. I think this whole time, you'd been lying.

oi_04_10=
And then you showed me an impossibly large box. It towered over both of us, and our house, and our yard, and the clouds beyond.

oi_04_11=
You said it was all the things I wanted to do. You said they were bad for me. They were too much.

oi_04_12=
And I wanted to agree with you. I did. But I didn't want you to sell them.

oi_04_13=
"No," you said. "I'm giving them away to people who can use them for good."

oi_04_14=
"If you keep them, it will kill you."

oi_04_15=
And I didn't know what you meant. 

oi_04_16=
So I peered inside the box. 

oi_04_17=
And inside I saw some things that meant nothing to me anymore.

oi_04_18=
I saw a small bird. I saw a drawing. I saw a pinch of fox fur, in the largest box the world had ever seen.

oi_04_19=
I saw a quill but no spilled ink. A timepiece missing its mechanism. A music box ripped open.

oi_04_20=
...I love you. I still do. But this scared me, hon. It really scared me. They meant nothing anymore.

oi_14_1=
it was a dream.

oi_14_2=
it was only a dream, dearest. you know i would never.

oi_14_3=
i would never hurt you.

oi_14_4=
not if i could help it. i promise. i so swear with my life.

oi_14_5=
...why dont you come home? everything is as you left it.

oi_14_6=
i couldn't bear to change anything. the flags are still up. i know how important they are to you.

oi_14_7=
you can still watch the sun and the stars from that telescope you loved.

oi_14_8=
you can still hear the songbirds sing. please. i'm worried about you.

oi_05_1=
...You're right. I'm sorry, I

oi_05_2=
missed hearing your voice through these pages. And I know it would

oi_05_3=
be different, seeing you in real life. In front of me. Realizing

oi_05_4=
that you're just the same as I thought you were.

oi_05_5=
But I thought about you and I love you and I miss you and that's the truth.

oi_05_6=
I think I was hoping that you would save me, somehow. 

oi_05_7=
It was a dream. It was just a dream. But then I woke, and the birds were gone.

oi_05_8=
And the grandfather clock stopped ticking.

oi_05_9=
And there was blood on my floor. I didn't kill anything, hon.

oi_05_10=
...

oi_05_11=
...I'm sorry.

oi_05_12=
Yknow what

oi_05_13=
I'm done. I'm done being scared. 

oi_05_14=
Shit happens. It's how the world works.

oi_05_15=
If the stars can keep shining than so can I. You were right.

oi_05_16=
I'll come home. I see the lighthouse you've kept on all this time.

oi_05_17=
The white flag. The open porch door. 

oi_05_18=
If the lights are off, then I'll light a torch. 

oi_05_19=
I can get a new watch. I can draw again, from memory.

oi_05_20=
I can nurse the birds back to health from the forest floor.

oi_05_21=
I can tear down the box myself. It's our house. It has you in it. 

oi_05_22=
I think it should have me.

oi_05_23=
I missed this meadow. I missed the stars. But we can see them at home. Paint together. Love together.

oi_05_24=
I'll water the flowers, hell, I'll play a different tune.

oi_05_25=
I love you. I love you. 

oi_05_26=
I'm so fucking sorry. For scaring you.

oi_05_27= 
But I love you. And I miss you. I miss the cold. 

oi_05_28=
Leave the lights on for me, okay? 

oi_15_01=
Of course. Anytime.

oi_15_02=
I can't wait to see you.


###OJ###

oj01= 01 - Return

oj02= 02 - To an open-armed embrace

oj03= 03 - To keep you here

oj04= 04 - Forever

oj05= 05 - Until you learn to love

oj06= 06 - The Container Returns

oj07= 07 - An Introduction to Calculus

oj08= 08 - Let's Play Mahjong

oj09= 09 - HOA spleen maneuver

oj10= 10 - Average Movie Lighting

oj11= 11 - Midair Instant Super

###OK###

ok_f10a=
[Madeline left normal]
Hi Theo!

[Theo right excited]
Madeline!
[Theo right normal]
What's up bestie?

[Madeline left normal]
Oh, I was just going for a quick walk
[Madeline left distracted]...Clear my thoughts, all that.

[Theo right normal]
Oh, cool.
I'll make it quick, was just wondering. Me and a few friends were gonna go out to the lake again tonight.
Wanna come with? It'll be awesome.
[Theo right thinking]
There's gonna be, like, two or three more people, tops.
[Theo right nailedit] It should be really chill.
[Theo right normal] I'm brining drinks, all you really gotta do is show up.

[Madeline left distracted]
...hm...
[Madeline left normal]
Sounds fun! [Madeline left distracted]Although...

[Theo right normal]
If you wanna take it easy and go on your walk, that's okay too.
You know where it is. You can always show up late, we won't mind.

[Madeline left sad]
It's not really that...
It's just. My brain's racing right now.
I'm not entirely sure why.

[Theo right nailedit]
Makes it hard to get into the party mindset.
I get it.

[Madeline left normal]
Yeah, kinda.
[Madeline left distracted]
...
Tell you what.
[Madeline left normal]
If I manage to make some sense of all this, I'll try swinging by.
[Madeline left distracted]I could use a break, honestly.

[Theo right normal]
Sounds good!
I hope whatever you end up doing works out for you bestie.

[Madeline left peaceful]
Thanks, Theo.
[Madeline left normal]
I hope so too!

ok_f8b=
[Madeline left distracted]
...hm
This place again.
...
It looks different from what I remember.
...
[Madeline left sad]
The city also changed. 
I wonder why that is.
...
[Madeline left distracted]
I have to keep going.
I still don't know what's going on inside my mind.
Last time, I made something to get it out. But I don't think I can, this time. 
...
[Madeline left sad]
I think right now I'm just going forward because it's all I know how to do. 
[Madeline left distracted] 
And that's okay, I think. 
[Madeline left normal]
But surely this means I have other reasons to be out here. I didn't need to keep going anywhere when I was simply ...there, back at the house.
...
[Madeline left distracted]
...
I guess I'll figure it out later. After all, there's a lot more to explore.

ok_f8d1=
If you really think about it...

ok_f8d2=
{anchor middle}There really is no wrong way to move forward.

ok_f8d3=
{anchor bottom}Every step back is a step,

ok_f8d4=
{anchor middle}But you feel it, regardless.

ok_f8d5=
{anchor middle}
Over...

ok_f8d6=
{anchor middle}
and over...

ok_f8d7=
{anchor middle}
and over again.

ok_b_f6c1=
Flying Too Close to the Sun

ok_b_f6c2=
Flying Too Close to the Sea

notesok01=
The way I see burnout is as this big beast that doesn't prevent you from actually doing anything on its own;
What it instead does is just eat at everything you do.
Removes all the meaning and gratification you get from it.
Before you even start.
A good idea becomes a focus on all the effort it will take to get it to work, cutting corners, disappointment into the final result.
It layers, upon itself, all the wrong things.
...
One of my biggest creating regrets, funnily enough, was never adding that map.
It was the first time I saw with my own eyes what not wanting to work on something anymore really looked like.

notesok02=
If you do the same thing over and over and over and over, how are you supposed to end up anywhere?
Of course you drown. You're swimming in circles.
...

ok_f5a=
400

ok_f5b=
Hypocrisy

ok_cf4b01=
[Madeline left distracted]
...Hello? 
...
Theo? Is that you?
...
...
Where am I? Why is it so late? Did I miss the meetup?

[]
{#7fb7fe}Where you are does not matter to you, specifically.
You're almost at the lake. Theo is still there, alongside a few others. For all the time you took to catch up, the night is still young.
Your journey is not yet finished. Your worries, your thoughts, and your quests for meaning all converge at this mountain's peak, gazing deep into the lake below.
As the stars in the night sky, you will see your reflection in the water, and only then will you truly be satisfied.{#}

[Madeline left sad]
I understand. 
Is Theo doing okay?

[]
{#7fb7fe}His well-being was never at risk. Neither is yours.{#}

[Madeline left normal]
I see. That's nice to hear. 
[Madeline left distracted]...How will I know when I've seen my reflection?

[]
{#7fb7fe}The same way you knew to keep going. Your curiosity was never sated. Your mind raced on and never paused for a second.
You are so close, Madeline. 
At the summit you will shine brighter than the stars, in your eyes only. 
When the sun sets, you will be the sun, you will be the zenith.
You will be the longest day of the year.
You will be art, beloved. The world at your fingertips, the canvas blank for you to fill with your final story.{#}

[Madeline left distracted]
Oh how I wish it were so.

[]
{#7fb7fe}Oh how you wish it were so.{#}

[Madeline left normal]
But it's not over yet.

[]
{#7fb7fe}Oh how you wish it were so.{#}

[Madeline left normal]
I have a mountain to climb still. I am not satisfied.

[]
{#7fb7fe}It beckons you and holds you tight and never lets go.{#}

[Madeline left normal]
Oh how I wish it were so.
I will keep climbing. I am not ready to climb back down.

[]
{#7fb7fe}Amongst the common folk?
Oh how you wish it were so.{#}

[Madeline left distracted]
No. Alongside them.

[]
{#7fb7fe}The honeydew?{#}

[Madeline left distracted]
No. That one's on me. I should have cared for it better.

[]
{#7fb7fe}Oh how you wish it were so.{#}

[Madeline left distracted]
The longest day of the year. The shortest night is night nonetheless.

[]
{#7fb7fe}Yes. But be wary of the sea, that it may weigh down your wings.
And of the sun, that it may burn them.{#}

[Madeline left normal]
I understand. I'll be careful, I promise.
I'll keep my course as steady as I can!

[]
{#7fb7fe}Oh how I wish it were so.
Do not falter. You're so close. Keep this mountain calm as ever.{#}

[Madeline left peaceful]
Goodbye, Theo. See you in a bit.

ok_df1=
[Madeline left distracted]
And so night fell.

[]
{#7fb7fe}Yes. But the sun will rise once again. The night is not always a bad thing.{#}

[Madeline left normal]
But there is still time? 
Theo's still at the lake?

[]
{#7fb7fe}Yes.{#}

[Madeline left sad]
And have I seen my reflection?

[]
{#7fb7fe}Oh how you wish it were so.{#}

[Madeline left distracted]
It feels close.
[Madeline left normal]
What now? The mountain's peak is so close.

[]
{#7fb7fe}You know what to do.{#}

[Madeline left normal]
Keep climbing. 

[]
{#7fb7fe}You are the longest day of the year.{#}

[Madeline left normal]
Oh how I wish it were so.
[Madeline left distracted]
...I'll be right there, Theo.

ok_df1c=
[Madeline left distracted]
...No lake anywhere in sight. 
Maybe all the water's gone.

[]
{#7fb7fe}You know what to do.{#}

ok_bino=
Return?

ok_hint=
Bino Room

ok_softlock=
don't softlock!

ok_ddug=
[]
{#7fb7fe}Alongside the honeydew,
Trapped in stone more than once,
Deep beneath a grieving forest,
I will let you wield this brush a single time.{#}

ok_thanks=
[]
Hi
RenPinefur here
Originally I was gonna record something to put here for whoever made it to this point.
I couldn't really get that down, though. 
So uh. I'm writing instead.
If you got to this point, whether it be legitimately or through debugging or something,
Thank you. Sincerely. It's wild to imagine that people might see the entirety of this mod someday.
I'll try to keep this short.
This mod was started on 20th July 2025, so it's been in dev for about 5 months. Throughout this period, its purpose changed. A lot.
And accordingly, what I wanted to put in here also did.
Originally I was gonna do this for fun :3 it's so silly omg
But then it was like, "this is how I go about making maps" 
And then it turned into whatever this is.
But uh. Regardless.
If you got here expecting some like, cool secret or whatever.
That's kind of it mb
If you expected cool lore uhhh I mean everything I wrote for this is more or less present in the maps themselves I guess.
So all I have left to offer is a message to you. The Player. That's right. 
I think the one thing I want people to take from this whole entire mod
Like the moral of the story or whatever
Is that I think everyone, at some point in time, should make something for themselves.
Like create something that's fully self-indulgent. Have fun with it. It can be super short or super long.
It can take you a few minutes or several months or years.
But like. Go for it. Do the thing. Nobody's gonna do it for you. 
Just like. Make sure it's like, really for you, yknow? You don't even have to show anyone else.
But make something. Anything at all.
That's all I ask. 
...

ok_fakebino=
Sorry! This bino is uhhh broken.
For the full functional Watchtower Experience please feel free to use the "Bino Room" option in the pause menu!

ok_df1e=
[Madeline left distracted]
{#7fb7fe}...oh
I get it

[]
You do

[Madeline left distracted]
It's so simple. Never one without the other.

[]
The water's surface is calm for you.

[Madeline left peaceful]
And so is it for you, dear friend.

[]
Oh how I wish it were so.
But I cannot feel the wind for you. Or the snow. Or the sea. Or the sun.

[Madeline left normal]
No, it's okay. I think I see it now.
The beauty of it all. None of this is real to you.

[]
None of it ever was.
Only on your canvas. This is the correct lake. This is the wrong lake. But the stars are reflected in its surface.

[Madeline left distracted]
...
I remember. 
This is what I was looking for. 

[]
And now the king is dead. And now the king is dead. 

[Madeline left sad]
I know. This pains me deeply.
The king is dead.

[]
Long live the king.

[Madeline left sad]
I couldn't do this to you. I don't know you. 

[]
You know me more than you think you do.

[Madeline left sad]
And I don't want to be you. 
All of this was never me. 

[]
And yet you kept going.

[Madeline left sad]
I just wanted to see my friend.
I just wanted to clear my mind.

[]
And this is where it all took you. 

[Madeline left sad]
Why? How? 

[]
Because, in my hubris, I decided it was up to you to take my place. 
And in yours, you followed. Curiosity killed the fox.

[Madeline left sad]
No, no. Not this time. 
Not me. Not him. Not you, either.

[]
The king is dead.

[Madeline left normal]
It's okay. I understand why you did it. 

[]
He never deserved it. I never deserved it. You won't deserve it either.

[Madeline left normal]
The king is dead. 
Long live the king.

[]
Goodbye, Honeydew. 

[Madeline left normal]
And to you, dearest hermit. 

[]
I was more than this.

[Madeline left normal]
And I will never forget it.
Despite how you wish it were so.
[Madeline left distracted]
...
It's the longest night of the year.
Cherish the sunrise while it lasts.

[]
No.

[Madeline left distracted]
...

[]
Go to the lake. You've seen enough. 
I can feel it coming. 
You don't want to be here when it happens. 
Go. As my last act. 

[Madeline left normal]
I appreciate that.
I will go. 
Thank you. For everything.  

[]
Long live the King in Deep Blue.{#}

ok_return2=
Lake


ok_final=
[Madeline right normal]
Theo!

[Theo left worried]
Madeline!
[Theo left serious]
Where were you? I called but you didn't pick up!

[Madeline right distracted]
Yeah, sorry.
I got the wrong lake. Ended up on the Honeydew Trail. 
[Madeline right normal]
It was pretty! [Madeline right peaceful]And I got to clear my head.
[Madeline right distracted]
Sorry I missed you guys.

[Theo left nailedit]
Well, it's good that you feel better at least. 
I'm sorry that you missed out.

[Madeline right normal]
That's okay. There'll be more meetups. I'll be there next time.

[Theo left normal]
That's the spirit.
Wanna come with? I'll drive you back.

[Madeline right distracted]
...No, no thanks. I'll walk some more. It's pretty out.

[Theo left normal]
If you want, the lake's all the way over where you came from.
[Theo left thinking]
Matter of fact, you should've seen it on the way here. 

[Madeline right normal]
I might check it out. Thanks, Theo. You're a real one. 

[Theo left nailedit]
Of course. Anytime. 